Cleveland National Air Show Closes Final Day - Cleveland News - Fox 8 | CLEVELAND — Over Labor Day weekend, you probably couldn't help but hear the sonic booms and the buzzing of jets and airplanes around the Cleveland area. The National Air Show ended on Labor Day but it brought a lot of fun and adventure to town ...
Wings gleamed in sunlight Monday at the Cleveland National Air Show - Plain Dealer (blog) | "It's going to be a great day for photo opportunities," an announcer declared in the Cleveland National Air Show. "This is freedom! This is Cleveland! This is the air show!" On Sunday morning, during a downpour, show officials announced that people ...
Red Arrows join Dr Emma Egging for unveiling of memorial to pilot Jon Egging - Bournemouth 
RAF team pay tribute at airshow - This is Leicestershire | The Red Arrows have returned to Bournemouth airshow to pay tribute to a former pilot who was killed there last year. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, of Rutland, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed in a field following a display at the 2011 Bournemouth Air ...
Old and new aircraft wow the crowds at Bournemouth Air Festival 2012 - Bournemouth Echo | HUNDREDS of thousands of spectators crammed on to Bournemouth sands, cliff tops and water over the weekend to witness a spectacular weekend of flying. Space was at a premium on the beach between the two piers as people jostled to get prime viewing ...
From The A-J's Pages - LubbockOnline.com | Slaton — Aircraft buffs will get a chance to see and hear ghosts from the past Sunday when as many as 60 World War II vintage warbirds converge at Slaton Municipal Airport's Gaulding Field for the first West Texas Air Fair, Jim Davis of the Slaton...
Air festival hailed a success - ITV News | Bournemouth's fifth Air Festival has been declared a triumph, with an estimated 964,000 festival goers across the four days. More than 125,000 visitors and residents packed Bournemouth beach on launch day Thursday, greeting the arrival of the Red Arrows.
La patrouille de France survole Lyon - France 3 | Invité d'honneur des cérémonies commémoratives de la Libération de Lyon, la Patrouille de France a survolé Lyon à partir de 11h30. Neuf Alphas Jet de la patrouille sont passés au dessus de la place Bellecour, nettement visibles à 300 mètres au-dessus...
Roughly 115000 attended SIAF air show - The Slovak Spectator | Approximately 115,000 people came to the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) 2012 air show that took place on September 1-2 at Sliač airport. Visitors had the chance to see around 100 aircrafts and helicopters from 14 countries, the SITA newswire ...
Serbia stages int'l air show to mark 100th anniversary of founding of air force - Avionics Intelligence | Some 11 countries sent their military personal and aircraft participating in the air show which featured 27 aircrafts, including models like the Eurofighter, American F16, Russian Mig 29, Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and French Rafale. In his opening ...
Weather gives Fly-In an open stage - Register Pajaronian | WATSONVILLE — The skies above Watsonville were abuzz with aerobatic pilots, smoke trails and dazzling stunt pilots over the weekend as the 48th annual Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show unfolded at Watsonville Municipal Airport. Despite a daunting wall of ...
Simsbury Fly-In and Car Show set for Sept. 23 - Torrington Register Citizen | SIMSBURY — The Simsbury Fly-In and Car Show, the largest event of its kind in New England, will be held Sunday, Sept. 23 at Simsbury Airport, 94 Wolcott Road, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 600 beautiful airplanes and cars of virtually every type and ...
CAMS Air Show flies into Tustin - Cadillac News | The Cadillac Area Modelers Society is a radio-controlled aviation club specializing in flying a variety of model aircrafts including powered and electric aircrafts, helicopters and sailplanes ranging from 3D performance aircrafts to vintage models. The ...
Historic Flying Fortress Memphis Belle begins national tour in this area - Mount Airy News | It seems fitting that the visit to the Smith-Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem by Memphis Belle, a restored World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, coincided with Labor Day because the talents of those who manufactured the planes is also an important ...
SM Ninety-Nines celebrate women in aviation - Lompoc Record | Comprised of seven 4- by 8-foot panels of aluminum sheeting, each panel depicts a different era of women in aviation stretching from Harriet Quimby, the first licensed woman pilot in America, to astronauts Peggy Whitson, who became the first female ...
Kermit Weeks Mosquito to the UK ? from stickandrudderWTO | A conversation heard by Paul 'Chester' Davies with Mr Kermit Weeks at Shuttleworth on sunday 2-9-2012, and being over here in the UK on 'holiday', spoke of bringing the FoF Mosquito to the UK, due to lack of hangar-space. Now that is good news, and 'The People's Mosquito, might get there wish. Best of it is, I suggested this on their site months ago, but talk of the aircraft being not 'flight-worthy' put paid to that. 
However, this is welcome news indeed.
Convair B-36 upper gun turrets (via and via) from x planes
"FALCON 71" from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Royal New Zealand Air Force Macchi MB339C NZ6471, callsign "Falcon 71" was retired from service in December 2001 following the disbandment of the RNZAF strike force. It arrived by truck at Ardmore 03 September to be displayed at the Warbirds museum. Another...
New articles from The Lexicans:
- Operation Bulls Eye (low level Hustler)
- The Blackburn Buccaneer
- Lawrence Mead Jr., Aerospace Engineer Who Helped Design A-6 Bomber, Dies at 94 - NYTimes.com
Alyssa Mae's First Scholarship Essay! from Life on the Road as a Pilot | I give to you the first essay from Alyssa Mae, the recipient of our 2012 Summer "Dreams Take Flight" Scholarship. The Girls With Wings Scholarship Program provides funds for flight training to selected individuals with a willingness to be superlative GWW role models. Winners show potential to continue her interaction with...
Young Eagles Program Soars at Hiller - Patch.com | Every third Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Kids ages 8-17 fly free; "Young Eagles,'' ongoing. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Kids between ages 8-17 fly free every third Saturday of the month; "Soar with Books,'' ongoing. 11 a.m. A preschool reading program offered the...
Stratos Team Delays Skydive Record Attempt from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Red Bull Stratos team, which is working toward breaking the longstanding highest-ever parachute jump record, has delayed its final record attempt because the capsule, which carries skydiver Felix Baumgartner aloft beneath a helium balloon, was damaged in a test jump last month. Baumgartner landed safely after jumping from 97,145 feet above the New Mexico desert -- the second-highest jump, ever -- and the capsule was released from...
Ejection seats from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I came across this video clip today. It shows the late Neil Armstrong ejecting from a Lunar Landing Research Vehicle in May 1968. Watching it set me searching for footage of the early development of ejection seats, a subject in which I've long taken an interest...
South Korean Astronaut-turned-Ambassador from Spaceports | Yi So-Yeon, the first and only South
Korean astronaut, reached space when she was 29 to become one of the Earth's youngest space fliers. Asher Schechter writing for Harretz, spins the story of the reluctant astronaut who spent 11-days in space. In 2006, Yi beat out 36,000 other applicants to become one of the finalists in a nationwide contest for a seat on a flight to International Space Station and the prestigious title of First Korean Astronaut...'100 Year Starship' Announces 2012 Public Symposium from Aero-News Network | Global Platform For Public, Private Efforts To Enable Interstellar Travel By 2112 The first major event from 100 Year Starship (100YSS) will take place September 13-16, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, TX. A DARPA-seed funded initiative building an inclusive, global aspiration for interstellar space travel, the 100YSS 2012 Public Symposium will bring together influential thought, scientific and cultural leaders to explore the technologies, science, social structures and strategies needed to make capabilities for human travel to another star system a reality within the next century....
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