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Warbird Roundup continues in Nampa today - Idaho Press-Tribune Almost 70 years have passed since the airplanes were in dogfights over Europe — nearly three quarters of a century since the warbirds were shuttling soldiers to and from the Pacific to fight the Japanese army....

Rain can't dampen air-show fun - Daily Inter Lake | Despite early showers and warnings of thunderstorms, the second day of the Mountain Madness Air Show took off Sunday with only slight delays as the weather improved. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds were able to take off into the cloudy skies shortly after 3 p.m. and every performer got to fly during Sunday’s program....

Kalispell man flies with Thunderbirds - Great Falls Tribune | For Maj. Jason Curtis, flying with the Air Force’s Thunderbirds over Kalispell this weekend was “an absolute dream.” It was also a big family reunion for the Kalispell native. Friends and family from Montana and out of state came to Kalispell to watch him fly the No. 6 jet with the Air Force’s aerial demonstration team during the 2014 Mountain Madness air show at the Glacier International Airport....

Cleveland * US Army Golden Knights | Day 2 at The Cleveland National Air Show. SGT David Flynn is capturing some great photos. More to follow soon.

Cleveland National Air Show returns (with video) - The Morning Journal | Mentor resident Scott Hewis was pleased the Cleveland National Air Show returned to Burke Lakefront Airport after a one-year hiatus. He wasn’t alone with that thought as the three-day Labor Day weekend event marks its 50th Cleveland show and typically brings in tens of thousands of people to watch high-flying acts like the U.S. Navy Blue Angels — the signature act that usually concludes each day’s show....

Seventh Bournemouth Air Festival is record breaker - Bournemouth Echo | IT was a record-breaking weekend for the Bournemouth Air Festival, organisers have confirmed. Around 448,000 people flocked to the seafront and cliff tops on Saturday, the busiest day three in the event's history....

Photos: Canadian International Air Show 2014 * Toronto Sun

ONE WEEK LEFT – THE RENO AIR RACE VIDEO MONTAGE · Airshowvid, Photorecon.net | Video shot by our sister website Photorecon.net during their stay at the 2012 Reno Air Races. Still photographer Dave Budd turned into at videographer for a day and shot some great action video clips from all over Reno’s Stead Field Airport where the races are held. If you are an aviation geek, see how many people you can name in this video, some in this video are giants in the aviation world.

Final fly-in for Art Scholl Aviation at Rialto airport - San Bernardino County Sun | RIALTO >> It was the final tribute to a piece of aviation history — not just to this region but the state. Unbeknownst to the general public — hidden behind wire fencing, overgrown shrubbery and empty hangars — Judy Scholl was joined by nearly 100 pilots, who flew in from all over Southern California to mark the closure of Art Scholl Aviation, a staple at Rialto Municipal Airport for 36 years....

Open Cockpit draws thousands to Castle Air Museum * Merced Sun Star | The sweet aroma of freshly cooked kettle corn was thick at the Castle Air Museum on Sunday, amid dozens of military aircraft on display and the smiles of attentive youth and adults alike, as thousands of people turned out for the museum’s Open Cockpit Day....

Classic Aero-TV: 26,000 Pounds of Heli-Beast -- The Cold War Air Museum’s Mi-24 * Aero-News Network | ...Col. Coz said they have been working on it for about five years to get it restored to flying condition. He told us he had flown Cobra helicopters in the past and said that the Mi-24 is much heavier and therefore it flies quite differently. He said the big difference in the Russian helicopter is that the rotors turn the opposite direction. To get more details about the Mi-24 check out the video....

The Lost Sparrow Hawk · WarbirdsNews | We’ve probably all seen pictures of ghostly wartime relics emerging from the sands of the Sahara desert from time to time. The most recent find of an RAF Curtiss Kittyhawk in near complete condition is one of the more dramatic discoveries. And then of course there is the sad tale of Lady Be Good, a US Army Air Force B-24D Liberator which became lost hundreds of miles from home only to crash land by itself in the desert following...

F-102 — too slow at first ·Travel for Aircraft | This Convair F-12 Delta Dagger sits in the Heritage Hill Air Park which is part of the McChord Air Museum. Designed in the during the Cold War during and era when missiles were thought to have made guns into relics the Delta Dagger was built for speed. Armed with...

Pioneer woman pilot Dr Dorothy Herbert dies - Australian Aviation | Dorothy Herbert AM was not just a pilot and a doctor, but an inspiration for all aspiring pilots and doctors everywhere. Herbert died on Friday. She was 91. An active pilot for 50 years, amassing 2,200 flight hours in powered aircraft and a further 300 in gliders, she caught the aviation bug in her teens thanks to another aviatrix, Jean Batten, who made the first direct flight from England to New Zealand in 1936 at the age of 25....

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