Reno Air Races Looks Ahead to 50th Anniversary - KTVN | Planes have been zooming around the Reno Championship Air Race course in Stead for decades. It's the only race of its kind in the world. Last September, racers and fans paused to remember ten spectators and a pilot who were killed in a crash in 2011...
Shaw pilot joins Thunderbirds squadron - Greenville News | Half of the officer positions with the Thunderbirds, based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, are rotated every year. Also named to the squadron at the same time as Larsen were Lt. Col. Matthew Bradley of Tyndal Air Force Base in Florida; Maj ...
Desert Sun & Fun - The Mojave Experimental Fly-In (12 Pix) from AirPigz by Martt | The Mojave Experimental Fly-In last Saturday drew a diverse collection of aircraft under a typical sunny desert sky. It's pretty cool to see these aircraft gathered in front of the hangars of some of the most cutting-edge experimental aerospace companies in the world!...
Trig Aerobatic Team HD - YouTube | The Trig Aerobatic team fly Pitts Special biplanes and are 
based in the UK flying airshows all over the UK and Europe see more at www.trigaeros.com
ROSE GARDEN EVENT AIR AIR SHOW 2013: May 12, 2013 - Translated | On May 12, 2013, with testing scheduled for the day before May 11, 2013, the air show will take place in Roseto degli Abruzzi "Roseto Air Show 2013"...
DH-98 Mosquito from FenceCheck Forums | First US Engine Run - (Click for video done with the 7D.)
WWII planes stop by Palm Springs in freedom tour - The Desert Sun | The last Liberator: A B-24J World War II -era heavy bomber is displayed on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 during the Wings of Freedom warbird tour stop at Atlantic Aviation in Palm Springs. The aircraft, known by the nickname Witchcraft, is the only one of ...
Warbirds over Sydney to salute ANZAC remembrance - Crikey (blog) | Three superbly restored and maintained veteran warbirds will fly over Sydney and Illawarra landmarks this ANZAC day. They are a Catalina flying boat, a C-47 Dakota transport and a DHC-4 Caribou tactical airlifter, all owned by the Historical Aircraft ...
Probe: Pilot error likely cause in Valley City air show crash - In-Forum | 7 crash that killed veteran pilot Bob Odegaard as he was practicing for an air show near Valley City in his vintage war plane. Witnesses reported that Odegaard, 66, of Kindred, had completed the initial portion of his routine at the Barnes County ...
Aunt Ju Flying! - Iron Annie Airborne from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Tante Ju Fliegend! — Iron Annie Airborne This Jünkers Ju 52 was photographed in flight at an airshow in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The Ju 52 had no official name but Luftwaffe personnel used the affectionate nickname Tante Ju (Auntie Ju) due to her predictable and desirable flying characteristics or “Iron Annie” from her ability [...]
Join a Marines “Jump Jet” on a flight over the Mediterranean sea off USS Kearsarge from David Cenciotti's weblog | Take a seat and watch the following interesting video. It shows Capt. David Neely, an AV-8B Harrier Pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during a mission off the USS Kearsarge (LHD3), Mediterranean Sea, Mar. 28, 2013.
Broken Arrow incidents: when U.S. B-52 bombers lost their nuclear weapons during the Cold War
from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...During the “MAD age” there were several B-52 crashes that involved not only the airframes alone, but also the nuclear weapons aboard the aircraft: these ere code named “Broken Arrow” incidents....
The Flying Life from Aviation Mentor by John Ewing | ...The controller called traffic, an experimental solar aircraft at twelve moving to one o'clock at three thousand five hundred. "You gotta take your foggles off and look at this" I told my student. The controller had given us a rare treat: The 250 heading would have the one-of-a-kind, Swiss-made Solar Impulse right underneath us. Sadly, I didn't have my good camera with me so here is a cropped iPhone photo....
Brazilian wins space trip in promoting international - Translated | He was the only one to guess the height of a balloon released in the U.S. | Award contest world KLM is space travel. | 
...The promotion, called "Space Flight", was released on Monday (22) a balloon high altitude desert in Nevada, in the United States....
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F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team to Perform at 2013 Amigo Airsho - KTSM News Channel 9 | Amigo Airsho Board President, Roxie Samaniego announced that at this year's Amigo Airsho, October 12th and 13th, the Air Combat Command's F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team from Langley Air Force Base will perform. “This will be the first time that the ...
Sebring Expo: A real game-changer from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | It used to be that January was one of the slowest months of the year. Freezing cold in the northern states combined with short days across the northern hemisphere to produce a sluggish month for all but transport or working aircraft. Recreational flying slowed to the pace of thick syrup pouring from a chilled bottle....
Show leaves students starry-eyed - Deccan Herald | They went, with spring in their steps, heads held high, mesmerised by the magical, memorable moments following their dazzling date with a bevy of metallic birds and their ensemble fiesta of aerobatic feats. Young, inquisitive, with dreams in their ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Sensational Family Event Wings & Wheels Returns from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The unmissable, sensational summer event for the whole family, Wings & Wheels, returns on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August 2013 at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey (home to BBC’s Top Gear). *NEW* attractions will blow your mind and famous favourites in the air and on the ground will keep you entertained and buzzing with delight the WHOLE weekend....
Airshow at Durham Tees Valley Airport could still take flight - Gazette Live | THE planned return of a Teesside airshow could still be ready for take-off after being given a last-minute reprieve. Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport want to bring back the event for the first time in more than two decades but have been hit by the ...
AERO prepares to fly high again from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — With exhibitors from more than 30 countries as well as some new additions, including a career fair, AERO, which will be held April 24-27, will showcase the entire spectrum of general aviation from powered aircraft, gliders, and ultralights, as well as helicopters and business jets....
Navy transport, B-17 thrill to fly - News-leader.com | “Taildraggers” is an aviation term that is strange to young pilots today. It came up in a conversation about flying I had with Dr. Don Overend at a recent party.He remarked that flying had come a long way from “taildraggers” to his Beechcraft Bonanza....
Video: Yves Rossy's Jetman School (Without the Jets) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A video released Feb. 8, 2013, by Jetman Yves Rossy suggests the skydiving innovator may be on the verge of marketing an unpowered version of his strapped-on wing and opening a school to teach people how to fly it. Rossy has piloted another version of the wing with four micro-turbines attached to its underside delivering power. He has flown that version across the English Channel and a section of the Grand Canyon. Rossy describes the...
Photo essay: Tuskegee Airmen from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of African-American pilots in the 1940s. They were pioneers in equality and integration of the armed forces. The term "Tuskegee Airmen" refers to all who were involved in the Army Air Corps program to train African-Americans to fly and...
An Illustrious Hero from Vintage Wings of Canada | If your were to ask devotees of Second World War aviation history what the words Furious, Glorious, Indomitable, Courageous, Indefatigable,
Formidable, Audacious, Illustrious, Implacable, Magnificent and finally Victorious meant to them, they would no doubt tell you that these were the names of the some of the mightiest and most storied aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, operating aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. They, of course, would be correct in saying this, but they would be missing the fact that all of these adjectives also describe in broad terms the character of the men who flew fighter and attack aircraft from...Piloting a B-29 as the war against Japan is won - Buffalo News | A bigger, more modern successor to the B-17 bomber, the B-29 had a much greater range and could carry a much heavier bomb load, which proved ideal for the air offensive against Japan in World War II. That's not to belittle the B-17, a workhorse that ...
‘Senior Wish’ Sends Veteran to WWII Museum from Warplanes Online Community by admin | Almost seven decades has passed but Abe Shamis has lived with a constant reminder of the day his B-17 was shot down over Austria during World War II. Shamis was a navigator on the U.S. Army bomber, and he was forced to jump when one of its engines was hit by enemy fire. He landed in a tree, injuring his right arm, and spent the next six months as a prisoner of war....
POW medal recognises US aviators’ suffering - Swissinfo.ch | Nearly 70 years after being interned in a Swiss disciplinary camp and, for many, punished for trying to escape, a group of 157 American Second World War pilots and crew members have been awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal by the US Congress....
Spitfire! from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The latest news for the Classic Fighters over Omaka airshow to be held over Easter weekend this year has indication that Spitfire Mk XIV.e ZK-XIV may well be restored to flight and add to the growing collection of exotic aircraft to be on hand at this internationally recognised event....
P-64 Runs for First Time in Decades from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The EAA AirVenture Museum's rare North American P-64 fighter - often referred to by warbird lovers as an 'export fighter version of the AT-6 Texan' - was started up for the first time in more than 20 years last Friday, and it was only fitting that EAA Founder Paul Poberezny did the honors.
Going, Going ........ Gone - Hurricane ZK-TPK from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Social media and online forums alike have been alluding to the anticipated and sadly not unexpected departure of Wanaka resident Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA ZK-TPK. It was observed being transported by truck a few days ago and has since surfaced at Port Chalmers, Dunedin, where it awaits ship bound transportation destined for "Europe"....
Yellow Trojan — North American T-28 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Yellow Trojan — North American T-28 This North American Trojan, in bright yellow livery formerly of USN training aircraft, is kept flying and was seen not too long ago at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum.
First Annual Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation lifts off at Air Force Museum Theatre on April 11-14 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Theatre announced its inaugural Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation will take place in Dayton on April 11-14, 2013. The cinematic celebration of flight also serves as the public grand re-opening of the Museum's 400-seat giant-screen theatre, currently undergoing an $800,000 renovation....
Anchorage Museum opens "Arctic Flight: A Century of Alaska Aviation" exhibit from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | One hundred years ago, the sound of an internal combustion engine in the sky was first heard in Alaska when James and Lilly Martin sold rides to Fairbanks thrill-seekers. James had built the biplane himself. Lilly was the first woman pilot in England. Alaskans thought the gizmo was a hoot, but no one seemed to grasp the commercial potential....
Getting more women and girls into the air! from Life on the Road as a Pilot |If you've been following any of my posts or newsletters lately, you would have noticed that I am strongly encouraging people to get involved in Women of Aviation Worldwide Week from Mar 4-10, 2013. This is a concentrated effort to get more girls and women into small aircraft and up for what may be their only flight of their...
TV series offers gritty inside look at AF rescue missions from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | During an episode of "Inside Combat Rescue" that premiered at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 7, viewers saw the chilling sight of pararescuemen loading an amputee into a helicopter. "Inside Combat Rescue" is a National Geographic series that shows a realistic and gritty look at what goes on during a deployment for Air Force rescue units. The series is scheduled to air on TV for the first time Feb. 18 and continue Mondays at 10 p.m....
“No way an F-35 will ever match a Typhoon fighter jet in aerial combat” Eurofighter test pilot says
from David Cenciotti's weblog | In an interesting piece by Flight’s Dave Majumdar, Bill Flynn, Lockheed test pilot responsible for flight envelope expansion activities for the F-35 claimed that all three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter will have better kinematic performance than any fourth-generation fighter plane with combat payload, including the Eurofighter Typhoon (that during last year’s Red Flag Alaska achieved several simulated kills against the F-22 Raptor) and the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet....
Thirty minutes to choose your fighter jet: how the Shah of Iran chose the F-14 Tomcat over the F-15 Eagle from David Cenciotti's weblog | Despite all the skepticism about the actual airworthiness of Iran’s new stealth fighter “Qaher 313″, one thing is certain: Iran is still flying the iconic Grumman F-14....
Day 55 - February 9, 2013 from TeenFlight! | We completed the service bulletin on the TeenFlight 1 airplane this week. The...
Sporty’s Foundation releases annual report from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Sporty’s Foundation has issued its Annual Report, detailing its activities and bequests during 2012. “Since its inception, The Sporty’s Foundation has provided more than $800,000 in support to assist
organizations and programs with a positive force on the health of the general aviation industry,” says Sporty’s...The Flying Rooster proves even weird planes (except Iran’s new stealth fighter jet) can fly - The Aviationist | ...The aircraft features a Rooster head and neck jutting out of the high wing’s leading edge which house the engine, wooden wings, steel tube fuselage covered in fabric, and a proper paint job....
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Impact of Sequestration on the Airshow Industry - Airshowstuff.com | For weeks, we’ve been 
wondering how sequestration may impact the airshow industry. To sum it up, after April 1st, all military participation in airshows seems like it will end. This includes performances by the USAF Thunderbirds, Navy Blue Angels, static displays and single ship demo teams....
Aero India 2013 is Air Show Extravaganza - The Epoch Times | Touted to be Asia’s biggest event of its kind, Aero India 2013 has taken off to a flying start....
BRAZIL CONFIRMS TWO AIRCRAFT FOR 2013 - Royal International Air Tattoo | They'll be doing the samba in Swindon, the tango in Taunton and the lambada in Leeds! Not to be outdone by Colombia's recent announcement that it would be participating in this summer's Air Tattoo, its neighbour Brazil has confirmed that it too will be taking part with two military aircraft!...
Nice archive video found on YouTube of the Avro Vulcan in 1958. from The Royal International Air Tattoo's Facebook Wall | Nice archive video found on YouTube of the Avro Vulcan in 1958.
Red Flag, Thunderbirds at Nellis targeted for grounding - Las Vegas Review Journal | With fiscal cliff budget cuts looming about two weeks away, Air Force leaders said Thursday they will cancel upcoming Red Flag air combat training exercises at Nellis Air Force Base and ground the Thunderbirds demonstration team if...
Bob Odegaard Remembered: A Video Tribute - Flying Magazine | A memorial service last week at the Commemorative Air Force museum in Mesa, Arizona, drew 800 people. A video (shown below) posted on YouTube by his friend Alan Ripa honors Odegaard, telling the story of his humble start as a cropduster and how he...
The Human Fly - We remembered the Human Fly in this post earlier this week. The LiveAirShowTV Facebook page got some additional photos posted yesterday. Be sure to check them out!
Timeless Voices - Clayton Kelly Gross from eaavideo.org | Clayton Kelly Gross was an original member of the 354th Fighter Group, which was the first in the 8th Air Force to be equipped with the P-51 Mustang during WWII. Clayton became an ace and is credited with shooting down a German ME-262 jet.
Learn about the 1929 Ford Trimotor affectionately called "The Tin Goose". Watch... from The Flightline's Facebook Wall | Learn about the 1929 Ford Trimotor affectionately called "The 
Tin Goose". Watch the full story this Saturday morning at 9am et., 8am ct. on Velocity
Shots and a Q and A from My Shoot Aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier by Scott Kelby | ...but then last week I got an email from Ed Buice of NCIS (not the TV show — the real NCIS [Naval Criminal Investigative Services), that he was flying out on assignment to the carrier George H.W. Bush which was already at sea and that I could come and assist with the shoot. Even though it was only three-days notice — I jumped all over it....
The 8 warplanes today's most powerful - Translated | Learn more about the war machines that should dominate the skies in the coming years.
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Photos: Today at the Reno Air Races in Stead from RGJ.com | RGJ photographer Marilyn Newton sent in a few photos from today's action at the Reno National Championship Races at Reno Stead Airport.
CoolPix Triple Play - Chasing Strega At Pylon 4 (Reno 9-14-12) from AirPigz by Martt | It was a great day of racing on Friday September 15th at Reno 2012, and it was capped off with an Unlimited
Heat at the end of the day. I had the golden opportunity to be
out at pylon 4 for that race to work on my photographic skills shooting
airplanes going almost 500 mph that aren't very far away! I have so
much to learn to do a really great job, but I did get several decent
images that I'll be sharing before long. I really liked this one of
Strega tho, partly because it...Thunderbirds amaze air show crowd - Belleville News Democrat | A member of the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team is about to land with the American flag to officially start the airshow on Saturday. This was just one of many displays at the 2012 Airpower Over the Midwest air show, held at Scott Air ...
VIDEO: Check out the Oceana Air Show this weekend | WTKR.com ... by Doris Taylor WTKR | Juliet Bickford was out all day on Friday to watch all the high-flying fun! ...
Crowdes pack Oceana for annual air show - WAVY-TV | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Crowds packed Naval Air Station Oceana Saturday to see some high flying acrobatics in the annual air show. Check out the video to the left of this page to see WAVY.com photojournalist Drew Smith's video composition of ...
Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show - WHAG | The 167th Airlift Wing along with the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport and the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle partnered to host the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge open house and 2012 air show. Despite the devastating plane crash last September ...
Marines practice 'wall of fire' pyrotechnics display - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Marine Corps Base Hawaii received approval from the state Department of Health to conduct special-effects displays to simulate bomb blasts and fires during rehearsals and when the Blue Angels and other high-flying acts take to the air over the base ...
Wings of Freedom III planning under way - Sidney Herald Leader | 7-8, 2013, at the Sidney/Richland Airport. Featured act will be AeroShell Aerobatic Team, which is a four-plane, AT 6 precision flying formation. Other new acts will include the Shockwave Jet Truck, Skip Stewart Air Shows and Jeff Boerboon Aerobatics.
New York National Guard participates in Africa's largest Trade and Air Show ... - DVIDS | "Our participation in the air show demonstrates the strength of the New York and Republic of South Africa state partnership," said Col. Ray Shields, the Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard.
" Taking part in this event will help ... 2012 California Capital Airshow - Sacramento, California - TVR Photography Photo Gallery
Red Arrows pick two Bath pilots for 2013 team - This is Bath | The Red Arrows will return to a nine-plane formation after flying with seven for much of this year, following the deaths of Flt Lt Jon Egging and Flt Lt Sean Cunningham in separate accidents in 2011. The other new pilot is Flt Lt Mark Lawson, 34, from ...
Red Arrows announce new line-up - BBC News | Related Stories. Behind the scenes with the Red Arrows · Red Arrows announce new line-up · New Red Arrows pilot is announced. The Red Arrows have announced details of their new line-up for the 2013 display season. The team will get three new pilots ...
Aerobatics team soars at Berlin Air Show - PhotoBlog - NBC News | An aerobatics team from the Turkish Air Force performs during the second day of the Berlin Air Show (ILA) at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15. The aviation trade show south of Berlin takes place from Sept...
The Frecce Tricolori give emotions - PuntoAlbenga | Albenga. Here they are the Frecce Tricolori who fall in love over the world for their stunts. Today, thousands of people attended flight tests in view of the spectacle of the sky that will take place next Sunday from 15.30 in heaven ...
A Tribute to Bob Odegaard from Fargo AirSho by jimb |KINDRED, N.D. – One of Bob Odegaard’s
many aerial performances
included an appearance a few weeks ago with the Texas Flying Legends to
honor former President George H.W. Bush on his birthday. Friends and well-wishers learned of that appearance Wednesday, when
Odegaard, a flying legend who died Friday while practicing for an air
show in Valley City, was laid to rest here...World War II from a WASP's point of view topic of seniors meeting in Florham Park - New Jersey Hills | Haydu is an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro and into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame. She is also the author of “Letters From Home,” based on leters her mother had saved. Chapter meetings are held on the ...
Getting history Wright Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first ... - Burlington Hawk Eye | Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first airplane, flight. By WILLIAM SMITH wsmith@thehawkeye.com. With the 2012 Southeast Iowa Air Show only a week away, it seemed appropriate Wilbur Wright would stop by the Burlington Public Library Friday.
Pilot explains what taking off with an F-15 at night looks like: “it’s like being in a dark tunnel and going super fast” from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video shows interesting footage of the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Wing has done night flight training last week and the NBC has filmed the F-15s taking off in the dark in full afterburner and talked with Lt.Col. Jeffrey Edwards, an “Eagle driver”...
National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 1 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | Ok, so still in catch up mode, but this will be worth while... While staying in Edinburgh, Moira, Ken
and I took a trip out to Scotland's
National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, an old airbase and civilian
airfield. The only flying that happens there now is some microlight
activity, but what I was really interested in was the museum side of
things...National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | In this next post, I cover off most of the other "heavy metal" at the museum. Unfortunately, most of it is outside, and deteriorating because of that, but still good to see them.
Video: Mosquito Trailer from stickandrudderWTO
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First responders honored in emotional Reno Air Races opening ceremony - Reno Gazette Journal | Michael Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association; Dave Pursell, chairman of the Air Racing Association Board; Sparks Mayor Geno Martini; and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell on Thursday thank representatives of all the emergency ...
2012 Reno Air Races - Thursday Live Update - LiveAirShowTV | Our LIVE report from the Rare Bear Pit with Stewart Dawson. Watch for expanded coverage of Thursday's news later tonight.
Photo gallery: Thursday photos from the Reno air races from RGJ.com | Reno air race organizers used the opening ceremonies as an opportunity to remember the first responders who helped out in last year's crash and the community that rallied to support the air races after the crash.
Legendary ND aviator laid to rest - Dickinson Press | KINDRED — A North Dakota stunt pilot who died while practicing for the Valley City Air Show last week has been laid to rest. Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday for the funeral and burial of 66-year-old Bob Odegaard in Kindred. He was remembered ...
NAS Oceana Air Show - The Virginian-Pilot | Fancy flying over Oceana The Oceana Air Show will fill the Virginia Beach sky with the Blue Angels and terrific tricks this weekend. Friday starts with a 5:30 p.m. Twilight Air Show. Gates open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with flying beginning at 10...
Tri-City Herald photographer wins top award - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | John Klatt with the Air National Guard, foreground, flies the Extra 300L two-seater as his partner Bill Kerns flies the Staudacher S-300D over the Tri-Cities on Thursday as a preview to the air shows this weekend over the Columbia River during the 2011 ...
Fly-in event offers fun - St. George Daily Spectrum | CEDAR CITY — Sphere One Aviation is hosting a fly-in breakfast Saturday with hopes of introducing more people to the world of aviation. Jay Orton with Sphere One said the event will offer sights not often seen in Southern Utah, including aerobatic ...
Air show admission charge waived - Parkersburg News | PARKERSBURG - There will be no admission charge at the Oct. 13-14 Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Air Show. Updating Wood County commissioners Thursday, Donna Rusche, event co-chairman, said the committee has decided it would seek additional ...
Red 10 flies in to meet air cadets - Dartmouth-Today | Following the exciting Red Arrows display at Dartmouth regatta, youngsters from the town along with air cadets from Totnes, Brixham and Torquay had the chance to meet Squadron Leader Mike Ling – the aerobatic's team road manager, codenamed Red 10.
Berlin Airshow Hosts Rival Airbus A380 And Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Manila Bulletin | Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. put their flagship jumbo jets on display this week at the Berlin air show adjacent to the yet-to- be opened airfield. While the gleaming white aircraft are crowd pleasers at any event, they're getting less affection from the ...
Video: Women in Aviation 2012 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
He flew one of the last bombing missions in WW II – Lt. Chuck Rauch was a B-24 navigator from War Tales by Don Moore | Two days before VJ-Day, Japan’s surrender ending World War II, former Lt. Chuck Rauch, of Punta Gorda, Fla. was flying as navigator in an all black B-24 “Liberator” bomber. He was on a night mission to attack shipping at the north end of Ie Shima Island, part of the Japanese home islands. “Two bomb runs [...]
So you want to fly in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress? - Worcester Telegram | Mr. Purple, of Petersham, flew bombers during World War II and has had the opportunity to fly in the planes since the war, but the event will allow others to get to see the planes and, if they are willing to pay the price, take a flight in one of them ...
Giant German Luftwaffe Aircraft Wreck Found? from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Italian researchers claim (with video) to have found wreckage off the Sardinian coast of a huge Messerschmitt-323 Gigant (Giant) of which some 200 examples were built and none of which were thought to have survived the war. The Me-323 spanned 180 feet, was driven by six wing-mounted piston engines, weighed 45 tons, could carry 120 fully equipped men and...
The early B-24 known as “Ol 927″ by travelforaircraft | This Consolidated B-24A Liberator — 
known as "Ol 927" — can be seen in the Cavanaugh Flight Museum and is especially nice to see since it is an early version, prior to models which were equipped with powered nose gun turrets. It is also in flying condition and regularly is taken to air shows and airports where a ride can be purchased...
Newark Air Museum Aviation Amble - BBC News | Participants in the Aviation Amble will be given a guided circular walk along one of the old airfield taxiways, around the perimeter of Newark Air Museum, Southfield Site and the RAF Winthorpe Memorial. The walk is part of the Trent Vale Partnership's ...
Video: Last Flight of the C-133 Cargomaster from The Lexicans | I’m really not that familiar with the Cargomaster but have seen a few in museums. I also didn’t know that in 2008 one had flown...
Greg Marlow’s dream machine: A go-places plane from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are many reasons people chose to build an airplane. Sometimes, it's the challenge of the project, or an attempt to reduce the cost of flying. Other times it's to build a dream machine to handle what would otherwise be a less-than-enjoyable commute. Greg Marlow from Kingsport, Tenn., falls into the last category. He is the proud builder/pilot/owner of an RV-9A. According to Marlow, the decision to build the RV came out of the need for a plane he could use to commute to his Air Force Reserve unit in Charleston, S.C., where he flies the C-17...
Video: Fridays Fabulous Flyers from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Honoring the Heroes of NWA Flight 85.
Nation Says Goodbye to Moonwalker Neil Armstrong from news | LL | http://www.theledger.com | The nation bid farewell Thursday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap onto the moon. The pioneers of space, the powerful of the capital and the everyday public crowded into the Washington National Cathedral for a public interfaith memorial for the very private astronaut.
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Leaders issue Air Force birthday message from Air Force Link Top Stories | Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force: As we celebrate the United States Air Force's 65th birthday, we salute all of the dedicated Airmen who serve or have served in our Nation's youngest and most innovative Service...
Air Races ceremony honors first responders to last year's crash from RGJ.com | The Reno National Championship Air Races gave an emotional thank you to the first responders to last year’s fatal crash on Thursday, recognizing more than a dozen agencies and the hundreds of people who came to the aid of the injured and their...
Videos from today's Reno air race ceremonies honoring first responders from RGJ.com
National Aviation Heritage Invitational Preview | We've updated this post (see comments) with an updated list of this years participants.
Photo Gallery: Wednesday at Reno air races from RGJ.com
Fly high at NAS Oceana air show - Daily Press | This year's lineup includes the popular Blue Angels pilots, tactical demonstrations, and parachute jumps. The event kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Friday and continues at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday, head to the 31st Street Park for a...
Outaouais' Carol Pilon likes nothing better than hanging out on the wing of ... - Ottawa Citizen |
Air show to star World War II-era, aerobatic aircraft - Omaha World-Herald | The annual Fly Iowa air show will be in the Cass County city this year, with about 50 pilots flying vintage and modern airplanes. “We should have a great time,” said Garry Pellett, a local pilot and chairman of the Atlantic Fly Iowa committee. “It ...
Annual pilot's association fly-in is this weekend - Argus Press | OWOSSO — The Owosso Aiport Pilot's Association is having its annual pancake breakfast fly-in Sunday at the Owosso Community Airport, 208 Airport Trail. Breakfast is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, orange ...
Channel Island skies come alive - Channel Television | A stunning display from the Patrouille de France at 13.40 and the Red Arrows wowed the crowds at 16.35. Both displays celebrated Battle of Britain Week - a time to reflect on the courage of the British pilots and aircrew who, against the odds, won the ...
Imperia: a cancellation of the Italian Post Office for the 'Frecce Tricolori' on Saturday ... - Sanremonews | Italian post office participates with a special postmark 2012 edition of "Imperia Air Show," air show scheduled for next Saturday in Imperia. Sponsored by the Lions Club Imperia Tower, the special postmark will be required ...
German exchange pilot brings C-17 for the Berlin 2012 Air Show - DVIDS | Sebastian Demitz, 14th Airlift Squadron pilot Joint Base Charleston, S.C., provides a tour of the C-17 Globemaster III at the Berlin Air Show here Sept. 13, 2012. Demitz is a Luftwaffe (German air force) pilot participating in the Air Force's Military ...
Spanish team Patruila Aguoila, the Swiss PC-7 Team, the Breitling JetTeam, and many other types of aircraft from all over the world...Thunder Over Michigan 2012 - Photos submitted by Frederic Cottin | Our friend is in country from France and he visited the air show in Michigan as one of his stops here in the United States. Thanks again, Frederic, for the submission.
Larry's Look | Flying on WW II B-17 Bomber - WCNC | This particular B-17 was the “star” of the movie “Memphis Belle” and it's ready for flights and tours at Concord Regional Airport. The non-profit Liberty Foundation is bringing the plane to the area this Saturday and Sunday...
Flying legend gets fitting tribute - Grand Forks Herald | He had a way of bringing out the best in others, Kenville said, recalling the time Odegaard kept a wealthy aircraft renovation customer waiting while he visited with a boy at the Fargo Air Museum, which he helped establish. “I'm just a better all...
Skagit Aero's Blog: Fabrication Continues on Bulldog Controls from Antique Airfield News | Despite a lack of updates here on the website, work continues progressing on the Bulldog. It’s been a busy summer with a handful of airshows and other airplanes that need attention, but the one constant here in the maintenance hangar is constant progress on the Hall Springfield Bulldog...
MAAG's Blog: September MAAG meeting this Saturday from Antique Airfield News | Please note our normal meeting day of Sunday has been changed this month to Saturday. MAAG Meeting and Hangar Party | Noon Saturday September 15th...
Thank You to 2012 Fly-In Volunteers from Antique Airfield News | The AAA/APM Fly-in takes a massive effort yearly to prepare for and execute. It is simply not possible for the small full time staff
(4) to accomplish this task. Fortunately we have a loyal and growing number of volunteers who...Video: A-36 Apache engine runs: key.Aero, Historic Aviation from stickandrudderWTO
JATO B-29 from Planeshots
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Webinar- Young Eagles - 20 Years and Growing from eaavideo.org - most recent | Provides an brief overview of the past 20 years and a look forward to the future including best practices and tips for successful Young Eagles flights and rallies.
Young Eagles Flight Rally set for Saturday - Foster's Daily Democrat | SANFORD — Young people ages 8 through 17 will have a chance to take to the skies this Saturday, Sept. 15, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapters 225 and 1210 will host a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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2012 Reno Air Races - Tuesday Report - LiveAirShowTV | Check out LiveAirShowTV's Tuesday Race Report. See who's qualified, and
who's having troubles. One more day of qualifying before racing begins
on Thursday!
Reno Air Races 2012 Begin Wednesday - Flying Magazine | The 2012 Reno Air Races are set to kick off on Wednesday, continuing a nearly 50-year-long tradition that has worked to overcome a number of challenges since the tragic events of last year's competition. Qualifying rounds are currently underway, with ...
Racers ready to roll at Reno Air Races
from RGJ.com by By Guy Clifton | Racing gets under way in earnest at
the Reno National Championship Air Races today, with planes from the
Biplane and Formula One classes starting qualifying heats for
championship Sunday.
Reno Air Races, many fans ready for takeoff a year after horrific crash - Sacramento Bee | The sentiment speaks to the character and personalities of air race enthusiasts, many of whom are pilots, military veterans and students of aviation, Desmon and others said. Desmon is a member of a group of recreational pilots who fly vintage military ...
Golden Knights Seriously Injured in Bicycle Accident from US Army Golden Knights by ddixon | 7:00 a.m. Sunday, September 9, the Black Demonstration Team Leader SFC Howard Sanborn and SGT Jonathan Lopez were hit by a car while bicycling along the shoulder of Highway 63 near La Plata, MO....
Snowbirds dazzle crowd in Germain Park - Sarnia Observer | All eyes were glued to the sky when the legendary Snowbirds aerobatic team roared above Sarnia's Germain Park to much fanfare Tuesday. Close to 1,000 people turned out for the flyby, cheering when the jets zipped past and snapping photos with ...
Snowbirds Tribute To F86 Sabre - BlackburnNews.com | The Canadian Snowbirds roared across Sarnia in a low level fly over early Tuesday afternoon. The aerobatics team paying tribute to the soon-to-be-restored F86 Sabre-Golden Hawk at Germain Park. The 403 wing along with Tourism Sarnia-Lambton hosted ...
North Royalton teen a 'kid reporter' at Cleveland National Air Show - Plain Dealer | Alexis Nieszczur, 16, of North Royalton (center) interviews Lt. Mark Tedrow of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels (left). Nieszczur won a WKYC Channel 3 contest to be a "Kid Reporter" at the Cleveland National Air Show ...
Fly-in draws pilots to Spearfish - Black Hills Pioneer | The Spearfish Fly-in and South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame was held Saturday at Black Hills Aero located at the Black Hills Airport/Clyde Ice Field. For more than a decade, pilots from all over the state have made the trek to the Northern Black Hills ...
Air show helps highlight the value of 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne - News Sentinel | Recently, thousands of Fort Wayne area residents were treated to an amazing and exciting air show hosted by the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard and Fort Wayne International Airport. It was the first local air show in 13 years. Bringing the ...
Martin County Commission OKs 5-year deal for Stuart Air Show - TCPalm | STUART — About 40,000 aviation enthusiasts can look forward to seeing the Stuart Air Show at Witham Field for five more years as a result of an agreement approved Tuesday by the Martin County Commission. After more than an hour of discussion, ...
'It just couldn't be so' - AOPA Pilot | Robert Odegaard, seen with a P-40 Warhawk he flew for the Texas Flying Legends Museum. Photo courtesy Fargo Air Museum. A legend in both airshow and vintage warbird circles, Robert Odegaard died Sept. 7 preparing for a show near his North Dakota ...
The world needs more Bob Hoovers from General Aviation News | This summer at Oshkosh, I was walking along with my daughter Kate, listening to her explain the layout of the AirVenture grounds along with the “have to dos” and the “must sees” to her cousin Nate, who was a first-timer at Oshkosh. The heat that day was almost overwhelming and I was feeling the tops of my ears, flying a loose formation just outside my ball cap, searing in the mid-day sun. I was having visions of a Bob Hoover style big-brimmed straw hat and the shaded relief that it would provide when I noticed a golf cart coming...
World War II B-29 Superfortress To Visit Tulsa Later This Month - News On 6 | Tulsa Air and Space Museum says other World War II era aircraft from the Commemorative Air Force will also be at Tulsa International Airport throughout the weekend. The list includes a North American P-51 Mustang and a Beech C-45 Expediter...
Rare Russian WWII tank killer to fly in Everett - Bellingham Herald | EVERETT - What's believed to be the only flying Ilyushin II-2 Shturmovik - a Russian plane known as a "tank killer" - left in the world will make its U.S. public flying debut this weekend. The World War II-era ground-attack aircraft was built in ...
Ninety Nines return to Warwick - The Warwick Advertiser | WARWICK — This past year Sue Jones, Bev Weintraub and Lorna Mack completed the women pilots' 2012 Air Race Classic, which, crossing 10 states, began in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and finished at Batavia, Ohio. The three are members of the North ...
Strawberry Bitch — Consolidated B-24D Liberator which served in North Africa during WW II by 
travelforaircraft | This B-24 has nickname which carries a notable cachet which has been well described in this article by Daniel P Rice, a pilot of the aircraft....
Young fliers can soar like an eagle in Muscatine
Muscatine Journal | Young fliers can soar like an eagle in Muscatine The Muscatine Journal. 5 hours ago. MUSCATINE, Iowa — Chapter 111 of the Experi-mental Aircraft Association of Muscatine will be conducting a Young Eagles Rally on Sunday, Sept...
Video: Keith Cowing Interviews Astronaut Suni Williams Aboard International Space Station
from Spaceports | SpaceRef's Keith Cowing Interviews Flight Engineer Astronaut Suni Williams on the International Space Station.
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Not Again! Another Brutal Weekend For GA - from Aero-News Network | Three Pilots Lost In Tragic, High-Profile Accidents For the third successive weekend there have been multiple, high-profile fatal accidents -- this time, claiming the lives of three pilots… As previously reported, famed warbird pilot and craftsman, Bob Odegaard -- one of the men responsible for the formation of the Fargo Air Museum and the Fargo AirSho -- was practicing for another weekend airshow when his Super Corsair went down Friday evening. In Borrego Springs, California a member of the USA Advanced Aerobatic Team was killed Saturday when he reportedly jumped from his plane as it was suffering mechanical issues only to have experinced some manner of parachute malfunction or incomplete deployment. And just five hours later, a small plane that Northwest Cable News.com reports was “performing” at a Republican Party Fundraiser crashed, fatally injuring the pilot...
Local Stories: Borrego Springs, CA and Idaho.
Bob Odegaard from Photorecon by Dave Budd | Robert Odegaard was born and raised in Kindred, North Dakota. Bob’s love for aviation started as a child on the family farm where he would watch DC-3s fly overhead. Bob founded and operated Odegaard Aviation, a fixed-base operation and aerial spray firm. He was airport manager for the Kindred airport and was instrumental in building the airpark next to the...
Air show wraps up Sunday - Today's THV | On display is the U.S Navy's most highly-decorated squadron, the Blue Angels. The Blue Angels is the nation's second oldest aerobatic team. They fly in more than 70 shows every year. This air show is packed with some great aircrafts like Fat Albert and...
Crowds meet veterans at air show - FOX16.com | Sunday, the Little Rock Air Show attracted tens of thousands, and while the Blue Angels may be the big draw, they can also connect with veterans who have flown planes into battle. World War II veteran Bill McGinley was shot down in Belgium in his bomber.
Record crowd turns out to see Waukegan Air Show - Lake County News Sun | Article Extras. Story Image. With the famed Canadian Royal Air Force Snowbirds as the main attraction on a comfortable, sunny, fall-like Saturday, this year's air show in Waukegan drew the highest-ever turnout in the show's history, according to its ...
California Capital Airshow final day - Sacramento Bee | Pilot Sean Tucker perform aerobatic flying in the Oracle Challenger II performs at the California Capital Airshow on September 9, 2012 at Mather Field in Rancho Cordova, Calif....
Snapshots - California Capital Air Show, Sept. 8, 2012 - Sacramento Bee
Navy Week to commemorate War of 1812 - Buffalo News | During the weeklong schedule of events, spectators will have a chance to tour the ships, see historical and naval-themed presentations by military personnel, watch Navy "Leap Frogs" parachute from 12,000 feet into locations in Western New York, meet ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Plymouth Air Show reveals another side of flying - Wicked Local | For most of the hundreds of people who attended the air show held Sunday at Plymouth Municipal Airport, flight is exciting. They may think nothing of driving 75 mph down the highway, but if their minivan suddenly lifted 1,000 or more feet into the air ...
Up in the sky with the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team - KTVO | Droves of people from all over came to see the amazing aerobatics at the 5th Annual Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival. "We love it," said Stephen Rutherford, of Bethel, Mo. "Kirksville did a good job this year. Great weather, beautiful weather. Great ...
Flying the Skies for the Virginia Air Show - WHAG | watch video. FRONT ROYAL, VA - The Warren County Airport was proud to host their 5th annual Virginia Air Show and thousands of people grabbed front row to experience the aviation thrill. Hay rides were offered as transportation from and to the airport.
Record-breaking crowds at 21st Southport Air Show (GALLERY) - Liverpool Echo | Tom Owen-Jones, 24, who was among those enjoying the displays from the pier on Saturday, said: “I've been to the Rhyl Air Show before but this was better. “The Red Arrows were breath- taking. The view from the pier was brilliant and we will definitely ...
Red Arrows a dream job for Walsall engineer - expressandstar.com | An engineer from Willenhall has spent the summer flying with the prestigious Red Arrows after landing a job with the world-famous aerobatic team. Corporal Lyndon Picken, aged 30, is part of the back-seat support crew for the team and was involved ...
Duxford 'September show' 8-9-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Had a great time meeting up with 
Neil Fox and Pat from Dublin, along
with Paul and Chris Davies, and the show was 'blessed' with great
weather for a change. Noted during the weekend, The 'Classic wings'
Rapide which caught fire again !! and Mr Weeks was there too. Saw...
GALLERY: Portrush Airshow 2012 - Belfast Newsletter | Thousands of spectators flocked to the north coast at the weekend for the Portrush Airshow. It is understood a number of the Red Arrows aircraft were unavble to take part due to technical faults. This year has been billed the biggest programme of ...
The airshow will not wait for us to cast Sunday at the grass ... - La Voix du Nord | Not far away, the Factory Theatre launches its cultural season. Sunday. The airshow, here in Lens-Bénifontaine with the Patrouille de France, Rafale, two Mirage 2000, the patrol Polish Orlik and always on time Breitling ...
Arrows are thriving in Marina Centre with the show in the afternoon - News Rimini | The sight of the Frecce Tricolori involved the entire coast of Rimini. frecce.jpg. LONDON | 09 September 2012 | 22:43. From 17, the evolution of the aerobatic team held glued his eyes to heaven all Rimini twenty minutes ...
In Hradec CIAF: acrobatics and real salvation patient - Aktuálně.cz | Had its premiere in Hradec Croatian Krilo acrobatic group Oluja with seven propeller machine Pilatus. Interest viewers also focused on the Mig-15 fighters from Poland and Cobra helicopter gunship from the same country. The sky above the airport to Hradec introduced i ...
Berlin air show to give glimpse of delayed airport - Reuters | BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The ILA Berlin Air Show this week will bring some long-awaited action to the city's new airport, a source of embarrassment to Germany's capital following multiple delays to its opening. A spotless new runway, so far unused ...
Reno Air Races make emotional return this week from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |Beginning
this week, the Reno Air Races — now dubbed the TravelNevada.com Reno
National Championship Air Races — will return to northern Nevada for the
49th annual event. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12, planes will once
again return to the Sierra skies in a world-class, week-long event
featuring six classes of aircraft in a head-to-head competition
culminating in a race for the Breitling Unlimited Championship trophy.
The event...
'The Bear' is back with the crowd at Reno Air Races from RGJ.com by By Guy Clifton | In recent
years, fans at the Reno National Championship Air Races have mostly seen the popular Unlimited Class racer Rare Bear from a distance...
Photo gallery: The final day of the 2012 Great Reno Balloon Race from RGJ.com | Wind may have cancelled today's competition, but veteran Great Reno Balloon Race photographer Marilyn Newton has pictures of dawn patrol and other events of the day, including winners.
World War II Veteran Visits Plane He Repaired - Patch.com | The Joliet resident, who is 95 years old, ended up at Lewis Airport to see the B-17 after his daughter Sandy Gerrettie and her husband, Joe Gerrettie saw it flying in the sky. "We saw the plane in the sky, Joe and I and I said, 'dad would absolutely ...
Sentimental Journey Acts as Time Machine for the Young and Old - KFBB NewsChannel 5 | Five year old Izaak Munski may not know anything about World War II, or the important role a B-17 played during its hay day, but he does know that it's one cool airplane and he gets to share this experience with his grandfather. Ken Munski, Izaak's ...
Lancaster Bomber's low-flying visit - The Press, York | Ian Richardson, of the Yorkshire Air Museum, said crowds had enjoyed the firing up of some the vintage aircraft's engines before the parade, which included the standards of the RAF Association and the Royal Observer Corps Association. He said: “We had ...
B-29 to debut at Air & Space Museum, 70 years after first flight - Omaha World-Herald | Strategic Air & Space Museum officials are throwing a 70th birthday party for an old warhorse that needed six years to get ready for inspection. The museum will unveil one of the world's last surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in a special event at ...
Troop Carrier Wing kept MacArthur’s ‘island hopping’ going – Sgt. Harold Hayden was a flight engineer on a C-47 from War Tales by Don Moore | Harold Hayden of Punta Gorda, Fla. was a flight engineer aboard a C-47 twin-engine transport plane attached to Troop Carrier Wing 322, 374th Group, 24th Squadron, part of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. Hayden and his unit flew troops, fuel, ammunition and food all over the Pacific. He [...]
World War II paratrooper mourns the demise of a Gooney Bird from War Tales by Don Moore | A week or so ago (September 2005), I wrote a couple of columns about an ancient C-47 twin-engine transport plane sitting on the tarmac at Charlotte County Airport with its wings off and its engines gone. Come to find out, the World War II airplane flew on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and dropped members of [...]
Female pilots few, but proud - JDN News | On May 22, 1912, 1st Lt. Alfred Cunningham reported to Annapolis, Md., for duty, marking the birth of Marine Corps aviation. It was another 81 years, in 1993, before 2nd Lt. Sarah Deal was selected as the first female Marine to attend Naval aviation training. Deal paved the way for the hundreds of female Marines who have since followed — Marines like Capt. Andrea Neagle. As a...
Missing man formation honors lost Mississippians - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | A Huey helicopter, flown by Army Aviation Heritage Foundation members, dropped gallons of rose petals over 104 American flags. The flags represented the 104 Mississippi men and women who have died in war or from acts of terrorism since 1991.
Alaska Aviation Living Legend: Harold Esmailka - Alaska Dispatch | Aviation plays an undeniable role in Alaska life; Alaska's aviators are the lifeline to more than 80 percent of the state's communities. With this in mind, the Living Legends of Alaska Aviation project celebrates the contributions long-time aviators ...
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The aviation community remembers Bob Odegaard - WDAY | Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- It shocked the aviation community -- the creator of the Fargo air-museum and air-show, dies in a plane crash. The famed pilot is 66-year-old Bob Odegaard.
Bob Odegaard – A Tribute to a World Class Builder, Pilot and a Friend from Photorecon by Joe Kates | Robert Odegaard was born and raised in Kindred, North Dakota. Bob’s love for aviation started as a child on the family farm where he would watch DC-3s fly overhead. Bob founded and operated Odegaard Aviation, a fixed-base operation and aerial spray firm. He was airport manager for the Kindred airport and was instrumental in building the airpark next to the...
A memorial to a truly great aviator, Bob Odegaard from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | I've only met Bob Odegaard one time, but that's all it took to know this was one of the aviation family's most accomplished aviators. We all should strive to be the kind of pilot he was, a humble but focused man who never met another pilot who was not his instant friend. And on Friday, September 7, 2012, in a crash as he practiced for an air show in Valley City, ND, the life of this wonderful pilot and generous human being was cut short at the young age of 66....
Mechanics of the Blues: The Navy flying squad's elite ground team - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels ground team is so big that new technicians like Jennifer Baatstad never have to look far for help on a maintenance problem. Her colleagues include: • Crew chiefs: Fifteen maintenance technicians who are assigned directly to various pilots.
Jacksonville Air Show - Today's THV | JACKSONVILLE Ark.; (KTHV)--A big production in Jacksonville this weekend, it's the Air Show at the Little Rock Air Force Base. Hundreds of thousands of people coming out to see the show, it only happens once every two years. This year the blue angels ...
'Bird strike' cuts Red Arrows short - U.TV | As the annual airshow got underway at West Bay on Saturday, he said: "The Portrush Air Show gives us a good opportunity to test the capability of using unmanned drones for aerial reconnaissance during large scale incidents. "For the first time ever we ...
Tupelo airshow brings together the young and old - WTVA | Tupelo airshow brings together the young and old. Video; Images. Aviation history on display at air show. Aviation Expo
Video: Mixmaster P-51 'Precious Metal' Looking Very Precious! (Air To Air) from AirPigz by Martt | 
Here's a great video (with some awesome stills thrown in) of Thom Richard and Precious Metal
stopping off for some camera time with Scott Slocum. Precious Metal is
now at Reno preparing for racing next week after a year of several
improvements including an amazing prop upgrade. Given that this P-51 is
powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon and spins two counter-rotating props, and upgraded prop is a pretty big deal!...
All Women Air Race Classic - 2012 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy GaleYou'll have to go to Youtube via a computer to see this video of All Women Air Race Classic - 2012
Italian couple attends first Stearman Fly-In - Galesburg Register-Mail | Simona Balestri, 44, left, and Piero Angiolillo, 52, both of Italy, embrace as they laugh outside of the National Stearman headquarters office Friday as they tour the facilities, mingle with fellow Stearman pilots and wait for planes to fly at the ...
The return of the tricolor arrows in the sky of the Riviera di Ponente on 15 and 16 September - PuntoAlbenga | ALBENGA - The skies of the Riviera di Ponente are again ready to tinged with green, white and red with the Frecce Tricolori. Albenga and Imperia, in fact, started the countdown to the highly anticipated "Air show" to be held on 15 and ...
Wambach to fly in an F-15 - KRTV Great Falls News | She's won gold medals and played for world cup titles and on Tuesday, Abby Wambach will receive another thrill as she flies in an F-15...
Vintage WWII planes visit Connecticut on history tour - Examiner.com | "Nine-O-Nine" is the massive B-17 Flying Fortress on the tour. It has a 103-foot wingspan and is outfitted with four machine gun positions, including two "ball turrets" where gunners sat inside a glass ball and fired at enemy planes. The Flying ...
Life-long passion takes Clearfield man to the skies - Clearfield Progress | Piper hired the trio while business was booming in 1946, Berry said, and their motivation for working there was an employees-only aviation club. "It took a couple of weeks but we got into the club," said Berry. "They had a big hangar and an office area.
Yves Rossy: Jetman flies with Spitfire MH434 in Switzerland - Daily Mail | ... time to flight and experimented with all its forms', creating a harness with inflatable wing panels that he subsequently developed into a rigid wing with four engines. Spitfire pilot Lamb is well known for flying in the Red Bull Air Race World ...
Shuttle Endeavour to get one last piggyback ride across US - NBCNews.com | NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will embark on a three-day journey by air this month that will take it from coast to coast on a mission to become a museum display. The space agency on Friday revealed Endeavour's final flight plan, announcing the route ...
