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Airshow in Atlantic City today * Asbury Park Press | ATLANTIC CITY – Thunder will not be causing the rumble over the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Wednesday's roar will come from the annual Atlantic City Airshow. The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute...

Livestream of the Atlantic City Airshow * Cherry Hill Courier Post | The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team will open the event by delivering the flag. The airshow is slated to end with a performance by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The group did not perform last year due to the federal government sequestration.

Blue Angels plan to fly over Chicago on Wednesday for photo shoot before ... * Chicago Tribune | Chicagoans eager to see the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform their famed daredevil stunts at the air show this weekend can catch the military jets a few days early when they fly over the city for a photo shoot Wednesday. Six pilots are scheduled to fly...

Military acts return to the skies for Chicago Air and Water Show * Chicago Daily Herald | New to the show this year is Team AeroDynamix, the largest aerobatic team in the world flying 12 aircraft equipped with white smoke generators. Timed precisely, most planes take off and land at Gary Jet Center in Gary, Indiana. Others begin and end...

Warbirds Over Alliance event set for Saturday * The-review | The Alliance Balsa Bees will present its 11th annual Warbirds Over Alliance and will host a benefit for the Wounded Warriors Project from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16. The flying field is located at the northeast end of Barber Airport, four miles north of...

Air Show of Warsaw starts Friday * WNDU-TV | The air show of Warsaw is a two-day event and it's expected to be bigger than last year. During the show you will see at least six military planes, four jets and a Candy Bomber. The Candy Bomber does exactly what it sounds like; it drops candy to the kids.

Cirrus Aircraft and Michael Goulian Gear Up for Red Bull Air Race World ... * SYS-CON Media | "As with several past Red Bull Air Race events around the world, we are again anticipating an energetic turnout and we welcome the chance to introduce new air racing enthusiasts to the Cirrus Life through our partnership with Mike and the Red Bull Air...

Watch Red Bull Air Race live from Ascot * Red Bull (International) | It's the first time in six years that the Red Bull Air Race World Championship has visited British shores and the anticipation of the crucial race is intense. Nigel Lamb, who is one place and three points further back in the standings, is equally...

What it takes to be a Red Bull Air Race pilot * Telegraph.co.uk | This weekend, the Red Bull Air Race World Championships will fly into the UK and entertain spectators with its inimitable brand of high-octane racing on two wings. In case you've never seen it, the competition is a bit like an aeronautical version of...

Hidden Guardian’s of the Knights’ * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights"  | We have an elite team of proficient expert contract maintainers from Kay and Associates, who work continually to maintain and assure the teams, make the mission safely and without delay.  It is not rare to see two aircraft docked in the team hangar at Pope Army Airfield on any given day. This week alone, they masterfully have already completed a 125 hour inspection on the teams Freedom, 80263 Twin Otter making several component changes....

Northeastern Canopy Pilot League Holds 3rd Meet at Skydive Cross Keys  · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights"  | SFC Joe Abeln and SFC Jared Zell of the US Army Golden Knights Canopy Piloting Team were in action Saturday at the third meet of the Northeastern Canopy Pilot Leage (NECPL). The competition took place at Skydive Cross Keys in Williamstown, NJ just east of Philadelphia. The drop zone had a busy line up hosting a Swoop Competition, a Sisters in Skydiving event, a Parachutists over Phorty (POPS) record attempt and over 100 Tandems scheduled. The weather was perfect with clear blue skies and light winds. The 16 Competitors were off to an early start with a 0700 competitor briefing. Once the loads were sorted the Canopy Pilots took to the sky....

Red Arrows pay a flying visit to Ilfracombe for Rescue Day * North Devon Journal | LEGENDARY display team the Red Arrows paid Ilfracombe a flying visit earlier today as the town welcomed the return of Rescue Day. The squadron of elite pilots carried out the fly-by just before midday as part of the annual event which celebrates the...

Red Arrows thrill the crowds at Minehead Festival * ITV News | Red Arrows in the skies over Minehead, Somerset. Credit: ITV News/Bob Cruwys Red Arrows The displays are taking place over the seafront to packed crowds. Credit: ITV News/Bob Cruwys Red Arrows The sunny weather has made for ideal flying conditions...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Historic Formation Announced at Wings & Wheels Press Launch · UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Wings & Wheels press launch got off to a sunny start today (12th August 2014) as the Aerodrome’s resident DC3 took to the skies with the Old Flying Machine Company’s P-51 Mustang to kick off the 10 day count down to the Show. Well known for adding a little extra magic in the air with some memorable and unusual formation displays, Wings & wheels confirmed that a very special tribute is planned to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Eight aircraft from the...

Switzerland cancels Russian participation in air show * Yahoo News | ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has canceled Russian participation in an air show, its defense ministry said on Tuesday, apparently due to concerns about events in Ukraine. Neutral Switzerland has not joined the European Union and the United States in...

Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P ... * Bellingham Herald | During his military career, he flew the B-25, P-47, F-80, F-84, F-86D and F-106. He was one of the first two black pilots to fly jets into combat during the Korean War, where he completed 104 missions. “He really was anxious for young people to take...

SD Air & Space Museum names eight new Hall of Famers * KUSI | SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Air & Space Museum Tuesday named eight new members of the International Air & Space Hall of Fame. Joe Engle, Fitz Fulton, Bill Boeing Jr., John (Jack) Dailey, Roger Schaufele, Bessie Coleman, the Ninety-Nines and...

Real Rosie the Riveters reconnect with B-24 during Thunder Over Michigan ... * Heritage Newspapers | YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — Four “original” Rosie the Riveters were given a rare opportunity to reconnect with an old friend Friday, when one of only two flying B-24 Liberators landed at the Willow Run for the Thunder Over Michigan airshow last weekend.

B-17G “Lacey Lady” Coming Off Poles Imminently · Warbirds News  | As many of our readers will be well aware from a previous article (HERE), the famous B-17G Flying Fortress known as “Lacey Lady” which has sat for more than half a century atop poles at a now disused gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon has been long overdue to come in from the cold. Her owners, the B-17 Alliance Group, have devised a plan to do just that, and more. Today they...

“BONEYARD” Guided Tours For “Working” Tucsonans  * Warbirds News | Pima Air & Space Museum, who operates the often-sold-out bus tours of the “Aircraft Boneyard” aka the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) on the Davis-Monthan (DM) Air Force Base, announces the second-ever Saturday tours created specifically to...

Willis Hawkins And The Genesis Of The Hercules * Code One | “If this design is really as terrible as Kelly Johnson says it is, the Air Force will think that, too, and they’ll give the contract to somebody else. I think we ought to submit the proposal.” With those words, Willis Hawkins convinced his boss, Hall Hibbard, then the vice president and chief engineer of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, to submit the proposal for the aircraft that would become the C-130 Hercules. It was 10 April 1951....

'Air Boss' takes No. 1 spot on iTunes Reality TV charts * AOPA Pilot | “We were doing a segment on a look behind the scenes at an airshow, which featured pilot Mike Wiskus,” said Nalli. “In preparation for that, Mike suggested that we get in touch with the show's air boss, Wayne Boggs. He said you don't see the air boss...

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