Saturday, September 8, 2012

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Famed ND pilot Bob Odegaard killed during practice for Valley City air show - Grand Forks Herald | Famed N.D. pilot Bob Odegaard killed during practice for Valley City air show. Famed North Dakota pilot Bob Odegaard was killed Friday night during a practice run for an air show here. Odegaard, 66, of Kindred, was renowned for both his skills in the ...

In tribute:  Here's an article our friends at Photorecon did about Bob's restored Super Corsair last year at Reno.  Bob will be sorely missed in the aviation community.  Our deepest regards go out to his family, friends and co-workers.  

Blue Angels air show at LRAFB Sept. 8 & 9 - Today's THV | There will also be performances from the Air National Guard aerobatic team, USAF's Heritage Flight, Otto the Helicopter, USASOC Black Daggers, Canadian Forces Skyhawks, Air National Guard's Flashfire Jet Truck and much more. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. ...

Kids Day at CA Capitol Airshow - KTXL | A day before the start of the California Capitol Airshow, the pilots were up in the air performing for Kids Day. The event allows kids and their family's special access to the show without the hassle of large crowds. Even though the tickets were free ...

Aviation Heritage Fair Takes to the Skies for Its 16th Year - Avionics Intelligence | The Aviation Heritage Fair, which was conceived by a Kent State student aviation club, has been through several iterations over the years. The event is now run by the faculty, staff and students of the university's Aeronautics Program, with help from ...

Skyfair brings WilgaBeast to Elko - Elko Daily Free Press | Robin, from Salt Lake City, is a pilot with the Commemorative Air Force and has been flying for more than 20 years. The “WilgaBeast” is one of his newest toys, having only flown it for the past year and a half. “I like weird and different things and I ...

Lander features air show Saturday | KDLY/KOVE from Glenn Lemons | (LANDER, Wyo.) The Annual Fly-in and Car Show is tomorrow (September 8) at the Hunt Field Airport in Lander, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Start the day with a pancake breakfast, and then view the antique and experimental planes...

Shoreham Airshow ticket winner 'over the moon' - Worthing Herald | Although Bryan had always seen display aircraft fly over his house, he had never been to the airshow itself before Sunday. He said it was “absolutely brilliant” to discover he could take his 16-year-old grandson, Niall Fry, to the airshow. “I really ...

Fire drones tested at Airshow - U.TV | As the annual airshow got underway at West Bay on Saturday, he said: "The Portrush Air Show gives us a good opportunity to test the capability of using unmanned drones for aerial reconnaissance during large scale incidents. "For the first time ever we ...

A & S Interview: Brian Norris  | A talk with an airshow operations coordinator.

Rain, winds ground hot air balloons; Van Wert Festival will continue Saturday - LimaOhio.com | That's how Van Wert Hot Air Festival organizer Jerry Mazur described the high-speed winds and thunderstorms that tumbled through Northwest Ohio Friday afternoon, grounding all of the hot air balloons Friday night. “Disappointing? It's a nightmare ...

Columbus Contributes $150K to Air Museum Expansion - NewsTalk 1010 WCSI | Plans for a $350,000 expansion at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum are underway facilitated by a pledge of $150,000 from Mayor Kristen Brown and the Columbus Municipal Airport Board of Aviation Commission. According to a press release, the source of ...

Caudron C-601 F-PFLB flies back from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | For more than three years Aiglon Caudron C-601 registered F-PFLB owned Gonzaga Gaudet was exhibited at the Museum of Regional Air Angers-Marce. This device ex-Caudron C-600 # 18 F-BFLB was transformed into a C-601 essentially by replacing the Renault engine 4Pgi 100 Cv Renault 4PEI by a 140 hp. On July 24, after a thorough inspection of the airframe and engine...

Flight School for Girls Takes Off at the Pacific Aviation Museum by Damon | Sixth through eighth grade female students are having an opportunity to soar at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s new “Flight School” program this summer...

Endeavour's Retirement Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour is headed for retirement at the California Science Center and new details about the Shuttle's trip from Kennedy Space Center to LAX could create widespread photo opportunities. Endeavor is scheduled to leave Kennedy at dawn on September 17, atop a modified 747 transport. It will fly over Florida's Space Coast, NASA's Stennis Space Center near St. Louis and Endeavor's assembly plant in New...

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