Monday, July 25, 2011

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Weather interferes with Thunderbirds, show canceled - Middletown Journal | The Thunderbirds have canceled their Sunday performance after being in the air for only a few minutes. The cancellation is due to stormy weather conditions within three miles of the airport. The Dayton Airport Expo Center is providing shelter from the ...

The Oddness of the Super Guppy - TippNews DAILY | Visitors to the Super Guppy at the Vectren Dayton Air Show were overheard saying things like, “I bet astronauts practice their anti-gravity jumps in there” and “I heard that they move the Space Shuttle around in that thing” and even from a little boy ...

On Angels' wings - Hometownlife.com | Five-year-old Evan Baum of Westland shakes hands with Blue Angels Lt. CJ Simonsen. Father Jason Baum in background. / Photos by Ann Espinoza Mario Vittorio of Canton questions Lt. CJ Simonsen on his first day of class at MIAT. ...

AirVenture 2011: Drier, more accessible, cleared for takeoff from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Welcome to Oshkosh and AirVenture 2011. AirVenture is back-without hip waders or flotation devices! Even Saturday's morning storm couldn't stop Wittman Regional Airport from taking on the trappings of those normal years as pilots, their families, and friends filled spaces with airplanes and campers, tents, and motor homes in places last year more suitable to waterfowl and off limits to feet or wheels. ...

EAA salutes the pilot's pilot, Bob Hoover, Tuesday from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | On Tuesday, July 26, EAA will honor a man who's often been called the "pilot's pilot," Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, with a special Tribute to Bob Hoover Day. Hoover, EAA 21285, was one of the most popular and successful air show performers on the circuit. He also performed heroic service in World War II and was an accomplished test and corporate pilot. ...

Fly the only Zeppelin in the U.S. from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Looking up as the cigar-shaped Farmers Airship gently floats overhead, it may appear to be like any other blimp you might see flying over a golf tournament, NASCAR race, or football game. But as soon as it begins its landing approach, deftly turning into the wind and descending more like a helicopter than a fixed-wing aircraft, you know this airship is different. ...
 
CAF Bringing Traveling Theater To Oshkosh from Aero-News Network | RISE ABOVE Exhibit Honors Tuskegee Airmen And Their Crews The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron will introduce its new educational tool, the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit, at AirVenture Oshkosh next week. You can find it near the CAF Red Tail Squadron's booth at ConocoPhillips Plaza July 25 - 31. ...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 Day Zero - UCAP Blog | AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 Day Zero. Posted on July 24, 2011, 11:58 am, by Jack Hodgson, under AirVenture. We've been having a great time here so far in Oshkosh, and the show has only really started today. I've been collecting up some pics ...

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"Watching the Lightning" UCAP #244-charlie from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Saturday, July 23. The UCAP Gang standing out front of an Oshkosh pizza joint talking about Saturday's events.

Southport Airshow 2011 attracts thousands (GALLERY) - Liverpool Daily Post | The airshow yesterday saw a spitfire return to RAF Woodvale – where it had protected Merseyside during World War II. It was joined by another wartime classic the Lancaster bomber. Perhaps the most startling aircraft to perform over the weekend was the ...

Veterans can attend air show free - Bend Bulletin | Veterans are eligible for free entry to the upcoming Airshow of the Cascades, taking place Aug. 26-27 at the Madras Airport. The show takes place the evening of Aug. 26 and all day Aug. 27. It features air shows, as well as antique aircraft displays, ...

Continued stormy weather has grounded Chicago Executive Airport's Open House ... - TribLocal | A World War II vintage B-17 lands at Chicago Executive Airport Friday in anticipation of the airport's Open House Saturday. Unfortunately, the weather was less cooperative. Chicago Executive Airport had a full ...

Embry-Riddle teams sweep FAA challenge from General Aviation News | Three student teams from Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus recently took first, second, and third place in the Runway Safety/Runway Incursions Challenge category of the 2010-2011 Design Competition for Universities sponsored by the FAA. ...

Formation flight Sunday. Strikemasters from Planeshots

Section of I-95 dedicated to Tuskegee Airmen - from Air Force Times - News | WALTERBORO, S.C. — A stretch of Interstate 95 in South Carolina is being dedicated in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first black Army airmen.

"Yellow Jacket" flies ... from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | Aviation Week ARES BLOG: Boeing is apparently developing a new fused intelligence system called the "Yellow Jacket" for potential use in the insurgent fight in Afghanistan.  Army Lt. Col. Dean Hoffman, product manager for the service's Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System, mentioned today in a telecon with reporters on the Boeing-led Emarss program that the company's work on this Yellow Jacket had provided lessons.  ...

Touring Kennedy Space Center - Part II from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve
As I mentioned in my last post, we spent a day thoroughly enjoying all the sights Kennedy Space Center has to offer. One of the best parts was the panoramic view from the Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry. From there, you could see multiple launch sites and  ...

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