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50th Chicago Air and Water Show ends ABC7Chicago.com, USA
"This air show is awesome. It's huge. You see people up and down the beach. It's amazing. I've never seen this big of an air show," said Matt Syberg of the ...

Offutt Airmen hold airshow for special needs families Edwards Air Force Base, CA
The day started out with a morning visit by members of the Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron the Thunderbirds, to a local children's hospital, ...

Simulated 'dogfight' at Hudson Valley air show leads to fatal crash New York Daily News, NY
AP A pilot in a Hudson Valley air show died Sunday after crashing during a simulated dogfight. Roger Christenfeld of Poughkeepsie, NY, who was attending the ...

Tragedy Strikes Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome from Aero-News Network
Dogfight Routine Goes Wrong, One Pilot Killed The world famed Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome suffered a tragedy late Sunday when a simulated dogfight, a part of a scheduled aerial performance for this NY area tourist mainstay, went awry. The act, involved two aircraft, one of them a "French WWI" biplane, which was reported by witnesses as having gone into a spin and crashed near the site of the Aerodrome.

One dead in upstate NY plane crash Fox44 News, Vermont AP
RHINEBECK, NY (AP) - A simulated dogfight at a Hudson Valley air show turned deadly when 1 of the pilots apparently spun out ...

Plane crashes near upstate NY aviation museum WRNN, ny AP
RHINEBECK, NY (AP) - Authorities in Dutchess County are investigating a small-plane crash near an aviation museum and air ...

Biplane Pilot Killed At Old Rhinebeck from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The pilot of a replica biplane died when the aircraft reportedly spun during a mock dogfight at Old Rhinebeck in upstate New York, Sunday. Witnesses said the aircraft entered a spin and crashed near the historic airfield. The pilot was not immediately identified.

Kecskemét Air Show draws 110000 Caboodle.hu
Nearly spectators turned out on Saturday and 35000 by noon Sunday for the tenth annual Kecskemét Air Show. Some 110000 people saw the show, said Defence Ministry spokesman István Bocskai. Spectators were astounded as they watched a performance by an ...

MiG arrives to prepare for air show Middletown Journal, OH
The plane is in town in preparation for the Wings of Freedom Air Show, scheduled for Sept. 20-21 at the airport. "It was pretty awesome," said Rick Johnson ...

Air show set to take to the skies East Anglian Daily Times
THE 17th Clacton Air Show takes to the skies this week with as many as 100000 people expected to descend on the resort to see one of the town's most ambitious programmes to date.

Sanford Air Show to Show Off Sport Planes ; The Weekend Event Will ... RedOrbit, TX
By NOEL K GALLAGHER Sanford Regional Airport will host the New England Light Sport Aircraft Expo this weekend, giving visitors a close look at - and rides ...

The Quadro Will Make or Break Your Race Bleacher Report, CA
Sheiban Shakeri gives his take on the most complicated part of the Red Bull Air Race course: the quadro. by Sheiban Shakeri (Columnist) Many say that a Red ...

Lost another Tuskegee Airman from Airline Pilot Central Forums by vagabond
From Seattle Times: As a boy growing up in rural Georgia, LeRoy Roberts Jr. would stop whatever he was doing to watch the twice-daily mail plane pass overhead. As a young man, he persuaded a European pilot to give him flying lessons — even though his skin color prevented him from holding a pilot's license…

indianapolis air show from Being Savvy Indianapolis
Whew. Pardon me but I have been in Fair daze. Have you been able to make it? Today marked our fourth day at the fair and we still didn't get everything done. But as the fair winds down and school gets ready to start back up it's time for the Indianapolis Air Show at Mt. Comfort airport, about 20 min...

Air Show Hangover
One nice thing about being in the city is getting to see things like the Blue Angels fly over your head, in your own parking spot. Courtney got to see a few planes fly overhead on Friday and on Sunday we stayed around the house to check out what we could see from Bucktown. Turns out plenty. From the roof, which we stayed on briefly, there was a great view of everything, but we needed to stay closer to the baby. We still saw plenty as my guess would be that the pilots used St. Mary's as a lan

Uncontrolled Airspace #95 "Wing Walking" from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
The boys get a report on an interesting airport, go off on wing walkers, and get a surprise visit from a good friend. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #95 “Wing Walking”

How to Tow a WhiteKnightTwo from Mojave Skies by Alan Radecki
When unveiling WhiteKnightTwo, both Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson hailed its "open architecture" - the big empty space in the middle - which makes it multiple-mission role possible. But it also makes the plane, well, ungainly. The chore of ground handling such an unusually shaped plane is a challenge. WK2's designers elected to use a rather large aluminum A-frame towbar hooked to the main landing gear, with steering provided by two nose walkers (would their job titles be "guidance counselors"?). Virgin Galactic has released several media images, taken the evening before the big rollout, which show just how this is done. Also included by VG is a great photo (left) of Burt and Sir Richard taking a walk around the finished product.

It’s happy landings for aviation museum Dorset Echo, UK
By Katie Clark BOURNEMOUTH Aviation Museum has been saved after councillors at Christchurch Borough Council approved plans to site a scaled down version of ...

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