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Not Again! Another Brutal Weekend For GA - from Aero-News Network | Three Pilots Lost In Tragic, High-Profile Accidents For the third successive weekend there have been multiple, high-profile fatal accidents -- this time, claiming the lives of three pilots… As previously reported, famed warbird pilot and craftsman, Bob Odegaard -- one of the men responsible for the formation of the Fargo Air Museum and the Fargo AirSho -- was practicing for another weekend airshow when his Super Corsair went down Friday evening. In Borrego Springs, California a member of the USA Advanced Aerobatic Team was killed Saturday when he reportedly jumped from his plane as it was suffering mechanical issues only to have experinced some manner of parachute malfunction or incomplete deployment. And just five hours later, a small plane that Northwest Cable News.com reports was “performing” at a Republican Party Fundraiser crashed, fatally injuring the pilot...
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Bob Odegaard from Photorecon by Dave Budd | Robert Odegaard was born and raised in Kindred, North Dakota. Bob’s love for aviation started as a child on the family farm where he would watch DC-3s fly overhead. Bob founded and operated Odegaard Aviation, a fixed-base operation and aerial spray firm. He was airport manager for the Kindred airport and was instrumental in building the airpark next to the...

Air show wraps up Sunday - Today's THV | On display is the U.S Navy's most highly-decorated squadron, the Blue Angels. The Blue Angels is the nation's second oldest aerobatic team. They fly in more than 70 shows every year. This air show is packed with some great aircrafts like Fat Albert and...

Crowds meet veterans at air show - FOX16.com | Sunday, the Little Rock Air Show attracted tens of thousands, and while the Blue Angels may be the big draw, they can also connect with veterans who have flown planes into battle. World War II veteran Bill McGinley was shot down in Belgium in his bomber.

Record crowd turns out to see Waukegan Air Show - Lake County News Sun | Article Extras. Story Image. With the famed Canadian Royal Air Force Snowbirds as the main attraction on a comfortable, sunny, fall-like Saturday, this year's air show in Waukegan drew the highest-ever turnout in the show's history, according to its ...

California Capital Airshow final day - Sacramento Bee | Pilot Sean Tucker perform aerobatic flying in the Oracle Challenger II performs at the California Capital Airshow on September 9, 2012 at Mather Field in Rancho Cordova, Calif....

Snapshots - California Capital Air Show, Sept. 8, 2012 - Sacramento Bee

Navy Week to commemorate War of 1812 - Buffalo News | During the weeklong schedule of events, spectators will have a chance to tour the ships, see historical and naval-themed presentations by military personnel, watch Navy "Leap Frogs" parachute from 12,000 feet into locations in Western New York, meet ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Plymouth Air Show reveals another side of flying - Wicked Local | For most of the hundreds of people who attended the air show held Sunday at Plymouth Municipal Airport, flight is exciting. They may think nothing of driving 75 mph down the highway, but if their minivan suddenly lifted 1,000 or more feet into the air ...

Up in the sky with the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team - KTVO | Droves of people from all over came to see the amazing aerobatics at the 5th Annual Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival. "We love it," said Stephen Rutherford, of Bethel, Mo. "Kirksville did a good job this year. Great weather, beautiful weather. Great ...

Flying the Skies for the Virginia Air Show - WHAG | watch video. FRONT ROYAL, VA - The Warren County Airport was proud to host their 5th annual Virginia Air Show and thousands of people grabbed front row to experience the aviation thrill. Hay rides were offered as transportation from and to the airport.

Record-breaking crowds at 21st Southport Air Show (GALLERY) - Liverpool Echo | Tom Owen-Jones, 24, who was among those enjoying the displays from the pier on Saturday, said: “I've been to the Rhyl Air Show before but this was better. “The Red Arrows were breath- taking. The view from the pier was brilliant and we will definitely ...

Red Arrows a dream job for Walsall engineer - expressandstar.com | An engineer from Willenhall has spent the summer flying with the prestigious Red Arrows after landing a job with the world-famous aerobatic team. Corporal Lyndon Picken, aged 30, is part of the back-seat support crew for the team and was involved ...

Duxford 'September show' 8-9-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Had a great time meeting up with Neil Fox and Pat from Dublin, along with Paul and Chris Davies, and the show was 'blessed' with great weather for a change. Noted during the weekend, The 'Classic wings' Rapide which caught fire again !! and Mr Weeks was there too. Saw...

GALLERY: Portrush Airshow 2012 - Belfast Newsletter | Thousands of spectators flocked to the north coast at the weekend for the Portrush Airshow. It is understood a number of the Red Arrows aircraft were unavble to take part due to technical faults. This year has been billed the biggest programme of ...

The airshow will not wait for us to cast Sunday at the grass ... - La Voix du Nord | Not far away, the Factory Theatre launches its cultural season. Sunday. The airshow, here in Lens-Bénifontaine with the Patrouille de France, Rafale, two Mirage 2000, the patrol Polish Orlik and always on time Breitling ...

Arrows are thriving in Marina Centre with the show in the afternoon - News Rimini | The sight of the Frecce Tricolori involved the entire coast of Rimini. frecce.jpg. LONDON | 09 September 2012 | 22:43. From 17, the evolution of the aerobatic team held glued his eyes to heaven all Rimini twenty minutes ...

In Hradec CIAF: acrobatics and real salvation patient - Aktuálně.cz | Had its premiere in Hradec Croatian Krilo acrobatic group Oluja with seven propeller machine Pilatus. Interest viewers also focused on the Mig-15 fighters from Poland and Cobra helicopter gunship from the same country. The sky above the airport to Hradec introduced i ...

Berlin air show to give glimpse of delayed airport - Reuters | BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The ILA Berlin Air Show this week will bring some long-awaited action to the city's new airport, a source of embarrassment to Germany's capital following multiple delays to its opening. A spotless new runway, so far unused ...

Reno Air Races make emotional return this week from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |Beginning this week, the Reno Air Races — now dubbed the TravelNevada.com Reno National Championship Air Races — will return to northern Nevada for the 49th annual event. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12, planes will once again return to the Sierra skies in a world-class, week-long event featuring six classes of aircraft in a head-to-head competition culminating in a race for the Breitling Unlimited Championship trophy. The event...

'The Bear' is back with the crowd at Reno Air Races from RGJ.com by By Guy Clifton | In recent
years, fans at the Reno National Championship Air Races have mostly seen the popular Unlimited Class racer Rare Bear from a distance...

Photo gallery: The final day of the 2012 Great Reno Balloon Race from RGJ.com | Wind may have cancelled today's competition, but veteran Great Reno Balloon Race photographer Marilyn Newton has pictures of dawn patrol and other events of the day, including winners.

World War II Veteran Visits Plane He Repaired - Patch.com | The Joliet resident, who is 95 years old, ended up at Lewis Airport to see the B-17 after his daughter Sandy Gerrettie and her husband, Joe Gerrettie saw it flying in the sky. "We saw the plane in the sky, Joe and I and I said, 'dad would absolutely ...

Sentimental Journey Acts as Time Machine for the Young and Old - KFBB NewsChannel 5 | Five year old Izaak Munski may not know anything about World War II, or the important role a B-17 played during its hay day, but he does know that it's one cool airplane and he gets to share this experience with his grandfather. Ken Munski, Izaak's ...

Lancaster Bomber's low-flying visit - The Press, York | Ian Richardson, of the Yorkshire Air Museum, said crowds had enjoyed the firing up of some the vintage aircraft's engines before the parade, which included the standards of the RAF Association and the Royal Observer Corps Association. He said: “We had ...

B-29 to debut at Air & Space Museum, 70 years after first flight - Omaha World-Herald | Strategic Air & Space Museum officials are throwing a 70th birthday party for an old warhorse that needed six years to get ready for inspection. The museum will unveil one of the world's last surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in a special event at ...

Troop Carrier Wing kept MacArthur’s ‘island hopping’ going – Sgt. Harold Hayden was a flight engineer on a C-47 from War Tales by Don Moore | Harold Hayden of Punta Gorda, Fla. was a flight engineer aboard a C-47 twin-engine transport plane attached to Troop Carrier Wing 322, 374th Group, 24th Squadron, part of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. Hayden and his unit flew troops, fuel, ammunition and food all over the Pacific. He [...]

World War II paratrooper mourns the demise of a Gooney Bird from War Tales by Don Moore | A week or so ago (September 2005), I wrote a couple of columns about an ancient C-47 twin-engine transport plane sitting on the tarmac at Charlotte County Airport with its wings off and its engines gone. Come to find out, the World War II airplane flew on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and dropped members of [...]

Female pilots few, but proud - JDN News | On May 22, 1912, 1st Lt. Alfred Cunningham reported to Annapolis, Md., for duty, marking the birth of Marine Corps aviation. It was another 81 years, in 1993, before 2nd Lt. Sarah Deal was selected as the first female Marine to attend Naval aviation training. Deal paved the way for the hundreds of female Marines who have since followed — Marines like Capt. Andrea Neagle. As a...

Missing man formation honors lost Mississippians - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | A Huey helicopter, flown by Army Aviation Heritage Foundation members, dropped gallons of rose petals over 104 American flags. The flags represented the 104 Mississippi men and women who have died in war or from acts of terrorism since 1991.

Alaska Aviation Living Legend: Harold Esmailka - Alaska Dispatch | Aviation plays an undeniable role in Alaska life; Alaska's aviators are the lifeline to more than 80 percent of the state's communities. With this in mind, the Living Legends of Alaska Aviation project celebrates the contributions long-time aviators ...