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Watch The Plain Dealer's Joshua Gunter soar with the Blue Angels (video) * Sun News - cleveland.com | Watch The Plain Dealer's Joshua Gunter soar with the Blue Angels Along with two local school teachers, The Plain Dealer's Joshua Gunter got the chance to soar with the Blue Angels and see what it's like to flip and spin in a $20+ million high...

Cleveland National Air Races and Air Show span a century of flight (mega ... * The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com | There were elements of what we think of as an air show in the original races: static displays and exhibition flying. The show as we know it today started in 1964, with Newcomb, a former member of the Blue Angels, running it from 1975 onward. He said ...

Aerobatic aircraft practice for Cleveland Air Show (slideshow) * The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com | John Klatt operates his aerobatic team on behalf of the Air National Guard. Klatt himself is a Lt. Colonel in the Minnesota Air National Guard as well as a pilot for a national carrier. He has flown the F-16 Fighting Falcon during three combat...

Preps continue for big Kalispell air show - KPAX-TV | KALISPELL - The Kalispell area will be home to thousands of visitors and more than a few different airplanes as the Mountain Madness Airshow comes to town this weekend. Reporter Dax VanFossen tells us that the preparation is well underway, and thanks to the National Guard and Air Force, the runway will be just a little bit safer come Saturday....

Selfridge air show fulfills the need for speed * C&G Newspapers | Among the new features at the 2014 Open House will be a Women in Aviation booth, at which many of the pilots, maintainers and other female personnel who will be active in the Air Show portion of the Open House will make short presentations on their...

Wings Over Waukegan Air Show aims to wow crowds with aerial acrobatics * Lake County News Sun | Crowds at the 14th annual Wings Over Waukegan Air Show can keep their eyes locked on the sky the first weekend of September as vintage planes will fly over the Waukegan National Airport. Attendees also can check out wing walkers, skydivers and watch...

Skydiver's dream was to fall from the heavens * Journal and Courier | Sgt. 1st Class Jared Zell and other members of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights skydive Wednesday, August 27, 2014, above Frankfort Municipal Airport. Zell is a 2003 graduate of Benton Central High School. By John Terhune and Sgt. 1st Class Christopher...

VIDEO: Rain, a 94-year-old wingwalker, some cancellations and a perfect ... - Bournemouth Echo | YOU couldn't have scripted it. As 94-year-old wingwalker Tom Lackey opened the Bournemouth Air Festival this afternoon, the weather drew in....Red, white and blue smoke made for spectacular photos and memories for those watching against an increasingly-blue sky. Earlier, as the conditions improved, the Black Cats helicopter team opened the display schedule proper, for the first time a pairing of a Lynx helicopter and the all-new Wildcat. Flying at all angles was the order of the day as the Royal Navy helicopters showed their stuff.  Then it was time to see the aircraft that all would-be RAF pilots start out in - the humble Tutor and the Tucano showing off their versatility as training planes....

Red Arrows fly over Dorset again at the Bournemouth Air Festival * Bridport and Lyme Regis News | THE Red Arrows, daredevil wing-walking and a Battle of Britain memorial display will all be highlights at the seventh Bournemouth Air Festival. Today is the start of the annual event, which will see all eyes on the skies this weekend. For the first...

Alan Miller « Red Tail Squadron Red Tail Squadron  * Red Tail Squadron  | For CAF Red Tail Squadron pilot Alan Miller, an appreciation for warbirds and the zest for aviation must run in his blood. It’s not everyday you come across a father and son team that both fly for the Commemorative Air Force. When Alan is not flying our P-51C Mustang, the Tuskegee Airmen, you can find him flying the B-25J Miss Mitchell with his father for the Minnesota Wing of the CAF!...

Another perspective from last week's historic formation flight in the UK * LiveAirShowTV

Paul Bowen Air-to-Air Photographer * bhphotovideo | Paul Bowen is staring through the viewfinder of his Canon EOS-1D X as a jet, only 50 feet away, speeds directly at him at 200 mph. Luckily for everyone involved, the plane into which Bowen is strapped is speeding away at the same speed. This delicately choreographed dance is one with many partners, all of whom are following the deliberate lead of Bowen, while making their own expert adjustments....

Upcoming Spitfire Open Cockpit Day at Palm Springs Air Museum * Warbirds News  | Saturday, Aug 30- From 1 – 3 PM, Aviation enthusiast will have the opportunity to sit behind the controls of the Supermarine Spitfire as the Palm Springs Air Museum hosts its traditional “Open Cockpit” event. Free activities booklet for all children. Included with regular museum admission....

Smithsonian unveils laser-scanned 3D model of Wright Flyer · General Aviation News | The Wright brothers are credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane. With that same pioneer spirit, the Smithsonian recently unveiled its X 3D Collection and state-of-the-art 3D explorer. As part of the X 3D Collection, the 1903 Wright Flyer was scanned using a laser, producing an accurate 3D model....

Let's make these women proud - Columbia Star  | During WWII women workers were regarded as particularly adept at working in small spaces and remaining focused while performing repetitive tasks. Women on the assembly lines produced aircraft, engines, tanks, and trucks at increasing rates of production without compromising safety. Things are starting to happen with the B-25 restoration project. South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation ( SCHAF) received a grant from the...

The Telescope and The Blimp * Travel for Aircraft | The Telescope and The Blimp The New York Times published an article on 25 August 2014 regarding the potential of using lighter-than-air flight in blimps to carry telescopes aloft in Joshua A. Krisch’s article, Modern Research Borne on a Relic. The article is intriguing for its description of the challenges of long-duration high-altitude lighter-than-air flight as well as […]

NAHA Awards Honor Volunteers, Partners at 2014 Meeting · Warbirds News | The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) named architect Steve Brown as the winner of the Ivonette Wright Miller Award at its 2014 annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 26.NAHA also awarded its Wick Wright Award to the Dayton Foundation and its PROPS (Partner Recognition of Phenomenal Support) Award to Dayton History.Brown received the...

Essay contest winner will earn ride from air show superstar Sean D. Tucker  * My Hillsboro | Air show superstar Sean D. Tucker and Team Oracle will give one child, age 8-17, the opportunity to fly among the stars. Kids will be asked to submit an essay answering one of two questions centered around aviation. The contest is part of the "Young Eagles" program developed by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1992 designed to encourage children who are interested in aviation to pursue their interest. The Oregon International Air Show and the EAA will be working together to determine the winner of the flight. The deadline for the contest is Wednesday, September 10, and the winner will be announced on September 12, 2014....

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U.S. Jet Teams Cleared for Take Off by Deb Mitchell | ... Green light GO! Well not quite...so many questions and opinions on what this will actually mean. Will the Blues fly all their shows since half are military? Will there be any military shows? Will the Thunderbirds cut a few shows and restore the single ship demos? Will military shows be allowed to seek outside funding for portions traditionally funded by APF or appropriated funds?...

Wingwalker dies at Fla. air show - WEAR | Toby Fallis was a spectator at the Topp of Tampa Air Show and he watched the biplane fly by with two wing walkers getting ready for what appeared to be a stunt. As the plane made a turn.. one of the men was no longer on the wing. "We saw him fall off ...

Gyro pilot Norman puts journey on ice - Larne Times | A Larne man’s quest to become the first person to fly around the world in a gyrocopter has suffered another major setback. Intrepid pilot Norman Surplus departed from Sandy Bay in Larne back in March 2010 on his epic journey. But the father-of-two has been at a standstill since summer 2011 when he...

Pilots take flight at Autumn Fly In - KATV | Arkansas is known for its beautiful scenery and some pilots are taking advantage of that this weekend with the eighth annual Autumn Fly In at Byrd's Adventure Center. Pilots from all over the country are taking part in the three-day event. The fly-in is open to all types of aircraft, from single-engine airplanes to powered parachutes and trikes....

Wings Over Houston: check out aviation history at annual airshow - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | | Commemorative Air Force produced yearly lineup |HOUSTON — Aviation history comes to life this weekend, Oct. 26-27, with genuine airplane shows and exhibits at the 29th annual Wings Over Houston. Aircraft and vintage warplane exhibits will be displayed Saturday and Sunday at...

Pilots Sharpen Formation Skills in WW II Planes - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MOUND LA - The unmistakable roar of round engines of the T-6 aircraft will fill the sky with the sound of freedom.  This weekend the Southern Heritage Air Foundation is hosting a recurrent training formation seminar...

Jetman - Why I Fly Video - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | "For five decades the National Championship Air Races in Reno have captured the imagination of spectators from around the globe. Jetman's flight this year exceeded everyone's expectations, and we look forward to his presence at future events," remarked Mike Houghton, President and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association...

Idaho aviator was navigator for Doolittle Raiders' 'Lucky 13' - CDA Press | Sixteen B-25B bombers with their engines revving up sat on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet waiting for takeoff orders. They were about to make history with one of the most daring air missions of World War II. President Roosevelt had ordered a counterattack on Japan in retaliation for Pearl Harbor four months earlier...

Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air Force · Warbirds News | In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence. As members of “Machal” – volunteers from abroad – this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war, preventing the possible annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its birth; they also laid the groundwork for the Israeli Air Force...

A Vintage Biplane Gets Its Revenge - A Halloween Special - NORDO News | Fly old planes long enough and you’re bound to end up with some odd stories.  Due to their nascent engineering and all the souls that have touched them, weird things often pop up like practical jokes.  A few years back it was a Great Lakes that played one on me...

From Minot AFB to air museum - Minot Daily News | An F-15 jet fighter made a smooth trip from Minot Air Force Base to the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot this morning not flying but being towed over the roads. Kevin Huwe, owner of Huwe The House Mover in Minot and others from that business towed the aircraft with...

Connie II - Apron 6 | It’s a beautiful Sunday, so here are two pics instead of one. The first is taken some moments after the previous photo I posted. We reached the end of the Belgian coastline at De Panne and in this shot we’re slowly turning towards the Channel, heading to the white cliffs of Dover. The next image […]

From the combat pilot’s point of view: mission over Afghanistan - The Aviationist | The following video gives a hint of what a standard day of pilot deployed in Afghanistan looks like: high performance takeoff with an armed plane (in this case an F-16C belonging to the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard), rendez-vous with a KC-135 for an aerial refueling at dusk, combat air patrol before RTB (Return To Base) to Bagram...

White Rocket - Air & Space Magzine | How all U.S. Air Force pilots since 1968 have met their Mach.

Beached Starship - Air & Space Magazine | Some say that Beech and Raytheon's turboprop failed because it tried too much, too soon.

Two for Two Successful HSV Wings Weekend - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | HUNTSVILLE AL- Not since 2007 when the last Wings Flight Proficiency Day was held at Huntsville International Airport did nearly 300 pilots and aviation aficionados descend on Signature Flight support facilities...

Video: Young Eagles Program Gives Kids An Opportunity To Fly - CBS News | FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - When the Alliance Air Show is in town this weekend, the National Chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Associations Young Eagles Program will be among the performers. For Sean D. Tucker and the EAA, the mission is simple — inspire the next generation of aircraft pilots....

Children soar at Young Eagles Flight Rally in Lampasas - KDHN News | LAMPASAS — Despite the high winds and cool temperatures, nearly 50 youngsters took to the skies Saturday and got the rides of their lives. The Experimental Aircraft Association, Lampasas Pilots Association and the city of Lampasas joined forces to offer free airplane rides to children ages 8 to 17 as part of the Young Eagles Flight Rally at Lampasas Airport. Children...

Autistic teen soars at Challenge Air Fly Day - The Courier | He’s survived extended cross-country passenger flights from Canada to the Caribbean, but Saturday afternoon found autistic teen Mathew Blize co-piloting a private plane of his own during the Challenge Air Fly Day at Lone Star Executive Airport in Conroe....

Scott Carpenter- Gone West - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Scott Carpenter, who became the second US astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962, as America battled with Moscow in the space race, died Thursday in Colorado aged 88, his wife said. Carpenter, whose death leaves John Glenn as the only surviving member of America's first Project Mercury space program, had suffered a stroke and was in a Denver hospice when he died...

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Reading Air Show to be dedicated to fallen wing-walker - WFMZ Allentown | Organizers are putting the finishing touches on the South Pacific Fly-in Clam Bake and Reading Air Show. The inaugural event will take place Saturday at the Reading Regional Airport in Bern Twp., Berks Co. There will be motorcycle stunts, a clam bake, a Polynesian barbecue, a custom car show and more than 200 planes. Wing-walker Jane Wicker was scheduled to perform before her death at an air show in Ohio last month. Organizers said they're going forward with the show in her honor...

Fireworks and night aerobatics: Friday evening at Oregon ... | The Oregon International Air Show kicks off Friday evening with night aerobatics and fireworks. Gates open at 6 p.m. and performances get underway about 45 minutes later. It's Community Kids Night and people are encouraged to bring school supplies for the air show's school supply drive...

Fly-in at Port of Friday Harbor Saturday, July 27 - SanJuanIslander.com | The 4th Annual Friday Harbor Airport Fly-In and Open House is scheduled for Saturday, July 27. The day starts at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast. The show starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. For lunch you can choose among burgers, pizza, bratwursts, ice cream and popcorn. One of America’s favorite flying destinations, Friday Harbor Airport draws more than its share of interesting aircraft, including antiques, warbirds, and homebuilts....

Fly-In and Air Show returns to JFK Memorial Airport - Ashland DAily Press | ...The event will feature four aerobatic shows, including pilots Peter Tallarita, Darrell Massman, William Cowden and Grant Nielson. Also on tap is a pancake breakfast to be put on by Pierce’s Peppers 4H club members as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. JFK Memorial Airport Manager John Sill said he hopes the event will top the 1,000 or so spectators who came to watch last year’s show. “The fun begins at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon,” said Sill. “In between the shows, we will have radio control airplanes flying around.”...

Terrafugia Transition Driving, Wing Folding, Flying Demo Set for EAA ... - Aviation International News | One of the most eagerly anticipated demonstrations at this year's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show is the first publicly planned flight of the Terrafugia Transition flying car. “This is the first public display of the Transition doing its thing,” said ...

Phillips 66 Aviation Celebrates 20 Years of Young Eagle Rebates - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Phillips 66® Aviation is celebrating 20 years of providing fuel rebates to Young Eagles pilots, who volunteer their time, aircraft and money to introduce young people to the joys of flight.

Scotland's Airshow: Crowds set for flight museum - Edinburgh Evening News | THOUSANDS of people will have their eyes on the skies tomorrow as a series of spectacular aircraft soar above East Lothian. Scotland’s Airshow returns to the National Museum of Flight in East Fortune for the 16th year, with organisers promising a “fantastic line-up of entertainment”...

Wingwalkers and aerobatic planes take to the skies for the airshow - stv.tv | An RAF Typhoon, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are all appearing at the East Lothian airshow this weekend. The show at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune will also feature the Team Breitling wingwalkers and aerobatic displays from the SWIP team and Trig team. Around 11,000 people are expected to attend the annual show on Saturday. On the ground, there will be the chance to meet former Concorde pilot Tony Yule and record-breaking balloonist Brian Jones...

See WW2 Flying Fortress bomber - This is Hull and East Riding | Humberside Airport will welcome an American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber this weekend. Sally B, the only aircraft of its kind in Europe, will stop overnight at the airport between air displays at Cleethorpes Air Show tomorrow and Sunday....

War hero takes to the skies over Sunderland - ITV News | An airman is stepping back back nearly 70 years as he gets the opportunity to fly in a Catalina flying boat for the first time since 1945. 97-year-old World War Two hero Lance Robson is joining The Blades aerobatic display team as they practice ahead of the Sunderland Airshow this weekend....

B-29 bomber's visit to Madison a trip back in time (minus the bullets) - 77Square.com | It took a few minutes for Staff Sgt. Oliver Hantak, 92, and First Lt. Jack Jerred, 90, to climb into the world’s only flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress on Thursday afternoon at Wisconsin Aviation. It had been 67 years since either of the World War II veterans and Madison residents had been on the same type of aircraft that released the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to the end of the war....

First electric flight for Erik Lindbergh · General Aviation News Staff | When a leading proponent of a fresh idea, in this case airplanes powered by electric motors, finally has a chance to use the technology it can significantly heighten his motivation. Such was the case when Erik Lindbergh took the opportunity to fly GreenWing International’s pure-electric eSpyder. About his first flight in electric aircraft Lindbergh observed, “Like any first flight it was thrilling and nerve wracking at the same time. I had never flown an ultralight before and had never soloed in an aircraft that I hadn’t first had dual instruction from someone sitting next to me.”...

Montgomery model aircraft club takes to the sky during airshow for kids on AUM ... - al.com | The Radio Aero Modelers of Montgomery treated children enrolled in Auburn University at Montgomery's Early Childhood Center to an airshow on Friday. Founded in 1966, The Radio Aero Modelers of Montgomery are part of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, a national organization that includes more than 2,400 model airplane clubs in the United States. The Montgomery chapter is one of 13 clubs that have been enrolled in the organization's community service leader program for the past 20 years....

Air Force Week in Photos - af.mil | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

Hall of Fame: Decorated aviator flew secret Cold War missions - Portage Daily Register | One of the premier aerial reconnaissance operatives in the U.S. Air Force, Ret. Col. LaVerne Griffin, began his career piloting a box off a roof in Wyocena. “I remember the time he took his brother Duane and put him in an orange crate with a rope on it. Duane volunteered to go on it to see if it would fly. That’s why we knew he was interested in flying,” said Terry Pease, a childhood friend.The decorated aviator “Griff” grew up in rural Wyocena and led top secret missions during the Cold War that he was unable to reveal to a single soul for decades...

Apache, inverted (almost) - Flight Image of the Day | Another great photograph from the UK’s Defence Images website, this one showing a Westland/Boeing Apache attack helicopter from the Army Air Corps’ Apache display team being put through its paces at RAF Cosford earlier in the year....

Big party for local man's 100th birthday - Columbia Basin Herald | MOSES LAKE - ...Aviation has part of Ebbert's life since those lessons in 1929 and his first solo flight in 1931. It's been his experience, he said, that flying is something people either love or hate. "I liked to fly so I stayed with it."...

Tornado pilot narrowly avoided smashing into glider over Scotland by flipping ... - The Independent | A Tornado fighter pilot narrowly avoided smashing into a glider by flipping his plane into an inverted loop at 500mph, it was revealed today. The RAF pilot was on a low-level training mission when he was forced into the manoeuvre, known as a 'bunt' just 250ft above the ground. The pilot had a mere quarter of a second to carry out the aerobatic move after seeing the glider "at the very last moment" and missing it by just 100ft....

Grab the Airplane and Go - Air & Space Magazine | “What year did we snatch the president of the Congo’s airplane?” Nick Popovich asks. Outside, chilly rain soaks the pastures of his rolling Indiana country estate. From a pond with a gushing fountain, waterfowl honk faintly. An assistant rifles through records as Popovich assures me cheerfully, “We're not going back to central Africa soon. There’s still a death warrant out for me.” Driving to Valparaiso on a two-lane blacktop, I saw only a sign with the name of Popovich’s horse farm. But once I turned off the road, drove up the driveway, and entered this opulent ranch-style residence, I found a global operation ticking with the stealthy clockwork of a CIA front. From these headquarters, Popovich plots to repossess some of the world’s largest aircraft. If you’ve been leasing a $150 million jumbo jet and missed a few payments recently, you might want to glance outside and make sure it’s still there....

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Tennessee Hall of Fame inductees announced from General Aviation News | The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame will hold its 12th Annual Gala & Inductions Ceremony Nov. 9. Four people will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, including Milton “Preacher” Brandon, Lt. Col. Herbert W. “Bill” Powley, Rear Admiral Jimmie W. Taylor, and Montill Warren....

Airshow, Ely-Pusher, Spirit of Freedom to headline Festival of Flight from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Suffolk, Va. – “Bob Coolbaugh’s replica of the 1911 Ely-Curtis Pusher which he built and flew around the country for the 2011 100th anniversary of the US Navy will attend,” the May 4-5, 2013 Virginia Regional Festival of Flight as reported by fly-in manager Judy Sparks. And the Berlin Airlift Foundation’s 4-engine C-54E, The Spirit of Freedom, a flying museum of the Berlin Airlift will pay a return visit.”...

Seaplane Adventure | Saturday May 4th | 10AM-3PM | In the early years of aviation, airplane
technology advanced in leaps and bounds-yet airport development lagged behind. Into this void came the seaplane, an aircraft able to fly without need of runways to any destination near an ocean or lake.  By the 1930s seaplanes held...

The show must go on: Pensacola Beach plans July air show, concert without the ... - Pensacola News Journal | The Pensacola Beach July air show will go on without the famous Blue Angel flight demonstration team and with the addition of a free Saturday night concert. W. A. “Buck” Lee, Santa Rosa Island Authority executive director, announced the news during a ...

Six P-38s Scheduled for Chino 2013 from Photorecon by Betsy Murphy | We just got back from the Chino Media Preview for this year. Wow did they drop a bomb on us. Looks like we are going to see (assuming nothing breaks) six P-38s on the field. Five will fly and there will be one static P-38 from the Yank’s Museum at Chino. All the prior reports said they would “only” have....

AIRSHOW NEWS: New Look Tucano Joins Wings & Wheels Line-up from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Wings & Wheels is delighted to confirm the RAF Tucano will be showing off its new desert camouflage design in an impressive aerobatic display on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Big cats take over at RAF Cosford Air Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | With a fascinating selection of Jaguars on display, RAF Cosford’s 75th Anniversary Air Show is offering a big cat line-up that will be seen nowhere else this summer.

GoPro: The Wing Walker - YouTube | Join Teresa Stokes as she risks life and limb performing aerial acrobatics for the crowd at the 2012 EAA Airventure Show!

"Air Racers" - The Edwardsville Intelligencer | In 1909, just six years after the Wright Brothers' inaugural flight, a young American named Glenn Curtiss won the very first air race in Reims, France. At that race, Curtiss made history when he completed two laps in 15 minutes with a top speed of 46 mph.

Aussie aviator searches for skeleton in Fiji - Fiji Times | ...The 56-year-old's Fiji layover is to search for the remains of American aviator Amelia Earhart who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a Lockheed Electra aircraft....

Death by P-38 By Don Hollway | That Saturday afternoon the "Opium Den"—the smoky, sweltering, ramshackle command bunker at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal—was packed with Navy and Marine brass hats. Lowly flyboys Captain Thomas Lanphier Jr. and Major John W. Mitchell, commanding officer of the U.S. Army Air Forces' 339th Fighter Squadron, arrived last, but were treated like guests of honor. Mitchell was handed a teletyped radio message marked "Top Secret": a flight schedule for an inspection tour by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto....

'There and back again' – The 305th AMW story - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - McGuire Air Force Base | ...A number of these Airmen were teens who lied about their age in order to enlist. They shipped out to Chelveston with a minimum of training to fly B-17s, planes well-known for being cumbersome. The Americans flew many successful missions, and the 305th BG saw so much success that, in July 1945, the USAAF chose the group to stay behind after the war, move to St. Trond Airfield, Belgium, and execute aerial mapping missions for the Allies....

Luftwaffe colour photos from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | During the Second World War some 1000 photographers were active on all German fronts to make propaganda shots for publication in well-known German magazines like Signal. Also the...

Yankee Air Museum Begins $6 Million Campaign to Make Its Home in the ... - ReadMedia | YPSILANTI, MI - The Yankee Air Museum on Monday evening announced a $6 million campaign to purchase and undertake necessary separation and renovation costs for the area of the former Willow Run Powertrain Plant that ...

FlightTime Radio Show 262 | Today we get to talk to a real Globetrotter, Captain Judy Rice. Judy has flown some legs of a global flight and shortly she will take off in her Cirrus and circle planet!

Combat Air Museum to hold 20th annual celebrity pancake feed - Topeka Capital Journal | Anyone looking to support a Topeka landmark and get all-you-can-eat pancakes at the same time may want to consider attending the 20th annual Combat Air Museum celebrity pancake feed Saturday at Forbes Field. Going from 7 a.m. to noon in hangar ...

EmP – The Nuclear Winter by Thornton D. Barnes from Special Projects by tdbarnes | EmP by Thornton D. Barnes is now available in paperback and ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and CreateSpace. EmP joins Barnes’s autobiography...

Teen and mom learn to fly together from General Aviation News By AMELIA T. REIHELD  | Parents of teenagers, take note: Here is a mother/daughter bonding experience that doesn’t involve shopping for shoes. It all started a year and a half ago, when then-14-year-old Amy White took her first airplane ride ever. It was a Young Eagles flight at Edenton Northeastern Regional Airport (EDE) in North Carolina, and Amy got to ride shotgun with an EAA member from Suffolk, Va. Amy was enthralled, totally sold....

June 8 Marks 20th Annual EAA International Young Eagles Day from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Thousands of young people will take to the sky in GA aircraft on Saturday, June 8, as EAA volunteers continue a 20-year aviation tradition - International Young Eagles Day.

EAA Chapter 242 Flies 10,000th Young Eagle from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Chapter 242 of Columbia, South Carolina, marked its 10,000th Young Eagle flown on April 13 at Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (CUB). The lucky Young Eagle, Luke Williams, flew with chapter member Tom Roberts, EAA 697606, in his homebuilt RV-7A.

Dayton Air Show will feature 14 spectacular acts in 2013

...Thunderbirds cancel due to Sequestration

Dayton, Ohio – The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger will fly as-planned on June 22nd
and 23rd despite budget cuts announced by the military due to Congressionally-mandated sequestration. A recent Department of Defense memorandum confirmed that all military aerial teams will cease public performances as of April 1, 2013. This includes the USAF Thunderbirds, who were scheduled to appear at Dayton this year. The Air Show had hoped that Congress would reach an agreement permitting the military jet teams to fly, but with the April 1st deadline rapidly approaching, such an agreement appears unlikely.

This year's show will feature a spectacular lineup of some of the nation’s top attractions. A total of 14 acts will fly each day in the feature show, including: “FIFI”, the only flying B-29 in the world, will create a "Great Wall of Fire" atomic bombing reenactment; there will be both a MiG-17 and an F-86 Sabre flying demonstration; the AeroShell Formation Aerobatic Team will perform; Melissa Pemberton’s Edge 540 flying aerobatics will be on display; Skip Stewart will perform high energy aerobatics; Jane Wicker Wing Walking will risk all; and the "School Time" jet-powered school bus will roar down the runway at 300+mph.

"With such a tremendous lineup of top attractions already in place, we felt it was important to continue the 38-year tradition of Dayton and move forward with the 2013 show," stated Michael Emoff, United States Air and Trade Show Board of Trustees Chairman. "We think spectators will be excited by not only the thrills of these professional acts, but also with the overall quality of this year's show both in the air and on the ground," he added.

In addition to previously planned attractions, Air Show officials announced today the addition of the following new features:

One of the most famed fighters of WWII is the F4U-5N Corsair and Vectren Dayton Air Show spectators will get to witness this unique gull-winged aircraft both in flight as well as on static display. The first U.S. fighter to fly at 400 mph in level flight, the Corsair was designed for aircraft carrier-based service. Called “Whistling Death” for the distinctive sound the engines of the Corsair made in a dive, US Marines referred to the Corsair as their best friend for the excellent air support it provided when troops were pinned down on the ground. Dave Folk will fly the Corsair, which is housed in Greenwood, Mississippi in the winter and Kalamazoo, Michigan in the summer.

The Warbird Heritage Foundation’s A-4B Skyhawk, flown by Paul Wood of Waukegan, IL will return to Dayton after its first appearance in 2012. The Skyhawk was a light bomber/attack aircraft flown by both Vice Admiral James Stockdale and LCDR John McCain (now Senator McCain) during the Vietnam War. The Skyhawk appearing at the 2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show is painted to represent aircraft BuNo 148609 flown by LCDR Ted Swartz, who shot down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam with an unguided ZUNI rocket. This was the only air-to-air kill by a Skyhawk during the entire Vietnam War.

Team Fastrax, a world-class skydiving team located in Middletown, Ohio has also been added to the 2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger lineup. To be considered as a Demo Team member, individuals must first have at least 1,000 jumps and meet stringent professional standards. As a result, Air Show spectators will witness a thrilling collection of precision maneuvers that display the ultimate skill in skydiving. Kicking off the show each day with a 7,500 square foot U.S. flag (the world’s largest), Team Fastrax is sure to leave a lasting impression on Air Show spectators as the team has performed around the world and at high profile venues such as NASCAR, the NFL and MLB.

Along with historic aircraft flying each day, the Vectren Dayton Air Show will present an impressive number of classic aircraft on the ground. Recently added to static display are the Douglas C-54 Skymaster “Spirit of Freedom” and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil”. Each of these storied aircraft served at various times for the US military during WWII: the C-54 was made famous in the Berlin Airlift and the B-24 was used in both the European and Pacific theaters. Spectators are sure to enjoy close-up views and tours of these amazing aircraft of yesteryear.

Tickets for the popular Chairman’s Club, Dannon Pavilion, Family 4 Pack, and Blue Sky Chalet are now on sale, offering an attractive range of seating options. Tickets can be conveniently purchased through the show website at www.daytonairshow.com. Many of these venues sell out early, so don’t wait to get your tickets!

Beginning May 13, 2013, deep discount general admission tickets will also be available for purchase at over 100 Kroger stores in the Dayton-Cincinnati region.

The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is produced by the United States Air and Trade Show, Inc, a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit Ohio Corporation that relies on sponsorship and community support to offset the cost of producing the event. The Dayton/Montgomery Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates that the show has a $3.2 million annual economic impact on the region.

For more information on performers:

F4N-5N Corsair
A-4B Skyhawk
Team Fastrax


Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright Patterson AFB. For more information visit www.daytonairshow.com

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"Blue Angels: A Pictorial History" is now on sale at the Naval Aviation Museum. - WEAR | The book follows the history of the Blues from their inception just after World War II, through today's airshows. You can find it in the Flight Deck store at the Naval Aviation Museum on NAS Pensacola.Blue Angels book available at Naval Museum. Friday ...

Cover Story: Highly Awarded Aerobatic Pilot, Wagstaff Lives Her Dream from Featured by Webmaster | This shot was taken during a photo shoot with Patty Wagstaff over St. Augustine Florida. To get the shot Mike Shore, the photographer, said, “We took the door off of the airplane we were shooting from and Patty pulled her plane up in close formation and maneuvered so we could get the shot we needed....

Mojave Experimental Fly-in | More Confirmations!

Gator Fly In canceled over military cuts - Gainesville Sun | ...For its first two years, the Gator Fly In allowed between 1,000 and 2,000 visitors to get up close and personal with F-18 fighter jets and Navy Seahawk helicopters among other military aircraft that were the highlight of the event hosted by Gainesville Regional Airport and University Air Center....

Wingwalker display team perform over Sydney harbour - Telegraph.co.uk | Wingwalkers experience speeds of up to 150mph and gravitational forces of up to 4G during performances, but wingwalker Sarah Tanner said she enjoys the adrenalin rush. "We absolutely love it. It's something all three of us we've see at air shows when ...

B-17 Flying Fortress to take the sky at Air Fiesta 2013 - Monitor | BROWNSVILLE — For the first time in a decade, the B-17 Flying Fortress will cast its fearsome shadow over spectators. “Texas Raiders,” a 67-year-old, four-engine heavy bomber flown and maintained by the Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing in ...

Female, fearless and flying - Pembroke Daily Observer | The Paris-born aviatrix and engineer would go onto set two women's altitude records and a distance record flying some 323 kilometres. She died co-piloting an experimental aircraft at Le Crotoy airfield on July 18, 1919. Gone at age 36, de Laroche never ...

Angel Flight West Event Features Volunteer Pilot, Astrophysicist Brian Keating  - PRWeb | Angel Flight West attracts aviation enthusiasts to San Diego Air and Space Museum event where AFW volunteer pilot and University of California San Diego professor of astrophysics, Brian G. Keating, PhD, describes and depicts first moments after Big Bang gleaned from South Pole microwave telescopes....

State college's 50th anniversary kick-off coming April 17 - Crestview News Bulletin | After kick-off, a Doolittle Raiders exhibit will be open in the arena lobby until 4:30 p.m. The exhibit will contain several items from the college's collection of items owned by Raiders airmen, authentic memorabilia and reproductions including two ...

Horham: Film tells tale of 95th Bomb Group East Anglian Daily Times | The airfield was home to the American bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress, and during the war more than 600 men from the base died and almost 860 became prisoners of war. The film, which was five years in the making, will be shown by the 95th Bomb Group ...

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Showcases Vintage Aviation Art and Advertising in Lauder Postcard Exhibit from Featured by S. Mark Rhodes | ...This collection features about 400 postcards from a plethora of artists and designers both in Europe in the Americas....

Satchel wasn’t a fighter pilot from The Lexicans by Busbob | “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”  | Satchel Paige, the famous pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame member, said that. Funny statement from a ground pounder. Not so humorous for a fighter pilot....

Excellent video of F-22 Raptor stealth fighter operations at Red Flag 13-3 from David Cenciotti's weblog | Here’s a really cool video showing the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ops during Red Flag 13-3 currently underway at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada....

New Release: Above the Treetops- A Magical Story of Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Above the Treetops is the true story of internationally acclaimed novelist William Faulkner's heartwarming relationship with a young boy named Bobby Little, who grew up in Oxford, Mississippi....

Wiregrass Youth Can Fly Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DOTHAN AL- A group of Wiregrass area pilots and community leaders successfully raised money for the purpose of helping youth train to fly. Together they purchased a Redbird Flight Simulator that is managed, scheduled and housed by Aero One Aviation at the Dothan Regional Airport. It will be used to expand the flight experience of interested Wiregrass Young Flyers....

Wallops Control Does the Harlem Shake from Spaceports | The team at NASA Wallops Range Control joined in on the latest Internet dance craze, the "Harlem Shake". Wallops Island is the location of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore where commercial boosters will launch cargo to the space station and NASA will launch a probe to the Moon later this year.

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Courtney Force takes flight with US Navy Blue Angels - NHRA.com | Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award winner Courtney Force took to the skies with the famed United States Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron Thursday. The driver of the Traxxas Ford Mustang flew in a Boeing...

Air Fiesta takes history to the skies - Valley morning Star | Air show fans can expect a B-17 “Flying Fortress” four-engine heavy bomber, two B-25 “Mitchell” twin-engine medium bombers, a SB2C “Helldiver” dive bomber and possibly a P-63 Kingcobra fighter, he said. This year's aerobatic performers will be longtime ...

Plane crazy: Daredevil wingwalker performs barnstorming 1920s-style aerial ... - Daily Mail | 'I've always loved dancing and wing walking is like dancing in the sky, but it wasn't until I was 24 that I first joined. I came across a group of wingwalkers at an event and decided to find out more. One thing led to another, I auditioned and got the ...

AF cancels US air shows, but not in Australia - AirForceTimes.com | Faced with a $14.2 billion shortfall this fiscal year, the Air Force is canceling air shows in the U.S. — but not one in Australia. The service sent airmen and jets from the U.S. and Japan to this year's Australian International Airshow from Feb. 26 ...

50th Anniversary Airshow canceled - WALA-TV FOX10 | JACKSON, Miss. (WALA) - Officials with the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority said the 50th Anniversary Airshow, scheduled for May 11-12, 2013 has been canceled. Officials said the Airshow was set to feature the United States Navy's Blue Angels, the ...

Old Blue plans to attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In | I just got done talking to Dustin Riggs, the current operator of Dick Rutan's world record holding and round-the-world flying "Old Blue" Long EZ. He plans to display the recently renovated aircraft at the upcoming event....
Other confirmations: Skyjacker to be on display, Electric Quickie to attend, GT-400 to attend

Concert will raise funds for air show - AberdeenNews.com | A concert March 23 at the Dakota Event Center will raise money for an air show this summer in Aberdeen...

USU Aviation program to celebrate Women of Aviation Worldwide Week - Cache Valley Daily |
LOGAN— The Utah State University Aviation Program will celebrate Women of Aviation Worldwide Weeks with a “Fly it Forward” event for women interesting in aviation on Saturday, March 9....

Flying It Forward This Weekend from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | ...And now these women want to inspire the next generation to follow in their footsteps...

We must do more to encourage Canadian women and girls in aerospace - Liberal | As Canadians celebrate International Women’s Week, we take note of the many substantial advances women have achieved politically, socially and economically – and acknowledge the ongoing struggle to challenge the prejudice girls and women confront each day...

First AF female general paves way for military women from Air Force Link Top Stories  | Jeanne M. Holm was the first woman in the armed forces to be promoted to the rank of major general in 1973, and is credited as single driving force in achieving parity for military women and making them a viable part of the mainstream military....

WWII B-29 co-pilot LeRoy Florence visits Saipan - Marianas Variety | ...She said, “The B-29 engines would get heated up a lot when they took off. Here, they could take off high and drop down low to cool off. Over on Tinian, they were low to begin with. So when they would take off and the engines got into trouble, they just fell into the water. Those airplanes went into the water. They could take off better from here.”...

Marauder: Ruiz recalls WWII bombing raids over Berlin, time spent as POW - Post South | Next he went to the Kingman Aerial Gunnery School training facilities in Arizona, where he was taught the air-to-air firing techniques of the turret gunner and tail gunner on the B-17. Upon graduation from Kingman he was sent to Salt Lake City, Utah ...

Learn how the U.S. secretly trained against Soviet MiG jet fighters during lecture at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Col. (Ret.) Gaillard R. Peck Jr. will discuss the 10-year period that the U.S. Air Force secretly trained Air Force, Navy and Marine fighter aircrews in an advanced joint training program against actual Soviet MiG jet fighters during a lecture titled "America's SECRET MiG Squadron" on March 20 at 7:30 p.m....

Pearson Air Museum bill set for March 14 hearing before House subcommittee - The Columbian | A bill to transfer ownership of Pearson Air Museum from the National Park Service to the city of Vancouver is moving forward and will go to a hearing before the National Resources Committee on March 14, said U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas.

Ten Times Tigers from Apron 6 | To make a little break in the snowy pictures of Kortrijk-Wevelgem and the Storch, I’ll be doing a little serie in between. Ten times tigers are 10 posts in (hopefully) 10 days with pictures from the Tigermeet at Kleine Brogel in 2009. I’m lying in the title actually because I will also post some pictures [...]

How many F-16 jets can you count in this photograph? from David Cenciotti's weblog | This image, sent to me by Ulaşcan Yüksel, shows an impressive lineup of Turkish Air Force F-16C fighter planes on an airbase in Turkey....

AgustaWestland unveil world's first electric tilt-rotor aircraft - Wired.co.uk | Like the more famous Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, the new electric aircraft can take off and land like a helicopter, but fly like an airplane. It's called Project Zero, and it follows AgustaWestland's belief that tilt rotor technology is the best layout ...

Peyton Manning's USO tour journal - ESPN | ...Thursday was truly an awesome day. Flew out on a C-2 from the UAE to an aircraft carrier, the USS Stennis. I'm not allowed to say where the ship was located exactly, but I can say it was outside the Arabian Gulf. We did the landing on the ship like you see in the movies with the cable wire. About 12 of us, helmets and goggles on for takeoff and landing. I got to sit up in the cockpit for half the flight. They let me make a few announcements on the PA system. I announced that in order for us to land we needed Curt Schilling and coach Clyde Christensen to please sit on opposite sides of the plane for weight-balance issues. Pilots got a good laugh out of that one....

Aviation artist Sam Lyons’ work now at Banyan Pilot Shop from General Aviation News | LAKELAND, Fla. – You never know how a relationship can start. That holds true for matters of the heart as well as for art. The president of Banyan Air Services, Don Campion, was attending the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in January when he spotted the Lyons Studio display. A dramatic print on canvas called “Tuskegee Ace” caught his eye and drew him into the booth...

Slats…complete! from The EAA Zenith Project by ChadJensen | Before we get to the last couple of weeks of build update, I have a major announcement to make! One of our regulars…

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Russian Air Force aerobatic team to arrive in India - The Voice of Russia | The Russian Knights aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force will take part in the Aero India - 2013 exhibition, due to be held between February 6 and February 10, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. He added that five...

Photo gallery: Dismay at threat to Red Arrows. Poll: What do you think? - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The crack RAF aerobatic squad may be axed, saving £9m a year and releasing highly-skilled pilots for other duties, according to a national newspaper. Norfolk and Suffolk have long had soft spots for the team who have been the highlights of both the...

Air race winner donates scholarship, aims to increase number of women aviators - Longview News-Journal | Stagner donated the $5,000 purse money she and her partner won in a recent air race to a scholarship for LeTourneau University aviation student Whitney Brouwer. “As a female pilot, I know that aviation is a tough field for women to get into,” Stagner said.

Female wingwalkers show off their skills - Telegraph.co.uk | Team members Sarah Tanner, Danielle Hughes and Stella Guilding, perform up to 100 wingwalks a year in countries across the world, including China and Australia. "To be a wingwalker you can't be taller than 5"4 or weigh more than around eight-and-a-half...

Vintage planes evoke memories of war - Sun-Sentinel | The P-51 fighter and two bombers, a B-24 and a B-17, are icons of American ingenuity, kept in the air by the Collings Foundation, a Massachusetts nonprofit that believes history must be experienced. Ten months out of the year, they land at 110 airports...

Today, we're on the wings - Planeshots | Multiple photos of crews, etc on the wings of their aircraft.

Aviationphotography.be update from Apron 6 | Breitling Super Constellation (part II) is now online...

Texas Chapter February 2013 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News

Earl Adkisson's Atwood Hangar Donated to APM, But We Need to Move It from Antique Airfield News | The death of an airfield is never a pleasant event....

Top Gun: Mach 2 With Your Hair On Fire In IMAX 3D Feb 8-13! from AirPigz by Martt | 3D movies haven't lived up to the hype for me, but the chance to see the pop icon film Top Gun (1986) on the big screen with big sound is enough to pique my interest. The movie is actually in IMAX 3D, but I honestly don't know if that's as impressive as it sounds. But again...

In the Zero-G Cockpit - Air & Space | As the pilot of a 727 that simulates weightlessness, John Benisch is always searching for that perfect parabola.

The Untold Story: Columbia Shuttle Disaster and Mysterious 'Day 2 Object' - Space.com | A team of experts concluded that the departing piece had been lodged within the left wing by aerodynamic forces on Columbia's liftoff. It was set adrift after the orbiter reached space. The CAIB made the final conclusion that the foam-shedding incident ...

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USAF's elite air demonstration squadron readies for this weekend's air show - The Salinas Californian | Next to the military jet teams, the Patriots have some of the best pilots in the air show world, observers say. Comedy relief stunt pilot Kent Pietsch will fly his rare Interstate Cadet in what promises to be a hilarious routine where he tosses his FAA ...

Lake of the Ozarks Air Show  | ...2012 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show which will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2012. The air show will see a salute to our military and the return of the B-25 Bomber, Team Vortex Air Show, the Ping Pong Ball Drop as well as new acts KC Flight Formation Team, Dave Dacy Air Show & Wing Walker, and Jet Truck racing. More details about the Lake of the Ozarks Air Show will be posted soon...

Duluth Airshow Preview: Inside the Cockpit of A Stunt Plane - WDIO-TV | Mathieson tells us we pull 3Gs during our ride, meaning the human body feels 3 times heavier. During air shows, he says he'll pull more than 12Gs. "It's a little painful. You've gotta flex everything you can. The hardest thing is holding your head up ...

What it Takes to Make the Duluth Air Show Happen - Northland's NewsCenter | Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - In 2010, the air show brought in 35,000 visitors to see the weekend–long spectacle, and that's just paid admission. According to the air show board of directors, another 15,000 viewers crowded around the fence that...

Unique Ospreys drop in on Brevard for air show - Florida Today | Two U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys arrived at Patrick Air Force Base on Friday afternoon for this weekend's Cocoa Beach Air Show. They arrived just before the afternoon thunderstorms.

Great Bend Air Festival kicks off this weekend - KSN-TV | GREAT BEND, Kansas -- Warbirds from across the country arrived in Kansas early Friday for the Great Bend Air Festival. "We're here to educate and to entertain as well." The air festival and its pilots are educating the public on planes that fought in ...

39th Annual International Seaplane Fly-In 2012 from Photorecon by Ken Kula | Greenville Maine might take a note from the famous Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about Paul Revere…” one if by land, two if by sea”. The town is fortunate to have a pair of community airports; the Greenville Municipal Airport located on a hilltop just north of the town center and Greenville Seaplane Base, on a cove that the downtown embraces...

Fly-In High - Polson Lake County Leader | The occasion marked the 14th annual Polson Fly-In, and the yearly spectacle brought recreational pilots and curious members of the general public together for an impassioned ode to aviation. Mauri Morin, manager of the Ronan Airport and president of ...

The Patrouille de France will decorate the sky today Touquettois its ribbons ...  - La Voix du Nord | The Patrouille de France was training for the air show, which will be presented today with numbers and aerobatic panachages lights that accompany them. Before boarding their aircraft, pilots are briefed adjusted to the millimeter...

Malta Interntaional Airshow 2012 - Aviation news portal | The 20th Edition of the Malta International Air Show, will be held from 29-30th September 2012. This years Air Show coincides with the 70th Anniversary of the award of the George Cross to Malta, by King George V. The Malta International...

21 Awesome Moments From The Berlin Air Show - Business Insider by Alex Davies - Business
Insider | The ILA Berlin Air Show, which wrapped up yesterday, featured 1,243 exhibitors from 46 countries. On display was the newest aviation technology, from high-speed helicopters and huge passenger jets to the unmanned ...

Arion Lightning LSA Well Represented at Midwest LSA Expo from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Arion Aircraft LS-1 Lightning was well represented at the recent Midwest LSA Expo, with three aircraft on hand for display and demo flights. The Lightning, which began as a new kit aircraft designed and first produced between 2004 and 2006, was transformed into an LSA by 2009. In about 500...

Air show organizers prepping for takeoff - Parkersburg News | WILLIAMSTOWN - With less than a month to go, the 2012 Air Expo organizers are working to get things ready. "We are rolling into the final stages," said co-chair of the event Donna Rusche. "We're still taking sponsors and are looking for more volunteers ...

WWII Era Planes Stop in Blacksburg Before Flyover - WSET | The team will wear camouflage helmets and jerseys, and there will be a fly over by two very special planes: A B-25 Mitchell bomber and a P-51 Mustang tank buster. The B-25 is the same type of plane that was launched from the deck of an aircraft carrier...

Local B-17 Bombardier Recalls 'Wing and a Prayer' Mission on the All American - The B-Town Blog (blog) | Ralph Burbridge of Des Moines, a B-17 bombardier in World War II, holds the encased flag that the 414th Squadron, which he flew with, raised in his honor earlier this year above their base in Turkey. He is also holding a note of appreciation from the ...

Bobcat taking off - Pratt Tribune | The plane belongs to the Commemorative Air Force, Jayhawk Wing out of Wichita, and was being used to deliver a World War II parachute to the B-29 Museum committee. While here, Roth took several three passengers on a flight around Pratt and the ...

World War II "warbirds" on display before Virginia Tech flyover - WSLS | The B-25 Mitchell bomber called the ”Axis Nightmare” came in first, then hours later, the “Cincinnati Miss,” a P-51D fighter. Both are scheduled to perform flyovers at Lane Stadium when the Hokies take on Bowling Green. Any time we can show these ...

World War II veterans share memories during conference from Air Force Link Top Stories | The first snow of the winter blanketed the German landscape below his P-51 Mustang, and as the young World War II pilot flew alongside others in formation, he noticed an important detail.  "There were two silver aircraft and two painted with the green camouflage flying alongside me," said retired Col. Clarence Anderson of that winter day in 1944 when he made a realization about his own green aircraft...

Photoflying days: Thursday (part III) from Apron 6 | ...But on Thursday it just happened. I joined the Spitfire-Hurricane photoflight and got everything I could wish for...

Love of flight keeps club aloft 80 years - Reading Eagle | For almost all of its 80-year existence, the Reading Aero Club has had a down-to-earth history that's primarily about a human desire to be up in the air. And while Robert M. Keith, 79, of Wyomissing can't speak firsthand about that paradox for all of ...

Brave Maria, 51, takes to skies for wing walk - Lancashire Evening Post | A blind woman has taken to the skies in a dare-devil challenge. Thrill-seeker Maria Pikulski, of Fox Lane, Leyland, did a wing walk at Breighton Aerodrome, Selby, North Yorkshire. The aim of the crazy challenge was a way to say 'thank you' to a number ...

Women find space worth the risk from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...Nevertheless, the history of Russian female cosmonauts in space goes back half a century. In 1962, out of thousands of candidates, five were selected: engineer Irina Solovyova, mathematician and programmer Valentina Ponomareva, weaver Valentina Tereshkova, teacher Zhanna Yerkina, and secretary and stenographer Tatiana Kuznetsova. No holds were barred during training....

Coverage of Endeavor's Farewell Tour:  articles, video, photos, Airboyd.tv, Danny Buonsanto, FenceCheck

Endeavour ends her flying days after stunning farewell tour from NASASpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin | Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles on Friday, following a stunning cross country tour that honored her service and left untold thousands in awe of the orbiter’s magnificence. The baby of the fleet completed her final leg, taking in some of California’s most famous landmarks, prior to touching down for the final time at LAX...

6 Videos: Shuttle Endeavour Treks West On Its Last Flights (+ CoolPix) from AirPigz by Martt | In the midst of winding down from an excellent five days at the Reno Air Races I've barely caught the details about the Shuttle Endeavour's westward journey from the Kennedy Space Center out to Los Angels for its eventual display at the California Science Center. So I did a little searching around just now and found some videos that show parts of that journey for you to check out in case you've been under-informed too. I've put a short description below each video so you can see what it offers, and I've also included a CoolPix image of Endeavour's wing while in space that I thought looked very cool with both the U.S. flag and the Endeavour name so clearly displayed...
 

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Disabled American Veterans Shares Message at Fort Wayne Air Show from DAV Flight Team | Fort Wayne, IN – Disabled American Veterans (DAV) will reach out to veterans and their families sharing its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’s combat-wounded men and women at the Fort Wayne Air Show on August 31-September 2.  In the company of the iconic World War II era B-25 Mitchell Bomber, the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team will appear at the Fort Wayne Air Show. The airshow is one stop on a nationwide tour that aims to increase public awareness of disabled veterans and provide information about DAV programs and benefits. The B-25...

Watsonville Gets Ready For Take Off - Patch.com | That's right, it's the 48th annual “Fly-In and Air Show” and people in town are starting to get excited, especially Watsonville city analyst and event director Doug Mattos. “I love it when those big planes come in and rumble the windows around the...

8th Annual Become A Pilot Family Day and Aviation Display from Other People's Airplanes by David | Welcome to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an incredible collection of aviation and space artifacts, the likes of which you will not fine anywhere else. I’m David Allen, and I’m about to take you into the cockpit … of Other People’s Airplanes. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the...

'Sentimental Journey' at City Centre Airport - Edmonton Examiner | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:11:37 MDT AM. B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft 'Sentimental Journey' makes a special trip to Edmonton's Alberta Aviation Museum in honour of the North West Staging Route from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4...

Red Arrows death crash pilot Jon Egging memorial unveiled - BBC News | A sculpture has been unveiled in Dorset as a memorial to a Red Arrows pilot who died after an airshow display. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, of Rutland, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed following a display at the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival. The 5m ...

Saab Participates at the Slovak International Air Fest 2012 - defpro | Defence and security company Saab AB will participate as the general partner at the Slovak International Air Fest 2012 on September 1st and 2nd at the Sliac Airport in Sliac, Slovakia. Saab will be present at SIAF 2012 in Sliac...

French display team preparing for this weekend's airshow - Moss Avis | Patrouille de France was established in 1953 and is celebrating 60 years in May 2013. The team consists of 9 pilots and 37 technicians. 1. and 2 September, Norwegian Military Air Power 2012 exhibition. Events marking the 100th anniversary of the first ...

Fly-in continues 30-year tradition - Plumas County Newspapers | The Rotary Club of Portola hosts its annual Fly-In Pancake Breakfast Sunday, Sept. 9, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Nervino Airport in Beckwourth. This is the club's largest fundraiser of the year, with proceeds going toward college and leadership scholarships ...

45th Lions BBQ and Fly-in - The Trinity Journal | Drive up to Trinity Center on Sunday, Sept. 2, for the 45th annual Lions Club BBQ and Fly-in from noon to 6 p.m. A barbecue meal is available from noon to 4 p.m. with live music from 2 to 6 p.m. The barbecue is held on the grounds of the Trinity ...

Local man reacts to Reno crash report - Paradise Post | Ruhman, who is a Reno Air Race regular and was on the Warlock race team's crew for 30 years, said he knew Leeward and remembered him as a straight-forward and generous person. And he remembered the crew as thorough and responsible. “Every time ...

Wings of Freedom Tour to Make Stop at Airport in Oxford - Voices News | OXFORD — The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang will appear from 12 to 5 p.m. Friday, September 7; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, September 8 ...

Beth Tweddle fulfils wing-walking ambition - BBC News | Team GB gymnast Beth Tweddle has fulfilled one of her "crazy" post-Olympics ambitions by wing-walking over the Gloucestershire countryside. The London 2012 bronze medallist was strapped to the top of a biplane during the aerobatics stunt. Tweddle, 27...

Maker Space Takes Flight at Westport Library - Patch.com | One is on display at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport, the second at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. According to Schott, the GeeBee R-1, like most planes of the Golden Age era of racing, embodied the essence of the “Maker ...

World War II vet awarded Distinguished Flying Cross from Air Force Link Top Stories | Family, friends, senior leaders and pilots gathered Aug. 24 to honor a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress pilot during an award ceremony at Randolph's famed Taj Mahal where he was award the Distinguished Flying Cross medal....

Twelfth Air Force celebrates 70 years of service from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Twelfth Air Force personnel, visiting dignitaries, both current and past leadership, wing commanders, command chiefs, a former Vietnam Prisoner of War and Tucson, Ariz., civilians celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Numbered Air Force (NAF) from its activation on 20 August 1942, during World War II under Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, Aug. 23-24...

Young Eagles to soar during flight rally - Sayreville Suburban | Monroe Township resident Bob Hartmaier will be helping youngsters enjoy flying at a special Young Eagles event in October. Hartmaier, a retired American Airlines captain and the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 315 Young Eagles coordinator, ...