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National Championship Air Races - LiveAirShowTV | Keep an eye on LiveAirShowTVs website for LIVE coverage of the 2014 Air Races. Live Broadcast today, and through the weekend! If you can't be there, this is the next best thing!

'Tiger' aims to return Strega to Reno Air Races gold - Reno Gazette Journal | The same thing that allowed seven-time Unlimited Gold champion Bill "Tiger" Destefani leave the pilot's seat of Strega after winning his seventh Unlimited Gold championship in 2008 has brought him back to it in 2014. He wanted the plane to be in good hands — hands capable of keeping the P-51 Mustang at the top of the Unlimited Class at the Reno National Championship Air Races — and had no worries when 22-year-old Steven Hinton moved into the seat and dominated the class for four years running....

F-22 Raptor Wows Crowds at National Championship Air Races. - KOLO | RENO, NV - The United States Air Force says currently there is no other aircraft that can go toe to toe with an F-22 Raptor. Crowds at the National Championship Air Races got to see why as an F-22 was on display then put on an show reaching speeds around 700 miles per hour. Breaking the sound barrier is frowned upon at the air races. There was also an aerial salute to the past as a P-51 Mustang flew side by side the fighter jet...

Reno Pilot Reflects On 1964 Air Race Win - KOLO | RENO, NV - He is proud to call himself a Reno native and in his 84 years of living, Wayne Adams has done Reno proud. He was the youngest person to win the state golf championship-- beating Ben Hogan, he adds, nonchalantly. He also was an avid skier, winning the prestigious Silver Dollar Derby up at Slide Mountain...

Reno 2014: Thursday 9-11-14 - Precious Metal Wins Bronze Unlimited (CoolPix 2Fer) * AirPigz | So, it wasn't a surprise that Thom Richard and Precious Metal easily won the Bronze Unlimited race today against two P-51's and a Corsair, but then again, everything has to work to win any race at Reno. PM sounded like she was running great but barely breathing as she easily out paced the closer-to-stock competitors. Thom finished the race with a speed of 359mph while the other P-51's, Sparky and The Rebel, were neck and neck at 319mph, and the Corsair Korean War Hero came in last at 310mph. To see the full race results for all races, go to reports.airrace.org....

Blue Angels Prepare For Star-Spangled Spectacular - CBS Local | For the Blue Angels, Thursday flights over Baltimore and Fort McHenry are a warm-up act. A way for pilots to familiarize themselves with landmarks, obstacles and airspace for a full show this weekend. But for those on the ground, even though it’s practice think it’s something special....

PHOTOS: Blue Angels take a practice run over Baltimore * Baltimore Business Journal | The Blue Angels took to the Baltimore skies Thursday afternoon for a practice run ahead of this weekend's highly anticipated air shows. The high-speed jets could be seen and heard across the city....

Blue Angels History Milestones · NHHC | Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, while serving as Chief of Naval Operations, formed the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team as a means to expose the American public to naval aviation, which had come of age during World War II. This was deemed very important in an era in which the roles and missions of the armed forces were the subject of vigorous debate. The Blue Angels performed their first air show at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida, in June 1946, and their initial show season consisted of 31 demonstrations....

Strategic Air & Space Museum 9/11 remembrance is Saturday - Nebraska Radio Network | A special remembrance program is scheduled at the Strategic Air & Space Museum near Ashland to honor the heroes of September 11, 2001. Marketing Director Deb Hermann says the guest speaker is Alfred Buckles, retired department director of operations and logistics at U-S Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base. He will focus on his role during the terrorist attacks and how 9/11 changed the world and STRATCOM’s mission. Buckles says,”The U.S. Strategic Command Presidential assigned missions were greatly modified by that event.” Buckles now serves as special advisor to Commander U.S. Strategic Command...

6th Annual Oconto EAA Warbirds Fly-In and Car/Tractor Show Saturday - Fox11online.com | OCONTO – There will be a little something for everyone at the 6th annual EAA Warbirds Fly-In and Car/Tractor show tomorrow. Dozens of different aircrafts will be on display including Yaks, L 19 Bird Dogs, an Avenger and Beech B-18....

Airport foundation to hold fly-in, drive-in breakfast - New Hampton Tribune | The New Hampton Airport Foundation will hold its first annual pancake fly-in and drive in breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 7-11 a.m. to raise money to repair the runway. New Hampton Airport Foundation Treasurer Jason Lahmann said this fundraiser is a way to get the community involved....

WWI Flying Event to Feature Interactive Educational Activities · WarbirdsNews | The 2014 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous will not only allow visitors to see great flying action from the early years of aviation, but also includes free interactive educational programs that provide a hands-on experience for the entire family, Sept. 27-28 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force...

Flying Circus Airshow: Soaring into the past - Washington Post | ...Similar to their barnstorming predecessors, the Flying Circus Airshow features wing walking, acrobatic flying, even comedy routines. Part vaudeville, part classic air show, all this takes place in a rural setting outside Bealeton, Va.,about 11 miles southeast of Warrenton. Dating back 40 years, the Flying Circus puts on a show each Sunday from early May to late October ($15 for adults, $7 for kids older than 5). You can take a biplane ride before and after (from $50 to $140)....

This Saturday at PSAM, P-40 Warhawk Open Cockpit · WarbirdsNews | Saturday, From 1 – 3 PM, Aviation enthusiast will have the opportunity to sit behind the controls of the P-40 Warhawk as the Palm Springs Air Museum hosts its traditional “Open Cockpit” event. Free activities booklet for all children. Included with regular museum admission. As part of a yearly program the “Open Cockpit” program will also give guests the opportunity to enjoy an extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 1PM -3PM each Saturday all summer long, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public...

Timeless Voices - Dave Waldrop · eaavideo.org | Dave Waldrop flew F-105s during the height of the Vietnam War, completing 100 missions. On his 53rd mission while flying with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388 Tactical Fighter Wing, he shot a MiG-17 off the the tail of another 105.

9-11 Falcon — called upon to ready for the unthinkable by travelforaircraft | Three F-16 Fighter Falcons of the 119th Fighter Wing out of Langley scrambled to provide Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over Washington DC. Of course the CAP was ordered over the capitol by the military once the terrorists attacks were known for what they were — using commercial airliners as weapons to purposely inflict casualties upon the maximum number of innocent civilians as possible.

CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow Awards 2014 Aviation Scholarship recipients - Your Houston News | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow – to be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1-2, at Ellington Airport – announced today its 2014 scholarship recipients. The recipients are: Shafer Hunt of Magnolia, Lindsey Hurley of Spring, Amanda Ratliff of Cypress, and repeat recipient Carisma Gutierrez of Houston. Scholarships were awarded to outstanding college students in Texas who are pursuing an education in the fields of aviation or aerospace...

It's the air museum grounded by a Stormont dogfight, but as our writer found out on a personal tour, this show really could take off * Belfast Telegraph | ...The Ulster Aviation Society has been collecting and repairing old aircraft and bits of aircraft. They have ejector seats and radar. They have old radios and helmets and little models even. They have bits of planes being assembled in corners by men who love doing that sort of thing. They also have a letter from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board asking for details of their coming events for the next year....

There are 100 years: the first aerial victory of the history of world aviation *  Passion for aviation | It is in the sky of the Champagne that there will be exactly one hundred years in a few days, took place the first aerial victory of the global aviation history, founding the Marne event, such as the Army air, are preparing to celebrate. On the morning of October 5, 1914, a German plane was indeed shot down by a French biplane a few miles northwest of Reims....

Flying heroine Amy Johnson helped Luton Airport take off - Luton Today | Luton Airport was officially opened on July 16, 1938 as Luton Municipal Airport. The ceremony was performed by Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, and crowds flocked to the airport to see the various flying displays put on to celebrate the occasion...

Eric Rush * Friday's Fabulous Flyer, Flight To Success | "I had been up a few times in small airplanes, but flying didn't inspire me the way reading about it did until I went for a short ride in an open-cockpit biplane in 1974. Before I was back on the ground, I knew I was going to learn to fly and earn my living in airplanes."...

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