After 1-year hiatus, Offutt air show to return Saturday * Omaha World-Herald | The Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show returns to Offutt Air Force Base on Saturday after a one-year hiatus. The show was canceled last year because of the budget sequestration. Only two other cancellations — due to runway repairs in 1994...
Navy Parachute Team to drop in on tonight's Jazz on the Green * Omaha World-Herald | U.S. NavyMembers of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, known as the Leap Frogs, perform during a freefall alongside members of the U.S. Naval Academy parachute team. Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00 am. Navy Parachute Team to drop in on tonight's...
Air Show To Feature Aerobatics, Warbirds * Stacey Page Online | In a re-enactment of the Berlin airlift, a four-engine C-54 “Candy Bomber” will drop Hersey bars with parachutes from the sky as part of the warbird review. The review will also feature World War II fighter and trainer aircraft including the Hooligans...
My Oh My, The 9 Is Fine! Boeing 787-9 Videos At Farnborough (Before & During) · AirPigz | You've probably already seen the Boeing video of the practice flight for the Farnborough aerial display of the new -9 version of the 787 (20' stretch, 40 more pax plus 350 mile range increase) - it's been a very popular video around the internets the last few days with already over 1 million views. Since it was so readily available by the time I had a chance to do anything with it, I never got around to posting it. I have however added it at the bottom of the page tho in case you are one of the 12 avgeeks who hasn't seen it....
Farnborough Air Show bans thrilling maneuver as Airbus and Boeing jets aim to ... * The Seattle Times (blog) | On the second day, the Air Show authorities banned that maneuver. “They got red-carded,” said Airbus test pilot Frank Chapman, speaking on a tour of his A350 flight test jet on Wednesday. He said the airport authority won't allow either Airbus or...
Scenes from the 2014 Farnborough Airshow * USA TODAY | Scenes from the 2014 Farnborough 
Airshow. The Farnborough Airshow entered its third day today(July 16), with Boeing nabbing a huge 777 order from Qatar Airways that would be valued at nearly $19 billion at list prices. That followed other big news at...
Farnborough Airshow: The Scorpion · AVIATION WEEK Today, July 17th 6:02am Watch: During the Farnborough Airshow, Aviation Week's Amy Butler talked to test pilot Andy Vaughan who transported across the Atlantic in the Scorpion.
Biplane would make the Red Baron turn green with envy: VIDEO * The Maitland Mercury | It will now become part of the exotic fleet at Paul Bennet Airshows, stationed at Maitland Airport, home of the Royal Newcastle Aero Club. It is set to make its debut at an air show at Tamworth shortly, followed by a buildup of appearances that will...
Misprint means big discount on air-show plane rides * State Gazette | A misprint in the summer edition of Tennessee Connection means two lucky patrons of the Veterans' Museum's annual Wings Over Halls Air Show can take advantage of a really good deal. This P-51 Gunfighter will be flown by Jeff Linebaugh air show...
Timeless Voices - Caroline Jensen · eaavideo.org | Caroline Jensen graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1998. She served as a T-38 instructor pilot and transitioned into F-16s. After completing a combat tour in Iraq, she joined the USAF Thunderbirds demonstration team as right wing pilot.
World War II veteran makes sharing B-17 bomber's history part of his last mission * Greenfield Daily Reporter | SELLERSBURG, Indiana — T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson fought in 20 missions in a Boeing B-17 bomber during World War II before he was 20 years old. He said his last mission is passing along his history and the history of other veterans to people today...
RAW VIDEO: Veterans head back to the Belle * WAVE | It's a World War Two era B-17 "Flying 
Fortress" bomber redone as an exact replica of the plane made famous during the war and again in a movie released in 1990. WAVE 3 News was invited for a ride to experience the tour's true purpose: learning more...
Czech L-39 Trainer To Be Revamped * Aviation International News | In fact, the Czech airframer said it had a civilian launch customer for the re-engined L-39, which would make its first appearance at the Reno Air races next year. Demilitarized L-39s are flying in 15 countries. The prototype of the original L-39 made...
EAA Airventure 2013 UCAP Tiedown Party * Other People's Airplanes | We take a minute to talk to some attendees at the Uncontrolled Airspace (UCAP) Tiedown Party to ask them their thoughts on what makes Oshkosh special.
The Aero Experience
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: More Warbird Performers - Tigercat, Mustang, and Stearman
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: North American Trainers - T-6 Texan and T-28 Trojan
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Vought Corsair - Bent-Winged Bird and Whistling Death
A-10 pilots 'Hawg' the range * Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | The 355th Fighter Wing hosted 14 A-10 teams from around the world for Hawgsmoke, July 9-12. Hawgsmoke is a biennial worldwide A-10 bombing, missile and tactical gunnery competition, which was derived from the discontinued "Gunsmoke" Air Force Worldwide Gunnery Competition. This competition is an opportunity for camaraderie, fellowship of the world's premier Close Air Support fighter, and a legacy of its pilots and support crews....
Group applies for permit to dredge Mon near Baldwin for B-25 crash site * Tribune-Review | Those convinced that a crashed B-25 bomber lies at the bottom of the Monongahela River hope to dredge a portion of the river to find it, this time near Baldwin Borough. Bob Shema and others with the B-25 Recovery Group applied for a dredging permit...
Space Rocket History: Well Worth the Listen! | Thanks to the guys at the Aviation Xtended podcast, my attention was directed to Michael Annis’ Space Rocket History podcast. This fantastic show is covering our voyage into space from the earliest rocket pioneers right up to the present day...
3G Aviation Media to Host a Warbird Photography Mini-workshop in Atlanta This ... * Motor E magazine | “We are excited to work with the Commemorative Air Force's B-17, Sentimental Journey,” says Doug Glover, one of the 3G instructors, “the polished metal skin of the aircraft makes it such a beautiful subject during sunset and twilight photo shoots...
Flying High With the Young Eagles Program * WSIL TV | WILLIAMSON COUNTY -- Some kids will be flying high very soon. They'll have the chance to explore the skies along side a pilot. It's part of the Young Eagles program hosted by Chapter 277 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. On Saturday, July 19...
EAA sponsors Young Eagles rally * Herald Review | One hundred seven youngsters showed up at the Grand Rapids airport for the Young Eagles Flight Rally sponsored by the local EAA organization. While the flights were put on hold for a couple of hours due to low visibility, they were finally able to fly...
Space tourism, on a budget * Forbes India | Its second rocket plane, the X-Racer, was commissioned in 2005 by the Rocket Racing League, a group developing Nascar-style races for rocket planes. Its was the first rocket plane to feature XCOR's piston pump engines, which can withstand 5,000 flights...
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Video: Thunder Over the Valley air show previewed - WFMJ | VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio - 
Organizers of Thunder Over the Valley have released a tentative schedule of events for the air show scheduled for May 17 and 18 at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the show, which will be free to the public....
Fair St. Louis Airshow Cancelled, Two Other Area Events Rise to the Challenge * The Aero Experience | The St. Louis area is seeing some changes in the Midwest Aviation entertainment scene this year, with one event cancelled but two more added. Just unofficially announced tonight, the Fair St. Louis Airshow scheduled for the July 4 holiday has been cancelled due to the change of venue from the Mississippi Riverfront near the Gateway Arch to Forest Park, located near the center of the city. A major construction project involving the Gateway Arch grounds precluded using the traditional Fair St. Louis site, but hopes for continuing the airshow were buoyed by an April 8 statement from St. Louis Mayor Slay that there would be an airshow. That is apparently no longer the case. Thankfully, two other events will make their debuts in the area to celebrate Midwest Aviation....
Airshow offers hands-on history lesson - Killeen Daily Herald | TEMPLE — Families looking to spend this weekend outdoors can watch static displays, formation flying, pyrotechnics, aerobatics stunts and war re-enactments during the Central Texas Airshow in Temple. The show kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday and runs throughout the weekend from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple...
Leap Frogs Kick off Navy Week Season - Military.com | FORT WORTH, Texas -- The U.S. Navy Parachute Team, The Leap Frogs, wrapped up their first Navy Week of the year at Dallas/Fort Worth April 27, a show trip which included two local baseball games and multiple air show performances...
Knights Swoop 4th Meet * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The US Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights Canopy Piloting Team competed at Skydive the Farm in Rockmart, Georgia Saturday April 26th. This was the fourth Meet sponsored by the Florida Canopy Piloting Association....
Mr. Snowbird is signing off - Comox Vallety Record | ... MacDonald, known as Mr. Snowbird, has 
been the unofficial voice of the Snowbirds for the past decade — arguably their biggest fan — and is completing his tenure as play-by-play announcer at the end of their training season on May 7....
Belgian Air Force Display Dates 2014 * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Today, at their Launch Day, the Belgian Air Force released details of their 2014 display season. The UK is supported on four occasions with the F-16 visiting RIAT and Yeovilton and the Red Devils supporting Cosford and Cleethorpes.
Youngest-ever female member of U.S. Aerobatic Team to make her Reno debut · General Aviation News | RENO, Nev. – One of the world’s top female pilots will be gracing the northern Nevada skies for the first time at this year’s National Championship Air Races Sept. 10-14. Melissa Pemberton, a world-renowned aerobat and the youngest-ever female member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, will bring her Edge540 aircraft to the Reno-Stead Airfield this September. Pemberton joins the F-22 Raptor Demonstration team as performers that have been announced so far for the event’s 51st year...
Midair Squadron Canberra PR9 and Hunter T7 perform inaugural display in front of home crowds * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | In their inaugural display together, and XL577’s first week flying since 2009, the dynamic pair captivated on-looking crowds with their agility and grace coupled with the power of their impressive Avon jet engines. The Canberra PR9 is the only air-worthy example of this aircraft in the world, and joined by XL577, makes this combination of unique aircraft a global first....
Red Arrows to come to Derry - Derry Journal | ...The display will take place in the city on Sunday, June 29, on the final day of the Clipper Homecoming Festival, as events draw to a close....
New Oshkosh 2013 Highlights posted * LiveAirShowTV | Skip Stewart and Kevin Coleman
Annual Antique Auto Show at the New England Air Museum on Sunday, June 1st · Warbirds News | The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Antique Auto Show on Sunday, June 1st. Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Council of Car Clubs, this will be one of the larger auto shows this year. Visitors can expect a wide range of cars, including early antiques such as Model T’s, show cars from the 30’s & 40’s, street rods, sports cars, the dream cars of the 50’s and muscle cars of the 60’s and early 70’s. Participant and people’s choice awards will be given, and dash plaques will be presented to the first 200 cars arriving. The show will feature the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang with a favorite Mustang Award....
The birth of the Israeli Air Force * Bayou Renaissance Man | There's a new movie in production that will tell the story of the beginnings of the Israeli Air Force and the role played by foreign volunteer pilots in its formation...
If you're a fan of Top Gun and haven't seen this video yet, you'll want to watch the ending. * TVR Photography.com's
Timeless Voices - Robert Evans · eaavideo.org | Robert Evans flew 35 combat missions as a B-24 tail gunner with the 564th Bomb Squadron of the 389th Bomb Group during World War Two.
“Cycle to the Sky” in Support of Vulcan XH558 · Warbirds News | ...The Vulcan to the Sky Trust, 
which maintains and operates Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558, is holding a sponsored cycle rideover the weekend of May 14th/15th. “Cycle to the Sky”, as it’s called, will cover over 150 miles. The ride will start at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, in Leicestershire and progress to Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport via Newark Aviation Museum, RAF Coningsby, The Sentry Post (Waddington Aircraft Viewing Enclosure), and RAF Scampton. They hope to raise at least £5580 through the event in support of the Trust, which may not sound a lot considering the requirements of a magnificent beast like the Vulcan, but every bit helps....
Watch: Tornado fighter jet gets it wings at Coventry's Midland Air Museum - Coventry Telegraph | Much-loved Tornado GR4 being reconstructed piece by piece by army of volunteers | A fighter jet being restored to its former glory in Coventry is finally starting to look the part. Bosses at the Midland Air Museum, based next to Coventry Airport in Baginton, managed to get their hands on a much-loved Tornado GR4 but were faced with the arduous task of putting it back together piece-by-piece...
Women Soar helps high school girls discover aviation · General Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — EAA’s Women Soar You Soar program, which allows 100 high school-age girls discover more about aviation and all its possibilities from aviators, engineers and leaders during EAA AirVenture OshkoshT, is scheduled for July 28-31 and now open for registration...
Local 6-year-old attending the Air Force Academy * 9NEWS.com | Spending the morning like an Airman, Conner will don a flight suit, take a ride with the Academy Aero Club and spend time with his squadron. Conner will also see a chemistry magic show, see a car show and have a pizza party. Started in 2000, the Cadet...
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The Patriots Jet Team Announces Flight of MiG Fighter Jet in 2014 Airshows - PRWeb | The Patriots 
Jet Team, the only six-aircraft civilian-owned jet team in the United States, announced today the addition of a MiG fighter jet to its show-stopping lineup. The addition of the MiG to the team’s performance roster provides a unique in-air marketing opportunity for businesses. For each show, the flying MiG will be...
Video: US Army Golden Knights - Fayetteville Observer | The U.S. Army Golden Knights taking part in The 4th Annual World Invitational Indoor Skydiving Championships held at Paraclete XP Skyventure Indoor Skydiving Facility in Raeford on March 2, 2014.
Paratroopers help with Rex ceremony - Bayoubuzz | The Leap Frogs, a group of U.S. Navy SEAL paratroopers, will sail down from the skies and land at the Rex Organization’s den on Mardi Gras morning to assist with a flag-raising ceremony. Former Rex and World War II veteran Beau Bassich will lead the ceremony...
'Women of Aviation' program set for Saturday - Steubenville Herald Star | WHEELING - Local pilot Natalie Campana-Lucas is working in conjunction with Pier Aviation to organize the area's second-annual "Women of Aviation" program, set to take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Wheeling Ohio County Airport. The event coincides with Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, and March 8 marks 106 years since Therese Peltier of France became the first female pilot in the world, according to the Women in Aviation International website...
The Breitling Jet Team in Lens on May 18 - Apache Rolle [video] | C ontrainte to cancel the demonstration airshow 2012, the Breitling Jet Team hope to catch up on May 18 in Lens Bénifontaine! The patrol will be based Lesquin and it will arrive early Sunday Lens to meet the drivers and attend their air show to be held in the early afternoon...
100 Years of Australian Military Aviation Celebration plus the book Bristol Boxkites at Point Cook by travelforaircraft | March 14th of this year marks the first century of Australia's military aviation with Centennial Celebration commencing on that date. Two esteemed servicemen and Ron Gretton (see bio below) and Geoff Matthews (see bio below) built a flying replica of the first aircraft purchased by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) — the Bristol Boxkite biplane with pusher engine — to be flown as a signatory event during the celebration. After the flight the aircraft will be donated to the RAAF Museum in Point Cook where it will reside in the good company of RAAF aviation history exhibits...
Q. In Reno, Nevada, what’s Wacky & Orange all Over? A. Section 3 of Course! · Kim West, WarBirdBabe | If you’ve been to Reno Air Races, you know the biggest Fans are seated in Section 3 – Undoubtedly you’ve seen and heard the fashion forward fans wearing Orange!...
Fair St. Louis 2013 Airshow Reprise: Jive and Rifle RV-8 Precision Aerobatics - The Aero Experience | As we prepare for the 2014 Midwest Aviation airshow season, The Aero Experience salutes the RV-8 team of Jerry "Jive" Kerby and Joe "Rifle" Shetterly by sharing some of our photos from Fair St. Louis 2013. Our team descended on St. Louis Downtown Airport, located just a few miles flying distance from the St. Louis riverfront and...
Watch video: Tuskegee Airmen visit Sparks from RGJ.com
Photos: Rebuilding a B-17 - Arizona Daily Star | They got one part for the World War II-era bomber from under an elderly woman's porch in the next town, and another was bought from someone who had it hanging in a bar in Colorado. When dozens of volunteers are finished piecing them all together at a small Ohio museum, they're going to roll out a better-than-new, airworthy version of one of history's most famous military airplanes, the B-17.
New Bronco - Apron 6 | Today was a great day in many ways. First of all it was great to see Tony back at the controls of a Bronco. That Bronco is the new Bronco for the Bronco Demo Team, some more good news. Besides that I could photograph this happening from the open ramp of the Skyvan. All of...
Broken Arrow - Warbirds News | Broken Arrow: two simple words which seem innocent enough, but when one knows they represent the code-word for a lost nuclear weapon, they are perhaps the scariest words you could ever contemplate. Given all the safeguards our military enacts to prevent such a thing from happening, it might surprise many to learn that there have been a few Broken Arrow cases over the years. Perhaps the...
World War I in Pictures By Air & Space Magazine | Photographs from the birth of air combat | In 
anticipation of next year’s World War I centennial, the United Kingdom’s Imperial War Museums and Alfred A. Knopf have produced a stirring retrospective: The Great War: A Photographic Narrative. The 20th century’s first titanic upheaval created a line between old world and new; when the war ended, almost nothing was the same as it had been...
Berry’s Leap - Air & Space Magazine | March 1, 1912 U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from a powered airplane.
Navy pilot dies in fighter jet crash in western Nevada - RGJ.com | FALLON, Nev. (AP) — A day after a fighter jet went down during a training exercise in western Nevada, the Navy said late Sunday that the military pilot had been killed in the crash. It took rescue crews several hours to reach the site of Saturday’s crash on a Navy range training complex east of Naval Air Station Fallon because of a snow storm and mountainous, remote terrain. But there was no immediate word released about the pilot....
Area 51 Black Jets by travelforaircraft | Whether you know it as Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Groom Lake or Area 51 it is a facility shrouded mystery. Shedding light of many of the dark projects there, as well as many others less in the dark, author Bill Yeene also takes the reader through their history and importance. This book only just published ? Area 51 Black Jets ? begins in 1940 with the designation of an inhospitable 3,000,000 acres of land in southern Nevada as an Army bombing and gunnery range before...
Third Prototype of China’s Stealth Jet Makes Maiden Flight and Shows Improvements - The Aviationist | The third prototype of China’s 5th generation fighter jet made its maiden flight on Mar. 1. As already explained, Beijing’s radar-evading plane shows several differences from the first (and second) prototype aircraft, a sign China is improving and developing more in the field of low observability applied to fighter jets....
Female pilot encourages girls to consider career in cockpit as part of International Women’s Week - Herald Sun | BITTEN by the aviation bug, pilot Peta Denham Harvey is determined to help young women get it too. And she is urging school career advisers to steer girls to the cockpit and not just into cabin. As part of International Women’s Week, she has helped organise for girls to get a flight in a light aircraft....
Young Eagles plan flight rally March 8 - News-Sun | SEBRING — Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, March 8, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 1240 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally and pancake breakfast at Sebring Regional Airport. A $6 donation is requested for the breakfast, $8 for all you can eat. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 1.4 million young people who reside in more than 90 countries....
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25th Annual 2013 Salute To Veterans Airshow - STLtoday.com | Columbia, MO: The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to come celebrate a major milestone at their 25th Annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend at Columbia Regional Airport on...
August airshow planned at Allentown airport - Allentown Morning Call | The Lehigh Valley International Airport will host an airshow in late August to raise money and awareness about the Allentown facility, where passenger traffic has slipped. The Iron Eagle Aerobatic Team, an all-female sky diving team and ground exhibits...
Ellsworth cancels annual Dakota Thunder airshow - Rapid City Journal | Ellsworth Air Force Base said Monday that it has cancelled this year's Dakota Thunder air show following federal budget cuts that took effect this month. The air show has been been hosted every two to three years at Ellsworth for decades. At a typical...
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - DAY TWO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | Welcome to Day Two of the Air Tattoo's 'Magnificent Seven' Easter Egg-stravaganza of Aircraft.
AIRSHOW NEWS: RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day is a finalist in the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day has been named as a finalist in the Tourism Experience of the Year category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013....
WWII Avro Anson plane airshow star - 3News NZ | Organisers say computer games have driven interest in aviation heritage. But it's a rare World War II-era bomber that should attract the most attention. A 10-year restoration effort left the Avro Anson looking just as it did during the Second World War...
Opening Day festivities at Turner Field are set - AtlantaBraves.com | During the National Anthem, four T-6s of the historic Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will perform a flyover across Turner Field. Fans will see former third baseman Chipper Jones on the field for the first time out of his uniform when he will...
Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Into Cathedral Catholic [Gallery] - Patch.com | The Leap Frogs jumped from the aircraft immediately following an appearance by the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard and the singing of the national anthem. The jumpers deployed their gold and blue parachutes and activated green smoke grenades to make...
Air Force Museum Hosts Aviation Film Festival from AVwebFlash Current Issue | To celebrate the installation of its giant new movie screen, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an all-aviation film festival, April 12 to 14. The museum's 400-seat theater is re-opening after an $800,000 renovation, featuring a high-definition digital 3D screen that stands six stories high and an all-new sound system. The Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation...
Faribault Area Balloon Rally & Airfest to return this fall - Southernminn.com | A group of hot air balloons are prepared to be launched at the beginning of the 2007 Faribault Area Airfest and Balloon Rally. The event has been on hiatus since 2009, but will return this September.
Boots Blesse flies west from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force legend was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery March 22, officially "flying west." Retired Maj. Gen. Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a double ace pilot, passed away Oct. 31, 2012. He retired from the Air Force April 1, 1975, and into his final days, the Air Force was a consistent part of his life....
Moon landing jump starts general's own space legacy from Air Force Link Top Stories | When Neil Armstrong made history with man's first footsteps on the moon, Susan Helms needed a little nudging
from her mom to get excited. And get excited she did. She realized that there would never be another first step on the moon, and even as a young 11-year-old, knew the feat was something special. Little did she know that a little more than two decades later, then Maj. Helms would be the first woman military astronaut to fly in space....B-17 'Memphis Belle' vintage aircraft flies into Long Beach for anniversary from LGB - Long Beach Airport Spotting and News by Stephen Tornblom |LONG BEACH -- Laurence Stevens was a 19-year-old B-17 tail gunner, dozing off above Brux, Czechoslovakia, in 1944 when a jolt snapped him alert. Dozens of white parachute canopies were blossoming in the freezing stratosphere as B-17s began plummeting toward the ground.... [video]
Yorkshire Air museum in awards final - The Press, York | THE Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York, has been named as a finalist in this year's Visit England Awards For Excellence. The museum has made the shortlist in the category of Tourism Experience of the Year, following its French In York...
Air Force tells stealth pilots it has no cure for 'Raptor cough' - RT | Air Force pilots employed to fly the US military's F-22 warplanes are experiencing breathing problems and coughing fits caused by plane's oxygen system – and officials say they have no solution for this problem. Despite at least one fatal crash that...
Air Force Memorial Launches New Website - Sacramento Bee | The website has undergone a total redesign to better provide people with information about visiting the memorial, hosting an event, accessing its heritage archives, leaving a tribute for a friend or a family member, and much more. ... the United States...
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns successfully to Earth from Flightglobal Events | The SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned successfully from its third flight to the International Space Station, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean. The...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Golden Knights Make First Jumps from New Aircraft - Avionics Intelligence | The U.S. Army Parachute Team performed its first paratroop jumps Feb. 20, from a new Twin Otter aircraft procured by Army Aviation's Fixed Wing Project Office. The Army's elite parachuting team, better known as the Golden Knights, had accepted the ...
Blue Angels practice draws crowd of 6279 to Pensacola as sequestration impact ... - al.com (blog) | PENSACOLA, Florida -- A crowd of 6,279 local residents, snowbirds and spring-breakers packed into the observation area at the National Naval Aviation Museum to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels practice for the first time this season in Pensacola....
Special to Florida Weekly - Florida Weekly | Visitors to the 33rd annual Florida International Air Show will be able to witness Ms. Wicker's wing walking in person Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. Recently named one of the 10 best air shows in the world by USA Today, the Florida International ...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles in Plant City from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | PLANT CITY, Fla. — On Saturday, March 23, the third annual Planes, Trains & Automobiles event will take place at the Plant City Airport (PCM). It’s a chance to see airplanes, remote control planes, helicopters, model trains in operation and on exhibit, and classic and exotic car displays. Antique railroad maintenance equipment, train artifacts and memorabilia will be on site for guests to explore....
Navy parachute team to land at school field - U-T San Diego | The all-volunteer Parachute Team, known as Leap Frogs, will land on the field at school's stadium. During the performance, jumpers deploy their distinctive blue and gold parachutes and often activate smoke grenades during free fall flight to make it ...
Aluminum Overcast Nearly Ready for 2013 Tour from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Recent work by staff and volunteers is inching EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast ever-closer to being ready for the 2013 tour season, which opens next month, April 25, at Torrance, California's Zamperini Field.
Air show countdown - Marlborough Express | Marlborough motels and backpackers are close to bursting point for the weekend of the 2013 Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow, according to an organiser of accommodation for the event. Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre administration assistant Shona Renner ...
Air Show will attract thousands of Dominicans - Translated | Santo Domingo. - The Caribbean Air Show returns to the Dominican sky, in an original show created especially for the country, to be held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, on the Malecon of Santo Domingo.... This fourth edition of the Air Show will feature a prestigious international cast, including Rob Holland Ultimate Airshows, The 4CE Team, Bill Stein Airshow, Matt Chapman and Jack Knutson Aerobatic Airshow, among others....
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Welcomes CAF B-29 and B-24 - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | (March 19, 2013) — Two of World War II's most iconic aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, will be back at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2013 as part of the Commemorative Air Force's “Ghost Squadron” at The World ...
Landing for Lunches takes off in May at Wausau Downtown Airport from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | Pilots will have an opportunity to compete in a landing contest during the month of May at the Wausau Downtown Airport (AUW) in Wisconsin. Proceeds from “Landings For Lunches” will benefit The Neighbors’ Place, a charity that provides emergency assistance, food, youth services and more to the Wausau community. Pilots will donate one dollar and a non-perishable food item (or an additional dollar) each time they compete. Donations will be split between prize money and contributions to The Neighbors’ Place. Aviators will be able to compete as many times as they wish each day during the hour from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. while judges are present....
Videos: FedEx 727 Lands On 4,000 Foot Anchorage Runway! from AirPigz by Martt | FedEx recently donated one of their antique Boeing 727's to the University of Alaska for use at Merrill Field in Anchorage as a non-flying training tool, but Merrill Field only has a 4,000 foot runway. Well, if you know anything about the United Airlines 727 on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, you probably know that it was landed at the old Meigs Field back in 1992 on a runway that was only about 3,900 feet long!...
Air to Air photography. What equipment? from Apron 6 | In the beginning of this week I got following question via Facebook. The questions came from someone who just did her first air to air photoflight. I thought it might be interesting to write something about the equipment part. I did my very first air to air shoot in 2008 when I was photographing for [...]
RAF's first operational F-35 pilot flies first training sortie from Flightglobal Events | The first operational UK pilot selected to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35B has performed his first training sortie in the type ...
So, farewell, then C-130E from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Pictured on the US Air Force website is service's last remaining Lockheed Martin C-130E as it prepares to fly off into the sunset from Hurlburt Field in Florida.
Paragliders Rally To Save Mountain from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A mountaintop in Utah that's a popular launch site for paraglider and hang-glider pilots is being destroyed by a mining operation, and the fliers have launched a protest. "This is a jewel, this is a famous place," said Jonathan Jeffries, a paraglider, at a recent meeting where fliers gathered to plan a mountain-saving strategy. "People come from all over the world to fly here." The site, known as Point of the Mountain, just south of Salt Lake City, is owned by a mining company, and bulldozers are now infringing on the fliers' site. The fliers have launched a web site, an online petition, and a Facebook page in an effort to organize support and preserve the mountaintop for recreation...
Jeff Bezos Recovers Apollo Saturn V F-1 Rocket Engines From Bottom of Atlantic from Spaceports | Bezos Expeditions, led by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, located and recovered remains and debris from two F-1 engines that powered Project Apollo's Saturn V rockets. They...
Saturday, November 17, 2012
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Blue Angels pilots, Shriners review plans for summer performance - Evansville Courier & Press | EVANSVILLE — A Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet, part of the Navy's Blue Angels demonstration squadron, touched down in Evansville Friday morning for a brief visit in preparation for the team's appearance here during the annual Hadi ShrinersFest next ...
City lauds Estrella Warbirds, approves 2013 date - Paso Robles Press | PASO ROBLES — Citing the resounding success of the Estrella Warbirds' annual Airport Day in 2012, city officials have given the green light to the group in 2013. Following post-event discussions with city staff and Warbirds organizers, an agreement ...
Exchange of gifts from Apache Roll, patrolling blog by Breitling Grifil | Gift exchange between the Breitling Jet Team and the Chinese National Patrol with the prospect of sharing many events throughout the year 2013.
Leap Frogs Showcase Skills at Two Florida Shows - Military.com | 9-11, jumping not only at the Underwater Demolition Team/SEa, Air, Land commando (UDT/SEAL) Muster at the UDT/SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, but also appearing at the Stuart Air Show in Stuart. The five-man jump team made five performances over the ...
Black Team Visits Columbia Children’s Hospital from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | We are always honored to connect the Amercian people to America’s Army. Today we were privideged to 
spend time with some amazing children and their familes at the Children’s Hospital in Columbia, MO. Shortly after arriving in town we went to the stadium to survey for tomorrow evening’s jump into the University of Missouri vs. Syracuse football game. Immediately following the visit to the stadium the team was proud to be a part of a heartwarming visit to the Children’s Hospital....
Loss of the Twinkie to Affect Aviation? from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | If you haven’t heard by now, there’s bad news on the horizon for one of Lee Bottom Flying Field’s most famous events, Sinful Sundays. Despite the events popularity, a key component of the fun just became endangered. Therefore, whether you're in the "Yeah I've been" or the "I've always wanted to go" category, keep reading to see how the Hostess shutdown could affect aviation...
Mustang Days return to Vacaville's Nut Tree Airport Daily Republic by Ian Thompson | Some of the Mustangs expected to be on display at the event will be restored to their World War II condition while others will be racing aircraft that attended the Reno Air Races...
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Cosford to mark Aviation milestones from Flightline UK | The 75th anniversary of RAF Cosford will be one of three special milestones marked at the RAF Cosford Air Show in June 2013. | The announcement was made by Air Show Chairman Wing Commander Mike Wilson at the launch of next year’s event, which will take place on Sunday, June 9. Also being celebrated will be the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire entering RAF service and the 40th anniversary of the Jaguar aircraft....
EAA Video - Profiles of the five Hall of Fame inductees for this year.
Awesome giant C-5 Galaxy near tailstrike take off at Oshkosh 2012 from David Cenciotti | Taken by Lucas Ryan last August during the 2012 EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the following picture proves that, under certain circumstances, a big cargo plane as the C-5 Galaxy, can be cool and (somehow) maneuverable, just like a fighter jet....
Airship Ventures Closes from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Mountain View, Calif.-based Airship Ventures has grounded its zeppelin and will most likely dismantle it and send it back to Germany where it was built. Since 2007 the company, based at historic airship base Moffett Field, has offered trips, rides, promotions and anything else it could think of to keep the aircraft, named Eureka, afloat but it always lacked the one thing that would guarantee survival, particularly in turbulent economic times: consistent corporate sponsorship. "I've looked at the numbers, and for the price of a one-minute Super Bowl ad, a Fortune 500 company could sponsor the airship for a year," CEO Brian 
Hall told the San Jose Mercury News He pegged the cost at $5 million to $6 million. "You'd think that would be a slam dunk, right?"
the FMA I.Ae. 37 Argentine prototype jet fighter - designed by... from x planes
Support an airfield – a letter from Graham Orphan from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor | ...There is an airfield that could use your help, right now, to assist against just such a predator. The historic Sonoma Valley Airport, perhaps better known as Schellville in northern California, is one of those ‘aviation Nirvana’ centres that has evolved over many decades to become a mecca for heritage aviation. Dozens of vintage and warbird aircraft owners and restorers have gravitated towards this wonderful old fashioned airfield which is...
My avi-year's 04 HHA RAF Scampton from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | When I was a member of the 'Tiger Squadron' of the OFMC, we got the chance to visit the 'Jet' arm of the OFMC up at RAF Scampton. Tucked away in one of the original hangars at Scampton, we came across various ex Swiss Hawker Hunters, and an ex GAF SU 22 fighter, and the great sight of a Blackburn Buccaneer once again. Now in the case of the Buccaneer, this was being made 'airworthy' like the SU. 22 and was waiting the CAA 'approval' at the time. It's only in the last few years, that this has been 'granted' by the CAA, but has yet, apart from ground running, this aircraft has not flown. It could be that, HHA are awaiting a big contract with the MoD for...
Aviator loses his pilot's license again - Los Angeles Times | David G. Riggs, a local aviator whose flight privileges were revoked after he buzzed the Santa Monica Pier in 2008, lost his pilot's license again this week for illegally selling rides to the public in a Soviet-era military jet. The enforcement action ...
Aviation adventures included on Extreme Bucket List - AOPA Pilot | s modified Boeing 727-200, known as the vomit comet; working with Zenith Aircraft's Sebastian Heintz to build and fly your own airplane; and wing walking in England. Conklin emphasizes flying experiences not just because of his love for the industry ...
Area Students Take Flight With New Program - Jamestown Post Journal | The Fly to Learn program was brought to the Jamestown area through a collaboration between the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum and Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds initiative. The initiative, which seeks to address America's declining ...
Monday, November 5, 2012
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Blue Angels finish season with very loud bang - Pensacola News Journal | On the airshow grounds, thousands sought shade under tarmacs. Families plopped down blankets and chairs on hard concrete and parked for hours to get a good view. Some made sure they had views to take home. Most folks pointed cellphone cameras at ...
F-18 demo instead of flyby tops list of added attractions at annual Stuart Air ... - TCPalm | Kids should have even more to see at the airshow this year. OTTO the helicopter's comical maneuvers are choreographed to music, and the Jet School Bus, with a 42,000-horsepower fighter jet engine, shoots fire up to 80 feet. Smoke from the bus can ...
Scottsdale Air Fair - azcentral | Scott Andrews and three other members of his EAA Warbirds of America squadron will create warbird formations during the fair. Andrews flies a dark-green Nanchang CJ-6A, a Chinese trainer. Andrews said the squadron will perform aerobatic maneuvers at...
See demonstrations of SEALs in action at museum's Muster - TCPalm | FILE PHOTO Mason Smith, (left),11, and his brother Judd, 8, watch as members of the Navy Seals Leap Frogs U.S. Navy Parachute Team come down to the ground after jumping from a C-130 airplane at the start of the 26th Muster at the National Navy ...
Formation flight Sunday. Drakens from Planeshots
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAFA Shoreham Airshow announce dates and exciting plans for 2013
from Flightline UK | The dates for the 2013 Royal Air Forces (RAFA) Shoreham Airshow have been confirmed for Saturday August 31st and Sunday September 1st 2013. “It has been a sad year with the passing of our highly respected Airshow Display Director Peter Eager who has been at the helm for 23 years following a short illness. However, we know Peter would have been delighted with the appointment of Rod Dean as his successor,” said Derek Harber Acting Airshow Organiser. “Rod has a wealth of aviation experience as a display pilot and as a Display Director for the Farnborough Airshow so we can expect to see some new displays linked to some of the old at the 2013 event.”...
Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts Founder from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MURFREESBORO TN- The 11th Annual Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Gala was held in Murfreesboro at the Embassy Suites Convention Center for the first time instead of the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville. Through a partnership with the State of Tennessee and the Aerospace Department of Middle Tennessee State University; the Hall of Fame established an official repository and achieve facility within the Aerospace department at MSTU located there...
NBAA wraps up 2012 convention from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | ORLANDO — On Nov. 1, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) wrapped up the third and final day of its 65th Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2012), which President and CEO Ed Bolen termed “a very good show.”...
What A Week! Airborne Covers NBAA2012 (All 3 Episodes) from Aero-News Network | Here's The Links To The Three Daily Airborne Episodes From Our Amazing NBAA 2012 Coverage! ANN is pleased to have made it through the there tumultuous days of NBAA 2012 without a scratch (which has not always bneen the case... honest). We're even more pleased to revisit the three amazing episodes we webcast EVERY day of the convention...
Arrows under attack in Parliament "stop flying" - The Small | On the day dedicated to the Armed Forces that come here again the hypothesis and the desire for someone to shut the Frecce Tricolori. Do not hide behind a finger MPs radical Donatella Poretti and Mario Perduca who ...
Avi-faces over the airshow seasons . from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links
New Posts from Antique Airfield:
- 2012 AAA/APM Fly-In: Celebrating 60th Anniversary of the AAA and 75th Anniversary of the Luscombe Model 8
- Pumpkin Drop 2012
- Ercoupe Project Donated to the APM
- Colorado Chapter Member Jack Greiner Inducted in Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
the warehouses of Aeroclub of Languedoc Toulouse-Lasbordes. The driver behind the F was a pharmacist in Toulouse and may be the owner of the aircraft at the time. If you recognize anyone do not hesitate to contact me. This device from the 1930s, originally registered F-ANUX, since certain changes happened under a...Faux Fighter Combat Scam Is Alive And Well... And More Dangerous Than Ever from Aero-News Network | 'Dear Mr. Campbell.... Thank You For (Possibly) Saving My Life' News/Observation/Analysis By ANN Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell I hardly know where to begin... but what started as yet another ridiculous fraud by one of aviation's most infamous aero-crooks appears to have taken on a new and far more dangerous path. Over the course of the last few years, we've written a few times about the exploits of a multiply-convicted felon and con-man, David Riggs... best known for terrorizing hundreds with an L-39 buzz job over the Santa Monica pier that hurt the rep of aviators all over the west coast....
CAP flying sorties from New England to West Virginia in wake of Hurricane Sandy from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Civil Air Patrol wings in the organization’s Northeast Region made 16 flights Thursday and 20 more on Friday to continue assessing damage from Hurricane Sandy, with aircrews also looking for people possibly stranded in deep snow in West Virginia. The flights follow 25 damage assessment sorties carried out Tuesday and Wednesday. The first aerial missions took place Tuesday as soon as winds subsided sufficiently, as aircrews photographed damage to the coastal areas of Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, along with Massachusetts’ Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island and Rhode Island’s Block Island. CAP members also conducted flights over Maryland and Delaware in CAP’s neighboring Middle East Region, which includes West Virginia...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Simsbury Airport Fly-In draws record 10000 visitors - Foothills Media Group | SIMSBURY — The
2012 Simsbury Fly-In & Car Show, held Sept. 23 at Simsbury Airport, featured a flyover by a giant military cargo jet, maneuvers by the Yankee Clippers formation team, a World War I fighter plane replica and visits from two LifeStar...Photos: Paso Robles Airport Day 2012 from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | September 29, 2012, Saturday Warbirds Over Paso Robles Airshow.
Intrepid airmen CIAF to attract a record number of visitors - BBC NEWS | This year's 19th vintage airshow Czech International Air Fest - CIAF according to initial estimates had record attendance. For both weekend days in Hradec airport resulted in more than 53,000 spectators, said spokesman Thomas shows Otruba. Last year came about...
CIAF air show had record attendance this year - Czech newspapers | Hradec Kralove - This year's 19th vintage airshow Czech International Air Fest - CIAF according to initial estimates had record attendance. For both weekend days in Hradec airport resulted in more than 53,000 spectators, the show's spokesman told ČTK Thomas Otruba ...
Leap Frogs Gave Breathtaking Performance at 2012 Coronado Speed Fest - US Navy SEALs Blog & Information (blog) | Aside from the thrilling car races, the crowd attending the two-day finale of Coronado Fleet Festival was treated with a striking performance by the Navy Parachute Demonstration Team. The Leap Frogs got the rare opportunity to show off their skills to ...
Colorado and Texas Chapter October Newsletters from Antique Airfield News | Here are the Colorado Chapter and the Texas Chapter October 2012 Newsletters. Blakesburg reports, fly-in news, and chapter business. Don't forget, the Texas Chapter Fall Festival of Flight will be October 12-13 at Gainesville Municipal Airport!
Shady Lady - 2012 - Feature length documentary Narration: Michael Dorn | 'Shady Lady' is the epic story of the B-24 Liberator aircraft called 'Shady Lady' that set off from Darwin on Friday, 13 August 1943 on what was at that time the world's longest ever bombing mission of WWII to the oil refineries
at Balikpapan, Borneo. Shortly before running out of fuel, 'Shady Lady' was crash landed on a remote salt pan in Northern Western Australia after flying for 16 hours and 35 minutes. With help from the Aboriginal Community, 'Shady Lady' amazingly flew again. A 'Presidential Citation' for the crew, was... More Info and trailer HERESanta Teresa's War Eagles Museum hosts visit by restored B-17 bomber, crew - Las Cruces Sun-News | SANTA TERESA — The World War II B-17G bomber "Sentimental Journey" is scheduled to be on display and available for rides and tours from Monday's arrival about noon, to Thursday, departing in the morning, at the War Eagles Air Museum, 8012 Airport ...
UK Mosquito from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | Just heard from Peter Smith of 'inreachfortheskies' blog, that the second Mosquito...
Rare Biplane With 6 On Board Missing from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Helicopters searched across rugged terrain in northwest Brisbane, Australia, for a 1934 de Havilland Dragon DH-84 biplane that went missing Monday afternoon (local time) with six people on board. The pilot was headed home after a weekend airshow when a distress call was received about 2:15 p.m., and an emergency locator signal was heard about 45 minutes later. The pilot reportedly was "struggling in thick cloud," according to a report from the Australian Broadcasting Network. Low lying clouds in the hilly and forested area hampered search efforts. Officials said an aircraft equipped with infra-red technology would search overnight, and further air and ground efforts would ramp up in the morning...
Mark Mangold Interview at Reno Pylon Racing School – from National Air Race Podcast
from Warbirdbabe's Blog | I had a fun time interviewing Airline Pilot and Red Bull Racing Champion, Mark Mangold at the Reno Pylon Racing School (PRS) which is held each June prior to the official start of the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show held in September. I spoke with Pilot Mike Mangold about the changes made to the race course which decreased in size from 8.4 miles to 8.1 miles but increased the safety radius margins....
National Air Race and Aviation films: 1928 – 1939 by Engineering Library | National Air Race and Aviation films: 1928 – 1939 have been loaded as a set of aviation films from Western Reserve Historical Society's collection. “This collection contains copies of original 16mm films (positive prints) of the ...
Phabulous Phantom Photo: F-4 fighter jet’s romantic take off into a rainbow from David Cenciotti's weblog | Taken few hours ago at Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, by Gian Luca Onnis, the following picture shows a German Air Force F-4 Phantom with the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 “Richthofen”, taking off into a rainbow, shortly after a thunderstorm...
EAA Member's 'In Descent Proposal' Goes Viral from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A video of an EAA member proposing to his girlfriend in a GA airplane while feigning an in-flight emergency has gone viral, giving the now-engaged couple a fair dose of fame on the national landscape. Ryan Thompson, EAA 1096853, from Chicago, and his fiancee Carlie Kennedy have already appeared on ABC's Good Morning America thanks to the popularity of the video In Descent Proposal, which at last count was approaching 1.4 million views on YouTube.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
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'Hometown Hero' flies with Thunderbirds in advance of this weekend's air show - Sacramento Bee | What is an extra day's wait when you have a chance to pull 6.9 g turn in an F16 jet fighter? After having a scheduled flight with the Thunderbirds flying team scrubbed Thursday, Christina Preston took an action-packed one-hour ride in one of the red ...
Little Rock Airshow Takes Place This Weekend - KUAR | The Little Rock Air Force Base is hosting its annual Airshow this weekend, where the Blue Angels are to perform. Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt is one of the aerobatic pilots performing in the show and says he's a proud air guardsman and is very excited ...
Taking a ride in the Blue Angels' C-130, "Fat Albert" - FOX16.com | She's the largest but least famous member of the Blue Angels. The C-130 cargo plane known as "Fat Albert" is used to transport spare parts for the world-famous jets but. at 120-thousand pounds, "Fat Albert" isn't afraid to throw its weight around. "We ...
'Wings Over Waukegan' Air Show Slated For Saturday - Patch.com | The Canadian Snowbirds aircraft will be on display during the “Wings Over Waukegan” core air show hours (Gates open at 9:30 a.m., air show from noon to 4 p.m.) on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Waukegan Regional Airport, 3580 N. McAree Rd., Waukegan.
NRV Skyfest Airshow brings excitement, talent from across the country - WSLS | “We have an amazing show, we're bringing a lot of people to southwest Virginia that have never been here before” said Debbie Seagle, the airshow director. “Our signature move is the bomb burst where we come in as a group and three of the airplanes go ...
Black Team Attends the Cleveland National Air Show from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | 
The 2012 Cleveland National Air Show hosted a wide variety of world class performances. Black Team was proud to participate over Labor Day weekend. The show is unique, in that it offers 3 entire days of air show performances. Black Team was slated for two performances each day, providing several unique opportunities. To start off the weekend, Black Team demonstrated...
Air Racing: Competition Continues to Improve Design from Featured by Alan Smith | The Lancair “Legacy” races at Reno in the Sport Class. (Jan Peters)Any kind of motorsport provides a form of on-site engineering test and function improvement, and air racing has definitely contributed to the development of high performance aircraft. During the...
America's Greatest Generation and Their Finest Hour - The Morning Sun | The featured plane had to be the “Yankee Lady”, the B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run airport near Belleville, MI. This particular B-17 was built in 1945 but never flew in combat. The “Yankee Lady” which was purchased by ...
"Jetman" Shares the Skies with Iconic Spitfire. - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | He is also well known for successfully flying the Breitling colors in the Red Bull Air Race World Championships and most recently flew the stunning P-52 Mustang in Breitling's latest advert 'Too late baby'. www.nigellamb.com. SOURCE Breitling ...
Remembering Dale G. Kuhns: July 1936 – Aug. 2012 from Featured by Herb Foreman |Dale Kuhns is the only person to taxi an aircraft from Crissy Field in San Francisco down Van Ness Avenue to the Civic Auditorium. (Courtesy of Herb Foreman)Born on a farm in Iowa and raised near an airport, Dale Kuhns took an early interest in aviation, constructing model airplanes and robbing his piggy bank to buy rides at the airport...
15th anniversary of F-22 Raptor's first flight from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Today is the 
15th anniversary of the first flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. It was exactly 15th years ago on September 7th, 1997, when Lockheed test pilot Paul Metz first took to the air in the stealthy fifth-generation jet. At the time, it was expected that the USAF would buy 339 or so jets with a total stated requirement for at least 381 planes...
F-35 to start operational utility evaluation on Monday from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter--aka the "Lightning II"--will be starting its Operational Utility Evaluation (OUE) on Monday. It's basically an evaluation of the early block F-35s and the training pipeline to make certain that the jets are safe and robust enough to operate during routine training operations...
Second human-powered helo crash video posted from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | University of Maryland officials said the structural break during the last Gamera II flight occurred at the same point as a repaired break from an earlier crash. The statement issued today said U. of Md. students will press on to the final goal of...
Red Bull Stratos | Parachute and Cypres from Aerial Sports Feed | No parachute system has ever been used for the kind of controlled supersonic freefall that Felix intends to execute from...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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US Navy Leap Frogs - Official Site
The Skyraider will be joining... from American Airpower Museum's Facebook Wall | Well it's official. The Skyraider will be joining us for the labor day weekend. ME-262 is down for maintainance so won't be attending. Come see the Skyraider and our F-105 for a contrast of Vietnam era aircraft! Be sure to go online at www.americanairpowermuseum.com to buy discounted tickets!
Fun day for flight at New Garden Air Show - Daily Local News | The skies above the air field were filled all weekend buzzing engines and daring flyboys at the annual New Garden Festival of Flight. Attracting thousands of attendees from all walks of life and aged from toddler to World War II vet and beyond, the ...
Images from Wings Over Camarillo from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Lilian Darling Holt, a member of the San Fernando Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, attended the August 18-19 Wings Over Camarillo (California) Airshow, and took several images (see below) of some of the aircraft seen in the skies over Camarillo that weekend. Thank you Lilian for sharing your pictures.
Winston Salem Air Show 2012 from PARADISE AIRSHOWS | Great Photos from Cris Laforet!
2012 Wendover Wings & Wheels from Airplanes Channel | Taking place on September 22 at Wendover Airfield this event will feature military aircraft, vintage aircraft, aerobatic demos, wing-walking stunts, a...
Fly Iowa 2012 from Airplanes Channel | Scheduled for September 15, Fly Iowa 2012 will take place at Atlantic Municipal Airport with the theme of “Heritage and Homecoming”. The event...
Minden hosts 31st Annual Neb. Antique Airplane Association Fly-in - Kearney Hub | Lined up beside the runway, the 14 other antique airplanes that were flown in for the 31st annual Nebraska Antique Airplane Association Fly-In seemed to drop away as the plane gained altitude. The sky was cloudy, but the rain had stopped by mid-morning ...
Fly-in Honors Local RC Enthusiast - Shelbyville Daily Union | The annual Bob Tait Memorial Fly-In sponsored by the Tri-County RC Club brought in between 30 and 40 crafts, featuring planes of all sizes, helicopters, and even Iron Man. The local fly-in is named for local enthusiast Bob Tait who passed away in 2007.
Air show generates tourism boost - CBC.ca | The international air show held this weekend in Summerside proved to be an economic boost for tourism operators as thousands of spectators descended on the city. Tourism Summerside estimates about half of the air show visitors were from out of province...
Best of British airshow braves weather - ITV News | Around 15,000 people attended a new air show in Gloucestershire over the Bank Holiday weekend at Cotswold Airport. Sunday saw the arrival of some spectacular vintage planes, including a display team of original Tiger Moths, a training aircraft for ...
Red Arrows scream back to Clacton Air Show - Chelmsford Weekly News | THE Red Arrows were back at Clacton Air Show, after being pulled out last year in the wake of the death of pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging in a crash at Bournemouth Air Show. Team leader, Squadron Leader Mike Ling said: “The pilots performed a ...
Bournemouth Air Festival photo competition - Bournemouth Echo | Photographers of all ages are invited to take part in the Daily Echo/Castle Cameras air festival photographic competition during the four-day extravaganza, which gets under way on Thursday. There are two categories, adult and junior (16 and under), and ...
Photos: Plzeň-Líně Airshow 2012 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
World War II bomber touching down in Missoula - KPAX-TV | A World War II B-25 bomber, Maid in the Shade, is set to taxi up to the Rocky Mountain Museum of Mountain flying, and will be on display until Sunday. The public is invited to take tours of the bomber, and rides will also be offered up. The B-25 has ...
WWII vets take ride in B-17 - Watertown Daily Times | In April 1945, World War II veteran Merv Karl safely landed his B-17 Flying Fortress in England and wrote on the top of a blank page in his log book in big, bold letters “35th” in honor of completing his 35th mission as a pilot in the famous Eighth Air ...
Mediator of 9/11 fund to administer compensation fund for Reno air race victims - The Republic | RENO, Nev. — Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races have established a $77 million fund to be distributed to those who suffered injuries or lost family members in last year's mass-casualty crash in Nevada. Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw...
NTSB: Flutter Led To Reno Crash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Last year's fatal crash of a P-51 racing aircraft at Reno was caused by compromised stiffness in the elevator trim-tab system, which led to flutter and loss of elevator pitch control at race speed, said the National Transportation Safety Board inin its probable-cause hearing on Monday. At last year's race, veteran air racer Jimmy Leeward lost control of his Galloping Ghost P-51 after the home pylon turn, causing a sharp pitch up followed by a dive into a spectator area, killing him and 10 others. The NTSB's investigation revealed that the...
Video: Avro Anson Srs 19 Little Gransden 26-8-2012 from stickandrudderWTO
Oldest daredevil in the Midlands sky dives 10000 feet for charity - Sunday Mercury | Pat Oakes, aged 93, is celebrating her latest adrenalin-pumping stunt – plunging 10,000 feet from a plane. It's not the first time the plucky great grandma, from Solihull, has risked life and limb for thrills. She has previously completed a wing walk...
Terrible turtle to try for Sikorsky prize again from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | In a larger indoor arena, with a few unspecified modifications, the University of Maryland’s Gamera II human-powered helicopter will make a second attempt at the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize this month...
Florida EAA chapter building Aviation Development Center from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | EAA Chapter 1240 of Sebring, Florida, broke ground on Saturday for an Aviation
Development Center that will serve as the chapter's home base and a...Perry, Mo., teen restores classic plane, wins silver in world competition - Quincy Herald Whig | His work has paid off. Dillon won a silver "Lindy" award at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 aircraft competition in Oshkosh, Wis. The international event celebrates the "past, present and future" of aviation with ...
Clamour for Armstrong state funeral from Spaceports | Neil Armstrong statute at Purdue's Neil Armstrong School of Engineering | President Barack Obama is being called upon by an online petition and members of Congress to hold a state funeral for the late Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died Saturday. State funerals, held at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. are steeped in tradition and usually reserved for former presidents, the last being Gerald R. Ford in 2006...
Neil Armstrong - 1930-2012 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The sad news that Neil A. Armstrong passed away Saturday reverberated through the entire world, but even more so in the aviation community - to which Armstrong was a lifelong member.
Neil Armstrong at AirVenture 2003 Aviator and Astronaut Neil Armstrong talks about the Wright Brothers and the birth of aviation at AirVenture 2003 Theater in the Woods.
Armstrong is remembered as a "humble guy" - Purdue Exponent | David Wolf (STS 58, 86, 89, 127), astronaut and Purdue alumnus, said Neil Armstrong was amazing for many reasons, but foremost was his humility. Armstrong died on Saturday following complications related to heart surgery. Wolf had met him a number of...
