Video: Thousands gather to watch Blue Angels in SF * ABC | It was another gorgeous day for the second Fleet Week air show, featuring the Blue Angels. Thousands of families poured into San Francisco to watch the aerial acrobatics and admire the heart stopping twists and turns on Sunday...
Flying on the Blue Angels' 'Fat Albert Airlines' at SF's Fleet Week * cnet | It's Fleet Week in San 
Francisco, and though the ships and sailors enliven the town, the star of the show is always the Blue Angels. If you've ever watched these daredevil fliers, you know they put on quite a show, flying their F/A-18s within feet of each other as they roar over the city...
Wings and Waves air show wraps up in Volusia County * News 13 | Vintage airplanes and thundering jets are pumping big bucks into the Daytona Beach area. Jaques Chester brought took his two daughters to Daytona Beach for surf and sand, but what flew over them during the day was a surprise he kept from them on the drive to the coast...
Daytona air show draws crowd * news-journal | John Johnson could look out the window and see the planes twirling and tumbling above the Atlantic Ocean. The president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University had a glass of lemonade on the table in front of him and Sunday afternoon his conversations were often interrupted by a tap on the shoulder from people passing by who wanted to say “Thank you” or “Hello.”...
Video: Watsonville fly-in and airshow closes the weekend * KSBW | In it's 50th anniversary, the Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow wowed crowds with aerobatics and WWII era planes.
Join the U.S. Army “Golden Knights” parachute team on a night skydive * The Aviationist | Nicknamed and commonly known as the Golden Knights, the United States Army Parachute Team, is a demonstration and competition parachute team which conduct parachute demos across the U.S. and, occasionally, abroad...
15th annual Culpeper County AirFest held at airport on Beverly Ford Rd. * Star Exponent | Spirits and hopes ran high at the annual Culpeper County AirFest Saturday morning as clouds and an intermittent drizzling rain hung over the event for the second consecutive year...
Special Guests Come to Rockford for Air Camp * My stateline | Boy scouts had a chance to check out planes and learn all about aviation. The Blackhawk Area Council hosted the third Air Camp at the Chicago-Rockford International Airport. They were especially excited to host the Tuskegee Airmen...
YOUR PHOTOS: Potomac Flight soars to honor veterans * Inside Nova
WWII Planes Fly Over National Cemetery, Pentagon * NBC | Twenty four World War II vintage aircraft flew over the DC area Sunday in tribute of Disabled American Veterans. The flight originated from the Culpeper Air Fest and traveled over the Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon. The planes were T-6 Texan aircraft, used to train pilots during World War II...
Chambliss lives a lifestyle full of adrenaline * Las Vegas Review Journal | Kirby Chambliss stands 11th in points among the 12 adrenaline junkies who will race airplanes through pylons at speeds approaching 230 mph today in Round 7 of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. So it hasn’t been the greatest of years for one of the world’s foremost air racers. He did, however, recently go off into the wild blue yonder with Amelia Earhart as his co-pilot...
Zhuhai Air Show to exhibit 120 aircraft from around the world * Want China Times | ...As is customary, the J-10 fighters of the August 1st aerobatic team will perform during the air show, however, this is the first time a female pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force will fly with the team during the air show. The Black Eagles aerobatic team of the South Korean air force was invited to join the show with its T-50 trainers as well, according to the paper. The T-50 Golden Eagle is a trainer produced by the Korea Aerospace Industries based in Sacheon...
Fly-in at Meriden Markham Airport on Saturday * By Lauren Sievert Record-Journal staff | Meriden- Markham Airport will host its first fly-in Saturday, featuring planes and helicopters. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Constance Castillo, airport manger, said it is the first of its kind for the Meriden airport and differs from the air shows of the past...
Red Arrows 'should replace their ageing British-made Hawk jets with second hand American planes' * Daily Mail | The Red Arrows should replace their ageing British made jets with second hand American built planes, a senior RAF officer has suggested. The aerobatic display team currently fly the Hawk T1 jet, which is due to go out of service in 2020...
March Field Air Museum flying high with upgrades * Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | There have been quite a few changes to March Field Air Museum in Riverside since I first went there a decade and a half ago, including a few since my last visit a couple of years ago...
Search for Warbirds in India by WarbirdsNews | Accordingly to several news reports coming from India, a group of researchers has identified sites in Loktak lake, near Manipur, India where two Japanese Ki-43 fighter aircraft and a British Wellington bomber came to rest following a dogfight on June 17th, 1944. After getting official records from the Burma Campaign Society based in London...
Avro Lancaster 1941 onwards All marks by travelforaircraft | Cotter's authorship of this beloved aircraft lives up to the Lancaster's reputation. Another of the Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual series this book includes what has become expected from this excellent series. History and design of the Avro Lancaster is addressed and quite well. The heart of the book is operating a Lancaster (the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight or BBMF) as well as the maintenance and costs — all are quite enlightening...
Farman F40 F-AHMF * Passion for aviation (translated) | The aircraft in the foreground is the Farman F.40 (F-AHMF) aircraft designed as an observation aircraft by Maurice and Henry Farman at the request of the Air Force in 1915 and served very often after war make "First flight"...
1st flight to Reunion by Marcel Goulette * Passion for aviation (translated) | From 17 to 27 Oc t ober 1929, Maurice Goulette, R ené Marchesseau and Jean Michel Bourgeois established a record on its lia i Paris (Le Bourget) -Madagascar (Antananarivo) aboard Farman 192 No. 3 (F-AJBB) by browsing 12400km in 1 0 days 8 hours and 4 min 0...
NASA technology helps remote Alaskan pilots * General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has formally delivered to Alaskan officials a new technology that could help pilots flying over the vast wilderness expanses of the northern-most state. The technology is designed to help pilots make better flight decisions, especially when disconnected from the Internet, telephone, flight services and other data sources normally used by pilots...
Young Eagles Take To The Sky * Payson Roundup | On Saturday, Oct. 4, a group of dedicated Payson pilots hosted a Young Eagles flight day at the Payson Airport...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Triumphant return of Blue Angels to Miramar Air Show * DVIDS | A Blue Angels’ formation of F/A-18 Hornets buzzes through the air as they make their return to the world’s largest military air show...
Blue Angels' Fat Albert is back * PNJ | The Blue Angels' C-130 Hercules aircraft, Fat Albert, will be making a comeback in the Miramar Air Show today through Sunday on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as well in the homecoming show on Pensacola NAS on Nov. 7 through 9...
Thunderbirds draw large crowd at air show * Florida Today | Four-year-old Dekkin Anderson jumped and flailed his arms as he watched an F-16 jet go vertical Saturday as if it was launched from Melbourne International Airport...
Video: USAF Thunderbirds media flight * Orlando Sentinel | Come along for the ride as Orlando Sentinel photographer Joshua Cruey takes a ride with USAF Thunderbirds pilot 7 Major Tyler Ellison at the Melbourne Air and Space show.
Video: 34th Annual WWII Stearman Fly-in * KPLC7 | About 40 World War II Stearman training airplanes flew into Jennings for the 34th annual Stearman end of season fly-in. "Stearman planes were developed in 1926 or so," said Jennings City Coordinator Michelle Herbert. "They were used as trainer planes for most of the military. You see them a lot now as crop dusters. There's not a whole lot of them left, I've heard maybe about one thousand."...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race 2014 soars over Newcastle * Mail | A SWARM of Tiger Moths hummed 
over Newcastle this morning before doubling back in the afternoon. Maitland mayor Peter Blackmore farewelled the fleet of almost 40 planes as they departed from Luskintyre on Saturday, making their way over Newcastle about 9.15am as part of the Great Tiger Moth Air Race's first leg to Camden....
Pyrohelia: ‘Otto’ Goes to the Disco * AIN Online | If you’ve frequented major American airshows in the last 25 years, chances are you’ve seen Otto The Helicopter, a 1985 Schweizer 300 with its canopy done over in clown face. Roger Buis is Otto’s second pilot; he and his wife Pauline bought the act in 1999...
Aviation Roundup at Minden-Tahoe Airport Oct. 11 * General Aviation News | On Oct. 11, the Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV) in Nevada, will hold its annual Aviation Roundup. This year will have a few new events, according to organizers. In the morning there will be rocket launches. As Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) dominate a lot of news today across the country, the Aviation Roundup has secured a “Drone Zone.” Roundup attendees will be able to observe UAS flights on an obstacle course and learn more about UAS applications...
Jacqueline Cochran Air Show Fills Coachella Valley Skies * Palm Springs Life | The Jacqueline Cochran Air Show returns to the Coachella Valley Oct. 25. The Riverside County Economic Development Agency and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport Authority puts on this free biennial community event...
Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss: ‘There’s always a sense of danger’ * Las Vegas Sun | Death-defying Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss admits that “there’s always a sense of danger” when he battles 10G forces zigzagging sideways and upside down over 200 mph just 80 feet in the air, but laughs it off saying spectators are in more danger if they forget their sunscreen. Welcome to the greatest air race in the world...
Video: Kirby Chambliss meets Amelia Earhart * Red Bull Air Race | Amelia Rose Earhart is taken on the flight of her life with Kirby Chambliss
SUN ‘n FUN slates Aerospace Discovery Weekend * General Aviation News | LAKELAND, Florida — For the first time ever for Aerospace Discovery Weekend (formerly Wings ‘n Things) on the SUN ‘n FUN Convention Campus, Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby, a fighter pilot at the controls of his RV-8A known as Wild Blue with a maximum speed of over 200 mph, will fly as part of the activities Oct. 24-26...
Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 3 - The Layout * NORDO News | This year we introduced a new fly-in layout. Since the beginning of Lee Bottom time, all events have been focused around the home and hangar situated mid-field. That's no longer the case...
Museum slates open cockpit day and swap meet * General Aviation News | WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. — The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold two events on Sunday, Oct. 12. The first event is the Fall Open Cockpit Day. Visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 aircraft. These include the Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter; the North American F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter; the Coast Guard HH-52 rescue helicopter; the Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon and the Lockheed F-104C Starfighter. Also to be...
Last Flying Tigers Pilot Dies At 91 * China Topix | China’s last Flying Tiger pilot died at the age of 91 of lung failure in the country’s southwest hospital...
Video: Aviator Memorial Unveiled at NAS Lemoore By KMPH NewsDesk | A new memorial now stands at Naval Air Station Lemoore to honor Navy pilots killed in the line duty...
Sopwith Camel Installed in WWI Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon * Warbirds News | The RAF 
Museum has just raised their Sopwith Camel F.1 serial F6134 into the rafters of the Grahame White Factory building at RAF Museum Hendon. The Camel will be a key feature in the RAF Muesum’s First World War in The Air Exhibition, a celebratory display commemorating the Royal Air Force’s exploits in WWI. Please click HERE to see more details about the exhibit....
Restored 747 prototype now open to public at Museum of Flight * General Aviation News | SEATTLE — The first Boeing 747 was never an airliner. For more than 25 years it was used by Boeing for flight tests until the plane was retired and grounded in the 1990s, then moved to The Museum of Flight years later....
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Discovered Off Croatian Coast * Warbirds News | A fascinating video surfaced recently showing the remarkably intact frame of a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka in the Adriatic sea off the coast of Croatia close to the island of Žirje. Divers from the Croatian Department of Underwater Archeology, alongside members of the diving club ZG-SUB, and the Ministry of Defense Military Museum discovered the seventy year old wreck following details from local fishermen. The video by Hrvoslav Pavic is provided below courtesy of Avialogs.com....
XP-82 Twin Mustang – September, 2014 Restoration Update * Warbirds News | As usual, 
WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this month! September was another incredible month for accomplishments at the XP-82 restoration shop!...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Blue Angels "Fat Albert" out of air show * Pnj.com | The Blue Angels' transport aircraft, known 
affectionately as "Fat Albert," has been damaged in a bird strike and won't be flowing at the Pensacola Beach Air Show scheduled on Saturday....
Vintage planes to carry veterans at Pensacola Beach Air Show - WEAR | Pensacola, Fla. -- The Blue Angels’ beach homecoming will open with a pre-show fly-over of World War II airplanes that will honor and include veterans of World War II....
Big Crowds Expected For Offutt Air Show July 19, 20 - WOWT | The Offutt Air Force Base Airshow returns on Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20 after government budget cuts forced it's cancellation in 2013. Planning for the show began last December with an overall group of about 70 people. Major Bryan Burger normally pilots the huge E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post but he's also taken on the immense task of directing the 2014 Offutt Air Show....
Blue Angels dazzle Cherry Festival crowds - Manisteenews |By
KATE HANSEN The Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY (MCT) — An estimated 400,000
people lined the beaches along West Grand Traverse Bay to experience
the thrill of graceful, aerobatic maneuvers in the sky. Viewers set out
early in the morning to secure their prime beach real estate for the
best views of the 88th National Cherry […]
US Golden Knights Perform At Air Show - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | Another exciting part of this weekend's air show was watching the U.S Army's Golden Knights perform their parachuting show. Prior to taking to the skies there are a lot of preparations that need to take place. The demonstration teams perform several types of shows. Golden Knight Luke Olk says the adrenaline rush keeps him coming back for more....
Vintage warbirds will soar at Gathering of Eagles Air Show July 19-20 - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio – Warbirds from the past will be featured July 19-20 in the Gathering of Eagles XVIII Air Show at Lost Nation Airport, 38550 Jet Center Place, in Willoughby. The show is presented by the Cleveland-based United States Aviation Museum which uses a portion of proceeds from the event to support restoration of a vintage World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress....
Unique air exhibit coming to Mason City - Mason City Globe Gazette * MASON CITY | North Iowans will soon get a chance to learn about the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and take a virtual ride in a plane similar to what they flew. It's all a part of a three-day exhibit at Mason City Municipal Airport Thursday through Saturday, July 10-12. And it's free....
Vintage war plane on display in Airdrie - Globalnews.ca | CALGARY- Airplane enthusiasts are flocking to Airdrie this week, to get a peek at a vintage B-25 bomber. Maid in the Shade was used in World War II, serving in Corsica just off the Italian coast. “It went out in a formation of four one day, and this is the only one that came back,” remembers Bob Taylor from Commemorative Air Force. “There was a possibility that you never came back if you went out on a mission.”...
Red Arrows Hawk grounded after bird strike damage at RAF Waddington ... - Lincolnshire Echo | A 
bird strike high above the Waddington International Air Show has grounded an RAF Red Arrows Hawk aircraft. The Lincolnshire-based crack aerobatic display team's synchro leader, Red 6 Flight Lieutenant James McMillan, landed safely despite the damage to the plane. It happened right at the end of the team's afternoon display before an estimated 70,000 crowd at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon....
Red Arrows meet mystery letter girl Tahnee Johnson - BBC News | A 10-year-old girl, who was tracked down after she wrote an unaddressed letter to the Red Arrows, has met her hero - Sqd Ldr Jim Turner. Tahnee Johnson, from Bromley, who wants to become a pilot, wrote to the team last year asking if she could visit them - but forgot to include her address....
Red Arrows take to the skies at start of Tour de France * Telegraph.co.uk | The Red Arrows aerobatic jets trailed white, red and blue smoke as the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry performed the ceremonial launch cutting of the tape for the 21-stage, 2,276 mile race that will spend three days in Britain before working its...
Amazing Red Arrows picture as two Hawks appear to make contact in mid-air - Lincolnshire Echo | 
Pic: David Sleight/University of Lincoln | An aviation fan captured this amazing image of two Red Arrows planes seemingly touching in mid-air. Thankfully it was just an illusion as the world famous Reds
wowed the crowds at the RAF Waddington International Air Show over the
weekend.
Lockheed F-35's International Debut Up in the Air - Wall Street Journal (blog) | This month’s U.K. aviation-show extravaganza is shaping up very differently for two new fighter planes at opposite ends of the price spectrum. For the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program at $399 billion—time is running out to prepare for its planned international debut at two upcoming U.K. airshows starting Friday. The F-35 fleet remains grounded in the U.S. as investigators probe the cause of a June 23 engine fire on one of the planes....
Fog in the cockpit of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 demo team during Roma International Air Show. * The Aviationist | High G maneuvers, hot and humid air, air conditioning and a sweating pilot: these are the factors that caused the canopy (and the lens of the GoPro used to take the selfie) of the RNlAF F-16 of the Dutch Demo team to fog up during the seaside air display at the Roma International Air Show (RIAS) 2014...
Animal rescue flight to depart from Southeast Aviation Expo · General Aviation News | Calling all pilots and animal lovers! On Saturday, Sept. 27, a special air caravan containing rescued animals will depart from the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina as part of the Southeast Aviation Expo. Their destination? New homes and non-kill shelters throughout the U.S....
My First Landing At Oshkosh Was In A Citabria In 1974... At Age 13 (8 Pix) · AirPigz | With OSH14 being just weeks away now, I got to thinking about the first time I made a landing at Oshkosh. I guess I dream about the past since once again I won't be flying into Oshkosh... it'll all be ground-bound again this time around. Nothing wrong with driving in, but of course it's always better to be able to fly in....
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The Green Speed Cup – Fourth Edition · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Robert Adam helps run the Green Speed Cup, a time, speed and economy run for aircraft in Germany. The rules for this year’s contest elucidate the intent and ambitions for the event: “The GREEN SPEED CUP is an aviation competition focusing on efficient flight. The emphasis lies on...
NASA Langley Talk: How Six Decades Flew by Faster than the Speed of Sound - Space Ref (press release) | On Tuesday, July 8, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, former NASA engineer and Eagle Aeronautics Director for Projects Domenic Maglieri will present "Sonic Boom: A Review of Six Decades of Research" at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center. Maglieri will take a look back at how 60 years of aeronautics research has helped to understand the sonic boom, created when aircraft breaks the sound barrier....
Virgin Galactic partners with New Mexico hotel * WTHR | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Virgin Galactic appears to be getting closer to reaching its long-delayed goal of launching tourists into space. The company said Monday it has selected Hotel Encantado de Las Cruces as the preferred hotel for its elite roster of passengers, who will pay $200,000 a person to make the flights from Spaceport America....
Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA * Aero-News Network | Says She Plans To Pursue Other Interests | NASA astronaut and educator Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger has departed the agency for other pursuits. Selected by NASA in 2004, Metcalf-Lindenburger was among NASA's first class of educator astronauts...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Weekend Recap: 09-JUN-2014
AirFest 2014 Ends With High-Flying Performance by Thunderbirds - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- It was a big weekend for Rockford as near-record crowds packed into the airport and kept their eyes to the skies for the return of AirFest and it was all capped off Sunday with a final high-flying performance by the US Air Force Thunderbirds....
Eyewitness News Reporter Phillip Reed Takes a Ride with the Thunderbirds * MyStateline.com |
RCAF Showbirds at Rockford AirFest · Steve Tupper, Airspeed Online | Okay: Spectacular day here at the Rockford AirFest. I mean really great. We spent most of yesterday getting cameo interviews for Acro Camp and shooting B-roll. Today was all about capturing footage that will back the cameo that we shot of the Snowbirds yesterday. Captain Thomas Edelson, the Snowbirds’ public affairs officer, flew Airspeed’s camera […]
Storm scrubs Blue Angels appearance at air show - Tribune-Review | The expected conclusion to the Westmoreland County Air Show on Sunday was a washout when thunder and lightning grounded the Navy Blue Angels. Intermittent afternoon showers did not hinder earlier scheduled performances. But the strong storm that moved across the Unity airport just before 4 p.m. brought the blue and gold jets' engines to a halt...
Head on with 'Fat Albert' finishing its display. · Airliners.net
Veterans honored at Rusk County air show * KLTV | Classic war-birds are taking to the East Texas skies this weekend to continue honoring the 70th anniversary of D-Day. East Texas is participating by hosting the first annual air show and fly-in at the Rusk County airport. Veterans of several eras were...
Rusk Co. Airport Air Show and Fly-In * KETK | "Some of them were used in the chain of command like the T-6's for instance and others were actually used in the war itself in the Pacific like the B-25. These airplanes have got a lot of history to them, a lot of great history." Saturday's show ...
Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France fly over Phillippe Chatrier court at the start of the French Open * Daily Mail
The RAF Red Arrows were the opening act in the 2014 Folkestone Airshow. * Kent Online | Folkestone Airshow got off to a breathtaking start with a stunning display by the RAF Red Arrows. Crowds gazed up in amazement as the nets first roared overhead at noon today over The Leas in Folkestone. The RAF Red Arrows in action over Folkestone....
Central Indiana Early Summer Warbird Trilogy Photo Review * David Jackson | Photos and essay
from Indianapolis AOPA Regional Fly-in, Indianapolis Regional Airport, IN - May 31, 2014 ; Warbird Expo, Indianapolis Metro Airport, IN - June 7, 2014; Aviation Day 2014, Columbus, IN - June 7, 2014A Flight to the Latrobe Airshow * The Pixie Pilot | I didn't even get offered a seat-but Turbo did! The Westmoreland County Airport (KLVE) in Latrobe, PA drew in a huge crowd for their 2014 airshow this Saturday. Part of that crowd included Bob, Turbo the Flying Dog and myself. The show would conclude with a demonstration by the Navy's Blue Angels. This would be the only time they would be in the area this year, and it felt like all of...
Vintage planes, cars celebrated at airport fly-in * Lancaster Newspapers | Smoketown fly-in 1. Standing with a 1929 Fairchild 71 aircraft at the annual fly-in at the Smoketown Airport on Saturday, David Beiler wears a World War II pilot's uniform and Linda Marcks wears a 1942 dress...
Kline Kill hosts 'fly-in' * The Register Star | * Spectators watched from the shade of the wings of an airplane at the Kline Kill airport in Ghent as airplanes took off and landed Saturday morning. The occasion was the annual Spring Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft...
Planes put on dazzling display at Golden West Airshow * Appeal-Democrat | Golden West Regional Fly-In and Airshow. Bill Cornick arrives in his 2001 Pitts S-2C plane as another plane takes off during the Golden West Regional Fly-In and Airshow Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Yuba County Airport in Olivehurst....
Ohio Air News #258 * Charles Johnson | EAA B-17 @ EAA9 OSU Airport, Columbus, OH; Swift National Fly-In, Dayton, OH; F-105, Work in progress, up-date.
Online Air News #5 * Charles Johnson | Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, FL; MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Havelock, NC
Online Air News #6 * Charles Johnson | VBCAPT Fly-In, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, TillsonBurg, On, Canada
A Visit To See Fifi · Bill Brandt, The Lexicans | My memory of Fifi goes back over 20 years. I was walking the dog one morning and hear the unmistakable sound of a radial-engined plane. A big plane. I thought it might be the Collins Foundation B17 in town – or maybe an old DC-6...
Model Aviation Air Show * fox2now.com | Ken Merrill, with the St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association, brought in many planes outside of the studio to support this weekend's Model Aviation Air Show. The air show goes from today through Sunday, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. The SLRCFA facilities ...
Wings for Kids raises money during airshow - WHAS 11.com | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – While the WHAS Crusade for Children raised money for children on the ground all weekend, another group took their planes to the air to bring in the bucks. The event was part of the annual Wings for Kids Air Show hosted by the River City Radio Controllers held at the Bill Fluke Airfield in Tom Sawyer Park...
Kids soar with the Young Eagles - Timmins Press TIMMINS - At 12 years of age, Joshua Potvin is already a frequent flier. He along with his younger brother were one of the hundreds of children who went up into the sky for the annual Young Eagles event at the Victor M. Power Airport in Timmins....
Monday, June 2, 2014
Weekend Recap - 02 Jun 2014
Steven Point Air Show Cancelled Following Plane Crash - WSAW | A performer in the Steven Point Air Show is dead after his plane crashed while performing an aerial maneuver at the show this afternoon. One witness tells us the pilot was making what appeared to be a question mark in smoke trails when it sounded like the engine failed....
Thousands of air show fans welcome SkyFest return to Fairchild Air Force Base * The Republic | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Washington — The SkyFest air show returned to Fairchild Air Force Base this weekend for the first time since 2010 when it was grounded by budget problems...
75-year-old Air Force veteran sees Thunderbirds for first time - KREM.com | AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash.—A Coeur d’Alene Air Force veteran saw the Thunderbirds at SkyFest for the first time on Saturday. SkyFest returned to Airway Heights Saturday after a four-year hiatus. The air show featured several demonstrations, including the Air Force Thunderbirds. It was the first time 75-year-old Del Still of Coeur d’Alene saw the fighter jets in action....
Video: Les Smith gets a wild ride at the Patriotic Festival * wtkr.com | Les Smith gets a wild ride at the Patriotic Festival
Flying with Fat Albert * www.wxow.com | LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Before you see the Blue
ICAS: ICAS Member Scott "Scooter" Yoak shows us a different view of the Patriotic Festival - Virginia Beach, VA.
Pilot killed in glider tournament - thenews.pl | Sunday's collision occurred shortly before 1 pm local time, and witnesses have commented that the 49-year-old's parachute failed to open. Both gliders fell on the town itself, and the second pilot, whose parachute opened, was taken to hospital with serious injuries....
Golden Knights wow crowds at SkyFest - KXLY Spokane The United States Army Parachute team, the Golden Knights, entertained the masses at SkyFest 2014. The Golden Knights are comprised of 89 paratroopers. Sargent First Class Brian Karst has been a part of the team for three years. "There is no greater thrill or better way to bring the American Army to the American public," said Karst....
Video: Helicopter Day at the Strategic Air and Space Museum * Omaha.com | The Strategic Air and Space Museum held its annual "Helicopter Day" Saturday. And, boy, was it quite the show. The day began with a group helicopter landing at the museum, located about 20 minutes west of Omaha in Ashland, Neb., off of I-80....
Indy Fly-In builds dreams, offers second chances - AOPA Pilot | Austin Malcomb flew an Experimental Vans Aircraft RV-12 that he helped build in with his father, and met his grandfather, also a pilot, at the fly-in. Malcomb of North Vernon, Ind., earned his private pilot certificate on Jan. 4, his seventeenth birthday. He worked on and trained in the aircraft through Eagle’s Nest, a program in seven states that works with high schools to place an RV-12 kit for students to build and get three hours of college credit with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Purdue University, or Liberty University....
Red Arrows return to Lincoln after winter training - Lincolnshire Echo | It's a sure sign that summer has arrived in Lincolnshire - the Red Arrows have returned to the county ahead of the new display season. The squadron are back in the UK after a month-long winter training sojourn to Cyprus, and last night arrived at their home base, RAF Scampton, following an appearance at a display in Cornwall....
VIDEO: Red Arrows perform in Falmouth - West Briton | Barely an inch of sand could be seen at Falmouth’s Gyllyngvase Beach as crowds flocked to see a spectacular air display by the Red Arrows. Sunshine brought thousands of spectators to the bay at 3.30pm to watch a 30-minute aerial acrobatic performance from the distinctive red Royal Air Force jets....
3rd annual fly-in and open house for charity at Ferguson airport - WEAR | Hundreds of people went to the 3rd annual fly-in and open house at Ferguson Airport this weekend. They offered plane and helicopter rides to people who donated to a charity. The charity allows local high school students a chance to learn to fly. People waited for hours to get on their favorite aircraft.
For some it was their first time flying....
Historic biplanes flock to Stearman fly-in in Benton - Kansas.com | Owners of historic Stearman biplanes are gathering this weekend for a fly-in at the Lloyd Stearman Airport in Benton. The blue sky was dotted Friday with the Wichita-built open-cockpit planes as about 16 pilots arrived for lunch at a private airport west of Goddard. Some flew in formation as they arrived....
Females fly in for fun and fellowship - Northern Advocate | Helicopter hover, aeroplane aerobatics, glide approach and spot landings aren't your average Saturday afternoon games, but for New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation (NZAWA) members it was all part of their yearly rally held in Dargaville over the weekend. NZAWA treasurer and rally organiser Joanne Hales said 47 people came from as far afield as Dunedin for the association's 54th annual rally, held at the Dargaville Aero Club from Friday and finishing today....
Photos from the Reykjavik Air Show 2014 · Lisa All the fun from yesterday’s show in pictures! The annual Reykjavík Air Show is hosted by Iceland’s aviation association (Flugmálafélag) and sponsored by Icelandair and Ísavia. Live commentary was by Icelandic legend of stage and screen, Gestur Einar Jóhannsson....
Effortlessly fit: Godfather of aerobatics Peter Besenyei still feels 25 - The Star Online | Eating whatever he wants and only exercising when he has the time, this competitive air-racer somehow remains fighting fit and healthy. When it comes to staying healthy and fit, Besenyei is one of those people we desperately envy and love to hate. The veteran Hungarian acrobatic pilot, who will be celebrating his 58th birthday on June 8, reveals that he has stayed a trim 73kg over the last 35 years. At 1.85m in height, that puts him smack in the middle of the normal body mass index (BMI) range of 21.3....
Tuskegee Valiant Campaign – Plus Freshly Restored TBM Avenger · Warbirds News In mid-March, the CAF National Capitol Squadron’s BT-13 Valiant experienced power loss and engine vibration on the downwind leg coming in to its home field at Culpeper Regional Airport in Culpeper, Virginia. Thankfully the pilot made a safe, but effectively dead-stick landing. The engine is now with Covington Aircraft Engines in Okmulgee, Oklahoma for a complete overhaul, but the bill is expected to cost a whopping US$78,000. The National Capitol Squadron is now entering a fund raising campaign to gather the necessary capital to support the rebuild. The money will go strictly towards the contracted repair, overhaul and materials. Volunteers, including some of the Squadron’s cadets (ages 12-23) will provide the additional labor in bringing the Valiant back to health again....
Restored Iolar plane for Athboy air show on Sunday - Meath Chronicle Up to 80 light aircrafts are
expected to come from all over Ireland for an aerobatic display at a HB Hazelbrook Farm Ice Cream Fundays event on Sunday 1st June from 1pm in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland at a private airfield just oustide Athboy....Solar Impulse 2 Makes Premier Flight by Dean Sigler | Solar Impulse HB-SIB, the second aircraft from the program headed by Andre’ Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, took to the skies early this morning piloted by Markus Scherdel. Taking off from Payerne Airport at 3:38 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Solar Impulse 2 climbed to a randomly orbiting path within a 20-mile compass of the airfield to the southwest, Lake Neuchatel to the north, and Belleville to the northeast....
Dreams taking flight - Farm Weekly | ANYTHING is possible if you try hard enough, says retired teacher and pilot, Gordon McCaw. Sitting in a wheelchair as he addressed members and delegates of the 92nd State conference of the Country Women’s Association of NSW in Griffith, Gordon began to relate the story of one man’s dream – to fly solo around Australia....
Inside The New Dragon Spacecraft * www.popsci.com | The Dragon V2 Capsule can carry humans, dock with the ISS, and land on its own.
Musk Says SpaceX Manned Craft Can Be Ready To Fly In 2016 - International Business Times | Elon Musk, the CEO of private aerospace company SpaceX, said the company’s soon-to-be unveiled reusable space capsule, the Dragon V2, could be ready to carry astronauts by 2016. SpaceX unveiled the new craft Thursday at its Hawthorne, California, plant, Bloomberg News said....
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Indy Transponder 06-MAY-2014 1700z
Eddie Andreini remembered on the Central Coast - KSBY | ...Eddie Andreini of Half Moon Bay was a veteran aerobatic pilot and he had connections to the Central Coast.... Friends say he was a true professional and experienced pilot, one who will be missed. "You are losing a good friend," said Michael Geddry, Andreini's friend and Director of the Thunder Over the Valley Air Show in Santa Maria...
Windy Travis Open House and Air Show draws thousands - The Reporter | Despite wind gusts of up to 35 mph, many onlookers at the 2014 Travis Air Force Base Open House and Air Show on Saturday seemed unfazed by the breezy conditions and simply enjoyed the myriad displayed planes, small to jumbo, props to jets, courteous airmen, visits to cockpits, flyovers and airborne stunts...
Solano deputy sheriff gets the 'ride of a lifetime' with Thunderbirds - The Reporter | "The black dot up there, that's our dad in there." Four-year-old Jackson Harris III and his older brother, Brody, pointed at the sky as an F-16 jet, Thunderbird No. 7, screamed by giving their father a "ride of a lifetime."...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Sunday Wrap-up * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continued today with a variety of aerial entertainment acts that ranged from top-tier performers like the Blue Angels, Patty Wagstaff and Skip Stewart to warbirds and Vietnam War-era helicopters. There were so many...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Rampside With Top-Flight Performers Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow provided aerial entertainment from a variety of performers, including three of the best in the industry: Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff. Not only did all three of these top-tier airshow stars 
perform their amazing aerobatics for the St. Louis area audience, but they also performed together in pairs several times during the weekend. The list of...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Hercules Has a Style and Grace All His Own * The Aero Experience Team | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron brought more to the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow than the precision formation flying performances given by the six team members flying the F/A-18C Hornet jet fighters. The team's support aircraft was...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Warbird and Cold War Era Aviation * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continues through this weekend, and we have just started to cover the variety of aircraft participating in this great Midwest Aviation event. The lineup for the airshow... More coverage
2014 Central Texas Airshow closes BY LARRY CAUSEY | TELEGRAM STAFF | The 2014 Central Texas Airshow wound up its spine-tingling aerobatic performances on Sunday at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport. Expected to draw 30,000 people, the three-day event had a good turnout, said Bonnie Tamres-Moore, VIP director, who has been with the show for 10 years. “Saturday was one of our busiest days ever,” she said...
Wings and wheels turn out in support of Wounded Warriors - Odessa American | Odessa-Schlemeyer Field welcomed the public for the first time to the second Wings and Wheels Fly-In and Classic Car Show Saturday morning. Airport officials helped raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Family Support with a raffle and silent auction. People gathered as live music played, barbecue was grilled and planes flew across the early afternoon’s clear skies....
The Frecce Tricolori back in Romagna * Translated | The return of the Frecce Tricolori on the 
Adriatic coast. This time the focus of the event will be the City and the beach of Bellaria-Igea Marina, who warmly welcomed the initiative of the Aeroclub, working flawlessly for the organization of this event...
Talladega Flyover Planes From Hixson Air Museum - WDEF News 12 | It's a T-28 Trojan, and it is leaving this small runway at Dallas Bay Airpark for a very big fly over, one of three planes provided to NASCAR by the Hixson Air Museum...
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Friday, April 11, 2014
Indy Transponder 11-APR-2014 2245z
It's Air Show season! - This weekend's shows * Thank You Fencecheck!
» SAA Zebula Airshow & Fly-in 2014
» Houston Wing Open House 2014
» Red Bull Air Race 2014
» Thunder & Lightning Over Arizona 2014
» Walterboro Wings-n-Wheels 2014
» Thunder Over Louisville 2014
» Planes Trains and BBQ 2014
» Aerodrome Wine Classic Fundraiser 2014
Video: Fat Albert to thrill crowd during Thunder Over Louisville - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Thunder Over Louisville is not only about the fireworks, but also the airshow. There will be some incredible aircraft soaring over the Ohio River. At the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida where the Blue Angels are based, more than 150 planes are in the museum, each with an incredible story to tell...
Video: Last-minute preps being made for Thunder Over Louisville * WLKY Louisville | Security is the top priority for police going into Thunder Over Louisville this Saturday. Authorities said they have a plan in place to keep everyone safe. Ever since the outbreak of violence on March 22, police have been very visible at Waterfront ...
Video: DM Air Show: Thunderbirds fly in, base gears up - TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) | Davis Monthan Air Force base is expecting more than 200 thousand people to watch its air show this weekend. Thursday the Air Force Thunderbirds arrived to practice for the aerobatics they'll show off Saturday and Sunday afternoons....
80000 people expected at Red Bull Air Race * Croatian Times | Some 80,000 visitors are expected in the western Croatian town of Rovinj this weekend at the Red Bull Air Race. Tickets for the event that will take place in Saturday and Sunday, and will attract pilots from around the world, cost from 99 to 4999...
Sun 'n Fun Celebrates Successful 40th Fly-In * EAA | April 10, 2014 - The 40th Sun 'n Fun International Fly-in and Expo that wrapped up in Lakeland, Florida, on April 6 saw one of the largest turnouts in years thanks to perfect weather, improved operations, 3,000 dedicated volunteers, and popular attractions including the Navy's Blue Angels Naval flight demonstration team that performed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday....
Banner year for SUN ’n FUN * General Aviation News | “Pick your cliche,” said John “Lites” Lennhouts, as the president of SUN ‘n FUN kicked off his closing day briefing. “We hit it out of the park, hit a home run, what have you.” Great weather, both locally and for those traveling from afar, strong advertising in both Tampa and Orlando, and a stout schedule all led to a banner year for SUN ‘n FUN, based at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida....
Crawl through WWII-era planes at Wings of Freedom Tour stop - East Valley Tribune | Rare aircraft from the World War II era will land April 10-13 in Scottsdale for a living history display, and local veterans are encouraged to visit and share their stories with the public as part of the affair. The Wings of Freedom Tour, presented by The Collings Foundation, will feature the authentic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter....
More Military Displays for RAF Cosford Air Show * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Today the organisers of the RAF Cosford Air Show revealed a number of exciting additions to aircraft appearing at this year’s event. Following on from last year’s popular Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) demonstration, which saw Prince Harry in his first air show appearance, the RAF Chinook and Army Apache will again be at Cosford as part of the planned six-hour flying display. As well as performing their individual displays, they will showcase the combat capabilities of the two helicopters in an exciting joint demonstration with the RAF Regiment. Other helicopters taking part in the flying display include the Royal Navy Lynx, making a welcome return with its ‘Black Cat’ solo routine...
Red Arrows practice session over Cyprus - Famagusta Gazette | The Red Arrows have tweeted a cockpit photo of a practice session over Cyprus yesterday. For the next two months, the Team will operate from the the Akrotiri bases as training is completed for its 50th display season....
The arrows Tricolori May 18 for the first time in Loano * Translated | The "Frecce Tricolori", and all other participants will be deployed by Friday, May 15th on the airport of Villanova d'Albenga. The program is updated daily on facebook Aero Club Savona and the site www.aeroclubsavona.it....
X-47B UCAS-D wins Collier trophy - Australian Aviation | The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) program has been awarded the 2014 Collier Trophy for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in the US. The award, announced by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), recognises the achievements of the X-47B industry team “…for developing and demonstrating the first unmanned, autonomous air system operating from an aircraft carrier.”...
Historic Flight Foundation commemorates Doolittle Raid - South Everett Beacon | The Historic Flight Foundation is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the Doolittle Raid with an all-day event and contest. During this time in 1942, the U.S. was planning its first air raid on Japan in response to the Pearl Harbor attack....
Solar Impulse 2 Completed, Aims for 2015 Global Flight * EAA | Solar Impulse 2, the new solar-powered aircraft designed to make the first around-the-world solar flight in 2015, has been completed, according to its visionaries Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg....
Cleveland Air Race Mustang Under Restoration at New England Air Museum * Warbirds News | The 
New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut has a unique collection of remarkable aircraft, including several historic air racers. One such example, currently under restoration, is Anson Johnson’s P-51D Mustang, #44-72400. Johnson flew in the 1948 and ’49 Cleveland Air Races in this aircraft, winning the Thompson Trophy in 1948. Like most air racers based on military aircraft designs, this Mustang received a number of modifications to make it lighter and faster than a stock example...
Four named for Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame * macon.com | WARNER ROBINS -- A pilot who helped rescue hostages with a C-130 that now sits at the Museum of Aviation is among four people named Thursday to be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. According to a museum release, the inductees are Gordon Bellah, a World War II flight instructor and skydiving pioneer; David Garrett Jr., former president and chief executive officer of Delta Airlines; Johnny Kytle, an airmail and aerobatic pilot; and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Mack Secord, one of the first pilots who served in Vietnam....
Spirit of ’45 Day Express to Helping to Rally Support for Preserving Willow Run · WarbirdsNews | The Spirit of ’45 Day Express will be visiting the Yankee Air Museum in Bellevue, MI on Wednesday, April 15 to help rally public support for the “Save The Willow Run Bomber Plant Campaign” that is raising $8 mm to restore the plant. The Campaign has been organized by the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, the fund raising arm of the Museum, and is chaired by former astronaut Jack Lousma and GM CEO Bob Lutz. A portion of the restored aircraft plant will be used as a new home for the Museum. More than $7 mm has been committed so far. Approximately $1.5 mm remains to be raised by May 1....
Airship Hangars Around The World· Ian Brown | From the late 19th century to the period between 
the World Wars, hundreds of airship hangars were built in Western Europe and the USA to house the massive lighter-than-air craft. Today, only a handful of these huge structures remain, including the earliest such building – Hangar Y at Chalais Meudon outside Paris....
Winners announced for museum's national writing competition award * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Deborah Rocheleau, Jarrod Roetenberger and Claud J.A. Boyd were announced as the first, second and third place winners, respectively, of the Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, sponsored by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio...
Take Someone Flying on International Learn to Fly Day * EAA | April 10, 2014 - EAA always encourages its members to take others flying, but on Saturday, May 17, there's an even better reason to do so: The fifth annual International Learn to Fly Day is an opportunity to help someone take that first step to discover the fun, freedom, and accomplishment of becoming a pilot. It could be a friend, a relative, a friend of a relative, or a relative of a friend. For a person age 18 or older, you could take an Eagle Flight. If your passenger is age 15-17, you could make it a Young Eagles flight....
Monday, March 31, 2014
Indy Transponder 31-MAR-2014 1700z
778 'Rosie the Riveters' show up to set world record - and save bomber plant - The Ann Arbor News | 
It was as if hundreds of old World War II posters had come to life. The hangar at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township was a sea of red and white polka dot bandanas Saturday afternoon when 778 women came dressed as the iconic Rosie the Riveter in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. They may have not had enough "Rosies" to set the record in October -- there needed to be 250 -- but now there were more than enough thanks to women like Heather Seyfarth and her daughter, Mairead....
Punta Gorda Air Show Draws Over 100K for Veterans-Themed Event - Newsmax.com | About 60,000 people showed up each day at the 34th Annual Florida International Airshow in Punta Gorda this past weekend, following last year's disappointing cancellation. Fighter jets and vintage planes dating back to 1918 were on display to the delight of many, NBC reported. For many, however, the real stars of the show were the veterans who were in attendance for this year's theme, "A Salute to Veterans." Veterans in attendance included Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 99, and Ret. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling, 73....
New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest ends on sunny note - Daytona Beach News-Journal | News-Journal/NIGEL COOK Patty Wagstaff performs during the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest air show in New Smyrna Beach on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Pilots performed spectacular aerobatic maneuvers Sunday afternoon, thrilling thousands of people attending the last day of the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest....
Video: Fat Albert And The South Texas Air Show - KIII TV3 | ...Meteorologist Alan Holt got to fly in Fat Albert and talked about the experience with 3 News Anchor Michael Gibson.
Military Matters: B-25 Mitchell Bomber - KIII TV3 | KINGSVILLE (Kiii News) -There are so many stories we found at this years, Wings Over South Texas Air Show in Kingsville including our Military Matters report. We came across a group called the DAV Flight Team who's mission is to fulfill promises to the men and women who served. Thousands of people walked through the gates at NAS Kingsville to experience...
Red Arrows take off for 50th display season - ITV News | The Red Arrows have taken off from their Lincolnshire base destined for Cyprus to complete training for their 50th display season. For the next eight weeks the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team will operate from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as the pilots practice their display ahead of the 2014 season....
Stunning new video shows what it's like to fly with the Red Arrows By Western Morning News | For those who have watched the Red Arrows display team and wondered what the view is like from the skies – wonder no more. A three-minute video has been posted online that puts the viewer in the passenger seat of a Hawk T1 during a team practice session over their home at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire...
Sun 'n Fun Fly-In expecting a big year - Bay News 9 | LAKELAND -- Organizers of Lakeland's annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In are expecting a good year. Advance sales for the event are way up, according to organizers. President John Leenhouts said advance sales would typically be about $150,000 a week out from the event, but this year the sales are at about $300,000...
Large contingent of overseas participants for Warbirds Over Wanaka - Voxy | A large contingent of overseas participants is expected to add a strong international flavour to the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow this Easter. Guest performers, exhibitors and media will soon be travelling from Poland, France, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland and beyond to take part in the event which begins in just over three weeks...
LA County Airshow 2014 * Photorecon.net | On March 21st and 22nd, the City of Lancaster held the inaugural Los Angeles County Air Show at William J. Fox Airfield. The Air Show was headlined by the United States Navy Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels. With so much aviation history stemming from the Antelope Valley and neighboring communities, the air show was a tribute to the valley’s rich aviation heritage, and the aerospace pioneers who have paved the way for future generations to come....
Airshow Franco-Belge in lens-Benifontaine - Translated | After the success of the Air Holidays 2007, 
2010 and 2012 respectively which hosted 22,000, 30,000 and 53,000 spectators, the next major air show will be held Sunday, May 18, 2014 on the airfield Lens-Bénifontaine. The theme will be the Franco-Belgian Friendship. Pascale Alajouanine-Duhoo which is the official sponsor of the Meeting of Lens-Bénifontaine since 2007, will again to that of 2014....
Death of a hero * Bayou Renaissance Man | ...Jeremiah Denton, the downed Navy pilot who was paraded before television cameras by the Viet Cong and confirmed U.S. suspicions of prisoner maltreatment during the Vietnam War by blinking out the word "torture" in Morse code, has died. He was 89....
World's only flying Superfortress to touch down Valdosta - WALB-TV | VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) -You can see a rare sight Monday, when the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport. FiFi will be accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman...
Video: Vintage planes from Wanaka auctioned off * Emily Cooper 3 News Reporter | A collection of rare cars, motorbikes and planes has gone up for auction in Wanaka. More than 50 items, including a 1924 Bentley, a 1938 Harley Davidson and a Tiger Moth aircraft, went under the hammer for the Warbirds over Wanaka Community Trust...
Air Race F1 Receives Approval From The Official Formula One Air Racing Associations * aviationpros.com | Air Race F1, the first international Formula One air racing series, which will launch in Lleida Spain on 1st June, has announced that the three major Formula One Air Racing Associations have formally agreed to sanction the event, granting Air Race F1 recognition as an 
official international competition by all active governing bodies of Formula One Air Racing....
Scot flies the saltire in revival of aerial race - Scotsman | ...Des Hart is to compete in the Air Race F1 – piloting his plane at levels as low as 35ft while racing eight other aircraft at speeds of up to 250mph on a two-km circuit above Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Catalonia, Spain. Hart, from Perthshire, is one of only three British pilots to compete in the major international race, and the only Scot in a field of 14. Formula One flying is still performed in Reno, in the US, but was stopped in Britain in the late 1980s because of safety concerns and the high cost of running the racing aircraft...
Plane which ‘cheated death’ rolled out at Yorkshire Air Museum on 70th anniversary - The Press, York | SEVENTY years after its first outing, the story of a famous Second World War Two aircraft which cheated disaster time and time again is being remembered at the Yorkshire Air Museum this weekend. On the night of March 30, 1944, the Halifax bomber Friday the 13th rolled down the runway at RAF Lissett near Bridlington, bound for Nuremburg in Germany...
Ohio Capital Budget Includes Funds For Historic Wright Brothers Factory · Warbirds News | Efforts to secure and restore the historic Wright brothers’ airplane factory have taken an important step forward with the inclusion of funding in Ohio’s capital budget bill. The budget bill for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 includes $250,000 to acquire and secure the two Wright Company buildings for eventual use by the National Park Service. Ohio Gov. John Kasich introduced the bill Tuesday to the state legislature. “This is one small step toward opening the Wright Company factory to the public as a unit of Dayton’s national park, but it’s a giant leap in terms of gaining recognition for the importance of this project,” said Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA)....
[Video] Egyptian DHC-5 Buffalo utility aircraft performs belly landing * The Aviationist | You don’t see this kind of maneuver every day. Reportedly filmed on Mar. 24, at an undisclosed airport, the following footage shows a textbook landing of an Egyptian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo plane...
NASA Marks Tenth Anniversary Of Successful Mach 7 Hyper-X Flight * Aero-News Network | March 27 was the 10-year anniversary of NASA’s successful Mach 7 Hyper-X flight. During this flight, the 12-foot-long X-43A research vehicle set a world speed record for an “air breathing” (jet-powered) vehicle...
