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Southeast Iowa Air Show 2012 sure to be a crowd-pleaser - Burlington Hawk Eye | "When we were laying out all the pyro displays and getting all the fire permits, we looked at each and said, 'This will probably be our only chance to have a night air show.' " The air show will start at 6:30 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday, and there ...

Fairey Seal from Planeshots

AIRSHOW NEWS: Autumn Air Show cele​brates the 70th anni​versary of the might​y Mustang​ from Flightline UK | The Autumn Air Show on Sunday 14 October closes the air show season in relaxed style. One of the highlights of the Autumn Air Show will be a display by P-51 Mustang Ferocious Frankie alongside Spitfire IX from the Old Flying Machine Company, presenting the might of the Merlin engine in these legendary American and British fighter aircraft. Also flying will be North American TF-51 Mustang Miss Velma from The Fighter Collection...

Enshrinement of the Thunderbirds Postponed - Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame | Due to lack of community and industry support, the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame has postponed the enshrinement of the USAF Air Demonstration Team (Thunderbirds) until 2013 during the 60th anniversary of the Thunderbirds Alumni Association. As a consequence of the lack on support and interest in recognizing the aerospace and aviation legends of Nevada, NVAHOF has cancelled its events scheduled during the Aviation Nations Open House air show. Those attending at the new venue and dates can be assured of the same high standard and highly rewarding event as experienced in the past at The Landings at the Henderson Executive Air Terminal in Henderson, Nevada....

Fred Keller to be inducted into Kentucky Hall of Fame from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky native Fred Keller, whose record of EAA awards earns respect among homebuilders, will be inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame during a ceremony and banquet Oct. 27....

Air Show of Albenga, here is the schedule of performances: the Frecce Tricolori in ... - Your Newspaper | Albenga. All set for the awaited second edition of the Frecce Tricolori dell'Albenga Air Show, which will take place tomorrow on the promenade of Albenga, through the joint effort of the City of Albenga and Aero Club Savona. At exactly ten years from the first ...

Crowds stand to watch Vulcan bomber flypast - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Huge crowds gathered at Sywell Aerodrome today to watch a stunning flypast featuring the Vulcan XH558 with The Blades Aerobatic Display Team and a Spitfire. The flight formed part of a private event that was run at The Blades home at Sywell. Two trips...

Video: Rafale – Breitling Jet Team formation flight from apron6 | A nice video of the Rafale in formation with the Breitling Jet Team during the...

LaFayette Fly-In soars this weekend - walkermessenger | The annual LaFayette Fly-In will take to the skies over Barwick-LaFayette Airport on Saturday, Sept. 22. The event will begin with a breakfast honoring veterans at 8 a.m.. A skydiver will drop in during the opening ceremonies, which are being conducted ...

Spitfire, F-35A in a Rare Photo Op - Defense Update | This event brought the F-35 Lightning II together with the World War II era Spitfire from the Commemorative Air Force display team which joined the celebration. The attached gallery shows some pictures taken on September 14, 2012 on this unique ...

Photos: Getting closer! from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The highly anticipated first flight of Gerry Yeagen's De Havilland Mosquito at...

Video: Mosquito KA114 first engine run from stickandrudderWTO

“The U-2 Dragon Lady: The evolution” documentary almost takes you on board the spyplane at 70,000 feet from David Cenciotti's weblog | Stunning footage. Pilot interviews. Plenty of information. Have a look at the following short documentary about the U-2 Dragon Lady, just released by Beale Air Force Base that explains why the legendary spyplane, already flying surveillance missions all around the world, has evolved...

Havelock repaints aircraft display at tourist center - Jacksonville Daily News | ... set aside money for the maintenance of the aircraft in this year's budget, so we've opted to do two aircraft with the money that was allocated,” said Havelock Commissioner Jim Stuart, who is also curator of the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage ...

Oblique Wing — cutting edge design with the scissor wing with the AD-1 by travelforaircraft | Swept wing designs allow aircraft to fly at high subsonic and transonic speeds though at the cost of less efficient flight at slower airspeeds. Variable sweep allowed for revolutionary aircraft like the Grumman F-111, F-14 and Rockwell B-1 as well as the Panavia Tornado and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 — but at the cost of design complexity and weight of a pair of pivot pins in the wing roots...

Bell Helicopter Innovators Honored With Lawrence D. Bell Awards from Aero-News Network | Honors Employees Whose Innovations Lead To Significant Improvements, Growth Bell Helicopter has announced 18 employee winners of the 2012 Lawrence D. Bell Pioneer Award for innovation leadership. With this recognition, four Bell Helicopter teams will advance to the final stage of the Textron competition for the Chairman’s Award for Innovation.

Video: Ki 54 from stickandrudderWTO | Peter Smith of 'inreachoftheskies' blog and good friend sent me this footage of a Ki 54 Japanese aircraft.

Super Stieglitz bought by Brazilians from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Fresh from the in-box this morning is a release from the TAM Museum in Brazil which appears to have acquired a little piece of history in the form of a Focke-Wulf J44 Stieglitz. Although mostly...

Pull a Plane to Support a Cause - Patch.com | Doors will open for the festival at 10:30 a.m. and teams of 25 will begin their attempt at pulling an 82 ton plane at least 12 feet for charity at 11 a.m. Besides the plane pull, other festivities include a kids truck pull, food, pizza eating contest ...

Young Eagles flight rally coming to Delphi Airport - Carroll County Comet | Carroll County young people ages 13 through 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 256 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Delphi Municipal Airport. Interested ...

Shuttle Endeavour takes off on farewell tour - CBS News Video | The same team then flew the prototype shuttle Enterprise to New York City for a barge ride to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Atlantis will remain at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In November, the spaceplane will be hauled 10 miles to a ...