Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Opens 51st Season June 12 from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation

RHINEBECK, N.Y., June 9 : Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome announced today the beginning and highlights of the 2010 air show season. A barnstorming air show on Saturday, June 12, featuring pioneer antique airplanes will open the season. Then on Sunday, June 13, there will be mock dog ...
Official Website of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition opened in Berlin  - Hauptstadtstudio
... on the open weekend, visitors can expect several hours of air show program. These include the flight team, the Patrouille Suisse with six F-5 Tiger jets, the aerobatic team "The Flying Bulls" from Austria with a Douglas DC-6B, the engine aerobatic pilots Ali Öztürk from Turkey with a Acromach S2, the breathtaking wingwalker Lady Peggy Krainz on the Boeing Stearman, the Italian team with four Pioneer Pioneer 300 and the Mistral War Birds with the Sea Fury.
US military participates in Berlin air show - Air Force Link
Berlin Air Show photo gallery - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Indianapolis Air Show Fan Page - Lot's of YOUR questions about the Indianapolis Air Show are answered right here.

10 questions for the Air and Water Show's Paul Rogers - OnMilwaukee.com
OnMilwaukee.com: What's with the on-again-off-again history of the air show in Milwaukee? Paul Rogers: I started the air show with Festa Italiana at the ...

Warbirds Saluting Veterans Highlight Air Shows Each Day of EAA AirVenture ... - AMTOnline.com | "Spectators will gain an appreciation for the veterans who piloted them and get a glimpse into their history and aerobatic flying capabilities. ...

Spitfires in our skies again - Daily Echo
It will also mark the 70-year anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which is carrying out the flypast. Crowds are expected to assemble along ...

COMPETITION: Win tickets to the Biggin Hill Air Fair - News Shopper
The event at the airfield on June 26 and June 27 will also include displays from the Red Arrows, among others. Five runners-up will also each win a pair of ...

The Mission -  Flying Across America - Promoting General Aviation | This is an excerpt from the "About Us" page on their website: ... Now that you are more acquainted with our backgrounds, let us explain our mission to you. We will fly from Daytona Beach, on Florida’s Atlantic coast to Catalina Island, in the Pacific, about 25 miles west of the Californian coastline. ... Jason and Vincent post more about their endeavor here

Rock At Your Six O'Clock via http://jalopnik.com/
Maj. John Baum, the No. 2 pilot with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, gives a "rock on" signal while refueling his F-16 Fighting Falcon after an air show at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. last month. Photo Credit: USAF

Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums

Sun 'N' Fun - Episode 17 from Mile High Flyers Podcast | Mike interviews the President of the Recreational Aviation Foundation, and Mike and Elisabeth join the Pilot's Flight Podlog on Sun 'N' Fun radio at SnF 2010!

Kansas City, MO, June 17 - WASP Marjorie Ellfeldt Reesspeaks to marines from You Fly, Girl
WWII WASP to Speak at June 17 Marine Corps League Meeting
Marjorie Ellfeldt Rees, 88, will tell about her experiences as a World War II pilot, at the monthly meeting of the Simpson-Hoggatt Detachment of the Marine Corps League, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 17, at the Disabled Veterans of America building, 8787 Old Santa Fe Rd. in Kansas City, Mo.
Rees flew military planes as part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as WASPs. A Prairie Village, Kan., resident, she was one of only 1,800 women accepted for training and 1,074 who graduated and became civilian pilots. Last July President Barack Obama signed a bill recognizing Rees and the other women pilots. The WASPs were also honored in Washington, D.C., in March receiving Gold Medals, the highest award given in honor of civilian service. In the 1970s the WASPs had also received retroactive militarization, and are now recognized as veterans. ...

RIDLEY-THOMAS OBSERVES 100th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SECOND DISTRICT
... The Supervisor also led the Board of Supervisors in proclaiming June 12, 2010 as “Centennial Aviation Day” in the County of Los Angeles, recognizing the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, which in 1910 granted a portion of Dominguez Adobe for the International Aviation Meet, signifying the birth of aviation in California.   ...

Pair to launch joy flight business - Toowoomba Chronicle
FIREFIGHTER Warren Buckley and his poultry farmer mate Chris Adams have a grand plan — a plan that will take them soaring to great heights in the Darling Downs business community.
Heights of about 8000 feet, to be precise.
The pair will this weekend launch their new Tiger Moth joy flight business.
Mr Buckley said it would be the first time a Tiger Moth had operated commercially out of Toowoomba for about 28 years...

Children being offered free airplane rides in Ray - Romeo Observer
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) launched the Young Eagles program in 1992 to give interested young people an opportunity to go flying in a ...

Join NASA's Final Shuttle Missions - KWCH
Have you always wanted to fly in space? Now at least your photo can reach orbit. NASA is inviting the public to send their portrait into ...

F-35C first flight and the audacity of naval aviation from The DEW Line
As Tom Burbage closed the F-35C first flight media teleconference on Monday, the Lockheed Martin vice president and ex-US Navy fighter pilot sought to lend a perspective to the occasion.
The 55-minute flight on 6 June by CF-1 -- the first carrier variant -- may seem a minor event in the history of the F-35 program.. But, in the sweep of naval history, CF-1's airborne debut will be remembered as a "very historic day", Burbage says. ...

Moscow Aviation Firm Unveils 'Flying Car' (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
The thing looks a little like Burt Rutan's Long EZ. A fine airplane by the way, but no flying car. Let me insert the obligatory 'runs on vodka' comment. ...


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