Feel free to download the latest issue of The Magazine by AirShowsReview.com featuring outstanding photography, air show reviews from USA, Canada and Europe, articles about 2011 NATO Tiger Meet, The Black Daggers, KC-135R refueling of F-15 Strike Eagles and by Jaquie B.Woonsocket Make-A-Wish Children Meet U.S. Navy Blue Angels Pilots - Patch.com | Wish child CJ Sok recently posed for a photo with US Navy Blue Angels Pilot Lt. Rob Kurrle, Jr., USN. CJ is nine-years old and left for his wish trip to Disney World the Monday following his meet and greet ...
THE WAIT IS OVER - from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin | All of the teams arrived in Abu Dhabi with renewed hopes for a successful 2010 season. All of the teams spent the winter months trying to find ways to make their plane and their team more competitive. For some teams, that meant aerodynamic modifications to make the airplane "slicker"…
Thunder in the Valley Air Show canceled for first time due to weather - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | Rain and cloudy skies overshadowed the annual Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Sunday, marking the first ...
Black Daggers to drop in for Eglin Air Show - The Northwest Florida Daily News ... stunt pilot Kent Pietsch; the B-25 "Special Delivery"; a John Bostick aerial acrobatics show; the Red Bull Helicopter and Skydiving Team; Tora, Tora, ...
AirPigz Podcast #9: U-2 Spy Plane Pilot Colonel Lars Hoffman by Martt - Lars Hoffman is the husband of Jill Rutan Hoffman who I interviewed in podcast #6, and he's an experienced U-2 pilot. Lars shares a lot of really interesting details on what it's like flying the U-2 at altitudes up to 70,000 feet. The challenges of flying that high for both the airplane and the human body are significant, and we talk about a lot of them. You might be surprised like I was at many of the very unique characteristics of the U-2... it's a pretty fascinating operation…
A Ride on the V-22 from Air & Space Magazine
Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums - So Hot they even called the Fire Department
Symposium on the Wright Brothers and Aviation in Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MONTGOMERY AL-The public is invited to engage in conversation with notable aviation and history scholars as we commemorate a century of flight in Alabama on Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama…
Museum Of Flight Presents A Panel Of World War II Veteran Pilots from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | The Museum of Flight is home to the American Fighter Aces Association, an organization formed by true American heroes spanning from WWI through the Vietnam conflict. Several times a year, the Museum hosts a panel of these veteran pilots, whose historical actions helped to protect American freedoms during times of conflict…
USAAF Station 345 Goxhill. Ghost-field visit/blog/report. from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | After reading about the Americans stay at Goxhill in Sid Finns book, 'The Lincolnshire air war' many years ago, I've wanted to see for myself and explore this 'ghostfield' for sometime, and I got my chance this weekend, whilst, on my way to Pocklington and Elvington in Yorkshire. Reached, best off the A15 via Barrow-on-Humber, it's a case of going through Barrow-on Humber village, until you see the 'Goxhill' 2 miles sign, and making a right-turn down a cart-track- wide lane untill you come to a 'T-Junction' a which point you come face to face, with an airfield defence 'bunker/pill-box' type thing, at the junction. And to your right is the 'Goxhill memorial', taking care to park across the road from the memorial, as someone has gone to great lengths to plant spring-bulbs, in the forground of the memorial. Please show respect !! it costs nothing…
This Week In Military/Aviation History 22-28 March from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | As you Folks may know, I moderate the Website Message Board for the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group which is located in Geneseo, New York. Our newest project is the reassembly to static condition of an A-20 Havoc which was provided to us from the Military Restoration Aircraft Company. Here are two links to photos of the reassembly (copy them to your browser please) along with the Warbird Registry link for the aircraft. The first is from 3/17 and the second from 3/20. As you can see it is in the early stages but coming along quickly…
On This Day in Aviation History: March 22nd | NYCAviation.com ... by admin - On This Day in Aviation History: March 22nd | NYCAviation.com … Posted by admin On March - 22 - 2010. Ten crashes in today's history, including USAir Flight 405 at LGA, the intense fire of Philippine Airlines Flight 137, The An-225 sets ...
Spin maneuver preceded crash of aerobatics plane near Redlands - By PE News on February 19, 2010 3:00 PM The pilots of an ill-fated aerobatic airplane apparently began a spin maneuver at low altitude last week moments ...
Fontana Auto Club Speedway news 2010-02-19 - Motorsport.com |The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly 68 air shows at 35 air show sites in the United States during the 2010 season, as the team celebrates 24 years of ... Reaching speeds of 400 mph, the Blue Angels flyover will feature six blue and gold Boeing F/A-18 Hornets; the Delta formation will then fly back to Naval ...
US Army's Black Daggers to perform at Air Expo 2010 – WCIV | The Blue Angels, separated only by inches, have flown in front of more than 427 million people in aerial demonstrations throughout the US and around the ...
BASE jumper/Inventor/Pilot Calvin19 and Annibal: A Family Affair ... - "I enjoy viewing The Red Bull Air races a lot. I do not have the money or skill to participate. These pilots are the best of the best flying the best of the best. There is no argument." As for the Red Bull Air Force which some consider ...
Hello all my aviation friends! I've been busy with schoolwork but not to busy to get a cool interview! My friend Elliot Seguin races at Reno in the formula one class in a neat airplane called "Wasabi". He helped me out a lot because we had to do an e-mail interview and that meant a bunch of typing he did. Here it is http://evanflys.com/elliot_seguin be sure to check out his site http://wasabiairracing.blogspot.com/ Also, my dad and Eddie Andreini put together a really cool video - check it out! http://www.vimeo.com/8928843 your pal, Evan http://evanflys.com
Valkaria Air Fest 2010 QuickCast 02 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is on-location at X59 for the Valkaria Air Fest 2010 Media Day. In this QuickCast, David talks with J. W. "Corkey" Fornof. They talk about Corkey's flying background, the LoPresti Fury that he flies, and what we can plan to expect during his airshow performance. You can find out more about the LoPresti Fury at http://www.loprestifury.com, and you can read Corkey's Plane Talk, a blog, at http://loprestifury/wordpress.
Valkaria Air Fest 2010 QuickCast 03 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is on-location at X59 for the Valkaria Air Fest 2010 Media Day. In this QuickCast, David talks with Chuck Vincent of Eagle Air Airshows. Chuck talks about his Extra 300L, what got him started flying aerobatics, and what this year's Air Fest might look like to spectators on the ground. Chuck also talks about the airshow he produces in Louisianna. You can find out more about Chuck and his air show team at http://www.eagleairllc.com, and you can get information about the Acadian Air Fest at http://www.acadianaairfest.com.
Former EAA Director Shares Aviation Experiences With Nine Lives from EAA - Nine Lives - Adventures of a Lucky Pilot is a book that EAA Founder Paul Poberezny says "should be read by every pilot." Written by EAA Director Emeritus Mal Gross, the book's 520 pages create a memoir of Mal's 50-plus years - 6,850 hours logged - of flight experience as a private pilot in a variety of general aviation airplanes…
Palm Springs Air Museum to honor WWII heroes for Black History Month - The Desert Sun | Military pilots Rusty Burns, Dr. Robert Higginbotham and Mitchell Higginbotham as well as retired officer George Edwards of the 92nd Buffalo Soldiers, ...
Enduring tribute to airmen in ceremony - The Star | The B17's last moments, and the terrible crash which claimed the lives of 10 crew, was witnessed by scores of people, some of whom told their stories to The ...
"Bona Fide Hoosier Hero" Col. Weir Cook '16 is Honored - DePauw University ... but the Indianapolis Airport Authority decided it was best to have the city's name linked to the airport and to honor Cook in other ways. ...
WWII bomber flights in Long Beach honor veterans - Contra Costa Times | The nonprofit organization is offering flights on a B-25 J Mitchell bomber out of Long Beach today and Sunday as part of a traveling outreach program to ...
Dream Chaser update from RLV and Space Transport News | The latest on Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser vehicle, which they are proposing to launch on an Atlas V to take NASA crews to the ISS: Sierra Nevada Building On NASA Design - Aviation Week - Feb.19.10.
Hot Air Balloons | Up Up and Away - Hot Air Balloons A website dedicated to the uplifting sport of Hot air Ballooning. Hort Air Balloons mans original way to fly and the best way to the land from height.
Aviation History -- 19th February 1965 from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | On February 19th 1965, Boeing announces that Lufthansa will be the launch customer of the company's new 737 model. It entered service with the carrier in 1968. Still in production, over 8,000 of all versions have been ordered with over 6,200 being built. About 1,250 737s are in the air at any time. A 737 takes off somewhere in the world every 5 seconds. The 737 fleet has flown about 296 million hours in revenue service, travelling 75 billion nautical miles in 232 million flights…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | At the time of Project Mercury, the Atlas as a launch system had a reliability rating of 90%, while acceptable for a weapons system, was unsuitable for a manned rocket launch vehicle. As a result, a whole series of initiatives under the umbrella of what was called the Pilot Safety Program was put into place to improve not just the reliability of the Atlas rocket for Project Mercury, but also to improve its safety. The most visible of the resulting efforts as the escape tower on the Mercury spacecraft that could pull it away from the Atlas in case of a malfunction…
American Air Day 21st August from Military Photos by Raven2008
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Rhode Island National Guard Open House June 27-28
Location: Air National Guard Base, Quonset, Rhode Island
Admission: FREE
Parking: A $10 donation is requested to benefit the Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Value: Very Good
One of the best organized shows we have been to in some time. Traffic flows were well managed. Gallery location on the flight line provided excellent photo opportunities with take off from north to south and landing south to north as there was a 10 knot quartering wind. The taxi way was between the gallery and the runway so there were excellent close up opportunities as the aircraft taxied by. 400mm was more than enough lens although there were photographers around with 500mm. Heat haze was a problem at this focal length.
Static displays were numerous and varied included the B-1 Lancer and CV-22A Osprey. All performers seemed fired up and on their game. We have seen the Blue Angels perform many times but they were particularly fired up at this show. Sadly, there was no JATO for Fat Albert.
The Canadian Snowbirds gave a wonderfully graceful performance. The show also included the Oracle Challenger flying acrobatics around the Black Dagger Team as it descended. The show provides an excellent outing for the family as there are many amusements on the site to keep the young ones entertained. Food service was plentiful and not overly expensive. Sanitation facilities were plentiful, clean and well dispersed.
Over all I would definitely put this show on your calendar for next year!
Aircraft/Performers Presented:
Blue Angels
Snowbirds from Canada
F-16 Demo Team
F-22 Raptor Demo Team
Black Daggers U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team
P-51 Mustangs of the The Horsemen
Michael Gullian
John Klatt
Ed Hamill
East Coast L-39C DEmo Team
Static included the B-1 Lancer
and many others.
Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Review and photos: by Andrew.J. Warren of http://www.airshowsreview.com/
Air show attendance tops 100000 - Havelock News, NC
By Drew C. Wilson The Cherry Point Air Show held earlier this month drew just more than 100000 people despite rain that fell on all three days of the event. Bob Kenward, marketing director for Marine Corps Community Services at Cherry Point, ...
Navy visiting schools this week - Janesville Gazette, WI
The elite Blue Angels flying team will give motivational speeches. And, some students will be able to ride in a machine that simulates the flight of an F-18 Hornet. The Navy was at Evansville and Parkview high schools last week. ...
Beloit teachers to take flight - Beloit Daily News, WI
By Hillary Gavan That's what Beloit Memorial High School (BMHS) social studies teacher Elliot Lyman said about the Blue Angels. Lyman and BMHS science teacher Andre DeKok have been selected as "excellent teachers" and have been invited to fly along ...
Rain threatens to send AFA grads indoors - and into Plan B - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO
Most cadets, she said, invite dozens of family members and friends to the ceremony, which this year will feature a speech from Vice President Joe Biden and the traditional fly-over by the Air Force Thunderbirds. "If they move it indoors, ...
KKTV's Dave Nancarrow Flies With Thunderbirds - KKTV 11 News, CO
KKTV's Dave Nancarrow got a chance of a lifetime Tuesday as he took to the sky with the Thunderbirds. You may have been able to hear the impressive aircrafts overhead as the Thunderbird F-16s practiced for the Air Force Academy's graduation, ...
Monterey County summer events anticipate boost in attendance - The Salinas Californian, CA
A lofty boost in attendance at air shows around the nation may be a sign of good things to come for attendance at this year's California International Airshow in Salinas and other summer ...
Rotary Fly-In breakfast lands June 21 at airport - The Daily News Online, NY
The Batavia Rotary Club's annual Fly-In Breakfast is set for June 21 at Genesee County Airport, Chairman Edmund Leising announced. The Fly-In Breakfast is open to the public, and features an all-you-can-eat breakfast and visits by private aircraft ...
BIGGIN HILL: Vulcan B2 bomber set for take off at air show - This is Local London
By Scott Mullins » AFTER spending a decade being restored, a former Royal Air Force bomber will entertain the crowds at the Biggin Hill air show. The Avro Vulcan B2 will fly on both days of the air show on June 27 and 28 subject to final tests and ...
Flying start for Swansea firms - News Wales, UK
The two-day event is taking place on July 11 and 12 and will feature displays from aircraft including the Red Arrows, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Royal Navy Black Cats. Trade stands will stretch along Swansea Promenade from the Civic Centre's west ...
Dizzee Rascall tops huge line-up for Wakestock Abersoch - Daily Post, UK
The world famous Red Arrows RAF Display Team will perform a newly-choreographed routine on July 10. Red 1, wing commander Jas Hawker, team leader and officer commanding the Red Arrows, said: "We are delighted to be displaying at the Wakestock Festival. ...
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN - Post-Bulletin, MN
Members of the Experimental Aircraft Association will bring their B-17 Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast" to Rochester International Airport as part of the "Original Salute to Veterans" tour July 17-19. Flight "missions" are open to the public; ...
NASCAR salutes military at Memorial Day race from Air Force Link Top Stories
NASCAR saluted the men and women of the military past and present during pre-race festivities for the Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup race at Lowe's Motor Speedway here May 24.
The salute included performances by the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus, the 2nd Marine Division Band and the Air Force's Tops in Blue entertainment group. Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters also dropped a team of Soldiers onto the infield, where the unit conducted a mock assault on an enemy position, complete with a barrage from two M198 Howitzer artillery pieces. After driver introductions, the Black Daggers, the Army's official Special Operations Command parachute team, performed a jump over the speedway.
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Inspecting history in Kansas - Topeka Capital Journal, KS
Army aircraft flown on that bombing range included the two-engine B-25 medium bomber and the four-engine B-17, B-24 and B-29 heavy bombers, Baer said. Sometimes a P-38, the distinctive two-engine twin-boom fighter-bomber, would cruise the range. ...
2nd Annual "Go Fly Zone" Takes Off With Physics of Flight ... - Santa Rosa Press Gazette, FL
Visitors will also have a chance to climb inside a real F/A-18 Hornet cockpit, grab the controls and imagine taking off towards the clouds in the pilot's seat of the same aircraft flown by the prestigious Blue Angels demonstration team. ...
Public invited to ride in historic B-17 - The Ames Tribune, Ames
By Bob Zientara/The Tribune By Bob Zientara DES MOINES — There are signatures written on hatches and bulkheads on the Liberty Belle, a vintage World War II B-17 four-engine bomber that was in town for a Memorial Day press flight Monday. ...
Historical aircraft move to aviation park - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The four unique planes will help teach visitors about how different airplanes perform and how they were used in naval operations, such as during the Vietnam and Korean wars, Luker said.
The Six from www.airspacemag.com
If Lockheed's Constellation was the hare, the Douglas DC-6 was the oh-so-reliable tortoise.
Air Race "fever" rises at Canadian Historical Aircraft Association - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada
Excitement is building at the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association (CH2A) for the Red Bull Air Race scheduled for June 13-14 in Windsor, Ontario. The Association's hangar has been almost emptied in preparation for its use as a staging area for the ...
Jacqueline Cochran doc at YouTube from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Produced by high school students, it's worth watching, at 9 minutes long. Lots of photos, etc. as well as a bref summary of her life.
I don't know if I'd call her "America's original fly girl" as the narrator does. She'd be "America's first supersonic woman" perhaps...something like that...
Flower drop honors war vets - The Desert Sun, CA
Carnations are dropped from a B-25 Mitchell bomber over guests on the ramp of the Palm Springs Air Museum during the museum's Memorial Day celebration on Monday in Palm Springs. (Marilyn Chung The Desert Sun)
First airmail service celebrated - BBC News, UK
He returned to China after the war, where a local lord commissioned him to design and build the country's first home-grown aeroplane. But as the aircraft taxied up the runway for a maiden flight, which had caused massive excitement across China, ...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force wins Air Force Heritage Award from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
The National Museum of the United States Air Force was recently recognized with the 2009 Air Force Heritage Award by the USAF History and Museums Program for its "Warrior Airmen" exhibit.
Opened in December of 2008, the exhibit informs the Air Force and the public about the dangerous missions performed by USAF Airmen in Afghanistan and Iraq. Separated into three sections, the exhibit focuses on the efforts of the USAF Airmen -- both ground and aircrew -- who play an active and essential role in combat operations in the Global War on Terror. Made possible through uniforms, items and photos donated by Airmen who served in either Iraq or Afghanistan, the exhibit includes three dioramas with fully dressed and equipped mannequins, an audiovisual presentation on a 15-foot wide screen, and compelling firsthand accounts. Also incorporated in the exhibit is the recently acquired MH-53M helicopter, which saw 38 years of extensive service in Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The MH-53M is accompanied by interactive touch screens never before used by the museum.
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Students and veterans visit museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Over one hundred sixty students from Three Rivers Middle School visited the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force this week, along with four veterans from the Miller Stockum Post 485 of the American Legion. The two groups toured the museum's Holocaust exhibit and saw World War II aircraft.
According to Marney Murphy, a coordinator of the trip, the lessons learned at the museum emphasize lessons on roles during World War II taught in the eighth graders' language arts classes.
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Girls Academie Sours - Sun Valley Online.com (press release), ID
Flying lessons were postponed to a later date in June, courtesy of EAA Young Eagles Program, Harrison Ford, President. GIRLS ACADEMIE is a dynamic, experiential learning community that spans the globe, dedicated to empowering girls to greatness by ...
Historic planes land in Hollister before airshow - Hollister Free Lance, CA
By Colin McConville Owners of the Boeing-Stearman Model 75 gathered Friday at the Hollister Municipal Airport to prepare for an airshow in Watsonville and see one the only operating Boeing 40 - an old-style mail delivery aircraft - in the world. ...
The Seaplane Rating from Let's Go Flying by Steve Tupper
It's been something like 18 months since I completed what I consider to be my "core" training. By that, I mean the private pilot certificate and the instrument rating. The certificate and rating that make aviation practical and fun and give you the best initial set of capabilities.
Since then, I've decided to seek new opportunities and just have a bunch of fun. Part of that journey has been to figure out just how high, wide, and deep aviation is and figure out how much there is to explore. And, man, what a lot of ground there is to cover!
Oshkosh365 will keep EAA going all year long - Green Bay Press Gazette, WI
A. My number one is Burt Rutan. He's a living legend. In the museum we have about five of Burt's airplanes. He has changed the world of aviation. If you talk about innovators, Burt is your archetypal innovator. I am watching someone make history. ...
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Atlantis Enjoys California Weather :) from How I Am Becoming An Astronaut by Damaris B. Sarria
So here we are at Edwards Air Force Base! The weather is amazing in California. The 1st picture shows the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) structure that is similar to the one at Kennedy Space Center. The structure helps workers access areas of the orbiter and also help mount and unmount the Orbiter to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (a modified 747). The 2nd picture is of Atlantis' lower surface. And lastly there is the 747 that will help carry Atlantis back to KSC!
Brazilian RC helicopter cellphone delivery service busted from Engadget by Tim Stevens
What do you do when your cellphone-smuggling carrier pigeons get caught on their way to the big house? Why, you go higher tech, of course. Those texting-crazed Brazlian ultra-max prisoners hatched a new plot to fly a radio controlled helicopter up over the wall of a prison, dropping diaper-swaddled handsets into the awaiting hands of criminal non-masterminds on the inside. Unfortunately for them, police foiled the plan when they pulled over the accomplices on the outside, confiscating the chopper, a suite of phones, and arresting the four who were paid just $5,000 to get the plan airborne. Our suggestion for their next attempt? Jetpacks.
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