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Thunderbirds in Falls for weekend show – NIAGARA FALLS, NY (WIVB) - The planes are in town for a major weekend air show in Niagara Falls. The Thunderbirds touched down at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station for the "Thunder of Niagara" happening this weekend. The show's theme this year is ...

Wings over Pittsburgh 'loud, fast, exciting' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | The two helicopters do a precision performance to music, while Shanda Elkins -- executive vice president of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, which operates the Sky Soldiers from Tara Field in Atlanta -- narrates the choreographed show. ...

Air show to celebrate 100 years of naval aviation - Daily Astorian | The Astoria Air Show will be held from 9 am to 4 pm Sept. 17 at the Port of Astoria Airport. There is no cost for admission or parking. The kick-off of the Air Show begins with a 7:30 am with breakfast served and sponsored by the Coast Guard Spouses ...

Red Arrows confirmed for RAF Leuchars Airshow - stv.tv | The Red Arrows flying team has confirmed it will perform at this year's RAF Leuchars Airshow despite the death of one of its pilots last month. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, Red 4, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed into a field at the village of ...

Area events will mark 10th anniversary - Peoria Journal Star | The service will conclude with a performance by the Navy Parachute Team known as the Leap Frogs. CityLink will run Park and Ride shuttles from Evergreen Square in front of Lenscrafters, 801 W. Lake Ave. The shuttle will return riders to Evergreen ...

 

Heather Penney and Race21 Team To Race at Reno! - PFLUGERVILLE, TX – SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 – LiveAirShowTV was contacted by AirRace21 General Manager Peter Frey to announce that pilot Heather Penney and the team will be racing at the 2011 Reno National Championship Air Races.  “This has been a stressful week for the team after being told to stand down for safety concerns with all of the L-29’s that have Viper engines”, said Frey.  “Safety is the number one concern at the races.  The plane we will be flying is the #76 of Greg McNutt.  It is an L-29 that competed last year in the Silver Jet Race. McNutt is a friend of AirRace21 and Heather and when he heard about our dilemma he called and offered us his plane.  In addition, Mike Mangold, the Vice-President of Racing Jets International and two-time Red Bull Air Racing World Champion, will be ferrying the plane from its home in Hollister, CA to Reno.  He will also be the officially-designated 'second pilot' for the AirRace21 team and will be Heather's alternate at Reno.”  As of this posting, no other information is available regarding the other jets, which include defending champion Curt Brown in #77 “Viper”, Mike Mangold in #12 “Euro Burner” and John Kokshoorn in #11 “Screaming Eagle.  LiveAirShowTV will on the ramp beginning Wednesday, Sept 14th to bring air racing fans the “Inside Story” on all of the developments at this year’s races.  Watch for our daily reports which will be uploaded overnight at www.LiveAirShowTV.com  Fans can also follow our progress on our Facebook Fan Page, and you can follow us on Twitter.  Complete information on Heather Penney and AirRace21 Raju Grace can be found at www.airrace21.com.  AirRace 21 also has a Facebook Fan Page.  The countdown has begun.  It’s going to be a great week at the races!

Local Plane Competing In Reno Air Races « CBS Minnesota  by Sara Boyd | With each turn of a bolt and every packed box, the anticipation is growing inside an Anoka County Airport hangar. A team of 12 volunteers is preparing the aircraft "Sawbones" for competition in the world's fastest motorsport…

MAS hopes for no unexpected arrivals during upcoming Air Show - Malta Independent Online | The Malta Aviation Society hopes that no unexpected aircraft arrivals due to the Libyan crisis will disrupt the organisation of this year's Malta International Air Show. Since the Libyan crisis started last February, local aviation ...

The World’s Fastest Motor Sport  from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | I want to start off with an update from the World Aerobatic Championship. Right now we are 3rd in the overall team rankings behind France and Russia. Rob Holland and Goody Thomas are currently occupying the 7th and 8th spots in the individual rankings. While we’re not top dogs, I think everyone is having a great time and our team is doing really well. It is worth noting, that the Russians are using the Su-26M3 with the new 430-hp M9F radial engine. In the past they have dominated with this combination… 

Carolinas Aviation Museum: Cactus 1549 'Miracle On The Hudson' (15 Pix)  by Martt |  My wife and I recently made a short and fast road trip from Indiana to Charlotte North Carolina to visit our daughter and her husband. We traveled on Friday and Monday, so we had just the weekend to visit. Fortunately we packed quite a bit into those two days, including a hot air balloon ride for me (son-in-law runs High Life Ballooning - ride post coming soon), and a stop at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte to see the Miracle on the Hudson, the US Airways Airbus A320 made famous by Sully Sullenberger and crew. As it turns out, the crew was based in Charlotte, the airplane was headed there when they ingested the geese that shut down both engines, and over 100 of the 150 passengers were from Charlotte. Charlotte seems the perfect place for the airplane to be on display…

Strong man eats his way to air show challenge - Tonawanda News | His upcoming challenge is a C-130 Hercules cargo plane weighing 100000 lbs., which he'll pull at the Thunder of Niagara air show this weekend. An exact time for Kirsch's performance has yet to be determined by organizers. ...

Police prepare for herculean plane pull - Rouse Hill Times | The annual 2011 Plane Pull at Richmond's Royal Australian Airforce base is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run, an event which raises money for the Special Olympics. Crime manager Brett Guyatt said the team would develop a strategy for their second ...

The Grace Spitfire, Duxford, September 3, 2011 from PPRuNe Forums by Gingie| Very well done to all flying in those poor conditions, a few of The Grace Spitfire from me:

Heritage Flight Foundation hosts Vintage Aircraft Weekend  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | More than 4,000 people arrived at Historic Flight Foundation in Everett, Wash., on Saturday, Sept. 3, to experience the beauty and nostalgia of vintage aviation. Visitors were greeted by live swing band music and invited to wander among more than 50 vintage aircraft that flew in from all over the Pacific Northwest… 

WWII Bomber Aircrafts Land in Idaho Falls - KPVI-TV | A WWII museum, based in Arizona, is sending their B-17 and B-25 bomber aircrafts all over the northwest for a good cause; they're trying to keep the memory of our nation's history alive. Caption of B25's Maid in the Shade Spike McLane says thousands of ...

Sion Airshow 2011 is coming - Grimmi looks back to 1997's Show  from AirSpace by Grimmi | In a couple of days starts the Sion Airshow - time to have a look to the last very big Airshow there 6-7-8 June 1997…

UCAP Back-Taxi: Episode 1  from UCAP Blog by Jeff Ward  (One of the things I want to do in the blog is to celebrate UCAP’s longevity by revisiting some past episodes and following up on some of the stories.  As you can see, I’m labeling these retrospective posts “UCAP Back-Taxi”.  Hope you like them – comments welcomed!)   I recently gave a re-listen to Episode 1 of the podcast – “First Flight”, dated 24 August, 2006.  Of course, it wasn’t yet known as the Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast, but that came soon thereafter.   It was an impressive first effort, and it’s interesting after five years and 250 episodes now to go back and see that the same group dynamic we’re so used to in the virtual hangar was evident right from the start…

Fly-in breakfast Saturday - Niles Daily Star | The Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport in Niles will once again host a Veterans Memorial Pancake Breakfast Fly-In at 6:30 am Saturday. The Niles Experimental Aircraft Association invited veterans and aircraft owners across the Midwest to display their ...

Pilot helps 'young eagles' take flight - Auburn Journal | Wojdac is a pilot who volunteers his time and resources to the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles program. EAA Young Eagles gives youth, usually ages 8-17, the chance to understand aviation in a more hands on experience by going on a flight ...

Today in Aviation History – September 8 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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After a year off, the Garfield County Air Fair will return next summer - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | The Garfield County Air Fair will return next summer, after missing a year due to construction of an realigned runway and other improvements. ...

Air show committee seeks sponsors - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO --- The Thunder in the Valley Air Show has a main attraction but will need sponsors to sign other acts and demonstration groups. ...

Jelli-Beans: Air Show by Kelli | Air Show. When T.Jay was a baby (2002), Jess and Ryan brought a T-37 "Tweet" to this airshow. This year, Ryan came with someone else, in a T-6 "Texan". I think it killed Jess a little to be a spectator. Maybe one day I'll surprise him ...

Your Neighbors - Providence Journal | Col. Lawrence Gallogly of the R.I. Air National Guard was presented with the International Council of Air Shows Sword of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding service and contributions to the air show community…

Welcome to AirRace21! | AirRace21 Jet Racing Team - AirRace21 is a Jet Air Racing Venture founded by Deane Barker and Raju Mann Ward. Beginning at the National Championship Air Races in Reno in September of 2010, the team jet, named Raju Grace, will debut low in the Nevada desert sky. ...

Flying Wild Alaska: FLYING WILD ALASKA Premiere : Video : Discovery Channel - Meet the unconventional family that rules Alaskas most dangerous skies in the new series FLYING WILD ALASKA, premiering on Discovery Channel Wednesdays…

Image of the Week: Typhoon at sunset from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user sunshine band. His photo depicts a Eurofighter Typhoon "rocketing into the late afternoon sun" during a role demonstration at RAF Waddington, he says. Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your photograph featured as our Image of the Week.

American charged with trying to sell F-5 to Iran from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | When a certain F-5 Tiger fighter jet outlived its military use years ago, it was sold for surplus, and the plane became the toy of a rich Californian. He leased it as a big prop for Hollywood movies. This year, the fighter jet became the star of a real-life sting – against an American accused of trying to sell it to Iran…

Drs. Seeley and Moore Hit One Out of the Airpark from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | The January 2011 issue of Popular Mechanics resurrects the perennial hope for a flying automobile.  The cover taunts, "(Go Ahead, Laugh) But NASA, DARPA & the FAA Are Serious."  Sharon Weinberger taunts some makers a bit in her article, "Driving on Air," as she looks at a variety of Transformer-style vehicles that can travel by land or air with the fewest inconveniences…

New JSF F-35 Wallpaper from photorecon.net | Grab a copy of this cool F-35 JSF Wallpaper for free. They have several sizes available. Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II wallpaper | F-35C STEALTH wallpapers. Author Lockheed Martin…

Female Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics | Nerds in Babeland from nerdsinbabeland.com | For those who don't know me, I have worked in aviation and aerospace for the past decade. In October, I volunteered for a layoff from my job as a technician on the Space Shuttle Program, as it is coming to an end soon. I am very much a space advocate, and have been using Twitter to share my enthusiasm for space for over two years. I am also the founder of the Space Tweep Society, a growing group of space enthusiasts on Twitter. Due to that role, I am often asked to participate in interviews or space outreach activities, many with the goal of encouraging girls to pursue careers in science or technology. This leaves me feeling quite conflicted because I'd love to have more women in aviation and aerospace, but in my experience breaking into these fields was really rough. I almost feel guilty for encouraging them, knowing what kind of obstacles they may face.

Review - The Grand Whazoo from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | The goal of this project was to build an eight inch diameter rocket that was light enough to be flown on a mid-power motor…