Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Weekend Recap: 09-JUN-2014

AirFest 2014 Ends With High-Flying Performance by Thunderbirds - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- It was a big weekend for Rockford as near-record crowds packed into the airport and kept their eyes to the skies for the return of AirFest and it was all capped off Sunday with a final high-flying performance by the US Air Force Thunderbirds....

Eyewitness News Reporter Phillip Reed Takes a Ride with the Thunderbirds * MyStateline.com |

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Rockford- The Thunderbirds has arrived for Airfest 2014. I got a chance to ride with them. Major Mike Fisher from the U.S Air Force Thunderbirds explains who they are saying "the Thunderbirds are a team that recruit retain, and represent, and we...

RCAF Showbirds at Rockford AirFest · Steve Tupper, Airspeed Online  | Okay: Spectacular day here at the Rockford AirFest. I mean really great. We spent most of yesterday getting cameo interviews for Acro Camp and shooting B-roll. Today was all about capturing footage that will back the cameo that we shot of the Snowbirds yesterday. Captain Thomas Edelson, the Snowbirds’ public affairs officer, flew Airspeed’s camera […]

Storm scrubs Blue Angels appearance at air show - Tribune-Review | The expected conclusion to the Westmoreland County Air Show on Sunday was a washout when thunder and lightning grounded the Navy Blue Angels. Intermittent afternoon showers did not hinder earlier scheduled performances. But the strong storm that moved across the Unity airport just before 4 p.m. brought the blue and gold jets' engines to a halt...

Head on with 'Fat Albert' finishing its display. · Airliners.net

Veterans honored at Rusk County air show * KLTV | Classic war-birds are taking to the East Texas skies this weekend to continue honoring the 70th anniversary of D-Day. East Texas is participating by hosting the first annual air show and fly-in at the Rusk County airport. Veterans of several eras were...

Rusk Co. Airport Air Show and Fly-In * KETK | "Some of them were used in the chain of command like the T-6's for instance and others were actually used in the war itself in the Pacific like the B-25. These airplanes have got a lot of history to them, a lot of great history." Saturday's show ...

Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France fly over Phillippe Chatrier court at the start of the French Open * Daily Mail

The RAF Red Arrows were the opening act in the 2014 Folkestone Airshow. * Kent Online | Folkestone Airshow got off to a breathtaking start with a stunning display by the RAF Red Arrows. Crowds gazed up in amazement as the nets first roared overhead at noon today over The Leas in Folkestone. The RAF Red Arrows in action over Folkestone....

Central Indiana Early Summer Warbird Trilogy Photo Review * David Jackson | Photos and essay http://www.warbirdsandairshows.com/Airshows%202014/aopa-mtcomfort-2014.htmfrom Indianapolis AOPA Regional Fly-in, Indianapolis Regional Airport, IN - May 31, 2014 ; Warbird Expo, Indianapolis Metro Airport, IN - June 7, 2014; Aviation Day 2014, Columbus, IN - June 7, 2014

A Flight to the Latrobe Airshow * The Pixie Pilot | I didn't even get offered a seat-but Turbo did! The Westmoreland County Airport (KLVE) in Latrobe, PA drew in a huge crowd for their 2014 airshow this Saturday. Part of that crowd included Bob, Turbo the Flying Dog and myself. The show would conclude with a demonstration by the Navy's Blue Angels. This would be the only time they would be in the area this year, and it felt like all of...

Vintage planes, cars celebrated at airport fly-in * Lancaster Newspapers | Smoketown fly-in 1. Standing with a 1929 Fairchild 71 aircraft at the annual fly-in at the Smoketown Airport on Saturday, David Beiler wears a World War II pilot's uniform and Linda Marcks wears a 1942 dress...

Kline Kill hosts 'fly-in' * The Register Star | * Spectators watched from the shade of the wings of an airplane at the Kline Kill airport in Ghent as airplanes took off and landed Saturday morning. The occasion was the annual Spring Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft...

Planes put on dazzling display at Golden West Airshow * Appeal-Democrat | Golden West Regional Fly-In and Airshow. Bill Cornick arrives in his 2001 Pitts S-2C plane as another plane takes off during the Golden West Regional Fly-In and Airshow Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Yuba County Airport in Olivehurst....

Ohio Air News #258 * Charles Johnson | EAA B-17 @ EAA9 OSU Airport, Columbus, OH; Swift National Fly-In, Dayton, OH; F-105, Work in progress, up-date.

Online Air News #5 * Charles Johnson | Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, FL; MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Havelock, NC

Online Air News #6 * Charles Johnson | VBCAPT Fly-In, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, TillsonBurg, On, Canada

A Visit To See Fifi · Bill Brandt, The Lexicans | My memory of Fifi goes back over 20 years. I was walking the dog one morning and hear the unmistakable sound of a radial-engined plane. A big plane. I thought it might be the Collins Foundation B17 in town – or maybe an old DC-6...

Model Aviation Air Show * fox2now.com | Ken Merrill, with the St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association, brought in many planes outside of the studio to support this weekend's Model Aviation Air Show. The air show goes from today through Sunday, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. The SLRCFA facilities ...

Wings for Kids raises money during airshow - WHAS 11.com | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – While the WHAS Crusade for Children raised money for children on the ground all weekend, another group took their planes to the air to bring in the bucks. The event was part of the annual Wings for Kids Air Show hosted by the River City Radio Controllers held at the Bill Fluke Airfield in Tom Sawyer Park...

Kids soar with the Young Eagles - Timmins Press TIMMINS - At 12 years of age, Joshua Potvin is already a frequent flier. He along with his younger brother were one of the hundreds of children who went up into the sky for the annual Young Eagles event at the Victor M. Power Airport in Timmins....

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