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Video: Franklin Park pastor goes for ride of lifetime with Blue Angels - WTAE Pittsburgh | Before the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flew over Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon, they took a Franklin Park pastor for the ride of his life. As the Rev. Joe McCaffrey from Saints John and Paul Parish was strapped into the mighty F/A-18 Hornet jet at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, he offered a prayer of his own....

Blue Angels headlining Great Tennessee Air Show - The Daily News Journal | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to town for the Great Tennessee Air Show June 14-15. They’ll bring with them an expected crowd of 50,000 fans of the aeronautical acrobats. Historically, the airport has only put on the Great Tennessee Air Show when it could secure the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or the Blue Angels. While the air show has been the signature event in Smyrna for more than 40 years, isn’t always held annually. However, it was able to host the Thunderbirds in 2011 and the Blue Angels in 2012....

What is it like to fly an air show? * Mike Goulian Airshows | Watch this, hang on and get pumped for this weekend!

Snowbirds, CF-18 coming to Tillsonburg Regional Airport June 14-15 - Simcoe Reformer | Ontario South Coast Airshow (OSCA) organizers are finalizing last-minute details for a pair of air shows at the Tillsonburg Regional Airport. First, it's the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demo, presented by the Ontario South Coast Airshow on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15. A two-day event, gates open at 12 p.m. (noon) on both days, with shows at 3 p.m. "They were scheduled to be at another site in London that weekend and it canceled," said OSCA's Andre Brisson. "We were a replacement site. We had been planning for our August 23rd show and the Snowbirds came as a bonus."...

Air Show Attendance Hits 110000 - Military.com | About 110,000 people attended the Cherry Point Air Show from May 16 to 18, according to base officials. Cherry Point released the estimated attendance figures for the 2014 air show on May 27. Col. Chris Pappas III, commanding officer at Cherry Point, said he appreciated all civilians, military members and their families for helping with the air show. He also pointed out the support of emergency services personnel and police who helped with such things as traffic control....

B-29 Superfortress is Flying into Sacramento - KFBK | The world's only flying B-29 Superfortress is coming to Sacramento. The plane, nicknamed FIFI, will land at Mather Airport tomorrow afternoon and stay through Sunday along with a P-51 Mustang and a static display from the Commemorative Air Force. This is the plane's first visit to Sacramento....

Remote-control plane airshow entertains at Lake Miola - Miami County Republic | Forty remote-control airplane pilots, flying more than 50 planes, were part of the eighth annual Heart of America Float Fly at Lake Miola on Saturday and Sunday....

Historic Flight Foundation to commemorate D-Day June 6-7 - Edmonds Beacon | A rare flyover of World War 11 planes will kick off a commemorative weekend at Historic Flight Foundation in Mukilteo to honor D-Day veterans. Watch for a four-plane formation of vintage World War II P-51s as they fly over more than 30 cities in the Puget Sound region, including Mukilteo, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 6....

Learn about 'whirlybirds' during Family Day on June 21 by Sarah Swan National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 6/4/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- Celebrate the anniversary of the first flight of the world's first practical helicopter by learning about the aircraft that can go backwards, forwards, spin and even hover in place during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 21 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....

Maths ace Carol reaching for the sky at RAF Cosford Air Show | ...Carol hopes to follow the 29,000 mile route taken by tragic heroine Amelia Earhart who went missing during her around the world attempt in 1937 after becoming the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was formally declared dead in 1939 but her body has never been found....

Air museum to hold Open Cockpit event on Father's Day - ReminderNews | The New England Air Museum has announced that it will hold its next Open Cockpit event on Sunday, June 15 - Father’s Day. Courtesy photo. The New England Air Museum has announced that it will hold its next Open Cockpit event on Sunday, June 15 - Father’s Day. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators....

Clay Lacy donates jets to LA school · General Aviation News | Veteran pilot and business aviation pioneer Clay Lacy will donate two iconic business jets, a non-flying Learjet 24 and Gulfstream GIISP, June 5 to an aircraft mechanics school at Van Nuys Airport, marking the largest single gift in the adult education program’s history....