Patriotism all weekend - San Antonio Express
... retirees doing maneuvers on electric scooters, billing themselves as the Air Force “Tenderbirds” — a word play on the Thunderbirds aerobatic jet team. ...
Wings of Freedom Headed Back to Salina - KSAL
The aircraft, vintage WWII airplanes including a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy Bomber, and a P-51 Mustang, ...
After problems with paperwork meant it couldn’t fly at last year’s Waddington Airshow, the Vulcan Bomber did make an appearance at this year’s show.
It flew in and displayed over the runway at Waddington to thousands of people who stood as it arrived. ...
New Jacqueline Cochran Exhibit from WASP Museum
Our new Jacqueline Cochran exhibit reveals Jacqueline Cochran’s (see bio) connections with the movers and shakers of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Her marriage to Floyd Odlum, a lawyer and industrialist who also held a major stake in RKO Films, set her in circle of friends that included Walt Disney, Bob Hope, the Rat Pack, and Clark Gable, as well as Chuck Yeager and Amelia Earhart. Jackie and Floyd entertained Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy at their ranch. She cut a big swath.
D-Day pilots featured at DC-3 reunion from General Aviation News
At a DC-3 reunion slated this month, The Last Time will host pilots of Douglas C-47s that flew in the D-Day invasion of Europe in World War II — and they will fly to the event in the very airplane that one of these gentlemen actually commanded on that fateful day. ...
Goodyear blimp returns to Oshkosh from General Aviation News
The iconic Goodyear blimp will return to the skies over Oshkosh this summer as part of EAA AirVenture 2010, which will be held July 26-Aug. 1 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH).
The “Spirit of Goodyear,” which will arrive on Tuesday, July 27, and depart on Monday, Aug. 2, will be flying regularly during the festivities. In addition, it will be moored near the EAA AirVenture Museum’s Pioneer Airport for up-close viewing at other times, giving visitors a unique view of an aircraft that is commonly seen only from afar. ...
Golden Knights Descend On Rhythm And Booms - WISC Madison
For the first time, the celebration also featured the Golden Knights parachute team. Before the fireworks the US Army's stunt team dropped seven jumpers ...
BAC Strikemaster Gun Cam Frame Grabs from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
Yesterday was the first performance day at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Airshow and Balloon Festival. I spent the day on the ramp getting planeside interviews with some of the performers for use here on Airspeed and for vignettes for Acro Camp. When the performers withdrew into Duncan Aviation for their briefing, I wandered over to an L-29 Delfin and a BAC Strikemaster that are part of Jerry Conley and Andy Anderson's jet combat act. ...
Frame Grabs from Friday's Balloon Flight from Airspeed by Stephen Force
I really should be editing the B-17 video from Indy, but I'm also offloading video from the last couple of days and I couldn't resist posting a couple of the frame grabs from that flight. Not a lot of explanation in this post. The pics speak for themselves. ...
The tricolor arrows whizzing in Capo d'Orlando - Giornale di Sicilia
A rich calendar of events and appointments of the highest artistic and cultural level with the performance of Tricolori "this afternoon ...
THAT SHOW! - AMnotizie.it
It 'was that offered by the aerobatic team, the Tricolour Arrows, who have closed this afternoon the first "Air Show" organized by ...
Engines running for the 6th Ferrara Balloons Festival - Estense.com
When we talk about Balloons also known as Tricolour Arrows: Saturday, September 25th the best drivers of our country will fly over the airport ...
B-29 “FIFI” Update – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday from WarbirdRadio.com
MONDAY – Chris Trobridge from the CAF’s B-29/B-24 Squadron joins us with a full update on FIFI! Join the conversation at 10am (EDT) on Warbird Radio LIVE. Call in or email us with your questions. For more info on FIFI be sure and click on the Quick Link below. Thanks for listening. QUICK LINK: B-29/B-24 Squadron STUDIO [...]
MDF 17 Harrier from Let Let Let - Warplanes
British combat airplane Hawker Siddeley Harrier have its very important place in aviation history as well it is very first airplane with vertical take off and landing which is deployed in the operational service and it is still in use. It start its operational career in the late ’60 and it is still in use in the first decades of the 21. century. Harrier is ...
"Air Racer: Chasing the Dream" US TV Premiere - Aviation
See the trailer at www.AirRacerTheMovie.com.
Air racing is the world’s fastest and most dangerous motor sport. The new feature documentary “Air Racer: Chasing the Dream” follows inventor and race pilot Jon Sharp and his wife Patricia over a six-year journey to create the world’s most advanced racing airplane, the Nemesis NXT. They put everything on the line, including Jon’s life, to realize a dream that’s much larger than just winning a race… they intend to change air racing forever by offering their revolutionary design to other pilots.
By 1924, there were only two airlines left in Germany. Over thirty had existed at the end of the First World War.
On March 29th 1926, a man named Erhard Milch addressed the press to announce the upcoming commencement of fights of a new national German Airline.
The German government, the Weimar Republic, had forced Milch’s old airline - Junkers Luftverkehr - to merge with another - Deutscher Aero Lloyd, making Milch a board member of the new company. ...
Gunner recalls bombing missions over Europe - Lewiston Sun Journal
He flew numerous missions with several different crews of B-17's. LEWISTON — Harold “Pop” Gilbert sometimes wonders why he survived. ...
Anchorage aviation museum holds 4th of July fundraiser - KTUU
The Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum's marketing director, Shari Hart, says it's hoping to match last year's Independence Day fundraiser attendance of 600 ...
Coastal Empire in brief - Savannah Morning News
The run will benefit the restoration of the museum's B-17 bomber, City of Savannah. Runners will begin the 5K course at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum ...
This Week In Military/Aviation History 5-11 July from Warbirds Online
RAF Waddngton - Air show pictures from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
Dubuque Air Show & Fireworks 2010 - Dubuque - 07/03/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Olympic Air Show 2010 - Olympia - 06/19/10 from FenceCheck Forums
St. Louis Air Show - The Aero Experience
Helicopters at Malmen, June 13 from AirSpace
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