become a professional demonstrator and the work that goes into it. Over the weekend both the Black and Gold Demonstration Teams showed where all that hard work goes by jumping into the Homestead Rodeo. Since the Golden Knights have been coming to Florida for their training they have also been jumping into the rodeo in support of the local community and to give the new members their first look at how to put on a performance....Congressional Budget Inaction May Kill 'Angels' - U.S. News & World Report | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels aerobatic team flies over the United States Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in Annapolis, Md., May 22, 2009. Bad news, air show fans: If sequestration goes through, no more Blue Angels in the second...
Congress might shoot down Seafair's Navy Blue Angels - MyNorthwest.com | ... Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help. BlueAngels.jpg. The Blue Angels have more than 30 events scheduled for the latter half of 2013, including Seafair in Seattle the first weekend in August. Congressional budget inaction could ground them....
Cable Air Show a Wonderful Tribute to Aviation - Inland Valley News | The show kicked off the air show season in California with a robust display of vintage aircraft and flight demonstrations before a capacity crowd. Wilbur Owens was among the air bird enthusiasts who attended this year's show. “It took about 15 or 20 ...
Fairhope Festival of Flight Air Show Returns from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | FAIRHOPE AL - The Festival of Flight will return to H.L. "Sonny" Callahan Airport this year with the support of the Fairhope City Council. Monday night the council unanimously approved a resolution that says if the Fairhope Airport Authority is unable to raise enough funds to hold the event through grants, sponsorships or fundraisers then the city will provide in-kind support of up to $50,000, according to reports....
AIRSHOW NEWS: ‘Jupiter’ Enters Air Tattoo orbit from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | By Jove! Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds have just been told how the Colombian Air Force intends to trump its historic and colourful participation at last summer’s airshow. The South American country says it is planning to send one of its latest – and largest – military aircraft, a KC-767 ‘Jupiter’ tanker/transporter, to the Air Tattoo on July 20-21. The aircraft will come from 811 Transport Squadron based in the country’s capital, Bogota....
2013 B-roll from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team | We are almost ready to announce our 2013 schedule! In the mean time, please take a look at our new 2013 B-roll: Special thanks to Sleeping Dog Productions, Inc. for creating this amazing video for us!
Our veterans should be remembered every day - Highline Times | The B-24 with its counterpart warhorse of the air the B-17 made history known as The Flying Fortress. Thoughts of the pending dangerous reality hit Allen the night before his first mission. “I didn't sleep well thinking about the safety of our crew ...
Incidents duringWWII proof of aircrew loyalty - St. George Daily Spectrum | The four-engine B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators that carried America's World War II offensive against Nazi-occupied Europe and the enemy homeland itself from 1942 to war's end in 1945 ordinarily carried crews of 9 or 10 men. These volunteers...
WWII veteran collects, restores, and sells artifacts - ABC7Chicago.com | Now he collects to buy, fix up, and sell. "It comes out of garages, old plants that used to manufacture parts for airplanes, the junkyards out west in Arizona," Lau said. The most unusual item at On Final Approach is a B-17 Flying Fortress mint ...
1944 Dornier Do 335: A Really Big Push/Pull Speedster From WWII (+ Video) from AirPigz by Martt | The recent AirPigz National Air and Space Museum MeetUp was more than just a great time
with historic aircraft and great avgeek friends, it was also a good time for me to develop a new obsession: the World War II German Dornier Do 335. This rather large (about 20,000 pound max takeoff weight) and very fast single seat aircraft is one that I honestly knew pretty much nothing about. It has slipped thru the cracks of my avgeek upbringing somehow, but now it has found its very own room in my mind and I am quite happy about that....In the hot seat of a MiG-15 from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Alyssa Miller | Built in the 1940s, the Russian UTI MiG-15 trainer is a stick-and-rudder turbojet designed to train pilots for combat. This week, I’m learning the peculiarities of the way this early fighter flies with Larry Salganek, Jet Warbird Training Center owner and instructor, and FAA designated examiner based at Santa Fe Municipal Airport in New Mexico....
Air museum worth visit - Saukvalley | Claude Crenshaw, is "the belle of the ball" at the newly revived Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, said curator Mark Hanson. The elegant and deadly 1945 model's restoration will be finished soon after years of work. Some minor paint work will have to wait ...
Fleet and Waco INF at the Juranich Hangar from Antique Airfield News | Numerous things are happening at Bob and Bill Juranich's hangar at the Auburn, WA airport. The Fleet is being lettered with the Kinner Airplanes & Engines logo as the Fleet was used as a test ship by the Kinner factory early in its life....
F-111 Photos from Articles | The F-111 was a medium-range interdiction and tactical strike aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic bomber, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare in...
“Mythbusters’” Duct Tape BeLite Rewind… from UCAP Blog by Dave Higdon | ...“Many of you missed seeing James and the Belite perform in the MythBusters Duct Tape plane — now’s your chance to catch the rewind!...
Aviano launches several F-16s to join search operation as parachute is recovered in the Adriatic Sea from David Cenciotti's weblog | In order to provide further assistance to the rescue operation that is already underway in the Adriatic Sea, the 31st Fighter Wing has tasked and launched several of its F-16 aircraft in the last couple of days to find the pilot missing since Jan. 28....
With F-35 Delays, Air Force Turns to Older Jet Planes from Warplanes Online Community by yna | The production of F-35 Lightning II has encountered another setback. The fuel tank of the JSF was found to be problematic, casting another gloom to the most controversial and expensive defense program of Pentagon....
Air Museum goes to moon with NASA exhibit - Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum, known for its collection of artifacts dating back to World War I, is going to the moon without leaving the earth. For the first time ever, the museum is hosting a traveling exhibit of space artifacts, kicking it off with a NASA ...
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