Friday, October 12, 2012

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MCAS Miramar Air Show 2012 - KPBS | The world's best military and civilian pilots will soar through San Diego's skies at the world-famous MCAS Miramar Air Show October 12-14, 2012 featuring the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Marine Air Ground Task Force simulated combat demonstration.

Pilots say air show is public payback - U-T San Diego | Pilot Sean Tucker flies his Oracle Challenger III stunt biplane near the Patriots Jet Team off the coast near Encinitas as they prepare for this weekend's Airshow at MCAS Miramar...

Miramar Air Show holds live webcast - DVIDS | As the largest military air show in the nation, the Miramar Air Show is held over three days, Oct. 12 – 14, and features military and civilian performers and static aircraft displays from around the world. Notable acts include the U.S. Navy Blue Angels ...

Wings and Waves - WFTV Orlando | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is proud to announce the return of its spectacular Wings and Waves Air Show over the Atlantic Ocean in beautiful Daytona Beach, Florida. The show will be performed on October 13 and 14, 2012, off the Daytona Beach ...

Airshow Performer Jerod Flohr Attains Lifelong Dream, Debuts at Watsonville from Featured by Webmaster  | Jerod Flohr flys his Extra 300. The 2012 Watsonville Fly-In and Airshow in California was the first weekend in September. Did you make it to the show? It was a great one. They featured great display aircraft, great food, and of course, some of the most well known Airshow pilots on the West coast. Their performers included greats such as Eddie Andreini, Bill Stein, Vicky Benzing, Beech Boys, West Coast Ravens, Warbirds, and Jerod Flohr....

Free airshow to take place this weekend - Yellow Advertiser | Richard Smith with Keith Reynolds, airfield manager, at Damyns Hall airfield.

Vintage warplanes visiting Danville - GoDanRiver.com | A Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” World War II heavy bomber, at front, and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” World War II heavy bomber are two of the aircraft that will be visiting Danville Regional Airport next week. The public will ...

Ellington hosts aviation history a week apart - Your Houston News | Ellington hosts aviation history a week apart. An aerial view Clear Lake, seen through the nose window of a B-25 flight prior to the Wings Over Houston Airshow. Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:04 am. Ellington hosts aviation history a week apart ...

Autumn Air Show closes 2012 flying season in style! - Dunmow Broadcast | 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. Agile helicopter displays come from The Black Cats Lynx Pair from 702 Naval Air ...

Grantham cadets meet elite Red Arrows pilot - Grantham Journal | During their tour they met former Red Arrows pilot, Squadron Leader Steve Johnson, who spoke to the cadets, explaining how difficult it is to be selected for the elite team of pilots. Sqn Ldr Johnson once had to eject from his aircraft having hit the ...

Doolittle Raider returns to Eglin (SLIDESHOW) - The Northwest Florida Daily News | Doolittle Raider returns to Eglin (SLIDESHOW). doolittle raiders. Richard Cole stands in front of a B-25 Mitchell on Thursday afternoon as he talks with reporters at the Air Force Armament Museum. Cole and Jimmy Doolittle flew a modified B-25 Mitchell ...

Combat planes' visit stirs WWII vet's memories of war, capture - Yorkdispatch.com | This Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ÒNine O NineÓ WWII Heavy Bomber is part of the Participating in the Collings FoundationÕs WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, event at York Airport. (John A. Pavoncello). Charles Ferich wasn't supposed to be on the B-24 ...

Flying the Dirigible from Featured by Sagar Pathak | Sitting in the right seat of Eureka, the Airship Venture’s dirigible. (Sagar Pathak)Sitting in the right seat, and at the controls, of one of the most rare flying machines didn’t hit me until I was having my logbook signed. But this tale started two days earlier. Recently I had the opportunity to participate in Airship Ventures Pilot Experience where...

Piloting a vintage warplane takes extra study from The Kathryn Report by Kathryn | By Cory Graff, Flying Heritage CollectionYou know that uncomfortable feeling when you first sit in a rental car? Finding the seat adjustment handle, the fuel door release, and twisting the mirrors to the right spot? If locating the wiper switch on the car was as important as knowing how the landing gear handle worked on a plane, you'd take a bit more time to study before rolling out into the ...

Petersen elected Lindbergh Foundation chairman from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Board of Directors of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation has elected John L. Petersen as its new chairman, succeeding BRS Aerospace's Larry Williams, who has completed his three-year term in the position...

(title unknown) from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic PerryTo celebrate the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the iconic Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan freighter, one of its biggest operators - cargo airline Volga-Dnepr - has organised a photo competition to capture the raw beauty of these bulky lumps of aluminium. Over...

The return of White Lightning from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | Polished metal, blue, green, yellow, red — these are the colors I'm used to seeing on Ercoupes. So it was downright exciting to find a solid black Ercoupe parked in the vintage display area of this year's AirVenture, with the name "White Lightning" emblazoned on the side of the cowling...

Canadian heritage plane on the auction block from The Kathryn Report by Kathryn | Surviving war and time, a Canadian flyer that's roamed the skies for 70 years -- losing some heritage along the way -- is about to find a new home.But it would take top dollar to get the veteran back to the place it first protected.A rare Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft that flew along Canada's East Coast during the Second World War -- possibly helping to protect convoys from German ...

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - www.ustream.tv | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum @ USTREAM: Live discussions with prominent men and women of aviation and space exploration...

Grumman F-14 Tomcat explodes as it breaks Mach 1 from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | This isn't news per se, but it is kinda cool. This is a video of a US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat exploding after it punches through the sound barrier... Of course, the Navy retired the Tomcat a few years back, but it...

Kids can fly for free at airport Saturday; 'Young Eagles' give introductory ... - News-Reporter | Dozens of kids and teens will get a taste of flight Saturday at the Washington-Wilkes Airport as volunteer pilots take them to the air for “Young Eagles” flights.

Free Fall Countdown: Top 10 Red Bull Stratos Stories from Aerial Sports Feed | As the world waits for the weather window to open on October 14, why not...

Sunday the Soonest for Baumgartner from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | After the wind scuttled Tuesday's scheduled launch, the next opportunity for Felix Baumgartner's record parachute jump attempt from the edge of space will be Sunday, October 14, according to the
Red Bull Stratos team...

To The Edge Of Space And Beyond! X-15 CoolPix 2Fer from AirPigz by Martt | With all this Felix Baumgartner edge-of-space talk, I found myself getting all misty-eyed thinking about the North American X-15 and the amazing things that little black beast accomplished in the late 50's and early 60's. I figure this is a good time to offer up a couple hi-res CoolPix images for you to gaze at. To put it all in perspective, Felix plans to jump from 120,000 feet, but the...

Milestone: SpaceX's Dragon Resupplies the ISS from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | This week's SpaceX Dragon spacecraft delivery flight to the International Space Station marks a key milestone in commercial spaceflight. The flight that began Sunday, October 7, is the first of NASA's 12 contracted resupply missions with SpaceX in the $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract that runs through 2016....

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