Everett-Stewart ready for Airport Expo - Weakley County Press | There will be a business expo set up on the grounds as well as airplane displays, a petting zoo, activities for youngsters and food vendors. The airport has scheduled fly-in displays as well as aerobatic demonstrations during the afternoon as part of ...
LEGENDS OF AIRPOWER AND ARMOR WEEKEND | Featuring flying by The PBY-5A
"Catalina Flying Boat", The B-17G Flying Fort, The Republic P-47
Thunderbolt, The FG-1D Corsair, Douglas C-47, North American AT-6, and
much more!
Truckee Tahoe AirFair to support youth programs - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Other highlights include The Red Star Formation Flying Group; helicopter and T6 plane rides for a cost, along with the Commemorative Air Force's P51 Man O' War with rides also available for a fee. Radio-controlled giant scale planes will fly throughout ...
Hundred of Pilots Propel to Valdez Fly-In - youralaskalink | Started in the front seat at 7, went solo at 16 and got my license on my 17th birthday,” said Jacob Williams of his decade spent navigating the skies. The Valdez Fly-In signifies the beginning of summer tourism for the community, according to some locals.
Air Tattoo to salute the Dambusters from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The 70th anniversary of one of the Second World War’s most audacious bombing missions will be commemorated by a special flypast at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds...
The man behind organizing the Durban Airshow, John Neilon - KZN Winter Tour | John Neilon, is one of the KZN Winter Tour organisers and has been involved with the Durban Airshow for the past 15 years. As Flight Director, John’s responsibilities include putting together the adrenaline-pumping, dramatic airshows that have been entertaining spectators for years. This year sees the implementation of a brand new airshow programme and other showstopping demonstrations that will have the crowds begging for more....
Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its “Flat Eric” yellow puppet mascot
Have You Ever Seen a Helicopter Doing Backflips? Here's the Awesome Video - TheBlaze.com | According to Red Bull, “Malibu” Chuck Aaron is the only helicopter pilot licensed to perform such aerobatic tricks in the U.S., making him one of only three internationally. He is also the first helicopter pilot to receive the Art Scholl Showmanship...
Blue Baron tells of his aerobatic exploits - The Reporter | Pilot Tony Alder can often be seen soaring through Toowoomba's skies in his Pitts S2C aerobatic plane. Dave Noonan. A FREESTYLE flight over the Darling Downs in a plane famed for its aerobatic prowess is how career pilot Tony Alder likes to unwind.
Report details pilot's last moments before Flagler air show crash - Daytona Beach News-Journal | As far as anyone knows, the plane he was piloting at the Wings over Flagler air show in 2011 descended sharply during a stunt and he couldn't pull out of it. Horrified spectators watching the air show saw flames and billowing smoke from a distance...
Step Back in History- Fly Onboard the B-29 on Armed Forces Day from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Make this Armed Forces Day the one to remember with a flight onboard the only flying B-29, FiFi. Arriving on Thursday, May 16, FiFi will be at the Birmingham Airport on the Kaiser Aircraft ramp through Sunday, May 19. Accompanying the B-29 is a fleet of CAF warbirds and the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Club will have a large static display. It is the AirPower History tour of the National Air Tour of Historic WW II Historic Aircraft offered by the Commemorative Air Force....
B-17 flights coming to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield - Broomfield Enterprise | The Memphis Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, will take to the skies to offer public flights and ground tours May 25-26 at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield. The Memphis Belle bomber first flew in 1942. Today, the B-17 serves ...
Moore County to get glimpse of World War II-era airplane - Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville Observer | The Carolinas Wing is one of the oldest wings in the Commemorative Air Force, a volunteer, nonprofit group that honors American military aviation history by maintaining a "flying museum" of classic military aircraft. Steve Brown, the CAF's president ...
Crowdsourced Fundraiser Hopes You'll Help Pay For Blue Angels Air Show - SFist | The government might not have enough money to put on their yearly show of airborne superiority, but one effort hopes local fans of American naval power will pitch in enough of their own cash to make sure the show gets off the ground this year. The ...
Airport to bring Snowbirds to air show next summer - Fort McMurray Today | As a part of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority's grand opening of their new terminal building, the first air show in the city since 2007 is set for the weekend of May 30 to June 1, 2014, and will feature the Snowbirds as well as the CF-18 Demo Hornet ...
Spitfire and B-17 part of Dublin city flypast - Irish Times | Thousands expected to line quays as 30 aircraft take part in event. A World War II Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast...
Solo 2013 | At 20 years old, Jack Wiegand is preparing for the flight of his life to break the Guinness 
World Records™ title, something he has been working toward since his first flight at the age of 13. In May 2013, this record-breaking journey will take him from his home in Fresno, California, to exotic destinations he has dreamed of since childhood. Rome, Egypt, Bangkok and Tokyo are only a few of the locations he will travel to on his flight around the world....[note: you can track his progress...almost half way now]
Westchester Native Flies High in Kansas - Patch.com | She and two women classmates (one other pilot Tonya Hodson whom she'll trade off with) and one back seat navigator, Karen Morrison, will be among the 47 teams in the Air Race Classic in June. From June 18 to 21, the three women will fly a 2,500 miles ...
From Antique Airfield News
- Video from Cawley's South Prairie Fly-In
- Pre-Registrations Coming in for 2013 Fly-In
- John Cuny's Seabee Project Off to the Paint Shop
- Northwest Missouri Chapter May Newsletter
- Registration Now Open for the 2013 Fly-In
Potez 567 marine colors of Vichy from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Here's another
picture from the personal collection of Jacques Hemet, there is a Potez 567 of the Navy to Vichy colors (red and yellow stripes on the engine covers and drift). It is a three seater tow target with 2 engines of 240 hp Potez 9EO built 22 copies for the French Navy....Salty Dog 502 — U.S. Navy creates a niche and make UAV history by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Navy made history on May 14th, just two days ago, with the carrier launch of an Northrop Grumman X-47B UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Salty Dog 502 (call sign for this mission's X-47B UAV) created a niche where one had not existed that day — an autonomous drone carrier launch. Soon, by 2018, the U.S. Navy carrier groups will have autonomous aircraft capability with the X-47B type which can fly programmed missions at high subsonic speeds over 2400+ miles (3900+ km) or up to 12 hours of loitering....
US SENATE HEARING: "Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space" Today@10 from Spaceports | The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space today announced it will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. titled “Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space." The hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast....
SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA's from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NASA-It's a
busy week for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems. On the west coast of the United States, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., welcomed the Dream Chaser flight vehicle, also known as an engineering test article, today to begin tests of its flight and runway systems.
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