Monday, July 19, 2010

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Blue Angels close out 2010 Air Show - Springfield News Sun
DAYTON – Two Ohio University-educated engineers, attending their first Dayton Air Show, said they ...

Aerial Performers Amaze at Air Show - TippNews DAILY
Performers included Sean Tucker, a National Aviation Hall of Fame 2008 Inductee, flying a custom-built 400-horsepower Challenger II biplane. ...

89th Airlift Squadron and their Beloved C-5′s - TippNews DAILY
Simply the largest airship on the field during this year's Vectren Dayton Air Show, the massive C-5A is the pride of the men and women of the 89th Airlift ...

DC-3 reunion to bring together veterans from General Aviation News 
The year 2010 marks the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the iconic Douglas DC-3 and what is likely to be last time for a large reunion of aluminum and engines with the people that saw it all. The Last Time's four-day reunion activities at Whiteside County Airport, in Rock Falls, Illinois, on July 23-26, are free and open to the public, and general aviation aircraft parking and camping are available as well. All DC-3 aircraft will be parked together, and events include aircraft tours, public rides, demonstrations, entertainment and music, extensive hangar flying and storytelling by all those invited to share the DC-3 experience — and a mass formation fly-by sure to be a record-setting event. The mass formation flight will launch from Whiteside County Airport on the afternoon of Monday, July 26. ...

The Farnborough Airshow…Its Disney World for Airplane People from Flying With Fish 
I have the pleasure of spending this entire coming week in England bouncing between London and Farnborough while attending the Farnborough International Airshow.
The biennial Farnborough International Airshow, which alternates years with the Paris Air Show, is a major international air show where ...

Farnborough Airshow wakes up to Dreamliner - Aviation International News
The aircraft had been withdrawn from flight-test work last Wednesday for two days of preparation for its inaugural airshow presentation. ...

Looking ahead to the next airplane at the Farnborough Air Show - Seattle Times
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner landed at Farnborough south of London today. I'd like to have seen it, but you may be surprised that I didn't go. ...

TAKE-A-LOOK-Farnborough Airshow - Reuters
To read stories from the Reuters multimedia team covering the July 19-25 air show, as well as to see related graphics and stock index prices, please click ...

Falcons pay tribute to parachutist - Times LIVE
The 25th annual Durban Air Show drew large crowds at the weekend, despite an SA Air Force parachutist plunging to his death on Friday. ...

Blue Angels could make return flight to Chippewa Valley - WQOW TV News 18
Eau Claire (WQOW) - The Blue Angels could make a return flight to the Chippewa Valley. Friday, the Airport Commission approved the Boy Scouts application to ...
Vintage WWII Planes Land At Eppley - KETV Omaha
The planes on display included a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang. The planes are currently operated by the nonprofit Collins ...

Post-Production Begins on T-38 Episode from Airspeed
The adrenaline rush from the T-38 ride at Beale has subsided just enough that I can sit down and begin to rationally inventory the content that we captured on the trip. I spent part of this afternoon going through some of Mark LaCoste's still pictures. While Mark was primarily handling video, he also shot some really good stills.
I flew four cameras on the sortie – three mounted and one hand-held. Here, I'm mounting a couple of ContourHDs. You can see the GoPro HD Hero through the glass just opposite where my belt buckle would be if I ...


Helitours set to spread new wings under peaceful skies  - Daily Mirror
...  Helitours offer both scheduled flights and chartered flights to and from any part of Sri Lanka including city to airport transfers since its inception in 1972.
The brainchild of Air Marshal Paddy Mendis, Helitours was incorporated as a strategic business unit of SLAF to meet the needs of aviation and tourism in Sri Lanka.  ...

Gloster Meteor at Cape Town from PPRuNe Forums 
After the war a Meteor was evaluated by the SAAF at Brooklyn (Ysterplaat) Air Base near Cape Town,as shown in this pic.taken at the occasion. ...

Oakmont pilot: Flying high at 93 - Trib Live News
For James Page Eaton of Oakmont, the skies were meant for flying forever.
The 93-year old pilot and plane mechanic was honored for his more than 72 years of aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration, garnering its prestigious Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
Eaton was feted for his contributions to safe flight operations during a ceremony at the Citizens Hose No. 2 fire hall in Natrona Heights, where he also received citations from Gov. Ed Rendell and the state house and senate.
These were not easy awards for Eaton, who still flies a 1947 Bonanza 35 at Rock Airport in West Deer, where, on a clear day, he can see Lake Erie.
Eaton keeps a worn photo of the plane in his wallet, one of five planes he has owned during his years of logging some 2,200 hours of flying. ...


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