A Celebration of Pride, Patriotism as Pilots Prepare for California Capital Airshow * Fox 40 | Out of 
the pages of the history books, now sitting at Mather Field. “You can look in a book and learn about history, but it really opens the door to people, to see them flying, and watch them go through the sky,” Steven Hinton, with Planes of Fame, said. And soon, many planes will be soaring over Sacramento County for the California Capital Airshow....
Jefferson County Air Festival Takes Off from Festus, MO Airport September 7 · The Aero Experience
Airshow hailed as the greatest ever - The Argus | Shoreham Airshow organisers have hailed the event as the greatest in their history. The skies above the town were filled with aircraft spanning the last 100 years, with everything from World War One biplanes to the Eurofighter Typhoon....
AIRSHOW NEWS: Jersey International Air Display 2014 * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Jersey International Air Display is taking place on Thursday 11 September 2014. There will be static displays at Jersey airport on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and a rotary wing static display on either the Lower Park or Peoples Park in St Helier adjacent to where the flying display is taking place over the Bay of St Aubins The air display is organised by a not for profit company which has two objectives: supporting British Military Charities and supporting tourism in Jersey. The dedicated Service Charity for 2014 is Help for Heroes...
Pilot Michael Goulian talks tech in Red Bull Air Race planes - TechnologyTell | You think your car is loaded with high-performance tech? It’s got nothing on the Edge 540 airplane flown by pilot Michael Goulian in the Red Bull Air Race series....
Fort Bend Radio Control Club holds annual model air show - Your Houston News | All sizes of model aircrafts took to the skies over Rosenberg this past Saturday, as the Fort Bend Radio Control Club held its annual Model Air Show and Model Aircraft Fly-in. Though its venue has changed overtime, the club’s yearly ‘fly-a-thon’ been has attracting model aircraft hobbyists from around the county for 16 years running....
The R/C Scale Builder Show – Dino DiGiorgio / Meister Scale * WarbirdRadio.com | WARBIRD RADIO – Join Mike Chilson and friends Tuesday, September 2nd at 9:00pm ET as the RC Scale Builder Show returns LIVE. This episode show our guest will be Dino DiGiorgio, owner of Meister Scale and lots of other info from the world of R/C Scale Building. The program starts at 9pm (EST) and your partisipation is encouraged. To join in on the conversation just use the contact info below. Thanks for listening!
Visiting B-17 'Flying Fortress' carries load of history - Roanoke Times | Top turret gunner and flight engineer James Litchford spoke no German but he understood that the bayonet prodding his back meant to keep moving. Litchford and others in the crew of his B-17 bomber had survived the crash landing in Belgium in January 1945 and then split up to try to make their way back to Allied-held territory...
Inspire students and youth with our innovative educational materials! * Red Tail Squadron | In our regular CAF Red Tail Squadron blog posts, you’ve read about the exciting and inspiring impact our P-51C Mustang and our RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit can have on audiences all over the country. But did you know that we can bring this same zeal for history and aviation straight to your classroom or youth group?...
XP-82 Twin Mustang – August 2014 Restoration Update * Warbirds News | ...August was an incredible month for accomplishments at the XP-82 restoration shop!...
These real-life Rosie the Riveters changed the face of labor - The Week Magazine | When America entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, it did so fully, committing all of its assets. As the men stepped into battle across Europe and in the Pacific theater, women entered the workforce, occupying the roles of their husbands, brothers, and sons....
Greatest Russian Inventions from English Russia: 200 years ago people still did not have electricity, 
good vehicles, television, mobile phones, Internet and other things we cannot do without today. Some of the most significant inventions were made by Russians, and here they are… Gleb Kotelnikov is…
Become a living room fighter pilot with life-sized cardboard cockpit - CNET | We don't all have dads who build us spacecraft simulators, but if you've ever envisioned yourself in the cockpit while playing Digital Combat Simulator, you may soon have an easy way of building your own. Jet fighter enthusiast and games developer Lukas Homola, based in the Czech Republic, has designed a full-scale cockpit replica that anyone can easily build -- out of cardboard...
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Airshow in Atlantic City today * Asbury Park Press | ATLANTIC CITY – Thunder will not be causing the rumble over the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Wednesday's roar will come from the annual Atlantic City Airshow. The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute...
Livestream of the Atlantic City Airshow * Cherry Hill Courier Post | The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team will open the event by delivering the flag. The airshow is slated to end with a performance by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The group did not perform last year due to the federal government sequestration.
Blue Angels plan to fly over Chicago on Wednesday for photo shoot before ... * Chicago Tribune | Chicagoans eager to see the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform their famed daredevil stunts at the air show this weekend can catch the military jets a few days early when they fly over the city for a photo shoot Wednesday. Six pilots are scheduled to fly...
Military acts return to the skies for Chicago Air and Water Show * Chicago Daily Herald | New to the 
show this year is Team AeroDynamix, the largest aerobatic team in the world flying 12 aircraft equipped with white smoke generators. Timed precisely, most planes take off and land at Gary Jet Center in Gary, Indiana. Others begin and end...
Warbirds Over Alliance event set for Saturday * The-review | The Alliance Balsa Bees will present its 11th annual Warbirds Over Alliance and will host a benefit for the Wounded Warriors Project from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16. The flying field is located at the northeast end of Barber Airport, four miles north of...
Air Show of Warsaw starts Friday * WNDU-TV | The air show of Warsaw is a two-day event and it's expected to be bigger than last year. During the show you will see at least six military planes, four jets and a Candy Bomber. The Candy Bomber does exactly what it sounds like; it drops candy to the kids.
Cirrus Aircraft and Michael Goulian Gear Up for Red Bull Air Race World ... * SYS-CON Media | "As with several past Red Bull Air Race events around the world, we are again anticipating an energetic turnout and we welcome the chance to introduce new air racing enthusiasts to the Cirrus Life through our partnership with Mike and the Red Bull Air...
Watch Red Bull Air Race live from Ascot * Red Bull (International) | It's the first time in six years that the Red Bull Air Race World Championship has visited British shores and the anticipation of the crucial race is intense. Nigel Lamb, who is one place and three points further back in the standings, is equally...
What it takes to be a Red Bull Air Race pilot * Telegraph.co.uk | This weekend, the Red Bull Air Race World Championships will fly into the UK and entertain spectators with its inimitable brand of high-octane racing on two wings. In case you've never seen it, the competition is a bit like an aeronautical version of...
Hidden Guardian’s of the Knights’ * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | We have an elite team of proficient expert contract maintainers from Kay and Associates, who work continually to maintain and assure the teams, make the mission safely and without delay. It is not rare to see two aircraft docked in the team hangar at Pope Army Airfield on any given day. This week alone, they masterfully have already completed a 125 hour inspection on the teams Freedom, 80263 Twin Otter making several component changes....
Northeastern Canopy Pilot League Holds 3rd Meet at Skydive Cross Keys · U.S. Army Parachute 
Team "Golden Knights" | SFC Joe Abeln and SFC Jared Zell of the US Army Golden Knights Canopy Piloting Team were in action Saturday at the third meet of the Northeastern Canopy Pilot Leage (NECPL). The competition took place at Skydive Cross Keys in Williamstown, NJ just east of Philadelphia. The drop zone had a busy line up hosting a Swoop Competition, a Sisters in Skydiving event, a Parachutists over Phorty (POPS) record attempt and over 100 Tandems scheduled. The weather was perfect with clear blue skies and light winds. The 16 Competitors were off to an early start with a 0700 competitor briefing. Once the loads were sorted the Canopy Pilots took to the sky....
Red Arrows pay a flying visit to Ilfracombe for Rescue Day * North Devon Journal | LEGENDARY display team the Red Arrows paid Ilfracombe a flying visit earlier today as the town welcomed the return of Rescue Day. The squadron of elite pilots carried out the fly-by just before midday as part of the annual event which celebrates the...
Red Arrows thrill the crowds at Minehead Festival * ITV News | Red Arrows in the skies over Minehead, Somerset. Credit: ITV News/Bob Cruwys Red Arrows The displays are taking place over the seafront to packed crowds. Credit: ITV News/Bob Cruwys Red Arrows The sunny weather has made for ideal flying conditions...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Historic Formation Announced at Wings & Wheels Press Launch · UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Wings & Wheels press launch got off to a sunny start today (12th August 2014) as the Aerodrome’s resident DC3 took to the skies with the Old Flying Machine Company’s P-51 Mustang to kick off the 10 day count down to the Show. Well known for adding a little extra magic in the air with some memorable and unusual formation displays, Wings & wheels confirmed that a very special tribute is planned to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Eight aircraft from the...
Switzerland cancels Russian participation in air show * Yahoo News | ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has canceled Russian participation in an air show, its defense ministry said on Tuesday, apparently due to concerns about events in Ukraine. Neutral Switzerland has not joined the European Union and the United States in...
Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P ... * Bellingham Herald | During his military career, he flew the B-25, P-47, F-80, F-84, F-86D and F-106. He was one of the first two black pilots to fly jets into combat during the Korean War, where he completed 104 missions. “He really was anxious for young people to take...
SD Air & Space Museum names eight new Hall of Famers * KUSI | SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Air & Space Museum Tuesday named eight new members of the International Air & Space Hall of Fame. Joe Engle, Fitz Fulton, Bill Boeing Jr., John (Jack) Dailey, Roger Schaufele, Bessie Coleman, the Ninety-Nines and...
Real Rosie the Riveters reconnect with B-24 during Thunder Over Michigan ... * Heritage Newspapers | YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — Four “original” Rosie the Riveters were given a rare opportunity to reconnect with an old friend Friday, when one of only two flying B-24 Liberators landed at the Willow Run for the Thunder Over Michigan airshow last weekend.
B-17G “Lacey Lady” Coming Off Poles Imminently · Warbirds News | As many of our readers will be well aware from a previous article (HERE), the famous B-17G Flying Fortress known as “Lacey Lady” which has sat for more than half a century atop poles at a now disused gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon has been long overdue to come in from the cold. Her owners, the B-17 Alliance Group, have devised a plan to do just that, and more. Today they...
“BONEYARD” Guided Tours For “Working” Tucsonans * Warbirds News | Pima Air & Space Museum, who operates the often-sold-out bus tours of the “Aircraft Boneyard” aka the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) on the Davis-Monthan (DM) Air Force Base, announces the second-ever Saturday tours created specifically to...
Willis Hawkins And The Genesis Of The Hercules * Code One | “If this design is really as terrible as Kelly Johnson says it is, the Air Force will think that, too, and they’ll give the contract to somebody else. I think we ought to submit the proposal.” With those words, Willis Hawkins convinced his boss, Hall Hibbard, then the vice president and chief engineer of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, to submit the proposal for the aircraft that would become the C-130 Hercules. It was 10 April 1951....
'Air Boss' takes No. 1 spot on iTunes Reality TV charts * AOPA Pilot | “We were doing a segment on a look behind the scenes at an airshow, which featured pilot Mike Wiskus,” said Nalli. “In preparation for that, Mike suggested that we get in touch with the show's air boss, Wayne Boggs. He said you don't see the air boss...
DreamBIG Entertainment * LiveAirShowTV | We don't often pass along appeals for support, but what Dewey Larson is doing fantastic for the next generation of aviators and aviation fans. If you can help, please do!...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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Thunderbirds boost AirVenture crowds By WRN Contributor | The return of a military flying team to the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh last week helped boost attendance at the week-long airshow. Spokesman Dick Knapinski says the crowds were up 5.5 percent over last year, with more than 500,000 people coming through the gates...
EAA AirVenture reports an increase in overall attendance for 2014 * Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH – EAA reports a 5 to 6 percent increase in attendance for 2014's EAA AirVenture festival. Attendance is based on the number of people who entered the grounds each day. EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said, “It was a tremendous week on many...
Thunderbirds, Golden Knights return for 2014 Thunder Over the Boardwalk in ... * Shore News Today | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration is part of a full lineup aerial entertainment Wednesday, Aug. 13. ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City Airshow, Thunder Over the Boardwalk, the resort's signature summer event, will include demonstrations by the U...
5 questions with Thunder Over Michigan air show pilot Jeff Boerboon * Detroit Free Press | The building of the plane began in 2013 with a plethora of parts, and in the year that followed, John Klatt and a team of professionals assembled the plane they refer to as one of a kind because it's modeled on a 1929 taperwing biplane, has a Pratt and...
Mike Goulian Airshows | Attention New Englanders! Mike will be on NECN (New England Cable News) at 11:45 AM tomorrow (Wed, Aug 6th) to chat about the upcoming Fort Worth Red Bull Air Race....
Red Arrows selection is pinnacle of flying dream for Bradford pilot * Bradford Telegraph and Argus | Flight Lieutenant Thomas Bould who is joining the Red Arrows in time for the 2015 season. A BRADFORD man says he has fulfilled a lifelong dream after being selected to become a Red Arrows pilot. Flight Lieutenant Tom Bould, 32, has been named as one...
Town to host Second Annual Airport Fly-in * Guernsey Gazette | GUERNSEY--If flying is your thing, then the place to be on Sunday, August 17 is the Guernsey Airport where the Town of Guernsey is hosting their second annual Guernsey Fly-In. The airport is located on the south side of U. S. Highway 26 on the east...
Shot down... Charity forced to cancel airshow event after being caught up in ... * Belfast Telegraph | The dysfunctional nature of Stormont has hit a new low after an aviation charity fundraiser became the casualty of bitter relations between Sinn Fein and the DUP. Related Articles. Stormont turbulence hits plane enthusiasts · How Tele Spitfire fund...
Fly in to save ambulance * Swindon Advertiser | WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance will be calling on the help of Batman, Iron Man and Wonder Woman to protect its long-term future. As part of National Air Ambulance Week, running between September 22 and 28, the Wiltshire branch, based in Devizes, wants...
B-17 on Display in Honor of "Dutch" Van Kirk * wnep.com | During the graveside service, a B-17 flew over the cemetery to honor the man who was the navigator on the Enola Gay. After the service, the B-17, also known as the “Memphis Belle” flew into the Sunbury Airport. “It's unique. I mean, I've never seen one...
NASM’s Heinkel He-219 Restoration Update ·WarbirdsNews has some exciting news coming from the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, and some fantastic photographs to share with much thanks to NASM’s press officers. The restoration crew at the Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland has finished their work repairing the wings for the museum’s unique Heinkel He-219 A-2 Uhu, Wk.Nr.290202. In mid-July, the team prepared the freshly repainted wings for shipment to the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. For the first time....
B-18 Bolo walkaround — part 2 of 2 * Travel for Aircraft | Continuing the walkaround of this Douglas B-18 Bolo from the previous Monday we see more detail of this aircraft exhibited at the McChord Air Museum & Heritage Hill Air Park (see the museum review as well as posts of the other...
A budding Forfar pilot has landed himself a dream role in a once in a lifetime ... * Forfar Dispatch | He answered a call from Scottish Aero Club chairman Dave McElroy who will complete his Phileas Fogg-like challenge to circumnavigate the globe at Scone Airfield when he makes his final landing on Sunday. He has been joined by Michael for the last leg...
First Flight: One Week Wonder | On August 5, 2014, the airplane that was built in seven days at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 flew for the first time—carrying more than 2500 signatures of tho...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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Arch wins Red Bull Air Race in Poland · General Aviation News | GDYNIA, Poland – Austria’s Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe. Britain’s Nigel Lamb was second, while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place....
World Championship Red Bull Air Race in Gdynia Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | For the first time in Poland, for the first time with a Polish pilot, World Championship Red Bull Air Race held in Gdynia, 27th August. Austria's Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a brilliant victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe with some smart flying on the challenging track set up on the Baltic Sea. Britain's Nigel Lamb was second while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place as the two pilots flying the MXS-R planes once again put in stellar performances in the world's fastest motorsport series to the delight of the crowd watching from the nearby beaches at the first-ever race in Poland...
Team 99 photos from Poland - Michael Goulian Air Shows
Air show attracts record crowds - The Courier | Scotland's national air show drew record crowds as thousands flocked to see aerial action, including a display celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows. More than 13,500 people visited the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, East Lothian, yesterday, organisers said. General manager Steve McLean said: "We are delighted with the huge turnout at yesterday's national air show....
Pictures: Visitors flood to IWM Duxford for iconic aircraft day out - Dunmow Broadcast | IWM Duxford hosted its Spitfires, Merlins and Motors event, which included a static display of 
Spitfires and Hurricanes and the chance to meet members of the Spitfire Society, who answered visitors’ burning questions. Also there was the RAF Regiment Historic Flight living history group, presenting the history of the RAF Regiment and its predecessors. They demonstrated some of the tasks required to prepare an aircraft for its next wartime sortie....
In pictures: Scotland's National Air Show 2014 * BBC News | This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading...
Pilots take aim in sortie * Stuff.co.nz | COMING IN: Paul Hogenesch of Temuka measures how close to the target the flour bombs landed during the annual dawn raid held by the South Canterbury Aero Club at Richard Pearse Airport yesterday morning...
Happy Birthday To The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress · WarbirdsNews | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-nine years ago today, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress took flight for the first time. One of the most important bombers in history, the B-17 fought in every theater of World War II and won immortality in epic daylight battles against the Luftwaffe. The Flying Fortress was....
A-26 “Special Kay” Restoration · WarbirdsNews In May 1966, Detachment 1, 603d Air Commando 
Squadron deployed from England AFB, Louisiana to Nakhon Phanom (NKP) Air Base in Thailand. The detachment comprised eight Douglas B-26K Counter Invader bombers and their crews which were to undergo combat tests in Laos. An early glitch arose prior to their arrival when the Thai government expressed concern over having foreign “bombers” on its soil. But Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown finessed the problem smoothly by simply...
How the AC-130 destroyed at least 20 vehicles per night during Vietnam War · The Aviationist | The Gunship aircraft, born from the conversion of cargo aircraft into powerful aerial weapons armed with big guns, were based on the concept of the circling attack. In other words, the guns were mounted on the left side of the gunship so that the plane could fly a bank circle, achieving a good accuracy in strafing the target by using high velocity guns with a caliber of at least .30. The first two types of...
Precise Flying * The Lexicans | ...He was one of those by-the-numbers types, no class, no imagination, and no ” feel ” for really zipping around. A pilot who knows that he’s the ‘ real deal ‘ needs only to be ‘ in tune ‘ with ‘ that airplane ‘ neath his hands and feet....
Sun Flyer Hopes To Make Solar Flying Popular * Aviation International News | The Sun Flyer is under development by Aero Electric Aircraft, Bye Aerospace and PC-Aero. Simulator manufacturer Redbird will be the training system provider. Bye Aerospace is led by George Bye. The company developed an electric-powered Cessna...
Virgin Galactic Announces Todd Ericson As Space Pilot * Aero-News Network | Distinguished 
Former U.S Air Force Colonel And Test Pilot Joins The First Commercial Spaceline Flight Program |Todd ‘Leif’ Ericson, former Operations and Maintenance Group Commander for the United States Air Force (USAF) has joined Virgin Galactic’s cadre of space pilots. In his new role, Todd will be working with Galactic’s chief pilot Dave Mackay and pilots Frederick ‘CJ’ Sturckow and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci as they prepare to fly Virgin Galactic’s first customers to space. Ericson will report to Mackay and Vice President of Operations Mike Moses at Virgin Galactic’s Mojave, California location, before relocating to Spaceport America in New Mexico for commercial operations...
Friday, July 25, 2014
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EAA AirVenture 2014 Takes Off on Monday * Aviation International News | The annual EAA AirVenture show officially opens on Monday in Oshkosh, Wis., at Wittman Regional Airport, but aviation enthusiasts are already streaming into the airport ahead of the show. This year's show features plenty of excitement, including the...
NTSB heads to Oshkosh · General Aviation News | National Transportation Safety Board Member Earl Weener (pictured) and NTSB senior aviation investigators will participate at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 28 -Aug. 3. During the week-long event, Weener and NTSB staff will conduct presentations on accident case studies and lessons learned and various safety issues, including aeronautical decision-making and weather hazards for GA pilots, which is currently on the Most Wanted List....
My Plan* for Oshkosh 2014 (*Subject to change) · Dan Pimentel, Airplanista Aviation Blog | ...My 
readers who have been lucky enough to attend Oshkosh know that once your boots (OK, technically really good walking shoes) hit the ground, you are running constantly, and no matter how much you try, plans go haywire all day, every day. The veteran AirVenture attendee knows that pivoting is one of the best skills you can bring with you to this massive show....
Exhibit celebrates Tuskegee airmen * Insight News | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron event featured its Rise Above Traveling Exhibit on the capitol grounds and featured a short film displayed on a 160-degree panoramic mobile movie theater. The exhibit was created in hopes of educating...
Businesses Hope Springfield Air Show Will Give A Boost To Struggling Airpark * WYSO | The Champion City Flight School has been at the airport for nearly three years, offering flying lessons and doing the training for Clark State Community College's aviation program. Dennis Epperhart of the flight school, feels the Carnival helped...
Lincoln airport hosts fly-in to boost economy * Bangor Daily News | The Lincoln Regional Airport manager and a local chapter of the International Cessna 180/185 Club will host a fly-in and campout starting Friday that will take advantage of the town's 2013 purchase of an airport campground and draw fliers from as far...
Atlantic City Airshow * USA TODAY | Also known as Thunder Over the Boardwalk, this annual air show delights onlookers with aerobatic maneuvers, formation flying, and solo routines by military and civilian pilots....
VIDEO: Red Arrows flypast at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony * Lincolnshire Echo | The Red Arrows wowed crows during a flypast over Glasgow during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, last night. The Red Arrows performed a flypast over the city and to the crowd of 40,000 at Celtic Park, to signal the arrival of the...
Wings Over Halls Air Show arrives next month * State Gazette | The final fly-in brunch before the Wings Over Halls Air Show was held on Saturday, July 19. The event marks the countdown to the 2014 Wings Over Halls Air Show, to be held on the former World War II B-17 Dyersburg Army Air Base in Halls on Saturday and...
Arlington Fly-In * USA TODAY | This aviation-oriented festival has a small town feel with large town activities. Air shows, antique planes, hot-air balloons, and helicopters wow the crowds. An entire day is devoted to kid's activities, including airplane crafts, flight simulations...
Fly-In Volunteer Meeting and Work Weekend · Rich Davidson, NORDO News - Aviation Unedited We had originally planned a fly-in meeting for July but have decided on a date in August. On Saturday August 16th we will have a volunteer/fly-in planning meeting. If you would like to volunteer, and especially if you are someone who in past years headed up a specific area of the event, this will be when everything is finalized. This day and the next, August 17, will also be work days for getting the field in shape....
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF RED BULL AIR RACE (VIDEO) · Mike Goulian Airshows
The First Ever Stearman vs. Waco Challenge · Rich Davidson, NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | Attend the fly-in this year to see history in the making. A decades long rivalry is about to be put to the test. Yes that's right, for as long as you can remember, the Stearman and Waco folks have all agreed their manufacturer is the best and we're going to put them to the test. How do we plan to do this?...
Emporia's WWII-era airplane comes home to Wichita Saturday * Emporia Gazette | The World War II era airplane that's been sitting in the Municipal Airport for more than two decades is moving home Saturday to Wichita, where it was built. The Commemorative Air Force will dismantle the aircraft and bring it back to Westport Airport...
An Elite F-14 Flight Officer Explains Why The Tomcat Was So Influential * Jalopnik | There is a great caption in the book Bye Bye Baby about our show at Nellis Air Force Base where the F-22 made its first airshow appearance. I can't do the caption justice, so you'll have to read it yourself, but I think it captures the essence of how...
Laura Hutchinson to fly in C-5 for training mission * wwlp.com | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – You have likely heard them flying overhead, and Thursday, you will get to see what it's like to be inside a C-5 aircraft. 22News is flying with Westover Air Reserve Base military crews Thursday afternoon for a local air...
Three Iconic First World War Aircraft Arrive at RAF Museum Cosford · WarbirdsNews | On Tuesday, July 15th, the staff at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford received three 
iconic WWI aircraft. They will form the centre of a new First World War Exhibition. The Bristol M1c, Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter and Sopwith Pup are due to go on display within the museum’s War Planes Hangar in December 2014. The Sopwith Pup, serial N5182, is an original aircraft which was active during the First World War. The Pup, thought of by its pilots as the perfect flying machine, served extensively with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps both at home and abroad. The Bristol M1c and Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter are accurate, full-scale reproductions....
French Canberras · Jean Claude Mermet | After the Second World War, France had no bombers on strength. In the 1950s the French government tried to find a valuable bomber from England and, in 1954, purchased six English Electric Canberras B6 (3) and B8 (3) firstly for evaluation. The first three were diverted from RAF contracts et...
Friday, July 11, 2014
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It's Blue Angels Airshow Weekend At Pensacola Beach * NorthEscambia.com | Civilian acts includes Gary Ward, Team Aerodynamix and Skip Stewart. Crowd favorite Fat Albert won't be in this year's show; the plane is down for maintenance. Are you heading to the show?...
Geneseo Air Show this weekend * News 10NBC | A plane back from Normandy for the 70th 
anniversary of D-Day is among those on display this weekend for the Geneseo Air Show. Whiskey 7 will be among more than 20 historic planes taking off for an aerial performance on Saturday and Sunday at the...
Arlington Fly-In fun continues through weekend * HeraldNet | At the airport, events and exhibits begin each day at 8 a.m., with air shows starting at about 2 p.m. The street fair opens at 10 a.m. Highlights include lots of kids activities, food vendors, shuttles to the Fly-In, the Arlington Idol singing contest...
Piper Cub pilots celebrate 30th fly-in * Lompoc Record | The West Coast Cub Fly-In will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Lompoc with what is expected to be its largest event yet. The fly-in, which will be based at the Lompoc Airport and is scheduled to last through Sunday, has become one of the Central...
Pilots for Christ to host Fly-In on Sunday * Jamestown Sun | Fly-In begins at 10 a.m. and an all-faiths church service at 11 a.m. with a complimentary lunch to follow. Special guest U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer will address the group. Following lunch the group will drop 1,500 numbered golf balls from a helicopter at a...
Airshow star Michael Goulian to serve as AOPA Ambassador * AOPA Pilot | Airshow pilot Michael Goulian is the newest AOPA Ambassador. Legendary airshow and racing pilot Michael Goulian will serve as an “AOPA Ambassador,” the association announced July 10. “Nobody conveys their passion and enthusiasm for flight quite like...
AirVenture gets bigger and so does Sporty’s · General Aviation News | Sporty’s will unveil a new display tent at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, slated for July 28-Aug. 3. Even larger than last year, the 16,000-square-foot display will feature new products, as well as a headset demo station where pilots can compare comfort and fit of a variety of headsets side by side. Another area is set aside to demonstrate cockpit video cameras from GoPro and Garmin. Book signings will take place, and Sporty’s staff, including flight instructors, will be on hand to demonstrate the Stratus ADS-B receiver, new online training courses and apps, and more...
Red Arrows celebrate 50th Anniversary at Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 * Metro | The Red Arrows team was founded in 1965 at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where a major celebration is planned at the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo. Since forming the team has performed more than 4,500 displays in 55 different countries...
Here’s a photo of the four F-35B jets set to take part to UK airshows stuck on the ground at Pax River 
* The Aviationist | They will not make it to RIAT at Fairford, but they could still attend Farnborough International Airshow 2014....
Canberra bomber joins The Red Arrows for Sywell Airshow in August * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | A spokesman said: “In addition to the unique sight of two Avro Lancaster bombers flying in formation and The Red Arrows, the world's only flying Canberra jet bomber will also star. “Other acts include, Spitfires, Mustangs, The Blades and Breitling...
Not so PLANE! Carol Vorderman keeps it chic and classy in knee-length boots ... * Daily Mail | It appears as if her Countdown days are well and truly over as Carol Vorderman continues to promote her love of flying. The TV personality arrived at the Royal International Air Tattoo earlier this morning - where she was invited to see a Eurofighter...
'Like a giant lawn mower went through there:' Brewer man recalls B-17 crash 70 ... * Bangor Daily News | BANGOR, Maine — Somewhere under decades of dense forest growth on a remote mountain west of Rangeley are the remains of a B-17 aircraft in which 10 American fliers spent the last moments of their lives July 11, 1944. The entire crew of young men on...
Robert Reser · Flight To Success | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | ....Bob holds ATP and typed in B727, 
B757, B767, B747-400, DC-10 and B-25. He flew USAF and Air National Guard transport (C-123), observer (O-2), and jet fighter (RF-84, F-89, F-102) aircraft for 20 years and flew commercial airliners large transports for 30 years. He also holds USAF Navigator and Radar Observer ratings...
McDonnell Banshee Fighter Pilot Shares Experiences at Local McDonnell Aircraft Retiree Luncheon * The Aero Experience | The weekly luncheon of a local McDonnell Aircraft/McDonnell Douglas retiree group included a special guest speaker this week - Mr. Bill Hunsicker. Mr. Hunsicker served as a U.S. Naval Aviator during the mid 1950s, flying the McDonnell-built F2H-3 Banshee fighter/bomber during the critical years after the end of the Korean War fighting and the emergence of China as the Pacific threat to the U.S. The attendees this week were eager to hear a first-hand account from a Banshee pilot on what it was like to fly an aircraft that some of them designed and built. They were not disappointed with what they heard....
Frozen in Time — a Duck on ice · Travel for Aircraft | Frozen in Time — a Duck on ice Frozen in Time: an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II, Mitchell Zuckoff, 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-213340-3, 393 pp. Those who fly, especially in the earlier days, risk becoming stranded in remote as well as harsh locations, As author Zuckoff notes...
PIMA Air & Space Museum Ranked No. 2 Space Museum In The US · WarbirdsNews | TripAdvisor announced the Tucson Pima Air & Space Museum as the second best space museum in the country! The TripAdvisor space-themed attractions in this ranking are based on the quality and quantity of reviews for space museums, planetariums, and space centers. Pima Air & Space Museum has received more than 1200 TripAdvisor reviews, predominantly excellent, winning the coveted TripAdvisor award for Excellent ratings three years in a row (2012, 13 and 14).Pima Air & Space’s ranking is...
D-Day Veterans Bring History to Life at the Air Force Museum Theatre on July 12 · WarbirdsNews | This Saturday, the Air Force Museum Theatre will host a special event combining Living History, D-Day: Normandy 1944 and live presentations. Filmmakers Kara Martinelli and Adam White will introduce Living History at 4 p.m., then following the screening, personal stories and additional insight will be shared with the audience by D-Day veterans and restorers, followed by D-Day: Normandy 1944.Lt. Ralph Lynn, B-24 co-pilot, and Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, 101st Airborne paratrooper, will visit the....
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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GOULIAN AEROSPORTS: Local business owner, an acrobatics and racer pilot competes i Redbull Air Race Championship * Wicked Local Plymouth | ...Goulian has just returned home from Malaysia where he raced against 11 international competitors in the Redbull Air Race World Championship. He didn’t win, but he is a man with a plan. His team is now disassembling the plane for transport to Gdynia, Poland, where he will compete again July 26 in the next round of this grueling event. Team technicians Dennis Sawyer and Matt Chapman are working on aerodynamic and engine modifications in an effort to lighten the plane....
On your mark, get set…Air racing season begins * General Aviation News | For most aviators, air racing is on the Bucket List, somewhere between flying into AirVenture and getting a seaplane rating. The Sport Air Racing League can help you cross that one off the list — and you don’t need a special airplane to do it. Established in 2006, the Sport Air Race League conducts races all over the country. As this was written, John Smutny, director for the Great Northwest Air Race, was putting the finishing touches on an event slated for June 21 in the Northwest part of the country....
Bryn Athyn woman set to compete in transcontinental Air Race * Montgomery Newspapers | Lindrooth and flying teammate 55-year-old Teresa Morse, of Media, whose been flying since 1977, will participate in the 2014 Air Race Classic, which is the longest running cross-country air race in the United States for female aviators. The women will ...
Students Set For Air Race Classic - Inside Indiana Business (press release)
| After a three year absence, a trio of aviators from Indiana State
University is preparing to make its mark in an annual transcontinental
race for female pilots. The Air Race Classic begins June 16 and will
take the trio on a 2,692-mile race across the mid-section of the United
States. It begins this year in Concord, Calif. and ends June 19 in New
Cumberland, Pa. Indiana State is one of 50 teams involved in the race.
Eleven colleges and universities have teams in the field....
Tulsa woman races through the skies for third straight year - Tulsa World
| Sand Springs aerial racer Emily Applegate and flying partner Zia
Safko have taken a page out of the past in their continuing bid to be
some of the fastest and most adept cross-country pilots in the nation.
For each running of the Air Race Classic, Applegate and Safko dawn
“Rosie the Riveter” jumpsuits, complete with an arm patch depicting the
World War II era symbol of the female contributions to the war effort.
They call themselves “The Racing Rose,” put their hair in curls, wearing
polka-a-dotted headbands and red lipstick....
Three F-35B Lightning IIs to fly at RIAT 2014 - Flightglobal | More than 150 military and civil aircraft from all over the world are confirmed for the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the UK, with the stars of the show being three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust – organiser of the event – boasts that Fairford is the first place outside the USA where the F-35B will be on display....
D-Day Tribute at Air Day * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Aircraft linked to the D-Day 70 commemoration, both old and new, will take part in this year’s RNAS Yeovilton Air Day flying and static displays on Saturday 26 July. While 6 June is the actual anniversary date, Air Day’s timely inclusions will help extend the tributes well into the summer as the nation reflects back on the Normandy landings of 70 years ago....
Icemen aim high and fly for Wounded Warrior Project * Arctic Sentry | 6/5/2014 - EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- What began as an opportunity to fly to Oshkosh, Wis., to attend Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture, two airmen saw as the perfect chance to take their love for general aviation and use it to ...
Red Arrows fun day to mark association's 20th anniversary - Bournemouth Echo THE association that helped bring the mighty Red Arrows to Bournemouth years before its successful air festival is hosting a major celebration event this month. The Bournemouth Red Arrows Association (BRAA) is marking its 20th anniversary with a fun day at Bournemouth Aviation Museum on June 28....
Quonset Point’s Air Show in Top Form After Hiatus · Ken Kula, Photorecon.net | After taking an uncharacteristic year off in 2013, the (almost annual) Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show roared back to life in mid-May, 2014 with an entertaining combination of past favorite and first-time performers. The organizers weaved a fine air show tapestry containing both historic and current cutting edge aircraft, flown by some of the biggest names in the industry. Held earlier in the year than in the past, the weekend show dodged early rain and low ceilings and was blessed with blue skies and puffy clouds during Saturday’s and Sunday’s flying....
Flying Back in Time on a B-17 - KGAN TV | Pilots say it handles like a cement truck with two flat tires and no power steering. The B-17 bomber was used a lot during World War II on missions over Europe, and it’s a lot different than almost any plane you would fly in today, but that’s the point. When people around Cedar Rapids go up in it on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the idea is to take a step back in time....
Air Museum Dedicates B52 Model - KXNet.com | Today, a ceremony dedicated the refurbished B52 model at the Dakota Territory Air Museum to Chief Master Sergeant Richard Etchberger who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Before his deployment, he worked at the radar station in bismarck, his only domestic station during his enlistment. On March 11, 1968, He lost his life saving three comrades who had been maintaining and defending a radar installation in Northern Vietnam. In 2010, Etchberger posthumously became the only Chief and E-9 to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor....
After long hiatus, US Air Force vet flies again in B-25 - Montrose Daily Press | The minute the twin propeller engines of the World War II-era bomber Maid in the Shade cranked up with a gritty hum, a familiar smile returned to the face of one honorary passenger. Bob Hansen, a Montrose resident, grinned knowingly as the engines reached full power and the historic aircraft tiled back and lifted off the runway at Black Canyon Jet Center. It was a reunion of sorts for Hansen, a former pilot instructor, who was now airborne in a B-25 for the first time in nearly 60 years. Hansen was stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla. as a student in 1955 and later as a pilot instructor in 1957. During his service training pilots, Hansen logged more than 1,000 hours in B-25s....
This Secret Warplane Graveyard Has A Great American Story Behind It (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | In 1947, Walter Soplata could already see the American WWII war bird going extinct. The scrapyard worker -- who'd been disqualified from military service due to a stutter -- saw thousands of warplane engines dismantled and scrapped after they were declared surplus. So instead of watching the end of awesome WWII planes, Soplata bought a big chunk of land in Ohio and began to collect....
National Air and Space Museum receives $30 million from Boeing · General Aviation News | Boeing is donating $30 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to support the museum’s educational activities and exhibitions, including an extensive renovation of its main hall, “Milestones of Flight.” It will be completed in time for the museum’s 40th anniversary in 2016, which is also the aerospace company’s 100th anniversary...
Thursday, June 5, 2014
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Video: Franklin Park pastor goes for ride of lifetime with Blue Angels - WTAE Pittsburgh | Before the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flew over Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon, they took a Franklin Park pastor for the ride of his life. As the Rev. Joe McCaffrey from Saints John and Paul Parish was strapped into the mighty F/A-18 Hornet jet at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, he offered a prayer of his own....
Blue Angels headlining Great Tennessee Air Show - The Daily News Journal | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to town for the Great Tennessee Air Show June 14-15. They’ll bring with them an expected crowd of 50,000 fans of the aeronautical acrobats. Historically, the airport has only put on the Great Tennessee Air Show when it could secure the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or the Blue Angels. While the air show has been the signature event in Smyrna for more than 40 years, isn’t always held annually. However, it was able to host the Thunderbirds in 2011 and the Blue Angels in 2012....
What is it like to fly an air show? * Mike Goulian Airshows | Watch this, hang on and get pumped for this weekend!
Snowbirds, CF-18 coming to Tillsonburg Regional Airport June 14-15 - Simcoe Reformer | Ontario South Coast Airshow (OSCA) organizers are finalizing last-minute details for a pair of air shows at the Tillsonburg Regional Airport. First, it's the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demo, presented by the Ontario South Coast Airshow on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15. A two-day event, gates open at 12 p.m. (noon) on both days, with shows at 3 p.m. "They were scheduled to be at another site in London that weekend and it canceled," said OSCA's Andre Brisson. "We were a replacement site. We had been planning for our August 23rd show and the Snowbirds came as a bonus."...
Air Show Attendance Hits 110000 - Military.com | About 110,000 people attended the Cherry Point Air Show from May 16 to 18, according to base officials. Cherry Point released the estimated attendance figures for the 2014 air show on May 27. Col. Chris Pappas III, commanding officer at Cherry Point, said he appreciated all civilians, military members and their families for helping with the air show. He also pointed out the support of emergency services personnel and police who helped with such things as traffic control....
B-29 Superfortress is Flying into Sacramento - KFBK | The world's only flying B-29 Superfortress is coming to Sacramento. The plane, nicknamed FIFI, will land at Mather Airport tomorrow afternoon and stay through Sunday along with a P-51 Mustang and a static display from the Commemorative Air Force. This is the plane's first visit to Sacramento....
Remote-control plane airshow entertains at Lake Miola - Miami County Republic | Forty remote-control airplane pilots, flying more than 50 planes, were part of the eighth annual Heart of America Float Fly at Lake Miola on Saturday and Sunday....
Historic Flight Foundation to commemorate D-Day June 6-7 - Edmonds Beacon | A rare flyover of World War 11 planes will kick off a commemorative weekend at Historic Flight Foundation in Mukilteo to honor D-Day veterans. Watch for a four-plane formation of vintage World War II P-51s as they fly over more than 30 cities in the Puget Sound region, including Mukilteo, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 6....
Learn about 'whirlybirds' during Family Day on June 21 by Sarah Swan National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 6/4/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- Celebrate the anniversary of the first flight of the world's first practical helicopter by learning about the aircraft that can go backwards, forwards, spin and even hover in place during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 21 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
Maths ace Carol reaching for the sky at RAF Cosford Air Show | ...Carol hopes to follow the 29,000 mile route taken by tragic heroine Amelia Earhart who went missing during her around the world attempt in 1937 after becoming the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was formally declared dead in 1939 but her body has never been found....
Air museum to hold Open Cockpit event on Father's Day - ReminderNews | The New England Air Museum has announced that it will hold its next Open Cockpit event on Sunday, June 15 - Father’s Day. Courtesy photo. The New England Air Museum has announced that it will hold its next Open Cockpit event on Sunday, June 15 - Father’s Day. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators....
Clay Lacy donates jets to LA school · General Aviation News | Veteran pilot and business aviation pioneer Clay Lacy will donate two iconic business jets, a non-flying Learjet 24 and Gulfstream GIISP, June 5 to an aircraft mechanics school at Van Nuys Airport, marking the largest single gift in the adult education program’s history....
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
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D-Day commemoration set at AirShow San Diego - San Diego Community Newspaper Group | Air Group One, the San Diego wing of the Commemorative Air Force, will present AirShow San Diego at Gillespie Field in El Cajon Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a collection of aircraft and performances commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy. The exhibition will be preceded by a youth education day on Friday, June 6....
Sean D. Tucker Interview – POF Chino 2014 * Photorecon.net
Air show, fly-in ready for Rusk County residents - The Henderson Daily News | The committee preparing final details for the Saturday air show and fly-in which will feature airplanes, classic cars, food vendors, a salute to veterans and other fun events, is ready to go, Rusk County Airport Manager Ron Franks said Friday. The gates will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and the air show and veteran salute are scheduled for a noon start. The event, featuring acrobatic maneuvers by planes and other things such as rides for people around Rusk County, will last until 3 p.m....
AIRSHOW NEWS: First headline aircraft announced for the Flying Legends Air Show · UK 
Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Flying Legends Air Show is famous the world over for its unique presentation of historic piston-engined aircraft in rare combinations and remarkable flying displays. The Fighter Collection is delighted to announce the first confirmed aircraft taking part in the Flying Legends Air Show 2014, to whet your appetite for the fantastic flying that awaits you on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July...
Air racer Mike Goulian flies clean — maybe too clean · General Aviation News | On one hand, American pilot Mike Goulian saw some encouraging progress at the third stop of the Red Bull Air Race in Malaysia — but not nearly the kind of progress he’s looking for. For three races in a row, the award-winning pilot has finished in 12th place. At the next stop, in Poland, expect an aggressive new strategy from the man from Massachusetts....
Memphis Bell B-17 in Broomfield this weekend - The Daily Camera | The Liberty Foundations 2014 Salute to Veterans tour will be at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Saturday and Sunday. On display will be the famous Boeing B-17 "Memphis Belle." This year is the 71st anniversary of the Memphis Belle's historic last mission, according to a news release from the Liberty Foundation...
B-17 Flies Into Forbes Field - WIBW | TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The work horse of World War II planes made its sentimental journey to the Capital City. A Boeing B-17 bomber, named "Sentimental Journey," touched down at Forbes Field. The World War II combat aircraft will be in Topeka through Friday offering guests rides and a history lesson on World War II aviation in the 40's...
Commemorative Air Force Announces B-24 Diamond Lil East Coast Tour - PR Web | Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) June 02, 2014 Diamond Lil, the oldest B-24 Liberator in the world, is headed east this June for a month long tour. The Consolidated B-24A Liberator operated by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will appear at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania for the first time in many years before moving on to Buffalo, New York then Hamilton, Ontario to attend the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s 2014 Hamilton Night Airshow. The aircraft will also make several tour stops in Ohio including an appearance at the Dayton Vectren Airshow....
World War II veteran remembers service in bombing squadron - Topeka Capital Journal | More than 70 years after the B-17 flew in combat, the bomber brings back a flood of memories for Max Baker — and makes a connection to the past for the children of some of his fellow airmen. The Commemorative Air Force, which preserves and flies World War II-era planes, will offer rides in a B-17 bomber this week. The planes leave Friday. Tickets are $850 for a seat in the nose and $425 for a ride in the rear of the plane, and are available by calling (602) 448-9415. People can take a walk-through tour for $5.
Bill Shepard, CAF Red Tail Squadron P-51C Mustang Pilot * Red Tail Squadron | Born in Kansas, raised in Canada, educated in Texas – CAF Red Tail Squadron pilot Bill Shepard has a passion for aviation that spurs his continued dedication to the squadron and to RISE ABOVE. He developed a love of flying at a young age and today shares with us the path that led him to proudly fly the P-51C Mustang for the CAF Red Tail Squadron...
Flying in the Air Race Classic -- A Transcontinental Air Race ... | When she was playing tackle football with the boys at age four and winning trophies in Pass, Punt, and Kick competitions as the only girl, I should have known our daughter, Alicia, was destined to grow up as a competitor in some unusual field. However, I didn't expect her to become a pilot. When she...
Local Pilot of Small Airplane Competes in Oldest Air Race - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) Pasco, WA (PRWEB) | Local pilot Marjy Leggett will serve as co-pilot to Betty Lee Longstaff as they soar across the country in a small aircraft competing in the 2014 Air Race Classic (ARC) this summer which begins June 16th in Concord, California and spans over 2,338 nautical miles....
Sycamore aviators take to the air in search of a win - Indiana State University | After a three year 
absence, a trio of aviators from Indiana State University is preparing to make its mark in an annual transcontinental race for female pilots. The Air Race Classic begins June 16 and will take the trio on a 2,692-mile race across the mid-section of the United States. It begins this year in Concord, Calif. and ends June 19 in New Cumberland, Pa. Indiana State is one of 50 teams involved in the race. Eleven colleges and universities have teams in the field....
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Two substitutes fill in for Indy air show - Indianapolis Star | With the Indianapolis Air Show 
grounded after a 16-year run, aviation enthusiasts have two airworthy substitutes to look up to over the next two weekends. An Indy fly-in this Saturday will feature hundreds of private pilots gathered at Indianapolis Regional Airport (formerly Mount Comfort Airport) in Hancock County. Free and open to the public, the fly-in is one of seven held around the country this year by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a Frederick, Md.-based trade group for pilots....
Bi-plane to be featured at air show in Rexburg - Rexburg Standard Journal | Danny Sorensen and Golden Age Air shows are coming to Rexburg. Sorenson and his bi-plane will be part of the Legacy Airshow scheduled for June 14 at the airport in Rexburg. The show is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is free to the public....
Blue Angels to return for Westmoreland County air show in June - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels once again will command the skies at the Westmoreland County Air Show at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. The performance team will be a welcome sight at the June 7-8 show, which had to be canceled last year after federal sequestration budget cuts grounded the Army’s Thunderbirds and other nonessential military flights....
Black Diamond Jet Team: Performs at Cherry Point, Fly-over at Indy 500
Air show attendance hits 110000 - Havelock News | About 110,000 people attended the Cherry Point Air Show from May 16 to 18, according to base officials. Cherry Point released the estimated attendance figures for the 2014 air show on Tuesday....
Air Race Pilot Mike Goulian Flies Clean in Malaysia - AVweb | PUTRAJAYA (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)- The race in Putrajaya marked a trifecta for American pilot Mike Goulian - an intensely frustrating one. After having to scratch the first event in Abu Dhabi due to engine trouble, and grazing a pylon in Rovinj, he was looking to change his luck at the first Red Bull Air Race ever in east Asia. But much like fellow American Kirby Chambliss (who finished ninth) Goulian flew well despite sweltering heat on May 18, only to log a lackluster time. Goulian ended up in twelfth place, and both Americans are now looking to improve their aircraft performance before the season's next stop in July....
Strategic Air and Space Museum hosts its annual Helicopter Day this Saturday * omaha.com | Trains, planes and automobiles are fun -- but helicopters are awesome. The Strategic Air and Space Museum will host its annual "Helicopter Day" on Saturday. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a group helicopter landing at the museum, located about 20 minutes west of Omaha in Ashland, Neb., off of I-80. You'll have the chance to visit with pilots and sit inside a chopper as they give tours of their machines throughout the day....
Amphibious planes fly in to Frogs Hollow * Bega District News | Member of Frogs Hollow Aero Club and owner of Ocean Lake Caravan Park at Wallaga Lake Ted Munckton said what made it particularly special was there are only around 30 of these planes in Australia. The pilots are friends of Mr Munckton, who invited ...
Preparations in order for air show, rally - Hollister Free Lance | While one summer event in Hollister is cruising along in its fifth year, another one is facing a crucial point in its evolution with its sequel over Independence Day weekend....
7th Annual Fly In takes wing over Asheboro - Asheboro Courier Tribune | ASHEBORO — Get ready 
for an aviation invasion, Asheboro! It’s time for the N.C. Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame’s 7th Annual Fly-in at the Asheboro Regional Airport. The fly-in will take place on Saturday, June 7, and is one of the largest of its kind in the Triad area. Aircraft of many different types and eras will be on display. Many will participate in flyovers....
EAA Warbirds in Review Program Announced for AirVenture 2014 * Warbirds News | Oshkosh AirVenture is fast approaching (July 28th – August 3rd), and the EAA has made some announcements concerning their Warbirds In Review program. Each day of the show, from Monday through Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm, will feature a new lecture in Warbird Alley. EAA Warbirds of America sponsors the events and as their press release continues…. “these informal sessions not only delve into an aircraft’s restoration, operation, and other aspects of owning a valued piece of history, but also spotlight veterans sharing stories about what it was like to fly the aircraft in combat or support the operation as a ground crew member....
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame inducts Clive Beddoe - Wall Street Journal | CALGARY, May 29, 2014 /CNW/ - WestJet today celebrates Clive Beddoe, WestJet Chairman of the Board of Directors, as he is inducted to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. "Clive Beddoe, as one of the founders of WestJet Airlines, has become an icon of the Western Canadian can-do spirit," said Gregg Saretsky, President and CEO, WestJet....
Only airborne B-29 bomber showcased at Salinas airport * Monterey Herald News | SALINAS >> Its name is "FiFi," and it's the last airborne survivor of the most-heroic families of World War II — a B-29 Flying Superfortress, the legendary warbird that rained thousands of bombs on the Pacific Theater. Her famous relative, the "Enola Gay," was the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima....
WWII plane in the sky over Garden City - KSN-TV | GARDEN CITY, KS– A WWII Bomber is in Garden City as part of a commemorative tour. “It’s more or less a museum, a living flying museum,” said Flight Engineer Jim Ritchie. “You can get inside of it, you can smell it, touch it, you can hear it run.” It only took a twenty minute flight for the 1944 B-17 Bomber to grab the attention of people below....
WWII veteran returns to the skies in B-17 - WTHR | A World War II veteran took a very special flight over Indianapolis Thursday. Doug Morrison served as a navigator in a B-17 bomber during the war. "Hitler was being too successful, so we had to do all we could to to put a stop to them and we did," Morrison said. The 92-year-old West Lafayette resident flew four and a half missions before being shot down over Europe....
WWII pilot reunites with B-25 bomberEVERETT, Wash. -- A 93-year-old World War II veteran was surprised with a wish come true. Dexter Baker told team members at the Aegis Living Center in Redmond that he would really like to fly in a World War II bomber one more time. They secretly contacted the Historic Flight Foundation in Everett and set it up....
Historic WWII aircraft collapses, in need of repairs - 9NEWS.com DENVER - A functioning torpedo bomber, which The Rocky Mountain Wing of the Commemorative Air Force volunteers say is the largest, single-engine airplane used in WWII, was grounded recently after the plane's landing gear collapsed during a show....
From Marine to Corsair pilot: Chris Avery wows crowd - Marines.mil By Lance Cpl. Victor A. Arriaga | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | When Chris Avery was only 12 years old his passion for aviation landed him in the cockpit of a plane. Taking lessons in his father’s Aeronca Chief, Avery was ready to fly from the start. “My dad was a pilot, so I was around airplanes for a long time. It definitely interested me and encouraged me to pursue the same thing,” said Avery, a commemorative air force Corsair pilot from Vero Beach, Fla. “I started flying when I was 12 and have been doing it for more than 30 years.” ...
Legendary WWII warbirds - KVUE | HONDO, Texas -- History buffs and plane enthusiasts had an opportunity Saturday to see and explore famous World War II aircrafts. The restored warbirds took to the skies for a display with full-blown explosions and re-enactments....
Happy Birthday To The Vought F4U Corsair * Warbirds News | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC |Seventy-four years ago today, the Vought F4U Corsair took flight for the first time. A single-seat carrier-operable fighter-bomber, the F4U is generally regarded as the...
Take flight at the Warhawk Air Museum * Idaho Press-Tribune | The Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa is a place where students of all ages can learn about the American experience of the 1930s through the Cold War Era during times of war, conflict and change. Residents can learn about the personal experiences of those ...
Museum's F-111 exhibit selected for Air Force Heritage Award * National Museum of the US Air Force | DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was recently selected by the U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program as the recipient of the 2014 Air Force Heritage Award for an exhibit titled "Whispering Death: The F-111A in Southeast Asia."...
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