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Mix and mingle with the Blue Angels, other top aerial performers at the Vero Beach Air Show - WPTV | Have you ever wanted to see the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels in action? Now you can, and you'll even get to meet the pilots with this exclusive prize package.  The Vero Beach Air Show brings some of the world's top aerial performers to the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in May. One grand prize winner will receive two tickets to the Sponsor/Performer Party on Friday May 9...

Watch: What it looks like when weightlessness kicks in during Blue Angels flight demonstration - Canada.com | The US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, better known as the Blue Angels, travels with a C-130T Hercules nicknamed FAT ALBERT. Known throughout the world for their amazing flying feats, here is a look inside the aircraft during the team’s air show demonstration...

Video: Local Fliers in the Air Show - KTBS | BOSSIER CITY, La -If you are heading out to the Barksdale Defenders of Liberty Air Show you will be sure to catch a few local fliers in action. We met with two local aerobatic performers with very different styles. One is taking to the skies in a plane from 1972 and is doing a retro style air show. The other is in a new plane that can do some of the most jaw dropping stunts...

Trojan Phlyers to Fly at Air Power Expo – NAS Fort Worth JRB April 26/27th · Warbirds News | Based south of Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, the Trojan Phlyers Demonstration Team is gearing up for their exciting performance in the first air show NAS JRB Fort Worth has had in several years. The Trojan Phlyers are always a huge hit with the crowd at the air shows they perform in, and look forwards to flying at the Joint Reserve Base on April 26th and 27th....

Air Show Helps Bethpage Brand Soar - Credit Union Times | Since 2003, Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s sponsorship of the Bethpage Air Show has gone far in spreading the cooperative’s brand throughout the Long Island community. The $5.4 billion Bethpage FCU in Bethpage, N.Y., and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, recently announced the lineup for the show, which will take place at Jones Beach May 24-25...

AirFest to Feature New Veterans Program - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) – With the return of AirFest this year, a program paying tribute to veterans is also taking off. The Honoring Heroes program will recognize those who exclusively served in the Vietnam War. It’s now taking nominations for who in the Stateline are will be dedicated at this year’s event. Families will also get free tickets, a shuttle to the heroes chalet, and a meet and greet with the performers... Selected nominees will be recognized during AirFest on June 7 and 8 at RFD.

US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier to be featured at OC Air Show - The Star Democrat | OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded one of only six coveted AV-8B Harrier Demonstrations in 2014 to the Ocean City Air Show... The seventh annual edition of the event, held June 14 and 15, will be the only air show of the year in the mid-Atlantic region to feature a Harrier Demo. The U.S. Marine Corps is the third branch of the U.S. military to announce support for the OC Air Show. The U.S. Army Silver Wings Parachute Team also will perform and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the event...

Blue Angels Returning To Chicago Air Show - CBS Local | CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights are returning to the annual Chicago Air and Water Show... Chicago officials said Tuesday the Air and Water Show, which will take place August 16 and 17...

United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, Melissa Pemberton to perform at the Reno Air Races

Airshow Pilot Bails Out After Catastrophic Aircraft Failure * Aero-News Network | Planning Ahead And Staying Safe Saves A Professional Airshow Pilot | Dan Marcotte describes himself on his website as being determined and driven with a sense of vision. His adventures have included racing cars and racing airplanes, and he now owns and operates Dan Marcotte Airshows. His schedule through August includes professional aerobatic performances at 7 airshows, or at least it did until he had to “hit the silk” last week...

The Hadfield Summit * Vintage Wings of Canada | On Monday June 30, 2014, Vintage Wings of Canada will host Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the RCAF's 90th Anniversary CF-18 Demonstration Hornet fighter jet. This once in a lifetime event is a coming together of some of Canada's most accomplished and inspirational aerospace leaders to celebrate not just this great country, but the men and women who make it that way...

Clacton: Red Arrows set to return to Clacton Air Show - East Anglian Daily Times | The world’s premier aerobatic display team are in high demand this year as it is their 50th anniversary. Mark Platt, Tendring district councillor for tourism and events, said “In their distinctive Hawk jets they perform dynamic displays around the world and it is a great honour to host them in Clacton....

Biggin Hill Airport's Festival of Flight organisers call for vintage car owners to take part at event * This is Local London | Biggin Hill Airport’s Festival of Flight organisers are hoping to see classic cars feature alongside flagship attendees The Red Arrows....

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Last flying B-29 coming to Paine Field * Herald Net | Fifi is coming home. But just for a visit. The last flying B-29 Superfortress, Fifi, is stopping by the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field this summer. The bomber was built in 1945 in Boeing's Renton plant...

DDay Weekend * RAF Museum London Events | 6th - 8th June 2014 | A fly-past of an Avro Lancaster is scheduled for Sunday 8th June. Timings are yet to be announced and the fly-past is subject to weather conditions....

The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron * Vintage Wings of Canada | Mori Juzo was a torpedo bomber pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the aviators who participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1973, Juzo wrote his autobiography, entitled Kiseki no Raigekitai (The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron). This book has, until now, never been translated into English. But one of Vintage Wings readers, Nicholas (Nick) Voge, an American pilot with Oahu's Makani Kai Air, is also a long time translator and has been working on an English translation of Mori's work...

Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil to host historic meeting of servicemens' ancestors - Western Gazette | The descendants of three British First World War bombing pilots will meet for the first time at the Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil on Monday. On November 21, 1914 Sydney Sippe, John Babington and Edward Briggs flew from Belfort in France on the first ever long-distance bombing raid using planes they had assembled themselves. Their target was the zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen in Germany...

Air museum receives $2550 grant - Rantoul Press | RANTOUL — Community Foundation of East Central Illinois has awarded a $2,550 grant to Chanute Air Museum to develop educational programs utilizing flight simulation. The grant has allowed the museum to purchase a computer, monitor, flight control yoke and rudder pedals to facilitate aviation education through flight simulation. A series of lesson plans using the new technology and geared toward elementary-age children was developed as a result of consultation with outside museum educators and pilot instructors...

Blackbird Mach 3 Duet - M-21 “Blackbird” + D-12B Tagboard rare pair, 2 of 2 by travelforaircraft | The D-21 was a high performance vehicle, built to live but once at Mach 3 while at extremely high altitude. It's mission solely to...

Danish F-16 jets filmed on the firing range hit their own camera · David Cenciotti | This is not covered by warranty. Royal Danish Air Force personnel love to film their F-16s using air-to-air and air-to-surface armament. A GoPro screenshot of a RDAF pilot firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder produced one of the coolest selfie ever taken from a fighter jet...

Sunseeker Duo Makes Test Flights from December 17 to Earth Day * CAFE Foundation Blog | Eric Raymond announced today that his Sunseeker Duo, the world’s first solar-powered two-seat aircraft, has been making test flights since last December 17, the 111th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The Duo was built by Eric and his wife Irena, and is Eric’s third solar-powered airplane....

RC Airplane Flight Across the USA – sUAS News | RC Airplane Flight Across the USA - MyGeekShow | sUAS News has backed Trent so should you! A young man that has shown hard work pays off. His posts on DIY Drones have...

Mentors Needed: Women Soar 2014! * WAI Connect Blog | EAA's Women Soar You Soar is the ideal place for high school girls to find out more about the opportunities available to them in the aviation industry. The unique program introduces 100 girls to 35 women (mentors)—from engineers to fighter pilots—working in a variety of aviation and aerospace fields. It's an event filled with career exploration, discovery, inspiration, and fun...