Sunday, August 22, 2010

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Air show pulls record crowd - MassLive.com | WESTFIELD - Sunny skies, a strong list of popular acts and a lack of entry fees helped Westfield International Air Show shatter ...

Westfield International Air Show attracts more than 150000 - MassLive.com | Republican Photo by Mark M. MurrayProfessional air show pilot Rob Holland, left, flies past Dan Buchanon in his hang glider, as part of their performance ...

United States - Oregon - Oregon International Air Show 2010 - Hillsboro (Portland) - 08/20/10 from FenceCheck Forums:

Hillsboro air show pilot defies more than death - OregonLive.com | The 23rd annual event continues today with Clark and 19 other aerobatic acts, including wing walkers, jet teams and a flying tenor. ...

Clouds have a silver lining for Red Arrows fans and John Thornton Foundation - Bournemouth Echo | EVERY cloud and all that - The Red Arrows may have been grounded by the weather on Saturday, but it meant more time to meet their legions ...

Red Arrows set to soar over Eye Show - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The top billing for the 2010 fair at Goodrich Park, Palgrave, near Diss, will see the return of the Red Arrows, who will be making their third visit to the ...

Scandinavian airshow has lost one of their star pilots: Bertil Gerhardt. Tynset, Norway. Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVIIIe from The Kathryn Report - Bertil Gerhardt was killed after a vintage aircraft crashed during exercise in conjunction with an air that was to be held today.

Of Pilot Bertil Gerhardt - A Biltema company pilot for over 30 years with more than 31,000 flying hours under his belt, the Swede Bertil Gerhardt is the top historic aircraft display pilot of his country. At Tampere-Pirkkala he will showcase the looks, sounds and moves of the P-51 Mustang fighter. He started his Swedish Air Force career in 1963 and has flown the Saab J29 Tunnan - the "Flying Barrel" - and the double-delta wing Mach 2+ Saab J 35 Draken frontline fighter/interceptor, but he´s just as much at home at the controls of a glider soaring in the silent skies. While the Swedish Air Force had some structural problems with the J29, he was introduced to the Sk16, the Swedish AT-6 Harvard-like piston powered trainer. This experience came in useful much later while he was transitioning to the Cavalier Mustang and the two Spitfires the Biltema company acquired for their collection...

Airplane enthusiasts land at Gratiot airport - The Morning Sun | Keenum's wife, Kay, came up with the name of the aircraft, reasoning that the crew that takes the plane to the Reno Air Races every September is a motley ...

Video: Inside Look - CAF's New Engine Project On The B-29 FIFI by Martt - Even tho the Commemorative Air Force B-29 FIFI had an extremely successful first flight with its new engines on August 5, 2010, the secondary test flights on the 6th revealed some issues with the number 2 engine that led to it being grounded. Even with this setback, it's still an amazing and fascinating project worthy of our respect and appreciation. This video shows some of the work it took to get the airplane back to the point that it could fly again. Hopefully they'll have the problems worked out soon and FIFI will be back in the air bringing honor to those who have served!...

WWII bombers bring history, memories to Westchester - The Journal News | LoHud.com ... tour of the historical aircraft, has grown so popular that organizers have extended the local stopover to meet demand to view and fly in the old planes. ...

World War II Warbirds Rule the Skies of the Lower Hudson Valley – Patch ... 6:40am The US Army Air Force is alive and well again at the Westchester County Airport in the form of three classic warbirds that are on display. ...

Visit by WWII bomber gives veterans a blast from the past - Eagle Tribune | "That's a nice breeze," said William Gebo, 83, of Windham, feeling the rush of wind from the B-17's propellers as the plane rotated for take-off at Lawrence ...

The Hell Ship: Memories of a WWII POW - Ukiah Daily Journal | I forget how many B17's were all wiped out. There was a Japanese man working with the Filipinos. When they hit Pearl Harbor, the Filipinos jumped on him ...

Chennault expansion project takes off - Monroe News Star | The hangar also will house a 100-seat movie theater, a library and four display areas dedicated to the Flying Tigers, hump pilots who flew transports over ...

Chennault museum turns attention to raising funds for hangar - Monroe News Star | The hangar also will house a 100-seat movie theater, a library and four display areas dedicated to the Flying Tigers, hump pilots who flew transports over ...

Fast Break: Fredericksburg's World War II museum - Dallas Morning News | The George HW Bush Gallery presents all aspects of the war in the Pacific, enhanced with such displays as a complete B-25 bomber and one of the five ...

WWII Helldiver Raised From San Diego Reservoir from I Love Planes by Rafael - Recovery divers from A&T recovery of Chicago spent a few days clearing mud and other debris from a Helldiver plane that crashed into the Lower Otay Reservoir. Speculation is that this plane suffered an engine failure when it crashesd, by all accounts, the Helldiver was not a particularly good plane…

Steadfast and the Buick - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ I managed to run over to the Santa Rosa airshow today and was surprised by what I found. Please excuse the lack of prop circles, my camera can't shoot them most of the time. Its not from a lack of trying either…

Norman Returns To Woodland Air Park. from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | As many will have seen, via the Spot Tracker, Norman departed Laoag Airport this morning and flew south, covering the 200 miles (321 Km) back to Woodland Air Park, near Angeles City in the centre of Luzon Island. You may remember that Norman stayed here for a couple of days as the guest of the Angeles City Flying Club and was able to perform G-YROX's 25 hour maintenance checks with the help of locally based engineers whilst he was there…

Flickr: Norman Surplus' Photostream from http://www.flickr.com/ Norman is currently circumnavigating the globe in his auto-gyro.

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