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Updated: 2014 Reno Air Races - Incident Report - LiveAirShowTV | Reno Air Racing Spokesperson Mike Draper talks about the crash of Sport Class President Lee Behel, and the air races plans going forward.

Reno race week reports now at LiveAirShowTV · General Aviation News | Reno Race Week Reports have begun at LiveAirShowTV. Check out the first one here. Jeff Lee reports there will be edited reports through Wednesday, and then a live post race show at 5 pm PDT Thursday through Sunday.

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Tall Ships, Blue Angels & More: Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Star ... - CBS Local | BALTIMORE (WNEW) — Wednesday marks the beginning of the Star-Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore, celebrating the 200th anniversary of our National Anthem. Tall ships and Navy ships will begin to arrive at 9 a.m. in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. They will be open to the public to board and explore on Sept. 11....

Blue Angels Air Show 2014 by Land and by Sea [Review] - Guardian Liberty Voice Seeing the Selfridge Air National Guard Air Show is spectacular. Adding to the high-flying visual stimulation were the Navy’s Blue Angels, which magnified the thrills even more powerfully. It has been eight years since the Blue Angels have been to Selfridge, and getting a behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on is almost as amazing as the air show itself....

Airshow flying back into town - Victorville Daily Press | APPLE VALLEY — An event that drew throngs of airplane and car enthusiasts last year is coming back to Apple Valley next month. The 13th annual Apple Valley Airshow and Car Display will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at Apple Valley Airport, 21600 Corwin Road, Apple Valley. Last year’s show drew an estimated 20,000 people, organizers said...

Threatening weather fails to dampen Greenville seaplane fly-in - Bangor Daily News | GREENVILLE, Maine – When it comes to making a decision about flying, pilots know that weather is the most important factor. So when thundershowers were predicted for the Moosehead Lake area on Saturday, some wondered if the 41st International Seaplane Fly-In would be washed out. It wasn’t. In fact, it was sunny all morning and it didn’t rain until around 2 p.m., after most of the major events had already taken place....

Turn back the clock 100 years with the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous · General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Each fall most of us remember to set our clocks back an hour as daylight savings time comes to an end. However, this fall there will be a special opportunity to turn back the clock 100 years to the start of World War I and experience an historical aviation event unlike any other during the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous, Sept. 27-28, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....

Labor Day at Cleveland National Air Show · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Black Demonstration team spent Labor Day weekend performing over a reported 300,000 spectators during the Cleveland National Air Show. We were not graced with favorable weather conditions throughout the weekend, but the...

Seething airfield charity Air Day. Breitling Wingwalker. - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press ...The airfield’s original control tower, which is a living memorial to the members of the 448th Bomb Group who were stationed there, was also open for visitors to marvel at the many photos, diaries and uniforms collected over the years...

B-17 Flying Fortress “Sentimental Journey” and P-51 Mustang “Red Nose” Going to Bristol, TN * Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE- One of the last flying WWII B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be available for cockpit tours and flights at the Tri-City Regional Airport, September 15th –22nd, 2014. Accompanying the Sentimental Journey on September 19th-21st will be her classic fighter escort, the North American P-51 Mustang “Red Nose.”The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the American Air Force against the industrial strength of Nazi Germany, and is widely acknowledged as having turned the tide of World War II. Of the almost 13,000 B-17s originally built, less than ten remain in flying condition and only a very few fly regularly. More than nine hundred B-17s were lost in...

Aviation Photography: Warbirds and the Men Who Flew Them * Moose Peterson | Join Moose Peterson, world-renowned wildlife and aviation photographer, alongside Scott Kelby, for a live webcast of the world premiere of Moose’s latest project. Together they’ll take us through this exhilarating documentary of two World War II pilots and the planes they loved and flew. Filmed on location with The Texas Flying Legends, this film beautifully captures the glory of these Warbirds in flight. You’ll experience the power and brilliant imagery of airplanes, such as P-51 Mustangs and B-25 Bombers, and you will see personal interviews with navigators, gunners, pilots and Tuskegee Airmen....

“The hangar wall was Crossfield's.” * Air & Space Magazine | On this day in 1954, U.S. Air Force test pilot Scott Crossfield – who's on our list of best all-time pilots - suffered an engine failure in an early North American F-100 Super Sabre and landed safely on the ramp at Edwards AFB, California. “I then...

2014-09-08 - U-2 Life Support In Palmdale * CodeOne Magazine | Every U-2 flight requires a lot of behind the scenes work. An assortment of engineers, technicians, and flight line personnel line up to support every mission. The high altitudes at which the Dragon Lady operates, however, create a unique set of responsibilities for ground support personnel. Many of these responsibilities fall on the shoulders of life support technicians....

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