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Bose Announces Air Race Classic Sponsorship - AVweb | Oklahoma City, OK -- The Air Race Classic (ARC) is proud to announce a very special three-year sponsorship with Bose(R) Aviation, the leader in headset technology. For Air Race Classic years 2014, 2015, and 2016, Bose will award the Top Champion and Reserve Champion Teams Bose(R) A20(R) Aviation headsets. Recognizing the need for racers to have the best of quiet, clarity, and comfort, Bose has become an ARC Sponsor for years to come....

Three More Precision Formation Acts Announced for South Shore Air Show - PortageLife The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority has announced the addition of three more acts participating in the 2014 South Shore Air Show. Added to the line-up are Bill Stein, Jack Knutson and The 4CE Formation Aerobatic Team. Stein’s passion and dedication for precision flying is ...

Duxford D-Day Anniversary Air Show Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | Commemorating the 70th anniversary of this decisive military campaign, demonstrating the vital role that aerial warfare played in the invasion of Normandy. (May 24-25)

GALLERY: Visitors flock to spectacular displays at Imperial War Museum ... - Royston Crow More than 10,000 visitors watched spectacular aerial displays at the Imperial War Museum’s D-Day Anniversary Air Show, at Duxford...

VIDEO: Red Arrows awarded Public Display Authority for 2014 - Lincolnshire Echo | The Red Arrows team has been given official approval to display in 2014 - its 50th season. The team, based at RAF Scampton, was formally awarded its 2014 Public Display Authority (PDA) earlier today, after months of intensive preparation by its pilots, engineers and support staff....

Red Arrows for Donegal - Donegal Democrat | The world-famous Red Arrows will take to the skies over Donegal at the end of June with their display of daredevil aerial manoeuvres.  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, which will be taking place at Greencastle....

Operation Airshow stages at Kremmling Airport - Sky Hi Daily News | Aircraft enthusiasts will want to be in Kremmling on June 6 to see a display of World War II, Korean War and a few Russian-built airplanes. In addition, the newest and best cars and trucks from Chevrolet will be on display during the aircraft presentation in Kremmling....

DAV brings inspiration to air show - DVIDS | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - As he flew into Cherry Point for the 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show in “Panchito,” a B-25 Mitchell bomber, retired Brig. Gen. George Bartlett felt a sense of nostalgia come over him. “As a sergeant here in 1944, I served as a navigator bombardier,” said Bartlett. “It felt fantastic to fly back here again. The purpose of this is to show the kids of today what it was like during WWII to be in a plane like Panchito.”...

Hartzell Provides Propeller and Support For Jack Link's Screamin' Sasquatch - aviationpros.com | Piqua, Ohio, May 27, 2014 – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has been selected by John Klatt Airshows as the propeller technical partner for upcoming precision power aerobatics air show demonstrations featuring the Jack Link's® Screamin' Sasquatch ™ Jet Waco.  Screamin’ Sasquatch is a 1929 barnstormer’s era Taperwing Waco powered by a huge Pratt & Whitney 985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder radial engine and a GE CJ610 turbojet engine for added thrust. As the propeller partner, Hartzell will provide its standard three-blade metal propeller mated to the radial engine and technical support throughout the 2014 air show season....

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Condor Squadron maintains WWII aircraft * news.yahoo.com | Watch the video Condor Squadron maintains WWII aircraft on Yahoo News . The Condor Squadron honors America's veterans by maintaining and flying vintage aircraft used to train pilots during WWII...

Staten Island RC Modelers to host 4th Annual Charity Fly-In on Saturday - SILive.com | STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --The Staten Island Remote Control Modelers will be hosting its fourth annual Charity Fly-In on Saturday, May 31, at the Field of Dreams in LaTourette Park. Model flyers from accross the tri-state area will convene for this year's charity event, in support of the Staten Island Children's Campaign. The fly-in and barbeque will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests are invited to bring chairs, blankets and snacks to take in a day of model aviation....

Is Dad an aviation buff? · General Aviation News | Is your dad an aviation buff? Does he wonder what it would be like to sit at the controls of an A-6 Intruder Navy jet or walk into the flying boat that took Indiana Jones on his archeological adventure in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”? Treat Dad to a day at the Oakland Aviation Museum from noon to 4 p.m. on Father’s Day June 15....

Zenith Aircraft to host Fly-In to Summer · General Aviation News | MEXICO, Mo. — Zenith will host its 8th annual “Fly-In to Summer” Open Hangar Day on Saturday, June 21. The event provides an opportunity to tour the aircraft kit manufacturing facility and to meet people who have already completed the building their own kit plane. Many people will take their first flight in a Zenith aircraft during the fly-in. It also is a great chance to learn about all aspects of aircraft construction, company officials said....

Historic Flight Foundation’s ‘Diamond Four’ Formation To Commemorate D-Day Anniversary. · Warbirds News | Paine field based Historic Flight Foundation has organized a very rare “Diamond Four” formation of P-51 Mustangs to visit thirty cities and towns in Western Washington on June 6th, the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Lead by HFF’s D-Day veteran (four sorties over the beaches of Normandy), P-51B “Impatient Virgin,” the formation will launch from Paine Field at 9 a.m. and conclude operations at approximately 3 p.m. with a noontime tour of downtown Seattle. Special visits include Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Gray Army Airfield. Operations will extend as far north as Bellingham, as far south as Olympia. Visit HFF to witness return of the aircraft....

Latest News From Vulcan XH558 · Warbirds News | Last Thursday, XH558 was towed out of the hangar to have a full fuel load placed in the new No.5 Starboard fuel tank and 40% fuel in the remaining tanks. After this, she was returned to the hangar and is now back on hydraulic jacks. XH558 is about to commence undercarriage retraction tests after which, if all goes well, we will then continue the other ‘after-service’ checks....

"Impossible" Electric Airplane Takes Flight - Scientific American | BERLIN—When a Panavia Tornado blasted into the clouds above the Berlin Air Show before swooping back down toward the Earth, the grounds below shook from the roar of the fighter bomber's twin engines. When the next aircraft took to the sky, the air show went eerily quiet....

Volunteer pilots celebrated at Endeavor Awards Gala · General Aviation News Staff | ...Master of ceremonies Sean Tucker presided over a glittering evening of entertainment, excitement and emotion as 380 audience members celebrated Public Benefit Aviation. There were movie and TV stars, astronauts, legendary aviators, performing musicians, and an aerialist aloft who presented an ‘Adagio to Amelia Earhart.’...

Video: Long-EZ Cloud Skimming (Music Video) · AirPigz  | This fresh and beautiful video of a homebuilt Long-EZ skimming along the edge the clouds sure looks like fun! (note that the airplane is flying IFR to keep things legal and safe)...

Disney Captures Reality with “Planes: Fire and Rescue” * Airplanista Aviation Blog | “They fly in when others fly out.”  Those words struck a chord with me when asked to join aviation writers for a pre-screening of Disney’s new film, Planes: Fire and Rescue. ...

Max Surayev is Back * Air & Space Magazine | Think of Max Surayev as the Russian answer to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, whose big social media moment came last year when he covered Bowie's “Space Oddity” from orbit. The 42-year-old Surayev is getting ready to launch tomorrow on his ...