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Podcast: Palmetto Mornings: 5/31/13 John Cudahy - WRHI  By Freddie Hammer  | The potential to lose US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds and other patriotic air shows around the country is imminent unless we get Congress to vote down sequestration budget cuts.

Video: Museums help Air Force grads get ceremonial flyover, despite sequester cuts - FoxNews | The sequester cuts have grounded the Thunderbirds and other U.S. military flight demonstration teams, but it hasn’t stopped Air Force Academy graduates from getting their own ceremonial flyover....

Skip Stewart to Receive 2013 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, June 1, 2013 -- World Airshow News has announced that Skip Stewart is the 2013 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Skip joins a growing list of honorees that reads like an airshow hall of fame...

Waterloo Air Show - 570 News | The Waterloo Air Show takes flight this weekend and the show will be teaming up with the Canadian Aviation Expo this year.The expo will be offering free flight lessons, and you can also purchase a variety of aviation accessories and products. Diana...

Flag Day, Western Music and Air Show Fly Into East County - Patch.com | Flag Day, Western Music and Air Show Fly Into East County. You made it to the weekend, now what? Patch has you covered for weekend events in East County happening June 1-2...

RARA 90 day rule from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | ...We are happy to announce that thanks to the unwaivering support of our sponsors and fans that flight testing is complete and the associated report for was submitted on May 30th, ahead of schedule....

WWII Airplanes Barnstorm Dillingham to Celebrate 100 Year of Aviation in Alaska - KDLG | Jeff Siever is with the commemorative Air force and flew in on an AT-6. "The first step in their flight training would be to fly a basic trainer, like a steerman, then step up to the advanced trainer, the Texan. This would have a lot of the same...

IAF inducts Swiss basic trainer aircraft Pilatus PC-7 MK II - Daily News & Analysis | The government has also sanctioned 20 Hawk aircraft to enable the IAF's Surya Kiran aerobatics team to take up aerobatic displays once again, Browne said. The Minister said, "We have no issues at all in procurement for defence equipment and there is ...

Plock Air Picnic in Poland  | May want to cut/paste text to http://translate.google.com as the URL doesn't seem to work in Translator.

The Frecce Tricolori in Vasto: the event program - Translated | The official program of the first International Air Show in Vasto. The event will conclude with a performance of the Frecce Tricolori in Vasto on 22 and 23 June. Seduito of the complete program...

An era's return flight - Hutchinson News | The only B-29 currently in flight is Fifi, owned by the Commemorative Air Force based in Addison, Texas. Were Fifi to visit Pratt, today's standards would require completely restructuring the runway, Stevens said. But a flight in a B-17, some of which... 

Museum slates Open Cockpit Day from General Aviation News | The Oakland Aviation Museum in California will hold an Open Cockpit Day and aviation paraphernalia fundraising sale June 16 — Father’s Day — to support its A-3 Skywarrior restoration project. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m...

Legacy Flight Museum plans open house, free breakfast - Rexburg Standard Journal | The Legacy Flight Museum's collection of flying history is unique because all of the aircraft are in flying condition. The collection of airplanes, some owned by the city and some by private owners, are on display to show examples of civil and military...

One of the first Gold Star Wives dies - Tampabay.com | Mrs. Tedesco was one of the founding members of Gold Star Wives of America after her husband, a B-25 pilot, was presumed killed when his plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1945. She served as the third president of Gold Star Wives, a group of war...

Spitfire vs Bf 109 and F-14 vs Su-27: the difference is always the pilot from David Cenciotti's weblog | Not always the best aircraft is the one that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a well trained pilot with a less capable aircraft can defeat a more powerful plane piloted by a scarcely trained airman....

Belgian Spitfires from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Mick | In the late 1930′s Belgium had an interest in obtaining the right to produce Spitfires under licence in their own country, so in 1937 the Belgium Government requested one example of a Spitfire from the UK, this was to be used as a pattern aircraft. After talks between the two...

Airmen inspect bomber's 'bare bones' from Air Force Link Top Stories | With a career that spans across three decades and a warfighting reputation that rivals nearly every aircraft in the Air Force's arsenal, the B-1 Lancer has established itself as one of the United States' most crucial assets to maintaining air and ground superiority...

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Canadian Snowbirds Soar over Niagara Falls - WGRZ-TV | The precision flying team performed aerobatic maneuvers over the Horseshoe Falls for about 20 minutes, while crowds gathered and watched in amazement on both sides of the falls. A total of nine Snowbird planes soared overhead in their famous red and...

Air Force Academy grads get flyover salute from WWII-era planes - Denver Post | Midland, Texas-based Commemorative Air Force Museum pilots and a few private pilots flew over two Memorial Day parades. The National Museum subbed for the traditional fighter-jet flyover of the Bolder Boulder finish. And all the while, the restored B...

No Blue Angels, but Pensacola Beach Air Show will go on in 2013 - The Huntsville Times - al.com | Flying over Pensacola Beach with Team RV Highlights from a flight over Pensacola Beach with the air show pilots of Team RV, the world's largest air show team, and comments from Mike "Kahuna" Stewart, the team's founder and flight lead. (Video by Dennis...

Pensacola Beach Air Show - Official Page
 2013 Pensacola Beach Air Show Dates Announced - WPMI Local 15 News | Dates have been announced for the popular Pensacola Beach Air Show. The event will be July 12 and 13. The dates were announced Wednesday by the Santa Rosa Island Authority. “We have 24 aircraft that will be flying from 1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m....

Regional Airport Fly-In - Presspubs | Sunday, June 9th starting at 8:00 AM and ending at 4:30 PM CDT. | The Rush City/Pine City Regional Airport will host an event from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.... The event also includes food vendors, antique airplanes, remote-control planes, plane rides, helicopter rides...

U.S. Golden Knights from Apron 6 | I’ve almost finished the Bullchipmeet albums so it’s perfect timing that I can end the Sanicole album today. I’ll end with another picture made during the signing sessions. In 2011 the American Golden Knights made their appearance at the show. Below is a pictures of them standing in the Red Bull tent giving autographs. Their…

Video: BMW M3 vs. Plane Gymkhana Drift Battle - GTspirit | The video revolves around drift pro racer Dominic Tiroch with his Dotz BMW E92 M3 DD1 drifting against the former Red Bull Air Race world champion Hannes Arch in his Zivko Edge 540. Tons of smoke on air and ground as both machines do what they know...

WAI—Still Growing &Thriving - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | The 24th Annual International Women In Aviation (WAI) Conference took place recently in Nashville and left me just as impressed as preceding conferences. WAI is a large aviation group that appeared after I came on the scene, and watching it grow has...

Reunion Island celebrates 100 years of legendary aviator born in Saint-Denis - Forimmediaterelease.net | Reunion Island celebrates 100 years of legendary aviator born in Saint-Denis (Forimmediaterelease.net) On September 23, 1913, Roland Garros, a young airman born in Saint-Denis on Reunion Island, was on the first air crossing of the Mediterranean. Today...

San Diego Air & Space Museum's Spring Fun' Raiser - KPBS | ...Enjoy music, delicious food from all over the world, dancing, a costume contest, complimentary travel tattoos, access to the Museum's special exhibition: "Ripley's Believe It or Not!," flight simulators and 3D/4D Zable Theater...

RIVERSIDE: March Field Air Museum hosts paranormal investigators - Press-Enterprise | The March Field Air Museum will present a briefing by investigators from Synergy Paranormal on Saturday, June 1, 2013. As the opening event of the museum?s summer?s series of one-hour informative briefings, Moreno Valley residents Gary and Nancy...

Imperial War Museum Duxford – a peek from The Lexicans by hogdayafternoon | For the non-facebook members, I’ve re-posted some photographs I put on for the `Facebook Group` from when I visited Duxford last week. I’m no photographer and only have a basic digital camera and some of these had to be snapped on my `mobile` phone as batteries conked out, but I hope it gives you a little insight into some of the things going on at Duxford.

The Adventures Of The 19XX: Online Comic In Dieselpunk Style (With Airplanes!) from AirPigz by Martt | I first learned about the online comic known as The Adventures of the 19XX about a year ago when I stumbled across the 19XX facebook page. I knew instantly that I'd love it because it had an awesome graphic style AND it includes the use of familiar Golden Age flying machines. Tho it's not a comic dedicated to this incredible era of aircraft, you'll often find them woven into this adventure story set between WWI and WWII and presented in a sweet dieselpunk style. Here's the comic overview as presented by the man behind it all, Paul Roman Martinez:...

Young Eagles offer plane rides - Fond du Lac Reporter | The local Experimental Aircraft Association 572 Chapter has been offering Young Eagles rides since 1992. Since the Young Eagles program has begun, more than 1,750,000 rides have been given worldwide, according to the release. Pre-registration is not ...

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Volunteer aviators salute Academy graduates from Air Force Link Top Stories | Historic World War II aircraft performed flyovers for the U.S. Air Force Academy's Class of 2013 graduation events here May 27-29. Traditionally, the Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony flyover is conducted by the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, while other Air Force aircraft use training funds to perform flyovers for graduation parade events. These units combine the demonstration of the U.S. Air Force's aerial prowess while using training flights to maintain aircrew proficiency....

Hundreds Turn Out For CAF's Memorial Day Event - Permianbasin360 | But for those who had the extra pocket change, pilot Beth Jenkins would take them up for a ride in the C.A.F.'s prized plane, the B-25 Devil Dog. "We're here to keep that history alive and hopefully we'll be here for a long time to keep that history ...

2013 Comox Air Show cleared for take-off - Canada.com | "To celebrate the 70 years of Canadian military operations at Comox, there will be a wide range of historic aircraft from Vintage Wings of Canada, Cascade Warbirds, the Heritage Flight Museum from Washington State, and vintage aircraft from across...

The Airdrie Regional Air Show organizers are gearing up for this summers ... - Airdrie City View | Performers in the aerial display include the Royal Canadian Snowbirds and civilian demonstrations by teams like Team Oracle's Sean D. Tucker, Super Dave Mathieson, John Mraek and Kent Pietsch. “I know people are going to be wowed by this year's show...

Pan Africa Conference for Women Aviators from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda

Dubai Airshow to be held as scheduled despite a weekend blaze - Emirates 24/7 | Organisers have confirmed that Dubai Airshow exhibition facility, which was damaged in a fire over the weekend, will be replaced with an alternative structure in time for the event in November. The Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) has also...

Restored WWII planes land in Colorado Springs - KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News | The pilots and airmen of the Mile High Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will be flying their restored planes during Air Force Academy Graduation activities this week. "It gives us the opportunity to share these historic warbirds with the rest of the ...

B-17 bomber, featured in 'Memphis Belle' movie, to fly around Wichita this ... - Kansas.com | A B-17 named for the famous “Memphis Belle” flew around the Wichita area on Monday. People noticed. The plane may have a glamorous direct link to a dreadful and heroic era for the country, but in reality, the bomber is 68 years old now. And that is...

Legendary B-17 takes flight in ABQ - KRQE | The commemorative air force Arizona wing is taking civilians up in a legendary B-17 Flying Fortress at Double Eagle 2 Airport titled Sentimental Journey. The bomber was the workhorse of the army air force during the war. ”The B-17 is pretty well known...

WWII planes take flight in honor of veterans - fox5sandiego.com | The San Diego Commemorative Air Force used WWII airplanes, including the 1942 North American SNJ 5, Monday to honor our veterans on Memorial Day. Local group honors vets in the air While most Americans were barbequing and going to the beach,...

Female World War II Pilot receives military funeral honors after nearly 70 years - WXYZ | That day, her roommate was assigned to co-pilot a B-25 bomber as part of a training exercise in the Mojave Dessert. “Her roommate had a toothache and said 'would you like to fly'… and she jumped at the opportunity,” said Michell-Robinson's niece...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Centennial of Naval Aviation Paint Schemes from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | In 2011, the U.S. Navy celebrated its Centennial of Naval Aviation. Included in the celebration was the Heritage Paint Project, an innovative program to emblazon current Naval aircraft in paint schemes from the past - sometimes the very distant past. Three examples are...

F-15 crashes in Pacific, pilot safe from Air Force Link Top Stories | Japan Air Self Defense Force rescue squadron crews safely recovered the pilot who ejected from a Kadena-based F-15 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean approximately 70 miles east of Okinawa at around 9 a.m. May 27.  The pilot is in stable condition and is being evaluated at a military medical facility...

This photo shows how low a B-52 bomber can fly on a maritime attack mission from David Cenciotti's weblog

Academy of Model Aeronautics's Facebook Wall | RC Flying with Juan Pablo Montoya at Auto Club Speedway in HD!