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Blue Angels Arrive In Traverse City * 9&10 News | The famous Blue Angels squad known for its precision and incredible stunts has landed in the Cherry Capital. On Wednesday, six jets from the Blue Angels arrived in Traverse City to start practicing for the National Cherry Festival air show this weekend...

US Navy Blue Angels 2014 - Video | MLive.com · John Gonzalez | Commander Tom Forsch of Clinton Township near Detroit is the Team Leader of the US Navy Blue Angels 2014. John Gonzalez of MLive interviewed him on July 2, 2014. The demonstration air show team will do a practice run on July 4 in...

Annual airshow flies into Winona Sunday * Winona Daily News | Pilots will gather at the Winona airport to show off their planes and enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage with community members who turn out for the event. Then they'll put on the yearly free airshow, which will start at 10 a.m...

American Pilots to celebrate USA Independence Bahamian style with special fly in * Bahama Islands Info | PLANTATION, Florida -- Veteran American pilot, Captain, Mark Steinberg, Chairman of The Bahamas Ambassador Fly In Program, will lead some fifty four persons on twenty-four airplanes on a one and one half hour journey into Treasure Cay, Abaco in The...

Black Team Over Hill * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | I am quite sure, that within the troupe of 450,000 screaming air show enthusiast that stood out on the show line on that beautiful, hot, Saturday afternoon not one, never ever even gave it a thought about how this all happens. The enormous flock patiently stood there with umbrellas, hats, visors, sunglasses and hands over their eyes gazing into the pristine blue skies as the Golden Knight narrator, who had just jumped in the American Colors began the show with Good afternoon ladies and gentleman, or as SSG Shelby Bixler shouted,” Good Afternoon Utah!!!.” And the roar from the crowd soared clear over the mountain....

Golden Knights come to Dubuque * Dubuque Telegraph Herald | Golden Knights come to Dubuque read more. The Golden Knights come to Dubuque for Fourth of July events after a year long hiatus. The Golden Knights come to Dubuque for Fourth of July events after a year long hiatus....

Aerobatic pilot who escaped death returns to performing over Vt. * NECN | More than two months after he was forced to ditch his plane in a fiery wreck, aerobatic pilot Dan Marcotte is scheduled to perform again in Vermont. On April 18, Marcotte parachuted to safety after he said his...

Celebrating Queensland Air Museum's 40th Birthday 2014 Open Cockpit ... * My Sunshine Coast | At 10.00am, on Saturday 5th of July 2014 two Australian Army Kiowa's will arrive at the Queensland Air Museum, as part of the kick-off of Open Cockpit Weekend 2014. This is a spectacular start to a fun filled weekend at the Museum. Helping QAM...

Fly-in breakfast is July 6 near Utica * MyWebTimes.com | Deer Park Remote Control Flyers will host its annual fly-in breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, July 6, at the flying field in Matthiessen State Park south of Utica. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, potatoes, coffee and juice will be served. Local flyers...

Celebrate the Twisp airport's birthday at its annual Fly-In * Methow Valley News | Twisp Municipal Airport's 19th annual Fly-In this Saturday (July 5) recognizes the anniversary of the airport's opening 69 years ago on July 4, 1945. All are invited to share in the celebration, enjoy a pancake breakfast, and take a look at some...

173rd Airborne Brigade attends Polish air show * DVIDS | Airman from the Polish air force march on the 21st Air Base tarmac during the 21st Air Base Air Show June 28 in Swidwin, Poland. The Polish Air Force's 21st Air Base Tactical Wing will be training with aviators from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade...

150000 expected at RAF Waddington International Airshow * Lincolnshire Echo | One hundred and fifty thousand visitors are expected to visit the RAF W addington International Air Show for the two-day event this weekend. The show will see all kinds of aircraft take to the skies – and it could offer plane-lovers the last chance to...

Waddington Air Show 2015 is axed due to runway rebuild * Lincolnshire Echo | Next year's Waddington Air Show has been cancelled due to a £35m rebuild of the runway. The work will extend Waddington's 9,000ft runway by 528 ft and increase its operational life by 25 years. Aircraft will be forced to operate from other bases during...

Lincs: Leader of the Red Arrows calls for replacement of ageing jets as they ... * Gainsborough Standard | Earlier this year a coroner in Lincoln criticised the RAF and the manufacturers of the team's ejection seats after another Red Arrows pilot fell more than 200 feet to his death three months later when his seat accidentally fired as he prepared for take...

Mustangs’ flyover to provide Coke Zero’s ‘patriotic vibe’  * Local News from News-Journal  | But people on the ground must listen if they want to experience one of the most impressive parts of the show — the roar of the Rolls-Royce engines. “The airplane has an ambiance, or a sound, unlike any engine in the world,” pilot Scott Yoak said. “It is beautiful — it’s mechanical music.” Fans at major events often see members of the armed forces soar overhead at the end of the national anthem, but military flyovers have become scarcer since the federal sequestration cuts in 2013....

Half a million expected at Cascais air race * The Portugal News | The event kicked off on Wednesday at Tires aerodrome with a ceremony attended by Portugal's defence minister, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, who said that the "NOS Air Race Championship" was a “marvelous private-public partnership” ". "It makes real sense...

CoolPix: Precious Metal Shines In A Perfect Blue Sky - Reno 2013 Gold Race · AirPigz I'm a big fan of Thom Richard and his Griffon powered mixmaster P-51 Precious Metal because he's got a team moving forward making great progress on getter faster every year... and because he's a really nice guy. Follow Thom on facebook and also the Precious Metal Air Racing Fan page on facebook....

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Lincoln wartime Spitfire pilot back in the cockpit after 67 years * Lincolnshire Echo | Mr Hunter, 62, a member of Lincoln Aero Club, said: “I gave him a show on the controls and he was flying for part of the way. He flew it like a Spitfire pilot.” “The Spitfire had a control like a spade handle which you'd put your hands over. “My...

Timeless Voices - Edward Biga · eaavideo.org | Edward Biga was a B-17 navigator with the 775th Bomb Squadron of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during World War II. Based out of Foggia, Italy, Edward flew 50 combat missions during the war.

Sabre Returns to the Skies at Temora Aviation Museum · WarbirdsNews The RAAF CA-27 Sabre will return to the skies over Temora this Saturday 5th July as it takes part in Aircraft Showcase – “WWII to Korea”. Aircraft Showcase Days are a traditional eventat the Temora Aviation Musuem and will be held on the first and third Saturday of most months with the aim of providing visitors with a personal, interactive and in-depth experience with some of the Museum’s aircraft.This will....

XP-82 Twin Mustang Project – June, 2014 Restoration Update | As usual, WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up too this month!...

An F-15 Strike Eagle low level flying in between canyon walls * The Aviationist | Here is what it looks like to fly at high-speed, low altitude, through canyons in the back seat of an F-15E Strike Eagle. Filmed from the cockpit, the video lets you appreciate an in-cockpit experience thanks to the original sound. Obviously, if you were actually flying the F-15E, you would not hear that background noise you can hear in the video: it would be almost completely cancelled inside your HGU-55P flight helmet....

USMC F-35 will not attend UK carrier ceremony * Military Times | The F-35B, which is making its international debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and the Farnborough International Airshow, starting July 9, was largely expected to make a “surprise” appearance at the ceremony, which will christen the UK...

Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part Two: Aerobatic Performers · The Aero Experience | The 2013 Fair St. Louis Airshow featured three tremendously talented Midwest pilots and genuinely nice guys in the airshow industry. Two are veteran nationally and internationally known pilots, and one is a St. Louis area native and regional player in the airshow scene who is well on his way to reaching the same notoriety. I am speaking about Matt Younkin, Skip Stewart and Patrick McAlee...

Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part Three: More Aerobatic Performers ·The Aero Experience The 2013 Fair St. Louis Airshow had other great aerobatic performers from around the country. We'll start off with a relative newcomer Kevin Coleman. Although he hadn't flown at any of the shows I had attended in 2013, after looking at his biography, I learned he is a very accomplished pilot. He showed his aerobatic flying ability to the crowds under the Arch and at the St. Louis Downtown Airport to children with special needs as they gathered for a show just for them on July 6th....

MORE Swag Announced for #Avgeeks Wearing the #Oshbash "1,000,000 Pilots" Shirt to be Eligible to Win · Airplanista Aviation Blog The #Avgeek community is amazing. Not long after I announced that Sporty's Pilot Shop had donated a $369 SP-400 Handheld Transceiver, now a pair of popular aviation authors are throwing down with still MORE swag for Airplanista's 2014 #Oshbash event, Tuesday, July 29th, 5:30PM - 7:30PM in the EA Press tent...