Sunday, May 30, 2010

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AirFEST: The sound of summer - WKOW-TV.com
For the first time ever, AirFEST had two jet teams: the USAF Thunderbirds and the Canadian Snowbirds. This weekend's performances are the teams' only ...

Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010 - Janesville - 05/28/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Aaron Haase, www.Airshowstuff.com




Blue Angels take to the sky at air show - 7Online.com
JONES BEACH, NY (WABC) -- Nothing screams Memorial Day weekend like the Blue Angels at the air show at Jones Beach. The crowd of nearly 150000 people was ...  For most people, it was their first time out on the sand that was worth the money.
It was also the first time in the water for some beachgoers, although they can't say they really enjoyed it, because it was too cold!
Lt. Commander Any Tomlinson of the Blue Angels says it's just a routine day on the job.
"I'm a WIZO, a weapons systems officer which is a back-seater in the F-18," Tomlinson said.
Others people noted that it's important to remember and honor the military and the veterans who have served our country on this Memorial Day.
Blue Angels 2010 Jones Beach - The Photo Forum

Air show includes demonstrations, aircraft tours - Columbia Missourian
Marines Captain TB Sanders and Air Force Staff Sgt. Joe Sanders talk about the day's activities during the 2010 Salute to Veterans air show on Saturday. ...

Organizers hoping for clear skies as Navy's Blue Angels return this week - Leader-Telegram
Staff file photo The US Navy's Blue Angels are headlining the 2010 Chippewa Valley Air Show, set for Saturday and Sunday, June 6, at the Chippewa Valley ...

Air show tickets going on sale - Martinsburg Journal
MARTINSBURG - For those wanting a special vantage point to view the upcoming Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Inc. air show during the 167th Airlift Wing's open ...

Skyhaven's annual Fly-In is [was] Saturday - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The Annual Airport Fly-in Breakfast and Craft Show sponsored by the Skyhaven Pilot Association, Tunkhannock, will be held rain or shine, on Sunday, June 6. ...

   
Vintage aircraft owners plan Minden fly-in - The Record-Courier
The Mooney aircraft owners, numbering around 30 to 40, scheduled a fly-in for the weekend of Carson Valley Days in June, giving the airport a launching ...
   
Fifi to taxi - Odessa American
Fifi won't be flying Memorial Day, but visitors to the Commemorative Air Force's Memorial Day celebration will get to see the B-29 Superfortress taxi around ...

Commemorative Air Force flies high - Brownsville Herald
... into VIA from Brownsville, home of the Rio Grande Valley wing of the Commemorative Air Force, a group dedicated to the preservation of aviation history. ...

Sacramento-area veterans to be honored with flights on WWII planes - Modesto Bee
Stilwell knows something about the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator and the P-51 Mustang that will land at McClellan Airport on Friday. ...

WWII pilot recalls many near misses - The Desert Sun
Pilot Eugene Key and his B-17 crew took a slight detour during their first flight overseas for the US Army Air Corps during World War II. ...
   
Tuskegee Airmen tell how they soared above, beyond - Alexandria Town Talk
Banks, an aviator who is a safety officer at Camp Shelby, said he is one of a few black aviators in Mississippi and recalls his time in aviation school at ...

Mystery surrounding death of 2 Tuskegee Airmen solved - Montgomery Advertiser
When one of White's brothers met Newton, he urged the historian, who had written extensively on aviation history, the military and World War II, ...

Pioneering WASP pilots fly in for reunion - Abilene Reporter-News
WASP members Eleanor Gunderson, right, of Tucson, Ariz., and Edna Modisette Davis, of Los Angeles, sign a book for fellow WASP Mary Wyall (not pictured) ...

The wasp in a nutshell - Nashua Telegraph
... with 1830 accepted and 1074 eventually graduating from training. n The WASP, under the command of renowned aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and Air Force ...

Gone but not forgotten - Pocono Record
He piloted a B-17 bomber with a crew whose job was to test-fly against American radar systems to assure their accuracy during World War II. ...

Air Museum plane lawsuit dismissed - The Desert Sun
The Palm Springs Air Museum has reached a deal to dismiss its lawsuit over a fleet of World War II planes on display there, officials say. ...

Warbird Radio Updates
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P-51 Demo Pilot Scott “Scooter” Yoak – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday

CAP Volunteers Fly Critical Missions In Support Of Oil Spill Response from Aero-News Network
Aircrews Have Flown 73 Missions Totaling 197 Hours Civil Air Patrol members from Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are launching daily aerial damage assessment flights from their station in the Mobile Convention Center, one of several incident command posts set up for the Gulf Coast oil spill response.


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