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Holland Wins Second Straight Unlimited Title - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Rob Holland successfully defended his Unlimited Power national championship at the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas, which runs through Friday. Second place went to Jeff Boerboon and third to Nick Timofeev...

The Heart Of Texas Airshow debuts Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | WACO, Texas — The Heart of Texas Airshow will make its debut Saturday, Sept. 28, at Texas State Technical College Waco Airport (CNW), featuring aerobatic performances, jet cars, warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. The first airshow to take place in Waco in seven years, The Heart of Texas Airshow includes appearances by Justin Lewis and his FLS Microjet, the world’s smallest jet, like that seen in the James Bond movie; Michael Kennedy’s pre-World War II Vultee BT-13 Valiant; a variety of aircraft from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, including a P-51 Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and helicopter, as well as the B-25 Bomber “Devil Dog” and the Douglas C47 “Bluebonnet Belle.”...

Mustangs, Rainbows & Lightning / Earth to Sky Gallery - Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | A group of photographers had a scheduled photo shoot at the Reno Air Races on Saturday the 14th of September. The timing was for sunset, but the weather was not looking good. This was our third attempt due to rain in the evening. We dashed to the flight line as the crews moved the P-51 Mustangs into position. Lightning was already moving into the area and...

Competition Flying – Reno Air Races 2013 - Global Aviation Resource | The 50th running of the Reno Air Races took place from 11-15 September in Reno, Nevada.  Rob Edgcumbe was there for GAR and provides a look at how this landmark passed off and who proved to be the quickest in the “World’s Fastest Motorsport.”...

The QED Has Flown! - NORDO News | That's all I know.  I just read an email that if flew this evening and am now anxiously waiting and looking for photos or video.  News of the first flight is exciting and I'm sure Jim's family, and the extended build family, are very thrilled and sentimental tonight.  Congratulations to everyone involved...

South Carolina RC Clubs Offer Radio Controlled Aircraft Air Show - Aero-News Network | Three Clubs Join Forces To Present Event Free To The Public | On Saturday, November 2nd starting at 1100 EDT the Blue Ridge Radio Control Club (BRRC), Western Carolina Radio Control Club (WCRC) and Firetower Fliers will be performing at a free-to-attend Radio Controlled (RC) Aircraft Show at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina...

Breezy Co-Creator Carl Unger Passes Away - EAA News | September 26, 2013 - Carl Unger, whose unique Breezy aircraft provided many thousands of flights to people over the past half-century, passed away Tuesday, September 24, at his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was 82....

Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” - Warbirds News | The Restorers is a documentary film about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect from the graves of history. If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012.  Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the film. Adam  and Kara produced the documentary film  with 8 short stories about people restoring planes...

A slice of aviation heaven in Illinois· Meg Godlewski, General Aviation News | This summer marked my 13th AirVenture. After a few years of going to the big show, I noticed that whenever I encountered someone with a particularly unusual or well-kept airplane, the names Bel Air Estates and Poplar Grove Airport (C77) in Illinois were attached to them. The privately-owned, public use airport came first, says Steve Thomas, whose father Dick established the airport in 1972 after retiring from dairy farming....

WWII Triple Ace to speak October 8, 2013 - Indianapolis Aero Club | Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson will be our featured speaker for our October 8 meeting...

Warbird Pilots Step in to Honor Fallen Airmen - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Retired naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Sean "Flopper" Cushing pulls up in his L-39 during Monday's missing man flight over Arlington National Cemetery....

The Hump - The Lexicans | We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the history of the Battle of Okinawa, which my father-in-law participated in, and today I received an e-mail about the incredible losses suffered in the air wars over Europe and the Pacific, and the heartbreaking losses in…the United States. The U.S. lost 14 or 15,000 aircraft alone in training in the United States, and at least 22,000 operationally in the war overseas...

Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the Mother Country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...

Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013 · Warbirds News | This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many  museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the  Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day “in the spirit of Smithsonian Museums,” which offer free admission every day. It calls the event Museum Day Live!, and this year it falls on Saturday, Sept. 28...

McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin Wind Tunnel Model Dedicated at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - airandspacemuseum.org | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum dedicated a one-sixth scale restored wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter during a mid-day ceremony held at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.  The museum hosted a group of retired McDonnell Aircraft employees and guests in the hangar following a luncheon held at the airport’s nearby Spinners restaurant.  Prior to the arrival of the invited guests, museum members set up several displays featuring wind tunnel model parts from various known and unknown aircraft projects in addition to the Goblin model, which was kept under wraps until later in the program.  Here we present an illustrated recap of today’s event...

OK, that's low! - Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip is of an Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules making a (very) low pass over observers on the runway at that country's Marambio Base in the Antarctic.

A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 1 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 1 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...

The Hadfield Effect - Vintage Wings of Canada By Dave O'Malley | I often shake my head today at the voyeuristic and Pavlovian attention certain, shall we say, “celebrities” get for doing so very little. In the worst case scenarios, you have those plasticized human products such as Paris Hilton, Snookie of Jersey Shore and Kim Kardashian, who have about as much humanity as a computer generated avatar. The phrase “Famous for being famous.” seems to be uttered by the very people who follow every titillating move of these humanoid confections and never once does it seem ironic to them....

Build A Plane to present Teachers’ Day at NBAA · General Aviation News Staff | For the first time, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host a Build A Plane Teachers’ Day at its annual convention next month in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace, the Teacher’s Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Oct. 24, the third day of this year’s convention...

EAA Member's 400th Young Eagle Flown Is Extra Special - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Fran Uliano, EAA 237515, flew his 400th Young Eagle, Abigail Murphy, on September 14, and he said it was the passenger, not the milestone, that made the flight one of his most memorable. Abigail's mother, Carol, called Uliano to ask about the EAA Chapter 27 (Meridian, Connecticut) Young Eagles rally scheduled for October 12. Carol told Fran that she planned to bring all three of her children for flights, with Abby, 9, being the youngest...

SpaceX to launch Sunday from Vandenberg - Spaceports | Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch its first-ever SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 from the Vandenberg Air Firce Base in California Sunday, September 29, 2013 with a targeted launch window beginning at 9 a.m. PDT or 12:00 noon EDT. USAF Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority...

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Alabama Air Racer Returns for Reno 50th Championship Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | JASPER AL- Feel the need for speed? For those fans who do, the excitement of the 50th Anniversary of Reno Air Race Championship grows near. On September 11 through September 15, the competition begins as seven classes of race planes "fly low and turn left" seeking a National Champion at Stead Field...

National Stearman Fly-In spells big bucks for Galesburg - cbs4qc.com | It's the sounds and sights of planes in the skies that draws families to Galesburg, year after year. "It has put Galesburg on the map," says Robert Harrison. The National Stearman Fly-In showcases more than 100 biplanes, like the ones used in World War II. "If you want to see a piece of aviation history, this is the place to be."...

Pilots soar to Salida for annual Labor Day fly-in - Mountain Mail Newspaper | About 30 pilots from the Soaring Society of Boulder traveled to Harriet Alexander Field for their annual Labor Day weekend fly-in. Soaring Society Vice President Charlie Gillespie said the pilots, representing all levels of experience, came to Salida to fly about 25 sailplanes...

Air show takes to the skies Sept. 21 - Morehead News | Sept. 3, 2013 — The Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Airport will host its second annual air show on Sept. 21. Last year's show proved a huge success, with more than 2,500 turning out for the event. The schedule for this year's air show is similar to that of last year's, said Mike Gray, airport board chairman. The day will start with a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. in the hangar....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Battle of the aerobatics at The Duxford Air Show | UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | There’s an array of amazing aerobatic spectaculars in store at The Duxford Air Show this weekend! Opening Saturday’s flying display in gallic style is the Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatic display team of the French Air Force, who are one of the world’s most skilled demonstration teams. They’ll perform in the flying programme on Sunday, too...

Georgia to witness first military airshow - AzerNews | Tbilisi will host the first military airshow on September 9. According to the local media, 11 aircrafts will perform aerobatics in the sky of Tbilisi. High ranking military personnel from different countries, including NATO member - countries, received the invitation to take part in one of the biggest events in the history of Georgia...

Video: Winners announced for Cromer Carnival prize flight as Wildcat plane loops-the-loop - edp24.co.uk | Two north Norfolk people have won the chance to fly with a crack aerobatics display team in a prize draw made during a loop-the-loop manoeuvre. The Wildcat Aerobatics formation display team was a highlight of last month’s Cromer Carnival...

Vulcan bomber fails to turn up at Shoreham Airshow (From The Argus) | Tens of thousands of punters were left disappointed when the world’s only Vulcan bomber failed to take to the sky at a popular air show. The Shoreham Airshow’s headline act was grounded due to a fuel leak yesterday on the second day of the event....

VIDEO: Highlights from Shoreham Airshow - Latest - Shoreham Herald | SUNSHINE and blue skies launched the 24th RAFA Shoreham Airshow on Saturday, as tens of thousands headed to Shoreham Airport. There were many highlights over the two-day event, but one disappointment, with the Vulcan declared unserviceable just before it was due to set off for Shoreham Airport on Sunday afternoon...

Photos: MAKS 2013 Air Show, Again | English Russia

WW II bomber took 28 years to restore - Mt. Vernon Register-News | MT. VERNON —  Known for its versatility to be used as both a medium-level bomber and low-level attack bomber, the B-25 Mitchell bomber "Maid in the Shade" is taking front and center at the Mt. Vernon Airport this week....

F-82 — North American’s Mustang 2-fer Travel for Aircraft | Before the sudden end of World War II, in the Pacific Ocean, Allied military forces were preparing for a long haul of at least one or two more years of combat — and combat more intense than previously experienced. The U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) began to work on prosecuting bombing campaigns of the northern Japanese home islands to compliment aircraft carrier raids borne by the U.S. Navy. Unbelievably, perhaps, Japan was not only able to continue aircraft...

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Breitling Jet Team soars over Great Wall of China - General Aviation News | On Tuesday, the seven L-39c Albatros jets of the Breitling Jet Team soared in close formation over the Great Wall of China, as the grand finale of their 2013 Asian tour....

2013 Coles County Airshow nears - Daily Eastern News | Organizers for the Coles County Air Show are set to race a 300 mph school bus against a Stearman aircraft during the show Saturday. Andrew Fearn, manager for the Coles County Memorial Airport, said the school bus is equipped with a jet engine, which allows it to achieve the speed it does...

Aberdeen Air Show planned - AberdeenNews.com | Four T-6 Navy training planes, the Vanguard Squadron of Tea and Wisconsin aerobatic flyer Darrel Massman will fill the skies over Aberdeen Sunday. The Aberdeen Air Show takes place at Aberdeen Regional Airport. Admission is free....

Greenwood Lake Air Show hit new heights in West Milford - NorthJersey.com | The fifth annual Greenwood Lake Air Show reached new heights last weekend, but it had nothing to do with altitude. According to Greenwood Lake Airport manager Tim Wagner, attendance for the three-day event hit an all-time high at the northern West Milford airfield. Nearly 21,000 attended the show over the three-day span, according to Wagner, who is currently planning for the 2014 event that has already been scheduled for Aug. 15, 16, and 17....

£25m upgrade planned for airshow facilities - gethampshire.co.uk | AN extensive £25 million upgrade has been planned for Farnborough International Airshow’s (FIA) facilities. The two-stage masterplan by Farnborough International Limited (FIL) will see some fixtures of the biennial airshow at the TAG Aerodrome site made permanent, along with a new conference centre...

Take a “Sentimental Journey” - Yorkton News | There’s an exciting day at the Yorkton airport coming up, an event you won’t want to miss. One of the last flying WWII B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours at the Yorkton Municipal Airport, August 23 - August 25....

Family donates flight on B-25 to region WWII vet - nwitimes.com | Dave Lee was selected by chance to become a B-25 bomber pilot during World War II, the 88-year-old Schererville man said. On Wednesday, Lee again boarded a B-25 for one more flight. While serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lee was part of a group that was asked to produce seven volunteers to fly on B-25 bombers, he said. He was one of 12 people who stepped up to the request...

National Aviation Heritage Alliance honors volunteers, partners - General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) named Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur and community volunteer Walter Hoy as the winner of the Ivonette Wright Miller Award at its 2013 annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20. NAHA also awarded its Wick Wright Award to Phillip Parker, president and CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, and its PROPS (Partner Recognition of Outstanding Support) Award to Wright “B” Flyer, Inc....

Museum Raises Money To Save 'Rosie The Riveter' Plant - KRCC | DAVID GREENE, HOST: Rosie the Riveter, with one of the most famous clenched fists in American history, embodied the message of hardworking women during World War II: We Can Do It. Now a nonprofit is hoping to carry on that legacy. In a little more than a month, the historic Michigan factory where Rosie and thousands of other women built B-24 bombers could face the wrecking ball. That's unless the Yankee Air Museum can raise enough money to salvage part of that massive plant...

New England Air Museum to host quilt show - General Aviation News | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – The New England Air Museum is hosting its “Flights & Fantasies” Quilt Show from Sept. 16-22. This non-juried show will give visitors the opportunity to view an array of more than 150 quilts to be displayed among the museum’s collection of more than 80 historic aircraft and dozens of related exhibits...

The Golden Age of Flight Attendants - Air & Space Magazine | A new book documents the evolution of stewardesses from registered nurses to starlets in the sky.

The Science of Stealth - Air & Space Magazine | Coatings and radar-absorbent material, or RAM, make only a small contribution to the efforts to hide an airplane from enemy radar, but without them, no airplane can be truly stealthy. The F-22 first gets a base coat of radar-absorbent or deflective materials, over which is applied a topcoat developed by Boeing to counter a broad range of wavelengths, including infrared. The formula was tailored for the Raptor’s wing edges to deter wideband radars; a ceramic RAM cools its hot exhaust nozzles...

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17-foot rocket blasts off Rocky Mountain Airshow - Broomfield Enterprise | BROOMFIELD — Interns from a local aerospace company set the bar high Saturday for rocket launches at airshows everywhere — about 5,000 feet high. The rocket launch that kicked off the Rocky Mountain Airshow's second day was the first of its kind at an airshow. And getting Federal Aviation Administration officials to approve the launch has been about as difficult as rocket science...

Midwest Community Experiences Aviation at Sullivan Regional Airport Fly-In - The Aero Experience | The community of Sullivan, Missouri, located about 70 miles southwest of St. Louis, was treated to a day of classic Midwest aviation experiences at the Sullivan Regional Airport Fly-In Saturday. A wide variety of non-aviation activities were available for the visitors, including a car show, craft booths, and dance performances, but the main attractions were in the air and on the ramp. The local EAA Chapter flew over 80 Young Eagles - youth from 8-17 years old received their first flights in a variety of aircraft. Robinson R-22 helicopter rides were given all day by Tom Cline Helicopter, and two rescue helicopters were on display, a BK-117BA-4 from Arch (Air Methods) and a Bell Helicopter 206L-1 Long Ranger II from Air Evac Life Team. Various general aviation aircraft were...

Variety of Aircraft and Great Weather at Sullivan Regional Airport Fly-In Provide Opportunities for Photographic Art - The Aero Experience | A great variety of aircraft and perfect weather at last weekend's Sullivan Regional Airport Fly-In provided an ideal backdrop for creative photography. The aircraft providing Young Eagle flights ranged from the two-seat Longeze and Ercoupe to the more conventional Cessna 172, Cirrus SR20 and Socata Tampico. Other aircraft at the Fly-In, such as Pitts Special, more Ercoupes, Rans S-7s and other home-builts, were emblazoned in contrasting colors that photographers count on for great results. Even the military colors of the Missouri CAF B-25J, TBM Avenger and L-3 made these warbirds stand out among the others on the ramp....

Fly-In: Annual event deemed success - Claremore Daily Progress | OOLOGAH — Hundreds of spectators gathered during the Will Rogers and Wiley Post Annual Fly-In Sunday at the Will Rogers Memorial Ranch. Attendees were able to see vintage aircraft from World War I and II fighters to bi-planes, helicopters and more. Nearly 70 small aircraft flew in and landed on the 2,000 ft-long grass runway adjacent to the birthplace ranch....

PLA aerobatic team to perform in Russia - People's Daily Online ...The team will join its Russian counterpart at the MAKS 2013 International Air Show at Ramenskoye Airport from Aug 27 to Sept 1. The J-10s will make stops on their way to Moscow, said a publicity official with the People's Liberation Army air force who is familiar with the mission and refused to be named. Since it was established 51 years ago, the August 1st Air Demonstration Team, named after the date of the founding of the PLA, has presented more than 500 shows for 668 delegations from 166 countries and regions, but the Moscow tour marks the team's first show abroad, the statement said....

PHOTOS: Sullivan Regional Airport Fly-in 2013 - Sullivan Journal | SULLIVAN - The Sullivan Regional Airport hosted a fly-in event on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 at the airfield. A variety of aircraft were on display, including a B-25 bomber, Aeronca L-3E observation plane, and a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, as well as helicopters and private aircraft. More than 100 kids took a free flight under the sponsorship of the Young Eagles program....

Aerial rally Douzy - Passion for Aviation | Airshow Douzy | September 15, 2013 | 2:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | The flying club organizes Roger Sommer September 15, 2013, a superb airshow on Airfield Sedan Douzy. This new edition will be on the theme of legendary aircraft. The airfield will be open from 10:00 for early flights from 14:00 to 19:30 continuously except one intermission between 17hh00 and 17.20. The entrance fee is € 10 and free for children under 15 years...

A piece of flying history, WWII B-17 bomber on display at Manchester airport - Nashua Telegraph | MANCHESTER – For 93-year-old Al Kramer, it was a flight 70 years in the making. Kramer and two friends made the 2½ hour trek from South China, Maine, on Monday to spend a short 25 minutes in the air riding in a World War II era Boeing B-17, courtesy of the Liberty Foundation of Oklahoma. The flying museum has its four-engine bomber on a United States tour to raise awareness of sacrifices made by young flyers in the world war....

B-25 bomber to fly into Rochester - Post-Bulletin | World War II history and aviation buffs who enjoyed the B-17 bomber visit three weeks ago might be excited to hear that a B-25 bomber is arriving at noon today. The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is back, this time with Maid in the Shade, a 1944 TB-N25, twin-engine bomber that the Arizona CAF finished restoring in 2009. The plane flew 15 combat missions in Italy during World War II, taking out mostly railroad bridges...

Alberta Aviation Museum Unveils Their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter Restoration - Warbird News | Fittingly for the fastest plane ever fielded by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Alberta Aviation Museum of Edmonton completed the restoration of their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter in what seems like record time, with the restoration effort taking a mere four and a half months, though the acquisition of the plane took a bit longer. According to Tim Hinderks, executive director of the Museum, taking possession of the warbird was a huge undertaking: “Seven years of searching, 18 months of working through three different governments, across two continents and an ocean.” We’ve been...

USAF: B-1B bomber out of South Dakota crashes in Montana - ReporterNews.com | RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A B-1B bomber out of South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force Base crashed in a remote area of southeastern Montana on Monday but the four crew members survived, the U.S. Air Force said. Col. Kevin Kennedy, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, said the two pilots and two weapons system officers ejected from the aircraft before the bomber crashed near Broadus, Mont. He said the crew survived but there were some injuries....

16-year-old solos 10 airplanes in one day, sets world record - General Aviation News | EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Nathan “Nate” Bruss turned 16 years old on Friday, August 16. He celebrated by soloing 10 different aircraft from Flying Cloud Airport. “The day went great,” said Nate Bruss via email. “The wind picked up towards the afternoon and I had a 5 kt crosswind component, but it was within my personal limitations.”...

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SLIDESHOW: Snowbirds put on a show in Prince Rupert - Northern View | For 40 minutes on Aug. 14, Prince Rupert's eyes were on the skies as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds brought their precision flying to the North Coast....

Greenwood Lake Air Show is this weekend in West Milford - NorthJersey.com | Greenwood Lake Airport Manager Tim Wagner and his staff are ready to open the three day Air Show at Greenwood Lake Airport tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 16). This is the fifth year for the event. It includes activities featuring aircraft in the air and on the ground and a car show and a series of other attractions geared to pleasing people of varied interests and ages, Wagner said...

Air show set to fly in Warsaw - WSBT-TV | WARSAW – Many events are going on in Michiana this weekend, but for one community, it's a very big weekend.  On Saturday, Warsaw will host its first air show in over 15 years at the Warsaw Municipal Airport. Several stunt pilots will give spectators over two hours of entertainment, but that's not the only exciting event planned for the day. Organizers are even bringing NASCAR to the show! Johanna Long will bring car #70 for spectators to look at and race with planes on the runway! There will also be airplane and helicopter rides available to spectators at discounted rates...

Fly-In Is Planned At Taylor Airport - AzJournal.com | Taylor Town Councilman David Smith advised those attending the Aug. 7 council meeting that the town will sponsor a fly-in at the Taylor Airport on Saturday, Aug. 31, in conjunction with the Sweet Corn Festival. Smith said that last year they had a very successful fly-in with the help of Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) out of Show Low, serving 230 breakfasts and giving 130 airplane rides to youth...

Airshow includes all female team - St. John Valley Times | FRENCHVILLE, Maine - Volunteers are getting ready for the 4th Annual Frenchville Fly-In & Air Show, scheduled for Aug. 17-18. "We started planning right after last year's show,” said Roger Lavertu, who serves on the air show's planning committee, and is also the airport manager on Saturdays. A new performance will bring an all-female team to the show this year. “We decided to expand this year’s event to three aerial performers with the addition of the Misty Blues skydiving team,” said Dave Fernald Jr., the show's director, in a press release...

Midwest LSA Expo Coming to Mount Vernon Outland Airport, IL September 5-7 The Aero Experience | ... Greetings from Mt. Vernon, Illinois – proud home of the Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo. The event is just over three weeks away. This is your official invitation! The event is in its 5th year and is scheduled for Thursday, September 5, through, Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN), Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Along with nearly every major LSA distributor on the flightline, there will also be a great mix of Part 103, gyroplanes, and homebuilts. There is a unique event because it is one of the few that offers the attendee the ability to comparison shop and then quickly and conveniently take demo flights. Visit www.midwestlsashow.com for all the details....

The Patrouille de France demonstration tonight in Périgord - Translated | The largest airshow the Patrouille de France was announced today for 17h in the sky Belvès! An unprecedented demonstration for 60 years the prestigious training. Belvès The Flying Club organizes the event on the occasion of its 100th anniversary airshow....

Warbird lands in Winona - Winona Post | A 1943 B-25 Mitchell bomber will be at the Winona Municipal Airport through Sunday, August 18, for both public viewing and paid flights. This B-25 bomber, "Maid in the Shade," truly is a historic relic - flying over 15 missions during WWII and bombing areas of Italy and Yugoslavia. It is considered a flying museum...

Pilot wins champion prize at Oshkosh air show for handmade aircraft - Leader-Telegram | Mike Riley, 66, owner of Sport Rider in Altoona, was awarded a grand champion prize in the ultralight and light sport aircraft division recently at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show in Oshkosh.

OSH13: Rutan Catbird... Wide Angle In The Evening Sun (4 Pix) - AirPigz | Two years ago at OSH11 we saw the return of both the Catbird and the Boomerang, two of Burt Rutan's designs from back in the day that had their sights set on possibly re-inventing general aviation. Both airplanes were restored to flying status by people who work at Scaled Composites, giving these fabulous airplanes the chance to fly again and the world the chance to see more of Burt's unique work up close once again. You can...

Musings From AirVenture National Park - National Parks Traveler ...It’s the annual gathering at a place that rings magically in the ears of anyone who loves to fly and for many more who wish they could. It’s Oshkosh, where for a couple of weeks Wittman Regional Airport becomes the busiest airport in the world as the Experimental Aircraft Association hosts the world’s largest air show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin....

Vulcan XH588 Leads the Way in the Lifting of UK CAA Permit to Fly Flight Restrictions - Warbirds News | Last week the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that it would be easing restrictions on the operation of Vulcan to the Sky’s Avro Vulcan XH588, and henceforth the plane will be no longer be restricted to daytime Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions. The VFR restrictions were particularly onerous for the operators of the Cold War bomber as it represented a significant cost both in terms of fuel economy and air frame longevity on this plane as it was designed to operate in the thin atmosphere and low turbulence afforded by high altitude flight...

British Aircraft Names – The Hartman & Hilt Show – Episode 12 - WarbirdRadio.com | As always…we apologize ahead of time before you listen to this broadcast. This week’s episode is what happens when middle school boys discover there are airplanes named after moths (just minus the real middle school boys). Hartman & Hilt discuss the Puss Moth and much more on the show we’re simply calling “British Aircraft Names”.

 Aviator, business owner George Taylor Johnson dies at 83 - Kansas.com | George Taylor Johnson – an aviator, business owner and community leader – will be missed, say the people he mentored and the friends he made....

THE ARTISTRY OF FLYING - Flight To Success | T.H.ursdays with Tom Hill | I struggled a little bit this week figuring out what to write about. I keep a list on my iPhone of ideas for subjects. When I think of a possibility, I write it into my phone for review later. Mostly, my ideas for what to write about simply come as I start putting "pen to paper." Today is no different. I wanted to write something about every pilot being exposed to acrobatics and other dynamic maneuvering. As I started to type I thought, "Let's talk more about the basics of why such training is important." That led me to think about today's topic, which is how flying is artistic...

Marshfield High junior takes flight - Wicked Local- Marshfield | Turning 16-years-old is always special, but for Camden Bruno the milestone day was replete with achievements. In addition to obtaining a learner’s permit to drive a car, as many his age do, he also set off in the skies over Marshfield on his first solo flight in an airplane....

WWII-era CAP cadet now helps Young Eagles soar | The coordinator of Calaveras County’s Young Eagles Program, Joyce Farrell of Glencoe, has been flying for 30 years. But her love of flight began much earlier. When she was “a little teeny kid,” she became infatuated with flight while witnessing military planes overhead at her home in San Pedro...

Virgin Galactic CEO Counts 625 Customers For Suborbital Trips - Aviation Week | Virgin Galactic has signed up 625 individuals for its planned suborbital spaceflights, lining up revenue of at least $125 million, in what CEO George Whitesides asserts is a strong sign of the excitement and potential of commercial space ventures....

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Wasilla air show rescheduled for Saturday - Frontiersman.com | WASILLA — An air show in celebration of the centennial of flight in Alaska has been rescheduled for Saturday. A number of local pilots will participate in the show from 1 to 3 p.m., July 27 at Wasilla Airport. ...

Air show photo contest taking off - Hillsboro Tribune | For the third year in a row, the Oregon International Air Show in Hillsboro will host a photography contest and will launch the first annual “Instagram Photo Contest.” This year's contest invites contestants to submit their best photos from the 2013 ...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Gene Soucy and the Showcat - The aero Experience | The airshows at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 attracted the top talent in the industry, including Gene Soucy. Soucy is a legend in aerobatics, having joined the U.S. Aerobatic Team at age 22, assisting the team in winning its first World Title. He became three-time U.S. and Canadian National Champion, and began his airshow career in 1968. Soucy flew Pitts S-1S, BD-4, Bellanca Decathlon, Piper Cub and Cessna 150 before the current Showcat (modified Grumman Ag-Cat) and Extra 300S. He has flown with the...

CAF B-25 honors sacrifices - The Star Press | MUNCIE — If pilot Russ Gilmore hadn’t pointed it out you probably wouldn’t have seen it, and even if you had, you surely wouldn’t have known its significance.Scrawled in indelible marker on the olive drab interior of a bomb-bay door on the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber named Maid In the Shade, was the signature of David Thatcher....

Locals take off with World War II B-17 Bomber - Northern Star Online | It’s your turn to be mistaken for the man of steel (or a bird), DeKalbians. Locals will be able to take off in a World War II B-17 bomber alongside pilot Jim Kimmel and his co-pilot for the area, Fred DeWitt, of Sycamore, until Sunday. Kimmel and the crew tour the Midwest with the bomber, flying, giving cockpit tours and selling souvenirs as part of a Commemorative Air Force tour....

Chance to ride WWII plane in Frederick - The Lawton Constitution | FREDERICK The public will get a chance to view and fly in two different World War II era aircraft Saturday at the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team's Summer 2013 Open Hangar Day and Fly-In. This event will be at the historic Frederick Army Airfield section of the Frederick Regional Airport, southeast of the city, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Airborne Demonstration Team is extending a special invitation to all veterans of World War II to attend....

Restoration of crashed Grumman C-1A Trader “Miss Belle” Nears Completion - Warbirds News | It took nearly 10 years, but it looks like the restoration of the Grumman C-1A Trader, “Miss Belle,” owned by Trader Air of Topeka, Kansas might be done in time for the plane to make the trip to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture 2013....

My Favorite SR-71 Story · Bill Brandt, The Lexicans | As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I’m most often asked is “How fast would that SR-71 fly?” I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It’s an interesting question, given the aircraft’s proclivity for speed, but the really isn’t one number to give, as the jet would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it too. It was common to see 35 miles a minute....

The best aviation books - 80 years since the first solo flight - ABC Online (blog) | Every Tuesday fortnight, we talk about the best in books with the help of Katie Woods from the State Library of Queensland. And today's theme is aviation as it's 80 years since American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world. Katie's list today is from The Royal Aeronautical Society which has listed its top flying books:...

St. Ignatius celebration capped off by 'fly-in' - KPAX-TV | The Young Eagles program offered free rides for kids interested in flight. It's a program run by the Experimental Aircraft Association. Meanwhile, Civil Air Patrol cadets from Kalispell, Plains and Butte spent the weekend training and helping with the ...

The Restorers - Rescuing a Bomber from the Wild

The Restorers - the Series Alaska Edition The B-25 "Sandbar Mitchell" rests in the wilderness near Fairbanks, Alaska Filming of The Restorers has been clipping along after re-starting this past March.  This summer, however, we've taken it to a whole new level. Our cameras have followed the SandBar Mitchell team to Alaska where they are attempting to recover a B-25 bomber.  The project is filled with technical challenges, logistical difficulties and old-fashioned peril.  Follow the complete mission on our web site or Facebook Page. With production of our series The Restorers resuming, our need for support is great....and we need it now.  Contact us now to find out about investing in our show.  Help us change the face of aviation programming.  Help us give history...a future. WWII-style Paratroopers depart their C-47 over the drop zone. The Restorers www.TheRestorers.com (216) 496-5013 We would love to hear from you! Email: info@hemlockfilms.com

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Indy 500 flyover to feature six World War II-era planes - Fox 59 | A North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber will be joined in formation by five North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft in the flyover that will appear above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the conclusion of the national anthem. The... Photo via Airpigz

Note: We'll see a B-25 today at The Preakness also! DAV Flight Team and Panchito for this event.

2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger :30 TV | Here is the 2013 :30 TV spot for the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger. The show will feature more than 15 world-class performers...

California Capital Airshow to Continue Despite Sequestration - KTXL | The Capital City Air Show at Mather Field is different than other air shows around the country – you can get up close to the technology, see it and feel it. About 100,000 people come every year. But this year, because of some belt-tightening in ...

Rocky Mountain Airshow 2013 features rocket launch, B-29 Flying Fortress and ... - The Denver Channel | Also new this year is a Jet Glider and Wing Walking team. The Rocky Mountain Airshow rocket launch will take place on Saturday, Aug. 17 – the first ever sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Interns at United Launch Alliance (ULA) in ...

The Patrouille de France celebrates 60 years - The Journal of Aviation | To announce the presentation of the third patrol squadron flying four F-84G, commentator Jacques Noetinger says "ladies and gentlemen, the Patrouille de France." This date marks the beginning of the career that we call...

Full line-up of 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show revealed - shropshirelive.com | Aerobatic displays will be sure to get the adrenaline pumping as a number of teams, including the popular RV8tors and The Blades, show off their dare-devil flying skills and demonstrate the ultimate example of accuracy and agility. Air Show spokesman...

Incredible ghostly image created by Russia's Red Arrows as they fire flares ... - Daily Mail | Looming out of the sky, its wings outstretched in the glare of the sun's rays, it looked like there was an angel watching over Russia. But as quickly as it appeared, the angel began to fade away. It wasn't a hallucination - it was the latest stunt from...

Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013 - Onet.pl | Nearly one hundred companies participating in the seventh International Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013, which began on Friday in Bydgoszcz. The attraction for visitors are airplanes and helicopters of the Air Force and Navy, and light aircraft ...

Last flying B-29 Superfortress makes stop in Birmingham for flights and tours ... - The Birmingham News - al.com | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham Aero Club is hosting a visit by the Commemorative Air Force's AirPower Tour at Kaiser Aircraft Industries ramp at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport May 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. There will be 6 ...

Hey batter, batter... Look up! from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Take you’re midnight train to Georgia and come see us in Atlanta! The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is making tracks to Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. Thanks to the good folks at KIA, we’ll be there Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day....

WWII Spitfires set to swoop over Dublin - Irish Examiner | A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast. More than 30 different types of aircraft, including military, vintage and large commercial carriers, will fly as low as...

Piece of WWII to come to Canton - Canton Daily Ledger | Conrad has been a pilot since 1985 and a member of the commemorative air force since 2001. He said the commemorative air force does 18 to 20 shows a year. One of his favorite parts of participating in events such as the Fly-in Drive-in is interacting...

Aviation and Aerospace Foundation gives top honours to six Canadian women - Canadian Skies | The national award program was established in 2009 to recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of women in aviation and aerospace in Canada. Since its inception, the program has grown from one to six separate award categories that now ...

Carbon air vets, public have a chance to experience a B-17 - Price Sun Advocate | That was the last time Sersland flew in an airplane until Monday, when he had an opportunity to fly in a B-17 Flying Fortress. Sersland, who now lives in Layton, is a World War II veteran and was a waist gunner on a B-17 bomber. He was a member of the ...

A Classy Organization Steps Up to Let The Oregon Duck Find His Wings from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | ...The classy professionalism of EAA was on full display at the Eugene Airport today as the association brought their immaculate B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast to the Willamette Valley for a stop on their 2013 Experience History tour. It was apparent to this writer that their devotion to keeping vintage airplanes and history alive while simultaneously exciting the public about airplanes is a thing of beauty to behold....

Harry Stenger's Inland Sport from Antique Airfield News | Mike Araldi also sent us some photos from Harry Stenger's shop in Bartow, FL, where Harry is rebuilding an Inland Sport W-500. Harry is currently rebuilding the Inland's Warner 145 engine and expects to be flying in 4 to 6 months.

Chandler Scout's Eagle history project aids Mesa air museum - AZCentral.com - Arizona Republic | The Chandler boy, 15, found both at Mesa's Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, which is displaying his research on the history of 80 model aircraft from World War I to the present. “I wanted to find an Eagle project that I felt...

Pilot survives small plane crash in Lynden neighborhood - KOMO | ...The single-engine Tiger Moth biplane is registered to Vern Swanson of Bellingham. Baar did not confirm if Swanson was the pilot at the controls...

Concrete (RC) Airplane 'Flies' (With Video) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology said earlier this month that students there had created and flown a small remote control aircraft made of concrete, but their level of success may be open to interpretation. The aircraft had a wingspan of 40 inches and weighed 18 pounds. A news release from the school notes...

Last Mercury Space Program Flight Remembered by McDonnell Aircraft Teammates from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The 50th anniversary of the last Mercury spacecraft flight was commemorated yesterday with a panel discussion hosted by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society at its monthly meeting at Creve Coeur Airport. Mercury Atlas 9, with...

Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests - Space.com | "Other flight tests will follow to validate the aerodynamic data used to control the vehicle in the atmosphere when it returns from space," Voss added. "This is a huge step forward for the SNC and NASA teams towards providing our nation with safe and ...

Doolittle Raiders: Coverage of the last reunion

Video: WWII's Doolittle Raiders reunite - Fox News | Final reunion for the last surviving members of a famous military mission they were known as the Doolittle raiders. The airmen who bombed Tokyo in response to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Steve Harrigan is live in Destin Florida with more Steve.

Famed World War II aviators hold final reunion - Yahoo! News | Dick Cole, stands in front of a B-25 at the Destin Airport in Destin, Fla. on Tuesday April 16, 2013 before a flight as …more part of the Doolittle Raider 71st Anniversary Reunion. Cole was Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the raid. The ...

Doolittle "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" Raid -- 71 Years Later - Forbes | “We were just doing our jobs, helping our country win the war,” he said, about which I wrote in “Doolittle's Raiders and The Miracle That Saved Them,” after interviewing four of, at that time, five living Raider's. (Major Tom Griffin, a genuine ...

This week in history: The Doolittle Raiders strike Japan - Deseret News | FILE - In this Wednesday, April 18, 2012 photo, four of the five surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, front row from left: Thomas C. Griffin, David J. Thatcher, Richard E. Cole and Edward J. Saylor, sit during a reunion at the National Museum of ...

Doolittle Raiders - Destin Log | Thursday afternoon, residents and employees from the Destin Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center made their way to the Destin Airport to see the fleet of the World War II B-25's bombers modeled after the ones used during the now famous 1942 Doolittle...

33rd to dedicate hangar to Doolittle Raider - The Northwest Florida Daily News | On Wednesday, in a hangar on Eglin Air Force Base, the military's newest stealth aircraft, the F-35, will line up facing one of the military's first twin-engine bombers, the World War II-era B-25. The Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing planned the historic ...

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Pre-Kentucky Derby air show, fireworks Saturday - FOX19 | Louisville's Great Lawn on the waterfront, which offers public viewing, will open at 9 a.m. EDT and the air show begins at 3 p.m. The fireworks, 1 of North America's largest shows, begin at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free with a Pegasus Pin. Crowds are ...

Air Show cancels fake bomb drop after outcry - Dayton Daily News | The Vectren Dayton Air Show canceled a re-enactment of a World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protesters launched an online petition Wednesday. The June 22-23 airshow at Dayton International Airport will keep the pyrotechnic show dubbed “the ...

Wings and Wheels Fly-In a fun community event - South Hill Enterprise | The Fourth Annual Wings and Wheels Fly-In is scheduled for Saturday, 11 May, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport. We'll hold this event rain or shine. Should the community go to this event? Absolutely yes! And bring your...

MGL Avionics to attend! from Mojave Experimental Fly-In

Team 74 - Silver Falcons from Latest Vlog | SFTV got to cover the ceremony of the newest member of the Silver Falcons this week when...

Red Arrows to make flying visit to Helston for Air Day - Falmouth Packet | Organisers are working hard to put together a flying programme to remember and the Red Arrows' confirmation is a major boost. They will now be hoping poor weather does not prevent the Arrows from cancelling their display, as was the case when they were ...

2013 Airshow Off The Ground - BlackburnNews.com | Officials from London and St. Thomas officially announce the show Thursday, which is scheduled for the weekend of June 28th to 30th. The show includes demonstrations from the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, helicopter rides, sightseeing trips, and vintage ...

The Privatization of Airshows.  by tomdemerly | Red Bull Air Racing combined the daring and spectacle of classic piston-driven air racing with competition aerobatics in an urban, waterfront setting. To bring it into the 21st century it featured interactive coverage and point of ...

B-25 planes on display at Destin Airport - WEAR | After training at Eglin Field, they took off in B-25 bombers flying into history. Several B-25's are in Okaloosa County this week, as part of the Doolittle Raiders' 71st reunion. Volunteer organizations donate thousands of hours every year to keep them ...

Doolittle Raiders fans flock to meet their heroes (GALLERY, VIDEO) - The Northwest Florida Daily News | During the raid, the airmen took off in 16 B-25 bombers from an aircraft carrier, a feat that had never been done before in combat. Essink said as she talked to the Raiders she realized that despite predictions that they were not likely to survive ...

Doolittle Raiders Reunite At Eglin AirForce Base - WJHG - Home Page - WJHG-TV | Of the eighty men who became Doolittle Raiders, only four remain. They're at Eglin air force base this week for a reunion marking their daring April 18th, 1942 bombing raid on Japan. After seventy-one years, the men say they're shocked by the number of ...

"Doolittle Raiders" final reunion from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | At 97, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole can still fly and land a vintage B-25 with a wide grin and a wave out the cockpit window to amazed onlookers.  David Thatcher, 91, charms admiring World War II history buffs with detailed accounts of his part in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, in which he earned a Silver Star....

A tribute to the Doolittle Raiders from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron will pay tribute by flying American flags during B-1B Lancer missions on the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, April 18....

It's Time For YOU To Catch Bugatti (100P) Fever! Support The Kickstarter Campaign Today from AirPigz by Martt | You might remember my post from August 2010 titled Coming Down With A Bad Case Of Bugatti (100P) Fever - With Video where I expressed my adoration for what the Bugatti 100P represented back in 1930's, and for the massive effort to build a flying replica of the airplane. As...

NZ airwomen to meet in Wanaka - Voxy | "Annually airwomen from around the country meet to compete in flying competitions to learn and improve skills and enjoy some camaraderie" says Sue Telford of Wanaka, President of the NZ Association of Women in Aviation (NZAWA). In 2013 this Rally will ...

Aircraft, film, highlights Douglas exhibit - Sierra Vista Herald | Douglas was also one of the stops of the first women's national air race of 1929, the “Women's Air Derby.” The Douglas Flyer was built by Rich Ivansek and funded by Arvin Schultz. Both are aviation historians. The exhibit documenting Eleanor Roosevelt ...

Podcast: World of Warplanes Preview from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | This is no flight simulator. Fight for your life and work your way from a piston fighter to a jet in the game previewed at Sun 'n Fun. AVweb's Mary Grady found out more about the game's pending release.

Air museum in SoCal offer wide variety - Manteca Bulletin - Manteca Bulletin | People who like airplanes can find a lot to like when they visit Southern California, where they'll find plenty of opportunity to see historic aircraft up-close and personal. In some cases, they'll see a lot more than just aircraft but if you have ...

History Book: Ontelaunee airport - Reading Eagle | "Dare Devil Tom" performed acrobatic feats and wing-walking exhibitions. C.W. Banks, who flew in from Pitcairn airport in Philadelphia, showed off his stunt-flying skills. And for good measure, there was a dead stick landing contest. At 1,500 feet ...

Timeless Voices - Ralph Rechlicz from eaavideo.org | Ralph Rechlicz (1923 - 2008) was a B-17 waist gunner with the 708th Bomb Squadron of the 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War II. He flew on Lt. Robert Morley's B-17 "Dottie Jane" out of Rattlesden, England.

The truth about Area 51 - Bakersfield Californian | He has written several books about aviation, including "The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey," co-written with Donald Mallick; "X-Plane Crashes," co-written with Tony Moore; plus articles for AIR & SPACE Smithsonian Magazine. He has also ...

Low-level Hawk catches the eye from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Spotted on Flightglobal's AirSpace gallery is this excellent shot by user Viper28 of a BAE Systems Hawk T1 trainer being flown by...

Free event offers flights for kids - Lakenewsonline.com | Lake Aviation Center at the Camdenton Memorial Airport is teaming up with the Lake of The Ozarks Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) once again to bring Young Eagles flights to the Camdenton Airport. email · print. The Lake News ...

Podcast: Helping Kids with Flying from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Retired Marine Col. Jack Howell didn't wait for the government to look after the needs of the children of war veterans. He talked to AVweb's Paul Bertorelli about how aviation can help them cope with the changes war brings to their lives.