Thunder Over Michigan: A-4B Skyhawk Added to Lineup!

Watch as this vintage, U.S. Navy, jet-powered attack aircraft roars through the Michigan sky! The A-4 Skyhawk is a post Korean War U.S. attack aircraft that was successfully used by both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps with top speeds in excess of 600 MPH. Skyhawk's played a key role in the Vietnam War as they carried out some of the first U.S. air strikes and are believed to have dropped the last U.S. bombs of the war. Come see as one of America's most iconic aircraft grace the skies in a tribute to the Vietnam generation. Thunder Over Michigan Air Show, August 10-11, 2013 Publicly Announced Acts (So Far): F-100 Super Sabre Jet A-4B Skyhawk Gathering of Skyraiders UH-1H Huey Helicopters World's Top Aerobatic performer, Sean D. Tucker Former Red Bull Air Racer, Michal Goulian WWII Battle Reenactment Vietnam Air & Ground Battle Reenactment Vietnam Homecoming Kidz Zone Play Area More to come! We are so excited to share the rest of our performer lineup with our fans in the coming weeks! In the meantime, take a moment to check out our premium seating options below where you can experience this year's air show in first class! Premium seating traditionally sells out early, so be sure to get your preferred tickets now. We are excited to host you in August!

Grandstand: Premium View Grandstand Seats are a fantastic way to get a great seat for the air show, just off the flight line and close to show center. Saturday: Only 199 tickets left Sunday: Only 262 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

The BOMBER CLUB: a spacious, tented area designed for guests to enjoy some shade and have access to tables and chairs for relaxation. Bomber Club patrons will enjoy complimentary beverages (non-alcoholic) all day and will have access to non-public portable washrooms. The BOMBER CLUB chalet includes premium outdoor seating along the flight line. Saturday: Only 284 tickets left Sunday: Only 405 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

FIGHTER CLUB: Enjoy the festive atmosphere and entertainment while attending the Air Show in this premium chalet. Enjoy an outstanding catered buffet-style lunch (served from 11-2) and complimentary beverages (non-alcoholic and beer) all day and access to non-public portable washrooms. The FIGHTER CLUB chalet includes premium outdoor seating along the flight line. Saturday: Only 124 tickets left Sunday: Only 198 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

OFFICERS CLUB: includes the finest of amenities and the best view of the show. This private premium club features a spacious tented area and prime seats on the flightline. OFFICERS CLUB guests will be served a catered breakfast (served from 9-10:30), grilled luncheon entrees with delicious side dishes (served from 11 - 2), an afternoon old fashioned ice cream sundae bar, and snacks and appetizers throughout the day. Saturday: Only 64 tickets left Sunday: Only 104 tickets left CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

Thunder Over Michigan | 801 Willow Run Airport | Ypsilanti | MI | 48198

Sea Harrier to debut at Vectren Dayton Air Show

P-51 Quick Silver...Gene Soucy...A-4B Skyhawk also announced

Dayton, Ohio – Unique and star-studded are just some of the words that could be used to describe four performers added to the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger lineup. The 38th annual show headlining the US Navy Blue Angels will be held on July 7th and 8th at the Dayton International Airport.

Appearing for the first time in Dayton will be the renowned British Sea Harrier, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Operated for many years by Britain’s Royal Navy, the Sea Harrier became famous for its service during the Falklands War. Lifting like a helicopter, hovering in mid-air and then flying at nearly the speed of sound, the Sea Harrier is a unique and an incredible example of aviation technology. Nicknamed the jump jet, the Sea Harrier will astound spectators with its amazing capability and is sure to be a crowd favorite. The Sea Harrier performing at Dayton is the only privately owned Harrier in the world. It was acquired from the Royal Navy in 2005 by U.S. citizen, Art Nalls, a retired and decorated Marine Corps pilot. The Sea Harrier has a more powerful engine and is faster than the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier that has performed at Dayton in the past.

Making its inaugural appearance in Dayton is the beautifully restored P-51 Mustang Quick Silver. This is the story of father and son team, Bill and Scott "Scooter" Yoak, who spent 13 years meticulously working side-by-side to make this incredible Mustang a reality. Having a lifelong dream of building a perfect example of a Mustang, a highly-skilled Bill Yoak became very good friends with key people in the California warbird community. Soon Bill became heavily involved in the California movie business and flew outstanding air combat scenes for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep and feature films. Along the way to his life’s dream of building a Mustang, Bill collected parts from nearly three hundred Mustangs that were lost in action or otherwise crashed. With his metal fabrication skills, Bill was able to make parts needed to the exact specs of the original Mustang. The Yoak’s are certain that Quick Silver is made from parts of Mustangs that were used in every war theater the Mustang was utilized – about 27 countries. Now flown by Scott Yoak, Quick Silver serves as a celebration of our nation's armed forces. This gleaming beauty will be a sight to see in the skies over the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger.

Last appearing in Dayton in 2005, the award-winning team of Gene Soucy and Teresa Stokes will delight audiences of all ages with their barnstorming wing walking act in the brightly painted Showcat, a highly-modified Grumman bi-plane. Dubbed “Mr. Airshow”, Gene is one of the most-respected pilots in the air show industry; Teresa is an acclaimed aviation and space artist along with being a top stuntwoman-wingwalker. It’s no surprise that this proficient pair have racked up an impressive list of accolades in the air show industry.

Another debut performer, the Warbird Heritage Foundation’s A-4B Skyhawk, will look to many spectators like a modern-day U.S. military jet fighter. The Skyhawk is actually a restored light bomber/attack aircraft used during the Vietnam War. In service for both the Navy and the Marine Corps, the A-4B was flown by notable Vietnam-era pilots, Vice Admiral James Stockdale and LCDR John McCain. It was also flown by the Blue Angels from 1973 to 1986. The Skyhawk appearing at the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show is painted to represent aircraft BuNo 148609 flown by LCDR Ted Swartz, who shot down a MIG-17 over North Vietnam with an unguided ZUNI rocket. This was the only air-to-air kill by a Skyhawk during the Vietnam War.

“These are incredible additions to our 2012 lineup,” stated Michael Emoff, Chairman of the United States Air & Trade Show Board of Trustees, producers of the event. “We have an awesome show this year and expect to add even more attractions in the coming weeks,” he added.

Other show features announced in December include TORA TORA TORA, an emotional reenactment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor complete with pyrotechnics; Michael Goulian, an acclaimed and high-energy aerobatic performer; and the Misty Blues, the world’s only all-woman skydiving team.

The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger previously announced that ticket prices will remain unchanged from 2011. The popular Chairman’s Club, LaRosa’s Pavilion, Family 4 Pack, and Blue Sky Chalet tickets are now on sale offering a range of seating amenities. Tickets can conveniently be purchased through our show website at www.daytonairshow.com. Many of these venues sell out early, so don’t wait to get your tickets.

Beginning May 21, 2012, deep discount general admission tickets will also be available for purchase at over 100 Kroger stores in the Dayton-Cincinnati region.

For more information on performers:
www.nallsaviation.com
www.quicksilvermustang.com
www.genesoucy.com
www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org

Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright-Patterson AFB. For more information, visit www.daytonairshow.com.

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Red Devils and Spitfire among star attractions at Rescue Day - Yorkshire Post | A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will also fly past at the fundraising event, which aims to boost the coffers of Help For Heroes, East Midlands Air Ambulance, Humber Rescue, and other local charities. On the ground at Lakes Country ...

Make-A-Wish Child Meets the Blue Angels - Patch.com | Wish child Joshua Tedeschi, a Cranston resident, recently posed for a photo with US Navy Blue Angels Pilot Lt. Rob Kurrle, Jr., USN at a special air show viewing thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. ...

Blue Thunder II Update - John Parker ... We brought Blue back from the Golden West show on Sunday morning so that we could get her in a few shots of a 3D IMAX feature that was being filmed here at the Stead Airport.  The next morning, June 13, I started formation and pylon race course practice, flying once a day for a week. Steve Edmonson was here for the week and he did a great job of finding places on Blue to mount our GoPro Hero camera. We got a lot of footage and Rhonda has edited some of that footage and uploaded it onto You Tube. The links below show some pretty cool stuff.

http://evanflys.com/golden_west_2011#Next - Golden West 2011 photo gallery
http://youtu.be/7Z_5vIay-4s - Blue II flight test #7
http://youtu.be/MUqv6umwHJg - Yellow in formation flight with Blue
http://youtu.be/2GR-1a8cwuA - Blue II at PRS 2011

Tuskegee 'Museum' Under Fire  from Aero-News Network | $5 Million Facility Being Called A Federal Stimulus Boondoggle Last summer, the Fulton County Commission in Georgia approved borrowing five million dollars from the federal government to build an "aviation cultural center" to honor the Tuskegee Airmen...

Three more museums to get Skyhawks - New Zealand Herald | Now they are a central part of our aviation history. "Over the years, in various ways they have touched the lives of thousands of New Zealanders. Now they will be on display around the country for the enjoyment and education of future generations. ...

Last Skyhawk jets heading for museums - Stuff.co.nz | Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said the last three of nine Skyhawks earmarked for museums will be sent to the Warbirds Association in Ardmore, the Warbirds over Wanaka and Ashburton Aviation Museum. Three of the 16 Aermacchi jet trainers will also go to ...

‘I never flew a combat mission in my B-17, I was lucky,’ John Ross  from War Tales by Don Moore | John Ross, who until relatively recently lived in North Port for 33 years, was the pilot of a B-17 Bomber during World War II. He and his bomber crew were members of the 388th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force flying out of a field near Cambridge, England. “They say when I got over there with...

Flying fortress brings back memories for WWII veterans - Peoria Journal Star | Jim Fischer, 80, of Morton looks out a window of a B17 Flying Fortress at Byerly Aviation Tuesday. By MICHAEL BOREN The German fighter planes were so close that LeRoy Mace could see the enemies' faces when he flew 46 missions in Europe during World War ...

B-25 Bomber on Display at Yakima Air Museum - KIMA CBS 29 | The pilots made sure France was given the ride of a lifetime, gliding across the Yakima Valley, even encouraging him to climb into the nose for a spectacular 200-degree view. The B-25 is on display at the McAllister Museum at the Yakima Airport through ...

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Vintage German Airplane Down In UK  from Aero-News Network | Pilot Walks Away From Accident In Bucker Juhgmann A pilot preparing for a flying display in a Military Pageant Air Show in Bedfordshire village in the UK was able to walk away from an accident which damaged the Bucker Jungmann airplane he was flying...

Accident Fatally Injures Santa Paula Air Show Pilot  from Aero-News Network | Cessna Went Down In Riverbed Near The Airport An air show pilot based at the Santa Paula, CA airport (KSZP) was one of two people fatally injured when the Cessna 180 they were flying went down in a riverbed near the airport Sunday night…

Daleville’s Heroic Huey — the 325  from Travel for Aircraft | Daleville AL has a Bell UH-1H Huey proudly displayed at the Daleville Cultural and Convention Center — but not an ordinary display. One may expect that this aircraft is dedicated to a group in the armed services, Army would be a good supposition, or perhaps to nearby Fort Rucker where the U.S. Army first trains its aviators, or even to local veterans. Any of the foregoing would be admirable but this display is exceptional since it is dedicated to the aircraft itself, the specific Huey that became to be known as “3-2-5″ — in radio-speak, this term would be said as “three-two-five” to be heard clearly at the receiving end of the transmission…

Bush pilots, their planes, and their so-called airfields  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've written before about 'bush pilots'; and, although Miss D. would deny that she qualifies for that label, she's nevertheless regarded as at least a fledgling 'bush pilot' by others who've earned that moniker. I've encountered the breed in Africa, and I know they're all over the world, wherever their services are needed…

Pole dancing Karrie's skydiving for charity - Belper News - A BIG-HEARTED Belper beautician hopes to break a world record when she leaps from an aeroplane 30000ft up in the air with 80 of her pals from pole-dancing classes. Karrie O'Donnell, 24, who runs Unique Hair and Beauty, on Grosvenor Road, Ripley, ...

Episode 154 – Bits and Pieces VI  from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks)  The Geeks take the week off in celebration of the July 4 holiday, but still manage to assemble enough content for an episode. We have...

“Sexy Lady” in Track in Cahors’sky...  from Bonjour BlueSky  “Sexy Lady” in Track in Cahors’sky (thanks Jennifer BOISSEAU for sharing!)

July 6 – This Day In Aviation History  from Aviation Earth | In 1919… The first person to arrive in the United States by air from Europe is Englishman Flt. Lt. J. E. M. Pritchard. He arrives with the airship R.34, which has entered American skies after leaving Scotland on July 2 to cross the North Atlantic. (F&F) In 1951… The first in-flight refueling under combat conditions...

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Air tattoo takes wing with Sir David Jason - British Forces News | Sir David Jason arrived by an RAF Chinnook HC2 to launch this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The Only Fools and Horses star is a great supporter of the air tattoo and its honorary vice patron. ...

The sky's the limit for air spectacular - Evesham Journal | A flypast from the Red Arrows is also planned. Other attractions include RAF Merlin and Chinook helicopters, a parachute freefall team, custom trucks and super cars, aircraft flight simulators, military and police vehicles, an Army bomb disposal squad, ...

Shriners are ready to put on a show - Evansville Courier & Press | Vernon Stevens, Shrinersfest chairman, said he felt discouraged and sick at heart when the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying squadron, canceled a planned performance just a few weeks before the festival. But the Shriners went back to “fest mode” ...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show >  from http://www.hemet-ryanairshow.org/ - The Hemet-Ryan Air Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hemet-Ryan Airport in Hemet. There will be something for everyone to enjoy. Fulfill your sense of adventure with gravity defying performances by Tim Decker, Melissa Pemberton, Golden Stars Skydiving and Doug Jardine.  The United States Air Force will also be making their first ever appearance at the Hemet-Ryan Air Show with the A-10 and C-17.  The A-10 West Demonstration Team is a select group of professionals dedicated to showing the extreme capabilities of the A-10 aircraft through exceptional aerial maneuvers…

Blue Angels grounded, but Millville Airshow will go on - Press of Atlantic City | MILLVILLE - Safety concerns have grounded the Blue Angels, knocking out one of the headliners at this weekend's two-day Millville Wheels and Wings Airshow. "I know that all of us have a sense of disappointment that they won't be able to participate," ...

Stunt pilot knows tricks are scary - Delmarva Now | The US Air Force Thunderbirds flew these F-16 Fighting Falcons at last year's air show. This year, flyovers by F-18 Super Hornets and A-10 Warthogs, among others, are scheduled. Where:14th-17th Streets, Ocean City. Parking will be restricted on streets ...

Festival of Flight Hearkens to an Earlier Time - Patch.com | Now in its 40th year, the air show features aerobatic performances, demonstrations that hearken back to a time of pin-up models, victory gardens and WWII bombers. “You will see some of the best pilots in the world doing all kinds of things planes and ...

Pilot wants big-time air show, small-town feel - News-Press Now | This feeling has driven him throughout 2011, pushed him past setbacks as the pilot helped put together the Cameron Air Show and Fly-In, scheduled for this weekend. He resides now near Kansas City International Airport, a job-related proximity. ...

Mid-air crash pilots 'lost sight' - BBC News | As a result of the accident in which he died, the Civil Aviation Authority and Royal Aero Club Records, Racing and Rally Association are reviewing air race procedures and the risk air racing poses to third parties...

Classic Flyers' coup for aeroplane buffs - The Bay of Plenty Times | People will be able to go and watch the Classic Flyers' Skyhawk being reassembled once it has been delivered in September. Photo / File. When an ex-RNZAF Skyhawk fighter is delivered to the Classic Flyers aviation museum in September, visitors will be ...

First Doolittle Award Presented To 4th Fighter Wing  from Aero-News Network - Award Promotes History And Heritage Of The Unit On Which It Is Bestowed The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA, June 2…

The B-25H Barbie III  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | I was incredibly fortunate to be invited for a flight with the amazing B-25H Barbie III. You can’t help but notice that it’s nose isn’t like most of the B-25s flying around today. Not only the shape is different, but so is that big, shinny 75mm canon sticking out! Can you imagine being a pilot of this ship in WWII with the job of strafing ground troops and ships and firing on them with a canon?! The canon could be fired about 20 times before the nose of the B-25 had to go in for “refit” to manage the abuse the firing of the canon had on the air frame….

The Harmon Trophy Story  from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | In 1926, Clifford B Harmon, a wealthy real estate investor, balloonist and aviator, set up the International League of Aviators and instituted a set of three annual trophies to be awarded to outstanding achievers in aviation in three different domains in the previous year These were the Harmon Trophies. This is how the Harmon Trophy [...]

Rolls Royce  from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua - FROM IFALPA Daily News Service - Thursday 2 June 2011 BY Mike Mellors | 1910 - Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) achieves the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel. Starting and finishing at Dover the flight, using a Wright biplane, lasted one hour, 35 minutes.  In 1901 having become an ‘aeronaut’, he helped found the Aero Club. Two years later he became involved in a sales venture in London selling expensive French cars. One day a friend introduced him to F. H. Royce who was just beginning to build high quality motor cars…

Big and burly, a 'plane with a problem - it's a Bristol Beaufighter  by shortfinals | Big, bold…..and ‘in a bind’. The Fighter Collection’s beautiful Bristol Beaufighter, ‘A19-144′, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford is one of the most impressive airframes you will see in a British museum. Unfortunately, despite the fact that it belongs to The Fighter Collection who like to fly all their aircraft if possible, the hangar is exactly where it will stay unless a major problem can be solved…

Local Teachers Fly High with Civil Air Patrol  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Five local educators from Shelby County, Alabama took to the skies from Shelby County Airport as part of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Teacher Orientation Program (TOP) flight to experience the thrill of soaring above the local terrain while being introduced to principles on how the plane flies, turns and banks...

U.S. military to be honored on Indianapolis 500 Race Day, including historic second flyover!

U.S. MILITARY TO BE HONORED ON INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE DAY

Historic second flyover taking place after checkered flag

INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will continue its long-standing tradition of honoring the United States military during pre-race ceremonies for the 100^th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 29, and a first-time event after the race also will pay tribute.

After the checkered flag falls, a special second flyover recognizing the 100^th anniversary of U.S. Navy aviation will take place. A formation of U.S. Navy aircraft consisting of one A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye will soar over the track followed by the Navy flyover of four F/A-18E Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadrons 105 from Oceana, Va. and 137 from Lemoore, Calif. Representing the Navy at the Indianapolis 500 will be Vice Admiral Al Myers, USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force.

"The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" has paid tribute to the troops since the inaugural event on Decoration Day - now known as Memorial Day - May 30, 1911.

Salutes to the military occupy many special moments during the pomp and pageantry of pre-race ceremonies on Race Day.

Military members march in uniform down the front straightaway. Large American flags have been unfurled in the infield during the performance of the national anthem, and a military rifle team fires a volley to honor fallen comrades. Florence Henderson also traditionally sings "America the Beautiful" to honor America and the troops.

General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, will give a speech honoring the U.S. Armed Forces during pre-race ceremonies. Chiarelli also will meet with the 400 service members and approximately 40 Wounded Warriors who will be on hand for the "500."

Global music superstars and Grammy Award winners David Foster, Seal and Kelly Clarkson will perform the national anthem during pre-race ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 on May 29.

Seal and Clarkson will sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a duet, accompanied by Foster on piano. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces will stand at attention beside Foster's grand piano during the performance.

The traditional flyover during the national anthem this year will feature a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as a "Stealth Bomber."

Following the national anthem will be one of the most poignant tributes to America's veterans during pre-race ceremonies when a lone bugler plays "Taps."

Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Bruce P. Crandall will serve as the honorary starter, waving the green flag to begin racing for the field of 33 drivers.

Retired Col. Crandall, who flew more than 900 missions as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, received the Congressional Medal of Honor - the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government - in 2007.

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2011 Indianapolis 500 tickets: Tickets are on sale for the 100^th Anniversary Indianapolis 500, "The Most Important Race in History," on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Race Day ticket prices start at just $30. Fans can buy tickets online at http://www.imstix.com/, by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700, or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area, or by visiting the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16^th Street between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.

Children 12 and under will be receive free general admission to any IMS event in 2011 when accompanied by an adult general admission ticket holder.

Tickets for groups of 20 or more also are on sale. Contact the IMS Group Sales Department at (866) 221-8775 for more information.

The 100^th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 starts at noon (ET) May 29. Live coverage on ABC and the IMS Radio Network starts at 11 a.m.

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5th Annual Indianapolis Air Show Offers High Flying Fun - FunCityFinder | Raise your eyes to the sky for some high flying excitement at the 15th Annual Indianapolis Air Show May 13 to 15, 2011. The Blue Angels, one of the most sought after performance teams in the United States, headline this Indianapolis event. Plus, Friday May 13 is Monte Carlo Night at the Indianapolis Air Show, offering charity gambling, a silent auction, live music and good times all for a good cause...

Amherst woman to fly with Blue Angels - New Era Progress | A science teacher and researcher from Amherst County is thrilled that she has been chosen to fly with the Navy’s Blue Angels when the team arrives in Lynchburg this month...

Tricolour Arrows Venegono Here's how to enjoy the show - La Provincia | The event, lasting about half an hour from 10.45 to 12.30, will be held at the airport are Inferiore, will take part in the Tricolour Arrows aerobatic aircraft and aircraft of the Finmeccanica Group...

Meet the Snowbirds next week - Northumberland | COBOURG -- How does a chance to meet with Canada's aeronautical aces on May 18 sound? Harry Knapper of the Air Force Association of Canada 401 (R. L. Edwards) Wing says they are sponsoring a visit with several members of the world-famous Snowbirds group in order that local fans can enjoy a free meet-and- greet...

IMAGE: Afterburner in the Chinese fighter J-20 - Cavok | The J-20 fighter fired combustors his first post on Wednesday. For the first time, the fifth-generation fighter Chinese Chengdu J-20 fired its after burner...

VIDEO: GRAND CANYON FLIGHT - Short Final | Jetman, Yves Rossy, flew across the Grand Canyon over the weekend amidst turbulence from it's sharp corners and steep walls. This was his first flight in the US and once the FAA approved his flight he set off in the helicopter to achieve his goal. Enjoy!

Journey's end - Journal Press | The horse-drawn caisson bearing Staff Sgt. Rip Winkler’s casket enters Arlington National Cemetery the morning of May 5, 2011, after a 9 a.m. service at Old Post Chapel at Fort Myer, Arlington. Winkler’s B-25 crashed in the jungles of the Phillipines in April 1945, and his sister, Mickey Beard, spent decades searching for her brother’s remains. More than 60 years after his death Rip Winkler was laid to rest with a full honors military funeral...

Veterans to be looked after in style at Shoreham airshow - Shoreham Herald UK | MEN and women who risked their lives fighting for their country have been invited to apply for a place in this year’s Shoreham Airshow Veterans Area. Every year, organisers have a special marquee where veterans can watch the show in comfort...

VIDEO: EA-6B Prowler - You like airplanes, too? | 9 minutes of awesome low-level flying from the cockpit of one of my favorite airplanes of all time: the Grumman EA-6B Prowler. Great video.

School Daze - Airline Pilot Forum | I didn't take these, they were scanned from 8x10 color glossies the Navy gave me for some long forgotten reason. 1979-80 as a student in lovely Kingsville, Texas, recently rediscovered in the archives while looking for something else in the stately bullet riddled jungle manor doublewide...

VIDEO: Video: Alaska Taildraggin' At The 2011 Valdez Fly-In - Martt | Ok, it's true that you'll see a few trikes in this video, but c'mon, the sweetest STOL performers drag their tails! This past weekend was the Valdez (Alaska) May Day Fly-In & Air Show and once again they had a pretty exciting short takeoff and landing competition. It's the good ole pioneering spirit of America mixed in with pure avgeek fun!...

PODCAST: WIX Warbird Weekly LIVE! – Wednesday – 8pm (EASTERN) - Warbird Radio |  Join the guys this week for an all new episode of WIX Warbird Weekly LIVE.  Ryan and Zane will be broadcasting LIVE tonight at 8pm (EASTERN) right here on Warbird Radio.com.  For more information on WIX (The Warbird Information Exchange) just click on the QUICK LINK posted below this story.  Thanks for listening!

Skagit Aero's Blog: Upcoming Fly-Ins - Antique Airfield | With summer around the corner, we are busily preparing for fly-in season here in Concrete. In addition to the five fly-ins that will be happening here, we are also making plans to fly some of our airplanes to some of the other great fly-ins around the pacific northwest (and beyond)...

Firebird: Proof that MALE sizes matter? - The DEW Line | The appearance of the Northrop Grumman Firebird, which was spotted on The DEW Line last Tuesday and identified as Firebird by Aviation Week on Thursday, raises many thoughts...

Indianapolis Flight Training in Redbird Full Motion Simulator at Indianapolis Executive Airport - Montgomery Aviation | Eagle Flyers at Indianapolis Executive Airport installed it's Redbird Full Motion Simulator (FMS) yesterday...

Why I want to Fly: Lydia Westi - Flight To Success | Lydia was one of our finalists in the Why I Want to Fly essay contest, and is a very special young lady living in Ghana. If her story and essay doesn't pull your heart string, I'm not sure what will. Compassion, motivation and the love of flight... Lydia has it all, including the smile...

Virgin Galactic ramps up SpaceShipTwo testing - NewSpace Journal | For some time, a long pause in glide tests of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo raised questions about the progress the company was making, in partnership with Scaled Composites, on development of suborbital spacecraft. After a January 13th glide test, the fourth overall for the vehicle, more than three months elapsed without another...

Sled Ride - Surrounded By Air | It's happened to every glider pilot: the day looks promising, but the tow is eerily smooth, and you can't find any lift even after trying every house thermal and other trick you know. You enter the pattern and land. "I got shot down," you say, or "I needed a relight."...

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Pearl Harbor, The Doolittle Raid, And An Epic Film Project: Wounded Tiger by Martt - As of just a few days ago, on April 18th, it’s been 69 years since the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo took place. This event significantly changed America’s involvement in the Pacific side of the war. Led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, 80 courageous airmen took off in their B-25’s from the deck of the USS Hornet about 650 miles from Tokyo in the western Pacific ocean...

Tornado causes injuries as it rips through St. Louis airport – Live Tornado Coverage  by Homeland Security NTARC News - Several people at Lambert Airport in St. Louis were injured Friday after an apparent tornado touched down, spewing debris over the airfield, bursting glass in the concourse and damaging cars atop a parking garage. The tornado was part of a series of strong storms that struck central and eastern Missouri. Unconfirmed tornadoes were reported in [...]

Inaugural Boscobel int'l Air Show begins today - Jamaica Observer | Tomorrow the James Bond Beach will come alive with the world's best aerobatic performers thrilling the crowd with scintillating stunts from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. "Among those set to 'rip up' the skies are stunt pilots such as Fred Cabanas, ...

Bahamas Out Island Students Salutes Sun 'n Fun High Flyers - thebahamasweekly.com | Fort Lauderdale, FL – The presence and participation of The Islands Of The Bahamas at the recent Sun 'n Fun aviation show, Lakeland,, FL, was highlighted by personal, individual presentations made to aviation greats by winners ...

Extreme "Unboxing" Video Goes Airborne – Avweb | It seems reviewers at TheNextWeb.com have realized this because, instead of a desk, they chose the cockpit of a flying Extra aerobatic aircraft in full-flail mode to unbox a new cellphone. The results are, perhaps, predictable -- we don't learn much ...

Plane replica as good as the real thing - 3News NZ | “He has a huge passion for the history and that's reflected in some of machines we'll be seeing this weekend and of course which people can see every weekend at the Aviation Heritage Centre, so very, very fortunate to have some of that calibre in the ...

It's a deal: Skyhawk bound for Bay museum - The Bay of Plenty Times | A Skyhawk fighter jet will go on display at Tauranga aviation museum Classic Flyers. Photo / File. One of the most significant fighter jets in New Zealand's aviation history will soon touch down for the final time - at Tauranga aviation museum Classic ...

Profile 44 - "28" as flown by Harold Thune  from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | And there it is.  "28" - a workaday F6F-5 as flown by Lt. Harold Thune of the USS Intrepid, circa Fall, 1944.  Yesterday morning, Harold signed prints of my hack, passing them down the table to his son, a US Senator, where he too penciled his name…  

Virgin Galactic's Tourist Spaceship Makes Longest Test Flight Yet  from SPACE.com | SpaceShipTwo's fifth glide test lasted more than 14 minutes, the longest yet for the new passenger space plane…

Case M-1 Astronaut Knife  from The Unwanted Blog | Made for the Gemini and Apollo capsules, and sold to the public in the late 1960′s/early 1970′s. Pretty much a machete. Why would astronauts need a machete? Well… just because the capsules were supposed to land in the ocean under the watchful eye of the US Navy doesn’t mean that that’s where they necessarily would land.

Today in Aviation History – April 23  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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Sun 'n Fun 2011 - Air Show Photography - Final Gear | Some airshow pics from this year's Sun 'n Fun. I got too many good ones this time around to post them all, but here's the best of in various categories:

History Takes Flight In WWII Bomber, Fighter Tour - Fredericksburg Standard | Starting this afternoon, the skies over Gillespie County will be home through Friday to several aircraft from World War II and the Vietnam War as part of a three-day “Wings of Freedom Tour”...

Bomber highlighting show - Ennis Daily News | A storied World War II-era bomber will be one of the centerpieces of next month’s Corsicana Airshow. With the distinction of being just one of 12 flyable B-17 Bombers from World War II, Texas Raiders is the most recent to emerge from an eight-year extensive restoration at Houston’s Hobby Airport...

Swoop Champion SFC Greg Windmiller - US Army Golden Knights | When asked as a child, what do you want to be when you grow up? I, unlike other children, had no reservations, no doubt in my mind and no hesitation in answering the question as to what I wanted to do with my life. I longed to be one of my favorite childhood toys. It wasn’t Stretch Armstrong, The Lone Ranger and not even Evel Knievel. Well, ok maybe a little bit of Evel Knievel, but mostly I wanted to be one of those little green army men that came in the plastic bags that we would play with as a child...

Cosford Air Show to get sneak preview of aerobatic display team routine - Flightline UK | Visitors to this year’s Cosford Air Show will be treated to a first look at the new moves of aerobatic flying team The Blades. Comprising four Extra 300 stunt planes flown in an array of intricate manoeuvres, The Blades – now in their sixth consecutive display season...

Airport to honor Bill Walker with plaque - Herald-Citizen | SPARTA -- A memorial plaque will be dedicated at the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport to commemorate a long-time pilot who died recently while performing stunts at a Florida airshow...

FRED CAMPBELL: The few POWs remaining in the Concho Valley represent history - Go San Angelo | SAN ANGELO, Texas — Recently after church my wife and I entered the drive-thru at the Burger King on Knickerbocker Road. The line was long as we moved up to get our hamburgers. When we finally got to the window to pay, the cashier said, "The people in the car behind you are paying for your lunch, and they want to thank you for your service."...

Focke Wulf to fly our skies - Marlborough Express | A vintage Ferrari of the skies is being reassembled at Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre at Blenheim. The Focke Wulf Fw190 should be airworthy and ready to face off against its rival, the Supermarine Spitfire, at the Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka Airfield during Easter weekend...

Heritage centre has 'good chance' of getting free Skyhawk - Marlborough Express | The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre in Blenheim has made it clear it wants one of the mothballed air force Skyhawks, centre chief executive Jane Orphan says. Defence Minister Wayne Mapp yesterday announced nine of the air force's 17 Skyhawks will be sent to eight aviation museums in New Zealand and one to an Australian museum...

Podcast: WIX Warbird Weekly LIVE! - Warbird Radio | The WIX guys are back tonight with an all new show...

U.S. Navy Battle Cats Land at American Heroes Air Show - Rotor.com | Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the U.S. Navy HSL-43 Battle Cats arrive from their base in San Diego to team up with the American Heroes Air Show – just one part of the admission-free American Heroes Weekend at the Texas Military Forces’ historic Camp Mabry in the heart of Austin...

Friends line up for space shuttle bids - BizJournals.com | In the bid to land one of NASA’s three retired space shuttles, due to be announced next week, it appears as though everyone has a friend in the fight. Earlier today, Washington’s Congressional delegation released a joint statement asking NASA to award Seattle’s Museum of Flight one of the retiring space shuttles...

“Gagarin” Spacecraft Flew Into Space - English Russia | The 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space is coming up. All Russia is preparing for its celebration. And yesterday, on the 5th of April, the Soyuz-FG rocket and Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft (named after Yuri Gagarin) were launched from ...

International Space Station Expedition 27: Soyuz launch (big photo gallery) - Boing Boing | The Russian Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft, named after the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Ronald Garan, Russian cosmonauts Alexandr Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko, blasts off at the...