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Snowbirds landing in Portage - Portage Daily Graphic | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team are ready to wow Portagers with an all new routine they will be performing at Southport on June 4. There is plenty to look forward to from the routine this year, including several new manoeuvres, said Capt. Morgan Strachan, opposing solo who flies Snowbird 9...

Snowbirds performing in High River - Western Wheel | High River residents will want to keep their eyes on the sky July 23 when the iconic Snowbirds aerobatic demonstration team is scheduled for a performance over the town. The pilots synchronize their jets and maneuver them into more than 50 different formations, incorporating up to nine jets in the display as they perform...

Warbird Weekend fundraiser set for May 31 · General Aviation News | GRANGEVILLE, Idaho – Food and music will be part of an event set for Saturday, May 31, to help raise funds for Warbird Weekend. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Twisted Cellar on Main Street in Grangeville. Offerings will include sliders for $9, along with varying costs for beer and wine. Kim Johnson will host music bingo (participation by donation). Participants play by hearing a musical selection and marking their cards with the correct artist and song title....

Making air show fly takes volunteers - Daily Inter Lake | It takes a lot of people to make an air show happen. The volunteer corps needed for the Mountain Madness Air Show Aug. 30-31 featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds is 1,000 people willing to do what it takes to make the show flow...

Red Arrows To Perform at LegenDerry Maritime Festival - Afloat | The world-famous Red Arrows will take to the skies over the North West Coast of Ireland at the end of June with their display of daredevil aerial manoeuvres, to bring a spectacular close to the 2014 LegenDerry Maritime Festival. Brought to the North West by a partnership between Donegal County Council, Limavady Borough Council and Derry City Council, the RAF Red Arrows will perform their thrilling flying display as the stunning send-off to the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race on Sunday 29th June 2014...

Steam Plant Fly-In canceled · General Aviation News | The Steam Plant Fly-In in Gallatin, Tenn., scheduled for Sumner County Regional Airport (M33) on Saturday, June 21, has been canceled.

Airshow Report – Wings Over Illawarra 2014 Airshow * Warbirds News | The annual Wings Over Illawarra air show took place on May 4th, about sixty miles south of Sydney, Australia. For the first time since 2007, the flying program was nearly blown away. Strong and nearly constant winds hung around the New South Wales southern coast all day and unfortunately affected the air show, limiting the flying program due to the heavy crosswinds. Many in...

Thirsty warbirds need juice at Wings, Wheels, Rotors & Expo 2014 - Orange County Breeze | The 13th Annual Wings, Wheels,  Rotors & Expo, a popular regional event, is fast approaching. This year WWRE is on Sunday, October 26, on the flightline at Los Alamitos Army Airfield. Among the many activities, functions and displays, will be numerous vintage aircraft and military warbirds. These warbirds are classic military aircraft, mainly from the World War Two era but some from other historical flying times...

World War II bomber to land in Montrose - Montrose Daily Press | A visitor to the Montrose Regional Airport is making a special appearance on June 5 — the “Maid in the Shade” B-25 bomber plane restored from its World War II service, will be on display to the public. The authentic, battle-proven plane flew 15 combat missions over Italy, Yugoslavia and Brenner between Nov. 4 and Dec. 31, 1944. Now, having changed ownership more than a few times, the place is in the care of the Commemorative Air Force and invites cockpit tours, photos and even passenger flights...

Sky's no limit for Matt Hall - ABC Online  | Flying must be in Matt Hall's blood - his grandfather flew in World War II, his Dad was into aviation too, so it's no surprise that from the time he was very young Matt wanted to fly. He did so in spectacular fashion becoming a fighter pilot in the Air Force, later a Fighter Combat instructor and even had stint flying with the US Air Force in Iraq - ending his career as a Wing Commander.

Oxcart * The Lexicans | In wandering down assorted internet rabbit holes, I came across a couple of historically interesting articles about the A-12/SR-71 series of aircraft. The first was from the April, 1964 issue of...

Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark  * Let Let Let - Warplanes | With the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider operational shortly after the end of the Second World War, the U.S. Navy was already interested in a successor. Because the jet aircraft of that time still had an excessive fuel consumption, the turboprop engine was regarded as a very suitable alternative; in particular for flying at low altitudes....

Tucson in 100 Objects — the 'boneyard' - Arizona Daily Star * The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group operates a storage facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base that everybody calls the “boneyard.” Here, more than 4,400 aircraft are mothballed in latex coatings to keep their parts safe from the desert sun....

Crossing the Pond * Voices From The DC-3 | It’s one thing to conquer the Atlantic lounging in seat 12A on an American Airlines 777, and quite another to shepherd a part of history (all 70+ year old, 24,000-odd pounds of her) through a similar mission...  So, congratulations to two Douglas C-47 crews (and their supporting teams) on their respective successful transatlantic crossings this month! The crew of Whiskey 7 just reached their destination of Duxford, England, on May 23 in time for its airshow over the weekend. The crew of Union Jack Dak arrived at Coventry Airport on May 10....

CAF Dixie Wing Promo Video · Warbirds News | This is a promotional video which was conceptualized, produced and edited my Mike Schneider and Jay Bess, members of the Commemorative Air Force – Dixie Wing. The Dixie Wing was approved as the 83rd CAF unit on February 28, 1987, and has since displayed its collection of vintage World War II aircraft in numerous air shows throughout the Southeast. The wing is a non-profit, tax-exempt “flying museum” that depends on contributions of time and funds to carry out its mission....

St. Boniface students visit “Rise Above” exhibit * The Beacon | Students then toured the hanger to see the B-17 and B-25 bombers on display and learn of their role in WWII, and see and hear about the ongoing restoration of a Ford Tri-motor airplane. They then viewed the film “Rise Above” about the Tuskegee Airmen ...

Pitman students pilot tour guide program at Castle Air Museum - The Turlock Journal  | Pitman High senior Ryan Hanson’s father was born on the Castle Air Force Base in Atwater so when he discovered that he could return to the site and give tours to younger students at the now Castle Air Museum through a program at his high school, he jumped at the opportunity...