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Pete Mcleod Wins Red Bull Air Race In Las Vegas * AvStop | Pete McLeod of Canada was declared the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop in Las Vegas on Sunday after heavy winds forced the cancellation of the flying in the first of three final rounds. McLeod won the first race of his career by virtue of being the fastest qualifier on Saturday...

Blue Angels highlight Wings Over Houston Airshow · General Aviation News | HOUSTON — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to Houston for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1-2, at Ellington Airport. Produced by the Commemorative Air Force, the non-profit airshow also will feature a tribute to Vietnam War veterans with a flight demonstration of aircraft from that era, as well as a display of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall during the show and open to the public free on Friday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m...

Nice video recap of the San Francisco Fleet Week airshow! * LiveAirShowTv 

West Chester Rotor fest 2014 * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Gold Demonstration team traveled to West Chester, Pennsylvania over the weekend to perform for the West Chester Rotorfest. SSG Jon Clevenger and SSG Mike Koch supported the local recruiters by attending a high school football game. There they presented one of the high school students with a plaque for demonstrating all of the core Army values. They also assisted in the coin toss as well as awarding coins to each of the team captains, wishing them the best of luck in their game...

3-ton aircraft hitting the road to appear at air show - Rome News-Tribune | Planes of all types will be taking to the sky and flying into Rome this weekend for the Wings Over North Georgia air show. One, however, is hitting the road. Staff and volunteers with the Hixson Flight Museum plan to tow a three-ton T-28 Trojan aircraft from Hixson, Tennessee, to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport overnight tonight to have it on static display at the event. The approximately 80-mile trek is set to begin around 10 p.m., mostly on U.S. 27, according to Mark McAllister with the museum...

Historic Flight Over Washington D.C. Honors Nation's Veterans * Aero-News Network | Event Organized By The Culpeper, VA Air Fest Approximately 30 World War II-era T-6 Texans flew in formation down the Potomac River last Saturday...

'Fifi' flies again: World's last flying B-29 pays visit to Hill Country * Herald Zeitung | Tim Black, a volunteer at the Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, believes the CAF is like a time portal — once guests walk through the hangar door, they take a step back in history...

Residents and veterans given opportunity to fly in WWII bombers * Progress Index | CHESTERFIELD - It wasn't your ordinary 30 minute plane ride. Residents, as well as veterans, were given the chance to ride in the World War II B-17 “Nine O Nine” bomber Friday as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour sponsored by the Collings Foundation...

Experimental Aircraft Association to host its annual fly-in * Daily Comet | The fly-in is hosted by Houma's Bill Fornof Memorial Experimental Aircraft Association. Organizers say it's a chance for the public to see some local homebuilt or experimental aircraft and get a closer looking at the bustling Houma Airport. The fly-in...

Kyle Franklin teases his newest addition to Franklin's Flying Circus in 2015 · The International Council of Air Shows | Introducing the CamGuard Road Pirates! For months, I've been putting a new act together. This one is a little different from what I normally do – I’m adding cars to the Franklin line-up and proud to have the support of CamGuard and Bobby Ore Motorsports for a new stunt driving show. In a nutshell the act is...
 
Fred Davis of Englewood served in Europe during WW II & 2 tours in Vietnam · Don Moore, War Tales | Fred Davis of Englewood graduated from high school in 1942 and immediately signed up for the Army Air Corps during the middle of World War II. “I went in the Army Air Corp and never took basic. I was sent to signal school in Pendleton, Org. I became an 18-year-old, private first class supply clerk...

Rare O-46 To Be Restored To Flying Condition * Aero-News Network | Has Languished In A Hangar For The Past 20 Years For two decades, a Douglas O-46 observation aircraft has been hangared at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, KS. The plane was recently sold to a private individual in Michigan, who plans to have the plane restored to flying condition...

40 Years Panavia Tornado · Peter Boschert, Photorecon.net | Panavia Tornado celebrates 40 years of flight this week in Manching, Germany the site of the aircraft’s maiden test flight on August 14th 1974. It is a story which has seen the Panavia Tornado...

Star Wars actor Harrison Ford joins Shropshire flight club * BBC News | Bob Pooler, chief instructor with Shropshire Aero Club, said he received a call from the actor, who was keen to rent an aircraft while he was filming the new Star Wars movie. He said the actor had wanted to bring one of his own planes to Britain, but...

No flying under the radar here: Teens' futures take flight in Civil Air Patrol * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | PENNSYLVANIA -- Ethan Dunlap always knew he wanted to join the military. So he got a very early start. At age 12, Dunlap attended his first meeting of the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force where even the youngest members can run emergency communications and help with disaster relief. At first...

Kids to fly free at airport's Leaf Peep, Young Eagles Day * Vinton County Courier | Vinton County residents of all ages will have a chance to view all the county's fall colors from the sky at the upcoming Leaf Peep and Young Eagles Day. The county airport's annual fall event is slated for Sunday, Oct. 19 beginning at noon. General...


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CAP receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Air Force Association · General Aviation News | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Air Force Association has honored Civil Air Patrol with its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of its more than 70 years of helping secure the American homeland, especially its service during World War II...

The Lasting Legacy and Promising Future of Women in Aviation and Aerospace * Patriots Jet Team | There is no mistaking the increasingly influential role that women are now playing in the aviation and aerospace industries. In the last ten years, many organizations have formed to encourage young women to pursue careers in aeronautics, commercial and military arenas. This support has meant women are more prevalent and successful in these fields than ever before....

Red Bull Air Race headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) -- Fast planes whizzing at killer speeds near a crowd of people may sound like a scary thing but that's what's coming with the Red Bull Air Race World Championship coming to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway...

Blue Angels return to Miramar Air Show * UT San Diego | Last year the MCAS Miramar Air Show was cancelled due to the government shutdown, but the festivities return this weekend to their full grandeur...

CH-46E Sea Knight to make final air show flight at MCAS Miramar * Air Wing Media | For decades, the CH-46E Sea Knight has served our country with honor, reliability and time tested dependability. The Sea Knight, also known as the “Phrog,” is scheduled to perform in the upcoming 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show, but this will be a bittersweet event. This will be the Phrog’s last appearance at the Miramar air show before the aircraft is retired from service...

Melbourne Air and Space Show takes off  * Florida Today | This weekend, all eyes are on the sky. The Melbourne Air & Space Show takes off at Melbourne International Airport. Guests will get to check out a full-scale model of the world’s largest drone, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp., the show’s sponsor...

Kennett Air Show: Warbird Warriors on a special mission * Daily Dunklin Democrat | Aircraft of all kinds were on display Saturday at the Kennett Air Show. Perhaps the plane with the most unique mission was a 1944 PV-2 Harpoon, one of three such flyable aircraft in the world. "The only reason it's not a bunch of soda cans is because...

US Army Golden Knights Fly in on the Eagles * Tristatehomepage.com | Students at the home of the Eagles saw some special guests fly in this morning. The US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team landed at Apollo high school this morning. The golden Kinghts will perform several jumps in the run up to this weekend's...

Fly In this year features 'Punkin Chunkin' and more fun - Reno Gazette Journal | Besides the aircraft, there will be plenty of orange orbs flying through the air this weekend during the annual Lyon County Fly In at the Silver Springs Airport, which this year is featuring a first"Punkin Chunkin" event. "We're pretty excited," said Fly-in committee chairman Ron Bell of the Saturday-Sunday Fly In and the new Punkin Chunkin, which is expected to involve schoolchildren from all over Lyon County...

Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 2 - Stearman vs WACO · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | The subject of the Lee Bottom Fly-In Review, Part 2, is the first annual Stearman vs WACO Challenge. Created in the interest of fun and promoted around bragging rights, the idea of this contest was to draw planes to something other than just a type club gathering.  By pitting two long standing rival makes against each other, it was hoped owners would stray from the usual in the interest of defending their dignity and enjoying themselves in the process.  It was never really thought non-owners would be that into it.  We were wrong. To our surprise, some of the greatest interest in the challenge came from people who didn't own either aircraft....

EAA’s 51st annual fly-in to be held Saturday at Newton * kansas.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will host its 51st annual Air Capital Fly-in and banquet Saturday at the Newton City/County Airport in Newton. The event, held by the EAA’s local Jayhawk Chapter 88, will include airplane judging, flying contests, Young Eagle airplane rides and other attractions...

Southeast Aviation Expo deemed a ‘high flying success’ * General Aviation News | GREENVILLE, S.C. — From flying EAA Young Eagles to flying beagles, and other animals saved by Pilots N Paws, and everything aviation in between, the Southeast Aviation Expo had it going on this past weekend at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), according to Don Purcell, president of the South Carolina Aviation Association...

Thunder and Triumph * Vintage Wings of Canada | This past summer, something happened in the warbird world that has not happened in more than fifty years, something so creative, so daring and so anticipated, it eclipsed all other warbird activity on the planet. Someone, and I am not sure who, at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario had the daring and electric idea to prepare the museum’s much-loved Andrew Mynarski Avro Lancaster and fly it by the old wartime route (Toronto-Gander-Greenland-Iceland-Scotland) to Great Britain and there to join the only other flyable Lancaster in the world to delight and thrill Brits of every age....

Museum to begin capital campaign * Kokomo Tribune | GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE — Oct. 3 is the official kickoff date for Grissom Air Museum's 2015 Capital Campaign. The museum seeks to raise $25,000 in three months to help with operational costs. All monies raised from this event will go into the 2015...

Saving the Flying Fortress - CNN | Atlanta (CNN) -- A winged piece of history sits parked at a small airport. It's 70 years old, and in a few minutes, I'll know firsthand if this old warbird can still fly. In all, nearly 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses rolled off the assembly lines. Now, only about a dozen flying B-17s remain -- in the entire world. These are the famous bombers that helped the Allies win World War II. Every year planes like these are retired to aviation junkyards, destined for a rusty demise...

RIVERSIDE: Museum sets Mash Bash fundraiser * The Press Enterprise | March Field Air Museum’s historic flightline will come alive with “Hot Lips Houlihan”, “Father Mulcahey”, “Radar O’ Reilly”, “Klinger” and “Hawkeye” characters during its annual MASH Bash fundraiser on Saturday. Guests will travel on a nostalgic journey back to the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital made popular by the TV series MASH. This casual and entertaining evening includes dancing, a catered dinner and silent auction. Guests will also be treated to drinks at a recreation of “Rosie’s Bar.” The evening will conclude with a costume contest to crown Mr. and Mrs. Mash Bash 2014...

Video: ‘Stay High’ in Poland * General Aviation News | A love of flying is universal. Poland’s Dawid Nieradka put together a wonderful 5+ minute video of his flying club’s 2014 flying season.

Program helps students 'elevate' their lives * Mountain Home News | Renowned air show pilot Greg Poe created the Elevate Your Life program after he lost his son to drug addiction. For more than 10 years, he dedicated his life to helping children turn their lives around and to help them achieve their dreams. The stunt...

Sally Ride/UW Science Fest features former astronaut * King5 | As the first American woman in space, the late Sally Ride made it her mission to encourage girls to dream big and pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Before she passed away, Dr. Ride founded Sally Ride Science, an organization offering workshops, festivals and scholarships. This weekend, the University of Washington's Bothell campus will host the Sally Ride Science Festival, featuring exhibits, workshops and guest speakers from various STEM backgrounds, including former Shuttle astronaut, Capt. Wendy Lawrence...

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Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Educator wins # 1 in the Nation

Current National Commander Major General
Joseph R. Vasquez and former National
Commander Major General Charles Carr, Jr.,
presented the Major General Jeanne Holm Aerospace
Education Officer of the Year Award to
Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford.

Las Vegas, NV – Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford has won the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Major General Jeanne Holm Aerospace Education Officer of the Year award, naming her the #1 aerospace educator in the nation.  Lt. Col. Beauford has been the state Director of External Aerospace Education for 26 years. The prestigious award was presented to Beauford at the Civil Air Patrol National Board convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Presenting the award to Col. Beauford were current National Commander Major General Joseph R. Vasquez and former National Commander Major General Charles Carr, Jr.
The award narrative read during the presentation reads:

 “Lt Col Beauford may be retired from her career as a teacher, but her passion for aerospace continues to burn. She has been a CAP member for 26 years and is Director of External Aerospace Education and Robotics Project Manager, and an Observer-Scanner-Airborne Photographer. Every year she adds new projects to her aerospace education activities. This year she is consulting with a national Edu-tainment corporation to design and decorate its fixed-base Edu-tainment Center and is using the new Next Generation National Standards to develop curricula for inflatable classrooms of space shuttle, space station, Hubble Space Telescope, and earth sciences submarine. She personally has endowed the Gertrude Beauford Memorial Scholarship to send Louisiana Wing cadets to Space Camp Academy, Aviation Challenge, or Robotics Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Besides the time she has spent on writing curricula, she has developed various AE brochures and media presentations. Lt Col Beauford’s external AE activities in the past 2 ½ years have reached  7,812 students, teachers and adults at such Louisiana venues as Louisiana Wing Academy in Lafayette,  Wing Conference in Alexandria, Highland Road Observatory in Baton Rouge, Laser Interferometry Gravity Observatory in Livingston, Sally Ride Science Festival in Baton Rouge and numerous schools, facilities, conventions and events throughout the state. Promoting CAP at every turn, she has also fashioned 14 standing exhibits and mounted 31 aerospace education posters. As Public Affairs Officer, she has had 76 articles published in newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet in the past 2 ½ years to promote CAP aerospace education and emergency services. She is the co-author of A Teacher’s Companion to the Space Station: A Multi-disciplinary Resource which will soon enjoy its third printing thanks to grants from Lockheed Martin Space Systems.  Col. Beauford is also a Solar System Ambassador,  having been appointed by the NASA Solar System Ambassador Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a guest lecturer position. She has placed CAP’s name on the Mars Rover  “Curiosity,”  the MAVEN Mars Orbiting Observatory, and the OSIRIS-REX comet sample return spacecraft, so CAP is literally “Out of This World!.” Col Beauford’s motto is “America needs SPACE to GROW!” and “I need my SPACE!”

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 60,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs about 85 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 70 lives annually. Its unpaid professionals also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 25,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet programs. Performing missions for America for over 70 years, CAP will soon receive the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com, www.capvolunteernow.com and www.capgoldmedal.com for more information.

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Organizer: EAA AirVenture attendance rises 5-6 percent, helped by ... * Minneapolis Star Tribune | EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said Tuesday the attendance was helped by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, who made their first appearance at an EAA event. The convention featured daily air shows that include everything from aerobatic feats to warbirds...

Observations Of A Week At AirVenture * Aero-News Network | As The Annual Pilot Pilgrimage Ends, Just A Few Parting Thoughts. In no particular order here are a few thoughts about this years annual event called AirVenture.

Thunder Over Michigan to feature custom biplane fitted with Lear jet engine * The Ann Arbor News | Peaking at speeds of 250 miles per hour, the Screamin' Sasquatch isn't your typical air show plane. But this weekend, the Screamin' Sasquatch will be one of several planes participating in Thunder Over Michigan, at Willow Run Airport, but the Sasquatch...

Airport Fly-in is Saturday * Moody County Enterprise | The annual Fly-In at the Flandreau Airport will be held Saturday, Aug. 9 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the Flandreau Airport. The Team of Angels will be serving breakfast. There will be free airplane rides, the opportunity to see medical helicopters up...

Video: Hawker Sea Fury Crash-Lands at Airshow * Flying Magazine | A Hawker Sea Fury that was flying as part of the Royal Navy Culdrose Air Day in Cornwall, in the southwestern corner of England, crash-landed last week in front a large crowd. Video shows smoke coming out of the engine cowl as the 1940s-era fighter...

WWII bomber flight signals approach of Colorado Springs air show * Colorado Springs Gazette | The plan was to fly about 100 miles north to Erie for an air show flyby to promote the museum's upcoming air show. Several media members had come to strap themselves in, and experience the ride. Piloting the bomber was museum volunteer Bill Klaers, who...

B-17 on Display in Honor of "Dutch" Van Kirk * wnep.com | During the graveside service, a B-17 flew over the cemetery to honor the man who was the navigator on the Enola Gay. After the service, the B-17, also known as the “Memphis Belle” flew into the Sunbury Airport. “It's unique. I mean, I've never seen one...

Herschel Walker visits Fightertown [Image 6 of 8] · DVIDS Unit RSS Feed: Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort , Cpl. John Wilkes | Capt. Christian Lapp, a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 shows former NFL icon and mental health advocate, Herschel Walker, an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 5. Walker, who was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, addressed service members, dependents and retirees during his visit in an effort to promote the Patriot Support Program’s Anti-Stigma Campaign which aims to educate and inform the audience about Depression and other behavioral health issues. The...

Canada's last airworthy Avro Lancaster embarks on UK tour * CBC.ca | Dave Rohrer, president and CEO of the museum, was riding in a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber with a documentary film crew behind the Lancaster when it became airborne. The film crew followed the Lancaster all the way to Oakville's waterfront and got...

EAA AirVenture hopes to bring B-29 “Doc” to Oshkosh in 2015 * Wichita Business Journal (blog) | EAA AirVenture hopes to bring B-29 “Doc” to Oshkosh in 2015. b29 doc1 WEB. View Photos. Daniel McCoy / WBJ. Doc, a World War II-era B-29 bomber, is being restored in Wichita. The restoration group, Doc's Friends, put the aircraft on display for an open...

B-29 Superfortress Nears First Flight * Flying Magazine | Volunteers in Wichita, Kansas, who are working to restore a B-29 Superfortress named Doc have brought the massive airplane close to completion and are getting ready to return the bomber to the skies before the new year. The non-profit volunteer...

Rebuilt 'Baby Ace' Plane Brings AirVenture Back to its Wisconsin Roots * AviationPros.com | Aug. 01--OSHKOSH -- This was the plane that put the Experimental Aircraft Association on the map. The red and yellow open-cockpit, single-engine "Baby Ace" built by Paul Poberezny was featured on the cover of Mechanix Illustrated in May 1955 along with...

Small-Block Chevy Reno Air Racer * Hot Rod Magazine | There's an aerospace-spec, small-block Chevy nestled into “Sweet Dreams,” the Reno Air Race GP-5 of retired U.S. Air Force pilot Lee Behel. What else would you use in an Unlimited Air race class where the only restriction is the engine must displace...

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First Flight: One Week Wonder · eaavideo.org | On August 5, 2014, the airplane that was built in seven days at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 flew for the first time—carrying more than 2500 signatures of those who helped build the plane into the air...

South Dakota CAP Wing wins award · General Aviation News | South Dakota’s Civil Air Patrol Wing has been awarded the North Central Region’s Search and Rescue Missions Award. The commander of the North Central Region, Colonel Robert Todd, remarked that the award is well merited as the Wing has been aggressive finding new missions for its aircraft and personnel. Despite its small size, South Dakota Wing ranks 10th in the nation (each state is a Wing) in aircraft utilization...

Video: Is Space X’s Elon Musk looking to aircraft for his next project? · General Aviation News | Elon Musk appeared on The Colbert Report on July 24. At the 1:50 mark of this video he says, “Aircraft should be vertical take-off and landing.” Could a Musk revolution being coming to aviation?...

Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA For University Position * Aero-News Network | Was First Astronaut To Tweet From Space After almost two decades with NASA, including two space shuttle missions, astronaut Mike Massimino has left the space agency for a full-time position with Columbia University in New York...

Aerospace Educator “Lands” at Advanced Academy for Educators in an Apollo Moon Suit replica

Huntsville, AL – Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aerospace educator Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford “landed” at the Advanced Academy for Educators at the U. S. Space & Rocket Center where she demonstrated a replica of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Moon Suit. Beauford illustrated the application of “Lunar Nautics” and “A Field Trip to the Moon,” (both available from NASA Educator Resource Centers in each state), and distributed NASA and CAP aerospace education materials. She presented her A Teacher’s Companion to the Space Station: A Multi-disciplinary Resource.

Kathy Beauford, Director of External Aerospace Education for Louisiana,
demonstrates her replica of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Moon Suit.

The Advanced Space Academy Educators trained on space hardware and ran missions based on real space mission scripts and caution and warning systems. Realistic Modules included the space shuttle, space station, moon rocket flight deck, and experiments lab. The teachers donned scuba gear and dove in the 30 foot deep Neutral Buoyancy tank to experience working on space station trusses and experiments in a Zero-G (gravity) simulation. They performed “Space Walks” to repair solar arrays and satellites. The educators trained on real astronaut simulators: the Multi-axis simulator which mimicked a space capsule spinning out of control, the 1/6th gravity Moon chair, and “pulled 4 G’s” (gravities in weight, simulating rocket liftoff).

The educators visited the Davis Museum with its array of historic space vehicles and exhibits illustrating the history of the space program. They also toured the Rocket Park with its extensive array of rockets from the U.S. Space Program.

They also experienced climbing the 30 foot “Pamper Pole,” while tethered for safety, and making a “leap of faith” while being lowered carefully to the ground by their colleagues. The Aerospace Educators brought their experiences, excitement, materials, and knowledge home to their respective states (and Australia).

The CAP Aerospace Educator Membership provides teachers with free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) kits which include educator guides, software and hardware. These free STEM kits include Astronomy (Celestron telescope); Remote Control (RC) (simulators for 60 aircraft, control box, CD, and aircraft with 3 foot wingspan); Microsoft X Gold Flight Simulator software (yoke, throttles, and foot controls); Robotics (Robot Arm Edge kits); and Model Rocketry (rockets, A8-3 motors, launch pad, controller, curriculum, and video). $1,000 worth of free kits for a lifetime fee of $35!

The teachers request one kit; when finished the kit, the teacher can order another. See stem@capnhq.gov. CAP’s 30 other national standards-driven free aerospace education offerings include the K-6 Aerospace Connection in Education (ACE) program; Aerospace Dimensions; Aerospace Education Excellence Program (AEX); Satellite Tool Kit (STK); Air Force Association “Introduction to Cyber Security”; CAP Teacher Educational Remote Sensing (CAP-TERS) Kit.

Also available from CAP are materials on Robotics, Model Rocketry, Advanced Model Rocketry, Advanced Math, Middle School Physical Science, Middle School Earth Science, The Space Station, and Remote Control Airplanes, to name a few. These materials are based on national educational standards. Teachers are also eligible for free orientation rides in CAP’s C-172 aircraft and actually get to fly the airplane. Teachers can also apply for Air Force Association grants of $250.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 60,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs about 85 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 70 lives annually. Its unpaid professionals also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 25,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet programs. Performing missions for America for over 70 years, CAP will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in 2015 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com, www.capvolunteernow.com and www.capgoldmedal.com for more information.

Civil Air Patrol National Aerospace Education Officer Conference Soars High

Aerospace Educators’ knowledge of aerospace
“soars” at the National Aerospace Educator Conference
in Pensacola Naval Air Station.

Pensacola, Florida – Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Officers from around the country attended the National Aerospace Education Officer Conference at the Pensacola Naval Air Station the week of June 24, 2014.  The aerospace educators participated in presentations on teaching today’s youth about the relevance of aviation and space endeavors to their daily lives and to encourage careers in the S.T.E.M. endeavors in aerospace, science, engineering and mathematics.

Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford, Director of External Aerospace Education for Louisiana and Robotics Project Manager, presented “Are We Alone in the Universe?”, Lunar Nautics and “A Field Trip to the Moon.” The educators then designed their own moon base using the S.T.E.M. approach which applies the principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  Lt. Col. Beauford wore

Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford “makes space”
presenting “Design your own Moon Base”
in a replica of Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s
Apollo Moon Suit.

and demonstrated a complete replica of the Moon Suit which Astronaut Neil Armstrong wore on the Moon.

Other presentations included the 30 free aerospace education materials and programs offered by the Civil Air Patrol such as aviation, space, model rocketry, flight simulators, Robotics, Advanced Math, The Space Station, remote control airplanes, astronomy, remote sensing from space, satellites, and computer cyber security. Civil Air Patrol materials also include K-6 Curriculum Programs, free S.T.E.M. kits, teacher orientation flights, and $250 grants to classroom teachers.

The educators trained in the airplane and Jet simulators at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, launched model rockets, and toured the Pensacola Naval Air Museum.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 60,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs about 85 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 71 lives annually. Its unpaid professionals also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 25,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet programs. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 72 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.

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Blue Angels arrive in Smyrna * The Daily News Journal | Additionally, John Klatt will fly in his Air National Guard Staudacher S-300. War-bird enthusiasts will enjoy when Scott “Scooter” Yoak takes to the skies in his P-51 Mustang. Static displays will include a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, a UH-72 Lakota...

Great Tennessee Air Show event to feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels * Columbia Daily Herald | Additionally, joining Michael Wiskus will be the Lucas Oil Skydivers, John Klatt will fly in his Air National Guard Staudacher S-300 racing, and the war-bird enthusiasts will particularly enjoy the show when Scott “Scooter” Yoak takes to the skies in...

Region set to soar with OC Air Show * Delmarva Daily Times | Leap Frogs: The U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs parachute team will be part of the event. • Breakfast with the Performers: This opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the pilots and others takes place at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Layton's...

Up, up and away Legacy Airshow will take to the skies Saturday * Rexburg Standard Journal | REXBURG — The Legacy Flight Museum Air Show this Saturday at the Rexburg-Madison County Airport offers a combination of new and vintage aircraft flown by pilots with a wide variety of aerobatic styles. The free air show begins at 8:45 a.m. with a...

Fly-in breakfast Sunday at James Clements Airport * Midland Daily News | Valley Aero Club, the nonprofit organization supporting James Clements Airport in Bay City, will celebrate its 60th birthday with its 60th annual fly-in breakfast on Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. The “We Remember” event celebrates the Grant family with...

A hundred years of the Bourget Airport * Passion for Aviation (Translated) | Centenary Bourget Airport | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | Le Bourget You can attend a fifty presentations flight and enjoy the many aircraft on display on tarmac summarizing a century of aviation activity at Le Bourget. On legendary aircraft, it will Morane Louis Blériot aircraft Roland Garros, a replica airworthy came especially from USA "Spirit of St. Louis" by Charles Lindbergh to YAK Normandie-Niemen but commercial aircraft epic (DC3, Lockheed etc ...) aviation business will not be forgotten. Cars collection there will also be exhibited...

Dayton Air Show adds new act to roster * WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Vectren Dayton Air Show announced a new act to this year's lineup. The U.S. Coast Guard will demonstrate search and rescue techniques during its performance. The four person team from Detroit will maneuver a helicopter to ...

Richmond CAP organizes Wings & Wheels event * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | INDIANA -- Richmond will be a model example for car and plane owners this weekend for the 11th annual Speedster Rally, organized by the Richmond Senior Flight of Civil Air Patrol. Model T Speedsters from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Michigan and North Carolina will be in town for a Wings & Wheels public show at the Richmond Municipal Airport that coincides with the Speedster Rally. A variety of aircraft will be on display and model airplane flight demonstrations are planned....

Webinar- Tips For Flying Into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 · eaavideo.org | EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman Fred Stadler shares some hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture 2014. Discussion highlighting the special requirements and procedures of the FAA issued NOTAM.

Mo’Venture: Unique Mojave Experimentals Flying to Oshkosh * EAA Airventure | June 12, 2014 - Catbird. Ol’ Blue. Wasabi Siren. Tango2. If those aircraft nicknames sound familiar, they probably should; they’re among a group of homebuilts that have emerged from the fertile experimental hotbed of Mojave, California, and they are among a group of aircraft that are assembling to fly to Oshkosh together for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. EAA received word this week that six airplanes are confirmed to arrive together on Monday, July 28, and several other well known airplanes might be added....

Video: Reno Air Races to Have Festival Atmosphere This Year * KTVN | The Reno Air Racing Association is making its final preparations for the 2014 National Championship Air Races. On Thursday, officials took the time to tell us what's new this year. This year's event is set to be like a festival....

Aloft Hot-Air Balloon Festival Says It WIll Close * WLTX.com | ... festival announced today that it will cease operation, citing a lack of attendance, and is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. Check out this story on WLTX.com: http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/06/12/aloft-hot-air-festival-bankruptcy...

Thrills and skill at Aerobatics Competition | Photos * Parkes Champion-Post | Good crowds turned out to watch the round of the Australian Scale Aerobatics Competition at the Parkes Miniature Aero Club's flying field located at Nelungaloo last weekend. Pilots from NSW, QLD and Victoria took part in the event - the eighth year the ...

Veteran flies in B-17 Bomber * KLKN | The "Flying Fortress" is a B-17 Bomber Airplane, today Dick Miller, a former military pilot took a tour of the plane he once flew in WWII. At 94-years-old, Miller got a chance to relive his days in the skies. "The Germans had some mighty good guns and...

A quarter century of power · Dan Johnson, General Aviation News | In 1989 something remarkable happened. You might remember the fall of the despised Berlin Wall that separated Germany. Certainly that was a remarkable event in human history, but it wasn’t the only noteworthy occurrence that year. Not far away in Wels, Austria, something else happened that, for pilots, was also important. In 1989, Rotax Aircraft Engines introduced its 912 engine. The Berlin Wall may be gone and thank goodness for that advancement of freedom. Yet another kind of freedom was born with the Austrian company’s introduction of the 912. In 2014, the company plans a major fly-in to commemorate this history. Many, including myself, will travel long distances to be part of the celebration....

B-17 'Lacey Lady' could be on the move * KOIN.com | (The Tribune) — Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard's famous B-17 bomber will move to Aurora's airport for restoration if a local coalition's campaign can raise a remaining $50,000 needed to get the “Lacey Lady” out of the weather and 67 years of pigeon...

Facebook for my Women in Aviation Mini-Museum Project  * You Fly, Girl | Next year, I'm going to be putting a bit of my women in aviation collection into an exhibit at the Laramie County Public Library, here in Cheyenne. I've got a year to get all the pieces mounted properly for exhibit. Of course once I get the exhibits all ready to go, I want to share them with other people, and what I'm thinking of is creating a Mini Museum - renting a store front here in town and putting the collection on display....

From Antique Airfield: 

• Flying Over the Cornfields at Blakesburg
• Applegate Airport's 50th Anniversary Watermelon Fly-In
• Bellanca Cruisemaster Donation Progress Report
• Mike Araldi's "Rat Rod" Curtiss Junior

Special Olympics Airlift prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News | For the first time in the event’s 27-year history, the Citation Special Olympics Airlift will include Beechcraft owners alongside Cessna Citation operators flying about 700 athletes from across the country to compete in the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey...

Golf Open raises $90,000 for aviation charities · General Aviation News | Thanks to the generosity of 165 golfers, their organizations and the many sponsors who donated auction items, the 26th Annual Greater Washington Aviation Open (GWAO) Tournament raised $90,000, which was donated to two charities — Corporate Angel Network (CAN) and Veterans Airlift Command (VAC)....

4 Russian Bombers Flew Within 50 Miles Of The California Coast * Business Insider | Two U.S. Air Force F-22 jets were scrambled and intercepted the bombers over the Aleutians. After tracking the bombers as they flew eastward, two of the four Bears turned around and headed west toward the Russian Far East. The bombers are believed to...

Winds Push NASA 'Flying Saucer' Test Launch to Late June * Space.com | "All of the vehicle systems [and] our team were ready and prepared for all of the launch days; we were ready to go," said Mark Adler, LDSD project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "The only thing that held us...

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Flying with the Guard * Turnto10.com | Video - media ride with John Klatt

Blue Angels pilots to visit Hasbro Children's Hospital - Turn to 10 | PROVIDENCE -Before their performance this weekend at the Rhode Island Air Show, Blue Angels pilots will meets patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence.  They'll make the rounds at the hospital in full flight gear, and answer questions about their high-flying jobs...

F-35B among those performing at Cherry Point Air Show - Jacksonville Daily News | It’s no secret. The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the future of Marine Corps aviation. That future will be revealed for the first time to the public at this weekend’s Cherry Point Air Show. The fifth-generation fighter jet is scheduled for its first public flight on the East Coast during the Saturday and Sunday shows at Cherry Point...

'Inspiration to Innovation' to take flight at Cherry Point - Carolinacoastonline | The skies above Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point will be filled with jets and more during the 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show “Inspiration to Innovation,” Friday, May 16, to Sunday, May 18, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The show Friday, May 16, will feature nighttime performances, while shows Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, will feature many daytime performances...

Holloman Air Force Base Puts On First Airshow In More Than Two Years - KRWG | Last Saturday Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo opened it’s gates, showcased it’s mission operations and put it's fighter planes in the air for the general public . It is the first time the base has put on major public airshow since major military spending cuts. War planes, bombers and jets soared, ducked and maneuvered above crowds of thousands at the Holloman Air Force Base open house on Saturday....

Truckee Tahoe AirShow awards $500 to T-shirt contest winner - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — The 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival T-shirt will feature a “vintage-esque” aviation design created by 14-year-old Riley Matosian from Truckee. Matosian is an eighth-grader at Alder Creek Middle School who is now, also, the recipient of $500 for being chosen as the winner of the 2014 AirShow T-Shirt Art Contest...

Cape May Airport (WWD) to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest - “AcroBlast” to Take Off the Weekend of May 30 - June 1, 2014 - Cape Gazette | (Erma, New Jersey)  Today, Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC).  The event will take place beginning Friday, May 30 and conclude on Sunday, June 1, 2014...

Aviation Network’s inaugural fly-in slated for September · General Aviation News | VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Aviation Network, comprised of 700 members of the Young President’s Organization, is holding its inaugural 2014 Fly-In at the Alpine Airport in Wyoming Sept. 5-7. This exclusive private event can only accommodate 30 planes and their passengers, according to organizers...

Hot Weather To Be A Major Challenge In 2014 Putrajaya Red Bull Air Race - Bernama | PUTRAJAYA, May 15 (Bernama) -- The abnormal hot weather currently will pose an extra challenge to all participants at the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 on Saturday. The nation's sole flyer in the race, Datuk Halim Othman said the extreme hot situation which rarely took place would also disturb the concentration of all the pilots especially those not familiar with the weather conditions in the country...

Here's what it's like to fly search and rescue with the Civil Air Patrol in New Orleans * NOLA | Flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet over New Orleans East in a Cessna-172 single-engine plane, the first thing that comes to mind is confirmation of what New Orleanians already know too well: We are surrounded by water...

St. Louis Aerospace Community Welcomes Legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz By Carmelo Turdo | Members of the St. Louis aerospace community welcomed legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz at a dinner reception this evening at the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.  The dinner was held in honor of Gene Kranz and his wife Marta, and included guests Lowell and Bobette Grissom and representatives from the St. Louis Rocketry Association, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis University parks College, St. Louis Space Frontier, St. Louis Challenger Learning Center, Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Missouri Coalition for Math and Science, Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and the Bonne Terre Space Museum.  Gene Kranze will make appearances at several events to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, culminating with a public event this Saturday at the St. Louis Science Center...

B-52 unhinged — Arc Light Memorial in transition by travelforaircraft | Arc Light was historic, occurring during the Vietnam War, when D model B-52s were modified in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions in ground support combat roles. The mission name was reused in 1972 to conventionally bomb North Vietnam with these same B-52D Stratofortresses. The Air Force Magazine has this article on Arc Light, for further reading....

Video: 20 Foot Span RC B-25 With 2 Moki 400's! (First Flight) * AirPigz | Really big RC models are intriguing because they can look so real in their getting-close-to-life-size dimensions. You also know that they have taken an enormous amount of work and dedication to reach completion. But for me, the biggest payoff comes with how real they look in the air. Small models are just too twitchy to look real...

"Insane Clown Posse" UCAP #357 *  Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Feet-dry U-2 messes up ATC... Going home, not... Spitfire vs P-51... MH370 craziness... Google Glass in the cockpit... Low price airplanes... Airplane Personality Quiz... Shoutouts: Cheezy Poofs & Skunkworks Robotics... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 9, 2014.

U.S. students among top winners in international aviation art contest · General Aviation News | The NASAO Center for Aviation Research & Education reports that two U.S. students are among the nine winners of the 2014 International Art Contest for young people, sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and managed by the NASAO Center. The art contest is designed to motivate and encourage young people to become familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering, and science. The winning entries were selected during FAI’s April meeting in Switzerland...

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Blue Angels making their presence known in Vero Beach * TC Palm | Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and #TCPalmSocial are asking for your help in reporting "Angel" sightings in Vero Beach. Not the heavenly type — the "Top Gun" type. The iconic Blue Angels pilots and their support team arrived in Vero Beach Thursday morning to begin rehearsing for this weekend’s Vero Beach Air Show....

Plans for air show being finalized - WKBN.com | VIENNA, Ohio (WKBN) –  The “Thunder Over the Valley” air show is just 10 days away and organizers said Wednesday that plans are nearly complete for the May 17 and 18 event. The air show itself is free. However, it will cost $5 to park this year....

Airexpo 2014 28th edition Muret-Lherm May 31, 2014 10:00 19h00 * Translated | Held 100% of first year students of both Toulouse aeronautical engineering schools, ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile) and ISAE (Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space) for more 28 years. Airexpo is a nonprofit organization that aims to produced an airshow...

ONLINE Air News #3 * Charles Johnson | Just Some Aviation News; Ken Mist—Sunn Fun; Craig Matthai Sun’n Fun; Boeing 797; Germany, Chuck Johnson; England, Gary Watson.

AirFest launches Honoring Heroes program, nominations due May 23 - The Rock River Times | The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) will recognize the dedication and sacrifices made by Vietnam veterans who have served our country during “AirFest 2014: Let the Thunder Roll” as part of the “Honoring Heroes” appreciation program...

Redlands City Council votes for Hangar 24 Charities to pay half of Airfest fees - Redlands Daily Facts | REDLANDS>> The City Council Tuesday voted to approve a request from Hangar 24 Charities for a partial fee waiver for the AirFest, but for half of the costs rather than the one-third proposed to the council. City officials brought a proposal before the City Council for the non-profit to pay one third of the hard costs associated with providing city services to the AirFest on May 16 and 17 at the Redlands Municipal Airport....

Patriots Jet Team returns to Reno · General Aviation News | The Patriots Jet Team will join the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and  aerobatic pilot Melissa Pemberton as the aviation entertainment headliners for this year’s revamped event, which will include concerts and a more festival-like atmosphere...

Legendary World War II bomber the Texas Raiders on show - Chron.com | Aircraft fans will get the chance to check out and even fly in a legendary B-17 bomber Saturday as the plane goes on display to honor Texas veterans. The aircraft is just one just of nine B-17s remaining out of more than 12,000 built to take part in World War II...

“Union Jack Dack” On Her Way to Normandy for D-Day 70th Anniversary * Warbirds News | News comes from our friends at DaksOverNormandy.com that one of the participating Douglas C-47s has just departed for her transatlantic journey from Connecticut on her way to participate in the D-Day 70th Anniversary celebrations taking place in and over Normandy on June 6th. The aircraft, known affectionately by her crew as “Union Jack Dak”, left...

Two Lancasters to fly together at airshow - West Sussex Gazette | THE only two Lancaster bombers left flying in the world will come together at Shoreham Airshow for a display that will never be repeated in the town. Organisers said they were honoured to confirm the rare display for the airshow’s 25th anniversary, on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31....

World War II-era planes fly in for display at Santa Ana's Lyon Air Museum * Orange County Register | Four WWII-era planes pulled into the Lyon Air Museum adjacent to John Wayne Airport on Wednesday, where they will remain until noon Monday for visitors to explore....

X-15 rocket plane pilot Bill Dana dies at 83 - Charlotte Observer | LOS ANGELES Famed research test pilot Bill Dana, who flew the X-15 rocket plane and other pioneering aircraft during the birth of the space age, has died at age 83. Dana died Tuesday at an assisted living facility in suburban Phoenix, according to an announcement Wednesday by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California...

Profile 86: "523" as flown by Leo Istas, VMF-313 · JSM | ...Now, a loaded Corsair would weigh about six tons.  Already a fast airplane (400+ in level flight), the bent-winged machine could also bend the airspeed needle at 550 miles per hour (or more) in a dive.  If you were on the deck of that ship watching this affair, there wouldn't be much time to ponder what would happen next....

1929: Famed aviatrix Ruth Elder visits Sperryville By Don Audette | Ruth Elder was a famed aviatrix, though little remembered today. In the fall of 1927, five months after Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic, Elder, a pretty 23-year-old from Florida with only two years of flying experience, set off to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic...

World War II's first heavy bomber Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' * Economic Times | ... War II to successfully complete 25 missions - dropping bombs over Germany, France and Belgium - while bringing all of her crew members back safely. In pic: A Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber sits parked Monday, May 5, 2014, in Renton near Seattle...

Yankee Air Museum, RACER to ink deal to buy bomber plant - Hometownlife.com | Living up to its slogan of “We Can Do It Again,” the Yankee Air Museum announced that it will enter into an agreement with the RACER (Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response) Trust to purchase 175,000 square feet of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant....

WM-21 Solyom * Let Let Let - Warplanes | A very recent release in the Warplane series from the Dutch publisher Lanasta is on a very rare and unknown aircraft type: the Hungarian Weiss WM-21 Solyom. The WM-21 was designed and built to...

New England Air Museum To Participate In Blue Star Museums · Warbirds News | Today New England Air Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2014. Leadership support has...

Evening Skydive Scrambles Emergency Responders In TN * Aero-News Network | A group of skydivers who jumped with pyrotechnic devices attached to their flight suits Monday evening near John C. Thune Airport in Nashville were mistaken for an airplane in distress, and that sent emergency crews scrambling...

Civil Air Patrol’s Pontchartrain Composite Squadron assists at Daughters of the American Revolution Banquet * Civil Air Patrol | New Orleans – Civil Air Patrol’s Pontchartrain Composite Squadron assisted at Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Banquet at the Airport Hilton on May 5, 2104. First Lieutenant Franchesca Giroir received the DAR Community Service Award for over 4,000 hours of service to Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Chapelle High School, and Animal Rescue, Elder Care Assistance, and Our Lady of Divine Providence.

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Courtesy of Fencecheck - There are plenty of shows to choose from this weekend!

5/02/14 |	Central Texas Airshow 2014
5/03/14 |	North Texas Fly-In and Camp Out 201..
5/03/14 |	Grossflugtage Chemnitz - Jahnsdorf ..
5/03/14 |	Bronco Fan Day UK 2014
5/03/14 |	Bonjour Bodmin 2014
5/03/14 |	Shuttleworth Aeromodelling Mayfly W..
5/03/14 |	Planes of Fame - Chino Air Show 201..
5/03/14 |	Travis AFB Open House 2014
5/03/14 |	Manassas Airport Regional Open Hous..
5/03/14 |	Aéreo de León 2014
5/03/14 |	Wings and Wheels Fly-In 2014
5/03/14 |	Biggest Little Air Show 2014
5/03/14 |	Atomic Vintage Festival 2014
5/03/14 |	Spirit of St Louis Air Show 2014
5/03/14 |	Morelia Mexico Air Show 2014
5/03/14 |	P-51 Mustang Day at New Garden Flyi..
5/04/14 |	Abingdon Air & Country Show 2014
5/04/14 |	Jornada de Puertas Abiertas de Alca..
5/04/14 |	Wings Over Illawarra 2014
5/05/14 |	Cancelled - Friendship Day Air Show..

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Steve Weagle to ride with Blue Angels for Vero Beach Air Show - TCPalm | VERO BEACH — The Vero Beach Air Show is proud to announce that WPTV Channel 5 meteorologist Steve Weagle is the choice of the United State Navy to be the show’s media rider. As the individual selected for this honor, Weagle will ride with Blue Angel No. 7 Lieutenant Ryan Chamberlain in his F/A-18 jet. Chamberlain also serves as the narrator of the Blue Angels show. Weagle is WPTV NewsChannel 5’s chief meteorologist....

City Council Hears Details On June's Air Show, Tall Ships In August - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY – Details were released this week about two upcoming summer special events — the OC Air Show in June and the two tall ships planned to be on display in the resort for the month of August...

Popular flying team will return for Air Races - KRNV My News 4 | RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) -- The wildly-popular L-39 Patriots Jet Team will return for the 2014 National Championship Air Races in September, the Reno Air Racing Association announced on Wednesday. It is the latest in a number of highly-acclaimed acts to be confirmed for the 2014 event. The team joins the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and groundbreaking aerobatic pilot Melissa Pemberton as the aviation entertainment headliners....

Planners still need $40K for air show - Youngstown Vindicator | The Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council has raised about $225,000 in cash and in-kind services to pay the community’s share of the cost of the Thunder Over the Valley Air Show here May 17-18. The fundraising campaign still is about $40,000 short, however, a council representative said....

Restored World War II aircraft offer rides at Hillsboro Airport (video, photos) - The Oregonian | During World War II, B-17 bomber flight crews had to endure attacks from enemy fighters, anti-aircraft flak fired from the ground, and the freezing temperatures that come with high altitudes in an unpressurized airplane.  They had to...

Yankee Air Museum meets deadline to save historic Bomber Plant * Ypsilanti Courier | YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — The deadline is up for the Yankee Air Museum’s Save the Bomber Plant campaign and it looks like a celebration is in order: a purchase agreement is in the works....

Happy Birthday To The Douglas SBD Dauntless · Warbirds News |  By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC -The Douglas SBD Dauntless flew for the first time seventy-four years ago today.  A two-seat carrier-based scout and dive bomber, the SBD Dauntless hammered the Japanese at Coral Sea, Midway and in the Solomon Islands while supporting Navy and Marine Corps actions until 1944.  No aircraft did more to...

Video: World War II pilot reunites with B-25 bomber - KING5.com | EVERETT, Wash. -- A 93-year-old World War II veteran was surprised with a wish come true. Dexter Baker told team members at the Aegis Living Center in Redmond that he would really like to fly in a World War II bomber one more time. They secretly contacted the Historic Flight Foundation in Everett and set it up....

Paula Wagner, An Ann, Naomi Foner Team Up For Flying Tigers WW2 Epic - Hollywood Reporter | Leading Chinese producer An Ann will team up with Paula Wagner, Tom Cruise’s production partner, and screenwriter Naomi Foner to make a movie based on the WW2 ‘Flying Tigers’ airmen. An, who is president of Desen International Media, said the budget for Moon Flower of Flying Tigers would be between $40 million and $50 million, with A-list Chinese and Hollywood stars, and it would be directed by a famous Hollywood director...

The Gentle Aviator  * Vintage Wings of Canada | This week’s story is not about the tragic end of a Bomber Command crew in the Second World War, nor hellfire aircraft carrier operations off Okinawa in the Pacific war. It is not about Merlin engines, big aerial battles, aces, pioneer aviators, grass roots flying, or night fighters of the Soviet Union at the Battle of Stalingrad... but it is an aviation story just the same. Perhaps it is not the sort of story you might expect coming from Vintage News, but for us at Vintage Wings of Canada, it is as important as honouring a great hero of the Second World War or flying our F-86 Sabre across Canada. This is a story about one of our own. This is the story of the loss of an aviator....

Video: Seriously Awesome RC XC-142 VTOL (Must See!) - AirPigz * If you're short on time and just need an under-a-minute avgeek experience, you'll wanna go here instead of watching the video above... but if you like awesome, cool, and truly amazing examples of modern tech being used to make extremely difficult aircraft designs fly great in model form, then please take 15 minutes to watch this...

New Drone Plane Aids Aerial Photography 1955 (via the Lexicans) | Title reads: "Army Has Tiny Drone Plane To Scout Enemy". American voiceovered newsreel material...

Don't call it a blimp! - High Performance Composites | Airships have been an important part of modern aviation since Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin envisioned the first such craft in 1874. Zeppelin’s design, which involved a rigid framework that supported the outer envelope or skin, meant that an airship could be made much larger and support more load than a simple gas-filled blimp...

Young Eagle, cadet selected for flight training scholarship | NEBRASKA -- Matthew Callahan, 18-year-old EAA Young Eagle and Civil Air Patrol cadet from Bellevue is getting the opportunity of a lifetime this June when he’ll travel to Shreveport’s Downtown Airport in Louisiana and learn to fly at Tubreaux Aviation. Callahan, a CAP cadet second lieutenant in Nebraska Wing’s Gen. Curtis Lemay Offutt Composite Squadron, was announced last week as recipient of a complete private pilot training experience offered by Tubreaux Aviation to a previous EAA Young Eagle between the ages of 18 and 21. The scholarship includes lodging and transportation to and from Shreveport.

Aero Camp takes off for second consecutive year - Edwards Air Force Base | With the success of last year's Aero Camp, the Edwards Aero Club hosted its second annual Aero Camp from April 21 to 25, to prepare and introduce students to the world of aviation. During the week-long camp, students ages 14 to 19, are trained by certified flight instructors and start flight and ground school training with additional training features along the way...