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Video: Thunderbirds thrill crowd at Barksdale Air Show - KTAL | The Defenders of Liberty Air Show is back in the ArkLaTex. It was scaled back to just Saturday after the possibility of severe weather on Sunday. For the 2014 show, the Air Force’s Thunderbirds roared through the skies, traveling at speeds up to 1500 miles per hours...

Blue Angels Take To The Skies Over Fort Worth * CBS DFW | The Blue Angels, an elite flight squad of the U.S. Navy, are taking to the skies of Fort Worth this weekend for the Air Power Expo 2014 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth....

Flying Dutchman Fly-In Is Spring Ritual for Local Aviation Community * The Aero Experience | Attending the Pancake Breakfast and Fly-In held at the Flying Dutchman Airport in Belleville, IL is a spring ritual for St. Louis and Southwest Illinois aviation enthusiasts, and Saturday's event was no exception.  A variety of general aviation aircraft, vintage planes, Robinson helicopters and even a sailplane from the St. Louis Sailplane Association were on the field.  Several flew...

SLIDESHOW: Boshears Skyfest & Fly-In kicks off on Saturday - WRDW-TV | AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The 21st annual Boshears Skyfest & Fly-In kicked off Saturday with some warm weather and clear skies...

Old planes a highlight at annual fly-in - The Augusta Chronicle | They might have been drawn to the plane, itself, or maybe they were curious about the “Hollywood” sign in front of it. This plane had a starring role in the movie Amelia, with Hilary Swank and Richard Gere. Swank even autographed it. “She was great,” Shepherd said. “Hilary Swank is a really nice person. Very pleasant.” Shepherd, who retired a decade ago as an international pilot for Northwest Airlines, first flew a vintage Lockheed in the 1980s. It belonged to a friend and he flew it frequently. “Fell in love with it,” he said....

Camp Mabry hosts air show - KVUE | Hundreds will head to Camp Mabry in Central Austin this weekend to see Texas National Guard members take to the sky.  Members of the Texas Army National Guard took to the field Friday to do a run through.  Therehearsal had helicopters practicing take-off and paratroopers floating back down to earth...

Video: The City of DeFuniak Springs Hosts 4th Annual Marvel of Flight - WJHG-TV | The Mitchell B-25 bomber is one of the more storied aircraft in U.S. military history. It' the plane Colonel Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders used for their famous bombing of Japan in the early days of World War II. Only a handful of the aircraft still exist, and even fewer are in flying condition...

Plane lands in pond at Spruce Creek Fly-In; no one injured - Daytona Beach News-Journal | No one was injured when a plane overshot the runway at the Spruce Creek Fly-In and wound up in a retention pond late Saturday morning, officials said...

AERO sees spike in attendance · General Aviation News | FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — This year’s AERO, the largest general aviation show in Europe, boasted 606 exhibitors from 35 countries, and 33,400 visitors, compared to 32,600 in 2013. Project manager Roland Bosch noted: “In talks with exhibitors, we confirmed in the final days of the fair that the upswing in the general aviation industry is continuing. Bookings for the next AERO are already running at full speed.”...

Warbirds Over Wanaka – Jet Race Report · Warbirds News | Easter weekend saw another brilliant episode of the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka air show in Wanaka, New Zealand. Each of these events, set against the magnificent mountainous landscape made famous in the Lord of the Rings films, seeks to offer new features to the viewers who travel from all over the world to attend. This year the show launched the inaugural Gigatown Wanaka Jet race. The high-speed racing thrilled crowds of around 50,000 people on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as an invitational US team challenged three Kiwi pilots around a course marked by giant inflatable pylons. Paul Hughan streaked to victory, with fellow Kiwi Brett Emeny coming second and Peter Vause third, but the visiting Americans are determined to return and challenge the Kiwis again, general manager Ed Taylor assured. Given the tremendous buzz the jet racing generated, it seems certain they will take part in the next Warbirds Over Wanaka air show in March, 2016...

Daredevil couple cheats death together * www.cbsnews.com | When it comes to heart-stopping stunts, few people can top what Rex and Melissa Pemberton do for a living. Rex jumps out of airplanes and "flies" in a wingsuit at speeds of up to 130 mph, while Melissa, an acrobatic pilot, flies a plane in circles around him. Serena Altschul profiles their...

Ohio Air News #256 - Charles Johnson | Greetings all! Good news about the F-105B restoration at Zanesville Ohio airport (KZZV). Mike and I received word that the USAF Museum has approved our silver finish scheme... and more...

Video: ISU Flight Academy hosts 1st Fly-In/Drive-In - MyWabashValley | It was a beautiful day for a tour of Terre Haute—from the sky. The Indiana State University Flight Academy hosted its first annual Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday afternoon. People could pay $20 to take a plane ride around Terre Haute. The runway was also open for cruising....

West Salem veteran takes flight in vintage plane on 92nd birthday * Pilot News Magazine | ...Koepcke said he had flown in the same model of Beechcraft during gunnery training in the Air Force’s 319th Bomb Group of the 440th Squadron. “We ran splash missions and shot into the water to show us what pattern a .30-caliber gun looked like,” he said. “It was quite a popular plane for the Navy and the Army Air Force, but it wouldn’t meet standards for World War II,” Koepcke said. “It was adaptable — the Beechcraft also could have pontoons.”...

Marin resident, former B-17 pilot rides bomber 'Memphis Belle' - Marin Independent Journal | Former B-17 pilot Phil Arnot, 90, of Lagunitas went back in time this week with a ride in Boeing's B-17 "Memphis Belle." The plane is on tour as part the Liberty Foundation's Salute to Veterans and will welcome visitors this weekend at the Hayward Executive Airport, 20301 Skywest Drive. The Flying Fortress takes to the skies from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day, with ground tours after the last flight of the day...

WWII Aviation Cadet Fantasy Camp · Warbirds News | Have you ever wanted to have a taste of what it was like to be an air cadet during WWII? Well then, your dreams have been answered, as the Utah Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is offering a three-day, living history experience to immerse you in the world of a US pilot trainee as...

SA-10 walkaround — the other Catalina in Blue and Gold (Part I) by travelforaircraft | Consolidated Catalinas in the service of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) were designated as the SA-10 (PBY-5A in the U.S. Navy) and this Catalina, in the livery of the USAAF, looks as if ready for a rescue mission. It is...

Youths explore aviation as Young Eagles - Richmond Register | BEREA — A number of Madison County’s younger residents were treated to an eagle’s eye view of their community Saturday. They were taken aloft courtesy of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s local chapter an initiated into its Young Eagles club...

Aviator's villa celebrates air space - Gizmag | It may not look like an aircraft, but this house designed for an airplane pilot was conceived as a collection of aeronautical parts and is intended to simulate life in the clouds. Called "a villa for an aviator," the house in New York state was designed as a deconstructed airplane to give the owner the feel of living in spaces that are surrounded by open sky...