Video: Entertainment Frecce Tricolori in Trapani * DiariodelWeb.it | The exciting exhibition of aerobatic pilots, to the tune of "Nessun dorma" closed in Trapani Fly for Peace, 2014. Astronaut Luca Parmitano was the special guest of the event was born from the desire to promote respect...
The Patrouille de France stopover at the airport * ladepeche.fr | The Patrouille de France for a stopover in the airport and the aerobatic team of the Air Force attending the meeting of Marmande, scheduled July 26th in the world championship model aircraft shall stop at Agen . It is even...
World War I Biplanes Take to the Skies * ABC News | Photos: 'The Shuttlesworth Collection' at Old Warden on July 21, 2014 in Biggleswade, England.
Skies Over AirVenture Oshkosh to be Filled with Hartzell Propeller Performers * AviationPros.com | In addition, Hartzell Propeller continues to partner with three of the world's greatest aerobatic performers – aviation superstars Sean D. Tucker, Michael Goulian, and Matt Chapman – who will all be flying exciting exhibitions at Oshkosh. “As a company...
Concorde Battery Hosts Superstars at AirVenture * AviationPros.com | Concorde Battery Corporation is pleased to host Aerobatic Superstars throughout this year's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Please join us for daily “Meet and Greet” opportunities with Aerobatics' biggest names and have a personalized poster signed.
Oshkosh 2014 And The AirPigz Bacon Parties! (Hog Heaven : ) * AirPigz | Oshkosh 2014 is almost here! That means the widest variety of airplanes, the coolest collection of aviators, and of course... a side order of bacon! The Bacon Parties are on different days this year so take note that you...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 attracted the top airshow performers in the industry, and two of those performers carry on the tradition of two legendary aviation families: Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin. Matt Younkin flew the Beech 18, "Magic by Moonlight," in a carefully choreographed series of rolling and looping maneuvers perfected by his father, Bobby Younkin. The performance is flown both day and night, with the day performance shown here. During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 we...
Hawgsmoke 2014 * Photorecon.net | On July 9-12, 2014, 14 different A-10 squadrons from across the country participated in the biannual gunnery competition called HAWGSMOKE! The 2014 Hawgsmoke competition was hosted by the 357th Fighter Squadron (The Dragons) based...
Sunderland Airshow 2014: Everything you need to know in our essential guide * ChronicleLive | Sunderland Airshow 2014 takes to the skies this weekend with incredible aerial displays, acrobatics, vintage aircraft and, back on the ground, music and family entertainment. The free annual event will be in the air above Roker and Seaburn from July 25...
The Farnborough Airshow 2014: A photographer's view ... · geoffrey | The Farnborough International Airshow 2014 opened in the usual fashion with a flypast from the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows, making two passes over a packed crowd of industry professionals in sunny Hampshire.
Florida Aviation Network to raffle off flight in T-6 Texan · General Aviation News | ORLANDO, Florida —The Florida Aviation Network , in partnership with Stallion 51 Corporation, is raffling off a chance to fly in the T-6 Texan “THANG.” Stallion 51 Corporation’s T-6 Texan was built at the end of 1944 and was eventually stationed in Hawaii after the war. It carries the nickname “THANG” because of the original Territory of Hawaii Air National Guard markings on the side-panel...
Marines showcase Osprey in Sapporo Air Show * DVIDS | Andrew W. O'Donnell Jr., the deputy commander of United States Forces, Japan as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 50,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that were either on...
The newest Red Bull Air Race! by Rex Pemberton | The last 4 days has been simply unbelievable. Red Bull just hosted the first ever 4 cross wingsuit race! Melissa and I were lucky enough to be invited to compete along with the top 52 wingsuit pilots in the world. Red Bull Aces features a first-ever wingsuit competition format, with four wingsuit flyers racing head-to-head through a four-gate course suspended in the air.We reach speeds of...
Vulcan · apron6 | Last few days were really great. On Sunday Eric and I set of for a trip to Farnborough to catch the Vulcan behind the Skyvan. Back in 2011 we did our first Vulcan flight and then I thought it would be a once in a lifetime…
Meet B-29 pilot Debbie Travis King * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Debbie Travis King is the only woman in the world since 1943 authorized to fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, which she pilots aboard the Commemorative Air Force's FIFI, the only airworthy B-29 left.
Today in 1933: Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in th... · National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Today in 1933: Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in the Lockheed 5C Vega Winnie Mae in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He landed at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, which is where he posed for this picture about a month earlier.
Spirit of St. Louis· Passion pour l'aviation | On July 13, if you were on the ground at Le Bourget the 
centenary of the airport, you have not believe your eyes when Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" and ask if you had not jumped in time in 1927, waiting for you to take photos Charles Lindbergh off the plane. In fact, this one is a reproduction of the "Spirit of St. Louis" which was carried in cargo plane from Florida, owned by American collector Kermitt Weeks. Lack of time, testing after reassembly, necessary for a demonstration flight, could not be realized. so it was only exposed in static, which is already outstanding in itself....
Bernard 191 GR n°1 "France" * Passion pour l'aviation | Maybe you know Bernard GR 191 # 2 most known as "Canary Bird" in the Museum of Aeronautics and Space at Le Bourget, with whom Jean Assollant, René Lefèvre and Lotti Armand realized the French first nonstop crossing of the North Atlantic in the west to east on 13 and 14 June 1929? But you know Bernard GR 191 No. 1 "France" with which Louis Coudouret, wanted to try crossing the North Atlantic from West to East? Coudouret Louis, born in 1896, engages in December 1914 as...
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – June-July Update | WarbirdsNews is pleased to present the latest details surrounding the Warbirds Of Glory Museum’s ongoing restoration of the “Sandbar Mitchell” in Brighton, Michigan. It’s been just over a year since the recovery team lifted the center section, the heart and soul of the aircraft, from its crash site near Fairbanks, Alaska, and so much has happened in the interim. Here is what took place in June and early July…
In B-17 flight, UWO student-veteran finds deep connection to grandfather's war ... * UW Oshkosh Today | Brewer's grandfather, Llewellyn Bredeson, served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Brewer said his grandfather's B-17 was shot down during its first mission in 1944. Bredeson spent 16 months as a prisoner of war after the ...
Here’s how Israel managed to get three second hand B-17 Flying Fortress bombers * The Aviationist | The B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were acquired thanks to Al Schwimmer, a World War II USAAF (United States Army Air Force) flight engineer that during the second half of 1947 purchased and delivered the surplus transport aircraft that eventually built up the Israeli Air Force Air Transport Command. Schwimmer (the founder and first CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries) found the future Israeli bombers among the Flying Fortress aircraft already flying with the numerous start-up airlines formed after the end of WWII....
First aviation mechanic display added to Air Force Museum · General Aviation News | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honored the first aviation mechanic, Charles E. Taylor, by unveiling a bronze bust of his likeness for permanent display during a ceremony in the museum’s Early Years Gallery July 21...
Manned Space Exploration Is Crucial for Our Future | Robots are important, but not enough. by Tom Harris and Dr. Charles Laughlin | Forty-five years ago yesterday, more than a half-billion people watched Neil Armstrong become the first human being to set foot on another celestial body. Necessary and impressive though they are, no robotic explorer could ever generate so much attention. We want to go. People yearn to explore space and the planets, if not ourselves personally, at least vicariously through our astronaut proxies....
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
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Video: Thunder Over the Valley air show previewed - WFMJ | VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio - 
Organizers of Thunder Over the Valley have released a tentative schedule of events for the air show scheduled for May 17 and 18 at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the show, which will be free to the public....
Fair St. Louis Airshow Cancelled, Two Other Area Events Rise to the Challenge * The Aero Experience | The St. Louis area is seeing some changes in the Midwest Aviation entertainment scene this year, with one event cancelled but two more added. Just unofficially announced tonight, the Fair St. Louis Airshow scheduled for the July 4 holiday has been cancelled due to the change of venue from the Mississippi Riverfront near the Gateway Arch to Forest Park, located near the center of the city. A major construction project involving the Gateway Arch grounds precluded using the traditional Fair St. Louis site, but hopes for continuing the airshow were buoyed by an April 8 statement from St. Louis Mayor Slay that there would be an airshow. That is apparently no longer the case. Thankfully, two other events will make their debuts in the area to celebrate Midwest Aviation....
Airshow offers hands-on history lesson - Killeen Daily Herald | TEMPLE — Families looking to spend this weekend outdoors can watch static displays, formation flying, pyrotechnics, aerobatics stunts and war re-enactments during the Central Texas Airshow in Temple. The show kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday and runs throughout the weekend from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple...
Leap Frogs Kick off Navy Week Season - Military.com | FORT WORTH, Texas -- The U.S. Navy Parachute Team, The Leap Frogs, wrapped up their first Navy Week of the year at Dallas/Fort Worth April 27, a show trip which included two local baseball games and multiple air show performances...
Knights Swoop 4th Meet * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The US Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights Canopy Piloting Team competed at Skydive the Farm in Rockmart, Georgia Saturday April 26th. This was the fourth Meet sponsored by the Florida Canopy Piloting Association....
Mr. Snowbird is signing off - Comox Vallety Record | ... MacDonald, known as Mr. Snowbird, has 
been the unofficial voice of the Snowbirds for the past decade — arguably their biggest fan — and is completing his tenure as play-by-play announcer at the end of their training season on May 7....
Belgian Air Force Display Dates 2014 * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Today, at their Launch Day, the Belgian Air Force released details of their 2014 display season. The UK is supported on four occasions with the F-16 visiting RIAT and Yeovilton and the Red Devils supporting Cosford and Cleethorpes.
Youngest-ever female member of U.S. Aerobatic Team to make her Reno debut · General Aviation News | RENO, Nev. – One of the world’s top female pilots will be gracing the northern Nevada skies for the first time at this year’s National Championship Air Races Sept. 10-14. Melissa Pemberton, a world-renowned aerobat and the youngest-ever female member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, will bring her Edge540 aircraft to the Reno-Stead Airfield this September. Pemberton joins the F-22 Raptor Demonstration team as performers that have been announced so far for the event’s 51st year...
Midair Squadron Canberra PR9 and Hunter T7 perform inaugural display in front of home crowds * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | In their inaugural display together, and XL577’s first week flying since 2009, the dynamic pair captivated on-looking crowds with their agility and grace coupled with the power of their impressive Avon jet engines. The Canberra PR9 is the only air-worthy example of this aircraft in the world, and joined by XL577, makes this combination of unique aircraft a global first....
Red Arrows to come to Derry - Derry Journal | ...The display will take place in the city on Sunday, June 29, on the final day of the Clipper Homecoming Festival, as events draw to a close....
New Oshkosh 2013 Highlights posted * LiveAirShowTV | Skip Stewart and Kevin Coleman
Annual Antique Auto Show at the New England Air Museum on Sunday, June 1st · Warbirds News | The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Antique Auto Show on Sunday, June 1st. Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Council of Car Clubs, this will be one of the larger auto shows this year. Visitors can expect a wide range of cars, including early antiques such as Model T’s, show cars from the 30’s & 40’s, street rods, sports cars, the dream cars of the 50’s and muscle cars of the 60’s and early 70’s. Participant and people’s choice awards will be given, and dash plaques will be presented to the first 200 cars arriving. The show will feature the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang with a favorite Mustang Award....
The birth of the Israeli Air Force * Bayou Renaissance Man | There's a new movie in production that will tell the story of the beginnings of the Israeli Air Force and the role played by foreign volunteer pilots in its formation...
If you're a fan of Top Gun and haven't seen this video yet, you'll want to watch the ending. * TVR Photography.com's
Timeless Voices - Robert Evans · eaavideo.org | Robert Evans flew 35 combat missions as a B-24 tail gunner with the 564th Bomb Squadron of the 389th Bomb Group during World War Two.
“Cycle to the Sky” in Support of Vulcan XH558 · Warbirds News | ...The Vulcan to the Sky Trust, 
which maintains and operates Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558, is holding a sponsored cycle rideover the weekend of May 14th/15th. “Cycle to the Sky”, as it’s called, will cover over 150 miles. The ride will start at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, in Leicestershire and progress to Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport via Newark Aviation Museum, RAF Coningsby, The Sentry Post (Waddington Aircraft Viewing Enclosure), and RAF Scampton. They hope to raise at least £5580 through the event in support of the Trust, which may not sound a lot considering the requirements of a magnificent beast like the Vulcan, but every bit helps....
Watch: Tornado fighter jet gets it wings at Coventry's Midland Air Museum - Coventry Telegraph | Much-loved Tornado GR4 being reconstructed piece by piece by army of volunteers | A fighter jet being restored to its former glory in Coventry is finally starting to look the part. Bosses at the Midland Air Museum, based next to Coventry Airport in Baginton, managed to get their hands on a much-loved Tornado GR4 but were faced with the arduous task of putting it back together piece-by-piece...
Women Soar helps high school girls discover aviation · General Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — EAA’s Women Soar You Soar program, which allows 100 high school-age girls discover more about aviation and all its possibilities from aviators, engineers and leaders during EAA AirVenture OshkoshT, is scheduled for July 28-31 and now open for registration...
Local 6-year-old attending the Air Force Academy * 9NEWS.com | Spending the morning like an Airman, Conner will don a flight suit, take a ride with the Academy Aero Club and spend time with his squadron. Conner will also see a chemistry magic show, see a car show and have a pizza party. Started in 2000, the Cadet...
Monday, April 28, 2014
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Video: Thunderbirds thrill crowd at Barksdale Air Show - KTAL | The Defenders of Liberty Air Show is back in the ArkLaTex. It was scaled back to just Saturday after the possibility of severe weather on Sunday. For the 2014 show, the Air Force’s Thunderbirds roared through the skies, traveling at speeds up to 1500 miles per hours...
Blue Angels Take To The Skies Over Fort Worth * CBS DFW | The Blue Angels, an elite flight squad of the U.S. Navy, are taking to the skies of Fort Worth this weekend for the Air Power Expo 2014 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth....
Flying Dutchman Fly-In Is Spring Ritual for Local Aviation Community * The Aero Experience | Attending the Pancake Breakfast and Fly-In held at the Flying Dutchman Airport in Belleville, IL is a spring ritual for St. Louis and Southwest Illinois aviation enthusiasts, and Saturday's event was no exception. A variety of general aviation aircraft, vintage planes, Robinson helicopters and even a sailplane from the St. Louis Sailplane Association were on the field. Several flew...
SLIDESHOW: Boshears Skyfest & Fly-In kicks off on Saturday - WRDW-TV | AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The 21st annual Boshears Skyfest & Fly-In kicked off Saturday with some warm weather and clear skies...
Old planes a highlight at annual fly-in - The Augusta Chronicle | They might have been drawn to the plane, itself, or maybe they were curious about the “Hollywood” sign in front of it. This plane had a starring role in the movie Amelia, with Hilary Swank and Richard Gere. Swank even autographed it. “She was great,” Shepherd said. “Hilary Swank is a really nice person. Very pleasant.” Shepherd, who retired a decade ago as an international pilot for Northwest Airlines, first flew a vintage Lockheed in the 1980s. It belonged to a friend and he flew it frequently. “Fell in love with it,” he said....
Camp Mabry hosts air show - KVUE | Hundreds will head to Camp Mabry in Central Austin this weekend to see Texas National Guard members take to the sky. Members of the Texas Army National Guard took to the field Friday to do a run through. Therehearsal had helicopters practicing take-off and paratroopers floating back down to earth...
Video: The City of DeFuniak Springs Hosts 4th Annual Marvel of Flight - WJHG-TV | The Mitchell B-25 bomber is one of the more storied aircraft in U.S. military history. It' the plane Colonel Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders used for their famous bombing of Japan in the early days of World War II. Only a handful of the aircraft still exist, and even fewer are in flying condition...
Plane lands in pond at Spruce Creek Fly-In; no one injured - Daytona Beach News-Journal | No one was injured when a plane overshot the runway at the Spruce Creek Fly-In and wound up in a retention pond late Saturday morning, officials said...
AERO sees spike in attendance · General Aviation News | FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — This year’s AERO, the largest general aviation show in Europe, boasted 606 exhibitors from 35 countries, and 33,400 visitors, compared to 32,600 in 2013. Project manager Roland Bosch noted: “In talks with exhibitors, we confirmed in the final days of the fair that the upswing in the general aviation industry is continuing. Bookings for the next AERO are already running at full speed.”...
Warbirds Over Wanaka – Jet Race Report · Warbirds News | Easter weekend saw another brilliant 
episode of the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka air show in Wanaka, New Zealand. Each of these events, set against the magnificent mountainous landscape made famous in the Lord of the Rings films, seeks to offer new features to the viewers who travel from all over the world to attend. This year the show launched the inaugural Gigatown Wanaka Jet race. The high-speed racing thrilled crowds of around 50,000 people on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as an invitational US team challenged three Kiwi pilots around a course marked by giant inflatable pylons. Paul Hughan streaked to victory, with fellow Kiwi Brett Emeny coming second and Peter Vause third, but the visiting Americans are determined to return and challenge the Kiwis again, general manager Ed Taylor assured. Given the tremendous buzz the jet racing generated, it seems certain they will take part in the next Warbirds Over Wanaka air show in March, 2016...
Daredevil couple cheats death together * www.cbsnews.com | When it comes to heart-stopping stunts, few people can top what Rex and Melissa Pemberton do for a living. Rex jumps out of airplanes and "flies" in a wingsuit at speeds of up to 130 mph, while Melissa, an acrobatic pilot, flies a plane in circles around him. Serena Altschul profiles their...
Ohio Air News #256 - Charles Johnson | Greetings all! Good news about the F-105B restoration at Zanesville Ohio airport (KZZV). Mike and I received word that the USAF Museum has approved our silver finish scheme... and more...
Video: ISU Flight Academy hosts 1st Fly-In/Drive-In - MyWabashValley | It was a beautiful day for a tour of Terre Haute—from the sky. The Indiana State University Flight Academy hosted its first annual Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday afternoon. People could pay $20 to take a plane ride around Terre Haute. The runway was also open for cruising....
West Salem veteran takes flight in vintage plane on 92nd birthday * Pilot News Magazine | ...Koepcke said he had flown in the same model of Beechcraft during gunnery training in the Air Force’s 319th Bomb Group of the 440th Squadron. “We ran splash missions and shot into the water to show us what pattern a .30-caliber gun looked like,” he said. “It was quite a popular plane for the Navy and the Army Air Force, but it wouldn’t meet standards for World War II,” Koepcke said. “It was adaptable — the Beechcraft also could have pontoons.”...
Marin resident, former B-17 pilot rides bomber 'Memphis Belle' - Marin Independent Journal | Former B-17 pilot Phil Arnot, 90, of Lagunitas went back in time this week with a ride in Boeing's B-17 "Memphis Belle." The plane is on tour as part the Liberty Foundation's Salute to Veterans and will welcome visitors this weekend at the Hayward Executive Airport, 20301 Skywest Drive. The Flying Fortress takes to the skies from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day, with ground tours after the last flight of the day...
WWII Aviation Cadet Fantasy Camp · Warbirds News | Have you ever wanted to have a taste of what it was like to be an air cadet during WWII? Well then, your dreams have been answered, as the Utah Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is offering a three-day, living history experience to immerse you in the world of a US pilot trainee as...
SA-10 walkaround — the other Catalina in Blue and Gold (Part I) by travelforaircraft | Consolidated Catalinas in the service of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) were designated as the SA-10 (PBY-5A in the U.S. Navy) and this Catalina, in the livery of the USAAF, looks as if ready for a rescue mission. It is...
Youths explore aviation as Young Eagles - Richmond Register | BEREA — A number of Madison County’s younger residents were treated to an eagle’s eye view of their community Saturday. They were taken aloft courtesy of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s local chapter an initiated into its Young Eagles club...
Aviator's villa celebrates air space - Gizmag | It may not look like an aircraft, but this house designed for an airplane pilot was conceived as a collection of aeronautical parts and is intended to simulate life in the clouds. Called "a villa for an aviator," the house in New York state was designed as a deconstructed airplane to give the owner the feel of living in spaces that are surrounded by open sky...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Indy Transponder 23-APR-2014 1800z
Mix and mingle with the Blue Angels, other top aerial performers at the Vero Beach Air Show - 
WPTV | Have you ever wanted to see the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels in action? Now you can, and you'll even get to meet the pilots with this exclusive prize package. The Vero Beach Air Show brings some of the world's top aerial performers to the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in May. One grand prize winner will receive two tickets to the Sponsor/Performer Party on Friday May 9...
Watch: What it looks like when weightlessness kicks in during Blue Angels flight demonstration - Canada.com | The US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, better known as the Blue Angels, travels with a C-130T Hercules nicknamed FAT ALBERT. Known throughout the world for their amazing flying feats, here is a look inside the aircraft during the team’s air show demonstration...
Video: Local Fliers in the Air Show - KTBS | BOSSIER CITY, La -If you are heading out to the Barksdale Defenders of Liberty Air Show you will be sure to catch a few local fliers in action. We met with two local aerobatic performers with very different styles. One is taking to the skies in a plane from 1972 and is doing a retro style air show. The other is in a new plane that can do some of the most jaw dropping stunts...
Trojan Phlyers to Fly at Air Power Expo – NAS Fort Worth JRB April 26/27th · Warbirds News | Based south of Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, the Trojan Phlyers Demonstration Team is gearing up for their exciting performance in the first air show NAS JRB Fort Worth has had in several years. The Trojan Phlyers are always a huge hit with the crowd at the air shows they perform in, and look forwards to flying at the Joint Reserve Base on April 26th and 27th....
Air Show Helps Bethpage Brand Soar - Credit Union Times | Since 2003, Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s sponsorship of the Bethpage Air Show has gone far in spreading the cooperative’s brand throughout the Long Island community. The $5.4 billion Bethpage FCU in Bethpage, N.Y., and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, recently announced the lineup for the show, which will take place at Jones Beach May 24-25...
AirFest to Feature New Veterans Program - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) – With the return of AirFest this year, a program paying tribute to veterans is also taking off. The Honoring Heroes program will recognize those who exclusively served in the Vietnam War. It’s now taking nominations for who in the Stateline are will be dedicated at this year’s event. Families will also get free tickets, a shuttle to the heroes chalet, and a meet and greet with the performers... Selected nominees will be recognized during AirFest on June 7 and 8 at RFD.
US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier to be featured at OC Air Show - The Star Democrat | OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded one of only six coveted AV-8B Harrier Demonstrations in 2014 to the Ocean City Air Show... The seventh annual edition of the event, held June 14 and 15, will be the only air show of the year in the mid-Atlantic region to feature a Harrier Demo. The U.S. Marine Corps is the third branch of the U.S. military to announce support for the OC Air Show. The U.S. Army Silver Wings Parachute Team also will perform and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the event...
Blue Angels Returning To Chicago Air Show - CBS Local | CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights are returning to the annual Chicago Air and Water Show... Chicago officials said Tuesday the Air and Water Show, which will take place August 16 and 17...
United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, Melissa Pemberton to perform at the Reno Air Races
Airshow Pilot Bails Out After Catastrophic Aircraft Failure * Aero-News Network | Planning Ahead And Staying Safe Saves A Professional Airshow Pilot | Dan Marcotte describes himself on his website as being determined and driven with a sense of vision. His adventures have included racing cars and racing airplanes, and he now owns and operates Dan Marcotte Airshows. His schedule through August includes professional aerobatic performances at 7 airshows, or at least it did until he had to “hit the silk” last week...
The Hadfield Summit * Vintage Wings of Canada | On Monday June 30, 2014, Vintage Wings of 
Canada will host Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the RCAF's 90th Anniversary CF-18 Demonstration Hornet fighter jet. This once in a lifetime event is a coming together of some of Canada's most accomplished and inspirational aerospace leaders to celebrate not just this great country, but the men and women who make it that way...
Clacton: Red Arrows set to return to Clacton Air Show - East Anglian Daily Times | The world’s premier aerobatic display team are in high demand this year as it is their 50th anniversary. Mark Platt, Tendring district councillor for tourism and events, said “In their distinctive Hawk jets they perform dynamic displays around the world and it is a great honour to host them in Clacton....
Biggin Hill Airport's Festival of Flight organisers call for vintage car owners to take part at event * This is Local London | Biggin Hill Airport’s Festival of Flight organisers are hoping to see classic cars feature alongside flagship attendees The Red Arrows....
From Mojave Fly-in: Zach talks about the 5000km closed course flight
Last flying B-29 coming to Paine Field * Herald Net | Fifi is coming home. But just for a visit. The last flying B-29 Superfortress, Fifi, is stopping by the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field this summer. The bomber was built in 1945 in Boeing's Renton plant...
DDay Weekend * RAF Museum London Events | 6th - 8th June 2014 | A fly-past of an Avro Lancaster is scheduled for Sunday 8th June. Timings are yet to be announced and the fly-past is subject to weather conditions....
The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron * Vintage Wings of Canada | Mori Juzo was a torpedo bomber pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the aviators who participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1973, Juzo wrote his autobiography, entitled Kiseki no Raigekitai (The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron). This book has, until now, never been translated into English. But one of Vintage Wings readers, Nicholas (Nick) Voge, an American pilot with Oahu's Makani Kai Air, is also a long time translator and has been working on an English translation of Mori's work...
Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil to host historic meeting of servicemens' ancestors - Western Gazette | The descendants of three British First World War bombing pilots will meet for the first time at the Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil on Monday. On November 21, 1914 Sydney Sippe, John Babington and Edward Briggs flew from Belfort in France on the first ever long-distance bombing raid using planes they had assembled themselves. Their target was the zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen in Germany...
Air museum receives $2550 grant - Rantoul Press | RANTOUL — Community Foundation of East Central Illinois has awarded a $2,550 grant to Chanute Air Museum to develop educational programs utilizing flight simulation. The grant has allowed the museum to purchase a computer, monitor, flight control yoke and rudder pedals to facilitate aviation education through flight simulation. A series of lesson plans using the new technology and geared toward elementary-age children was developed as a result of consultation with outside museum educators and pilot instructors...
Blackbird Mach 3 Duet - M-21 “Blackbird” + D-12B Tagboard rare pair, 2 of 2 by travelforaircraft | The D-21 was a high performance vehicle, built to live but once at Mach 3 while at extremely high altitude. It's mission solely to...
Danish F-16 jets filmed on the firing range hit their own camera · David Cenciotti | This is not covered by warranty. Royal Danish Air Force personnel love to film their F-16s using air-to-air and air-to-surface armament. A GoPro screenshot of a RDAF pilot firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder produced one of the coolest selfie ever taken from a fighter jet...
Sunseeker Duo Makes Test Flights from December 17 to Earth Day * CAFE Foundation Blog | Eric Raymond announced today that his Sunseeker Duo, the world’s first solar-powered two-seat aircraft, has been making test flights since last December 17, the 111th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The Duo was built by Eric and his wife Irena, and is Eric’s third solar-powered airplane....
RC Airplane Flight Across the USA – sUAS News | RC Airplane Flight Across the USA - MyGeekShow | sUAS News has backed Trent so should you! A young man that has shown hard work pays off. His posts on DIY Drones have...
Mentors Needed: Women Soar 2014! * WAI Connect Blog | EAA's Women Soar You Soar is the ideal place for high school girls to find out more about the opportunities available to them in the aviation industry. The unique program introduces 100 girls to 35 women (mentors)—from engineers to fighter pilots—working in a variety of aviation and aerospace fields. It's an event filled with career exploration, discovery, inspiration, and fun...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Indy Transponder 29-AUG-2013 1100z
Birmingham News - al.com | PENSACOLA, Florida -- Chances are, you won't see Lt. Cmdr. David Tickle in the cockpit of an F-18 Hornet this year. But that doesn't mean the Trussville native isn't working hard at his mission as an ambassador for the U.S. armed forces. "We're focusing on community outreach," said Tickle, who serves as the lead solo pilot and operations officer for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. "We're still flying; we're just not doing public demonstrations."...Vintage Aircraft Weekend prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | EVERETT, Wash. — Historic Flight Foundation will host the 6th annual Vintage Aircraft Weekend, offering food, fun, flying, music, and more Friday, Aug. 30, to Sunday, Sept. 1 at Paine Field. Together with Paine Field Partners, Castle & Cooke and the Snohomish County Airport, Historic Flight Foundation expects as many as 65 pilots from across the Northwest to fly in, piloting a wide variety of privately owned vintage aircraft....
CAF “Celebrating America’s Aviation Heritage” 2013 - Photorecon.net | On August 17th and 18th, the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held their annual air show at their Headquarters in Camarillo, California. With the lack of military air shows due to the on going fiscal budget issues, these events, held by our beloved warbird community, have satisfied our hunger for our love of aviation. While I myself...
Labor Day Celebration Set at Airpower Museum - Patch.com | The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport is scheduled to launch a formation flight of historic B-25 Mitchell bombers and World War II escort fighters for a tribute flight near the World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty. The pattern was...
Middle East security expert to headline Curtiss Fall Flying Festival dinner · General Aviation News Staff | HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. — Middle East security expert Christopher Harmer will be the keynote speaker at the Curtiss Fall Flying Festival Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Glenn Curtiss Museum...
Amazing New Air Show Act -Good vs Evil - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Kyle Franklin talks a little about the new act, "Skip
Stewart and I have been talking about doing this act for years. It's a combination of an aerial dogfight/squirrel cage with pyro going off all over, jet trucks blowing fire left and right, all to hard hitting music and the story of good and evil. One thing that's...Over 18000 people visit MAKS-2013 Airshow near Moscow - Tne Moscow News | About 18,000 people visited the MAKS-2013 airshow just outside Moscow on the first day, the region's police department said in Tuesday. Some 1,460 police and servicemen were deployed in the area to maintain security and public order at the at the...
Bournemouth Air Festival: Unique heritage flypast will feature Vulcan, Meteor ... - Bournemouth Echo | UP to a million people are set to descend on Bournemouth over the next four days as the sixth annual Air Festival gets underway tomorrow. And Air Festival goers will be in for an extra special and unique treat this year. The display by Avro Vulcan XH...
Bournemouth Air Festival: One to day to go! - Bournemouth Echo | Fans of the Red Arrows will get to see their heroes at the end of the afternoon, alongside the Tigers parachute team, the Merlin helicopter and gravity-defying aerobatics from Gerald Cooper. From 8pm, the stunning Night Air programme takes off, with...
Take it to the MAKS - Flight Image of the Day | It’s probably not pronounced that way in Russian,
but we’ll not let language stand in the way of a good pun.
Anyway, here’s a fantastic image of the air display at Russia’s biennial
air show extravaganza courtesy of Rex Features...Travel Back in Time to Aviation Museum's AirFest - Cape May County Herald | NORTH CAPE MAY - The Cape May – Lewes Ferry has teamed up with the Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum to offer a package for Delaware residents and visitors to attend this year's 17th Annual AirFest at the Cape May, NJ Airport....
Community members gather to mark Ramstein air show disaster anniversary - Stars and Stripes | Franzjosef Witt, 73, looks at the stone memorial just outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a moment after a ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the1988 air show catastrophe on the base. Witt's uncle, Mario Witt, perished in the disaster....
Fairchild AFB – The War Years, Spokane Army Air Depot - af.mil | The transition from Spokane Air Depot to Spokane Army Air Airfield meant chaos and confusion during the formative stages of an organization becoming a well, knit smoothly running operation. In June 1943, the first B-17, "Junior", arrived for repairs at the Spokane Army Air Depot....
The REAL answer to “What’s wrong with this picture?” - The Lexicans | The Connie in this picture is PanAm NC88858 landing at Burbank Airport in 1946. There are only 3 engines, #4 engine caught on
fire on climb out on a flight from the U.S. to London on June 18, 1946. The fire eventually became uncontrollable and burned through the engine mount, resulting in the entire engine leaving the airplane. The plane returned to the U.S. and landed with no problems....Speaking of Connies…. - The Lexicans | With the solving of Busbob’s Connie Mystery...
August 1909: First passenger flight - The Engineer | Cody continued in the record-breaking vein, building the world's largest aeroplane, the Flying Cathedral, which finished fourth in a round-Britain air race in 1911. The end of his story is sad but probably inevitable: in 1913 he built a floatplane, and...
Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help - Photorecon.net |There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World War II at the rate of one per hour. This plant employed 40,000 workers during World War II. Willow run produced...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Air Assault Huey walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This […]
Famous Hoax WWI Dogfighting Photos Sell at Auction - Warbirds News | A set of 34 famous black and white photos of WWI dogfights sold recently at auction in Australia for AUD$1,130 (+/- US$1,000), the only rub? They’re fakes. In the 1933, a woman who claimed to be the widow of a Royal Flying Corps pilot, going by the name of “Mrs. Gladys Maud Cockburne-Lange” published Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot, which included numerous photographs purportedly taken in the...
KLAPMEIER, CLARK, WELCH Join EAA Board of Directors - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - Three aviators with extensive experience in EAA programs and activities have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the newest members of the EAA Board of Directors....
EAA Marks 1,000th Eagle Flight in First Year - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's year-old Eagle Flights program, which provides one-on-one flight experiences and pathways for adults interested in becoming a pilot, marked its 1,000th flight on August 10 in Hickory, North Carolina. Bradley Bormuth, EAA 423388, of Hickory's Chapter 731, took Joshua Austin for a flight in a Cessna 172....
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Indy Transponder 25-JUL-2013 0145z
Video: Hillsboro air show starts Friday - kgw.com | HILLSBORO, Ore. -- The Oregon International Air Show starts Friday in Hillsboro. This year's show features performances by the Patriots Jet Team, the Red Bull Air Force and others. There will also be a KidZone, a craft beer garden and a photo pit. Gates open at 6 p.m. Friday and then at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. A raffle was under way Wednesday and Thursday for a chance to ride with an air show performer. KGW's Stephanie Stricklen planned to take a ride with a member of the Patriots Jet Team Thursday.
53rd Annual Flying Circus Airshow - kypost.com | Summer spirits soar at the Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club’s 53rd Annual Flying Circus Airshow. The two-day Model Aeronautics Extravaganza features more than 175 model aircrafts of all kinds including helicopters, jets and a rocket-powered Space Shuttle...
Toriaflies: Meet the AIR-Bros at Oshkosh! | Oshkosh, WI - July 24, 2013 - Year after year, friends come back to EAA AirVenture to share their love for aviation. Some friends have just started in this new tradition and others have been doing it since AirVenture's inception.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Melissa Pemberton In the Edge 540 - The aero Experience | One of the great young airshow performers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 or any other airshow is 
Melissa Pemberton. Since 2002, Pemberton has achieved multiple pilot ratings, placed first with the U.S. National Aerobatic Team, became one of the select 2005 "Stars of Tomorrow" on the airshow circuit and has recently added wingsuit formation flight with her husband Rex. She tours around the world, and will again be performing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Here are some views and previews of her airshow:...
Balloon race to light up Super Glow Show from RGJ.com | Hot-air balloon fans will have to wake up early on Friday this year during the Great Reno Balloon Race to see one of the event's 2013 innovations.
Fly-in event takes off - Western Wheel | A 90-year-old pilot expects heads to turn as he flies his original war aircraft overhead at one of his favourite events. Gordon Jones' much-admired Tiger Moth will be among dozens of aircraft to land on the airstrip at the AJ Flying Ranch northeast of Nanton before an enthusiastic crowd at the Joe English Memorial Fly-In on July 27. Jones has attended the event since its inception in 2001....
Amelia Earhart Day marks birth of famed aviatrix - 9NEWS.com | KUSA- Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer of the 1930s, taking the advancement of women in aviation to new levels in a time 
when they rarely graced the cockpit. July 24 marks national Amelia Earhart Day, which also falls on her birthday. Amelia was born in 1897 in Atchison, Kan., the town which still celebrates her passionate spirit to this date. Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean for which She received the U.S.Distinguished Flying Cross....
Would Amelia Earhart Have Been an Aviator Today? - Pacific Standard | Today is pilot Amelia Earhart’s birthday. With Charles Lindbergh and the Wright Brothers, the enduring figure of American aviation’s golden age was born in Kansas on this date in 1897, and lived only 40 years (or did she…) before...
ARS300 F-PCDF - Passion for Aviation | I saw for the first time this aerobatic aircraft registered F-PDCF Meeting at La Ferte Alais 2013. After some research I learned that the 'team of Aero Catering Service , created in 2002 by Bernard Ducreux Dijon-Darois, developed over two years a new car aerobatics on the basis of a carbon wing. The...
Ten Years of Flying High with Air and Space Art - Smithsonian | Before the first satellites launched into space, before man stepped on the moon and before NASA even existed, artist Chesley Bonestell had already taken a giant leap for mankind. In 1944, Bonestell’s photograph-like paintings of Saturn from the perspective of its various moons appeared in Life magazine, entrancing Americans and providing inspiration for the future space program...
Sky's the limit for student winners in Ryan J. Poe Foundation contest - KTVB | NAMPA -- Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of the passing of famous aerobatic pilot Greg Poe. In memory of him, and to honor the Ryan J. Poe foundation he started back in 2008, two kids from the Treasure Valley were chosen to fly as passengers in an air-show plane....
SCHOLARS FLY HIGH WITH AWARDS - Royal International Air Tattoo | THE ANNUAL presentation ceremony for Flying Scholarships for Disabled People took place at the Royal International Air Tattoo on Sunday (July 21), when 17 scholars were presented with their wings, certificates and flying jackets....
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to open interactive space shuttle landing simulators as first items of CCT exhibit arrive - af.mil | DAYTON, Ohio -- National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors can now test their skill at landing a space shuttle orbiter with the addition of two new interactive space shuttle landing simulators. The simulators, which open to the public July 25, are free of charge and allow visitors to "fly" the shuttle to a safe landing using a joystick and video screens, and receive feedback on how well they piloted the shuttle....
Friday, July 5, 2013
Indy Transponder 05-JUL-2013 0300z
Thunderbird 9 NASCAR Feature for ESPN - USAF Thunderbirds | This feature, produced by Adrienne Sack for ESPN revisits the actions of Thunderbird 9, Maj. Michael Carletti, after an accident on the last lap of the Saturday Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway in February, 2013.
VIDEO: More Air Performances Scheduled For Shriners Fest - Tristatehomepage.com | It appears the Blue Angels' canceled Hadi Shriners Fest performance was only a bump in the road. Organizers say this year event-goers will be spending more time with their eyes to the sky. "When the Blues canceled on us, they were as crushed as we were," says Steven Eberhart, air show coordinator for Hadi Shriners Fest. "We had really a standard, generic air show put together at that point." After the initial disappointment, Eberhart says his team came together and brainstormed new ideas to expand the air performances and make them even more exciting than years past...
2013 Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival | Free Show Saturday, July 6, 2013 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the first full airshow in 17 years. All funds raised go to our local youth through the three not 
for profit organizations volunteering their time to put it on. EAA Chapter1073, Truckee Optimist Club and the KidZone Museum.
Champion aerobatic pilot to wow crowds at Truckee air fair - tahoedailytribune.com | ...On July 6 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport, the community can look up and watch a woman fly her shiny blue, black and silver Edge 540, and do barrel rolls around Superman — or, rather, her husband — while he freefalls in his wingsuit — an astonishing air show performance like nothing you have ever seen before. Melissa Pemberton, 28, is a champion aerobatic pilot who, with her husband Rex, will be giving spectators the show of a lifetime at the second annual Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival...
Young stunt pilot performs at Fair St. Louis - KSDK By Grant Bissell | ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The air show is usually a huge draw at Fair St. Louis on the Riverfront and this year features one of the youngest stunt pilots in the world. Kevin Coleman is only 23-years-old and air show piloting runs in his blood. His dad and older brother flew in air shows and Kevin's been at it for four years....
Tuskegee Airmen in the spotlight at Fair St. Louis - SuburbanJournals | George Boyd travels across the country — to air shows, high schools and universities — telling stories about his days as a Tuskegee Airman and delivering a message: Americans should never stop fighting for their rights. He estimates that he’s told more than 80,000 people that message so far, and he’ll keep doing so this weekend at Fair St. Louis....
Campaign to get the Doolittle Raiders the Congressional Gold Medal - Can you help? Links for your Congressman, Senator, the petition, and other links
Snowbirds to take to the skies at Saskatoon air show - News Talk 650 CKOM | Show will feature Trudeau, strong-man demo and salute to WWII vet | The snowbirds and Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon this weekend for the Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show. The two-day air show takes place at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Trudeau will speak on Saturday during the opening ceremonies, which start shortly before 1 p.m....
Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th - Warbird News | The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be holding a living history event on July 6. The topic for the event 
shall be the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. There will be a discussion panel featuring distinguished aviation experts, historians and veterans, followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration....
Air show to take off over Cedar Creek Lake by David Webb | The annual "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake" air show will fly again Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m. over the lake. The performance will include aerial acrobatics by jet fighters. The evening includes with a fireworks show over the lake...
Solar Impulse - Around the world in a solar airplane | Solar Impulse will be completing its final leg of this historic journey across the country, on Saturday July 6th! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the adventure!
The Answers to the Questions You've Been Asking · Rich Davidson | ... What about events? Well, there will be no fly-in this year. Yes your read that right. There will be no fly-in this year. It was an extremely difficult decision but once we realized it came down to focusing on the event or getting the buildings repaired, it became much easier. The event is such a mental and physical drain, despite all the good that comes from it, we just weren’t able to do both. Furthermore, attempting to hold the even without the necessary infrastructure would be madness. ... As for Sinful Sundays, the local community has made them harder for us to hold and until we have the appropriate infrastructure, or a membership program in place, we will not be able to host them as they were. What we are capable of doing is...
NTSB releases preliminary report - WDTN | VANDALIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Federal Transportation Officials have released it's preliminary findings into what caused a deadly crash at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. The report relies heavily on videos and photos submitted by spectators that shows around 12:45 pm on Saturday , June 22 the Boeing-Stearman airplane, operated by Jane Wicker Air Shows, impacted terrain at Dayton International Airport....
Two die in chopper crash at Libya airshow - Herald Sun | A LIBYAN military helicopter has crashed during an airshow in the eastern city of Benghazi killing two crew members and wounding a third, an airforce official says. The accident occurred on Thursday while a military parade was underway at the Benina airbase in Libya's second city and cradle of the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi. "A lieutenant colonel and a lieutenant were killed ... while a third crew member, a lieutenant, was seriously wounded," airbase commander Colonel Nasser Busnina said....
Hopes are high Prince Harry will be at Fairford air tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | Hopes are high Prince Harry will be at Fairford air tattoo | ROYAL watchers will be out in force at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford later this month hoping that Prince Harry will be among the crew in the Army Air Corps Attack Helicopter Display Team. Last month, the Prince – known as Captain Wales to his colleagues – made his air display debut as co-pilot/gunner in the front seat of an Apache AH1 at the RAF Cosford Air Show...
Oris Ambri Fly-In 2013: 150 aircraft, 30 ° C, 1 Swiss watchmaker - Passion for Aviation | After six years of interruption for the first time under the auspices of Oris, the flights training "Ambri Fly-In" are back. The event took place on June 15 and 16 at the aerodrome of Ambri, located south of the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland, and have more than 150 aircraft and 6,000 visitors.
Honoring a 70-Year Old Memory of a B-17 Crew Operating in France ... - Second Line of Defense | ... But not only in the United States is sequestration having its perceptual impacts – the absence of the USAF was certainly noted at Le Bourget and only by a miracle did the USAF have representation at a powerful ceremony held on Noirmoutier island, France, the scene of B-17 raid, and the rescue of downed crewmen after a raid against Nazi air and maritime facilities in this part of France....
Sky-diving a hard habit to break for veteran parachute team - WRAL.com | Fayetteville, N.C. — As a former member of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, Mike Elliot has done it all. He’s even parachuted from an airplane while strapped to a former president. When he retired after 26 years in the Army, he found himself restless to do more. “I want to continue to serve, continue to do this,” he said. “I’m retired, but I have great skill sets. I’m at the top of my game.”...
Celebrating the Cradle of Civil Aviation Wright Brothers Park Dedication Video - Alabama Aviator | 7/4/2013 - Celebrating the Cradle of Civil Aviation Wright Brothers Park Dedication Video MONTGOMERY AL- Joining the ranks of the Smithsonian in Washington DC to the Museum of Flight in Seattle Washington from Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Dayton Ohio to Wright Brothers National Memorial Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, from College Park, Maryland to Le Mans, France, is the Wright Brothers Park in Montgomery, Alabama says Amanda Wright Lane, great niece of the famous brothers, "we will never be the same again."...
Friday, May 24, 2013
Indy Transponder 24-MAY-2013 1130z
Memorial Day Weekend events include parade, air show, mass parachute jump - Columbia Missourian | COLUMBIA — Starting Saturday, the city will be in full swing with a Memorial Day weekend celebration. The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation is sponsoring its 25th annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow at the Columbia Regional...
Champion aerobatic pilot to wow crowds at Truckee air fair - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Melissa Pemberton, 28, is a champion aerobatic pilot who, with her husband Rex, will be giving spectators the show of a lifetime at the second annual Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival. They will also open the event when Rex parachutes onto the...
Airport exhibits about African-Americans in WW2 - KTBS | The Commemorative Air Force of Midland, Texas, is showing a restored P-51 Mustang fighter like those flown by the "Red Tail Squadron" and a movie about the airmen. Also at the airport are the National World War II Museum's Redball Express exhibit about...
Canadian Snowbirds Soar Over the Bakken - KFYR-TV | The Canadian Snowbirds left the Sidney, Montana audience amazed last night, with an aerial display for the ages. "Very tight formations and extremely interesting to watch. Very fun, great show", said Tom Williams, a Sidney resident. Jordan Dickson came...
Snowbirds coming to Southport - Portage Daily Graphic | Flight enthusiasts will get a chance to watch the Canadian Forces Snowbirds take to the skies over Southport on Friday afternoon as they practice. The free event will be taking place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on May 24.
The detailed program of 60 of the Patrouille de France - AeroBuzz.fr | The Patrouille de France
celebrates its 60th anniversary on Sunday, May 26, 2013 Air Base Salon de Provence. She has organized an air show 6:00 which reads detailed program ... The oracles predicted the worst of the Provence... The Frecce Tricolori in Vasto: the event program - Vasto 24 | "Waiting for the Frecce Tricolori" - Screening of films about the Frecce Tricolori with gadgets for children. June 7 - Cupello. Prize-giving by the committee in charge of the drawing competition which was attended elementary schools in the area.
Memorial Day at Grissom Air Museum - Kokomo Perspective | “Grissom Air Museum exists to honor the men and women who have served or are serving our nation as well as to share their stories with the public,” said museum director Jim Price. “Memorial Day was created to honor the incredible sacrifices Americans...
Honor veterans at the Yankee Air Museum - AnnArbor.com | The Yankee Air Museum will be open to the public on Monday to honor those veterans who put their life on the line for our country. The event will include a pancake breakfast, which is free for veterans. There will also be a memorial ceremony and blood...
Air Museum in Geneseo changes its name - News 10NBC | There are some changes coming to the Air Museum in Geneseo. The museum, which is right now known as the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, will now be known as the National Warplane Museum. Officials say the name change will help to boost area tourism...
Soaring to new heights - Voxy | The New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation fosters friendship amongst women interested in aviation. Founded in 1959, NZAWA includes women from all kinds of aviation-related interests and careers, including recreational pilots through to captains ...
The Pilots of Mount McKinley - Air & Space magazine | For 50 years, the world has reached the mountain on airplanes from one small town.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Dayton Air Show will feature 14 spectacular acts in 2013
...Thunderbirds cancel due to Sequestration
Dayton, Ohio – The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger will fly as-planned on June 22nd
and
23rd despite budget cuts announced by the military due to
Congressionally-mandated sequestration. A recent Department of Defense
memorandum confirmed that all military aerial teams will cease public
performances as of April 1, 2013. This includes the USAF Thunderbirds,
who were scheduled to appear at Dayton this year. The Air Show had hoped
that Congress would reach an agreement permitting the military jet
teams to fly, but with the April 1st deadline rapidly approaching, such
an agreement appears unlikely.
This year's show will feature a spectacular lineup of some of the nation’s top attractions. A total of 14 acts will fly each day in the feature show, including: “FIFI”, the only flying B-29 in the world, will create a "Great Wall of Fire" atomic bombing reenactment; there will be both a MiG-17 and an F-86 Sabre flying demonstration; the AeroShell Formation Aerobatic Team will perform; Melissa Pemberton’s Edge 540 flying aerobatics will be on display; Skip Stewart will perform high energy aerobatics; Jane Wicker Wing Walking will risk all; and the "School Time" jet-powered school bus will roar down the runway at 300+mph.
"With such a tremendous lineup of top attractions already in place, we felt it was important to continue the 38-year tradition of Dayton and move forward with the 2013 show," stated Michael Emoff, United States Air and Trade Show Board of Trustees Chairman. "We think spectators will be excited by not only the thrills of these professional acts, but also with the overall quality of this year's show both in the air and on the ground," he added.
In addition to previously planned attractions, Air Show officials announced today the addition of the following new features:
One of the most famed fighters of WWII is the F4U-5N Corsair and Vectren Dayton Air Show spectators will get to witness this unique gull-winged aircraft both in flight as well as on static display. The first U.S. fighter to fly at 400 mph in level flight, the Corsair was designed for aircraft carrier-based service. Called “Whistling Death” for the distinctive sound the engines of the Corsair made in a dive, US Marines referred to the Corsair as their best friend for the excellent air support it provided when troops were pinned down on the ground. Dave Folk will fly the Corsair, which is housed in Greenwood, Mississippi in the winter and Kalamazoo, Michigan in the summer.
The Warbird Heritage Foundation’s A-4B Skyhawk, flown by Paul Wood of Waukegan, IL will return to Dayton after its first appearance in 2012. The Skyhawk was a light bomber/attack aircraft flown by both Vice Admiral James Stockdale and LCDR John McCain (now Senator McCain) during the Vietnam War. The Skyhawk appearing at the 2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show is painted to represent aircraft BuNo 148609 flown by LCDR Ted Swartz, who shot down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam with an unguided ZUNI rocket. This was the only air-to-air kill by a Skyhawk during the entire Vietnam War.
Team Fastrax, a world-class skydiving team located in Middletown, Ohio has also been added to the 2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger lineup. To be considered as a Demo Team member, individuals must first have at least 1,000 jumps and meet stringent professional standards. As a result, Air Show spectators will witness a thrilling collection of precision maneuvers that display the ultimate skill in skydiving. Kicking off the show each day with a 7,500 square foot U.S. flag (the world’s largest), Team Fastrax is sure to leave a lasting impression on Air Show spectators as the team has performed around the world and at high profile venues such as NASCAR, the NFL and MLB.
Along with historic aircraft flying each day, the Vectren Dayton Air Show will present an impressive number of classic aircraft on the ground. Recently added to static display are the Douglas C-54 Skymaster “Spirit of Freedom” and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil”. Each of these storied aircraft served at various times for the US military during WWII: the C-54 was made famous in the Berlin Airlift and the B-24 was used in both the European and Pacific theaters. Spectators are sure to enjoy close-up views and tours of these amazing aircraft of yesteryear.
Tickets for the popular Chairman’s Club, Dannon Pavilion, Family 4 Pack, and Blue Sky Chalet are now on sale, offering an attractive range of seating options. Tickets can be conveniently purchased through the show website at www.daytonairshow.com. Many of these venues sell out early, so don’t wait to get your tickets!
Beginning May 13, 2013, deep discount general admission tickets will also be available for purchase at over 100 Kroger stores in the Dayton-Cincinnati region.
The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is produced by the United States Air and Trade Show, Inc, a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit Ohio Corporation that relies on sponsorship and community support to offset the cost of producing the event. The Dayton/Montgomery Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates that the show has a $3.2 million annual economic impact on the region.
For more information on performers:
F4N-5N Corsair
A-4B Skyhawk
Team Fastrax
Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright Patterson AFB. For more information visit www.daytonairshow.com
Friday, March 1, 2013
Vectren Dayton Air Show adds attractions... Thunderbirds expected to perform despite cuts
Appearing for the first time in Dayton will be the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F, a high-subsonic fighter jet aircraft used by the North Vietnamese as their primary Air Force interceptor during the Vietnam War. Piloting the MiG-17 will be Randy Ball of Tyler, Texas. Randy is the only pilot in North America (Civilian or Military) to hold an FAA Unlimited Aerobatic rating for both Day and Night jet fighter performances, and he is one of the most internationally recognized aerobatic pilots of jet aircraft. Powered by a Klimov VK-1F afterburning turbojet engine enabling a top speed of 711 mph, the MiG-17 became a formidable foe to U.S. pilots during the early years of the Vietnam conflict. In addition to flying, the MiG-17 will also be on static display.
The famed North American F-86 Sabre jet will also display its capabilities in Dayton this summer. The Sabre entered USAF service in 1949, becoming the primary U.S. air combat fighter in the Korean War. Like the MiG-17, the F-86 will fly as well as be featured on static display. Powered by a General Electric J47-GE-27 turbojet with a top speed of 687 mph, the F-86 was the fastest U.S. aircraft of its time. Notable American pilots flying the Sabre during their careers included Major John Glenn, Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Lt. Colonel Virgil "Gus" Grissom. The F-86 at Dayton will be flown by veteran pilot Paul R. Wood, founder of the Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, IL. This is a beautiful aircraft that spectators won't want to miss.
Also added to the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger lineup is the "Great Wall of Fire”, a spectacular display of explosive excitement. Rich's Incredible Pyro will stage this amazing pyrotechnics display as a reenactment of the world's first atomic bomb drop. The performance is completed with the only flying B-29 Superfortress, "FIFI", making a rare in-flight appearance to stage the drop. Previously announced in December, "FIFI" is flying in the show as well as being on static display. The B-29 heavy bomber "Enola Gay" is credited with ending WWII when it dropped the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. Spectators will have an exciting opportunity to see, hear (and FEEL!) the reenactment of this historic event. The "Great Wall of Fire" is the creation of renowned special effects’ expert, Rich Gibson, call sign "Dynamite Boss".
History comes alive as Jane Wicker brings the Barnstorming era to Dayton with her heart-stopping wing walking performance. Jane is not your average wing walker. She will demonstrate the daring and breath-taking art of wing walking from the Golden Age of Aviation in a way never before seen in Dayton. Wing riding is not for this damsel; her wing walking style is the real thing. With no safety line and no parachute, Jane amazes the crowd by climbing, walking, and hanging all over her beautiful 450 HP Stearman aircraft that she affectionately calls “Aurora”. Not only will she be on top of the airplane during aerobatic maneuvers, including inverted flight, but you will also see her climb between the wings and witness moves that no other wing walker is brave enough to try. Spectators are sure to gasp as this daredevil demonstrates in true form the unbelievable art of wing walking.
“These are awesome additions to our 2013 lineup,” stated Michael Emoff, Chairman of the United States Air & Trade Show Board of Trustees, producers of the event. “We have put together one of the most diverse and entertaining shows ever seen in Dayton. Watch for more announcements in coming weeks as we continue to build the show program,” he added.
Show features previously announced include: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, AeroShell Formation Aerobatic Team, Melissa Pemberton Edge 540 aerobatics, Skip Stewart aerobatics and the School Time jet-powered school bus.
As earlier announced, ticket prices for the 2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger will remain unchanged from 2012. Tickets for the popular Chairman’s Club, Pavilion, Family 4 Pack, and Blue Sky Chalet are now on sale, offering an attractive range of seating options. Tickets can conveniently be purchased through the show website at www.daytonairshow.com. Many of these venues sell out early, so don’t wait to get your tickets!
Beginning May 13, 2013, deep discount general admission tickets will also be available for purchase at over 100 Kroger stores in the Dayton-Cincinnati region.
For more information on performers:
MiG-17
F-86
Rich’s Incredible Pyro
Jane Wicker
Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright Patterson AFB. For more information visit www.daytonairshow.com
