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First responders honored in emotional Reno Air Races opening ceremony - Reno Gazette Journal | Michael Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association; Dave Pursell, chairman of the Air Racing Association Board; Sparks Mayor Geno Martini; and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell on Thursday thank representatives of all the emergency ...

 2012 Reno Air Races - Thursday Live Update - LiveAirShowTV | Our LIVE report from the Rare Bear Pit with Stewart Dawson. Watch for expanded coverage of Thursday's news later tonight.

Photo gallery: Thursday photos from the Reno air races from RGJ.com  | Reno air race organizers used the opening ceremonies as an opportunity to remember the first responders who helped out in last year's crash and the community that rallied to support the air races after the crash.

Legendary ND aviator laid to rest - Dickinson Press | KINDRED — A North Dakota stunt pilot who died while practicing for the Valley City Air Show last week has been laid to rest. Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday for the funeral and burial of 66-year-old Bob Odegaard in Kindred. He was remembered ...

NAS Oceana Air Show - The Virginian-Pilot | Fancy flying over Oceana The Oceana Air Show will fill the Virginia Beach sky with the Blue Angels and terrific tricks this weekend. Friday starts with a 5:30 p.m. Twilight Air Show. Gates open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with flying beginning at 10...

Tri-City Herald photographer wins top award - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | John Klatt with the Air National Guard, foreground, flies the Extra 300L two-seater as his partner Bill Kerns flies the Staudacher S-300D over the Tri-Cities on Thursday as a preview to the air shows this weekend over the Columbia River during the 2011 ...

Fly-in event offers fun - St. George Daily Spectrum | CEDAR CITY — Sphere One Aviation is hosting a fly-in breakfast Saturday with hopes of introducing more people to the world of aviation. Jay Orton with Sphere One said the event will offer sights not often seen in Southern Utah, including aerobatic ...

Air show admission charge waived - Parkersburg News | PARKERSBURG - There will be no admission charge at the Oct. 13-14 Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Air Show. Updating Wood County commissioners Thursday, Donna Rusche, event co-chairman, said the committee has decided it would seek additional ...

Red 10 flies in to meet air cadets - Dartmouth-Today | Following the exciting Red Arrows display at Dartmouth regatta, youngsters from the town along with air cadets from Totnes, Brixham and Torquay had the chance to meet Squadron Leader Mike Ling – the aerobatic's team road manager, codenamed Red 10.

Berlin Airshow Hosts Rival Airbus A380 And Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Manila Bulletin | Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. put their flagship jumbo jets on display this week at the Berlin air show adjacent to the yet-to- be opened airfield. While the gleaming white aircraft are crowd pleasers at any event, they're getting less affection from the ...

Video: Women in Aviation 2012 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale

He flew one of the last bombing missions in WW II – Lt. Chuck Rauch was a B-24 navigator from War Tales by Don Moore | Two days before VJ-Day, Japan’s surrender ending World War II, former Lt. Chuck Rauch, of Punta Gorda, Fla. was flying as navigator in an all black B-24 “Liberator” bomber. He was on a night mission to attack shipping at the north end of Ie Shima Island, part of the Japanese home islands. “Two bomb runs [...]

So you want to fly in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress? - Worcester Telegram | Mr. Purple, of Petersham, flew bombers during World War II and has had the opportunity to fly in the planes since the war, but the event will allow others to get to see the planes and, if they are willing to pay the price, take a flight in one of them ...

Giant German Luftwaffe Aircraft Wreck Found? from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Italian researchers claim (with video) to have found wreckage off the Sardinian coast of a huge Messerschmitt-323 Gigant (Giant) of which some 200 examples were built and none of which were thought to have survived the war. The Me-323 spanned 180 feet, was driven by six wing-mounted piston engines, weighed 45 tons, could carry 120 fully equipped men and...

The early B-24 known as “Ol 927″ by travelforaircraft | This Consolidated B-24A Liberator — known as "Ol 927" — can be seen in the Cavanaugh Flight Museum and is especially nice to see since it is an early version, prior to models which were equipped with powered nose gun turrets. It is also in flying condition and regularly is taken to air shows and airports where a ride can be purchased...

Newark Air Museum Aviation Amble - BBC News | Participants in the Aviation Amble will be given a guided circular walk along one of the old airfield taxiways, around the perimeter of Newark Air Museum, Southfield Site and the RAF Winthorpe Memorial. The walk is part of the Trent Vale Partnership's ...

Video: Last Flight of the C-133 Cargomaster from The Lexicans | I’m really not that familiar with the Cargomaster but have seen a few in museums. I also didn’t know that in 2008 one had flown...

Greg Marlow’s dream machine: A go-places plane from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are many reasons people chose to build an airplane. Sometimes, it's the challenge of the project, or an attempt to reduce the cost of flying. Other times it's to build a dream machine to handle what would otherwise be a less-than-enjoyable commute. Greg Marlow from Kingsport, Tenn., falls into the last category. He is the proud builder/pilot/owner of an RV-9A. According to Marlow, the decision to build the RV came out of the need for a plane he could use to commute to his Air Force Reserve unit in Charleston, S.C., where he flies the C-17...

Video: Fridays Fabulous Flyers from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Honoring the Heroes of NWA Flight 85.

Nation Says Goodbye to Moonwalker Neil Armstrong from news | LL | http://www.theledger.com  | The nation bid farewell Thursday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap onto the moon. The pioneers of space, the powerful of the capital and the everyday public crowded into the Washington National Cathedral for a public interfaith memorial for the very private astronaut.