Weekend Preview: 06-JUN-2014

Weekend Calendar - Thank you Fencecheck! | Rather than list the over 2 dozen air shows and D-Day anniversary events that are taking place this weekend - visit the Fencecheck calendar and find the event closes to you!

Blue Angels pilot's weekend gig chance to fly for friends, family By Chris Buckley | When Charleroi native Lt. Mark Tedrow came to Pittsburgh with the Blue Angels in 2012, he served as the announcer for the U.S. Navy's elite flight demonstration team. He also provided VIP rides. This weekend, when the squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation returns for performances Saturday and Sunday during an air show at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe, Tedrow will be flying Blue Angel 6...

Westmoreland Co. Air Show Returns To Arnold Palmer Airport - CBS Local | LATROBE (KDKA) — The Westmoreland County Air Show is back. The show was shut down last year during a Congressional budget stalemate.The Navy’s famed Blue Angels flying team was silenced. But now they’re back and raring to go, for a big weekend at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe....

Local media flies with Air Force Thunderbirds - 62nd Airlift Wing | KHQ CBS 6 reporter, Leslie
Lowe, thanks U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds crew chiefs for their service before her orientation flight as part of SkyFest 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May 29, 2014. The Thunderbirds is an Air Combat Command unit composed of eight pilots, including six demonstration pilots, four support officers, three civilians and more than 130 enlisted personnel performing in 25 career fields. SkyFest is Fairchild’s air show and open house, giving the local and regional community the opportunity to view Airmen and our resources...

Rockford AirFest 2014 * Airspeed Online | I’m here at the Rockford AirFest shooting the last round of performer interviews for the film. We got Canadian Forces Snowbird 2 (Inner Right Wing) Captain Brett Parker from Edmonton, Alberta. Great interview.... And it wouldn’t be a complete set of performer cameos without a USAF Thunderbird. Maj Caroline Jensen flies 3 for the USAFADS. She has...

Cameron Airshow takes flight - News-Press Now |A buzz of excitement will fill the sky this weekend over Cameron. The Cameron Airshow and Fly-In will be held today through Sunday at Cameron Memorial Airport... 

Stevensville Airport to host open house fly-in Saturday - Ravalli Republic | STEVENSVILLE - In an age of passenger aircraft that carry hundreds of passengers for thousands of miles, it’s easy to forget that there are still people building aircraft in their garages. It’s also easy to forget what a local airport can mean to a community, and that’s why the Stevensville Airport is holding its second annual fly-in and open house this Saturday, June 7, showcasing airport facilities and giving people a chance to “kick the tires” on some unusual homebuilt aircraft....

Warbird Fly-in Buzzes Harts Lake's Pfeiffer Field - Nisqually Valley News | Tom Randall started flying airplanes when he was 8 years old. Back then, he flew what was called a you-control plane, an airplane on a string. Then in 1972, he saw a guy flying a remote-control airplane out behind Fort Lewis, and he’s been a fan ever since....

Airplanes to 'fly in' Saturday at Cottonwood Falls * Topeka Capital Journal | The East Kansas Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1535 is coordinating a fly-in of general aviation airplanes on Saturday at the Cottonwood Falls Airport. The event will coincide with the Strong City rodeo and parade. The fly-in will feature a ...

Red Arrows set to jet in at the weekend - Bournemouth Echo | THE Red Arrows are due to pay a visit to Bournemouth on Saturday as they use the town’s airport as a base for their weekend displays...

FLCPA Meet * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | What a week! The Golden Knights canopy piloting team spent the last 12 days in Zephyrhills, FL competing in the final Florida Canopy Piloting Association (FLCPA) meet of the season and the USPA National Championships of Canopy Piloting....

World War II bomber stars in historic aircraft show at Mather - Merced Sun-Star | The fuselage of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber is a hot, unwelcoming place, full of sharp corners and so loud that it’s almost impossible to carry on a conversation. Walking, or more accurately, crawling, from the tail to the cockpit brings home the message that it is a machine made for war, not for comfort....

Eurofighter Typhoon in new, special Tiger Livery is freaking awesome · David Cenciotti | Ahead of the Tiger Meet later this month, Bavarian Tigers have unveiled the very first Eurofighter Typhoon in complete Tiger livery....

Al Waterloo · Karlene Petitt, Flight To Success | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | ...The people we have as guests on our show and our listeners are really my aviation heroes. It’s amazing to hear how each is adding value to aviation and making it better every day....