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EAA AirVenture 2014 Takes Off on Monday * Aviation International News | The annual EAA AirVenture show officially opens on Monday in Oshkosh, Wis., at Wittman Regional Airport, but aviation enthusiasts are already streaming into the airport ahead of the show. This year's show features plenty of excitement, including the...

NTSB heads to Oshkosh · General Aviation News | National Transportation Safety Board Member Earl Weener (pictured) and NTSB senior aviation investigators will participate at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 28 -Aug. 3. During the week-long event, Weener and NTSB staff will conduct presentations on accident case studies and lessons learned and various safety issues, including aeronautical decision-making and weather hazards for GA pilots, which is currently on the Most Wanted List....

My Plan* for Oshkosh 2014 (*Subject to change) · Dan Pimentel, Airplanista Aviation Blog | ...My readers who have been lucky enough to attend Oshkosh know that once your boots (OK, technically really good walking shoes) hit the ground, you are running constantly, and no matter how much you try, plans go haywire all day, every day. The veteran AirVenture attendee knows that pivoting is one of the best skills you can bring with you to this massive show....

Exhibit celebrates Tuskegee airmen * Insight News | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron event featured its Rise Above Traveling Exhibit on the capitol grounds and featured a short film displayed on a 160-degree panoramic mobile movie theater. The exhibit was created in hopes of educating...

Businesses Hope Springfield Air Show Will Give A Boost To Struggling Airpark * WYSO | The Champion City Flight School has been at the airport for nearly three years, offering flying lessons and doing the training for Clark State Community College's aviation program. Dennis Epperhart of the flight school, feels the Carnival helped...

Lincoln airport hosts fly-in to boost economy * Bangor Daily News | The Lincoln Regional Airport manager and a local chapter of the International Cessna 180/185 Club will host a fly-in and campout starting Friday that will take advantage of the town's 2013 purchase of an airport campground and draw fliers from as far...

Atlantic City Airshow * USA TODAY | Also known as Thunder Over the Boardwalk, this annual air show delights onlookers with aerobatic maneuvers, formation flying, and solo routines by military and civilian pilots....

VIDEO: Red Arrows flypast at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony * Lincolnshire Echo | The Red Arrows wowed crows during a flypast over Glasgow during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, last night. The Red Arrows performed a flypast over the city and to the crowd of 40,000 at Celtic Park, to signal the arrival of the...

Wings Over Halls Air Show arrives next month * State Gazette | The final fly-in brunch before the Wings Over Halls Air Show was held on Saturday, July 19. The event marks the countdown to the 2014 Wings Over Halls Air Show, to be held on the former World War II B-17 Dyersburg Army Air Base in Halls on Saturday and...

Arlington Fly-In * USA TODAY | This aviation-oriented festival has a small town feel with large town activities. Air shows, antique planes, hot-air balloons, and helicopters wow the crowds. An entire day is devoted to kid's activities, including airplane crafts, flight simulations...

Fly-In Volunteer Meeting and Work Weekend · Rich Davidson, NORDO News - Aviation Unedited We had originally planned a fly-in meeting for July but have decided on a date in August. On Saturday August 16th we will have a volunteer/fly-in planning meeting. If you would like to volunteer, and especially if you are someone who in past years headed up a specific area of the event, this will be when everything is finalized. This day and the next, August 17, will also be work days for getting the field in shape....

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF RED BULL AIR RACE (VIDEO) · Mike Goulian Airshows

The First Ever Stearman vs. Waco Challenge · Rich Davidson, NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | Attend the fly-in this year to see history in the making. A decades long rivalry is about to be put to the test. Yes that's right, for as long as you can remember, the Stearman and Waco folks have all agreed their manufacturer is the best and we're going to put them to the test. How do we plan to do this?...

Emporia's WWII-era airplane comes home to Wichita Saturday * Emporia Gazette | The World War II era airplane that's been sitting in the Municipal Airport for more than two decades is moving home Saturday to Wichita, where it was built. The Commemorative Air Force will dismantle the aircraft and bring it back to Westport Airport...

An Elite F-14 Flight Officer Explains Why The Tomcat Was So Influential * Jalopnik | There is a great caption in the book Bye Bye Baby about our show at Nellis Air Force Base where the F-22 made its first airshow appearance. I can't do the caption justice, so you'll have to read it yourself, but I think it captures the essence of how...

Laura Hutchinson to fly in C-5 for training mission * wwlp.com | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – You have likely heard them flying overhead, and Thursday, you will get to see what it's like to be inside a C-5 aircraft. 22News is flying with Westover Air Reserve Base military crews Thursday afternoon for a local air...

Three Iconic First World War Aircraft Arrive at RAF Museum Cosford · WarbirdsNews | On Tuesday, July 15th, the staff at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford received three iconic WWI aircraft. They will form the centre of a new First World War Exhibition. The Bristol M1c, Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter and Sopwith Pup are due to go on display within the museum’s War Planes Hangar in December 2014. The Sopwith Pup, serial N5182, is an original aircraft which was active during the First World War. The Pup, thought of by its pilots as the perfect flying machine, served extensively with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps both at home and abroad. The Bristol M1c and Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter are accurate, full-scale reproductions....

French Canberras · Jean Claude Mermet  | After the Second World War, France had no bombers on strength. In the 1950s the French government tried to find a valuable bomber from England and, in 1954, purchased six English Electric Canberras B6 (3) and B8 (3) firstly for evaluation. The first three were diverted from RAF contracts et...