Fleet Week - more than Blue Angels - San Francisco Chronicle | More than a million people will look to the sky this weekend to watch the Blue Angels perform as part of San Francisco's 31st Fleet Week, yet many won't realize the event's full mission. As well as honoring the men and women of our uniformed services ...
Kaneohe Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii: Slideshow - Bizjournals.com | The 2012 Kaneohe Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii drew some 100,000 people to the base over the weekend to see the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform aerial maneuvers over Kaneohe Bay in their F/A-18 Hornet ...
Jacksonville Journal: Sea & Sky planning set for Oct. 19-21 - Florida Times-Union | A public forum to discuss preparations for the Sea & Sky Spectacular Air Show on Oct. 19-21 in Jacksonville Beach will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers at City Hall at 11 Third Street N. The air show features flight demonstrations by ...
Flying ace with Air Force - Le Nouvel Observateur | For more than a year, the team members of the Patrouille de France have agreed to be monitored by television cameras. This allows the business to 
discover the stunning flying acrobats, who are among the best in the army of ...
Airshow 'better attended' than 2011 - Times of Malta | Despite the absence of the Red Arrows, more people turned up at this year's edition of the Malta International Airshow than last year, according to organiser Joe Ciliberti. Although he did not as yet have the numbers in hand, he said indications were ...
U.S. Sport Aviation Expo Adds Twilight Air Shows, Online Ticket Sales from Aero-News Network | Team RV To Perform On Friday And Saturday The 9th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo will kick off on January 17 at the Sebring Regional Airport with several changes offering an enhanced experience for both exhibitors and visitors, including twilight air shows by Team RV on Friday and Saturday evening.
SteadFast Unlimited Air Racing from Photorecon by Matt Shinavar | Will Whiteside is a familiar face and name around the Reno pits. Whether it’s the varieties of planes he’s raced over the last couple
years or his warm personality and seemingly permanent smile on his
sunglasses-clad face. Once the Voodoo race team disbanded after the 2011
races, along with the overall uncertainty in the future of air racing
at Reno,...
Gone West: Former SAC Commander Gen. Bennie L. Davis from Aero-News Network | Had Been A Command Pilot With Over 9,000 Hours In His Logbook Retired Gen. Bennie L. Davis, former commander in chief of Strategic Air Command and director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, NE, died Sept. 23 in Georgetown, Texas. He was 84 years-old.
Warbirds Over Apple Valley from TAKEOFF TUBE | This video was produced during the 2011 Apple Valley Air Show held at the Apple Valley Airport. The warbirds you see in this video are from the Planes of Fame Air Museum located at the Chino Airport in Chino, CA. We were able to get...
Poll: Should Goodyear Still Call Their New Zeppelin NT Airships 'Blimps'? from AirPigz by Martt | The reviving of the relationship between the Goodyear company and the Zeppelin company is truly remarkable, as is the thoroughly modernized Zeppelin NT, or 'New 'Technology' airship, first flown in 1997. It's even more interesting that Goodyear will be replacing all of their iconic blimps with Zeppelin NT's in the coming years. The first assembly work begins in January 2013 in Akron Ohio and it appears that they expect the first of the new airships to be operating in early 2014...
Aero-Scam: 'Air Combat' Industry Fighting Fraud (Part 1) - Aero News Network | Yet Another 'Crook' Makes Aviation Look Bad.... | ANN has been poring through some troubling info gathered over a number of days.... info that has taken on voluminous and dangerous proportions. Based on a tip from "Aviation Criminal's" Kristy Graham, ANN has uncovered dozens of online offers on various "Daily Deal" websites purporting to offer exciting simulated 'Air Combat' experiences of the kind pioneered by a number of highly regarded companies that have been doing so safely and responsibly for quite a few years....
Aviation Universe WebStore from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Has Arrived! | To get to Aviation Universe you once had to Fly into O'Hare, and travel to the west side of the airport, about 10 minutes away. Now you can shop from your home and still get the personal touch...
Skydiver Aims to Break Sound Barrier in Free Fall from news | LL | http://www.theledger.com | His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage. And, yes, he could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles...
Author to speak on Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Daily Press | The main author, Allan McDonald, was one of those engineers at Morton-Thiokol Inc. and director of the company's space shuttle solid rocket motor project. McDonald will speak on the Challenger debacle at NASA's Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton at ...
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AC air show to return for 9th year - Shore News Today | ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic City Air Show Thunder Over the Boardwalk will return for a ninth year Wednesday, Aug. 17. “This year, the US Air Force ...
Portrayal of Pearl Harbor featured at SC air show - ABC NEWS 4 | A portrayal of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be part of the annual air show at Charleston ...
Greg Poe – WOW! : Moose Peterson's Website by Moose | Next Previous. Picture 1 of 20 | Toggle. Loading. Last Sept at the Reno Air Races, I was very fortunate to be asked along on a editorial shoot with my bud and aviation mentor Richard of world famous. Recent Blog Posts · Greg Poe – WOW! ...
“Winter Training” in the warmth of Florida from US Army Golden Knights | People often ask why do the Golden Knights call Winter Training, “Winter Training”. Are you training in the cold? No, not really. Are you training in the snow? No thank you. So why, “Winter Training”. We actually train in areas known for sunny skies and warm weather while the rest of the country is enduring [...]
Almanac: The Wright Brothers - Video from CBS Morning News
January 30th, 1948 was the day Orville Wright died of a heart attack at the age of 76. His moment of truth came on December 17th, 1903 when the "Wright Flyer" finally flew.
Wright Bros. relative looks to the future - Cincinnati.com | If she has her way, Ohio will tout its aerospace expertise at the prestigious Paris Air Show in June. She's also working to land a retired space shuttle in ...
Western Museum of Flight - Aviation Museum
Celebrity Lecture Series, February 19 - 11 am, Lt Col Tony Marshall, Shotdown over NorthVietnam in an F-4J Phantom, Marshall describes the ordeal of captivity. ...
The National Museum Of The U.S. Air Force from AirPigz
The first ever AirPigz Air Force Museum meet-up was a great success. A total of 9 people participated on one day or the other from Friday January 28th thru Sunday the 30th. The informal format of the gathering meant that everyone was free to do as they pleased, but gathering together for lunch and even dinner in the evening made for great hangar flying conversations. More AirPigz avgeek meet-ups will definitely be planned in the future. The following is just a quick glance at some of the aircraft seen over ...
Japanese warbirds - x planes
Flying hero's relatives sought by Dutch museum - Rye and Battle Today
On July 24 1942, an RAF aeroplane was shot down over Geffen, killing all the crew, including Ernest Charles Isted, who is believed to be from Ashburnham or ...
Aircrafts at war before WWI - Rulers of the Sky | As soon as the aircraft’s began achieving stable flights, the armies of many countries formed an idea of the use of aircraft for observation purposes. But there was still much to be improved upon. Because of limitations of the engine power of the time, the effective payload of aircraft was extremely limited. In August 1910 Jacob Earl Fickel did the first experimenting with ...
Famous Aircraft – Part 2: Messerschmitt 109 (ME-109) - City of Polymedia | The ME-109 was a German World War 2 fighter aircraft, designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser in the mid to late 1930′s. It was one of the first truly modern fighters of the era, including such features as a full metal construction, closed canopy, retractable landing gear and was powered by a liquid cooled, invereted-V12 engine. ...
You like airplanes, too?
The Red Arrows go gear-up at the start of their demo at the 2007...
Great shot of this RAF Red Arrow pilot flying low overhead....
One of my favorites, the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk comes in to grab a...
F-15E pilot selected to receive Jabara Award from Air Force Link Top Stories | An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and 2004 graduate of the Air Force Academy was selected Jan. 25 to receive the 2011 Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship. Capt. Michael Polidor, a member of Air Force Global Strike Command, distinguished himself through heroic actions in an Operation Enduring Freedom sortie supporting U.S. and Afghan ground forces. ...
Boeing Employee Wins Stinson Award from Aviation Today | Nelda K. Lee, a test engineer at Boeing’s facility in St. Louis, is the recipient of the National Aeronautic Association’s 2010 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson award...
Air Force officials give Civil Air Patrol a technology boost from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | When Air Forces Northern officials need an aircrew to fly a search and rescue mission, run counterdrug support or play the bad guy, they frequently call on the members of the Civil Air Patrol, who are always more than eager to lend a helping hand. ...
Flying Wild Alaska interview (via polypoke) from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | Flying Wild Alaska interview Those of you who have been watching Flying Wild Alaska on the Discovery Channel on Friday nights might get a kick out of this. Era Alaska pilot Doug Doherty did an audio interview with the folks at the new site called Oddballpilot.com. Doug is the pilot-in-command of the Beech 1900D that transported the dynamite tipped spears for the folks on St. Lawrence Island in episode #3. Oddballpilot.com is run by a friend of mine and former ACES Studios t …
P-51 Mustang Radiator Covers - P51 Models | This is one fine piece of exquisite under-the-hood artwork! SSInserts has come up with this new exclusive product for 1999-2009 Mustang that features a custom painted mural of the P-51 war bird. This is a hand painted airbrush product, not computer generated print. ...
Teen makes her first flight - Daily Commercial | Once he learned about the Leesburg Chapter 534 of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, geared to introduce 8- to-17-year-olds to ...
A big V-2 history post from The Original Rocket Dungeon | The images below document a V-2 launch circa 1950. They were part of an article in the October 1950 issue of National Geographic, which was written by Clyde T. Holliday. Mr. Holliday was an employee of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab under contract to the Navy. ...
Top 5 must watch movies for military aviation enthusiasts from Defence Aviation
Movie Monday - January 31 - Flight Testing Shuttle Columbia from FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis | This final week of January and early February offer somber reminders of the incredible risk astronauts have taken to participate in the manned exploration of space and their sacrifice in the line of duty to America's space program. ...
Smithsonian Considers Display of Challenger, Columbia Shuttle Debris - Space.com | The Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum may incorporate debris from space shuttles ...
NASA's Space Shuttle – From Top to Bottom from SPACE.com
NASA's space shuttles are amazing flying machines. They launch like rocket, land like airplanes and then hit the hangar for a pit stop before turning around and doing it again. ...
Cadets honor Challenger's memory from Air Force Link Top Stories | On the surface, it was a reveille ceremony like any other. Cadets were lined up in formation waiting for the first note to sound. The honor guard was in place, prepared to hoist the flag, and a bugler was standing by, waiting for his queue. ...
More Challenger Tributes are here.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
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Celebrate 100 Years of Naval Aviation! - Navy Compass | Take advantage of this opportunity to see the world's finest aircraft up close, talk with aviators and aircrew personnel, and honor naval aviation heritage ...
Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums
Selfridge Air Show to Fly Again This Year - Patch | Selfridge Air National Guard Base will hold its biennial Air Show and Open House on Aug 20-21. By Edward Cardenas | Email the author | 12:52pm Attendees to ...
Stunts in the sky at 62 - Bangalore Mirror | The Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team has performed at various aviation and motor sport events and contests. Besides enthralling thousands of spectators worldwide ...
Aerobatic pilots prepare for air show season - Historic City News | ... and airport users can expect increased flight activity, from now through the end of April, as “aerobatic pilots” prepare for the 2011 Air Show Season. ...
NAS Conducts Mock Disaster Drill - WTOK | The Navy's Blue Angels perform at an air show at Meridian Naval Air Station every few years. The mock disaster drill Thursday included something going ...
Beriev Be-12-200 Chayka at Moscow Air Show 2001 from Planeshots
Expanded offerings highlight EAA's Hops & Props fundraiser on March 5 - Oshkosh Northwestern | The festivities will be held from 6:30 pm to 10 pm at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. More than 250 extraordinary beverages are available from ...
You've heard of Earhart, have you heard of Hart? from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Akron aviator Beryl Gwyn Hart took the world by storm in the 1930s. The vivacious redhead won international fame for attempting the first commercial trans-Atlantic airplane flight. Hart didn't achieve the glory of colleague Amelia Earhart, but she did meet a similar fate. Both pilots are still missing. ...
Check out airplane nose art at Historic Flight Foundation - HeraldNet | The B-25 Mitchell is a medium-sized bomber nicknamed Grumpy because the nose art was the likeness of one of the seven dwarfs from Disney's “Snow White,” ...
Bracelet provides answers to McAdoo WWII serviceman's death - Standard Speaker | Stephen A. Payer was 19 when he died, shot down in a B-17 bomber as it flew outside of Berlin, Germany. The Payers never received complete details about ...
Nakajima Ki-27 “Nate” from Travel for Aircraft | The Nate was a modern fighter design in the 1930s and rapidly became outdated by 1940 when it was largely retired by the Imperial Japanese Army except for pilot training. In its day it was sleek with an enclosed cockpit and single wing. Not fast, it was agile and enjoyed success against Russian aircraft during the invasion of Manchuria by Japan. ...
Museum Prepares to Take Flight with New Exhibit - Patch | The rebuilt Wiseman-Cooke aeroplane of 1911, now owned and displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in ...
The First Successful Combat Drops of Laser-Guided Bombs from Aviation Trivia of the Day | By 1972 President Richard Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" was underway as the bulk of responsibility for the defense of South Vietnam transferred from US forces to the South Vietnamese military. Nearly the bulk of US forces in Vietnam had already departed and the Seventh Air Force had already sent half of its combat aircraft back stateside. Only two aircraft carriers remained in the Gulf of Tonkin. The North Vietnamese saw the opportunity to ...
Today in Aviation History – January 28 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
Kelly McHugh: Ditching Over the Gulf of Mexico from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Kelly McHugh was flying a Piper Jetprop P46T at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico on December 4, 2010, when the engine started to lose power. He was more than an hour from shore with three other men aboard, and, one way or another, they were all about to get wet. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with McHugh to hear the story of the ditching. ...
Air Force officials announce NASCAR sponsorship for 2011 from Air Force Link Top Stories | Air Force recruiting officials announced Jan. 21 that they are renewing the NASCAR partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports and the No. 43 car for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. ...
Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage? - Gizmodo | A few days ago, China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an air force training exercise conducted on January 23. From the looks of things, they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun. The clips in question were reportedly aired during the News Broadcast program on China Central Television, the major state television broadcast company. They supposedly showed a J-10 fighter firing a missile at another aircraft during a practice exercise. ...
Jannus Historic Marker Unveiling Party - Tampabay.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will also invite students ages 8-17 to join the Young Eagles program for a chance to fly free. ...
Senator Nelson Speaks About Space and the 25th Challenger Anniversary from Spaceports | US Senator Bill Nelson (-Fla)talks about the Space Shuttle Challenger 25th anniversary and the future of U.S. space exploration and space policy. ...
All of today's Challenger Tributes are here.
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Fact or fable: hunt is on for buried Spitfires - The Australian | IT'S the Lasseter's Reef of warbirds -- a rumoured stash of mint-condition Spitfires hidden underground in rural Queensland. Many have searched for the legendary British fighters, reportedly still in their crates and hidden since the end of the World War II around the Queensland town of Oakey, but so far nobody has been able to lay claim to what would be a multi-million-dollar find. They are the remnants of 656 Mark V and Mark VIII Spitfires that were delivered to the RAAF during the war. RAAF records show that …
CLAYTON > Fair and air show money given to charities - St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Dick Hrabko, who had served as the air show's president for many years, attended Wednesday's event. "The air show made money every year and never had a ...
Living Legends Honors Outstanding Individuals from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Chairman of the Board Tom Poberezny and his wife Sharon were in California last weekend to participate in the 8th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. There are 70 "Living Legends of Aviation," who have been recognized for their outstanding achievements to aviation. …
Authors convene at 2011 WAI Conference - from GA News | Aviation authors and their devoted readers will get a chance to talk during the 22nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which will be held Feb. 24-26, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. “Both the authors and our ...
Women of Aviation Worldwide Community | Want to fly? | Would you like to know what it feels like to fly in an airplane? During Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, pilots around the world are offering to take girls and women, who have never flown in a small airplane, on a short flight. To …
Balancing Excitement and Risk - Aviation Blogs from www.flightschoollist.com | Last week, I had my first introduction to the Lancair 360. And it was quite a flight. In the left seat was Ultimate Air Race and stunt pilot Dave Riggs. We met up with two other 360 pilots for some formation flying and air race practice. If you haven’t heard about Ultimate Air Race Championship (UARC), you’re probably not alone. The race had its inauguration in China last fall with more than 500,000 spectators and 850 Million television viewers. A combination of the Red Bull Air Races and the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev., UARC is a low altitude, high-speed, semi-aerobatic race with several aircraft duking it out on a tight pylon course. …
Rare flight for A-26 at Lyon Air Museum from General Aviation News | The Douglas A-26 Invader “Feeding Frenzy” attack bomber aircraft, a highlight of Lyon Air Museum’s collection, will rumble out of the museum’s hangar at John Wayne Airport in Southern California, roar down the runway and take to the air at noon on “A-26 Day,” Sat., Feb. 12, weather permitting. …
Great old photo of a Vought F4U Corsair shortly before catching... from You like airplanes, too?
C. R. Smith Museum celebrates 100 years of black aviation from General Aviation News | American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum hosts a “Celebration of 100 Years of Black Aviation” with special presentations by Donald Elder, an original member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, and C. B. Rice, a historian and author. The Jan. 29 event at the Dallas-area museum is a kick-off for Black History Month in February. …
Little Boy and The Story of the First Atomic Bomb from Aviation Earth | 65 years ago, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress helped bring the Second World War to an end with a stunning blow. Its ‘Little Boy’ cargo would show man at his most destructive. The physicist Albert Einstein first hinted at the potential use of atomic weapons in a letter (co-drafted with Hungarian physicist, Leó Szilárd) to the [...]
“With no self-starting apparatus on the Nick, two men... from x planes | … This version in the photograph is carrying a nose-mounted 37mm Type 98 tank gun. Although the Nick was only able to accommodate 16 rounds and fire at a rate of about 3 rounds per minute, it became a lethal weapon in the hands of several Japanese pilots when faced with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress over Japan. In the words of Isamu Kashiide: …
Video: Nimrod Destruction on BBC | The seventh 'Most watched/listened' story on the BBC website right now is Nimrod scrapping condemned as 'barbaric vandalism' with graphic shots of Nimrod airframes literally smashed up. Along with the top story is running an interview with Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason (retired) who wrote a letter to the Telegraph with five other ex-defense chiefs: Nimrod decision 'leaves gaps in UK defence'.
"Pilot" stories come to life in digital edition - Aviation eBrief | Vote on the quirkiest airport in the United States, fly through Canada on an arctic adventure, and see what it's like to loop and roll your way to becoming a better pilot. The interactive polls and video content are embedded in the new digital edition of "AOPA Pilot." Watch the videos and take the polls and …
Force Recon Marines perform parachute training with SEALs, pararescuemen – Military Photos
Photo essay: Whiteman's T-38 Talons get ready for flight from Air Force Link Top Stories | Crew chiefs and maintainers perform final preflight checks on the T-38 Talon high-altitude supersonic trainer here Jan. 26. The T-38 is used by pilots to conduct sorties and accumulate flight hours and training time. View the slideshow.
T-38 Talons ready for flight from AF.mil Photos | Maintainers and crew chiefs prepare several T-38 Talons for takeoff Jan. 26, 2011, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)
Airspeed: Flying the Black Rocket: The Northrop T-38 Talon from airspeedonline.blogspot.com | I've loved the Northrop T-38 for years. Born in the cauldron of the F-5 Freedom Fighter program in the late 1950s, it has since trained more than 50,000 military jet pilots throughout the world. It's sleek and pointy and fast (Mach 1.3 capable). It's the advanced jet trainer for the US Air Force. And it's also the companion trainer for many of the Air Force's most amazing aircraft…
Here's to many more: Woman's 103rd birthday celebrated up in the air - Redding Record Searchlight | A Redding woman and her son celebrated her 103rd birthday Wednesday with a flight over the city. Marion Paul and her 73-year-old son, Wayne, were treated to a helicopter ride around Redding as part of her birthday celebration. …
Remembering Challenger - 25 years later from The Original Rocket Dungeon
Day of Remembrance from RLV and Space Transport News | Today is the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire and tomorrow will be the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Next Tuesday, February 1st, will mark eight years since the loss of Columbia. NASA has set January 27th each year as the official Day of Remembrance for these tragedies as well as for the loss of other astronauts who died in the course of their work. …
Will Human Spaceflight Ever Truly Be Safe? from SPACE.com | The dangers of human spaceflight takes center stage this week, but just how risky is flying in space?
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Cleveland National Air Show wows crowds with old, new craft in air, on ground - Plain Dealer
Cleveland National Air Show 2010 - Cleveland - 09/04/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Torontoist from Steve Kupferman
After being canceled due to high winds on Saturday, the Canadian International Air Show went off as planned on Sunday.
Danny Robson, an older man wearing a Blue Angels baseball cap, was standing on a pier next to the Billy Bishop Airport ferry ramp, amidst a crowd of perhaps fifty other people (families, couples, and the odd lone curiosity-seeker). He was gazing at distant planes through a pair of binoculars. ...
CNE Air show 2010 - blogTO
This year's air show didn't have as diverse of a lineup as in previous years (2009 showcased the F-22 Raptor and the Blue Angels) but was still a thrill to ...
2010 Canadian International Air Show by Staff
Saturday's extreme weather caused the cancellation of the first day of the 2010 Canadian International Air Show after only one plane took flight for eager crowds. Show organizers were pleased to see a much calmer Sunday forecast, which meant that the pilots were able to take to the skies and strut their stuff.
Runway Theater from Antique Airfield News
Airplanes Under the Stars from Antique Airfield News
Marion Fly-In/Cruise-In 2010 - Warbirds and Airshows
This was the 20th edition of this event as a fundraiser for the Marion High School Marching Band and was another great success as in the past with several great warbirds. The high cross winds kept the number of fly-in aircraft to a minimum but as you can see a good selection of warbirds turned out to support the event in spite of the weather.
Waynesville OH Airshow 2010 - Warbirds and Airshows
Discovery is good when one finds an air show in the local area that has been going on for 12 years previous and one didn't know about it. The 13th Annual Red Stewart Airfield Airshow south-west of Dayton, OH was a great family event with lots of homegrown aerobatics for everyone and the first one I have been to. I only discovered it earlier in the week of the event in searching for a show relatively close to home that would have some warbirds flying. This event fit the requirements with WWII era Boeing Stearman and North American T-6 trainers flying aerobatic and wing walking routines. The show was free to the public and had an excellent old time airshow feel will a grass field and lots of varied aerobatics routines.
Watsonville Fly-in & Air Show 2010 - Watsonville - 09/03/10
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Oelwein Airshow is Sept. 11
Cedar Valley Daily Times
OELWEIN — The Oelwein Municipal Airport is sponsoring an Airshow on Saturday, Sept. 11 starting at 11 am A fly-in breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 am ...
Air Show Makes Wishes Come True - WOWT | It's the Omahawks 2010 Radio Control Air Show. Airplanes performed all kinds of flips and turns to wow the crowd, but also to raise money for a very worthy ...
The Reno Air Races! by FocusedWeb.com
The Reno Air Races, also known as the National Championship Air Races, is the world's longest running air race and features five days of air racing among six classes of aircraft. They race on oval courses which range between about 3 ...
16TH ANNUAL WICKENBURG FLY-IN & CLASSIC CAR SHOW Saturday, October 9, 2010 - Wickenburg Municipal Airport
The Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce, Town of Wickenburg, Wickenburg Airport Advisory Commission, Experimental Aircraft Association “Wickenburg Dust Devils” Chapter 883, and Master Aircraft Services, are proud to co-sponsor the 16th Annual Aircraft Fly-In & Classic Car Show on Saturday, October 9 at the Municipal Airport/Wellik Field off Highway 60. ...
LAA sticks to the basics from Unicom
The 'It's not the LAA Rally' took place last weekend and I have to say it was a great little event.
With something like 800 aircraft flying in and three marquees of trade stands the event managed to combine a social event with a show that didn't take itself too seriously. ...
EAA AirVenture 2010 - Oshkosh - 07/26/10 from FenceCheck Forums
100 Free Days Out: Discover the History of Aviation - RAF Museums ... by John Oyston
This is not just a place to look, special exhibitions, films, interactive exhibits, engines, missiles, simulator rides combine to provide a fascinating insight into aviation history 20th century aviation started with the Wright brothers ...
Dragonfly, A Personal Helicopter Powered By Rockets from Aviation Blogs
A personal helicopter powered by rockets. That sounds awesome, right? I mean, that’s like the same level as predator robots created by aliens who happen to be zombies dreaming a dream within a dream. The Dragonfly’s description, of course, sounds much more menacing than it actually is – not that it isn’t a pretty special rotorcraft all on its own. ...
Boeing's 747 LCF: The Ugliest Airplane in the World. Maybe. - Boeinglcf
Today's Wall Street Journal carries a page-one article about the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter
Challenger Tribute from Welcome!
In the spring of 2010, Belgian composer Bruno Misonne set forth on a musical mission: to bring the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to a new generation.
