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Arch wins Red Bull Air Race in Poland · General Aviation News | GDYNIA, Poland – Austria’s Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe. Britain’s Nigel Lamb was second, while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place....

World Championship Red Bull Air Race in Gdynia Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | For the first time in Poland, for the first time with a Polish pilot, World Championship Red Bull Air Race held in Gdynia, 27th August. Austria's Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a brilliant victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe with some smart flying on the challenging track set up on the Baltic Sea. Britain's Nigel Lamb was second while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place as the two pilots flying the MXS-R planes once again put in stellar performances in the world's fastest motorsport series to the delight of the crowd watching from the nearby beaches at the first-ever race in Poland...

Team 99 photos from Poland - Michael Goulian Air Shows

Air show attracts record crowds - The Courier | Scotland's national air show drew record crowds as thousands flocked to see aerial action, including a display celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows. More than 13,500 people visited the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, East Lothian, yesterday, organisers said. General manager Steve McLean said: "We are delighted with the huge turnout at yesterday's national air show....

Pictures: Visitors flood to IWM Duxford for iconic aircraft day out - Dunmow Broadcast | IWM Duxford hosted its Spitfires, Merlins and Motors event, which included a static display of Spitfires and Hurricanes and the chance to meet members of the Spitfire Society, who answered visitors’ burning questions.  Also there was the RAF Regiment Historic Flight living history group, presenting the history of the RAF Regiment and its predecessors. They demonstrated some of the tasks required to prepare an aircraft for its next wartime sortie....

In pictures: Scotland's National Air Show 2014 * BBC News | This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading...

Pilots take aim in sortie * Stuff.co.nz | COMING IN: Paul Hogenesch of Temuka measures how close to the target the flour bombs landed during the annual dawn raid held by the South Canterbury Aero Club at Richard Pearse Airport yesterday morning...

Happy Birthday To The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress · WarbirdsNews | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-nine years ago today, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress took flight for the first time. One of the most important bombers in history, the B-17 fought in every theater of World War II and won immortality in epic daylight battles against the Luftwaffe. The Flying Fortress was....

A-26 “Special Kay” Restoration · WarbirdsNews In May 1966, Detachment 1, 603d Air Commando Squadron deployed from England AFB, Louisiana to Nakhon Phanom (NKP) Air Base in Thailand. The detachment comprised eight Douglas B-26K Counter Invader bombers and their crews which were to undergo combat tests in Laos. An early glitch arose prior to their arrival when the Thai government expressed concern over having foreign “bombers” on its soil. But Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown finessed the problem smoothly by simply...

How the AC-130 destroyed at least 20 vehicles per night during Vietnam War · The Aviationist | The Gunship aircraft, born from the conversion of cargo aircraft into powerful aerial weapons armed with big guns, were based on the concept of the circling attack. In other words, the guns were mounted on the left side of the gunship so that the plane could fly a bank circle, achieving a good accuracy in strafing the target by using high velocity guns with a caliber of at least .30. The first two types of...

Precise Flying * The Lexicans | ...He was one of those by-the-numbers types, no class, no imagination, and no ” feel ” for really zipping around. A pilot who knows that he’s the ‘ real deal ‘ needs only to be ‘ in tune ‘ with ‘ that airplane ‘ neath his hands and feet....

Sun Flyer Hopes To Make Solar Flying Popular * Aviation International News | The Sun Flyer is under development by Aero Electric Aircraft, Bye Aerospace and PC-Aero. Simulator manufacturer Redbird will be the training system provider. Bye Aerospace is led by George Bye. The company developed an electric-powered Cessna...

Virgin Galactic Announces Todd Ericson As Space Pilot * Aero-News Network | Distinguished Former U.S Air Force Colonel And Test Pilot Joins The First Commercial Spaceline Flight Program |Todd ‘Leif’ Ericson, former Operations and Maintenance Group Commander for the United States Air Force (USAF) has joined Virgin Galactic’s cadre of space pilots. In his new role, Todd will be working with Galactic’s chief pilot Dave Mackay and pilots Frederick ‘CJ’ Sturckow and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci as they prepare to fly Virgin Galactic’s first customers to space. Ericson will report to Mackay and Vice President of Operations Mike Moses at Virgin Galactic’s Mojave, California location, before relocating to Spaceport America in New Mexico for commercial operations...

Memorial Day Weekend Recap

Blue Angels Soar Over Naval Academy Class Of 2014 Graduation - CBS Local | ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—It’s the finale of four years of hard work. Hundreds of midshipmen at the Naval Academy became commissioned officers. Monique Griego has more from the ceremony that also welcomed back the Blue Angels. For the graduates, Friday’s ceremony marks the end of one journey and the beginning of another. After a four-year absence, the Blue Angels once again take flight over Annapolis....

Blue Angels take to sky on Memorial Day weekend - Fox News | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels took to the sky in New York this weekend. According to Newsday, nearly 231,000 came out to watch the Blue Angels at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park Sunday. Cloudy weather kept attendance to about 86,000 people the day before. The appearance last year was canceled because of federal budget cuts, the report said. The crowds also saw Red Bull Air Force skydivers jump out of a plane in "wing suits," streaming colored smoke, Newsday reported...

Aboard the 'Fat Albert' with the Blue Angels | PIX 11 | FARMINGDALE, Long Island (PIX11) – It was a gloomy and rainy day in Farmingdale, Long Island, but that didn’t stop the Blue Angels. I got a special look inside a Blue Angels flight. A once in a lifetime experience in the skies over Long Island. The Blue Angels maintenance and support crew travel aboard a Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft, according to officials, known as “Fat Albert.”...

PHOTO GALLERY: Golden Knights perform at Salute to Veterans Air Show - Columbia Missourian | The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team performed in Columbia as part of the Salute to Veterans Airshow Saturday at Columbia Regional Airport. It was the team's first Columbia performance in 15 years....

Vibrant aerobatic display by the Patrouille de France,begins commemoration of 70th anniversary of D-Day at Duxford Air Show * Wisbech Standard | Thousands of visitors came to IWM Duxford today, Saturday, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day at The D-Day Anniversary Air Show...

SLIDESHOW: D-Day commemorations at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford ... - Cambridge News  | More than 10 thousand visitors watched spectacular aerial displays at the Imperial War Museum’s D-Day Anniversary Air Show at Duxford. The weekend event is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944. Visitors were able to meet with serving soldiers from today’s airborne forces alongside living history groups who brought D-Day’s history to life...

Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach holds final performances - News 12 Long Island  | WANTAGH - Huge crowds flocked to Jones Beach State Park under sunny skies Sunday for the second and final day of the 11th annual Bethpage Air Show. The Meadowbrook Parkway seemed more like a parking lot for most of the day as cars inched their way to the beach to see the show in the sky....

Daredevil Bethpage Air Show stuns spectators By Tom Wilson | ...The show went off without a hitch despite overcast skies. Along with the famous formation squadrons, the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey, half plane and half helicopter, drew cheers as it hovered over the water...

Fans call 2014 air show a success - KRCG | COLUMBIA -- Newcomers and regulars alike told KRCG 13 Sunday they thoroughly enjoyed this year’s Salute to Veterans Air Show.  Fayetteville, Arkansas resident Tony Miller said while he has been to a number of air shows nationwide, this is the first time he has been to Columbia’s. He said he liked the predominance of propeller- as opposed to jet-driven aircraft. He said the Canadian Forces’ Snowbirds were the main reason he came to Columbia....

SLIDESHOW: Cannon AFB Air Show & Open House 5/25 | Photos from the air show and open house at Cannon Air Force Base.

Sporty’s celebrates 10th Annual Fly-In · General Aviation News | Sporty’s welcomed more than 100 airplanes and their occupants, as well as many guests who arrived by car, to Sporty’s Tenth Annual Fly-In, held Saturday, May 17. “Counting attendance is always an iffy proposition, but at Sporty’s, we can count free hot dogs,” says Sporty’s President Michael Wolf. “We grilled and distributed more than 1,100 hot dogs to Fly-In attendees...

Community Aviation Day Fly-In/Drive-In - Pocono Record | The Mount Pocono Rotary sponsored the Community Aviation Day Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast at Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport. The majority of this year's proceeds are benefiting the Valor Clinic for Homeless Veterans and Monroe County Joint Veteran's Honor Guard....

Marines put on air show at Orchard Beach - News 12 Bronx | ORCHARD BEACH - The U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force put on an air show Friday at Orchard Beach for Fleet Week. Among the spectators was World War II veteran William Johnson, who said it was his first time seeing the choppers up close....

23 Awesome Photos From The Berlin Air Show * Business Insider | The 2014 edition of the Berlin Air Show took place this week at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport, with festivities both in the air and on the ground. First held in 1909, the air show proclaims itself to be the longest-running show of its kind in the world...

The Red Bull DC-6B during its display at ILA 2014 Berlin. · Airliners.net

Fly-In and Car Show draws large crowd to Mercer County Airport - Bluefield Daily Telegraph | BRUSHFORK — When young Aiden Jennings saw all the airplanes in the sky Saturday, he wanted to join the hundreds other people converging on the Mercer County Airport.   “We were going down Airport Road,” said Darren Jennings of Princeton, Aiden’s father. “He saw the planes and he had to come.” Soon, 5-year-old Aiden was getting a peek inside a Soviet jet....

20 Years Flypast Wows Inauguration Crowd - AllAfrica.com | Jacob Zuma's presidential inauguration in Pretoria on Saturday was followed by a stunning aerial display - including a formation flypast in the shape of "20", marking South Africa's 20 years of democracy - that left the massive crowd at the Union Buildings breathless....

Aviation and heritage fans wing it to Old Station Fly-in - Central Queensland news | A BIRTHDAY present doesn't get much better than a joy flight in a Second World War Yakovlev fighter plane. Well, maybe it does - if it's your 77th birthday present. Norman Taylor was one of many aviation enthusiasts that flocked to the Old Station Fly-in and Heritage Show at Mt Larcom on Saturday to see a collection of vintage planes, cars and trucks, as well as live music and Red Bull Air Race legend Matt Hall in action....

Flying in B-17 is a 'Sentimental Journey' - Midland Reporter-Telegram  | The Flying Fortress began to sway and bounce as her four engines roared to life under an overcast West Texas sky Sunday afternoon. I could smell the fuel, and feel the outside breeze whipping around in my hair. This flight is about to be unlike any other I’ve ever taken, I thought, as I sat strapped in near the waist gunners’ stations on the World War II-era bomber for a media flight....

Memphis Belle On Memorial Day · Beau Goff, Photorecon.net  | The early morning fog is thick, heavy and low hanging. It blankets the fields in a gray mist dense enough to block the early morning sun as it creeps over the eastern horizon. The fog touches everything, and when it does it sticks- to leaves, blades of grass and to olive drab green aluminum...

Air Force Museum Foundation hosts annual Legacy Data Plate Wall of Honor Tribute Ceremony by Matt Lynch, Air Force Museum Foundation | 5/23/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- Stories honoring the heroic actions and dedicated service of veterans, patriots and loved ones were commemorated yesterday at the Air Force Museum Foundation's Legacy Data Plate Wall of Honor Tribute Ceremony.  Every one of the 665 data plates on the Wall of Honor represents a unique and lasting tribute to veterans, patriots and loved ones. Data plates are custom-etched aviation-grade stainless steel plates displayed near the entrance to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....

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Thank you FenceCheck!  This weekend's air shows:

9/28/13 |	Sywell Classic Piston & Props 2013
9/28/13 |	Chennault International Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Cancelled - Festa al Cel 2013
9/28/13 |	Wichita Flight Festival 2013
9/28/13 |	Cancelled - Naval Base Ventura County Air Show 2013
9/28/13 |	Malta International Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Leesburg Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Aviation Celebration at Millville Airport 2013
9/28/13 |	Wood Fabric and Tailwheel Fly-In 2013
9/28/13 |	Heart of Texas Airshow 2013
9/29/13 |	JPO BA-709 Cognac 2013

Air show stunt pilot gives Action News 5 reporter the controls - WMCTV | MEMPHIS, TN - It's one of the most talked about events in the Mid-South: the Memphis Air Show. And Action News 5's Lauren Squires got a sneak peek of the planes, stunts, and she even got to take the controls herself...

Wichita Flight Festival offers pyrotechnics and planes By Denise Neil, The Wichita Eagle | The annual Wichita Flight Festival scheduled for Saturday and Sept. 29 at Jabara Airport is a collection of entertainment that will allow fans of flight to relive the attack on Pearl Harbor, take a helicopter ride, feast on fried pickles and watch a jet-powered school bus hit speeds of 367 mph. The event, which is put on by the city of Wichita, also will include...

Preview: Sywell Pistons and Props festival, 28-29 September - Honest John | The best classic cars and 'planes will gather in Northamptonshire for the inaugural Sywell Classic – Pistons and Props motoring festival, to be held at Northamptonshire’s Sywell Aerodrome on 28-29 September. The new event combines all aspects of vintage lifestyle and entertainment, this two-day event promises to appeal to lovers of nostalgia....

Red Arrows return - Malta Independent |  The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, have returned to Malta’s air show this year after they were forced to cancel their appearance last year due to technical problems. Six of the jets had developed problems in their oxygen systems which had made it difficult for the pilots to breathe and therefore the aircraft had been grounded in Sardinia to undergo repairs....

Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show Tickets · Warbirds News | The tickets for the Autumn Air Show advance booking will be close on Monday 30 September. The Air Show is Sunday October,13 2013. This year the museum celebrates 40 years of air shows at IWM Duxford. The flying display features an incredible number of  aircraft from across those 40 years,including the B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B, North American Harvard, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, North American P-51 Mustang, Royal Navy Historic Flight Fairey Swordfish and, of course, numerous Supermarine Spitfires. Click HERE for the full list of performers...

Alfred “Al” Taddeo, Last of the ‘First Blues’ · Warbirds News | Alfred ” Al” Taddeo, last surviving original Blue Angels team member, passed away Aug. 16 at a care facility in Newport Coast, Calif. at the age of 94 . Taddeo was born in Portland, Ore. from Italian immigrants in June 1919 and grew up there. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and...

Hoot" Gibson and 232 via LiveAirShowTV | Here's what happened to Hoot in 232 at Reno. Thanks Mark Mark Magin!

Oshkosh 2013 Highlight Reel · eaavideo.org | What was your favorite memory of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013? Chances are you’ll see it in our just-completed Oshkosh highlights video. We guarantee you’ll watch it more than once.

German Gliders in World War II - Travel for Aircraft | The Luftwaffe and the Wehrmacht employed gliders for assault and supply during World War II — more so than the other countries involved in the war since gliders had the sole ability of airborne insertion and silent assaults which could deliver sections of troops at a time. Gliders had the advantage of eliminating much of the time paratroopers had to...

Creation of £75,000 Wargaming.net Interpretation Zone for Dornier 17 at RAF Museum · Warbirds News | In June the world witnessed the successful project to raise the only known German Dornier Do-17 bomber, from the waters of the Goodwin Sands, three miles off the coast of England. From October 16th the general public will be able to experience a dynamic new exhibition at its Cosford site which will explore the background of this legendary aircraft and its recovery. The creation of the ‘Wargaming.net Interpretation Zone’ has been funded by Wargaming, an award winning global game publisher and developer...

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will close if government shuts down by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 9/26/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- With the possibility of a federal government shutdown, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force may close temporarily beginning Oct. 1, 2013. All museum events and activities would be discontinued until an appropriation bill or continuing resolution is enacted. We remain hopeful...

A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 2 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 2 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...

William Shatner Declines Flight On Virgin Galactic - Aero-News Network | Captain Kirk And Sir Richard Branson Tell Different Stories As To Why | The actor who so boldly went to far-flung planets and battled Klingons and Romulans firmly grounded on a sound stage in California has declined an opportunity to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ... but actor William Shatner and Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson tell very different stories as to why the actor won't be taking a sub-orbital flight...

Cygnus set to dock with ISS on Sunday - Spaceports | Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA are currently discussing the best rendezvous opportunity with the International Space Station, with the current trajectory plan supporting Sunday morning, September 29, 2013 as the next opportunity to rendezvous with and approach the ISS. This schedule is still subject to final review and approval by the NASA and Orbital teams...

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Military Renames Air Demonstration At Reno Air Races 2013 and Fleet Week To Overcome Budget Obstacles - WarbirdsNews.com | WarbirdsNews.com has learned, from a source who asked not to be named, that the US Military is considering making an appearance at the Reno Air Races in 2013 and Fleet Week by cleverly changing the way their flights will be characterized for budgetary purposes...

Big plans are in the works for this year’s Reno Air Races - Fox Reno |  ...Spectators can look forward to an exciting schedule this year including seeing Jet-Man at the races. Breitling U.S. President Thierry Prissert, says bringing their friend Jet-Man to the races will be a first for the air show...

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Wings & Wheels festival lands Doolittle Raiders' co-pilot - Newzap | The 2013 Wings & Wheels: A Georgetown Fall Festival has landed a nostalgic connection to World War II history. Lt. Col. Dick Cole, a member of the Doolittle Raiders who was a co-pilot for Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, the legendary Doolittle Raiders leader during the historic April 1942 bombing of Japan, is on the radar screen as a special guest at the Oct. 4-5 Wings & Wheels event at the Sussex County Airport...

Duxford visit 25-5-2013 Seen warbirds - The Northern Aviator | During the day out at IWM Duxford with 'Chester', we saw a number of airworthy warbirds on the airfield, which included P-51B Mustang 'Princess Elizabeth' back over this side of the 'big pond' taking part with the Eagle Flight/Horsemen demo over the Bank Holiday weekend. A few of...

Fly in for Ohio benefit race - AOPA Pilot | The Rise Above educational program—the traveling exhibit of the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron, which seeks to inspire youth through the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen—will be on hand; a multiscreen multimedia presentation will be shown...

Art exhibit highlighting Tuskegee Airmen now open from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | An exhibit featuring artwork that highlights the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is now open at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The exhibit, titled "Red Tails, Silver Wings," features 35 paintings by Chris Hopkins and can be viewed daily during regular museum hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The artwork is displayed in the museum's Hall of Honor, and admission to the museum and the exhibit is free. The exhibit will be open through February 2014...

Can a 7 ton airborne crane really fly? from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | The Road to Victory Military Museum in beautiful downtown Stuart FL is an excellent local museum primarily regarding U.S. Armed Forces servicemen during World War II. An associate had mentioned a Huey helicopter was now there so a trip was planned and…

Disney's Planes: Can One Movie Really Save GA? from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | We know the aviation world will gather in Wisconsin this summer to see Disney's new animated full-length movie, Planes, a week before the public. As that day approaches, maybe now is the time to start thinking about what this cartoon movie could do to help the GA community's efforts to get young kids more interested in airplanes. And everyone in the aviation family knows that...

Five things you didn’t know about Rinker Buck and ‘Flight of Passage’ from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman | Rinker Buck and his brother Kernahan flew from New Jersey to California in a Piper Cub in 1966. Kernahan, the pilot in command, was 17 and Rinker was 15—and the trip was done with their parents’ full consent. (And flown solely by pilotage and dead reckoning—Rinker’s job was to be the navigator.) Rinker Buck’s memoir...

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force...

Winner of Flying Club scholarship named from General Aviation News | After four months of receiving and evaluating 126 applications for the first ever Flying Club scholarship, Ground Effect Advisors (GEA) has chosen a winner. Zachary (Zach) Pietch, of Wilmington, N.C., and his prospective flying club, Cape Fear Flyers, will receive more than $3,500 worth of products, services, and support from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), David Clark, Sporty’s Pilot Shop, Signature Flight Support, Cirrus Aircraft, Schedule Master, PilotEdge and LiveATC.net, all of which is geared towards getting a flying club off the ground...

Summer Camps for Aviation-oriented Kids Worldwide from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Science, Math Technology, Engineering....who wants to think about that in summertime? Certainly not kids! Instead we've assembled a neat group of possibilities for having some fun (don't worry, they'll learn something, too!)...

Young Eagles to offer plane rides - Fond du Lac Reporter | The local Experimental Aircraft Association 572 Chapter has been offering Young Eagles rides since 1992. Since the Young Eagles program has begun, over 1,750,000 rides have been given worldwide, according to the release. Pre-registration is not ...

Air Force OCC chopper retires - National Museum of the USAF | ...The chopper toured the nation in a trailer that featured a video documenting the chopper being built. The 150-horse power chopper sports an F-22 Raptor custom theme complete with F-22 shaped mirrors, rims, seat, exhaust and an aircraft themed paint scheme...

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HEMET: Pilot Brandon Cordill featured by Blue Angels - Press-Enterprise (blog) | Hemet High alum and Marine jet pilot Brandon Cordill is being featured today on the Blue Angels Facebook page. The post follows. Read what I wrote about Hemet's Blue Angel by clicking this Brandon Cordill link. Follow the page by going to this Blue ...

NEWS: IWM Duxford Bonus Days and Event Aviation Days 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Each year, the IWM Duxford Airfield team runs a series of Fly-In Bonus Days and Aviation Event Days. General Aviation pilots who fly-in on these days can enjoy a half-price landing fee together with discounted admission to IWM Duxford....

CoolPix: Pitts Special As Art! Betty Skelton's 'Little Stinker' At Udvar-Hazy from AirPigz by Martt | I'm trying to find the time and energy to get a boatload of pix from the recent AirPigz National Air and Space Museum MeetUp posted, but my day job as a ceramic tile installer is more-than-full-time these days... plus I'm trying to develop an all new biz to produce a wildly successful packaged food item so my life as an underpaid ceramic tile installer can come to an abrupt end. That abrupt end is also where my career as a smiling-ear-to-ear aircraft owner is supposed to begin! But the bottom line right now is that there just aren't enough hours in the day....

Navy North American T-39 Sabreliner from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Airborne radar usage for navigation, attack and defense was so interwoven into the fabric of everyday operations that the U.S. Navy began to accepting the first of several dozen North American T-39 Sabreliner aircraft in 1962. The T-39D was flown to instruct [...]

Original Thresher was World War II hero - Seacoastonline.com | The force included B-25 bombers under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who was preparing to lead his famous air attack on the Japanese homeland. En route for this mission, SS 200 sank the Japanese freighter Sado Maru near Yokohama harbor ...

WWII Then and Now: Tedious flying broken by intense fighting - Canton Repository | A radio man and gunner aboard a VMB — the Marine Corps' equivalent of the Army's B-25 bomber — in the 612th Squadron of the 3rd Marine Air Wing was being transferred to another squadron when he encountered an officer that he recognized as an ...

A Spitfire, resting from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry

Bronco and it’s new stable from Apron 6 | Another picture taken in May last year when the second Bronco arrived at Wevelgem. Here it is seen, parked in front of it’s new home. I would like to refer again to the second Bronco Fan Day on the 24th of March. It’s a nice opportunity to meet the Bronco Demoteam and to see the [...]

App showcasing cockpits now available from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | You can now look inside some of history’s greatest aircraft with the new ACI Cockpit360º app available from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and AeroCapture Images. The free app features high-definition panoramic photos of more than 20 cockpits from many well-known aircraft on display at the museum, including...

Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium Aviator Ball to honor Vietnam ... - Tulsa Business | This year's Aviator Ball by the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium will aim to honor veterans who may have not received such a warm welcome after returning home from the Vietnam War...

The Flying Musicians Association from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | February 13, 2013: Fort Worth, TX: The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) is proud to announce JSfirm.com becoming the organization’s latest Corporate Member....

Embry-Riddle launches high school aerospace institute from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus has partnered with Rockford Public Schools in Illinois to establish an Aerospace Institute at Jefferson High School beginning in Fall 2013....

The Lessons We Learned from Space Shuttle Enterprise - Universe Today | ... for further flights. You can read the whole report here. Enterprise is now on display at the Intrepid Air & Space Museum in New York, but is temporarily closed to the public as the shuttle undergoes repairs from damage incurred during Hurricane Sandy....

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Be a part of history: Watch Red Bull Stratos live! - Redbull.com | ...The lift-off will be the culmination of five years' intense planning, and the entire mission will be beamed live to a global audience on www.redbullstratos.com. Freefalling from 120,000 feet (or 23 miles!) Felix Baumgartner is attempting to become the first man to break the sound barrier without mechanical assistance....

Fitting finale to Imperial War Museum Duxford air show season - Haverhill Echo | One of the highlights of the Autumn Air Show will be a display by P-51Mustang Ferocious Frankie alongside Spitfire IX from the Old Flying Machine Company, presenting the might of the Merlin engine in these legendary American and British fighter aircraft...

Formation Flying from Latest Vlog | Filmed in Johannesburg earlier this year by HeliMedia at the Rand show, this video captures a formation of Harvards taxiing out and taking off to group over the city....

Airport Day 2012 this Weekend - Clarksdale Press Register | Rides on a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, similar to the one pictured above, will be available courtesy of the Missouri Wing of the Commemorative Air Force as part of the 2012 Airport Day being held Saturday at Fletcher Field.

Video: Remembering WWII - Pioneering pilot roles for women - KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News | Young is one of those pilots, and one who helped pioneer roles for women in aviation. She took her first ride in a plane when she was 14, and finally learned to fly in college. "It was the feeling of the power of the aircraft," Young says is what ...

Wings of Freedom Tour – Promoting Aviation History from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Founded in 1979 the Collings Foundation undertakes to organize and support what they describe as ‘living history’ events to encourage Americans to discover more about their heritage through the various exhibitions and events arranged by this non-profit organization. Events organized by the foundation include airshows, historical reunions, barnstorming, joint museum displays, Vietnam Memorial Flights and the ever-popular Wings of Freedom Tour which travels to numerous destinations in the United States, bringing ‘living history’ to the public....

Flying history - San Angelo Standard Times | Patrick Dove/Standard-Times A B-17G Flying Fortress, owned and operated by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, sits on the tarmac at Mathis Field Monday morning as local citizens tour the aircraft. The bomber went into service near the end ...

An aviation hero - Hawaii Reporter | When I first started in flight school, I was not a natural aviator. The instructors did a good job teaching me because I was able to graduate in the top two percent of my class." During his time as a UH-60 pilot, he generated more than 6,700 flight ...

Aircrew killed in wartime crash honoured - This is Total Essex | "The severed tail fell 300yds away, still strapped inside was the tail gunner Adams, suffering from shock and a badly lacerated leg but otherwise unhurt, the rest of the crew perished as did all those in the other B-17 flown by 2nd Lieutenant Keeley ...

'Spooktacular Aerospace Fun' during Family Day at the museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Learn fun aerospace principles through Halloween-themed activities during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Visitors are...

Museum's archive gets off to a flying start - The Press, York | A new £150,000 home for the Yorkshire Air Museum's archives, including historic documents, films and artefacts, is due to be completed next year after it is fitted out with racks and research facilities. The keys to the building have been handed over ...

Raising Money for WAI Scholarships? Follow This Lead from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | The Oshkosh chapter of Women in Aviation, International announced the top three winners of its second annual Frosting for Flight cupcake competition. Six teams competed in the Oct. 6 event, which raised funds for the chapter’s Spirit of Flight scholarship...
Sikorsky Aircraft Hosts 11th Annual Regional Boy And Girl Scouts Camp from Aero-News Network | Toured Facilities, Learned About Aerospace Careers More than 500 Boy and Girl Scouts, and their leaders, from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York pitched their tents for a three-day campout on the Sikorsky Aircraft grounds in Stratford over the weekend. As part of the campout, the scouts learned about aerospace, electricity, emergency preparedness, energy and other Merit Badge subjects....

Kids fly free at Vinton County Airport event - Vinton Courier | Kids fly free at Vinton County Airport event. The final scheduled event for 2012 at the Vinton County Airport will be Sunday, Oct. 21 when the Annual Leaf Peep/Young Eagles Day is held. During this event, sponsored by the Vinton County Pilots and ...

Podcast: Shuttle Transport Pilot from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | Space shuttle deliveries are not a simple affair from a technological, aerodynamic or security standpoint. AVweb speaks with NASA shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) pilot Bill Brockett.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Video: Dragon mission update from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Parabolic Arc reports that the Dragon CRS-1 mission is proceeding well and all systems are nominal. That's especially good news since the launch suffered an anomaly. SpaceX explains that the apparent explosion at MET of one minute and 19 seconds was in fact...

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Navy gives airport reps a ride en route to air show - The Daily News Journal | Rob Holland, Michael Wiskus and John Klatt are returning favorites to be joined this year by Viper pilot Jason Newburg and Matt Chapman. The war-bird enthusiasts will likely enjoy the show when Scooter Yoak in his P-51 Mustang and Dave Folk in his F4U...

Aviation Hall ceremony stays in Dayton - WDTN | “I am glad to hear that the NAHF Board of Trustees has voted to keep this important part of aviation history in Dayton. This annual event is an opportunity to highlight our region's past and current role in the development of flight....

NOLA Navy Week to bring 10 tall and modern warships and an air show to the... - NOLA.com | Planners are preparing for 50000 people to flock to New Orleans' lakefront for two days of air shows over Lake Pontchartrain, featuring the Navy's Blue Angels as the headliner and other military acts. As many as 25000 people are expected to tour the...

Aviation Week Announces Winners of the Innovation Challenge from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | Aviation Week today announced and honored the winners of its 2012 Innovation Challenge, which recognizes game-changing aerospace and defense (A&D) suppliers for their unique responses to market needs, cost improvements, and...

CAF Airpower Museum Brings in B-17 Crewman & POW to Share His Story 3/7/12 - KOSA | The CAF Airpower Museum's Above & Beyond Seminar Series, sponsored by the Odessa Council of the Arts and Humanities, presents A Veteran's Story: Reflections of a B-17 Crewman & POW with AE “Andy” Kauffman. Organizers hope people come out for a unique...

Colonel Richard Graham makes a welcome return to Imperial War Museum Duxford - Haverhill Echo | At 2pm, Col Graham will be hosting walk-around tours of the SR-71 Blackbird that he previously flew at RAF Mildenhall, which now sits in pride of place on display in the American Air Museum. Following the tour, there will be an opportunity for book ...

Neptunus Lex from Tailhook Daily Briefing | Today the Naval Aviation Community mourns the loss of an inspirational man.  Capt. Carroll LaFon USN(Ret.) better know to most of us by his Navy call sign and blogging nom de plume, “Neptunus Lex”. Yesterday, many of us learned of a crash at Fallon of an Israeli made Kfir-21 flown by the private company and defense contractor ATAC out of Norfolk VA.  Immediately our thoughts turned to Lex, knowing he was one of their Kfir pilots.  Many of us stayed up...

March 7th in Aviation History: The X-15 Breaks Mach 4, Kepler ... - NYCAviation Staff | 2009 – The Kepler Space Observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta II rocket. 2007 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes on landing at Adisucipto...

One of America’s newest airports devastated by tornado from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport near the town of Dallas, Ga., the first airport built in Georgia in 30 years, was devastated by a tornado March 2, AOPA is reporting, quoting airport officials as saying the damage is "very significant," while up to 90% of the aircraft on the field were damaged by the tornado, which was later rated an EF-3 by the National Weather Service. Winds were...

Terrafugia skips Sun 'n Fun for auto show - AOPA Pilot | The company will skip one of general aviation's annual rites of spring, Sun 'n Fun, in Lakeland, Fla., this year to prepare for the introduction of its street legal aircraft, the Transition, to the automotive world. Production could begin as early as...

To Show Us All the Winds of Space, NASA Will Launch Five Rockets at the Same Time from POPSCI | One rocket launch is a good time, but five rocket launches is a party. And at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the party is on. This month, NASA will launch five sounding rockets within about five minutes from Wallops on a mission to test the winds in the high-altitude jet stream some 60 miles up....

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Red Arrows facing 'major changes', says aviation expert - BBC | The Red Arrows will evolve into a completely different kind of display team over the next decade, an aviation expert has predicted.  British production of the aerobatic team's Hawk T1 planes is being stopped and a replacement has yet to be named.  Leading industry magazine Jane's Defence Weekly said propellor-driven or even frontline planes like the Typhoon might be used.  It also predicted cuts in defence spending could affect the team....

2011 National Championship Air Races - Reno Nevada - Tim Adams Motorsports and Aviation Photography | Below you will find the galleries to the 2011 National Championship Air Races.  On Friday afternoon September 16th, during the Unlimited Gold Heat race, something happened to the P-51 Mustang "The Galloping Ghost".  The resulting crash killed pilot Jimmy Leeward, ten spectators, and injured dozens. The weekend's remaining races were cancelled. These galleries are dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives, and were injured that day. [photo used with permission]

Airspeed Oxford, IWM, Duxford – a ‘plane with literary connections! - Shortfinal's Blog | The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford is one of those aircraft that undoubtedly helped to win the Second World War. No, unlike its contemporary, the Avro Anson, (see earlier blog entries) which was also developed from a small airliner and powered by two Armstrong-Siddley Cheetah radial engines, it didn’t have any dogfights with...
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Don Parsons' Blog: Morning in the Museum. - Antique Airfield | Spent part of this morning helping out in the museum as they shuffled some of the airplanes to...

Today's Photos, Monday - November 21, 2011 - Military Photos | Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron fly over Iraq, Nov. 9, 2011, providing top cover for U.S. forces as they transition personnel and equipment out of the country. The 125th EFS consists of F-16s, pilots, maintenance specialists and support personnel from the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing in Tulsa, Okla., the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo, Ohio, and the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Helitech Exhibition Sept 2011 - Military Photos | Heres another pilgrimage albeit a bi annual I make which is down the road from where one lives back at the end of September for...

An interesting combat chopper profile officially cleared for publication: MH-60S “Armed Helo”  - The Aviationist | On May 3, 2011, in the aftermath of the Osama Bin Laden raid that disclosed the existence of a stealth helicopter based on the UH-60 “Black Hawk”, I’ve started thinking about the secret chopper used to carry the Navy SEALs to Abbottabad. Which noise reduction technologies does the chopper embed? Which upgrades render it radar-evading?  The answer to these questions can be found in the digital mock up of the Stealth Black Hawk that has become so widely known in books, documentaries and videogames to be considered “almost official” rather than fictional....

Video: Amazing RC 3D Ballet Viewed From Quad Copter - Awesome! - AirPigz | I was sent a tip by AirPigz fan 'Eric' about this incredible video that's on the Hobby-Lobby youtube account (the RC Superstore, not the craft store) - wow this is great stuff! There are two elements that make this video so awesome. First; it's a really slick view riding on a Quad Copter. You see the grass flutter when we first takeoff, and then as we mosey about the RC model flightline you get this interesting view moving....

Longest serving Airman calls it a career from Air Force Link Top Stories | As the sun sets on the career of Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, he looks back with a sense of accomplishment.  Flowers, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, is set to retire from the Air Force on Jan. 1, 2012.  With 46 years of service to his country, Flowers is the longest serving Airman and currently the longest serving Air Force officer who began their service since the creation of the U.S. Air Force in 1947....

Will just got PETRA-fied! - Bonjour Blue Sky | Nick Batsch docks on his Petra 72 with Will Penny at the wheel. Will just got PETRA-fied! thanks NZaerosport!

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The Space Shuttle: celebrating thirty years of NASA’s first space plane — book review by travelforaircraft | ...The mission has been completed, the remaining Shuttles soon to be retired to museums and there is a new book title which has been published — a welcome title from a noted author, Piers Bizony. The Space Shuttle: celebrating thirty years of NASA's first space plane, at first glance would be classified by most as a coffee table book. Full sized and hand sized photos abound,they number in the low hundreds I believe, and span the entire Shuttle program history — but there is so much more, making this so much more than an ooh-aah publication....

NASA Expands Women@NASA Website to Encourage Girls to Pursue Stem Careers from NASA Breaking News | NASA has expanded its Women@NASA website to include Aspire 2 Inspire, a new feature aimed at helping middle school girls explore education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

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Turkey vultures delayed some air show takeoffs - TBO | TAMPA --Turkey vultures at MacDill Air Force Base delayed takeoff for some F-16s at Sunday's air show, according to the event's Facebook page.  Turkey vultures and black vultures are fairly common the Tampa area, but it isn't like the community has been overrun by the birds, said Gary Morse, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, he said....

Local pilot remembered at airshow in Monroe - WSOCTV | MONROE, N.C. -- Thousands gathered Sunday at the Warriors and Warbird Airshow to pay tribute to a Cornelius pilot who died in a West Virginia airshow crash in September.  Jack Mangan was slated to perform at the airshow in Monroe, but instead pilots took to the skies in his memory.  Mangan had been a member of Trojan Horsemen, an aerobatic demonstration team....

Red Arrows pilot injured at RAF Scampton - BBC | A Red Arrows pilot has been injured at the aerobatic team's base at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, the BBC understands. Full details have not yet emerged, but it is believed the incident happened on the ground, not in the air. An MoD source has confirmed one pilot has been taken to Lincoln County Hospital.  Police have confirmed they are attending an incident at RAF Scampton....

About Cubs 2 Oshkosh | As the 75th anniversary of the Piper J-3 Cub will soon be celebrated at AirVenture, this site is devoted to bringing information about this flying adventure to Cub owners and enthusiasts to help make their journey to Oshkosh fun in 2012. Over two hundred Flying Sunbeams are wanted in Oshkosh as well as Cubs of other colors. Participation by all Cub owners is a must to help make a spectacular 75th anniversary celebration....

Historic plane makes stop in Tyler - KLTV | TYLER, TX  (KLTV) - It was a symbol of US air power during World War II-- The B-17 Bomber.  Very few exist today, but one restored relic of that war is in Tyler for display, and in some cases flights.  KLTV 7's own Bob Hallmark got to experience the flight of the Flying Fortress and meet with veterans who climbed into this plane for the first time in decades.  Called the aluminum overcast and restored through EAA aviation, the B-17 took...

Ride a vintage biplane in Waialua - Hawaii Business | Snap roll. Hammer head. Cuban eight. The aerobatic maneuvers that pilot Bruce Clements teases from his vintage biplanes may sound gut wrenching, but this is one of the most pleasant thrill rides you’ll find...

The WWII pioneering pilot who rose above segregation - BBC | Lieutenant Colonel John I. Mulzac joined the United States military in 1942, at the age of 19. He trained with the Tuskegee Airmen, in Tuskegee, Alabama - the first US Army programme for African-American pilots at a time when the United States south was still legally segregated.  The Tuskegee Airmen went on to gain acclaim not only as an historic first for African Americans, but also as a group of remarkably skilled pilots who never lost a bomber under their protection in the Second World War....

Air show helps students relate to war - KXAN | Pilots fly over Hutto schools for Veteran's Day | HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - Several vintage World War II bombers took over the tarmac at the Georgetown airport Monday, along with airplanes spotted doing fancy formations at air shows across the country.  It was the official meeting spot before taking off for Hutto Independent School District 's 8th annual Veteran's Day celebration, which...

Freeman Field Recovery Team | This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Our thanks to the Freeman Army Airfield Museum who provided the video.

Duxford up with high fliers after nomination for award  - Royston Weekly News | One of the best known tourist attractions in Cambridgeshire is in the running for a top national award.  The Imperial War Museum at Duxford has been short-listed as a finalist in the 2011 UK Event Awards, which celebrate the best of the nation’s event industry, including venues and the work of production companies, promoters, agencies and caterers.  The Duxford museum has been chosen in the Best Unusual Venue category, for...

Wounded Missouri Veterans Honored - Ozarks First | ... Rowden, an Army Air Corps veteran who was taken prisoner after his B-17 bomber was shot down in Europe, was among four local veterans honored with a Silver Star banner from Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday in recognition of the upcoming Veterans' Day holiday....

Women in Aviation Concorde Chapter Holds Successful Meeting at Brooklands Museum - WAI Connect | WAI members of the Concorde Chapter met at Brooklands Museum in Cobham, Surrey, England, on the 5th of November to share information, award scholarships, and to network.  "I learned to network from a founding board member of Women in Aviation, International back in 1997, at the first international conference that I attended," says Chapter President Jane Middleton. Her opening speech focused not just on how to network, but also, how to follow up, and how to have...

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announces second annual student writing competition - USAF | 11/8/2011 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will hold its second annual Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, providing students the opportunity to develop positive academic and character qualities and to showcase their writing talents while vying for scholarship funds.  The competition is open to public, private school or homeschooled...

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KSC encourage employees to apply for the latest astronaut class - NASA Spaceflight | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) employees have been encouraged to apply for NASA’s latest astronaut class, as the transition from purchased seats on Russian Soyuz vehicles to the International Space Station (ISS), to the fleet of commercial vehicle options in the middle of the decade, and eventually with Orion and the Space Launch System (SLS), picks up....

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Houston Air Show This Weekend - KUHF-FM | So kids can come out to the air show and learn about history and learn about that day. It's just like 9/11 — we don't never, ever need to forget what happened on 9/11. So most people understand that we are just recreating history and not glorifying...

Planes on display at Houma airport - Houma Courier | You can get an up-close look at area aircrafts and get better acquainted with the local airport Saturday at the annual Cajun Fly-In. The Experimental Aircraft Association's event runs from 9 am to 3 pm at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport. ...

Imperial War Museum, Duxford: Autumn air show - Peterborough Today | The air show pays homage to this uniquely international air battle, with an exciting flying participation which sees iconic piston-engine aircraft take to the skies alongside the first generation of jet aircraft. Korean War-themed flying participation ...

Tiger Nine Team to fly high at Duxford - Cambridge First | Sunday's show will conclude the air museum's 2011 season with displays to remember the Korean War. The Korean War – from 1950 to 1953 – was the first major conflict in which jet aircraft sought superiority alongside the propeller-driven piston fighters ...

Historic Helicopter Static Display – 22nd-23rd October – Blackpool and Lytham by Flightline UK
The weekend of 22nd-23rd October will see the Bell UH-1H Huey and Hughes OH-6A on static display at two venues in the North West in aid of the North West Air Ambulance service. Saturday 22nd October will see the display held at Waterloo Road Headland, Blackpool. Sunday 23rd October will see the display held at The Green, Lytham...

Boeing to Showcase Partnerships and Innovation Capabilities at Seoul Air Show from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | Korea debut of 787 Dreamliner, F-15 Silent Eagle technology and AH-6i SEOUL, Korea, Oct. 13, 2011 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will highlight its leading-edge commercial and defense technologies and capabilities – including the Korea debut of the 787 Dreamliner, F-15 Silent Eagle and the AH-6i light attack reconnaissance helicopter – at the 2011 [...]

History comes alive with B-25 fly in on Oct. 15 - Lakenewsonline.com | The B-25 Fly In will be at the Camdenton Memorial Airport from 8 am-6 pm The rain date is Oct. 22. The show will feature a restored WWII B-25J Mitchell, plan rides, static displays, vendors and activities. For more information, call the ...

Museum's French connection - Pocklington Post | THE YORKSHIRE Air Museum has strengthened Anglo-French relations by confirming that key dignitaries will cross the Channel this month. Those at the Elvington-based museum will be meeting with Général Jean-Paul Palomeros, Chief of the French Air Force ...

Conan Blimp Comes to St. Louis to Cover MLB National League Playoff Games from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Conan Blimp is in St. Louis this week to cover the Major League Baseball National League Championship Series games at Busch Stadium.  The Aero Experience contributor Mark Nankivil took...

Mythbusters to Test Aircraft Duct Tape Repair Job from EAA | About two years ago, you might recall the case of the "Alaskan plane mauling" when a bear tore through a Super Cub after being drawn to it by fresh bait that had been unwisely left inside.

Friday's Pics, 14th October from Military Photos by -Eddie- | A Royal Navy Sea King Mk4 helicopter is pictured on an operation over Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

SafetySuit's Inflight Surprise - Nuts about Southwest |  What do you get when you pair a popular recording group, a plane full of Southwest Customers, and an altitude of 35,000 feet? A Live in the Vineyard (LITV) inspired ‘Surprise and Delight’ flight! That’s right, Southwest teamed up with Aloft Hotel Presents Live in the Vineyard and recording artists SafetySuit to provide our Customers with some inflight entertainment, and I was there to witness it all. The band, which...

Pictures from the UA Family Day 2011 - San Francisco from FlyerTalk Forums by mp2 | We had an awesome day, and a big THANK you to all UA employees and event organizers.  Here are some of the pictures I took at the UA Family Day 2011 in San Francisco. All the pictures I took, are...

Virgin Galactic to Charter Suborbital Flights to Space With NASA from Mashable! by Charlie White | NASA, temporarily finding itself without a craft to send humans into space, has turned to Virgin Galactic for one suborbital flight and the option for two more. The U.S. space agency has agreed with Richard Branson’s private space venture to carry up to 1,300 pounds of scientific experiments aloft on Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo.  The total package, if...

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Air show pilot wants two Veterans to fly (4 am) - Las Cruces Sun-News | Texas Rob Holland and the Veteran Home Loans Air Show Team are looking to take two local veterans for the ride of their lives next week before the Amigo Airsho in El Paso. Holland and his team will be performing in the Amigo Air Show on October 22 and ...

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Imperial War Museum, Duxford: Autumn air show - Peterborough Today | Korean War-themed flying participation includes North American F-86 Sabre;·B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B; Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina; Piper L-4 Grasshopper; Douglas AD-4 Skyraider; The P-51 Mustang; Hawker Sea Fury; Douglas C-47 Skytrain and the ...

FAI awards presented at the 105th FAI General Conference in Belgrade from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | Aviation personalities were honoured yesterday night at the 2011 FAI Awards Ceremony held in Belgrade, Serbia, as part of the Opening Ceremony of the 105th FAI General Conference....

Jet Crashes At Air Show In China, One Killed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | One pilot ejected, but another crewmember of the JH-7 "Flying Leopard" jet performing in an airshow in China was killed on Friday when the aircraft nosedived into the ground and burned. The jet, operated by China's air force, was performing near the northern city of Xi'an. The pilot who ejected landed safely, suffering only minor injuries. The crash is under investigation and...

Barnstorming - The First Air Shows (Part 2) by CAF Red Tail Squadron
Last week's blog introduced some of the basics of the barnstorming era - its short history, the airplanes used, the cow windsocks. This week, we'll talk about the guys (and girls) who flew the airplanes and gave the crowds a great show every time.  Sometimes it was the accidents that made the shows memorable, but we'll (mostly) concentrate on the days when the landings equaled the take offs. Probably the most famous of the barnstormers was Charles Lindbergh  He was just 25 when he 

My friend George, the Stuka pilot from Air Facts: the journal for personal air travel by John Laming | In late 1952, the sole Royal Australian Air Force contribution to the defence of Darwin was two Wirraways, a Lincoln bomber and a Dakota. A few weeks before my first arrival at Darwin, one of the Lincoln pilots, Warrant Officer Jack Turnbull, a former Spitfire pilot, wrote off a Wirraway in a crosswind landing. The Wirraway was tricky to land in crosswinds and Jack had lost control and ground-looped seconds after touch down. He exited stage left quickly as it caught on fire....

Kawasaki Ki-100-1b – ‘necessity (who) is the mother of invention’, Plato from Shortfinals's Blog | Sometimes Plato (427 BC – 347 BC) hit the nail on the head; when he said ‘necessity (who) is the mother of invention’, he was obviously predicting what would happen to certain WW2 fighter aircraft and their engines! After the prototype Grumman F6F Hellcat flew, someone thought it would be a good idea to...

Polish Aviation Museum submitted by Bobbi Thompson | Polish Aviation Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polsliego) recently with significant funding from the EU has been nicely improved although a great number of the aircraft are still staged outside. Very much worth the visit any time you are in the area. I had to share the photos with you as I am now at a point when I really appreciate anything older than me... even the hangar these aircraft are displayed in was built in 1909.

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don’t: Stealth Weapons From Around the World from Danger Room by Adam Rawnsley | Not long ago, the U.S. was the only country in the world with aircraft that could stroll the skies without fear of being caught. Not any more. Today, militaries from around the world — including Russia and China — are...

Video Of 320# Qu8k Rocket Going To 121,000' On 4,000# of Thrust! from AirPigz | Wow. Wow! This whole video is awesome, but if move ahead to 2:57 you'll see the most amazing part. It's the outward facing cam view of the launch and the incredibly fast ascension to 121,000'. Watching the thin...

Space Shuttle Pink Slip in Hand, LA Plans 'Mother of All Parades' for Endeavour
from SPACE.com | Endeavour is gearing up for its final voyage, a trip to its retirement home at the California Science Center.