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Red Bull Air Race's Surprise New Destination May Be Most Scenic of All - Jaunted | With less than a month until the first Red Bull Air Race, the "world's fastest motorsport" is already going above and beyond by adding new dates and a new destination to the race calendar for 2014. Rovinj, Croatia will join Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur ..

S. Korean aerobatic team to attend Singapore Airshow - GlobalPost | 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military aerobatic team will attend Asia's largest air show in Singapore next week with a squadron of eight T-50B trainer jets, the Air Force said Monday. The Black Eagles aerobatic team departed Jeju International Airport ...

Hummingbird and Hornet set to thrill crowds at Waddington - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Spanish Air Force helicopter display team will fly their first ever UK display at the RAF Waddington International Air Show this year.

Air acrobatics this weekend - Cootamundra Herald | “We do the same kind of tricks as the planes in the Red Bull air races but just on a smaller scale,” he said. “It is also a different format because they are competing in a race while our judging criteria is solely based on how well the manouvres are ...

Bush pilots' flying skills delight crowd - Marlborough Express | Healthy Bastards bush pilot championships at Omaka Air field, Marlborough. Chief flying instructor at Marlborough Aero club Travers Tennant directs take offs and landings. In the background Bruce Gibson from Blenheim in a Piper PA180-160. Jock...

Join us on our FIRST ever west coast tour! - CAF Red Tail Squadron | From the icy cold of Minnesota, winter home of our exhibit and hangar of the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s “Tuskegee Airmen” P-51C Mustang, comes an exciting announcement. We’re headed out to spread our inspirational message in sunny southern California! With the generous donations collected by...

Elgin celebrates black vets, Tuskegee Airmen - Elgin Courier News | Rapier said the Chicago chapter now works with the Experimental Aircraft Association's “Young Eagles” project to help kids literally to expand their horizons by offering anybody age 8 to 17 a free flight in an airplane. The planes used are two Piper ...

Pioneers & Aviators – Avolon * Fly Me Friendly | Some time ago I helped a friend of mine based in Ireland who performs research & production tasks for documentaries. The project team she was part of were putting together a new movie about Irish aviation and its heritage. It turns out that the movie was commissioned by Avolon (an aircraft leasing company) and is called Pioneers & Aviators. The movie covers the history of aviation in Ireland ranging from ...

Roger Peterson’s Last Flight… 55 Years Ago - Photorecon.net | Every pilot has a last flight. Some will know this is THE last flight before takeoff and others simply will not. Roger Peterson’s last flight was on February 3, 1959 and when he took off, he had no idea this was going to be his last flight. There was also one question that few people have ever asked; what happened...

When Handed Snow, Make Snow-Creme · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | ...Myself, I've always liked snow.  Give me a winter with the ground covered in white and I can handle it. Most people though seem to feel otherwise.  But why fight it?  Why not make the most of it?  February 8th, 2014 will be your chance. On that date, the skiplane fly-in at Pioneer Airport is set to go.  43 planes are already registered so it could be lots-o-fun.  I've also noticed there's no shortage of photos online of planes with skiis fitted?  Therefore it seems many of you have at least dipped your toes; why not jump in?  If you think you might, keep reading....

Control Tower Nantes-Atlantique - Translated | In 1928, near the Château de Grump was created airfield essentially military use, on a plot of 50 hectares along the road from Nantes to Paimbœuf. Plant facilities Breguet was greeted at Brossais in 1934-1935 with a connection to the airfield. In 1939, the grass strip is replaced by a...

Sentimental Journey: Jimmy Stewart and the DC-3 - The Lexicans | I know I didn’t need to add anything else...

Video shows Angry Afghan Villagers stoning wreck of U.S. Predator Drone - The Aviationist | An American UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) crashes in Afghanistan. Local people stone it. The following footage made its first appearance on Facebook a couple of days ago. It allegedly shows what seems to be a group of Afghans stoning the wreck of a (most probably American) MQ-1 Predator drone, while other people cheer and laugh...

Day 12 - January 25, 2014 - TeenFlight! | Some wing parts were finally in use today. | Team Green got a headstart on the wing kit this session, and spent the day working on the wing spars. This included preparing the attach angles, doublers, and tie-downs; then attaching all those parts. The students got to practice tapping the tie-downs in order to fit an eye screw. The spars will serve as the main framework for the wings, providing the most support for the forces and weight loads placed on them...

Must See GoPro Video: Re-Experience Felix Baumgartner's Jump From The Edge Of Space (Red Bull Stratos) - AirPigz | This GoPro video was just released on Friday and it's already well past 3 million views... and it's easy to understand why once you've seen it. It's an all-new view of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos jump from nearly 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, and for me it was every bit as intense seeing it from these seven GoPro cameras as it was seeing it live on October 14, 2012....

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera - The Aviationist | 11 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while entering higher atmosphere. Attack chopper camera filmed it.

Virgin Galactic’s Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight Takes Space Seriously! - WarBirdBabe | On January 10, 2014, the WhiteKnightTwo, Virgin Galactic’s beautiful “Carrier Aircraft ” deployed SpaceShipTwo, a reusable space vehicle, where at an altitude of 46,000 feet, its rocket engine fired for only 20 seconds and propelled her to the intended altitude of 71,000 feet – ¼ the distance to outer space. This is a staggering altitude which only the SR-71 surpassed at an “unclassified” altitude of 86,000 feet....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Catch 'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot at AirFair opening ceremonies - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III is best known for saving the lives of 155 crew and passengers as Captain during the “Miracle on the Hudson.”  He believes passionately in giving back to communities and supporting youth organizations. On Saturday, July 6 at the 2013 Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival, Sullenberger will address the crowd during the Opening Ceremony at 11 a.m. As the...

Field of Flight Air Show: The Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival event will run from July 3 through July 7 at W.K. Kellogg Airport for the Battle Creek festival. No military aircrafts will be on site, but the event will feature the first Michigan Mile, magic shows, musical guests including Matt Giraud, the Great Lakes Timber Show and the Funland Amusement Park and carnival.

Macomb Fly-in/Drive-in Brings Out 2000 People - WGEM MACOMB, Ill. (WGEM) - Why eat breakfast at home, when today you could eat breakfast with some pilots. Macomb Airport held a Fly-in/Drive-in breakfast as a part of Macomb Heritage Days today. Roughly 2,000 people came out to support the event. Free rides in the planes were given out including rides in a B-25 bomber. Board Chairman Bill Butcher said this helps people know Macomb does have an airport...

Clare fly-in breakfast draws hundreds - The Morning Sun | People from all over Michigan and the country came to the Clare Municipal Airport Fly-In Breakfast on Sunday to help support the airport’s courtesy car. The car is used by people who fly-in and would like to visit the surrounding area, but have no mode of transportation besides their plane...

Air fair flys high - Kenai Peninsula Online | The organizing committee for the 13th Annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair would like to thank all those who participated and made our event extraordinary! ...Great weather all around the peninsula contributed to another successful Kenai Peninsula Air Fair and Poker Run. Thirty-seven pilots, family, and friends participated in the poker run enjoying a delicious breakfast cooked by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 975 in the MARC hangar at the Soldotna Airport....

World's Only Flying B - 29 Superfortress Coming to Nashville - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | ...The B-29 will be accompanied by the P-51 Mustang Gunfighter and other historic military airplanes including a C-45 Expeditor and PT-13 Stearman. The aircraft will be on display at the airport through July 7 for cockpit tours and rides...

A Celebration of Life for Jane Wicker - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - A Celebration of Life for Jane Wicker is scheduled at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 9 at the Flying Circus Aerodrome in Bealeton, Virginia. Wicker and her pilot, Charlie Schwenker, were killed in an accident at the Vectren Dayton Air Show June 22. For those wishing to fly in for the celebration, you should flight plan for Warrenton Fauquier County Airport (KHWY) located a few miles from the Aerodrome....

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Edition 2014 Ford Mustang GT - Ford Motor Company | The engineering and design teams at Ford Motor Company have produced a unique U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Edition 2014 Ford Mustang GT. This car will be donated by Ford to be sold at the Gathering of Eagles charity event on Thursday, Aug. 1 during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 - the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.

EAA Airventure Preparations Underway - WGBA-TV | OSHKOSH -- As one big event wraps up in Oshkosh, another is getting ready to take flight. EAA Airventure is less than a month away and organizers are already working hard to make sure everything is in order for opening day. "Well there's a million little details that all have to be taken care of. There are hundreds of tents that go up on the site. There are volunteers that continue to come in. The campground opened last Friday so we're having some campers already move in," says EAA Spokesman Dick Knapinski...

GA Awards Presentation Details Announced - Alabama Aviator | Oshkosh WI - The General Aviation Awards Program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced that the General Aviation Awards presentations will be held at the AirVenture FAA Safety Center beginning at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2013. This is the first time this indoor venue will be used for the presentations....

Flying car to hit the skies at Wisconsin airshow - Paxton Record | OSH KOSH, Wis. — The Terrafugia Transition — a prototype of a flying car created by Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School graduate Sam Schweighart — will make its first airshow appearance at the Expiremental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture event at Wittman Regional Airport in Osh Kosh, Wis., from July 29 to Aug. 4...

Why Oshkosh Matters (With CoolPix Marathon - 19 Hi-Res Images) · AirPigz | Oshkosh 2013 is fast approaching (July 29 - Aug 4), and I'm as excited as ever to be planning to attend. I was there in 1970 (as a 9 year old) when the very first Oshkosh took place at Wittman Field in beautiful Wisconsin. The annual EAA fly-in and convention was held in Rockford Illinois prior to Oshkosh and I was even at the last one of those in 1969. I've missed a handful of the events over the years, but I've attended well over 30 of them since that picture above of Ray Hegy's El Chuparosa was taken....

Red Arrows will grace the skies at Waddington Air Show - The Lincolnite | The RAF Waddington International Air Show 2013 begins this weekend and it wouldn’t be the same without the Red Arrows display. The nine-strong, striking red aerobatic team will be flying over Lincoln and Waddington skies at 2pm on July 6 and 7, celebrating two landmarks. Not only will it be their 4,500th display, but it will also be their 49th season since their conception in 1965....

Thrilling line-up announced for Flying Legends ...  - airshows.org | Over 50 aircraft are booked to appear at the Flying Legends Air Show, on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July, in a spectacular aerial celebration of historic aviation.

Embry-Riddle Female Pilots Prove Best at Women's Air Race Classic - PR Web (press release)  | For the second year in a row, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University pilots from its Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., campuses have earned top spots in one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious all-female, four-day transcontinental flight competitions....

Emotional visit to Swansea airshow for RAF fighter pilot's Second World War girl - This is South Wales | WHEN the Second World War Battle of Britain Memorial Flight appears in skies above Swansea, as part of this month's Wales National Airshow 2013, you can forgive one onlooker if she becomes a touch emotional. When Gowerton-born pilot Oscar Griffith, known as Griff, climbed into the cockpit of his Lancaster Bomber, on Christmas Eve 1944, the thoughts and prayers of his fiance, May Ledson, went with him - sadly they were not enough to prevent the brave RAF flier's aircraft becoming shot down over the German city of Cologne, resulting in the death of all on board...

Video: World War II Veterans Take Ride On B-17 Bomber - KPLR St. Louis | CAHOKIA, IL (KTVI)– They called it the ‘flying fortress,’ but most people know it as the B-17 bomber. And one of the few still able to fly is in St. Louis to serve as the lead plane in the Fair St. Louis air show on July 4. The plane is not a replica; it is a fully restored, fully functional B-17, named the ‘Aluminum Overcast.’...

Alaska's first air show proved popular, but sponsors lost a bundle - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | On July 3, 1913, James V. Martin took off from what is now the Weeks Field area near the Noel Wien Library and ascended a few hundred feet on the first airplane flight in Alaska. He flew for about 9 minutes, landed and took off again for a 7-minute flight. He made a total of four more flights on July 4 and July 5, all of them fairly short...

William Guy Arnot Jr - Breckenridge American | William Guy Arnot Jr. passed away on Feb. 16, 2013, at the age of 90 in Fort Worth... Bill is most remembered in Breckenridge for his love for aviation, and his cherished vintage plane, a WWII B-25 bomber, named the Silver Lady. He flew in airshows all over country, as well as participating in the Reno Air Races. Along with Howard Pardue, Jimmie McMillan and Nelson Ezell, Bill hosted the Breckenridge Air Show for many years...

Warbirds recall WWII heroics - Cody Enterprise | As it descended from a clear sky and touched down at Yellowstone Regional Airport on Friday, a restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress took viewers back seven decades....

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Disassembly and Move to Fantasy of Flight - Part 1 - Kermit Weeks Videos | Kermit Weeks and crew travel back to Brazoria County Airport in Houston Texas to disassemble his Howard Hughes, Sikorsky S-43 and prepare it for its move back to Fantasy of Flight in Central Florida. Part 1 of a 2 part video, shows the five days disassembly and prep...

New WWII planes arriving at the Air Museum - Headlight Herald | The Tillamook Air Museum, in cooperation with owner and operator Jack Erickson, announced the acquisition of a WWII B-17G Bomber “Chuckie” and a German Focke-Wulf 190 to its growing collection of historic flying airplanes. The B-17 made its journey from the East Coast to Tillamook this week. The FW 190 will soon follow....

Va. Beach aviation museum owner: We're fine for now - hamptonroads.com | A gleaming silver and banana-yellow B-17, a vintage bomber from World War II, rolled past the window behind David Hunt. It's up for sale. Seated at his desk inside the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Hunt, the museum's director, reiterated Saturday that the business is fine - for now. Although the museum won't close soon, some of the facility's planes, worth anywhere between $20,000 to $7 million each, may have to go to keep the operation aloft....

Skyraiders at VMHM - Travel for Aircraft | The Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Na) in Hanoi Vietnam has two Douglas Skyraiders on exhibit in their courtyard — a single seat A-1H attack aircraft (famed for flying as Sandys in search and rescue missions) as well as the multi seat A-1E (AD5) attack aircraft — though I suspect it may be an EA-1 (AD5W) carrier early warning aircraft in which case it may have up to six seats...

Hero helicopter pilot Michael Campbell's first thought crashing into the ... - New York Daily News | Hero helicopter pilot Michael Campbell said Monday he heard “a huge noise” moments before he was forced to make a splash-landing in the Hudson River. “I initially thought a bird or other aircraft hit us from behind,” Campbell told The Daily News. “I thought, ‘Is this really happening?’ It was one of those days.” Campbell, who spoke a day after he saved four passengers — and his own skin — by successfully landing his stricken chopper in the drink, said everybody on board knew they were in trouble...

Is this the lightweight fighter of the future? - The DEW Line | In the latest issue of the US Air Force's Air and Space Power Journal, Col Michael Pietrucha, a veteran Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, argues for a new generation of lightweight fighters. But there is a catch...

Young pilot completes solo flight around the world · General Aviation News Staff  | FRESNO, Calif. — On June 29, Jack Wiegand completed his mission to break the current Guinness World Records title and became the youngest person to fly solo around the world. The Fresno, Calif. native, 21 years 7 days, broke the current record held by James Anthony Tan of Malaysia who was 21 years 344 days when he took the title in May 2013....

First Flight and Flight Testing! - Teen Flight | N212TF made its first brief flight on the morning of June 6, 2013 at the Portland Hillsboro Airport with Mr. Dick VanGrunsven at the controls...

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Record Crowds at Air Show - Pro8news | Well each year, this month long WBCA celebration brings a boost to our local economy.  And today event planners are reporting a record breaking crowd at this mornings Stars and Stripes Airshow....

SRIA looking into options for Blue Angels show in case of cuts - WEAR | Authorities are looking at ways to save this summer's Blue Angels air show on Pensacola Beach, if it ends up being canceled due to budget cuts. The Navy recently put out a plan saying many of the Blues' 2013 shows would be called off if deep budget cuts start on March 1....

Airshow Industry Hit By Sequestration Fears from Aero-News Network | Event Cancellations Mount, More Expected ANN is in the process of cataloguing a number of aviation events, airshows, and open houses, that are already shutting down or getting canceled due to the expected budget cuts and concerns raised by the pending Sequestration deadline imposed by the inaction of our governing body to... well... govern. So far...

Avalon airshow poised to take region by stealth - Geelong Advertiser | WING walkers, astonishing aerobatic displays and a top-class US fighter jet will take to the skies for Avalon International Airshow next month. Airshow executive manager of media and communications Laureen Deale said organisers were hoping to attract ...

Yankee Air holds line on cost of B-17 flight experience - Hometownlife.com | Established in 1981, the Yankee Air Museum is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Visit the www.yankeeairmuseum.org website to learn more about us and how the USAF Thunderbirds demonstration team will Thunder Over Michigan June 15-16. Tweet ...

Blades help support 500-mile wheelchair challenge - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Sywell's Blades aerobatic team has helped support a former RAF serviceman's epic 500-mile wheelchair challenge. The Blades are supporting Push 500, a challenge former RAF Regiment Gunner Sean Allerton has set himself. He aims to roll 500 miles in a ...

Help a trio of women pilots participate in the Air Classic Race! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Just discovered this GoFund site for 3 women pilots from Middle State Tennessee University who want to participate in the Air Classic Race (the successor to the Powder Puff Derby which took up where the PPD left off in 1977....

WWII airman later served 28 years as - Toledo Blade | Edward Carl Martensen, a World War II airman who flew 70 missions as a gunner aboard a B-25 bomber over targets in Europe and later served 28 years with the Toledo Fire Department, died Friday at Flower Hospital. Mr. Martensen, 90, died from renal...

Earhart mystery takes 3 to Saipan - Saipan Tribune | Could a journey back to Saipan lead a group of experts to finally lay to rest the 76-year mystery of the disappearance of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart? That is what U.S.-based film director, producer, screenwriter, and freelance journalist Richard...

Funding Pulled For Spitfire Dig from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The English farmer who claims there are more than 100 Spitfires buried in Burma vows to continue his search for the aircraft even though his financial backer has pulled out. David Cundall says the reason the six-week effort to find some of the Second World War aircraft has failed is that the government won't allow him to dig in the right place. He said it now seems the aircraft, which eyewitnesses have told him were packed in grease paper and...

Work is underway on the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, the first aircraft planned for... from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall | Work is underway on the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, the first aircraft planned for restoration in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar...

Scaled Modelling Video from Wasabi Air Racing

Women in Aviation German chapter mounts international photo exhibition from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Women in Aviation International German Chapter, based in Frankfurt, has mounted its largest and most ambitious project to date: A worldwide traveling photo exhibition titled Women in Aviation.  The traveling exhibition, organized in cooperation with Women in Aviation, International, will be staged at airports throughout the world in the coming months....

Third Annual Women Of Aviation Week Kicks Off March 4th from Aero-News Network | The American Aviation Community Gets Ready To Celebrate The 3rd Annual Event The Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide announces the 3rd annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, March 4-10, 2013. Held annually during the week of March 8, anniversary date of the first female pilot certificate worldwide, the week aims to foster diversity in aviation by celebrating history, raising awareness, and sparking vocations as thousands of girls and women are introduced to aviation through industry-wide collaboration....

American Hot Air Balloonists Rank 1-2 In The World from Aero-News Network | USA Home To Three Of Top 10, Five Of Top 20 Ranked Pilots Worldwide Two time World Champion Johnny Petrehn of Leawood, KS is again the top ranked hot air balloon pilot in the world according to the "Hot Air Balloon World Ranking List" recently released by the Ballooning Commission of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale....

CA Skydiver Survives/Videos Chute Problem from Aero-News Network | Fall And Impact Caught On Helmet-Mounted GoPro Camera Authorities said he was "lucky to be alive," and Geraldo Flores spent two weeks unconscious in a hospital with broken ribs and a lacerated tongue, but the California skydiver survived a failure of his parachute after exiting an airplane at 13,000 feet, and his fall and impact were captured on his helmet-mounted GoPro camera....

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Scholarship fuels Alaska teen’s dreams of flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Less than a month shy of his 18th birthday, Alexander Agosti is a little closer to his dream of becoming a professional pilot thanks to Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Alaska petroleum distribution group, which sponsored the Alaska Air Carriers Association (AACA) 2013 Forrest Jones Memorial Scholarship. Agosti earned the scholarship for his outstanding academic record and passion for aviation....

Day 56 - February 16, 2013 from TeenFlight! | We had a great day of work at the hangar, as we progressed closer to completing the TeenFlight 2 RV-12. There seemed to be an abundance of space in the hangar with the TeenFlight 1 RV-12 gone, so we...

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Sky's the limit at Air Show - 3News NZ | Kiwi stuntman Chuck Berry was back at the New Zealand International Air Show today after a bit of a rough landing yesterday. Despite his dare devil jumps, he insists safety is paramount. Not content with a regular parachute, Berry has developed a stunt ...

Auckland Anniversary Day gift to the people of Auckland - Scoop.co.nz | ... including the world-renowned Yves “Jetman” Rossy, daredevil duo Rex and Melissa Pemberton, the skydive superstar Squirrel Wingsuit Team, Kiwi stuntman Chuck Berry, as well as high-octane air racing and an appearance from the RNZAF Red Checkers ...

Jetman thrills at International Airshow - MSN NZ News | The New Zealand International Air Show has been thrilling Kiwis showcasing world class flight displays at North Shore Airfield this Anniversary Weekend. The famous "Jetman” Yves Rossy, making his first visit to New Zealand, was the star attraction...

2013 Ilopango Air Show kicks off in El Salvador - Global Times | US pilot Bill Leaf performs during the "2013 Ilopango Air Show", at the Ilopango air base in the city of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on Jan. 26, 2013. The show was held to raise funds for the National Children's Hospital Benjamin Bloom ...

Travolta hosts Living Legends of Aviation ceremony - Ocala | Ford presented the Harrison Ford Aviation Legacy Award to Greg Anderson, founder of the Young Eagles program and CEO of Wings Over the Rockies. James Albaugh was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation and received the Lifetime Aviation...

AirPigz NASM MeetUp Day 2! (Downtown Washington DC - 5 Pix) from AirPigz by Martt | Day two of the AirPigz National Air and Space Museum MeetUp was absolutely fabulous! We car-pooled to a METRO train station and then rode into downtown DC to experience the incredible collection of historic aircraft. Everyone had a great time... from the youngest at 9 years of age to the oldest at 78. It was a perfect day of great airplanes and great people!...

Air Zoo to offer Open Cockpits in February from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — ‘Look but don’t touch’ is usually the mantra of museums, but not at the Air Zoo. During the whole month of February, visitors will be able to experience aircraft from a different point of view—the cockpit....

When ya gotta go... from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | ...From take-off to landing, at times for as long as ten hours, the tail gunner was constantly rotating the turret, scanning the surrounding blackness, quarter by quarter, for the grey shadow that could instantly become an attacking enemy night fighter. The rear gunner stowed his parachute in the fuselage behind his turret. Any...

Midwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show Features Experts, Exhibitors from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Midwest Aviation Conference &Trade Show (MACTS) opened today at the Maryland Heights Centre in St. Louis County. The Super Safety Seminar, held concurrently with the Flight Instructor Revalidation Clinic, featured the FAA's Al Gorthy, aviation safety expert Cathe Fish, pilot/Missouri Congressman Sam Graves and Sara Newton from the FAA Medical Division. During breaks between presentations, many of the the several hundred attendees visited...

[Video] Nellis Air Force Base’s Red Flag: B-1 Lancers’ night departure from David Cenciotti's weblog | Currently deployed at Nellis Air Force Base to take part in Red Flag 13-2 are five B-1B Lancer bombers, belonging to the 28th Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Wing, from Dyess AFB, Texas.

Day 53 - January 26, 2012 from TeenFlight! by TeenFlight Crew | After six hours of work on the landing gear service bulletin for the TeenFlight 1 airplane, we got the gear back on and all the bolts torqued down.

Burt Rutan: The Race for Space from Spaceports | Aerospace entrepreneur, Virgin Galactic spacecraft designer, and founder of aerospace research firm Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan is a bold visionary with a passion for the advancement of technology....

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Great New England Air Show wraps up - WWLP 22News | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - The last plane has landed and the show is over at Westover Air Reserve Base, but what a fun and successful weekend it was attracting more than 200000 visitors during this weekend. The fifth heat wave of the summer still ...

Thunder Over Michigan Airshow draws thousands - The Detroit News | Ypsilanti — Flying low over the crowd, the powerful Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a plane that struck fear in the heart of enemies in World War II, received applause as it turned barrel rolls and rumbled through the clouds. Thousands of people turned out ...

Chicago Air and Water Show 2012: Insiders Guide to Best Views and Information. - ChicagoNow | Planes take off and land at the Gary International Airport in Gary, Indiana...where you will not see the air show but will still be able to view the planes flying in formation. GETTING THERE. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. As always for Chicago's big events ...

Air show to honor veterans and wow the crowd - The West Milford Messenger | The aircraft, most notably a vintage B-25 Mitchell medium bomber named "Miss Hap," will be on display for both days of the air show. This aircraft was once owned by Howard Hughes and was the personal transport of General "Hap" Arnold. Also on hand will ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Red Arrows and Vulcan confirmed for Duxford Airshow from Flightline UK |We’ve confirmed a stunning line-up for The Duxford Air Show on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September. New for Saturday 8 September only is Avro Vulcan XH558, which previously flew at IWM Duxford in September 2008. Vulcan XH558 performs a majestic flying display in the 60th anniversary year of the Vulcan’s maiden flight and the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, in which the Vulcan played a vital role. XH558 was the first Vulcan B Mark 2 to be delivered to the RAF and the last Vulcan to leave RAF service after a sterling 33 years. It is now the oldest complete Vulcan in the world...

Cooler Temperatures for Black Team from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | Last weekend, the Black Demonstration Team traveled all the way to Anchorage, Alaska for the 2012 Arctic Thunder Airshow. On rare occassions the Golden Knights travel via commercial aircraft. That was the case for this weekend’s demonstration, giving the demonstrators a different perspective about traveling. First, we had to limit the amount of equipment we took with us, due to weight and baggage limitations on commercial airlines. Each jumper was assigned a specific portion of equipment inventory, as their personal resonsibility during...

Return from Rogers City (as an Airshow Pilot!) from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | Long story short, I took things to a new level this weekend. On Friday, I climbed into a TG-7A motorglider, flew to Rogers City, Michigan (KPZQ) in a two-ship formation, flew in my very first airshow as a performer, and came back in a three-ship formation. I first started covering airshows from the fence along the crowd line seven years ago. Over time, I’ve...

A Few Pictures from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team | TeamWe hope you'll enjoy these pictures taken this year at EAA AirVenture Oshosh 2012! It was a great event for the DAV Flight Team. Please look for more pictures in the coming days that include photos from the Salute to Veterans Parade, the Phil Vassar Concert and the "First and Last Flight" which included the B-25 "Panchito" and the B-29, "FiFI".

CAF Red Tail Squadron – Event Update EAA AirVenture 2012 – July 23-29, 2012 - CAF Red Tail Squadron | AirVenture Oshkosh is known as an international gathering place for aviation enthusiasts and one of the most influential aviation events in the world. Each year an estimated 10,000 aircraft fly in and over 500,000 people attend the event.  Though the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s Mustang has been at the prestigious event for many years, the RISE ABOVE...

TeenFlight Airventure recap - TeenFlight |EAA OshKosh Airventure 2012 was an experience of a lifetime for a few lucky TeenFlight students. Here are a few of the highlights of the trip: TeenFlight Airventure 2012 in pictures...

Last Enola Gay member remembers the bomb - CNN | "Dutch" Van Kirk, the last surviving crew member of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima reminisces.

Mass ascent starts Bristol International Balloon Fiesta - BBC News | ... their wings. Balloons over the dockland development with ss Great Britain in the foreground On Sunday, there will be another aerobatic display, this one featuring four-plane stunt team The Blades, all of whom are former RAF fast-jet and Red Arrows ...

Ithaca's Tommy plane earned reputation in World War I - Ithaca Journal | The Army realized that the little plane could meet an urgent new need for an aerobatic advanced trainer that no other company could provide. They asked for a modified ... Jim Rundle is a board member of the Ithaca Aviation Heritage Foundation. For more ...

Shuttleworth collection UK 5-8-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | After visiting Duxford in the morning, around lunch, I arrived at Old Warden in sunshine, instead of the rain, I left back at Duxford. Now the weather on 5-8-2012 was going to be hit and miss. At around 4pm in the afternoon, the show was cancelled, due to incoming rain, at the point of the show, where the 'fabric' aeroplanes were taken out of the hangar, but due to concerns, to be returned minutes later.It was a shame, but the day went well up to that point. And not before seeing some wonderful flying from many 'skilled' pilots. I saw friends there in the form of...

Aviationphotography.be Update from Apron 6 | I just updated aviationphotography.be with the Mig 29 A2A album.

Barron receives award for plane restoration - Hannibal.net | Dillon Barron, the 17-year-old son of Hannibal Regional Airport manager Mike Barron, recently received the Reserve Grand Champion Trophy for his restoration of a 1954 Cessna 170-B duirng the EAA Airventure show in Oshkosh, Wis. To view a sequence of ...

Preparations for space shuttle Endeavour's trip to California near end - Florida Today | NASA has already delivered Discovery to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., and Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Atlantis could be moved to the KSC Visitor Complex ...

Red Bull Stratos: Testing The Skies from Aerial Sports Feed | Red Bull Stratos is far from being a project for an inflated ego with a death wish attached. Everyday that goes by in Roswell, New Mexico, new things are being learned about manoeuvering at a height...

Curiosity's Descent Snapped By Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera from Spaceports | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured imagery of the rover as it deployed its parachute. The Mars Science Laboratory safely touched down on the Martian surface on August 6th, 2012 EDT.

NASA Curiosity Rover Successfully Lands on Mars from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | NASA's most advanced, 1-ton rover, Curiosity, touched down on Mars on Sunday at 10:32 p.m. PDT, concluding a 36-week flight and kicking off a two-year investigation of the planet's conditions for microbial life.