Friday, July 9, 2010

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Blue Angels Beach Air Show This Weekend - NorthEscambia.com | It's the big Red, White and Blues Week on Pensacola Beach, with the Blue Angels' annual air show taking place this weekend. ..

Blue Angels, "Fat Albert" return to Air Show this summer - Dayton Daily News | The Navy Blue Angels, a six-plane flying team intended to inspire future aviators and Navy and Marine recruiting, make their first trip to Dayton since the ...

WWII flyers to be honored at air show this weekend – WKTV | By AP GENESEO, NY (AP) - Members of a famous World War II fighter squadron are among the special guests expected at this weekend's annual air show at ...

Air show climbs skies over Auburn - Auburn Journal | That's why he's chaired the Grass Valley Air Show since 1999 and is helping promote this one. "We like to call this the 'biggest little air show in Northern ...

Stunt pair's talent, experience and passion show in their performances - Marshall Independent | "It's part of the Air Show Aces team we put together," Soucy said. "It's new this year." In addition to the aerobatic flying the flight team will also ...

Air Show officials pleasantly surprised by increase in sponsor support - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Halfway through the air show season, anecdotal information from around the national ...

New heights of entertainment - Marshall Independent | The main attraction featuring the Airshow Aces will begin at noon each day with a welcome home ceremony for the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. ...

'Breaking Through The Clouds' Set To Screen At AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Film Documents The 1929 All-Women's Air Race "Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women's National Air" is a documentary about 20 female pilots, including Amelia Earhart, who raced across the country in 1929 over a nine-day span to prove that flying was a safe mode of transportation, and to show that women could indeed fly.

Stuhr to host movie filmed in GI - Grand Island Independent | At 19 years old, he was the youngest aviator to fly in 1911, only eight years after the Wright brothers took flight. Dixon crashed his plane and died on ...

Reality TV Stars from Buffalo Airways to Bring DC-3 to AirVenture from The Fabricator by eaa90org | Buffalo Airways, the subject of the popular Canadian reality television series Ice Pilots NWT, will be bringing at least one of their DC-3 aircraft to AirVenture later this month. The passenger and cargo airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories will make AirVenture part of the plotline as the series producers plan to film an Ice Pilots episode in Oshkosh.

Test pilot from Everett stars in 787 IMAX movie - Lynnwood Enterprise | A new IMAX film, "Legends of Flight," provides an close look at the wonders of flight in both its natural and man-made forms. ...

The Barnstormers Tour finale from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Stearman pilot Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the American Barnstormers Tour, files this report from the tour's last stop at Chandler Field Airport (AXN) in Alexandria, Minn. The wind followed us to Alexandria, but the lakes and the lush green countryside more than made up for it. Wind was such a big part of this year's tour — it stalked us everywhere — but finally in Alexandria on the 4th of July it left us alone and we celebrated. We flew all day — everyday!

Best of day 18: Good bye mountains, hello rain from Flying Across America | We're in Cavern City, New Mexico. For the first time in this trip we did not made it to the planed destination. We expected to be in Midland, Texas but we had to divert because of weather. After taking off from Dona Ana, we climb towards El Paso. It was quite windy so we did non crossed the mountain range but flew over the city. ATC vectored us through El Paso class C airspace for traffic and a some point the wingtip was almost in Mexico…

Burt Rutan To Speak At New Homebuilders Hangar During AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Formal Dedication Of The New Homebuilders Hangout To Take Place Monday Afternoon It's a special breed of aviator who flies an aircraft they've built themselves, and at this year's AirVenture, they'll have a place to gather and share their tips of the trade. The new Homebuilders Hangar is debuting at EAA AirVenture 2010 on Monday, July 26th at 1630…

Authentic B-17 brings nostalgia to Champaign - Daily Illini | Aluminum Overcast, a B-17 bomber, was built in 1945 and never made it to Europe for combat, a reason why the bomber was saved from being scrapped. ...

Skagit Aero's Blog: Gearing Up For Arlington Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | This article is from Skagit Aero's Blog Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.

Ready to look skyward? - Camarillo Acorn | The 2010 Wings Over Camarillo Airshow for all aviation enthusiasts and their families will be on Aug. 21 to 22 at the Camarillo airport. ...

F-22s to conduct flyover off the Waianae Coast - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | The flight demonstration, with several passes, will be made by two F-22s from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia that are passing through Hawaii, ...

Skagit Aero's Blog: A Great Weekend Watching The Super Cub Fly-In from Antique Airfield News |This article is from Skagit Aero's Blog Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.

Wingwalker Sets Endurance Record from Pacific Flyer | Dressed in three layers of ski thermals and a full leather suit, wingwalker Ashley Battles and pilot Robert Ragozzino unofficially broke the Guinness World Record for longest wing walk duration June 20. At four hours and minutes they broke the previous record of three hours, 23 minutes set by a Frenchman in 1990, flying Ragozzino's Super 450 Boeing Stearman Yellow Peril in a perpetual course over San Francisco Bay…

Breitling Wingwalkers: Die perfekte Symbiose aus Akrobatik und Kunstflug - TrustedWatch.de ... nimmt aktiv an den weltweit grössten Aeronautikmeetings wie den berühmten Reno Air Races und den Red Bull Air Race World Series teil, ...

AirVenture Auction To Sell Doolittle Stinson And More from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A real estate auction company has opened its horizons to aviation and chosen AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 to sell some uniquely historic aircraft side by side with yours, if you'd like. Bidding will open early and some aircraft "may be pre-sold," according to auctioner REDC. Aircraft set to go on the block at "The Spirit of Aviation Auction" include a Stinson SR-10 "built for and flown by" Jimmy Doolittle and a Grumman TBM-3U. The rest of the aircraft similarly range from privately owned recreational planes to warbirds and rare vintage aircraft. Not all of the offerings are set for lofty starting bids and you're welcome to consign your aircraft, too. All aircraft will be reviewed by the EAA before being accepted into the auction and those that are not pre-sold will be on the grounds at Oshkosh for at least two days before the July 31 auction…

Wise Owl 94—Wisdom of Experience from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | Exercise Wise Owl, held at Napier from 14–23 June, was the 94th such exercise since the RNZAF's first Wise Owl in 1969. Originally known as "Red Owl", the current Wise Owl is primarily designed to teach RNZAF pilot trainees the art of formation flying. In a "normal" year, there are typically two (occasionally three) Wise Owl exercises and these are held at various locations around New Zealand. Obviously, trainee pilots could learn formation flying while based at the RNZAF's main base at Ohakea but there are very good reasons for holding the exercise elsewhere at different places…

Caproni Ca.1 from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog | On May 27, 2010, 100 years after its first flight, the only preserved Caproni Ca.1 performed an engine start-up and made a short taxied for a few meters at Volandia Museum. Simone Bovi was there and took the following image of the biplane…

Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums - Hi all, Heat, at the Dutch Open day Gilze Rijen this year.
The Dutch Apache demo team is back!:

National Museum of the United States Air Force - Dayton, Ohio from Military Photos by kinney_bmx | Decided to take my bi-monthly trip down there today. Unfortunately I left a little late, and I forgot my camera at home. So sorry for the poor quality on the pics, my phone takes good pictures but they lose quality when you send them:

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - One of the best aspects of being an avgeek comes when you find out about an aircraft you never knew even flew. I recently got the vastly upgraded edition of OKB Mikoyan and learned about the I-320 two-seat all-weather interceptor…

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