Blue Angels Honor Kentucky WWII Flying Ace's Memory – WBKO | The Blue Angels roared into Bowling Green Wednesday afternoon. Fans stood breathless as the US Navy precision flight team landed their Boeing F/A-18 Hornets ...
Threat of storms overshadows festivities - St. Cloud Times ... largest summer festivals on the line — not to mention an air show featuring the US Navy's famed Blue Angels — a lot is riding on the weather this week ...
The Air Force Thunderbirds - Salisbury Post | The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a show in Ocean City, Md. The airshow earlier this month was filled with old and new ... The featured performers were the Thunderbirds, which use F-16s as their demo planes. The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a ...
Luke Air Force Base's own Capt. Nicholas Holmes will fly as Thunderbird No. 4. - Fighter Country Partnership | The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, commonly known as the Thunderbirds, have announced incoming officer selections for the 2011 demonstration season. ...
Air show takes off in Rhody - Attleboro Sun Chronicle ... to see the Thunderbirds in action as well as other attractions at the 20th anniversary edition of the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show. ...
An inside look at the Great Minnesota Air Show - Minneapolis Star Tribune | So when Wiskus is flying upside-down 25 feet off the ground, or the Blue Angels are soaring with their wings within inches of each other, the only thing ...
Miami Valley Youth Soar through the Skies with Greg Poe - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton | World-renowned aerobatic performer and unlimited aerobatic champion, Greg Poe, will give Miami Valley youth the chance of a lifetime, that of flying with ...
Air show may take off from province - Metro Canada – Vancouver | Visitors to the Nova Scotia International Air Show watch the Snowbirds pass by from the wing of a Hercules plane in this file photo from 2005. ...
Muskegon's Sumer Celebration's air show has safety zone that will restrict ... - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com | File PhotoMusekgon's Summer Celebration brings back an air show to the area after a four-year absence. MUSKEGON COUNTY — The first Summer Celebration Air ...
Battle of Britain flight for air show - Diss Mercury | All eyes will look up to the skies around Old Buckenham Airfield at the weekend for the return of a popular community air show. ...
Spitfire flypast for anniversary – WalesOnline | A SPITFIRE flypast will mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Cardiff Bay. An aircraft flown in North Africa will make three passes above ...
Red Arrows over Worthing for Armed Forces weekend - Worthing Today | THE Red Arrows will fly over Worthing as part of the renowned West Sussex Armed Forces weekend. The event, taking place in Steyne Gardens this weekend, ...
AirVenture 2010 Promises Rare Warbirds, New Technology from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA AirVenture 2010 is just over a month away, so if you're going, now is a good time to be making plans, especially since early-bird discounts on advance tickets expire June 30. This year's big event has plenty of new features, a salute to veterans with lots of rare warbirds, plus of course the usual huge lineup of flight demos, airshow performers, forums, workshops, aviation films, and just about any kind of aviation-related event you can think of. Space is limited for the electric aircraft symposium on Friday, featuring aircraft designers Burt Rutan, Randall Fishman, John Monnett and more, so if you want to be there, register online now. The Goodyear Blimp will make another visit to the site, and a night airshow will light up the sky on Friday night, followed by mass balloon launches on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Saab Gripen from FenceCheck Forums - Swedish Gripen at Skrydstrup AB, Denmark, 5 June 2010:
Historic air race comes to town - Great Bend Tribune | The two will come together next year when Great Bend Municipal Airport is one of 10 stops in the 2011 Air Race Classic, according to Airport Manager Martin ...
Liberty pilot takes to the air in famous air race - Liberty Vindicator | "I thought that was such a wonderful idea, and why not do something to benefit someone else while we're having fun?" So this year Team Ely-Kummer is raising ...
Talk about blowing a gasket! from Warrior Women take on the Air Race Classic 2010 by warriorwomen2010 | Our mechanic, Mitch, was true to his word and returned to the airplane late last night (after his shift as an EMT!) to get the plane ready so all he would have to do was replace the gaskets when they arrived. However, as he further inspected the parts he soon realized it was a bigger issue than originally thought. The carburetor was showing signs of fuel in places it shouldn't. [NOTE: I am NOT a mechanic so please forgive that my details may be fuzzy and my wording may not make complete sense.]…
Alabama-based team competes in Air Race Classic - Tuscaloosa News | The "Flying Carastros" are competing for the eighth time in the Air Race Classic race, not only to honor women in aviation but also to spend time with each ...
Day Two of the Air Race from Team Charley | We were pretty tired after landing in Hot Springs yesterday. The leg from Tuscaloosa to Hot Springs was pretty brutal. It was hot and humid, with lots of thermals. We checked into our hotel in Hot Springs and were in bed and asleep by 8:30 pm. Up again at 6:30 and out to the airport before 7:30 am. First leg was from Hot Springs, AR to Cameron, MO. The weather was still cool and comfortable for that leg…
Historic Cross Canada Flight Group Takes to the Skies Again from Aviation.ca News | On the morning of July 12th 2010 aircraft from across Canada will start their engines to begin another epic aviation pilgrimage... this time to the Yukon. The flight will originate in two locations with half of the more than 120...
Going three wheeling from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Tom Haines | Where are you landing this weekend? Somewhere other than pavement, I hope. Last week we quietly introduced a means to help you find new places to land. The AOPA Airports section on AOPA Online now includes the ability to search for "unpaved" runways. As I wrote in my Waypoints column in the July issue of AOPA Pilot, my most memorable and rewarding landings have occurred on other than paved runways. I think you'll find that to be true too…
Best of day 3: Baton Rouge from Flying Across America | This post is a summary of our day in Baton Rouge. No new destination today but N512R took off on a very important mission: passing the passion for aviation along. Jason gives introductory flights at our stops. Contact us if you want to book one - this is a unique opportunity. No one comes out of the aircraft without a bright smile…
Combs reaches 40th state from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | "Hope One" at the Denton Air Show under the wing of "Flagship Detroit," the oldest flying DC-3 in the world. The Flight for the Human Spirit had covered 13,442 miles when it landed for a maintenance stop at its home base at Denton Municipal Airport (DTO) in Texas. Texas became the 40th state of a journey that has touched down in more than 90 cities and towns across the United States, all in a Light Sport Aircraft…Aces take to the skies in Geneseo Airshow | The Livingston County News by Virginia Kropf | A group of some of history's most talented flying aces will highlight the 2010 airshow at Geneseo Airport. The Greatest Show on Turf, scheduled July 10 and 11, will pay tribute to the famed Tuskegee Airmen and will feature the ...
CAF B-25 Makes Unscheduled Stop In Iowa from Aero-News Network | Engine Problems Caused Pilot To Make A Precautionary Landing A Commemorative Air Force B-25 returning to St. Paul, MN from Cape Girardeau, MO made a precautionary landing in Muscatine, IA because of an engine problem.
C-47 seats available for Independence Day Parade fly-over - Heritage Newspapers | The C-47 has become the most versatile and numerous aircraft of this century, according to literature from the Yankee Air Museum. More than 13000 were built ...
Museum highlights a century of aviation - Lompoc Record | Bryan Walton/Staff A century of aviation history is on display at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight overlooking the city's public airport. ...
St. Louis Science Center Displays Mercury and Gemini Development Spacecraft from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The helicopter amphibious assault ships of the US Navy that transport Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) are often called the "big deck amphibs" as their size approaches that of the the aircraft carriers of previous generations. In fact, the latest class of assault carriers, the Wasp-class LHDs, are much larger than the Royal Navy's Invincible-class Harrier carriers and closer in size to ships like the old French aircraft carriers FNS Clemenceau and FNS Foch (size comparison here) Like a supercarrier, the assault carriers have their own air wing embarked with the Marine Corps calls an Air Combat Element or Aviation Combat Element (ACE). But there the difference ends. But let's back up a bit and talk about the MEU and how the ACE fits into the MEU…
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