Saturday, September 10, 2011

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Southern Wisconsin AirFEST Takes To The Sky - WISC Madison | The 10th annual Southern Wisconsin AirFEST is about to take off this weekend. The air show is being held for the first time in the fall, from Sept. 9 through Sept. 11, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport on Highway 51, between Beloit and ...

History, Family, and a View From Above at the Air Show - Capital Public Radio News | The two men are part of an air show that is celebrating 100 years of aviation this year. One of the events this weekend will pair a modern f-18 fighter jet and one of only four, World War II era F-6-L Hellcats still flying.

Flying high - Tonawanda News | So flying a trick plane in the Thunder of Niagara air show today and Sunday should be no problem for him, right? “What looks like chaos to the naked eye on the ground is really a scripted, well-oiled machine,” he said of his act, which is approximately ...

Airshow Features P-51C Mustang, Wing Walkers - Patch.com | The "Wings Over Waukegan" Airshow features military planes, wing walkers, warbird planes, a classic car show and a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. By Marcia Sagendorph The “Wings Over Waukegan” Airshow features military planes, wing walkers, ...

Stearman Fly-In: Even brief air show impresses - Galesburg Register-Mail | Stunt pilot John Mohr of Minnesota dives straight down toward the runway during the 40th Stearman Fly-In air show at the Galesburg Municipal Airport on Friday. By GARY TOMLIN Rain cut short the Friday air show at the Stearman Fly-In, but not before the ...

Air show spectacular recruiting tool - Connellsville Daily Courier | The Wings Over Pittsburgh air show will become a biannual event after this weekend, with the next one in 2013, an event organizer said on Friday. "It has to do with the budget and the amount of work we're doing in deployments and in supporting our ...

Seattle is Just Plane Crazy (Vintage Aircraft Photo Gallery) - The SunBreak | ... reported around here and this small display was most welcome. The Heritage Flight Museum served as host and had plenty of members dressed in period garb. They do this every year, so next year don't miss it. Stories this good can't be told often enough.

The Naval Air Museum Barbers Point Open House - Hawaii News Now | The Naval Air Museum Barbers Point will be holding an open house on September 10-11, 2011. We will be celebrating the Centennial of Naval Aviation with static aircraft displays, exhibits, food booths, entertainment, ...
   
City air show prepares for takeoff - Windsor Star | Padruig MacIntosh, a pilot with the Snowbirds, flies in formation Friday above Windsor. The aerobatic flying team will perform at the weekend air show at Windsor Airport. There's a simple reason why people are attracted to air shows, says the director ...

Red Arrows take to skies for RAF Leuchars Airshow - British Forces News | Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed into a field at the village of Throop, following the Bournemouth air show in August. The team will fly as an eight-ship formation in memory of their colleague. ...

The Leuchars air show must go on, so it's chocks away for 2012 - Scotsman | THE fate of RAF Leuchars as a frontline base may have already have been sealed, but organisers of its annual airshow are hoping this weekend's celebration will be its greatest yet. The government's controversial strategic defence ...

undefinedHello Race Fans! Only Five More Days to Go! - from Warbirdbabe's Blog |…Less days if you’re a dedicated fan and in the gates for Monday, September 12, 2011 Qualifying Starts!  Once again the Reno National Championship Air Races have lined up a fantastic race event with our beloved Pilots, Planes and Jets…with many race course records to shatter from last year… we all look forward to new race records and an incredible performance line-up for the air shows!  Qualifications for all six classes will begin on Monday, September 12th and will continue ...

San Diego museum to honor seven aviation legends - SignOnSanDiego.com | The San Diego Air & Space Museum has chosen seven people and two famous Navy programs as the 'legends' that it will honor during its 48th Hall of Fame induction celebration, which will be held on November 5th. Here is a brief look at the class of 2011: 

Flying’s all in a day’s work for Nancy Robertson - Snohomish County Business Journal | The world’s fascination with vintage World War II military aircraft has gotten John Sessions’ restored B-25, “Grumpy,” its share of YouTube videos, but Nancy Robertson of Snohomish, one of the bomber’s pilots, remembers one in particular that amuses her. ...
   
WWII veteran recalls attack on Pearl Harbor - Meriden Record-Journal | Walter Hushak, 88 of Southington, a former B-24 pilot in WWII, sits in the pilot's seat of a B-24 Liberator, at Oxford Airport in Oxford on Friday September 9, 2011, reminiscing on the times he spent flying and controlling the bomber. ...

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'Doolittle Raiders' part of WWII Museum program - Houston Chronicle | NEW ORLEANS (AP) The National WWII Museum in New Orleans says five surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, who carried out a daring 1942 raid on the Japanese islands, will participate in a December conference at the museum. ...

World War II fighter pilots remember fellow fighters during event - Herald/Review | But the seven men, ranging from their late 80s to early 90s had eventful youths. Friday, six of the seven, all World War II fighter pilots, had a short memorial ceremony for those who flew with them in the 361st Fighter Group in the skies over Europe. The one who did not attend the remembrance event at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery was attending the last reunion of the group’s surviving members of the three fighter squadrons, the 374th, 375th and 376th. ...

Today in Aviation History – September 10 - CRUFC

Thanks to Wilbur and Orville – and Paul and Tom - Published by: AircraftOwner Online | ... Take this recent AirVenture/Oshkosh for example. I was there all week. It was a great event that was punctuated by a couple of occurrences that gave me pause. One which occurred early in the week was news of the loss of Greg Poe, the airshow performer who I am proud to have called a friend. It was not an airshow accident that took him. It was a heart attack at the end of a long day of motorcycle riding. Greg was a wonderful person, a great performer and a True Gentleman. Thanks Greg, for all that you did. ...

Albatross, Dragonflies, and Hummingbirds from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | ... This year’s convocation included talks on birds, dragonflies (the Libelle sailplane), and even a demonstration of Aerovironment’s spy hummingbird, a camera-toting drone no larger than a 90-percentile member of the Trochilidae family. ...

Missing Link takes flight at Great Reno Balloon Race - RGJ | Pilot Jim Ahern moved quickly around his balloon, the Missing Link, at the Great Reno Balloon Race in Rancho San Rafael Park.  He hopped over bungee cables to prepare the inside of his basket, fiddled with the barometer and briskly jogged back and forth from his car to grab paperwork and maps. His hands, covered in tan gloves  ...

Base Jumping Robot, Paraswift from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | We thought we had seen it all but students from ETH Zurich have teamed up with Disney Research to create the first climbing and flying robot system. This is yet another perch and stare method, but in the words of its creators. Technology with entertainment factor – this is the principal object of project Paraswift. During one year we develop a wall climbing robot, which doesn’t just climb down again after it reached the top! Instead, it opens a paraglider, drops off the wall and lands safely in front of the surprised audience. 
   
Bill Mason, Royal Canadian Air Force Veteran, to Share WWII Stories at ... - Patch.com | The retired NASA engineer from Avon Lake is first speaker in three-part WWII series, which begins Sept. 10. By Alana Baranick Bill Mason when he was in the Air Force. Courtesy Bill Mason A retired NASA engineer is set to launch a three-part World War ...

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