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Warbird crashes on test flight - Cairns Post
THE pilot of a restored warbird is lucky to be alive after his World War II fighter crashed at Mareeba airport yesterday. The P-40 Kittyhawk's undercarriage ...

First timers, veterans pack lakefront for Air and Water Show - WBBM780
But this time, Sean Tucker got to him. "Don is incredible. He's infectious. His excitement, it just draws the crowd into it with the voice from the cockpit ...

Coming up on PressofAtlanticCity.com - Press of Atlantic City
TheAir Force Thunderbirds perform a practice routine Aug. 19, 2008, in the skies over the Atlantic City beaches near The Pier Tuesday August 19, 2008, ...

Eagles soar over Fort Campbell airfield - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
The Fort Campbell Air Show, one highlight of this weekend's festivities in the biannual Week of the Eagles, gave the military a chance to show off its ...

FL Fly-in draws huge crowd on Saturday - Forest Lake Times
The sky was buzzing in Forest Lake on Saturday as the eighth annual Forest Lake Fly-In attracted a huge crowd. Well over 100 kids ages 8 to 18 were ...

Cromer Carnival off to a sunny start - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
... of events which come to a climax with Wednesday's main carnival day, with arena events, an 11.30am display by the Red Arrows and 7pm evening parade. ...

The underside of the wings of the Patrouille de France - Var-Matin
The eight pilots of the Patrouille de France, they call it "music." The "maestro" is their leader. His orders are switching ...

Helsinki International Airshow Photos 2009 from Technorati
Helsinki International Airshow was held on 15-16 August 2009 and here's a dozen photos from Saturday. It is likely that I will update this gallery once I've gone through my photos properly. There is an extra photo of DC-6B in my Helsinki blog. Midnight Hawks of Finnish Air Force were one of the most expected numbers of the show. Just like RAF's Red Arrows, they fly with Hawk jet trainer planes. The event was held at Helsinki-Malmi airport that is going to be closed down in the futur

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"Old-school air race" - Bend Bulletin
... Mary Ford, both of San Diego, walk away from their plane at Bend Municipal Airport after completing the Palms to Pines air race on Saturday morning. ...

Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 - Grace Flight Air Race, Sherman/Denison, TX from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events
Open course timed speed racing open to all propeller driven aircraft and all pilots. A Sport Air Racing League championship point event with Double Points for all Factory Entries. Challenge Classes for 3 or more of the same model aircraft. Fun, Fair, Safe. Race starts at 9am. ...

Red Bull Air Race Budapest Preview from Bleacher Report
The Red Bull Air Race is a sport in change all the time, but one thing that never changes is the fact that Budapest hosts a round.
Budapest has often been equated to the Monaco Grand Prix of the Red Bull Air Race. Like the uniqueness of Monaco in Formula One, Budapest does have a unique feature that no other Air Race has: the start/finish gate, which is not a pair of pylons but instead the Chain Bridge in which the pilot has to fly from underneath to enter the track. ...

Dubai or Abu Dhabi? - Stuff.co.nz
... offer as Dubai but it was a coup when the world music festival WOMAD rolled in to town this year and the spectacular Red Bull Air Race is always a draw. ...

Competition Heats Up As Red Bull Air Race Heads To Hungary from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar
Red Bull Air Race moves to Europe BUDAPEST, Hungary – The Red Bull Air Race World Championship moves to Europe for the second half of the 2009 season on 19/20 August when 15 pilots will be back to battle it out in Budapest, Hungary. The Hungarian capital has become a traditional fixture on the race calendar [...]

British aviation pioneer dies after prototype crashes in Malaysia - AviationNews.eu
A British pilot hailed as "an aviation entrepreneur" was killed when his prototype plane crashed during take-off on a test flight in Malaysia today. Michael Robert Dacre, 53, was flying a Jetpod aircraft, developed his own UK-based company AVCEN, when the crash happened an airstrip in Taiping, Malaysian. ...

sad news from Snow Eagles Air Racing Team
I just got an email tonight,saying one of the 2009 air racers from team 31, has died an in airplane crash Wednesday in Minnesota. Irene was one of the sweetest girls, and the whole team was the nicest girls. Irene, you will be missed. Irene was so young looking,everyone thought she was like 18,or younger. I remember sitting behind her on the bus going to the Iowa aviation museum, and finding out she was married and she was at least 20, and she has a kid and I was like no,you don't look over the age of 18. This is the second female pilot I have known to have crashed this year,and not survive. Chandy from Lincoln, Nebraska was the first, she was practicing for an airshow I was going to go to, and everyone kept trying to talk me into asking her to race,since she was one of top aerobatic performers, and I never got the chance to.

Pair complete charity flight around UK - Oxford Mail
The 34-year-olds were taking part in the Take Flight Dawn Till Dusk Airshow Challenge to raise awareness for their chosen charity, Fly2Help. ...

Skydiver survives 10,000ft fall on to aircraft hangar roof after parachute failed to open from Amazing Facts
A skydiver survived a fall of 10,000ft without a single broken bone when his parachute failed to open. Paul Lewis, 40, crash-landed onto the roof of an aircraft hangar, which is believed to have flexed and saved him from severe injury or death.
After his landing Mr Lewis was saved a second time when he rolled towards the edge of the hangar roof - and the twisted canopy of his reserve chute, which had also failed to open properly, snagged on bolts, saving him from a further 50ft fall. ...

Skydiver cheats death with 2,000ft drop onto roof from Military Photos by Ulytau

Group gives young people chance to learn flying - Kansas.com
The twins were among those at Benton Airpark on Saturday for the Young Eagles program, an opportunity to sample flying. In the Wichita area, Plank and other ...

Canadians moon grounded surveillance balloon from Military Photos by Canadian Sig
SARNIA, Ont. -- A group of demonstrators descended upon Sarnia, Ont., Saturday to drop their pants and moon the sky to protest a U.S. surveillance balloon that was hovering near the border city recently. ...

Harrier Ejection from Neptunus Lex
Illinois - Chicago Air & Water Show 2009 - Chicago - 08/15/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Your Best Vapor Shot! from FenceCheck Forums
Front row for the air show by upnorthgal
Air Show 2009 - Persianhub by sharooz1

Hundreds pull airplane for Special Olympics from WTHR
Hundreds of people "pulled together" Saturday to celebrate and support the Special Olympics.

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