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Video: AirVenture Organizers, Vendors Pleased with Crowds - WBAY | There was some question coming into AirVenture this year whether crowds would be as big as years past because there wouldn't be any current military planes performing or on display. But AirVenture 2013 has proven to be a solid event. A look at the ...

John Monnett Honored With Freedom of Flight Award - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | July 31, 2013 - Sonex President John Monnett joined the elite list of recipients of EAA's Freedom of Flight Award, presented to him at the annual membership meeting Wednesday. The award is the organization's highest honor, bestowed annually to an individual whose contributions to aviation closely mirror the integrity, entrepreneurship, and innovative activities of EAA members....

Amelia Earhart's Namesake Plans World Trip By Gary Flick | July 31, 2013 - On Wednesday morning at Phillips 66 Plaza, Amelia Rose Earhart announced that she and copilot Patrick Carter plan to embark on an adventure around the world next June. The duo will be flying a Pilatus PC-12 NG, and Pilatus, Jeppesen, and Denver's Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum will be supporting the trek....

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Five Questions with Scott Walker · eaavideo.org | Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker came to AirVenture Wednesday for a visit and a meeting with EAA's Chairman Jack Pelton. In Five Questions with EAA's John Nicholson the governor was clear about where he stands on the FAA fee assessment.

Five Questions with Sean D Tucker · eaavideo.org | It would be hard to imagine an AirVenture without Sean D. Tucker and his spectacular air show act. Sean is almost constantly in motion but stopped long enough to answer Five Questions for EAA's John Nicholson.

Oshkosh Tower Chief Bids Farewell By Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside | July 31, 2013 - After 10 years serving as the Oshkosh tower chief during AirVenture, this is Wanda Adelman's last show. The 32-year FAA veteran is retiring later this year, after an agency career born in the aftermath of the 1981 PATCO strike, in which more than 11,000 controllers were fired....

Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday AirVenture Broadcast – Episode 512 | On this episode Matt Jolley is joined by The Hartman & Hilt boys as well as several special guests. Famous aviatrix Myrt Rose stops by for a quick chat as well as Pete Heins.

Teen circling the globe stops at EAA - Fox11online.com | GREENVILLE - An Australian teenager is in the middle of a solo flight around the world. And he's bringing his world record attempt to AirVenture. 19-year-old Ryan Campbell is trying to become the youngest pilot to ever circle the globe alone and hoping to inspire other teens to take flight in the process...

Teen Solos in Plane He Helped Build - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | July 31, 2013 - As a preschooler, Austin Malcomb recalls sitting on a pillow in the copilot seat of his grandfather's 172, just so he could reach the controls and see over the dashboard....

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Legendary Snowbirds will fly above Nanaimo tonight - Nanaimo Daily News | Up above Nanaimo's inner harbour at 6 p.m. tonight, spectators will get a glimpse of daring acrobatics from Canada's beloved air demonstration squadron. But Tuesday afternoon, kids and their parents got a closer glimpse of the iconic red and white jets and the pilots who fly them. The Snowbirds landed at Nanaimo Airport Tuesday afternoon for meet-and-greet session with members of C.H.I.L.D., a foundation set up to help children with painful, incurable intestinal and liver problems....

Air Fair brings the past to Big Bear Valley - Big Bear Grizzly | The Big Bear Airport staff hope to give Big Bear Valley residents and visitors a tour of aviation history from 1903 to the present. The Big Bear Air Fair is set for the end of August. The airport will play host to dozens of planes, cars, vendors and hundreds of people when the gates open for the 16th Big Bear Air Fair Aug. 24. The public is allowed to enter the airport at 7 a.m. to browse the vendors, but the opening ceremony doesn’t begin until 9 a.m. Admission to the Air Fair, which runs until 4 p.m., is $2.

Fly-a-Thon and Mini Air Show set for Aug. 31 - Houston Chronicle | Fort Bend Radio Control Airplane Club will hold Fly-a-Thon and Mini Air Show from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the club's air field in Rosenberg. Over the years, this event has raised thousands of dollars to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (Jerrys Kids). The public is invited to see radio-controlled model airplanes small and large, including aircraft up to 50 percent of the size of a full-scale aircraft, according to a club release...

Howard Hughes: The Man Who Flew Too High - Men's Journal (blog) | Motionless, cloudless, and

NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images

warm, bleached by the just risen sun, the morning air over Santa Ana seemed ripe for slicing. A man in a black suit and tie stood silently for a while, inhaling that ripeness, savoring the nerve-jangle of his expectations while surveying the landscape around him: in the distance, a billiard table-flat expanse of bean and beet fields flanked to the north by some mountains; closer in, a few roughshod plane hangars and a gray-blue landing strip; and, at the end of that landing strip, glimmering in the sunlight like beaten silver, a single-seat, single-engine airplane...

Susan O'Dwyer Brinchman: Demanding an investigation into the Smithsonian - Ct Post | The preponderance of the evidence makes it clear Gustave Whitehead made a significant number of successful powered flights in Connecticut predating the Wrights by at least two years. The evidence includes an eyewitness journalist account, journalists who were eyewitnesses to photos of Whitehead in powered flight, and close to a score of affidavits and statements from eyewitnesses to the powered flights....

Disney Planes "El Chupacabra" is now on Twitter! - Babble  | El Chupacabra’s twitter account is a bilingual account with posts in English and Spanish and it’s so much fun to follow! From pick-up lines to inspirational quotes, El Chu will keep the whole family entertained with his tweets!

Local Pilot Helps Young People Take Flight - SurfKY News WEBSTER COUNTY, Ky. (7/31/13) - An area pilot has now given more than 100 young people free demonstration airplane rides as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program, which is introducing a new generation to the world of flight. Michael Howard of Slaughters is one of more than 45,000 pilots from around the world who have donated their time and aircraft to the effort.

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Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Flight; Announces Plans to Retrace Namesake's ... - MarketWatch | OSHKOSH, WI, Jul 31, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Pilot Amelia Rose Earhart will announce today her intention to circumnavigate the globe in a Pilatus PC-12 NG single-engine aircraft. Departure from Oakland, California is scheduled for June 2014. "My passion for flight and adventure has driven me to explore new experiences I never would have imagined possible as a child," said Amelia. "Hard work, persistence and great role models have enabled me to fly outside the lines and achieve my dreams. Aviation plays an integral role in my life and I hope to share some of that joy with others through this adventure."...

Flying with Amelia - Blog | ...In December of 2011, I retraced her namesake’s transcontinental flight across the US in the Cirrus. It was a life changing event that inspired me to continue to retrace the flights of Amelia Earhart. Up next, a Trans-Atlantic flight to Paris, then a circumnavigation around the globe to recreate and complete the flight that Amelia herself never got to finish...

'Jetman' Yves Rossy Shows Us How to Fly His Carbon Fiber Jet Wing · Jason Paur | OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – There’s a moment in every flight where gravity cedes control to Yves Rossy and for a few minutes he flies as birds do, with only a wing on his back and the wind at his face. Sure, there are jet engines, but he hears mostly the wind. It’s perhaps the greatest feeling of freedom one can experience, and after all these years, it never gets old....

3,000 Images and Counting: First Look at @PilotIan24's Oshkosh Galleries - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Here is Ian Hoyt's photography from his first few days at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, or #OSH13 to those in the Twitterverse. It sounds like his first day at the show was memorable, and generated over 3,000 images...

OSH13: Tuesday Airshow Action - CoolPix Triple Play! - AirPigz | You'll notice that my OSH13
coverage this year is scaled back from previous years... 18 hour days for a week straight just doesn't fit my life at the moment. So I'm sharing thinner slices of the activities taking place at the world's greatest aviation event, but hopefully they are still quite compelling. Today I've got three hi-res CoolPix images that come from the airshow on Tuesday....

BD-5 at #OSH13 - You like airplanes, too? | Folks were wondering what the biggest aircraft in Aeroshell Sq… *ahem* Phillips 66 Plaza was going to be this year. I’m not sure, but I certainly know that this little BD-5 is in the running for the smallest! Photo by Ian Petchenik. More #OSH13 photos

CAF Announces Eight Finalists for New CAF National Airbase Location ... - DigitalJournal.com | Midland, Texas (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is pleased to announce the eight final locations under consideration for the home of the new CAF National Airbase. The search for a new headquarters began in May of 2013 with more than 25 interested and viable locations. After careful consideration of each potential location, the CAF Board of Directors has narrowed the list to...

Yankee Air Museum gets extension on bid to acquire Willow Run bomber plant - Detroit Free Press | A group trying to save the Yankee Air Museum won a two-month extension to raise enough money to buy a portion of the former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti, which otherwise will be demolished within months. The 5 million-square-foot plant, which was a General Motors powertrain manufacturing plant for a half century, has been closed since December 2010. The bankruptcy trust that controls GM properties left behind in the 2009 restructuring plans to tear it down to make way for new development opportunities....

Bill Thompson's 1938 N3N Floatplane - adventuresinmikeslife | I was invited to help a friend take two boats from Vancouver to Garden Bay, BC. He drove his 1957 Grenfell "Heaven"....and I took his 24 ft 550hp "Hellfire"...

Ho Chi Minh’s Helo by travelforaircraft | The Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Na) in Hanoi has on display a fixed wing personal transport of Ho Ch Mihn, an Ilyushin Il 14 "Crate" — but there is a rotary wing personal transport which flew President Ho Chi Mihn in another Hanoi museum, the Vietnam Air Defense – Air Force Museum Air Defense (Bảo tàng Phòng không– Không quân). This is where a Mil Mi 4 (NATO reporting name "Hound") which flew President Minh sits atop a...

Bittersweet 50th anniversary for Canada's patched-up Sea King helicopters - CBC.ca | Canadian Armed Forces pilots have been flying Sea King helicopters for 50 years, with the anniversary celebrations taking place today and tomorrow. That these aging beasts are still flying at all is testament to both the talents of those who have been operating and maintaining the old aircraft, and to the failings of a series of governments that have been unable to replace the tired, often grounded Sea Kings since at least 1986....

1st Marine F-35B to land at MCAS Miramar · Douglas Aguillard, Photorecon.net | It was around noon on July 30, 2013, and several F/A-18′s from Marine squadrons, VMFA 314 “The Black Knights” and VMFA(AW) 225 “The Vikings” were taking off from the runways at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, just northeast of San Diego and heading out over the Pacific Ocean, when word came from the Base’s Control Tower, “She’s 65 miles out”...

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Oshkosh 2013 - Tuesday Airshow Highlights - LASTV

AirVenture 2013 – Tuesday Photo Highlights | WARBIRD RADIO – Warbird Radio LIVE’s Matt Jolley remembered to snap a few pictures this Tuesday during AirVenture 2013. Here’s a look at a few of them. Thanks for tuning in!

AirVenture pilots practice locally - Herald Times Reporter | MANITOWOC — EAA AirVenture 2013 continues in Oshkosh through Sunday attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators. They come from around the world spending millions of dollars on admission, food and lodging and other expenses. With a three-day pre-show visit to the Manitowoc County Airport by about 45 T-34 airplane pilots and family members, the economic impact of America's biggest air show extended east across Lake Winnebago to include businesses in the Lakeshore area....

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2013 Amigo Airsho to be held at Santa Teresa Airport - KVIA El Paso | EL PASO, Texas - The Amigo Airsho is heading to the Santa Teresa Airport this year. While the announcement won't officially be made until Thursday afternoon at a news conference, Karen Perez, the chairwoman of the board of the Dona Ana County Commissioners, told ABC-7 the move is a done deal. Perez said the airshow will be in early October but will be a smaller version compared to past Amigo Airshos and will be more educational and oriented toward children.

Celebration of Light: Stunt pilot loves his dance in the sky - Vancouver Sun | He looked like a brightly coloured hummingbird, hovering restlessly on the flat horizon at the Pitt Meadows Airport. Then, with the mountains shimmering in the background, 29-year-old aerobatic pilot Peter McLeod roared down the runway in his Edge 540 aircraft and soared to the skies, where he swooped and flipped in a stunning preview of the stunt show he will perform over English Bay Wednesday and Saturday before the fireworks...

Airport Fly-In Breakfast set for Sunday, Aug. 11 - Moody County Enterprise | The Team of Angels will be serving breakfast during the Flandreau Airport Fly-in on Sunday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Flandreau airport located three miles south of Flandreau on Hwy. 34. The breakfast will include scrambled eggs, French toast, coffee and juice for $6 per person, kids ages 4-12--$3 and kids age three and under and PIC eat free....

Eh? It's a plane! - Budgeteer | It’s a plane! The Commemorative Air Force will be in full force when it makes its way to Duluth next week. The AirPower History Tour lands Aug. 5-7 with a fleet of World War II-era planes. Wanna do more than look? Sign up for a flight at airpowersquadron.org or the CAF Minnesota Wing website, cafsmw.org. Flights can be booked during the event, too, based on availability...

Tuskegee Airmen - Flight To Success | The Pacific West Aerospace Academy aviation youth program conducted under the auspices of the Tuskegee Airmen WW Pilot Colonel Edward Drummond & Executive Director Ty Peterson was hosted by the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on May 10th 2013...

WWII Veteran Aviator Bill Overstreet and His P-51 Mustang, “Berlin Express” - Warbirds News |
We had the pleasure of speaking at length with World War Two aviator, William B.”Bill” Overstreet at Warbirds Over the Beach 2013, and as promised, we’re going to relate some of the compelling stories of his experiences during the war. While he is in his nineties, he is still sharp, and in talking to him, you can still see the spark of the twenty-something daredevil he once was in his eyes as he recounts his exploits, fighting the forces of fascism from the cockpit of a fighter plane over Europe all those years ago....

Work to begin on Beck-Odegaard Wing addition - In-Forum | FARGO – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Fargo Air Museum’s Beck-Odegaard Wing addition will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 10. Gerry Beck and Robert Odegaard were founding members of the museum and believed in the dream of a rotating flying museum. The new building will display the B-25 Mitchell that Beck donated in the early years with hopes to create an interactive diorama to share the World War II history and stories of the Doolittle Raiders....

Local aviator still flying high at 99 - Dayton Daily News | Helicopter use for care flights, news coverage and police work are common now, but not when 99-year-old Al Butterfield started promoting and flying such missions — after a career in engine maintenance. Born in Indianapolis, Butterfield says, “I took three years of military training in high school and joined the National Guard before WWII started. A commissioned officer in the Guard taught me to fly in 1934 – I could fly all military planes.”...

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Rusted warbird attracting attention at AirVenture - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH - Rusted. Broken in pieces. Covered in zebra mussels. This World War II FM-2 Wildcat crashed into Lake Michigan in 1944 off the Milwaukee-area shore. “The engine lost power on take off. So the plane basically rolled off the front of the ship.

Tuesday July 30, 2013 Update · eaavideo.org | There was plenty of sound to go along with the sights at AirVenture 2013 late Monday and into Tuesday. EAA's John Nicholson has the AirVenture Update.

EAA Chairman's Award Presented to AOPA's Craig Fuller | Craig Fuller, AOPA president/CEO, was presented with the EAA Chairman's Award from EAA Chairman Jack Pelton Tuesday for representing the essence of EAA in the highest standard.

OSH13: Wide Angle View Of Opening Day (Monday 7.29.13 - 9Pix) - AirPigz | While the few days before Oshkosh 2013 began were almost chilly enough for us to call it FrostKosh, opening day was about as perfect as it could have been. There was a low overcast very early but that quickly gave way to some gorgeous blue sky appearing, and then by mid morning the sun was shining, the temperature was great, and it stayed that way all day. It was a perfect!..

Warbird Radio LIVE! – On Location From AirVenture 2013 – Episode 511 | On this episode Matt Jolley is on location in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at AirVenture 2013. Join in as the guys from the Hartman & Hilt Show co-host this special broadcast and talk about the sites and sounds of aviation’s big event. You never know who will stop by! Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

MCAS Air Show performers announced - KFMB News 8  | The Blue Angels may be grounded for this year's Miramar Air Show, but that doesn't mean the show won't be spectacular. Tuesday, we're learning what kind of entertainment is on tap. Due to budget cuts, this year's air show will be different. The traditionally three-day event, will be scaled back to two days, Friday and Saturday....

Snowbirds take to skies above Nanaimo harbour for show - Nanaimo News Bulletin | Canada’s famous aerial demonstration team will perform over Nanaimo Harbour to entertain the crowds and raise awareness sky high for the CHILD Foundation. The RCAF Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, known the world over for its unique form of precision formation flying, will fill the skies over Nanaimo Harbour Wednesday (July 31) at 6 p.m. with the roar of jet engines and music accompanying the show.... 

North Fork Valley Airport Hosts Fly-In Breakfast - KVNF Public Radio | Herb Anderson parks his plane on the tarmac at the North Fork Valley Airport in Paonia. He’s one of a handful of pilots and aviation fans out for a Saturday-morning “fly-in, drive-in” breakfast. Like some of the others here today, his plane is “experimental,” which basically just means he built it himself...

70 years later, a WWII veteran is aloft again on a B-17 - Buffalo News | Richard J. Notebaert piloted 50 combat missions in a B-17 bomber, so it was only fitting that he sat back Monday and enjoyed his 51st ride as a passenger. The Liberty Foundation’s Memphis Belle is back in Buffalo, and the 93-year-old former Army Air Forces captain from Amherst caught a ride on the historic World War II-era aircraft, which is much like the one he flew on daring raids over Italian cities such as Rome, Naples and Bologna in 1943...

Yankee Air Museum still short on funds days before deadline to save part of ... - AnnArbor.com | There has been some discussion between the museum and plant-owners RACER Trust about extending the deadline. Fliers, lawn signs, and billboards have been just part of the museums campaign to save the Willow Run bomber plant. Yankee Air Museum founder Dennis Norton declined to comment on the possibility aside from saying that talks with RACER “have been positive”. He said the museum is continuing discussions with potential donors and is aiming to meet the Thursday deadline...

Michigan men hope to recover B-25 bomber recovered from Tanana River - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Brighton Township residents Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor made sure that didn't happen to the World War II-era plane.... With a team of 12 volunteers, the two men flew to the Alaskan wilderness in June and took apart the plane. A helicopter airlifted the 2,000-pound midsection, and a flat-bottom hauling boat took the rest by river. "Everything was a great success," Mihalek said. "In four days, we had pretty much the whole aircraft disassembled." A truck driver then transported the plane and pieces 3,700 miles from Alaska to Michigan. Everything arrived on July 15....

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• It Flies! Russell Williams' Ryan SC-W Engine Overhaul Complete

Pilots' 'Pipe Dream' Comes True in F-22 Cockpit - Department of Defense | HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., July 30, 2013 – After three years of rigorous training, 25-year-old Air Force 1st Lt. Andrew Van Timmeren, a pilot with the 7th Fighter Squadron here, finally got to climb into the cockpit of an F-22 Raptor -- the world’s most advanced fighter jet -- and take it for a spin....

Retired jet to serve as St. Paul classroom - Minnesota Public Radio | ST. PAUL, Minn. — A retired cargo jet scheduled to land at St. Paul's Holman field Tuesday morning has a future as a classroom. FedEx is donating the 727 freighter jet to the St. Paul School District and the Minnesota Association of Women in Aviation. The plane will remain parked at the airport and its engines will be removed, but the association's Janese Thatcher said some of its systems will remain in operation for students to use....

5,000 kids take flight, thanks to Oregon couple · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. – Only one other person has flown more kids for EAA’s Young Eagles program than volunteer pilot Larry Durst. Since 1994, 5,000 children have taken flight with Durst. Working as a team — he flies, and his wife, Maxine, recruits — the Dursts’ relentless devotion to inspiring kids with aviation has earned the couple the 2013 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award....

GEICO SKYTYPERS POST GIANT MESSAGES IN THE SKY OVER CHICAGO

Air Show Performance team types giant messages in the sky and performs a low-level precision formation demonstration during the Chicago Air and Water Show
Chicago, IL (July 24, 2013) – The GEICO Skytypers will make their first appearance in the Chicago area during the 2013 Chicago Air and Water Show scheduled for August 3- August 4, 2013.

The team performs a thrilling, low-altitude, precision-formation flying demonstration. The pilots fly six WWII-vintage aircraft, coming from all directions and filling the sky to provide spectators a unique viewing experience while showcasing the tactics and maneuvers utilized in training during WWII.

Their inaugural appearance in Chicago will be the first time people from the area can view the GEICO Skytypers’ giant billboards in the sky. During skytyping missions the pilots fly 250 feet apart in a wide “line-abreast” formation. The team “types” dot-matrix-style messages that are approximately 1,000 feet tall and can be viewed from up to 15 miles in any direction and span up to eight miles in length. Each skytyped letter is generated in approximately four seconds, which is 17 times faster than the more traditional skywriting method.

The GEICO Skytypers fly six of the 11 remaining North American SNJ-2s for their airshow performances and skytyping missions. Each World War II-era plane has been fully restored and equipped with a computer that coordinates the smoke puffs released from each of the aircraft to form letters that are as tall as the Empire State Building.

“The contrast between the advanced technology utilized to produce these messages paired with a 1940s vintage aircraft is truly unique,” said Steve Kapur, GEICO Skytypers marketing officer and pilot. “We consider it a privilege to fly these warbirds on behalf of GEICO at air shows all across the U.S.”.

The Skytypers performance offers a rare chance to view a military-style formation flying demonstration utilizing WWII military training planes. Maneuvering the antique aircraft requires great skill and expertise. A majority of the GEICO Skytypers pilots earned their wings in the military and most currently fly for commercial airlines.

2013 Chicago Air & Water Show Information
• Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm
• Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm
• Complimentary General Admission
• Parking – Millennium Garages


About the GEICO Skytypers
The GEICO Skytypers are the only flying unit in the world that performs at air shows typing messages in the sky. For more information on the GEICO Skytypers, visit geicoskytypers.com. The team can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube To request more information or a 2013 electronic press kit, please write or call the contacts listed below.

About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 11 million private passenger customers and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).

GEICO’s online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards.

GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency. Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available.

For more information, go to www.geico.com.

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Five Questions with Rose Pelton · eaavideo.org | With her husband Jack handling the duties of EAA's CEO along with chairman of the board, Rose Pelton has found herself with plenty to do and she seems to be enjoying it. She answered Five Questions for EAA's John Nicholson on Opening Day.

In the sky above Wisconsin: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s ... the Swiss adventurer ‘Jetman’ -Washington Post | A Swiss adventurer is making his first public flights in the United States this summer with his custom-built jet suit. Yves Rossy (eev RAW’-see), also known as “Jetman,” is making appearances at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Wisconsin. On Monday he demonstrated his carbon-Kevlar jetwing with four engines....

Teens Breaking Record for Flying Solo Around the World - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | July 30, 2013 - Jack Wiegand became the youngest person to fly solo around the world on June 29 at 21 years and seven days old. But it's a record that he might not hold for long. Ryan Campbell is making his way around the world, too, and should finish this fall at age 19. The two EAA members met on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 grounds on Monday....

Drawing on a Passion for B-25s - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Patrick Mihalek has been drawing pictures of North American B-25s since he was 8, before he even knew what they were. "My friends say aviation is in my genes," he says, laughing. After taking three or four Young Eagles flights and being a four-time camper at the EAA Air Academy, Mihalek dreamed of starting his own aviation museum, highlighted by a B-25J Mitchell bomber....

Invasion Stripes · eaavideo.org | World War II re-enactors created a realistic living history tableau Monday as they painted black and white stripes on a World War II C-53 transport.

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Five Questions with Wanda Adelman · eaavideo.org | The woman in charge of the control tower at AirVenture is retiring after 32 years with the FAA. Air Traffic Manager Wanda Adelman answered Five Questions for EAA's John Nicholson.

Airplanista at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Day 1: Can't This Airliner Fly Any Faster? - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Those who have been to AirVenture and now must watch from a distance as the aviation family celebrates all that is wonderful about this incredible event knows this...is...torture. As I write this, fat and happy inside a United 737NG at FL350 somewhere over a square state eastbound towards KORD, anticipation is off the charts as I think about what is waiting for me at the end of this day....

Young Eagles Award Winners Share Common Bond - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | They live in different places and have different jobs and interests. Yet this diverse group has a common bond; they share their love of aviation through EAA's Young Eagles program. While thousands annually give of their time to make the Young Eagles program soar, a few have been honored for their extraordinary efforts. This year's winners will receive their awards Wednesday at the EAA AirVenture Museum's Eagle Hangar....

2013 Catalina Air Show announced - Catalina Island News | AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - If the 2012 Catalina Air Show put a big explanation point on 100 years of aviation history, this year’s event promises to be through-the-roof with the addition of Scheyden Products as title sponsor. “We are very excited by this year’s line-up”, said show producer, Dan Teckenoff. “Scheyden, along with many Avalon businesses have helped, as partners, to launch the event with new performers that will be awe inspiring. The Red Bull Helicopter, piloted by Chuck Aaron, will prove that helicopters can fly upside down....

REDESIGN FOR RED ARROWS - airtattoo.com | THE LEGENDARY Red Arrows could be sporting a new colour scheme after pupils from a Bristol primary school came up with some stunning redesigns. Sam Ovenden, five, and Emma Iley, 10, were the winners in a competition to give the Reds a make-over, and they visited the Royal International Air Tattoo on Friday 19 July to present their designs to the star pilots....

Zero Makes News in Japan - Planes of Fame | Below is a report, recently shared with us by one of our Japanese aircraft restorers, noted in the Japanese nationwide newspaper, 'Nikkei', much like our 'Wall Street Journal' in the U.S. In the picture, you see our Zero displayed at the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum.

At Farnsworth magnet school, donated jet will be classroom - Pioneer Press | FedEx is donating a 20-year-old cargo jet to serve as a classroom in St. Paul. The 153-foot-long Boeing 727-200F named Timothy will permanantly cool its jets at the St. Paul Downtown Airport's Holman Field. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the airport after the plane lands. Previously used to deliver FedEx packages nationwide, the aircraft will soon be used as a stationary classroom for aviation students at St. Paul's Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet School....

Thunder Over Michigan: Book a Ride at Thunder!

The 2013 Thunder Over Michigan Air Show has some unique, limited, ride opportunities available to the public! The Yankee Air Museum's B-17 "Yankee Lady" will be selling rides throughout the weekend as well as a P-51 Mustang, a Skyraider, T-6 Texan and Huey Helicopters! Take a step back in time and enjoy the gift of flight as you add a ride to your Thunder fun! B-17 "Yankee Lady" rides Purchase here P-51 "Brat III" rides Purchase here SNJ-4 Texan rides Purchase here AD-5W Skyraider rides Purchase here UH-1H Huey Helicopter rides Rides available on-site only on a first come, first served basis. Premium seating is selling out fast! Check out our premium seating options below where you can experience this year's air show in first class! Premium seating traditionally sells out early, so be sure to get your preferred tickets now. We appreciate your support of our 2013 Thunder over Michigan Air Show. See you in August!

Grandstand: Premium View Grandstand Seats are a fantastic way to get a great seat for the air show, just off the flight line and close to show center. Saturday: Only 149 tickets left Sunday: Only 223 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

The BOMBER CLUB: a spacious, tented area designed for guests to enjoy some shade and have access to tables and chairs for relaxation. Bomber Club patrons will enjoy complimentary beverages (non-alcoholic) all day and will have access to non-public portable washrooms. The BOMBER CLUB chalet includes premium outdoor seating along the flight line. Saturday: Only 139 tickets left Sunday: Only 289 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

FIGHTER CLUB: Enjoy the festive atmosphere and entertainment while attending the Air Show in this premium chalet. Enjoy an outstanding catered buffet-style lunch (served from 11-2) and complimentary beverages (non-alcoholic and beer) all day and access to non-public portable washrooms. The FIGHTER CLUB chalet includes premium outdoor seating along the flight line. Saturday: Only 47 tickets left Sunday: Only 132 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

OFFICERS CLUB: includes the finest of amenities and the best view of the show. This private premium club features a spacious tented area and prime seats on the flightline. OFFICERS CLUB guests will be served a catered breakfast (served from 9-10:30), grilled luncheon entrees with delicious side dishes (served from 11 - 2), an afternoon old fashioned ice cream sundae bar, and snacks and appetizers throughout the day. Saturday: Only 31 tickets left Sunday: Only 87 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

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EAA’s Freedom Of Flight Award And Spirit Of Flight Award - Aero-News Network | Sonex Aircraft Founder And President John Monnett Honored By John Ylinen | The Experimental Aircraft Association announced that Sonex Aircraft Founder and President John Monnett will be presented two major awards during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The EAA Freedom of Flight Award, and the SETP Spirit of Flight Award....

Video: 'Jetman' adventurer Yves Rossy flies with B17 bomber aircraft - Telegraph | A Swiss adventurer is making his first public flights in the US this summer with his custom-built jet suit. Yves Rossy, also known as "Jetman", is making appearances at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh....

AirVenture 2013 – “Day 1″ Monday In Review! - WARBIRD RADIO – AirVenture 2013 is officially off and running. Day 1 is in the books…and what a day it was. Perfect weather and the world’s largest aviation event all make for a wonderful time. Matt Jolley and the Hartman & Hilt crew spent the day collecting stories for their first broadcast Tuesday morning....

New paint scheme for RSAF Black Knights at Singapore Airshow 2014 - Asia One | SINGAPORE - Visitors to the Singapore Airshow 2014 will be treated to a visual feast by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Black Knights aerobatics team as they perform their precise manoeuvres and tight formations using six of RSAF's F-16C Fighting Falcons. The F-16C Fighting Falcon is one of the most sophisticated and advanced multi-role fighter aircraft in the world today....

Montgomery Aviation at TYQ slates annual house · General Aviation News Staff | Montgomery Aviation at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ) will host its seventh annual open house and fly-in Aug 3. The event is a fundraiser for Down Syndrome Indiana. The event, from 10 am-2 pm, is free to the public and will feature a number of activities and aircraft, including a Huey helicopter, Commemorative Air Force (CAF) aircraft, a magic show with aviation “surprise”, an airplane candy drop, a hot dog lunch and other food vendors, dozens of local vendors, bounce houses, remote control airplanes, a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) airplane, and discovery flights...

Lake in the Sky Air Show to be held in South Lake Tahoe for 24th year - KRNV My News 4 | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- The 24th annual Lake in the Sky Air Show at Lake Tahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe, California is scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2013. This year’s Air Show will span three days from August 23rd-25th, 2013, starting with a Pre-Flight party at the Flight Deck located at Lake Tahoe Airport at 5:30pm. Triple Ace “Bud” Anderson will be a special guest speaker along with two Vietnam Fighter Pilots. ...

Wings Over North Georgia To Feature Several Aerobatic Performers - Aero-News Network | Black Diamond Jet Team Among The Headliners On The Bill | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, GA, on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia, but the weekend will also include a ramp full of outstanding aerobatic performers, a BBQ competition and more...

New date and name for Southend Airshow - Echo | THE returning Southend Airshow looks set to be held on the first weekend of September next year and will be renamed the Southend Airshow and Military Festival, the Echo can reveal. The event, being put together by volunteers Thomas Curtis and John Delaney, with a strong military theme, looks to make what would be a popular comeback....

A380, to wow crowds at MAKS airshow - WebWire (press release) | Airbus solution to allow traffic growth with less environmental impact The A380, the most advanced, spacious and fuel-efficient passenger aircraft in service, will delight the Russian aviation industry being a star attraction at the international aviation and space salon MAKS for the second time. MAKS takes place from August 27th to September 1st 2013 in Zhukovsky, Moscow....

Patrouille de France "Alpha jets" to Saint-Cyprien - Translated | The Patrouille de France, which is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, conveys values ​​of patriotism and excellence, which she demonstrated every airshow. The team is based at Salon-de-Provence in winter, is renewed annually and must obviously meet huge expectations. The nine pilot (the "Athos"), three left and three arrive, making the challenge even more difficult. Accompanied thirty-seven mechanics, these "Athos" is daily train from October to May to prepare for the "Series" in 2013....

English Electric Canberra XH134 Returns to Royal International Air Tattoo - Warbirds News | Last having appeared at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in 2006, English Electric Canberra XH134 returned to the air show for 2013, and while it did not perform in the aerial display portion of the festivities, it did fly in under its own power to RAF Fairford, and was on static display throughout the show, which sold out both days with an attendance of over 130,000 visitors over the course of the weekend....

Daring pilot McLeod back to highlight Red Bull Air Show - The Province | ...Daring 29-year-old pilot Pete McLeod will be at the helm of a singleseater Eagle 540 aircraft as it buzzes over English Bay, twisting and turning through the air in an incredible display of aerial acrobatics. So if you are one the smart ones who arrive early to get a great viewing spot for the fireworks, you are certainly in for an additional treat. The...

Michigan Balloonist Paul Petrehn Wins U.S. National Balloon Championship - Aero-News Network | Had Previously Won Back-To-Back Championships In 2004 And 2005 | After a week long flying competition in which Mother Nature drew most of the headlines, forcing cancelation of 50% of the flying opportunities, Paul Petrehn (pictured) of Michigan won the 2013 U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship in Longview, Texas. It was his 3rd win as he had previously claimed the title in 2004 and 2005....

B-17 Bomber: History on Wheels - KIMT  | ROCHESTER, MN – Rochester is playing host to what some are calling a history lesson on wheels. This Boeing B-17 bomber dubbed “Sentimental Journey” is making a stop in Rochester as a way to pay tribute and honor veterans of the past, present and future. “We maintain these airplanes to bring history to the people. Not everyone can come to the museum, so in this case we come to you,” said Chris Schaich, Sentimental Journey Pilot....
B-17 flight brings back memories for WWII vets - Post-Tribune | VALPARAISO — Harold Chubbs looked out the window of the B-17 Flying Fortress as it flew over Lake Michigan. There was a wide grin on his face. “That was quite a flight,” he said Monday, after the World War II plane landed at Porter County Regional Airport. “It made a good landing. And that’s a good thing — no one was shooting at me.”...

Jetting Through the Grand Canyon - Air & Space Magazine: This Week's Most Viewed Articles | They wouldn't be allowed to do it today, but back in 1959, experienced military pilots would sometimes buzz the Grand Canyon when flying out of nearby Nellis AFB. At the time, RAF pilot Ron Dick was an exchange officer with the US Air Force, training students in a Lockheed T-33. Fellow instructor Bud Pratt recalls that during these Canyon flights, the pilots would fly low enough that water would spray up from the river.

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The Patrouille de France Méribel Air Show canceled due to storms - Translated |Air festival began the day in Meribel was much anticipated Monday, July 29 with the show of the Patrouille de France. Due to the vigilance storm, he could not take place in the morning and had to be canceled. Other animations finally able to resume at 13:30...

Your photos: 26th annual Oregon International Air Show brings heights and sights to Hillsboro - Oregonlive.com | The Oregonian had full team coverage of the Oregon International Air Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully readers have had a chance to see the stories and the pictures from the Hillsboro Airport....

Civilians flying at Miramar Air Show - U-T San Diego | Active duty military patriots are grounded for the 2013 Miramar Air Show. Instead, civilian ones will headline the annual air fest this fall, the Marine Corps said Monday, releasing its confirmed lineup of performances. The Patriots Jet Team of volunteer civilian pilots will fly the San Diego skies Oct. 4 and 5 in their L-39 jets, serving as main attraction for this year’s truncated, two-day event. Other civilians booked for the air show include Sean Tucker in his high-performance biplane Oracle Challenger, Chuck Aaron in the Red Bull Helo and John Collver in his AT-6 War Dog, a World War II-era fighter plane trainer....

Warbirds highlight 'Wings' - Wiscasset Newspaper | ...On August 6, he expects to be flying 250 miles an hour over the Wiscasset Municipal Airport in one of the biggest draws at “Wings Over Wiscasset.” Murphy, 43, is one of the pilots of the Texas Flying Legends Museum Warbirds. The World War II-era planes and warplanes from other eras will be on display at the airfield. The Warbirds' airshow is set to start at 5:15 p.m. when they taxi in a parade past the crowd before taking flight....

Revised: Snowbirds to make pass over Williams Lake on August 1 - Welcome to Williams Lake | Michel ‘Spike’ Tremblay Senior Operations Coordinator for the Combined Aerospace Operations Centre - 1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters/Canadien NORAD Region recently confirmed Cariboo community fly-over times with the organizers of Skyfest 2013, Quesnel’s International Air Show. The snowbirds should be flying 100 Mile House at approximately 2:30pm and over Williams Lake at approximately 2:45pm before arriving in Quesnel at 3:00pm....

Return of the Leopard: jet signals countdown to Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | ANTICIPATION is building as Bournemouth Air Festival draws near. The Leopard jet has been put in place at St Paul’s roundabout, signalling that there are only a matter of weeks to go before this year’s extravaganza. The festival takes place on the seafront between August 29 and September 1 and flying fans are in for a host of thrills in the air and on land....

Helicopter Belgian Open Championship in Saint-Hubert - Passion for Aviation | August 29 to September 1, 2013 | The first BOHC take place from 29 August to 1 September of the Saint-Hubert (EBSH) in Belgium It is a competition steering precision helicopter organized by the Management Company Airfield St. Hubert under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club Belgium....

70 years later, a WWII veteran is aloft again on a B-17 - Buffalo News | Richard J. Notebaert piloted 50 combat missions in a B-17 bomber, so it was only fitting that he sat back Monday and enjoyed his 51st ride as a passenger. The Liberty Foundation’s Memphis Belle is back in Buffalo, and the 93-year-old former Army Air Forces captain from Amherst caught a ride on the historic World War II-era aircraft, which is much like the one he flew on daring raids over Italian cities such as Rome, Naples and Bologna in 1943....

Rare WWII B-25 bomber 'Maid in the Shade' soars over Peoria - Peoria Journal Star | A World War II veteran flew into Peoria on Monday, a living reminder of another era. The B-25 Mitchell that taxied down at Byerly Airport for a week's stay in Peoria is a flying museum piece, an actual bomber-fighter that flew 15 missions over Italy and what was then Yugoslavia in 1944. "This plane was purchased for $1,800 by a collector who donated it to us," said Norman "Spike" McLane of the Commemorative Air Force, the non-profit group that restores combat aircraft for display around the country....

One of AF most decorated heroes passes away - Official Site of the U.S. Air Force Top Stories | One of the most decorated Airmen in Air Force history, whose career spanned three wars and four decades, has passed away.  Retired Col. George Everett "Bud" Day, an Air Force pilot, shot down during the Vietnam War and imprisoned in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" along with Sen. John McCain, defiantly resisted the North Vietnamese for more than five years, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. He passed away July 27, in Shalimar, Fla., at age 88....

Squadron commander receives German Air Force award  - Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lorne Eshelman, 563rd Operations Support Squadron, receives the German Air Force Service Medal from Oberst Heinz-Josef Ferkinghoof, GAF, here at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 18, 2013. Eshelman spent two years in...

Here’s the control tower audio from Virginia Beach F/A-18 Hornet crash last year - The Aviationist | On Apr. 6, 2012, a U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet crashed into Mayfair Mews Apartments off of Fleming Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Both pilots ejected safely and, fortunately, no one was killed in the accident....

'Thunder over Dakota' documents Ellsworth Air Force Base history - Rapid City Journal | A B-1B Lancer rumbles as it jets across the sky. That’s why retired Lt. Col. George Larson named his new book, which documents the complete history of Ellsworth Air Force Base, “Thunder over Dakota.” Larson touts the book as a comprehensive look at the history of the base just east of Rapid City....

Advertising Airshows  - Air & Space Magazine: This Week's Most Printed Articles | Long before the airplane, there were airshows. The very first one may have occurred in Paris on August 27, 1783, says Tom Crouch, a curator in the aeronautics department of the National Air and Space Museum. On that date, Jacques Alexandre-César Charles "flew the first small hydrogen balloon from the Champs de Mars, near the present site of the Eiffel Tower." Tickets were sold, and the public promptly went balloon-crazy. As many as 400,000 people—half the city's population—says Crouch, gathered to watch a hydrogen balloon ascend from the Jardin des Tuileries...

Atlantis is the star of new space shuttle exhibit - Sacramento Bee | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Grimy with space dust, scratched, its tiles scorched by the heat of re-entry, the retired space shuttle Atlantis is surprisingly majestic after 33 missions into space. And that's how you can see it in a new exhibit at Kennedy Space Center, as if it were just departing the International Space Station, tilted at a 43.21-degree angle, coming home....

Russian Soyuz-U M-20M launched from Baikonur to International Space Station - Spaceports | A Russian Soyuz-U rocket successfully launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan today, July 27th 2013 on a six hour flight to carry supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is known as Progress 52 or M-30M...

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'Jetman' to Make First US Airshow Flight - Wall Street Journal (blog) | Yves Rossy, also known as Jetman, is slated to make his first public U.S. flight demonstration during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture gathering, which begins this week in Oshkosh, Wisc. Rossy’s flying machine, called the jetwing, consists of a small wing made of a carbon-Kevlar composite with four jet engines, each putting out up to around 49 pounds of thrust. This is enough power to propel the Swiss flyer thought the air at more than 150 miles an hour...

AirVenture Air Shows are the Crowd Favorite - WBAY  | - The opening of EAA AirVenture means a lot of aircraft over Oshkosh. It also brings the crowd favorite -- the daily air show with unbelievable stunts. From the ground it's hard not to watch as professional stunt pilots perform daring feats, amazing flips and dramatic turns, dazzling the opening day crowd...

EAA AirVenture 16th Annual Cup Winners Announced - AvStop Aviation News | The EAA AirVenture Cup Race was founded in 1997 in the spirit of recreating the old Bendix Trophy Race and is dedicated to aviation advocacy and preserving the rich heritage of cross-country air racing. The race is held annually in advance of EAA ...

AirVenture Cup Draws 48 Racers - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |The AirVenture Cup Race was delayed until Monday, but when the numbers were tabulated, the overall winner in the 48-plane race was Marty Abbott in his Turbine Legend, with an average speed of 354.3 mph.

Only at Oshkosh: Jetman and a Flying Car - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |This week at EAA Oshkosh two of humanity's longest dreams reach fulfillment, starting with Monday's first public demonstration of the Terrafugia folding-wing flying car followed today by Yves 'Jetman' Rossy's U.S. public demonstration of his jet-powered wings...  More from EAA News

We're thinking Jason Paur has some cool pics for the day at EAA Airventure. Jetman off the wing of the B-17, and having to hold for Fifi....yeah, cool!

Seven days, seven can't miss AirVenture activities - Appleton Post Crescent | Oshkosh-based Sonex Aircraft's SubSonex jet will fly Tuesday, while Terrafugia's Transition roadable aircraft will make its first drive and flight before a large public audience Wednesday evening. Yuneec's eSpyder electric aircraft is scheduled to fly ...

The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Arrivals and Displays - The Aero Experience | Day two for The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 included more arrivals that were held up by the cold and rainy weather experienced in Oshkosh and vicinity Friday and Saturday. Aircraft of all types, including general aviation, antiques, warbirds, homebuilts and ultralights descended on Wittman Regional Airport all day, giving plane watchers a great experience on the flightline. Aircraft manufacturers and... More Aero Experience coverage

The Non-Aviator's Ultimate "A-to-Z" Guide to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - Airplanista Aviation Blog | As I prepare to depart for #OSH13 in one sleep, I've been thinking a lot about EAA AirVenture...or as most pilots and aviation family calls it, just "Oshkosh." For people who have been lucky enough to attend this annual flying festival, block party and gawkathon, you already know this show is like no other. And, yes, it does make a difference in what you call this mammoth event. "AirVenture" is a huge EAA convention and trade show, while "Oshkosh" is the world's largest, most incredible hangar party anyone could possibly imagine...

Oshkosh or Bust - Nordo News | Several years ago Gingerand I drove to Oshkosh instead of flying. Beginning as transportation to an event, it ended up a journey of self-discovery. When all was said and done, I would never be the same....

Video: EAA AirVenture 2013 – Day 0 by Damon Favor

Twas The Night Before Oshkosh….. - Photorecon.net | It’s Sunday evening, we just got to Oshkosh for the 2013 EAA Convention. AirVenture is ready to start in the morning. People have been here for months setting up the show. Campers have been coming in for weeks. Airplanes have been coming in for days....