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Blue Angels Draw Thousands to Cape Air Show - Southeast Missourian | Despite a heat index of 110, about 8000 people came out to see the US Navy Blue Angels perform at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival on Saturday. ...

Festival performances please crowd - Southeast Missourian | The Blue Angels headlined the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival at 3 pm Saturday, and they didn't disappoint. ...

Blue Angels flying into BG for celebration - Bowling Green Daily News | The Blue Angels will be flying into town this week to honor Navy Lt. Cmdr. Johnny Magda, ...

Clouds can't put a cap on fun at air event - The Olympian | TUMWATER — The skies were less than friendly Saturday during the first day of the 12th annual Olympic Air Show, with the rainy conditions delaying some ...

The air show: MiGs, Sabres, Sea King choppers . . . and the Snowbirds, too - Waterloo Record | Floca-Maxim was one of the hundreds of people who came out on Saturday for the first day of the Waterloo Aviation Expo and Air Show which continues Sunday ...

Hucknall 'airday' 19-6-2010 from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder:

AIRFEST: Big and little kids love planes - La Crosse Tribune | Lt. Andrew Barnett takes off in an F/A-18 Hornet for an aerial performance on Saturday at Airfest at the La Crosse Airport. Jake Rajewsky Seven-year-old ...

Over 40000 fans turn out to watch Red Bull Air Race at Liberty State Park - NJ.com | They may have not known what to expect, but thousands of fans were willing to turn out to watch the Red Bull Air Race at Liberty State Park on Saturday. ...

Red Bull Air Race: NASCAR In The Sky - Bleacher Report | While the Red Bull NASCAR team cars were practicing on the road course of Infineon Raceway, the Red Bull Air Race, billing itself as the fastest motor sport ...

Red Bull Air Race proves to be a thrill for New Yorkers as planes zoom over ... - New York Daily News
The best pilots in the world took to the skies above the Hudson River Saturday to show off their skill, precision and flare at the Red Bull Air Race. ...

Air show delights North Jersey onlookers - NorthJersey.com | Planes are permitted to zoom and dive at speeds of up to 230 mph at this weekend's event, which could bring the 10-year-old Red Bull Air Race to a new level ...

Hannes Arch Finishes as Top Qualifier in Day One of Red Bull Air Race – FanHouse | NEW YORK - The Red Bull Air Race World Championships made history on Saturday when the qualifying round kicked-off over the Hudson River. ...

A Race With a Backdrop of Prime Real Estate - New York Times | Kirby Chambliss, an American pilot in the New York Red Bull Air Race, passing the Statue of Liberty during his qualifying run. By DAVE CALDWELL JERSEY CITY ...

Wing walker sets record, nearly freezes - NOVATO -- Some have greatness thrust upon them, and others achieve greatness through sheer determination, physical endurance and the ability to dodge sea gulls. Ashley Battles falls into the latter category. The 27-year-old Tulsa, Okla., resident set a world record 1,000 feet above San Francisco Saturday for wing walking, the art of standing on the wing of an airplane while it soars through the firmament. "Just knowing I am now the world's greatest wing-walker, it was so overwhelming I started crying," said Battles after disembarking from the World War II-era biplane at Gnoss Field Airport, in Novato. "But I'll tell you, every part of my body aches. Even my eyes are swollen." Battles stood, walked, stretched and danced to Christian music on her iPod from noon to 4 p.m. on the 33-foot wingspan of a Super 450 Boeing Stearman, shattering the previous wing-walking record of 3 hours, 23 minutes set by a Frenchman in 1990…

Area woman to compete in 2400-mile airplane race - Southeast Missourian | Women's air racing has a rich history. The First Women's Air Derby had 20 pilots when it started in 1929. After World War II, another race took over, ...

Getting relaxed to get the game face on from Snow Eagles Air Racing Team by snoweaglesracingteam | So yesterday, we had to fly our handicap. The handicap is what this race is based on. Each plane is handicap for the best performance speed, and if you fly over your handicap you are awarded points…

Women to race at Ada Air Expo - Ada Evening News | Ada — On June 26, Ada Air Expo will showcase Oklahoma's first Aerobatic Air Race by hosting the Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series™ (ARC Series). ...

The Red Devils to drop in for night air display at Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | Airborne attractions already confirmed include the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Breitling Wingwalkers, plus many more…

Rosinenbomber DC3 Crashes at Berlin from Airline Industry Review by Miyuru ( K FLYER ) Historic Berlin Airlift aircraft, DC-3 Rosinenbomber ( Raisin Bomber ), registered D-CXXX yesterday ( 19th ) crashed above Berlin. The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight operated by Berlin Air Services when the incident occured.
Shortly after taking off from Berlin Schönefeld airport, the left hand engine reportedly failed and the aircraft was unable to gain height. The pilots apparently attempted to land the aircraft at a proposed site for Schönefeld's third runway. The incident has taken place at around 3.00pm local time. The 25 passengers and three crew were able to get out of the aircraft unassisted. Eight persons were injured and taken to a hospital.

Oshkosh company resuscitates aviation past - Oshkosh — Inside a large hangar, three plane fuselages were lined up like husked corn, their wings removed, bundles of wires snaking through holes where the noses had been pulled off. They're not new planes. Far from it. These aircraft rolled off assembly lines along with more than 16,000 others generations ago. And yet the venerable DC-3 is alive and well and celebrating its 75th birthday this year…

WWII Bombers Bring Back Memories, Share History - WSIL TV | Back on the ground, it's time to board a B-25 Mitchell. The aircraft is provided by the Disabled American Veterans Aviation Program. "When they see the B-25 ...

World War II Pilot Receives Silver Star 66 Years After B-17 Mission - The Raleigh Telegram | In June 1944, then Lt. Stevens was a B-17 pilot. He and his crew of 10 were on a mission over France when their plane was hit 151 times by anti-aircraft ...

Denton hot wings - Denton Record Chronicle | Among them were a Russian An-2 biplane, B-25 Mitchell, T-34B Mentor, P-40N Warhawk painted in the colors of the "Flying Tigers" squadron, and the Flagship ...

Like yesterday: Tucsonans recall time in hell - Arizona Daily Star | He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for completing five missions in one day, including one that required him to fly in low and drop napalm bombs on ...

Gone but not forgotten: memorial sought for Pennsylvanian killed in air show crash 65 years ago in Buena Vista Township | MLive.com from http://www.mlive.com/ Sixty-five years ago, Buena Vista Township resident Frank J. Kuehn Jr. watched an air show from his parents' front porch on Janes. "We lived right there, and I was always interested in airplanes," the 83-year-old said. That Saturday afternoon, June 23, 1945, Kuehn and 2,000 in attendance watched as World War II naval combat pilot Lt. Joseph G. Mayer Jr. flew his Vought F4U Corsair in a special air show for recovery war bond buyers at what was then called the Saginaw Municipal Airport, today known as Harry W. Browne Airport, 4821 Janes in Buena Vista Township…

Feature: Canadian airport abuzz over aviation prospects - NewsyStocks.com | Yet, at the Boundary Bay Airshow on Saturday at a suburban airstrip outside Vancouver, several proud owners of various fighter planes and trainers were in ...

Area kids get chance to spread their wings – RocNow | Children ages 9 to 17 were able to fly for free in the Young Eagles program, which promotes youth interest in flying. Other attendees were able to sign up ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In the late-1950s, many of the surplus Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses that were used by the Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard in the air-sea rescue role found their way into the hands of several civilian fire bomber operations that for the first time along with surplus Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateers, offered a quantum leap in performance with the ability to carry significant loads of fire retardant. In fact, prior to the arrival of the B-17s and PB4Y-2s, no other civilian fire bomber then in use even remotely approached the fire retardant capacity of the converted four-engined bombers. In 1960, the first of about two dozen B-17s were converted with bomb bay tanks for aerial delivery of fire retardants…