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Abbotsford Air Show celebrates 50th anniversary with near record crowds - The Province | “Social media was probably one of our assets,” said Lee, as the Air Show joined Twitter for the first time this year. “Tweets [on Sunday] were just outstanding both from ones that we put out and ones that were coming in from our followers,” she said ...

Milwaukee Air and Water Show attracts 1.2 million to Lakefront - Fox | Organizers of the Milwaukee Air and Water Show say 1.2 million people headed to Milwaukee’s Lakefront this weekend to check out the action high in the sky and on the water.  The show was part of Navy Week in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is one of 15 cities that celebrates the military during Navy Week — also commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The air show once again brought back...

Air Festival - Lewiston Morning Tribune | Tribune/Kyle Mills World War II B-17 Sentimental Journey performs a fly-over as the colors are presented during a salute to the veterans as part of the Lewis-Clark Air Festival Saturday at Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport. The B-17 and a ...

MERFI adds music and air race this year - Urbana Daily Citizen | This year's MERFI will feature new additions, including an air race, a battle of area high school bands, a concert by '80s band Red Hush and carnival rides. "This year's MERFI promises to offer something for everyone, from our experimental aircraft...

Line up announced for Duxford Air Show - Haverhill Echo | Performing thrilling flying displays at The Duxford Air Show are the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota, B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B, The Fighter Collection's Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat and Curtiss H-75A-1 Hawk, two North American T-28 Fennecs (from...

Eyes on the sky for model airplane show - Fox11online.com | BROWN COUNTY - Eyes were on the sky in the Green Bay area Saturday for an annual air show. Aviation fans gathered at Nicolet Airport east of the city for RC Air Show and Corn Roast event. Pilots brought in some of their equipment to show off their ...

Week of the Eagles air show draws 20000 - WHAS 11.com | The air show featured a Dixie Commemorative Air Force demonstration, a C-45 (Beech 18) demonstration, Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Air Assault and Rescue at Dawn Re-enactment, a Trojan Horse demonstration, Air Force Flyovers, and an Air ...

Will Rogers and Wiley Post Fly-In, The Drillers return home and visit some ... - Tulsa World | Enjoy an air show at the Will Rogers and Wiley Post Fly-In on Sunday. The planes will land on a grass strip adjacent to the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch house on Oologah Lake, 9501 E. 380 Road, two miles east of U.S. 169 on 380 Road. Activities run ...

Zhukovsky skies reverberating to air show - Voice of Russia | It’s day two of an air show marking the centenary of Russia’s Air Force. Some 50,000 people have visited an airfield in Zhukovsky southeast of Moscow to watch a retro parade and a fly-past by some of the latest Sukhoi-35 fighter bombers....

The Patrouille de France as if you were there - Var-Matin | If the arrow, diamond or heart became the essential figures, demonstrations of the Patrouille de France are expanding every year something new. Often the brainchild of leader. For the 2012 season, the ...

Reberry Air Racing - Reno Preparation… | After two years of pacing our work and then moving in to the final touches stage, we are now moving into the crunch time stage. This is a familiar mode to racers in the final month prior to heading to Reno. September Fate has ...

No Airshow For Upper Cumberland Regional Airport In 2013 from Aero-News Network  | Board Committee Votes To Suspend The Event Following Management Change The operations committee of the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport (KSRB) board of directors voted Thursday night to recommend the suspension of the airport's annual airshow following a recent management change. But cancellation of the event, until now held annually at the airport located between Cookeville and Sparta, TN, appears to be just the tip of the iceberg of the airport's issues.

Mysore to lose iconic airshow - Deccan Chronicle | The famous Mysore Dasara will lose one of its major attractions — the Dasara Air Show — with the defence ministry refusing to hold air shows anywhere in India during festivities and private engagements, citing security concerns. The Dasara High ...

Warbird Madness-Part Two from TAKEOFF TUBE | All of this video footage was shot during the 2012 Planes of Fame Air Show held last May at the Chino Airport in Chino, CA. We decided to use the footage that did not make it in our air show coverage of the event. We have hours and hours of footage like this in our archives and from time to time we like to release it as video montages like this one. Enjoy!

History student learns from her grandfather, makes his WWII story a senior project - Akron Beacon Journal | Winthrop "Win" Worcester talks with his granddaughter, Heidi Klise, 22, of Wooster about how he bailed out of his B-17 during WWII. Klise, the College of Wooster senior, interviewed her grandfather and did her senior project on his World War II ...

FREEDOM'S FACES: Naval aviator dealt with water, flak, Zero fighters - Muncie Star Press | MUNCIE — One inescapable thought comes to you after Robert V. Miller unfolds the map on which he has traced his flights across the Pacific Ocean as a naval aviator during World War II. Geez, that's a lot of water. “Oh yeah, I thought about it a lot ...

From wild dreams to world-class museum - Fraser Coast Chronicle | The Hinkler Hall of Aviation chronicles the amazing life and achievements of a famous son of Bundaberg and Australia - world-class aviator and self-taught pioneering aeronautical engineer, Herbert John Louis "Bert" Hinkler. The vision that led to this ...

Museum of Aviation shows off unique WWII airplane models - Macon Telegraph | These planes, all of the World War II era, weren't assembled from a prefabricated kit. Rather, each plane was personally handcrafted by the late Holice McAvoy, a Washington, Ga., native who died in 1997. Blake Nobles, 9, of Hawkinsville, was at the ...

Aviation History Las Vegas | Barnstorming Nevada: McCarran Airport   | Historian Mark Hall-Patton narrates the Barnstorming Nevada episode of “60 Years of McCarran International Airport.”

Pilot Becomes Guard's First F-35 Instructor from Aero-News Network | Maj. Jay Spohn First To Qualify To Teach Others To Fly The JSF An Airman became the Guard's first F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot recently at Eglin's multi-service, multi-national F-35 Integrated Training Center. Maj. Jay Spohn, assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing here as the assistant director of operations for the 58th Fighter Squadron and the chief of standards and evaluation for the 33rd Operations Group, successfully flew his final of six flights Aug. 3 becoming fully qualified and able to teach follow-on pilots to fly the F-35A...

Airplane Geeks - Episode 209.5 - EAA Airventure 2012 Interviews ... by maxflight | In this Special Edition of the Airplane Geeks Podcast, David takes us back to EAA AirVenture 2012 with interviews recorded July 25-28, 2012. Over 500000 people attended the event over the course of seven days. This year ...

AHS Student Design Competition Winners Announced - HeliHub | ...With the revitalization of public interest in air racing due to the introduction of the Red Bull Air Races and increased popularity in Reno, it has become apparent there is no equivalent in the rotorcraft world. In order to spark interest in a helicopter sport to rival Reno and the Red Bull series, AHS and sponsor Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation challenged students to design a purpose built helicopter to race on a prescribed pylon course. One of the main challenges faced by the rotorcraft industry is the unprecedented maneuverability required to complete such a course. For instance, Red Bull series pilots regularly pull 9g turns during a race, a load factor unheard of for a rotor system....

New Hampshire teens try on aviator wings at career camp in Laconia - The Union Leader | New Hampshire teens try on aviator wings at career camp in Laconia. By PAULA TRACY New Hampshire Union Leader. LACONIA — Twenty teenagers from across the state spent a week here in July, learning about careers related to aviation and aerospace ...

EAA Chapter 32 Gives Young Eagle Flights In Variety of Aircraft at St. Charles County Smartt Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | EAA Chapter 32 provided Young Eagle flights to area youth at St. Charles County Smartt Airport this weekend. The Young Eagles program offers first flights to those aged 8-17 years old and a student membership in EAA that provides additional training towards obtaining a private pilot's license. A...

Book For Would-Be Pilots Now Free from Aero-News Network | Read Online Or Download "Learning To Fly An Airplane" At No Cost Author and private pilot Ted Seastrom is now offering, free of charge, his book about learning to fly an airplane from a student perspective. "Learning to Fly an Airplane: Insider information from a student perspective" opens up the private pilot flight training process. Its goal is to help would-be pilots get the most value for their time, money and effort.

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