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Preview: Wings Over Houston Air Show * KPRC Houston | Adventure takes flight this weekend at Ellington Airport! The Navy Blue Angels will soar into town for the 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Air Show...

Air show draws record crowd * Florida Times-Union | According to Undersander a lot of effort was put into moving air show traffic off base in a timely manner. “I'm very proud of our base security force as well as the 11 state and local law enforcement agencies who supported this event. When you have...

ShrinersFest cancel Blue Angels, all future air shows * 14 News WFIE Evansville | Evansville Freedom Festival committee members announced Wednesday they have decided to cancel air shows altogether in conjunction with ShrinersFest because the economy over the past three years has increased challenges and caused a financial risk...

Willow Run plant to officially become new home of Yankee Air Museum today * Crain's Detroit Business | Yankee Air Museum Chairman Ray Hunter is to sign papers today making the aviation museum the official owner of a 144,000-square-foot slice of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant, where Rose Will Monroe and other workers built B-24 Liberator bombers...

Pilot Spotlight: CAF Red Tail Squadron Pilot Paul Stojkov * Red Tail Squadron | Flying the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s P-51C Mustang might be the BEST. JOB. EVER. Soaring amongst the clouds, feeling the purr of that engine and meeting people all over the country to share the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is nothing short of an honor. In today’s final installment of our Pilot Spotlight series, learn how CAF Red Tail Squadron Pilot Paul Stojkov channeled his love of flight into a career in the skies...

Niki de Saint Phalle's 84th birthday marked with Google doodle * Telegraph.co.uk | A different doodle marking the 107th birthday of Egyptian aviatrix Lotfia El Nady appears on the North African and Middle Eastern versions of the search engine's home page. Meanwhile, the South Korean version of Google celebrates the 510th birthday of...

A vital clue to the unfathomable mystery of aviator Amelia Earhart * Capital Wired | Well the quest for her last whereabouts have kept researchers, filmmakers and many other followers pretty much occupied ever since the pioneer aviator vanished over the Pacific while attempting to cross the world. The finding of a three foot scrap of...

Italian WWII Fighter Pilot Found At Controls Of Crashed Airplane * Aero-News Network | Aircraft Went Down During A Battle Nearly 70 Years Ago The wreckage of an Italian Macchi C.205 fighter plane has been found outside Pauda in northern Italy buried 13 feet underground with its pilot still at the controls...

Northrop Nomad (A-17A) Recovered in Canada * Warbirds News | An ultra-rare Northrop Nomad is slowly emerging from the frigid waters of Lake Muskoka near Bracebridge, Ontario. The Nomad was an export version of a US Army Air Corps A-17A, a small number of which ended up with the Royal Canadian Air Force in WWII instead of their original customer in France, following that country’s seizure by Germany. None of the Canadian Nomads were known to...

Unmanned Antares rocket explodes after liftoff * Fox News | The owners of the unmanned commercial supply ship that exploded Tuesday over a launchpad in Virginia warned people to keep away from potentially hazardous debris and promised to figure out what destroyed the rocket that was supposed to ferry cargo to the International Space Station. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort...

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Russian Knights aerobatics crew to perform maneuvers in Bahrain - The Voice of Russia | ...Pilots will perform the demonstration flights at a height of between 100 and 1,500 meters at various speeds. The demonstration flights will last three days. The return of the Russian Knights to Russia is planned for January 22, Klimov said. The Russian Knights regularly participate in the largest global air exhibitions and shows...

Stuart Air Show confirms Harrier jet demonstration for 2014 - TCPalm | STUART -- Air Show officials confirmed Thursday night that an AV-8B "Harrier" jet demonstration for the 25th annual Stuart Air Show on Nov. 1-2. The aircraft will be flown by Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., air show officials ...

Chairman needed for upcoming Flagfest air show - Spencer Daily Reporter | "We're looking for some person to head up the air show," Steffen said. "And so far, we've been unsuccessful." Steffen noted the ideal chairman is someone who "likes airplanes" and is "somewhat familiar with aeronautical types of things." "I've done ...

Red Arrows unable to perform at this year’s Swanage Carnival - but organisers say “we will survive” - Bournemouth Echo | THE Red Arrows display team will not perform at this year's Swanage Regatta and Carnival Week, it has been confirmed. Carnival secretary Linda Welsh was informed the RAF aces would be unable to attend the Swanage event this summer because of their...

Matt Hall prepares for Red Bull Air Race: video - Newcastle Herald | ... aircraft, an MXS-R, at Rutherford Airport. Pictures: Peter Stoop. AN ex-formula one tactician and a "leveller" playing field may prove vital ingredients for Hunter pilot Matt Hall as he prepares to have a third crack at the Red Bull Air Race World ...

WWII Vets receive the chance to fly for free this summer - NBC40 | WWII Veterans in our area will have the chance to fly for free this summer. The Yankee Air Museum, based in Chicago, will hold their first ever flight experience June 9th through the 11th at the Cape May Airport. The 45 minute ride on the B-17 "Yankee ...

“Tuskegee Airmen” For The Hangar Talk At The Pacific Aviation Museum · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE-Honolulu, HI – Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will welcome Hawaii’s own Tuskegee Airman Philip Baham, Dr. Dorothy Goldsborough, and a panel of Black History experts, as they discuss the stories and the legacy of the first African-American military aviators who served during WWII. The Hangar Talk, “Tuskegee Airmen Then and Now” is Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2 to 4pm in the Museum Theater...

The Red Tails are alive, well - Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | The legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen lives at Tyndall with the arrival of the 301st Fighter Squadron. The squadron is a U.S. Air Force Reserve Command unit that is comprised of combat-ready F-22 Raptor pilots, F-22 Formal Training Unit Instructors, and Adversary T-38 pilots as well as associated support personnel. The 301st FS is integrated across the 95th Fighter Squadron, 43rd Fighter Squadron, and 325th Training Support Squadron along with each of their missions...

Barnwell, a 'Flying Tiger' whose photos captured war images, dies at 90 - Macon Telegraph | Barnwell, who held the rank of staff sergeant, was a flight engineer on a B-25 bomber as part of the 14th Air Force's “Flying Tigers.” During the early 1940s, Barnwell saw much of his life through a camera lens, and he was one of the few who took color ...

Celebrate 10 years of the Udvar-Hazy Center! · National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Celebrate 10 years of the Udvar-Hazy Center! Join us for the first-ever Udvar-Hazy Center Open House on January 25th in Chantilly, VA from 10 am to 3 pm. Go behind-the-scenes and tour the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. See the Museum's current projects, such as the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver. Meet curators, conservators, archivists, and other specialists, and learn how they care for objects in the Museum's collection.

The Bob Hoover Project: Flying the Feathered Edge | We are thrilled to announce that this past Thursday Bob signed off on our finished cut of the film R. A. "BOB" HOOVER: FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE. Bob stated "you've captured it, the way it was - you did it!" He said this film tells his story, and has signed off on it for historical accuracy. For a three year journey...

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Westland Yeovil by travelforaircraft | Westland built three prototypes of the Yeovil but ultimately failed to gain a contract with the Royal Air Force. It had the...
   
STOVL — Lightning II for the Marines by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has a variation of the fifth generation fighter known as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II called the F-35B (the USAF has the F-35A and the USN has the F-35C). It is stealthy (two internal weapons bays) and modern (vectored thrust, composite fuselage, glass cockpit) like the other two Lightning II models but...

F/A-18 Hornet 35th Anniversary · Airboyd | Credit: Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval aviation was changed forever 35 years ago when the F/A-18 Hornet completed its first flight Nov. 18, 1978. On Dec. 9, 2013, the Navy honored the F/A-18 and EA-18G for a job well done.

Fallbrook aviator takes to the skies again - Village News Network | Barbara Thurber obtained her pilot's license in 1968, and within two years she became Fallbrook's first homegrown certified flight instructor. Her flying career ended after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in April 1972, but she never lost her ...

Chinese Lunar Landing Prompts Debate Over Moon Exploitation and Potential Tourism - Spaceports | China's successful landing of an unmanned probe on the moon last month has prompted a debate over the potential exploitation of the moon's resources - and who exactly owns the Earth's only natural satellite. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from London, England.

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2000 free air show tickets for students - Gulf Daily News | MORE than 2,000 students will be given free tickets to the upcoming Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS)...

AOPA Announces Dates and Locations for Regional Fly-Ins Across the U.S. - AviationPros.com | Frederick, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) today announced the dates and locations of its first-ever regional fly-ins to be held nationwide throughout 2014. The Association will host six fly-ins as well as an “AOPA Homecoming” in Frederick, Md., giving AOPA members throughout the United States a chance to interact and share ideas with AOPA President Mark Baker, mingle with one another over breakfast and lunch, and take part in safety briefings, aviation clinics and flying activities...

Velasco Unveils Real Paint Scheme For McGuire P-38 – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Ep529 | Gary Velasco from Fighting Colors.com unveils a new collector panel featuring Major Thomas McGuire’s P-38 “Pudgy“.  Major McGuire was one of the most decorated pilots to in WWII and according to Velasco, history hasn’t always portrait his airplane correctly.  Gary sets the record straight and shares the evidence he’s uncovered...

Volunteers restoring WWII bomber Superfortress - Topeka Capital Journal | T.J. Norman, the volunteer project manager, hopes the public will see Doc in the sky above July's AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. “I think it's doable,” Norman said. “I can't promise we'll make it, but we're sure going to try.” Still, the project needs ...

In World War Two our readers helped buy 17 Spitfires, now the famous fighter needs your help again - Belfast Telegraph | Seventy years ago, Belfast Telegraph readers reached deep into their pockets and made an unprecedented contribution to the war effort funding raising enough money to buy 17 Spitfires. Today we are asking you to help fund a small society's efforts to bring the spirit of these iconic planes home again...

Gone West: WWII Fighter Pilot William Overstreet Jr - Aero-News Network | Famously Flew Through The Eiffel Tower In Pursuit Of A German Plane | A WWII P-51 pilot who became famous for flying his airplane through the arches of the Eiffel Tower in pursuit of a German Messerschmitt Bf-109G during the war passed away last week in Roanoke, VA. William Overstreet Jr. was 92 years old...

The Weather Channel’s Tribute to Bill Overstreet · Warbirds News | Warbirds News was contacted to assist the Weather Channel in the making of this short tribute clip to Bill Overstreet who recently died...

Memorial honors Garry Davis - 'Citizen of the World' - vt.Buzz | Garry Davis of South Burlington was remembered at a memorial on Sunday as a man who was born without borders and died without borders. Davis, a former bomber pilot in World War II, was featured in Life Magazine in 1948 after becoming an instant celebrity for renouncing his American citizenship and declaring he was a "Citizen of the World." People were astonished that somebody could do this,? said Robin Lloyd, an organizer of the memorial. About 30 friends and fans attended the service at the Firehouse Gallery on Church Street in Burlington...

Video: Fly On The B-24 “Diamond Lil” - Warbird Radio

Aviatrix in awe of Holmes - The New Zealand Herald | Sir Paul Holmes' former flying instructor has tackled one of the greatest aviation feats - from South Africa to England in an open cockpit biplane. British aviatrix Tracey Curtis-Taylor, whose mother and sister live in Auckland, left Cape Town on November 2 on the epic two-month adventure in a restored 1942 Boeing Spearman biplane. She landed in Goodwood, on England's southern coast, on New Year's Eve....

The Second Volume Of John Brennan’s Vietnam War Helicopter About To Hit The Market · Warbirds News | Less than five weeks remain before the publication of “Vietnam War Helicopter Art: U.S. Army Rotor Aircraft- Vol 2″ by John Brennan.After the success of the first volume the new photo-book will be published by Stackpole this coming February 1st. The first volume had...

SMITHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM - The Daily Star | Spacecrafts and fighter jets have fascinated enthusiasts for decades. For all such devotees of air and space travel, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is the one, the epicentre to discover and see all the history behind human conflict. A large facility of the museum known as the Steven F Udvar Hazy Center is located just beside the busy Dulles airport in northern Virginia...

Saratoga foundation, Quonset Air Museum get RI legislative grants - The Providence Journal | The Quonset Air Museum and the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation have received legislative grants, state Sen. James C. Sheehan announced on Monday. The Saratoga foundation will use a $1,300 grant to help offset consultant costs for its project to convert a retired Navy aircraft carrier into a nonprofit floating museum...

Let's do the airplane shuffle! - Bayou Renaissance Man | It looks like the long, convoluted saga of the US armed forces' C-27J Spartan airlifters has finally been resolved. It began in 2005 when the US Army, dissatisfied with the tactical airlift service it was getting from the US Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan, decided to replace its worn-out C-23 Sherpa transports with more modern, more capable aircraft.  If it couldn't get the USAF to fly its people and cargoes when and where it needed them, it would do so itself...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cold Weather Themes - TrickAir Snow Skis and Polar Flight 90 - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013  continues into the new year!  In the first few days of 2014, many of us in the Midwest have experienced some very harsh winter weather, and we thought this might be a good time to review the exhibits related to cold climate flying.  For those who are adept at landing in snow, the...

Sightings: Columbus Blue Jackets DC-9-32 in St. Louis - The Aero Experience | The Columbus Blue Jackets hockey team was in town again yesterday to play the red-hot St. Louis Blues (the Blues won 6-2).  The team's aircraft, a 1979 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, was hosted by Jet Aviation at St. Louis Downtown Airport just across the Mississippi River from the Scottrade Center venue in downtown St. Louis.  The venerable DC-9...

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Tusker Air Show photos – Day 1 * Kenyan Aviation | The first day of the 2013 Tusker Air Show Festival was filled with many flying displays that excited spectators. The performances were not only about aviation technology, but were a testament to the truly amazing skills of pilots who have really invested their time and energy into the air show...

Don’t Call Him a Stunt Pilot: An Aerobatic Competitor Talks Shop - SI.com | David Martin flies his Breitling CAP 232 plane upside down, sideways, and in circles, all on behalf of America. The aviation vet is the US Team Captain for the United States Aerobatic Team, representing American in the World Aerobatic Championships. We talked to him about his military background, the difference between airshows and aerobatics competitions, and why he sticks with the underfunded pastime...

FAHS and Kermit Weeks to re-enact the first airline flight that created the airline industry as we know it! by travelforaircraft | The centennial of the World's first airline with a regularly scheduled route is almost here — 01 January 2014, New Year's Day! Flight 2014, a synchronous effort of the Florida Aviation Historical Society  and famed aviator (as well as aircraft preservationists) Kermit Weeks — owner of the Fantasy of Flight mostly flying aircraft collection — will make this 100th anniversary a memorable one. The...

Daredevil UK pilot close to completing Lady Mary Heath's historic 1920s flight - The Telegraph |  Tracey Curtis-Taylor is recreating the historic open-cockpit flight first undertaken 85 years ago by the oft-forgotten aviation pioneer Lady Mary Heath. Lady Heath was the first woman in...

Happy Birthday To The Mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat · Warbirds News | The Grumman F-14 Tomcat flew for the first time forty-three years ago today.  The F-14 emerged from the failed F-111B, which left the Navy without a successor for the F-4 Phantom in the air defense role.  Variable geometry swing-wings combined high-speed performance and supersonic maneuverability with docile low-speed handling.  The Tomcat was well ahead of its time – the Central Air Data Computer used to control wing sweep was the first microprocessor design in history and it’s design was not made public until more than 20 years after the F-14 first entered service.  The...

Happy Birthday To The Douglas C-47 Skytrain · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | Seventy-two years ago today, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain took flight for the first time.  Developed from the Douglas DC-3, the C-47 was the most widely-used transport of World War II.  Douglass built over 10,000 Skytrains and every branch of the U.S. military and all the major allied powers operated it.  The C-47...

1945 Freeman Field Airshow | This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Our thanks to the Freeman Army Airfield Museum who provided the video.

Ellsworth Airmen part of Doolittle Raiders final toast - Rapid City Journal | ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. | More than a month has passed, but the thrill of sharing a once-in-a-lifetime moment with their heroes has not lowered for two B-1 aviators from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Last month, the pair had the privilege of being with the remaining members of the Doolittle Raid during their final toast at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio...

B-25 Group Settles Investigation Into Removal Of Airplane Parts From Alaska - Aero-News Network | Had Taken Parts From Federal Land In July Of 2008 | The federal government has reached a settlement with Georgia-based aircraft restoration company The B-25 Group which removed parts from the wreckage of an F-82 Twin Mustang that went down outside Fairbanks, AK in 1950...

Fayetteville veteran served as gunner on B-17 bomber - Public Opinion News | FAYETTEVILLE >> As a gunner on a B-17 bomber during WWII, Jack Goetz knew he would be lucky to survive 25 missions. The 1st Engineer with the 384th Bomb Group survived all of his missions, but not without some close calls...

Bessie Coleman’s star shines on · Mary Kirby | bessiecolemanIn the 1920s US, as Ku Klux Klan membership reached a height of 4.5 million and women were fighting for equal rights to men, a young black girl from Texas proved to the world that she could “amount to something”. Bessie Coleman triumphed against incredible odds to became the world’s first licensed black pilot...

Pioneering aviatrix, 94, relishes memories - U-T San Diego | CARLSBAD, Calif. ? Nancy Stratford vividly remembers her first airplane flight. It was her 16th birthday in 1935 and her big brother’s gift was a quick spin on a sightseeing plane over their native Los Angeles. Little did she know then that war was looming and her brief inaugural flight would eventually lead her into the Royal Air Force, where she would log nearly 900 flight hours ferrying 50 different types of war planes to air bases around Great Britain during World War II. Or, that in 1947 she would become the world’s fourth licensed woman helicopter pilot....

Cmdr. Charles Beauchesne: Flying the A-6 Intruder Over North Vietnam - The Lexicans | Ever wonder what it was like to fly the Tadpole A-6 Intruder over Route Pack 6 (yes, I know TF-77 had RPs 2,3,4, and 6B)? Commander Charles Beauchesne gave an interesting hour long lecture at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on what it was like to fly and fight the A-6 over North Vietnam. You’ll get the skinny on the tactics, weapons and, most interestingly you’ll learn how evade the SA-2 Guideline surface to air missile...

De Havilland DH-91 Albatross FINGAL G-AFDL - Translated | Although originally conceived as a mail plane transport version for 22 passengers was developed, the main differences being additional windows. Five of these aircraft were produced and delivered to Imperial Airways: The "Frobisher" (G-AFDI), the "FALCON" (G-FADJ), the "FORTUNA" (G-AFDK), the "FINGAL" (G- AFDL c / n 6805) and "FIONA" (G-FMLA)...

Video: Keep 'em flying: 'Spirit of 45' celebration kicks off at Chennault Museum - The News Star | At 89, Jerry Yellin looks like he could climb into the cockpit of a World War II warbird today a pilot it on a treacherous mission. He’s straight-backed with a strong chin and wavy gray hair pushed back neatly on his head...

RETRO: The First Crew to Leave Earth's Orbit - Spaceports | Forty-five years ago today, the year was 1968 with Apollo 8 carrying three NASA astronauts atop a Saturn-V booster rocket. Apollo 8 departed the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on December 21, 1968 taking on the highest-risk mission in the space agency's history, arguably fraught with more risk than the human moon landing to follow 18-months later...

F4H-1 BuNo 145310 Restoration - The Lexicans | YF4H-1F pic1 This should make our Phantom guys hearts go aflutter (that’d be Old AF Sarge and Virgil Xenophon among others IIRC). The Wings and Rotors Air Museum in Murrieta, California is restoring an F4H-1 Phantom II. Not just ANY old Phantom (not that there really is such a thing) but the 11th aircraft built, BuNo 145310. That’s right folks, 310 is the 11th Phantom EVER built. That’s number 11 out of 5,195 aircraft built!...

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Manston Bronco Refurbishment Completed · WarbirdsNews | The North American OV-10 Bronco G-ONAA registered to Invicta Aviation Ltd and owned by Tony de Bruyn arrived at Manston, Kent on 29th May 2013 from its base at Schwenningen-am-Neckar in the Black Forest region of southern Germany via Wevelgem (Belgium) and was put in to the hands of TG Aviation Ltd at Kent International airport (Manston) for refurbishment...

Heritage Lottery grant to Orra Airmen project - Ballymoney and Moyle Times | A GRANT for £7,900 has been handed over from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Slieveanorra (US) Airmen Memorial project. The scheme involves plans to build a memorial in memory of the US Airmen who died in the B17 air crash on Slieve an Orra in October 1942...

Daughter Follows In Father's Footsteps As Cathay Pacific Pilot - Aero-News Network | Two Recently Assigned To Same Flight From Manila To Hong Kong | Little girls often want to follow in their father's footsteps, and such was the case with Zoe Davies, whose dad Stuart is a captain with Cathay Pacific airlines...

American Air Museum Summer Residency Programme returns to Duxford for third year - Haverhill Echo | The American Air Museum Summer Residency Programme runs from July 31 to August 14, 2014. It is a unique professional development project creating a partnership between teachers from the USA and the UK...

Cessna reveals restored L-19, Dodge auction package · General Aviation News Staff | WICHITA, Kan. — Cessna has unveiled the restored 1959 Cessna L-19E “Bird Dog” (pictured below) to be auctioned at the 43rd annual Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. The L-19E will be auctioned alongside a Dodge M37 truck restored and donated by Okoboji Classic Cars, forming a unique pair of historical items offered in a single auction lot...

Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Four · Dave "Bio" Baranek, Photorecon.net | PART 4: The Only Constant Is Change | All organizations either evolve or expire, and NFWS is no exception. In the years and decades after I left, Topgun underwent many changes – some necessitated by the increasing complexity of warfare, while others were simply ideas whose time had come. Here are just a few of the more significant events that have helped keep it effective into the 21st century...

"Oh, Those Fokkers" UCAP #341 - Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Excitement regarding FAA Medicals… Landing at the wrong airport… And an amazing historic aircraft fly-in. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.

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Catch Santa's Fly-In at Truckee Tahoe Airport - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee Tahoe Airport has been notified Santa will fly in to the airport on Saturday, Dec. 14, in a special plane scheduled to land around 10 a.m. “I am always excited every year to see Santa’s special airplane,” said Kevin Smith, general manager of the Truckee Tahoe Airport. “We’re so glad he is going to make a stop in Truckee. Santa and his airplane are always welcome at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. We look forward to seeing him again this year. ”...

Rudolph to lead the red Yak attack - Sunshine Coast Daily |  RUDOLPH the red-nosed Yak had a little more get up and go than his namesake, when Santa Claus hopped into the cockpit. Performing some fancy flying over Caloundra, Santa had a taste of what was to come on New Year's Eve....

Air Guard denied request to fly over Pearl Harbor - Hawaii News Now | HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The missing man flyover at Pearl Harbor is a tradition USS Arizona and National Park Service historian Daniel Martinez has witnessed every December 7 since 1985. "When you see that aircraft apart in that missing man formation, every one of us individualize what that means," he said....

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino marks Pearl Harbor anniversary - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | CHINO >> Norval Heath remembers eating breakfast the Sunday morning minutes before the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Even decades later, the 95-year-old still recalls walking outside a Wheeler Army Airfield hanger to see the red round “rising suns” on the side of Japanese planes as they began their surprise military invasion on Dec. 7, 1941, that launched the United States into World War II....

Pearl Harbor 72 years after…………………… * Photorecon.net, Beau Goff | Today, this lagoon harbor on Oahu, Hawaii is quiet. Navy ships float lazily at their moorings, a few sailors moving about on deck. All of the ships here have significance, but there are two that stand above all others. Beneath the waves and warm tropical waters, rests the U.S.S. Arizona. Already well known throughout the world, 1,177 American souls still reside inside the hull, now their tomb. The white memorial built above the ship is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. They come to pay their respects, reflect and give thanks...

Markham's remarkable landing in Baleine remembered. - Cape Breton Post | Markham began the journey on Friday, Sept. 4, 1936, departing the Abingdon Aerodome in England for the Floyd Bennet Field in New York City. Completing the journey would put her in the record books as the first woman to solo pilot the dangerous westward route from England to North America. But on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 1936, residents of Baleine watched as The Messenger circled the cove and descended into the bog beyond their homes....

Aviatrix a true heroine - Northland Independent Community | Throughout history women have achieved great things and remain forever etched in the pages of history. New Zealand aviator Jean Batten was one of those amazing women who dared to be different and challenge what life had to offer her....

Then & Now: World War II: Denny Fordyce flew bomber missions over the Pacific - Massillon Independent | Lt. Denny Fordyce Jr., who lives in Massillon, flew 57 combat missions during World War II as his B-25 outfit helped blast open a path for advancing Allied ground troops in the southwest Pacific. email · print. By Gary Brown GateHouse Ohio Media...

Taiwan Exhibit Commemorates Flying Tigers Squadron - WAR History Online | The Flying Tigers, formally known as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), was a WWII air squadron composed of US pilots from the USAAF (United States’ Army Air Forces), USN (Navy) and the USMC (Marine Corps) along with Chinese airmen. The said military unit, headed by US Captain Claire Chennault, was instrumental in China’s defense against Japanese assault during the said war...

Warhawk Air Museum: great look at history - Idaho Press-Tribune | ...What started out as a small airplane hangar in Caldwell nearly 25 years ago, has grown into the 40,000-square-foot building in Nampa today. Just this past year, the museum saw visitors from all over the world including Zimbabwe, Damascus, and Singapore...

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Al Ain Aerobatic Show | Breitling Wing Walkers Prepare for Al Ain - www.youtube.com | We caught up with Danielle Hughes, a Breitling Wing Walker who's getting ready for the Al Ain Aerobatic Show. She reveals what to expect from her team this y...

Blue Angels in St. Louis for air show planning meeting - fox2now.com | ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Two members of the Navy’s famous Blue Angels jet squadron will be in St. Louis on Tuesday. They’ll fly their St. Louis made Boeing FA-18 jets into Spirit of St. Louis Airport Tuesday afternoon...

Longer Air Tattoo to mark Red Arrows’ birthday - Swindon Advertiser |  NEXT year’s Royal International Air Tattoo will be more than a sky-high family day out as the Red Arrows celebrate a birthday milestone by expanding the event to three days. As part of the Red Arrow’s 50th display season in aid of the RAF Charitable Trust, 10,000 spectators will be able to apply for a special Pit Day ticket, where they...

Russia to have new aerobatic team on Yak-130 - Pravda.Ru | The Air Force of the Russian Federation are forming a new, extra class aerobatic team on state-of-the-art combat training aircraft Yak-130. The administration of the Russian Air Force leadership will have to have the new team ready for its major task: to demonstrate their aerobatic skills over Red Square during the Victory Day parade May 9, 2014...

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Doolittle Raiders tagged for 2013 Indy Bowl award - KTAL | AdvoCare V100 Bowl officials are pleased to announce The Doolittle Raiders as the recipient of the 2013 Omar N. Bradley “Spirit of Independence Award.” Accepting the award on behalf the Doolittle Raiders will be Lt. Col.  Richard E. Cole. Cole, 98, was the co-pilot with Doolittle in the first plane to take off from the USS Hornet....

Thunderbirds honor fallen pilot with dedication of restored F-105 replica - ACC | ...The display bears the name of Capt. Gene Devlin, a Thunderbirds pilot who lost his life in 1964, when his F-105 exploded in the skies over Hamilton AFB, Calif. About 10 years later, the red, white and blue Thunderchief model was placed on a matching, diagonal 17-foot post at Nellis' front gate...

Jerri Truhill, Famed Female Test Pilot Who Almost Became an Astronaut, Died in Irving on Monday - Dallas Observer | "She's like the Dale Earnhardt of the female air-racing world," he says. "She was an intimidator," tailing her opponents at the at the distance of a dining room table before zooming past in her signature pink plane at 400 mph. "All they saw was a pink...

TEMECULA: Pilot competes in cross-country race - Press-Enterprise | Pilot Mary McMahon, of Temecula, recently competed in the Air Race Classic, the difficult cross-country competition for women pilots. Although she and her racing partner didn’t place in the timed competition, McMahon said the experience of participating in the race was worth every airborne minute...

Redlingfield B-17 Flying Fortress crash marked by US relatives - BBC | A B-17 Flying Fortress fell out of the sky at Redlingfield on 19 November 1943, killing the ten men on board. A memorial was built in 2010 and it is the first time relatives have come over from the US for the annual service. The 95th Bomb Group plane had taken off from the base at nearby Horham heading for Germany. It was never discovered why it crashed....

CASIS and Wings Over Rockies Unveil ISS Exhibit - Space Ref | The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization promoting and managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, in association with Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, unveiled an exhibit dedicated to the ISS at the "Spreading Wings" gala featuring former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin and renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson in Denver, CO over the weekend...

Congressional Budget Office mulls ending NASA human space flight to cut deficit - Examiner.com | For example, NASA has been using remotely piloted vehicles to track hurricanes over the Atlantic Ocean at much longer distances than those for which tracking aircraft are conventionally piloted.” The argument has been widely debunked by a number of...

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SAND STORM COULD LEAD TO MORE CANCELLED AIRSHOW PERFORMANCES - Dubai 92 | Much anticipated performances at this year’s Dubai Airshow could be cancelled if bad weather persists. On day one of the event, the flying display programme had to be cut short after a sand storm hit the emirate. Visitors were not able to see one of the stars of the show, the Red Arrows, dominate the skies due to poor visibility and strong winds...

OC Air Show locked in for June - The News Journal | The OC Air Show has locked into a performance date of June 14-15, 2014, event officials announced. Air Show producer Bryan Lilley said he anticipates a groundswell of support for military aircraft performers going into 2014, after six months of no military aircraft performances at all, the result of what came to be known as sequestration at the federal level...

Dates confirmed for the 25th RAFA Shoreham Airshow - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | August 30th and 31st will be the days that the organisers will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Airshow which to date has raised almost 1.9 million pounds for RAFA funds. From humble beginnings, the show has now become one of the ‘highlights’ of the aviation flying display calendar. The organising team are all volunteers, and it is one of the pilot’s favourite Airshow venues!..

Video: Doolittle Raiders Final Toast - DoD Live | ...On the 9th of November, the remaining Doolittle Raiders came together at the National Museum of the Air Force to partake in one final wreath-laying ceremony, and to toast towards the lives lost for one last time...

Ohio Air News 254 - Charles Johnson | Doolittle Raiders Final Toast - November 9, 2013
   
Performer brings Kansas aviatrix to life - Fort Scott Tribune | Johnson learned about Thaden from racing in the Air Race Classic. "Louise won the 1929 Power Puff Derby and the 1936 Bendix," Johnson said. "She was also very much a part of promoting Travel Air and Beechcraft for Walter and Olive Ann Beech as their ...

Inside Airshows – Part 2: With a Mic in My Hand – Audio Episode Show Notes *  Airspeed Online | A narrator can make or break an airshow act.  Especially for an audience that doesn’t understand what it’s seeing. You’ve heard me say it before.  John Mohr, Greg Koontz, Kent Pietsch, and others cast pearls before swine.  I don’t mean to sound rude or elitist.  It’s just true.  Most of the audience has no idea how difficult some of those maneuvers are.  You and I know that it’s very often not how fast but how slow, and not how high but how low, that is the really amazing thing about an airshow performance...

Shooting the Airshow Book 2013 - Justin de Reuck - Aviation Photographer | This is the second year I’ve been contracted to shoot the annual Air Show Book, “Smoke On…Go!”, a publication brought out every year by Creative Space Media. Not only is it an honour and a privilege but what an experience. I get to work with the best airshow and aerobatic pilots in the business and get the most awesome opportunities to photograph these guys in action.

Air & space legends honored in San Diego: 14 tapped to be inducted into the Air & Space Hall of Fame - 10 News | SAN DIEGO - The pilot responsible for the "Miracle on the Hudson" talked about the incredible ordeal as he was honored in Balboa Park on Saturday evening. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was one of more than a dozen aviation all-stars who were inducted into the International Air and Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. He and the other inductees were in San Diego being honored for their feats of flight...

Powerhouse Speakers Luncheon not to be missed! - Silver Wings Over Washington Fraternity | "Rear AdmiralEdward Lewis "Whitey" Feightneris a retiredUnited States Navyofficer who fought in a number of significant battles in theWorld War IIPacific Theater of Operations. During two combat tours, he shot down nine enemy aircraft to become a flying ace. He was an early member of theBlue Angelsflight demonstration squadron and...

Orlando Center Unveiled Tuskegee Airmen Monument - Warbirds News | The Orlando Science Center organized an event on Veteran’s Day to unveil a new monument to the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces...

Japan’s jet to intercept B-29s — Nakajima Kikka (?? ?? Orange Blossom) by travelforaircraft | Nakajima's Kikka ?? ?? (Orange Blossom) came at the very end of World War II and was obviously based upon the Messeschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Sparrow) — the world's first operational jet fighter. The Kikka did not see operational service and differed from the Me 262 in these significant ways:...

Timeless Voices - Jimmy Mitton · eaavideo.org | Jimmy Mitton worked as a flight engineer for South African Airways in a 43-year career that took him from from props to jets.

Visit Kennedy’s historic Air Force One at Air Force museum · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio — On Nov. 22, the world will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of the most historic artifacts associated with that fateful day is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Special Air Mission (SAM) 26000, Kennedy’s Air Force One, is exhibited in the museum’s Presidential Gallery. He flew aboard SAM 26000 to Dallas, where he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 — and it was on this airplane that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the new president. SAM 26000 then carried Kennedy’s body and Johnson back to Washington, D.C...

Today In Aviation:The Grumman C-2 Greyhound · WarbirdsNews By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | On November 18, 1964, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound took flight for the first time. The Greyhound was derived from the E-2 Hawkeye and replaced the piston-engined C-1 Trader in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) role. The Greyhound retains the Hawkeye’s powerplants and wing but features a wider fuselage with a rear-loading cargo ramp...

Museum’s Next Living History Day Scheduled for February 1, 2014 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE Honolulu, HI—History comes alive at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, Saturday, February 1, 2014, 9am to 4pm when visitors of all ages can experience the people, the aircraft, and the stories of Pacific aviation “stars” — from the early years of flight to today’s space age. The event is free to Museum members and free with Museum admission. For those who become a Museum member that day, the event is also free...

Lufthansa Ju-52 - Apron 6 | Besides the great looking Ju-52 I managed to capture air to air, there were 5 in total. Below some pictures from the Lufthansa Ju-52. The first one...

C-45 airplane flies again at Harrison County Airport - marshallnewsmessenger.com | Three years ago the Lone Star Wing of the Commemorative Air Force acquired an old US Air Force C-45 airplane. The plane had been in storage for several years, and to some extent, had been a parts donor for other flying C-45’s. The C-45 became a Wing project, not to restore it to flying condition, but to turn it into a static display at the Wing’s hanger located at the Harrison County Airport...

Hamilton to be inducted into Colorado Women's Hall of Fame - Sky Hi Daily News | Hamilton has authored two books aimed at encouraging and training women in aviation and flight instruction. In 1994, the FAA named a new holding intersection in Colorado at an altitude of 15,500 feet above sea level after her as part of the U.S ...

Aviation summit brings together women from all over the country - Herald Sun | WHEN helicopter pilot Kyhala Miller broke through the glass ceiling she kept on going up. The Moorabbin Airport-based pilot is one of 150 women who will be descending on Melbourne today for the Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia National Summit. She hopes to meet other women in the industry and share her knowledge and experience with them at the inaugural summit. She developed a taste for flying while living in Papua New Guinea as a child, where she spent a lot of time flying in and out of remote villages in smaller aircraft with her dad...

WAI Mourns Passing of Dorothy "Dot" Swain Lewis - WAI Connect Blog | Women in Aviation, International was saddened to learn of the passing of Dot Swain Lewis on September 9, 2013. A 2004 inductee into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame, Dot was one of 10 female pilots taught to be...

EAA Staff Mourns Passing of Katrina Bradshaw - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association

Skydiving Auster V Aeroclub of Normandy in 1965 - Xavier Cotton | Thank you to David Lebloas who shares his memories of the Aeroclub paratrooper in Normandy in the early 60s. After witnessing the use of Caudron Moth...

Campaign To Salvage The P-38 Lightning “Maid Of Harlech,” By Warbirds News | The nephew of a pilot who crashed his Second World War fighter plane near Harlech is campaigning for the wreckage to be salvaged and placed in a museum. The rare United States Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter, now known as the Maid of Harlech, was discovered in July 2007 after 65 years under the sands...

Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part One * Photorecon.net · Dave "Bio" Baranek | PART 1: The Need for Topgun | More than forty years ago, the US Navy did something unusual for a large organization that revered its traditions. The Navy admitted that it had a serious problem and took dramatic action to remedy the situation. The actions quickly proved to be effective and formed the basis for a program that has lasted decades – yet with clear lineage to a program set up in the time of Apollo space missions and Elvis Presley’s first comeback tour. That program is known as Topgun. I was a Topgun instructor from 1984 to 1987, and will present my opinions on how decisions made during my tenure built on Topgun’s legacy and strengthened the organization for the future....

Airshow introduces about 50 students to Young Eagles program - Opelousas Daily World | About 50 students got to see their hometowns from an entirely new perspective this weekend during the Third Annual Gumbo Fly-in at Ahart Field in Opelousas...

Videos: Uh Oh... Foxbat Lands On CIVILIAN Aircraft Carrier! (The End Is Near) - AirPigz | As is so often the case these days, things aren't always what they first appear to be. With that in mind, no, I'm not talking about the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, and the ship in the video technically isn't a 'civilian aircraft carrier'... however, what takes place in this video is almost as hard to believe as a MiG-25 on a civilian aircraft carrier...

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March ARB cancels Thunder Over the Empire air show - The Desert Sun | MORENO VALLEY — March Air Reserve Base has canceled its 2014 air show, Thunder Over the Empire. Blaming budget limitations, base officials announced Tuesday that they cannot hold the event, which is normally every other year. “In a democracy, it is...

Wings Over North Georgia Air Show 2013 photos - AirshowUniverse

Thunderbirds and Blue Angels to Resume Air Shows, But No More Flyovers - ABC News (blog) | The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels air demonstration teams will once again fly in America's air shows next year after being grounded by sequestration cuts earlier this year, Pentagon officials said. The Pentagon has decided to resume ...

Zane Adams Hops A Ride On Fat Albert Airlines! | WARBIRD RADIO – Ever wonder what it’s like to ride along on the Blue Angels C-130 Fat Albert during the airshow? Watch this for a sample of the fun that can be had when the United States Marine Corps takes to the air!  Warbird Radio’s own Zane Adams was fortunate to meet these fine Marines […]

Blue Angels air show returning to SF for Fleet Week 2014 - KTVU San Francisco
Blue Angels Coming Back to Sun 'n Fun Fly-In - The Ledger
Navy says Blue Angels back for Seafair 2014 - KIRO Seattle
US Navy Blue Angels to perform at 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show - WDTN
Blue Angels returning to Miramar Air Show in 2014 - 10News

Aussie Matt Hall excited about Red Bull Air Race's 2014 return - Yahoo!7 News | High performance aircrafts, flying at 300km/h just metres from the ground with thousands of spectators watching below. It's the F1 of the skies, the Red Bull Air Race World Championships is back in 2014 after a three-year hiatus. In the field of ...

Fall Storm Front Produces Planes at the End of the Rainbow - The Aero Experience | Finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has always been an intriguing proposition, and the opportunity to follow that dream came around again this afternoon as a storm front moved through the St. Louis and southwestern Illinois area.  A flood of light came pouring over the ramp at St. Louis Downtown Airport, while the rest of the area was enveloped by dark clouds and drizzle.  Within ...

Fly the Ford - Cleburne Times-Review | The flight was part of the Oskosh, Wisc., Experimental Aviation Association's fall tour during which the “Tin Goose” and its “sister” plane are traveling to 15 states around the country, giving everyday people the chance to fly in the first coast-to ...

Fly on historic DC-3 during Stuart Air Show week - TCPalm | STUART — The oldest flying DC-3 in the world, the American Airlines Flagship Detroit, will be appearing once again at the Stuart Air Show on Nov. 2 and 3 and will be offering new members the opportunity to fly on this historic airplane during its stay ...

Veterans' Fly-in set for Nov. 10 at Cecil - Florida Times-Union | The fly-in is designed for aviators to fly their planes to the airport for display and a “meet-and-greet” with other pilots and aviation enthusiasts. The college's Aviation Center of Excellence will give guided tours of its aviation and air traffic ...

Photos: Sackman Airport Fly-In a Fall Favorite Southwest Illinois Aviation Event - The Aero Experience | It was a beautiful yet windy day at the annual Sackman Airport Fall Fly-In Sunday. The Aero Experience was on hand to visit with the participants and photograph the varied assortment of aircraft that flew in for the event. The Sackman Airport Fall Fly-In is a favorite family-friendly event usually held on a...

#NBAA13: Flying Musicians make first convention appearance · General Aviation News Staff | LAS VEGAS — For the first time, the Flying Musicians Association has a booth at the National Business Aviation Association Convention. If you’re at the show, visit FMA at booth #N525 and drop your business card in the bowl for a chance each day to win a music CD by founding member and San Diego musician, Bradley Leighton. The final drawing will be for an autographed copy of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” by member William Ippolito. Members at the booth may be playing tunes throughout the day, as well, officials promise...

Doolittle Raider named to Oregon aviation hall - Seattle Post Intelligencer | His father, Robert Emmens, who was inducted Sunday into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, was a co-pilot with the Doolittle Raiders. The group of 16 B-25 U.S. bomber crews led by then Col....

Aviatrix readies for historic flight - defenceWeb | Covering more than 7 000 miles in an open cockpit aircraft over seven weeks, Curtis-Taylor is recreating the 1928 flight by English aviatrix Lady Mary Heath, the first person to fly this route, which later became the Imperial Airways route. She will ...

The glory days of aviation - Stuff.co.nz | June 26, 1928 - 'Aviatrix' Amelia Earhart arrives in Southampton, England after flying the 'Friendship' from Burry Point, Wales. This 'modern passenger-carrying aeroplane' had wicker chairs...

A Close Shave - Vintage Wings of Canada | One of the finest rewards I have for being editor and designer of Vintage News, is finding new friends among our 10,000 subscribers. More than a year ago, I became acquainted with someone who I now call a good friend. His name is Bob “Kirk” Kirkpatrick of Humboldt, Iowa. It took me a year, but I eventually met Bob last summer in Hamilton when Jerry Yagen's Mosquito made its last public air show appearance before being offered for sale. Bob is a special individual, the type that men and women gravitate to. He is a man of quiet elegance, with a pilot's appreciation for the...

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Our thanks again to Fenceheck for keeping us posted on this weekends events!

10/05/13 |	Aviation Roundup 2013
10/05/13 |	Warbirds Over Paso 2013
10/05/13 |	Vero Beach Air Show 2013
10/05/13 |	Cancelled - Griffiss International Airshow 2013
10/05/13 |	Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2013
10/05/13 |	Livermore Airport Open House & Air Show 2013
10/05/13 |	California Capital Air Show 2013
10/05/13 |	Wings & Wheels 2013
10/05/13 |	Paulding County Salute America 2013
10/06/13 |	Shuttleworth Autumn Airshow 2013

Pensacola Navy Museum’s 50th Anniversary Event Postponed · Warbirds News | The Navy announced Wednesday that it is postponing events marking the 50th anniversary of the National Museum of Naval Aviation because of the government shutdown. As many other museums across the United States, the Navy Museum and U.S. Air Force Museum were effected my the government recent controversial decision. A black-tie gala planned for Saturday evening at Pensacola Naval Air Station has been pushed back to an unspecified date....

Video: Eric Harryman Flies with the Snowbirds at the California Capital Air Show - Fox40 | Eric Harryman recounts his wild flight with the Canadian Snowbirds at the California Capital Air Show.

Video: California Capital Airshow Aerobatic Competitor Mike Goulian - Fox40 | Sabrina Rodriguez gets the honor to speak with Aerobatic Competitor Mike Goulian about his upcoming performance at the California Capital Airshow.

Vero Beach Air Show returns after 16-year hiatus - WPTV | VERO BEACH, Fla. -  The Vero Beach Air Show returns this weekend after a 16-year hiatus. Located at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, planes will be on display and in the air like the A-4 Skyhawk and the P-51 Mustang. Organizers say all the money raised for the event will help military veterans in Indian River County, but there won’t be any performances from the military because of the sequester....

Classic plane show returns to Elkhart - WNDU-TV | Dozens of vintage planes will swoop into the Elkhart Municipal Airport for their fourth annual Warbird fly-in on Saturday. Gates open bright and early at 7 a.m. with the first formation contest starting at 10 a.m. Members of the Steermen Bi-plane and T-6 clubs have been coming to Elkhart to show off their historic planes since 2010...

More From Memphis: Aircraft Arrivals and Ramp Displays - The Aero Experience | In the previous posts, we've highlighted the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the civilian aerobatic performers featured at the Memphis Airshow last weekend.  The Aero Experience visited the Millington Regional Jetport Friday prior to the Friday night airshow, so visiting aircraft were beginning to arrive during our stay.  We were able to see...

Bill Adams Air Show Phoenix 1962 - www.youtube.com via STUNT FLIERS AND AIRSHOW GREATS FB Group

Reno Air Races 2013: Weekend Part I - Flying Magazine | Photographer Gary Rosier gets up close and personal with the 50th Anniversary Reno Air Races and shares all the excitement from the show...

50th Annual Reno National Championship Air Races - InFlight USA | (Pete Shirk)The title of the event has been confused with a 50th Anniversary. The first national championship air races were held at Reno in 1964, so the 50th anniversary of that will be Sept. 2014, but Reno was anxious to celebrate something, and so celebrated the 50th race rather than the 50 anniversary. (Ask your spouse for clarification on anniversaries.) And celebrate we did, however, it did not come easily. A little background history will help....

The 50th National Championship Air Races -- Wrap-up -- Part 1 - The Pylon Place | Well, the 50th is in the books. The same kid won, but he was riding a different horse. There was good, there was bad, and there was not a lot of ugly, thankfully. Let’s get started with the review....

It's one small step for Buzz Aldrin at Northamptonshire charity event - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Astronaut Buzz Aldrin landed in Northamptonshire for a charity event aimed at raising money to help D-Day veterans return to Normandy. The second man on the moon was the guest of honour at the Beattie Foundation annual 
gala, held at Sywell Aerodrome. The event was held to raise money to help war veterans return to Normandy for the final, formal commemoration of D-Day in 2014....

Plane truths about Jean Batten - The Dominion Post | ... Jean Batten was the most famous New Zealander of her time, a record-breaking aviatrix who made the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936 - and became an international celebrity. And now Dame Fiona Kidman is shedding new light on her story...

The Luftwaffe in 1961 by Howard “Scrappy” Johnson, Part 3 · Warbirds News | In the Luftwaffe, pilots are subject to the laws of the civilian courts while flying.  When they create a disturbance by low flying or cause damage as a result of a crash or any other mishap they can be brought to trial in the civilian courts. This is not true in the United States Air Force as in most cases the military courts will take precedence and, except for...

Postcard from ... Green: MAPS Air Museum’s new memorial landmark to honor pilot and WWII vets - Canton Rep |  Robert Withee, who flew a P-51 during World War II, was the star of the groundbreaking for a new memorial soon to be placed where the access road for MAPS Air Museum turns off state Route 241. He even signed autographs...

Coroner says it was unbelievable that pilot in fatal crash was allowed to fly - The Australian | ...A CORONER has savaged Australia's aviation watchdog for failing to ground a pilot with a history of seizures and safety breaches. Veteran aerobatic pilot Barry Hempel and his 35-year-old passenger Ian Lovell died when Mr Hempel's plane plunged into the ocean off South Stradbroke Island in Queensland in October 2008. Mr Lovell's girlfriend Samantha Hare had bought him the joy flight as a birthday gift, unaware that safety breaches had seen the pilot stripped of his licence to carry paying passengers....

Pima Air and Space Museum to host 3rd annual Halloween event - Tuscon News Now | The Pima Air & Space Museum will host its third annual "Night of Fright" on Oct. 25. Museum officials say there will be trick or treating, pony rides, a magic show, "Eyeball Mini Putt-Putt," "Ghost Bowling," a "Bone Toss," Halloween tattoos and face painting, and a baked goods walk....

U.S. Navy’s last F-14 Tomcat flight 7 years ago today - The Aviationist | Still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, where it was recently spotted with a beautiful splinter color scheme, the F-14 Tomcat was retired by the US Navy seven years ago. Even if, officially, the last flight of a U.S. Navy Tomcat took place on Sept. 22, 2006 during the ceremony that was held at NAS (Naval Air Station) Oceana, the real last flight of a Tomcat in the USN colors was on Oct. 4, 2006....

Sikorsky S-58T — heavy lifting on a Sunday morning by travelforaircraft | ...The S-58T retains its original magnesium alloy fuselage as well as metal-over-wood tail rotor but it is the new engines that have remade this helicopter. Side-by-side twin Pratt & Whitney jet turbines have replaced the original single Wright radial reciprocating engine. These new engines sit low in the nose which has been redesigned to have an edged snout with twin, and distinctly characteristic, black rectangular engine air inlets. The exhaust is directed out of the left side, below and forward of the pilot. Yes, the pilot usually is on the left side of this helicopter — not the right side as in most U.S. made helicopters — since most aerial crane work is flown from the left side as the S-58T naturally tilts a bit to the left (greater visibility for the pilot and his aerial crane work)....

Meet Young Eagles Chairman Sean D. Tucker · eaavideo.org

Young Eagles gives Mohave County kids a taste of flying - Kingman Daily Miner | Chapter 765 has given more than 700 free flights to the children of Mohave County since the Young Eagles program began, said Amspoker. The fuel, which costs $6 a gallon and takes about 100 gallons for the event, is underwritten with donations by the...

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Former Astronaut Gives The 411 On Existing In Space - WSB Radio | Experts may have all the answers, but let's face it: kids ask the best questions. To celebrate World Space Week, Josh and some young space buffs are joined by former astronaut David Wolf. He answers questions like: What's it like to be in space?...

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Miramar Air show canceled at last minute - U-T San Diego | The Miramar Air Show scheduled to begin tomorrow has been canceled, the Marine Corps announced Thursday morning. A truncated two-day version of the popular annual event had been planned after the Defense Department declined to allow military ...

Great Georgia Airshow Line-up Set, Ready to Fly - PR Web | For thrill seekers, GGAS offers rides in warbirds, monster trucks, helicopters, hot air balloons, a zip line and a wind tunnel. Aspiring pilots, aviation mechanics and aerospace engineers can learn about careers in aviation at the Great Georgia Airshow ...

Wings Over North Georgia returns to Rome Oct 12-13 - Rome News Tribune | The lineup also includes solo performances by Mike Wiscus flying the Lucas Oil sponsored Pitts Special with their new Lucas Oil sponsored Parachute Jump Team; John Klatt is returning to Rome flying the Air National Guard sponsored MXS; Bill Braack...

2013 Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo Is Fast Approaching - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Planning and preparation for the 41st annual Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo is well underway at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Arizona. Organizers are hoping to build on last year's successful event that drew more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Copperstate 2013, whose theme is 'Keeping the Dream Alive,' runs from October 24-26.

World War II Airmen return to the sky at McKinney Air Show Oct. 3-6 - North Texas e-News | The City of McKinney, Texas will be host to an unprecedented collection of historic World War II aircraft October 3 – 6 when the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) iconic B-29 Superfortress FIFI – the only flying B-29 in the world – visits Collin County...

Bush pilots' fly-in expected to offer a unique experience - New Philadelphia Times Reporter | Terry Henry says an interesting group of planes and pilots will be coming to Harry Clever Field (New Philadelphia airport) this weekend for the Ohio Bush Planes Fly-In/Pancake Breakfast. “If you have ever had the wanderlust bug, these guys live the...

Reno Air Races 2013 - aeroaustin | ...We decided to go partly for a summer holiday for Alan, and also it was the 50th anniversary of the races, so it ought to be good. And there was a bonus in that several pilots from the Sport Air Racing League (SARL) would be racing in the Sport class....

Air races on display - Coeur d'Alene Press | Before a pilot can compete in any class at the Reno Air Races, he or she must attend the Reno Air Race Association's Pilot Racing Seminar (PRS), also known as "Rookie School," where the rules and techniques of pylon racing are taught and honed. Conklin...

Al Ain Aerobatic Show to feature expert displays - Trade Arabia | Four elite military teams, seven daredevil pilots, wingwalkers, parachutists and a new-to-the-region aircraft line-up will join the Al Ain Aerobatic Show's biggest onground family entertainment extravaganza. The landmark 10th anniversary edition will...

Video: Sean D. Tucker - The Man, Living With Passion - AirPigz | I've watched Sean Tucker fly airshows since the early 80's but it's only been recently that I've really been paying attention. I got a little disinterested back in old days when it seemed that he was on a path that wouldn't be ending well... and I learned in a presentation he did at Oshkosh on...

Jim Moss's Gee Bee Q.E.D. Makes Maiden Flight - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | During many of his 82 years on this earth, Jim Moss crafted some striking reproduction airplanes first made famous during aviation's golden age. But none are as special as the reproduction 1934 Gee Bee Q.E.D. - the final design of the Granville brothers of Springfield, Massachusetts, that took flight for the first time last Thursday, September 26, at Olympia Regional Airport in Washington.

Famous aviator Amy makes flying visit to Tewkesbury Garage - This is Gloucestershire | THE lady leaning on the car at Tewkesbury Garage is Amy Johnson, the famous aviator. At the time the picture was taken in the late 1930s/early 1940s, she lived at Stoke Orchard. When not setting world records for long-distance flying in her Tiger Moth...

Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang, End of Summer Update · WarbirdsNews | Every month here at Warbirds News we are excited to receive the email from Weezie, Tom Reilly’s restoration shop manager, updating us on the project . Weezie does an excellent job in keep the fans of the XP-82 Twin Mustang updated....

Reflections on the B-17 and the End of the War: The Perspective of a B-17 Co Pilot - Second Line of Defense | Hubert Stephenson was the co-pilot of the B-17 which was forced to crash land on July 4, 1943 in France. We participated in this summer's ceremony to honor the crew and to place a monument in the local area in their honor. A ceremony was held on...

Italian aero club marks century of seaplane flying - AOPA Pilot | A hundred years of seaplane flying from a lake renowned as one of Europe's most stunning resort and vacation spots was to be celebrated Oct. 5 on Lake Como in the Alpine foothills of Italy. The centenary celebration was to be held at the facilities of...

Toon Jacobs Lost in Crash · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Toon Jacobs, recently congratulated in this blog for his creation of the fourth electric Cri-Cri, died in the crash of his aircraft on September 21....

Ex-Warsaw Pact MiG-21 Fishbeds provide threat simulation services over North America - The Aviationist, Jacek Siminski | According to Draken International the supply of MiG-21s from Poland has already started. The 25 aircraft will be refurbished and then will be used to extend the offer of Draken International, a company which offers threat simulation during various exercises in North America, both in the U.S. and Canada, as well as research and development and adversary support to various entities within the U.S. Military and defense industry....

Academy of Model Aeronautics Awards 11 Scholarships - PRWeb | The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded scholarships to 11 students pursuing higher education. Starting in 1970, the Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded more than $840,000 in yearly scholarships to students with model aviation experience and high standings within their schools. The scholarships are granted with funds donated by model aviation organizations and individuals, AMA member donations, a portion of AMA member dues, and direct donations from the Academy of Model Aeronautics...

Caylee's Second Post as the Girls With Wings Private Pilot Scholarship Winner! - Lynda Meeks | Congratulations to Caylee who has resumed her flying lessons thanks in part to the generous donations that people have made to Girls With Wings. The Private Pilot Scholarship is to help defray the cost of flight training lessons in pursuit of a private pilot certificate. This scholarship, an award in the amount of $1000.00, targets those individuals who have soloed but have not completed the Private Pilot Course. Read more about our scholarship program...

At Pottstown Muni Airport Day and Young Eagles Rally the Focus was in the Sky - Patch.com | The Pottstown Municipal Airport's Community Day and Young Eagles Rally came back this year to the Pottstown Municipal Airport on Sept. 28, where guests observed airplanes, watched local celebrity John Armato skydive out of an airplane, and—if the...