performed for the public Wednesday. Prior to the performance several test flights were made. Play the video to hear from one of the pilots. The following...Fischer says last-minute Warbirds often show stoppers * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Months of thoughtful preparation and a steady flow of Warbird commitments provide a good sketch of what things will look like, but, then, patiently he waits, as curious as the rest of us, to see what last minute add-ons will round out the final picture...
Blue Angels take over St. George skies * St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE – With the sounds of the roaring jet engines filling the air, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels soared over St. George Wednesday afternoon, setting up to headline the 2014 Thunder Over Utah Air Show. This is the second year the Blue Angel pilots and...
Colo. Marine chosen to fly for Blue Angels * KRQE News 13 | Marine chosen to fly for Blue Angels. DURANGO, COLORADO (KRQE) – A salute Wednesday to a graduate of Fort Lewis College in Durango. Marine Captain Jeff Kuss who flies F-18 fighters, has been...
Hawaii man selected to join Blue Angels air team * KITV Honolulu | United States Navy Lieutenant Matt Suyderhoud will serve as a demonstration pilot for the Blue Angels. Suyderhoud is one of three new pilots selected this year. He's currently stationed in Texas. The Navy says many Navy and Marine Corps officers apply...
HAPO Over the River Air Show is Back with New and Old Acts * KULR-TV | KENNEWICK, WA - From sea to air.... Water Follies is not just about the boats. There is also the the HAPO Over the River Air Show. You can expect to see some of the same acts that have been before but also some new ones. "We want to entertain all realms...
Red Bull Air Race: Arch plans to expand championship lead in Poland * salzburg24.at | Before the maritime backdrop of the Polish seaside town of Gdynia will take place on 27 July, the fourth stage of the "Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014" instead. The dial Salzburg Hannes Arch wants his current leadership there continue to expand in order to...
RBAR Rule Changes for Poland * Australian Flying | Rule changes for this weekend's Gdynia, Poland, round of the Red Bull Air Race will reduce the impact of infringements. Penalties for striking pylons and being too fast at the entry gate have been relaxed. Previously, both drew instant disqualification...
Glasgow 2014: Red Arrows jet stuck by passing bird during opening ceremony ... * Scottish Daily Record | A RED Arrows jet was hit by a bird during the opening ceremony flyby. The famous unit of RAF aces performed an eyecatching flypast - trailing red, white and blue smoke - over Glasgow to signal the arrival of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh...
Red Arrows documentary sees new recruits in training with famous aerobatic team * Western Daily Press | Asked if he's ever felt like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, Joe Hourston can't help laughing. "I was saying this to a lad the other day, 'Do not let it go to your head'. The military is what it stands for and it's important to keep your feet on the ground...
The Patrouille de France in Marseille on August 17 * Frequency-Sud.fr | 70 years later, many
celebrations will be organized on August 28, the anniversary of the liberation of the city but also upstream, August 17 with the Patrouille de France will present his last show. The meeting will take place in... Arctic Thunder takes to the sky over JBER this weekend * Anchorage Daily News | For Shawn Miller, a member of the Commemorative Air Force, the air show is about education. Miller grew up in Cold Bay at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, where flying was the easiest way out. He said he took a liking to airplanes early on and sought...
Russia to demonstrate best models of warplanes at air show Russia July 24, 12:42 * ITAR-TASS | Performances of aerobatic teams are expected to be a highlight of the air show. Aerobatic team Berkuts on choppers Mi-28N, Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) and Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) on fighters Su-27 will show state-of-the-art flying stunts...
Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 highlights · The Aviationist | Even though the F-35B Lightning II
aircraft could not cross the Pond to take part in the world’s biggest military airshow, the Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 at RAF Fairford, UK, Jul. 17 – 19 did not fail to attract some interesting visitors...The changing styles of aerobatics · Grant Piper per Ardua ad Astra | Aerobatics is not a stagnant sport. The rules evolve and change. The aircraft available change also, more power, more roll rate - more of everything. New pilots also come along with new ideas. While the core figures and elements may not change a whole lot, the combinations of them and where they are placed in the sequence definitely change....
The Air Force's Vital Role * National Review Online (blog) | This will be a particular blow to the troubled F-35 program, which, despite its massive cost and production delays, remains vital to the Air Force's future, given that Congress and the White House killed the F-22 in 2009. Congress must ensure that the...
In Memoriam: Group Captain Peter Petter-Bowyer · Bayou Renaissance Man | ...Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's autobiography, 'Winds Of Destruction', is an excellent memoir of his military service and a fine history of the Rhodesian Air Force. For all that it was small and ill-equipped, this air arm performed a vital function during Rhodesia's gallant and ill-fated war, and established a stellar reputation among fighting airmen everywhere. I highly recommend his book as essential reading for all military aviation enthusiasts...
Purcellville, Va. man who wants to build helipad, fly helicopter to work ... * WJLA | This concern is over a flight pattern that comes courtesy of Chuck Kuhn, a local businessman who wants to build a heliport among the hundreds of acres he owns, so he can fly in and out. “Wouldn't be too disturbing, but I would probably ask the...
Sean Tucker takes Young Eagles message to heart * The Oshkosh Northwestern | As chairman of EAA's Young Eagles program, which aims to expose youth to aviation through flights with EAA volunteers, Tucker doesn't merely fulfill his duties from behind the scenes. At each air show he performs, Tucker takes time to spread the Young...
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