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Blue Angels ready to wow, represent military at Jacksonville show - Florida Times-Union | Greg McWherter who fly in the elite squadron — each air show is a chance to give back. “We always walk away with a sense of accomplishment,” said McWherter, the commanding officer and flight leader for the 2012 Blue Angels. “Not so much for what we do ...

Skytypers to be part of Sea & Sky Spectacular - ActionNewsJax.com | The Geico sponsored airshow will be part of this weekend's Sea & Sky Spectacular which features the Blue Angels. The event is Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Jacksonville Beach and is free to the public. Preferred seating can be ...

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome holds season's final air show - Newsday | Gusting winds kept the "pumpkin bombers" close to the ground when Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome presented its last air show of the season Oct. 14. "Virtually everything in the aerodrome collection that rolls or flies was on display during the grand finale ...

Copperstate takes off in one week from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The 2012 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo — now in its 40th year — takes off in one week, opening Thursday, Oct. 25 and running through Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Ariz. Hundreds of aircraft will be on hand, so attendees can get up close and personal with virtually any kind of "flying machine" they'd like to see, organizers promise, noting "The beauty of a fly-in format is that you never know what will show up!"...

Pictures Of The Day Live:18th October 2012 - Huffington Post UK | DUXFORD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 18: A Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa 5711 (G-HURI) fighter aircraft returns from performing an aerobatic display at the IWM Duxford on October 18, 2012 in Duxford, England. The aeroplane, similar to those that defended British ...

First aerobatic airplane ride incites thrill for aviation - NeighborNewspapers.com | “OK, so the only three things you have to remember are: unbuckle your seat belt, get out of the plane and pull the rip cord on the parachute,” said Kerry Tidmore, the Salute America Air Show air boss and former Air Force pilot, before we get in the two ...

Russian Aerobatics Team Boss Fired from The Kathryn Report | The commander of Russia’s famed Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatics team, Lt. Col. Valery Morozov, has been fired from the air force for taking bribes, a source at the Kubinka Air Show Center said on Thursday. “Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov signed an order discharging Morozov on October 12” for “failure to comply with his contract,” the source said. Morozov confirmed his discharge ...

Lauderdale Air Show On The Move - CBS Local | No reason was given for the move. Other things, however, will remain the same. The Lauderdale Air Show, which will kick off at noon, will again be centered at Sunrise Blvd and State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets for premium viewing in the Drop ...

Report: Sailabration drew record 1.54M visitors to Baltimore - Baltimore Business Journal (blog) | View photo gallery (2 photos). Members of the Acapulco, Mexico, tall ship Cuauhtemoc, stand along the yardarms of. Bonnie Schupp. The week-long Star-Spangled Sailabration in June featured tall ships from across the world and a Blue Angels air show.

Air shows returning to Pease in 2014, beyond - Seacoastonline.com | The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets during practice flights in the June 2012 show at Pease. Air shows have been approved to return to Pease on a biennial basis beginning in 2014, but the featured acts have not yet been named.Rich Beauchesne photo ...

The Flying Cheetahs from Latest Vlog | We recently got to film at AFB Makhado where one of the highlights was filming the pilots from 2 Squadron aka The Flying Cheetahs...

See history take flight from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | When's the last time you saw three beautifully restored warbirds flying in formation outside of a major airshow? If you're lucky enough to be around Everett, Wash., it could be a frequent occurrence. The Flying Heritage Collection located at Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field (PAE) regularly puts its planes in the sky on Fly Free Days....

Take flight on Belle replica this weekend - Memphis Commercial Appeal | The "Memphis Belle" B-17, a replica of the Belle that flew numerous missions during World War II, will be available for public flights from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Olive Branch airport. Ground tours are available from 2:30 p.m. to ...

World War II planes to visit GMU from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | On Friday, Oct. 26, the “Wings of Freedom Tour” will land at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. The B-24, P-51 and B-17 will be open for tours, as well as available for flights. The vintage airplanes will be at the airport all weekend, leaving Oct. 28...

Chuck Yeager's sound barrier anniversary flight video from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass

CenTex CAF - Community Impact Newspaper | Members of the Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force dedicate their days to the preservation of some of the storied aircraft of U.S. aviation history. Their efforts mean that the hangar the San Marcos nonprofit group calls home has achieved ...

Spitfire Excavation Deal Signed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | British farmer and aviation enthusiast David Cundall Tuesday signed an agreement with Burma's government to unearth a cache of what he expects will be dozens of Spitfires carefully stored and buried in that country at the end of World War II. Roughly 35 Spitfires are still flown in the world, today. Mr. Cundall and his Burmese business partner Htoo Htoo Zaw estimate there may be at least 60 Spitfires, all of therare Mark XIV model,at a location Cundall discovered in February after a 16 year search. The pair believe the aircraft were greased and wrapped prior to being buried in crates, and may be recovered in good condition. Some 20,000 Spitfires were built during the war, but the Mark XIV model represents a much smaller segment of that group....

Captain Albert Ball VC RFC The Nottingham trail 18-10-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | Today, I went to try and find any trace of Captain Abert Ball VC RFC, that I could. He was from the City of Nottingham, and I wanted to know more about this local hero, without getting too 'intrusive'.Todays trail went well, although two items, still need to be checked-out, in the form of a 'plaque' at the Holy Trinity church Lenton, which must be inside the building, so permission will have to 'granted' for that veiwing, should it be available to the public. The other 'item' is a prop and a oil-painting of him, held at the Trent College at Long Eaton, where he attended, and again permission will have to be sought with that visit too. Not sure if the propeller is from a 'kill' over the Western front or another from elsewhere, of which a former 'game-keeper' held for many years, after a young Albert Ball gave to it him, after a crash in an aeroplane, on what is now Aspley/Strelley social housing. But I shall make the effort to view these items if it is possible. This mornings trail started at Church Lane Lenton...

Lovingly restored Fokker F-27 from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Because I linger on the mailing list of a number of logistics companies, I still receive the odd truck and trailer releases. Still, they occasionally yield some gems like this series of pictures from Dutch heavy haulage firm Van der Vlist, which shows the company moving a beautifully restored Fokker F-27 to...

"Juicy" UCAP #306 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

Lynda Meeks: The Sky's the Limit - Huffington Post | Meeks says she hopes she is doing some good for women in aviation with her organization. “I really do think that women completely have the capacity to become pilots, and very good pilots,” she says. “Look at being a doctor. It used to be, 'Oh my God ...

Strong man pulls for troops from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Practice makes perfect for strong man Mark Kirsch, "Pulls for the Troops" performer, during the practice pull of a HC-130 Combat King at Moody Air Force Base, Oct. 5, 2012. Kirsch has been performing for audiences for over 5 years, but recently started pulling jumbo jets at airshows. His next scheduled pull will be at the Moody Air Force Base Open House, Ga., Oct. 27 and 28.

EAA Chapters Provide a Special Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Chapter 93 of Madison, Wisconsin, and Chapter 1389 of nearby Middleton co-hosted an EAA Young Eagles and Eagle Flights event last month at Morey Field in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Red Bull Stratos: The Facts Speak For Themselves from Aerial Sports Feed | With the dust beginning to settle on Felix's landing spot it's perhaps time to take stock of the record-breaking Red Bull Stratos mission...