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Red Bull Air Race's Surprise New Destination May Be Most Scenic of All - Jaunted | With less than a month until the first Red Bull Air Race, the "world's fastest motorsport" is already going above and beyond by adding new dates and a new destination to the race calendar for 2014. Rovinj, Croatia will join Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur ..

S. Korean aerobatic team to attend Singapore Airshow - GlobalPost | 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military aerobatic team will attend Asia's largest air show in Singapore next week with a squadron of eight T-50B trainer jets, the Air Force said Monday. The Black Eagles aerobatic team departed Jeju International Airport ...

Hummingbird and Hornet set to thrill crowds at Waddington - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Spanish Air Force helicopter display team will fly their first ever UK display at the RAF Waddington International Air Show this year.

Air acrobatics this weekend - Cootamundra Herald | “We do the same kind of tricks as the planes in the Red Bull air races but just on a smaller scale,” he said. “It is also a different format because they are competing in a race while our judging criteria is solely based on how well the manouvres are ...

Bush pilots' flying skills delight crowd - Marlborough Express | Healthy Bastards bush pilot championships at Omaka Air field, Marlborough. Chief flying instructor at Marlborough Aero club Travers Tennant directs take offs and landings. In the background Bruce Gibson from Blenheim in a Piper PA180-160. Jock...

Join us on our FIRST ever west coast tour! - CAF Red Tail Squadron | From the icy cold of Minnesota, winter home of our exhibit and hangar of the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s “Tuskegee Airmen” P-51C Mustang, comes an exciting announcement. We’re headed out to spread our inspirational message in sunny southern California! With the generous donations collected by...

Elgin celebrates black vets, Tuskegee Airmen - Elgin Courier News | Rapier said the Chicago chapter now works with the Experimental Aircraft Association's “Young Eagles” project to help kids literally to expand their horizons by offering anybody age 8 to 17 a free flight in an airplane. The planes used are two Piper ...

Pioneers & Aviators – Avolon * Fly Me Friendly | Some time ago I helped a friend of mine based in Ireland who performs research & production tasks for documentaries. The project team she was part of were putting together a new movie about Irish aviation and its heritage. It turns out that the movie was commissioned by Avolon (an aircraft leasing company) and is called Pioneers & Aviators. The movie covers the history of aviation in Ireland ranging from ...

Roger Peterson’s Last Flight… 55 Years Ago - Photorecon.net | Every pilot has a last flight. Some will know this is THE last flight before takeoff and others simply will not. Roger Peterson’s last flight was on February 3, 1959 and when he took off, he had no idea this was going to be his last flight. There was also one question that few people have ever asked; what happened...

When Handed Snow, Make Snow-Creme · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | ...Myself, I've always liked snow.  Give me a winter with the ground covered in white and I can handle it. Most people though seem to feel otherwise.  But why fight it?  Why not make the most of it?  February 8th, 2014 will be your chance. On that date, the skiplane fly-in at Pioneer Airport is set to go.  43 planes are already registered so it could be lots-o-fun.  I've also noticed there's no shortage of photos online of planes with skiis fitted?  Therefore it seems many of you have at least dipped your toes; why not jump in?  If you think you might, keep reading....

Control Tower Nantes-Atlantique - Translated | In 1928, near the Château de Grump was created airfield essentially military use, on a plot of 50 hectares along the road from Nantes to Paimbœuf. Plant facilities Breguet was greeted at Brossais in 1934-1935 with a connection to the airfield. In 1939, the grass strip is replaced by a...

Sentimental Journey: Jimmy Stewart and the DC-3 - The Lexicans | I know I didn’t need to add anything else...

Video shows Angry Afghan Villagers stoning wreck of U.S. Predator Drone - The Aviationist | An American UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) crashes in Afghanistan. Local people stone it. The following footage made its first appearance on Facebook a couple of days ago. It allegedly shows what seems to be a group of Afghans stoning the wreck of a (most probably American) MQ-1 Predator drone, while other people cheer and laugh...

Day 12 - January 25, 2014 - TeenFlight! | Some wing parts were finally in use today. | Team Green got a headstart on the wing kit this session, and spent the day working on the wing spars. This included preparing the attach angles, doublers, and tie-downs; then attaching all those parts. The students got to practice tapping the tie-downs in order to fit an eye screw. The spars will serve as the main framework for the wings, providing the most support for the forces and weight loads placed on them...

Must See GoPro Video: Re-Experience Felix Baumgartner's Jump From The Edge Of Space (Red Bull Stratos) - AirPigz | This GoPro video was just released on Friday and it's already well past 3 million views... and it's easy to understand why once you've seen it. It's an all-new view of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos jump from nearly 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, and for me it was every bit as intense seeing it from these seven GoPro cameras as it was seeing it live on October 14, 2012....

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera - The Aviationist | 11 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while entering higher atmosphere. Attack chopper camera filmed it.

Virgin Galactic’s Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight Takes Space Seriously! - WarBirdBabe | On January 10, 2014, the WhiteKnightTwo, Virgin Galactic’s beautiful “Carrier Aircraft ” deployed SpaceShipTwo, a reusable space vehicle, where at an altitude of 46,000 feet, its rocket engine fired for only 20 seconds and propelled her to the intended altitude of 71,000 feet – ¼ the distance to outer space. This is a staggering altitude which only the SR-71 surpassed at an “unclassified” altitude of 86,000 feet....

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Mike Goulian: 5 part video feature on our team by LiveAirShowTV · Mike Goulian Airshows | Very excited to be able to announce a 5 part video feature on our team by LiveAirShowTV. Titled, Inside Airshows, the series will give you a true "behind the scenes" look at an air show weekend for our team. It's very cool. Have a look at the teaser:

U.S. Sport Aviation Expo Just Around the Corner - EAA | December 19, 2013 - The 10th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is coming up fast - January 16-19, 2014 - at the Sebring Regional Airport (SEB) in Florida. This year will feature more than 160 exhibitors displaying homebuilt and light-sport aircraft, aviation accessories, a wide variety of avionics, and more. A full slate of aviation forums is also scheduled....

Bahrain air show set to take off - Trade Arabia | Final preparations are underway to host the third Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) at the Sakhir Air Base next month. The three-day event, from January 16 until 18, is expected to attract up to 20,000 trade visitors from more than 25 countries ...

Twizel Airshow bites the dust - JACQUIE WEBBY | After 10 successful years, the Twizel Airshow, billed in 2012 as Wings Over Water, has come back to earth. Wings Over Water spokesman James Leslie said the Twizel Airshow had gone into recess but the seed capital remained in case other people wanted to step up and run the event. "Regretfully, the show in 2012 was the last one, unless someone chooses to revive it," he said...

Pilots confirmed for Jet Racing - Scoop.co.nz | A NASA astronaut who has completed six space shuttle flights has been confirmed as one of the pilots taking part in high-speed jet racing at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Colonel Curtis Brown of the United States was flight commander on two of his six space missions and is also a five times Reno Jet Air Race Champion. Alongside Curtis in the “Reno” team contesting the #GigatownWanaka Jet races will be three times Red Bull World Air Race champion, Mike Mangold....

Fresh faces on Warbirds Board - Scoop.co.nz | Wanaka businessman and Community Board member, Ross McRobie has taken over as Chairman of the board which oversees the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow....

French Association Réplic’Air Plans to Build a Dewoitine D.551 - Warbirds News | As reported by  World Warbird News the French association Réplic’Air has announced its intention to build a flyable  Dewoitine D.551, and have it fly by June 2017 at the latest. The aircraft, a derivative of the famous Dewoitine D.520 fighter, never flew as France was defeated before it could be produced...

War hero James Flint dies at age of 100 - nottinghampost.com | ...Returning from one mission, his Hampden was damaged by German fighters. The bomber was ditched near the Norfolk coast. Pilot and crew escaped from the sinking aircraft. Jim clambered back, found the navigator, pulled him to the escape hatch and hauled him to the shore...

RIVERSIDE: Woman, 92, recalls days as WWII aviator - Press-Enterprise | Margot DeMoss wouldn’t think of bailing out of a burning plane. DeMoss, a female aviator during World War II, shut off the motor and glided to a successful landing. “It was very dangerous,” she said. “You got flames and a big tank of gasoline. The fire would have blown me up if I hadn’t turned the key off.” DeMoss, 92, recalled the experience as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. She and another female pilot were honored at a military ball in November at the Pechanga Resort and Casino near Temecula...

Timeless Voices - Clarence "Clancy" Hess · eaavideo.org | Clancy Hess had his first flight lesson with air racer Johnny Livingston in 1930. He was a charter member of AOPA in 1939, flew dive bombers as a Marine aviator during World War Two, and had a 32-year flying career with American Airlines.

Time to recall GA’s World War II heroes - General Aviation News | This year marked the final roll call for brave World War II fliers fading from the scene. No, it wasn’t the Doolittle Raiders, whose four survivors (three present) celebrated their final reunion last month. There’s another band of brothers: Some of GA’s World War II heroes who reunited annually for more than 60 years. Their last squadron-mate “flew West” this year...

Model Aviation Club Raises $76,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project - Fly RC | Muncie, IN -A total of $76,000 dollars was raised for and presented to the Wounded Warrior Project as a result of the efforts of the Academy of Model Aeronautics and its chartered clubs that participated in the inaugural National Model Aviation Day on August 17, 2013, by...

Understated - Flight To Success | T.H.ursdays with Tom Hill | ...Like all aircraft, a T-38 flight begins with a takeoff. When you’re used to gliders and Cessna’s, the T-38 takeoff with its afterburners can be quite impressive. It might even feel like a “kick in the pants” on a cold day when the afterburners kick in just after the brakes are released. The takeoff can be memorable, at least until you fly something with real power, like an F-15 or F-16...

Helicopter Pilot Slides Aircraft Across Ice Near Skaters - Aero-News Network  | Some Think He Should Lose Flying Privileges For The Staged Stunt It was one of those things that probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Eight Canadians who had gone by helicopter in search of the perfect frozen lake for a hockey game wound up as part of a controversy after the pilot of one of the aircraft skidded his helo across the ice through a group of skaters.

Young Pilot Uses EAA Youth Programs to Earn His Ticket - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | After Eric Beets, EAA 1078480, took a Young Eagles flight on January 15, 2012, the 17-year-old high school student from Burlington, Wisconsin, made the decision that he would become a private pilot. Thanks to his determination and the EAA Young Eagles Flight Plan, Eric passed his checkride on April 5, 2013.

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Walmart to Install Surface-to-Air Missiles on Store Rooftops to Shoot Down Amazon Drones - sUAS News | Bentonville, AR — Walmart today announced plans to install mini surface-to-air missile batteries on the rooftops of all 4,786 store locations across the United States. The missiles will exclusively target Amazon Prime Air drones. The new concept called Walmart Megatron is the latest effort to drive customers back to retail locations. While Walmart’s growth has remained steady, it has been unable to keep pace with online retailers such as Amazon...

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Thousands expected for air show - The Citizen | It’s a weekend filled with breathtaking aerial stunts, roaring jet trucks, rock concerts, fireworks and activities for fun seekers of all ages. The Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) will return to Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field, Peachtree City, October 11-13 with a new line-up that promises to dazzle, entertain and inspire aviation enthusiasts and future aviators, engineers and scientists. The weekend will kick-off Friday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. when the gates open for the first ever night show that includes a concert and fireworks...

Red Bull Air Race coming to Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth Star Telegram | Air racing was created in 2003, but there haven't been races since 2010 as the sport reorganized and worked to improve safety, according to an announcement from Red Bull. “We like doing things no one expects. I think the thing that will be so appealing ...

Red Bull Air Race Finally Returns, Will Zoom Through Two US Cities in 2014 - Jaunted | After three years of quiet, the "world's fastest motorsport" is getting back up into the air as the Red Bull Air Race World Championships announces race dates for 2014, beginning as early as February. Of the seven races throughout the year, two will take place on American soil: Dallas in September and Las Vegas in October...

AIR RACE: Putrajaya to host Red Bull World Championship - New Straits Times | MALAYSIA has been chosen as one of six countries to host the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Known as the world's fastest motorsport series, the championship will start in Abu Dhabi in February next year. Red Bull Air Race GmbH chief executive officer Erich Wolf said the foray into Asia is important and therefore Putrajaya was picked as one of the venues for the air race.    "It is a modern city and we hope to introduce this sport to Malaysians," he said during a press conference yesterday....

FOX Sports Signs 3-Year Deal to Broadcast Red Bull World Series - Broadway World | Today, Fox Sports and Red Bull Media House announced a three-year agreement to broadcast THE RED BULL WORLD SERIES; the largest U.S. licensing deal in Red Bull Media House history. For the first time, all four global sporting series created by Red Bull will be made available in the U.S., uniting on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 starting in 2014...

Coolidge Airport holds first monthly fly-in of season - TriValley Central | There was plenty of eye candy at Coolidge Municipal Airport on Oct. 5. Five war planes flew together, including moments where they seemed too close for comfort...

Thousands of aviation enthusiasts look forward to next air show - WMC-TV | The Memphis Air Show took flight on Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29 and was a Mid-South success. Over two dozen planes were on hand as static displays representing all branches of the military and civilian aircraft. Several of the crowd favorites included the precision flight team of the Canadian Snowbirds and the Lucas Oil Parachute Team. (See below for a more detailed list of other performers.) About 30 newly painted and maintenance aircraft sat in straight rows on the shimmering tarmac at the 2013 Memphis Air Show...

Sky's the limit at Embry-Riddle air show - Prescott Daily Courier | A black, white, and blue Edge 540 rips through the sky and tumbles artfully, performing for a crowd of more than 300 students, alumni, and guests. Melissa Pemberton, a 2005 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate, was one of three aerobatic performers at the "Wings Out West" air show Saturday morning at Prescott Airport. "It was encouraging to see a woman who graduated with my same major (perform)," said spectator Savannah Vairin, an ERAU junior....

2nd annual Warbirds Over Paso - Paso Robles Press | Several thousand people attended the Warbirds Over Paso Air Show on Saturday at the Paso Robles Airport. The event was organized by the Estrella Warbirds Museum and featured the World War II planes from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino. Planes were on...

Fall Activities At The New Englad Air Museum - Warbirds News | On Sunday, October 13th the Museum will hold an Open Cockpit Day.  Visitors can climb into up to 12 aircraft including the A-10 Warthog, the P-47 Thunderbolt, the DC-3 airliner, jet fighters, helicopters and more.   On this day the Museum is also pleased to host the Second Annual Great New England RC Swap Meet.  Museum visitors will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of RC aviation from area remote control airplane enthusiasts.  All types of...

Lt. Vern Greenwood flew 33 mission in B-24 bomber in Pacific during WW II - War Tales | This was Greenwood’s bomber crew. He is the fellow at the far left squatting. Next to him is George Price, pilot of the four-engine bomber who Greenwood said was the best B-24 pilot in the Air Corps. The picture was taken on Morotai Island in the Pacific in 1945 Photo provided Vern Greenwood of Punta Gorda, Fla. signed up for the Aviation Cadet Program on Dec. 1, 1942, almost a year after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor dragging the United States into World War II....

Commemorative Air Force needs your support - Orange County Breeze | The Commemorative Air Force Inland Empire Wing (CAF IEW), a 501(c)3 non-profit, has shouldered the mission to make sure that future generations never forget our gallant men and women — and their aircraft — who flew to protect our nation and way of life. The CAF is dedicated to honoring American military aviation and those that served....

Nobuo Harada To Rebuild The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa - Warbirds News | Nobuo Harada, a collector of World War II-era Japanese aircraft, is now rebuilding a rare fighter plane from components recovered overseas in the hope of keeping wartime memories alive. Harada is  businessman born and raised in Tokio whose business  is import and export of cars. Mr Harada funded the Kawaguchiko Car Museum ,e is also a warbird enthusiast, and owner and restorer of several Zeros.The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa was used by the former Imperial Japanese Army,Hayabusa means falcon in Japanese.

'Old Blue,' a key part of Unity museum, has frigid flight history - Tribune-Review | It had been 30 years since Mike McCann saw the single-engine airplane he pulled from Alaska's frozen tundra, then hauled piece by piece to a nearby river to be shipped to Montana for rebuilding. “It's bigger than I remember,” McCann, 61, said when he was reunited with the plane on Tuesday at the KLBE Air Museum at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. “The last time I saw it was heading out of Billings.” The Stinson V-77 Reliant, dubbed “Old Blue,” was one of 1,327 built between 1939 and 1949. It is the same model of airplane that flew the first scheduled airmail pick-up at Latrobe in 1939...

The Hunt for Houdini’s Airplane - Air & Space Magazine | He wasn’t the first magician to attempt flight. As early as the 1800s, at least four others used balloon ascensions to stir up publicity. But Harry Houdini was the only illusionist to set a record recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale: On March 18, 1910, he made the first heavier-than-air flight in Australia, taking off from Diggers Rest, a field roughly 20 miles from Melbourne...

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Live Air Show TV:  2012 Reno Air Races - Saturday Live Update | ...our report with Steven Hinton from the Strega Pit just minutes after he won the Unlimited Gold race on Saturday. Hear what the team still has to do before tomorrows Gold Final. Our expanded coverage will post later tonight, and we hope to have the 2012 Gold Unlimited Champion on just seconds after he takes the trophy.

Photos: Today at the Reno Air Races in Stead from RGJ.com  | RGJ photographer Marilyn Newton sent in a few photos from today's action at the Reno National Championship Races at Reno Stead Airport.

CoolPix Triple Play - Chasing Strega At Pylon 4 (Reno 9-14-12) from AirPigz by Martt | It was a great day of racing on Friday September 15th at Reno 2012, and it was capped off with an Unlimited Heat at the end of the day. I had the golden opportunity to be out at pylon 4 for that race to work on my photographic skills shooting airplanes going almost 500 mph that aren't very far away! I have so much to learn to do a really great job, but I did get several decent images that I'll be sharing before long. I really liked this one of Strega tho, partly because it...

Thunderbirds amaze air show crowd - Belleville News Democrat | A member of the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team is about to land with the American flag to officially start the airshow on Saturday. This was just one of many displays at the 2012 Airpower Over the Midwest air show, held at Scott Air ...

VIDEO: Check out the Oceana Air Show this weekend | WTKR.com ... by Doris Taylor WTKR | Juliet Bickford was out all day on Friday to watch all the high-flying fun! ...

Crowdes pack Oceana for annual air show - WAVY-TV | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Crowds packed Naval Air Station Oceana Saturday to see some high flying acrobatics in the annual air show. Check out the video to the left of this page to see WAVY.com photojournalist Drew Smith's video composition of ...

Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show - WHAG | The 167th Airlift Wing along with the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport and the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle partnered to host the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge open house and 2012 air show. Despite the devastating plane crash last September ...

Marines practice 'wall of fire' pyrotechnics display - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Marine Corps Base Hawaii received approval from the state Department of Health to conduct special-effects displays to simulate bomb blasts and fires during rehearsals and when the Blue Angels and other high-flying acts take to the air over the base ...

Wings of Freedom III planning under way - Sidney Herald Leader | 7-8, 2013, at the Sidney/Richland Airport. Featured act will be AeroShell Aerobatic Team, which is a four-plane, AT 6 precision flying formation. Other new acts will include the Shockwave Jet Truck, Skip Stewart Air Shows and Jeff Boerboon Aerobatics.

New York National Guard participates in Africa's largest Trade and Air Show ... - DVIDS | "Our participation in the air show demonstrates the strength of the New York and Republic of South Africa state partnership," said Col. Ray Shields, the Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard. " Taking part in this event will help ...

2012 California Capital Airshow - Sacramento, California - TVR Photography Photo Gallery

Red Arrows pick two Bath pilots for 2013 team - This is Bath | The Red Arrows will return to a nine-plane formation after flying with seven for much of this year, following the deaths of Flt Lt Jon Egging and Flt Lt Sean Cunningham in separate accidents in 2011. The other new pilot is Flt Lt Mark Lawson, 34, from ...

Red Arrows announce new line-up - BBC News | Related Stories. Behind the scenes with the Red Arrows · Red Arrows announce new line-up · New Red Arrows pilot is announced. The Red Arrows have announced details of their new line-up for the 2013 display season. The team will get three new pilots ...

Aerobatics team soars at Berlin Air Show - PhotoBlog - NBC News | An aerobatics team from the Turkish Air Force performs during the second day of the Berlin Air Show (ILA) at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15. The aviation trade show south of Berlin takes place from Sept...

The Frecce Tricolori give emotions - PuntoAlbenga | Albenga. Here they are the Frecce Tricolori who fall in love over the world for their stunts. Today, thousands of people attended flight tests in view of the spectacle of the sky that will take place next Sunday from 15.30 in heaven ...

A Tribute to Bob Odegaard from Fargo AirSho by jimb |KINDRED, N.D. – One of Bob Odegaard’s many aerial performances included an appearance a few weeks ago with the Texas Flying Legends to honor former President George H.W. Bush on his birthday.  Friends and well-wishers learned of that appearance Wednesday, when Odegaard, a flying legend who died Friday while practicing for an air show in Valley City, was laid to rest here...

World War II from a WASP's point of view topic of seniors meeting in Florham Park - New Jersey Hills | Haydu is an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro and into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame. She is also the author of “Letters From Home,” based on leters her mother had saved. Chapter meetings are held on the ...

Getting history Wright Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first ... - Burlington Hawk Eye | Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first airplane, flight. By WILLIAM SMITH wsmith@thehawkeye.com. With the 2012 Southeast Iowa Air Show only a week away, it seemed appropriate Wilbur Wright would stop by the Burlington Public Library Friday.

Pilot explains what taking off with an F-15 at night looks like: “it’s like being in a dark tunnel and going super fast” from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video shows interesting footage of the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  The Wing has done night flight training last week and the NBC has filmed the F-15s taking off in the dark in full afterburner and talked with Lt.Col. Jeffrey Edwards, an “Eagle driver”...

National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 1 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | Ok, so still in catch up mode, but this will be worth while... While staying in Edinburgh, Moira, Ken and I took a trip out to Scotland's National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, an old airbase and civilian airfield. The only flying that happens there now is some microlight activity, but what I was really interested in was the museum side of things...

National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | In this next post, I cover off most of the other "heavy metal" at the museum. Unfortunately, most of it is outside, and deteriorating because of that, but still good to see them.

Video: Mosquito Trailer from stickandrudderWTO

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Crowds wing it to Ellington for the air show - Houston Chronicle | Show visitors get a view from the cockpit aboard an Air Force plane Saturday during the 27th annual Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Field. Visitors also had the opportunity to chat with pilots. ...

Cleveland air race a thrill for pilots and spectators - Your Houston News | Pilots turned out in force to compete in an old-fashioned cross-country race against each other over a 150-mile course during the thrilling event, sanctioned by the Sport Air Racing League. Airport Manager Alf Vien said he thought there was a great ...

Plane Makes Crash Landing At Airport - WJXT Jacksonville | Florida Highway Patrol officials are investigating a plane crash at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport Saturday. A World War II model P-51 Mustang plane was landing at the St. Augustine airport when its right landing gear collapsed, ...

CALIFORNIAN GO!: SR-71 Symposium set for March Field Air Museum - North County Times | RIVERSIDE ---- March Field Air Museum will be hosting its third SR-71 Symposium on Oct. 22-23. Twenty-two former SR-71 personnel will lead discussions, sign books and be available for photo opportunities during the two-day event at the museum. ...

WWII vet recounts Doolittle's Raid in a B-25 – HeraldNet | Ed Saylor of Puyallup, 91, one of the few remaining survivors of the group known as Doolittle's Raiders, the crew members of 16 B-25s that made a daring attack on Japan in April 1942. The raid, with Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane, ...

Aviation history celebrated at Millville Army Air Field Museum - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com | By Jim Cook Jr./The News of Cumberland County Staff photo by Jim Cook Jr. Pilot Buzz Cortese about to take off in his North American T-6 Texan, featured at the Millville Army Air Field Museum Aviation Celebration 2011 last Saturday. ...

Curtiss P-40 E featured in 'The Flying Tigers,' new exhibit opening ...  by Ho'okele Staff | The aircraft is a memorial to Robert Prescott, Flying Tiger Line founder American Volunteer Group (AVG) ace , and the Flying Tigers in China, which consisted of AVG pilots recruited from U.S. Forces and contracted with the ...

'Top Gun 2' Has Some Writers, But No Word On The Story - Screen Junkies | Regardless, it's got a crack producing duo behind it in Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison, so chances are if these guys want it to get made, it will get made. Of course, the gazillion-dollar question is whether or not the man himself, Tom Cruise will ...

It must be the full moon!  from VAF Forums by pierre smith | Team RV at the Boshears Memorial air show/fly-in were on top of their game ....again!  Photo credit: Dean Wingard from Augusta.  Another RV owner and friend from Beaufort, S.C, Tim Verroi, was there and I enjoyed watching his jaw drop while watching Team RV, that he had never seen perform!  While the 5-ship was circling the skydiver with our flag, he remarked that "Those guys are really good!" to which I replied, "You ain't see nuthin' yet!"  With their opening act and the 4-ship hammerhead turns, he was beside himself:)...then they looped in formation and barrel-rolled…

The Sky Challenge Air Race Launched

A new city centre air race format has been launched which is forecast to change the way we watch sport. The Sky Challenge Air Race uses new technology to allow high speed aerobatic aircraft to fly against each other through a computer generated course.

“We’ve invented an interactive digital course for the planes to fly though” said Sky Challenge CEO Peter Newport at the Oshkosh air show in the United States. “This solves all of the problems of running air races for event spectators and TV viewers – people just want to see the thrill of the world’s best pilots in a true head to head race.”

City centre competitions have, up until now, been flown as time trials by individual planes against the clock due to the technical challenge of keeping the aircraft on their own individual tracks.

The Sky Challenge Air Race displays the digital course for each plane on a screen inside the aircraft cockpit. Military grade technology keeps each pilot on their own individual track – which can adjust in real time to mistakes or short cuts made by the pilot. “This means that the first plane across the finish line is always the winner” said Peter Newport. “We’ve done away with the need for post finish penalty points and will give spectators and TV audiences the chance to experience a brand new type of live sport.”

Mid size and large cities, preferably with a river, beach or harbour near the city centre, are the targets for the Sky Challenge Air Race. The package being offered to host cities will include global TV coverage, outdoor screens to bring every aspect of the action live to the spectators and an interactive game which allows millions of online virtual pilots to fly the same city centre course.

“It’s the perfect promotional package for a city wanting to market itself globally and a chance to showcase the actual city – not the inside of a sports stadium” said Newport. “We’re offering the opportunity to bring hundreds of thousands of spectators into the city centre – which will produce huge economic benefits with no need for expensive facilities to be built and very little disruption to the infrastructure of the host city.”

Technical testing of the Sky Challenge Air Race has been completed and the interactive digital course is protected by patent applications which have been filed around the world. The interactive course can be developed for all types of sport and is not limited to air racing. The Sky Challenge Air Race is already engaged in initial talks with a number of cities and invites further expressions of interest prior to the start of a formal bid process. New video has been posted on the Sky Challenge website and You Tube to mark the Oshkosh launch.

Contact: Peter Newport, CEO  peter.newport@skychallenge.com  http://www.skychallenge.com/

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Blue Angels to perform during Yankee Air Museum's 'Thunder over Michigan' air ... - The Republic | The Yankee Air Museum says the Blue Angels military demonstration team is coming to southeastern Michigan this month. The museum says the US Navy's Blue Angels will perform during the "Thunder Over Michigan" air show. It's scheduled for July 23-24. ...

From staff reports - Pensacola News Journal | US Navy Blue Angels will participate in a full dress rehearsal Friday. This year's show, including the Blue Angels and other military and civilian aircraft, begins at noon Saturday. Cost: Free. Casino Beach, Pensacola Beach, Robbie Lofty, 932-2257. ...

Local A-10 pilots seek to set record - Shreveport Times | On July 15, the four Barksdale-based Air Force Reserve pilots will carve their names into aviation history by surpassing a total of 20000 combined cockpit hours in their A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jets. The four, all lieutenant colonels, ...

Set a world record, get a leather jacket to prove it  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Need just a little more incentive to attempt a world record? From July 6 through Sept. 30, pilots setting a world record through the National Aeronautic Association in a fixed-wing aircraft will be eligible to receive a leather flight jacket inscribed with the NAA Logo and the words "World Record Holder." Continue Reading »

RAF's biggest aircraft to take Air Tattoo bow - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | THE first public appearance of the Royal Air Force's largest and newest aircraft will take place at the Royal International Air Tattoo next month. The much-anticipated A330 tanker will feature on static display at the airshow at RAF Fairford on July ...

Kodiak Jack's owner steps in to save Mayor's Breakfast again - Oshkosh Northwestern | For the second time in three years, Kodiak Jack's owner Lee Englemann has stepped forward to sustain the Mayor's Breakfast during AirVenture later this month. The event, scheduled for the morning of Friday, July 29, at the Leach Amphitheater, ...

Aviation celebration held at Caldwell Airport – KTVB | She is on a panel with other pilots like Joe "Rifle" Shetterly, Greg Poe and members of the Idaho Division of aeronautics. Both Morgan and Poe hope by sharing their adventures in space, local kids will be inspired to explore the wonders of flight and ...

Burbank throwing big party to celebrate 100th anniversary - Los Angeles Daily News | The animatronic dinosaur, the B-25 Mitchell bombers and fireworks inspired by films will all be part of the city of Burbank's centennial celebration on Friday. Dubbed the Party of the Century, the free festivities are expected to draw more than 10000 ...

History takes wing - ReporterHerald.com | Three World War II-era warplanes, from top a P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator, will visit the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport this weekend. They are flying museums, ...

First aeroplane flight from Liverpool to Manchester recreated 100 years ago today - Liverpool Daily Post | FIVE light aircraft will take off from Liverpool John Lennon Airport this morning to recreate the first aeroplane flight from Liverpool to Manchester exactly 100 years ago. Aviator Henry Melly, the first man in ...

Vintage flights were fantastic - Edmonton Journal | Big thanks to astronaut Chris Hadfield and the pilots of Vintage Wings of Canada for the terrific flyby and great flights for the public at Airfest at the Alberta Aviation Museum on Canada Day. ...

Aviation history comes to life at Paine Field - Military & Aerospace Electronics | Attractions include one-of-a-kind and rare aircraft restored to pristine condition by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at the Flying Heritage Collection and by local attorney and businessman John Sessions at the Historic Flight Foundation, ...

Big Sky Air Race ready for takeoff - Helena Independent Record | It's the first time the Sport Air Racing League, a nationwide group, will hold an event in Montana. The league has about 20 races a year with a grassroots spirit reminiscent of the early days of NASCAR, with the only prize being bragging rights. ...

Saluki Fly Girls place highly at Air Race Classic - Media Newswire | CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Erin Jackson and Melanie Murdock believed they performed well last week during the shortened 2011 Air Race Classic. (Media-Newswire.com) - CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Erin Jackson and Melanie Murdock believed they performed well last week ...

Paris-Madrid Air Race 1911-2011  from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | 100 years ago, the idea of flying an 800-mile cross-country anywhere was a grand and dangerous adventure.  With aerodynamics not yet a science and aircraft powered by the self-destructive engines of that day, it took a brave pilot to even make the attempt.  The Paris-Madrid race of 1911 was a disaster from the start, and yet one man managed to achieve triumph despite the tragedy…

Restored B-26 graces the skies again  from Air Force Times - News by Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette | It took more than 12 years, 12,000 man-hours and $200,000, but the B-26B World War II bomber that was restored by the local Historical Aircraft Squadron is returning to its owners…

The T-6 Texan in South African service  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Following my recent three-part Weekend Wings series on the South African Air Force (SAAF), I've had a couple of questions from warbird enthusiasts about the North American T-6 Texan trainer in South African service. I thought I'd put up the details and some pictures in a separate blog post…

Airport Appreciation Days getting off the ground - The Banner-Graphic | This event also marks the eighth year the event will allow Young Eagles and children aged 8 to 17 to fly around Putnam County, said Jack Sutton, member of the Appreciation Days Group. "We're hoping someday it will be a county-wide event," Sutton said, ...

Old 1930’s aviation goodness. Though, some seem to argue...  from You like airplanes, too?  Old 1930’s aviation goodness. Though, some seem to argue that is not an accurate depiction because neither the mechanic or the engine are covered in oil. :) Photo by James Vaughan.  Full version here.

July 7 – This Day In Aviation History  from Aviation Earth | In 1914… American physics professor, Robert H. Goddard receives a patent for his two-stage solid fuel rocket. (OTM) In 1929… Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. inaugurates a 48-hour combined rail and air passenger service from coast to coast in the U.S. Colonel Charles Lindbergh flies the first plane over the air route. (OTM) In 1962… Colonel…

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