Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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To celebrate, Branson is hosting its first-ever air show, with performances by the elite US Air Force Thunderbirds, a collection of F-16s whose pilots execute 30 high-flying maneuvers in one show—including a six-plane formation that's so close you'll ...

Thanks for your interest in the 2009 Air Show. The web site will be updated as additional performers are booked for the show.
We are confident that you will be thoroughly entertained and dazzled by our performing aircraft; from civilian aerial performers to the cutting edge of Marine Corps Aviation.
These performances, along with the vast array of military equipment on display make the MCAS Beaufort Air Show a favorite event for us and for all of the Lowcountry. ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- US Air, Trade and Technology (USATT) Expo officials announced today that Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger will be a guest speaker at the Expo's inaugural event scheduled for July 14-19 in Dayton, Ohio...the "birthplace of aviation. ...

A record 275000 visitors, most of them Japanese citizens, turned out to see exhibitions by US military paratroopers and pilots, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's aerobatic Blue Impulse flight team, according to Iwakuni's public affairs office. ...

prlog (Press Release) – May 05, 2009 – The City and County of Swansea will be welcoming the world famous Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic team, to the Wales National Air Show in Swansea Bay on July 11th and 12th. 2009 is the 45th display year ...

BARI - The Frecce Tricolori and 36 ° Wing of Gioia del Colle will support the promotion of the Bone Marrow Donors (ADMO) at the air show acrobatics Military Patrol - Pan to be held in Bari, May 7. At 14.00, the master Massimo Tammaro, pilots and technicians Frecce Tricolori, accompanied by the volunteers and ADMO Fidas Policlinico, - informs a note - will visit hospitalized children in oncohaematology pediatric department of the Hospital Policlinico of Bari L ' ADMO give the department an electronic game for small patients. At 16.30, the 36o Stormo Gioia del Colle will be open to the public that will be welcomed by the volunteers and ADMO Fidas, the acrobatics that solcher patrol the skies of Gioia del Colle with the Eurofighter of the 36th Wing. ...

''The tricolori Arrows represent an important value for the Air Force and the country''. A remembered today in Perugia, the Head of State Major dell'Aeronautica military, General teammate Daniele Tei air, participating in the presentation of the event 'Umbria air show', the feast of aeronautics umbra which will take place 'May 24 in Castiglione Lake, on Lungolago North. Event which will close 'with their performance of' Frecce Tricolori ', the acrobatic patrol of the Italian national ...

SEOUL - South Korean air force's Black Eagles acrobatic flight display team will re-debut with a fleet of eight T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer jets at the international air show here in October, the service said April 30.
The team retired its Cessna A-37 Dragonflys after the 2009 Seoul Air Show. 
The new T-50s will make the Black Eagles one of the few air force aerobatic teams to use indigenously designed and manufactured supersonic aircraft, the service said in a news release.  ...

19 Wing Celebrates Centennial of Flight - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada 
In a year of the aviation centennial celebrations in Canada, opportunities for making history are likely to happen, which is exactly what took place at 19 Wing Comox during the  annual spring training session this April. ...

OPP Golden Helmets from Windsor International Air Show by Century of Flight
As an added value attraction the OPP Golden Helmets will be performing at our show. The 20-member team, comprised of O.P.P. officers on regular patrol duties, consists of the Ride Master, Commentator, the motorcycle technician and 17 riders. Each team member must have successfully completed a three week motorcycle course and at least one season on motorcycle patrol. The members must be in good physical condition and possess a police fitness pin. ...

By Greyson Howard The Aluminum Overcast B-17 bomber sits under its namesake sky at Truckee Tahoe Airport Monday. The World War II B-17 bomber named "Aluminum Overcast" sat under a steely sky Monday morning at Truckee Tahoe Airport. ...

ANN has received a number of strongly worded reports about FAA conduct at a charitable aviation event, Saturday, in Birmingham, AL. To be perfectly honest, such strongly worded reports tend to put us off a little... since they're so one-sided and tend to be pretty emotional. Oft times, that means that someone has an axe to grind... though, some times upon investigation, that axe deserves to be at the ready. This appears to be one of those times. ...

The Quonset Air Museum is having its annual Fly-in Drive-in May Breakfast Sunday, May 24, from 8 am to 12 pm (Museum is open from 8 am to 3 pm). Meet and greet aviators from World War II through Iraqi Freedom. Enjoy the company of fellow air ...

I hope everyone has been sitting around breathlessly awaiting the March report on the progress of the "Blue Thunder II" construction. I am sorry to report that we are falling behind schedule, but we are working hard to catch up.
While the cockpit interior is being painted, I am wiring the switches and lights on the panel. This is not a great picture, but it is where the panel was while I was taking photos.
In our never ending effort to bring modern technology to a classic design, this picture of the circuit boards that control the fuel valve, prop governor and landing gear electronically. ...

Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) has signed its most daredevil white label deal to date by partnering with the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to provide the complete spectrum of travel requirements to those who follow this worldwide competition. ...

Feed-On! from Smoke-On by Tom
Feed-On! Well, it looks like the real-time FriendFeed/Twitter Feed is a go for San Diego!  During Qualifications and the Race, we will have a page titled "Smoke-On Live" that will feature a "Real-Time" Twitter feed that fans can watch. (If you look up on the nav bar you will see the link already, click it and [...]



MOBILE, Ala. — John Deloney said he was caring for horses for the ROTC at Auburn University to help pay his tuition when Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. ...

Army Air Forces Pfc. Antonio Calderon, a tail gunner on a B-25 bomber called "The Happy Legend," was listed as missing in action on Dec. 5, 1942. Calderon's remains, recovered a few years ago, were identified after his sisters, Frances Garza of Hurley ...

This Friday, May 8, 2009 the Air Zoo will open a new traveling exhibit to the public: "In Plane View." The photography exhibit is part of the nationally-renowned National Air and Space Museum and will be on display at the Air Zoo through July 31.
Included in the price of Air Zoo admission, the exhibit features 56 large-format photographs by Carolyn Russo showcasing the aesthetic quality of some of the National Air and Space Museum's iconic aircraft. With close-up facets, sculptural forms and life-like elements, "In Plane View" directs viewers' attention to the often-overlooked simple elegance of aircraft design. Russo exposes the bold colors, textures, shapes and patterns that characterize diverse flying machines and, with her lens, transforms technology into art. 

Flying Compass, a travel website, unveils its list of Top US Aviation Museums and Attractions. Located from Washington, DC to Washington state, the list takes in those that are historic, educational, affordable and entertaining, plus of interest to the ...

Yanks Air Museum can be boon for Monterey County - The Salinas Californian, CA 
With Salinas Valley communities in the heart of the state's only new Enterprise Zone, seldom do economic development opportunities offer such potency to strengthen the economy of an entire region as those embodied in the Yanks Air Museum project off ...

Based on ever popular Wargaming Show that the Museum has run for a number of years, Battlegroup North now features The North of England's largest military vehicle rally. This year, a record breaking 220 historic military vehicles have been booked in, ...

Leonardo da Vinci, who was never a licensed pilot that we know of, somehow understood the magic of flying. He said, "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." How da Vinci could so clearly represent the feeling of most pilots today and knew about the exhilaration of flight will probably remain a mystery. Fortunately, the 21st century is about to see the boundaries of flying and thinking about flying interconnect in a new feature film titled: "A Pilot's Story." You've might have seen a movie press release in last month's Atlantic Flyer touting the film's schedule for release in early 2010. Digging a little deeper into the movie, understanding its creative ideas, its producer and director, its advisory board, how personal pilot stories are covered suggested more coverage. "A Pilot's Story" looks like it will become one of a few great flying movies that connect the passion of flying with anyone who has flown or thought they wanted to fly. ...

What should I spy while wandering around the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space show at Washington's National Harbor this morning but this...
It's Boeing's latest artist's conception of the U.S. Navy's proposed F/A-XX replacement for the F/A-18E/F, notionally needed on carrier decks around 2025. It's described as "6th generation", but quite what that means I'm not sure - expect that it's tailless for all-aspect broadband stealth, like that other F/A-XX candidate, Northrop Grumman's N-UCAS.

from FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis by Jon Ostrower
Dreamliner One, which coincidentally is parked next to the 787th Boeing 777, spent Monday preparing for fuel quantity verification tests with some additional fuel tank sealant and electrical resistance checks. 
As of publication on Tuesday, ZA001 had not yet begun fueling.
Back in the factory, the first General Electric GEnx engines are being prepped for installation aboard ZA005. The engines arrived on the factory floor Friday afternoon.
ZA002 remains in the paint hangar where it is receiving the colors of 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways, FlightBlogger confirms. ...

I was watching Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites build the flyer, and noticed he had a small spacecraft in the corner of his factory—it being the ship [SpaceShipOne] that Paul Allen was funding for the [Ansari] X Prize. How are your customers going to be ...

Yet More Acro Conditioning from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
About 1.5 in the Super-D yesterday with Barry Sutton, about 35 minutes of which was pretty good and consistent acro.  Tolerance is getting a lot better.  We pulled several combinations, including a loop to a hammerhead to a four-point roll and back-to-back split-S's (a reverse Cuban eight?). ...

B-17 Aluminum Overcast from FenceCheck Forums
Prime Images from FenceCheck Forums
In The Sky from A Welsh View by Robert Gale

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