Video: Blue Angels stun crowd before Notre Dame-Navy game - WNDU-TV | Notre Dame, Ind. The Blue Angels were introduced at Friday night's Notre Dame pep rally, but they had a big job Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. The team, based out of Pensacola, Florida, is compromised of six F-18 jets, which are part of a larger fleet...
Stuart Air Show offers thrills, excitement for crowd | Photo gallery - TCPalm | The sights and sounds of acrobatic aircraft performing their routines in the sky above Witham Field brought to life the fun and excitement of the 2013 Stuart Air on Saturday.
HEMET: Young, old enjoy air show - Press-Enterprise | No matter their motive, the thousands of people in attendance appeared to enjoy the Hemet-Ryan Air Show on Saturday, Nov. 2. The crowd spread out across the grounds of the Hemet-Ryan Airport, many in lawn chairs, others on blankets and some seeking...
Airplanes, pilots on display during fall festival - Brownsville Herald | Dean hasn't flown in a few years – family has dominated his Saturdays recently – but he still brings his family from Harlingen for events put on by the Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commemorative Air Force and didn't want to miss the wing's first fall ...
Cops for Kids fly-in marks fifteenth year - AOPA Pilot | In its 15 years, the annual Cops for Kids fly-in has grown to become a registered nonprofit organization that Miskulin estimates has provided 12,000 toys to 4,000 kids, with fly-ins also held for the University of California-Davis Children's Hospital ...
S. Korea's Fighter Plans in Spotlight at Airshow - Defense News | SEOUL — Western defense contractors participating in South Korea’s biennial arms exhibition tried to convince their hosts they would offer assistance to help build the country’s indigenous fighter jet, code-named KF-X...
World War II plane stops at Page Field - NBC2 News | It's a chance to get an up close look at planes, including a B-25 Bomber used in World War II. The B-25 Bomber actually trained at Page Field before the plane was used in raids against Japan. It is only one out of around 50 aircraft at the event ...
Aviation Legend Carl "Chub" Wheeler Honored by Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - The Aero Experience | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport, hosted a birthday celebration Sunday for local aviation legend Carl "Chub" Wheeler who recently turned 102 years old. Family and friends gathered to commemorate his life and an aviation career that spanned nearly 70 years. Wheeler, a Founder and Life Member of the museum, took his first airplane ride in 1930 at Curtiss-Steinberg Airport (now called St. Louis Downtown Airport, where the museum is located) and soloed in a Curtiss Robin in 1935. During his aviation career, "Chub" Wheeler instructed new flight students at...
Huntington Vets Take Honor Flight to DC - HNN Huntingtonnews.net | After a second World War II veteran accepted an invitation, Morse spoke to an aero club which outlined a plan to take vets to see the World War II memorial. The first flight had six small planes and 12 veterans. The dream has taken flight across the ...
Vulcan XH558′s Pledge Target Achieved By WarbirdsNews | This has been both a nail-biting and and exciting week for the Vulcan XH558′s team as they watched the funding gauges accelerate towards the targets that will allow XH558 to be prepared for flight once more. XH558′s supporters contributed to an amazing final few days of fundraising for Operation 2015 with more than £17,000 of pledges received since Tuesday’s newsletter.Robert Pleming , the organization director, said:” i am delighted to announce that our £400,000 Operation 2015 pledge goal was exceeded by a safe margin last night – the target date for the campaign.”...
A genderless sky: One of aviation history's greatest tales is a story you've probably never heard before - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Those who have read my blog for a long time know these two things: First, I am a big proponent of encouraging more women to pursue their pilot's license to enjoy the many benefits of flying a private airplane, and second, I have written at length about what I call "aviation history's biggest malfunction." That of course is how I describe the way Jerrie Mock's epic 1964 "first woman to fly solo around the world" flight has been nearly forgotten in the 49 years since she completed her historic flight....
Edwardian high society: Amazing 100-year-old images of hot air balloon race discovered - Express.co.uk | The point-to-point competition was held at the Hurlingham Private Members Club in Fulham and was organised by the Aero Club of the United Kingdom. Hot Air Balloon Race, London, Auction, Hurlingham Club, Fulham, Old, The event saw Victorian London's ...
VADM Robert Hayward Parachutes into his own retirement - eCoronado.com (blog) | VADM Robert Harward parachuted in to his own retirement ceremony with the Navy Leap Frogs. His parachute is the one with the SEAL Trident flag along with his three star flag above it. His two retirement speakers were Admiral William McRaven and ...
Trio of Boeing F-15SA Eagles Fly out to Palmdale Test Facility - The Aero Experience Exclusive! | The trio of F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle test aircraft departed from the Boeing Company's Defense, Space and Security division location in St. Louis earlier today. The three jets took off from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, along with Boeing's T-38A Talon chase plane, on a flight to the company's Palmdale, CA facility for additional development work. The F-15SA features a fly-by-wire control system, Digital Electronic Warfare Suite, Infrared Search and Track System, Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar and an integrated helmet cuing system among other enhancements. Development will continue through 2014...
Declassified documents of Mig fighter jets testing activity at Area 51 available for download - The Aviationist | In the late 1960s, CIA, U.S. Air Force, Navy and several other agencies were involved in highly classified programs whose purpose was to evaluate Mig fighter jets and study the best ways to face them in air-to-air combat. Among these programs, “Have Doughnut” was aimed at exploiting a Mig-21 Fishbed-E that the U.S. acquired in 1967 from Israel that had obtained it in Aug. 1966, when an Iraqi Air Force pilot flew it in Israel during a training sortie that was actually a pre-arranged defection....
NASA Prepares To Launch First Mission To Explore Martian Atmosphere - Aero-News Network | MAVEN To Answer Questions About How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere A NASA spacecraft that will examine the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail is undergoing final preparations for a scheduled 1328 EST Monday, Nov. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
Sunday, November 3, 2013
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Monday, February 4, 2013
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Extreme Makeover from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | Big things are happening to the location formerly known as the Ultralight Area at the SUN ’n FUN grounds on the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida. First, the area will now permanently be known by its longtime affectionate name: Paradise City. Once a place of...
Bangalore all set to host largest air show in Asia - Deccan Herald | Aero India, the largest air show in Asia and one of the world's most important military aviation exhibitions, is all set to kick-start at Yelahanka Air Force Station here, from February 6 to 11. This biennial air show and aviation exhibition organised ...
Plans lift-off for Bob Jones Memorial Air Show in Welshpool - Powys County Times | PLANS for the second Bob Jones Memorial Air Show were launched on Friday at a special event in Welshpool Town Hall. The show was renamed last year in memory of Welshpool Airport owner Bob Jones, who was killed in a plane crash in January 2012.
Precision airshow announced for castle concert - Kent Online | The open-air evening in July will see The Blades bring their airbourne display to the skies above Kent. Formed of former Red Arrows pilots, The Blades are known for skilful displays of close formation aerobatics. The team features some of the UK's most ...
The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Not normally done, all convention proceeds after expenses from that gathering were directed to the participating warbird operators in the form of extraordinary ground support, and deeply discounted fuel for their planes. “This concept is markedly ...
Warbird Gathering Set For Topeka During AirVenture - AVweb | A non-profit group is organizing what it hopes will be a major warbird event. The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends will be held at Forbes Field in Topeka, KS from Aug. 1-4 and is inviting warbird owners and operators to reserve one of 65 "slots" to ...
Air Show Organizers and Fans Fear Pentagon Cuts from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Speculation about cutbacks to public air shows put on by the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights paratroopers spread as the Pentagon looks for ways to trim $450 billion over the next decade. The popular military promotional demonstrations that account for tens of millions of dollars, a small fraction of the Pentagon's $926 billion annual budget, could be curtailed...
Government deny Red Arrows' axe - ITV News | The Government has insisted that the world famous Red Arrows will not be grounded as part of a new round of defence cuts. Reports in today's press claims the iconic RAF display team, which is based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, could be axed as part ...
Pearl Harbor Flight Recalls Uncle's USS Arizona Death - Businessweek | I was hooking up with an outfit called Pacific Warbirds that takes tourists on thrill rides aboard a vintage SNJ-5 airplane. I would fly over Pearl Harbor on the single-prop aircraft at the same altitude as the Japanese pilots did 71 years ago when ...
B-24 bomber badly shot up on flight over Berlin from War Tales by Don Moore | Buried in a box of old pictures and military records tucked away in a chest of drawers in Vincent Durand’s Port Charlotte, Fla. home is a medal from long ago. The bronze medal with its four-bladed airplane propeller was attached to a red, white and blue ribbon — The Distinguished Flying Cross. The 83-year-old former [...]
Women Aviators Focus of 'History Alive' Lecture - Patch.com | See the attached photograph of McCrae in uniform; the latter is now in the San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park. Bevil researches and documents historic aviation crash sites in California State Parks. One, a World War II bomber crash site in ...
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum presents the 2013 “Heritage ... - PR NewsChannel | Also March 23, the “Women in Aviation and Space Day” will take place at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Visitors will learn about the accomplishments of women in aviation, science and aerospace. Families can enjoy guest speakers, hands-on activities, a ...
Great Lakes (By Waco Classic) New Paint Scheme Design Contest! (Ends 2-17-13) from AirPigz by Martt | You don't have to know me very well to know I'm a big fan of paint scheme design contests, and while we wait to see who the winner is of the race P-51 Precious Metal paint contest (winner to be announced 2-9-13) we now have another one to...
The Pan Am Flying Clipper that never was — Sikorsky’s VS-44 by travelforaircraft | Juan Trippe bought Sikorsky S-38 and S-40 aircraft for Pan American Airways (PAA) routes in South America as well as the S-42 to survey routes for what would become the famed Flying Clippers. But Sikorsky could not increase the size of their flying boat designs quickly enough for Trippe's expansion plans and so he purchased the Martin M-130 flying boat for his first flying clippers. Like Sikorsky, Martin also could not evolve the size of the design with enough speed....
From Russia with love (but they'll make your eyes hurt) from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I like Russian Helicopters, no, really I do, but however good they are, they certainly aren't easy on the eye. OK, you can forgive the Mil Mi-28 - it's not meant to be pretty, it's just meant to say 'Go away. Now.' to whoever is at...
Flying Car from apron6 | Why would you buy a flying car if you can take your car with you in your plane. That is what the Skyvan Crew must have thought. They simply take their car with them. Getting it in the skyvan is a rather tricky job. It really is a matter of good aim. I had seen [...]
"Tangental Line" UCAP #317 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Polk County Florida pal Jamie Beckett joins us this time. A video of a biplane buzzing pedestrians on the runway... Some interesting, but oddball aircraft we'd fly... Jamie tells us about an innovative new model for aviation education and flight training... And whiskey-tango-foxtrot on the Boeing 787 problems. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded February 1, 2013.
EAA 1358 New Flight Simulator for Young Eagles from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DOTHAN AL- The Wiregrass EAA Chapter 1358 recently flew its first Young Eagle in their new Redbird TD 2 Flight Simulator located at AeroOne at Dothan Regional Airport. The Young Eagle program is an Experimental Aircraft Association, EAA, initiative to introduce youth ages 8 through 17 to the world of flight using general aviation aircraft...
Air Museum goes to moon with NASA exhibit - Hometownlife.com | Rachel Krumwiede, director of education at the Yankee Air Museum, shows off the space suit worn by astronaut Jack Lousma as part of a 1973 mission to the Sky Lab. / Stephen Cantrell | staff photographer ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Update on Kirby Chambliss from Skip Stewart's FB page: There is a lot of false information about Kirby out there. I was flying off his wing practicing a dual routine when it happened. So this is the 
correct information. We were...
Translated News Story: Kirby Chambliss - Valencia-Oscar Iraheta Marielos Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | A small plane crashed this afternoon on Highway 3 Ilopango Airport, said the armed forces. The military said the aircraft pilot is alive and was identified as Kirby Chambliss. A UH-1H helicopter assisted the pilot and took him to the military hospital....
Chambliss Reportedly OK After Crash in El Salvador from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Veteran air show performer and AirVenture participant Kirby Chambliss is reportedly fine after experiencing a forced landing Wednesday, January 23, while practicing in his Zivko Edge 540 for a performance in this weekend's Illopango, El Salvador Airshow.
Thunderbirds award Airmen for 2012 Defenders of Liberty Airshow - Barksdale Air Force Base | 1/23/2013 - Maj. Warren Carroll, 11th Bomb Squadron, Capt. Joshua Yerk, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron, and 1st Lt. Andrew Cooper, 2nd Munitions Squadron are awarded a plaque for excellence from the US Air Force Thunderbirds by Col. Reid Langdon ...
Tom Poberezny Named a Living Legend of Aviation from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Chairman Emeritus Tom Poberezny was inducted as a Living Legend of Aviation on January 18 during the 10th annual Living Legends of Aviation awards presentation event in Beverly Hills. Tom served as convention chairman from 1977 to 2011, EAA president from 1989 to 2010, and chairman of the board from 2009 to 2011...
Famed aviator honoured - InsideHalton.com | Famed aviator honoured. HALL OF FAME: Honorary Col. Gerald P. J. Haddon, representing his grandfather Honourary Air Commodore J.A.D. McCurdy, and his wife Amanda, were presented with a handmade crystal and proclamation from Prime Minister...
60 Years of EAA: A Bigger Role (1984-1997) from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Now in its new, permanent home in Oshkosh, EAA entered the mid-1980s with increased visibility inside and outside the aviation community, while creating programs to bring more people into flight...
RC Club to host 3rd Annual Indoor Fly-In - Lake Gaston Gazette Observer | Bring the kids and come join the 95th Squadron Radio Control Model Airplane Club for its 3rd Annual Indoor Fly-in on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Lake Gaston Baptist Church from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. The event will feature flight demonstrations of indoor...
WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame inductees for 2013 - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | Women in Aviation, International has announced the latest inductees into its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women and men will be honored at WAI's 24th Annual International Conference which will be held on March 14-16, 2013, at the Gaylord ...
The hit PBS TV show "The Aviators" had a chance to experience the incredible fee... from Sky Combat Ace's Facebook Wall by Sky Combat Ace | The hit PBS TV show "The Aviators" had a chance to experience the incredible feeling of dogfighting while on location for Vince Neil's flight training. Lisa "Vixen" Charney and Devin "Deadeye" Lund squared off as trash talking competitors, and...
Spitfire Dig To Continue At Second Site from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Undaunted by a failure to find any buried Spitfires at the first dig site in Burma, project leader David Cundall said he is ready to start excavating a second site. Cundall said he will be flying soon to Myitkyina, about 900 miles from the first dig site. A preliminary dig at Myitkyina found a buried wooden crate filled with water, and Cundall...
Planes - Coming to Theaters - Are You Excited? from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Next in line for aviators starving for anything related to flying is “Planes”, the movie. “Planes” is an offshoot of the animated movie “Cars” which many of you may have seen. Produced by Pixar, the original four wheeled animated movie did quite well. Its sequel though took on the more typical Hollywoodslant and a third has been hard to get rolling....
Sikorsky and Boeing teaming up to build the next gen combat helicopter? from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | Sikorsky and Boeing will once again team over a military rotorcraft project, this time the venture is the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate’s (AATD) requirement for a Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstrator (TD), the forerunner to the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) requirement in the 2030s....
Flight keeps teen's dream alive - Hawke's Bay Today | He is a familiar sight at the Hawke's Bay Aero Club, where as a "Young Eagle" he helps out wherever he can. He cleans aircraft and talks with the pilots. "I need to focus on my school work for now, and see a specialist eye doctor and find out for ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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St. Cloud, MN Mayor Says 2013 Air Show Should Cost Less Than 2010 from Aero-News Network | Costs Of Initial Organization Won't Apply To This Year's Event Holding an air show in 2010 means it will be less expensive to hold an air show in 2013. That's the assessment of St. Cloud, MN, Mayor Dave Kleis, as he pushes forward for plans for the event this summer...
2013 Cable Air Show - AirShowVid | On a very cold weekend for Southern California, thousands 
braved the low temperatures to see one of the first airshows of the 2013 season. The 38th annual Cable Air Show kicks off the airshow season in California with it’s unique mix of powerful warbirds and graceful vintage aircraft . The Cable Airport is a...
It’s a people thing… from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett |It’s long been my contention that people are the magnet that makes airshows and aviation gatherings worth attending — not the aircraft themselves. Admittedly, I am in the minority with that opinion, but the idea seems to be re-enforced for me year after year. This year’s US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, was no exception. While wandering through the...
FlightTime Radio Show 261 | Milford hosted EXPO Radio at the Sebring - US Sport Aviation Expo...
Vintage combat planes coming to Pensacola - Pensacola News Journal | The nonprofit organization, based in Stow, Mass., is bringing a P-51 Mustang, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-24 Liberator to the Pensacola International Airport's Aviation Center. Tickets for 30-minute flights on the bombers are being sold for $425 each.
The Flightline features the B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" on Discover Comminications Velocity TV Network - Collings Foundation Newsletter (Sign-up) | Airing Saturday, January 26th. 9:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM CT | The Flightline is a fast moving 30-minute aviation magazine TV show that brings the viewer into the cockpits of some of the world’s greatest aircraft. Using cutting edge high definition cameras and accessing the top air show acts, leading edge aircraft, and historically significant planes, and pilot’s reports, the Flightline packs visual thrills along with great stories into every feature. In this segment hosts Paul and Mark cover the Collings Foundation's B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" in depth and up close. To find a Velocity channel on your television, you can go to our website www.flightline.tv
Roy Morgan Honored As A 'Living Legend Of Aviation' from Aero-News Network | Bell Helicopter Presented Air Methods Founder With First Vertical Flight Hall Of Fame Award Bell Helicopter honored Air Methods founder Roy Morgan with the first Bell Helicopter Vertical Flight Hall of Fame award at the 10th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills on January 18. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the rotorcraft industry....
17th Annual Amelia Earhart Luncheon from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- She spoke about her mother, Lois Cutler- a military pilot and Ninety Nine member during WW II. Her likeness is minted on the Congressional WW II Victory Medal of Honor for the first women in history to fly American military aircraft as enacted by Congress 2009. One of over a thousand women pilots during 1942 to1944, they were expected to hang up their wings and dreams when war ended. Dr. Jamie Cutler, recalled stories her mother shared about life in the 1940s as a WASP speaking at the Annual Amelia Earhart Luncheon...
Not Quite........... from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Earlier today we posted what we thought may have been the final landing in NZ of the fantastic De Havilland Mosquito. However mid/late morning we...
Pictorial tribute to Bologna by Round Table - NonSoloCinema (translated) | Round Table # 7 of Bologna organizes an evening with the commander of the Frecce Tricolori, which will be given a work of the painter Marie Antoinette Venturi Casadei. Sunday, January 27, 2013 - Guest of the Round Table 7 Bologna Commander ...
63 pilots at benefit fly-in for Carroll County pilot - Harrison Daily | 63 pilots at benefit fly-in for Carroll County pilot....
Flying Machine from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Did you know that the Goodland flying machine, a forerunner of the helicopter, was designed and patented by William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland, Kansas? Purvis and Wilson built...
World War II veteran to kick off St. Louis County Board history lessons - Duluth News Tribune | Bob Givens' B-17 Flying Fortress wasn't shot out of the sky by the Nazis on April 4, 1944 — it simply started to spin out of control and disintegrate 24,000 feet above the North Sea. By: John Myers, Duluth News Tribune. Bob Givens. image. World War II ...
Classic Aero-TV: Veteran's Airlift Command -- Serving Those Who Served from Aero-News Network | One Of Aviation's Most Positive Efforts... The VAC!!! In all the doddering, misleading, anti-aviation blather we've had to deal with over the last few years, we've been waiting for the world to wake up and discover just how cool aviation, and its pilots and aircrews, are. We present a case in point and while it was a quick impromptu interview amid the heights of excitement at NBAA 2011 (a more extensive interview is coming shortly!), the message is...
Louisiana Civil Air Patrol Participates In Navy Recruiting Commercial from Aero-News Network | Louisiana Wing Supplied Aircraft And An Aircrew For Production Effort Three New Orleans area members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) played important roles in the U.S. Navy Recruiting Command’s current, multi-million dollar, national advertising campaign. CAP’s Louisiana Wing supplied an aircraft and an aircrew to assist in the production of a multi-day series of TV commercials depicting the diversity of Navy careers...
Space Expo might land at Abbotsford Airshow - Abbotsford Times | It's just a matter of ironing out final details, but if all goes according to plan, the inaugural Abbotsford Space Expo will be coming to Tradex on airshow weekend, Aug. 9 - 11, 2013. "Everything in this industry is on the cusp of exploding; it has ...
Oklahoma spaceport may soon be history from Spaceports | The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority — a public body created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1999 to lead the way in bringing the space industry to the state — has not had the best success rate over the past 13-years. The broken prospects at Burns Flat leaves some locals suggesting that the spaceport has languished in space dreams long enough. It's time to quit star gazing and convert the spaceport to a more traditional regional industrial park, according to Randy Ellis writing for The Oklahoman....
Sunday, January 20, 2013
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Al Khor Fly-In takes off to a colourful start - Peninsula On-line | Aircraft lined up for the sixth Al Khor Fly-In at Al Khor Airfield, yesterday. (Abdul Basit). BY RAYNALD C RIVERA. DOHA: The sixth Al Khor Fly-In took off to a colourful start yesterday with hundreds of aviation enthusiasts thronging the Al Khor ...
Wings over Wairarapa pulls 'biggest crowd ever' - Radio New Zealand | ... the opportunity on Saturday to get up close to the plane and some were able to sit in the navigator's seat for a flight. A combination of technical problems and bad weather prevented the Air Force's Red Checkers aerobatic 
team from performing on ...
Wings over Wairarapa FB page - Lots of photos and information nuggets posted here. Enjoy! The Mossie rocks!
Mosquito steals show over Wairarapa - Stuff.co.nz | A one-of-a-kind de Havilland Mosquito, the star of the Wings Over Wairarapa show yesterday, leads a de Havilland Venom. Yak aircraft do some formation flying. A BE 2F World War I era fighter plane. Crowds check out the planes at Wings Over Wairarapa at ...
Jetman drops in for first airshow - New Zealand Herald | Jetman Ives Rossy touched down in New Zealand this week with a trick up his sleeve for spectators at next weekend's inaugural NZ International Air Show in Auckland. The Swiss former fighter pilot flies by turning with his arms and arching his body ...
Living Legends of Aviation: One Glorious Night Where the Aviation World Celebrates Dreams Fulfilled from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | This past Friday, the focal point in aviation shifted for one evening away from Wichita or Oshkosh, and the spotlight was aimed directly upon Beverly Hills, California. For a few brief hours, the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom...
Flying With Team Aerodynamix from Aero-News Network | Twelve Airplanes In Close Formation Is A Great Way To Spend A Saturday Morning Notification came Friday afternoon at the Sebring Light Sport Expo. I'd have an opportunity to fly with Team Aerodynamix, the former Team RV, during their media ride Saturday morning. It would be my first experience flying close formation, let alone in that large a group of airplanes...
Eastword column by Jim Jones: Warbirds visit to SRQ represents a homecoming - Bradenton Herald | The B-17 Flying Fortress scheduled to soon visit Rectrix Aviation at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport should feel right at home. During World War II, Sarasota Army Airfield, as SRQ was called back then, was home to B-17 pilot training, until it ...
52 become US citizens amid Fort Myers air show - Fox 4 | FORT MYERS, Fla. - It's a day a group of Lee County residents will remember forever. Fifty-two people representing 20 countries become citizens of the United States. "It means everything to me," said Christal Chery, of Cape Coral, who came here from ...
Hear Tales from Boeing Test Pilot Capt. Emily Bliss Feb. 5 at Activity Center - The Waterland Blog (blog) | “With over three years of fascinating presentations on the field of aviation, coordinator John McEvoy continues with the topic of women in aviation,” reads an announcement. “”Capt. Bliss will share her experiences in North Dakota with Lockhead Martin ...
Are there perfectly preserved WWII-era Spitfire airplanes buried in the ... - io9 | Are there perfectly preserved WWII-era Spitfire airplanes buried in the Burmese jungle? A British team of archaeologists and surveyors are currently in Burma searching for dozens of Spitfire airplanes that were allegedly buried...
Four local WWII vets bask in glow of French honors - News Courier | Staff Sgt. William P. “Jack” Hunter entered the service on June 5, 1943, at the age of 17 and trained to be a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He went on active duty in the Army Air Forces in March 1944 and was sent to the European Theatre of ...
Memories take flight as WWII vet sees plane like the one he piloted - Ventura County Star | JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Richard Organ (left), of Youngstown, Ohio, a World War II naval pilot, chats with Steve Barber Jr., senior wing leader of the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing museum in Camarillo on Saturday. In back is a ...
Former WWII pilot relives B-17 experience - Highlands Today | Though it had been almost 70 years since Marvin Goldberg flew in a B-17 bomber, the experience remained familiar when he traveled in one to the Sebring Regional Airport on Friday. When the plane's engines started, he recalled those were the sounds he ...
Piloting a Mighty Mouse in WWII - KMJ Now | 90-year-old Richard Emler of Fresno, CA appears on the January 19, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes, recalling his 70 missions as a B-25 pilot during World War II. You'll hear Emler remembering hearing the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ...
Roland Garros hero of the Mediterranean from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | Within the 
events of the "International Year Roland Garros" association "Memoirs of the Seaplane" carried out with the help of the "Mission Memory of Civil Aviation," an exhibition at the DGAC January 20 to February 8, 2013 (visit on weekdays from 8:30 to 18:30)...
Good Luck Mima! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Somewhere in the world it is January 21st, and today a very special young lady is facing a huge test that will open a door to her aviation career, fulfilling her dream to fly. Below is the email she sent me two weeks ago. After you read her excitement, and share in her tears of joy, please join me in wishing her the best of luck on this very important day....
STOVL F-35 Grounded from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Pentagon has grounded the most sophisticated version of the F-35 after a pilot had to abort a takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Wednesday. An exhaust nozzle actuator line line in the F-35B's exhaust system failed. The B model, which will be used by the Marine Corps, uses downward jet exhaust to assist takeoff and allow vertical landings. The Air Force (A model) and Navy (C model) aircraft are not affected. There are 25 airplanes grounded.
"On Floats" UCAP #316B from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | UCAP Daily from the Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo. Jeb's arrived, and he and Jack talk with James Wynbrandt for this second UCAP Daily of the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo. Recorded January 19, 2013.
Friday, January 11, 2013
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Cable Airshow will be in Upland on Jan. 12 and 13 - Fontana Herald-News | Children of all ages will be able to get up close and meet the performers after their aerobatic show and get free autograph 
cards, bookmarks, removable tattoos and photos. Airplane and helicopter rides will be available. Admission is $7 for adults, $5...
Aviation Expo sails into Sebring for 9th year - News-Sun | The shows will offer precision flying exhibitions plus a comedy flying routine showcased by some famous names in the flying world: Hall of Famer aerobatic pilot Patty Wagstaff, Tiger Air Shows "Hotwire Harry" and "Sheriff Roscoe" along with the world's ...
Tenth Annual Living Legends Of Aviation Awards Set from Aero-News Network | January 18th Ceremony Once Again Hosted By John Travolta The 10th Annual "Living Legends of Aviation" Awards, presented by Bell Helicopter and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, announce some of this year's honorees. The awards will be held January 18, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton. The 10th annual awards will be hosted by "The Official Ambassador of Aviation" John Travolta, and will celebrate a decade of recognition during aviation's second hundred years.
WAI Conference Early Registration Deadline is Now! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda
Michelle Bassanesi from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | With The Air Race Classic Rapidly Approaching... | Okay... it's not starting until June 18th, 2103, but trust me, it will be here before we know it... I want you to meet one of the pilots....
AirPigz 2010 Flashback Triple Play - Must See Avgeekery! from AirPigz by Martt | The summer of 2010 was a pretty amazing avgeek time for me, and I was able to share a big part of it here on AirPigz in three specific posts with a lot of pix. I thought we'd take a little flashback to a time when my day-job was extremely slow and I had the time to do some very detailed AirPigz work. Hopefully one of these days these kinds of extensive posts will be the norm - if I can figure out how to have both the time for this kind of work and the income to still survive, I'll be all set : ) ...
Three Merlins from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...The Merlin was developed in England by the Rolls Royce company and first ran in 1933. The first production models came out in 1936. Two British warplanes that were powered by the Merlin - their Avro Lancaster four-engine heavy bomber and the Spitfire fighter. Rolls Royce made a habit of...
Precious Metal from Apron 6 | When I recently saw on Airpigz.com that there’s a competition to design the next paint scheme for Precious Metal, the inner child in me had some great ideas. I Imagined the most 
stylish designs that would have ever been seen in the history of air racing. But then I opened photoshop only to find out[...]
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.
Refurb of the Month: Jerry Yagen's DH98 Mosquito from AVwebFlash Current Issue | When Jerry Yagen replied to our recent query seeking interesting aircraft refurbs, he said he was working on a light twin restoration and would we be interested? Sure. Shortly, a handful of photos came pixeling into the inbox of a de Havilland DH98 Mosquito. Light twin indeed.
Three receive Jimmie Dyess award - The Augusta Chronicle | Kelley lost an eye while leading a convoy of boats against attacks from hostile forces in South Vietnam. Sanders, a native of Augusta, was Georgia governor from 1963 to 1967. He served as a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II. Please login or register to...
Veterans in war and love - Atlanta Journal Constitution | The $35 million, 96-foot-tall pavilion houses six aircraft, including My Gal Sal, a B-17 that crash-landed in Greenland 70 years ago and was restored during the past decade; What Would You Do?, an interactive exhibit that allows visitors to consider...
WWII Museum expansion will house B-17 bomber, other aircraft - SunHerald.com | COURTESY NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM The US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center at The National WWII Museum features a rare B-17E Flying Fortress with a colorful history. Named My Gal Sal, the bomber was flown to Europe in June 1942 as...
“Honduras Air Force IAI Arava” from Planeshots
Skymaster comes to life at Air and Space Museum - Lincoln Journal Star | It was last assigned to the 3902nd Air Base Wing at Offutt in 1969 and transferred to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in 1970. And there it sat. Outside. For more than 40 years, the plane baked in the sun, froze in the winter and became home to ...
Visitors flock to air museum - Pueblo Chieftain | Visitors flock to air museum. TripAdvisor gives nod. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Air museum jaxon martinez. Jaxon Martinez, 6, is dwarfed by a vintage airplane on display at...
1933 and the splendid hangar for fledgling American Airlines from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | 1933 and the splendid hangar for fledgling American Airlines 32º 49′ 18″ N / 97º 21′ 20″ W 201 Aviation Way, Hangar 11N at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW) is not simply an address — it is the location of a beautiful and architecturally, as well as historically, significant aircraft hangar. Built for American Airways in [...]
Podcast: Aviation Legend Col. Joe Kittinger from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | In 1960, Col. Joe Kittinger flew to the edge of space in a balloon and jumped out, setting a record that stood until Red Bull's Felix Baumgartner finally broke it last year, with Kittinger's help. AVweb's Mary Grady talks
with the colonel about his unique and adventurous career in aviation.
Cobra 3 meters is filmed in airplane wing during flight in Oceania from AVIATION NEWS ABOUT AVIATION NEWS | Cena was in flight between Australia and Papua New Guinea. | Passengers of a Qantas flight company a python caught him three feet long in one of the wings of the plane during a flight to Papua New Guinea, according to newspaper report "Sydney Morning Herald"....
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Hollister Airshow 2013 from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Head for the Hollister Municipal Airport on the Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 & 26) for plenty of aviation action. The program...
North American Dates Set For Mosquito from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The only flying De Havilland Mosquito will have a busy schedule in North America this summer, according to its owner Jerry Yagen of the Fighter Factory. As we reported earlier, the reconstructed Mosquito, which flew for the first time in September, has made several public appearances in New Zealand where AVspecs, the company that...
Video: Forget The Beatles, The Best Music EVER Comes From The Mosquitos! from AirPigz by Martt | The Historical Aviation Film Unit has just uploaded a new video of the incredible Avspecs 
Mosquito making some of the best stereo Merlin music ever! Forget the Beatles, it's all about the Mosquitos now! Even tho I'm a hardcore old-school radial engine guy, I have to admit that there just is no sound made by man that's better than the Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 engine...
de Havilland Venom at Wanganui from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Further to my last post, here is quick video of one pass of the de Havilland DH112 Venom, ZK-VNM at Wanganui. It was...
Living Legends of Aviation Awards takes flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The 10th Annual “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards, presented by Bell Helicopter and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and hosted by John Travolta (pictured), will be held Jan. 18, at the Beverly Hilton....
Amelia Earhart: American Aviatrix - Biography | The producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal makers. While we're digging through these archives, we often come across amazing photos that ...
Calloway helps dedicate Chinese museum's Chennault exhibit - Monroe News Star | Chennault Aviation and Military Museum director Nell Calloway recently returned from China where she helped dedicate a Chennault Flying Tigers exhibit at the Kunming Museum. Kunming was where Calloway's grandfather and Flying Tigers legend, Claire ...
Work continues to restore the B-17 Champaign Lady - Springfield News Sun | Irv Bence uses a grinder to shape a piece of steel for the Champaign Lady B-17 bomber, in the background, that he and other volunteers are restoring at the Champaign Air Museum in Urbana. Staff photo by Bill Lackey. By Andrew McGinn. Staff Writer ...
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees - Beach Carolina Magazine | Before his career truly began, he took time out from his studies at UNC-Chapel Hill to fly 30 combat missions over Europe in a B-17 bomber during World War II. He began his newspaper career at the Rocky Mount Telegram and later became sports editor of ...
Mosquito bomber rebuilt in New Zealand from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | The Fighter Factory in Virginia will soon add a flying restored Mosquito bomber to its collection. It was built with recovered parts and new tooling by Avspecs, Limited, at Ardmore Airfield on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand. The company is owned by Warren Denholm and his wife, Shona and was started in 1997. As you’ll see,...
The Remembered Generation - Huffington Post (blog) | He only lived to 67, but he lived the equal of three or four lives: As a Depression boy he rode the rails with hobos, was a roustabout and razor blade swallower in the circus, dated Hollywood starlets, flew 32 missions in a B-17 as a bombardier 
and ...
We Fly a B-2 Stealth Bomber - Popular Mechanics | More people have been to space than have flown in a B-2 stealth bomber. PopMech gets an extremely rare ride, flying a B-2 training mission and going behind the scenes to meet the people (and dogs) who've kept the B-2 at the forefront of American power ...
Carl Anson Cover 1893-1944 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers by the_tartanterror
Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting Set for January 17 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo
Actor Gary Sinise set to release ‘High Flight’ from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Award-winning actor Gary Sinise and Sleeping Dog Productions, an aviation and historical documentary production company, are set to release “High Flight,” a documentary narrated by Sinise that chronicles his 2011 experience at Beale Air Force Base in California preparing for his flight in a U2 spy plane....
Plane Driven's trip to Scaled Composites from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | This is a video the Plane Driven guys put together after their trip to Mojave to meet with the Scaled Engineers...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: E-2C Hawkeye from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | More U.S. Navy aircraft could be found at Phillips 66 Plaza, and this sharp Grumman E-2C Hawkeye from Reserve Squadron VAW-77 based at NAS Atlanta, GA taxied up...
"Airbii" UCAP #314 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | This time on UCAP... We've finally got an official FAA Administrator... A European cargo plane that touches down very short... Jeb's tells us about his new EFB tablet computer... And... What really caused the infamous Concorde crash, it may not be what you thought. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded January 3, 2013...
Podcast: Expanding Roles, Diminishing Budgets from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | The Civil Air Patrol has adopted a new governance structure that will help it cope with the challenges that lie ahead. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Brig. Gen. Richard L. Anderson about how CAP will continue to serve the military and the public...
Another Ghost, Reborn from The Lexicans by Comjam | “They’re gone away, never to return.” “No more of them, except in museums.” Don’t tell that to people who care. Who find a place in their budgets to seek out the rare, the wreckage, the lost carcasses, then send them on to those who understand the meaning of the word “craftsmanship.” Slowly, steadily, with blood, sweat and above all love, they put a bird back into it’s natural environment...
Florida woman wins Skyhawk in raffle from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Jane Williams of Florida was chosen as the winner of a Cessna 172G Skyhawk, raffled off to benefit Winn-Aero, a non-profit aviation-based youth organization based at Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, N.H. Williams will also receive a check for $1,200 to be used toward flight lessons or fuel.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
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Red Bull Stratos new launch window opens Oct. 14 from Aerial Sports Feed |Felix Baumgartner will 
have to wait until Sunday, at the earliest, to continue his pursuit of four free fall world records...
AOPA Aviation Summit takes off Thursday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Aviation Summit takes off Thursday, Nov. 11, in Palm Springs, Calif. General Aviation News' publisher Ben Sclair will be at the show, bringing our readers all the news from the event...
MCAS Miramar Air Show - U-T San Diego | The Blue Angels with Fat Albert: When most people think of the air show, they think of these Navy aircraft that are more precise than a Rockettes lineup. The blue-and-gold planes perform maneuvers like loops and barrel rolls, at times with the Marine ...
AirSho to kick off Saturday with day to night entertainment - Midland Reporter-Telegram | The Commemorative Air Force's 49th Annual CAF AirSho, presented by Western National Bank, is set for Saturday and Sunday at Midland International Airport. “We are very pleased to once again welcome Western National Bank as AirSho's presenting ...
Air show provides welcome boost for beachside businesses - Daytona Beach News-Journal | John Klatt, flying the Air National Guard plane. -- Corkey Fornof, flying the Lopresti Aviation plane. -- Jason Newburg, flying the Viper plane. -- Cheryl Stearns, current and 23 time U.S. Women's Parachuting Champion,...
Salute to Veterans luncheon planned by Houston West Chamber of Commerce - Ultimate Memorial | The event will also feature displays of military vehicles and memorabilia, a flyover by the Commemorative Air Force and musical entertainment by Bill and Kim Nash. Houston City Council member Helena Brown will close the program, leading participants in...
The Breitling Dragon Tour 2012 - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | Although the 1940's Stearmans of the wingwalking team and Yves Rossy's Jetwings can all be shipped there in containers, the Breitling Jet Team will have to get there with their own wings. Leaving today from Dijon they will fly through Eastern Europe ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Final flying displays announced for the Autumn Air Show from Flightline UK | The Autumn Air Show this coming Sunday closes the 2012 flying season with a fantastic finale. The flying display offers excitement for all ages and tastes, with contemporary fast jets, exciting helicopter displays, fun aerobatics and an array of historic warbirds. Amazingly agile helicopter displays come from The Black Cats Lynx Pair from...
When the heroes London heroes meet the sky! - Maritima.info | Admiring eyes are on either side Friday. The meeting takes place at breakfast time in the local airbase Salon-de-Provence. Athletes are welcomed by pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF) and the ...
2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show to fly in June - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - The Vectren Dayton Air Show will take to the sky a month earlier next year. The 2013 show will be held on June 22 and 23 at the Dayton International Airport, air show officials said in an announcement Oct. 10, 2012. “We thought we ...
Kansas to add 3 names to Walk of Honor: Earhart, Curtis and Kilby - Kansas.com | ASSOCIATED PRESS. American aviatrix Amelia Earhart waves from the Electra before taking off from Los Angeles, Calif., on March 10, 1937. Earhart is flying to Oakland, Ca., where she and her crew will begin their round-the-world flight to Howland Island ...
'Red Tail' squadron vistits Purdue - Purdue Exponent | The Purdue Airport will be host to the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron today through Saturday. The squadron honors the Tuskegee Airmen and works to inform attendees on the accomplishments of its members. The squadron will educate the ...
Hawaii’s 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show from Photorecon by Ken Kula |The 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show was presented aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Oahu. The Marine Corps Air Station 
(MCAS) offered a great stage to present an air show to tens of thousands of spectators. Brooding volcanic mountains rose to the left, part of the vast blue Pacific Ocean reached out to the right. Warm trade winds kept the...
Piper plans 75th anniversary Vero Beach Fly-in from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | VERO BEACH, FLA. — Piper Aircraft and the Piper Cub's year-long 75th anniversary celebration will culminate with a customer fly-in Nov. 9-11. The invitation-only weekend features a welcome reception, vendor exhibits, aircraft static display, customer awards, facility tours, a history lesson from Piper's official historian, a Piper meet-up and send-off pancake breakfast...
Registrations up for annual L-Bird Fly-in at Keokuk airport - Keokuk Gate City Daily | Pilots from throughout the U.S. will begin arriving Thursday for the 22nd annual L-Bird Fly-in at the Keokuk Municipal Airport-Lindner Field. “We are ahead of last year's registrations already and we're hoping the good fall weather continues,” said ...
Augusta Airport to host fly-in - Kansas.com (blog) | The Augusta Municipal Airport will be an active place Saturday as the airport hosts a fly-in and car show. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offer breakfast, lunch, static displays, music, skydiving, raffle prizes and more, information ...
Economy grounds Fly-In - The Robesonian | LUMBERTON — The Mid-Atlantic Fly-In & Sport Aviation Convention has been temporarily grounded by organizers who say the event can't remain aloft in the current down economy. “We didn't solicit anything from the public as far as assistance, or from any ...
Wings of Freedom again touching down in Westminster - Baltimore Sun | Rides in the airplanes are by appointment, and are $425 to fly in a B-17 or B-24 for a 30- to 45-minute ride. There's also a raffle ($5) for a ticket to ride on the B-17 or B-24. Also, as part of the tour, a 1940s-style Hangar Dance will be held on ...
Memphis Belle flights commemorate B-17s and their pilots - St. Louis Beacon | The B-17 bomber Memphis Belle will be buzzing around the skies in St. Louis Oct. 14 as a part of its first national tour, operated by the Liberty Foundation. The plane will take nine people up at a time for a half hour flight, and provide a tiny ...
Navigator Flies Again, 68 Years After Final Mission - St. Louis Public Radio | In September 1944, just nine days before his 23rd birthday, 1st Lt. Don Nicholson boarded the B-17 bomber known as “Little Chum” for a run over Germany. It was his 26th mission navigating the plane referred to as the "flying fortress." German anti ...
An intriguing new aircraft from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Readers familiar with Lockheed's C-130 Hercules aircraft will be aware that in the 1960's, the company produced a civilian version of the military transport. It was dubbed the L-100 Hercules, and produced in three models: the...
HAC Hawker Hurricane at Auction 3-12-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | HAC based at Duxford in the UK are putting their Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa up for auction at 'Automobiilla' at Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands Hampshire, on the 3rd of December via 'Bonhams'.This aircraft has been reported up for...
Pete Groves' Blog: Remembering why from Antique Airfield News ...Jim was kind enough to push
his Super Solution out, and I spent the morning taking photos and examining the aircraft end to end.... Fall Update posted too.
Travis Gregory's Grandson's First Ride from Antique Airfield News | Travis Gregory sent us this story: Today I took my grandson, Cooper Van Cleave for his first airplane ride. I’ve taken scores, perhaps hundreds for their first ride but this was much more fun. For many years I worked for an F.B.O. that regularly held public days...
Sarah Brightman Press Conference in Moscow from Spaceports | ...Brightman will become the first professional musician to sing from space allowing herself to be likened to the Diva in the movie "Fifth Element." The actual flight date...
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Kellie Pickler Goes Flying with the Blue Angels – The Country Vibe | Kellie Pickler soared to new 
heights yesterday when she went flying with the famous Blue Angels, the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron. After her experience she tweeted, “I just landed! It was INCREDIBLE!
Blue Angels Air Show will go on, thanks to unlikely benefactor
- Gulf Breeze News | BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News
lisa@gulfbreezenews.com Although their reputation is tarnished by the
2010 oil spill, BP is helping to ensure the Blue Angels Air Show goes on
as planned. The popular event was in question for a time because Santa
Rosa ...
Famous 'Wing Walker' Added to Manassas Air Show
- Patch.com | Jane and her high-flying act were added this week to an
already-impressive lineup of air show performers that include Sean
Tucker and the US Army Golden Knights. Jane's routine includes hanging
upside down with only her legs keeping her secure, ...
New Bedford airport to promote aviation through family event - SouthCoastToday.com | The event is being co-hosted by Atlantic Aviators, the Southeastern Massachusetts chapter of Women in Aviation International. "It really shows what we have to offer here and what a special place the airport is," said Lisa Rodriguez, vice president of...
Military Air Show Takes to the Skies This Weekend
- Patch.com | More than 300000 people are expected to attend the 2012
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Open House & Air Show this weekend,
May 12-13. Editor's Note: The following are two news releases that were
issued by the Office of Public Affairs, ...
Red Arrows to return to East Fortune Airshow
- BBC News | The Red Arrows are to return to an East Lothian airshow
for the first time in five years. The aerobatic team last visited the
show at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in 2007. Tickets
have gone on sale for the 28 July airshow...
Riding Along In Red Bull's Stunt Plane Won't Help Your Fear Of Flying
- Gizmodo | But when you strap them all over Red Bull's air racing
plane while it's being piloted by champion Kirby Chambliss, well then
you've got a real excuse to put away that spreadsheet for a few minutes.
It also doesn't hurt that Chambliss happens to be ...
Brazilian Smoke Squadron to make Oshkosh debut - EAA | Brazil's famed Esquadrihla da 
Fumaça
- "Smoke Squadron" - military flight team will bring its thrilling
aerial displays to Oshkosh for the first time this summer, headlining
the afternoon air show at AirVenture. The Brazilian group will be at
Oshkosh for the entire week and will fly on several days to be announced
as they are finalized....
AIRSHOW NEWS: Wings and Wheels at Henham Park Cancelled – 13th May 2012
from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | Another victim
of the recent heavy rainfall is the popular Wings and Wheels Event at
Henham Park, Suffolk which has been CANCELLED. Please visit the show’s website for further information.
Warbirds fly over Virginia Beach at the WWII Airshow May 18-20
- Smith Mountain Eagle | -Join us for the Annual Warbirds Over the
Beach Air Show May 19 & 20 at the Military Aviation Museum. The
Museum's aircraft from the 1940's and earlier, which are all
meticulously restored to flying condition will be on display and flying
maneuvers....
Just Doer, Todd - Vintage Wings of Canada | About the same time that Brian May, of the rock band 
Queen,
was penning Fat Bottomed Girls, the United States Navy was getting
ready to say goodbye to their own Fat Lady, the North American T-28
Trojan. Entering US Navy service in the early 1950s, the airplane
trained thousands of Naval aviators up until its final flight in
1984....
Aviation Legends Gather For Lindbergh Foundation from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Lindbergh Foundation marks its 35th anniversary on Friday, May 18, with a gala event at the Explorers Club in New York, featuring special guest speakers Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Gene Cernan, and airshow legend Bob Hoover. "I can't think of a more compelling roster of speakers to help us celebrate our anniversary," said Larry Williams, chairman. "All of them encourage us to remember the significance of the contributions made by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh to our lives today, 85 years after the historic New York-to-Paris flight." A few tickets are still available for the black-tie event, Williams told AVweb this week, at a suggested donation of $1,000 each.
Nelson pilot had vision - Nelson Star | By Greg Nesteroff - Nelson Star George (Hank) Coleman, a former Nelson city councillor and Regional District of Central Kootenay chair who wired Kootenay Lake hospital and once competed in a transatlantic air race, has died at 85....
Saturday, September 10, 2011
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Southern Wisconsin AirFEST Takes To The Sky - WISC Madison | The 10th annual Southern Wisconsin AirFEST is about to take off this weekend. The air show is being held for the first time in the fall, from Sept. 9 through Sept. 11, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport on Highway 51, between Beloit and ...
History, Family, and a View From Above at the Air Show - Capital Public Radio News | The two men are part of an air show that is celebrating 100 years of aviation this year. One of the events this weekend will pair a modern f-18 fighter jet and one of only four, World War II era F-6-L Hellcats still flying.
Flying high - Tonawanda News | So flying a trick plane in the Thunder of Niagara air show today and Sunday should be no problem for him, right? “What looks like chaos to the naked eye on the ground is really a scripted, well-oiled machine,” he said of his act, which is approximately ...
Airshow Features P-51C Mustang, Wing Walkers - Patch.com | The "Wings Over Waukegan" Airshow features military planes, wing walkers, warbird planes, a classic car show and a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. By Marcia Sagendorph The “Wings Over Waukegan” Airshow features military planes, wing walkers, ...
Stearman Fly-In: Even brief air show impresses
- Galesburg Register-Mail | Stunt pilot John Mohr of Minnesota dives
straight down toward the runway during the 40th Stearman Fly-In air show
at the Galesburg Municipal Airport on Friday. By GARY TOMLIN Rain cut
short the Friday air show at the Stearman Fly-In, but not before the ...
Air show spectacular recruiting tool - Connellsville Daily Courier | The Wings Over Pittsburgh air show will become a biannual event after this weekend, with the next one in 2013, an event organizer said on Friday. "It has to do with the budget and the amount of work we're doing in deployments and in supporting our ...
The Naval Air Museum Barbers Point Open House - Hawaii News Now | The Naval Air Museum Barbers Point will be holding an open house on September 10-11, 2011. We will be celebrating the Centennial of Naval Aviation with static aircraft displays, exhibits, food booths, entertainment, ...
City air show prepares for takeoff - Windsor Star | Padruig MacIntosh, a pilot with the Snowbirds, flies in formation Friday above Windsor. The aerobatic flying team will perform at the weekend air show at Windsor Airport. There's a simple reason why people are attracted to air shows, says the director ...
Red Arrows take to skies for RAF Leuchars Airshow - British Forces News | Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed into a field at the village of Throop, following the Bournemouth air show in August. The team will fly as an eight-ship formation in memory of their colleague. ...
The Leuchars air show must go on, so it's chocks away for 2012 - Scotsman | THE fate of RAF Leuchars as a frontline base may have already have been sealed, but organisers of its annual airshow are hoping this weekend's celebration will be its greatest yet. The government's controversial strategic defence ...
Hello Race Fans! Only Five More Days to Go! - from Warbirdbabe's Blog |…Less days if you’re a dedicated fan and in the gates for Monday, September 12, 2011 Qualifying Starts! Once again the Reno National Championship Air Races have lined up a fantastic race event with our beloved Pilots, Planes and Jets…with many race course records to shatter from last year… we all look forward to new race records and an incredible performance line-up for the air shows! Qualifications for all six classes will begin on Monday, September 12th and will continue ...San Diego museum to honor seven aviation legends - SignOnSanDiego.com | The San Diego Air & Space Museum has chosen seven people and two famous Navy programs as the 'legends' that it will honor during its 48th Hall of Fame induction celebration, which will be held on November 5th. Here is a brief look at the class of 2011:
Flying’s all in a day’s work for Nancy Robertson - Snohomish County Business Journal | The world’s fascination with vintage World War II military aircraft has gotten John Sessions’ restored B-25, “Grumpy,” its share of YouTube videos, but Nancy Robertson of Snohomish, one of the bomber’s pilots, remembers one in particular that amuses her. ...
WWII veteran recalls attack on Pearl Harbor - Meriden Record-Journal | Walter Hushak, 88 of Southington, a former B-24 pilot in WWII, sits in the pilot's seat of a B-24 Liberator, at Oxford Airport in Oxford on Friday September 9, 2011, reminiscing on the times he spent flying and controlling the bomber. ...
World War II fighter pilots remember fellow fighters during event - Herald/Review | But the seven men, ranging from their late 80s to early 90s had eventful youths. Friday, six of the seven, all World War II fighter pilots, had a short memorial ceremony for those who flew with them in the 361st Fighter Group in the skies over Europe. The one who did not attend the remembrance event at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery was attending the last reunion of the group’s surviving members of the three fighter squadrons, the 374th, 375th and 376th. ...
Today in Aviation History – September 10 - CRUFC
Thanks to Wilbur and Orville – and Paul and Tom - Published by: AircraftOwner Online | ... Take this recent AirVenture/Oshkosh for example. I was there all week. It was a great event that was punctuated by a couple of occurrences that gave me pause. One which occurred early in the week was news of the loss of Greg Poe, the airshow performer who I am proud to have called a friend. It was not an airshow accident that took him. It was a heart attack at the end of a long day of motorcycle riding. Greg was a wonderful person, a great performer and a True Gentleman. Thanks Greg, for all that you did. ...
Albatross, Dragonflies, and Hummingbirds from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | ... This year’s convocation included talks on birds, dragonflies (the Libelle sailplane), and even a demonstration of Aerovironment’s spy hummingbird, a camera-toting drone no larger than a 90-percentile member of the Trochilidae family. ...
Missing Link takes flight at Great Reno Balloon Race - RGJ | Pilot Jim Ahern moved quickly around his balloon, the Missing Link, at the Great Reno Balloon Race in Rancho San Rafael Park. He hopped over bungee cables to prepare the inside of his basket, fiddled with the barometer and briskly jogged back and forth from his car to grab paperwork and maps. His hands, covered in tan gloves ...
Base Jumping Robot, Paraswift from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | We thought we had seen it all but students from ETH Zurich have teamed up with Disney Research to create the first climbing and flying robot system. This is yet another perch and stare method, but in the words of its creators. Technology with entertainment factor – this is the principal object of project Paraswift. During one year we develop a wall climbing robot, which doesn’t just climb down again after it reached the top! Instead, it opens a paraglider, drops off the wall and lands safely in front of the surprised audience.
Bill Mason, Royal Canadian Air Force Veteran, to Share WWII Stories at ... - Patch.com | The retired NASA engineer from Avon Lake is first speaker in three-part WWII series, which begins Sept. 10. By Alana Baranick Bill Mason when he was in the Air Force. Courtesy Bill Mason A retired NASA engineer is set to launch a three-part World War ...
