Alan Crawford - update after Surgery 2 · LiveAirShowTV | Here's is the update on Alan Crawford's 2nd surgery late yesterday from his daughter Christina...
Chip Yates Awarded Louis Bleriot Medal by FAI · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Chip Yates, founder and head of the Flight of the Century, has been honored by the Federation Aeronautique International for records set in 2013. Chip’s web site announced the honor last week. “Record-setting entrepreneur and pioneer Chip Yates will be honored on October 16 by the World Air Sports Federation (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) for changing the course of aviation history...
Taking a ride with the Blue Angels * First Coast News | Clay County Teacher of the Year Matt Boyack is riding in one of these Blue Angels as part of the Navy's Key Influencer Program. It's designed to reward community leaders for a job well done...
Bringing back a thriving community because of NAS JAX Airshow * First Coast News | Owners of a small strip of businesses across the street from NAS JAX hopes this weekend's airshow brings them back to a time when things were a lot busier. "Yukon used to be a thriving town, but now a lot of people don't even know we're here," said...
Airshow gives visitors chance inside ARJ21 jet * ecns | Visitors to an airshow in Zhuhai will be able to get on board China's domestically developed ARJ21 regional jet for the first time, the organizers told a press conference in Shanghai yesterday. Two ARJ21 jets will be on display at the 10th Airshow...
Blue Angels, Vietnam War tribute highlight 30th annual CAF Wings Over ... * Your Houston News | Air Force Heritage Flight: Heritage Flight performances of modern military aircraft flying with World War II, Korea or Vietnam era fighters dramatically display USAF airpower history. • World War II Airpower Demo: Recreates many famous battles from...
Radio-Controlled Planes Star In Laid-Back Fly-In at Lakeland Linder Airport * The Ledger | "It's a fly-in. That means it's not a competition," Tiano said. "They just come for the camaraderie, to come out and fly together." Foushi said planes can range from World War I era planes to modern day jets. All of the models are scaled-down versions...
'We can just have fun', says Paul Bonhomme ahead of Red Bull Air Race World ... * Cambridge News | AIR RACING: "The pressure is off" going into the final round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Austria this weekend, according to reigning champion Paul Bonhomme. That admission comes as a result of the Hinxton pilot knowing he has to rely...
2014 Reno Report * Story and Photos By Pete Shirk | Race 5 Voodoo - the winner of the 2014 Unlimited Gold. If your idea of good air racing is competition among several fairly matched runners, rather than repetitive domination by a favored past winner, then 2014 was your year at Reno. Great racing did happen but actually more on Saturday than Sunday. Not that the Gold Race on Sunday was boring, but by then, events had narrowed the field. Good air racing took place the entire week, but Saturday’s Unlimited Gold Heat 3 was a finish unlike anything I can remember, having been going there since 1965...
Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72, The World’s Fastest Piston-Powered Seaplane · WarbirdsNews By Luigino 
Caliaro | On October 23rd eighty years ago, Francesco Agello and the Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72 achieved the absolute world speed record for a piston-powered seaplane; a record which still stands to this day...
Special Exhibits Opening Saturday, October 25th: Celebrating the “Mystery S” & Walter Beech Air Race Trophies * wichitahistory.org | One of the legendary racing planes of the era rolled out of Wichita’s Travel Air plant in 1929. It was the result of an experimental project conducted in a restricted area of the Travel Air plant by a few employees who designed and built the plane in their spare time. Travel Air called its plane simply the Model R, but the Wichita newspapers, in reporting rumors of Walter Beech’s secret racing plane, dubbed it the “Mystery Ship” or “Mystery S.”...
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Young Eagles to fly Sunday at airport * Richmond Register | From 1 to 4 p.m., youngsters from ages 8 to 17 will be given free airplane rides by members of local Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 892 as part of the EAA's National Young Eagles Program. After their flight, Young Eagles will be able to log...
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