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Cocoa Beach Air Show streaks across the sky this weekend - 13 News | COCOA BEACH -- The Space Coast is gearing up for big crowds and big money as an annual event returns to Coca Beach.  The 2011 Cocoa Beach Air Show runs Saturday and Sunday at Lori Wilson Park, but there's also a preview event at noon Friday.  Tourism leaders expect 80,000 people to flock to the Space Coast for the annual air show and pump $3 million to $4 million into the local economy.  Officials on the Space Coast said...

Rob Holland New Aerobatic Champ - PacificFlyer | Aerobatic pilot and airshow performer Rob Holland is the new United States Unlimited National Champion after his recent performance at the North Texas Regional Airport inSherman/Denison, Texas.  Despite only a few days of practice in his new aerobatic aircraft, the MXS-RH, Holland won the Four-Minute Freestyle competition at the 2011 World Aerobatic Championships in Foligno Italy, August 31- September 11....

Florida Air Museum begins expansion - General Aviation News | The Florida Air Museum (FAM) at Sun ’n Fun has begun construction on a 4,000-square-foot addition to the Tom Davis Educational Center that will provide additional space and facilities for FAM’s programs and activities. The new addition will be called the Piedmont Hangar Aerospace & Technology Lab, taking its...

Mustang Gathering At Nut Tree - PacificFlyer | Seven P-51 Mustangs just barely outnumbered a good showing of six smaller- scale Thunder Mustangs at the Third Annual Mustang Days - renamed from Mustang Gathering - held October 8th in Vacaville at the Nut Tree Airport.  The airport, in Solano County, is located about one hour northeast of San Francisco.  Hosted by the Travis Air Museum and...

Big Boys With Big Toys - PacificFlyer | The Red Star PilotsÕ Association conducted Desert Thunder VII last month at Jackie Cochran Airport (KTRM)in Theremal, Calif.  Desert Thunder is an annual training program for general aviation pilots who want to learn to fly tactical formation, low level navigation routes and attack mock targets.  All participating pilots...

Edwards AFB Celebrates 60th - PacificFlyer | It's been said that if you want to see what the Air Force will look like tomorrow, look at the ramp at Edwards Air Force Base today.  The Air Force Flight Test Center celebrated its 60th anniversary Oct. 14, still pushing the boundaries of flight through ingenuity and innovation.  Established in 1951, the center celebrated its extensive history...

Aquila — this early eagle hardly soared - Travel for Aircraft | The Vietnam War saw the introduction of laser guided smart bombs which met with great success. The small UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was also researched for designating targets on the battlefield which was much less than successful. Back in the day a UAV was known as an RPV (Remotely Piloted Vehicle).  The concept began with DARPA and was handed off to Ford Aerospace once the concept had proven its promise. The U.S. Army ultimately awarded the development contract to Lockheed where poor project management...

Historic battle: Air Force and B-36 vs. Navy and carrier aviation - Sky Talk | Just run across a fascinating piece from the current issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's Naval History Magazine on the internal Department of Defense political battles between the Air Force and the Navy circa 1949 over the future of Naval aviation.  The article should be of special interest in and around Fort Worth given the role in it of the Convair B-36 bomber, which the relatively...

Mathew Coombs Friday Fabulous Flyer! - Flight to Success | ...Unlike those aviation enthusiasts who tell me they were born to fly, and that passion made them do it— Matt has a different story. Because his Grandpa flew the B-25 in WWII, and ended up retiring as a Captain at United, Matt was introduced to the lifestyle of a pilot. And he liked what he saw. There were also travel benefits, that apparently he’s taking advantage of. He also believes aviation is still a respected profession. So Matt made a career choice and headed off to Purdue....

Lawn-chair balloonist to fly in Iraq - UPI | BEND, Ore., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A Bend, Ore., man known for traveling 235 miles in a lawn chair lifted by balloons is planning a two-man journey over Baghdad.  Kent Couch, a Bend gas-station owner, was contacted by Fareed Lafta, known as the Iraqi "superhero," about the flight in Iraq, KTVZ-TV, Bend, reported...

The Multicopter Flies! - Flight Monkeys | With full credit to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) for bringing this marvel of aeronautical science to our attention, please help us celebrate the achievement of a German team that has brought multi-engine electric power to a workable helicopter. They call it the Multicopter, a vertical takeoff and landing machine that sports 16 electric motors, a single seat, and a big bouncy exercise ball that appears to provide an exceptionally low-tech but highly efficient suspension system that makes landing a joyously playful experience...

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2 teams sign on for Cocoa Beach Air Show - Florida Today | Rob Varley, executive director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism, said the air show has grown each year and become an "economic boon" for the community. Last year, it drew an estimated 160000 people. "The air show has taken a slow weekend and turned ...

WoO champ Jason Meyers Takes Flight With The U.S. Navy Blue Angels - Onedirt.com  from http://www.onedirt.com/   Meyers had this to say about his experience, “I knew coming into it would be a chance of a lifetime, but I didn’t really know what to expect.  The opportunity to not only get to fly with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels but to have our team involved with it and have all our sponsors come out and do something like this is really neat. I’ve never had…

Billings to mark Women of Aviation Week with special flight - Billings Gazette | To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, the Billings community will celebrate the women of aviation. This week, March 7-13, is devoted to Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, which celebrates women of aviation and reaches out to ...

Sergei Sikorsky honored by helicopter industry  from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Several years ago at a Heli-Expo trade show in Orlando, this reporter enjoyed a memorable long dinner with Sergei Sikorsky, the almost legendary son of helicopter pioneer and Sikorsky Aircraft founder Igor Sikorsky. It was an evening filled with tales, some perhaps true, told by Sikorsky and one of his longtime friends…

How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare - Latest Aviation History Book by Walter Boyne  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | "Walter Boyne has made what could be a prosaic subject read like one of his thrillers. It never slows and is packed with an immense amount of information and sometimes alarming, but illuminating, insights… 

Profile 46 - "Satan's Chillen" from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | The sketch above is of a B-17G that flew with the 401st Bomb Group based at Deenethorpe, Northhamptonshire, England.  Specifically, the bomber belonged to the 613th Squadron.  But, if you're really, really into the details, her serial number was 43-37706 and was accepted into the U.S. Army Air Force inventory on May 13, 1944…

Foundation lands World War II bomber, fighter planes in Huntsville for rides ... - al.com |  "This is some very rewarding flying," said John Hess, another airline pilot who spends his off hours behind the controls of the B-17 and other old warbirds. "Hopefully we'll have some veterans come out and tell their stories." Families often visit or ...

Liberty Belle B-17 takes a flight - al.com | Description: A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named the Liberty Belle arrived at Madison County Executive Airport Monday, March 17, 2011. It will be available for rides to the public along with a rare Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Flights are available on ...

Vintage World War II warbirds set local visit - Shreveport Times | $425 per person for 30 minutes in the B-17 or B-24, and $2200 for 30 minutes/$3200 an hour in the P-51. First-come-first-flown reservations are required, call toll-free (800) 568-8924. Rare flying warbirds from World War II will pay a visit to ...

Virgin Galactic inks deal to send scientists into space - ArabianBusiness.com | Built by famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, SpaceShipTwo is based on a prototype that won a $10m Ansari X prize in 2004 for being the first manned private rocket to reach space. Abu Dhabi state-backed investment firm Aabar Investments took a 32 ...

Japan to Fly its Own Stealth Fighter Prototype By 2014  from Defense Tech by John | Well, the stealth races are now well underway, with China, Russia (partnering with India) and now Japan moving to field stealth fighters this decade. Fed up with the U.S. refusal to share the F-22...   Read more at http://defensetech.org

Future Aviators in Australia Appreciate F-16 - Department of Defense | GEELONG, Australia, March 8, 2011 – More than 30 future aviators gathered around an F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base, Japan, during the 2011 Australia International Air Show here March 5. ...

Teen pilot too young to drive, but old enough to fly  from Aviation eBrief | Thanks to the Civil Air Patrol and the EAA Young Eagles, 15-year-old Nathan Legaspi is flying high as a pilot-in-training eve -More- 

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Well here’s a sweet heritage flight! Couple of Yaks and a...  from You like airplanes, too?  Well here’s a sweet heritage flight! Couple of Yaks and a Supermarine Seafire. Photo by Simon Gratien.  Full version here.

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AirFest tells the story of freedom - San Antonio Express | "Tora! Tora! Tora!" has been coming to Lackland AirFest since the base was called Kelly. The aerial show — a re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor — returns for the event this weekend, but its message from the old days has changed…

Air Force Thunderbirds headline AirFest - The US Air Force Air Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds, will headline Lackland AirFest 2010 Saturday and Sunday on the historic Kelly Field Annex flightline…

THE 7TH ANUAL JACQUELINE COCHRAN AIR SHOW IS SATURDAY « EZ-103.1 ... by mcgrath7 | The 7th annual JACQELINE COCHRAN AIR SHOW is this Saturday at the Thermal airport…..9a-3p…admission and parking….free……find out more at their web site…………. www.jacquelinecochranairshow.org.

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Andalusia's 1st Annual Airshow & Homecoming Next Weekend from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The South Alabama Regional Airport Authority and Cities of Andalusia and Opp are proud to host their 1st annual airshow on November 13, 2010. This year's event will feature the US Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II West Coast Demo Team and the US Army Silver Wings Parachute Team. Our Civilian performers are some of the best in the business. World Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland in the Window World MX-2 will headline the event which will also feature the Firebirds Extreme Aerobatic Team, Skip Stewart Airshows, Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys, Gordo Sander in the Roll Tide T-6, and many other…

J-10 fighter jet to cut a dash at air show  - People's Daily Online | "We pilots have a strong sense of pride every time we take off," said the 46-year-old command pilot. Yan also said his team is now among the top aerobatic ...

Cocoa Beach Air Show by adventuresoffour | The Cocoa Beach Air Show was last weekend.  I decided to take the boys up to see the action on Sunday to get them out of J's hair while he worked on the new driveway.

Jump on in, the water's fine from AF.mil Photos | A surfer catches a wave as pararescuemen in an HH-60G Pave Hawk prepare to descend to the water during a rescue demonstration Oct. 27, 2010, at Cocoa Beach, Fla. The demonstration was part of Air Force Week Cocoa Beach, a weeklong event meant to showcase Air Force capabilities and increase public awareness. The pararescuemen are from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

Rutan To Retire from Pacific Flyer | Famed aircraft designer, pilot, designer and father of the record-setting Voyager, Burt Rutan, 67, has announced his retirement, effective next year. In a short three paragraph statement on Scaled Composites' website, Rutan said his retirement would be effective in April, 2011. Following that, he would assume the title of "founder and chairman emeritus."…

EAA News - Joe Kittinger to Keynote EAA Wright Brothers Memorial Dinner from http://www.eaa.org/ On December 17, EAA will celebrate the 107th anniversary of the first successful powered flight at the 8th annual Wright Brothers Memorial Dinner. The evening's keynote speaker is most famous for making perhaps the most incredible unpowered flight; Joe Kittinger, Jr. - Fifty years ago, on August 16, 1960, Kittinger jumped…

WWII fighter plane to roar over Camarillo - Camarillo Acornt …the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum at the Camarillo Airport, 455 Aviation Drive. The Commemorative Air Force will give a presentation of the ...

The planner (take your pick) - Tampabay.com | You can ride the Liberty Belle, or at least get a good look at the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" from World War ...

Take time to remember those who made ultimate sacrifice - Quest News | Mal Sayers and Cliff Robinson with the plaque to commemorate RAAF airmen at the Queensland Air Museum. LEX Gilvear will be among those who stand in silence, ...

Naval Air Station Fort Worth honors women pilots who served there in WWII - Fort Worth Star Telegram ... base officials unveiled WASP Court, named for the 1074 women who flew warbirds -- stateside only -- so that men could be freed up for combat missions. ...

Museum will honor 3 aviation figures from Kansas.com: Aviation by MOLLY McMILLIN | Three aviation experts — a test pilot, the designer of the Walter Beech Wind Tunnel and a founder of a general aviation insurance company — will be honored Saturday at the Kansas Aviation Museum's annual gala. Shanda Lear, daughter of Bill and Moya Lear, is the keynote speaker for the event. Bill Lear was founder of jet manufacturer Lear Jet. Shanda Lear's grandfather, Ole Olsen, a vaudeville comedy performer, came up with her unusual name. Read more

Raising the Nieuport 11 from San Diego Air & Space Museum Blog by bbernasconi | After spending about two years in restoration out at our Gillespie Field Annex, the Nieuport 11 Bébé has returned to the Museum. Today, after some final paint touch-ups by exhibit department paint specialist, Mark Weixeldorfer, our crew raised it up in the World War I Gallery. I must say it looks good, especially the freshly polished copper on the engine.

Museums and culture in Alaska - Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum The museum overlooks Lake Hood, the world's busiest float plane lake. It has 20 airplanes on display, including a 1944 Grumman Goose amphibian, a 1928 Stearman, a Stinson L-1 and an Army reconnaissance ...

Northrop's Huge Army Spy Blimp Floats On from Wired: Danger Room by Spencer Ackerman | Northrop Grumman's ginormous experimental spying blimp is progressing rapidly, the company wants you to know. In barely a year, Northrop predicts, it'll be ready to test in an "operational environment." The Army awarded Northrop a $517 million contract in June to develop a trio of unmanned, seven-story, football-field sized mega-blimps called Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicles…

Young Eagles flight rally at Minute Man Airfield - Wicked Local Stow …when EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest ...

Credible Sport, the Super STOL Hercules from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Following the disastrous failure at the Iranian Desert One rendezvous point of the Operation Eagle Claw hostage rescue mission on 24-25 April 1980, a second plan was drawn up immediately after the failed Delta Force mission to use a specially-modified Lockheed C-130 Hercules to land in the Amjadien Stadium across the street from the US Embassy at which point Special Forces teams would retrieve the hostages and then fly out of the soccer field in the center of the stadium…

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Big crowds, big money - Florida Today | COCOA BEACH — In just its second year, the Cocoa Beach Air Show proved to be an economic boon to ...

Cocoa Beach Air Show: A Pictorial Review – Part 1 « AmericaSpace by Jason Rhian | Such is the case with the Cocoa Beach Air Show, held on the beach October 30-31. An amazing, American experience that sets a new standard in air show entertainment. Our first set of images will deal with the opening act, the Navy Seals ...

Discovery Shuttle Astronauts Cut Loose in Goofy Photo from SPACE.com | The six-astronaut crew of space shuttle Discovery's final mission, set to launch Wednesday, recently took time out for a goofy photo with their orbiter…

Military museum set to take over Stuart Air Show, bring new acts – TCPalm | STUART — A small, local military museum has taken over as the lead sponsor at the 2010 Stuart Air show this November and promises to bring ...


The Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series™ Announces Its 2010 Winner - Julia Wood - Los Angeles, CA (November 2, 2010) – With pilots all over the U.S. battling for the top spot in the Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series (ARC Series™), Texas' rookie race pilot Julia Wood fought off her closest challenger, Mike Niccum, to become the 2010 National Aerobatic Racing Champion…

Blue Angels jet through North Texas | North Texas Daily - By Josh Pherigo / Assigning Editor - Packed tightly in the diamond formation they've made internationally recognizable, six F/A-18 Hornets roared across…

Blue Angels to salute veterans - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels have scheduled a three-day homecoming show this month that will include a performance on Veterans Day. The air show will be at Pensacola ...

Aviation Icon Returns: Fifi Takes Flight by chronicwanderlust - The following article was written and photographed by Chronic Wanderlust contributors James Pritchard and Jacob Pelham in Midland, Texas. | The creator of Chronic Wanderlust once said that using the phrase "Hidden Gem" is a cliché. I hate to say it but he's correct. But sometimes there really is no other way to describe something that truly is unknown to most people. In Midland, Texas, a city known mainly for oil and natural gas production is the hometown of a few people such as Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Spud Webb, George W. Bush, Matthew McConaughey and my personal favorite, "FiFi"…

World War II bomber returns veteran to air - Paducah Sun | Sitting on the tarmac at Barkley Regional Airport, the shiny B-17 Aluminum Overcast stands apart from sleek corporate jets and other personal aircraft. ...

Former bomber may fly again - NewsOK.com | It was returned to the US Air Force in 1955, according to the Warbirds Resource Group. After sitting in storage in the Philippines for three years, ...

Spectacular flying and wing walkers to honor veterans - Examiner.com | The Pearl Harbor bombing will be recreated with spectacular flying, smoke, fire and explosions for the Warriors and Warbirds Air Show this weekend at the ...

Volunteers resurrect Cold War planes on shoestring budget - Mountain View Voice | Among the collection being restored is an F-18 that used to fly as one of the Blue Angels, a U2 spy plane that used to take pictures from high altitudes of ...

Old school journalism meets new media buzz from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | It is with great pleasure that I present issue No. 2 of Airplanista Magazine. The response from the aviation community has been both overwhelming and humbling, and it made producing this second issue all that much more rewarding…

Pacific Northwest Boasts Variety of Air Museums | News Summary - There are examples of aviation history all over the Northwest, but many are concentrated in the Seattle-Everett area because of the influence of Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer that has produced thousands of aircraft in Puget Sound ...

The Day US Customs Found a Bullet in My Pocket
by MastaHanky - Interesting read. The following hour and a half of my life is a period of time that I will never forget and truthfully, never really want to endure ever again…

Weather balloon carries KU research project to lofty heights from This Week in Amateur Radio | Paul Verhage and his team of students and amateur radio operators spent their Halloween morning with eyes toward the sky. When not looking upward, their gaze was fixed on high-tech tracking equipment and GPS units…

Vought's Not-So-Fearsome F6U Pirate from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In September 1944, the US Navy gave eight aircraft manufacturers a shot at a contract to build its first carrier-based jet fighter. The Navy relaxed its usual carrier and landing takeoff limitations as much as was practical in order to "obtain the highest possible performance for a carrier-based VF type."…

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Aviation Nation – Nov. 13-14th 2010 from photorecon.net | The largest free public event in Nevada returns to Nellis Air Force Base Nov. 13-14 when the U.S. Air Force hosts Aviation Nation 2010– the Nellis Air Force Base Open House and annual Las Vegas air show. Aviation Nation celebrates the work of America's military and its achievements on land, at sea and in air, [...]

Cocoa Beach Air Show wraps up - Florida Today | COCOA BEACH — Flying in pyramid formation from the west, the Air Force Thunderbirds screamed over Lori ...

A reporter's dream comes true at Alliance Air Show – WFAA | It was the annual Fort Worth Alliance Air Show featuring the Navy's Blue Angels and Army Golden Knights demonstration teams. There were also commercial ...

Air show under texas sky | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (D Double H Photography (AKA MHDouglas)) What a sky for an air show at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth Texas today!

Like the Dickens: air show by Sarah | DH & J went to an air show rehearsal with his friend Jack & Jack's dad. The actual airshow was on Saturday & Sunday but they do a practice run through of the show on Fridays. Jack's dad's company got tickets to the practice. ...

Halloween Plane Crash Scene Draws Hundreds Of On-Lookers - KTSM News Channel 9 | EL PASO - A home in West El Paso drew a crowd of the little ghosts and gobblins after a plane full of skeletons ...

Reno 2010 – From a First Timers Perspective from photorecon.net | Reno 2011 (September 14-18) is less than a year away and I am ready for my second Reno National Championship Air Race and Air Show experience!  Reno 2010 was my first time covering an air race.  My experiences at Reno this year were nothing short of incredible.  As a first timer attending the Reno Air [...]

Jimmy Leeward and his Mustang warbird are in Air Classics ... - Ocala | A 24-page section includes coverage of the 47th National Championship Air Races & Air Show held in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 15-19, and there is a separate story and photo spread featuring Leeward and his P-51 Mustang racer, the "Galloping ...

Bernie Vasquez solos and joins the ranks as the latest P-51 pilot at Reno 2010…
from photorecon.net | One of my 2010 Reno National Championship Air Race and Air Show highlights was being there when a young pilot named Bernie Vasquez soloed in a P-51. I was out on the ramp when I saw the "Jelly Belly" #44 P-51 taxi in and shut down.  As soon as the plane shut down, I saw [...]

Warriors & Warbirds Airshow – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday ... by Matt | MONDAY - Bob Russell from the Warriors & Warbirds Airshow in Monroe, North Carolina joins us on Warbird Radio LIVE! Find out what's in store for this.

Rose Pelton Solos Skycatcher from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The owner of the first production Cessna Skycatcher has soloed for the first time and is looking forward to completing her training. Rose Pelton, wife of Cessna CEO Jack Pelton, announced her accomplishment on her Facebook page Friday…

Video: STOL Testing The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 - Circa 1975 by Martt |  I was a young teen when the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 and the Boeing YC-14 were built and tested to fulfill the proposed Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) role. I was really interested in this kind of stuff back then (and still now), so it was fun to see some of the thinking that went into these unique airplanes. You may have seen my CoolPix post of the YC-14 a while back where I make it clear that the Boeing aircraft caught my eye more than the MD one, but that doesn't mean I didn't find the YC-15 to be a very cool airplane…

Book Review: Jet Age by Sam Howe Verhovek from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | I recently was given the opportunity to review a new book, Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World by Sam Howe Verhovek. It was released on October 14, 2010 and is available for about $15. Grade school book reports aside, I have not ever formally reviewed a book before so I'll do my best and happily accept your criticism…

Birds swarm around US navy plane landing at Fort Smith, Arkansas of 29 October 2010. Photo by Kala; Lawson from Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics:

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Air show dazzles crowd - Florida Today | COCOA BEACH — The second annual Cocoa Beach Air Show, bolstered by near-perfect weather and thousands of spectators who lined the beach around Lori Wilson Park, hit awe-inspiring marks right from the beginning Saturday. That's when two Navy SEAL team members parachuted to the main staging area, one of them carrying a large American flag, to Air Force…

2010 Cocoa Beach Air Show – Sun, Surf and Sonic Booms! « AmericaSpace by Jason Rhian | I have been to a great many air shows in my day. Sweltering heat, dust and other issues often make them fun – but exhausting events. The organizers of the Cocoa Beach Air Show had a great idea – combine the joys of the beach – with the ...

Fort Worth Alliance Air Show features F-22 Raptor, Navy's Blue Angels, Army's ... - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Dave "Zeke" Skalicky slowed the F-22 Raptor to a halt in front of the Lockheed Martin tent. The crowd went wild, cheering on the Air Force pilot with ...

the maX files: Port Elizabeth Airshow 2010 by Max-e | The weather for yesterday's airshow was cool and overcast and because of the glare from the clouds it was not ideal an ideal day for photography. But that did not stop me. For today I will focus on my two favourites. ...

Parade Gives Happy Birthday to Nevada – KTVN | As well as celebrating our state and its aviation history, parade-goers said the event is a good way to bring the community together… Grand marshal Dick Rutan arrives for Nevada Day Nevada Appeal …

Pearl the movie - Meet Elijah DeJesus (Pearl) and Sean Cain (Scottie) at the AOPA Aviation Summit in Long Beach Veteran's Day weekend!

Firms sign up for Bahrain International Airshow - Trade Arabia | Aviation industry leaders have already signed up for the next edition of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS), more than a year ahead of the event. ...

Liberal Air Museum schedules Veterans Day activities - Dodge City Daily Globe | The program, scheduled for the General Welch Theater, begins at 7:30 pm and includes special music by Janie Kitch and Steve Leete; ...

Artists invited to enter air show poster contest - St. Augustine Record | St. Augustine Air Show and Southeast Aero are calling all artists to submit their visions in a 2011 St. Augustine Air Show commemorative poster contest. ...

Monroe looks back on career - Parkersburg News | ''So the general made it a point that all personnel, including the cooks, who assisted with his operation were considered Flying Tigers,'' he said. ...

RN-T.com - 100 Years Ago in Rome News Tribune from romenews-tribune.com | Records continued to be broken at the International Aeroplane Meet at Belmont Park, N.Y. Maurice Tableau established a new duration and distance record by flying his machine for six hours and 10 minutes, covering 283 miles. Ralph Johnston's altitude flight of 8,470 feet was a new American record, and in a cross-country flight from Belmont Park to Garden City and back, a distance of 20 miles, it was flown in 19 minutes and 48 3/4 seconds, more than 60 miles an hour…

Virgin Galactic: inside the world's first spaceport - Telegraph.co.uk | But, suddenly, Sir Richard and Burt Rutan's team were actually making this a practicable possibility. "It is a lot of money, but how do you put a price on ...

Discovery Targeted to Launch Tuesday at 4:17 p.m. from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | The launch of space shuttle Discovery is targeted for Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 4:17 p.m. EDT. Managers are meeting to discuss the plan to repair helium and nitrogen leaks in the pressurization portion of space shuttle Discovery's right-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod. The leaks must be fixed before launch and the decision was made to delay picking up the launch countdown by at least a day. Since the scheduled launch day fell close to election day, NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding said the launch team members have been encouraged to take advantage of early voting or absentee ballot options so they could take part in the elections…

The Disastrous Flop That Was the Brewster F2A Buffalo from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | If you'd been following my Twitter stream earlier today (@SentinelChicken), I had been posting tidbits about the failure that was the Brewster F2A Buffalo, quite possibly one of the worst fighting aircraft we sent into action during the Second World War…

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Cocoa Beach sets sights on weekend air power - Florida Today "This is the biggest event I've ever done," said the 40-year-old Lilley, president of the Cocoa Beach Air Show. This weekend's Cocoa Beach Air Show, ...

Tom Cruise Looks to Intercept 'Flying Tigers' From John Woo - Latino Review | Who will get off the ground first with "Flying Tigers?" Back in August, IMAX Corp. announced director John Woo and producer Terence Chang would film "Flying ...

Military probe has not found cause of July Lethbridge, Alberta, CF-18 jet crash - Winnipeg Free Press | During an air show practice on July 23, the jet flown by Capt. Brian Bews lost thrust in its right engine while doing a manoeuvre about 90 metres above the ...

Spectacular CF-18 crash caused by sudden power loss: Report - Montreal Gazette | The jet suddenly lost power while practising manoeuvres on July 23, the day before the start of the Alberta International Airshow…

Air Show video footage captured an object during an F18 demo | UFO ... by Seraphin - I shot some video footage of A US NAVY F18F Super Hornet and 2010 Navy Jacksonville Air show ,After reviewing my footage i came across 15 seconds of video with and object that approaches the aircraft and the exits quite quickly, No other aircraft was permitted in the area at the time of the f18 demo I noticed a distinct triangle shape of the object ,The object in the video appeared to move Abruptly as the aircraft entered in the frame. The object moved from the north to south then shot up as the aircraft approached it's direction…

Janesville man selected for aviation hall of fame - Janesville Gazette | Joan and Dick took it the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure, where in 1986 it won best closed-cockpit biplane. The Wixoms still own and fly the ...

Vintage plane to miss Qantas celebrations - ABC Online | It is quite a young aeroplane in hours - it's probably the best example in the world of it. But unfortunately it is just not here yet," he said…

Engines arrive for conforming HondaJet first flight from Flightglobal Events | Honda has received from General Electric the initial two GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines for its first conforming HondaJet entry-level business jet that...

Hot Air Balloon Photoblog: Lighter Than Air Flight Training On A Gorgeous Wisconsin Morning from Ask My Sky Mom by Danielle Gibeault:

Episode 120 – Molly McMillin from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com | Molly McMillin, the Senior Aerospace/Aviation reporter for the Wichita Eagle, joins as guest. Molly blogs at Air Capital Insider and tweets as @mmcmillin. We talk about the week's aviation news, and discuss the recent NBAA Convention, which Molly attended…

Save Time And Money: Fly Yourself from Aviation Blogs by PlanePilot1 | Americans of all ages and stages of life have become airplane pilots. If you've ever dreamed of joining them, there could be good news for you…

Bungling rocket men launch 12-foot missile... which crashes to Earth seconds ... - Daily Mail | Rocketry is a very safe hobby, and obviously we take every safety procedure, but we do have £10million of public liability insurance. ...

Rocket Racing League Game for iPad Now Available in Apple iTunes ... - Rocket Racing League® (RRL®), a sports and gaming franchise based on competitions of piloted rocket-powered aircraft, today announced that the Rocket Racing League iPad Game is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store. ...

Model show spotlights what was once a rite of passage - Springfield News Sun "Those are just P-40s," he said, pointing to an entire shelving unit of shrink-wrapped boxes of warbirds in various scales. Elsewhere in his house, ...

Video: C-5 Galaxy And The Crazy Rotating Main Gear Trucks by Martt | I've been familiar with the C-5 Galaxy since I was a kid, but for some reason I never caught the detail about the main gear trucks rotating 90 degrees before they tuck up inside the fuselage bulges. I noticed this for the first time when I got some nice pix of the one departing Oshkosh 2010 - you can see the pix about halfway down the page in this OSH10 Picstream #8 post…

Red Glare 9 gallery from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick

A recap of all things NBAA 2010 from GlobalAir.com by GlobalAir.com | We caught our breath from the 2010 NBAA Convention, and we have continued at full speed, providing the best aircraft listings and airport information for aviators anywhere online. Still, we will take a minute here to reflect and share some tidbits from the event…

The Holy Grail of Nonstop Transcontinental Service from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The growth of US postwar air travel didn't reach a point until the 1950s that justified nonstop transcontinental services even though aircraft theoretically capable of such flights were already in airline use at the end of the Second World War. During the course of the war, Douglas DC-4s and Lockheed Constellations seconded to the US Army Air Forces routinely made trans-Atlantic crossings safely…

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Shuttle Launch, Cocoa Beach Air Show, Air Force Week and Port-of-Call by ... DigitalJournal.com 
... and F-18 Hornet, F-15 Strike Eagle, the Navy Seals Leap Frogs parachute team, and Patrick Air Force Base's 920th Rescue Wing on both days. ...

US Air Force Thunderbirds roar into Brevard - Florida Today
"They already realized how big the (Cocoa Beach) air show was becoming in its second year, so it just made sense for them to come here," said David Waters, ...

Video: Thunderbirds fly over Disney World's Magic Kingdom for Air Force Week - Examiner.com
Click the video at left to see the United States Air Force Thunderbirds flying over Main Street at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World today (October 26). ...

Over a Quarter Million Attended Weekend Air Show - First Coast News
The show each year features aerobatic demonstrations from the nation's finest pilots and demonstrations of several military aircraft from several ...

Boston-Portsmouth Air Show 2010 from MILAVIA 
On August 28-29 the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show took place at Pease ANGB at the Portsmouth International Airport, featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and Brazilian Air Force Esquadrillha da Fumaça. Report with over 100 photos, including arrivals, displays, statics and departures. ...

100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Foundation Announces Centennial Sponsors from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
-- The 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Foundation welcomes The Boeing Company as the Presenting Sponsor for the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Events in 2011. Boeing leads a group of prestigious sponsors, including Platinum Sponsors Lockheed Martin and  ...

Tryouts Week 6 get a Special “Smoke” session from US Army Golden Knights 
Six weeks have elapsed. Seems an eternity to us as candidates. No doubt even the Cadre are feeling some wear. The good news is we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We know the next week should yield our jackets.  We also know many of the things we are doing now [...]

Wings over Atlanta: the Dobbins Air Reserve Base airshow by David Cenciotti
In the last few weeks readers of this blog have had the opportunity to read articles and watch pictures taken at airshows all around the world: in September, with a series of posts, I described the 50th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori airshow in Rivolto; then, I reported about the RAAF Williamtown airshow thanks to the pictures and report provided by Ed Armstrong and a few days ago, I wrote a post about the famous Axalp airshow, attended this year by Simone Bovi. The “world airshow tour” completes with another interesting report, this time by Moreno Aguiari, a former Italian commercial and Cropduster pilot living in the USA, who  ...

Axalp (-Ebenfluh) Airshow 2010 - the other pictures from Swiss Air Force 
Tomorrow is the last official basevisit in Meiringen for this year, but before I've got some pictures left from two weeks Axalp. I hope you will enjoy them
   
Wakatipu Aero Club lands 40th anniversary bash - Scene Queenstown
The guest speaker will be prominent local aviator Jules Tapper. There will also be an aviation trivia quiz. The club has trained many pilots who have gone ...

La Russa in Trieste - Friuli
... Of paratroopers, helicopters flying over the ESRC and a Tricolour Arrows, followed by performances of the fanfare of Sharpshooters and Alpine. ... 

IWM Duxford enjoys soaring summer air show success by Flightline UK
Imperial War Museum Duxford is delighted to announce that a record number of visitors – over 96,000 – attended the museum’s air shows in 2010. This compares favourably with total air show visitors of 76,444 in 2009.
In a superb year that commemorated not only the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain but also the 65th anniversary of B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B, visitors flocked to IWM Duxford to celebrate the iconic aircraft of the Second World War and to honour the bravery of the men that flew them. ...

Airshow attracts industry leaders - Gulf Weekly
Aviation executives from around the world are already making plans to attend and feature in the second Bahrain International Airshow ... in 2012. ...

Nine-O-Nine, Witchcraft & Betty Jane in Greenville, SC Oct 26-27 from FenceCheck Forums
FYI for anyone in the area of Upstate South Carolina, the B-17 Nine-O-Nine, B-24 Witchcraft & TP-51C Betty Jane are at the Greenville Downtown Airport today and tomorrow. ...

World War II aircraft coming to Decatur - al.com
The B-17 "Nine 0 Nine," the B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" Heavy Bomber and the P-51 Mustang "Betty Jane" will be landing Wednesday at approximately 2 pm as ...

Centennial of Women Pilots from Flight To Success 
Last week I had the opportunity to write about the incredible woman Mireille Goyer. She is behind the Centennial of Women Pilots Project, a grass root campaign that is working toward introducing a record number of girls and women to the joy of flying. Men-- you're involved too!

Girls DO Fly Solo! from WAI Connect Blog 
Gabby Gress of Orlando, Florida has set a new record as the youngest pilot to fly solo in airplanes and a helicopter on the same day. The teen, an American, had to fly to Caldeon, Ontario, to break the current record on her 14th birthday. Canada permits pilots as young as 14 to fly solo in powered aircraft, while in the U.S. the age for soloing powered aircraft is 16.  ...

Women in Corporate Aviation Awards Scholarships from WAI Connect Blog 
Women in Corporate Aviation announced eight scholarship winners at NBAA 2010 on Wednesday 20th October ...

2010 NBAA Convention Declared a Success from www.ainonline.com 
According to NBAA’s final tally for its 63rd annual meeting and convention held last week in Atlanta, there were 1,083 exhibitors, eight more than last year; the static display was sold out, with 93 aircraft at DeKalb Peachtree Airport; and attendee registration was up more than 5 percent from last year to 24,206. “It has been a pretty challenging couple of years for ...

Our Hangar is Haunted from myemail.constantcontact.com
On Saturday October 30, we're having some ghoulish fun as our hangar is decked out with special guests from plane wrecks past. Trick or treat - you never know who you'll meet! Special event admission is in effect at $5.00 per person. Join us from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Colonel Cahoon to address Indianapolis Rotary from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.
Colonel William T. "Tim" Cahoon, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, will be the featured guest speaker at today's meeting of the Downtown Indianapolis Rotary Club in Indianapolis, Ind.
Col. Cahoon's presentation to the Rotary Club is part of the 434th ARW's community outreach program.  Recently, he has given presentations to the Peru Rotary Club and the Monticello Kiwanis Club.  Today's presentation will cover the world-wide impact of the 434th ARW and Grissom ARB.  ...

October 26 from Cut and Paste Aviation

Last B-52 Delivery - First Pan Am 707 Flight - October 26th in ...
On This Day in Aviation History: October 26th. October 26th, 2010 • By Matt Molnar. Pan Am 707 Idlewild. The first Pan Am 707 awaits departure to Paris on the tarmac in New York. (Photo courtesy Pan Am, via National Air and Space Museum ...

F-22 Engineer Saved A Life By Crashing Into Him On Purpose - Gizmodo Australia
He is in charge of Boeing's incredibly complex F-22 fighter program. But how smart is it to crash your car on purpose? When it saves another person's life ...

Billings pilot lands at every public airstrip in Montana - Billings Gazette
Growing up, Steve Kriner had a burning passion to learn to fly airplanes, but life — including medical school, his work as an anesthesiologist, marriage and children — delayed his dream.
So, three years ago when Kriner, 50, finally decided to pursue his childhood ambition, he went all out. In 11 weeks he received his pilot’s license. Most people take 11 months. ...

Former leader in Central Texas aviation honored with street renaming - Community Impact Newspaper
AUSTIN — General Aviation Avenue near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was renamed Emma Browning Avenue on ...

Top Gun 2 Update: Tom Cruise Would Play Lead Role, Says Christopher McQuarrie
New York Magazine
Two weeks ago, Vulture broke the news that Paramount and its co-financier, David Ellison's Skydance Productions, were developing a sequel to 1986's classic ...

Three Million Miles in Ten Days - Air & Space Magazine
Floating off to sleep, Earthgazing, making sure the capsule doesn't depressurize: all standard on a space vacation. ...

11 Superb Space Shuttle Photos from ASB.tv 
We at AirShowBuzz recognize that the aviation community has lots of different interests.  One interesting topic is shuttlecraft.  Since our last several posts have been more about airshows and warbirds, we thought we’d go a different direction this time and go above the stratosphere and take a look into the world of  ...

Virgin Galactic Eyes NASA Crew Program from AviationWeek.com Homepage
The company is considering options for competing in the agency's upcoming Commercial Crew Development follow-on program.

Virgin Galactic Plans Space Hop, Skip and Jump - Discovery News
So far, the VSS Enterprise, a six-passenger, two-pilot spaceship designed and built by Burt Rutan's team at Scaled Composites in Mojave, Calif., ...

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