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Let's catch an air show! Season is almost over.  Calendar via Fencecheck.

10/26/13 |	AAAA Chipmunk Rally 2013
10/26/13 |	Catalina Air Show 2013
10/26/13 |	First in Flight Festival 2013
10/26/13 |	Wings Over Houston 2013
10/26/13 |	Jacaranda Festival Muster 2013
10/26/13 |	Gloucester Aero Club Fly In and Bonfire 2013
10/26/13 |	Cancelled - NAS Jax Air Show 2013
10/26/13 |	Guaratingueta Airshow 2013
10/26/13 |	Seoul ADEX 2013
10/26/13 |	Great Smoky Mountain Operation Welcome Home 2013
10/27/13 |	Wings Wheels & Rotors Expo 2013
10/27/13 |	JASDF Tsuiki Airshow 2013

Copperstate Fly-In starts today - TriValley Central | Admission to the fly-in is $25 for all three days or $15 a day on Friday and Saturday. today's admission is discounted to $5 a person. This year, youths 15 and younger are admitted free. In the past the cutoff age for free admission was 12. Organizers ...

The Great Georgia Airshow Flew High · Warbirds News | For 15 years the Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) maintained a reputation in the air show circuit as one of the best shows in the southeast and a favorite for aviation aficionados seeking a fan friendly experience.  The 2013 edition, held Oct. 11th-13th at Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field, began a new chapter as organizers reinvented the program, creating a festival weekend with many firsts, including a night show, fireworks, concerts, and expanded activities for kids and adrenaline seekers...

Largest aviation convention in world wrapping up in Las Vegas - Las Vegas Blog (blog) | Other legends attending included aviation legend & former astronaut Bonnie Dubar, former NASA flight director Gene Kranz, famed aerobatic performer Sean D. Tucker & the last guy on the moon — astronaut Eugene “Gene” Cernan. The annual yearly ...

Investigation into vintage plane crash begins - Your Houston News | ...The plane, a P-51 Mustang named “Galveston Gal”, was based at Galveston’s Lone Star Flight Museum. The Museum has a “Flight Experiences” program with a number of their planes....

EAA AirVenture 2014 Advance Purchase Ticketing Now Online - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Camping credentials, auto parking, flight experiences and merchandise also available- EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis.- Advance purchase admission tickets and camping are now available for the 62nd annual edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, providing greater convenience for those travelling to "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration." The week-long 2014 event will be held July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh...

Pelton piloting EAA in Uncertain Times - Aviation International News | “When we looked at AirVenture last summer, we wanted to make sure we had a good event, that it was safe and had the right features,” he told AIN at NBAA 2013. Because of sequestration, active military aircraft could not participate at Oshkosh, he said ...

B-17 ride was a trip back in time - The Albany Herald | THOMASVILLE — As the lumbering B-17 Flying Fortress banked on its final approach into Thomasville Regional Airport on Monday, it was hard not to imagine what it was like during World War II when these behemoths of the sky helped win the war in Europe ...

B-17 crewman to speak at Veterans History Project - Allentown Morning Call | An 88-year-old Salisbury Township man who flew 34 missions in a B-17 bomber during World War II will be the speaker Thursday at the Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project meeting. Francis J. McCullough, a technical sergeant in the Army Air Forces, was ...

PIMA AIR & SPACE RE-INTRODUCES RARE WWII PLANE WITH 2 DIFFERENT FINISHES, CAPTURING A “POINT IN TIME” - AZ Weekly | The Pima Air & Space Museum recently re-introduced a WWII aircraft that was submerged in Lake Michigan for almost 50 years with a unique two-tone paint scheme. Lost at the end of WWII, the Grumman FM-2 Wildcat sat in a watery grave until it was ...

Midwest Aero Restorations Recreates Warbird Legends - The Aero Experience | On a recent trip to Muncie, Indiana, I saw an opportunity to travel in a different direction so that I could stop by Vermillion Regional Airport (KDNV), located just a few miles north of Danville, Illinois, to visit Midwest Aero Restorations and see what warbirds they were in the process of restoring.  I called a few days beforehand to confirm I could stop in and was given a friendly "Stop on by!"...

Sigman and Wheeler receive FAA recognition - General Aviation News | MANITOWOC, Wis. — Leon Sigman and Jim Wheeler were recently honored by the FAA for 50 years of flying safety and contributions made to general aviation...

A Hellcat Pilot's Longest Day - National Naval Aviation Museum | ...As Shirley and his fellow aviators climbed to altitude, they received word of radar contact being made with a large group of bogeys approaching from Luzon, which prompted the launch of more squadron aircraft, eventually bringing the total number of VF-27 Hellcats in the air to twenty. In a wide-ranging action that included intercepts of enemy bombers and fighters, the VF-27 planes were credited with shooting down thirty-six enemy aircraft against the loss of one of their squadronmates. Shirley was credited with five of the enemy planes, and described the air-to-air combat...

Time Running Out for WASP ROSE PARADE Float - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | "Against amazing odds, in a conflicted economy, we have come a long way," writes Albert Lewis, President of the WINGTIP-to-WINGTIP Association ROSE PARADE PROJECT, "We have paid for and gained approval of our application to be in the Rose Parade in this most appropriate year, the 125th Anniversary of the Tournament of Roses, this 70th Anniversary of the conclusion of the WASP program, and this 1st Year that women are now recognized as limited, not by gender, but only by individual skill, a point proudly established by the WASP those 70 years ago....

Yankee Air Museum Highlights The Role Of Detroit Manufacturing In WWII - CBS Local | WWJ's Ron Dewey says a fundraising campaign to preserve a part of the plant as the new home of the Yankee Air Museum is moving closer to its $8 million dollar goal. Dennis Norton of the Yankee Air Museum says the Willow Run Bomber plant, and Detroit's ...

Today The Grumman Memorial Park Needs Your Help · WarbirdsNews | The Grumman Memorial Park is a volunteer effort paying tribute to the incredible advances in aviation and aerospace that took place on Long Island, thanks to the teamwork of the employees of Grumman Corporation.Today a group of volunteers from the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City with the requisite knowledge will be coming out to do the work. The town is supplying the paint and power washer, bucket truck and other materials needed to make the U.S. Navy aircraft — they are technically on loan to Riverhead — shipshape again.

Miss Demeanour owner Jonathon Whaley puts Hunter Jet up for sale - Bournemouth Echo | Jonathon, who wrote the foreword to the Daily Echo's celebratory book about Bournemouth Air Festival, said that the upcoming Al Ain air show in Abu Dhabi at the end of November would be his last planned display. He added: “What the future really holds ...

Aviation Puts the Awesome in Sixth Grade Science - Airspeed Online | ...On that Tuesday, the skies were clear and visibility was unlimited.  I met him at the doors of his school as classes let out in the afternoon.  I wore my flight suit...

Aviation Cadet World Reflects All Things EAA - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Errol D. Severe, EAA 450054, is on a dual mission to spread knowledge of his fellow aviation cadets from World War II and boost interest in EAA's mission of growing participation in aviation.

Young Eagles rally a success despite winds - Killeen Daily Herald | Young Eagles Rally. Private pilot Dick Williams, left, gives a quick flying lesson to Denise Pacheco, 10, center, and twins Matix and Makenna Karcher, 8, during the Young Eagles Rally on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at the Lampasas Airport...

Boeing Finalizes Agreement For Kennedy Space Center Facility - Aero-News Network | CST-100 Spacecraft Will Be Built In Former NASA Shuttle Hangar Boeing has finalized an agreement with Space Florida to use a processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to build the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft, an important step toward restoring the United States’ ability to launch humans into space...

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Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show - Bay News 9 | Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show. polk-county-default. Last Updated: Thursday, January 03, 2013, 10:15 AM. POLK COUNTY --. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to the Sun-N-Fun Fly-In this year in Polk County. The planes will be ...

Matt Hall to kick off fly in - Northern Star | AUSTRALIA'S Top Gun stunt pilot Matt Hall will help kick off this year's Great Eastern Fly-In when he delivers a P-51 Mustang aircraft to Evans Head tomorrow afternoon. After a two year hiatus organiser Gai Taylor said conditions looked ideal for the...

Dracula prepares for Franklin's Flying Circus debut - AOPA Pilot | “I did that show last year and it's a great show that's right before Sun 'n Fun,” he said. “It gives me time to learn to fly the aircraft and see its capabilities.” The new Dracula show will keep with the Franklin tradition, he said. “It will have the ...

Civil Air Patrol to open trading at New York Stock Exchange from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | {well, past tense now} A delegation from Civil Air Patrol will ring the opening bell Friday at the New York Stock Exchange. Led by CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, a group of about 20 CAP representatives, including cadets, will be on the stock exchange podium at 9:30 a.m. EST to officially start trading....

The Airplane Book: Wood preserves dad's WWII photos, history - douglascountysentinel | On board the B-17 bomber planes he flew as part of the 97th Bombardment Group, Grady took photos of bombs descending toward their targets – a Daimler-Benz car plant that made tanks during the war and an exploding train carrying German ammunition ...

Tinker to Evers to Chassis - New York Times | The father of Gary Alcarese, a fellow mechanic, was a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot down by the Germans over Denmark during World War II. Alcarese's father was the only survivor on the plane and became a prisoner of war. Christopher Tinker...

Pilot Remembered as Accomplished, Patriot from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | MONTGOMERY AL- Jack Thompson was laid to rest today. He passed away at home on December 28, 2012, a week before his 86th birthday. Born in Birmingham, he was a long time resident of Montgomery. A US Navy veteran of three wars, his dream of military flying came true much later with Air America. He became known as Captain Jack while in Viet Nam. He took leave from his job flying with Alabama Fish and Game and Gov. Wallace in 1966 to fly for Air America...

“Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British... from Planeshots | “Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British Malaya were tested and evaluated by Japanese naval aviators under close supervision of RAF officers from...

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: Black and white photos show ... - Daily Mail | He is credited as one of the inventors of wing walking, which he used to make repairs to his plane mid-flight. But his was another aviation career cut tragically short. In 1920, he died during a movie shoot when the pilot of the plane he was in was ...

New Book Details History of Idaho's Backcountry Airstrips - Twin Falls Times-News | A key figure in Twin Falls' aviation history makes an appearance in Holm's account of a crew who bailed out of a B-17 bomber during World War II over the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Charles Reeder — who in 1941 started Reeder Flying Service in ...

Video: Watch Wingsuit Flyers Hover Within Feet of Glider Airplanes from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Skydive Team constantly pushes the realms of possibility for its spectacular wingsuit and skydiving projects; their latest involves a daring pursuit and formation flight with two Blanix...

Castle Air Museum works to restore T-37 - ABC30.com | When their work is complete, the plane will go on display at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater. The aircraft was the main training jet for U.S. Air Force pilots from the 1950's until it was discontinued about five years ago. The restoration process is...

Museum announces 2013 educational programs from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | A variety of free and low-cost educational programs at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, will help parents, students and educators find fun and exciting learning opportunities focusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as social studies, literature and art....

Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids Released from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids, an abridged and simplified explanation of the Aviators Model Code of Conduct (AMCC), was released today by the project’s Permanent Editorial Board. Written for use in the classroom with language appropriate for children, the document exposes young students to important values shared by safe and successful aviators...

Kennedy Space Center looking to lease or sale launch facilities prior to end of 2013 from Spaceports | NASA is advertizing a long list of Kennedy Space Center facilities and equipment as available for use, lease or, in some cases, outright purchase by the right business. Among them: Launch Pad 39A, where shuttles were launched; space in the Vehicle Assembly Building, the iconic 526-foot-tall structure first used to assemble Saturn V-Apollo rockets; the Orbiter Processing Facilities, essentially huge garages where the shuttles were maintained; Hangar N and its high-tech test equipment; the launch-control center; and...

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Skytypers Set to Take Flight at Great New England Airshow - abc40 | (WGGB) — The Great New England Air Show kicks into high gear this weekend, but some of the planes and performers flew into Westover Thursday. I was able to get the same view the pilots with the Geico Skytypers Air Show team get when they perform at...

Annual Wings & Wheels Spectacular to Be Held This Weekend at Owls Head - Freepress Online | This year's Aerobatic Air Show will be held both days from 1:30 to 3 p.m., and feature high-speed performances by Kendal Simpson in his Pitts Model 12 and Dan Marcotte in his Ultimate 200 biplane. Jim Parker will put on a show in an aerobatic Salto ...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 – Day 6 from Other People's Airplanes by David | ...In this episode, we bring you a bunch of warbird heavy metal flying. The “Tora, Tora, Tora!” reenactment, the A-10 Thunderbolt II with a heritage flight, the venerable P-51 Mustang, the C-46 and C-47, and the mighty F/A-18 Hornet. Then we head over to Camp Scholler for...

"More Tunnel" UCAP Daily #298-golf from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon and Jack Hodgson are just about packed and ready to head home. They record one final UCAP Daily, standing beside Jeb's plane, out in front of the EAA Weeks Hangar.

RCCR Great Electric Radio Control Air Show coming Aug. 18 and 19 - Gates-Chili Post | The Radio Control Club of Rochester is hosting its 14th Annual RCCR Great Electric Radio Control Air Show and Fun Fly, Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, at the Model Air field located in Northampton Park, 304 Salmon Creek Road, Ogden. Examples of every type of ...

What role does radio-controlled flying have in GA? from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | At the Arlington Fly-In in July I bought a Blade Scout radio-controlled (RC) helicopter. It's a beginner-level RC. It's also an absolute blast to fly. Horizon Hobby was the exhibitor. "We are trying to reach new markets, that's why we are here in Arlington," said Kim Payne from Horizon Hobby. "We'll be at AirVenture as well." Both displays were packed with people every time I happened by...

Albert Park a candidate for air race - 3AW | A member of the Save Albert Park lobby group has slammed a state government proposal to stage a high-thrills air race in the area. The global series run by Red Bull sees pilots race through slalom-style inflatable air gates and pylons...

Sun 'n Fun plans new dates, many improvements for 2013  - AOPA Pilot | Transformed into a year-round operation with a fresh focus on education and building the next generation of aviators, Sun 'n Fun will see many logistical improvements for 2013. President and CEO John “Lites” Leenhouts said the airshows will be shorter, ...

Contact! from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett | In the old days, the word “Contact!” was central to the process of getting things going. The pilot yelled “Contact!” The mechanic then responded in kind while laying hands on the prop. Seconds later, after a grunt, a flip of the prop, and a puff of smoke, an airplane would leap to life. Technology has changed that process a bit. But the need to make contact is as important as ever, in whatever form it takes.

Goodyear zeppelin will retain iconic moniker - AOPA Pilot | The Spirit of Goodyear, the oldest blimp in a fleet being phased out in coming years, makes a slow circle around EAA AirVenture. Image 2. Pilot Michael Dougherty waits to take his turn at the wheel (and rudder, and valve controls, and throttle controls ...

Museum opens doors to aviation brigade - Topeka Capital Journal | Dave Murray, deputy chairman of the Combat Air Museum, came up with an idea several months ago to open the museum's doors for a day, free of charge, to soldiers with the Combat Aviation Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley and their families...

Duke Youth Voice: Aviator of the Skies and Words - my.hsj.org | Lillian “Lilly” Augspurger soars above the clouds of Pennsylvania while following the instructions of her uncle in his 1946 Aeronca Champ. To her, being an aviator means being above the clouds and escaping from the world. She hails from Raleigh, North ...

Google Street View and show pictures of the NASA Kennedy Space Center from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS | Google Street View users can add a new virtual interesting walk to the script. From now on you can view areas of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. That's where NASA frequently send their missions to space and the initiative is part of the celebrations of 50th anniversary of the foundation that was the starting point of travel of the Apollo Program.

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The Blues Have Landed! - Londonderry News | Blue Angels 4, 5 & 6 showed up off the right side of the plane and were ready to refuel. Blue Angels 5 and 6 were on the right side of the plane right off our wingtip while Blue Angel 4 refueled. The 3 jets took turns refueling, Blue Angels 1, 2, & 3 ...

Angels fly high and low to put on a show - The Union Leader | The lineup also includes the Black Diamond Jet Team, the Golden Knights — the U.S. Army Parachute Team — air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatics superstar Michael Goulian, wingwalker Jane Wicker and the New Hampshire National Guard KC-135 ...

South Shore Air Show to Honor the Fallen - PortageLife | Where Life and Portage Connect - Telling the positive stories of the people, businesses, and organizations of Portage, Indiana.

Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake to stage annual air show, fireworks display  by David Webb| The "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show" returns on July 7 at 6 p.m. to provide its spectacular fireworks display that is visible to boaters and shore huggers all over the lake area. The event, which drew an estimated 40,000 people last year, provides free viewing from boats, the lake's shores, local parks and private residences. The air show featuring both civilian and military aircraft flying within 500 feet of the ground culminates with the fireworks show after dark....

Fair St. Louis Getting Ready To Bring The Heat - CBS Local | Another special appearance will include a Heritage Flight featuring a vintage North American P-51 (Mustang) from World War II and an A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog). Other events include an inaugural Freedom 4 miler and a one-mile Family Fun Run, hosted ...

Podcast: Coming Up at AirVenture from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski, veteran of a quarter-century's worth of AirVenture extravaganzas, updates AVweb's Mary Grady with a look at what to expect from the 2012 edition, just a few weeks away.

Helicopter Air Show in Los Angeles This Saturday - LAFD News & Information | The American Heroes Air Show arrives in Los Angeles this Saturday, June 30, 2012. The free public event that focuses on helicopters, will be held from 10AM to 4PM at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace.

Spitfire and Red Arrows to wow crowds as forces heroes celebrated - This is Scunthorpe | The Red Arrows and a Spitfire will wow crowds at this year's National Armed Forces Day event in North Lincolnshire.The show will come to Messingham Showground on Saturday, June 30, with everything...

Jubilee marked at Air Tattoo launch - Lancashire Evening Post | There was a distinct Diamond Jubilee feel at the launch of this summer.

The Tricolour Arrows fly in Puglia - free News | The aerobatic team arrives in Salento with the performance of the Tricolour Arrows. The "2 ° Salento Tricolore Air Show", scheduled ...

Video: 1970 Super 8 Home Movie: Blue Angels In F-4J Phantom II's (Mesmerizing) from AirPigz | With this video you get flicker, lint, and projector noise. But the cool part is that I think all of that is truly genuine. That's what makes this 3-1/2 minutes of vintage 1970 home movie (Super 8mm) so mesmerizing to me... it's just awesome. It's the most unusual little portal into a part of Blue Angels history in the early part of the 5+ years that they flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Filmed at Suffolk County AFB in Long Island New York in 1970, this film reminds me so much of the many airshows I attended when I was...

Lifestyles: Big Sky Air Race - Beartooth NBC | The second annual Big Sky Air Race will showcase the talents of pilots from all across the country. The Big Sky Air Race is an annual event that attracts aviation fans and families looking for a good time. Kevin Danz, race coordinator, says the ...

'Bombs away' over insuring B-17 - AOPA Pilot | A spat over insurance disrupted a stop in Seattle, Wash., for two World War II bombers scheduled to give sightseeing rides from King County International Airport-Boeing Field during the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour.

Memphis Belle's Co-Pilot from Connecticut - Patch.com | The co-pilot of the most famous B-17 of World War II hails from Woodbridge.

B-17 Bomber To Fly Over Columbus, Offer Public Flights - 10TV | A World War II bomber is on display this weekend and will offer public flights

What Happens To Old Airplanes from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | As big/fast airplanes become obsolete, they are typically just parked somewhere. The lucky ones get a second life like the last DC-7 produced which is being turned into a restaurant in Florida. It was built in 1956 and retired in 2006 after flying 33,000 hours. After 50 years of service, it has earned the rest(aurant), I guess. One of the best-known “boneyards” of retired aircraft is at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz....

Amelia Earhart's Navigator: The Life and Loss of Fred Noonan - History | Earhart may get all the glory for being a pioneering aviator, but Noonan was no slouch in that respect. Widely credited with opening the Pacific to air transportation, Noonan worked for Pan American World Airways beginning in the mid-1920s and was ...

The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are some books about aviation that are so spot-on, so gritty, that you are compelled to hide them from the aviation squeamish. “The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska” is one of these books. The book was written by Colleen Mondor, who drew upon her four years of running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based airline. The names have been changed, but the experiences, such as knowingly flying over-loaded aircraft and intentional scud-running, are pulled from real life....

‘Plane Talk’ to broadcast live from 99s conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | IMC Radio’s “Plane Talk,” a live-streaming aviation internet radio talk show sponsored by the IMC Club International, will be broadcasting four two-hour shows live from its remote studio at the 2012 International 99s Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, starting July 11 and continuing through July 14.

Here’s another cool B-52 cockpit video! from David Cenciotti's weblog |  With all the fleet having surpassed 50 years of active service, the B-52 heavy bomber remains one of the most interesting (and powerful) weapon system in the U.S. inventory....

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. View the slideshow.

Skydive Debuts Google Glass Project from Aero-News Network  |  Seeing The Freefall From The Skydivers Point Of View Google co-founder Sergey Brin came up with a pretty novel way to introduce Google Glass, which is a pair of glasses designed to deliver much of the same information as you might get from your smart phone, but in a wearable HUD. The glasses allow the user to interact with the Internet through voice commands, getting the display literally right before his or her eyes....

CAP cadets get taste of pararescue career field from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 306th Rescue Squadron hosted more than 20 Civil Air Patrol cadets during the advanced pararescue orientation course here June 13-23.  The course is a 10-day challenge that tests CAP cadets both mentally and physically as they are constantly evaluated on the stringent requirements of the pararescue, combat rescue officer, and survival, evasion, resistance, escape career fields...

Flying car completes Phase 1 flight testing from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |  The production prototype of the Terrafugia Transition — a flying car — has completed the first phase of its flight test program. Phase 1 flight testing, conducted at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, N.Y, allowed Terrafugia to check off many critical early testing objectives for the Transition program, said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich, who added, "It's a real airplane; we're flying it whenever we want, for as long...

Kennedy Space Center's Celebrates 50th Anniversary from Aero-News Network  |  Equal Parts Nod To The Past And Look To The Future Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, July 1 with a program that includes NASA officials discussing the historic spaceport and the dynamic transformation underway to support the next generation of space exploration....

SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Virgin Galactic's passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo successfully passed aerodynamic and powerplant tests on June 26, near Mojave, California. The vehicle performed its first successful glide since integration of its rocket motor systems. WhiteKnightTwo carried it to 51,000 feet over where it was released under the control of Scaled pilots Pete Siebold and Mike Alsbury. A chase plane...

Taikonauts Land in Inner Mongolia from Spaceports |  China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday (10 PM EST, Thursday, June 28, 2012), ending a 13-day mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a human manual docking test with the Tiangong space lab critical to its goal of building a larger space station by 2020.

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PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 MN Air Spectacular - Mankato Free Press | The Blue Angels zoom by during Saturday's performance at the Minnesota Air Spectacular Saturday at the Mankato Regional Airport. Pat Christman Air show spectators look up to watch airplanes perform during the Minnesota Air Spectacular Saturday at the ...

8-year-old with ties to Ocean Pines kicks off OC Air Show - Gannett | ...Baylee Morrison, wearing patriotic colors, performed while a team from the U.S. Army and Navy jumped from parachutes and over an American flag in the sky before a roaring crowd. Baylee also was scheduled to perform patriotic tunes Saturday night at the Ocean Down Casino...

Shrinersfest Air Show flies high and low over Ohio River - 14 News WFIE Evansville | Crowds gathered to watch the Shrinersfest air show. Planes did all sorts of tricks and turns, flying high and low over the Ohio River. The show featured solo pilots, and the Red Steel Jet Team. "It's very daring and the pilots take their lives in their ...

Underwater warbirds may grace EAA event | Plans in motion to go lake diving ... - Avionics Intelligence | Efforts are under way to retrieve the dive bomber, or possibly a World War II Grumman FM-2 Wildcat, later this month or early July and take it to EAA AirVenture in late July. "There's something fascinating about seeing an aircraft that has just been ...

Ukiah Airport Day: A chance to see history up close - Ukiah Daily Journal | Each year, Airport Day gives local residents a chance to encounter at least 30 different varieties of aircraft - some of them extremely rare Warbirds owned by private aviators. Other than being disassembled enough to transport it to Bishop's shop at ...

Ocean City, Maryland Air Show photos, June 9, 2012 - Crisfield News | Since it's not too late to catch the next show on Sunday, June 10, I won't give away the show until next week when I have time to post more photos. The beach is beautiful and the ocean breeze and the water will cool you off, so grab a chair, a beach towel, pack a lunch, and head out to Ocean City Maryland and watch the best of the best perform. I promise they will thrill you...

Look At These Electrifying Navy SEALs Take Parachuting To A Whole New Level - Business Insider |That's what the Leap Frogs do. And as the US Navy parachute team, they are incredible. Based in San Diego, the team is made up of fifteen elite men — either Navy SEALs or certain Special Warfare commandos (SWCC). The Navy says each member joins the ...

Base fly-in event gives Air Force mission wings - Times Record News | Alyssa Johnston/Times Record News Sheppard Air Force Base's 80th Flying Training Wing pilots welcomed civilian aviators on base Saturday for a fly-in event. Civilian pilots were cleared before flying onto base and were able to talk with airmen and ...

Wrens Fly-In goes on despite fatal gyroplane crash - WRDW-TV | Saturday was the annual Wrens OB Brown Memorial Fly- In. It's an event that attracts different small aircrafts including gyro-planes. On Friday, a gyroplane in town for the event cashed -- killing the pilot, but despite the accident the gyroplanes ...

Prairie Dog Fly-In Held in Big Spring - NewsWest9.com | The fly-in is put together by the Big Spring Airport Board and features between 25 and 30 planes that fly in from all over the area including Lubbock, Snyder, San Angelo and of course from the Commemorative Air Force in Midland.

Call of the skies Ex-teacher competes in 4-day trek across U.S. - Evansville Courier & Press | Next week, Glisson, who is a co-pilot, is headed to Lake Havasu, Ariz., to compete in the 36th annual Air Race Classic. She and her pilot, Amy Bogardus of Danville, Ky., will square off against more than 40 other teams in a four-day trek across the ...

Embry-Riddle team to compete in women's air race - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Marisha Falk and Danielle Erlichman are used to spending many hours flying as instructors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. They hope that will be an advantage when they fly in a four-day national race across the country...

Big Muddy Air Race takes to the skies - The Southern | More than 20 pilots took part in the second annual Big Muddy Air Race over Southern Illinois and part of Missouri on Saturday. People came to the region from across the nation and north of the border to participate in the 170-mile race...

The Blue Angels - All Things Aviation | ...Admiral Nimitz choose Lt. Commander Roy “Butch” Voris (WWII Ace with 8 victories) to lead and form the squadron at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL. The squadron was given Grumman F6F “Hellcat” aircraft to fly and performed their first air show in June of 1946 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, much to the delight of the personnel there...

War Pilot Recieves Proper Burial After 43 Years - 5 News | Meroney's remains were found last year after excavation teams located his military identification. Now, he's here in his final resting place next to his wife, Connie. A permanent display has been set up in the Fort Smith Air Museum to honor Meroney and ...

"Miracle" B-17's Bombardier Remembers - KMJ Now | That is the B-17 "All-American" of the 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, after a German fighter plane crashed into it, slicing the fuselage, knocking off a horizontal stabilizer, trapping the tail gunner in the rear of the aircraft, ...

Retired naval aviator killed in 'experimental aircraft' crash - Dayton Daily News | Flower was a naval aviator for 31 years who still loved to fly in his retirement, said Jan Flower, his wife of 50 years. “It was his life, ” she said. “He was flying a plane that he had built and flew out of Greene County Airport and was there every ...

Battle of Britain prelude: the birth of the Luftwaffe - xplanes | The end of the First World War in 1918 brought the German aircraft industry - largely military orientated - to a grinding halt. At least a hundred companies were suddenly without work. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which imposed limits on...

Documentary film about the Flying Tigers to be released - China Post | An official documentary film of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, who is best remembered as leader of the famed Flying Tigers, an all volunteer air service in China that fought the Japanese during World War II, will be released in November in ...

Red Yak from Apron 6 | After photographing the T-6 on the ground, I strapped myself in. First part of the flight we were only joined by the Yak. This gave me the opportunity to photograph it without the F-16 next to it. After the solopart I could...

A 'plane' exciting exhibit - Lompoc Record | Items on display include commemorative stamps, model planes, air race logos, brochures and other collectable items. A collection of commemorative stamps honoring historical aircraft that flew the skies during the 1930s and played an important role in...

Meseum of Flight Seattle WA from Mike’s Adventures | ...Saturday while E was at the conference Colby his little brother and I went to the Flight Mesuem at Boeing Field. Very cool place....

Analyst Says USAF Faces Crisis From Aging Aircraft Inventory from Aero-News Network | Assessment Came As Senior Air Force Officers Meet At Wright-Patterson Defense analyst Loren B. Thompson spoke recently to senior Air Force officers at Wright-Patterson AFB, saying the USAF faces a crisis from the aging aircraft in its inventory. He added The Air Force is “facing challenges because it has not succeeded in modernizing its fleet to anywhere near the degree it needs to, so the fleet is getting old.”

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Kennedy Space Ctr Visitors Getting Rare Access Inside NASA’s Launch Control from Aero-News Network | Second Special Behind-the-Scenes Tour Added For Space Center’s 50th Anniversary For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA is allowing Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests inside the Launch Control Center – where NASA directors and engineers supervised all of the 152 launches for the space shuttle and Apollo programs. The KSC Up-Close: Launch Control Center (LCC) Tour, the second in Kennedy Space Center’s special 50th anniversary series of rare-access tours, takes visitors inside Firing Room 4, one of the LCC’s four firing rooms and the one from which all 21 space shuttle launches since 2006 were controlled...

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Andrews Marines contribute to Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation - Capital Flyer | by Senior Airman Amber Russell, 11th Wing Public Affairs This May, the Marine Corps will celebrate 100 years of aviation history. Since AA Cunningham's first flight in 1912 until now, Marines have adapted their aviation abilities to support ground...

WTOP guide to the Andrews Air Show - WTOP | WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands are expected to descend on Fedex Field over the weekend to soak in the spectacle of the annual Andrews Air Show. The event will feature performances by the Blue Angels, the US Navy flight demonstration squadron, ...

[VIDEO] Tommy McFLY Takes To The Sky In A Fighter Jet! - CBS Local | In preparation for the Joint Services Open House and Air Show this weekend at Andrews Air Force Base Tommy McFLY took to the skies with Dragon Aviation for some high flying fun! The sounds of the engines revving was ...

Westover air show to salute Greatest Generation - WWLP 22News | This year's Great New England Air Show will be a " Salute to the Greatest Generation." On Friday, the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base announced the theme of this year's show, which will be held on August 4 and 5...

THE 61 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMY AVIATION IN VITERBO from Aviation-Report.com (translated) | Viterbo 10 May 2012, a formation of helicopters of various models and fixed-wing aircraft in the sky flying over the Italian Army cargo area of the airport "T. Smiths "of Viterbo, officially closing the ceremony to celebrate the 61 th Anniversary of the Constitution dell'AVES, the Italian Army Aviation. The ceremony, along with the civil authorities, military and religious authorities of Viterbo, was...

Episode 87: Wings Over Illawarra 2012 from Plane Crazy Down Under | The Great PCDU Road Trip of 2012 covered over 1,700km in the course of a single weekend. From late on Friday night to early on Monday morning, Steve, Grant & Allan drove from Melbourne up to Wollongong (just south of Sydney) to attend the Wings Over Illawarra 2012 air show. Firmly ensconced in...

Remains of missing WWII gunner to be buried at DFW National Cemetery - FOX 4 News | Corporal Wayne Richard Erickson was just a month shy of his 20th birthday when his PBJ-1D, similar to a B-25 bomber, crashed on an island in the South Pacific. On April 22, 1944, the plane took off from Luganville Airfield on the island of Espirtu ...

B-29 ditching in the Pacific 1945 from Fear of Landing by Sylvia | Vincent "Enzo" Romano is a historian and researcher who has created the "most complete Italian private digital archive related to American History, from the end of the 19th century to 1970." Included in his collection is a stunning video from March 1945 in which Captain Bernard "Barney" McCaskill Jr ditches his B-29, the Hopefull Devil, in the Pacific near Pagan Island....

GUEST POST – Cleared for Takeoff: Second Annual Aviation Inspiration Day Is A Week Away from Aviation Queen | ...Lynda Meeks, the founder of Girls With Wings, is traveling to the Upper Midwest to host her 2nd annual Aviation Inspiration Day on Saturday, May 26th, at Fleming Field in South St. Paul, Minnesota. Together with the Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), Wipaire, Young Eagles, and several other great partners, this event hopes to host hundreds of families, but more importantly, dozens of young girls – grades 1st-8th – who will learn the basics of becoming a pilot...

VIDEO: Recovery of C-17 which crash-landed in Afghanistan from Kathryn's Report | Three C-17s have crash-landed in Afghanistan since operations began. All three have been recovered. First two were repaired and returned to service. This one should also return to service once repaired...

First plane to land at Manchester airport returns as Hornet Moth marks 75th anniversary of historic flight (UK) from Kathryn's Report | Duncan Menzies' pilot log book, showing his entry from May 1937 when he landed at the Ringway  A historic biplane that was the first to land at Manchester Airport has returned to mark the airport's 75th birthday. The vintage de Havilland Hornet Moth flew in today carrying Peter Menzies, son of original pilot Duncan who was aboard the aircraft back on May 17, 1937. The single-engined...

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'I have an airplane hangar in my front yard' - CNNMoney | Like so many Americans across the nation, Julie Clark commutes to work. But she doesn't drive, walk or even take a bus or train. Instead, she flies a plane. Clark, an air show performer and retired airline captain, lives 30 miles ...

America's aging aviation force: Father, son flew same fighter jet 30 years apart - Hot Air | We are." The Heritage Foundation featured Deptula's story as a part of a three-part series highlighting the risks of budget cuts to the nation's military. The first part told the story of Col. Kerry Kachejian, an Army Reserve engineer, who relied on ...

2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge Results from Space Prizes by Ray | Here's more on the 2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge that was just held...

The Dawn of the Commercial Space Age is (Probably) Happening This Weekend from POPSCI | Tomorrow morning, whether they realize it or not, Americans will likely wake up to a new era. Though nothing will be outwardly different, a fundamental shift in the nature spaceflight will commence during the wee morning hours. Call it a defining moment, or a milestone, or simply call it what it is: the dawn of the private spaceflight industry's real presence in outer space....

Kennedy Space Center Welcoming Visitors During 50th Anniversary Year with Special Tours and Offers from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA is offering visitors rare access to several key areas of Kennedy Space Center during its 50th anniversary year to enhance a popular destination that already features an array of authentic...

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Wings over Encompass: Thunderbirds pilot visits local preschool - Valley Record | U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin Hubbard simulates the wingspan of her Thunderbirds jet formation for a combined preschool classroom on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the Encompass Main Campus....

Thunderbirds Returning To OC In 2012 - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY – The U.S Air Force Thunderbirds team released its 2012 show schedule on Wednesday, revealing it will be heading to Ocean City for this summer’s OC Air Show, scheduled for June 9-10, 2012.  Ocean City Air Show LLC President Bryan Lilley will be coming before the Mayor and City Council on Tuesday to announce the Thunderbirds will return for the OC Air Show’s fifth anniversary event.  Lilley said...

Meet the new president of Sun ’n Fun - GAN | Just a few months ago, John “Lites” Leenhouts was thinking about retirement. “My life was set,” the 27-year Navy veteran said. “I was going to retire after 10 years at Northrup-Grumman and we knew exactly what we were going to do.”  He and his wife Nancy had built a good life in Jacksonville, Florida, during the decade at...

Raptors and reindeer and whiskers on kittens... by Air Force Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf | 12/8/2011 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- I caught up with Santa's helper, Col. Terry Scott, 3rd Operations Group deputy commander, and got an inside scoop on Santa and the F-22 Raptor....

EAA lands B-17 in Kerrville - Bandera County Courier | The Experimental Aircraft Association recently landed a WWII B-17 bomber at the Kerrville Municipal Airport to cap off a two-day event sponsored by the Kerrville Chapter 747 of the EAA as part of a promotion for aviation enthusiasts and veterans throughout the Texas Hill Country area....

December 7, 1941 and the First Around-the-World Commercial Flight - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Stranded. Six days from its home port of San Francisco, a luxurious Boeing 314 flying boat, the Pacific Clipper, was preparing to alight in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of the airline’s transpacific service when the crew of ten learned of the Japanese attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. All across the...

Replica fighter for birthday bash - The Marlborough Express | Staff at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre are gearing up for a big day tomorrow to celebrate its fifth birthday since opening in December 2006.  To mark the milestone, the Omaka centre is opening its doors to people at half-price all day.  Chief executive Jane Orphan said it was exciting to be celebrating half a decade and wanted to invite everyone along to share the celebrations.  Since the centre opened, about 134,000 people have been through the doors and...

Hey USAF, One of Your Thingamajigs is Missing - Flight Monkeys | This news clip from the CBS affiliate in Mobile, Alabama is self-explanatory. It’s also funny on multiple levels. Not to mention an excellent starting point for a homebuilder with ambition and a really unique dream....

Pilots collect toys for Tree of Hope - GAN | The morning of Dec. 3 dawned overcast, with predictions of snow in the Flying Cloud, Minn., area. Flight service was reporting weather in the area was OK now, but would get worse later in the day. As we were heading out to the airport, we wondered if we would be able to fly our...

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Photos: Team Apache Demo Team 2011 - Military Photos | Luckily and touch wood in spite of the mammoth defence cuts faced by the Dutch which affected their rotary wing force, they still field an excellent AH-64D Apache display team!...

Lynx 40th Anniversary - Yeovilton and throw in a Wildcat - Military Photos | Just as I was uploading my Team Apache photos from both Yeovilton Air Show and RIAT, I thought I better put these pics from Yeovilton because this years air day was special as it was the 40th anniversary of the AgustaWestland Lynx. So coupled with the excellent restored to life museum pieces from...

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High resolution - enhanced photos of recovered RQ-170 stealth drone - Black Horizon

Kennedy Space Center — why I will go back, what I saw, what I missed and what NASA missed - Travel for Aircraft | I recently visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and was elated though somewhat disappointed.  It is one of the premier sites which preserves our country’s (USA) history as well as legacy. Rockets from post WW II to present are here — Mercury through the Space Shuttle programs are well remembered here, to be sure. A replica Shuttle is here but soon a real one will be exhibited and in a new building....

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Red Arrows are definitely worth every single penny - This is Lincolnshire | However, I see no connection with a flawed argument to scrap the Red Arrows and replace them with AWCS to inspire our youth. PUBLIC FACE OF THIS COUNTRY: The upkeep of the Red Arrows is very much worth it. I was thrilled by the Hunters of the Black ...

RIAT: Red Arrows bring colour to grey skies  from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn | The Red Arrows took advantage of a rare break in the clouds to perform an aerial display at RIAT at the weekend.  The display team painted the sky red, white and blue in celebration of its 40th anniversary this year…

Organisers hail military air show - Belfast Telegraph | Despite heavy showers, thousands of aviation enthusiasts packed into RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for the Royal International Air Tattoo. Determined not to let the weather dampen visitors' spirits, organisers treated them to a wealth of ...

First-time air show guests delighted by aerial theatrics - nwitimes.com | US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team members dive from a plane over Gary on Sunday, the last day of the Gary South Shore Air Show. GARY | Secilia Mendoza covered her ears to cushion the piercing noise of the performing jets at Gary's South Shore Air ...

Heat takes a toll at ESL air show - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Blue Angels practice before Rochester air show: Marine Corps Maj. Brent Stevens of the Navy's Blue Angels and Rob Holland of Ultimate Airshows show off some of the moves they have in the air as they warm up for the ESL International Airshow Saturday ...

Have a go at being a 'para' at Shoreham Airshow - Shoreham Today | Alongside the six hours of flying displays, on August 20 and August 21, this year's airshow will also feature extra attractions. The Parachute Regiment will bring its Para Tower to the event to link in with the Red Devils' freefall parachute team ...

Atlantic City Airshow "Thunder over the Boardwalk" is city's signature summer ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Yes, this annual event has easily made the transition from Atlantic City's signature summer event to the largest mid-week airshow in the country. The airshow is set to be a stars-and-stripes-studded affair featuring “flybys” and other aerobatic ...

Miniature air show was on a large scale - shropshirestar.com | Scaled down models of historic aircraft took to the skies of Shropshire this weekend, attracting thousands of visitors from across the county and further afield to RAF Cosford. The annual Large Model Aircraft Rally saw dozens of remotely operated ...

NARAM-53 at T-5 days, 8 hours  from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | The NAR's annual model rocketry contest event, NARAM-53 is now less than a week away.  I haven't heard anything but assume Chris will cover it on NARAM Live.  This assumption is only based on the fact that he has covered the previous 13 NARAM's. If he covers it, I'll cover his posts…

TBM Avenger  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Torpedo Bomber GM is the amazing plane that came from Grumman (originally was TBF, F = Grumman). After prototypes and few production units were made, manufacture went over to GM so Grumman wouldn’t have to interrupt F6F Hellcat production. Grumman delivered two completed TBF’s, with special removable “PK” screws in place of rivets. These helped GM see how the Avengers were assembled. Under the Navy’s aircraft designation, GM Avengers were identified as TBM…

WWII-era plane bound for Zephyrhills - Tbo.com | Volunteers at the Zephyrhills World War II Barracks Museum will restore this C-47 plane for an exhibit. By TBO.COM What's currently a disassembled airplane sitting on the ground in Florala, Ala., soon will become a new exhibit at the World War II ...

World War II ace fighter pilot to speak in Tillamook - Coast Weekend | TILLAMOOK - Captain Clayton Kelly Gross, a true hero of World War II, will speak at the Tillamook County Library at 7 pm Wednesday, July 20. Gross flew a P-15B Mustang called "Live Bait" during World War II. His book, "Live Bait," is a riveting account ...

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Touring Kennedy Space Center - Part I  from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | As if viewing a Space Shuttle launch in person wasn't awesome enough, launch tickets also include a second day's admission into Kennedy Space Center. Gina and I relaxed on Saturday and Sunday, visiting her great aunt and uncle, a winery, and getting some much-needed rest to recover from the all-nighter that preceded the launch. I figured the crowds would have calmed down plenty after a couple days, so we headed back out to Cape Canaveral on Monday to visit KSC…