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News reporter braves topsy-turvy flight for a truly unique view of the city - New York Daily News | Daily News reporter Jake Pearson sat in the front seat of Extra 300 L aerobatic aircraft as Lt. Col. John Klatt displayed his piloting skills. I thought the best way to see the Statue of Liberty was to catch a glimpse from the Staten ...

Bethpage Air Show At Jones Beach Scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend - PRLog.Org | Civilian Performers: Sean D. Tucker – Team Oracle, John Klatt – National Guard Reserve, World Renowned Sports Aviator Mike Goulian, GEICO Skytypers, David Windmiller, and the American Air Power Museum Warbirds. This year's show will feature three ...

Southend Airshow this weekend - Thurrock Gazette | There will be a full afternoon's flying programme on both days from 2pm, so expect to see firm favourites again this year such as the RAF's premier display team, the Red Arrows, the daredevil Breitling wingwalkers and the RAF Falcons parachute team, ...

Great article on AirVenture Intl Visitors in July’s Air & Space Smithsonian mag! See it here: http://bit.ly/imLA2K   #OSH10 #OSH11 #EAA

Model airplanes hobbyists under attack at Muncie's Academy of Model Aeronautics? - Muncie Star Press | The problem, according to the FAA, is that, until recently, unmanned aircraft systems mainly supported military and security operations. But that is rapidly changing as interest is growing in a much wider range of uses, such as aerial photography, ...

Fisher P-75 Eagle Brochure from May 1944  from Military Photos by jzichek | A new article has just been posted at RetroMechanix.com presenting a very rare 51 page document on the Fisher P-75 Eagle:   It contains numerous high resolution detail photos and drawings of this flawed but interesting aircraft, one of a handful of types powered by the mighty 24 cylinder Allison V-3420. Many of the photos are heavily retouched and portray an intermediate configuration between the original XP-75 and the final P-75A, retaining the Douglas-style tail of the former but having the bubble canopy of the latter. Ideal information for the modeler, historian, or general enthusiast wishing to get an in depth look at GM's failed foray into fighter aircraft design. -Jared

'Celebrating Our Legacy' to honor Word War II veterans - Park Record | This Memorial Day, as the country remembers and honors our veterans, the Commemorative Air Force Utah Wing will hold it's own celebration at its hangar at the Heber City Airport. "Celebrating Our Legacy" will feature music, dancing, barbecue, ...

Seaplane Walkaround — Consolidated PB2Y Coronado  from Travel for Aircraft | This flying boat is a behemoth and I was lucky visiting the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola near the end of April. As luck had it, the Coronado had been moved from the restoration hangar to the main display building only the week before. This PB2Y is still under restoration  but the fuselage and center wing section (sans engines) look to be in mint condition…

New spaceship to take astronauts to astroids, Mars moons - Christian Science Monitor | New spaceship from NASA: a new spaceship based on an Orion space capsule is being re-purposed for missions to astroids and moons around Mars. New spaceship coming from NASA: an artist's rendering of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on a deep space ...

Episode 148 – Bits and Pieces V  from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) This is another Bits and Pieces episode. Sometimes when we can’t record at our usual Sunday evening time, each of us contributes a segment which all get assembled into the show. This time we have: Dan and Benet Wilson, Pieter Johnson with Anthony ‘Jonny’ Johnson, The Australia Desk from Plane Crazy Down Under, David Vanderhoof interviews from AirPower over Hampton Roads, Ian Kershaw audio comments…

Skies the limit for Young Eagles - Timmins Daily Press - Ontario, CA  - Local youngsters will have the opportunity take to the skies next month as the Young Eagles group hosts a day of airplane rides at the Timmins...

Today in Aviation History – May 25  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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Cleveland National Air Show wows crowds with old, new craft in air, on ground - Plain Dealer

View full sizeScott Shaw, The Plain DealerThe US Navy Blue Angels fly by Ironman and the kids area at the 2010 Cleveland National Air Show at Burke ...

Cleveland National Air Show 2010 - Cleveland - 09/04/10 from FenceCheck Forums

Torontoist from Steve Kupferman
After being canceled due to high winds on Saturday, the Canadian International Air Show went off as planned on Sunday.
Danny Robson, an older man wearing a Blue Angels baseball cap, was standing on a pier next to the Billy Bishop Airport ferry ramp, amidst a crowd of perhaps fifty other people (families, couples, and the odd lone curiosity-seeker). He was gazing at distant planes through a pair of binoculars. ...

CNE Air show 2010 - blogTO
This year's air show didn't have as diverse of a lineup as in previous years (2009 showcased the F-22 Raptor and the Blue Angels) but was still a thrill to ...

2010 Canadian International Air Show by Staff
Saturday's extreme weather caused the cancellation of the first day  of the 2010 Canadian International Air Show after only one plane took flight for eager crowds. Show organizers were pleased to see a much calmer Sunday forecast, which meant that the pilots were able to take to the skies and strut their stuff.

Runway Theater from Antique Airfield News
Airplanes Under the Stars from Antique Airfield News

Marion Fly-In/Cruise-In 2010 - Warbirds and Airshows
This was the 20th edition of this event as a fundraiser for the Marion High School Marching Band and was another great success as in the past with several great warbirds.  The high cross winds kept the number of fly-in aircraft to a minimum but as you can see a good selection of warbirds turned out to support the event in spite of the weather.

Waynesville OH Airshow 2010 - Warbirds and Airshows
Discovery is good when one finds an air show in the local area that has been going on for 12 years previous and one didn't know about it.  The 13th Annual Red Stewart Airfield Airshow south-west of Dayton, OH was a great family event with lots of homegrown aerobatics for everyone and the first one I have been to.  I only discovered it earlier in the week of the event in searching for a show relatively close to home that would have some warbirds flying.  This event fit the requirements with WWII era Boeing Stearman and North American T-6 trainers flying aerobatic and wing walking routines.  The show was free to the public and had an excellent old time airshow feel will a grass field and lots of varied aerobatics routines.

Watsonville Fly-in & Air Show 2010 - Watsonville - 09/03/10
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Oelwein Airshow is Sept. 11
Cedar Valley Daily Times
OELWEIN — The Oelwein Municipal Airport is sponsoring an Airshow on Saturday, Sept. 11 starting at 11 am A fly-in breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 am ...

Air Show Makes Wishes Come True - WOWT | It's the Omahawks 2010 Radio Control Air Show. Airplanes performed all kinds of flips and turns to wow the crowd, but also to raise money for a very worthy ...

The Reno Air Races! by FocusedWeb.com
The Reno Air Races, also known as the National Championship Air Races, is the world's longest running air race and features five days of air racing among six classes of aircraft. They race on oval courses which range between about 3 ...

16TH ANNUAL WICKENBURG FLY-IN & CLASSIC CAR SHOW Saturday, October 9, 2010 - Wickenburg Municipal Airport
The Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce, Town of Wickenburg, Wickenburg Airport Advisory Commission, Experimental Aircraft Association “Wickenburg Dust Devils” Chapter 883, and Master Aircraft Services, are proud to co-sponsor the 16th Annual Aircraft Fly-In & Classic Car Show on Saturday, October 9 at the Municipal Airport/Wellik Field off Highway 60. ...

LAA sticks to the basics from Unicom 
The 'It's not the LAA Rally' took place last weekend and I have to say it was a great little event.
With something like 800 aircraft flying in and three marquees of trade stands the event managed to combine a social event with a show that didn't take itself too seriously. ...

EAA AirVenture 2010 - Oshkosh - 07/26/10 from FenceCheck Forums

100 Free Days Out: Discover the History of Aviation - RAF Museums ... by John Oyston
This is not just a place to look, special exhibitions, films, interactive exhibits, engines, missiles, simulator rides combine to provide a fascinating insight into aviation history 20th century aviation started with the Wright brothers ...

Dragonfly, A Personal Helicopter Powered By Rockets from Aviation Blogs 
A personal helicopter powered by rockets.  That sounds awesome, right?  I mean, that’s like the same level as predator robots created by aliens who happen to be zombies dreaming a dream within a dream.  The Dragonfly’s description, of course, sounds much more menacing than it actually is – not that it isn’t a pretty special rotorcraft all on its own. ...

Boeing's 747 LCF: The Ugliest Airplane in the World. Maybe. - Boeinglcf
Today's Wall Street Journal carries a page-one article about the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter

(LCF), a specially-modified Boeing 747 that will be used to haul big pieces of the company's newest airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, between manufacturing facilities in the United States and Asia. Equipped with a hinge near the tail, ...

Challenger Tribute from Welcome!
In the spring of 2010, Belgian composer Bruno Misonne set forth on a musical mission: to bring the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to a new generation.

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Maria Weybrecht soars with Kids in Flight charity - Plain Dealer | On a hot summer day, when you're doing a few barrels and loops and other aerobatic maneuvers, I haven't felt too great. I have lots of favorites, ...

'The sort of flying flying that gives you goosebumps' - Cambridge News | Saturday started with a stunning performance by the Red Arrows, the RAF's display team, followed by four Hurricanes and the incredible sight of 16 Spitfires ...

Organizers pleased with air show - The Herald-Mail | Besides the high-performance planes zooming past in a deafening roar, the two-day Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show at the Eastern West Virginia Regional ...

GALLERY: Airshow presses on despite low cloud - Belfast Newsletter | The families really love the Red Arrows but the aircraft enthusiasts really like the Eurofighter." One spectator who attended the event told the News Letter ...

The Few honoured at Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary Day commemoration at ...- The Press, York | More than 450 current and former members of the Armed Forces took part in a parade at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, which was also the biggest event ...

Heavenly skies: Fans say farewell to air show - Seacoastonline.com "That's what really gets me," he said, as he prepared to watch the US Navy Blue Angels take off for their final flight demonstration for the weekend. ...

Air show honors Sedalia firefighter | firefighter, air, volk ... by Matthew Steingraber | News: Air show honors Sedalia firefighter | firefighter, air, volk, sedalia, fellow, new, community, including, hero, service…

Widower of WWII-era WASP pilot to receive Congressional Gold Medal at Billings ... - Billings Gazette | Dick Logan introduced Marjorie to every famous aviator, including Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, who flew through Billings. "He'd call me at school, ...

Fly-in soars in Watsonville: Every plane and pilot has a tale to tell - San Jose Mercury News | He spends his time flying from air show to air show. He had his 1942 PF-19 on display at the 46th Annual Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show Saturday. ...

The Aviators TV - We would like to thank you all for your very enthusiastic response to The Aviators during the Canadian premiere. There's much more to come... Stay tuned! For our American fans, your chance to catch the show starts in many cities THIS WEEK! Contact your local PBS station for further info (emails get more accurate airing details than onl...ine schedules)… http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/stationfinder_relocalize.html

Win family tickets to Southport Airshow - Liverpool Echo | The Southport Air Show welcomes back the Red Arrows on the Saturday, ready to wow visitors with their famous aerobatic manoeuvres. ...

Fiorito: It's time we killed the air show - Toronto Star | Maybe you like the air show. I understand that some people prefer vicarious thrills; even I am not immune to the naked charms of roaring, throbbing, ...

Families' disappointment after being turned away from air show - Cambridge News | Museum bosses apologised after ticket holders were turned away from an air show which brought roads south of Cambridge to a standstill. ...

Pease air show was all about the money - Seacoastonline.com | You need to separate the air show into the performers and the people who ran it. A few weekends ago the fighter wing in Westfield, Mass., had an air show ...

Fantastic Farnborough from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | Once again, Pacific Wings was right in the action at Farnborough International 2010. Peter Cooper was there all week not only as Pacific Wings' UK correspondent, but also as Farnborough Airport's semi-official historian and photographer. Farnborough is unquestionably the cradle of British aviation. One hundred and two years ago, it was the site of the first powered flight in the UK. Today, it is a thriving business airport and, once every two years, the site of the world-renowned Farnborough International Air Show. From 19–26 July, it was home to Farnborough International Air Show 2010—the 39th international display on this hallowed ground…

United States - Washington - Vintage Aircraft Weekend - 09/04-05/2010 from FenceCheck Forums:

AirVenture Night Show Spectacular from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News - A spectacular finale at AirVenture on Saturday evening was almost worth the entire trip to Oshkosh. The first EAA night air show in decades packed the house. Under a star filled sky the audience was thrilled by amazing aerobatics and pyrotechnics extraordinaire…

Jumbos coming out of bone yard from Radar Vector - Civil Aviation News by radar vector | Airlines around the world are bringing back to life their Boeing 747s from storage in the desert. Statistics from aviation consultant Ascend Worldwide Ltd. shows the number of 747s recalled in June exceeded those mothballed for the first time since January 2009.

The Rest of the King Story from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Santa Barbara Police have taken some heat for their handling of the detention of John and Martha King on Aug. 28. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Lt. Paul McCaffrey of the SBPD, who says that, based on the information they had, the officers did a proper and professional job of bringing the situation to a safe conclusion. (Note this podcast is longer than usual at 16 minutes.)

Crowdsourcing A Piece of the Music from AcroCamp by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) Check out the current episode of Airspeed for information about how we're crowdsourcing some of the music for Acro Camp! Listen to the episode, download the guide tracks, play or sing, and you might find yourself in the soundtrack of an independent film!...

This Week in Space - Setp. 5, 2010 from RLV and Space Transport News | Here is the latest episode of Spaceflight Now's This Week in Space. Topics include: A massive booster roars to life in Utah test, taking out the trash space station style, planning an asteroid mission and NASA mixes up fake vomit in the lab!...

Space Access Society: "Time Running Out for NASA Reform" from RLV and Space Transport News | The latest message from Henry Vanderbilt at the Space Access Society: Time Running Out for NASA Reform - The proposed new NASA space exploration policy looks as promising as anything we've seen come from those quarters for a long time. These reforms pass responsibility for basic space access to the US commercial sector, while refocusing NASA away from their ruinously inefficient in-house rocket development bureaucracy and back toward developing new technologies for future transportation and deep-space exploration…

C-130 Heliplane from The Unwanted Blog | An idea out of Lockheed-California, circa March 1963 for a VTOL C-130. Featuring fore and aft rotors like the Chinook, but with only two blades per rotor, and the ability to align them for minimum drag during forward flight. However, the illustration seems to show a dearth of actual powerplants. The normal C-130's four turboprops are here reduced to two… with no means of powering the props shown. No further data on this…

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Saturday Cleveland National Air Show tickets honored Sunday or Monday due to rain - NewsNet5.com
CLEVELAND - While the Cleveland National Air Show went on Saturday despite the rain, ticketholders are invited back Sunday or Monday. ...

CNE air show cancelled due to weather - Hamilton Spectator
The windy weather and choppy water forced the

Canadian International Air Show to cancel its events on Saturday. According to Colleen Swider, a spokesperson ...

Two killed as aeroplanes collide - BBC News
Two people have been killed in a collision between two light aircraft during an air race on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft collided as 19 planes were ...

Educators, reporter fight gravity, nausea as they fly with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet fighter team | cleveland.com
Three seconds.
That's precisely the amount of time it takes for the pool of blood in your head to rush toward your feet when the downward weight of gravity on your body suddenly increases by five, six or seven times.
Then you go dark. ...

The Age-Old Question: “What Happens if You Guys Can’t Jump?” from US Army Golden Knights 
In the more than 50 years the Golden Knights have been demonstrating their parachuting prowess for the American public, there is one question that never gets old: “What do you guys do if you can’t jump?” SGT Brandie Phillips listens as a girl tells her she's three years old. The kids were ecstatic to meet [...]

Couldn’t Make It To AirVenture This Year? 10 Minutes of Airventure 2010 Videos
from Aviation Blogs  

Video: Betty Wall, 90-Year-Old WASP Woman Flies WWII Airplane

B-29 Breaks Before First Appearance from Pacific Flyer 
The Commemorative Air Force B-29 “FiFi” took off at approximately 9:00 a.m. CST August 5, the first time in more than four years she’d been airborne.
The CAF immediately announced a tour with Platinum country recording artist Aaron Tippin with their first appearance to be at the Colorado Sport International Air Show on Sunday, August 28 at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.
So you know what happened next. A distributor malfunction in one of her engines resulted in pre-ignition, damaging some of the cylinders so the Denver appearance was cancelled. ...

Battle of Britain 70th Aniversary airshow Duxford 4-9-2010 from Gary Watson's Posts
Attendance, so high at this show today, that at 13.40pm they closed the gates, due to safety grounds and they were full. Did not take much video, due to no platform with me, which would have helped, as there were just too many 'heads' in the way. PlanesTV were there, so the video produced by them should be wonderful.
There were many great performances, but the 'biggy' was the 16 Spitfires in formation. Here are some of the images taken today. ...
   
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIRSHOW SEES SPITFIRES AND HURRICAINES TAKE TO THE AIR - Express.co.uk
THE evocative sound of Merlin engines echoed across Duxford airfield yesterday as the planes that won the Battle of Britain commemorated ...

70 YEARS ON: 'The few' remembered - NOTW Blogs
They flew over the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambs. Hurricanes and the Red Arrows display team also took part in the air show.

The Hawker Tempest (many versions) - Planeshots

Breitling wingwalkers tijdens de Seppe Airshow 2010 - mobypicture

"Liberty Belle" in Amarillo - ConnectAmarillo.com 
AMARILLO, TEXAS -- It was a step back in time for folks who gathered to look at the B-17 Flying Fortress Saturday at TAC Air. The "Liberty Belle" dates back ...

Air Races App - Itunes
Welcome to the Official iPhone app for the National Championship Air Races. The Reno Air Racing Association is offering this live scoring application for the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, from September 15-19, 2010.

Antique Airfield Open and Lots of Flying from Antique Airfield News
Today is a beautiful day for flying at Antique Airfield - light winds, moderate temperatures, and not a cloud in the sky. Here's a sampling of the action - lots of arrivals Saturday morning from folks who diverted to nearby airports on Friday. Runway action shots by Don Thun, others by Russell Williams.  ...

German Phantoms (and Italian Typhoons) in Decimomannu by David Cenciotti
A few weeks ago, in a previous post I reported about the last GAF F-4s detachment in Decimomannu airbase, Italy. Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 2, the photoreporter Giovanni Maduli went again
in Sardinia, to take some pictures of both the JG71 Phantoms and ItAF Eurofighter Typhoon deployed over there to undertake air-to-air training activities. ...

Wing Cam footage of Jim's Botched Hammerhead from AcroCamp 
More slaving over a hot Mac this evening. But eminently worth it. I think I'm about 80% of the way through cataloging the aerial footage.
I found the wing camera version of Jim's botched hammerhead. About the same level of drama as the cockpit camera, but a different angle. ...

A Taste of The Fun Part from AcroCamp 
Okay, I couldn't resist. I put a couple of angles of a flight up in side-by-side frames and loosely synced them by hitting the start buttons at the appropriate times. Then I watched for a few minutes.
Suddenly, instead of gritty, disjointed, insider-only raw material, it looks like something that might soon actually be cinematic. It's pretty. The sun wanders over the fuselage. Your eye gets drawn from angle to angle as the aircraft banks rolls or pitches. Oh, man, am I getting excited. ...

Irishman Flying Around World In Autogyro from Pacific Flyer 
A Northern Ireland pilot named Norman Surplus is midway through his effort to be the first person to fly around the world in an autogyro.
Flying a two-seat tandem MT-03 Gyrox with a 115 hp turbo 914 Rotax engine built by Autogyro GMBH in Germany, the UK’s RotorSport worked in conjunction with the pilot and retrofitted it for Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval. ...

World Helicopter Air Speed Record from Wright Squawks 
Sikorsky’s X2 demonstrator managed to unofficially break the world helicopter air speed record during a test flight last week.
The helicopter managed a speed of 225 knots exceeding the current, and official, record of 216 knots achieved in 1986. ...

September 4 from Cut and Paste Aviation

The Thunderbirds Rock, But I Think They Need Some New Paint! from Airpigz
I've been a fan of both the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels  since I was a kid... how are you not a fan of intensely disciplined jet aerobatic teams that make huge noise, fly insanely close together, and represent the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy? I've also been very fortunate to have seen both teams within the last year, and in the process, I've come to one simple conclusion: the Thunderbirds need some new paint.
As I mentioned in last week's Thunderbirds CoolPix post, when I saw team perform at Sun-n-Fun this year, the  ...

The jet-powered Mustang from The Unwanted Blog 
Between North American Aviations famous P-51 Mustang and their famous F-86 Sabrejet was their less well known FJ-1 Fury.
The FJ-1 took to the air in 1946 as a rather tubby, barrel-shaped jet plane with straight wings. But it began its life in October 1944 as a concept, illustrated below via painting and model photo, as a somewhat sleeker jet plane… one clearly derived from the P-51. The cockpit canopy, wings and tail surfaces all seem to be minimally modified from the P-51, with a fuselage that still shows hints of P-51-ness. ...

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High-flying tradition returns Labor Day weekend - Aurora Advocate
Photo courtesy of the Cleveland National Air Show; The US Navy Blue Angels headlines this year's Cleveland National Air Show. The Cleveland National Air ...

Preparations In High Gear For Free Air Show - West Virginia MetroNews
The West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing is behind the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show at the air base in Martinsburg. ...
   
Italian Air Force: 50 years with "Frecce Tricolori" acrobatic team - press ... - AVIONEWS
Also, a preview of the unreleased movie will be projected on "Frecce Tricolori", made entirely by the centre audiovisual production - 'Troupe Azzurra' of ...
   
Stearman aircraft land at Chadron Airport - Chadron Record
... known as the “Kaydet” to the Army Air Corp and as the “Yellow Peril” to the Navy, is one of the most well-known bi-planes in aviation history. ...

Desiree Bonnie appointed Air Show Coordinator - TCPalm
STUART — The newest addition to the 2010 Stuart Air Show team is Desiree Bonnie, appointed by the Air Show organizers as the show's coordinator. ...

Fly a B-17 Flying Fortress at Trenton-Mercer Airport Tuesday or Wednesday - The Trentonian
A vintage B-17 bomber from World War II will take off with the adventurous and be opened for tours on the tarmac next Tuesday and Wednesday at the ...

Impromptu air-show unfolds above Lumpkin - Dahlonega Nugget
There may be more than a few stiff necks among Lumpkin County residents this week after a surprise air-show broke out in the blue skies above ...

P-51 Mustang fighter to roar into O.C. - OCRegister
The P-51D Mustang is owned by Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, which has been in possession of it since 1957. The plane is flying into Orange County on ...

PR: New special exhibition commemorating Texas aviation from You Fly, Girl 
On exhibit September 12, 2010 through January 9, 2011, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration will tell the story of Texas aviation—past, present, and future—in a new, special exhibition that will brag on the dynamic achievements of Texas aviators, designers, manufacturers, and services.

AirVenture 2010 from www.ainonline.com : Latest News 
EAA AirVenture, as usual, brought the aviation family together for another week of celebration, innovation and pure enjoyment at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis. While nothing could eclipse last year’s amazing side-by-side display of an Airbus A380 and the WhiteKnightTwo mothership on AeroShell Square, the many  ...

Wisconsin - EAA AirVenture 2010 - Oshkosh - 07/26/10 from FenceCheck Forums
NAS Point Mugu Airshow 2010 - Point Mugu - 08/07/10 from FenceCheck Forums

Spitfire in RAF Shawbury flypast - shropshirestar.com
The famous aircraft will be joined by the Red Arrows aerobatic team for a special display at RAF Shawbury tomorrow. Seventy years ago the RAF fought off the ...

Share Your High-Flying Airshow Pics, Videos - KSBW The Central Coast
3 to 5, while the California International Airshow will take place October 2 and 3 in Salinas. Share photos and videos from this event and other air shows ...

PHOTOS: On the show the first stars came flying CIAF - Hradecky diary
Hradec Kralove - Hradec At the airport slétávají first participants prestigious air shows United International Air Fest (CIAF), which will be held in ...

John's the fastest Gold Coaster in the air - Gold Coast Bulletin News
"I've to pinch myself every now and then," he said. The air race championships will be held in Reno, Nevada, from September 15 to 19.

Air Racing History - All Things Aviation
Cleveland always played a large part in the early days of racing, and this Labor Day Weekend at the Cleveland National Air Show the Society of Air Racing Historians will put on a display to preserve the complete and accurate records of ...

Visiting Delta from The Cranky Flier 
...Yep, that’s Delta’s Ship 41, the first DC-3 that carried Delta passengers. It was painstakingly restored and now sits in the Delta Museum, which is located in the airline’s original Atlanta hangars. It is only open for employee ...

POW/MIA Observance Sept. 10 - Florida Times-Union
After boot camp and radio operator's school at Scott Army-Air Force Base, Ramotnik was assigned to a B-25 squadron in early 1943 in North Africa, ...

Lincoln Aviation Appreciation Day - Benton County Enterprise
The Lincoln Aviation Day celebration on September 11th presents an opportunity for young people to experience aviation and perhaps launch a career or hobby ...

Teen Completes Cross-Country Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Nate Foster, a 17-year-old from Maryland who took off in August to fly across the U.S. in a Piper Cub, has made it safely to Monterey, Calif., according to the Baltimore Sun. Foster received his private pilot certificate just a few days before launch, but he had logged about 150 hours at the controls since the age of ...

Young Eagles to take flight - Southeast Sun
Activities throughout the day will include fly-ins from war birds, a static display of historic military vehicles and a showcase of various planes that are ...

Flight Rally at Lawrence Airport offers free flights to young ...
The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, Volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 1.5 million young people who reside in more than 90 ...

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Infatuation with flying came early for air show pilots - Press of Atlantic City | "My dad took me to an air show and ... I saw them hanging upside down," he said. "I knew that's what I wanted to do." US Air Force Maj. ...

Battle of Britain Air Show - win tickets - Romford Recorder | The Recorder has teamed up with IWM Duxford to offer readers the opportunity to win one of three family tickets to the Battle of Britain Air Show on ...

United States - Oregon - Oregon International Air Show 2010 - Hillsboro (Portland) - 08/20/10 from FenceCheck Forums:

RAF Leuchars Airshow 2010 :: Home from http://www.airshow.co.uk/ We are delighted to announce that the Royal Air Force Leuchars Air Show will take place on Saturday 11 September.  Keeping up the tradition launched back in 1945 with the first 'Battle of Britain At Home Day', RAF Leuchars Air Show has grown and evolved into one of the largest Air Shows in the UK and certainly the largest event of its kind in Scotland… 

High flying South Lakes show is ready for height of new success - NW Evening Mail | Just 10 years after take off volunteers are having to give up organising the Windermere Air Show and handed over the controls to an events company. ...

Bournemouth Air Show 2010! by ravsgallery | Bournemouth Air Show Was Historical Event In Bournemouth Every Year. So Many People Came To See The Air Show Lasting 4 Days. The 19th to the 22nd. It Great Fun As It's By The Beach As You Can Chill And Watch The Planes Fly! Some Of The Planes  Were So Cool!!  Flying So Fast!..

Thousands turn out for air displays - Northants ET from http://www.northantset.co.uk/ A record number of people visited the Sywell Air Show yesterday – with many of them queuing for more than two hours to get in. The roads into Sywell were jammed after midday with carloads of visitors desperate to get in. Tailbacks to get into the show stretched back for more than two miles…

The Gosh of Oshkosh from Air & Space Magazine

Cruising above Puget Sound in the world's largest airship - Seattle Post Intelligencer | It has hosted hosted celebrities such as Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan. But its coolest accomplishment might be ...

On This Day in Aviation History: August 24th by Matt Molnar | American Airlines retires their A300s, terrorists blow up two Russian airliners, an Air Transat flight glides to safety in the Azores, Canadair sets a new bizjet distance record, and more...

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Air Force Thunderbirds get history lesson from World War II veterans at ... - MassLive.com
Members of the Air Force flight team, the Thunderbirds, visited various veterans' facilities in on Friday. HOLYOKE – The Air Force of the 21st century met ...

   
High flying with the Thunderbirds - WWLP 22News
This morning 22news reporter Jacqueline Jing had a chance of a lifetime to ride with the Thunderbirds. Kristin Hubbard was the Thunderbird F16 fighter pilot ...

Popular air show opens tonight in Hillsboro - kgw.com
The popular Oregon International Air Show will be blazing above Hillsboro this weekend. This year's annual show will feature America's only civilian jet ...

'Thunder Over The Boardwalk' returns to Atlantic City - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
The US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army's Golden Knights will once again perform in the skies over Atlantic City during “Thunder Over the Boardwalk” ...

Brazilian team to add international flavor to AC Airshow - Shore News Today
25 and feature favorites such as the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army Golden Knights, as well as newcomers to the show, the Brazilian Esquadrilha ...

Vintage planes thrill at MAPS event - Akron Leader Publications
Spectators also enjoyed getting a close-up view of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” shown at right middle. Mansfield youths Nicky Hamler, 3, ...

Airport open house includes air show - Royal Oak Daily Tribune
There's more to see than ever before at Oakland County International Airport's open house and air fair. ...

Mustang Island Fly-In September 17 - 19 from Pilots of America Message Board

Second annual Greenwood Lake airshow to commence in September - NorthJersey.com
The second Annual Greenwood Lake Air Show and WWII Showcase will be in West Milford from Sept. 10 through Sept. 12, and will feature two shows. ...

Fly in a B-17 this week in Lima - istockAnalyst.com
It's a traveling, hands-on museum of aircraft history, and when it lands this week at the Allen County Regional Airport, it invites people ...

Best Roller Coaster Eva! Sean Tucker Awesome Cockpit Video from Airpigz
This 14:52 video of Sean Tucker at last weekend's Chicago Air & Water Show is fantastic, especially if you're like me and you really like looking at the details. Watching the horizon and the sky constantly swing around is very cool, as is watching the elevator position thru the maneuvers. I really like seeing the very small control inputs that display the art of threading the needle of hitting airspeed, altitude and attitude marks. It's also cool to see Sean talking to the audience during some very intense flying! ...

VF-17 and VF-18 Aces Symposium 8-28-2010 from www.aafo.com
The next Northern California Friends of the Aces Symposium is 8-28-2010 in Burlingame. 6 Aces will be on the panel. These are ALWAYS worth an afternoon if you are a 3-4 hour drive - or less - away ...

Oshkosh Overcomes Weather Problems from Pacific Flyer 
Bringing together more than a half-million attendees and 10,000 aircraft is a daunting task even in the best of years.
Throw in unprecedented rains prior to that event, however, and the challenges heading into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 made it unlike any of the 57 previous EAA fly-ins held before it.
“This was the most challenging fly-in we’ve had in my 35 years as chairman of the event,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA’s chairman and president.
Wittman Regional Airport at Oshkosh, Wis., was hit by more than 10 inches of rain in the first 24 days of July. As the July 26 opening day approached, the conditions complicated aircraft and drive-in camper parking, as large areas of the grounds typically used for parking and camping were under water or too soft to allow any weight. ...

Santa Paula Airshow Was A Hit from Pacific Flyer 
There are a few airports in this country where aviation is more than just a hobby, it's a religion.
Santa Paula, Calif. (SZP) is one of those. Owned by its pilots, it houses one of the largest collections of flyable antiques (planes and pilots) this side of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
Luminaries such as Steve McQueen and Gene Hackman kept their planes there and hung out on weekends. So did Kurt Russell and Reg Pridmore, national motorcycle road race champ. ...

F-22 and F-15 on display at Boeing Field from Aerospace News 
An F-22 Raptor and F-15 Eagle are on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight until Monday morning. Airline Reporter has more details, and pictures.

Warbirds take skies over Atherton Tableland - Cairns Post
... weekend to thrill the crowd at the annual Far North Queensland Mareeba Warbird Airshow. will also include a not-to-be-missed F-111 aircraft flypast. ...

Avro Lancaster bomber flights recalled by WWII pilot - BBC News
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight display at the Bournemouth Air Festival this year was particularly important for Derek Driver from Branksome. ...

'Flying Fortress' offers look at restored WWII bomber plane - Rochelle News Leader
... Relations Director and past chairperson Lisa Angel said the festival decided to invite the Commemorative Air Force and their plane back to DeKalb. ...

Friday's letters: B-17 heroes - BlueRidgeNow.com
To The Editor: The first Boeing B-17 flew in August 1935. Bristling with machine guns for its defense, it was dubbed a “Flying Fortress” by a reporter at ...

Kent battle between German bomber crew and British soldiers marked after 70 years - Telegraph | A little-known skirmish between a downed German bomber crew and a group of British soldiers, the last ever military conflict to take place on British soil, is finally being marked 70 years after the event. ...

Bournemouth Air Festival: Tribute to Battle of Britain heroes - Bournemouth Echo
ON THE day the nation paid tribute to The Few of the Battle of Britain, the pilots of Bournemouth Air Festival honoured the heroes of ...

Weather won't spoil second day of Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo
The Red Arrows may have to perform a revised "Flat Display" if the cloud base is less than 2500 (see the related links for the RAF guidance on this) and the ...

Flypast called off - Hampshire Chronicle
SCORES were left disappointed this afternoon when a flypast near Winchester was called off at the last minute. ...

Norman Pays Tribute to the Battle of Britain Autogyro
from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team
As the people of Britain start a month of airshows and remembrance services commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Norman would like to highlight the little known part played by Autogyro’s during this period.
In 1934 the RAF received its first Avro Rota Mk 1, a licenced built Cierva C30A (Designed by Juan De La Cierva, the inventor of the autogyro). By 1940,1448 Flight at Duxford were equipped with Avro Rota Mk 1 Autogyro’s and No.529 RAF Squadron at RAF Halton were also equipped Avro Rota Mk1’s to be used to assist the new Secret Radar Sites to calibrate their equipment.  ...

In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth - Air & Space Magazine
A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.

Renovated heritage museum reopens from Air Force Link Top Stories 
Air Force officials reopened a newly-named and renovated enlisted heritage museum here Aug. 12.
In addition to spending $730,000 to renovate a building that has housed the museum since 1956, the name was officially changed from the History and Traditions Museum to the USAF Airman Heritage Museum.
Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, the Air Education and Training Command commander, along with 502nd Air Base Wing and 37th Training Wing senior leaders and special guests, cut the ribbon signifying the reopening before an estimated crowd of more than 100 people. ...

On This Day in Aviation History: August 20th from NYCAviation.com
Today we mark the anniversaries of the world's first successful skydive from a plane, the first scheduled airship service, the launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, first flight test of the GE-36 propfan engine and more...

August 20 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

JSF Jocks from Ares 
U.S. Air Force test pilot Lt. Col. Hank "Hog" Griffiths believes he may have flown faster in an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter than anyone else.
Griffith says in June he took the F-35A to 583 KCAS (exceeding Mach 1.2). “I may be the first to fly this fast in the jet so far,” he muses. “The jet handles well, and she just wants to fly fast. It has a monster engine. It looks like an aircraft that’s built around an engine.”  ...

Former Civil Air Patrol national commander dies - WSFA
He later served as president of the Alabama Aero Club and of the Southern Museum of Flight. He was a lifetime member of the Daedalians, a fraternity of ...

British air traffic control: Beware of giant vulture at 35,000 feet from USATODAY.com
Commercial airline pilots flying over British Isles have been told to be on the watch for a vulture with a 10-foot wingspan that can fly at heights ...

Space Camp alum Stephanie Abrams features Huntsville on The Weather Channel - al.com
Francis French, director of education at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, who graduated from the Space Academy Level II program in 1989. ...

Profiles in Badassery: Dr. David Wolf - Hammer and Rails
Today I wanted to go back into the list of 22 astronauts that hold Purdue degrees and feature perhaps the bravest of them all: Dr. David Wolf Gus Grissom ...

maxair2air - Hello Plane Folks,This week I bring you an essay on the MNCAF Open House and an air-to-air mission in the PT-22 with the irrepressible Betty Wall, WASP. Enjoy! Max

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