Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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AirVenture attendance down, but event still deemed a success - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Sandy Travnicek, right, and her husband, Andy, of Del Rio, Texas, take down their campsite in the North 40 area of EAA AirVenture 2012 as the convention wraps up on Sunday. The Travniceks will be flying to Minnesota to visit family before returning to...

My view of Oshkosh from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | AOPA writers, editors, reporters?, content creators?, whatever we are, each spend three and sometimes more hours per day beside our Husky talking with members during Sun `n Fun, AirVenture, and AOPA Summit. Between visitors, I took this...

Not-So Young Eagles - Aviation Week | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has launched a new aviation mentoring program based on Young Eagles, but this time is targeting adults. The organization inaugurated the new Eagle Flights program during last week's 2012 Airventure in...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 – Day 4 from Other People's Airplanes by David | ...In today’s episode, we take you out to Scott’s Warbird Alley to look at some heavy metal. While there, we catch up with Panchito, the B-25 Mitchell I flew in during the Tico Warbird Air Show in March. We talk with Lynn May about the Disabled American Veterans. Be sure you “like” the DAV on Facebook to be entered to win a beautiful model of Panchito...

"Fifteen Score" UCAP #300 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast  | The boys celebrate their 300th episode from one of their favorite places: The deck of EAA Radio on the flightline at AirVenture Oshkosh.

Wings & Wheels Spectacular at transportation museum - Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald | This year's Aerobatic Air Show will be held both days from 1:30 to 3 p.m., and will feature high-speed performances by Kendal Simpson in his Pitts Model 12 and Dan Marcotte in his Ultimate 200 biplane. Jim Parker will put on a show in an aerobatic ...

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Safety Seminar & Fly-In from Midwest Flyer | BRAINERD, MINN. – Seaplane pilots from throughout Minnesota and neighboring states attended the 2012 Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Safety Seminar & Fly-In, May 4-6 at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota. Many seaplane owners parked their planes right outside their cabins during …

Timmins "air show" was a crowd pleaser on Saturday - Timmins Times | Club member Nathan Crosby, working on his plane, was among the many who took time to set up his aircraft and fly it with a remote control radio system, much to the delight of the spectators. One of Crosby's aircraft was this deHavilland Turbo Otter ...

Navy, Marines take part in Sapporo Air Show - DVIDS | F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 and EA-18G Growlers from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 perform a fly-by in formation as part of the 26th Sapporo Air Show. Both squadrons are deployed to Japan in support of ...

Red Arrows high point of air show - Edinburgh Evening News | Spectators who braved erratic weather were also treated to a recreation of a First World War dogfight, and saw a host of vintage planes at the East Lothian airfield. Paul Hazelwood, visitor services manager at the National Museum of Flight, said the ...

Hawk Phil flies back to the Cotswolds for airshow - Wiltshire Business | Phil grew up in
Gloucestershire; he has been coming to Kemble Airshow since his teens and flew some of his first flights here when learning to fly on his PPL course aged 17. The RAF's Hawk Display Team is supporting the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund ...

The inevitable shot of the Olympic opening ceremony from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Like the title says, here's a shot of the Red Arrows doing their thing over the Olympic stadium last Friday as part of Danny Boyle's opening spectacular.

Choreographing Olympic Airspace | The Daily Planet - blogs.airspacemag.com | Flying into London for the Olympics? Get in line.

Royal International Air Tattoo 2012 - International Jet Team Fest! - www.youtube.com | Breitling Jet Team enjoyed displaying with some of the best International Jet teams in the World! The British Red Arrows, Korean Black Eagles, Patrouille de ...

WWII vet remembers pilot who saved his life - Hattiesburg American | Clint Martin, left, sits with World War II veteran Curt Weaver. During WWII, Weaver was escorted back to base by an unidentified Tuskegee Airman after his B-24 had engine trouble. Martin was able to help Weaver's family and friends identify the ...

Navy's X-47B UCAV in Debut Flight at Pax from Ares by Graham Warwick | Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat aircraft system demonstrator has made its first flight on the East Coast, from the US Navy's test center at NAS Patuxent River in Maryland.

Video: Red Flag night launch and recovery time lapse (spanning about 5 hours or so in just 3 minutes). from David Cenciotti's weblog | Brought to my attention by Jeff Merkowitz, the following video combines about 5 hours of night launches and recoveries from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, north of Las Vegas, in just 3 minutes of mesmerizing footage.

FROM TURIN TO DEFEND THE TITLE OF VENETO SAMPLE PARAGLIDING from Aviation-Report.com (translated) | Under the auspices of the Italian Federation of Free Flight, from 27 July to 2 August in Borso del Grappa (Treviso), the Aero Club will host the Italian Championship of Montegrappa paragliding event on the calendar of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.

South Africa: SA youth make it against all odds - 7thSpace Interactive | Refilwe Ledwaba, who has established the South African Women in Aviation and Aerospace Industry (SAWIA); a non-profit organisation aimed at empowering women in aviation, was also honoured in the Entrepreneurship category. Although she ...

16-year-old pilot completes cross-country journey from Kathryn's Report | Matt Gougeon prepares his aircraft in Sudbury on July 10 to begin a cross-Canada flight that starts in Tofino, B.C. and ends in Halifax, N.S. GINO DONATO/THE SUDBURY STAR Sudburian Matthew Gougeon is the youngest pilot to ever fly across the country solo in an amphibious aircraft. The last time The Star spoke with Gougeon, he was halfway through his cross-Canada challenge. He landed at...

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