Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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F-22 "The Raptor" to star at this weekend's air show - Press-Enterprise
A US Air Force F-22 supersonic/stealth fighter jet is scheduled to be the star of the March Air Reserve Base 'Thunder over the Empire" Air Show Saturday and ...

Langley AFB cancels air show this year, but get ready for 2012 - Daily Press
HAMPTON — Langley Air Force Base will not hold its annual air show this year, although it appears to be a momentary blip on the ...

Save Time Use By-Pass for Tuscaloosa Air Show from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Tuscaloosa, AL - As the official route to the Tuscaloosa Air Show, travelers can save time and gas by using the Tuscaloosa By-Pass May 8-9, 2010, www.tuscaloosabypass.com . Located within two miles of the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, the Tuscaloosa By-Pass offers a way to avoid congestion on local highways and get to the show faster.  ...

Soar into annual air show - Fraser Coast Chronicle
Hervey Bay Model Aero Club president Laurie Mudle was at Bunnings with his 2.3 Extra model plane ahead of the club's airshow this weekend. ...

James Bond stunt pilot at Acadiana Airfest from General Aviation News
James Bond's stand-in pilot, J.W. "Corkey" Fornof will be sporting his latest airplane at the Acadiana Airfest at Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA) in Louisiana  May 1-2.
Fornof, an alumni of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, flew with his father, J.W. "Bill" Fornof, in a world famous two ship air show with matching bronze Bearcats. Their air show business was based in Houma flying the T6, Mustang and his favorite warbird the Bearcat. ...

Sound of Speed Air Show in Kansas by USNavySEALs.com
Navy Week Kansas 2010 coincides with the 2010 Sound of Speed Air Show. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs are among the attractions that await those who will come to the event, which is scheduled for May 1 – 2, 2010, ...

Airshow  of the Cascades Revving Up - KBND
The largest and most popular air shows in Oregon, the Airshow of the Cascades is gearing up for it's 10th year. Tom Brown, Chairman of the show says they ...

Calaveras Air Faire Fills the Sky! - John Hamilton [video and photos]
San Andreas, CA...With $5 plane rides, music by the Calaveras Community Band, Breakfast by the Lyons Club, Tri-Tip BBQ by the FAA and more. The airport was filled with beautiful airplanes, classic cars, book signings, hanger tours & more. The Calaveras County Airport was the runway of avaition dreams for local flight aficionados. Flying works of art were plentiful and a joy to behold. One recently restored plane that really caught our eyes was the 1944 DeHavilland that after an 11 year restoration is now ready to take to the sky once again...

Malta International Airshow 2010 - Aviation & Ships Spotting in Malta
The French Air Force's Patrouille de France will grace Malta's skies during the Malta Int'l Airshow. The team's participation has recently been officially confirmed. The aerobatic team's last visit to Malta was in the very first Malta airshow in 1993, held over Marsamxett harbour.
After last year's absence of the Royal Air Force in the flying display, the crowds will certainly welcome back the RAF with cofirmed participation of a Hawk and a Tucano, both in special colours and markings.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has confirmed confirmation of the F-16 Fighting Falcon in the flying display. The jet, crowed-stealer of last year's show, will be very much welcomed on its return to Malta. ...

Wingwalkers will thrill the crowds at the Southend airshow - Essex Echo
THE Breitling Wingwalkers will perform their death-defying stunt at the forthcoming Southend Air Show. The wingwalkers are set to perform a breathtaking ...

Axe threat to RAF Cosford air show - Shropshire Star
Shropshire's Cosford Air Show could be axed under Government plans to shake up defence training, it was claimed today. A union chief sounded the warning ...


Tricolor Arrows, the flight is dedicated to children - Google Translator
... The program of the Tricolour Arrows, as well as always arouse the admiration of all present, has reached great heights of technical perfection. The pilots have shown, with their extraordinary performance as the 2010 season will once again be full of successes, both at national international.  Among others in September to celebrate the 50th anniversary Looking with the performance of six aerobatic teams ...

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Golden Knights say goodbye to a Teammate from armygoldenknights's
It was another humbling and somber moment as the Team paid farewell respects to LTC Bean at McKellar's lodge on Ft Bragg.
After lunch LTC Martin made opening remarks to open the gift exchange and boy were there plenty of presentations. ...

Twin Otter Over Laurinburg, NC from armygoldenknights's

Red Bull Air Race World Championship Television Program Wins Prestigious Sports Emmy(R) Award - PR Newswire
Last night, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship TV program earned its second prestigious Sports Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during the 31st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards in New York City.
World renowned sports broadcasters and personalities, including the legendary John Madden, gathered for the special television awards ceremony held at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center in New York City.
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship program, which is broadcast in the U.S.A. on Fox Sports Network (FSN), won in the category: 'Outstanding Technical Team Remote' which recognizes the technical portion of sports programs in remote venues. It is the second year running that the Red Bull Air Race World Championship has won in this category. ...

Data analysis key focus for Hannes Arch and Team Abu Dhabi from www.redbullairrace.com
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A win in Perth went a long way in proving that Austrian pilot Hannes Arch has what it takes to secure a second Red Bull Air Race World Championship title. With significant investment in telemetry and data acquisition technology from motorsport specialist Cosworth for the 2010 season, Team Abu Dhabi isn't leaving anything to chance but is instead evaluating every control input to see what conclusions can be drawn from the detailed ...

ISM business to celebrate Learn to Fly Day from General Aviation News
Orlando-Gateway Sport Pilot Flight Training Center at Florida's Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) will host two free seminars in recognition of National Learn to Fly Day on May 15. The seminars ...

Behind the Scenes Tour registration opens May 3 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
You can see the aircraft restoration process first-hand by participating in the Behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Registration for Behind the Scenes Tours during the months of June through August 2010 opens on Monday, May 3. The free tours take place every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited, so advance registration is required.
During the tours, members of the public are guided through the museum's restoration hangars located on the historic Wright Field flight line in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, about one mile from the main museum building. Visitors will see a variety of aircraft in several stages of the restoration process, including the RQ-1 Predator and the famous World War II bombers, B-17F Memphis Belle and B-17D The Swoose. ...

Air Force museum in the running to receive a soon-to-be-retired NASA shuttle - WHIO Local News
If Ohio's Congressional delegation has any say, the Miami Valley could be getting a space shuttle in the very near future.
Both U.S. Senators - Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich - along with all 18 U.S. House members wrote a joint letter to NASA made public on Monday, asking that one of the three soon-to-be-retired space shuttles be brought to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force for a permanent display. The Air Force museum is one of a handful of sites that are considered to be in the running to receive one of the shuttles. ...

Ohio senators make push for space shuttle - Dallas Morning News
AP Ohio's congressional delegation is urging NASA to send one of the space shuttles to the US Air Force museum after the fleet is retired later this year. ...

Volunteers honored for service at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
The National Museum of the United States Air Force Volunteer Program celebrated its 28th anniversary by honoring more than 475 volunteers during a Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on April 23.
Dennis Wolf of Dayton received the 2009 Director's Award for Volunteer of the Year for his dedication and excellence in serving the museum and the U.S. Air Force.
As a volunteer for the museum's Restoration Division, Wolf is responsible for maintaining the restoration ...

Flight for the Human Spirit reaches more than 1 million people so far from General Aviation News
Every day brings new milestones for The Flight for the Human Spirit, which now has more than 3,600 miles behind the tail and roughly 16,000 to go.
"We now have over 125,000 hits a day on our website," said pilot Michael Combs. "Even our podcasts are consistently getting between 400 and 800 listens every day. But the greatest number that I can report to you today is that we have officially reached 1.247 million people." ...

Airman MIA from WWII is identified, returned home from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.
The remains of an Airman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors, according to Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials.
Tech. Sgt. Walter A. McClellan of the U.S. Army Air Forces will be buried April 23 in his hometown of Pensacola, Fla.
On April 17, 1945, Sergeant McClellan's B-17 Flying Fortress was struck by enemy fighters while on a bombing run against a rail depot in Dresden, Germany. Following the war, U.S. teams attempted to locate the remains of the crew but because the area was under Soviet control, no further searches could be conducted. U.S. Army officials were forced to declare the remains of the "Towering Titan's" crew to be non-recoverable. ...

April 27 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1939 -- U.S. Army Air Corps orders the P-38.¹ By war's end, a total of 10,037 P-38s had been built. ...

Video: Sport Amphibian Perfection! RV-7 On Floats by Martt
This video is a few years old now, but it's always a good time to see such a well executed and great flying machine!  I saw the airplane at Oshkosh last year as the pic below shows, and ...

Harrison Ford drops in on Frederick pilots association on way to Washington - News-Post Staff
He's been a fugitive, a future cop, an archeologist and even an outer space adventurer, but on Monday actor Harrison Ford flew into Frederick to talk aviation.
The face of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's General Aviation Serves America initiative, Ford spoke briefly to a group of AOPA employees at Frederick Municipal Airport ahead of a visit to Washington to meet with members of Congress to discuss the general aviation caucus and the importance of aviation to the country. ...

Young people learn to soar like eagles - Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
was heard over and over at the airport's Young Eagles Day. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA) Young Eagles program sponsored a day of flight for ...


Ready for takeoff - Hickory Record
Learn to Fly Day at Hickory airport

Flight school to host Learn to Fly Day - Daily Sound
Learn to Fly Day is happening all over the country at participating flight schools, airports, and independent flight instructors.

A chance to soar through the sky - Webster City News
Pilots give aerial tours of Hamilton County at weekend fly-in

Last Shot: B-17 - Santa Barbara Edhat
Your Best Vapor Shot! from FenceCheck Forums
bigpicture.ru by Giorgio Saiani
Barksdale AFB Airshow - Defenders of Liberty 2010 from FenceCheck Forums
Red Arrows documentary Danger Men pt 6 of 6 by Robin Wind

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