Blue Angels return to headline weekend air show * WJXT Jacksonville | The Navy's daredevil fighter 
jet pilots, the Blue Angels, are back in town for this weekend's air show in Jacksonville. After canceling most of its shows last year due to federal budget cuts, the Blue Angels return to NAS Jacksonville, where the...
3 tough guys test mettle in pre-airshow Blue Angel flights in Jacksonville * Florida Times-Union | The polished blue and gold paint of Blue Angel number 7 glistened in the Florida sunlight Wednesday on the runway at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. Three men, a 58-year-old philanthropist and ex-firefighter from North Carolina, a teacher and football...
Flying with the Thunderbirds was a thrill a minute * Fort Worth Star Telegram | As part of a preview for this weekend's Fort Worth Alliance Air Show, I was chosen to fly in the back seat of an F-16 Fighting Falcon with the Air Force Thunderbirds. I grew up with airplanes. My dad is a commercial airline pilot and owned a much...
Bonham hosts festival of flight air show * KXII-TV | The Blue Skies Parachute team will be dropping in for the opening ceremony, and aerobatic and military planes will put on a show for the crowd. Staci Murden, another organizer said she hope the event will spark the public's interest in flying. "When...
Copiah County Airport Celebrates New Runway With Nov. 1 Fly-In * Aero-News Network | First New Runway Constructed In Mississippi In More Than A Decade The first new runway constructed in more than a decade in the state of Mississippi will be unveiled at a celebratory ribbon cutting and aircraft fly-in at the Copiah County Airport (M11) on Saturday, November 1 at 10 a.m...
Blue Skies and Blue Angels Smile Upon Memphis Airshow * The Aero Experience | Last Friday, October 17, The Aero Experience was in Millington, TN for the 2014 Memphis Air Show rehearsal, (announcer, Danny Clisham corrected me when I referred to it as a practice show). Photographers were allowed on the show grounds at 10 a.m., and that was the only down side of the day as I made the trip from Bonne Terre at 4 a.m. and arrived at 8 a.m. and had to wait. Once allowed onto the field, there was only an hour to photograph all the great acts participating in this year's show while they were on the ground. The weather was...
World War II airmen fly again in storied B-29 * Monterey County Herald | A B-29 bomber, passes over the shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain as it flies from Baton Rouge, La., en route to New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. The bomber will spend the weekend at the WWII AirPower Expo put on by the Commemorative Air Force and...
Antique Airplane Association Fly-In Part of Northern Midwest Road Trip * The Aero Experience | Fellow The Aero Experience Contributor Fred Harl and I made a Labor Day road trip to Iowa to visit the Mt. Pleasant Thresher Reunion (fascinating but no aircraft!) and the Antique Airplane Association Fly-In at the Airpower Museum near Blakesburg, Iowa. We spent Friday at the AAA Fly In and later realized we were there for what turned out to be the best day of the weekend. Weather through lower Iowa was quite wet that week with Thursday seeing over 3" of rain falling on the airfield, not a good thing considering the use of grass runways. Friday morning provided clear skies and great weather until later in the afternoon when the skies darkened off to the southwest and clouds started crowding into the area...
Timeless Voices - Flora Belle Reece · eaavideo.org | After graduating from high school in May 1942, Flora Belle Reece took flying lessons so she could get the 35 hours necessary to join the WASPs - Women Airforce Service Pilots. She did join the WASPs, graduating with Class 44-W-4.
Museum hosts special programs and events honoring aviation * Kansas.com | Twelve of Beech's air racing trophies will also be on display. The museum hours are are 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; and, 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $5 for adults; and $2 for children ages 12 and under. The museum is...
Evolution of Area 51 UNLV Forum by Author T.D. Barnes · tdbarnes | Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Area 51 veteran and author T.D. Barnes presented the Evolution of Area 51 in the UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium as part of the Fall 2014 Lecture Series sponsored by the UNLV College of Liberal Arts. Barnes’ presentation was well received by a standing room only crowd attending to hear Barnes, Former Executive Director, Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame and long-time president of Roadrunners Internationale, provide a declassified insider’s account of the genesis of the facility within Area 51, it accomplishments and how it became a...
Stunning Hornet Awesomeness! by Tyson Rininger | Hornet Ball 2014 is here! Special thanks to the 
creativity of Wingnuts! Now sit back and enjoy!
Youngsters fly with the Eagles | News | The Press & Stdnard * Collection Today | Lowcountry Regional Airport Operations Manager Roger Medlin coordinated and hosted the 477 Young Eagles program in which 11 children, ages 8-17, were escorted by six local pilots on a Young Eagles flight on Oct. 11. “The program is about raising...
Friday, October 24, 2014
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Announcing the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Fifth Annual Induction Ceremony and Dinner | Las Vegas- -The Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame has selected four individuals this year for induc-
tion. These individuals all have contributed significantly to Nevada’s aviation history.... Roscoe Turner, Margaret Gee, John Parangosky, Bob Hoover.
Minden Pilot Wins World Championships * Press Release | October 3, 2014. Minden, NV -Jim Payne from Minden has won his third consecutive world championship in the Aerokurier Online Soaring Contest (OLC). This contest is a year-long contest with almost 15,000 competitors from around the world. To compete, glider pilots record there flights with a GPS logger and submit their flight logs to the contest web site for scoring...
US Air Force Thunderbirds to Soar This Weekend at the Melbourne Air & Space ... * Daily Commercial | (BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 2, 2014--Melbourne's aerospace industry is booming and so is its Air & Space Show. This year's event is set to soar featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on Oct. 4-5 at the Melbourne International Airport. Sponsored by Northrop...
PHOTOS: Refueling the Thunderbirds * FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WTVT-TV | The Thunderbirds demonstration team was flying from California to Florida for an airshow this weekend, but they needed a little extra gas for the trip. The MacDill-based crew was more than happy to oblige, refueling the F-16s twice after catching up...
Flying green at Miramar Air Show * CBS 8 San Diego | SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - This year's Miramar Air Show features an environmentally friendly airplane. In this Earth 8 video story, Natasha Stenbock finds out more from its pilot, Bret Willat of Sky Sailing, Inc....
Kyle Franklin to headline CAF AIRSHO · General Aviation News | MIDLAND, Texas — Kyle 
Franklin, one of the airshow industry’s most sought-after performers, returns to the Commemorative Air Force AIRSHO with his new act, “Dracula, the Rise of Vacul.” CAF AIRSHO 2014 will be held at the Midland International Airport Oct. 11-12. “We are proud to welcome Kyle back to AIRSHO,” said AIRSHO Chair Gena Linebarger. “This will be Kyle’s first appearance in West Texas with his new act, Dracula. I know people will be amazed by his flying and new airplane.”...
Pete McLeod – Full Out for Las Vegas Air Race * Net Newsledger | THUNDER BAY - The Red Bull Air Race Series will take to the skies in Las Vegas on October . There is a real Northwestern Ontario flair to the Red Bull Air Race with Pete McLeod who is originally from Red Lake Ontario. In 2009, Pete McLeod of Red Lake,...
Stearman Fly-in set for Oct. 4 in Jennings * KPLC-TV | Pilots began arriving Wednesday for the 34th Annual Stearman End of Season Fly-in, set for Oct. 4 in Jennings...
Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo slated for Oct. 26 at Los Alamitos Army Airfield · General Aviation News | Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo (WWRE 2014), the annual open house hosted by the California National Guard, Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) and the Los Alamitos Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Joint Training Base in Los Alamitos, Calif....
Start your engines: 2014 Wings & Wheels headed for Georgetown * Sussex Countian | Richard “Dick” Cole, one of four surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders. He'll once again serve as a special guest at the festival on Saturday, when he'll share his amazing stories from World War II. “Dick Cole is 99 years old,” said Karen Duffield...
Golden Knights Parachute Team jump into Owensboro * 14 News WFIE Evansville | The Golden Knights participate in more than 200 demonstrations across the country. Paratrooper, Staff Sergeant Shelby Bixler, says her team is excited to be in town. "We're actually towards the end of our air show season, this is one of out last few ...
Gold Team DC to Dover * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Gold Demonstration Team had a busy weekend jumping into Washington DC and Delaware. The team had the privilege of jumping into Howard University in downtown DC, where the college was hosting a NCAA Football game. The Golden Knights got the game started with a 4,000 foot stack out, followed by a baton presentation to Wayne AI Frederick, the President of the School, as well as Coach Ted White, the football coach. The students were very excited about the jump and cheered for the team as they flew overhead. After the jump and line-up, the team met up with some of the students from the ROTC program to present them with a team lithograph. It was a joy to jump into such a motivated and exciting University....
California International Airshow - Salinas Review by Tyson Rininger | Celebrating their 34th year, the Salinas Airshow hosted the USAF Thunderbirds as well as Vicky Benzing, Sean D. Tucker, Melissa Pemberton, the Liberty Jump Team and the always popular Metal Mulisha. Along with the performers, warbirds took to the skies showcasing both the European Theater with a trio of P-51's, a BT-13, Sherman Smoot's historic C-47 and the incredible flying of Sam Knaub's C-54. The Pacific Theater warbirds included the B-25 'Executive Sweet', Taigh Ramey's amazing PV2-D Harpoon, Chuck Wentworth's F4U Corsair, four T-6 Texans and a replica Japanese 'Kate'....
Museum’s Open Cockpit Day Saturday, October 18 Invites Guests to Explore the World of Aviation * Press Release | Honolulu, HI – Visitors will have the opportunity to sit in the seat, man the controls, and really feel the history of WWII fighters and modern-day jet fighters at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s third Open Cockpit Day, Saturday, October 18, 10am to 4pm. The event is free with paid Museum admission and free for Museum Members...
Fly-in on Oct. 4 to help injured hobbyist return home * Tampabay.com | In a show of their concern, the modelers group will stage an all-day fundraising fly-in beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at the club field, at 16301 Ponce de Leon Blvd. They hope to raise enough money to pay for handicapped-accessible refurbishments to the...
Timeless Voices - Ruben Witkowski · eaavideo.org | Ruben Witkowski enlisted in the US Navy in 1942. He became an Aviation Machinist Mate and served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) working on F4U Corsairs.
World War II Veterans Take Flight on B-17 * WHAG | FREDERICK, Md. - 71 years ago at 18-years-old, Malcolm Lawrence was inducted into the U.S. Army. And for the first time in 69 years, the World War II radio operator and gunner took a ride on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. “We were told in 1944 that we...
Photos: Annie and Jerry tour Boeing B17-F * Roanoke Times | This was my first time to see a Boeing B-17 F. I got into a long line waiting for ground tours. I asked people to take pictures for me in front 
of B-17 F at every angle. I was so excited to see inside and took pictures. (see the cockpit) See! Even a...
A interesting photo shows a B-1B accelerate at night after refueling from a KC-135 * The Aviationist | ...photo showing one “Bone”(from “B-One”) refueling at night from a KC-135 during an air strike on Sept. 27, as it ignites the afterburners to accelerate in bound to the subsequent waypoint along its route....
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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The Canadian Snowbirds are back * KRCRTV.COM | The show is funded by donations. For the past 35 years the event has returned around one million dollars back to the community. The show's chairman, Bill Wagner, says you won't get many chances to check out the Snowbirds. Redding is one of four US...
Melbourne Air & Space Show Hosts First Aviation & Aerospace Career Day * Space Ref | Officials with the National Air, Sea & Space Foundation, organizers of the 2014 Melbourne Air & Space Show, today announced that the Foundation will host its inaugural Aerospace & Aviation Career Day on Oct. 3 at the Melbourne International Airport...
2014 NCAR Review – Part 1 · Marilyn Dash | The 2014 National Championship Air Races (NCAR) 
will be remembered for record breaking moments, many infractions and one terrible loss. Let’s get started in Part 1 of our two part review...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race out of pages of yesteryear * Port Stephens Examiner | IT WILL be a sight to behold when 45 World War II-era planes fly in tandem past Sydney Harbour Bridge next month as part of the Great Tiger Moth Air Race. Not since 2003 has there been a Tiger Moth air race: this year's is expected to be bigger and...
New team leader for Red Arrows announced * Lincolnshire Echo | Squadron Leader David Montenegro will succeed Squadron Leader Jim Turner, whose three-year tour as Team Leader finishes at the end of the current season – with the Red Arrows' final 2014 display taking place on Sunday, September 28, in Malta...
In pictures: Red Arrows share Southport air show selfies * Liverpool Echo | The Red Arrows wowed the crowds at Southport Air Show at the weekend - and now these remarkable photos give their display a whole new perspective. As thousands of people watched from below, Flight Lieutenant Martin Pert - aka Red 8 or...
Stunt planes, flying lawn mower highlights windy Air Show * Vinton County Courier | The flying lawn mower, “piloted” by Roger Barnes, was the ultimate show stopper at the 44th annual Vinton County Air Show. Once the lawnmower landed, high winds forced a premature end to the air show on Sunday, Sept. 21. The hundreds of visitors still...
AOPA Hosts Successful Chino Fly-In * Flying Magazine | AOPA's regional fly-in in Chino, California, took place over the weekend and it was, by all accounts, a successful day. Despite low cloud conditions slowing the fly-in traffic in the morning 329 airplanes flew in for the event and a minimum of 2,300...
Swiss Air Force Centenary Air Show Report * Warbirds News | The Swiss Air Force held a 
spectacular air show to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of their founding. They held the show at Payerne Air Base, in Switzerland’s Vaud Canton. A number of European nations contributed to the festivities by sending along representative military aircraft, including several aerial demonstration teams. The Canadians even contributed a brace of CF-18 Hornets. A number of European based warbirds turned up as well....
The 3rd Athens Flying Week – Airshow 2014 * Greek Reporter | The 2014 Athens Flying Week airshow will be held for the third consecutive year in Athens, Greece, from September 25 to 28 in the areas of Faliro and Tatoi. The AFW events started on Monday, September 22, with the “Aviation Development Conference III”...
Additional Red Arrows show to replace Turkish Stars * Times of Malta | The aerobatic team Turkish Stars will not be participating in the Airshow, the organisers said. The Malta Aviation Society, organisers of the airX Malta International Airshow, said the committee however managed to secure the RAF Red Arrows for both...
Warbirds Over Tehachapi * Tehachapi News | For the second year, the City of Tehachapi, Tehachapi Municipal Airport and Friends of the Airport have teamed up to present the 2nd annual Tehachapi Airport Warbird Fly-In. It will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27. The sponsors for this year's event...
Pilot Kelley takes Wings & Wheels into wild blue yonder * Delmarva Daily Times | Dick Cole, one of the last four survivors of the Doolittle Raiders and local veteran heroes. Kelley is proud that admission to the festival is free. “Where else can you go to actually see and hear the planes that won World War II, hear the roar of the...
Timeless Voices - Larry Price · eaavideo.org | Larry Price is Lockheed Martin's Deputy Program Manager for the Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPVC), a spacecraft that will be used by NASA for crewed missions to the Moon, asteroids, and eventually Mars.
B-29 “Doc” Restoring History · eaavideo.org | A project update on the volunteer-driven effort to restore a Boeing B-29 Superfortress to flying condition. When completed, "Doc" will be only the second flying B-29 in the world. (excerpt from August 2014 Chapter Video Magazine)
Video: Fascinating Documentary On The British 1960's Era (Mach 2) BAC TSR-2 · AirPigz | My usual goal for an AirPigz post is to give you a 3 to 5 minute avgeek experience that either thoroughly entertains or educates (or both)... but today you're gonna have to carve out at least 55 minutes if you're gonna take it all in. I found this documentary on the early 1960's British TSR-2...
Wright B Flyer project receives challenge grant · General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Wright “B” Flyer Inc. has received another major gift to fund a new flying lookalike of the Wright brothers’ first production airplane. The new Wright Model B lookalike will replace Wright “B” Flyer No. 1, also known as the “Brown Bird” or “Iron Bird,” which has been flying since 1982. The new airplane will be easier to transport to distant events and easier for the all-volunteer organization to maintain....
Sweetwater WASP Museum expansion approved * KTXS | The museum's mission statement is "seeking to educate and inform all generations with the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots - the first women to America's military aircraft - who forever changed the role of women in aviation." According to the...
Zulu Cobra — the Bell AH-1Z Viper is most revolutionary * Travel for Aircraft | The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has evolved their Bell AH-W SuperCobra (highly capable twin engine Cobra) significantly into the Z-variant with the new designation AH-1Z Viper. Similarly with their advancement of the Huey to the Bell UH-1Y Venom the Vipers are more than an improvement as...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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Photos of the Day: A vintage look at the Navy's Blue Angels * ECNmag.com | In her blog, Managing 
Editor Kasey Panetta gave a great overview of the Navy's Blue Angels, the military's premier flight demonstration squadron. Since 1946, the group has thrilled crowds with its spectacular aerial maneuvers and raised awareness of...
WATCH: Blue Angels Fly Over Michigan State University * WILX-TV | East Lansing residents were treated to a sight, not commonly seen in the skies over Mid-Michigan today, when the Blue Angels flight team flew over the campus of Michigan State University. MSU Swim Coach Matt Gianiodis got the heads up that the Blue...
CAF to host 51st Airsho * Odessa American | The 51st Airsho is around the corner, but it's the first since the Commemorative Air Force voted to move its headquarters from Midland to Dallas. The CAF Airsho, which will be Oct. 11 and Oct. 12, will include a new act called “Dracula, The Rise of...
Wings Over Big South Fork is Saturday * Independent Herald | Fourteen aircraft are scheduled to appear at this year's event, including war birds, fighter jets and stunt planes. Opening ceremonies will include the national anthem performed live by country and gospel artist Thea Tippin, the wife of country star...
Turn back the clock 100 years with the 2014 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Each fall most of us remember to set our clocks back an hour as daylight savings time comes to an end. However, this fall there will be a special opportunity to turn back the clock 100 years to the start of World War I and experience an historical aviation event unlike any other during the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous, Sept. 27-28 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
Video: Warbird Roundup 2014 · General Aviation News | The annual Warhawk Air Museum’s Warbird Roundup was held August 30-31 in Nampa, Idaho. Airailimages was on site with cameras in hand....
Red Arrows return for NATO Summit - Barry and District News | THE Red Arrows will make a return visit to South Wales when they stage a flypast treat for NATO world leaders and residents. An aerial display of military jets from nine different countries will soar across the skies when the NATO Summit is held in Newport this week....
Red Arrows photo wins RAF 'image of the year' competition - BBC News | A public vote has been 
used for the first time to choose the winner of an RAF photographic competition. The collection of pictures, which highlight the force's work at home and abroad, showed "the clear pride of each photographer in their subjects and the service," said Paul Hudson from the RAF Museum....
Enthusiasm for aviation survives rain - Juneau County Star-Times | Aviation is more fun in good weather, so when the start of the annual fly-in at the Mauston-New Liston Union airport was dampened by persistent morning rain, only the most fervent supporters of general aviation were on hand for the event. A fly-in is a social get-together and a chance for pilots to display their machines and share their enthusiasm for aviation. The Juneau County event, staged by the area chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, was a much smaller version of the organization’s huge week-long AirVenture in Oshkosh....
Pioneering WASP recalls 'joy' of flying B-25 in WWII - KSL.com | WENDOVER — During World War II everyone made sacrifices, and female pilots proved they were up to the task. Roughly 1,000 Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, flew during World War II, including Salt Lake resident Nell Bright. For Bright, now 93, flying has always been a passion. She dreamed of 
flying since she was 8 years old and got her private pilot’s license before the war...
B-29 Superfortress to be in Enid to aid another World War II-era plane - Enid News & Eagle | The only flying B-29 Superfortress will be in Enid later this month in an effort to get another World War II-era plane back in the skies. The Commemorative Air Force Air Power Tour is bringing FiFi to Enid as a fundraiser to help with the engine rebuild project for Enid’s A-26 Lady Liberty....
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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Blue Angels Plan Advance Photo Shoot Over Cleveland - ErieTVNews | The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly the squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation around the city with a seventh flying abreast of the formation to photograph the Delta with the city in the background...
Lt. Cmdr. John Hiltz, Right Wing, Blue Angels - FederalNewsRadio.com | If you've been to an air show, you've seen them: The Blue Angels. They're the Navy's flight demonstration squadron zooming in formation in meticulously painted F-18s. Tom Temin caught up with Lt. Cmdr. John Hiltz, number 2 pilot and right wing, on the Federal Drive as the Angels prepare to receive new recruits. He told Tom about the crew of 130 that make the show happen day in and day out...
Get ready Texas – the Red Bull Air Race is coming * Red Bull World Series | The fifth round of the
Red Bull Air Race might have only just wrapped up, but the racing is stepping up a gear and taking it to the next level with the next stop in Texas, USA just over two weeks' time. The Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas - Fort Worth will welcome the sixth stop of the Red Bull Air Race as the action hots up and there's everything to play for... and only limited points left to be won...UAS Challenge latest addition to National Championship Air Races * News4 | RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) -- In addition to drone displays, National Championship Air Race fans can now fly UAVs this coming September. "Incorporating UAS into the National Championship Reno Air Races has been a huge push for us," said Vice Chair of Sponsorships Mary Beth Sewald....
A Look Back at EAA AirVenture * eaavideo.org
Fort Bend Radio Control Club air show to benefit ADA - Your Houston News | The Fort Bend Radio Control Club will host its 16th annual Model Air Show and Model Aircraft Fly-in on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the club’s flying field in Rosenberg. The program is held to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Fund (Jerry’s Kids)...
Thunder in the Valley · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Over the past weekend Gold Team participated in the Thunder in the Valley Air Show in Waterloo, IA conducting 3 shows. On Friday, the team did a mass formation with SSG Roman Grijalva, fresh out of Senior Leaders Course, jumping into the show first and then narrating for Children’s Appreciation Day. There were hundreds of students, which came from...
World Champion Golden Knight’s 8-Way Team · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" |
Monday morning at the 2014 World Parachuting Championships in the Czech Republic. The 8-Way Formation Skydiving Team has completed their eighth and final practice jump out of the L-410 Turbolet aircraft. The L-410 is extremely different than the UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft that the Golden Knights primarily train from. The turbojet door is... A Sentimental Journey aboard a B-17 - Fredericksburg.com | The Free Lance-Star Photography Department shares the stories behind the photos. One of the last flying WWII B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be available for cockpit tours and flights at Culpeper Regional Airport, August 25th – 31st, 2014. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the American Air Force against the industrial strength of Nazi Germany, and is widely acknowledged as having turned the tide of World War II. Of the...
Five World War II aircraft scheduled here Aug. 29-31 - Princeton Union Eagle | The Commemorative Air Force-Minnesota Wing, based in South St. Paul, plans to bring five World War II aircraft, including the, to the Princeton airport for the public to inspect for free on Friday, Aug. 29, through Sunday, Aug. 31. Miss Mitchell was flown during World War II, serving with distinction as part of the 12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing in Corsica, Sicily and Italy, and completed more than 135 missions with no serious injuries to her crew...
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Dan Rossman, who piloted B-25 that sank in Lake Greenwood in 1944, dead at 90 - Greenwood Index Journal | The late Daniel Rossman is associated with an often-talked-about incident in Greenwood’s aviation history that occurred on the same date as D-Day, the invasion of then German-occupied France, during World War II. Rossman was one of two Army Air Service students in training in the Upstate, under the guidance of an instructor, when a B-25 bomber went down in Lake Greenwood....
Potez 29 Squad 1 Indochina * Xavier Cotton | Here again is a picture of Jacques Hemet collection. To
the question on Aéroforum Lucien Morareau who participated in the book " The French Air Force in Indochina 1910-1945 "Christophe Cony Michel Ledet replied. This photo was...F-4D Phantom II Cockpit Resurrected from the Dead · WarbirdsNews | The hobby of collecting aircraft cockpits first really took off, so to speak, in the UK, where hundreds of people are involved in their collection, restoration and display. These range from just the actual cockpit section, all the way up to entire forward fuselages of aircraft types as large as an Avro Vulcan bomber. Typically, the...
Wingfoot One ushers in new era for Goodyear Blimps· | AKRON, Ohio — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s newest blimp, Wingfoot One, was
christened Aug. 23 by Robin Roberts, the co-anchor of ABC News’
“Good Morning America.” Wingfoot One officially joins Goodyear’s fleet
of blimps, ushering in a new era of technologically-advanced airships....Flying On The New Goodyear Zeppelin Is Unlike All Other Flying from Jalopnik | I've flown on many aircraft types, from modern widebody jets to vintage turboprops, helicopters and even a military transport plane. But of those hundreds of flights, nothing I've flown on in the past compares to the Zeppelin LZ N07-101 I flew on Saturday. It's Goodyear's newest airship, dubbed Wingfoot One....
Museum to begin restoring massive Titan 4B rocket by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | DAYTON, Ohio -- It sits in gigantic pieces in a World War II era hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force. Acquired in 2005 from Lockheed Martin, this important space artifact has been waiting in storage for restoration specialists to bring it back to life. Now, as the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force prepares for its new 224,000 square foot fourth building, the time has finally come to begin restoring the Titan 4B space launch vehicle....
Women in Aviation expands youth outreach · General Aviation News | Women in Aviation, International (WAI) has announced that the association’s “Bring Your Daughter to the Conference Day” held for the past three years during WAI’s annual conference has been expanded to include an international day to attract girls to aviation planned for Sept. 26, 2015....
Young pilot named finalist in Entrepreneur contest · General Aviation News | At just 19, John Hill already has three years under his belt working the front desk at an FBO. A passionate pilot — he
earned his ticket at age 17 — Hill divides his time between his work at ProJet Aviation, the FBO at Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) in Virginia, and his studies at George Mason University...X-47B night ops by suas News • Along with its successful mission of flying with a manned aircraft, the X-47B team also completed “Night Taxi Ops.” The team successfully maneuvered X-47B around the...
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Monday, July 21, 2014
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Knicely Done: Blue Angels Ride Of A Lifetime * WOWT | There were a lot of pre-flight instructions but one in particular really stood out: "The airsickness bags are right there by your arm." It's something this reporter thought about a lot in anticipation of a once in a lifetime opportunity to fly with the famed Blue Angels in advance of their performance at the Offutt Air Show on Saturday and Sunday....
Wes Welker flies with Thunderbirds *9NEWS KUSA | Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker participated in an F-16 ride along with the Air Force Thunderbirds Sunday afternoon at Cheyenne Regional Airport. The All-Pro NFL player participated in a three hour pre-flight training before taking to the skies for roughly sixty minutes of barrel rolls, and sharp turns, moving as fast as 9g's...
Photo Gallery: Aerial demonstrations cap Farnborough Airshow * Stars and Stripes | FARNBOROUGH, England — Five days of aviation exhibits at the Farnborough Airshow came to an end this weekend with a series of flight demonstrations. The show's schedule on Sunday featured more than 20 aerial displays with performances from the...
Video: Farnborough International Airshow Highlights * Belfast Telegraph | The amazing flying displays showcase the most advanced aircraft in both commercial and military design.
The best of the Farnborough Airshow 2014 - Telegraph | Multiple videos from the Telegraph staff
Video: Air Show scales new heights as 85,000 people turn out * Independent | THE air was dark with Vampires, Ravens and Black Knights – and 85,000 turned out to watch the free air show over the weekend. Jets, choppers and retro crafts were amongst the aircraft that took to the skies in ideal conditions at this year’s Bray Air Display....
Local pilot takes part in airshow * KETV 7 | A few months ago, Capt. Tommy Reynolds learned his base would be coming to the Offutt Air Force Base for the air show. But his name wasn’t on the list. However, he was able to pull some strings and lead his formation in for the weekend...
“The Greatest Show on Turf” – 2014 Geneseo Airshow Report * Warbirds News | In the finger lakes 
region of New York there is a village called Geneseo. In this village, down a gravel road, there is an airfield with a grass runway. On this grass airfield, for one weekend every July, one of the greatest gatherings of warbirds in the country takes place. It is called “The Greatest Show on Turf”. The Geneseo-based National Warplane Museum hosted warbirds this year from both the US and Canada, including many rare aircraft. Warbirds headlining the show included the Military Aviation Museum’s de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito, Fagen Fighters’ Lockheed P-38J Lightning “Rough Stuff” and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Westland Lysander Mk3A....
18th Gathering of Eagles Air Show soars high in Willoughby (with video) * news-hearld | Dan Compton of Painesville and his family couldn’t wait to check out the planes at the 18th annual Gathering of Eagles Air Show on July 20 at Lost Nation Airport in Willoughby. He said he has always loved airplanes, and now his two sons, Jake and Troy, share that love, too...
Heading to Oshkosh? Add WomenVenture to your MUST DO list * WAI Connect Blog | Details here!
Airshow Troyes in unpredictable weather (Afternoon) · Translated-Passion for Aviation | despite a 
very unstable weather, the meeting organized by the Grand Troyes Skyline Events this June 29, 2014 gave us a good show and 10,000 spectators were highly rewarded by stunning presentations in flight...
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Video: At 94, Betty Strohfus boards another B-17 - FOX 9 News | EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (KMSP) -The AirExpo at Flying Cloud Airport is truly for aviation enthusiasts of all ages, but possibly one of the oldest veterans at the show has earned her stripes in more ways than one.... Soon after that the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Betty enlisted in 1943 and out of 25,000 applicants.. She was one of just 1,800 picked to be a Woman Airforce Service Pilot or “WASP.” Eager to share her stories whenever she can, Strohfus co-piloted 8 different aircraft during WWII....
Inauguration of the Checkertails of Lesina Monument · WarbirdsNews | May 13 – 16, 2014, four days that none of us will never forget. Through his recollections of his war years in Lesina, Italy, my father Primiano gave the spark that eventually became my mission to create a memorial honoring the US Army Air Force’s 325th Fighter Group for their efforts during WWII to free his town from Nazi tirrany. That day became a...
USAF Weapons School students get first look at upgraded B-1s * Air Combat Command - Top ACC 
Stories | For the first time students from the US Air Force Weapons School got to fly with the newly upgraded Sustainment Block-16 B-1B Lancer during the student's Integration Phase (IT) at Nellis AFB, Nev. Dyess Airmen from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron brought the B-1s to Nellis for the weapons school students to get hands-on with the new technology. The three-week exercise at Nellis is the final phase of the weapons school curriculum and allows students to put all their learned skills to practice in a training environment that is as close to actual combat as possible...
Red Bull Air Race returns to Styria * Translated | The final of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 takes place on 25-26. Of October at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The last race of the comprehensive eight stations Championships are held on the Formula 1 racetrack in Styria. Eleven years ago, the series launched the first race ever in Zeltweg, Austria. As a replacement for the unrealizable race in China, the Red Bull Air Race is returning to its origin...
Rogue Eagles Radio Control Airplane Club shows off warbirds * NBC5 | Eagle Point, Ore. -- The Rogue Eagles Radio Control Airplane Club took to the skies Saturday. Plane enthusiasts showed off their remote control warbirds from WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Current military aircraft was also displayed....
Veteran R/C flyers work with students on ERAU runway * The Daily Courier | It was all eyes on the skies Friday morning, when a group of teenagers met with members of the local Casa de Aero R/C 
Flying Club for a quick course in radio-controlled flying. One by one, the teens took control of hand-held transmitters, putting a fleet of model airplanes through elaborate turns and dives in the sky above the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) campus...
‘One Giant Leap …’ San Diego Air & Space Museum Marks 45th Anniversary of Moon Landing * Times of San Diego | Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and San Diego’s Air & Space Museum has an Apollo spaceship and moon rocks on display. ...The Apollo 11 lunar module landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon at 1:18 p.m. San Diego time on Sunday, July 20, 1969. Armstrong stepped onto the moon about six hours later and proclaimed, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” a statement broadcast live worldwide....
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Indy Transponder 03-JUN-2014 1500z
The International Council of Air Shows: Canadian Forces Snowbirds | Thanks to Match Productions for sharing this video of the The Canadian Forces Snowbirds at the Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Dylan Dreyer takes to the skies with the U.S. Marine Corps * www.today.com | I’ve been in a pretty cool aircraft before. After all, my brother is a Master Sergeant who works on...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Carol Vorderman returns to Cosford Air Show * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | For the second year running TV presenter Carol Vorderman will be visiting the RAF Cosford Air Show to help promote the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) exhibition which will be one of over 100 trade and exhibition attractions at the Show this year....
Wing of Freedom Tour returns to Skagit Regional Airport · General Aviation News | BURLINGTON, Wash. — The Port of Skagit is hosting a return visit of three restored World War II-era combat aircraft when the Wings of Freedom Tour touches down at Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS) June 16-18. The warbirds, a B-17G Flying Fortress named “Nine-O-Nine,” [pictured] a B-24J Liberator, “Witchcraft,” and a TP-51C Mustang, “Betty Jane,” also visited the airport last June....
The World's Silliest Plane Takes Off for a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Stunt - Wired | The coolest planes in 
all of France have flown in formation together, and we couldn’t be happier about it. On Friday May 30, fighter jets with the country’s top (only?) aerobatic flying team took to the skies over Toulouse alongside the Airbus Beluga, the funky cargo plane we love more every time we see it....
Remembering the WASPs: Women who were aviation trailblazers * www.cbsnews.com | Until recently, the contributions and sacrifices made by Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII w...
Five World War II pilots to speak in commemoration of D-Day · General Aviation News | At a Living History Flying Day event Saturday, June 7, at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif., a panel of aviation experts, historians and veterans will be featured to commemorate D-Day. The P-47 Thunderbolt will be on display and perform a flight demonstration....
Off Beat: Doolittle Raiders honor touches home - The Columbian | Commemorative events during Memorial Day weekend included a White House nod to a World War II airman from Vancouver. President Barack Obama signed a bill on May 23 awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Raiders. Vancouver’s Wayne Bissell was one of 80 Doolittle Raiders who bombed Japan on April 18, 1942; only four are still alive. Bissell, who died in 1997, was a bombardier on the B-25 bomber “Whirling Dervish.”...
First successful flight for solar plane "Solar Impulse 2" · Xavier Cotton (translated) | The Swiss Solar Impulse airplane 2, powered only by solar energy, began early Monday its first test flight on Air Force Base Payerne, in the center of Switzerland. German test pilot Markus Scherdel being in control, Solar Impulse 2 lunged on the track, powered by four electric motors powered by 17,200 solar cells. . Markus Scherdel had also conducted the first flight of the previous version of the aircraft in June 2009 After a few hundred meters, Solar Impulse took two slow air carried by its huge wing span of 72 m: so that Airbus A380, but with a weight of 2300 kg, 150 times less than the giant Airbus aircraft .. this first flight lasted 2 h 17, a half-hour longer than what was originally planned...
CAF Air Group One Stinson L-5 Sentinel’s Restoration · Warbirds News | Based on an article by Bailey Burkhartsmeier:Each spring the skies of San Diego fill with airplanes of days gone by due to help from Air Group One, San Diego’s local wing of the Commemorative Air Force. From 1930′s era Stearman biplanes to the magnificent P-51 Mustang WWII fighter plane, there is something for everyone to enjoy at “AirShow San Diego” held each year at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. While many of the aircraft whizzing above the airfield visit from nearby CAF squadrons or private collectors, there are a handful of these vintage flying machines that Air Group One is proud to have collected, restored and maintained...
Museum official: Construction at Rosie the Riveter's old Michigan plant could ... - WDIV Detroit | DETROIT - The signing of a purchase agreement is imminent but construction on a museum won't get underway until autumn at the earliest, said an aviation enthusiast leading an effort to save from demolition a portion of the Detroit-area plant where the original Rosie the Riveter worked 70 years ago. Yankee Air Museum founder Dennis Norton said he and the Willow Run facility's owner will sign the purchase deal soon and expect to formally close on the sale next month....
The Inside Scoop on Marine One * Air & Space Magazine | In the early 1990s, during the administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Colonel Ray “Frenchy” L'Heureux was a young officer in Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the Quantico, Virginia-based unit that ferries U.S. presidents around the world.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wings of Dreams: Next Fly-In / Cruise-In Breakfast - March 29
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