2010 Atlantic City Air Show: 100 Years of Thunder - Atlantic City Weekly
The Atlantic City Air Show is easily the biggest event in Atlantic City each year and the biggest mid-week air show of its kind in the world ...
"Warbirds Over Salem" is this weekend. - WDBJ7.com
Just as interesting as viewing the warbirds in the air is seeing them close up. "Some of these pilots have spent hundreds of hours putting these models ...
'Safety first' at Westfield Air Show - WWLP 22News
(WWLP) - This CF-18 fighter jet pilot narrowly escaped death at an air show practice in Alberta, Canada last month. The cause of the crash is still being ...
9th annual Forest Lake Fly-in is Saturday - Forest Lake Times
The Daniel A. Deponti Airport in Forest Lake — the home of the 24-hour gas and grass —will host the ninth annual fly-in from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday The ...
Fly-in not just for flyers - St. Albert Gazette
All welcome at Villeneuve Airport open house
Whether your vehicle has wings or wheels, you’re invited to drop in for a visit to Villeneuve Airport this Saturday, which will mark the fifth annual open house and fly-in at the facility.
The event is aimed at showing the general public and the flying community what the airport is all about, said Theresa Tsoukalas, general aviation co-ordinator for Edmonton Airports.
For the public, it’s a chance to go ‘airside’ to see some aircraft up close and talk to some pilots. For pilots, it’s a chance to see what the airport has to offer, she said. ...
Waukegan Airshow Coming September 11 from Winging It by Tom
Fast jets, exciting aerobatic acts, skydivers and a jet powered school bus - the 2010 edition of the excellent Waukegan Airshow is scheduled for September 11. Many outstanding airshow performers are lined up for this years event. If you are in the area, you really should catch the show. ...
100000 attend NBVC Air Show at Point Mugu - Ventura County Star
7 for the Air Force Demonstration Team, The Thunderbirds, assists Ventura County Sheriff Capt. Monica McGrath disembark after her flight on one of the F-16 ...
Bournemouth Air Festival schedule: day one - Thursday, August 19 - Bournemouth Echo
Join us from 10am on Thursday when we'll be live blogging latest news, traffic and travel information. Expect to see the The Princess of Wales's Royal ...
Rain falls mainly on planes at Kenley airshow - Croydon Guardian
Despite the wet weather up to 7000 people turned up at the Kenley airshow to commemorate the Battle of Britain. ...
Leuchars Airshow to celebrate past, present and future - Scotland Courier
A Eurofighter Typhoon will perform a fly-past with a Spitfire and Tornado at the RAF Leuchars Airshow next month to herald its arrival at the Fife air base.
The first Typhoon squadron will be officially welcomed at the event on September 11.
During a parade of the new 6 Squadron and its presentation of squadron colours to Air Officer Scotland Air Commodore Harry Atkinson, the three aircraft will pass over the show ground representing the past, present and future. ...
Flying and racing at Wings & Wheels launch - Get Surrey
Other flying highlights include the RAF Typhoon, Vulcan bomber, Blades aerobatic team, Breitling wing-walkers and Tigers parachute team, while there will be ...
Lanark Airshow Centenary Fly Past - Carluke Gazette
The centenary of the 1910 Lanark Air Show — Scotland's first aviation display and only the third ever held in the UK — is being marked in several ...
In pictures: Cromer Carnival 2010 featuring Red Arrows - BBC News
Sunseekers and holidaymakers from all over the country turned out for the main day at the 2010 Cromer Carnival, featuring carnival favourites The Red Arrows ...
MHI High Speed Delivery At Balloon Festival - Hellmail Postal News
Mail Handling International Pulled off a spectacular high speed delivery to over 100,000 people at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, they organised for The Red Arrows to wow the crowd on Sunday the 15th August for the Fiesta’s finale.
Gary Barnett, MHI Group Ops Director said: “The Red Arrows deliver an amazing display MHI are proud to be able to bring them to our home city” ...
from FAI Aerobatics Commission - CIVA
The 9th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships was completed on Saturday, the 14th of August, in Radom, Poland with Baptiste Vignes winning the title of World Advanced Aerobatic Champion. Baptiste was flying the CAP 231 (F-GVFF) and was well coached by French Team trainer Coco Bessiere who has trained many French Champions. In second was Nigel Hopkins of South Africa (MX-2) and in third, Julian Ehrhard to France (CAP 231). ...
Alejandro MacLean Lost in Practice Accident
from FAI Aerobatics Commission - CIVA
Former Spanish Team member Alejandro "Alex" MacLean was killed on Tuesday, the 17th of August, in an aerobatic practice accident in Casarrubios del Monte, in the province of Toledo (central Spain). He was flying his Edge 540 in preparation for an upcoming airshow. ...
"Staying Alive" Air Show Crash Video Stuns Today Show - Jalopnik
Brian Bews, the pilot who survived ejection from his CF-18 fighter jet just feet from the ground at an air show last month in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. ...
B-17 in flight - Albany Times Union
Volunteer pilot Kent Holiday of Churchtown, Texas, taxis the WWII era B17 ?Aluminum Overcast? up to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville on Aug ...
Wing-walk Matt is a queasy rider - The Sun
TOURING car star Matt Neal endured "the most terrifying experience of my life" when he wing-walked on a plane.
Neal, who is SCARED of heights, was strapped to the top of a Boeing biplane flown by David Barrell, pilot of the Breitling Wingwalkers stunt team. ...
Air Force One from FenceCheck Forums
Quietly Soaring into History: First African American in Space
by The National Air and Space Museum
As August 30 approaches, a significant anniversary in American history may come along virtually unnoticed, just as it almost did twenty-seven years ago. Two months after Sally K. Ride rode into history as the first American woman in space, a shy Philadelphia-born African American also flew into history on the next space shuttle mission. The media, even magazine covers, celebrated the milestone of the first American woman in space with fanfare, but in comparison, the next space milestone received little attention. Considering his quiet and humble demeanor, this may have suited him just fine. Who is this, you ask? Colonel Guion (Guy) S. Bluford Jr., the first African American in space. ...
Goderich's tie to the most dreadful of 'warbirds' in aviation history - Goderich Signal-Star
The Avro Lancaster heavy bomber was one of the most dreadful 'warbirds' in aviation history. The 'Lanc' was the primary bomber that flew in great aircraft ...
Major celebration of Battle of Britain 70th anniversary - Fylde Borough CouncilA flypast by Spitfires and Hurricanes, WW2 battle re-enactments, a George Formby soundalike … Fylde is scrambling for a major celebratory weekend of the ...
Kissimmee Air Museum - Seattle Post Intelligencer
This is the type of museum I enjoy the most. Little in the way of formality, volunteers diligently creating displays and keeping aircraft in top shape, ...
On This Day in Aviation History: August 18th from NYCAviation.com
On this date in 1871, Alphonse Pénaud achieves the first flight of an inherently stable airplane; in 1911, first flight of the F.E.2 biplane in England; in 1930, the first westbound crossing of the Atlantic; in 1932, the first solo westbound Atlantic crossing. ...
August 18 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1930 -- Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and crew make the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic from Germany to New York. ...
During National Aviation Week, pilots at Tahlequah Regional Airport talk about their love of flying. - TAHLEQUAH Daily Press
Flying airplanes is fun for all ages – at least, for the folks who hang out at the Tahlequah airport.
Pilots across the country are celebrating National Aviation Week in various fashions. Some may be having fly-ins, while others are simply taking leisurely air cruises across the region. ...
Va Guard's longest serving aviator retires - WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
An age requirement is doing something that the jungles of Vietnam and the deserts of Iraq couldn't--ground Norman McIntosh. ...
North Korean Jet Fighter Crash May Have Been Defection from Black Horizon
A North Korean aircraft, which may be a fighter jet, has crashed in China near the country's shared border, say Chinese and South Korean reports. ...
Grissom hosts employer flight today from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.
As part of its employer outreach and education program, Grissom ARB will host civilian employers of reserve personnel for a base visit and flight aboard a KC-135R Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission on August 18. The activities are designed to provide the employers with a first-hand look at the mission of the 434th Air Refueling Wing and Grissom ARB. ...
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