Black Team Soars Over South Africa * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | On September 12th the Black Demonstration Team departed Fort Bragg, NC to begin our travels to Pretoria, South Africa for the 2014 Air Show and Defence exhibition held on Waterkloof Airforce Base. With the support of our operations section, the US Embassy and the South African Golden Eagles Parachute Team, we arrived in South Africa on the 15th of September ready to support the air show and share the blue skies with members of the Golden Eagles Parachute Team...
Airshow features variety of planes, acrobatic displays * The Baylor Lariat | Planes not seen since World War II touched ground in Waco this weekend for the second annual Heart of Texas Airshow. Families from across Central Texas traveled to the Texas State Technical Airport for a day filled with 
food, activities and airplanes...
PHOTOS: Highlights of 2014 California International Airshow in Salinas * KSBW
Blue Thunder II Update * John Parker | The Reno Air Races are over and we have spent the last week getting things back in order here a Blue Thunder home base so we can get back to business. This is the first update of the three that are due covering the Air Venture Cup race, the Oshkosh Convention and the Reno Air Races...
Lee Bottom Fly-in 2014 * Robert Burns | Robert Burns has added more photos from this event
Historic 'Tin Goose' visits Ada; rides available until 11 am Wednesday * Theadanews | It was displayed in the EAA AirVenture Museum until 1991 when it returned to its former role of delighting passengers on its annual tour across the U.S.. “We have had a local Ford dealer here in Ada for 100 years,” said Don Childers, local pilot and...
Three new exhibits open in Southeast Asia War Gallery * National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | Renovations continue in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Three new exhibits opened this month -- telling the stories of Close Air Support, Gunships, and the Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard....
de Havilland Mosquito print by the renowned Ken Brookes awarded to The People’s Mosquito * Travel for Aircraft | While at the airshow in Duxford this year Ken Brookes and Stuart Bourne (Quality Aviation Photos International), both famed professional aviation photographers, gift this copyrighted photo to The People’s Mosquito to honor the effort to build a flying de Havilland Mosquito...
Museum Promotes Aviation Heritage With Display at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport | Anyone traveling through Lambert-St. Louis International Airport recently may have seen an exhibit by the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum next to Baggage Carousel 1. The Museum has been given the use of two Community Group Windows there for three months beginning July 15. Tom Ahillen, Doug Bent, and Jack Abercrombie transported some of our exhibits to Lambert on the start date and began setting up the display, although several other people were involved in the planning of the layout and the selection of materials...
Gateway Eagles Youth Aviation Day Provides Flight Experience Over St. Louis | The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum hosted the 20th Annual Gateway Eagles Youth Aviation Day on Saturday, September 13th at the Museum’s location at St. Louis-Downtown Airport (CPS) in Cahokia, Illinois. The weather was excellent and with the fine organizational efforts of the Gateway Eagles, 116 children from 8 to 17 years of age flew, many for the first time, through the EAA Young Eagles flight program...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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U.S. Army Golden Knights talk about entrance into Arrowhead Stadium * fox4kc.com | KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Golden Knights travel across the country to connect the United States Army with the public. Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium, the U.S. Army Parachute Team will drop into the stadium to deliver the game ball! Monday morning...
Blue Angels dazzle the sky with precision flight formations * Hawaii News Now| The Blue Angels soared across the sky dazzling crowds today in the "Wings Over The Pacific" air show at the Joint Base at Pearl Harbor and Hickam. The U.S. Navy fighter jets showcased their precision formations and fast-paced aerobatic flying during...
Fat Albert on the gas * Travel for Aircraft | “Fat Albert” is the C-130 Hercules assigned to the USN’s Blue Angels and here it is seen climbing at an extreme angle enabled by four JATO units on each side of its fuselage. AT one time there was a JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off) option and a RATO...
The show goes on: MCAS Miramar to open gates for Miramar Air Show * DVIDS | Expected to perform at the air show are the Navy's Blue Angels and Leap Frogs, the Shockwave Jet Truck, the Red Bull Helicopter, the Oracle Challenger, the Patriots Jet Team and many more. It is also scheduled to feature the first ever demonstration at...
Salinas airshow closes the weekend * KSBW The Central Coast | Many of the military personnel enjoyed watching the F-16 Fighting Falcons of the Thunderbirds tear through the sky at the airshow Sunday. "It's just showing that they appreciate all the sacrifices that we have done, everything that we have done as far...
Air show brings entertainment to thousands * KRCRTV.COM | The event at the Redding Airport is always well-received, as another large crowd came out to see the aerial gymnastics Sunday put on by the likes of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' Snowbirds and other daredevils. More than 25,000 people showed up for...
French win big in aerobatic championship in Slávnica * The Slovak Spectator | The 11th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championship 2014 took place in mid August at the Dubnica airport in Slávnica, western Slovakia. The rest of this article is premium content and is only accessible with a PIANO account. If you want to access the...
Catalina air show going all out under new organizers * Long Beach Press Telegram | The Scheyden Catalina Air Show will take place at the picturesque Avalon Bay with high-flying excitement coming from a group of skilled pilots in agile planes performing aerobatic maneuvers like rolls, spins, loops and close-formation flying at speeds...
Air Show at Fremont County Airport a walk through history * Canon City Daily Record | Cole Mock of Cañon City supports his 3-year-old nephew, Russell Chaney, in the cockpit of a Diamond Katana trainer flown into the Fremont County Airport Saturday by 16-year-old Rachael McIntoch with her father/trainer Paul McIntosh...
Book- Secrets of a leader: behind the scenes of the Patrouille de France * Translated | ...From 1953 the official name Patrouille de France, these men (and women since 2009), have been constantly regale the audience, thanks to fascinating shows, where they show a blood -froid exceptional. What better way also represent the army of the French air , and be the perfect ambassadors of French aerospace and even France, outside our borders?...
GALLERY: Iron Maiden rocker flies World War One Fokker plane in front of ... * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | More than 1,200 classic cars and 250 motorbikes were on display with visitors watching a host of aerobatic demonstrations by The Blades and The Yakovlevs on Saturday and Sunday. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight featuring a Hurricane, Spitfire and...
The Planes of Red Bull's Air Race Championship * Gizmodo | After a three-year hiatus for safety and organizational overhauling, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is back for the 2014 season. These races pit daredevil pilots against gravity—and each other—as they guide their acrobatic single-seaters...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race to stop in Camden * Wollondilly Advertiser | Race President, Richard Brougham, said the race not only gave spectators the chance to see Tiger Moths in action, but it also supports two charity groups - LIFT Youth Development and Solider On. ''The Great Tiger Moth Air Race is a unique event and is...
Women's air race hits turbulence produced by its male critics * San Bernardino County Sun | The “girls” who participated in the first women's cross-country air race in 1929 realized there was a lot more at stake than just $25,000 in prizes. The race, which crossed the skies of the Inland Empire, was dubbed “the Powder Puff Derby” by Will Rogers....
Deep in the heart of Texas…. and the Commemorative Air Force! * Red Tail Squadron | By golly y’all better hold on to your hats! The CAF Red Tail Squadron is headed to Texas! The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and the P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen are rolling through the state for a whirlwind month-long tour that will include events in Dallas, Midland, Hearne and Houston. There will be ample opportunities to reconnect with fellow Red Tail enthusiasts and make NEW friends as we saunter our way across the Lone Star state!...
Internationally awesome * General Aviation News | Last week I spent some time in Washington D.C. I had business in the area, but like most of us, when I get in the vicinity of the Mall, the monuments, and the Capital building, I find myself wanting to browse the wares of our country. There is art to peruse and documents to consider. Inventions large and small are collected there, as are homages to the achievements of average men and women who became heroic leaders through word and deed. And there are aircraft. Spacecraft, too...
Fly like a girl: celebrating women in aviation * Pensacola News Journal | Former Lt. Cmdr. Kathleen Betts in front of the Women in Naval Aviation Display in Hangar Bay One in the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola...
Two killed in crash at Young Eagles rally * General Aviation News | An accident at a Young Eagles rally killed a 78-year-old pilot and 14-year-old boy Saturday near Buffalo, N.Y. According to a report from NBC News, a Cessna 172 crashed into a Searey aircraft, killing the two on board the C-172. The other aircraft made an emergency landing, but the two passengers only suffered minor injuries, according to the report...
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Monday, September 29, 2014
70th anniversary of the Test Pilot School
The Flight Test Historical Foundation would like to invite members of your organization to our annual Gathering of Eagles event on October 18th in Lancaster CA, to help us celebrate 70th anniversary of the Test Pilot School (TPS).
Members can purchase individual tickets at http://EdwardsMuseum.org, or your organization may purchase a table as a “Sponsor”. Sponsorship information is available on our website on the Gathering of Eagles page (http://afftcmuseum.org/news-events/gathering-eagles-2014). For individual ticket purchases, members can write down the name of your organization in the “TPS Class” window, and we will reserve a separate table for them.
All of the proceeds from this event will be used in support of the Air Force Flight Test museum at Edwards AFB and the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale. Money will be used for repair and restoration of the aircraft in the museum’s inventory, as well as towards moving the main museum outside the West gate, to make it accessible to the general public.
The panel of Honorees, along with the groups represented, is as follows:
· Bill Gray, Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF, Chief Test Pilot, USAF TPS, Class 91B, EagleThe two emcees will be:
· Dave Van Hoy, Technical Director, USAF TPS, Class 94A, Eagle
· Pamela Melroy, Col. (Ret.) USAF, Representing Pilot Graduates, Class 91B, Panel Member
· Gary Aldrich, Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF, Representing the Engineer Graduates and Contractor Staff, Class 82A, Eagle
· Andy Gerner, Col. (Ret.) USAF, Representing the Commandants, Class 91A, Eagle
· George Cooper, NASA Test Pilot (Ret.), Co-developer of the Cooper-Harper Rating Scale, Eagle
· Dana Purifoy, Test Pilot, NASA Armstrong Research Center, Former TPS Staff MemberEach panelist will discuss TPS and the impact on their professional career, to be followed by Q&A from the two emcees and the audience.
· Joe Sobczak, Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF, Former TPS Staff Member, Current Flight Test Captain for United Airlines, TPS Class 81B
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Crowd-pleasing freestyle wraps up U.S. Aerobatics * Herald Democrat | Throughout the week, pilots from across the nation flew into Denison’s North Texas Regional Airport — Perrin Field to compete in the 2014 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships. Competition concluded on Friday with the events highlight attraction as seven of the top pilots competed in the four-minute freestyle contest...
The Blue Angels dazzle during air show demos - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | If spontaneous involuntary reaction is any measure of success, the Blue Angels flight demonstration at the Wings Over the Pacific air show on Saturday was a squeal-certified hit...
Warbirds grab spotlight at Salinas air show * The acrobats were in the sky at Saturday's California International Airshow, but the warriors were on the tarmac at Salinas Municipal Airport, where 
throngs of people lined the barriers to gawk at the planes that helped keep the civilized world free during World War II and the Korean War...
Sometimes..... TVR Photography | From the SalinasAirshow Ca-International this weekend
Photo gallery: Air Show 2014 * Record-Searchlight | The Canadian Snowbirds fly overhead at Air Show 2014 on Saturday at the Redding Municipal Airport. Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight. Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,...
Public gets inside look at planes during Jefferson Fly-In - Marshall News Messenger | Everyone said the weather was perfect on Saturday for planes to have a proverbial “fashion” show at the 9th annual Jefferson Fly-In. Planes from every year, every style and every color were on display at the yearly event that gives pilots the chance to land at the Cypress River Airport and interact with their peers and locals...
[SLIDESHOW] Red Arrows display air supremacy - MaltaToday | The Royal Air Force Aerobatic 
Team, commonly known as the ‘Red Arrows’, are the public face of the Royal Air Force and one of the world’s premier aerobatic teams, supporting British interests overseas by contributing to defence diplomacy efforts...
Video: Airshow continues to thrill - Times of Malta | Air Malta’s formation flypast with the RAF Red Arrows was today’s highlight for the thousands who again visited the Malta International Airshow...
The 500-mph History of America’s Highest-Flying Sport By Jan Tegler | On September 15, 
spectators at the 51st National Championship Air Race in Reno, Nevada witnessed a gut-wrenching photo finish. But their thrills were outclassed by the tension Steve Hinton Jr. endured in the cockpit as he went head to head with Bill “Tiger” Destefani, his former mentor. Thousands came to their feet and roared as two of air racing’s fastest, most highly-modified P-51 Mustangs screamed past the home pylon at 500 mph in the closest race at Reno in more than two decades. As the pilots pulled their racers skyward, up and off the race course, neither was sure who had won. Below, the thousands in the stands continued their howled excitement...
In memoriam: Werner Franz of the Hindenburg * Bayou Renaissance Man | I note in the Telegraph's obituary column that Werner Franz, the last survivor of the crew of the Hindenburg airship, died recently....
Adventures in Oshkosh * Beloit Daily News | A replica of the 1903 Wright “Flyer” is on site, as is a 1912 Curtiss A-1 Pusher, 1928 Waco 10 'Taperwing' and 1931 Laird “Super Solution” air racing plane, among many others. Inside the Eagle Hangar, a North American B-25 Mitchell, designed in 1939,...
Take a ride in a 1929 Ford Tri-motor * Theadanews | ... by EAA staff, volunteers, and with assistance from Ford Tri-Motor operators nationwide, the old Tri-Motor once again took to the air. Its official re-debut was at the 1985 EAA Fly-In Convention in Oshkosh. It was displayed in the AirVenture Museum...
FIGHTER TOWN USA, TOP GUN at NAS Miramar · Peter Boschert, Photorecon.net | Top Gun was founded on 03rd March 1969 to train pilots air tactics to encounter the bad results of the fighter pilots in the Vietnam war. For the first time, the so called dissimilar air combat training (DACT) was introduced, in which the American pilots didn’t fight against the similar plane they were flying themselves but against different, often smaller aircraft like they were used by the Soviet Union. The course lasted in the beginning four weeks, later it was extended to five weeks. The crews of the F-4 Phantom II fought at Top Gun against the A-4 Skyhawk (simulating subsonic aircraft) and the F-4E Tiger II, which was simulating supersonic aircraft. The first commander of Top Gun was Ron “Mug” McKeown. The courses were manned mostly by pilots of the “front-line-squadrons”, who should give their knowledge of the course afterwards to their squadrons...
Pilot, boy die as 2 small planes from Young Eagles rally collide * Buffalo News | The Experimental Aircraft Association says both planes were flying as part of a Young Eagles rally out of the Buffalo Lancaster airport today. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the pilot and passenger involved in the mishap,” the...
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Friday, September 26, 2014
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Aviation Legend Bob Hoover Honored With Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy * NAA | Washington, DC, September 25, 2014 – Robert L. “Bob” Hoover will receive the 2014 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy from the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). The trophy is awarded annually to a living American for "…significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States." One of the most important, historic, and visible aviation and aerospace awards in the world, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy reflects a timeline of aviation and aerospace’s most innovative inventors, explorers, industrialists, and public servants....
Aerobatic pilot rescued from sea after crash - Stuff.co.nz | DRIFTING FOR HOURS: Jurgis Kairys 
had to parachute jump into the Aegean Sea after an engine failure in his personal plane. A favourite aerobatic pilot of Warbirds Over Wanaka has been rescued after his plane crashed in the Aegean Sea. Jurgis Kairys, 62, has been a star of the biennial show since 2004....
Blue Angels return for Hawaii's 'Wings over the Pacifc' air show - KITV Honolulu | The Blue Angels are back in Hawaii and are back flying over our skies this weekend. It's for the annual Wings over the Pacific air show. Thousands are expected to attend...
Thunderbirds arrive in Monterey for the California International Air Show Salinas - Monterey County Herald | MONTEREY >> Eight F-16 jets, each emblazoned in distinctive red, white and blue markings with stars on their tails, roared to a stop on the Monterey Regional Airport runway on Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, a precision flying team, are in town for this weekend's California International Air Show to be held at the Salinas Municipal Airport...
PHOTOS: Brittany Nielsen flies with Air Force Thunderbirds * KSBW | The Thunderbirds landed at Monterey airport and picked up Reporter Brittany Nielsen
A wild ride over Redding in preparation of this weekend's Air Show - Record-Searchlight | REDDING, California - Don’t call them stunts. That’s one of the first things air show pilot Jacquie Warda will tell you. “They’re aerobatics,” Warda said of the barrel rolls, loops and other maneuvers she pulls in her nimble Extra 300 airplane. She is one of more than a dozen performers that will take the North State skies this weekend for the Exchange Club of Redding’s Air Show 2014...
Flying High: Leesburg Host Free Airshow Saturday * Leesburg Today | The fifth annual Leesburg Airshow will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Admission is free. There will be no general parking at the airport, but free satellite parking will be available at Tuscarora High School (825 North King St...
St. Louis Regional Aiport to host Annual Open House and Fly In * The Edwardsville Intelligencer | On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Louis Regional Airport will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their Annual Open House and Fly In. The event has grown phenomenally since it was re-started in 1994. Last year 100 airplanes and more than 300...
Annual fly-in draws larger crowd, more planes * Terrell Tribune | 1 British Flying Training School Museum's Flights of Our Fathers Fly-In on Saturday at Terrell Municipal Airport. The tarmac in front of the airport terminal was packed with planes, so many in fact, that others had to be located on the other side of...
Millville Army Air Field Museum holds annual air show Saturday - Press of Atlantic City | MILLVILLE — The Millville Army Air Field Museum’s annual air show will have a touch of the air, sea and land this Saturday...
Fly-In And Car Show This Weekend - Alton Daily News | The 20th Annual Open House, Fly In, and Car Show takes place Saturday at St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto. The event runs tomorrow from 10am to 4pm and will feature aircraft and classic cars from the area and a large display of antique firearms. Admission and parking are free, with food and drink for sale on the grounds, or inside the airport restaurant...
Local aviator is national runner-up - Paso Robles Press | RENO ? Templeton resident Sherman 
Smoot doesn't fit the stereotype of a senior citizen. At 66 years old, Smoot is still thrill seeking like he?s a young buck with a death wish. The U.S. Navy veteran is an experienced aviator, and even with his military service in the rear-view mirror, he still takes to the air to get an adrenaline rush for the ages. Smoot has been flying high for the better part of 45 years, and his most recent expedition ended with a national runner-up finish at the Reno Championship Air Races...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race to stop in Camden - Camden Advertiser | For the first time in 11 years 45 Tiger Moths, flown by 90 international and Australia pilots, include three WWII veterans, will fly from Lusktintyre on Saturday morning and over Sydney Harbour before making a refuelling stop at Camden Airport about 11am...
Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team Leaps Into South African Air Show - DVIDS | PRETORIA, South Africa — Add South Africa to the list of places members of the Army’s Golden Knight’s parachute team has jumped. The Golden Knights Black Demonstration Team performed here during the African Aerospace & Defence Exposition,Sep. 17-21, 2014 at the invitation of the South African Government...
Next Red Arrows Squadron Leader hopes for quick decision about team's future * Lincolnshire Echo | The man who will become Red Arrows Squadron Leader David Montenegro hopes a decision will be made soon about the future of the acrobatic team. He spoke to the Echo about the future of the team as he prepares to take on the role of Red 1 from current...
Aviator Richard Byrd Soared In Treks To Both Poles * Investor's Business Daily | Richard Byrd grew up in Virginia, became an officer through the U.S. Naval Academy and by 1918 was flying scouting missions in World War I. View Enlarged Image. Richard Byrd was the first to fly over the North and South Poles not because he was simply...
Dornier Do 17 Moves Into Next stage Of Conservation · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE- The 
world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 has now moved into the second phase of its conservation at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. It’s been a little over 15 months since the aircraft was lifted from the bottom of the Dover Straits and transported to the Museum’s Cosford site for ground breaking conservation work. The process so far has seen the aircraft systematically sprayed with a low concentration citric acid based solution inside purpose built hydration tunnels. This process has helped to remove marine accretions and subsequently the neutralised corrosion impurities in the aluminium aircraft structure...
Donation match * National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Double your impact! Make a donation to the Museum through October 31st, and it will be matched dollar for dollar...
B-25 Bomber Towed to Fargo 8 Years After Being Donated | Fargo, ND (WDAY TV)-Quite a sight 
for anyone driving on I-29 between Fargo and Wahpeton today. Kathy Dimmer/Wahpeton: "Just seeing a plane coming down an interstate is a pretty awesome thing." Kathy Dimmer of Wahpeton watched the pieces of the almost 70 year old aircraft slowly move down I-29...
Round-the-world solar flight gives wings to clean energy * Financial Times | However, he said, electric aircraft using the batteries developed in the Solar Impulse project could be in commercial use, perhaps for tourist flights, within five years. The solar panels on Solar Impulse's wings are expected to convert about 22-23 per...
Free plane rides for kids at Young Eagles Rally * Mansfield News Journal | Kids and teenagers with a budding interest in aviation, or who perhaps just want to see what their community looks like from the air, will get a chance to go up in a plane Oct. 4 when Chapter 148 of the Experimental Aircraft Association conducts a...
A Private Tour of the CIA's Incredible Museum * SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | A chill wind whipped off the Warnow as a retired railroad worker shuffled through the streets of the port city of Rostock one winter night in 1956. He wore the drab clothes typical of East German residents. But when a second man appeared from the shadows, the elderly German revealed that he was wearing a pair of distinctive gold cuff links embossed with the helmet of the Greek goddess Athena and a small sword...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to Receive Aero Club of Southern Californias 2014 ... * MFRTech (press release) | LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elon Musk, Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer of SpaceX , the Hawthorne-based company which makes and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, has been selected to receive the 2014 Howard Hughes...
The Making of SpaceShipTwo * Air & Space Magazine | Air & Space: Can you give us a progress report on WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo? Whitesides: The big shift was we took control of WhiteKnightTwo from Scaled [Composites] earlier in the year, and that was a big deal for us because that's part of our...
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
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Heart of Texas Airshow takes off Saturday · General Aviation News | WACO, Texas — The Heart Of Texas Airshow returns this Saturday, Sept. 27, to Texas State Technical College Airport. The Heart Of Texas Airshow promises jets, helicopters, airplanes, warbirds, skydivers, radio control aircraft and more in the sky and on terra firma. Flights will be available throughout the day to the public in helicopters, airplanes, historic warbirds and biplanes. Young Eagles flights will be offered in the morning...
Video: Getting ready for the California International Airshow * KSBW The Central Coast | We stand just three days away from the California International Airshow Salinas... but we'll hear the sound of jets in our skies long before the weekend show starts.
Thunder In The Sky: Auburn Air Fair * FOX40 | FOX40 goes inside the hangars at auburn municipal airport for a preview of “Thunder In The Sky: Auburn Air Fair.” It's a mix of flight demonstrations, history, and fun for the whole family....
Warbird weekend planned at PDK * Atlanta Journal Constitution | The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing plans to hold an Atlanta Warbird Weekend at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Sept. 27-28. The event will feature 15 World War II-era aircraft and free activities for the public. Activities include a World War II Veterans...
Oregon International Air Show * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Gold Demonstration 
Team has just returned from Hillsboro, Oregon, where they performed at the renowned Oregon International Air Show. The team conducted six performances over four days, to include a night jump followed by a fantastic fireworks show. Accompanying Gold Team, three members from the Golden Knights Tandem section traveled to the show to provide tandem parachute jumps to four specially chosen individuals....
Lee Bottom Fly-in 2014 * Robert Burns | Photos from last weekends event.
Fly-in draws aviation enthusiasts * Ironcountytoday | CEDAR CITY – The annual Fly-in Breakfast hosted by Sphere One Aviation took place Sept. 20 at the Cedar City Airport, bringing in local pilots, aviation lovers, and curious people from around Iron County for a morning of flying, breakfast, and aviation...
The Patrouille de France will evolve in the sky of Saint-Jean-de-Luz for the 19th time * Translated | 8 
Alpha jet of the Patrouille de France fly over the sky Luzien and its beautiful bay on Saturday in 17 hours for a period of 25 minutes with a stunning show. The meeting PAF in the City of Corsairs is a real event, anchored in the city since it celebrates its 19th edition. Pilots based in Aix-en-Provence will be there the day before for a workout in the Basque sky; the next day they will perform in Barcelona...
Vulcan, spitfire and Blades team up for formation flight over Northampton * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | A formation flight including the Vulcan, spitfire and Blades Aerobatic Display Team roared over Northampton this afternoon. The formation flight - which flew over Northampton this afternoon - was for a number of lucky raffle winners. Avro Vulcan XH558...
Gilze Rigen Air Show * Frederic Cottin | Always a great show. Weather cleared each day... after the show!
Jackie B to fly Reno next year? * ICAS | Photo of Jacquie B Airshows from Wings Over Wine Country Air Show. Did you know Jacquie's planning on racing at Reno in 2015?
Doolittle Raider to speak at Indianapolis Aero Club * Click here for details
2 local men master WWI aircraft * Dayton Daily News | In both his military and civilian careers, 
Glen Fike of Beavercreek has spent much time working with aircraft. “I retired as a colonel at Wright-Patterson AFB, having worked on the F-16 and F-22 programs,” he said. After retiring, Fike stayed in the Dayton area. “I work for BAE Systems now. We do F-16 cockpit upgrades. I work with airplanes all day long.” Outside of work, Fike’s interest in aviation centers on building and flying replica WWI aircraft....
Lysander Pilot Report * Vintage Wings of Canada | There no pilot's seat, in all of aviation like the one in a Lysander, that I know of. It's a throne. It's way up high, and climbing up there is like ascending the ratlines of a square-rigged ship. Your feet slip into toeholds here and there, you swing from various struts, and eventually, when you reach the summit, you stand on the cockpit sill and can view the airport from a truly lofty perch....
de Havilland Mosquito Restoration Documentary – Gaining Altitude film clip * Warbirds News | A little over a week ago, WarbirdsNews brought you the news about a documentary film called Gaining Altitude: A Mosquito Reborn. The film will cover the magnificent restoration to airworthy condition of Bob Jens deHavilland Mosquito B.35 VR796 by Victoria Air Maintenance in British Columbia, Canada. Most of the filming is already complete, and they’ve just finished interviewing four original Mosquito pilots, whose stories will be in the documentary....
The L39 RA3366K restored by the Museum of Savigny-les-Beaunes * Translated | What a pleasure 
to see what L39 Albatros and restored in the colors well worth putting when he should woefully bad end...
Hawaii by Air * Air & Space Magazine | In December 1910—just seven years after the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk—3,000 spectators paid to watch Bud Mars make the first airplane flight in Hawaii, taking off in a Curtiss pusher from a polo field near Honolulu. Thousands...
'Die Hard' Director Announces 'Warbirds,' Starring John Travolta * STACK News | He chose to disclose details of a major Hollywood comeback, including plans for the above-mentioned John Travolta film, Warbirds, which he described as a Top Gun-type movie. He also mentioned a project called Red Squad and a third screenplay, recently...
First female UAE fighter pilot joins anti-ISIS mission * RT | The aviatrix said she wasn't given any special attitude for being a woman, stressing that “everybody is required to have the same high level of combat competence.” Al Mansouri was born in Abu Dhabi, is one of eight children in the family, and has a...
Wright Air Museum Offers New Class * Jamestown Post Journal | The Lucile M. Wright Air Museum and Jamestown Community College will offer a Student Exploratory Aircraft Mechanic Course for high school students, home schooled students that are high school age and adults looking to explore a different occupation...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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The Canadian Snowbirds are back * KRCRTV.COM | The show is funded by donations. For the past 35 years the event has returned around one million dollars back to the community. The show's chairman, Bill Wagner, says you won't get many chances to check out the Snowbirds. Redding is one of four US...
Melbourne Air & Space Show Hosts First Aviation & Aerospace Career Day * Space Ref | Officials with the National Air, Sea & Space Foundation, organizers of the 2014 Melbourne Air & Space Show, today announced that the Foundation will host its inaugural Aerospace & Aviation Career Day on Oct. 3 at the Melbourne International Airport...
2014 NCAR Review – Part 1 · Marilyn Dash | The 2014 National Championship Air Races (NCAR) 
will be remembered for record breaking moments, many infractions and one terrible loss. Let’s get started in Part 1 of our two part review...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race out of pages of yesteryear * Port Stephens Examiner | IT WILL be a sight to behold when 45 World War II-era planes fly in tandem past Sydney Harbour Bridge next month as part of the Great Tiger Moth Air Race. Not since 2003 has there been a Tiger Moth air race: this year's is expected to be bigger and...
New team leader for Red Arrows announced * Lincolnshire Echo | Squadron Leader David Montenegro will succeed Squadron Leader Jim Turner, whose three-year tour as Team Leader finishes at the end of the current season – with the Red Arrows' final 2014 display taking place on Sunday, September 28, in Malta...
In pictures: Red Arrows share Southport air show selfies * Liverpool Echo | The Red Arrows wowed the crowds at Southport Air Show at the weekend - and now these remarkable photos give their display a whole new perspective. As thousands of people watched from below, Flight Lieutenant Martin Pert - aka Red 8 or...
Stunt planes, flying lawn mower highlights windy Air Show * Vinton County Courier | The flying lawn mower, “piloted” by Roger Barnes, was the ultimate show stopper at the 44th annual Vinton County Air Show. Once the lawnmower landed, high winds forced a premature end to the air show on Sunday, Sept. 21. The hundreds of visitors still...
AOPA Hosts Successful Chino Fly-In * Flying Magazine | AOPA's regional fly-in in Chino, California, took place over the weekend and it was, by all accounts, a successful day. Despite low cloud conditions slowing the fly-in traffic in the morning 329 airplanes flew in for the event and a minimum of 2,300...
Swiss Air Force Centenary Air Show Report * Warbirds News | The Swiss Air Force held a 
spectacular air show to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of their founding. They held the show at Payerne Air Base, in Switzerland’s Vaud Canton. A number of European nations contributed to the festivities by sending along representative military aircraft, including several aerial demonstration teams. The Canadians even contributed a brace of CF-18 Hornets. A number of European based warbirds turned up as well....
The 3rd Athens Flying Week – Airshow 2014 * Greek Reporter | The 2014 Athens Flying Week airshow will be held for the third consecutive year in Athens, Greece, from September 25 to 28 in the areas of Faliro and Tatoi. The AFW events started on Monday, September 22, with the “Aviation Development Conference III”...
Additional Red Arrows show to replace Turkish Stars * Times of Malta | The aerobatic team Turkish Stars will not be participating in the Airshow, the organisers said. The Malta Aviation Society, organisers of the airX Malta International Airshow, said the committee however managed to secure the RAF Red Arrows for both...
Warbirds Over Tehachapi * Tehachapi News | For the second year, the City of Tehachapi, Tehachapi Municipal Airport and Friends of the Airport have teamed up to present the 2nd annual Tehachapi Airport Warbird Fly-In. It will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27. The sponsors for this year's event...
Pilot Kelley takes Wings & Wheels into wild blue yonder * Delmarva Daily Times | Dick Cole, one of the last four survivors of the Doolittle Raiders and local veteran heroes. Kelley is proud that admission to the festival is free. “Where else can you go to actually see and hear the planes that won World War II, hear the roar of the...
Timeless Voices - Larry Price · eaavideo.org | Larry Price is Lockheed Martin's Deputy Program Manager for the Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPVC), a spacecraft that will be used by NASA for crewed missions to the Moon, asteroids, and eventually Mars.
B-29 “Doc” Restoring History · eaavideo.org | A project update on the volunteer-driven effort to restore a Boeing B-29 Superfortress to flying condition. When completed, "Doc" will be only the second flying B-29 in the world. (excerpt from August 2014 Chapter Video Magazine)
Video: Fascinating Documentary On The British 1960's Era (Mach 2) BAC TSR-2 · AirPigz | My usual goal for an AirPigz post is to give you a 3 to 5 minute avgeek experience that either thoroughly entertains or educates (or both)... but today you're gonna have to carve out at least 55 minutes if you're gonna take it all in. I found this documentary on the early 1960's British TSR-2...
Wright B Flyer project receives challenge grant · General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Wright “B” Flyer Inc. has received another major gift to fund a new flying lookalike of the Wright brothers’ first production airplane. The new Wright Model B lookalike will replace Wright “B” Flyer No. 1, also known as the “Brown Bird” or “Iron Bird,” which has been flying since 1982. The new airplane will be easier to transport to distant events and easier for the all-volunteer organization to maintain....
Sweetwater WASP Museum expansion approved * KTXS | The museum's mission statement is "seeking to educate and inform all generations with the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots - the first women to America's military aircraft - who forever changed the role of women in aviation." According to the...
Zulu Cobra — the Bell AH-1Z Viper is most revolutionary * Travel for Aircraft | The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has evolved their Bell AH-W SuperCobra (highly capable twin engine Cobra) significantly into the Z-variant with the new designation AH-1Z Viper. Similarly with their advancement of the Huey to the Bell UH-1Y Venom the Vipers are more than an improvement as...
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FAMED AEROBATIC PILOT KYLE FRANKLIN TO HEADLINE CAF AIRSHO 2014
“We are proud to welcome Kyle back to AIRSHO,” said AIRSHO Chair Gena Linebarger. “This will be Kyle’s first appearance in West Texas with his new act, Dracula.
I know people will be amazed by his flying and new airplane.”
Franklin grew up in the airshow business as his father, Jimmy, was a legendary performer. First inspired by his father’s character “Zar” and the “Starship Pride,” Kyle realized that an airshow act had to be unique. Zar mixed the space age themes that made “Star Wars” a hit with precision aerobatics and unique costumes. Later, Jimmy mounted a jet engine to his Waco Mystery Ship and Kyle learned how to wingwalk. They were the first and only jet wing walking act and the only father and son wingwalking act in the industry.
Continuing the family legacy, Kyle raised the bar for airshows. “Dracula” combines a custom-built biplane and a thrilling airshow act with the sounds of a 1930s-racing airplane and a custom paint scheme inspired by the opening scene of a horror movie.
The Franklin Demon-1 biplane, known as Dracula, blends lines of the iconic Waco Mystery Ship with modern aerodynamics and systems, resulting in a smaller, lighter, more maneuverable and powerful airplane.
“I’m extremely pleased with the features in Dracula’s design,” Franklin said. “The nearly full span ailerons give the aircraft a roll rate over 300 degrees per second and the two-color smoke system was custom made for the vampire theme of this act. Power is supplied by the first direct port fuel injected R-985 Pratt & Whitney engine. Built by Tulsa Aircraft Engines and Airflow Performance, Dracula’s engine produces 500 horsepower. The lightweight MT propeller is one of two in the world flying and gives me maximum performance with a nearly 80 pound weight savings. I’m really looking forward to flying Dracula at AIRSHO.”
The CAF AIRSHO, known as “The Best Warbird Show in America”, will feature many rare and historic aircraft from the CAF flying fleet, including the World’s Only Flying B-29 FIFI, two B-17 Flying Fortresses, Texas Raiders and Sentimental Journey, the Red Tail P-51 Mustang Tuskegee Airmen and reenactment performer TORA! TORA! TORA!
Advanced tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12. Tickets can be ordered online at www.airsho.org or by visiting any Frost Bank location, area 7-Eleven stores or Domino’s Pizza locations. Tickets purchased at the gate will be $25 for adults and $5 for children. Children age five and under are admitted free. Parking is an additional $5, with partial proceeds benefiting the Boy Scouts of America. Gates open each day at 8:30 a.m.
Private chalets, sponsorship opportunities and exhibit space at the event’s TradeSho are also available. For more information, visit www.airsho.org or call (888) 945-3008.
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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds announce Hometown Heroes honorees - KIONrightnow.com | SALINAS, Calif. -The California International Airshow and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will honor a local Olympian and an Alisal teacher as this year's "Hometown Heroes." The Thunderbirds host a “Hometown Hero” Orientation Flight program in communities throughout America during their show season. The program is designed to showcase American citizens doing amazing things in their communities...
Jets and the P-51 Mustang For The Heart Of Texas Airshow * Warbirds News | The Heart Of Texas 
Airshow returns with smoke and thunder to the skies over Waco, Texas Saturday, September 27th at Texas State Technical College airport. The Heart Of Texas Airshow is proud to welcome back the presenting sponsor, Allen Samuels Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram of Waco. This is a multifaceted partnership with a premiere dealership. In true Texas tradition the performers will ride the show line in a Dodge Ram truck! Ted Teague says, “We are so glad to be able to help bring such a First Class Air show to Waco. I truly hope the Heart Of Texas Air show will be a long lasting tradition in Waco for many years and...
Canadian Forces Snowbirds dazzle, delight crowd for Oregon International Air Show finale (photos) * oregonlive.com | Thousands braved the heat Sunday afternoon to see the final day of the 2014 Oregon International Air Show. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds demonstration team received loud praise from the crowd, headlining Sunday's events with its 9-plane routine. Pilots closed the show with skywriting, synchronized formations and a finale that featured extravagant pyrotechnic explosions...
Air show a big success; Willey stepping aside as president - Hillsboro Tribune | The 27th annual Oregon International Air Show kicked off a full weekend of airborne entertainment Sept. 19. The three-day show enjoyed excellent weather, and highly skilled pilots and parachutists kept the crowd looking skyward to catch the fast and furious action. Approximately 81,000 people attended the show, easily topping last year’s crowd of 68,000...
Weekend air show draws huge crowds * LaGrange Daily News | “The air show went better than expected, we were hoping for 200-500 people, but we had about 3,000 people show up,” Traylor said. “I enjoyed seeing everybody who's never been to an airport, much less our airport, get to experience what we see every day...
The most interesting aircraft displayed at the Belgian Air Force Days * The Aviationist | On Sept. 13 
– 14, Kleine Brogel airbase, in Belgium, hosted the Belgian Air Force Days, an airshow attended by several interesting local and foreign aircraft whose main themes were the +100 years of Military Air Power and the 40th anniversary of the F-16....
Pictured: Southport Air Show 2014 – Red Arrows, Lancaster Bomber and more ... * Manchester Evening News | Families and aviation enthusiasts from all over the north west descended on Southport Beach this weekend for the annual air show, and despite grey clouds the Red Arrows did not disappoint. The event, held over two days, has around 20 aerial displays...
Cadets participate in Winston-Salem Air Show * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | NORTH CAROLINA -- Three cadets from the Gastonia Civil Air Patrol squadron participated with 125 other CAP members from the region in the 2014 Winston-Salem Air Show held recently at the Smith Reynolds Airport. The cadets camped at the airfield and, despite some rain, enjoyed the camaraderie with other cadets, learned some practical skills and...
Cheesehead Fly-in * West of the I | A group of people from all over, interested in flying airplanes controlled by two lines gathered at the Westosha Community Center on Sunday afternoon. They have dubbed the annual event, the Cheesehead Fly-in. They can fly maneuvers by their control of...
Video: BLACK DIAMOND JET TEAM kicked off the Jags football game on Sunday in perfect formation and timing.
Ferrying Miss Demeanor * Wasabi Air Racing | On Saturday Justin Gillen and I had the opportunity 
to ferry an awesome airplane for a friend from Stead to Mojave. Miss Demeanor is a long time racer. The airplane currently is configured with a stock Cassutt vertical and horizontal and a Craig Catto tapered wing that was originally on outrageous. The wing installation was well done and addressed a lot of the handling concerns of the Cassutt. The limited throw of...
Reach for the sky! Flying coach wants to build 12 new Spitfires to mark 75th ... * Daily Mail | 'I wasn't very aerodynamic, but it certainly made me want to become a pilot. 'I came up with the idea of the Spitfire club as a way of getting pilots to keep flying. 'I've found over the years that many of them give up once the excitement of learning...
Qantas Founders Museum Saves a ‘Super Constellation’ · WarbirdsNews | The Manila International Airport Authority in Manila, Philippines recently announced an auction to forcibly sell off a dozen dormant airliners which had lain more or less abandoned at the airfield’s general aviation facility for some years now. These included five DC-9′s, an Antonov 24, Yak-40, four DC-3s and most importantly a Lockheed Super Constellation. The civilianized, former US Navy C-121J (Bu.131623) has been ground-bound at Manila for more than twenty five years now. It was...
Barrington Irving to Fly Business Jet On Global Learning Adventure for Kids * AviationPros.com | The event hosts are the Aero Club Foundation of Washington, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, and Signature Flight Support. Photo ops and interviews will be available upon request from noon - 1:00 pm. From September 23rd through November...
2015 Ford Mustang 'Top Gun' Edition Officially Unveiled [PICS] * AutooMobile.com | Ford Mustang has officially unveiled their latest Top Gun Edition. It is no surprise that the automaker is a big fan if aircraft, since they have been a huge supporter for the EAA AirVenture for a few years now. The annual air show is held in Oshkosh, WI...
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Monday, September 22, 2014
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2014 National Aerobatic Championships underway at NTRA-Perrin Field * KXII | ...There are five 
categories for pilots: primary, sportsman, intermediate, advanced, and unlimited. Each category has three rounds of flights: A routine everyone practices, a freestyle flight each pilot designs themselves, and an unknown flight pilots receive hours before the competition, and are not allowed to practice. By the end of this week, a team of pilots will be selected from the "unlimited" category, to represent the United States at the World Championships in France next year. The world championships were held here at NTRA last year....
Photos: NAS Oceana Air Show in Va. Beach * The Virginian-Pilot | Photos | NAS Oceana Air Show in Va. Beach. Crowds gathered Saturday and Sunday at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach for the annual air show, featuring fliers including the Blue Angels. Tweet · 1652661000.jpg. The Blue Angels perform during...
Oregon International Air Show takes over Hillsboro Airport this weekend * FOX 12 Staff | THIS media flight was different
Tulsa Regional Fly-In Finale * Bartlesville Radio | The 58th-annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In drew to a close Saturday afternoon at Bartlesville Airport. The event was billed as "The Best Sport Aviation Since 1957". Wile the featured attraction for the event was the opportunity for the public to ride in the...
2014 Gunfighter Skies Open House And Air Show - KMVT | Mountain Home, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) The skies above Mountain Home were very active Saturday afternoon as the Mountain Home Air Force Base hosted the 2014 Gunfighter Skies. "From an air power perspective it's just a great celebration for all these people in the community to come out and understand the heritage of air power as our nation”, said Col. Davie Iverson, 366th Fighter Wing Commander...
Photos: Wings Over Wine Country Air Show - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
2014 Flights of Our Fathers Fly-In - inForney.com | TERRELL, Texas – Vintage airplanes filled the sky above the Terrell Municipal Airport on Saturday for the 2014 Flights of our Fathers Fly-In hosted by the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum...
Fans of aeronautics amazed by Waterkloof airshow - Eyewitness News | PRETORIA – Thousands of aeronautical fanatics have been treated to a weekend of death-defying stunts and maneuvers at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition. The two day event was held at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria...
Best of Show! The Very Best/Worst of Oshkosh '14! (Part 1) * Aero-News Network | For quite a while, we have recognized the highs and lows inherent in the general and sport aviation community -- and yes, we’ve had a bit of fun in the process--especially as we went through our notes, read all YOUR comments, and put together our thoughts on what has turned out to be one of the most successful aviation events in a long while...
Otago's old flyers gather for one last time * Otago Daily Times | The fly-past, which included 12 aircraft and a helicopter, was organised by Paul Ward, who served in Vietnam as an air force medic, and the Otago Aero Club. • To mark the end of the Otago Brevet Club a display has been installed at Toitu Otago Settlers...
Flying high: Cancer survivor organizes event to honor veterans * The Charleston Gazette | Betsy Murphy loves airplanes, history and dressing up. She’s combining all three for A Hero’s Salute on Oct. 25. The event features classic airplanes, military vehicles, living history and a dinner and dance... [Quick Silver featured]
Yankee Air Museum to Change its Name · WarbirdsNews | Yankee-Air-MuseumAccording to an article in the Detroit News, the Yankee Air Museum is set to update its name to reflect its new position. The museum, now in its fourth decade, has accomplished some major goals lately, most notably with the acquisition of a significant chunk of the old Ford bomber plant at Willow Run in Yipsilanti, Michigan. The massive B-24 Liberator final assembly hangar is...
For Paul Allen and Peter Jackson, Dogfight Over Warbirds - Bloomberg | ...That’s where Paul Allen, the Microsoft Corp. multibillionaire, keeps his Flying Heritage Collection -- more than 20 vintage World War II fighter planes, all in working condition -- of which both the Hellcat and the Zero are a part. Meanwhile, on the underside of the globe, visitors to Hood Aerodrome, near Masterton, New Zealand, could be forgiven for thinking they’ve been transported to northern France, circa 1918. There, the skies fill with British Sopwith Camels and brightly colored German Fokker Dr.I Dreideckers, for which enthralled spectators can thank another wealthy aviation enthusiast and amateur pilot: Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. The...
The Hunt For SR-71 61-7965· Dave Budd, Photorecon.net | Joe Kates and I have become Associate Members of the Roadrunnersinternationale recently. They are a group of men and women who either worked at “The Ranch” or are in some way connected to the...
A great piece of flying · Bayou Renaissance Man | Watch this DC-10 water bomber from 10 Tanker dive straight down a ridgeline to drop its load of fire retardant, then firewall the throttles to pull up clear of the cross-ridge where the photographer is waiting. I recommend watching the video in full-screen mode...
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft enters orbit around Mars - Spaceflight Now | NASA's MAVEN spacecraft braked into orbit around Mars on Sunday after a 10-month interplanetary cruise from Earth, positioning the probe to help scientists learn how water and air were stripped from the red planet's ancient atmosphere, killing off life that may have once existed there...
Lot's of weekend coverage HERE.
Friday, September 19, 2014
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Blue Angels prepare for Oceana Air Show * WAVY-TV | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Oceana Air Show is back after budget cuts forced the planes to be grounded last year. The Navy's Blue Angels had to cancel a good chunk of its schedule in 2013, but not this year. 10 On Your Side stopped by to see the...
Videos | Pulling 7 Gs with the Navy's Blue Angels * The Virginian-Pilot | The Navy told me to prepare for my flight with the Blue Angels by running nightly. It takes a lot of endurance to absorb 6 or 7 Gs in the backseat of an F/A-18 Hornet, they said. Instead, I watched YouTube videos. Lots of them. Obsessively. Their...
Boy gets to take a fantastic flight at the Oregon Air Show * KPTV.com | Sean Tucker takes 11 year old essay winner for a flight
Annual air show takes to Sonoma County skies * Santa Rosa Press Democrat | It takes off vertically like a helicopter, then tilts its rotor blades to fly like a plane. Pilots do get equal billing ... Aaron is the only civilian-licensed pilot to fly an aerobatic routine in a helicopter, including back flips and 360-degree...
Bird Dogs fly in Sept. 25, Keokuk * Keokuk Gate City Daily | L-Birds will line up on the runway for a fly-in and convention Sept. 25-27 at Keokuk Municipal Airport, Lindner Field. Pilots come from around the nation and the world to participate. Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:30 am | Updated: 10:32 am...
15-aircraft flyover to precede Michigan game against Utah Saturday * The Ann Arbor News | North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell Bomber: During WWII, General Billy Mitchel led a group of 16 B-25's on the first attack of Japan after being launched from the U.S. Hornet aircraft carrier. This aircraft was named after Mitchell, and will be...
Air cadets from across the UK visit the Red Arrows to celebrate 50th display ... * Lincolnshire Echo | 
Air Cadets from all over the United Kingdom competed in an art competition for the Red Arrows to celebrate the 50th Display Season. Between April and August seventy six entries were received and displayed in the Red Arrows hangar for the squadron to...
Air show draws record crowd * C&G Newspapers | Among the new features at this year's Open House was the Women in Aviation booth, where many of the pilots, maintainers and other female personnel who were active in the Air Show portion made short presentations on their careers and answered...
Hinton wins Reno * AOPA Pilot | Kevin Sutterfield, an Air Force Reserve F-22 pilot, flew an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Reno. Sutterfield then changed aircraft and made his debut as a race pilot, competing in Defector, a 1942 SNJ-4 (also known as the...
A note from Thom Richard on Race Week at Reno * LiveAirShowTV | Recap of race week and weighing in on the DQ.
Daniel Chrapczynski's photos from race week * Wasabi Air Racing | Reno isn't just all Unlimited racing :-)
Timeless Voices - William Hartshorn · eaavideo.org | William Hartshorn was a P-47 pilot with the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group - the famed "Zemke's Wolfpack." He was shot down on his 26th mission on Sept. 18, 1944 during Operation Market Garden.
Let Freedom Ring aero-salute wraps Saturday * Kingsport Times News | Of courage and inspiration, the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron offers lessons in both one of its P-51C's -- one of just four still flying in the world -- and a RISE ABOVE traveling exhibit. Both represent the courageous struggle of the...
Italian village remembers pilots of WWII B-25 bomber as heroes * Stars and Stripes | The B-25 Mitchell dubbed "Maybe" was damaged during a bombing run near Trento during World War II. Pilot Earl Remmel of Hooker, Okla., and co-pilot Leslie Speer of Jefferson, Ky., kept the plane steady long 
enough for the other five crew members to...
K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum keeps memories alive of Cold War era base in ... * The Republic | MARQUETTE, Michigan — Memories are being kept alive of a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Mining Journal of Marquette reports ( http://bit.ly/1uDXi1Y ) that the K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum was founded in 1993 when it...
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Pumpkins Away…
Again this year the Airport will have a number of unique and interesting aircraft for viewing and rides will be offered for varying fees in aircraft, gliders and helicopters. Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to paint great pumpkins from the awesome Corley Ranch. Vendors (application on the website) will provide a variety of options with information on area organization to food. Highlighting this year Aviation Roundup will be the 1st Annual Pumpkin Drop. We are still taking applications on our web site www.aviationroundup.com. Each aircraft will need a pilot and bombardier for safety. Aircraft can make a bombing run at 500 feet above the ground and try to hit the target – an OUTHOUSE – pumpkins will be provided. So if you think you have what it takes to take out our target and if you are a pilot or know a pilot get those entry forms done, after all there is a large Trophy. Pilot safety briefing at 11:30am in the airport office.
The gates will open at 10:00am and close at 4:00pm. The cost is only $10.00 per car load. So load up the car and make a Saturday excursion to Douglas Counties’ premier aviation facility the Minden-Tahoe Airport for a fun fall family event.
Oct-Nov 2014 Vol.5 Issue 6 of The Aviation Magazine
Thursday, September 18, 2014
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Biplane and Formula One * LiveAirShowTV | For those of you looking for the Formula One and Biplane races from Sunday morning, they are now published to our broadcast page...
Reno 2014: Sunday 9-14-14 - Voodoo 1st, Czech Mate 2nd, And Precious Metal Disqualified?? * AirPigz | ...Regardless, Team Precious Metal did a fantastic job of getting the airplane into the Gold race and they have so much to proud of for their efforts. It was a great experience for me to be so close to the action in the PM pit, and I can verify that the team worked really hard and effectively in the quest for the Gold race....
United States Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights Female 4-Way Competition Teams Sweeping 
the World * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The GKF4 had a fight to the finish in round 10, but took home the Bronze in the 4-way FS Open category. They stole the Gold for Women’s 4-way FS Open category and set a national and Illinois state record for most points in a round by an all women 4-way FS in an Open category with 29 points. The previous record was 28 set by GKF4 last year at USPA Nationals...
Weekend for Our Heros Sept. 19, 20 * Leecountycourier | The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation will bring their Huey helicopter to provide the perfect honor to our Vietnam veterans by providing a patriotic flying presentation of the aircraft used by the men and women who served in Vietnam. More information...
Go Ohio Valley: Vinton County Air Show * Athens Messenger | The Vinton County Air show is back for its 44th show on Sunday and promises to amaze and astound with its signature aerobatics. And, as always, the event is free. More than 10 acts are scheduled to roam the skies, headlined by the Screaming Chickens...
Flying V hosts 25th annual Fly-In * El Campo Leader News | Look up to the sky this Friday and Saturday for the possibility of seeing vintage planes on their way to Louise-Hillje's 25th annual Under The Wire Fly-In. Aircraft enthusiasts can visit the Flying V Ranch airport in Louise this weekend to see a range...
Great day for flying at fly-in breakfast * Marshfield News-Herald | NEILLSVILLE – It was a perfect day for the annual fly-in, drive-in Rotary breakfast at the Neillsville Municipal Airport Kurt Listeman Field. This annual event is organized by members of the local Neillsville chapter of the Rotary International. This...
La Garita Creek Ranch hosts annual fall fly in * Valley Courier | “CORAC is once again excited to be back in the Valley for an end of season fly in,” said Alec Seybold, CORAC committee chairman. “The changing fall colors, and our great hosts at La Garita Creek Ranch and the Sand Dunes Swimming Pool will make this...
Photo gallery: Original Red Arrows pilot tells of surprise as the team ... * Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Sqn Ldr Henry Prince, who lives near Watton, was part of the team put together by leader Lee Jones first as the Yellowjacks and later as the Red Arrows. He said: “We certainly didn't think it was going to last 50 years. “All the previous aerobatics...
S. Korean aerobatic jets to join aviation show in China * Yonhap News | BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean aerobatic jets will perform at an aviation exhibition in China in November for the first time, China's state media reported Wednesday, in another sign of improved ties between the former battlefield foes...
World Biggest Gathering of Spitfires and Hurricanes Planned for Next Summer · WarbirdsNews | RAF Northolt, near London, England traces its heritage back to early 1915, when the fragile and ponderous BE2c “fighters” of the Royal Flying Corps flew from the nascent base to take on the Zeppelin scourge. It held a fine tradition in WWII as well, when the men of 303 Squadron (Polish) in their Hawker Hurricanes took on the seemingly unbeatable Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.The pilots of 303 Squadron, mostly expatriate Poles, took on the Germans with a ferocity and zeal unlike almost any other unit in the RAF, and played a major role in irrevocably deterring the Germans from their planned invasion of Britain....
Red Bull Air Race To Take Place in Sochi in 2015 * RIA Novosti | The Red Bull Air Race World Championship is the most advanced aerial challenge in the world, accessible only to the most outstanding pilots. It is a series of international air races in which competitors have to navigate challenging obstacle courses...
Antique Airfield
- Thank You To 2014 Fly-In Volunteers
- Napa Valley from An Aeronca C-3
- Texas Chapter Fly-In At Gainesville, TX October 10-11, 2014
- Update on the Spirit of St Louis replica in Washington state
- Greg Wilson's PA-22 Restoration
- Plea for pictures and videos of 2014 Fly-in
- Rusty Shaw Memorial Fun Fly at Antique Airfield
Bexley Aviator Jerrie Mock * WOSU Public Media | Everyone knows about Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator who flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared in 1937 during her attempt to fly around the world. But do you know about Jerrie Mock, the Bexley housewife who was first woman...
Commemorative Air Force to host Education Day for local students · General Aviation News |
DALLAS - The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will host a free
Education Day for students across North Texas on Thursday, Oct. 2, at
Dallas Executive Airport as part of the CAF WWII Air Expo. The CAF WWII
Air Expo’s Education Day will offer interactive programs and activities,
including the CAF Rise Above exhibit. Special guests, including World
War II veterans and Jamail Larkins, president and CEO of Ascension
Aviation and a 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30, will meet with the students....100 Young Eagles to soar from Southeast Aviation Expo · General Aviation News | On Saturday, Sept. 27, beginning at 9 a.m., the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 249 of Greenville, S.C., will offer free flights to the first 100 8- to 17 year-old kids that ask for a Young Eagles flight at the Southeast Aviation Expo‘s (SEAE) main registration area, which will be near the Greenville Downtown Airport’s (GMU) main terminal...
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