The Blue Angels | The Navy has cancelled the remaining 2013 performances of its Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.Budget cuts ground Blue Angels, Thunderbirds - CNN | The Navy action follows the Air Force's April 1 announcement that its Thunderbirds team would not perform again this year. "Recognizing budget realities, current Defense policy states that outreach events can only be supported with local assets at no ...
Sun 'n Fun Begins - Flying Magazine | Night performers include Manfred Radius, flying his elegant sailplane act, Eugene Nock in his Bell-47 Batcopter and for the first time at Sun 'n Fun, Team Aerodynamix, a formation group of RVs formerly known as Team RV. And, as usual, the Friday...
Sun 'n Fun welcomes thousands - AOPA Pilot | One of many Stearmans arrive in Lakeland April 8. Image 3. The only SB2C Helldiver still flying, operated by the Commemorative Air Force West Texas Wing, takes a place among the warbirds April 8 at Sun 'n Fun. Image 4. Polishing was the
order of the ...Greg Koontz practicing for Sun `n Fun from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | Airshow performer Greg Koontz got practice with his new Decathlon Xtreme for his Friday, Saturday, Sunday performances at Sun `n Fun, and we got great pictures for...
Tornado tragedy turns into blessing from General Aviation News | ...Two years ago, in March 2011, a tornado ripped through the SUN ’n FUN International Fly-in and Expo, damaging a number of aircraft, including a Cessna Grand Caravan owned by a Florida family. The plane, with distinctive zebra-stripe accents on its cargo pod and interior, was flipped over and sustained extensive damage. Two years later, that aircraft is back on display at this week’s SUN ’n FUN before taking off for a new life as a missionary plane in Africa....
Put me in coach from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett | While it’s common knowledge in the aviation community that SUN ’n FUN’s International Fly-In and Expo is massive, you may not know the whole story. Sure, you’ve read about the economic impact of this weeklong event creeping up on $70 million. You may have heard rumors of the staggering air traffic, too. The fly-in will see somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 aircraft operations during this one week period, making it the busiest airport on the planet – bar none....
Navy pulls the plug on NAS Oceana Air Show due to budget cuts (New Video and photos) - News Channel 3 | “The Oceana Air Show highlights the tremendous partnership between the people in the Hampton Roads area and our Navy team. It is unfortunate we must cancel the 2013 celebration due to the continuing budget challenges. Over the years, the city and many community agencies have developed strong partnerships with the Navy and the Air Show affords us an opportunity to highlight military service during the three-day event. However, until we finish our evaluation of what the current budget will support, with priority on operational and Fleet readiness, we have no choice but to cancel the Air Show,” said Capt. Bob Geis, commanding officer of NAS Oceana....
Thrilling aerobatics - Barossa & Light Herald | Australia's aerobatic living legend, Chris Sperou, National Freestyle aerobatic champion Paul Andronicou, and Top Gun turned aerobatic champion Tony Blair will perform thrilling high class adrenaline pumping action at the Barossa Valley Airshow this ...
Wings of Freedom Tour 2010 - Daily Commercial | Wings of Freedom Tour 2010. This is a few clips from the Leesburg, FL Wings of Freedom Tour in 2010. Sponsored by the Collings Foundation, it visits about 110 cities each year to teach the history of these "warbirds." ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Multi-Role Typhoon Returns to Wings & Wheels from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The RAF’s only Multi Role fast jet will be demonstrating its unrivalled flexibility and war fighting capabilities at Wings & Wheels in August as the Typhoon returns to the skies over Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey....
Women in Aviation group schedules fundraiser - Kansas.com | Women in Aviation Air Capital City Chapter is hosting a movie, dinner and auction to raise money to send low-income girls to space camp at the Kansas Cosmosphere. The movie, Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby, will be ...
Last surviving members of WWII's Doolittle Raiders to hold 71st and final ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | A series of commemorative events, including rides aboard five historic B-25 bombers, and a flyover of numerous historic WWII-era aircraft, will be offered to the public at various times April 17-21. "We are honored to have these true American heroes ...
Once a Gambler, Always a Gambler - Shaw AFB | SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- On April 5,
2013 Shaw AFB flags were slowly brought to half-staff at noon honoring a fallen 20th Fighter Wing combat Airmen. The Airmen, 77th Fighter Squadron pilot, Capt. James Steel, died April 3, 2013, after his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed in Afghanistan. He is the first aviator lost in combat from the 20th FW since 1945 during World War II in England... Burt Rutan developing Ski Gull seaplane from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | Burt Rutan is developing an amphibious, two-engine, motor glider, seaplane on skis. Have to read that one slowly. He described it on a YouTube video made by the organization Old Bold Pilots in California where he gave a speech in January....
Air Force Reserve celebrates 65 years of historic service - Air Force Link | This included the legendary Jimmy Doolittle who was ordered to active duty to work in Detroit to convert automobile manufacturing plants into aircraft factories and later went on to lead "Doolittle's Raiders," the first American bombing attack on the ...
KC-46 progress on track from Air Force Link Top Stories | The top acquisition priority in the Air Force - acquiring a new aerial refueling capability - is proceeding "on track," Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the program executive officer for Tankers, said....
Hope takes flight from General Aviation News | It is not often that you can save a kid’s life and win an airplane with the lessons to learn to fly it! Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Wings of Hope does this each year with its Annual Raffle. And this...
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