Friday, August 24, 2012

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Former Navy air station hosting air show - Boston.com | The former Brunswick Naval Air Station is in the second year of a three-year run of the Great State of Maine Air Show. The last time it was held three years in a row was in the 1990s, when the US Navy was in charge. Suzanne Krauss is a former Navy ...

Brunswick air show up for the challenge - Kennebec Journal | In 2000, he was responsible for logistics for the Bangor show, which featured the Navy Blue Angels, flying legend Chuck Yeager, stealth aircraft and aerial showmen like Sean Tucker. It was a joy to see kids' faces as they watched the performances ...

Charlottetown airport home base for air show squadrons - The Guardian Charlottetown | Planes from the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels come in for a landing Wednesday at the Charlottetown Airport. The planes are F/A-18C/D Hornet and they will joining other performers at the Atlantic Canada International Airshow in Summerside beginning Saturday.

Eyes to the skies, Defenders of Freedom Air Show this weekend at Offutt - Nebraska Radio Network | This weekend is the Defenders of Freedom Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base at Bellevue. Thousands will pack the base for the show that features the Red Steel Jet Team, the Golden Knight Parachute Team and a Super Hornet Demo who are just a few of the ...

Cleveland museum to host pre-airshow party from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) is hosting its seventh annual Corks in the Concourse pre-airshow party on Friday, Aug. 31, the day before the Cleveland National Air Show kicks off. This wine-tasting event is held among the museum’s exhibits honoring women in aviation and space history. All proceeds from Corks in the Concourse will go directly to support the museum, officials noted.

Rocky Mountain Airshow Prepared for Exciting, Historic Weekend from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | This weekend's 10th annual Rocky Mountain Airshow, hosted by Colorado Sport Aviation Inc., is set to wow visitors with thrilling air show performances, fireworks, and activities for all ages at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Broomfield, Colorado.

Weekend to-do list: Author visit, air show, car show - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | The Wings Over Waukesha Air Show lands again at Waukesha County Airport on Saturday and Sunday, dazzling with both air-show wizardry and genuine heroes, including the World War II veterans on hand to share their stories about flying a B-17 like the ...

Presidential TFRs in Iowa During the Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | We have just learned that President Obama will be visiting Iowa twice next week and while those visits will not directly affect operations at Antique Airfield, they may impact those pilots planning to fly to or from Antique Airfield for the AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in August 29th - September 3rd....

Burn Ban In Effect at Antique Airfield During the 2012 Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | With the AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in now just a week away there is some important news that we want to make all Fly-in attendees, especially those who plan on camping at the Fly-in, aware of.

Colorado Chapter September 2012 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News | ...Don't forget the Nebraska chapter fly-in at Minden and air tour on the way to Blakesburg starting this weekend...

101 faces of Air Force Week New York from Air Force Link Top Stories | New York City was this year's stage for one of the Air Force's grandest outreach programs, Air Force Week. The three-day showcase took place in locations throughout the city's five boroughs and included flyovers, interactive displays, Air Force band performances, meet and greets, a movie screening with Tuskegee Airmen, and tributes at professional sporting events.

Snowbirds and Hornets fly in for Atlantic air show - CBC.ca | The skies over Charlottetown will be busy today as the Snowbirds and CF-18 Hornets both arrive for the Atlantic Canada International Air Show this weekend in Summerside. The show will feature both Canadian and American military and private aircraft, ...

Aerobatic Snowbirds worth saving - Calgary Herald | Discussion has opened about replacing the Royal Canadian Air Force's fleet of 11 CT-114 Tutor jets that make up Canada's storied Snowbirds aerobatic flying squadron. The planes, which are 49 years old, aren't expected to be replaced until December 2020 ...

Former Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging remembered with fitting new tribute - This is Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire Echo. Follow. A memorial to the Red Arrows pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging will be unveiled following the anniversary of his death. The airman's widow, Dr Emma Egging, will formally reveal the sculpture at a ceremony in Bournemouth, Dorset.

World record-holders Blades at Wings & Wheels - West Sussex County Times | The display contains a variety of very different aerobatic stunts flown just feet apart demonstrating the great skills of the pilots and the incredible versatility of the Extra 300. From high rising looping manoeuvres and dynamic 10g formation breaks ...

Mighty Vulcan bomber closes the first day of Clacton Air Show - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | It was followed by the Trig Aerobatic team, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Falcons parachute display team and the Breitling Wingwalkers. There were also displays by the Tucano, King Air and the Hawk. The RAF Tutor will not be appearing ...

Showtime for vintage aircraft - This is Lincolnshire | Two Mustangs will also feature at the event on Monday, August 27 and a de Havilland Vampire will make an appearance at the airfield for the first time. There will also be aerobatic displays at the RAF Benevolent Fund East Kirkby Air Show on Saturday, ...

An old way to fly: Experience 1929 air travel in Ford Tri-Motor 'Tin Goose' - Detroit Free Press | For a fee people can fly in this historic plane during the open house. / Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press. More. Admit it: Flying today is pretty cushy. Back in 1929, the first plane model used by early airlines as reliable passenger transport, the Ford ...

New exhibit at Columbia Metropolitan Airport honors 70th anniversary of ... - Columbia Star | Along with the CAAB/Doolittle Raiders exhibit, the facing display focuses on Fort Jackson history and its importance to our region.” The exhibit will remain on view until February 2013, around the time of winter when, in 1942, the volunteers left CAAB ...

Midland air museum hold Mustang Stampede on Saturday - San Angelo Standard-Times | MIDLAND — The CAF Airpower Museum Mustang Stampede, featuring two P-51 Mustangs and an array of Ford Mustangs for a car show, will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at 9600 Wright Drive. The event includes special guest speaker retired Air Force Col.

England ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Eighth Air Force from Air Force Link Top Stories | U.S. and Royal Air Force leadership; local community leaders from Kettering, United Kingdom; and veterans marked the 70th anniversary of the first 8th Air Force bombers participating in World War II with a ceremony at Boughton House and a memorial service at Grafton Underwood Aug. 17....

Sacramento man honored on French town's memorial to WWII B-17 crew - Sacramento Bee | Sacramento businessman Gary Wood has learned that residents of a small French village, who tried to shelter his father after his B-17 crew was shot down there as 1943 drew to a close, have established a memorial to the 10-man crew. Four of the airmen ...

Timeless Voices - Art Unruh by eaavideo.org | Arthur "Art" Unruh served as a B-17 tail gunner and waist gunner assigned to the 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during World War Two. He completed 50 combat missions and was awarded the Silver Star for his last mission.

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2012 Top 40 Under Forty: Ryan Keough - Aviation Pros | Like many who work in the aviation industry, Ryan Keough loved aviation from an early age and knew that it would develop into his lifelong career. Active in aviation for more than twenty-four years, Keough has been a professional for 13 of those years.  Growing up in Western New York State and spending most of his extra time as an “airport kid” helping out at the local aviation museum...

England ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Eighth Air Force from Air Force Link Top Stories | U.S. and Royal Air Force leadership; local community leaders from Kettering, United Kingdom; and veterans marked the 70th anniversary of the first 8th Air Force bombers participating in World War II with a ceremony at Boughton House and a memorial service at Grafton Underwood Aug. 17...

Video: Danish F-16 buzzing Storebæltsbroen bridge as seen from the cockpit (from an unsual point of view) from David Cenciotti's weblog |The following cockpit footage filmed from a quite unusual point of view shows two Royal Danish Air Force F-16s (not literally “buzzing” but) overflying the Storebæltsbroen in Denmark on a training mission...

Beyond Concorde: The next generation of supersonic flight By Tim Hume, for CNN | For more than three decades, Concorde represented the pinnacle of business travel -- the ultimate status symbol for the jetset executive. Considered a marvel of aviation technology, the distinctive droop-nosed aircraft traveled at twice the speed of sound, flying from London to New York in about three and a half hours -- half the time of commercial airliners.

Voyager "still doing awesome science" from Spaceports

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