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Air Show pulls out all stops - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Expect the skies over Dayton to become crowded the next couple of days with incoming aircraft headed for the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Wednesday, air show officials along with area tourism directors will talk about the economic boost provided by the air show....

GALLERY: Women's Air Race Classic  - Photos by Delayne Locke

Snowbirds' first female commander gets ready to step down from post - globalnews.ca | Carmichael, who has logged more than 3,300 hours of flight time in a 22-year career with the air force, is weeks away from concluding her third tour with the Snowbirds, ending her run as the skipper of the aerobatics team. CP...

Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival to feature night show - KFVS | CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) -. Cape Air Fest 2013 is set to soar back into town very soon. Airport Manager Bruce Loy says he's excited that the Cape Air Show is coming back to town after a two-year hiatus. This year's Air Festival features the Aerostar ...

Fly-in tradition predates Glenn Miller Swing Fest - Fort Morgan Times | When the Fort Morgan airport hosts a fly-in of aifcraft, some of them of World War II or pre-war vintage, Saturday at 7:30 a.m., it continues a tradition older than the Glenn Miller SwingFest. The fly-in breakfast was started by the Fort Morgan Lions ...

Rare PV-2D Harpoon Set to Arrive in Oshkosh on July 28 - airventure.org | One of the world's three remaining airworthy Lockheed PV-2 aircraft is coming to AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. It's the only PV-2D Harpoon variant left out of 35 built, rescued from demolition about three years ago by Vintage Aircraft and Stockton Field Aviation Museum in Stockton, California (SCK). A group of volunteers and staff restored the aircraft to mint condition, according to Vintage Aircraft's Taigh Ramey.

First WomenVenture Power Lunch Slated for August 2 - airventure.org | Women will have the opportunity to empower themselves at the first WomenVenture Power Lunch, set for 11:15 a.m. on Friday, August 2, at Theater in the Woods - immediately following the annual group photo on Phillips 66 Plaza.

Daher-Socata TBM 850 films French display team - AIN | A new film about the Patrouille de France has been released at the show and claims to portray the aerobatic team “as they have never been seen before.” The film’s producer and directors, Eric Magnan and Francoise-Olivier Robin, have captured exceptional moments in the Patrouille’s display thanks to the use of a specially-configured Daher-Socata TBM 850 turboprop, which flies fast enough to keep up with the Patrouille’s Alphajets. Daher-Socata formed a partnership...

FREE Bacon! AirPigz OSH13 Bacon Parties - You Don't Even Have To Push A Button! - AirPigz | ... All you gotta do is show up at CampBacon (the AirPigz campsite in EAA's Camp Scholler) on either Tuesday July 30th or Saturday August 3rd between 6pm and 8pm to snag some free bacon. CampBacon should wind up in pretty much the same place as it's been the last few years, on...

The annual Phillips Field fly-in draws crowd - California Democrat | The good weather undoubtedly contributed to the number of people drawn to the annual fly-in event at Phillips Field a couple of miles northeast of California. The smooth 2500-ft grass runway ranges from 50 to 130 feet wide. The field has several new hangars and new members who have recently joined the non-profit club. It is not necessary to be a pilot to be a member....

Aerobatic Competition headed to Rome - Rome News Wire By Rome Newswire Staff Reports | The International Aerobatic Club, Chapter 3, will host the Bear Creek Bash Aerobatic Competition at Rome’s Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on June 28-29. The event will include competition events, from beginners to the top pilots on the country. Pilots on the USA Unlimited Aerobatic Team will be present competing and preparing for the World Aerobatic Competition to be held in October of this year...

Wright Brothers honor - Mountain Home News | Elaine R. McCalley of Mountain Home has been awarded the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award by the Federal Aviation Administration. The award recognizes individuals who have held a pilot certificate for more than 50 years and have an unblemished safety record....

Aviation's Jackie Robinson - Air & Space Magazine | Marlon Green wasn’t a crusader. Even though he became a civil rights hero of sorts, and was standing at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 for Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Green’s six-year legal battle to become the first black pilot hired by a major U.S. airline was more personal than political. He was qualified for the job, and he saw no reason why he should be turned down. “I want to live a life of equality,” says the 77-year old Green, who retired in 1978 and now lives in Florida. “I want to do whatever appeals to me.”...

RIVERSIDE: B-52 to be honored at air museum - Press-Enterprise | The March Field Air Museum will host a summer briefing on “How to Fly a B-52” on Saturday, June 22, 1 p.m. in the museum's Yeager Family Library followed by a walk around the museum's B-52 Stratofortress on the flightline. Richard “Dick” Heitman, Lt....

2013: Year of the B-2 'Spirit' - The Moderate Voice | The revolutionary blending of low-observable technologies with high aerodynamic efficiency and large payload gives the B-2 important advantages over existing bombers. Its low-observability provides it greater freedom of action at high altitudes, thus ...

Rare video shows F-22 Raptor shot down by the French Rafale in mock air-to-air combat  - David Cenciotti | As already mentioned earlier on The Aviationist (especially when discussing the famous claims by the German Eurofighter Typhoon pilots at Red Flag Alaska 2012) in November 2009, some 1st Fighter Wing’s Raptors from Langley AFB, flew to Al Dhafra, in the UAE, to train with the French Air Force Rafales and the RAF Typhoons during exercise ATLC 2009...

TWA Flight 800 gets another look 17 years later - CBS News - CBS | NEW YORK Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case. The retired investigators claim that findings were "falsified." A documentary on the subject is coming out in July...

Terrafugia Flying Car Delayed Until at Least 2015, But Still Coming They Say - Singularity Hub | Is it a plane? Is it a car? Well, so far, a flying car prototype is the best answer—and a late one at that. Massachusetts firm, Terrafugia, has been promising delivery of the Transition for almost four years. The latest missed deadline? The end of 2012, and to date, still no Transition. As you’d expect, it’s hard to build a flying car...

Build a Plane builds two planes, Day 3: Nonstop learning - AOPA | It might have been totally new territory to the students, but Rauk’s tutorials also proved enlightening to observers who have spent many years in aviation. “I learned something on drilling I didn’t know,” said Mark Van Tine, chief executive officer of Jeppesen, who has been helping to build one of the airplanes. “That’s a nice way to start the day out.”...

Young Eagles Flight Rally to allow children, teens chance to take free airplane rides - News-Herald.com | Area young people ages 8 to 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter No. 5 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the annual Wheels and Wings Event.