Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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Thunderbirds ready for Travis Air Force Base show - TheReporter.com | The skies over Solano Air Power Expo will feature not only performances by the Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team but also a T-33 demonstration by Greg Colyer, a T-34 demonstration by Julie Clark, a P-51 demonstration by Eddie Andreini and ...

Yes, the Blue Angels Are Absolutely Fanta-Frikkin-Crazy-Blow-Your-Underpantas-tically Nuts [Image Cache] from Gizmodo | There can't be many things more exhilarating than flying with a Blue Angel or any other acrobatic aviation team. This awesome image shows why. ...

HAI Announces first-ever HELI-CENTER™ at EAA AirVenture - Helicopter Association International | HAI is pleased to announce the first-ever HELI-CENTER™ at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. from July 25-31, 2011. This 'Hub of Vertical Flight,' located directly across from the flight line, is the perfect place for thousands of fixed-wing pilots and ...

Anticipation Builds for Wisconsin's EAA AirVenture 2011 - PR Newswire | The event includes 700 exhibitors with the latest aviation innovations; nearly 1000 forums, workshops and seminars covering the entire world of flight; daily afternoon air shows featuring the world's finest aerobatic performers; up-close sessions with ...

EAA buzzing with volunteers - Chicago Tribune | AP The aviation extravaganza that draws hundreds of thousands of people to the Fox Valley each summer is still two weeks away, but the grounds at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh is already buzzing with activity. Preparing for more than a half million guests ...

PopSci Q+A: The Power Couple of Pyrotechnics Explains the Perfect "Wall of Fire" - PopSci | How a couple of Army-educated explosives engineers built a business around blowing stuff up  ...

Airshow a sponsor for naval aviation anniversary - The Salinas Californian | The Salinas Airshow has been named a sponsor location for the 100th anniversary of naval aviation. "We're thrilled to support the Centennial Celebration of Naval Aviation and we're honored to have been selected as a sponsor location," said Salinas ...

Air Show Returns to Redding; Special Ticket Prices Available Now - Food For Thought, A News Cafe | The Thunderbirds are back to headline the Exchange Club of Redding's Air Show, which will feature more jets than ever before. The show is set for Sept. 24-25 at the Redding Municipal Airport. The US Air Force's distinctively painted F-16 Fighting ...

Beacon Council: 2012 Miami Air Show looks like a go - MiamiHerald.com | A proposed commercial air show in Homestead looks like a go in 2012, as long as the Air Force will let the planes land on its runways. By DOUGLAS HANKS Organizers of a new Miami air show think they have enough commitments from the aviation industry's ...

Duxford Statement: Flying Legends accident between P-51D Mustang “Big Beautiful Doll” and AD-4NA Skyraider by Flightline UK  | Imperial War Museum Duxford can confirm that the flying incident at yesterday’s air show was a mid-air collision between North American P-51D Mustang (D-FBBD) and Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider (F-AZDP).  The incident took place over agricultural land to the south west of the airfield just after 5.00pm, at the end of the flying display. ...

BBC Video via Gizmodo

AIR CRASH: New pictures show moment man leaps from plane - Saffron Walden Reporter | AIR SHOW organisers have begun an internal review to establish if any changes need to be made following a mid air crash between two historical US fighter planes. To send a link to this page to a friend, ...

2 aircraft have accidents during Geneseo air show - Seattle Post Intelligencer | GENESEO, NY (AP) A replica World War I fighter plane had to make an emergency landing in a field and a spectator aircraft was damaged in a hard landing during accidents Saturday at an air show in Geneseo. Authorities said the pilots of both ...

[Thanks to reader, Joe Osciak, for the following photos.We're very glad the pilot is safe.]



The Tricolour Arrows Venice greet via Translator | With a shift in training over the airport and the channel card, the Tricolour Arrows greeted Venice after three days of evidence and show on the coasts, ...

AIR DAY 2011: Vulcan is the star of the show - This Is The Westcountry | There were displays from the Royal Air Force's aerobatic Red Arrows team, the Royal Navy's Black Cats helicopter display team and the Royal Jordanian Falcons. The special guests of the show, however, were the multitude of Yeovil-built Lynx helicopters ...

Video: A Joyride in the P-51 Mustang - Aviation Chatter | Maybe it’s the sleek streamlined design. Maybe it has something to do with the telltale sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Maybe it has something ...

F-22 pilot meets area kids - FOX Toledo Online | HOLLAND, Ohio (WUPW) - Air Force F-22 Raptor pilot Lieutenant Colonel Paul Moga spoke to about two dozen kids Friday over at the Family Activity Center in Holland. While to talked about his job and his aircraft, Lt. Col. Moga said he also hoped the ...

Voodoo Dolls - F-101s on Display in St. Louis County, MO from The Aero Experience 

Model plane airshow takes to the skies in Waukesha - FOX6Now.com Milwaukee | The Pebble Creek Flyers held their annual event over the weekend -- where pilots performed incredible aerobatics with expensive model airplanes. The Flyers are concerned because the FAA is now considering new regulations on the model planes. ...

EAA 32 Has Large Turnout for Young Eagles Event With Jeff Skiles and Rod Hightower - Aviation Avenue | Young Eagles Flights were conducted for youth 8-17 years old in a variety of aircraft:

California Vacation 2011 - Part Two from Another Time by Dan Linn | ... Then it was on to Sonoma Skypark to see the Presten's Piper Clipper.  We loaded up and took a short arial tour of the Sonoma Valley in the Clipper. ...

'Rocket Girls' Launches at IWASM - Cleveland Scene Weekly | The end of the space shuttle program seems like a fitting time to launch a retrospective on women in space, says Marcy Frumker of the International Women's Air & Space Museum. After all, prior to the shuttle program, no American woman had ever left the ...

Shuttle program's real fuel: Two decades of M&Ms - CNET | In addition to being included in NASA's space food system and finding a place on the menu of the International Space Station, M&M's are also part of a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air & Space Museum and have inspired at ...

SpaceX launch site groundbreaking at Vandenberg from RLV and Space Transport News | ... In April 2011, SpaceX announced its plans to design, build and launch the Falcon Heavy – the world’s largest launch vehicle since the Saturn V moon rocket. The Falcon Heavy should arrive at Vandenberg by the end of 2012 and launch soon thereafter.  On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011, Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s newest launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base.  Falcon Heavy will have the ...

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