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Video: Eddie Andreini's Memorial "Missing Man" formation * Internation Council of Air Shows

Now previewing: USAF Thunderbirds - Cannon Connections | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the high-performance air demonstration squadron, are scheduled to join the Wings of Blue, the global parachuting performance team comprised of jumpers from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the 98th Flying Training Squadron May 24 and 25 for the 2014 Open House at Cannon Air Force Base...

US Army Golden Knights to Perform at the 2014 South Shore Air Show * South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority | While flying under banners of black and gold, the US Army Golden Knights will perform during the 2014 South Shore Air Show, set to take place at Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County July 11 through July 13...

Today Marks 71 years Since the Dambusters Raid · Warbirds News | Today marks 71 years since the Dambusters raid was undertaken by the legendary 617 Squadron, who commemorated the 70th anniversary last year with a special flypast at the Air Tattoo with a Lancaster Bomber and Tornado fighter jet from the squadron. You can see the Lancaster flying as part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in July here at the Air Tattoo...

D-Day 70 - Pt.9 - Preview of Commemorations * globalaviationresource.com | Throughout the spring and summer of 2014, the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy will be commemorated by a series of events in the UK and Europe. Several UK-based hi...

Cape May Airport to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest May 30-June 1 * Cape May County Herald | CAPE MAY AIRPORT -- Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC). The event will take place beginning May 30 and...

F-35B To Fly At Christening Of Brits’ Newest Aircraft Carrier, If Weather OK * Breaking Defense | WASHINGTON: Do not expect any official confirmation, but the British will allow Lockheed Martin’s F-35B to make its first flight outside of the United States on July 4 when the country’s newest aircraft carrier is christened by Her Majesty the Queen....

Video: Meet the first British F-35 pilot who will make his debut at the RIAT in July * The International Council of Air Shows

[Photo] All three F-35 variants fly together for the first time * The Aviationist | A nice photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightining II multi-role aircraft flying together for the first time...

What to expect at this year's Farnborough Airshow - gethampshire.co.uk | A century of aviation is to be the central theme of the displays at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. The 2014 show will also mark 100 years since the start of the First World War by featuring replica war planes, from both Britain and Germany, over the weekend of July 19-20...

Wing walker among new acts booked for Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow - The Express-Times | A wing walker will be among the new acts performing at this year's Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow Aug. 23-24 at Lehigh Valley International Airport. The airport this week announced the booking of Gene Soucy and Teresa Stoke. The act involves Soucy flying his ShowCat biplane while Stoke climbs about the wings, the airport says in a news release...

Air Show replaced by scaled down event, Airfest 2014 - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — While there will be no Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this year at Pease, the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire is looking to hold a scaled down event called Airfest 2014. The Pease Development Authority's board of directors approved the event at its meeting Thursday, Executive Director David Mullen said. The group will hold the event Aug. 9 on the airport's north apron...

The Heart of Texas Airshow set to launch Sept. 27 · General Aviation News | The Heart Of Texas Airshow will take to the skies over Waco, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 27 at Texas State Technical College airport. Jets, helicopters, airplanes, warbirds, a wing walker, skydivers, radio control aircraft and more will be at the show. Flights will be available throughout the day in helicopters, airplanes, historic warbirds and biplanes...

Blue Angels to be featured in 2015 Westover air show * WWLP | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – If you enjoy the sound of jet noise, mark your calendar! Next year’s Great New England Air Show at Westover Air Reserve Base has been announced. The show, which will feature the famous Navy Blue Angels team, will be held one year from Friday, on May 16 and 17. The show will coincide with Westover’s 75th anniversary....

SUN ‘n FUN 2014: Blue Angels * Other People's Airplanes Podcast | In this episode of Other People’s Airplanes, the US Navy Blue Angels perform at SUN ‘n FUN 2014.

Doolittle Raiders: Experiencing the raid that stopped Japan By Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg, 7th MPAD | ...This was it. There was no turning back. They all knew they had to make their current mission happen – but it was a day early, and they were 600 miles farther away from their earliest departure point than they were supposed to be...

B-17E ‘Desert Rat’ – April Restoration Update · Warbirds News | WarbirdsNews has received a few details about the ongoing restoration of B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 known as “Desert Rat”. We thought our readers would be interested in seeing some photographs of their latest progress. This project is a truly amazing feat of perseverance, whose story will probably one day fill a book. There really is too much...

Old Shakey walkaround — Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, third of three by travelforaircraft | McChord Air Museum and Heritage Hill Air Park has several aircraft on display including this Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. This aircraft set a standard which is the norm of today's large cargo aircraft with a box-like fuselage cross-section and on-board loading ramps as well as hoists which could move the length of the cargo deck...

Aviator & Engineer: Lawrence Burst Sperry - MarineLink | The U.S. Navy, and the aeronautic field in general, has benefited enormously from the genius of more than one Sperry.  Lawrence Burst Sperry, the second son and third child of gyrocompass inventor Elmer A. Sperry was a pioneer in instrumental flight and famous inventor in his own right, launching the Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Co. at 26, and earning 23 patents before his untimely death at the age of 31 in 1923. Aviation promoter and Air Service General Billy Mitchell lauded him as one of the most brilliant minds and greatest developers in the world of aviation, while one newspaper called him “Uncle Sam’s youngest technical expert and aviator.”...

Chet Buckenmaier spent 10 years working on B-1A bomber during ‘Cold War’ · Don Moore, War Tales | Chet Buckenmaier of Burnt Store Marina sits beside a picture of a B-1 Bomber he helped design while serving in the Air Force for almost 20 years...

Incredible video from the receiving end of a DC-10 Supertanker’s fire retardant drop * The Aviationist | KUSI photojournalist Taylor Schuss filmed the DC10 Air Tanker (unofficially dubbed “Supertanker”) fighting the Cocos Fire in San Marcos, California, from the receiving end of a load of fire retardant on May 14...

Spirit Air Show fuels local woman’s dream By: Dan Fox Newsmagazine Network | ...At age 15, she took an introductory flight, the first step in attaining a pilot’s license, but  the process and costs associated with attaining a pilot’s license intimidated her, and she took a break from pursuing her dream. In July of 2013, everything changed when she saw one of her longtime aviation heroes, stunt pilot Patty Wagstaff, perform....


Outer Space with David Wolf in Muncie IN - Muncie Free Press | Retired Hoosier Astronaut thrills adults, youth alike By Rick Yencer | MUNCIE, INDIANA (NEWS) - Retired shuttle astronaut David Wolf took a wrong turn to get to Muncie, but he never got lost during his 4,040 hours in space. Wolf, a medical doctor and electrical engineer with more than a dozen patents, informed and enlightened adults and youth alike with his great adventures and no holds barred talk about America's space program that has been on hiatus since the shuttle program was scuttled in 2011....

Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Inspires Students During Mission at St. Louis Challenger Learning Center By Carmelo Turdo | Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz spent this morning on Day Two of his visit to St. Louis at the Challenger Learning Center in St. Louis County.  The Challenger Learning Center has joined other local aerospace community organizations in welcoming Kranz to St. Louis to participate in a series of events planned this week in early commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission....