AirVenture 8/1 Recap

AirVenture remembers Paul Poberezny * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Instead Red One, the iconic red Volkswagen that Paul Poberezny used to tool around the grounds, was parked as part of an exhibit remembering the man who dreamed up the idea of the Experimental Aircraft Association and AirVenture and watched EAA...

Emily Deem flies with the Thunderbirds | Photos: FOX 11's Emily Deem got to fly along with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds! - Video

Video: Thunderbirds wow the crowd at AirVenture * The Northwestern | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed for the first time at EAA's AirVenture convention Friday.

Wisconsin governor declares week of AirVenture ‘Aviation Week’ in the state · General Aviation News | Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has declared the week of July 28 through Aug. 3 “Aviation Week.” The proclamation coincides with the week of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. In Wisconsin, general aviation accounts for $694 million annually in economic activity statewide....

Janet the Gannet Spins Her Props in Two Directions | What has two concentric propellers turning in opposite directions, is the last flying example of its kind, answers to Janet, and is at...

Pretty Rare Pretty Lockheed | With great expectations of sales into the business aviation and small airliner market of the 1930s, Lockheed designed a smaller version...

EAA Airventure 2014: Patty Wagstaff · Other People's Airplanes

Wednesday Night Air Show * EAA | Thousands stayed late for the first of two night air shows and fireworks this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014.

EAA AirVenture 2014 - In The Air · eaavideo.org | Behind all the air shows, displays and activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 lies a common theme: the love of flight, the spirit of aviation.

Rebuilt 'Baby Ace' plane brings AirVenture back to its Wisconsin roots * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ken Mehre (left), project manager for the “Baby Ace” kit plane, led the Wausau chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association in rebuilding the open-cockpit, single-engine plane started by EAA's late founder, Paul Poberezny. The replica is on display...

The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - Day 4 * Crowd Album 878 photos

Farnborough vs. Oshkosh: Contrasting Events of Kindred Spirits| Brats and cheese vs. fish and chips, the Thunderbirds vs. the Red Arrows, and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh vs. the Farnborough International...

Victim of Thursday AirVenture crash was experienced pilot * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Jim Oeffinger, 74, of Versailles, Kentucky, died when his single-engine Breezy airplane crashed in a grassy area east of the airport's north-south runway at 9 a.m. Thursday as Oeffinger was returning to the Experimental Aircraft Association's...

Tucker Honors, Thanks Young Eagles ‘Heroes’ * EAA | Hours before he was to go flying with aerobatics great Sean Tucker, Aaron Wypyszynski was floating on cloud nine. Back on the ground that afternoon, however, it didn’t appear that Wypyszynski would be coming back to Earth anytime soon...

AirVenture 7/30 Recap

Thunderbirds roar into EAA AirVenture - WBAY | Aviation fans gathering in Oshkosh are excited as the Air Force's famous Thunderbirds are about to fly in the EAA AirVenture air show for the first time. Their arrival Thursday provided a sneak preview. Passing through the sky at high speed, the Thunderbirds arrived at AirVenture from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas to the thunderous applause of thousands watching the afternoon air show....

EAA, AirVenture 2014 Thursday Update * eaavideo.org

Video: AirVenture Night Airshow — General Aviation News | Video: AirVenture Night Airshow. July 31, 2014 by Ben Sclair Leave a Comment. In cased you missed the Wednesday night airshow at AirVenture, Frederick A. Johnsen from Airailimages put together a great recap. Enjoy.

The size of this stunning explosion at an air show defies belief - Gizmodo | Yesterday, photographer Mike Miley took his Canon 7D to the Oshkosh Air Show in Wisconsin, and holy crap, did he get some good shots. Chief among them is a jaw-dropping shot of two planes dancing around an explosion of Michael Bay-proportions....

FLOPS * EAA Video

Isn't it cute! The micro jet has a shower cap! · Franklin's Flying Circus

Only at OskKosh * Steve Tupper

Ford donates F-35 inspired car for Young Eagles auction at AirVenture · General Aviation News | OSHKOSH – The engineering and design teams at Ford Motor Co. led the development of the one-off 2015 F-35 Lightning II Edition Ford Mustang, which will be donated by Ford and sold at the the Gathering of Eagles charity event Thursday at AirVenture....

Building an Airplane in One Week at AirVenture * Flying Magazine | Volunteers are currently hard at work at EAA's One Week Wonder tent at AirVenture as they strive to build a Zenith CH75 Cruzer in just seven-days' time. More than 1,000 volunteers have lent their hands to the program, which kicked off earlier this week ...

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AirVenture 7/30 Recap

A Quick and Dirty First Timer's Guide to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 * Jaunted | The featured aerobatics and aircraft vary—check the daily schedule and peruse the list of performers—but plan to do nothing but stare up into the sky and get goosebumps for much of that time. This goes double for when the USAF Thunderbirds take to...


Over 1700 EAA Airventure Photos!

Storms Keep AirVenture Crowds Alert * WBAY | Oshkosh - The grounds at EAA AirVenture were a bit wet Tuesday night after strong storms moved in at the conclusion of the air show. As dark clouds moved in and the wind picked up, aviation enthusiasts had a different reason to keep their eyes to the...
Fun Fly Zone Interview - Andy Corsetti · eaavideo.org | EAA AirVenture 2014 pilot Andy Corsetti talks about his trip flying from south Florida to Oshkosh.

Interview with Belte Aircraft's James Wiebe · eaavideo.org | Wednesday update from the Fun Fly Zone - An interview with James Wiebe, owner of BeLite aircraft. James talks about the design of his new Pro Cub ultralight aircraft. Part of the manufacturing included the use of a 3D printer!

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Some talented "eyes" at Airventure this year.

My First AirVenture. The Museum by Ric Peterson | EAA Museum. With a collection of more than 200 historic airplanes, the EAA AirVenture Museum combines the passion of aviation's past with the promise of its exciting future. The heart and soul of any good museum is its collection and this collection is outstanding, even with its Eagle Hangar empty and the World War Two aircraft outside to make room for tonight's tribute to Paul Poberezny and Thursday's Young Eagles Gala....

EAA visitors getting glimpse back to era of Earhart, Post * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | In 2009, the retired Northwest Airlines pilot was at the controls while actress Hilary Swank — portraying Amelia Earhart — pretended to fly the plane as a camera crew filmed her for a movie on the doomed aviatrix. Because Lockheed made just 130 Model...

'One Week Wonder': Volunteers Build Plane at AirVenture * WBAY | EAA AirVenture volunteer Gwendolyn Herman has flown a plane before, but she's never built one. "From flying one, to seeing all the mechanics that actually go on underneath the skin, it's actually really interesting," said Herman. She's been working...

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AirVenture: 7/29/2014

AirVenture Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Update * eaavideo.org

AirVenture remembers EAA founder Poberezny * Fox11online.com | EAA AirVenture kicks off today. OSHKOSH – EAA honored its founder Monday at AirVenture. Friends of Paul Poberezny shared stories about him at the Theater in the Woods. Poberezny passed away last August at 91 years old. He started EAA in 1953....

Shell Aviation Notes Aerobatic Team Anniversary, Reveals New Packaging for ... * Aviation International News | At this year's EAA AirVenture, Shell Aviation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the AeroShell Aerobatic team, with the opportunity to meet the team members every day at the company's booth (Hangar C, Booth No. 3072) between 11 a.m. and noon for...

OSH14: Tuesday July 29 - Another Big Day (CoolPix Triple Play) · AirPigz | Tuesday at OSH14 was a lot like this big and bold Super STOL from Just Aircraft... but then everyday at Oshkosh is like that. So much to see and do, it's not even close to possible to take it all in. You simply have to pick the things you want to learn, or see, or experience hands-on and then chase the day....

OSH14: Monday July 28 - Day One Starts Big And Beautiful! (10 Pix) · AirPigz | It was a great opening day at OSH14... the weather was very nice and there were airplanes and people all over the place. I made a couple runs thru much of the grounds and found lots of interesting to take pictures of. The following are some of those pix with simple captions captions. I hope you enjoy!

Oshkosh Day 2 · Flight To Success | Today I'm on a flight back to Seattle. Sad to leave the party behind as it was just getting started. So much fun it was. Next year I won't fail bidding so I can stay longer....

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AirVenture 2014 - Next Generation · eaavideo.org  | KidVenture teaches and inspires the next generation of aviators, while the daily air shows at Oshkosh AirVenture are sure to please kids and grown-ups alike.

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One Week Wonder begins to take shape · General Aviation News | New at AirVenture this year is the One Week Wonder, in which everyone at Oshkosh gets a chance to help build a Zenith CH 750. The build kicked off at 8 a.m. Monday, July 28, and will continue throughout the week (see photos)...

Buy a Brick at AirVenture · Mark Hrutkay, Photorecon.net | The Experimental Aircraft Association was start by Paul Poberezny in 1953. Over the years, their annual convention and airshow has moved from Hales Corner, Wisconsin to Rockford, Illinois. In 1970, the event moved to...

EAA AirVenture 2014 Welcomes The Boldest Human Space Mission Yet * Aero-News Network
Events To Highlight Industry Collaboration For Reaching The Planet Mars Leaders from the aerospace community held a press conference at EAA AirVenture on Monday to get the word out on Space-related events scheduled Tuesday for Space Day.

Sean Tucker introduces newest Young Ealge to flight at AirVenture * The Oshkosh Northwestern | During the flight, Thompson and Tucker flew in close proximity to three other aerobatic pilots who went along to help spread the Young Eagles mission. Tucker also gave Thompson a taste of the aerobatic life, executing a series of rollercoaster turns...

Ford F-35 Lightning II Edition Mustang Celebrates 50 Years and Supports Young Eagles * Ford Online | ...“Ford has been a committed sponsor of EAA and AirVenture for 15 years, bringing incredible value to those who make Oshkosh the highlight of their aviation year,” said Jack Pelton, EAA chairman of the board. “With its seventh Mustang donation, Ford continues to excite with its specialty vehicles, which reflects the depth of Ford’s commitment and allows EAA to provide support to its valuable programs and dedicated members in helping us grow the next generation of aviators.”...

Discovery Channel’s Airplane Repo back for second season, cast at Oshkosh · General Aviation News | The Airplane Repo crew are returning to the Discovery Channel Aug. 22 for a new season. Meanwhile, the crew are at Oshkosh this year for AirVenture. Returning for the second season is...

Full-tilt #Avgeekery on Display at AirVenture's Camp Bacon · Dan Pimentel Airplanista Aviation Blog |  ...To the rapidly growing community of #avgeeks on Twitter, Camp Bacon is the epicenter of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. It is the place where friends gravitate towards, and it's become the place to circle back to when tech-savvy aviators need to recharge their souls and their cell phones while participating in some VERY interesting conversations....

 

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AirVenture 2014 has begun!

EAA AirVenture to feature full Thunderbirds team for first time * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | The weeklong event starts Monday with the Thunderbirds arriving some time on Thursday and performing what's known as a "practice show," a full dress rehearsal, at the end of the afternoon air show, about 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

AirVenture: Day 0 · General Aviation News, Ben Sclair | Photos

Jack Pelton AirVenture Preview 2014 · eaavideo.org | At this year's AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA reflects on the life of their founder, Paul Poberezny. They also amp up the excitement this year with the Thunderbirds, Kenny Loggins and the One Week Wonder.

Are You Ready For Airventure? by Tyson Rininger | Airventure in Oshkosh, WI is just about to get real! Follow All Things Aero for daily updates on what's happening. And if you haven't heard, we’ve teamed up with Sean D. Tucker and Team Oracle to offer a thrilling contest throughout the week of Airventure. Using #ohmyKOSH, whoever posts the most creative selphie will win a pole holding positions with Team Oracle on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. But it gets even better! The grand prize will be a flight with Chuck Coleman in the Team Oracle Extra 300 on Saturday morning!...

Janet the Fairey Gannet shrugs her shoulders at ‪#‎OSH14‬!

Oshkosh 2014 Live! · Karlene Petitt, Flight To Success | ...I will spend my day walking, talking, and interviewing as many people as I can. I will watch the most amazing airshows, and see incredible airplanes. Tonight I will meet Kenny Loggins (with thousands of others) at a concert in the woods. Danger Zone... can you feel it?...

Avfuel teams with Yankee Air Museum’s B-17 at Oshkosh · General Aviation News | Avfuel Corporation will once again sponsor the Michigan-based Yankee Air Museum’s flyable B-17 aircraft — the Yankee Lady — at the annual EAA AirVenture.  The B-17, also known as the “Flying Fortress”, was a popular World War II bomber aircraft primarily used in the destruction of enemy war facilities. The Yankee Lady is one of only 10 B-17 airframes that remain flyable today...

NASA WB-57 makes first visit to AirVenture · General Aviation News | NASA will bring a Martin/General Dynamics WB-57F high-altitude aircraft to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, the first appearance by a WB-57F at AirVenture, which is July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.  Based at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the WB-57F operates in NASA’s High Altitude Research Program. The aircraft...

The Lark of Duluth showcased at Oshkosh · General Aviation News | The Duluth Aviation Institute’s replica of the world’s first “commercial” airplane, The Lark of Duluth, is being featured at EAA AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. From July 28t-Aug. 3, more than 500,000 visitors will witness history as it was when commercial aviation began in 1914. The Lark of Duluth Benoist Type XIV Flying Boat will be featured in front of the Vintage Red Barn the entire week....

OSH14 Will Be The Best Oshkosh Ever! · AirPigz | It's time once again to make the simple but bold statement that OSH14 will be the best of Oshkosh ever... because the best Oshkosh is the one you are at RIGHT NOW! And with the annual fly-in and convention ready to start tomorrow morning, thousands of people just like me are here and ready to make it all happen. This is...

They’re Back! – The Hartman & Heinz Show – Oshkosh 2014 · WarbirdRadio.com | Andy Heinz and Mike Hartman are back with an all new show. Tune in and hear from Steven Bridgewater (Aeroplane / Jets Magazine) and many more familiar voices. Thanks for tuning in! Next episode will be a live broadcast on the all new Warbird Radio LIVE streaming channel.

"Ain't it Cool" UCAP #361-bravo · Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside- Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jeb and Jack are joined by Randy Dufault to talk about Day Zero of AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The MVP amphib... One Week Wonder... Paul Poberezny memorial... Day One expectations... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast

Group of Cherokee planes travels to EAA AirVenture * Fox11online.com  | WAUPACA – The saying goes birds of a feather flock together. Well, the same can be said about pilots and their planes. Wayne Michelli of Kingsport, Tennessee travels to E-A-A Airventure the same way each year: in formation. “It's an adrenaline rush...

"Mooney" planes leave Madison in formation to EAA air show - WMTV | More than 30 planes took off from Dane Co. Regional Airport this morning to fly in formation to the EAA air show in Oshkosh. The vast majority of them were "Mooney" planes, which...

First production ICON A5 flies · General Aviation News | OSHKOSH — The night before EAA AirVenture opened, ICON Aircraft unveiled the first production A5, an aircraft the company refers to as Engineering Serial Number 1 (ESN-1). This is the first A5 built from the production design, with production tooling, and using production methods and components. ESN-1 was built over a five-month period, from January to June of 2014, and successfully completed its first flight on July 7 in Tehachapi, California. This aircraft is one of three that will be used to verify performance and complete FAA approval prior to the start of customer deliveries in May 2015...

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92-year-old crosses off bucket list with Blue Angels * FOX10 News - Mobile | Helen-Johnson-92. At 92 years old, Helen Johnson is crossing off her bucket list. She joined thousands on the crowded Pensacola Beach Friday, June 11 to watch the Blue Angels soar in the sky.

National Warbird Operator Conference Announces 2015 Host City & Dates | WARBIRD RADIO – The National Warbird Operator Conference has announced it’s 2015 location and dates. According to a recent news release the NWOC is pleased to announce that the 2015 conference will be held in New Orleans, Lousisana. As in previous years, the conference will focus on maintenance, operation, and regulatory aspects of warbird ownership...

Paul Poberezny Memorial Set For Sunday Before AirVenture * Aero-News Network | EAA Founder Passed Away Last August At The Age Of 91 The night before AirVenture’s gates open on Monday morning, July 28, before throngs of aviation enthusiasts immerse themselves in the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, a brief, solemn ceremony will be held to honor the man who made it all possible.

Kenny Loggins Prepares To Rock EAA AirVenture * Aero-News Network | First Performance In Front Of An Air Show Crowd For 'Danger Zone' Artist Kenny Loggins has been on the international music scene for more than four decades, breaking through in the 1970s with partner Jim Messina, then breaking out on his own in the 1980s and producing six certified platinum and eight gold records in the process. In all those years Loggins never performed in front of an air show crowd, but that will change in a big way later this month.

Flying Legends Duxford: Thousands enjoy spectacle of nostalgia and poignant ... * Wisbech Standard | Paul Maupin, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress pilot for the Commemorative Air Force, gave walk-around tours of the B-29 Superfortress in the American Air Museum and regaled visitors with tales of his experiences flying this iconic aircraft. IMG_3729...

Aerobatics and Comedy in the Skies * Coverage of the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival

AIRSHOW NEWS: Sell out Air Tattoo for Reds 50th Season  * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | A SELL-OUT crowd of 140,000 turned up at RAF Fairford over three days to join celebrations marking the Red Arrows’ 50th display season at the Royal International Air Tattoo. They were rewarded with breath-taking aerobatic displays from fast jets, transport aircraft, helicopters and classic warbirds. The aviation fans’ favourite was the rare appearance of two classic Cold War ground-attack strike aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-22s from Poland, while the visitors were also treated to the last UK appearance of the A-7 Corsair from the Hellenic Air Force....

Five Jet Teams, One Photo * And some Video too!

Queen fears Red Arrows axe as it reaches its 50th anniversary * Express.co.uk | The RAF's daredevil aerobatic team faces being disbanded unless a commitment is made to save it within 12 months. Last night the Queen's first cousin Margaret Rhodes said Her Majesty would have a “tear in her eye” if the Arrows were ditched when the ...

Red Arrows help man's proposal at Waddington Air Show * Lincolnshire Echo | As the Red Arrows filled the sky with trails of red, white and blue over RAF Waddington, Katie Archer enjoyed the air show just as she had every year. Squinting at the colourful plumes of smoke framing the team's daring manoeuvres, she was blissfully...

Children learn about teamwork from Red Arrows * The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald | Mr Dewar said: “The students that took part this year were amazed by some additional support and encouragement by the Royal Air Force display team, the Red Arrows, who sent along some encouraging words and resources to help towards their research...

Irvine · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" On Monday July 7, 2014, a former British Sailor tandem-jumped with SFC Jon Ewald and the Army Parachute Team, “Golden Knights,” as part of his and his teams visit to Fort Bragg, N.C. This former sailor is the boisterous Robert Irvine of the Food Networks Restaurant: Impossible.

Volunteers Help The B-25 Panchito Prepare For AirVenture 2014  | WARBIRD RADIO – Volunteers at the Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation have been hard at work getting the B-25 Panchito ready for center stage at EAA’s AirVenture 2014. Panchito’s pilot Larry Kelley dropped us a few pictures and this note: Thanks to Steve, Brendan, Guy, John Vance, Al, Ben, Erin, Phil, Steve Nuwer, Harry, Colin, and...

Smithsonian’s Spirit of Tuskegee Final Journey – Flying Highlights * WarbirdRadio.com | WARBIRD RADIO – Tag along as USAF Captain Matthew Quy and Smithsonian Curator Dik Daso fly one of the only surviving Tuskegee Airmen PT-13D Stearmans from Moton Field in Tuskegee Alabama to the National Air and Space Museum. For more information search key work: Tuskegee on Warbird Radio and listen to Episode 326′s podcast. Enjoy!...

Norwegian CF-104D Starfighter Almost ready To Take Off · WarbirdsNews | A fascinating restoration project is coming together in Norway at the moment, which should see a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter take to the skies later this year. This two seat Starfighter is actually a Canadair-built CF-104D that served in the Canadian Armed Forces since its delivery in May 1962. It flew with the test squadron from Cold Lake, Alberta for many years, but she passed on to the Norwegian Air Force on May 23rd, 1973 when the...

Two Steps from Glory, a World War II Liaison Pilot and His L-4H · WarbirdsNews What happens when a young African American pilot trains to defend his country from the air then discovers that the U.S. Army really doesn’t want him, and worse, won’t let him fight? Former U.S. Army Field Artillery liaison pilot Welton I. Taylor answered that question and more with the release of his long-awaited memoir, Two Steps from Glory, a richly detailed, eye-opening account of one young pilot’s confrontations with the enemy and the segregated U.S. Army during World War II. Few...

Red Flag Alaska – Training, Tactics, Testing  * Photorecon.net | The expansive airspace over south central Alaska offers an unsurpassed classroom during Red Flag Alaska (RF-A) training exercises. A pair of Air Force Bases (Eielson AFB is east of Fairbanks and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson...

Jeff Skiles To Leave EAA  * Aero-News Network | Will Explore Other Opportunities, May Resume Airline Career In a letter to EAA staff that was forwarded to ANN, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said that Jeff Skiles will be leaving the organization shortly after AirVenture.

YF-12A 60-6936   * Photorecon.net  | In the aviation world there are those that prefer to do artwork. Doing side views like this is called a ‘profile’. This is my first attempt at doing such artwork. Every one knows I...

Canada's first female commercial pilot honoured with commemorative stamp ... * Edmonton Journal | Married 37 years to a fellow commercial airline pilot, Bjornson was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 1997, and currently serves as its secretary-treasurer and executive director. She was also inducted into the Women in Aviation ...

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Thunderbirds to highlight HAFB Air Show * Davisclipper | HILL AFB — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will again highlight the show at this year's Hill AFB Air Show and open house. The “Warriors Over the Wasatch – Power of Airmen” show is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29. It's anticipated hundreds of...

Hill wrapping up preparations for air show * Standard-Examiner | Kris Long, coordinator of the 2014 Warriors Over The Wasatch: Power Of Airmen open house and air show set for June 28-29, on Wednesday provided the Davis Council of Governments a short briefing on the show at a meeting in the Hubbard Golf Course...

Behind the scenes with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels * FoxNews | You might have heard the sound of jets in the air on Thursday — that’s because the Blue Angels are in town! The Navy’s Blue Angels crew is getting ready for the Milwaukee Air and Water show this weekend. Since their arrival Wednesday afternoon, they have two demonstrations scheduled and several maintenance checks to complete before they hit the skies for the Milwaukee crowd....

Blue Angels soar into Milwaukee for weekend air show: Slideshow * Milwaukee Business Journal | The Blue Angels are famous for their high-speed aerobatic maneuvers and precise flying, as they fly in a diamond formation within 18 inches of each other. Featured in the air show will be the Blue Angels famous Boeing F/A-18 Hornet jets. Also flying ...

Ride in an aerobatic plane * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Josh Holden, a federal wildlife specialist, stands on the breakwater wall near McKinley Beach in Milwaukee and fires a modified starter pistol loaded with pyrotechnic screamer siren to scare away birds ahead of this weekend's Milwaukee Air & Water Show...

Lehigh Valley Airshow 2014: Tickets, backstage passes go on sale next week * Lehigh Valley Live | If the traffic and crowds are too much for you, the 2014 Lehigh Valley Airshow is offering another option this year: backstage passes. The $100 ticket will get you into the show a day early, Aug. 22, for the practice show, lunch and to meet the performers, according to a news release. The pass includes entry to the airshow Aug. 23 and 24. All tickets will go on sale June 24...

American Waco Club Fly-In Participants Gather at Creve Coeur Airport for Weekend Festivities
* The Aero Experience | Participants in the 2014 American Waco Club Fly-In have begun to gather at Creve Coeur Airport near St. Louis from all over the country in preparation for this weekend's festivities. The annual event is again being held at Creve Coeur Airport, home of the renowned Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum and several world-class antique aircraft restoration businesses. Club members may participate in social and professional development activities, including forums on spruce woodworking and radial engines on Friday and free flight reviews. Another club ritual, the breakfast fly-out to Aero Estates Airport in nearby Belleville, IL is scheduled for Saturday morning.... 

Red Arrows at Armed Forces Day * The Courier | Red Arrows Flight Lieutenant Stew Campbell, known as "Red 2", said: "Myself and my fellow team are very proud to be taking part in the Armed Forces Day national event in Stirling. "Having flown on operational combat tours overseas, I know how important...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Wacos in the Vintage Aircraft Area * The Aero Experience continues our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 with Waco aircraft in honor of the current American Waco Club Fly-In being held this weekend in the St. Louis area. We found a variety of Waco types in the Antique Aircraft area, including at least one that has already made it to the Fly-In today....

Lone Star Aerobatic Championships will be at NTRA-Perrin Field Friday * KXII-TV | GRAYSON COUNTY, TX - Friday, pilots from across the U.S. will start their engines for the Lone Star Aerobatic Championships at NTRA-Perrin Field. The contest has five categories: primary, sportsman, intermediate, advanced and unlimited. Each category...

First Reno Air Race Winner Mira Slovak Flies West * Flying Magazine | The Jungmann Slovak refers to is a Bückers Jungmann biplane, in which he flew aerobatic shows. Slovak he continued to fly the Jungmann until the end of his life. In addition to his air racing and aerobatics, Slovak was a legendary hydroplane racer. He...

Millcreek Native Flies Across The Country For Air Race Competition * ErieTVNews | The Purdue University student and her co-pilot, Haley Myers, took off from Concord, California four days ago for the 2014 Air Race Classic. At 180 knots per hour, Borsa and her co-pilot had to fly 27-hundred miles across the country. "You have to fly...

South Carolina pilot to attempt world altitude record · General Aviation News | Weather permitting, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, Gary Davis, a Greenville, S.C., pilot, will attempt to set a world altitude record for a particular class of electric aircraft. Davis has been in love with aviation ever since he was a Boy Scout progressing towards Eagle Scout. In need of more Boy Scout badges, he approached a neighbor who was an aviation badge instructor. This led to a trip to a local grass strip airport and his first flight....

HEC TV Documentary Celebrates World War II Veteran's Flight Over 70 Years After Flying In Pacific Battle of Guadalcanal * The Aero Experience | HEC TV recently released a documentary about Mr. Tom Mohan, a 92-year old World War II veteran who received a recent Honor Flight in a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber, the same type of aircraft he flew with U.S. Marine Squadron VMSB-232 at the Battle of Guadalcanal 1942-43...

Aviators gather to farewell true pioneer Jim Hazelton * The Australian | Mr Hazelton began his aviation training at the Orange Aero Club in NSW and gained his private pilot's licence in 1950, following quickly with his commercial licence a year later. He then joined the Royal Newcastle Aero Club. He and brother Max began...

Avian Fusion · Dave, Vintage Wings of Canada | Yesterday, June 19th 10:27pm While the discussion is still ongoing as to which came first–the chicken or the egg, it is certain that the bird was the source of inspiration behind the airplane. From Icarus to Otto Lilienthal to New Zealand's Richard Pearce to Ohio's Wright Brothers – man has long sought and found the ability to fly like a bird, and in particular the long-duration soaring birds of the oceans. While this is not a story of aviation history, the world of aviation is filled with passion, ideals, emotions and the longing for the freedom of flight. We cannot speak of aviation history without addressing...

Plainfield teen takes off for around-the-world flight * WTHR | ...Suleman is attempting to become the youngest person to fly around the world in a single-engine plane in 30 days... | Flight blog | Follow their flight

Young solo aviator heading to Airlie * Whitsunday Times | MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Young aviator Alex Fisher will arrive in Airlie Beach this Saturday on the first leg of his attempt to be the youngest person to circumnavigate Australia solo in a plane. He is also using the 'Flight of Solidarity' to raise money...

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Interview With Air Show Announcer Rob Reider  * The Pixie Pilot |The whole crew is here with a special guest, discussing the wonders of air shows

USAF Thunderbirds land in Liberal * Leader and Times | Major Caroline Jensen is the right wing pilot for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, flying the No. 3 jet. During high school, she participated in swimming and track, serving as captain for both teams. She entered the Air Force in 1998 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Before joining the...

Flying the Blue Angels' Fat Albert is more than just a show * The Daily News Journal | I got a taste of this when the call came out for media to meet the Blue Angels' pilots and get a ride on their “work horse” show opener, Fat Albert, a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules flown by an all-Marine crew of three pilots and five enlisted aircrew ...

Catch a glimpse: Navy's Blue Angels to fly over Milwaukee Wednesday * fox6now.com | The Blue Angels will fly the squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation over Lake Michigan on the eastern side of Milwaukee at approximately 250 knots. A seventh jet will be flying abreast of the formation to photograph the Delta with the city in ...

Air Race Classic pilots converge on Scottsbluff (VIDEO) * Scottsbluff Star Herald | A total of 52 female pilots are taking part in the Air Race Classic this year with one of the major stops on the four-day competition at Western Nebraska Regional Airport in Scottsbluff on Tuesday. The ARC will continue across the United States tour...

Local women take on challenge of 2014 Air Race Classic * The Times Herald | LIMERICK — Three local pilots will be competing against the weather, time and unforseen circumstances as they race across the country in the 2014 Air Race Classic starting Monday. Alison Chalker, Barbara Ziegler and Linda Evans, all members of the...

Flight Experience With the Aeroshell Team Is Highlight of Cameron, MO Airshow | I went to Cameron, MO to cover their airshow just to see some great flying. Friday morning that all changed. Last year I entered the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team photo contest - not expecting to win but to share with them some of the images I had captured so they could use them to promote themselves. I thought it would be a great way to give back, as I have loved watching them fly over the years....

Warbirds to rumble over Springs for August air show  | In two months time, the skies over Colorado Springs will be filled with military planes from a bygone era. The Pikes Peak Regional Air Show at the Colorado Springs Airport, Aug. 9-10, will feature more than 40 historic aircraft, including many from World War II. Proceeds from the event will go to fund the Colorado Springs-based National Museum of World War II Aviation and the Peterson Air and Space Museum....

New acts added to air show lineup * WDTN | New acts are lining up to join the Vectern Dayton Air Show which is less than two weeks away. Two warbirds will take to the sky June 28 and 29. One is a fighter plane that helped win World War II. The other is a rare version of a carrier-based fighter...

Warbird Expo visits Fishers * Current in Fishers | “My interest in aviation probably comes from my dad,” said the younger Bennett, a Noblesville resident and member of the Indiana Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), the organization responsible for the Warbird Expo. John Bennett's plane is a...

Berlin Airshow * Blackpool Gazette | Video from the event

Pease AirFest event canceled * Seacoastonline.com | News of the Pease AirFest cancellation comes after hopes of holding a Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this year at the Pease International Airport were already lost. The BIANH announced in May that it would instead hold the scaled-down Airfest event that...

Weston Air Festival 2014: The Red Arrows, Avro Vulcan bomber and The ... * Cheddar Valley Gazette | The De-Havilland Sea Vixen, the only flying example of this magnificent naval fighter bomber, will wow the crowds, as well as the world-renowned Royal Air Force aerobatic team – The Red Arrows – who will perform a thrilling precision flying display...

Priming for the Mkuze Airshow - KZN Winter Air Tour | Airshow's have become some of the largest public participation events in South Africa, and Mkuze should be no different. The prevalent KZN Winter Air Tour is gearing up to reach the northernmost district of KwaZulu-Natal,...

WWII Bomber at Twin Falls Airport this Week * Twin Falls Times-News | Monday afternoon though, the 93-year-old Filer resident at least got to fly in one, courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force, an organization that restores and preserves historic military aircraft. “It was just fantastic,” said a happy Haney after his...

Salute To A Fallen Airmen – Walter Ray · Dave Budd , Photorecon | Photorecon along with Strategic-Beer-Command took a trip today to pay respect to a fallen airman Walter L. Ray. Walter Ray was selected as a program pilot for the CIA flying it’s then classified Lockheed...

Buckhead Bomber Girls Calendar · WarbirdsNews | Harriet Adams has come up with a marvelous and unique idea for a calendar paying tribute to aircrew from the Greatest Generation. The Atlanta, Georgia resident is pairing the daughters and granddaughters of those brave airmen with the bomber jackets their forebears wore into combat. Each month highlights a “Bomber Girl”, her relative and more importantly, “their” story. The connection these men made with their succeeding generations, and how those associations are passed down through the family, often center around that bomber jacket....

Aviation Spotlight Episode II – Tom Nightingale · Airshowvid, Photorecon.net | Episode II of Aviation Spotlight focuses on warbird ownership with pilot Tom Nightingale. Tom has been highly involved in the warbird community in Southern California of over 20 years. Our host Daniel Wotring sat...

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Guest Feature: Discovery Flight Renews Dream of Learning to Fly for Local Aviation Enthusiast | Midwest Airport Fun Days gave me a new experience and renewed passion for aviation on June 7. I have been obsessed with planes since birth. My grandparents took me to Lambert St. Louis Intl. Airport religiously and my mother followed the tradition up until the viewing area closed following 9/11/2001. Even then, I would find myself asking her just to...

Amazing close-up photos capture war planes and birds' majesty in motion * Sploid | I've seen many photos of airplanes and nature in my life, but very few photographers get close to Tom Dean's ability to capture any kind of flying bird. The...

Pilot Makes First Skydive ... Out Of Damaged Plane * Aero-News Network | Another Skydiver Hit The 182s Elevator While Exiting The Aircraft A pilot for a skydiving company became one of the jumpers recently when the Cessna 182 he was flying was damaged by one of the skydivers exiting the airplane....

Window World surpasses $1 million to Veterans Airlift Command · General Aviation News | NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Window World, a replacement window and home remodeling company, has surpassed $1 million in donations and in-kind contributions to the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), bringing free, private air transportation to wounded veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes....

#Avgeeks, Let's Make it "1,000,000 Pilots Tuesday" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh · Dan Pimentel | By now, most readers of this blog- and my loyal flock of followers on Twitter - know all about the 2014 Oshbash event this blog is hosting called the GA Power Collective, coming to the Press Tent at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday, July 29th 5:30PM - 7:30PM. If you are just tuning in, stop by the official Oshbash website and bring yourself up to speed. As I have developed this event, it has been very cool to watch the active #avgeek community on Twitter get behind the idea of discussing how the major aviation groups can work together with a common goal of growing the pilot ranks to 1,000,000 certificated pilots....

AirVenture tempts teachers with freebies · General Aviation News * You don’t have to be a pilot or an aircraft mechanic to enjoy the largest general aviation gathering in North America. To prove that point, Build A Plane, in partnership with AirVenture, is offering teachers a very special perk for attending the festivities on Tuesday, July 28, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For the fifth year, they are sponsoring Teacher’s Day to share information on how aviation can be used in the classroom to enhance STEM curriculum and engage students....

Pegasus Elite Aviation donates engine to school · General Aviation News | VAN NUYS, Calif. — Students at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s North Valley Occupational Center – Aviation (NVOC – Aviation) have a new tool to gain insight into the functioning of turbine engines, thanks to a donation of a Rolls-Royce Spey Engine – valued at $120,000 – by Pegasus Elite Aviation....

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Thousands to flock to see Wanaka warbirds * Newstalk ZB | Tens of thousands of people are set to flock to Wanaka this weekend to watch the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka. 50,000 people are expected to attend the aviation extravaganza over Easter. This will be the 14th running of the show, which begun in 1988...

Make a Wish Participants Get Private Air Show at Davis-Monthan - Arizona Public Media | More than 150,000 people attended the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base open house over the weekend. But before the crowds gathered on Saturday and Sunday, a special group of people were on the tarmac for their own air show. Families participating in the Make a Wish Foundation, wounded warriors and World War II veterans were given a sneak peak of the show, presented by the Air Force demonstration team: the Thunderbirds...

Planes of Fame Air Show - Promotional Video | Show dates May 3 and 4

EAA AirVenture 2014 NOTAM Now Available For Download from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | April 16, 2014 - The FAA has released the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), featuring arrival and departure procedures for the 62nd annual fly-in convention July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The NOTAM, which is in effect July 25-August 4, outlines procedures for the many types of aircraft that fly to Oshkosh for the event, as well as aircraft that land at nearby airports...

Bronco Demo Team set to excel at Waddington again * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The OV-10B Bronco Demo Team is a group of enthusiastic people who aim to demonstrate this unique aircraft type to the public. The North American Aviation Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is a turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s for counter insurgency (COIN) combat. One of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft in the Vietnam War....

Flying with Diabetes fly-in planned · General Aviation News | A Flying With Diabetes weekend is planned for July 26-27 at Council Bluffs Airport (KCBF) in Iowa. The weekend is a fly-in for pilots with diabetes and without. Ideal as a stop-off on the way to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, inspiring talks will be given by pilots with diabetes, including a Beech Baron speed record to the North Pole, and a round-the-world flight....

Brantford earmarks $25000 for air show - Brantford Expositor | The Rotary Club Charity Air Show is getting plenty of support from the city. Councillors voted in favour of providing a hangar at the Brantford Municipal Airport for the air show dinner to be held on Aug. 26 and the air show itself, which is being held Aug. 27. As well, the city will provide event insurance, floral arrangements and the use and delivery of tables and chairs for the dinner...

CAF AirPower Tour Ready To Hit The West Coast · Warbirds News | The Commemorative Air Force’s iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress returns to California and the Northwest U.S. this summer. It will be FIFI’s first visit in almost 20 years to many locations which include over 15 cities in Arizona, California, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Colorado. Highlighting the tour will be FIFI’s return to Boeing Field in Seattle. The B-29 is one of 1,100 produced at the Boeing Renton facility and the only B-29 in the world that still flies....

First woman to fly solo around the world celebrates 50th anniversary - Fairborn Daily Herald | COLUMBUS — Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world, will be honored as fellow aviators, historians, community leaders and friends gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her flight. On April 17, a life-size bronze statue of Mock holding a globe, created by Columbus artist Renate Burgyan Fackler, will be unveiled at Port Columbus International Airport, the departure and landing site for her extraordinary achievement...

1 of 4 remaining Doolitte Raiders to share story in Everett * heraldnet.com | Retired Lt. Col. Ed Saylor, one of only four remaining survivors of the 80 men who flew the first bombing raid on Japan following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, is scheduled to visit Paine Field on Saturday....

The Tale Of The B-17 "Blind Date" Crew - Jalopnik | On June 25th 1944, ten brave young men began training together at Ardmore, Oklahoma. Two months later, they picked up a Boeing B-17-G in Lincoln, Nebraska, with orders to deliver it to Burtonwood Air Depot at Cheshire, England. The pilots...

Happy Birthday To The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide · Warbirds News |  By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC -Eighty years ago today, the de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide took flight for the first time.  The Dragon Rapide was one of the most successful light commercial transports of the 1930s.  The outbreak of World War II saw Rapide production soar to keep pace with demand for communications and navigation trainers.  After the war...

Will the old helmet work in the Mohawk? * Rob Reider | Many years ago I started a collection of flight helmets. Every once in a while...

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Swarm Of Bees Causes Plane To Turn Around Mid-Flight - Newsy | Passengers on a plane from Las Vegas to Duluth, Minn., had to turn around mid-flight Monday for a reason you might not expect. "An Allegiant Air jet flew into a swarm of bees. It was so bad passengers say it smelled like the plane was on fire as thousands of bees flew into the engines and actually blocked the windshield."...

Come fly at the Young Eagles Rally at the Garberville airport - Redwood Times | The Garberville Pilots Association will be holding the 2014 Garberville Young Eagles Rally on Saturday, May 17 at the Garberville airport on Sprowel Creek Road. The Willits EAA Chapter 1027 along with the Garberville Pilots Association is proud to announce they will be co-sponsoring this event...

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Video: Tampa Bay AirFest at MacDill is back! - WTSP 10 News | Over 100 thousand people are expected to come to the event. This year the Tampa Bay Airfest Team says they only had 3 months to plan the comeback event...

EAA, FAA reach settlement over AirVenture fees * Sacramento Bee | Last year, the FAA told EAA officials that the cost for 87 air traffic controllers and supervisors to come to Oshkosh for AirVenture would be nearly $448,000. The EAA signed a one-year agreement under protest and asked a federal appeals court to review ...

Annual Paulding air show to wait until 2015 by Tom Spigolon | Organizers of Paulding’s annual air show are canceling the event for 2014 and planning a 2015 show after military budget cuts in two countries cut the number of available performance dates by top-drawing acts...

Hot Rods in the Sky: Up in the Air with Red Bull Air Race Pilot Kirby Chambliss - Popular Mechanics | Car guys love to talk horsepower and top speed, but translating those specs to the sky requires a complete relativity recalibration. Witness, for instance, Red Bull's recent F/A-18 Hornet versus F1 car drag race (top speeds: 1,242 mph vs 236 mph)-- or more even recently, my gut-wrenching aerobatic flight with Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss over the California desert...

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Revenge of Hermann Goering: Red Arrows took flight after Second World War 'Luftwaffe bombs' found at base - Daily Mail | Air aces the Red Arrows took to the skies this week fearing that they could be blown up by the Luftwaffe. The nine jets scrambled from their base at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire after Second World War bombs were found there. Bomb disposal experts rushed to the site to defuse the unexploded devices thought to have been dropped by the Germans around 70 years ago...

Red Arrows to take part in Portsmouth D-Day commemorations - Portsmouth News | THEIR high speed displays stun crowds around the world – and now the Red Arrows are on their way back to Portsmouth. The Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team will take part in the city’s D-Day commemorations on June 5. There will be a number of events taking place over the week of D-Day’s 70th anniversary this year, and the Red Arrows have now confirmed their return to take part....

Can you spot the difference? Father and son become world-renowned stunt pilots from the ground after building their own remote control Red Arrows planes - Daily Mail | These photographs may appear to show a magnificent display by the world-renowned Red Arrows – but in reality they reveal remote control replicas which have been made by a father and son ‘stunt pilot’ duo....

Aviation Open House - Las Vegas Sun | North Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday March 29th, 2014 – The Clark County Aviation Association in conjunction with the Clark County Department of Aviation will be hosting the 7th Annual Aviation Open House....

Tuskegee airmen speak in Lynwood - nwitimes.com | LYNWOOD | Samuel Dave wasn't aware that he sat across the room from aviation history as he folded and played with his paper airplane at Glenwood-Lynwood library Thursday. But the Highland Elementary third-grader certainly had a big smile on his face when he asked the members of the Chicago "Dodo" chapter of the Tuskegee airmen what it was like to fly...

WWII veteran, of Clifton, honored on 90th - NorthJersey.com | CLIFTON — World War II veteran Thomas Bristol was surrounded by family and friends for his 90th birthday last week – so unlike his birthday 70 years earlier when he was instead surrounded by flames trapped inside his plane that crash landed after it was hit by enemy fire...

Danforth Loring, 95, flew dozens of bombing missions during WWII - Omaha World-Herald | Danforth “Dan” Loring distinguished himself flying dozens of bombing missions during World War II and then served in the Korean War before enjoying a long and successful career in Omaha in the insurance industry. The retired major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve died Tuesday at the Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth at age 95, said his son, Dan Loring of Omaha. Mary Loring, Danforth Loring's wife of 70 years, was at his side....

Christ Nielsen was crewman aboard Navy rescue helicopter during Vietnam War * War Tales | Christ Nielsen of Punta Gorda, Fla. was a “Seadevil.” He was a member of U.S. Navy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Seven that rescued downed pilots and seamen in trouble off the coast of Vietnam during the war. After three years of college he joined the Navy in December 1968. Trained to be part of the flight crew on a H-3 “Sea King” helicopter, Nielsen wound up in Subic Point, Philippines. Before his three year tour of duty was over the young Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class had served on nine of this country’s 11major aircraft carriers and 26 destroyers while flying as cable operator aboard a rescue helicopter...

Help the Yankee Air Museum Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant! * Warbirds News | As many WarbirdsNews readers will know from our previous articles ( click HERE), the Yankee Air Museum is hard at work raising the funds to help save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant to become their permanent home. The Ford Motor Company license-built Consolidated B-24 Liberators in this factory by the thousand during WWII, so it...

Reaching for the Sun * CAFE Foundation Blog | SolarStratos, a two-seat, solar-powered airplane, is being readied for record flights in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, just a 25-minute drive from the Solar Impulse hangars in Payerne...

Tradition Aviation at the Jacqueline Cochrain Airport owner: 'Girls didn't fly' - The Desert Sun | INDIO — Penny Nelson has loved airplanes since she was a little girl. She remembers going to the airport with her parents to watch planes take off. But back then, aviation was a man's world. Flying planes was a distant dream...

Failure To Launch: How New Mexico Is Paying For Richard Branson’s Space Tourism Fantasy - BuzzFeed | They came from the north by helicopter, flying over scattered cattle and mesquite brush and yucca plants straining skyward. To the east was White Sands Missile Range, where the first atomic bomb was detonated, and further east was Roswell, where the streetlamps are little green alien heads. Below them was that old muddy snake, the Rio Grande, and just west, a town called Truth or Consequences. But the men on that cherry red Bell 206 LongRanger chopper were not sightseeing. They were headed to middle of the desert, where they planned to launch a bunch of spaceships...

Solar powered plane aims for the edge of space * euronews | Tickets to see the curvature of the Earth and the blackness of space above are projected to be 50,000 euros. There are many issues and questions yet to be resolved. Domjan may be a highly experienced pilot, but he's yet to fly a solar-powered electric...

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Wacky Jet Waco Revealed at ICAS - Flying Magazine | An unconventional biplane emerged at the International Council of Air Shows in Las Vegas this week. John Klatt Airshows and Jack Link's Beef Jerky announced they have teamed up to create an airplane named the Screamin' Sasquatch — a twin-engine-powered 1929 Taperwing Waco that will be featured as part of the 2014 John Klatt Airshows...

AirVenture Included on Initial Air Force Thunderbirds Schedule - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, one of the world's premier military jet teams, has scheduled an appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as part of its 2014 flying schedule. The 62nd annual EAA fly-in convention is scheduled for July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Airshow will fly back to Rochester airport - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | An annual airshow canceled this year because of federal budget cuts will return to Greater Rochester International Airport next summer, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced Friday. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which appeared at the airshow in 2005 and 2008, will return Aug. 16 and 17 next year...

Air show and Thunderbirds returning to Waterloo - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO | Thunder will roll again in the Cedar Valley. An air show is scheduled Aug. 23.24 at the Waterloo Regional Airport. And like the inaugural event in 2011, the event will feature the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds. "This is a major feat. This is a great coup," organizer Chris Harshbarger said...

OC Air Show nabs Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, for 2014-15 - Bethany Beach Wave | OCEAN CITY — The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels military jet demonstration teams are scheduled to headline the OC Air Show in 2014 and 2015...

Jets to race at Warbirds - Otago Daily Times | Warbirds Over Wanaka is planning to run one of the fastest motor racing events in the world at its international airshow next Easter. Six jet aircraft, travelling about 640kmh, will go head-to-head around big inflated pylons on an 8km triangular course in the Upper Clutha Valley...

Santa fly-in set Saturday at Bill Jarrett Ford - Highlands Today | AVON PARK - Bill Jarrett Ford will host its 5th annual Santa Fly-In, holiday customer appreciation event, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the dealership, 1305 US 27 N., Avon Park. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by helicopter...

Antique Airplane Association Celebrates Diamond Jubilee at Blakesburg Fly-In, Part One - The Aero Experience | The Antique Aircraft Association celebrated its Silver Jubilee at this year's Blakesburg Fly-In August 28-September 2.  The Antique Aircraft Association, founded in 1953, now has over twenty chapters and maintains affiliations with many type clubs representing aircraft like those featured here... Part 2 here...

RAAF airshow announced to commemorate the Centenary of Military Aviation - Australian Aviation | To celebrate the centenary of military aviation in Australia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Darren Chester and Deputy Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies have launched the Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow to be held at Point Cook, RAAF Williams, near Melbourne on March 1....

Before Brown Arch, The Blue Arch At Oshkosh 1971 - Nostalgic Picture! * AirPigz | This pic from my old picture album is what I remember the main gate to the flightline at Oshkosh looking like back in the really old days. 1971 was the second year for Oshkosh (before that the event was in Rockford, IL) and for the first many years of the week-long fly-in and convention, access to the flightline was restricted to keep the general public away from the airplanes. That's why an 'entrance' was needed there in the first place...

REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR: Woodlands veterans remember Pearl Harbor - Your Houston News | THE WOODLANDS — Ahead of Saturday’s anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, VFW Post #12024 remembered those lost on the infamous day 72 years ago that would abruptly launch the United States into World War II. As “Taps” reverie echoed in the background, Post veterans ceremoniously laid a wreath at the base of the American flag during an emotion-filled candlelight ceremony at South County Community Center on Thursday...

New Mission For The F-104 Starfighter - Warbirds News | Florida based Starfighters Aerospace has been know for years to make hundred of thousand F-104 Starfighter fans around the world happy for keeping this beautiful jet in the air. Many aviation enthusiast had witness the “The Missile With a Man In It” flying in American air shows for years. Recently the company has worked hard to move  away from the air show circuit in order to focus on offering its services to the  commercial space flight context. In fact Starfighters Aerospace is now able to provide services to a broad range of clients that go from  University projects/experiments to complex Engineering R&D scenarios or DoD supporting missions. A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky....

Interview with the Project Lead of The People’s Mosquito by travelforaircraft | John Lilley is the Project Lead of The People's Mosquito and has helped immeasurably to form a capable group of experts to guide the project to completion — to build a flying replica of a de Havilland Mosquito. John is enthusiastic and eloquent also speaking (and writing) using the King's English. He easily agreed to be interviewed — his responses to the queries are written in italics...

Brad Pitt buys WWII Spitfire airplane for $3.3 million: report - nydailynews.com | What's that in the sky? It may just be Brad Pitt after the leading man reportedly bagged himself a World War II-era Spitfire plane. The 49-year-old actor was so inspired by his latest movie, World War II flick "Fury," that he purchased one of the fighter planes used by the Royal Air Force in battle, the Irish Examiner reported. And they don't come cheap: Pitt supposedly paid $3.3 million for the aircraft...

Avialogs.com, The Largest Online Aviation Library Partners Up With Warbirds News · Warbirds News | Avialogs.com,the largest online aviation library available today online, is partnering up with Wabirdsnews.com .Avialogs is an online aviation library. It was started in 2010 by Benoit De Mulder as a personal project to become a non- profit organization based in Canada. Benoit is a French aviation enthusiast and private pilot living in Canada.The goal of Avialogs and its founder  is to promote conservation of aviation related literature and documents while making it available as electronic media....

Last 'new' Phantom returns to service - The Northwest Florida Daily News | TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron received the last of the “new” QF-4 aerial targets as the Vietnam-era aircraft landed here Nov. 19. The QF-4, Aircraft 68-0599, spent more than 20 years in the Air Force “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., before being brought back to life for one last mission...

The Navy Just Launched a Drone from a Submarine—While Underwater - Gizmodo | If you thought launching a drone from an aircraft carrier was impressive, you're going to be blown away by this: After six years of development, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has successfully launched a drone from a submerged submarine...

AV Week reveal new large flying wing the RQ180 - Milcom Monitoring Post, By Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman, sUAS News | A large, classified unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency. Defense and intelligence officials say...

[Photo] Man-carrying, under-wing pods capable of being fitted to fighter jets and helicopters By David Cenciotti | It’s almost impossible to imagine the self discipline required to be stuck inside one of those for long periods of time but, believe it or not, Exint pods, man-carrying pods designed to be carried by fast jets and choppers exist...

Aditya Palnitkar - Friday's Fabulous Flyer * Flight To Success | 15-year-old Aditya was born in Mountain View California and currently lives in Pune India (Two and a half hours from Mumbai) with his mother, father and younger brother. His 14-year-old brother doesn't have the same interest in aviation as Aditya.  But big brother is working on him. Aditya said, "I am always in the process of trying to make him appreciate the fascinating world of aviation."...

Eagle steals camera - Bayou Renaissance Man | I was amused by this video footage from a camera set up by game rangers on a meat trap near the Margaret River, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, to photograph crocodiles....

Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit - Fox News | The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives....