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Organizers believe 1 million people could show up for Atlantic City Airshow - Press of Atlantic City | Last year, on the day of the airshow, 23308 vehicles passed through the Pleasantville toll plaza eastbound between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., a 43 percent increase over an average Wednesday, said SJTA spokesman Kevin Rehmann. If there were four people in...

Blackpool air show attracts 60,000 - airnewstimes.co.uk | About 60,000 people were expected for the annual Blackpool Air Show, organisers have said...

The Patrouille de France fly over St. Raphael on August 15 - Var-Matin | On the occasion of military ceremonies on August 15, and for the first time in Cannes, France Patrol will conduct a passage above the landing beach at Dramont between 17 and 17 h 30 h 45 with a release color.

Two air shows coming to Tillsonburg - Tillsonburg News | ... on August 29, 2012. On Saturday August 18, 2012 Tillsonburg will host their first full-scale airshow featuring static aircraft and aerial displays, model aircraft, bouncy castle for kids, a secured hot air ballon, beer tent, vendors and several ...

Display team bids farewell to Leeming - Ripon Today | The North Yorkshire air base hosted the Black Eagles as they prepared for and participated in the Waddington Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford following almost 20 years of preparation and liaison between the two ...

Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York Fly-In Announcement - from Antique Airfield News | The Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York (home of the Pilots Without Pants calendar) is holding their annual fly-in at Bayport Aerodrome on Long Island, August 17-19....

Fly-In event features free airplane rides - The Beacon | “Tin Goose” Chapter 1247 of the Experimental Aircraft Association will be hosting its annual Fly-In/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, Aug. 19. This event is open to the public and will be held at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport, 3255 E. State Road...

Parachuting with the U.S. Army’s extreme skydiving team - Yahoo! Video | ...Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Figel says he has a "normal" job, with medical benefits and a decent paycheck. Except his job is to jump out of airplanes several times a day. By his count Figel estimates he has about 3,075 parachute jumps under his belt, roughly 650 of them tandem jumps. "It's a dream job. You saw, what did my office look like? I get to travel around the country and meet interesting people, and represent the Army," said Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Figel....

B-29 Stratofortress grounded in Chicago; Plane may arrive later today - Springfield News-Leader | Rain and low clouds this morning grounded the Commemorative Air Force's B-29 “Fifi” in Chicago, though event organizers hope the plane will still make it to Springfield by 4 or 5 p.m. today, according to CAF spokeswoman Kim Pardon. “We're still on...

Restored B-17 “Flying Fortress” Bomber To Visit Leesburg Airport - Clarke Daily News | On August 17 through 19, 2012, the Aluminum Overcast, a restored World War II B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber, returns to the Leesburg Executive Airport as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's 2012 “Honor Their Legacy” tour. During the tour ...

Wings of Freedom Tour arrives around 1:40 p.m. - Penn Yan Chronicle-Express (blog) | Participating in the Collings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter, will fly into Penn Yan Airport ...

Green Speed Cup – Year Two Final Results from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Stemme’s Green Speed Cup, a speed and economy run that was to have sped over six days, ended on the fifth, with all five Stemmes still competing, but with a big break between the top three and the bottom five.

Tuskegee Airmen exhibit tells about foes pilots faced abroad, and at home - Fremont News Messenger | But there he was at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport on Saturday afternoon, looking at a P-51C fighter on display as part of the "Rise Above" exhibit by the Red Tail Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force. The exhibit demonstrates the adversity ...

Flying the ‘world’s smallest jet’ from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | An Oklahoma television station recently did a story on the FLS Microjet, an updated BD-5 that Oklahoma pilot Justin Lewis flies at airshows. Weighing just 416 pounds before adding fuel and the pilot, the jet can reach up to 320 miles per hour. Watch the video and...

It takes a fair amount of guts to ski your Super Cub across the... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith

New England Air Museum opens expansion campaign - Hartford Business | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks has officially launched its "We're On Our Way" expansion fundraising campaign with a $100000 donation from United Technologies. According to Susan R. Orred, the museum's director of development and ...

March Field Museum (KRIV) - Part III from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Rolling through the photos taken at the March Field Museum, here is part III as we wandered around in the scorching sun taking pretty much everything that was on hand!

Jim Lund’s California Flying Clipper Boeing B-314 — a moment in her life by travelforaircraft  | Jim Lund is to aviation modeling as Ansel Adams is to photography — words fail as their mastery of their art is superlative. I had not known it before the recent temporary exhibit of the San Francisco Airport Museum & Library entitled Oceans by Air: scale models and photographs by Jim Lund informed me that he also made the aircraft models hanging on permanent display within the main museum (use "San Francisco" in the search window to find the posts which have photos of these models)...

Wonder-Women in Aviation initiative to encourage women into aviation - Bizcommunity.com | 1time Airline will be embarking on an initiative in August 2012, called Wonder-Women in Aviation, which involves 30 female students from Sizwe Secondary School in Elandsfontein, receiving first-hand exposure to the airline's operations by shadowing its ...

Rescue squadron 'drops in' on children's hospital from Air Force Link Top Stories | The young boys and girls at the Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emmanuel were treated to a special surprise by pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron here Aug. 6.  Arriving by air, via HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 305th Rescue Squadron, and from the ground in Humvees, the Airmen delivered toys room to room during "Operation Toy Drop."...

Sharing a passion for flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Lewis University flight instructor and 2010 alumnus Leif Holmstrand recently returned from launching the aviation dreams of 15 high school students enrolled in the Legacy Flight Academy in Tuskegee, Ala. The two-week program was held at Moton Field, Ala., the initial flight training location for the Tuskegee Airman

Teens plan Fly-a-Thon for Colorado shooting victims from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A Florida non-profit, Teens-N-Flight, is planning a "fly-a-thon" from its headquarters in Florida to Aurora, Colo., hoping to raise up to $10,000 to help the families of the 12 people killed and 58 others who were injured last month at a Colorado movie theater, according to a report in the Daytona Beach News Journal. The group is seeking pledges of $2 a mile for the 1,310-mile trip...