Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Photos: The Cocoa Beach Air Show - WESH Orlando | The Air Force came to town with one intention: to raise the bar and give the crowd something to remember. From the stunts to the skydiving,..

BLUE ANGELS at Fleet Week San Francisco, Oct 4-8 2012 - AAFO

McConnell Air Show coming soon - KWCH | Expect to see jets streaking across the sky this weekend, McConnell AFB air show and open house is going on Saturday, September 29th & Sunday 30th. Plane enthusiasts will be excited to hear the Thunderbirds are back after a two year absence. The elite ...

Air Show looms: Miramar SAF prepares - DVIDS | Maldonado and his team of instructors will train these Marines over the next two weeks to stand beside the military police and enforce the rules and regulations of the installation during the 2012 MCAS Miramar Air Show...

In Their Honor Air Show - Pueblo Chieftain | The In Their Honor Air Show is returning to Fort Carson on Saturday, Sept 29 and Sunday, Sept 30. Come see a thrilling show and Touch A Truck! Tim Weber pushes G force limits with his MXS unlimited class aerobatic plane. Award winning Wings of Blue...

Stars, Stripes, and Sun from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin |Well, a little sun that is. Over the weekend Black Demonstration Team arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and as is typical in southern Florida this time of year, a mix of sun, clouds, wind, and rain arrived as well. Friday evenings jump into Huizenga Park proved as difficult an operation as Black Team has conducted all year, with winds nearing the upper limits of the team’s capabilities. But with Team 6 Aviators at the controls of the C-31 Friendship Aircraft, high anticipation from the jumpers of a combined Black and Gold Team, and a brief lull in the winds, the crowd welcomed the Golden Knights first jumper into the landing area with cheers and applause. It...

Yvonne Prettner Solon Skydives To Show Support For Military Troops (VIDEO) - Huffington Post | Prettner Solon joined forces with the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," in the skydiving endeavor. The AP reports that she called the jump an "exhilarating experience" after landing on the ground. Check out the video.

Take a Tri-Motor Fall Color Flight in October from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | Gain a new perspective on fall's colorful foliage in a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor during EAA's annual Fall Color Flights October 13-14 at Pioneer Airport. Fall Color Flights mark the end of Pioneer's 2012 flying season and show passengers the city of Oshkosh and the surrounding area ablaze in the colors of the season...

“Helen Ditriye, “the girl-hawk” in 1909” (via) from x planes

Kimball to host remote control air show - North Platte Bulletin | Kimball to host remote control air show, Tell North Platte what you think. by The North Platte Bulletin - 9/26/2012. The Kimball Kamakazee Klub Remote Control Airshow will be Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Kimball Nebraska Airport at the Remote Control field...

Navigate your way through AOPA Summit from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Sporty’s free app for the AOPA Aviation Summit is ready to download for the iPad, iPhone and Android. The Summit is scheduled for Oct. 11-13, in Palm Springs, Calif...

B-17 bomber arrives at airport for tours, flights - Rome News Tribune | The sun glinted off the side of the aluminum fuselage of the Boeing B-17 Bomber as it came in for a landing at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Armuchee. It touched down smoothly, rolling down the runway as the propellers rotated on the four ...

Double Ace from Air Force Link Top Stories | A glint of light in the sky above North Korea attracted the F-86 Sabre pilot's attention, so he descended from 41,000 feet and saw four MiG-15s. But as then-Capt. Ralph S. Parr surveyed the rest of the sky, he realized he and his fellow pilots in Shark Flight actually were facing 16 enemy fighters. The two MiGs Parr shot down on...

Timeless Voices - Robert Landon from eaavideo.org | Robert Landon was a B-26 flight engineer and tail gunner with the 2nd Bomb Squadron of the 22nd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force during World War II. He was taken out of action after being hit by fire from a Japanese Zero on his 10th mission in May 1942.

Wingsuit Skydivers Seek Record, One Injured from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Skydivers from 21 countries flew a massive 100-person wingsuit diamond formation, near Perris, California, Monday, that will be submitted to Guiness as a world record, but not all participants escaped the effort without injury. The skydivers used five different aircraft...

Never Too Young: Young Eagle/New Pilot Aims for Flight Career from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Last week we learned about Karl Klingelhofer, who at age 86 realized his lifelong dream of flying by earning his sport pilot certificate. On the other end of the spectrum, Ellen McIlquham, EAA 1070776, from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, became a pilot this past August at age 18. Although their stories are different, they both show that the passion for flight can emerge at any age.

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