Saturday, July 21, 2012

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Blue Angels visit Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls - KSFY | You might have heard them in the air this week, but the Blue Angels are also grabbing attention with children on the ground. Three of the Navy's Blue Angels put smiles on the faces of some of the kids at Sanford Children's Hospital Friday. The Blue...

Big Crowds Expected At Sioux Falls Airshow - Keloland TV | Big Crowds Expected At Sioux Falls AirshowKELOLAND TVThe last air show in 2009 drew about 150000 people. Other performing planes included vintage P-51s and a B-25, and newer jets such as F-16s from...

When Dreams Take Flight - KSFY | For most, this weekend's Sioux Falls Air Show will be all about watching airplanes perform seemingly impossible stunts. But for one Sioux Falls girl, the air show will also be about a special friendship and some big dreams. If Abbie Mollison succeeds...

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Thunderbirds Refueling At Fairchild Air Force Base - Patch.com | F-16 Fighting Falcons from the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds get refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., July 19. The Thunderbirds are on their way to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Expo at...

LEWIS-MCCHORD AIR SHOW SURE TO DRAW CROWD - TheNewsTribune.com | The show in the sky could lead to snarls on the ground this weekend when tens of thousands of visitors head to Joint Base Lewis-McChord for its biggest-ever air show. Published: July 21, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. PDT Updated: July 20, 2012 at 11:48 p.m. PDT...

Seeing Seattle from a new angle upside-down - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Hide Caption. Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt performs stunts in an MXS plane near Seattle on Thursday, July 19, 2012. Behind him is Air National Guard pilot David Kicklighter. (Sofia Jaramillo/seattlepi.com)...

Up, up and away! - News Transcript | Other options are the Greenwood Lake Air Show in West Milford, Aug. 18-19 (www.greenwoodlakeairshow.com); AirFest at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum at Cape May Airport, Aug. 29-31 (www.usnasw.org); Open Cockpit Days at the Aviation ...

Koontz, Alabama Boys Help Celebrate 75 Years of Piper Cubs from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | To help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the legendary Piper Cub, Greg Koontz and his Alabama Boys will be the featured performers at three separate air shows during 2012: Sun ‘n Fun and the Sentimental Journey Fly-In earlier this season, and next week's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin....

Lots Of Cub Yellow At Hartford Wisconsin For 'Cubs 2 OSH' from AirPigz by Martt  |  I finally got all of the jagged little pieces of my life to fit together and left northern Indiana for Oshkosh 2012 this morning. But the plan this year was to stop off in Hartford Wisconsin on the way and take in some of the Cubs 2 OSH gathering. Piper Cubs from all across the country are coming together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the airplane that's all about low and slow flying with the door open. And then Sunday, 75 of them will join together for a mass arrival at Oshkosh...

"Bobbin' and Weavin'" UCAP #298-alpha from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Here we go again for our first daily from the 2012 edition of the Oshkosh AirVenture Fly-In.

T-28 Trojans have special Sheboygan connection - The Sheboygan Press | ... member of the board of directors of the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin. In 1963, the Kingdom of Laos received six T-28 Trojans, provided by the United States government, according to the T-28 Trojan Foundation's website. The planes were used ...

Air show prepares for sixth run - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - The 167th Airlift Wing and the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport are, once again, teaming up to present the 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. This year promises to be an exciting, according to organizer Nic ...

Tandem with North Carolinas Teacher of the Year from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 The Golden Knights Tandem Team Leader, SFC “world famous” Joe Jones stood in front of a room full of anxious, soon-to-be tandem skydivers at the Golden Knights training drop zone in Laurinburg, NC. Darcy Grimes, the North Carolina Teacher of the Year 2012-2013 from Bethel Elementary, sat among the crowd as she listened to Team Leader, Joe Jones, inform the small crowd of the basic safety essentials needed for their immediate future. Next, the crowd sat on the edge of their seats as they watched the morale-boosting video montage of The Golden Knights in action. The video, set to an adrenaline-pumping Disturbed track, includes jumps with...

The Red Arrows are set to make their first appearance in five years - Scotsman | In addition to the top-flight RAF aerobatic team, which will be flying two men short, crowds will be treated to a recreation of a First World War dog fight, a host of vintage planes and the chance to meet a Concorde pilot. The air show will be held on ...

Red Arrows six-a-side - This is Kent | Red Arrows six-a-side. Trusted article source icon. Friday, July 20, 2012. Profile image for Isle of Thanet Gazette · Isle of Thanet Gazette. Follow. YOUTH FOOTBALL: Red Arrow Youth hosted their annual six-a-side tournament at the weekend at Dane Court...

Ramsey photographer goes behind the scenes for book on Red Arrows - Hunts Post | “I jumped at the opportunity to work with the Red Arrows. Everybody knows who they are and most people in the country, and even the world, have seen them in action. It was incredible but I also wanted to get across more about the team behind the team,...

Black Cats helicopter team to get Bournemouth Air Festival crowds in a spin - Bournemouth Echo | TREAT: The Royal Navy Black Cats Helicopter Display Team will take to the skies at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival. Below, the award winning RAF Chinook Mk2. IT'S not all about the planes at Bournemouth Air Festival . After a year away, the Royal ...

Sunderland Airshow roars into action + VIDEO + LIVE COVERAGE - Sunderland Echo | THE airshow weekend got off to a flying start as thousands enjoyed its launch under clear blue skies. Last night's event at Cliffe Park, Seaburn, drew in the opening party's biggest ever crowds as families enjoyed a preview of the two-day flying festival.

Wings of Freedom tour to land at Waukegan airport - Lake County News Sun | The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom tour will display the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” heavy bomber and North American P-51 Mustang on July 25 from 2 to 5 p.m.; July 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

Evansville hosting aircraft exhibit Aug.3-6 - Evansville Courier & Press | The exhibit, presented by the Collings Foundation, will visit 110 cities on its tour and will include a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" World War II Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" World War II Heavy Bomber and P-51...

That’s a low pass! Blue Angels Lead Solo at Pensacola Beach 2012 from David Cenciotti's weblog | This is one of those pictures that don’t need much words. Blue Angels #5, Lead Solo, Lieutenant C. J. Simonsen, performs a high speed low pass at Pensacola Beach 2012 airshow on Jul. 14....

'Candy Bomber' Gail Halvorsen gets treated to local and national honors ... - Plain Dealer | On April 14, 1945, Army medic Donald Arnold scrambled under heavy enemy fire that ravaged troops of the 97th Infantry Division fighting in Germany during World War II. ... Many Clevelanders recently spotted a World War II vintage PT boat during its ...

Guests at New England Air Museum meet the Life Star crew - Reminder Newspapers | Visitors to the New England Air Museum met local heroes on Tuesday, July 17, when the Life Star helicopter touched down and its crew members - pilot Dennis McAfee, chief flight nurse Chris Watkins and chief flight respiratory therapist Tricia Margarido...

Orville, Wilbur and Me - airspacemag.com | You too can fly a Wright aircraft.

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Holloman announces F-22 flying schedule - Las Cruces Sun-News | Holloman announces F-22 flying schedule. Sun-News reportlcsun-news.com. Posted: 07/20/2012 04:37:15 PM MDT. HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Officials with the 49th Wing have announced the flying schedule for next week. Sonic booms could...

Video: C-17 Globemaster III tactical airlifter lands at the wrong airport in Florida
from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jul. 20, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III belonging to the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, mistakenly landed at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa, Florida. The plane, with actual destination MacDill Air Force Base, was arriving from southwest Asia with 23 passengers and 19 crew members when it performed the unscheduled landing (for reasons under investigation) on the small airfield on Davis Island, whose runway is 3,580 feet long and 100 feet wide, aligned in the same direction as MacDill’s runway (that is 11,421 feet long and 151 feet wide)...

2 Students Can Fly with the Performers - News Radio 1310 KLIX | The 2012 Air Magic Valley is hosting an essay contest, and the winners will be given a special ride during the show either with Jacquie B or Greg Poe in their stunt planes. There are two essay categories, one through the Rise Another Star, it asks ...

Podcast: Coast to Coast on Biofuel, for Education from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Ross McCurdy, a high school science teacher in Rhode Island and a private pilot, is planning to fly a biofuel-powered Cessna 182 from coast to coast to help teach kids about science and get them excited about learning. AVweb's Mary Grady talked with McCurdy about his plans and about the technology...

Enterprise Officially On Display In New York - RedOrbit | Image Caption: The space shuttle Enterprise is seen shortly after the grand opening of the Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Thursday, July 19, 2012 in New York. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls. Lee Rannals for redOrbit ...

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