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39th annual Cable Air Show set for this weekend, faces new financial challenge - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | UPLAND >> It may be the end of an era for the long-running Cable Air Show. This year, due to the federal sequestration cuts in 2013, air shows are now being billed for required air traffic controllers they must have during aerobatic events, said Bob Cable, president of the airport. As a result, Cable Airport was billed an additional $15,000 for this weekend’s shows, which also marks the 39th anniversary, he said...

Military Pilot To Be Inducted In Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Ottawa Citizen | Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members at its 41st annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held in Calgary, Thursday, May 29, 2014.??The new members are:..

Typhoon, Hawk Trainers At Bahrain Airshow - Defenseworld.net | BAE Systems is participating in Bahrain Airshow, 16-18 January 2014, focusing on exhibiting Typhoon and Hawk capabilities with scale models of Typhoon, Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and the EJ200 engine. The exhibit also has the interactive Typhoon Helmet (also known as the Helmet Mounted Symbology System) Demonstrator and the Eurofighter Typhoon Cockpit Simulator on display...

Air tattoo poster reaches top of the world - Swindon Advertiser | SWINDON artist David Bent is feeling on top of the world after a stunning poster he created to advertise this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford was launched at Everest base camp...

Air shows back but not at JBLM - TheNewsTribune.com | The Air Force is back in the business of hosting air shows with its marquee Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, but Joint Base Lewis-McChord did not make the list to host one in 2014. The Thunderbirds will land as close as Spokane for a show at Fairchild Air Force Base on the weekend of May 31. Lewis-McChord did not make the schedule even though it lately has hosted air shows in years ending in even numbers...

Vintage WWII aircraft coming to Leesburg - Daily Commercial | The national Wings of Freedom tour, the world’s most extensive WWII aircraft tour, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2014 with the first of 110 planned stops this year scheduled Jan. 17-19 at Leesburg International Airport. “This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history,” tour spokesman Hunter Chaney said of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang that will be landing at the airport...

Rare birds will grace the sky at Fly-In - Northern Star |  DON'T be surprised if you arrive at Evans Head Aerodrome on Sat-urday and feel like you're on a Second World War movie set. This weekend's Great Eastern Fly-In will showcase legendary warbirds like the P-51 Mustang completing low-altitude flyovers as if they were on a strafing run...

Famed WWII aviator, 92, is laid to rest - Smith Mountain Eagle | Overstreet clenched the controls of a P-51C Mustang fighter plane, dubbed the Berlin Express, in hot pursuit of a German Messerschmitt 109G right into the heart of the French capitol and beneath the arches of the Eiffel Tower....

The Plane That Saved Britain - Channel4 | ...While the names Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane have passed into legend, the De Havilland Mosquito languishes in relative obscurity. But, for Arthur, the 'Wooden Wonder' is the plane that saved Britain....

Ruffled feathers over future of the Spruce Goose - CNBC.com | In McMinnville, Ore., the financial troubles of a private aviation services company are causing big headaches for the museum that is home to Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules, the flying boat better known as the Spruce Goose. On Dec. 31, Evergreen International Airlines, a subsidiary of troubled Evergreen International Aviation, filed a petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The possible demise of the cargo carrier has tourists, aviation buffs and many in the museum world concerned about the fate of the affiliated Evergreen Air & Space Museum....

Zonta Club to celebrate A. Earhart - Beloit Daily News | It comes as little surprise that famed aviator Amelia Earhart belonged to the Zonta International organization. After all, the Zontians are all about supporting and promoting the efforts of women. Earhart was all about women breaking stereotypes and pursuing their dreams....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 series - The Aero Experience | Recent posts covering FedEx Airbus A300, Grand Caravan, Dreams of Summer Barbeque with The Cross-Country Cookout, and the ICON Aircraft A5 Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Amphibian

Rememberances: Thomas V. Jones Helped Northrop Take Off - Wall Street Journal | In three decades as chief executive and chairman, Thomas V. Jones transformed Northrop Corp. from a faltering aerospace subcontractor into one of the leading manufacturers of military aircraft, including the F-5 and F-18 fighter jets and the bat-winged B-2 stealth bomber...

Ga. unit celebrates 50 years with anniversary open house - CAP | GEORGIA -- The Sandy Springs Cadet Squadron recently hosted about 75 Civil Air Patrol members and guests for a special 50th anniversary open house at its headquarters at ...

Aviation Photography Workshop At Stallion 51 · Warbirds News | 3G Aviation Media has begun a series of workshops to teach the skills necessary to pull off a successful sunset or sunrise static photo shoot. As stated by 3G, the mission of these workshops is: To provide attendees an opportunity to learn, plan, execute and develop as photographers in a small-group environment while working with first-rate aviation subjects...

December Photos of the Month - Fence Check

Women in Corporate Aviation announces 2014 Spring Scholarships - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA), the premier non-profit mentoring association for professionals in corporate and business aviation, has announced its 2014 Spring Scholarships, which will be presented during the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference in Orlando, FL on March 8, 2014. WCA members may apply by January 19, 2014...

High schools invited to compete in aviation design challenge - AOPA Pilot | In 2013, teams from high schools in Michigan and Minnesota built two aircraft, which were flown to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. AOPA Pilot chronicled their two-week build (“Young Blood,” October 2013). “After seeing the incredible success of the ...

US Commitment To ISS Extended Until At Least 2024 - Aero-News Network | Obama Administration 'Hopeful' That International Community Will Follow Suit | As more than 30 heads of space agencies from around the world prepare to gather in Washington January 9-10 for an unprecedented summit on the future of space exploration, the White House issued a news release saying that the Obama Administration has approved an extension of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024...

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NORAD to track Santa's global journey - ACC | 12/23/2013 - WASHINGTON -- On Christmas Eve, tens of thousands of children around the globe will gather around their family telephones and computers to track the path of Santa Claus as he makes his rounds delivering gifts on his sleigh led by tiny reindeer...

Tusker Air Show Dazzles Nairobi - AllAfrica.com | The Wilson Airport in Nairobi, which is more famous as an airport for smaller aeroplanes, hosted the Tusker Air Show this past weekend. The event, which had been postponed because of bad weather, returned as the skies turned blue skies with some of the most exciting actions in the air that Kenyans have seen...

Sywell Airshow to get WWI theme in 2014 - Minuteman Press | As next year marks the centenary of the First World War, it was recently announced that an airshow near Print company in Northampton printing services Northampton will be delivered with a distinctive Great War theme. The 2014 Sywell Airshow – which is held every two years – will feature a unique line-up of biplanes that soared over the battlefields of one of the most significant conflicts of the 20th century...

Women pilots of WWII will get grand recognition in Rose Parade - LA Times | After waiting decades for military status and honors, several WASPs, all around 90, will ride atop their own float in the Rose Parade.

Red Tail Pilot Monument Dedication | The first monument in the nation to specifically honor the Red Tail pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen was dedicated on November 11, 2013, at the Orlando Science...

Join The AirPigz 'Naval Aviation Museum' MeetUp (Pensacola January 24-26, 2014) - AirPigz | This is your official invitation to make a trip to sunny Pensacola Florida for the AirPigz Naval Aviation Museum MeetUp on January 24-26, 2014...

Navy pilot who performed heroic blind landing during Korean War dies - Stars & Stripes | The stunned Navy pilot was gripped in pain, blood was pouring down his face and a good part of his warplane was destroyed. But worst of all, Ensign Kenneth Schechter couldn't see. An enemy shell had smashed into his Skyraider and fragments pierced his eyes. Hurtling over the Korean coast at 200 mph, Schechter was suddenly enveloped in blackness...

B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” Update · Warbirds News | Moose Peterson reports. It took flight February, 1945 and in June, 1969 it came to an end. The B-25J 44-30733 saw military life as a trainer and civilian life as a fire bomber. July of 2013, the B-25J took flight again underneath a sky crane that lifted it off the Tanana River sandbar where it has rested for the last forty-four years. Patrick Mihalek had a child age dream of working with warbirds and at age 30, now heads the Warbirds of Glory Museum that is taking the Sandbar Mitchell back to the skies...

A Very Special F-104 Starfighter-Ferrari · WarbirdsNews | The F-104 was officially retired from the Aeronautica Militare Italiana ( Italian Air Force)  service during a large ceremony at Pratica di Mare in 2004. Almost ten years later this aircraft is still the favorite of many pilots, officers and aviation enthusiast in Italy, as well as around the world. In the...

Post flight - Apron 6 | Some more shots made at the first day of the A2A Academy. Shortly after the sunset flight...

USAF planes going to boneyard cited in rubbish report - Arizona News | The Air Force’s preference to mothball a swift of mint load planes — unclosed in an I-Team review in Oct — done this year’s list of a tip 100 examples of supervision rubbish in America, published annually by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Coburn’s Wastebook 2013 notes, as a I-Team reported, that Congress destined a Air Force to continue purchasing a planes even after a Air Force Chief of Staff pronounced it didn’t need them...

Day 7 - December 21, 2013 - TeenFlight! | It is exciting to see the progress and the excitement around the TeenFlight hangar on Saturdays.  The TeenFlight 3 crew is really getting into the build.  The mentors divided the students into four teams: Purple, Red, Green, and Blue.  Each of these teams consists of three or four students.  The teams have...

Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk from RGJ.com | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts wrapped up urgent space station repairs during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, braving a 'mini blizzard' of noxious ammonia as they popped in a new pump.

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Our Friend Jeff Lee featured in Faces of Aviation

Steve Wittman Among 2014 National Aviation Hall of Fame Inductees - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The late Sylvester J. 'Steve' Wittman, the pioneering aircraft designer, builder, and racer who was an early EAA member and the namesake of Oshkosh's Wittman Regional Airport, is among six individuals who are among the class of 2014 inductees for the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF).

AirVenture Exhibitors - eaavideo.org | Exhibit at the World’s Largest Aviation Celebration, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh!

AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 - One Week, One Oshkosh - eaavideo.org | December 18, 2013 - It’s the planes that bring you here. It’s the people that bring you back. Reignite your passion. Oshkosh – you gotta be there!

'Lightning in the Desert' a rebirth of Luke's air show - Glendale Star | After cancelling the event last year, the Luke Air Force Base Air Show will be revived March 15 and 16, base officials said. The show attracts several hundred thousand military and aviation fans for a series of demonstrations by the Air Force's ...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: EAA Wright 1903 Flyer Replica - The Aero Experience | The 110th anniversary of the Wright Brothers 1903 flight provides a backdrop for a look at the EAA AirVenture Museum's  Wright 1903 Flyer Replica as seen during our visit for the Young Eagles Banquet at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013.  The full-scale replica of the Wright 1903 Flyer was completed by the EAA with the Blackhawk Technical Institute of Janseville, WI in 1978.  The replica was constructed using...

Video; Lockheed Vega Returns to the Air - NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | Today, December 17th, 2013, John Magoffin put one thing right in aviation; he returned a Lockheed Vega to the air.  Others exist but they do not fly and that is important. Without the roar, a lion is not a lion; mounted heads do not make a zoo and static airframes do not make an airport...

This Day in 1913: Aero Club of America recognized 10th Anniversary of Flight - Wright State University | On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made their famous flight at at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (view photos on CORE Scholar). That was 110 years ago today. Now we’d like to share with you some details...

Fantasy of Flight: Benoist 2014 - Countdown to Flight - 3 Weeks | ROBERT'S ENGINE ARRIVAL AND TEST RUN - Just three weeks to go till the Benoist 100 year anniversary flight, and things are really starting to pick up...

Army aviation reflects on 2013 milestones - Theredstonerocket | PEO Aviation's newest project office unfurled its colors during a ceremony in September in which the legendary American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers were a part. PEO Aviation, with Fixed Wing Project Office in the lead, arranged for the family members...

Pacific Aviation Museum preserves civilian, military airplanes at Honolulu's ... - OregonLive.com | ... Aviation Museum preserves civilian, military airplanes at Honolulu's Pearl Harbor. TR.Hawaii2013TJR005A.JPG. A B-25 bomber, similar to those used in the famous Doolittle air attack on Japan in 1942, is displayed at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.

Low level flying and bombing run from the Harrier Jump Jet cockpit - The Aviationist | About three years ago a fleet of about 50 perfectly working Harrier GR9 aircraft belonging to the RAF Joint Force Harrier were retired as a consequence of a spending review. Some of them were sold to...

And here's a low flying B-52 | Really low!

Dave Thatcher's CX5 Flies for the First Time - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The greatly anticipated first flight of Dave Thatcher's latest creation, the two-place CX5 N14GB, took place on Tuesday, December 17, at Jack Edwards Airport in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Let's play it again! - La'Shanda Holmes, The Coast Guard's first African American female helicopter pilot...

Landing Signal Officers - a book recommendation - Bayou Renaissance Man | My post last night about Landing Signal Officers seems to have attracted a fair amount of attention, with more visits than usual...

Virginia Air & Space Center wins NASA grant - Daily Press | The Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton is one of 10 educational institutions across the country chosen to share in $7.7 million in NASA grants to attract students to science and engineering careers. NASA announced the Competitive Program for ...

Spacewalks @ISS Planned for December 21, 23 and 25 to replace faulty pump module - Spaceports | Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins will venture out of the station's Quest airlock on Dec. 21, 23 and 25 to remove a pump module that has a failed valve and replace it with an existing spare that is stored on an external stowage platform. The pump is...

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Video: Voodoo 9-15-13 Sunday Gold Race from Michael Luvara | Race 5, Voodoo's Reno 2013 Sunday Gold Race Cockpit footage with telemetry overlay. True airspeed (TAS) is on right right vertical column. GPS speed/altitude/course top left. RPM middle left, G force botto left. Note: GPS speed will have some anomalies at greater than 3 g's. Top speed was on the entry to the course. Anything higher than 510mph ground speed on the course is likely high.

2013 National Championship Air Races, Reno, review by AirShowsReview | 2013 National Championship Air Races review by ASR Media. 2013 marked the 50th time the races have been held in Reno, Nevada, read our review

California Dreamin’ · General Aviation News Staff | California Dreamin’, the California Pilots Association (CalPilots) Annual Meeting, is coming to the San Luis Jet Center (KSBP), Oct. 18-19. Beginning Friday evening, $5 wine tasting will be offered by Tolosa Winery. In addition, there is a Beach Burger Fry, provided by The Central Coast Smokers. Speakers for the evening will be Judy Phelps, 2011 National CFI of the Year, and Jamie Beckett, who writes the Politics for Pilots column for General Aviation News. After dark, Shane Wallace will light up his hot air balloon for an evening balloon glow. Later, dance to The San Luis Jazz Band, led by CalPilots Vice President Mitch Latting. Rumor has it, Jamie Beckett will be up on stage sitting in with the band. Tickets for the Beach Burger Fry and Dance are $15...

Another Successful Event - NORDO News | The Buzz About Beez event(Sept. 14th), unique in the world of aviation, was a success. Created by Gingeras a way to promote aviation and another of her interests, bees, the gathering left us with intriguing results. It was a mix of two different types of flying machines and their keepers’ enthusiasm to keep them in the air....

The 18th Hole - NORDO News | No, this isn't about a sport that only takes one ball. This is about the hole that was left on the 18th. The 18th what, you ask. Today, the last Saturday of September, would have been the 18th Annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In if we had held it. And judging by some of the conversations I've had over the past few days, not having it has left a hole in quite a few lives. That's nice to be told and sad to hear....

B-25 “Yellow Rose” Getting a New Paint Job · Warbirds News | Last Thursday The -25  “Yellow Rose” of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing was flown to Waco for the new paint job. Once there a crew of  workers from the Centex Wing) took the control surfaces off so the paint can be stripped from the rest of the plane beginning Monday. Then the new paint will be applied. Accordingly to the Wing  by the end of September Yellow Rose will be sporting a new outfit.

Jim McKee: Evelyn 'Sharpie' Sharp, arguably Nebraska’s most famous aviator - Journal Star | Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp attended high school in Ord and though her entire career as a pilot lasted less than a decade, she became one of the most famous aviators in the state and was well-known over the entire country....

Your Next Airplane Could Be a MIG 21UM · Warbirds News | Former Eastern block airplanes have been available on the market for quite few years now. We have typically seen L-29s, L-39s, Mig-17s however Mig 21s are  more difficult to find one the market, especially the UM version. The Mig 21 is the most built jet ever. Fast, small, agile dependable and above all simple, it could be turned out in prodigious numbers, and was. It flooded the skies above Europe, Asia, Africa, and even Central America with literally thousands of modern, deadly fighters. It has flown in more wars than any other airplane in the world. An estimated 10,000 (some sources state as much as 13,000 copies) of them have been produced by the Soviet Union, it’s allies and (without license) China...

Continuing a family tradition · General Aviation News Staff | Fast forward to this year’s Oshkosh and Inhofe, a regular at Oshkosh no matter what is going on in Washington, D.C., keeps looking at his watch. He’s waiting for the arrival of the family’s Grumman, this time piloted by his grandson, Cole, who soloed just three weeks before the big show. In the family tradition, Cole was taught to fly by his father at Riverside Airport in Tulsa...

Is this the end for the Martin Mars? - Bayou Renaissance Man | Readers may be familiar with the Martin Mars, the largest flying-boats ever built in the USA.  The prototype first flew in 1942.  Only seven were produced, the last of which is still flying as a water-bomber in Canada....

In Pictures: Sukhoi SU-30SM - The Lexicans | The Sukhoi SU-30SM is the latest variant of the SU-30 itself a multi-role version if the iconic SU-27 Flanker fighter. These pics were taken around the MAKS 2014 air show and complied over at English Russia.

Photo gallery: Thousands turn out to pay tribute to Wing Commander Ken Wallis at Old Buckenham airfield - Dominic Bareham | Thousands turned out to pay tribute to legendary aviator Wing Commander Ken Wallis, as the record-breaking autogyro pilot was given a fitting send-off at a Norfolk airfield. A 2,000-strong crowd, 1,500 more than expected, thronged Old Buckenham airfield on Sunday to see displays of autogyros and fixed wing aircraft and hear moving tributes to the James Bond stuntman from fellow aviation enthusuiasts and his family...

Airshow Photography a Beginners Guide - Camera Settings - Shooting Technique - Tips and Tricks | Aircrafts are symbols of speed and beauty; they are products of cutting-edge technology in stylish designs and most advanced features. The purrrrrrring sound produced by these metal birds raises adrenalin levels to new highs and people clamor with awe. Citizens feel; it not as a mere aircraft that flies but the prestige of their nation that flies sky high! When the show is over the spectators are as tired as the pilots who flew the crafts!...

Instructors Or Students... - Flight To Success | ...Is it the instructor or the student that creates the successful outcome of learning how to fly? This is a great question. And not everyone connects in the same way,...

Cygnus Docked w/International Space Station - Spaceports | Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, today announced that its Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and approach maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS) and was grappled and berthed with the station by the Expedition 37 astronaut crew earlier this morning. The docking also marks the second commercial spaceflight firm with the capability to place supplies and cargo in orbit with precision. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX was the first firm to...

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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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Chenault International Airshow This Weekend in Lake Charles — Preview Videos [VIDEO] - 92.9 The Lake | The Chenault International Airshow takes place this weekend at Chenault in Lake Charles. The skies will be full of all kinds of aircraft and there will be static displays on the ground and a lot more. We have the Schedule and some preview videos for you....

Air Show Takes Flight Saturday at Leesburg Airport - Patch.com | The annual show features antique and experimental planes, skydivers, a wing walker and more. | You don’t really have to be an aviation enthusiast to have a great time at the annual Leesburg Air Show, so don’t miss out on the event Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Leesburg Executive Airport. The show is in its fourth year....

Rotors to Remember support firefighters - General Aviation News | Prescott Valley, Ariz. — Guidance Aviation, in partnership with Tim’s Toyota Center and the 2013 Yavapai Fair, will provide helicopter rides during “Rotors to Remember” in support of the Prescott Firefighter’s Charities. The fundraising flights will take place on Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Yavapai Fair...

12' Oclock High October 24 - 26 at the Lakeland Airport - Academy of Model Aeronautics | Just about four weeks away now. Monster Planes USA with 12' Oclock High October 24 - 26 at the Lakeland Airport - Check out this super big C-17... It's really BIG...

Meet Maj. Tyler Ellison, Thunderbird 7, Operations Officer (2013-2014) - www.youtube.com | Maj. Tyler Ellison talks about being a Thunderbird.

CFAA to debut student-led live radio show - General Aviation News | LAKELAND, Fla. – Students from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, let by Robert Decker, will debut a live radio show on Wednesday, September 25 (3 pm EST) on SNF Radio. The show can be heard on AM 1510 in the immediate area of Lakeland Linder airport or online at LiveATC.net/SNF...

Update On The Vulcan XH558 · WarbirdsNews | We have recently reported that the Vulcan XH558 had to cancel the remaining flights this year due to the fuel tank issue. Now the management  have turned the attention to securing the necessary funding to safeguard not only the immediate future of XH558, but the planning needed to achieve success with the pledge fund campaign within Operation 2015. This is intended to secure sufficient promised funding to enable the flying life extension to become reality. This would then give XH558 the potential for another two full display seasons....

Dramatic video recorded from a MEDEVAC pilot helmet camera shows how a medal of honor was earned in Afghanistan - The Aviationist | Filmed more than four years ago during a MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) in a valley in Afghanistan, the following video shows how Capt. Will Swenson of the U.S. Army earned the medal of honor will receive on Oct. 15. The dramatic footage, recorded with a camera attached to the Black Hawk helicopter pilot’s helmet on Sept. 8, 2009 during the so called Battle of Ganjgal, shows Swenson in...

Vietnam-era fliers buried side-by-side at Arlington - FoxNews | ...Overhead, eight civilian pilots performed a tribute flyover at their own expense after the Air Force said it couldn’t perform a traditional flyover due to sequestration budget cuts. “I would hope that somebody would have done the same for me had I not made it back home from my tours overseas,” said retired Marine pilot Lieutenant Colonel Art Nalls, who flew an F-39 trainer over the cemetery....

A Night Flight With S. Elmo, Flying the A-26 Invader in Vietnam By Warbirds News | “On a summer night in 1967, my navigator and I launched from a remote jungle airfield west of the Mekong River for an interdiction mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We were flying a renovated twin engine, fully loaded A-26A attack bomber modified for special operations. We headed out to find and destroy...

Statue Unveiled Honoring Jerrie Mock, First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World - WAI Connect Blog | A life-size statue of the first woman to fly solo around the world has been unveiled in her central Ohio hometown, Newark. Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock watched the unveiling from her Florida home via Internet. Mock's historic flight in 1964 ended in Columbus, and some area residents had considered a tribute long overdue. Mock's sister and daughter attended the...

Aviation History... - Flight To Success | "Howard Hughes’s H-4 Hercules is the largest flying boat ever built, and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history. Due to wartime restrictions on using aluminum, the aircraft was...

Museum to host Fall Home School Day - National Museum of the USAF | Home school children, ages 3-18, can participate in educational activities during Fall Home School Day on Oct. 7 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Admission to the museum and activities are free, and there is no advance registration. Additional information is available at http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/homeschool/index.asp. Space for the programs is limited....

The Making of a Joint Strike Fighter Pilot - Air & Space Magazine | At 5:30 A.M., it's still dark as I key in the code to enter the hangar at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, home of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501. In the ready room, I glance at the two flat-panel displays behind the duty desk: The first has weather radar, current and forecast weather, and airfield status; the other, today’s flight schedule, including pilots, aircraft, mission, and assigned training area. I am scheduled for a training mission, a formation sortie, with a student on his fourth flight in the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II. He’ll demonstrate...

New Sikorsky S-97 Raider similar to the mysterious Stealth “Osama Bin Laden raid” helicopter? - The Aviationist | This week, Sikorsky is expected to start the assembly of the S-97 Raider helicopter prototype, Defense News reports. The helicopter, among the choppers pitched for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout program, to replace the Army’s aging fleet of OH-58 Kiowa Warriors, in use since the late 1960s, features a futuristic shape (compared to that of current helos) and is based on Sikorsky’s X-2 technology....

New Nevada license plate helps fund rural airports by General Aviation News | Proceeds from a new Nevada license plate will benefit 44 rural airports in the state. The Nevada Airports Association specialty plate includes a twin-engine plane in one corner, with the slogan “Sky is the limit.”...

Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Yields to Soyuz Crew - Spaceports | Orbital Sciences Corporation had hoped make a second attempt tomorrow (September 25, 2013), but now says the schedule is too tight given another arrival due at the ISS. A trio of astronauts and cosmonauts in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft are expected at the space station on Wednesday. Cygnus will now have to wait until Saturday at the earliest, though the exact schedule will depend on how the Soyuz spacecraft performs on orbit....

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California International Airshow Salinas celebrates the wild blue yonder this weekend · By WILL HOUSTON Herald Correspondent | If British Airways is all that comes to mind when you think of international airplanes, it's time you vamp up your expectations by going to the 32nd annual California International Airshow Salinas this weekend.The show, Saturday and Sunday at Salinas Municipal Airport, will feature a number of new aviation performances along with some old (and historic) favorites from across the globe...

Photos: California International Airshow Salinas- The Herald | Dramatic Weather emerges during the California International Airshow Salinas on Saturday September 21, 2013.

FAA shuts down Aerial Cavalcade at Flabob Flying Circus but the Fly-in Goes On! - Antique Airfield News | ...The good news is that the fly-in is still on and we're expecting a great turn out. Lots of great antiques and classics parked for your viewing pleasure. There will be plenty of flying going on too, just normal airport operations instead of an organized aerial demonstration. The airspace will not be closed and we'll be open all day for arrivals, departures and all other normal airport operations...

EAA Aviation Adventure Fall/Winter Speaker Series Begins Next Week | Learn about unique and historic aviation experiences is a series of free presentations at EAA's Aviation Adventure fall-winter speaker series, which begins next week at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All presentations are also followed by a "beyond the ropes" museum tour.

Tullo and the Giant - Air & Space Magazine | For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green. | Frank Tullo has never forgotten his first day as a captain. He was 25 years old and flying from Korat Royal Thai Air Base, one of two F-105 bases in Thailand. News of his promotion had come through late the evening before, and he had sewn a pair of shiny new captain's bars on his flightsuit. He was wearing those bars when North Vietnamese gunners on the outskirts of Hanoi shot him down....

The First Test Pilots - Air & Space Magazine | Not long after ex-World War I aviator John Macready left his California ranch at the age of 54 to serve again in World War II, he was checked out in one of the B-17 bombers he’d soon be flying over North Africa. A young lieutenant, eager to tout the modern, high-altitude capability of the Flying Fortress, pointed out the supercharger that made such missions possible. “Know anything about these, sir?” he asked the veteran of the Great War. Today, Sally Macready Wallace chuckles at the irony: “Daddy just looked at him and said, ‘Yes Lieutenant, I believe I do.’ ”...

Flying The Focke Wulf FW-190 · Warbirds News | As we recently reported, Jerry Yagen, owner of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is selling off part of his collection. The Focke Wulf Fw 190 is one of them as we reported here. Few days ago Ray Fowler actually delivered the Fw-190 to its new owner, The Tillamook Air Museum. The flight took few days and a eleven stops but the airplane was finally delivered to the museum....

The Replica of The Legendary Avro Arrow Will Be Moved Into a Storage Facility · Warbirds News | The Avro Arrow (CF-105) was an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all-weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by A.V. Roe of Canada until the government’s controversial cancellation of the project in 1959. The controversy engendered by the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians, political observers and industry pundits. Many thought that this decision effectively put Avro out of business and its highly skilled engineering and production personnel scattered...

Restoration: Vought V-173 from AirSpaceMag.com | The two propeller shaft fairings emerging on either side of the round fuselage give the Vought V-173 a creepy sea-creature look. You wonder if designer Charles H. Zimmerman, an aerodynamicist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, had studied manta rays before attempting to design an airplane that could take off almost vertically from a Navy ship....

B-36 moves the XB-58 by travelforaircraft | Convair easily transported an XB-58 airframe by air from Ft. Worth TX to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for testing with the use of a modified B-36 Peacemaker bomber (also made by Convair). The left and right inboard engined had their propellers removed, along with the bomb bay doors since they did not clear the wings of the XB-58 which was mounted...

Have you sent your photo in yet for The Photo Issue? · General Aviation News Staff | Airplanes are among the most photogenic beings on — or above — earth. Have you taken a picture you are particularly proud of? Would you like to share it with our 92,000 monthly print readers? If so, send it to Janice Wood with image details by Oct. 14.

History of Laconia Airport featured in exhibit · General Aviation News Staff By Carol Lee Anderson | NEW HAMPSHIRE – Two significant histories in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire came together for the month of September at the Belknap Mill, a fully restored, early American textile mill located in Laconia. The mill once played a part in the development of the Industrial Revolution and is the nation’s oldest unaltered textile mill. Today it serves the community as a cultural arts center and museum, hosting monthly exhibits throughout the year...

Daily 49er : In case you missed the Airshow… · Danielle Carson | The Red Bull Flugtag drew masses from all over California to Downtown Long Beach on Saturday, when contestants from Alaska to Hawaii launched their comically designed aircrafts into Rainbow Harbor. Since 1992, when Red Bull held its first Flugtag in Vienna, Austria, teams of five have been assembling each year to build a craft that would get air, laughs or both. The Flugtag came to the U.S. in 2002....

Cygnus Docking to ISS Delayed 48-hours - Spaceports |The docking of the new space freighter Cygnus ORB-D1 with the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least 48 hours due to a software glitch, Orbital Sciences Corp. has noted. Orbital Sciences has confirmed that “at around 1:30 a.m. EDT, Sunday, September 22, 2013 its Cygnus spacecraft established direct data contact with the International Space Station (ISS) and found that some of the data received had values that it did not expect, causing Cygnus to reject the data. This mandated an interruption of the approach sequence. Orbital has subsequently found the causes of this discrepancy and is developing a software fix."

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Going to SUN ’n FUN and want to learn more about NextGen? from General Aviation News | The FAA’s NextGen system is scheduled for launch by the end of the year. Are you ready for this change? Matchbox’s Jeffrey Boccaccio, NextGen columnist for General Aviation News, will offer a free presentation demonstrating how easy this transition will be for general aviation pilots, from an application and installation standpoints, not to mention the cost reductions....

Will the Blue Angels be at Shrinersfest this year? - 14 News WFIE Evansville | Shrinersfest Spokesman Dale Thomas says the show remains on the schedule even though the Blue Angels aren't practicing...

Blue Angels cancel performance in Vidalia - Thecoastalsource | The news, while disappointing was not entirely unexpected in light of the federal budget cuts, but organizers of the Onion Festival say even though the Blue Angels won't be performing there will still be an air show with plenty of interesting things to ...

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BD-5 Static Display to attend
Electric Long EZ to attend
VG and TSC to attend
Brand new RV-7 to attend

Binghamton Airshow Canceled - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | According to David Hickling, Deputy Commissioner of Aviation, the military has withdrawn all support for airshows due to sequestration. "It's really a disappointment to not have a show again this year, we really intend to bring the show back next year ...

Air Force Museum Theatre adds "Goose" power to star lineup of TOP GUN 3D presenters at Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Actor Anthony Edwards has been added to a pair of film industry luminaries participating in the Air Force Museum Theatre's special presentation of TOP GUN 3D on Saturday, April 13, in Dayton, Ohio. Edwards, who played the role of Navy Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw in the 1986 Paramount Pictures blockbuster, will co-present the screening with pilot Clay Lacy, the film's aerial cinematographer, and Barry Sandrew, Ph. D., founder of Legend3D, the company that recently converted TOP GUN for Paramount Pictures into digital 3D from its original 35mm film format....

About the XB-70 'Valkyrie' from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford | The H.A.M.B. forum has numerous photos of the cool XB-70 Valkyrie. The XB-70 was a prototype, 6-engined, Mach-3 capable bomber. The program was eventually cancelled due to price/performance and operational concerns....

World War II Scholars Fly High in B-17 Bomber
The Alcalde | A few lucky UT students were given a whole new perspective this past Saturday as they flew over the Forty Acres in a restored World War II-era Boeing B-17 Bomber. Michel Oxford, one of four Normandy Scholars chosen to ride in the plane, said the ...

Queen of Hearts from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin de Reuck | Patrick Davidson’s P51D Mustang, “The Queen of Hearts” has adopted a stunning new colour scheme and yesterday morning I got to do an air to air shoot along the coast of Port Elizabeth with Patrick and his fine steed....

Watch Kenny Scharf Paint an Airplane for "The Boneyard Project" - Papermag | ... the right "Jetson's" frame of mind, check out this short clip of Kenny out in a Tucson, Arizona, airplane graveyard working on a piece for "The Boneyard Project" curated by Eric Firestone, Carlo McCormick and Medvin Sobio for the Pima Air & Space ...

WAI Conference: Get Your Video Here! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Commercial pilot and WAI member Syd Blue is a videographer and author. Blue spent hours documenting the 24th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference...

My Cameo in the AOPA Members Video from Toriaflies | Why am I the only one that got interviewed in a freezing cold hangar, might I ask?!

German Student Seizes Opportunity to Volunteer at EAA from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The tight-knit EAA community helped bring 19-year-old Philipp Stute of Friedrichshafen, Germany, to the Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to work on EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast as a maintenance volunteer.

ISS Flyby of the Moon from Keith Breazeal Video Productions

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A world tour of aerobatic  - AeroBuzz.fr | Of course all the major military formations are present with a prominent place for the Patrouille de France. Few civilian patrols supplement the overview: Breitling Jet Team (L-39), Edge (Fouga Magister...

Neuvo Tango To Attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
Scaled Composites will have reps at the event from Mojave Experimental Fly-In

The Society of Air Racing Historians 29th Annual Conference - The Society of Air Racing Historians is holding its 29th Annual Conference which features a visit to the recently renovated Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum followed by air racing presentations, dinner and key note speakers, John and Mary Ann Jannazo who will discuss the life of their uncle Tony Jannazo, a local pilot, and his fatal crash (on his brother's wedding day) in the 1947 Thompson race held in Cleveland. The Conference will be held April 27, 2013, starting at 10 AM - 9 PM at the Holiday Inn Cleveland Airport W. 150th St., Cleveland, OH.

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Celebrating the 75th anniversary of ‘Wrongway’ Corrigan from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | Now on YouTube is a song by the Irish band, the Corrigan Brothers, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Douglas “Wrongway” Corrigan’s flight from Floyd Bennett Field, New York, to Baldonnel Aerodrome in Ireland on July 18, 1938, making history with his 28 hour and 13 minute flight.

Whitehead "First Flight" Claims Stir Critical Backlash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Critics that include the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) and a senior curator for the Smithsonian Institution have refuted claims made this month and supported by Jane's All the World's Aircraft that Gustav Whitehead piloted a powered aircraft years before the Wright Brothers. The claim, which specifically stated that Whitehead first flew his original powered monoplane by at least 1901, was recently promoted by Australian aviation historian John Brown. Brown's evidence...

Mighty Eighth museum changes name to reflect national mission - Savannah Morning News | “This is an announcement that I believe signifies really a new era in our museum,” Skipper told a group of museum supporters gathered in front of the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress that serves as the centerpiece of the museum's Combat Gallery. “The Mighty ...

Jensen Back At EAA from AVwebFlash Current Issue | As we told you Monday the popular head of EAA's homebuilder section Chad Jensen was dismissed from that position but EAA was still hopeful of finding a place for him in the organization. That apparently happened and Jensen is now Homebuilt Technical Specialist through EAA's Member Services team. Read Jensen's post on the Van's Airforce Forum site here.

Ohio Air News 223 - Charles Johnson | Includes a great tribute to MAJ. Thomas C. “Tom” Griffin - Doolittle Raider.

The first man to set foot in France on D-Day . . . from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...Jim Wallwork, who has died aged 93, was the pilot of the first glider to land in the coup-de-main on the bridges across the river Orne and the Caen Canal; catapulted through the Perspex canopy on touching down, he was able to claim to be the first Allied soldier to set foot on French soil during the D-Day landings....

Fokker G-1 cruiser yacht - Part 2 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | When the Fokker G-1 book Part 1 was introduced in August 2011 work on the second part on its operational career was progressing well and the second part was expected to be published after a year.

New images of the weird, futuristic “Project Zero” All-Electric Tilt Rotor unmanned aircraft released from David Cenciotti's weblog | The revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tilt rotor technology demonstrator, designed, built and tested in twelve months, was officially unveiled on Mar. 4, 2013, just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA....

Charles AA Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club ... - The Atlantic | They called themselves the Sonora Aero Club and, over time, they counted some 60 members, possibly many more. Their ranks included great characters, such as Peter Mennis, inventor of the Club's secret "Lifting Fluid," later described as "a rough Man ...

The 11-year itch…scratched from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | ...Suffice it to say, she was ready in flash and was excited to get in the air. The picture above says it all....

Surf, Sand and [Plane]Spotting: Where "Low Flying Aircraft" Takes on a More Urgent Meaning from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | There are only a tiny handful of places in our aviation world that are "must see" locations for any licensed pilot or aviation enthusiast. ... But one not-so-obvious stop that we in the aviation family must check out is a fairly non-descript sliver of sand under the approach end of Princess Juliana International Airport's runway 10 on the island of St. Maarten. It is Maho Beach, and all that separates it from the TDZ is a tiny two-lane road and a chain link fence....

Voyager-1 Still on 'the magnetic highway' from Spaceports | "The Voyager team is aware of reports today that NASA's Voyager 1 has left the solar system," said Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.  "It is the consensus of the Voyager science team that Voyager 1 has not yet left the solar system or reached interstellar space. In December 2012, the Voyager science team reported that...

Video: Next Station Crew in Kazakhstan for Launch from Spaceports | International Space Station Expedition 35/36 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and prepare for their March 28, 2013 Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.