Sunday, July 22, 2012

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All in awe, eyes in air - Sioux Falls Argus Leader | Dick Rostrom was one of a dozen men perched in the second floor viewing room of Landmark Aviation on Saturday to get clear view of the Sioux Falls Air Show. As airplanes such as B-25s, P-51s and the Blue Angels' F-18 Hornets streaked by, Rostrom...

The Museum of Flight celebrates Seafair and the Blue Angels - Maple Valley Reporter | The Museum of Flight offers a full-throttle celebration of Seafair and the Blue Angels with the Aug. 4-5 Need for Speed Festival. Located at the foot of the Blue Angels' launching pad on Boeing Field, the Museum's East Parking Lot will become a village ...

OSH12 Will Be The Best Oshkosh Ever! from AirPigz by Martt | It's the time of the year once again for me to remind you that Oshkosh 2012 will be the best Oshkosh ever simply because it's the one we can live right now. Every other Oshkosh is only a memory, but the one that starts on Monday will be a living, breathing aviation extravaganza! And the humble little Piper Cub will play a very real part in making this OSH a fabulous experience. That's why I've posted this CoolPix image of the...

EAA AirVenture to honor WWII veterans
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
To honor the pilots and flight crews who made such a difference in World War II, EAA AirVenture is celebrating the Greatest Generation in the Air during the weeklong aviation convention that starts Monday. Veterans from two legendary World War II units ...

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Sunderland International Airshow thrills the crowds - GALLERY - ChronicleLive | The North coastline was basking in sunshine during the event, now in its 24th year, which started with live music and fireworks and continued with performances from the Red Arrows, the RAF Falcons, and a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The show was...

Crowds enjoy amazing day at Sunderland Airshow - Sunday Sun | The North coastline was basking in sunshine during the event, now in its 24th year, which started with live music and fireworks and continued with performances from the Red Arrows, the RAF Falcons, and a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The show was...

Bucharest Int'l Air Show held in Romania - Global Times | Italian team Frecce Tricolori performs at the Bucharest International Air Show & General Aviation Exhibition (BIAS 2012) at the Bucharest Baneasa-Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest, capital of Romania, July 21, 2012. The Bucharest Baneasa...

Snowbirds organizer has close connection to planes - The Daily Courier | A Kelowna woman helping organize an upcoming performance of the Snowbirds has a special connection to the aerial demonstration team. Lisa Merrick's father, Al, was a captain of the Snowbirds in the mid-1980s. "It's just a really cool coincidence...

Oregon Air Fair displays historic WWII-era airplanes - KMTR NewsSource 16 | “There's still enough World War II vets walking around that they, they like to walk up and like I said, so many people at every air show or air fair come up that have actually flown the airplanes.. so maintaining the connection, showing it for their...

Raised Air Fair money goes to Oregon Air and Space Museum - KVAL | EUGENE, Ore. -- The Oregon Air and Space Museum is holding an Air Fair at the LCC Aviation Fields Saturday and Sunday. Past Air Fairs have been the biggest fundraisers that the non-profit museum holds. The Air Fair features dozens of other planes and...

WW II air show was highlight of Pittsfield egg festival - Kennebec Journal | Veteran pilot Warren Pietsch of Minot, N.D., brought the only Japanese M-6 A-2 fighter plane still in existence to the air show. "It was recovered from the Solomon Islands in the 1960s in really bad condition, and it was restored over a 30-year period...

Annual Air Show Leads the Way for Positive Change in Gary - nwitimes.com | As one of the nation's top over-water shows, Gary's 13th Annual South Shore Air Show wowed an estimated 600000 spectators who traveled from near and far to enjoy the view from Marquette Park overlooking Lake Michigan and Chicago's skyline.

Experimental aircraft overturns on landing - Historic City News | Kelvin Harvey, the airport's operation manager, contacted the Federal Aviation Administration to report the incident. The airplane was turned back onto its landing gear....

Billings pilot injured in crash at Bridger fly-in - Billings Gazette | A Billings pilot was injured on Saturday morning when his homemade airplane crashed as he attempted an acrobatic maneuver at the Bridger Municipal Airport. Gary Herem, 60, crashed in his 2011 One Design single-seat acrobatic aircraft after takeoff...

Double Header at Moton Field from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ...Tuskegee Mayor Omar Neal said, "This continues our vision to expand aviation activities regionally in Alabama...Tuskegee epitomizes aviation around the world and this expansion will help improve our local and state economy."...

Yesteryears: Aviation's early days, Part 2 - The Daily Progress | Richard Whitmore's dream of flying didn't die just because he couldn't get his first airplane off the ground. In 1929, he used the money from the sale of the Curtis Jenny aircraft he and his buddies had repaired to purchase an airplane in flying condition.

Oldies and Oddities: The Original Men in Black from Air & Space Magazine | During World War II, collecting intelligence on opposing air forces was mostly a matter of recovering downed aircraft, capturing enemy airmen, and flying reconnaissance missions. But in the early years of the cold war, when the Soviets hung the Iron Curtain, none of those methods was practical. Noting that “certain information will never be obtained until the enemy exposes its military potential to us in the form of an attack,” the U.S. Air Force established the Air Intelligence Service Squadron....

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