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Thunderbirds expected to bring 'exciting, loud' - MyrtleBeachOnline.com - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | MYRTLE BEACH -- Every year or two going back as far as Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes can remember, there's been an air show in town – until 2006. When the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds descend on Myrtle Beach this summer, it will be the beginning of ...

Could the Blue Angels and Fleet Week be on the chopping block? - San Francisco Chronicle (blog) | The Navy late last month circulated an internal memo saying that sequestration would mean slashing all funds for the Blue Angels, the nation's oldest aerobatic flying team, in the second half of this year. That would mean grounding the fleet for 30 ...

STFB Sells Air Show Tickets - KGNS | CPL Energy is helping feed families in need. CPL is teaming up with the South Texas Food Bank to raise funds to feed hungry families by selling tickets to the WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show on Sunday. This year they were able to raise 16,000 meals for ...

Visitors can tour, ride WWII planes - Florida Today | The foundation is bringing a B-24 Liberator, a B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang to the airport today and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A standard tour costs $12 for adults, $6 for kids 12 and under. The 30-minute flying tour aboard either the...

Remote-controlled air show kicks off at UNI-Dome - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Radio-controlled aircraft pilots from Iowa and several Midwest states are in Cedar Falls on today and Sunday to fly in the UNI-Dome. There will be open flying and contests throughout the day. An Air Show will be at 1 p.m. Sunday featuring model ...

B-17: Flying Legend - Sydney Morning Herald | This airplane was the B-17 Flying Fortress, and the legacy it leaves behind is unmatched in the history of aviation. This documentary covers the history of the airplane, from early designs to the outbreak of war, and the stories of bravery behind the ...

No buried Spitfires in Myanmar: dig sponsor from The Kathryn Report | The sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of rare World War II Spitfires said to have been buried in Myanmar has abandoned the search, saying stories of the stashed planes are merely "legend".Research materials of a buried British Spitfire are presented during a press conference in Yangon, on January 9, 2013. The sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of Spitfires said to...

County Aviation Museum Partners with Detroit's Yankee Air Museum - Cape May County Herald (press release) | CAPE MAY AIRPORT — Like a champion prizefighter, Yankee Lady, the meticulously restored Boeing B-17, spends the offseason strengthening and conditioning. The B-17 will be visiting Naval Air Station (NAS) Wildwood Aviation Museum at the Cape May, ...

Skyhawks to taste formation flight once again - Stuff.co.nz | Six RNZAF Skyhawks fly in formation over Wellington on December 13, 2001, to say farewell as the combat wing of the airforce is disbanded. A 1988 photo from the New Zealand Defence Force of the Skyhawks flying in formation. The final flight into ...

Pilot toils to restore rare antique airmail plane from The Kathryn Report | HAMILTON, Texas (AP) — Harry Hansen was a Continental Airlines co-pilot in 1961 flying from Dallas to Abilene when his captain pointed down to a decrepit airplane parked next to a farmhouse near Lake Worth.An aficionado of old aircraft, Hansen was intrigued. After the flight, he learned that the farmhouse was on Amon G. Carter Sr.’s Shady Oak Farm. Hansen knew Carter’s son, Amon Carter Jr., from...

Duxford war museum's Spitfire work 'preserving history' from The Kathryn Report | It is just one of the many Spitfires that were flown to protect civilians during the Battle of Britain.Curators at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford believe it was directly involved in destroying or damaging eight German aircraft during World War II combat.However, the biggest threat now to one of the first Spitfires ever to be built is old age - posing one of the greatest challenges to Chris...

Fun at the USAF Museum, and on the road from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Miss D. and I have had a pleasant road trip so far. We spent a couple of nights with relatives of hers in Dayton, taking the opportunity to go on the behind-the-scenes tour of the aircraft restoration hangars at the USAF Museum. These are separate from the Museum itself, on the grounds of the USAF base there, so attendance is restricted and there are additional security precautions to be undergone before they let you through the gates....

Tanker Crews Keep ‘Em Flying at Red Flag from Photorecon by Joe Kates | An exceptional array of aircraft contribute during each Red Flag exercise. Participation runs the gamut from mighty USAF B-2 stealth bombers to visiting allied aircraft like the Colombian Air Force’s Kfir C2s, which attended Red Flag 12-4. Of all the different types of aircraft attending Red Flag though, the one type that is usually present is the venerable KC-135 Stratotanker.

The Best Pilot-Shot F-18 Fighter Video You'll Ever See  - Business Insider | I spent three days last fall on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower while it performed a never-ending mission off the coast of Iran. From the deck landings, to the flattop during flight ops, to the wooden paneled state room, there was not one moment as much fun...

February 12, 2013 Anderson Greenwood and the AG-14, part 2 from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Linda: Last week we started a story about the Anderson-Greenwood AG-14, an unusual airplane built in Houston from 1950 to 1953. The design has resurfaced a few times with interest in restarting production. In the early 1960s C. G. Taylor, designer of the much loved Piper Cub and the Taylorcraft, and his friend Ray Hubert produced a bunch of parts thinking they’d resuscitate it and call it the Space Coupe, but it never made it into production. Later in 1969, Cessna Aircraft Company made...