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Red Bull Stratos new launch window opens Oct. 14 from Aerial Sports Feed |Felix Baumgartner will have to wait until Sunday, at the earliest, to continue his pursuit of four free fall world records...

AOPA Aviation Summit takes off Thursday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Aviation Summit takes off Thursday, Nov. 11, in Palm Springs, Calif. General Aviation News' publisher Ben Sclair will be at the show, bringing our readers all the news from the event...

MCAS Miramar Air Show - U-T San Diego | The Blue Angels with Fat Albert: When most people think of the air show, they think of these Navy aircraft that are more precise than a Rockettes lineup. The blue-and-gold planes perform maneuvers like loops and barrel rolls, at times with the Marine ...

AirSho to kick off Saturday with day to night entertainment - Midland Reporter-Telegram | The Commemorative Air Force's 49th Annual CAF AirSho, presented by Western National Bank, is set for Saturday and Sunday at Midland International Airport. “We are very pleased to once again welcome Western National Bank as AirSho's presenting ...

Air show provides welcome boost for beachside businesses - Daytona Beach News-Journal | John Klatt, flying the Air National Guard plane. -- Corkey Fornof, flying the Lopresti Aviation plane. -- Jason Newburg, flying the Viper plane. -- Cheryl Stearns, current and 23 time U.S. Women's Parachuting Champion,...

Salute to Veterans luncheon planned by Houston West Chamber of Commerce - Ultimate Memorial | The event will also feature displays of military vehicles and memorabilia, a flyover by the Commemorative Air Force and musical entertainment by Bill and Kim Nash. Houston City Council member Helena Brown will close the program, leading participants in...

The Breitling Dragon Tour 2012 - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | Although the 1940's Stearmans of the wingwalking team and Yves Rossy's Jetwings can all be shipped there in containers, the Breitling Jet Team will have to get there with their own wings. Leaving today from Dijon they will fly through Eastern Europe ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Final flying displays announced for the Autumn Air Show from Flightline UK | The Autumn Air Show this coming Sunday closes the 2012 flying season with a fantastic finale. The flying display offers excitement for all ages and tastes, with contemporary fast jets, exciting helicopter displays, fun aerobatics and an array of historic warbirds. Amazingly agile helicopter displays come from The Black Cats Lynx Pair from...

When the heroes London heroes meet the sky! - Maritima.info | Admiring eyes are on either side Friday. The meeting takes place at breakfast time in the local airbase Salon-de-Provence. Athletes are welcomed by pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF) and the ...

2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show to fly in June - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - The Vectren Dayton Air Show will take to the sky a month earlier next year. The 2013 show will be held on June 22 and 23 at the Dayton International Airport, air show officials said in an announcement Oct. 10, 2012. “We thought we ...

Kansas to add 3 names to Walk of Honor: Earhart, Curtis and Kilby - Kansas.com | ASSOCIATED PRESS. American aviatrix Amelia Earhart waves from the Electra before taking off from Los Angeles, Calif., on March 10, 1937. Earhart is flying to Oakland, Ca., where she and her crew will begin their round-the-world flight to Howland Island ...

'Red Tail' squadron vistits Purdue - Purdue Exponent | The Purdue Airport will be host to the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron today through Saturday. The squadron honors the Tuskegee Airmen and works to inform attendees on the accomplishments of its members. The squadron will educate the ...

Hawaii’s 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show from Photorecon by Ken Kula |The 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show was presented aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Oahu. The Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) offered a great stage to present an air show to tens of thousands of spectators. Brooding volcanic mountains rose to the left, part of the vast blue Pacific Ocean reached out to the right. Warm trade winds kept the...

Piper plans 75th anniversary Vero Beach Fly-in from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | VERO BEACH, FLA. — Piper Aircraft and the Piper Cub's year-long 75th anniversary celebration will culminate with a customer fly-in Nov. 9-11. The invitation-only weekend features a welcome reception, vendor exhibits, aircraft static display, customer awards, facility tours, a history lesson from Piper's official historian, a Piper meet-up and send-off pancake breakfast...

Registrations up for annual L-Bird Fly-in at Keokuk airport - Keokuk Gate City Daily | Pilots from throughout the U.S. will begin arriving Thursday for the 22nd annual L-Bird Fly-in at the Keokuk Municipal Airport-Lindner Field. “We are ahead of last year's registrations already and we're hoping the good fall weather continues,” said ...

Augusta Airport to host fly-in - Kansas.com (blog) | The Augusta Municipal Airport will be an active place Saturday as the airport hosts a fly-in and car show. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offer breakfast, lunch, static displays, music, skydiving, raffle prizes and more, information ...

Economy grounds Fly-In - The Robesonian | LUMBERTON — The Mid-Atlantic Fly-In & Sport Aviation Convention has been temporarily grounded by organizers who say the event can't remain aloft in the current down economy. “We didn't solicit anything from the public as far as assistance, or from any ...

Wings of Freedom again touching down in Westminster - Baltimore Sun | Rides in the airplanes are by appointment, and are $425 to fly in a B-17 or B-24 for a 30- to 45-minute ride. There's also a raffle ($5) for a ticket to ride on the B-17 or B-24. Also, as part of the tour, a 1940s-style Hangar Dance will be held on ...

Memphis Belle flights commemorate B-17s and their pilots - St. Louis Beacon | The B-17 bomber Memphis Belle will be buzzing around the skies in St. Louis Oct. 14 as a part of its first national tour, operated by the Liberty Foundation. The plane will take nine people up at a time for a half hour flight, and provide a tiny ...

Navigator Flies Again, 68 Years After Final Mission - St. Louis Public Radio | In September 1944, just nine days before his 23rd birthday, 1st Lt. Don Nicholson boarded the B-17 bomber known as “Little Chum” for a run over Germany. It was his 26th mission navigating the plane referred to as the "flying fortress." German anti ...

An intriguing new aircraft from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Readers familiar with Lockheed's C-130 Hercules aircraft will be aware that in the 1960's, the company produced a civilian version of the military transport. It was dubbed the L-100 Hercules, and produced in three models: the...

HAC Hawker Hurricane at Auction 3-12-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | HAC based at Duxford in the UK are putting their Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa up for auction at 'Automobiilla' at Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands Hampshire, on the 3rd of December via 'Bonhams'.This aircraft has been reported up for...

Pete Groves' Blog: Remembering why from Antique Airfield News ...Jim was kind enough to push
his Super Solution out, and I spent the morning taking photos and examining the aircraft end to end.... Fall Update posted too.

Travis Gregory's Grandson's First Ride from Antique Airfield News  | Travis Gregory sent us this story: Today I took my grandson, Cooper Van Cleave for his first airplane ride. I’ve taken scores, perhaps hundreds for their first ride but this was much more fun. For many years I worked for an F.B.O. that regularly held public days...

Sarah Brightman Press Conference in Moscow from Spaceports | ...Brightman will become the first professional musician to sing from space allowing herself to be likened to the Diva in the movie "Fifth Element." The actual flight date...