Sunshine helps air tattoo attract 130000 spectators - This Is Wiltshire | THE Royal International Air Tattoo was sold out on both days with 130,000 people attending across the weekend. Air tattoo chief executive Tim Prince said: “We have been blessed with excellent weather, and this air tattoo has been buzzing with happy people...
GALLERY: Snowbirds prepare for Alberta International Air Show - Inside Track Motorsport News | 
On Friday, July 19, Inside Track editor Greg MacPherson flew with Canada's legendary Snowbirds Demonstration Team (431 Squadron) during their preparations for the 2013 Alberta International Air Show, which took place July 21-22 in Lethbridge, Alberta....
Miramar Airshow to go on without military planes - fox5sandiego.com | MIRAMAR, Calif. — The two-day 58th annual Miramar Air Show this fall will be missing the Blue Angels and other military planes, Commanding Officer Col. John Farnam announced Monday. The show will continue with civilian planes and pilots and with “static displays” on the ground of Marine aircraft, Farnam said....
Air Show gives back more than $41000 to Valley youth organizations and charities - WTVM | During a breakfast celebration on August 1, eight youth organizations and charities from across the valley will be presented $25,000 by the 2013 Thunder in the Valley Air Show. The presentation will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the main conference room of the Columbus Airport. Checks will be presented to the executive directors of the following youth organizations and programs:...
Culpeper Airfest to salute WWII training plane - The Free Lance-Star | The North American Training Organization will hold the 75th anniversary celebration of the T–6 World War II advanced training airplane at Culpeper Regional Airport’s Airfest on Oct. 12. As part of the celebration, some 24 T–6 planes are scheduled to fly in formation over the Pentagon and Washington on Friday, Oct. 11, according to Airfest 2013 chairman Mike Dale. “It’s going to be quite a sight,” Dale, an avid aviator, said, adding that this will be the first time since World War II that such a formation will have occurred....
Gathering touches down Aug. 10 - Simcoe.com | The annual Gathering of the Classics at the Edenvale Aerodrome in Clearview Township is Saturday, Aug. 10. Organized by the Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation, which is based at the airfield, the event will feature an array of vintage airplanes, cars and motorcycles. The foundation, comprised of aviation buffs, expects up to 250 aircraft will be on display and that more than 120 vehicles will be as well....
Air shows facing more turbulence - Standard Speaker | PITTSTON TWP. - Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien wants Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to once again host air shows, but the idea appears to be a long shot for now. The air show drew large crowds between 1983 and 2000; it then was suspended for construction of the new terminal and never returned. In its last year, the air show lost $23,000....
Glider aerobatic events in Oripää, Finland - World Air Sports Federation | Today is the fifth day of competition in Oripää, Finland, for the 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships and 4th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships. So far there have been only nine flights in total, due to strong winds, low clouds and rain....
Sporty's releases official AirVenture app — General Aviation News | Sporty’s 2013 free EAA AirVenture app is now available for download – and it’s free. Now in its third year, the app has been continually enhanced with user feedback, according to Sporty’s officials. “With literally thousands of exhibitors, airplanes, workshops, forums, talks, social gatherings, and displays, you have to approach AirVenture with a plan,” says Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “Spend some time organizing your visit, stick your phone in your pocket and you’re set.”...
B-17 brings back memories for veterans - Fox11online.com | ASHWAUBENON - Some area World War II veterans are getting to relive not only a piece of history, but their own. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse bomber for the United States' European bombing campaigns; many of those missions flown without fighter escorts for protection. According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, fewer than 100 B-17 planes are still around and fewer are able to fly. Aluminum Overcast, is one...
EAA's vintage B-17 bomber arrives in Green Bay - Green Bay Press Gazette | ASHWAUBENON — Eighty-seven holes. That's what crew members found on Lester Rentmeester's B-17 Flying Fortress upon his return to England after a mission during World War II.He stood in front of the same type of airplane on Monday, enjoying the results of a four-year effort to get the Experimental Aircraft Association's B-17 bomber in Green Bay for ground tours and flights....
History takes flight with B-17 visit to Bolton - ThisWeekNews | This was one ride not built for comfort. This plane's cabin is not pressurized and has no insulation, crew members have to cram and crouch to move about and the loudness of the engines makes communication without headphones difficult. "The B-17 was built to conduct stable bombing runs," said Ray Fowler of the Liberty Foundation. "And it did that job very well."...
Shrapnel hit his Corsair on mission over Tokyo – 2nd Lt. Jack LeBoeuf thought ‘it was the end’ - War Tales | It was Feb. 22, 1945; 2nd Lt. Jack LeBoeuf was flying his Corsair fighter from the deck of the carrier USS Essex as a member of Marine Fighter Squadron 213. Destination, Tokyo! “We were sent on the Tokyo mission to protect our TBMs torpedo bombers (Douglas TBM Devastators),” the 83-year-old Port Charlotte Marine recalled. “The TBMs were flying low and we were flying above them to make sure nobody bothered them as they hit their targets in Tokyo.” It was a thankless 
mission because the TBMs flew low and slow when they attacked. They were sitting ducks for the anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighter planes. As a consequence...
Wiley Post by The National Air and Space Museum | July 22, 2010, marks the 77th anniversary of Wiley Post’s 1933 solo flight around the world in the Lockheed 5C Vega Winnie Mae. This record-breaking flight demonstrated several significant aviation technologies. It used two relatively new aeronautical devices—an autopilot and a radio direction finder. The...
Museum slates open cockpit day · General Aviation News Staff | The Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif., will hold Open Cockpit Day Aug. 11. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Aircraft that will be open include a Mig-15, a Harrier vertical takeoff and landing airplane and the largest and heaviest carrier-based operational aircraft ever built, the Skywarrior (pictured), the Navy’s first strategic all-jet nuclear bomber and was in service for over 35 years....
Lost Capitol Hill: Planes at the Capitol - thehillishome.com | 1913Demonstrations have become a 
routine on Capitol Hill, to the point where we barely notice them any more. And today, demonstrations usually mean a bunch of people waving signs and chanting. In the old days, things were actually, well, demonstrated. Although it was not until 1903 that the Wright brothers showed that powered flight was a possibility, the outbreak of the world war in...
Air Force aims to land more top guns amid pilot shortage - Los Angeles Times | Help wanted: At least 130 veteran military aviators for nine-year commitment to fly fighter jets. Salary: $34,500 to $97,400. Plus good benefits and a $225,000 signing bonus — guaranteed. Contact: U.S. Air Force by Sept. 30. That's the offer from the Pentagon, which is so short of Air Force fighter pilots that it's boosting its salary package to make the job more enticing....
Youngest Ever Hanscom Aero Club Pilot Earns Her Wings - Patch | ...Seventeen-year-old Nicole Case, who has only been driving a car for six months, earned her pilot's license from the Hanscom Aero Club Flight Training Center July 6. She in fact took her first solo flight before she was able to drive in a car alone...
Kids Airbridge - Flight To Success | Please welcome Mireille Goyer and Victoria and Neuville 
Zajko... Two amazing women doing something pretty spectacular. These women will fly a Cessna along the Aéropostale airmail route and connect school kids across continents...
Cause Of Yuri Gagarin Death Finally Revealed By Fellow Cosmonaut - CNN | For more than 45 years, the death of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to cross the Earth´s threshold and venture into space, has been shrouded in secrecy. But now, details of his 1968 death have been released by none other than the first man to walk in space, Aleksey Leonov. Gagarin, who became the first man to travel into space on April 12, 1961, was killed when his MiG-15 aircraft crashed on March 27, 1968. Gagarin was just 34 years old. The details of that crash and his death have long been a confusing and controversial subject, with many theories coming forward on the actual cause of his death....
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