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The Skyraider will be joining... from American Airpower Museum's Facebook Wall | Well it's official. The Skyraider will be joining us for the labor day weekend. ME-262 is down for maintainance so won't be attending. Come see the Skyraider and our F-105 for a contrast of Vietnam era aircraft! Be sure to go online at www.americanairpowermuseum.com to buy discounted tickets!
Fun day for flight at New Garden Air Show - Daily Local News | The skies above the air field were filled all weekend buzzing engines and daring flyboys at the annual New Garden Festival of Flight. Attracting thousands of attendees from all walks of life and aged from toddler to World War II vet and beyond, the ...
Images from Wings Over Camarillo from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Lilian Darling Holt, a member of the San Fernando Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, attended the August 18-19 Wings Over Camarillo (California) Airshow, and took several images (see below) of some of the aircraft seen in the skies over Camarillo that weekend. Thank you Lilian for sharing your pictures.
Winston Salem Air Show 2012 from PARADISE AIRSHOWS | Great Photos from Cris Laforet!
2012 Wendover Wings & Wheels from Airplanes Channel | Taking place on September 22 at Wendover Airfield this event will feature military aircraft, vintage aircraft, aerobatic demos, wing-walking stunts, a...
Fly Iowa 2012 from Airplanes Channel | Scheduled for September 15, Fly Iowa 2012 will take place at Atlantic Municipal Airport with the theme of “Heritage and Homecoming”. The event...
Minden hosts 31st Annual Neb. Antique Airplane Association Fly-in - Kearney Hub | Lined up beside the runway, the 14 other antique airplanes that were flown in for the 31st annual Nebraska Antique Airplane Association Fly-In seemed to drop away as the plane gained altitude. The sky was cloudy, but the rain had stopped by mid-morning ...
Fly-in Honors Local RC Enthusiast - Shelbyville Daily Union | The annual Bob Tait Memorial Fly-In sponsored by the Tri-County RC Club brought in between 30 and 40 crafts, featuring planes of all sizes, helicopters, and even Iron Man. The local fly-in is named for local enthusiast Bob Tait who passed away in 2007.
Air show generates tourism boost - CBC.ca | The international air show held this weekend in Summerside proved to be an economic boost for tourism operators as thousands of spectators descended on the city. Tourism Summerside estimates about half of the air show visitors were from out of province...
Best of British airshow braves weather - ITV News | Around 15,000 people attended a new air show in Gloucestershire over the Bank Holiday weekend at Cotswold Airport. Sunday saw the arrival of some spectacular vintage planes, including a display team of original Tiger Moths, a training aircraft for ...
Red Arrows scream back to Clacton Air Show - Chelmsford Weekly News | THE Red Arrows were back at Clacton Air Show, after being pulled out last year in the wake of the death of pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging in a crash at Bournemouth Air Show. Team leader, Squadron Leader Mike Ling said: “The pilots performed a ...
Bournemouth Air Festival photo competition - Bournemouth Echo | Photographers of all ages are invited to take part in the Daily Echo/Castle Cameras air festival photographic competition during the four-day extravaganza, which gets under way on Thursday. There are two categories, adult and junior (16 and under), and ...
Photos: Plzeň-Líně Airshow 2012 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
World War II bomber touching down in Missoula - KPAX-TV | A World War II B-25 bomber, Maid in the Shade, is set to taxi up to the Rocky Mountain Museum of Mountain flying, and will be on display until Sunday. The public is invited to take tours of the bomber, and rides will also be offered up. The B-25 has ...
WWII vets take ride in B-17 - Watertown Daily Times | In April 1945, World War II veteran Merv Karl safely landed his B-17 Flying Fortress in England and wrote on the top of a blank page in his log book in big, bold letters “35th” in honor of completing his 35th mission as a pilot in the famous Eighth Air ...
Mediator of 9/11 fund to administer compensation fund for Reno air race victims - The Republic | RENO, Nev. — Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races have established a $77 million fund to be distributed to those who suffered injuries or lost family members in last year's mass-casualty crash in Nevada. Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw...
NTSB: Flutter Led To Reno Crash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Last year's fatal crash of a P-51 racing aircraft at Reno was caused by compromised stiffness in the elevator trim-tab system, which led to flutter and loss of elevator pitch control at race speed, said the National Transportation Safety Board inin its probable-cause hearing on Monday. At last year's race, veteran air racer Jimmy Leeward lost control of his Galloping Ghost P-51 after the home pylon turn, causing a sharp pitch up followed by a dive into a spectator area, killing him and 10 others. The NTSB's investigation revealed that the...
Video: Avro Anson Srs 19 Little Gransden 26-8-2012 from stickandrudderWTO
Oldest daredevil in the Midlands sky dives 10000 feet for charity - Sunday Mercury | Pat Oakes, aged 93, is celebrating her latest adrenalin-pumping stunt – plunging 10,000 feet from a plane. It's not the first time the plucky great grandma, from Solihull, has risked life and limb for thrills. She has previously completed a wing walk...
Terrible turtle to try for Sikorsky prize again from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | In a larger indoor arena, with a few unspecified modifications, the University of Maryland’s Gamera II human-powered helicopter will make a second attempt at the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize this month...
Florida EAA chapter building Aviation Development Center from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | EAA Chapter 1240 of Sebring, Florida, broke ground on Saturday for an Aviation
Development Center that will serve as the chapter's home base and a...Perry, Mo., teen restores classic plane, wins silver in world competition - Quincy Herald Whig | His work has paid off. Dillon won a silver "Lindy" award at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 aircraft competition in Oshkosh, Wis. The international event celebrates the "past, present and future" of aviation with ...
Clamour for Armstrong state funeral from Spaceports | Neil Armstrong statute at Purdue's Neil Armstrong School of Engineering | President Barack Obama is being called upon by an online petition and members of Congress to hold a state funeral for the late Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died Saturday. State funerals, held at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. are steeped in tradition and usually reserved for former presidents, the last being Gerald R. Ford in 2006...
Neil Armstrong - 1930-2012 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The sad news that Neil A. Armstrong passed away Saturday reverberated through the entire world, but even more so in the aviation community - to which Armstrong was a lifelong member.
Neil Armstrong at AirVenture 2003 Aviator and Astronaut Neil Armstrong talks about the Wright Brothers and the birth of aviation at AirVenture 2003 Theater in the Woods.
Armstrong is remembered as a "humble guy" - Purdue Exponent | David Wolf (STS 58, 86, 89, 127), astronaut and Purdue alumnus, said Neil Armstrong was amazing for many reasons, but foremost was his humility. Armstrong died on Saturday following complications related to heart surgery. Wolf had met him a number of...
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