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Flyovers scheduled for Air Force Week NYC - Air Force Week | In conjunction with Air Force Week New York City, the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team, the "Thunderbirds," will perform a coordinated formation flyover pass in their F-16D "Falcon" aircraft over Yankee Stadium during the Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox game Aug. 18 at approximately 4:05 p.m.
The Thunderbirds will also fly over the Air Force Week opening ceremonies up the Hudson River near the U.S.S. Intrepid, Pier 86, Sunday, Aug. 19, at approximately 1 p.m. There will be one pass from South to North....

Blue Angels pilot hails from county - Frederick News Post | Harrell, who grew up in Frederick County, was announced as a member of the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron -- otherwise known as the Blue Angels -- in July. He flies a Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules, a four-engine turboprop cargo plane that ...

Video: US Navy Leap Frogs parachute over Milwaukee - BizTimes.com | The United States Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Demonstration Team opened the air segment of the Milwaukee Air and Water Show both Saturday, Aug. 11, and Sunday, Aug. 12, waving an 800-square-foot American flag as they landed on Bradford Beach....

'Barnstormers' to Descend on Pioneer Airport Next Week from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The American Barnstormers Tour, featuring a dozen or more airworthy vintage airplanes from aviation's golden age along with pilots decked out in period gear, plans a special stop at EAA's Pioneer Airport next Wednesday, August 22...

Podcast: Andrew McKenna – Warbird Radio  - www.warbirdradio.com | Thunder Over The Boardwalk performer Andrew McKenna joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Find out about Andrew’s T-6 solo aerobatic routine and his trusty Texan “Pamela Marie”.

Disabled American Veterans Shares Message at Wings Over Alpena from DAV Flight Team  | Alpena, MI – Disabled American Veterans (DAV) will reach out to veterans and their families sharing its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’s combat-wounded men and women at the Wings Over Alpena on August 17-18.  In the company of the iconic World War II era B-25 Mitchell Bomber, the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team will appear at the Wings Over Alpena....

'Wings Over Halls': Annual air show is this weekend - Jackson Sun | This year, both days feature the same routine and begin at 1:30 p.m. with the national anthem and recognition of veterans from every branch, followed by the air show. Visitors can see a sky dotted with D-17s, D-25s, P-47s, P-51s and more. Team RV, a ...

Airfield days a go in Owasco - Auburn Citizen | The Experimental Aircraft Association, Young Eagles and the Spot Landing Challenge are two of this year's highlights. Young people ranging in age from 8 to 17 can take an hour long ground school course with instructor and Senior American Airlines...

Thunder in the Valley Air Show to give money to charities - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | In a news release, Phaedra Childers, the event coordinator, said, "The air show committee works very hard every year to put on a great show, but we measure our success by how much we can donate to area youth organizations and charities. "The weather ...

Red Arrows return to regatta - This Is South Devon | The display by the Red Arrows is one of the highlights of this year's event which will take place between Saturday, August 25, and Wednesday August 29. ​. The Arrows have not appeared in Torquay since 2009. In 2010 the atrocious weather prevented the ...

Sywell airshow will mark Queen's jubilee - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | A DISPLAY from the legendary Red Arrows and a chance to see a the war-winning power of the Spitfire and Hurricane are all part of the highlights at the Sywell Jubliee Airshow on Sunday. The flying display will be a mixture of older and more modern ...

Cleveland National Air Show 2012 from Airplanes Channel  | Performances lined up for the Cleveland National Air Show include the USN Blue Angels, a C-130 (Fat Albert) Demonstration, USN F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-22 Heritage Flight, USN Navy Leap Frogs, USA Golden Knights, Aurora Aerial Ballet, Jane Wicker, Mike Goulian, Sean D Tucker, and Metro Life Flight.

The 2012 Great New England Air Show from photorecon.net by Ken Kula | The Great New England Air Show, held at western Massachusetts’ Westover Air Reserve Base, was a salute to the Greatest Generation… those American men and women who came of age during the time between the Great Depression and the end of World War II. The organizers invited local surviving World War II veterans to the show, and at Friday morning’s Galaxy Community Council Breakfast, a [...]

Curtiss Model E to fly again - Corning Leader | Trafford Doherty, director of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, stands next to a 1912 Model E replica that the museum's restoration shop is preparing to fly in September. Derrick Ek/The Leader. Curtiss.main.tif · Curtiss.off.1.tif · curtissModelE.tif ...

Dole Air Race - Little Bits of History |August 16, 1927: The Dole Air Race begins. Lindberg had flown across the Atlantic and inspired by this feat, James D. Dole offered a prize for the flying across the Pacific. Since that ocean is so much larger, the trip would only cover from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. The flight would cover 2,400 miles. The first team to accomplish this would receive $25,000 and the second place team would take $10,000. That would be ~$311,000 and $124,000 respectively in today’s currency. James D. Dole, also known at the Pineapple King, was...

Mass Delivery Of Planes (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

Macho Man from Latest Vlog | This advert has been recently launched in South Africa with a very neat aviation theme to it. Check it out!

Errant Skydivers Land On Nuke Sub Base from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two skydivers who missed their intended drop zone at St. Mary's Airport in southeast Georgia and instead landed at Naval Base King's Bay next door, which hosts Ohio Class nuclear submarines and their Trident nuclear missiles were quickly detained last Sunday. They landed on a ball field. Base spokesman Scott Bassett said the pair, who were caught by unexpected winds, were "noticed immediately" and met with a response that will have to be left up to the imagination since Bassett declined to tell NBC News the details of the interaction between security forces and the errant jumpers. "Security is robust," he said. "It's extraordinarily dangerous to parachute into this base." The two jumpers also warranted some extra security attention.

19-year-old girl in Egypt invents a spacecraft propulsion device - thenextweb.com | A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The ...