Tuesday, October 9, 2012

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GO WATCH: Miramar Air Show thunders into San Diego Friday - North County Times | SAN DIEGO ---- The 57th annual Miramar Air Show, this year featuring the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flying squadron and a tribute to space flight, touches down Oct. 12 at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station. More than 700,000 airshow fans turn out each year ...

Air show coming to Jackson airport - WLBT-TV | A big air show is coming to the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport next year. It's to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the airport in Rankin County. The air show will be very similar to this one held during the 1990's at the same airport.

Take Flight at the Culpeper Air Show by Lindsay Tilton
Culpeper Regional Airport will host their annual air fest which showcases airplanes of all types.

Flabob Flying Circus Slideshow Video from Antique Airfield News

Photos from Flabob Flying Circus Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | The Flabob Flying Circus was held last weekend and was a success with over 120 airplanes in attendance. The highlight of the event was the Aerial Cavalcade with 52 aircraft flying. Photos by Michael Shreeve and Brent Taylor, thanks! The beautiful 1936 Caudron C.460 replica constructed by the crew at AeroCraftsman was on display along with...

Gold Team Headlines in Tallahassee from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | The second annual Tallahassee Regional Airport Fun Fest is a small but growing event put on to bring the citizens of Florida’s state capitol together for a day of fun in the sun. The first Fun Fest held at the airport was originally held as a local barbeque contest with a crowd of only a couple thousand and a handful of static aircraft displays. This year the director wanted to expand on the idea and bring in a couple of flying acts to the event and the Gold Demonstration Team was fortunate enough to be invited...

Photos: Old Warden UK 'end-of-season' 7-10-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Extra video footage Old Warden 7-10-2012

Local aviation club to host annual aircraft show - Houma Courier | The Houma chapter formed in the mid-'70s, participating in airshows that included the Blue Angels, Bill and Corkey Fornof, and other famous airshow groups. “We've done this since 1974. It started with an airshow,” Rochel said. “It's different now ...

Flying ace with Air Force - Le Nouvel Observateur | The pilots of the Patrouille de France are among the best in the world. They are responsible for an air show set to the millimeter in aircraft flying at a speed close to that of sound. To achieve such a result and this ...

Jon Egging: investigation into Red Arrows tragedy passed to coroner - Bournemouth Echo | Jon Egging: investigation into Red Arrows tragedy passed to coroner. THE Bournemouth Red Arrows Association has welcomed the news the report into the death of Flt Lt Jon Egging has been passed to the coroner's office. The Military Aviation Authority ...

Jerrie Cobb Inducted into National Aviation Hall of Fame from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | The National Aviation Hall of Fame celebrated its 50th anniversary enshrinement dinner and ceremony at the Dayton Convention Center on October 6, 2012. Good Morning America show host, producer, and writer, David Hartman served as Master of Ceremonies for the occasion. The Enshrinee Class of 2012 included Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb, record-setting pilot, Mercury 13 member and Nobel Prize nominee for flying humanitarian missions in South America. ...

Boeing's B-17 Flying Fortress flights at Spirit Airport Sunday - KSDK | Chesterfield, MO (KSDK) - Tours of a historic Boeing product, the Memphis Belle, a WWII-era B-17 Flying Fortress, will be available Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Spirit Airport in Chesterfield. Those flights last half an hour and cost $450 ...

WWII veterans return to Reno from 1st Honor Flight Nevada from RGJ.com by By Emerson Marcus | It felt a lot like 1945 at the Reno Tahoe Airport on Sunday.

Timeless Voices - Thomas Senkel from eaavideo.org | Physicist Thomas Senkel is the designer of the E-Volo VC1 electric multicopter, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that uses multiple electric powered rotors for lift, propulsion, and directional control. He flew the prototype on Oct. 21, 2011.

Museum scares up free family fun from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | SEATTLE — Every year near Halloween, The Museum of Flight becomes The Museum of Fright. This year's Halloween celebration will take place on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with family activities and low admission prices for all visitors.

Anniversary of Yorkshire-based RAF Squadron - ITV News | An air museum near York is celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the arrival of their most famous squadron. Squadron 77 was based in RAF Elvington - the historic wartime Bomber Command base which is now home to the Allied Air Forces Memorial and ...

Jim Lund Latécoère 521 “Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris” — Golden Age Flying Boat of France from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Latécoère 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris — Golden Age
Flying Boat of France This aircraft was the French contemporary of the Sikorsky S-42 and Martin M-130 Flying Clippers of Pan American Airlines fame. The 521 was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean using six engines (the inboard engines were a tractor and pusher pairing). Literally, it looked [...]

Civil Air Patrol takes delivery of Air Force Academy gliders from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Twelve TG-10B (L-23 Super Blanik) gliders from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs now belong to Civil Air Patrol. he recent Air Force transfer of the aircraft to CAP is a boost to the Air Force auxiliary’s glider program. It will allow the Air Force auxiliary to replace some of its older gliders and help modernize its existing fleet of 42 gliders, according to CAP officials....

Young Eagles Watch as Sully Goes Supersonic with the Blue Angels from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Young Eagles Co-Chairman Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger flew in a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Demonstration Squadron kicked off San Francisco Fleet Week.

A Merlin Engine Malfunctions on Falcon-9 from Spaceports | Although SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully sent its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station, reports about an engine failure and what may have been a less-than-nominal satellite deployment suggest that the company has some technical issues to resolve for future flights...

The family of Felix Baumgartner arrives in Roswell | Photostory from Aerial Sports Feed | With anticipation building ahead of Red Bull Stratos' world-record attempt on Tuesday, Felix Baumgartner was joined in Roswell, New Mexico, by his family and some of his closest friends who will be on site when the Austrian attempts to break the speed of sound during freefall...

Felix Baumgartner's Space Jump Countdown Within Hours @Roswell, New Mexico from Spaceports  | Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the sound barrier in freefall on Tuesday with a jump out of a space capsule from 36,576 meters (23 miles). He has prepared for the effort over five long years. You can view it live from the Red Bull Stratos web site at 8:30 AM eastern...

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