Regarding Sequester:
- Thunder Over Louisville air show may lose military planes to budget cuts - The Courier-Journal
- Feeling blue: Indy Air Show canceled - Greenfield Daily Reporter
- Mandatory federal budget cuts could force changes for Atlantic City airshow - Press of Atlantic City
- Blue Angels Future Could Impact ShrinersFest - Tristatehomepage.com Air Force cancels air shows to save money - AirForceTimes.com
- ICAS Warns Of Effects Of Sequestration On Air Show Industry from Aero-News Network
- ICAS Urges Congress to Allow Military to Fly at Air Shows from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
- Could sequestration herald the rebirth of the Raptor? from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar
- Fiscal problems lead to conflict, confusion and uncertainty from General Aviation News by Charles Spence
- No Thunderbirds, no air show - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - If the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration team's season is canceled because of the federal sequestration, the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge air show will be canceled...
Australian International Airshow 2013 preview from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The Australian International Airshow 2013 and its associated aviation exposition is well underway at Avalon located to the south of Melbourne...
Airshow plane makes 'precautionary' landing - Yahoo!7 News | A plane has made a "precautionary" landing at the Avalon Airshow, west of Melbourne, this afternoon. One of a pair of Stearman planes, which were doing aerial wing walking displays, encountered difficulty and landed on grass. The plane was not damaged ...
Gateway Airport event tour offers close-ups of rare war planes - East Valley Tribune | Aircraft accompanying the B-29 or B-24 will include other World War II aircraft such as the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-25 Mitchell along with an assortment of fighters, trainers and liaison aircraft. The aircraft will be on the ramp at ...
Warbird Weekend: A salve for the wounded - Florida Weekly | Close to 45 Warbird planes will be on display, including a B-25 bomber and P-51 Mustang. “When veterans and pilots hear this is for Veterans Airlift Command and Wounded Warriors, they show up,” Mr. Olzacki says. Patrons can purchase rides on a T-6 ...
CAF Rise Above Exhibit Coming to Southern Museum of Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- The Southern Museum of Flight welcomes visitors to enjoy the RISE ABOVE movie. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's free RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit will be at the Southern Museum of Flight, 4343 73rd Street North, Birmingham, Alabama on March 5-7, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
Looking Forward to the Cape Girardeau, MO Air Festival by Looking Back: 2007 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The 2007 Cape Girardeau Air
Festival featured two acts, sadly, we will never see again. One was the Red Baron Stearman Squadron and their slow, beautiful aerobatics in four noisy Stearman biplanes. The other was the airplane to...Celebrating the skies - Sequim Gazette | The Sequim Valley Airport plans to host an Air Affaire to celebrate the airport’s 30th anniversary and Sequim’s 100th anniversary on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The day will be organized like a classic 1920s barnstorming event, where aviators from far and wide converge on an airfield to exhibit their planes and stunts....
AIRSHOW NEWS: Cosford Club snaps up major photographic sponsor from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Following on from the exciting announcement of the brand new hospitality and enthusiast enclosures at the 2013 RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show, organisers have unveiled that Nikon will officially sponsor the exclusive “The Cosford Club”.
Classic Aero-TV: A Sea Of Yellow -- 75 Years of Piper Cubs from Aero-News Network | America's Iconic GA Airplane Celebrates Its Heritage Whether you fly ultralight, LSA, certified airplane, military jets, or wide-bodied airliners, there is one aircraft type that practically personifies aviation. That airplane is the Piper J-3 Cub. The 75-year-old design is perhaps the most recognizable, and most copied, airplane that has ever graced the skies. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the airplane, more than 125 Cubs have landed on the grounds of Wittman Regional Airport for AirVenture, 2012. And 75 of those airplanes flew in in a "mass arrival" early in the week, filling the south parking area along runway 18-36 with a virtual sea of yellow ... with the occasional glimpse of white or red. It was literally Cubs as far as the eye can see.
Doolittle Raider Tom Griffin dies at age 96 - WHIO Dayton | One of the Doolittle Raiders who served as the navigator of Aircraft No. 9 has died, according to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Tom Griffin, 96, most recently resided in Cincinnati. Griffin returned to battle in Europe on July 3, 1943 and...
Radioman Jim Spence survived crash of Super Constellation during Navy stint from War Tales by Don Moore | After bootcamp at Great Lakes in 1958 and a stint in Aviation Electronics School in Patuxent River, Md., Radioman 3rd/Class Jim Spence wound up as a radio operator aboard a U.S. Navy four-engine, Super Constellation patrol plane flying out of Argentia, Newfoundland in Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13. “It was a rock in the North [...]
Wodicka in German captivity - Estherville Daily News | Editors note: The following story is the third in a series about how Edward S. Wodicka survived getting shot down in his B-17 over German territory and his subsequent internment as a prisoner of war. The story is from an interview by Jerry Penry ...
A look back at black aviation engineer units of World War II from Air Force Link Top Stories | As we close the books on February, Black History Month offers us the opportunity to recall the important role black Americans played in providing the worldwide system of bases during World War II as members of segregated aviation engineer battalions...
Timeless Voices - Charles Gallagher from eaavideo.org | Charle Gallagher served as a B-17 flight engineer and top turret gunner with the 336th Bomb Squadron of the 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War Two. He flew 35 combat missions during the war.
Pearson Air Museum to reopen on Wednesday with temporary exhibits - OregonLive.com | The National Park Service has spent two weeks setting up temporary exhibits after the Fort Vancouver National Trust removed previous displays. "I think there will be a number of very dramatic differences that people will find ...
Sioux scout in detail from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | The Sioux is one of the most
recognized helicopters produced. Beginning as the Bell 47 — and subsequently incorporated by the military in 1947 — it is easily recognizable by the: twin rotor blades welded tail boom bubble canopy fuel tanks located...FS2004 Newark Air Museum DH104 Dove G-AHRI - Fly Away Simulation | Screenshot of Newark Air Museum DH104 Dove in flight. Re-registered G-AHRI, she was sold to Brooklands Aviation Ltd and was eventually withdrawn from service and stored until January 1971. G-AHRI was then loaned to the Lincolnshire Aviation Society ...
USAF Retires First Operational KC-135R Stratotanker from Aero-News Network | Airplane Headed To The 'Boneyard' After 50 Years Of Service After more than 50 years of service and 22,500 flying hours, the first operational KC-135R Stratotanker retired from service, Feb. 21, 2013. The aircraft made one last high-speed pass on the runway before heading to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, better known as the "Boneyard," where Air Force aircraft go to provide parts to satisfy critical supply needs without any major holds.
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