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Air show crowd down 38 percent in '12 - Dayton Daily News | Headlined this year by the Navy's Blue Angels, the show rebounded Sunday with a turnout of 28800, when temperatures reached 91. In most years, about 60 percent of attendees show up on Saturday and 40 percent on Sunday, Kerfoot said. “This year it was ...

Highs and lows: Behind the scenes with the Red Arrows - BBC News | How photographer Keith Wilson captured the mood of the Red Arrows during a tragic few months for the world-famous daredevils.

Former Snowbird lands in heat wave - Fort McMurray Today | This Wednesday, McMurrayites will be given a rare opportunity to see a F-86 Sabre fighter jet first hand, as well as a meet and greet with retired...

Thunder Over Michigan Air Show to pay homage to land, air battles - Detroit Free Press | One of the stars of the upcoming Thunder Over Michigan Air Show soared across the sky Monday to give a preview of what the expected 40000-45000 visitors will see. After narrowing its orbit around Willow Run Airport, the Sea Harrier F/A2, began its ...

Planes of Fame Airshow 2012 from Photorecon | This was my first time at the Planes of Fames Air show, located in Chino, CA. I first went on Friday for the semi-practice day, and then to the Saturday show. First off, the staff at the Planes of Fame was very nice and professional. Having never been there before, they were extremely helpful with [...]

Thanks for local air show and service in military - Hampton Union | Thank you to the U.S. Air Force, the Blue Angels, the Golden Knights and all the armed forces who put their lives on the line every day to keep us and our borders safe. The small inconvenience of a bit of noise over last week is a small price to pay ...

Flying high at the air tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | The poster, by Swindon artist Dave Bent, will be auctioned for the RAF's Charitable Trust Enterprise at next year's event. The Red Arrows joined ace pilots from across the globe, including the United Arab Emirates, Japan and Korea, in adding their ...

Thousands enjoy Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford
This is Gloucestershire | AROUND 130000 of aviation enthusiasts enjoyed a fabulous display of aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. Organisers were delighted to provide a classic Air Tattoo line-up,...

Fly-In's top volunteer keeps show aloft - HeraldNet | ARLINGTON -- By the time the Fly-In officially opens today at the municipal airport, the event's No. 1 volunteer will have already logged 15-hour...

Front Porch: Fly in WWII-era B-17G bomber  - HeraldNet | A restored World War II B-17G bomber, the Sentimental Journey, is scheduled to be on display and available for rides and tours through Monday at...

Red Bull Air Race explained by Kirby Chambliss: a 3D animated introduction in HD - CGI LANCE | American Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss explains how the Red Bull Air Race works. In this computer-animated CGI HD video, the American ace presents the high-speed precision Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The man who won 2006 the World Championship title shows what’s behind...

Will You Be at AirVenture? from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | If the 4th of July is close in the rearview mirror, then AirVenture must be right around the corner. Color us, excited! If you’ve never been to Oshkosk, Wisconsin in the summer, you really owe yourself the opportunity to experience it first hand. You’ll find the real excitement just south of town, near the banks of Lake Winnebago. That’s where Wittman Regional Airport sits, and in late July that otherwise sleepy rural airport is transformed into the busiest, most congenial airport on the planet....

Wichita, Cessna mourn the loss of aviation pioneer from The Kathryn Report by Kathryn | WICHITA, Kansas -- One of Wichita's aviation pioneers and a philanthropist of many organizations has died. Velma Wallace helped build Cessna Aircraft Company with her husband Dwane. He died in 1989. Velma Wallace continued to be active in the Wichita community. Just two weeks ago, she donated $3 million towards a project at Wichita State University. She was also a long-time supporter of ...

'A stock car, with oversized engines': WWII bomber tours skies over Casper - Billings Gazette | CASPER, Wyo. — The engines chug to life. A brief bit of smoke and then a steady rumble. Inside the B-25 Mitchell, David Bronson straps on his seat belt and waits. Lightning flashes outside the window. There's thunder, too, but no way to hear it, as ...

Museum Featured in Several Articles By St. Louis Beacon from News | The St. Louis Beacon, a non-profit news organization founded by veteran journalists in Spring 2008, has featured the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum several times in recent weeks. An in-depth article about the new Amelia Earhart exhibit on loan from the St. Louis chapter of the 99′s was very well written, and gave much media space to the museum. Other slide shows featuring museum displays were released shortly thereafter – see links below. The museum wishes to thank Mary Delach Leonard for her excellent work!

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Keeping the spirit of flight alive from General Aviation News | StaffStory and Photos By JEAN-PIERRE BONIN I like to call myself an aviation freak. Though I never became a pilot, I have been an aviation lover since I was a teenager, but it was not until some decades later that I stumbled into general aviation. In 2000, a neighbor began building a Ultravia Pelican Sport 600 kit plane in his garage and that was the start of a whole new era for me. From an aircraft photographer, attempting, like others, to upload some pictures to websites like Airliners.net, I slowly began to widen my interest (and contacts), making me a more complete aviation photographer. Through the last 10 years or so, I have...

Life Is a BEECH from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Another aircraft company lasts through the generations... | Walter H. Beech, 1891-1951, pilot and the President of Beech Aircraft Corporation, stands to the left of Brice H. Goldsborough, of the Pioneer Instrument Corp. They not only demonstrated the practicability of "blind flight" but they won the 1926 Ford Reliability Tour: 1926...

A400M Named Atlas But Props Not Yet Ready To Bear The World - Aviation International News | Europe's A400M airlifter was named Atlas, after the Greek god who carried the world on his shoulders, last Friday in a rain-soaked ceremony at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), RAF Fairford. The aircraft, which is the first production ...

Russian Prime Minister 'Testing' President Obama With Bomber Flights from Aero-News Network | Second Nuclear-Capable Bomber Incursion Into ADIZ In Two Weeks A pair of Russian Tu-95 "Bear" bombers were intercepted by U.S. military jets for the second time in two weeks on July 4th. The bombers were met within the 200-mile Air Defence Zone near Alaska....

Bait and Switch in Libya  - airspacemag.com | Naval aviators push Qaddafi's buttons in a 1981 exercise.

Rolls-Royce Reveals World's Only Lego Jet Engine from Aero-News Network | Half-Size Replica Of A Trent 1000 Dreamliner Powerplant Rolls-Royce unveiled the world's first jet engine to be made entirely of Lego building blocks at the opening of Farnborough International Airshow. The engine, which is one of the most complex Lego structures ever built, is a half size replica of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft....

Young Eagles Day provides 169 free plane rides to youths this year - Ludington Daily News | The 15-year-old Free Soil girl had her first flight Saturday during Young Eagles Day at the Mason County Airport. Nine pilots volunteered, providing free flights to 169 children. “I was really scared,” Tingay said of her emotions before the experience ... 

XCOR Aerospace Establishes R&D HQ In Midland, TX from Aero-News Network | Facility To Be Set Up Over The Next 18 Months The Midland Development Corporation (MDC) and XCOR Aerospace on Monday jointly announced the establishment of XCOR’s new Commercial Space Research and Development Center Headquarters that will be created over the next eighteen months.