Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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RED BULL AIR RACE: Brits storm to double victory at Ascot · UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | ASCOT (United Kingdom) Britain’s Paul Bonhomme and Nigel Lamb won first and second place at the Red Bull Air Race at Ascot Racecourse on Sunday, sending a sell-out home crowd of 29,000 spectators into a frenzy with thrilling performances in challenging windy conditions.

Stunning Blue Angels Photo Over Chicago During Air And Water Show * CBS Local | CHICAGO http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/18/stunning-blue-angels-photo-over-chicago-during-air-and-water-show/(CBS) — Every August when the Air and Water Show comes to town, we are treated to many amazing photos of fighter jets in flight. Of all the images we have seen over the years, this one is easily one of the most amazing. The image was posted on...

Meet the US Air Force's rival to the Red Arrows * Telegraph.co.uk | Meet the US Air Force's rival to the Red Arrows. The US Air Force Thunderbirds are an elite squadron of F-16s that perform at air show demonstrations much like the RAF's Red Arrows. 9:37AM BST 18 Aug 2014. The Air Force Thunderbirds, a squad that...

Pikes Peak Regional Airshow * National Museum of WWII Aviation | The first annual Pikes Peak Regional Airshow is now in the history books of Colorado Springs and the National Museum of World War II Aviation.  Volunteers worked long hours planning the two-day event and building the displays which would tell the story of American participation in the war.  Forty vintage military aircraft from around the country gathered at the Colorado Springs airport to fly for the crowd and be on static display....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Vulcan confirmed but with a twist at Wings & Wheels · UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The last airworthy Avro Vulcan will be putting on a powerful display as she returns to Wings & Wheels on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August this summer. She won’t be alone though as on Saturday the Show has another special formation planned with the Vulcan and three Gnats of the Red Gnat Display Team performing a flypast.

Blue Thunder Air Racing update | This is a quick note to let everyone know we are back from the AirVenture Cup Race and theOshkosh convention safe and sound. We were lucky to be able to compete in the Venture Cup and didn’t do too badly considering the circumstances. Check out the results at...

September 19th - 21st = That's the date for #WTF2014 ·NORDO News | The fly-in this year has been moved up one week. It used to be held on the weekend of the last Saturday of September but it has been moved due to "conflicts" with other local events. Please make note of this. 2014 Wood, Tailwheels & Fabric Fly-In....

Changes Set For 2014 Wood, Tailwheels, & Fabric Fly-In · NORDO News | If you've been to previous fly-ins, this year you're going to notice some changes. Some of them came from the desire to make everything more accessible to everyone in attendance, others came about by trying to trim costs (which many of you recommended), one is temporary and merely for mischievous reasons, and one of them seems to solve a wide range of issues....

EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2014: Teresa Stokes · Other People's Airplanes

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Collings Foundation – Looking for B-24 Veterans to Interview · WarbirdsNews | Two years ago, the Collings Foundation and Tom Harrison (who wrote the book Kassel) tried to produce a documentary film called The Last Liberator. The film would have centered around the flying collection’s B-24J Liberator as a way of telling the stories about the many people surrounding the aircraft in wartime. Sadly, the National Endowment for the Humanities turned down the grant proposal which could have funded this...

Happily — another Huey has a home * Travel for Aircraft | Like many of the smaller towns in the United States Okeechobee City (Florida) takes a keen interest honoring its citizens who have served in the military — with special care to recall those who perished while on duty. Okeechobee’s Veteran’s Park periodically gains an addition and the most recent was observed this month, a venerable Huey (Bell UH-1 Iroquois). We are uncertain of the model though it appears to be a Delta model at the earliest with is longer cabin — though it has a powerful rescue hoist on the pilot’s side....

Air museum in Madras slated to open this week * Bend Bulletin | Based at the Tillamook Air Museum for several years, the collection of primarily World War II-era military planes owned by Jack Erickson began moving to Madras this spring, as a hangar constructed for their display was nearing completion. Anthony Ruiz...

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