Last Chance to Register for Southwest Council of Air Shows Conference | 2014 SWCAS Conference on Feb. 7-8 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA | Register Now – Conference fee is only $160 per person and includes: Hosted Friday night reception, Hosted breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday; Discount on 2014 SWCAS dues when paying with conference - www.swcas.org
VIDEO: Blue Angels welcomed at Naval Air Facility El Centro for winter training - Imperial Valley Press | The Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration team, arrived back at Naval Air Facility El Centro on Thursday for winter training...
All-star lineup at Women in Aviation Conference - General Aviation News | Speakers for the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which takes place from March 6-8, 2014, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., include astronauts to the FAA administrator....
Air Show Attracts World's Smallest Jet - Laredo Sun | LAREDO, TX. – FLS Microjet Airshow will be performing at the WBCA Stars & Stripes Airshow Spectacular Feb. 16, 2014. Bring friends and family so they can see the “Worlds Smallest Jet” built and flown by pilot Justin “Shmed” Lewis. Born in Texas and raised in Virginia, Justin started flying at age 14, and received his pilot’s license at 17. In 1999, he graduated from the...
Yuma Air Show in need of volunteers By James Gilbert, Yuma Sun Staff Writer | The 2014 Yuma Air Show is looking for a few good men and women to help in several areas throughout the daylong event. Volunteers need to be available for a minimum of 8 hours...
RAF 'missed 19 chances' to spot unsafe ejector seat which killed Red Arrows pilot when he triggered it on the runway - Daily Mail | RAF personnel missed 19 chances to spot that an ejection seat, which killed a Red Arrows pilot when it accidentally activated was in an unsafe position, an inquest has heard...
EAA Family Loses Two Memorable People - EAA | In the past week, two people closely linked with EAA's history and growth passed away and are being mourned by the EAA family. Leo Kohn (EAA 4), one of EAA's founding members, died on Friday, January 17, at the age of 87. Leo had the foresight to take photos at EAA's first meeting in Milwaukee on January 26, 1953, and soon became EAA's first official photographer.... Henry Ogrodzinski (EAA 127183), the president/CEO of the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO), passed away on Wednesday, January 22, at age 65 after a battle with cancer....
Nevada State Balloon Champion Series kicks off this weekend from RGJ.com | Balloon racers will have the chance to vie for a trophy in the inaugural Nevada State Balloon Championship Series, the state announced this week.
New England Air Museum Restoration of Only Surviving CBY-3 “Loadmaster” · WarbirdsNews | The CBY-3 was the last of about twelve lifting body aircraft of various designs to be built and flown. 
It was constructed at the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. in Montreal in 1945 and successfully flew as a cargo transport in Canada, South America and the United States until the early 1960’s. Commercial orders were not forthcoming however, as war surplus cargo aircraft were available in large numbers and the “lifting body” was viewed as radical for its time...
Cold War Gallery and Berlin Airlift exhibit updated on museum's virtual tour - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The popular virtual tour of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has been updated to reflect new aircraft and exhibits in the museum's Cold War Gallery. This 360-degree, in-depth look gives online visitors the chance to "walk through" the museum galleries as they learn about more than 100 years of military aviation history...
Grandson of Enola Gay pilot nominated for first star - AirForceTimes.com | Col. Paul Tibbets IV, grandson of the pilot who flew the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb, has been nominated to get his first star, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Thursday. Currently deputy director of operations at Global Strike Command headquarters, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Tibbets is one of the few Air Force pilots who has flown the three bombers...
All hail J! · Craig Hoyle, The DEW Line | Nine months ago, a freak hailstorm caused a fair level of carnage at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, when it battered a large number of coalition aircraft with golf ball-sized pellets. Many details of the incident have still yet to emerge, but the UK has provided a first estimate of the likely repair bill after this act of nature....
Dream Chaser to go on orbit in 2016? - Spaceports | Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces that it has confirmed that the first orbital flight of its Dream Chaser® Space System will occur on November 1, 2016. Dream Chaser will be brought to orbit on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that is being built in Decatur, Alabama and will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Cosmosphere slates open house · General Aviation News Staff | HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will hold it second annual Open House, Sunday, Feb. 9, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. “There are people in Hutchinson, Wichita and the surrounding communities who have either never been to the Cosmosphere, or who haven’t been in many years,” said Richard Hollowell, Cosmosphere Chief Executive Officer. “We’re opening the doors to say, ‘Please come check us out!’ We’ve got something here for everyone to enjoy, and we’d like to show you what we’re all about.”...
Friday, January 24, 2014
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Black Knights showcase new moves for S'pore Airshow 2014 - TODAYonline | SINGAPORE — With less than a month to the Singapore Airshow 2014, the Black Knights – Singapore’s only 
aerobatics team – has revealed three new manoeuvres not done by an F-16 fighter before. These moves, called the “double inverted wrap”, “inverted helix” and the “twist and shout”, involves smoke-releasing fighter aircraft, some flying upside down, criss-crossing into each other’s path and leaving smoke trails of designs which inspired their names...
EAA's Skiplane Fly-In Just Around the Corner - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | January 23, 2014 - When EAA switched the date of its annual Skiplane Fly-In from late January to February 8, the hope was to increase the likelihood of sufficient snow to host flying activities. Well, suffice to say that EAA's Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh is definitely snow-covered, and to date there are 43 skiplanes registered to participate...
City airshow takes flight - SunLive | Comfortably cruising at 85 knots, 1000feet above Mount Maunganui in a vintage 1943 Boeing Spearman is the one true way to view the Bay of Plenty, says Tauranga pilot Pete Ham. Ahead of the start of the bi-annual Classics of the Sky, Tauranga City Airshow, SunLive jumped on board with Pete in the open cockpit Boeing Stearman - one of the countless planes on show this weekend...
The flying club in the heart of centenary By Courier Picard, Translated | Numerous exhibitions of historical and cultural character, an airfield in the First World War, an airshow and the presence of the Patrouille de France are already in the program. "We expect 30,000 people. This event will...
NAA Record Explanation · Elliot "Stinky" Seguin, Mojave Experimental Fly-in | There have been some questions about how the record classes work. There is a summary below. Also Brian Utley put together a list of records that we might be interested in (thank you Brian). The list is below...
Happy Birthday To The Douglas F4D Skyray - Warbirds News | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC, Sixty-three years ago today, the Douglas F4D Skyray took flight for the first time. The F4D was a single-seat all-weather fighter interceptor designed to guard the U.S. fleet against attack by Soviet bombers. The Skyray had a fantastic rate of climb to “scramble” against high-flying bombers and was the first Navy and Marine Corps fighter that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight. The F4D...
Catching Up With B-29 “DOC” Chief Volunteer Scott Sarver - Warbirds News | After catching up with Tony Mazzolini for an update a couple of weeks ago, yesterday we had the opportunity to talk with Scott Sarver.Scott is the Chief Volunteer of ‘Doc’s Friends” ,the group of business leaders from Wichita, KS which founded the organization in early 2013 with a vision to see the historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress restored to flying condition.” Doc has...
Report: Spruce Goose stays at Evergreen - KOIN.com | In a piece written by Thom Peterson, the owners of the iconic plane -- the Aero Club of Southern California -- and the museum struck the deal on the sale in 1992. The plane was floated up the West Coast on barges over 138 days from Southern California.
Wichita Aero Club to honor Russ Meyer at annual gala - Kansas.com | Cessna chairman emeritus Russ Meyer will be honored at Saturday's Wichita Aero Club annual gala for his contributions to the aviation industry and the local community. More than 300 people are expected at the event, to be held at the DoubleTree by ...
Cracking shot shows SR-71 Blackbird flying on one afterburner only - The Aviationist | Shot by Ken Hackman possibly in 1983, this shot shows an SR-71 Blackbird 61-7974 unusually flying with one engine in afterburner and the other either shut down or in mil power, circa 1983...
Looking Through the Fence: A Young Eagle's Story - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | January 23, 2014 - Recruiting Young Eagles can be a challenge. Finding young people with a genuine interest in aviation is even tougher. Then there is Jason Fitzwater, 18, of Leesburg, Florida, one of EAA Chapter 534's most successful Young Eagles. Joel Hargis, EAA 1074421, of Eustis, Florida, and chapter president, tells the story with Fitzwater....
Saturday, January 11, 2014
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Paul Poberezny to Be Honored at Legends Event - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Paul Poberezny, EAA's founder who passed away last year, will receive special recognition during next week's 11th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Actor and pilot Morgan Freeman will narrate the "Flown West" segment of the program with a special tribute to Paul, who flew west at the age of 91 on August 22, 2013....
Blue Angels pilots make pre-airfest stop in La Crosse - La Crosse Tribune | ...But Wednesday’s reconnaissance mission was all about safety. Advance pilots visit each of the 34 cities where the Blue Angels are scheduled to perform this year to assess the facilities, plan the setup of ground operations and meet with local airshow crew. The key is to keep everything as consistent as possible from site to site so pilots can execute their maneuvers....
George H.W. Bush: Honorary Blue Angel - USA Today | He's done enough skydiving. So it seems only natural that former President George H.W. Bush would be made an honorary member of the Blue Angels....
Tall ships, Blue Angels to return for bicentennial of national anthem - Baltimore Sun | It's a mere yellowing piece of paper with a few hundred words scrawled on it, a document that once sat forgotten in a drawer for three-quarters of a century. But this summer, the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem Francis Scott Key wrote about a certain inspiring morning in September 1814, will be the centerpiece of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar statewide celebration...
Flying Musicians migrate to Florida for Sebring LSA Expo · General Aviation News Staff | Members of the Flying Musicians Association (FMA) are flying south to a warmer climate — Sebring, Florida — for the 10th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, which kicks off Jan. 16....
EAA to Participate in AOPA Regional Fly-Ins - EAA | EAA will be participating in the series of AOPA regional fly-ins in 2014, providing attendees more opportunities to get involved in aviation and discover more about the many activities and programs available through EAA....
Red Arrows ace Sean Cunningham was a 'naturally talented pilot', inquest hears - Lincolnshire Echo | Fallen Red Arrow Sean Cunningham’s housemate has told an inquest how he rushed to help the stricken pilot after his ejection seat hit the ground at RAF Scampton from 2-300 ft. Flight Lieutenant Cunningham, 35, died after his ejection seat shot skywards from his Hawk jet before take-off on November 8, 2011...
Progress on B-29 “Doc” · Warbirds News | The restoration of the Boeing B-29 Superfortreess “Doc” is moving very fast. Steve Jantz, official photographer of Doc’s Friends, snet us an update and few pictures. Doc’s Friends is the group of business leaders from Wichita, KS that founded the organization in early 2013 with a vision to see the historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc restored to flying condition. Steve reports that...
RIVERSIDE: Entertainer, aviator, Ravi 'The Raviator' to speak - Press-Enterprise | Global entertainer, motivational speaker and aviator, Ravi “The Raviator”, has chosen Riverside to launch his national tour showcasing the benefits of becoming a pilot, and to present local opportunities for teens and adults to participate in one of humanity’s greatest achievements — the magic of flight....
Timeless Voices - Robert Avery Saugen · eaavideo.org | Robert Avery Saugen flew 21 combat missions as a B-24 copilot with the 564th Bomb Squadron of the 389th Bomb Group during WWII. On his 22nd mission, his B-24 collided with another airplane. He survived the crash and became a POW in Germany.
Iconic NASA F/A-18 Temporarily Moved From Lancaster Baseball Stadium · Warbirds News | As reported by the NASA website the iconic NASA F/A-18A , a popular landmark in front of “The
Hangar” — the Lancaster Municipal Stadium — in Lancaster, Calif., for the past 17 years, was demounted from its pylon in front of the stadium entrance Dec. 12 and transported overland to the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in nearby Palmdale for temporary storage...Goodyear FG-1 at KIBM - The Lexicans | Pics of an immaculate Goodyear FG-1 Corsair at Kimball Municipal Airport in Kimball, Nebraska.
Puttering back into life: Volunteers restore 100-year-old First World War prototype fighter plane but replace its original 45-horsepower engine with one from a Citroen 2CV - Daily Mail | Ian Reed, manager at the museum in Elvington, York, said the £10,000 restoration project had been 'very exciting'. 'This is the only plane of its kind in existence. It would have disappeared from history if we hadn't brought it back to life with this project,' he said....
Fort Worth marks its place in aviation history - Fort Worth Star Telegram | ...These days, the 57-year-old former Lockheed Martin employee stays connected to the sky by volunteering at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum. And like his fellow volunteers and the museum’s management, Ezrow is eager to see Fort Worth lay claim to its place in the evolution of powered flight with Saturday’s opening of First Flight Park...
SMAC063 – The ‘Best Of Stuck Mic AvCast’ First Edition - Toriaflies | HAPPY 2014!!! Episode 63 is in the house, woot woot. We hope you all had a fantastic holiday season and the happiest of New Year festivities. The SMAC gang is nursing food comas and holiday hangovers, so we decided to share some highlights of our favorite episode bytes from the past two and a half years! We'll return on January 15th with a hot new show so saddle up cuz it's podcast day!
AirplaneGeeks 281 – Women of Aviation Week is Coming! - Toriaflies | A big shout out and a huge thanks to the guys over at Airplane Geeks for having me as a guest on their podcast earlier this week! They are so much fun and I really enjoyed talking with them and seeing how they run their podcast. Of course, I talked a lot about Women Of Aviation Week and how YOU can get involved. Take a listen!
Excellent Intentional Deadstick Landing Video Via Tailwheeler's Journal - AirPigz | Between the bitter cold this week and starting a new (and large) ceramic tile install, I've been scrambling to keep up with my pig work. Early this morning I spent some time over at vimeo.com looking for a unique avgeek video to unearth, but I ran out of time to get it up because I wasn't finding just the right thing. However, shortly before I headed out the door I found this cool deadstick landing instructional video... which I'm finally getting around to sharing this evening....
Birds of Prey review by travelforaircraft | ...This tale is told with helicopters and the flying of them as well as the scenery. Starring David Janseen as hero Harry Walker, Ralph Meeker as former Flying Tiger buddy to Walker now a technocrat Jim McAndrew and Elayne Heilveil as hostage Teresa Jane...
These Flying Quadrotors Are the Robot Versions of the Blue Angels - The Atlantic | But if the video above looks familiar, it's because it's actually a sequel—a follow-up effort from KMel Robotics and Yuneec International, the collaboration that brought you the epic 2012 video "Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme." And what ...
January 7, 2014 Boyhood dreams - Ely Air Lines | ...The other day I was having lunch with Dean Doolittle, EAA Chapter 12’s Young Eagles coordinator. He told me of a Boy Scout troop in Houston that has over 200 scouts. I was shocked to hear that Dean approached the group several times to offer Young Eagles flights – a highly successful program now in its 24the year, having introduced nearly two million children to the wonders of flight - yet not one of the boys in that particular troop has participated....
NASA’s Orion Travels Country - InFlightUSA.com | The mockup rolled away from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., on Dec. 11, and will arrive at Naval Base San Diego in California in early January. There, the Orion stand-in will be used in February to support tests simulating the recovery of Orion following its return from space....
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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Former Blue Angels pilot runs for Congress - WTSP 10 News | St. Petersburg, FL -- Mark Bircher has never run for political office before. But serving others has been the story of his life. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Bircher was a fighter pilot who flew with the Blue Angles for three years. He was once ...
Body English - Vintage Wings of Canada | You are standing at the very edge of a steel cliff, high above the Indian Ocean. You look backwards across a hot steel deck shimmering in the 100ºF heat to 
the vast expanse of pale white-blue ocean. A white churning wake recedes in an arrow straight line, like pale smoke, until it disappears into the steamy haze that hides the line where the warm ocean meets the heat washed sky. A long, quiet ocean swell steadfastly raises and drops you 15 feet through a twenty second period. The soles of your feet burn through your tennis shoes. You do not have the benefit of a wind screen, so you lean backwards against the hot 35 knot wind pushing down the flight deck. Your feet are...
Hayward Air Rally to celebrate 50th anniversary - General Aviation News | ...The Hayward Air Rally is sponsoring scholarships to the 2014 EAA Advanced Air Academy to 16- to 18-year-olds who live in or near the communities of Hayward, Silver Springs, Nevada, Wendover, Utah, Lander, Wyoming, Rapid City, S.D., Montevideo, Minn., and Madison...
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Celebrates 10 Years - Flying Magazine | Named after Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, a Hungarian entrepreneur who donated millions to the National Air and Space Museum, the facility is home to a large collection of small aerobatic, taildragger, biplane and warbird airplanes from all eras. The massive...
Happy Birthday To The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver · WarbirdsNews, By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-three years ago today, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver took flight for the first time. A carrier-based dive and torpedo bomber, the Helldiver was designed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless. SB2Cs were large aircraft due to the requirement of an internal bomb bay; Helldivers were built to carry a 2,000 pound bomb internally, or two smaller 1,600 pound weapons, or a torpedo. SB2Cs first went to...
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CoolPix: Boeing 307 Stratoliner At The NASM (Udvar-Hazy) - AirPigz | I'll start by saying that the late January 2014 AirPigz MeetUp is being planned for the National Navy Aviation Museum in
Pensacola Florida. More info on that will be up soon. The January 2013 AirPigz MeetUp was in the Washington DC area to experience the two amazing National Air & Space Museum facilities, the one on the National Mall and the Udvar-Hazy. This CoolPix image of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner is one I captured on that trip...Belite Achieves Maiden Flight of Ultralight Floatplane - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Belite Aircraft announced the first powered flight of its new SeaLite amphibious carbon fiber float-equipped aircraft, designed to legally fly under U.S. FAR 103 regulations off of either water or land. The flight occurred on Tuesday, December 17, the 110th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.
Low-flying plane shocks Hamilton onlookers - ELTON SMALLMAN | A low flying military aircraft took a quick trip over Hamilton leaving surprised and shocked onlookers in its wake. The plane, believed to be a C-17 Globemaster, was in New Zealand for tactical low level training flights and was part of Operation Southern Katipo in the South Island...
Video: Firefighters Accidentally Spray Jet Fuel On Blaze Because Oops - Jalopnik | That's exactly what happened in late October to some Washington State Patrol firefighters during what was, thankfully, a training exercise. According to recently-obtained video from...
Video: Station Cooling System Still a Problem - Spaceports | Expedition 38 Lead Flight Director Judd Frieling joins NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot for an update on the International Space Station's ammonia pump module and the efforts by the Flight Control Team to resolve the issue with a software upload.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
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Red Arrows to wow Abu Dhabi Corniche today - The National | The display will begin at 3.15pm – weather permitting - and will last approximately 25 minutes. It will demonstrate the very best of the pilots’ skills and precision flying, organisers say...
Video: B-17 Bomber lands in Green Bay - Fox11online.com | ASHWAUBENON - A piece of World War II history has landed in the Green Bay area. Visitors got an up-close look at a historic B-17 bomber Saturday. It's nicknamed the "Aluminum Overcast." The plane is fully restored, and is even still able to fly!...
2013 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo a Big (Non-Towered) Hit! - Photorecon.net | CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. (Nov. 20, 2013) — More than 500 aircraft and 6,100 attendees from 12 countries 
and 37 U.S. states converged on the 41st-annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (Casa Grande, Ariz.) a few weeks ago. This attendance figure tops the 2012 number by more than 600...
Inside Airshows – Part 3: Tuskegee 3 – Audio Episode Show Notes * Airspeed Online | If you want to understand a subculture or an experience, a great way to do that is to take an outsider and plunge him into the place you want to know about, wait awhile, then drag him back to the surface and wring him out to see how it changed him. It’s even better if you can get the guy to wring himself out. You begin to realize that not everybody who writes about the majesty of flight does it because he’s a fighter pilot. Some of us write because we’re not fighter pilots....
Doolittle's Raiders - Napa Valley Register | Six days after the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, I celebrated my 12th birthday. I remember that Sunday morning attack like it happened yesterday. Our citizens were in shock, and their morale was low. Then, four months later, we learned that U.S. bomber crews, in retaliation for Pearl Harbor, had taken off from an aircraft carrier, bombed Tokyo and other Japanese industrial cities and proved that U.S. aircraft could reach the Japanese homeland. Our morale recovered...
Happy Birthday To The Grumman F9F Panther · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The Grumman F9F Panther flew for the first time sixty-six years ago today. A single-seat carrier-based fighter and attack aircraft, the F9F was the first Navy jet to go to war and the first to try an inflight-refueling system. Panthers flew 78,000 combat sorties during the Korean War and scored the first air-to-air “kill” by the Navy in the conflict, downing a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-9 on July 3, 1950. The Navy’s first jet-versus-jet “kill” was also accomplished by a Panther when the type dispatched a MiG-15 on November 9, 1950. Grumman built 1,382 aircraft between 1947 and 1953. The...
Ju-52 air to air, making off - Apron 6 | And this is how it’s done. Sitting in a Do-27 flying next to a Junkers 52. Not really a close formation but good enough to get some good images from...
Experimental Aircraft Programme Now On Display At Cosford · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE-Christmas has come early at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford with the arrival of the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstrator. This experimental jet helped pave the way for the renowned Eurofighter Typhoon and thanks to support of BAE Systems is now on display to visitors within the Museum’s Test Flight collection....
'Fatal Incident' plays loose with historic tragedy - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | FAIRBANKS — On Sept. 18, 1944, an Army Air Transport Command flight left Fort Richardson en route to Ladd Field, carrying 16 servicemen heading home on furlough, two Northwest Airlines pilots, and a civilian. Flying on instruments, the C-47 flew over Denali National Park, crashing into what was thought at the time to be Mount Brooks (it was actually an unnamed peak, later called Mount Deception in honor of the victims), 19 miles from Mount McKinley. Forty-four men hiked the 20 miles of rugged terrain in a recovery effort, reaching the site on Nov. 10, only to find the plane buried under 10 feet of snow. None of the bodies was recovered....
Three new board members for EAA · General Aviation News Staff | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Three aviators with extensive experience in diverse areas of the aviation community have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the newest members of the EAA Board of Directors...
Blue Skies Frank · Warbirds News By Elena DePree | The warbird community has lost a great person and outstanding restorer,Frank Arrufat died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.Frank Arrufat built the Corsair called Kathleen, named after his wife. It is now Corsair 489 and is flown by the Texas Flying Legends Museum. Frank was a superb individual and just a really great guy to know.
Women in Aviation plans UAE launch to attract more women in Middle East to the industry - The National | DUBAI // A US aviation organisation is aiming to attract more women to the industry in the UAE and across the region. Women in Aviation plans to launch its UAE chapter next month, and will offer scholarships in an attempt to raise the profile of the industry. “Everybody knows about aviation and that it involves piloting, ticketing or flight attending,” said Mervat Sultan, the organisation’s president, on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow last week...
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Two - Photorecon.net, · Dave "Bio" Baranek | When considering why Topgun flourished, much credit must go to the enduring culture established by the earliest instructors and handed down to their successors. They met the essential requirements for a “school”: obtain accurate intelligence and develop effective tactics. The following items, on the other hand, were matters of choice that became part of the standards that defined Topgun...
A life of flight, awards and meeting famous folks - GoDanRiver.com | “I started working for the Aero Club at Langley where they teach dependents to fly. I started with three airplanes and built it up to 17,” he said. “I started under a light pole, then a shed and then they built me a nice hangar. “Someone made me a nice ...
Jeff Mitchell: Aerobatics ace to take at-risk kids under his wing - The Salinas Californian | Friday morning I was up and out early for a trip to Rancho Cielo. What a great place full of energy and full of hope for some of our most at-risk kids. Established and founded by retired Superior Court Judge John Phillips, the place gives troubled kids a chance to get back on their feet and to learn a craft or a trade that can lead to a real job. But I was there Friday not to take the nickel tour but to attend an assembly being led by National Aerobatics Champion and Salinas native Sean D. Tucker...
SUN ‘n FUN to gift 12 Flights of Christmas to children · General Aviation News Staff | SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Florida — For the second year in a row, 12 lucky children will find a certificate under the tree this year for an airplane ride on Jan. 11 at SUN ’n FUN. For any family finding it difficult to put gifts under the Christmas Tree this year, there is a no-cost option. Through Dec. 18, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors or friends can complete a form found on the SUN ’n FUN website. Nominate a child ages 7-18 by completing a 500-word essay describing the circumstances and provide the reason a child should be selected...
Friday, August 30, 2013
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Watsonville Air Show director steps down - Register Pajaronian | Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show manager Mike Hennessy has stepped down effective immediately, leaving the 49-year-old show without leadership just days before it opens, Hennessy said Wednesday. Hennessy said he quit due to troubles with the air show's ...
Aviation World Pays Its Respects to Paul - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The passing of EAA Founder Paul Poberezny last week confirmed the depth and breadth of admiration that people from all walks of life had for him. Tributes from aviation enthusiasts and others, organizations, and companies around the world came pouring in and continue to do so.
See incredible flying machines at Paine Field - Heraldnet | Grumpy has a heroic history.Bad Kitty was rescued from a graveyard. Impatient Virgin was harvested by archaeologists. These planes -- a B-25D Mitchell, F7F Tigercat and P-51B Mustang that earned nicknames at the Historic Flight Foundation...
Warbirds take to the skies over AMA - The Star Press | The skies above certain fields on the east side of Muncie are going to be filled with warplanes this weekend. Luckily for those below, they’ll be models.The event is the Academy of Model Aeronautics’ Indiana Warbird Campaign, which runs today and Saturday, and it will bring more than 100 model pilots and hundreds of their pristine aircraft here....
Podcast: New for Reno from Mojave -- The Wasabi Racer - AVweb Podcast By Mary Grady | Aircraft designer Elliot Seguin got together with some friends from around Mojave, many of them fellow employees at Scaled Composites, with the goal to create an airplane that could compete in the Reno Air Races. Their Wasabi Racer now is flying, and the team will bring it to Reno for the races, which start September 11. Seguin explains to AVweb's Mary Grady how the team pooled their ideas and skills to create the one-of-a-kind Wasabi Racer.
Leuchars Airshow: RAF Voyager set to draw crowds at this year's show - Scottish Daily Record | THE largest plane in the Royal Air Force is to feature in this year's Leuchars Airshow. Voyager, the newest aircraft in the fleet, will be on display at the base during the popular annual show on September 7. Normally based at RAF Brize Norton, Voyager ...
Keep your eyes on the skies! - Express & Echo | Popular as always will be the Red Arrows, but also taking to the skies throughout the day will the RV8tors, one of the UK's most popular and consistent display teams, making a debut at the show. "You'll see plenty of aerobatics," said Gareth. "But you ...
Red Arrows join the party at Heywood Charities Fete - Manchester Evening News | The famous Red Arrows are to fly over the town as part of this Sunday's Heywood Charities Fete. A fly-past has been scheduled over Queen's Park at 1.43pm, coinciding with the arrival of the parade at the park gates. The RAF aerobatic team plans to fly...
Some of the most interesting “hardware” showcased at this year’s Radom Air Show in Poland - The Aviationist | On Aug. 24. and 25 Radom Sadków Airfield in south-central Poland hosted one of the largest air shows in Eastern Europe. This year’s Radom Air Show was somehow unique, as it marked the 95th anniversary of the Polish military aviation....
Oshkosh Hosts Its First Aerobatic Competition in 30 Years - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Last weekend 27 pilots competed in the first Oshkosh Air Maneuvers Challenge, an IAC regional competition sponsored by International Aerobatic Club Chapter 1, of northern Illinois. It was the first aerobatic competition at Wittman Regional Airport since the World Aerobatic Championships were there in 1980, and the first-ever regional meet in Oshkosh.
AirVenture Dates Set Through 2020 - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh has set its dates for the next seven years through 2020.
WWII B-17 Flying Fortress “Sentimental Journey” to visit air museum Sept. 3-8 - Blair Enterprise Publishing | Members of the Commemorative Air Force – Airbase Arizona and its B17 aircraft will arrive on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and stay through Sunday, Sept. 8. During that time visitors may opt for short fights and or tours of the aircraft. Additional military ...
Culture and Heritage Commission Supports Aviation Museum - Cape May County Herald | NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum will also have a concert during the 17th Annual AirFest, preformed on Aug. 31 from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. by Bob Ferris and the Swingtimers Trio. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on...
RAAF-Restored F-111C Going to Hawaiian Museum in an Amazing Gesture of Goodwill - Warbirds News | In surprising news, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their venerable General Dynamics F-111Cs and distributed them on loan to museums around their country, is sending a seventh restored plane, gifted outright, to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii....
Day 5: Red Bull -· Mike Collins, AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | We spent much of today at 
Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria, home of the Red Bull aircraft collection and the Flying Bulls. That’s somewhat of a misnomer; all the aircraft fly–and the specific aircraft on display in Hangar 7 change frequently because they’re rotated in and out as they fly and undergo periodic maintenance.
New Additions to EAA Board- Flying Magazine | ... and served as the chairman for the 60th reunion of the Tuskegee Airmen. As an RV enthusiast who has co-built an RV-6 and is in the process of building an RV-6A, Clark is also a member of Team Aerodynamix, which flew at this year's AirVenture Oshkosh.
Young Eagles to soar over Merced - Merced County Times | rudders," the teenager said. "Making a turn is not exactly the way you would do it in a car." Bonstein experienced the flight thanks to a friend who told him about the annual Young Eagles Day at the Merced Airport. Once again this year, on Saturday, Sept.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Birmingham News - al.com | PENSACOLA, Florida -- Chances are, you won't see Lt. Cmdr. David Tickle in the cockpit of an F-18 Hornet this year. But that doesn't mean the Trussville native isn't working hard at his mission as an ambassador for the U.S. armed forces. "We're focusing on community outreach," said Tickle, who serves as the lead solo pilot and operations officer for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. "We're still flying; we're just not doing public demonstrations."...Vintage Aircraft Weekend prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | EVERETT, Wash. — Historic Flight Foundation will host the 6th annual Vintage Aircraft Weekend, offering food, fun, flying, music, and more Friday, Aug. 30, to Sunday, Sept. 1 at Paine Field. Together with Paine Field Partners, Castle & Cooke and the Snohomish County Airport, Historic Flight Foundation expects as many as 65 pilots from across the Northwest to fly in, piloting a wide variety of privately owned vintage aircraft....
CAF “Celebrating America’s Aviation Heritage” 2013 - Photorecon.net | On August 17th and 18th, the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held their annual air show at their Headquarters in Camarillo, California. With the lack of military air shows due to the on going fiscal budget issues, these events, held by our beloved warbird community, have satisfied our hunger for our love of aviation. While I myself...
Labor Day Celebration Set at Airpower Museum - Patch.com | The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport is scheduled to launch a formation flight of historic B-25 Mitchell bombers and World War II escort fighters for a tribute flight near the World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty. The pattern was...
Middle East security expert to headline Curtiss Fall Flying Festival dinner · General Aviation News Staff | HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. — Middle East security expert Christopher Harmer will be the keynote speaker at the Curtiss Fall Flying Festival Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Glenn Curtiss Museum...
Amazing New Air Show Act -Good vs Evil - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Kyle Franklin talks a little about the new act, "Skip
Stewart and I have been talking about doing this act for years. It's a combination of an aerial dogfight/squirrel cage with pyro going off all over, jet trucks blowing fire left and right, all to hard hitting music and the story of good and evil. One thing that's...Over 18000 people visit MAKS-2013 Airshow near Moscow - Tne Moscow News | About 18,000 people visited the MAKS-2013 airshow just outside Moscow on the first day, the region's police department said in Tuesday. Some 1,460 police and servicemen were deployed in the area to maintain security and public order at the at the...
Bournemouth Air Festival: Unique heritage flypast will feature Vulcan, Meteor ... - Bournemouth Echo | UP to a million people are set to descend on Bournemouth over the next four days as the sixth annual Air Festival gets underway tomorrow. And Air Festival goers will be in for an extra special and unique treat this year. The display by Avro Vulcan XH...
Bournemouth Air Festival: One to day to go! - Bournemouth Echo | Fans of the Red Arrows will get to see their heroes at the end of the afternoon, alongside the Tigers parachute team, the Merlin helicopter and gravity-defying aerobatics from Gerald Cooper. From 8pm, the stunning Night Air programme takes off, with...
Take it to the MAKS - Flight Image of the Day | It’s probably not pronounced that way in Russian,
but we’ll not let language stand in the way of a good pun.
Anyway, here’s a fantastic image of the air display at Russia’s biennial
air show extravaganza courtesy of Rex Features...Travel Back in Time to Aviation Museum's AirFest - Cape May County Herald | NORTH CAPE MAY - The Cape May – Lewes Ferry has teamed up with the Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum to offer a package for Delaware residents and visitors to attend this year's 17th Annual AirFest at the Cape May, NJ Airport....
Community members gather to mark Ramstein air show disaster anniversary - Stars and Stripes | Franzjosef Witt, 73, looks at the stone memorial just outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a moment after a ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the1988 air show catastrophe on the base. Witt's uncle, Mario Witt, perished in the disaster....
Fairchild AFB – The War Years, Spokane Army Air Depot - af.mil | The transition from Spokane Air Depot to Spokane Army Air Airfield meant chaos and confusion during the formative stages of an organization becoming a well, knit smoothly running operation. In June 1943, the first B-17, "Junior", arrived for repairs at the Spokane Army Air Depot....
The REAL answer to “What’s wrong with this picture?” - The Lexicans | The Connie in this picture is PanAm NC88858 landing at Burbank Airport in 1946. There are only 3 engines, #4 engine caught on
fire on climb out on a flight from the U.S. to London on June 18, 1946. The fire eventually became uncontrollable and burned through the engine mount, resulting in the entire engine leaving the airplane. The plane returned to the U.S. and landed with no problems....Speaking of Connies…. - The Lexicans | With the solving of Busbob’s Connie Mystery...
August 1909: First passenger flight - The Engineer | Cody continued in the record-breaking vein, building the world's largest aeroplane, the Flying Cathedral, which finished fourth in a round-Britain air race in 1911. The end of his story is sad but probably inevitable: in 1913 he built a floatplane, and...
Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help - Photorecon.net |There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World War II at the rate of one per hour. This plant employed 40,000 workers during World War II. Willow run produced...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Air Assault Huey walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This […]
Famous Hoax WWI Dogfighting Photos Sell at Auction - Warbirds News | A set of 34 famous black and white photos of WWI dogfights sold recently at auction in Australia for AUD$1,130 (+/- US$1,000), the only rub? They’re fakes. In the 1933, a woman who claimed to be the widow of a Royal Flying Corps pilot, going by the name of “Mrs. Gladys Maud Cockburne-Lange” published Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot, which included numerous photographs purportedly taken in the...
KLAPMEIER, CLARK, WELCH Join EAA Board of Directors - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - Three aviators with extensive experience in EAA programs and activities have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the newest members of the EAA Board of Directors....
EAA Marks 1,000th Eagle Flight in First Year - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's year-old Eagle Flights program, which provides one-on-one flight experiences and pathways for adults interested in becoming a pilot, marked its 1,000th flight on August 10 in Hickory, North Carolina. Bradley Bormuth, EAA 423388, of Hickory's Chapter 731, took Joshua Austin for a flight in a Cessna 172....
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Gone West: EAA Founder Paul Poberezny
EAA Founder Paul Poberezny Passes at Age 91 - EAA | August 22, 2013 - EAA Founder Paul 
Poberezny passed away this morning (August 22) at Evergreen Retirement Village in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, after a battle with cancer. He was 91....EAA Tribute page
RIP: Paul H. Poberezny · Dave Higdon, UCAP Blog | Seeing Paul briefly during Oshkosh a few weeks ago made me smile; cruising with a driver in Red One, his presence reminded me of the irrefutable influence “Papa Paul” has been in aviation — general aviation, specifically. From our first face-to-face visit at EAA’s old HQ in Hales Corners, Wisc., he exuded enthusiasm and delight at introducing a young, green aviation writer to the inside story of EAA…he made my hang gliding feel more a part of aviation than we “hippie pilots” got from any other corner of aviation....
Paul Poberezny, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association and major air ... - Washington Post | ...
EAA moved in 1983 to Oshkosh, where it had been hosting AirVenture, an annual pilots’ convention and air show, since 1970. The event draws 10,000 planes and tens of thousands of participants each summer. “As Paul often said, he considers himself a millionaire because through aviation he made a million friends. He leaves an unmatched legacy in aviation and can be best remembered by all the people who discovered aviation through his inspiration to create EAA,” his family said in a statement issued by the association...
The aviation community will miss him, and appreciates all his contributions!
Monday, August 5, 2013
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Seafair attendance down 30% without Blue Angels - Q13 FOX | SEATTLE — It is Seattle’s premier summer event and it draws people from all over the state and beyond for outdoor fun and entertainment at its best. “It’s a huge deal, parades and festivals and queens being honored. It’s a great festival and it’s international,” Seafair lover John Woodward said. “Folks across the country know about Seafair. This is the Mardi Gras of Seattle or the Kentucky Derby festival of Seattle,” Seafair C.E.O. Beth Knox said...
Warbirds Plan To Return To Topeka - WIBW | TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)__ The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends air show ended their event Sunday afternoon, but plan to bring the event back next year. Organizers tell 13 News that the turnout for the event was what they had hoped for. They saw a large turnout on Saturday (8/3), but because of the rain on Sunday (8/4) the numbers weren't as good. Organizer Brooks Pettit says that since they have learned so much putting this event together, they now know what to expect for next year....
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Alphajets. The figure is made by one of the pilots of the Patrouille de France. One way to greet the audience came to Mainfonds Sunday morning. It is 11 h 05, the outfielder goes back into a clear blue sky. Spectators are the angels....National Naval Aviation Museum Releases a New Book Documenting its Collection of Warbirds - Warbird News | In conjunction with the celebration of it’s 50th Anniversary, the National Naval Aviation Museum has released an all-new book. Entitled National Naval Aviation Museum Aircraft Collection, the book features all-new photography, and covers the museum’s new exhibits and new aircraft in addtion to long-standing favorites within the museum’s collection, documenting the full span of naval aviation history as displayed at the world-class facility. The book contains over 300 photographs of the museum’s aircraft and includes descriptions, statistics and
specifications....Flying Dorito - Travel for Aircraft | Wildcat Cranes donated their equipment and services to move the full scale mock-up of the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II to the Veterans Memorial Air Park in Ft. Worth TX — photo courteously provided by the Veterans Memorial Air Park...
CAF Gulf Coast Wing's B-17 Texas Raiders |NEXT STOP: San Antonio! August 9th - 11th |Come see Texas Raiders at San Antonio International Airport (KSAT) |Call 1-800-FLY-A-B17 to schedule a History Experience Flight!
Young Eagles will soar at Northern Air - Newsbf.com | Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, August 10, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 757 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Day at the Boundary County Regional Airport in Bonners Ferry. The flight day ...
Saturday, August 3, 2013
#DisneyPlanes Land for a Fly-In Screening
“Disney’s Planes” held a very special preview at ‘The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,’ EAA AirVenture 2013 in OshKosh, WI, where aircraft took a break to see a whole different kind of action at the air show: a fly-in screening of the animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer.
Disney’s PLANES releases in theaters in 3D on August 9, 2013!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Airventure 2013: 7/29 News
Association’s AirVenture gathering, which begins this week in Oshkosh, Wisc. Rossy’s flying machine, called the jetwing, consists of a small wing made of a carbon-Kevlar composite with four jet engines, each putting out up to around 49 pounds of thrust. This is enough power to propel the Swiss flyer thought the air at more than 150 miles an hour...AirVenture Air Shows are the Crowd Favorite - WBAY | - The opening of EAA AirVenture means a lot of aircraft over Oshkosh. It also brings the crowd favorite -- the daily air show with unbelievable stunts. From the ground it's hard not to watch as professional stunt pilots perform daring feats, amazing flips and dramatic turns, dazzling
the opening day crowd...EAA AirVenture 16th Annual Cup Winners Announced - AvStop Aviation News | The EAA AirVenture Cup Race was founded in 1997 in the spirit of recreating the old Bendix Trophy Race and is dedicated to aviation advocacy and preserving the rich heritage of cross-country air racing. The race is held annually in advance of EAA ...
AirVenture Cup Draws 48 Racers - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |The AirVenture Cup Race was delayed until Monday, but when the numbers were tabulated, the overall winner in the 48-plane race was Marty Abbott in his Turbine Legend, with an average speed of 354.3 mph.
Only at Oshkosh: Jetman and a Flying Car - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |This week at EAA Oshkosh two of humanity's longest dreams reach fulfillment, starting with Monday's first public demonstration of the Terrafugia folding-wing flying car followed today by Yves 'Jetman' Rossy's U.S. public demonstration of his jet-powered wings... More from EAA News
We're thinking Jason Paur has some cool pics for the day at EAA Airventure. Jetman off the wing of the B-17, and having to hold for Fifi....yeah, cool!
Seven days, seven can't miss AirVenture activities - Appleton Post Crescent | Oshkosh-based Sonex Aircraft's SubSonex jet will fly Tuesday, while Terrafugia's Transition roadable aircraft will make its first drive and flight before a large public audience Wednesday evening. Yuneec's eSpyder electric aircraft is scheduled to fly ...
The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Arrivals and Displays - The Aero
Experience
| Day two for The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013
included more arrivals that were held up by the cold and rainy weather
experienced in Oshkosh and vicinity Friday and Saturday. Aircraft of all
types, including general aviation, antiques, warbirds, homebuilts and
ultralights descended on Wittman Regional Airport all day, giving plane
watchers a great experience on the flightline. Aircraft manufacturers
and... More Aero Experience coverage The Non-Aviator's Ultimate "A-to-Z" Guide to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - Airplanista Aviation Blog | As I prepare to depart for #OSH13 in one sleep, I've been thinking a lot about EAA AirVenture...or as most pilots and aviation family calls it, just "Oshkosh." For people who have been lucky enough to attend this annual flying festival, block party and gawkathon, you already know this show is like no other. And, yes, it does make a difference in what you call this mammoth event. "AirVenture" is a huge EAA convention and trade show, while "Oshkosh" is the world's largest, most incredible hangar party anyone could possibly imagine...
Oshkosh or Bust - Nordo News | Several years ago Gingerand I drove to Oshkosh instead of flying. Beginning as transportation to an event, it ended up a journey of self-discovery. When all was said and done, I would never be the same....
Video: EAA AirVenture 2013 – Day 0 by Damon Favor
Twas The Night Before Oshkosh….. - Photorecon.net | It’s Sunday evening, we just got to Oshkosh for the 2013 EAA Convention. AirVenture is ready to start in the morning. People have been here for months setting up the show. Campers have been coming in for weeks. Airplanes have been coming in for days....
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Airventure 2013 - July 27 News
AirVenture race ready for takeoff - Mt. Vernon Register-News | VERNON — A misty rain late Friday afternoon prevented many of the participants in the inaugural EAA AirVenture Cup Race from landing at Mt. Vernon Airport, and to make preparations for Sunday's race. Manager Chris Collins though said the airport will ...
Air race, open house today at Mount Vernon - The Southern | MOUNT VERNON — Planes will buzz across the Southern Illinois sky as pilots take flight from Mount Vernon Outland Airport this weekend. The pilots and their exotic-looking homebuilt aircraft are participating in Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Cup 2013, a cross-country race that begins in Mount Vernon Sunday. While the race is Sunday, the birds began flying into the airport Thursday and nearly 60 are expected to arrive in time for today’s activities at the airport....
Don't Look Now, But It's Time For Oshkosh - Aero-News Network | The ANN Team Is Geared Up 
And Ready To Go | In case you hadn't heard, aviation’s crown jewel will get underway Monday. But ANN has had people on the ground at Wittman Regional Airport for more than a week getting ready to bring you great coverage of the show. Oshkosh may feel a little different this year. While the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds have not recently been part of the show, there has been a lot of military hardware on display. Because of sequestration, it’s a pretty fair bet that the active-duty military airplanes won't be in attendance at the show in 2013, and the sound of jets flying over the airport will not be as pronounced as it has been in years past, particularly during the afternoon air shows...
Wis. Air Show Leads Fight Against Federal Fees - ABC News | One of the nation's largest air shows begins Monday in Wisconsin, and for each of the 10,000 planes flying in, the federal government will collect about $45 for air traffic control services. The fee has angered pilots, who already pay for air traffic control through a fuel tax, and aviation enthusiasts, who say air shows have been disproportionately hurt by the automatic federal budget cuts that went into effect earlier this spring...
Storms postpone Waupaca flight to Airventure - WAOW | Storms caused pilots in Waupaca to postpone their formation flight to "Airventure" until Saturday. More than 50 pilots and air enthusiasts gathered at the Waupaca Municipal Airport for the flight. It was scheduled to leave around noon, but severe ...
19-year-old Australian pilot to visit Oshkosh | FOX6Now.com· Melanie Lawder |OSHKOSH (WITI) -- A 19-year-old Australian teenager is attempting to break a world record by becoming the youngest pilot ever to fly around the world, alone. Ryan Campell has his sights set on big things. He "always wanted ...
Coming from near & far, on their way to AirVenture 2013 · Judy | They're coming from near and far, all headed to the busiest airport in the world for one short week. Look out Oshkosh, here we come!! Brian Matz. “Waitin' on weather in Kankakee, IL. Only 2.5 hrs to Oshkosh. Got time to spare ...
Classic Airborne--Oshkosh 07.27.12: Cessna, House Aviation, Piper's Numbers - Aero News Network | Looking Back At Oshkosh 2012--Part Five: Two members of the House Aviation Subcommittee and two other members of Congress held a town-hall-style meeting at AirVenture Friday. The members addressed issues ranging from user fees and aviation fuel issues to UAVs in the national airspace and the Pilot’s Bill of Rights....
Half a Lifetime Ago at Oshkosh 1986…. - Photorecon | ...Family traditions die hard, they also make memories that last forever. In our family we have been going to EAA Conventions since 1966 in Rockford. Forty seven years is a long time to go to these events. It’s amazing to see how many airplanes that were at the conventions ended up in museums. I can’t count how many friends we have that we only see one week a year. Countless family memories are associated with the EAA. I was scanning slides the other night from Oshkosh 1986 and had a few I’d like to share....
Friday, July 26, 2013
Airventure 2013 - Ready?
EAA AirVenture 2013 gets off the ground - Fond du Lac Reporter | The Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture 2013 will take off on Monday, July 29, and continues through Sunday, Aug. 4, at Wittman Regional Airport, 525 W. 20th Ave., in Oshkosh. Fly-ins are expected to begin on Sunday, July 28. The EAA AirVenture 2013 will feature programs and activities designed for all ages...
The Lure of AirVenture - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | As soon as it is over, it is missed and 
longed for until next year when for just one July week in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, anything and everything that is aviation is there. Anyone who is someone in aviation comes there. It is the ultimate gathering of passionate aviation aficionados from around the world who embrace the Experimental Aircraft Association and what it professes. "EAA is dedicated to serving all of aviation by fostering and encouraging individual participation, high standards, and access to the world of flight in an environment that promotes freedom, safety, family, and personal fulfillment."...
Ready for Round Engine Rodeo at Oshkosh - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | A true paradise for enthusiasts of radial engine aircraft will be blooming next week as the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) hosts the Round Engine Rodeo during EAA AirVenture 2013.
Enjoy AirVenture Live All Week - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Whether you are on convention grounds or following from afar, you can connect to EAA AirVenture 2013 through AirVenture Live.
The Hartman & Hilt Show – AirVenture 2013 Pre Show! | WarbirdRadio.com – Gather round and get ready for AirVenture 2013 with Hartman & Hilt. Listen in and the guys get ready for aviation’s big event and learn a few tips for your own trip.
#Oshbash Awards Update: Sponsors Step Up to Help Airplanista Celebrate Aviation Social Networking - Airplanista Aviation Blog |As this is being written, the 2013 edition of EAA's annual airplane party, family reunion and trade show/convention is set to launch in a few days. For those of us who cannot wait for the next trip to KOSH, this is the "most wonderful time of the year"...far surpassing even Christmas. Yeah, Santa is pretty cool, but even WITH flying reindeer, he cannot compete with AirVenture....
OSH13 Will Be The Best Oshkosh Ever! - AirPigz | It's a bit of a tradition now for me to make that 
statement... that this year's Oshkosh will be the best one ever. What's the reason it's the 'best ever' each successive year? Because the best Oshkosh is the one you can experience RIGHT NOW! Avgeek memories of past Oshkosh weeks are awesome, amazing, and many are truly unforgettable, but the ability to experience Oshkosh in the here-and-now always trumps the memories for me...
The Aero Experience Lands at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Tomorrow - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience will land at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 tomorrow and begin our week-long coverage of the largest aerial extravaganza in the nation. Contributors Carmelo Turdo and Fred Harl will team up to capture as much as humanly possible and report back to our growing audience.The Aero Experience is unique in that we continue our coverage of this monumental Midwest Aviation event throughout the year, and as with our current 2012 series, bring you gems from the previous year that are still as thrilling as ever....
Mooney to Celebrate 60th Anniversary at AirVenture 2013 - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Kerrville, TX, July 25, 2013 - Free commemorative shirts, guest appearances from top pilots and legendary aircraft are all part of The Mooney Aviation Company's AirVenture lineup as it celebrates its 60-year anniversary of when Mooney began to manufacture its legendary M20 fleet of fast, safe, and efficient airplanes.
Beechcraft to Bring Seven Aircraft to EAA AirVenture 2013 - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | AT-6 light attack aircraft makes Oshkosh debut | WICHITA, Kan.- Beechcraft Corporation today announced it will feature a mix of its commercial and military products, as well as historic aircraft, at the 2013 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture. The show runs July 29 through Aug. 4 in Oshkosh, Wis...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Tora! Tora! Tora! - The Aero Experience | One of the most dramatic airshow performances ever presented is the reenactment of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by the Commemorative Air Force's Tora! Tora! Tora! team. There is nothing like seeing that first Zero fighter wave approaching from a distance, followed by explosions and (at some venues) antiaircraft fire and wounded soldiers being carried off the field. Another wave of bombers and torpedo planes comes in, followed by more explosions, followed by another wave of fighters and bombers, then another. Then...
