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Arch fastest in first New York Qualifying  
NEW YORK - Austria's Hannes Arch posted the fastest time in the first New York Red Bull Air Race Qualifying session on Saturday while championship leader Paul Bonhomme of Britain was a close second...

Kindlemann to rejoin Red Bull Air Race in 2011
NEW YORK - Adilson Kindlemann of Brazil will not return to the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2010 and will instead spend the rest of the year on a structured training program including...

Freedom Fest today at airport, UW-L - istockAnalyst.com
19--Freedom Fest today combines three events -- Deke Slayton Airfest, The Veterans Memorial Ride and Freedom Honor Flight -- and will take place both at the ...
   
Military jets highlight air show - The Olympian
“It's a rare and coveted heritage flight,” Thorning said. Of the other jets, she said, “The F/A-18 Hornet is the same plane that the Blue Angels fly. ...

Marine jets to roar into Silicon Valley for weekend airshow - Tri-Valley Herald
They are in town to participate Saturday in the Hiller Aviation Museum's "Vertical Challenge" airshow in San Carlos. The jump jets are designed for vertical ...

REVUE West Michigan: Summer Celebration Air Show to host high ... by Heather DeWitt
The Muskegon Summer Celebration is giving attendees more thrills in 2010 with a two-day air show on June 26-27. The show will take place over Muskegon Lake, making Heritage Landing the ideal location to enjoy the view. ...

Air Force Days busier than last year - Nieuws.nl
One of the attractions was the flight team Patrouille de France French Air Force, one of the oldest and most experienced demonstration teams. ...

First flight school takes one hundred years - ANSA.it
The overture of a unique event in Italy will 'of the legendary aerobatic team that, with the Tricolour Arrows, anticipate' a couple of months ...

What It’s Like to Jump Out of a Perfectly Good Plane With the US Army Golden Knights
from onemansblog.com
Have you ever heard of the US Army Golden Knights? Before you answer that question, think carefully! Because if you’ve ever watched an Army / Navy football game, or seen the Indy 500, or basically any other major event where Army parachutists dramatically land in the center of the action then you have seen the Golden Knights!
Well, not only did I get the chance to spend a few days with the Golden Knights, I also had the extreme privilege of going on a tandem jump with Sergeant Jon Ewald while Sergeant Joe Abeln took care of videography duty documenting my first ever jump. Michael Battise, the battalion’s resident multimedia expert assembled the following edit of clips from Joe’s footage. I’ve also got some additional footage that I’ll be working on another edit with later so stay tuned for a different take entirely. ....

Penn Yan man injured when replica of 100-year-old plane crashes - syracuse.com
A Penn Yan man was injured Friday when his replica 1910 Glenn Curtiss biplane crashed a quarter mile east of the Penn Yan Airport.
Pilot Harlan Poel, 67, lost altitude and crashed his replica single engine pusher biplane into a farm field, state police said. He was taken by helicopter to Strong Hospital in Rochester for what was reported as minor injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

EAA Chapter 309: B-17 Tour Stop October 22-24, 2010 by Chuck Porter
We also sponsor local events for the EAA AirVenture Museum such as the B-17 and the Ford Tri-Motor, featured on our Photo Albums, to foster public interest in Aviation History. Check the EAA events calender for all EAA events which are ...

Historian & Author John D. Lukacs – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday by Matt
MONDAY – Author / WWII Historian John D. Lukacs joins us on Warbird Radio LIVE.  John’s latest book (Escape From Davao) tells the forgotten story of the most daring prison break of the Pacific war.  John is a “hands-on” historian who has traveled exstensivley and will share his stories with us during this special episode.  [...]

Air Force should not relegate F-15 Eagles to boneyard - AirForceTimes.com
The total includes aerial victories by American, Israeli and Saudi pilots. More than 100 Eagles — 112 — are headed to the boneyard, nearly half of 259 ...

June 19 from Cut and Paste Aviation 
... 1930 -- The all-metal Polish fighter, the PZL P-1, is the star of the International competition for fighter airplanes in Bucharest, Romania, winning 8 of the 15 prizes. ...

Angel Flight Lands in Alabama Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
TUSCALOOSA AL - Achieving lofty goals, such as the desire to fly, seldom comes easy; sharing that passion leads many pilots to do great deeds. Among these is flying medical patients for Angel Flight. Dozens of Alabama pilots volunteer their aviator skills, aircraft and time to fly those in need of medical treatment to distant locations free. Until recently these flights were coordinated by Birmingham based GivingFlite as well as sister organization, Angel Flight. This year GivingFlite merged with Georgia based Angel Flight therefore furthering possibilities for Alabama pilots to volunteer their skill.  ...

Hangar Tales - June 2010 - from Another Time 
Last weekend I spent Saturday morning at the hangar.  Upon arrival at the airport I stopped to visit with Doug, Ross and another wingman before they launched off to a fly-in in their RV-6s.  They were excited that I was going to join their formation flight as the slot.  WHAT?  My 170 keeping up with their RVs?  They laughed and all I could think about was them calling me Capt. Slow in my Cessna!  I am not sure I want to be like Capt. Slow from Top Gear so I let them go as a three ship. ...

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In this post: Thunderbirds, Reno Air Racing Association, Marilyn Dash, Adison Kindleman, RBAR, Youth in Aviation

Air Force Thunderbirds arriving early at SC base - The State
AP SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC -- Before the show starts, the US Air Force Thunderbirds will put on a pre-festival performance at a South Carolina base. ...


2010 Thunderbirds Schedule

Fire recruiter to fly on F-16 at ShawFest today - Sumter Item
Sgt. Randy Redman of the Thunderbirds said the aerial demonstration squadron goes to different cities performing precise aerial maneuvers. ...
   
Seeking an unsung hero for fighter-plane ride - Delmarva Daily Times
But just one person will get to ride shotgun with The Thunderbirds. Air show organizers are looking to fly a lucky local in a Lockheed Martin F-16D for a ...

Renegade team to drop by at Kemble - North Wiltshire and Kennet Gazette & Herald
Civilian parachute team, the Renegades, will be dropping in on this year's Cotswold Air Show in their first ever public display. ...

Ruby Red Racing Fans - here's one for you!  Marilyn Dash, pilot of biplane Ruby Red at the National Championship Air Races is featured in a podcast located at media.airrace.org

Flying high in the party city - Red Bull (International)
The third round of Red Bull Air Race returns this weekend to one of the world's most colourful cities – Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. ...

Kindlemann puts Rio dream on hold and looks forward to Europe comeback from redbullairrace.com
RIO DE JANEIRO – Adilson Kindlemann had been dreaming of flying in a Red Bull Air Race in front of a million of his fellow Brazilians for the last three years but an accident three weeks ago in Perth that wrecked his MXS-R forced him to put those ambitions on hold. The affable Brazilian, who was captivated by the sport as a spectator at the first race in Brazil in 2007, survived the first accident in the six-year history of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship with barely a ...

Minnesota's Governor Gets Tough with the Secretary of the Air Force - Will it ... - Salem-News.Com
The CIA imperiously commandeered this prime air museum asset and – offered nothing in return for it. It now graces the CIA front lawn at Langley, Virginia. ...

Sully, Skiles and Crew Honored by NASM from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Jeff Skiles, and the US Airways Flight 1549 crew were honored last week by the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) for their exceptional performance on January 15, 2009, when their Airbus A320 was forced to ditch in the Hudson River in New York City after a bird strike knocked out both engines.

May 6 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1937 -- The Hindenburg, the famous German dirigible, is destroyed by fire and an explosion of an unknown origin during landing proceedings at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. 36 people lost their lives.
803 feet long, more than that of three 747s, the hydrogen-filled LZ 129 Hindenburg rigid airship began its journey across the Atlantic in Frankfurt, Germany on May 3rd. Headwinds enroute and then poor conditions in the Lakehurst area delay the arrival more than 12 hours, finally approaching to moor just after 7:00 p.m. While ground crews attempt to secure the airship, flames are spotted just forward of the vertical fin. The fire spreads very quickly, engulfing the entire airship in less than a minute, crashing it to the ground in a massive fireball. Though the exact cause is uncertain, a sudden wind change from east to southwest meant a late S-turn correction needed to be made in the final minutes of flight. This may have caused strain on the aircraft, snapping a support line and ripping open a gas cell, sparking the fire from the leaking hydrogen. ...

Woman takes to skies for charity - From South Wales Guardian
A DISABLED woman from Salem recently raised more than £2,000 for charity by undertaking a glider flight.
Su Wilson, who now lives in Hampshire with her husband Bob and their 16-month-old son Max, took to the skies above Lasham to raise funds for the Myositis Support Group.

Super-Er Hornets? from Ares
Boeing and its teammates are getting bolder in talking about improvements to the Super Hornet and Growler - a development which coincides with debate over the cost and schedule of the Joint Strike Fighter.
At this week's Navy League show in Washington DC, Boeing unveiled an early concept mock-up of a big-screen cockpit for the Super Hornet, aimed at export customers. It looks rather like the JSF cockpit, except that Boeing plans to use one-piece screens rather than two fused panels. Also, rather than eliminating the head-up display completely, ...

Re-Packing the Acro Camp Parachutes with Todd Ames from AcroCamp
I spent a little time out at the Aviation Station at KPTK (the home base for Acro Camp) last night with parachute rigger Todd Ames. Two of the chutes that we’re going to use were coming due for their re-packing and I wanted to get an idea of what the guts of a parachute look like and how the repacking process works.
We set up tables in the hangar and then Todd performed the repacking. I filmed the process for the movie and shot stills as well. ...

New Decatur Township charter school to focus on aviation from IndyStar.com News Headlines
Have you heard that American kids are behind in science, math and technology? Good news. Curriculum at a new charter school proposed for the Southwestside will focus on just those subjects, believed to be so crucial to the country's future. ...

Blue Eagles Helicopter Team -  Video
Langley AFB Airshow 2009 – Herb & Ditto in the T-28 - itoe.net

Red Bull Air Races Summary 17-APR-10

Red Bull Air Race begins - WA today
Red Bull Air Race pilots have taken to Perth skies in the first of the qualifiers. Thousands of spectators have flocked to Perth's northern and southern ...

WATCH PERTH RED BULL AIR RACE LIVE - Goulian AeroSports
We are very excited that the Perth Red Bull Air Race will be streaming live in the U.S this Saturday night/Sunday morning (and everywhere else, except for Australia where you can watch it on TV)! The race will be taking place at 11:45am Sunday in Perth (11:45pm EST Saturday night in the U.S). Make sure to watch and cheer us on as we race for the podium!

Peter Besenyei-Red Bull Air Race: Nice weather welcomes the Quali Day by Team Besenyei-Red Bull Air Race
Perth is really one of the most unique locations of the Red Bull Air Race, having the Race Airport just 5 mins walk from our hotel on the Swan River shore. Everything is ready for the race, the weather is just perfect with about 24 ...

Video: Red Bull Air Race: Perth Qualification Highlights from Flightline UK

Adilson Kindlemann's Red Bull Crash Escape from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Adilson Kindlemann's crash during a Red Bull Air Race practice session in Perth, Thursday, was the first in the race's history, but not the first time Kindlemann (or other racers) had found himself upside down strapped to a chair under water. Red Bull Air Race pilots train for emergencies like what Kindlemann experienced in the Swan River, and each one flies with an oxygen bottle in the cockpit. This year, training on how to use the bottle and escape an inverted flooded cockpit was provided at Perth, Australia, prior to the race (Kindlemann's crash race) there. According to Kindlemann's own words, reported Friday by Red Bull, he used the training to stay calm, open the canopy, use the air bottle, and initiate his escape. Red Bull rescue team members reached Kindlemann's inverted plane in less than one minute and were there to help pull him free.

Rules will be strictly enforced, race officials remind Red Bull Air Race pilots from www.redbullairrace.com
Uncompromising enforcement of the Red Bull Air Race rulebook might have upset some of the pilots in the first race of the season in Abu Dhabi but top race officials said there would be no turning back on their goal to make sure the regulations are applied as uniformly and consistently as possible this year after.   Drew Searle, the race director in Perth and Jimmy DiMatteo, who was the race director in Abu Dhabi, said there has been an unwavering commitment this season to improve the officiating after acknowledging ...

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Race Team News - Training Day 2, Perth from www.redbullairrace.com
Nigel Lamb of Britain was atop the time sheets in the fourth and final training session on Friday ahead of the Qualifying on Saturday for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Perth.
The pilots talk us through their expectations for the second stop of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2010 in Perth, Australia. Matt Hall...

Training resumes for air race - ABC News
Emergency workers lift Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann's plane out of the Swan River after it crashed practising for a race on April 15, 2010. (Flickr: Les Lovett)
Training has resumed for this weekend's international air race in Perth after a Brazilian pilot's plane crashed into the Swan River yesterday. ...

Red Bull pilot walks from hospital - WA today
The unsung heroes who plucked Red Bull Air Race pilot Adilson Kindlemann out of the Swan River have described their daring rescue mission as "just doing ...

Crash pilot grounded for now - ABC News
Adilson Kindlemann says he's feeling good.... but is unlikely to be flying this weekend. (ABC TV)
Training for this weekend's international air race is back on track after a Brazilian pilot crashed his plane into the Swan River. ...

All in a days work for Red Bull pilot rescuers - PerthNow
Lopez said the team of professional rescue divers have been at all 45 Red Bull Air Races over the years and never had an emergency before yesterday. ...

From Team Chambliss
Official Results 4th Training Session Perth
Official Results 3rd Training Session Perth

JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS from Mike Goulian Airshows
The skies dawned blue and sunny today in Perth, the last day of training before Quali on Saturday. Our first training session (T3) went very well and I was feeling very confident in this difficult track.
After pulling off the track at the end of my time slot, I looked down to reduce the power back to a cool down setting and noticed that the engine had very low oil pressure. After circling for a few seconds above the race track, I realized the pressure was not returning to a normal level so I elected to divert into Langley Park, which is our race airport for the weekend. Langley Park is pretty much co-located with the race track so that was the safe option as Jandakot Airport where we were operating was about 10 miles away and it was nothing but city between the track and Jandakot. Needless to say, the safe option was to put it down at Langley Park.
We have worked on the plane all afternoon and evening and think we have located the problem. It's been frustrating as it's not an easy problem to pinpoint. However, we think we have it now.
Since I missed the all important Training 4 session today, I am the "wind dummy" who will lead off the group in ...

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Columnist Bryce Donovan takes to the sky with the Blue Angels — and then ... - Charleston Post Courier
Blue Angels pilot CJ Simonsen had a blast while taking Post and Courier columnist Bryce Donovan on a high-speed jet ride of twists and turns, ...

Boating Safety Zone for Blue Angels Show - WCIV
Charleston, SC - The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Charleston will establish a safety zone in Charleston Harbor during the Blue Angels air show ...

Thunder to blast off Saturday - New Albany Tribune
The annual air show and fireworks extravaganza serves as the grandiose kickoff to the Kentucky Derby Festival. And though it's now in its 21st year, ...

Coast Guard reminds Thunder over Louisville boaters to respect river - Louisville Courier-Journal
The safety zone will be in effect during the air show and the fireworks display, Tucci said, and boats west of the McAlpine Locks & Dam that are heading ...

Central Texas Airshow - Official Site
Just some of the acts that you are going to see at Airshow 2010!

National Cherry Festival Unveiled This Year's Plans - 9&10 News
The Blue Angels will be back and the entertainment lineup will feature some big music acts like the rock band, Los Lonely Boys.

Navy's Blue Angels to put on a show in September - Honolulu Advertiser
The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team will perform Sept. 25 and 26 at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii "Kāne'ohe Bay Air Show," officials said ...
 
Cape's air show - Southeast Missourian
The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival is returning to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport June 19 and 20, and tickets are available online at ...

World Record Attempt Success!! Video & more pics to follow from armygoldenknights's

Magnificent pioneers and their flying machines... - WalesOnline
"The London to Cardiff Air Race finished during the Pageant, all nine entrants finished the course landing within four minutes of one another. ...

RED BULL AIR RACES

ADILSON KINDLEMANN from Mike Goulian Airshows
Red Bull Air Race Pilot Adilson Kindlemann, of Brazil, was involved in an accident at 11:50 am this morning while participating in today's training session for the race

this weekend in Perth. Kindlemann is doing well and hopes to be back on his feet in time to watch the remaining training sessions on Friday. Team #99 wishes Adilson and his Team the best. For more information please read the statement from Red Bull Air Race below:
Kindlemann says he is feeling fine after Perth accident
PERTH – Brazil's Adilson Kindlemann wanted to reassure his fans and supporters on Thursday that he was feeling fine and not seriously hurt after his MXS-R crashed at low altitude into the Swan River in Perth during a training session ahead of the weekend's Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
Kindlemann also wanted to thank the emergency rescue crews that quickly helped him after his plane impacted ...

Dramatic rescue after Adilson Kindlemann crashes from Aerial Sports Feed View Gallery

Officials won't investigate Red Bull plane crash - ABC Online
The pilot was attempting a knife-edge turn around a pylon when his plane's wing clipped the water and crashed. (Red Bull) Government air safety ...

Red Bull Air Race: Adilson Kindlemann Accident Statement by Flightline UK

Air race ace in miracle escape - The Sun
RED Bull Air Race ace had a miracle escape after his plane crashed into a river. Pilot Adilson Kindlemann was training for a contest in ...

That was Air Race Abu Dhabi from Aerial Sports Feed
Paul Bonhomme, Hannes Arch and Nigel Lamb analyse the race action from the first stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi.  Watch Video

Qualifying and Disqualifying from Aerial Sports Feed
Having qualified fastest, the unlucky Hannes Arch was disqualified from the top 12 in Abu Dhabi for 'dangerous flying'. He gives us a personal point of view of the incident, as does Race Director Jim .  Watch Video

Spanish pilot Maclean describes 50 new mods to MXS-R From www.redbullairrace.com
In anticipation of this weekend's Red Bull Air Race in Perth, Alejandro Maclean has unveiled a pair of striking winglets following fast on the heels of Nigel Lamb but also boasts an array of further modifications to boot. The Spanish pilot says now is the time to showcase the team's new 2010 MXS-R in its full glory complete with the eye-catching winglets that helped Lamb to secure a 2nd place in Abu Dhabi.

Video: The Entire Unlimited Gold Race At Reno 2009 by Martt
Here's an excellent video that shows the entire 8 laps of the Unlimited Gold race at the Reno Air Races on Sunday September 20, 2009.  Watch Steve Hinton Jr and Strega dominate the race and finish as the 2009 Champion.
The video is a nice compliment to the CoolPix of Strega, and it really gives you a pretty good feel for what air racing is like at about 500mph and 50' off the ground... of course it's always better to see and hear in person!

Apparently, At NAHI, Size Matters from Aero-News Network
Large Aircraft Category Added To The 2010 National Aviation Heritage Invitational Due to the ever increasing interest of aircraft owners and restorers, and the popularity of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, 2010 will mark the first year for the Large Aircraft Category.

Mother Daughter Air Race Classic Team Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
In 1929, twenty pilots raced from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH, the site of the National Air Races in a first ever U.S. all female air race. Then called the Women's Air Derby was later renamed the Powder Puff Derby, then the Transcontinental Air Race, while today the tradition continues with the Air Race Classic.  ...

Liberty Belle, restored Boeing B-17, will visit Hillsboro Airport ... - The Oregonian
Mr. Brooks, whose father flew B-17's with the 390th bomb group during WWII, founded the Liberty Foundation; a non profit museum dedicated to preserving our aviation heritage, and funded the complete restoration of the B-17 back to her ...

Jim Suchy fires up his 1931 Laird "Super Solution" NR12048
The Original Laird Super Solution The 1930s were the Golden Age of Air Racing, when expose races were more popular, and drew large crowds, than baseball. EM "Mattie" Laird was an old plane specializer whose Laird "Solution" won the 1930 ...

The Macchi C.202 Folgore of the National Air and Space Museum by David Cenciotti
The picture shows the aircraft Macchi C.202 Folgore marked 9476 exhibited at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The aircraft is one of the few Italian WWII fighters that escaped the conflict and, in particular, one of the two MC202 sent to USA at the end of the war to be tested. With the help of Italian Air Force and Aeronautica Macchi, in 1974 this aircraft was given to Smithsonian Institute.
The aircraft, that I had the opportunity to see in 1994, during my visit to the Museum, sports the colours of the ...

Former WWII Pilot Donates $8 Million to Polk's Aerospace Academy By JOHN CHAMBLISS THE LEDGER
A former World War II bomber pilot and successful businessman is donating $7.5 million for a building to house the Central Florida Aerospace Academy operated by the Polk County School District. ...

Around Halfway - The Herald-Mail
The weeklong exhibit will include displays and information dedicated to preserving area aviation history. The exhibits will be at the mall through Sunday, ...

Not quite right: early conception of the "Bear" from The Unwanted Blog
A 1954 US Air Force sketch of the "Tupelov-Gurevich Intercontinental Bombardment Airplane." Clearly this is meant to be the Tu-95 "Bear" bomber, but it misses the mark in a number of areas… the fuselage is shown far larger in diameter than the actual aircraft, and of course the Bear only had four engines, not six. ...

April 15 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1943 -- Operation Flax is put into effect, the systematic targeting by Allied fighter pilots of Luftwaffe transport aircraft bound for North Africa.
This interdiction operation led to the April 18 "Palm Sunday Massacre". Three squadrons of P-40's assigned to the 57th Fighter Group along with one squadron of P-40' from the 324th Group were on patrol. They were off Cape Bon flying with a top cover of Spitfires. They intercepted the largest aerial convoy of transports to date. The Germans decided to try a force in mass that could defend itself. The slow Junker 52 transports were on their way with supplies to the German Army in North Africa. The accounts of the total lost on both sides differ except that the Americans did lose six P-40's and one Spitfire. The German loss was staggering. The Americans claimed fifty-to-seventy of the German tri-motors were lost along with approximately sixteen to eighteen fighters, consisting of Macchi 202s, Bf-109's, and ME-110's. The actual German loss was 51 aircraft total. Still it is a blow for the supply depot in Tunisia waiting for them.  ...

Pentagon's Flying Car Program Takes Off from Wired: Danger Room
The Pentagon's far-out research agency has unveiled more details of their plan to create a shape-shifting, multipurpose car. ...
   
Aero club fun day - Marlborough Express
The Omaka Aero Club is hosting a fun day on Sunday from noon to 4pm. Co-organiser Tony Clarry said the event was planned to allow Marlborough people to take ...

Challenge Air Phoenix Fly Day via FB
Challenge Air Phoenix Fly Day Watch this video... this IS the reason why Challenge Air is so important to our children, our families and our community. Like the video states "the ultimate satisfaction comes from going just beyond what you think you can do..." -- and for the children that Challenge Air touches, it's even more true. Please consider... volunteering to help us on April 24th!

Technical Shakedown Flight with Don from AcroCamp
Don and I took the Super D up this afternoon to shake down some of the electronics. First flight for the ContourHD camera outside the cockpit and first use of the new attenuating cable and the new M-Audio MicroTrack II for the digital audio. ...

Stinson L-5 Sentinel from Planeshots
A-20G Havoc "Eloise" from Warbirds Online