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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.