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SAND STORM COULD LEAD TO MORE CANCELLED AIRSHOW PERFORMANCES - Dubai 92 | Much anticipated performances at this year’s Dubai Airshow could be cancelled if bad weather persists. On day one of the event, the flying display programme had to be cut short after a sand storm hit the emirate. Visitors were not able to see one of the stars of the show, the Red Arrows, dominate the skies due to poor visibility and strong winds...
OC Air Show locked in for June - The News Journal | The OC Air Show has locked into a performance date of June 14-15, 2014, event officials announced. Air Show producer Bryan Lilley said he anticipates a groundswell of support for military aircraft performers going into 2014, after six months of no military aircraft performances at all, the result of what came to be known as sequestration at the federal level...
Dates confirmed for the 25th RAFA Shoreham Airshow - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | August 30th and 31st will be the days that the organisers will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Airshow which to date has raised almost 1.9 million pounds for RAFA funds. From humble beginnings, the show has now become one of the ‘highlights’ of the aviation flying display calendar. The organising team are all volunteers, and it is one of the pilot’s favourite Airshow venues!..
Video: Doolittle Raiders Final Toast - DoD Live | ...On the 9th of November, the remaining Doolittle 
Raiders came together at the National Museum of the Air Force to partake in one final wreath-laying ceremony, and to toast towards the lives lost for one last time...
Ohio Air News 254 - Charles Johnson | Doolittle Raiders Final Toast - November 9, 2013
Performer brings Kansas aviatrix to life - Fort Scott Tribune | Johnson learned about Thaden from racing in the Air Race Classic. "Louise won the 1929 Power Puff Derby and the 1936 Bendix," Johnson said. "She was also very much a part of promoting Travel Air and Beechcraft for Walter and Olive Ann Beech as their ...
Inside Airshows – Part 2: With a Mic in My Hand – Audio Episode Show Notes * Airspeed Online | A narrator can make or break an airshow act. Especially for an audience that doesn’t understand what it’s seeing. You’ve heard me say it before. John Mohr, Greg Koontz, Kent Pietsch, and others cast pearls before swine. I don’t mean to sound rude or elitist. It’s just true. Most of the audience has no idea how difficult some of those maneuvers are. You and I know that it’s very often not how fast but how slow, and not how high but how low, that is the really amazing thing about an airshow performance...
Shooting the Airshow Book 2013 - Justin de Reuck - Aviation Photographer | This is the second year I’ve been contracted to shoot the annual Air Show Book, “Smoke On…Go!”, a publication brought out every year by Creative Space Media. Not only is it an honour and a privilege but what an experience. I get to work with the best airshow and aerobatic pilots in the business and get the most awesome opportunities to photograph these guys in action.
Air & space legends honored in San Diego: 14 tapped to be inducted into the Air & Space Hall of Fame - 10 News | SAN DIEGO - The pilot responsible for the "Miracle on the Hudson" talked about the incredible ordeal as he was honored in Balboa Park on Saturday evening. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was one of more than a dozen aviation all-stars who were inducted into the International Air and Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. He and the other inductees were in San Diego being honored for their feats of flight...
Powerhouse Speakers Luncheon not to be missed! - Silver Wings Over Washington Fraternity | "Rear AdmiralEdward Lewis "Whitey" Feightneris a retiredUnited States Navyofficer who fought in a number of significant battles in theWorld War IIPacific Theater of Operations. During two combat tours, he shot down nine enemy aircraft to become a flying ace. He was an early member of theBlue Angelsflight demonstration squadron and...
Orlando Center Unveiled Tuskegee Airmen Monument - Warbirds News | The Orlando Science Center organized an event on Veteran’s Day to unveil a new monument to the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces...
Japan’s jet to intercept B-29s — Nakajima Kikka (?? ?? Orange Blossom) by travelforaircraft | 
Nakajima's Kikka ?? ?? (Orange Blossom) came at the very end of World War II and was obviously based upon the Messeschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Sparrow) — the world's first operational jet fighter. The Kikka did not see operational service and differed from the Me 262 in these significant ways:...
Timeless Voices - Jimmy Mitton · eaavideo.org | Jimmy Mitton worked as a flight engineer for South African Airways in a 43-year career that took him from from props to jets.
Visit Kennedy’s historic Air Force One at Air Force museum · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio — On Nov. 22, the world will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of the most historic artifacts associated with that fateful day is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Special Air Mission (SAM) 26000, Kennedy’s Air Force One, is exhibited in the museum’s Presidential Gallery. He flew aboard SAM 26000 to Dallas, where he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 — and it was on this airplane that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the new president. SAM 26000 then carried Kennedy’s body and Johnson back to Washington, D.C...
Today In Aviation:The Grumman C-2 Greyhound · WarbirdsNews By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | On November 18, 1964, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound took flight for the first time. The Greyhound was derived from the E-2 Hawkeye and replaced the piston-engined C-1 Trader in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) role. The Greyhound retains the Hawkeye’s powerplants and wing but features a wider fuselage with a rear-loading cargo ramp...
Museum’s Next Living History Day Scheduled for February 1, 2014 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE Honolulu, HI—History comes alive at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, Saturday, February 1, 2014, 9am to 4pm when visitors of all ages can experience the people, the aircraft, and the stories of Pacific aviation “stars” — from the early years of flight to today’s space age. The event is free to Museum members and free with Museum admission. For those who become a Museum member that day, the event is also free...
Lufthansa Ju-52 - Apron 6 | Besides the great looking Ju-52 I managed to capture air to air, there were 5 in total. Below some pictures from the Lufthansa Ju-52. The first one...
C-45 airplane flies again at Harrison County Airport - marshallnewsmessenger.com | Three years ago the Lone Star Wing of the Commemorative Air Force acquired an old US Air Force C-45 airplane. The plane had been in storage for several years, and to some extent, had been a parts donor for other flying C-45’s. The C-45 became a Wing project, not to restore it to flying condition, but to turn it into a static display at the Wing’s hanger located at the Harrison County Airport...
Hamilton to be inducted into Colorado Women's Hall of Fame - Sky Hi Daily News | Hamilton has authored two books aimed at encouraging and training women in aviation and flight instruction. In 1994, the FAA named a new holding intersection in Colorado at an altitude of 15,500 feet above sea level after her as part of the U.S ...
Aviation summit brings together women from all over the country - Herald Sun | WHEN helicopter pilot Kyhala Miller broke through the glass ceiling she kept on going up. The Moorabbin Airport-based pilot is one of 150 women who will be descending on Melbourne today for the Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia National Summit. She hopes to meet other women in the industry and share her knowledge and experience with them at the inaugural summit. She developed a taste for flying while living in Papua New Guinea as a child, where she spent a lot of time flying in and out of remote villages in smaller aircraft with her dad...
WAI Mourns Passing of Dorothy "Dot" Swain Lewis - WAI Connect Blog | Women in Aviation, International was saddened to learn of the passing of Dot Swain Lewis on September 9, 2013. A 2004 inductee into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame, Dot was one of 10 female pilots taught to be...
EAA Staff Mourns Passing of Katrina Bradshaw - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Skydiving Auster V Aeroclub of Normandy in 1965 - Xavier Cotton | Thank you to David Lebloas who shares his memories of the Aeroclub paratrooper in Normandy in the early 60s. After witnessing the use of Caudron Moth...
Campaign To Salvage The P-38 Lightning “Maid Of Harlech,” By Warbirds News | The nephew of a pilot who crashed his Second World War fighter plane near Harlech is campaigning for the wreckage to be salvaged and placed in a museum. The rare United States Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter, now known as the Maid of Harlech, was discovered in July 2007 after 65 years under the sands...
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part One * Photorecon.net · Dave "Bio" Baranek | PART 1: The Need for Topgun | More than forty years ago, the US Navy did something unusual for a large organization that revered its traditions. The Navy admitted that it had a serious problem and took dramatic action to remedy the situation. The actions quickly proved to be effective and formed the basis for a program that has lasted decades – yet with clear lineage to a program set up in the time of Apollo space missions and Elvis Presley’s first comeback tour. That program is known as Topgun. I was a Topgun instructor from 1984 to 1987, and will present my opinions on how decisions made during my tenure built on Topgun’s legacy and strengthened the organization for the future....
Airshow introduces about 50 students to Young Eagles program - Opelousas Daily World | About 50 students got to see their hometowns from an entirely new perspective this weekend during the Third Annual Gumbo Fly-in at Ahart Field in Opelousas...
Videos: Uh Oh... Foxbat Lands On CIVILIAN Aircraft Carrier! (The End Is Near) - AirPigz | As is so often the case these days, things aren't always what they first appear to be. With that in mind, no, I'm not talking about the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, and the ship in the video technically isn't a 'civilian aircraft carrier'... however, what takes place in this video is almost as hard to believe as a MiG-25 on a civilian aircraft carrier...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Friday, November 1, 2013
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Indianapolis Air Show | The Executive Committee of the Indianapolis Air Show has decided not to produce an event in 2014 and thereafter. We appreciate the support the Air Show has received over the past 16 years however current circumstances indicate that it is impracticable to produce future Air Shows.
OUHSD 2013 Hall of Fame: Samuel Broadnax's dreams of flying made him one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen - ChicoER | OROVILLE — Samuel L. Broadnax is one of three people being inducted posthumously into the Oroville Union High School District Hall of Fame on Sept. 28. He attended Oroville High School from 1941-1944. Two months into his senior year, he left to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and become one of a unique group of fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen...
Daring duty from the skies: 'Doolittle Raider' recalls historic attack on Japan - Auburn Reporter | Daring duty from the skies: 'Doolittle Raider' recalls historic attack on Japan. Edward Saylor, one of only four remaining 'Doolittle Raiders,' visits Auburn to talk about the World War II bomber mission...
R.I. Aviation Hall of Fame to honor CAP's Blackman - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | RHODE ISLAND -- The Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame will induct five new members at its annual dinner in Cranston on Nov. 8. The five inductees (all deceased) include Lt. Col. Richard Warren Blackman, who made a major contribution to aviation in Rhode Island through his lengthy service with Civil Air Patrol. Blackman, who died earlier this year, joined the 102nd Composite Squadron of CAP’s Rhode Island Wing, and by 1980 he was heavily involved in Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency training, search and rescue missions and radio communications monitoring. Blackman often served as mission commander on the wing’s many search and rescue missions in the 1980s and ’90s – most notably the search for John F. Kennedy Jr.’s downed aircraft.
Jan Bartelski - Telegraph.co.uk | ...Travelling via Romania and Greece, Bartelski eventually arrived in England and enlisted in the RAF, completing his training in Medicine Hat, Canada... Jan Bartelski did wartime service with Coastal Command, flying Wellingtons over the Atlantic...
The Wings Museum Bell P-63C Kingcobra Restoration · Warbirds News | The UK based Wings Museum is restoring a P-63C Kingcobra, the restoration is based around the substantial remains of 43-11137. Accordingly to Aaron Simmons ,Wings Museum volunteer and Licenced Aircraft Technician, the aircraft maintains approximately 85% of its original structure...
Bloch MB-152 du GCII/1 - Passion for Aviation | Jacques Hemet shared with us once again a picture 
of excellent quality after a negative 6X6 from his personal collection with a mission to identify drivers to the Bloch 152. After a short survey of experts aéroforum, among other responses Alain Coste and Dan Gilberti ( http://www.histavia21.net/ ) came to enlighten us...
When Will Connecticut Admit Their Mistake? - NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | If you read NORDO News, you know about the recent fight to right a major wrong in Connecticut. Wait, I just realized I need to be very specific. I'm talking about the bill the Governor of Connecticut signed decreeing Gustave Whitehead as the first in flight despite absolutely ZERO credible evidence of such a thing...
Navy unmanned helicopter begins flying - Examiner.com | The MQ-8C industry team is led by Northrop Grumman and also includes Bell Helicopter, Rolls-Royce, Summit Aviation, Cubic Corp., General Electric Aviation, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Honeywell...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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2013 Stuart Air Show Performers - Official Website | ... 24th Annual Stuart Air Show promises 
several new and exciting attractions. Fly in a Warbird, Balloon, or Chopper! See a Balloon Glow! See Aerial Stunts from our seven new performers and five returning crowd favorites!...
AF Bands, Thunderbirds Resume Outreach Operations - Military.com | ...Funeral flyovers are not affected by this plan and will continue to be coordinated through normal procedures. For the Thunderbirds, a full season will consist of 34 shows divided between civilian and military events, while the Wings of Blue Jump Team will participate in up to 33 shows, including Air Force Academy football games. Schedules are expected to be confirmed in December...
GALLERY: Aircraft flock to fly-in - UP to 50 aircraft took advantage of
the brilliant weather to arrive in Gloucester for the fly-in last
weekend. Pilots travelled from as far south as Wollongong and north to
Coffs Harbour for the event in all manner of aircraft...
EAA Honors Five Aviators With Hall of Fame Induction on Nov. 14 - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News | In addition, Judy Mueller of Random Lake, Wis., will receive the Henry Kimberly Spirit of Leadership Award for her efforts on behalf of EAA and the local community. Mueller has long been involved as a volunteer in AirVenture activities, including as a ...
A true airpower giant By Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff | WASHINGTON (AFNS) 
-- We lost another Air Force hero this week. Brig. Gen. James Robinson “Robbie” Risner was part of that legendary group who served in three wars, built an Air Force, and gave us an enduring example of courage and mission success...
Timeline Photos: In a Celebration honoring our Tuskegee Airmen the First Top Guns ... | In a Celebration honoring our Tuskegee Airmen the First Top Guns and the unveiling of Detroit’s own replica of the “United States Air Force Fighter Gunnery Award” Trophy. The history of this fighter gunnery competition is told in “The Last Hurrah” by Harry T. Stewart, Jr. who was one of the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group participating in the competition...
Photos: Up close and personal with a World War II bomber - Jacksonville Business Journal | The Liberty Foundation's B-17 "Memphis Belle" is seen at the Cecil Airport on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The B-17 was at the airport for the media demonstration on Monday. The public demonstration will be available on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 at the airport.
‘Hexacopter’ flying camera makes BBC News debut - sUAS News | ...Sixteen years later, the farmer in the field bit has not changed, but the kit – my goodness. Well, have a look at the film. I have just become the first BBC reporter to use a “hexacopter”...
Students check out record plane - Parkes Champion-Post | Everything is in place for an Australian record to be established at the Parkes Airport this Saturday. Veteran Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot, Ron Watts will undertake the huge task of the most flights by one pilot in one day - a staggering 140! Ron held the original record, set two years ago, of 102 flights. That was set to celebrate 60 years of MAF operations in PNG. It has since been surpassed by Tim Howes, 27, with 122 flights. Ron, 64, a grandfather of six, is attempting to go even better...
Video: SNC Dream Chaser 'Space Shuttle' Free-Flight Test: Successful, With A Problem - AirPigz | This just released video shows the first free-flight test of the Sierra Nevada Corporation 'Dream Chaser' spaceplane on Saturday October 26, 2013. While the Dream Chaser will have the capability to carry up to seven crew members, this flight test was carried out with no one onboard using the automated flight control system. The video shows the lifting body space-shuttle-like vehicle being released from the Erikson Air-Crane helicopter and then flying extremely stable and right on glide path thru the short flight (less than one minute) and includes the approach to runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base...
Thursday, October 24, 2013
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Rich's Pyro Final Performance · eaavideo.org | Behind the scenes with one of the best airshow pyrotechnics performers around.
WAC 2013 VIDEO - vimeo.com | This video is about WAC 2013 VIDEO
COPPERSTATE prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — The 41st Annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo takes off Thursday, Oct. 24, with organizers noting that the weather is expected to be “nearly perfect” from Washington State, to Colorado, to Texas, to Southern California. In Casa Grande itself, it’ll be in the 80°s every day, with 0% chance of rain...
The Wings Over New Zealand Show – Patch Nelson – Episode 2 | WARBIRD RADIO – Dave Homewood’s back with legendary Kiwi aviator Patch Nelson! Tune in and enjoy this special broadcast....
Medford WWII aviator inducted into Hall of Honor - Mail Tribune | As a youngster, Michael Emmens never particularly looked forward to the family's vacation each summer. "We would go to reunions of the Raiders — they had them every year," he recalled. "I remember saying, 'Do we have to do that again for our vacation?' " His father, Robert Emmens, who was inducted Sunday into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, was a co-pilot with the Doolittle Raiders. The group of 16 B-25 U.S. bomber crews led by then Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle successfully carried out a daring raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942....
Greater Philadelphia Tuskegee Airmen Executive to Deliver Remarks at 21st ... - Marketwired (press release) | Greater Philadelphia Tuskegee Airmen Executive to Deliver Remarks at 21st Annual Original Richard Allen Committee, Inc. Senior Citizens Banquet. Richard Kydd, Son of George H. Kydd, B-25 Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, Will Give Keynote Address...
Timeless Voices - Herbert "Herbie" Stachler · eaavideo.org | Herbert "Herbie" Stachler (1918 - 2013) flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the 391st Fighter Squadron of the 366th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force during WWII. He flew 102 combat missions in his P-47 named "Lil' Herbie," including two on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Backcountry beauty · General Aviation News, Meg Godlewski | There are airplanes that are built for show, airplanes built for backcountry camping, and airplanes built for IFR cross-country flying. One of the best things about building your own airplane is that you can create a machine that fits all these categories. Gordon Anderson, from Silverthorn, Colo., has achieved this with his 2012 Sportsman 2+2. The red and gold high-wing was one of the more talked about airplanes at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh...
Air Tattoo DVD released in time for Christmas - Swindonlink | Re-live all the thrills and excitement from one of this year’s greatest aviation events with the Royal International Air Tattoo’s official 2013 DVD featuring exclusive interviews, dramatic in-cockpit footage and a fascinating glimpse behind-the-scenes....
Volunteers to help restore Grumman jets at Calverton park - newsday.com | Years of flying on patrol all over the world couldn’t take the shine off the sleek F-14 Tomcat jet fighter and the A-6 Intruder attack jet on open-air display at Grumman Memorial Park at Calverton....
Original T-34 visits Edwards 60 years after service - Edwards Air Force Base | In 1957, it was sent to Tinker AFB, Okla., where it was "loaned" from the Air Force to the Tinker Aero Club with a civilian registration number. The following year it was removed from the Air Force's inventory and moved to the Civil Air Patrol in Okla ...
Speakers confirmed for women in aviation summit - Australian Aviation | Aviation/Aerospace Australia has confirmed its initial speakers list for the upcoming Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia National Summit in Melbourne on November 18. Representing a cross-section of women from within the aviation and aerospace industries, the summit will also hear from senior executive women in other industry sectors...
Could Concorde ever fly again? No, says British Airways By Richard Westcott Transport
correspondent, BBC News | Ten years ago today, our ever-shrinking world got a little bit bigger again. Three Concordes landed in a procession at Heathrow airport, while thousands of emotional fans looked on....Robin Olds, The Artist · Warbirds News | ...Brigadier General Robin Olds was a noted American flying ace during World War II and the Vietnam War. Robin Olds was credited with twelve kills over Europe. Robin Olds grew up amongst military aviators and aircraft — his father was a World War I pursuit pilot, an aide to Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, and commander of the first B-17 squadron. Robin Olds attended West Point, where his characteristic boldness allowed him to excel on the football field — in 1942, he was selected as an All-American tackle. After Olds graduated in 1943, he attended flight training and went to Europe as a P-38 pilot....
Monday, October 21, 2013
MOBILE ‘BIG’ SCREEN THEATER AND EXHIBIT HONORING TUSKEGEE AIRMEN TRAVELS TO WINGS OVER HOUSTON
Houston, Texas (October 21, 2013) – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron’s RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and the P-51C Mustang will be at the Wings Over Houston Air Show at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas on Oct 26-27, 2013.
The public is welcome to come through the Exhibit for free with paid admission to the Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, we will have special V.I.P. guests -- three Original Tuskegee Airman, Col Charles McGee, LtCol. Alexander Jefferson and LtCol. George Hardy.
The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is a truly unique opportunity for the young and the young-
at-heart to not only learn, but experience the inspiring story of the Tuskegee Airmen while being immersed in a theatrical experience.
During the original movie aptly named, "RISE ABOVE," audience members will be transported into what it was like to be a black airman during WWII and the obstacles faced by America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel, known today as the Tuskegee Airmen, as they worked toward their goal of becoming U.S. Army Air Corps pilots in the early 1940s. At the conclusion of the film, audiences experience the excitement and thrill of flying the world’s greatest fighter aircraft, the P-51 Mustang, in formation, aerobatics, a break and a few low passes. Filmed with a 180-degree lens along with the state-of-the-art theater design, the movie experience gives attendees the feeling that you are actually flying in the airplane.
“The exhibit is truly a one-of-a-kind adventure similar to something you would experience at Disneyland,” said Brad Lang, CAF Red Tail Squadron. “The overall message is about rising above adversity to reach your potential no matter your circumstances; the film uses the story of the Tuskegee Airman and the story of the Red Tail Squadron to inspire young people to achieve their potential, but the message resonates with all ages because of the unique and interactive way it is told. This is an experience you won’t want to miss.”
The exhibit is a mobile ‘big screen’ theater and exhibit with a customized 53' trailer with expandable sides that houses a 160-degree panoramic curved movie screen and seating for 35 in climate-controlled comfort. The exhibit showcases a short original movie, "RISE ABOVE," focusing on what the Tuskegee Airmen had to overcome to be allowed to fly and fight for their country during World War II. The Exhibit reflects the CAF Red Tail Squadron's educational mission of showing guests, especially young people, amazing possibilities. This experience highlights how to set a goal and succeed even when all odds are against you; just like the original Tuskegee Airmen achieved. The Squadron has distilled the Airmen's experiences into six guiding RISE ABOVE principles to help with this mission:
Aim High Believe In Yourself Use Your Brain
Never Quit Be Ready To Go Expect To Win
The Sponsor of the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is The Texas Flying Legends Museum.
About the CAF:
In 1957, a small group of ex-service pilots pooled their money to purchase a P-51 Mustang, beginning what is now called the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). With the addition of a pair of F8F Bearcats, the CAF became the founders of the Warbird Movement, an effort to preserve and honor our military history with the rallying cry to “Keep ‘Em Flying!” Now, 55 years later, the CAF is the premier Warbird organization, operating 156 vintage aircraft in Honor of American Military Aviation. A non-profit educational association, the CAF has more than 10,000 members and its fleet of historic aircraft is distributed to 80 units located in 24 states for care and operation. For more information, visit www.commemorativeairforce.org or call (432) 563-1000.
For more information about the CAF Red Tail Squadron, visit www.redtail.org or follow us on Twitter, Facebook.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Outback air spectacular to fill the sky - ABC Local | By John Casey (Multiplatform Reporter). The 
Broken Hill Aero Club's 75th anniversary celebrations are about to launch into full flight and your ABC will be on-site at the airport with a live Outside Broadcast of our morning program Outback Outlook ...
2013 U.S. Scale Masters Championship | Model Aviation - www.modelaviation.com | Throughout the United States and Canada Scale pilots competed to earn a spot to fly at 34th U.S. Scale Masters Championship. After countless hours building and flying, pilots who earned the right to participate at the U.S. Scale Masters Championship descended upon Davis CA October 10-13 2013. The 40...
Lincoln pupils finish challenge for Red Arrows pilot - The Lincolnite | Pupils from Priory Witham Academy joined members of the RAF Mountaineering Association, ex Red Arrows and other pilots for a challenging climb up Kinder Scout in the Peak District. Alongside school children from Norfolk and Dorset, the group climbed four separate routes to the summit where they put up a banner and released balloons...
SUNDERLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD - Sky | THE EVENT Company that creates and manages major events in Sunderland will be flying the flag for the city at the region’s biggest tourism awards next month. Sunderland International Airshow, organised by Sunderland Live, has been nominated for the Tourism Event of the Year Award at the...
Joseph Philip Gomer - Duluth News Tribune | ...In 1942, at the age of 22, he enlisted in the Army Air Force, and was sent for flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. Joseph married Elizabeth Caperton on March 12, 1949, and had two daughters. After many years in the military, and living throughout the world, they made Duluth their final home in 1963....
Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the mother country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...
The Freeman Field Recovery Team To be Featured On National Geographic’s Diggers · Warbirds News | The Freeman Field Recovery Team will begin filming with the producers of National Geographic’s Diggers. The episode is scheduled to be filmed for mid-November and should air in February 2014. The Diggers team will assist Freeman Field Recovery Team s in detecting and recovering deeper objects in the vicinity of the parts-pit. Blood Hound Underground and Foster Brothers Excavating will continue their masterful work at the site....
Boeing Flies F-15SA From St. Louis Today in Preparation for Next Phase of Flight Testing - The 
Aero Experience Exclusive! | The Boeing Company flew the F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle today from its facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The aircraft, accompanied by a Boeing Super Hornet chase plane, took off from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport just after 2pm and landed an hour later. The flight is the first of a series of test flights to be conducted from St. Louis prior to the aircraft flying to Edwards AFB, CA for further test flights. The Aero Experience was there to capture the takeoff and landing of the F-15SA and its Super Hornet chase plane:
Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013 - Photorecon.net | The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to a new mission in a new type of aircraft. The “Flying Yankees” publically unveiled their first of eight C-130H Hercules transports on Saturday October 5th. The ceremony featured a...
Sydney sunset - Flight Image of the Day | One from Rex Features here, showing Royal Australian Air Force aircraft – like as not Pilatus PC-9s – displaying over Sydney Harbour. The show was to mark 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy fleet first entered the waterway.
Young Pilot Fires Up Crowd With Special Flyover - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | October 16, 2013 - Jack Lindsay, 18, a senior at Hudsonville High School, Michigan, helped pump up his fellow students at the school's homecoming last week when he and two other pilots did a ceremonial flyby before its Friday night football game against Grand Haven. It was Jack's idea to do something special after becoming a certificated private pilot in late August. "I'm one of the super fans," he explained, describing students who dress up crazy and lead cheers for the home team Eagles. Jack, EAA 1093155, has also been fanatical about aviation as long as he can remember....
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Top pilots buckle up for 2014 - Red Bull Air Race | The return of the Red Bull Air Race in 2014 is a dream-come-true for the pilots who helped build the high-speed, low-altitude racing into a popular motorsport watched by millions of fans around the world. The seasoned pilots all said they had remained confident the Red Bull Air Race would return and spent the last three years during the sport's reorganisation phase keeping their aeroplanes, bodies and minds in peak condition...
Chip Yates Breaks His Own Speed Record – Twice! - CAFE Foundation Blog | ...He did break his 
previous Guinness Book of World Records speed of 202.6 miles per hour (and more recent speeds) on Saturday, but topped that on Sunday, with a quiet run of 216.9 mph. One Facebook fan wrote, “Incredible Plane… it’s a miracle.”...
Gallery: Wings & Wheels Festival - newszap.com | GEORGETOWN -- The 2013 Wings & Wheels: A Georgetown Fall Festival featured a number of attractions last Saturday, including a huge car with 376 entries, and some 40 aircraft, including a pair of B-25 bombers. The festival was highlighted with the ...
California Capital Airshow Wraps Up - KTXL FOX40 | Marin Austin reports from the final day at the California Capital Airshow.
Canadian Hornet thrills crowds at Salute America Air Show - Examiner.com | As the 2013 air show season draws to a close, it was set to go out with a bang at the Salute America Air Show near Atlanta. The show, held on Oct. 5-6 at the Paulding Northwest Atlanta airport in Dallas, Ga. (airport details can be found on GlobalAir ...
Victor Valley's airshow features aerobatics, warbirds, wingwalkers, and more! - Highland Community News | Other favorites such as Rich Piccirilli with Just In Time Skydivers, radio control airplanes, the N-9M Flying Wing and warbirds such as the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning, B-25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustang, P-40 Warhawk, Fw190, and all from Planes of Fame Air ...
Planes of Fame Living History Event October 12th 2013 · Warbirds News | The Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents its monthly Living History Event. The topic for the October 12 event is ‘United We Win – Minorities in WWII’, featuring the North American P-51 Mustang. The featured speakers for this event are Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert J. Friend and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Henry ‘Hank’ Cervantes. Their presentations will be followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration when possible. The P-51 will be on display and will perform a flight demonstration. At 12:00 noon, the Membership Sponsored raffle flight will occur...
Georgetown AirFest - Community Impact Newspaper | Aviators, history buffs and families will gather for the annual festival, featuring WWII-, Cold War–era and other static display airplanes and helicopters, flyovers as well as rides in different aircrafts for a fee. A complete schedule is available on ...
Back to Blakesburg By SPARKY BARNES SARGENT General Aviation News Staff | The AAA’s 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee celebration attracted 398 airplanes — the highest number since the fly-in was shortened from a 10-day event in the 1970s and 1980s to a five-day event. Several of the antique aircraft that attended the...
2013 Fly-In scheduled for Oct. 12 - The Randolph Guide | The N.C. Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame has rescheduled the 2013 Fly-In to Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Asheboro Regional Airport. The Fly-In was originally to be held June 8 but stormy weather caused postponement. The 2013 Fly-In will ...
FlightTime Radio Show 296 | In the Renegade Light Sport Studio, Milford and Charlie talked to Jack about the Ford Tri-Motor coming to Jacksonville to give rides!!.... Yes … November 14th through the 17th, You can get a ride in one of the few remaining Ford Aircraft in the world!!...
Queen's Cup Balloon Race 2013 won by Richard Parry - BBC News | Mr Parry was presented with the Queen's Air Race Challenge Cup afterwards. "This is a wonderful race which tests not only balloonist's long distance flying capabilities but also their tactical skill," said event director Don Cameron. "Working out ...
Ashfield: Race ace targeting prestigious King's Cup victory - Hucknall Today | AMBITIOUS pilot John Kelsall has set his sights on winning the prestigious King's Cup after finishing runner-up in this year's British and European air racing Championships. The 63-year-old Sutton flyer had high hopes of clinching the two titles going...
WWII B-17 Bomber to Tour Trenton-Mercer Airport This Month - Patch.com | Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing will host an Experimental Aircraft Association World War II vintage B-17 that will be open to the public on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Ronson Aviation. Tours will be conducted on both days between 2 and ...
Red Tail pilots to be honored with monument at Orlando Science Center · General Aviation News Staff | ORLANDO, Fla. — On Monday, Nov. 11, Mike McKenzie, founder of Vision of Flight, hopes to give some long overdue recognition to a group of African-American World War II bomber pilots. Known as the Red Tail Pilots, these Tuskegee Airmen played a quintessential role in U.S. aviation history in spite of the racial discrimination they faced at the time. While the Tuskegee Airmen were collectively awarded a Gold Medal by Congress at a 2007 ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, the Red Tail Pilots have yet to receive such an honor...
Remembering a wartime narrow escape - Bayou Renaissance Man | The late Flight Lieutenant Ken Trott was a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II, flying Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers (roughly comparable in ground-attack capability to the US P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber)...
New England Air Museum to Feature Women Aviators November 3, 2013 - CT Newsjunkie | New England Air Museum The New England Air Museum will host its ninth annual Women Take Flight event on Sunday, November 3, 2013, featuring 20 women who have built careers in aviation and aerospace engineering. The featured guests will share...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force temporarily closed due to government shutdown by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 10/7/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will temporarily close, effective Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, due to the federal government shutdown. As part of the Air Force's recall of furloughed civilian employees, the museum temporarily opened on Monday. But following further review of guidance from both the Air Force and the Department of Defense, it was determined that opening the museum did not fit within the list of operations that can continue to be supported during the lapse in appropriations. Therefore the museum will remain closed until a continuing resolution or final appropriations bill is passed...
[Video] Chinese Ka-28 helicopter barely manages to land on warship in high seas - The Aviationist | The following video shows a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy‘s Kamov Ka-28 “Helix”, one of the 8 twin contra-rotating rotor choppers reportedly flying with the Chinese Navy, trying to land on a Type 054A Frigate. As the footage shows, the pilot performed at least a couple of attempt before eventually managing to put the helicopter, an export version of the Russian Ka-27 on the warship...
New Air Force Planes Go Directly to 'Boneyard' - Defense Update | New cargo planes on order for the U.S. Air Force are being delivered straight into storage in the Arizona desert because the military has no use for them, a Dayton Daily News investigation found. A dozen nearly new C-27J Spartans have already been taken out of the US Air National Guard service and shipped to the so-called ‘boneyard’ at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. Five more are expected to be built by April 2014, all of which are headed to the boneyard unless another use for them is found....
Newest Aviation Explorers Post slates first meeting by General Aviation News Staff | LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Aviation Explorers Program is launching a new chapter in Long Beach and will have its first Welcome and Information meeting Wednesday, Oct. 9. Students between the ages of 14 through 20 and their parents are invited to attend...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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2013 Leesburg Airshow - Leesburg Today | More than 7,000 people attended the Leesburg Airshow 
Saturday. The tarmac at Leesburg Executive Airport was filled to aircraft on display, hotrods and classic cars and lots and lots of people looking up to the sky was stunt pilots showed off their talents...
Copperstate prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since 1971, Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo has been a great place to see a diverse blend of aircraft in action, attend informative workshops, and check out the latest aviation products. It has grown by about 10% a year since it was established. In 2013 it attracted more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Now in its 41st year, the 2013 fly-in is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Ariz...
6th Annual Wings & Wheels festival set Oct. 4-5 in Georgetown - Cape Gazette | The 6th Annual Wings & Wheels - a Georgetown Fall Festival returns to Sussex County the first weekend of October, and organizers have landed one of the country’s few remaining, truly historic figures from World War II as a special guest. Not only will the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, the Delaware Aviation Foundation and the Wheels that Heal Car Club host the fly in of vintage planes and classic car show Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, a member of the Doolittle Raiders who was a co-pilot for Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, the legendary Doolittle Raiders leader during the historic April 1942 bombing of Japan, is also on the radar screen for the Oct. 4-5 Wings & Wheels event at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown...
Hemet-Ryan Air Show is back! - Palm Springs Life | November of 2013 marks the return of the Hemet-Ryan Air Show. The biennial event is scheduled to land at the Hemet-Ryan Airport on Saturday, November 2nd, from 9am to 3pm. The air show is hosted by Riverside County’s Economic Development Agency and the City of Hemet and is free to the community...
100th Schneider Trophy race cancelled - Channel Television | Alderney's 17th air racing event got underway this weekend, attracting pilots from as far afield as Malta. 17 pilots and navigation teams took part in the event but due to bad weather conditions the main race of the weekend was cancelled. Alderney was...
Castiglione del Lago, Umbria air show Sunday: return the Arrows tricolor with Zoppitelli - Translated | The history of aviation in Umbria is made of a few "chapters" but all exceptional. Marco Zoppitelli is one of these. The captain of the Air Force pilot was the first and so far the only driver to belong to the Umbrian Arrows tricolor. After 8 years of service, will conclude in Umbria his last season in the aerobatic team....
Bournemouth Air Festival photo competition 2013: see the winning pictures - Bournemouth Echo | THESE are the winning shots of the 2013 Daily Echo and Castle Camera Bournemouth Air Festival photo-graphic competition. The contest had more than 600 entries and the standard this year was heralded as the best-ever by the judges, who remarked on...
Air Races spark warm family memories for Reno woman - Reno Gazette Journal | Her late father, J. Carroll Cone, was both a legend and a maverick, helping write aviation history, including air racing long before it came to Reno. “It's such a neat story,” Cone-Lewis said, clutching a photo of her father as air racing planes...
Pilot struck, killed by helicopter blade at Pennsylvania fair | (CNN) -- A veteran helicopter pilot giving rides at a Pennsylvania town fair was killed after he was hit by the chopper's spinning rotor. Carl R. Enlow, 69, landed the helicopter at the Bloomsburg Fair grounds Friday to re-fuel and to allow a relief pilot to take over....
Hot Air Festival folds after two years - Van Wert independent | While there have some successes with a two-year-old revival of the former Hot Air Affair hot air balloon festival, those successes are not enough to have a third edition of the festival, organizers say. “The two-year effort at attempting to revive the...
Celebrating the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen - Northdallasgazette | On October 16th and continuing through to October 19, 2013, The Commemorative Air Force will present “Operation Rise Above” , an exhibit that pays tribute to the heroics of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, WWII Black pilots who fought racism at home while conquering fascism abroad. Sponsored by UPS and hosted by the Frontiers of Flight Museum this exciting exhibit features the P51-C Mustang – Red Tail Airplane, symbolic of the Airmen and a 30 minute film documentary highlighting the history of the Airmen...
'Mr. Pocahontas' dies at 74 - The Packer | ...From 2003 on, he lived in Janesville, Wis. An aviation and airshow enthusiast, he was director of operations for the Southern Wisconsin AirFest in 2003 and 2004. Gauldin was also a contributing writer for the Atlantic Flyer and other aviation publications, as well as a member of the World War II Warbirds...
Sextants and Sonnets - Vintage Wings of Canada | When my father, F/L John W. (Jack) Chalmers wrote his memoirs as an RCAF navigator instructor, it was appropriate that he include some of his poetry that was inspired by his service in uniform during the Second World War. But the memoirs were never published. After he died in April 1998, I began going through his papers and books to see what should be saved and what could be given away or disposed of in other ways. Jack had been a writer and editor all his adult life. Even though writing was never a full-time job for him, he published some 25 books as author or editor. The books ranged from school textbooks for English courses to historical fiction for young readers, from commissioned histories to an atlas, from anthologies to biographies. Among Dad’s papers were several unpublished manuscripts...
Lt. j.g. Bill Timmis got Navy Cross for sinking Japanese battleship - War Tales | Fleet Admiral William “Bull” Halsey sailed into the sea of Japan, between the Japanese home islands and the Chinese mainland, with Task Group 38.3 consisting of five aircraft carriers, two battleships, four light cruisers and a group of destroyers. It was July 20, 1945, less than a month before the Emperor of Japan surrendered unconditionally to...
It’s Moving Day For The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair · Warbirds News | On Oct. 12 the Museum 
of Flight based in Seattle, WA makes big changes to the Great Gallery. The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair will be moved out of its corner spot in the Great Gallery to a new home at the Museum’s Restoration Center. Replacing it will be the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, and joining it in the gallery’s row of Golden Age of Aviation aircraft will be Stinson Model O. The gallery will be open on moving day, so come watch the activities...
Commemorative Air Force weighs move from West Texas, maybe to Dallas area - Dallas Morning News | The purpose was to restore and preserve “warbirds,” or vintage military aircraft. The fleet consisted of nine planes. New home: CAF moved to larger quarters in Harlingen in 1968, then to Midland in 1991. In 2002, the name was changed to Commemorative...
Local Pilot Knows Missing Russian Bomber's Location - Sewardcity News | Lucky Wilson, a longtime Alaska pilot and Healy Helicopter warrant officer in Vietnam, who owns the aircraft storage hanger at Seward Airport, says he knows where the famed Russian bomber plane, missing since August of 1937 can be found. He saw the historic bomber in 1978, a couple of miles east of Oliktok Point off Alaska’s Arctic Ocean Coast while overflying the area on a clear, sunny day. It was shining through the shallow water in which it was submerged. He could tell it was Russian by its curved wing tip, and its engine pod. American bombers have rounded wing tips, Wilson said...
Above & Beyond: I Have a Flameout - Air & Space Magazine | In the U.S. Air Force, learning to fly the high-altitude U-2C reconnaissance airplane was a rare experience. No two-place trainer existed for the U-2 student in the 1960s. With its spectacular 80-foot wingspan, removable outrigger “pogo” wheels under the wings, tandem main landing gear, wing skids at the wingtips, and a powerful Pratt & Whitney J75 jet engine in a relatively slim fuselage, the U-2 was a handful. And every flight was solo...
The Luftwaffe in 1961 by Howard “Scrappy” Johnson, Part 1 · Warbirds News | Few days ago we have published an introductory article about Howard “Scrappy” Johnson (here). Scrappy an article about the Luftwaffe in 1961 when he was an advisor to the West German Air Force, Scrappy wrote this article with the hope that it would get published on an American magazine.But that didn’t happen. The reader’s Digest, New York New York, Real Letter,Brand & Brand Letter one by one they turn him down. So here it is as it was written in 1961...
Grunt’s eye in the sky - Travel for Aircraft | AeroVironment RQ-11A Raven Ravens are small, simple, quiet and effective which make them perfect for ground based units. Flying control is either active line-of-sight as far as six to ten kilometers or autonomously with the use of pre-programmed GPS waypoints. The RQ-11 is hand launched, a person simply throws it...
BASE Jumper Fatally Injured On Mt. St. Helena - Aero-News Network | Survived Long Enough To Activate An ELT, Call His Wife An experienced BASE jumper appears to have struck a rock outcropping on Mt. St. Helena in northern California resulting in his fatal injury...
Aero Club's 75th anniversary approaches - ABC Local | From October 18 to 20, Mr Rice's memories of "Smithy" visiting the Silver City will come flooding back when he takes part in the Broken Hill 
Aero Club's 75th anniversary fly-in. "There was an air pageant in 1937 which was attended by flyboys from all...
Disney’s ‘Planes’ lands on DVD, Blu-Ray · General Aviation News Staff | Disney’s “Planes” lands in homes and mass retailers nationwide on Nov. 19. The underdog story about a crop dusting plane named Dusty with sky-high dreams touches down on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand featuring several bonus features...
Youth fly free with Young Eagles program - Waukegan Journal | Young Eagles, a program by the Experimental Aircraft Association, gives kids the absolutely free opportunity to experience flying in small aircraft with local pilots. Sixty-seven kids from Gurnee, Waukegan, Round Lake and North Chicago families flew ...
Young Eagles to fly Saturday at Martin Airfield - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | COLLEGE PLACE — Youngsters wanting to experience the thrill of flight will have their chance Saturday at Martin Airfield. The Young Eagles program (www.youngeagles.org) will sponsor free flights for youths age 8 to 17 throughout the day. Flights will ...
Young Eagles program offering free airplane rides for kids at Boire Field in ... - Nashua Telegraph | The Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles will be offering kids free airplane rides at Boire Field next Saturday. The free introductory flights, with a licensed pilot, will be free, available to kids 8-17 years old and will run from 10 a.m...
Thursday, September 12, 2013
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Photo Gallery: 26 planes at the Reno Air Races - RGJ.com
Lunken Airport Aviation Days - cincinnatiwarbirds.org | Come see why we love doing it...FREE! | Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Cincinnati's Lunken Airport. Get up close to jets, warbirds, sport airplanes...even sit in some! No fences! Talk to pilots, mechanics, and air traffic controllers! Visit with...
Ride in a B-17 Bomber - cincinnatiwarbirds.org | The Cincinnati Warbirds will be hosting the B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Avenue in Cincinnati, OH Friday, September 13th through Sunday September 15, 2013 from 10 am to 6 pm each day. The objectives of the B-17 display are to honor the veterans whose sacrifices paid for our freedom, and to preserve this part of our heritage by keeping these warbirds flying. Ground tours will be...
Air show continues reaching for the sky - Chillicothe Gazette | MCARTHUR — The skies over Vinton County will be filled with some of the best aerobatic pilots Sunday with the return of Ohio’s largest free air show, the Vinton County Air Show....
Lake of the Ozarks Air Show Sept. 21 - El Dorado Springs Sun | The 2013 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Camdenton Memorial Airport. Be a part of the excitement with the TBA-3E Avenger, AC-47 Spooky, the Team Vortex Air Shows, the Ping Pong Ball Drop, KC Flight Formation Team along with a P-51Gunfighter, Chevy Flash Fire Truck and so much more...
Museum plans events to honor Tuskegee Airmen - Herald-Review | RANTOUL (AP) — The Chanute Air Museum in eastern Illinois plans to honor the Tuskegee Airmen with a display and commemoration this month. The museum in Rantoul plans to have what it's calling the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron event Wednesday through Monday. The museum is at the former Chanute Air Force Base, about 20 miles north of Champaign....
McKinney to Host World War II Aircraft Oct. 3-6 - townsquarebuzz.com | An unprecedented collection of historic World War II aircraft is coming to town when the Commemorative Air Force’s iconic B-29 Superfortress FIFI – the only flying B-29 in the world – visits Collin County Regional Airport Oct. 3-6. She will be accompanied by an array of equally rare aircraft including the B-24 LiberatorDiamond Lil, the B-17 Flying FortressSentimental Journey, the only remaining Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in the world, C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and many other historic military aircraft. The show will include a P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell, T-6 Texan, Stearman biplane and more than a dozen additional airplanes. These aircraft will be on the ramp fromOctober 3 through 6 for cockpit tours and rides....
Sunday, September 15 with the nose all: there's the Frecce Tricolori! - Translated | The Frecce Tricolori choose once again the Umbra for the Air Show 2013: Sunday, September 15 at the fact lakefront area north of Castiglione del Lago you can admire nose to the acrobatics of the nine pilots the Air Force Italian...
Andora, Frecce Tricolori: the Aeroclub Savona is at the forefront - Translated | The General Staff Air Force has confirmed for the year 2013 's intervention in the program of the Event Aerial City of Andover's participation in the National Aerobatic Team "Frecce Tricolori"....
Photos: Guernsey Air Display 2013: Low cloud flattens show - BBC
Air to Air Academy: Day 2 - Apron 6 | A few shots from yesterday. It’s good to finally see the Skyvan air to air. A very...
Video: Air to Air Photo Shoot of the CAF Dixie Wing Douglas SBD Dauntless By WarbirdsNews | Last week accomplished warbird and wildlife photographer, Moose Peterson of WarbirdImages.com sent us a great video taken during a recent air to air photo shoot. While Moose was at Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin last month, he had the opportunity to perfom this air to air shoot, of the CAF Dixie Wing’s Douglas SBD Dauntless. The wing’s SDB-5 Dauntless is just one of only two airworthy examples of...
Recreating Lady Mary Heath's historic flight - The Telegraph | Colin Goodwin looks forward to the air show and the Goodwood Revival and meeting the woman following a trailblazing pioneer...
Timeless Voices - George Blackburn Featured - EAA Video | September 12, 2013 - George Blackburn flew 96 combat missions in the P-47 Thunderbolt while assigned to the 66th Fighter Squadron of the 57th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force based in Italy during World War Two.
Fargo Air Museum: Where Aviators Are Honored and Exhibits Fly by Marilyn Jones FedSmith.com | Airplanes aren’t just on display at the Fargo Air Museum; many of them are routinely flown over this North Dakota city. Located at the edge of Hector International Airport, the brightly lit hanger, that the museum is housed in, is a tribute to the history of flight, and the men and women who keep these treasures flying....
John Woo Wants Liam Neeson To Lead His 'Flying Tigers' - Hollywood.com | John WooJohn Woo's most recent film, the historical epic Red Cliff, went largely unseen here in the states despite it's grand scale of adventure, but the veteran filmmaker is taking all the necessary steps to ensure that his upcoming Flying Tigers will have global appeal. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Woo is interested in casting Liam Neeson as the star of the WWII aerial combat pic, an...
Stars will shine at AOPA Aviation Summit - AOPA | ...Tippin, who flies a T-6 Texan, has been a long-time supporter of AOPA. “I am just like any other aviator. I’m always looking for organizations that are going to look out for the interest of pilots, aircraft owners, and mechanics,” he said in an interview with AOPA Online Dec. 3. “I am very passionate about aviation and the importance of preserving community airports and encouraging folks to learn to fly.”...
Postcards from Penhold - Vintage Wings of Canada | n the summer of 2013, nearly 50 Vintage Wings of Canada volunteer pilots took part in the most challenging youth outreach program to date. Spreading their wings across the entire nation from Victoria, BC to Debert, Nova Scotia, they took more than 500 young Canadians on a time machine flight back in history in one of our 6 Yellow Wings training aircraft. Many of these energetic and committed pilots were themselves trained by the Royal Canadian Air Cadets flying programs and it was an opportunity for these proud Canadian citizens to give back to the program that inspired them to take to the air many years ago. While our pilot cadre includes...
Young Eagles program offers free plane rides in Nashua - The Telegraph | NASHUA – Nashua-area pilots will give free airplane rides to kids ages 8-17 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Nashua Municipal Airport as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program....
Saturday, August 17, 2013
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Thrills expected at air show - The West Milford Messenger | WEST MILFORD — Pack up the family and head over to the Greenwood Lake Airport this weekend for the fifth annual Greenwood Lake Air Show. The festivities begin on Friday and continue through Sunday with headliner Kirby Chambliss, a five-time U.S. national aerobatic champion leading the way. Chambliss is a two-time Red Bull Air Race World Champion. Justin Lewis will fly the FLS Microjet, which is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the world's smallest jet. The Alabama Boys Comedy Team with Greg Koontz will land his Piper J3 Cub on a truck. Koontz will also perform aerobatics in his Extreme Decathlon. The Iron Eagle Aerobatics team fly two high performance biplanes in perfect unison. A very rare P51-C model Mustang will perform fly bys on Saturday and Sunday. Gary Ward, Kevin Russo and the Northeast Raiders Russian Warbird team round out the lineup....
Memories of Oklahoma legend take flight at Will Rogers & Wiley Post Fly-In - Tulsa World | The 
first time Martha Swartz visited the Will Rogers Memorial, it was as part of a field trip her Girl Scouts troop made to the Claremore landmark. That was also the last time Swartz had been to the memorial - until about four years ago. That's when Swartz, an Owasso resident and licensed pilot, decided she wanted to volunteer to help with the museum's annual Will Rogers & Wiley Post Fly-In...
Spanish champion aerobatic pilot killed in Velez-Malaga air crash - Olive Press | A PLANE crash near the Real Aeroclub Veleño in Velez-Malaga has left one dead and another seriously injured. The Yak-52 aerobatic plane crashed on Friday, at 13:50 hours onto a mango farm, a little more than ten meters from a rural housing and just a mile from the runway. Pilot Javier Fernandez, a prominent businessman from Granada, 52, was killed instantly, and his Brazilian friend, 50, died last night in Axarquia hospital....
Rare Spitfire, B-25 bomber to fly over air show - Vancouver Sun | On the ground and in the sky, this weekend's Chilliwack Flight Fest is shaping up to be one of the biggest in years, thanks in large part to another air show hundreds of kilometres away. Not only will the Chilliwack airport play host to a rare Spitfire fighter and B-25 bomber, but Sunday's preshow will feature a flyby by the Snowbirds aerobatics team, a CF-18 Hornet fighter and a military CC-150 transport jet...
Copper Props Fly-in wonderful - Daily Mining Gazette | To the editor: Thanks to all who turned out on a beautiful Sunday for the EAA Chapter 1270 annual Copper Props Fly-In. It was a wonderful day to fly, 150 community members got a taste of flying with local pilots, the community support was great, all seemed to have a good time...
B-17 Aluminum Overcast at Ford Airport - WOOD-TV | CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - You can take a ride aboard a restored B-17 bomber as its national tour makes a stop in West Michigan. The media will get its first look at the Aluminum Overcast on Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township. Known as the Flying Fortress, the aircraft is one of the best-known military aircraft of the World War II era, according to a news release....
Tuskegee Airman to visit Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | PALM SPRINGS — The oldest surviving Tuskegee Airman will be at the Palm Springs Air Museum Saturday. Lt. Col. Bob Friend, part of the first all-black pilot squadron to serve in World War II, will be at the museum at 1 p.m. on Saturday.He flew 142 combat missions in Europe and is one of about 45 left of the 992 original Tuskegee Airmen...
Salvage team begins Flying Tigers search - Global Times | A salvage team on Thursday started to retrieve an airplane that was flown by the Flying Tigers during World War II from beneath a lake in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Flying Tigers, officially known as the American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese air force, was a group composed of ex-pilots from the US military...
Air Zoo to Restore Lake Michigan-Retrieved FM-2 Wildcat - Warbirds News | We’ve been following the story of General Motors-built FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 57039, that was lost to the waters of Lake Michigan almost 70 years ago, from its retrieval from the bottom of Lake Michigan late last year, to it’s appearance most recently as the “before” plane next to a restored example at the Warbirds in Review program at EAA AirVenture 2013. The National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) of Pensacola, Florida, which owns the plane, annunced last week that it had selected the Air Zoo Museum of Kalamazoo, Michigan to restore the Warbird to her former glory....
Flight simulator at Air Museum is almost like the real thing - ReminderNews | As Ornella, Chadrick and RJ Ebanks walked around the New England Air Museum on Aug. 14, they learned about several planes used during World War II and throughout history. Though it was interesting for the Cayman Islands children, it was even more interesting to practice flying some of the planes....
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
MOBILE ‘BIG’ SCREEN THEATER AND EXHIBIT HONORING TUSKEGEE AIRMEN TO VISIT THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN
experience. Standard admission to the Air Show will apply; however there is no charge for the exhibit. In addition, the Red Tail P-51C Mustang will be on static display and five members of the Tuskegee Airmen will be signing autographs and talking with fans throughout the weekend. 
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