Thursday, May 30, 2013

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Wings Over Gillespie Air Show Takes Flight this Weekend - ScoopSanDiego.com | Bearcats, Hellcats, Wildcats and Corsairs — the skies above and runway below will be filled with excitement and fun this weekend at Gillespie Field in El Cajon when the annual Wings Over Gillespie Air Show takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ...

SRIA announces Pensacola Beach Air Show line-up - WEAR | Skip Stewart is an Aerobatic Champion who has won several Gold medals in regional competitions and has been awarded two Pitts Trophies. Lima Lima is new to this years' air show. One of the world's original six aircraft civilian formation aerobatic...

Great New England Wings & Wheels show will bring World War II aircraft and ... - MassLive.com | This file photo shows A B-25 Mitchell bomber flying over a Westfield International Air Show. Gen. Hap Arnold's B-25 will be among the vintage aircraft set to participate in the first edition of the Great New England Wings & Wheels show in August at ...

Popular Cocoa Beach Air Show may move - Florida Today | The Cocoa Beach Air Show may move southward down the barrier island in October to a new home at Paradise Beach Park in beachside Melbourne. The free, annual aerobatic spectacle has attracted droves of spectators — and hotel guests — to Cocoa ...

Breitling Doubles Sponsorship for National Championship Air Races from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | RENO, Nev. Mike Houghton, the President and CEO of the Reno National Championship Air Races announced that Breitling has doubled their sponsorship and committed to another three years here in Reno, according to news reports...

Discover Aviation Days this weekend in Blaine - Coon Rapids Herald | The “Miss Mitchell” World War II era B-25 bomber that served in the 310th Bomb Group, 57th Bomb Wing of the 12th Air Force in North Africa and Italy will be on display and available for flight. It completed over 130 missions during the second world war...

C-47, B-25 airplane rides help commemorate D-Day anniversary - LubbockOnline.com | The Silent Wings Museum, 6202 N. I-27, will commemorate the 69th anniversary of D-Day with a free one-day event to remember those killed on June 6, 1944...

"Blue Angels Experience" every Wednesday this summer - WEAR | For 12 dollars you get one ticket to the iMax movie "Magic Of Flight", a ride in the "Fly with the Blues" Flight Simulator and a commemorative Blue Angels dog tag. That deal is good every Wednesday throughout the summer. In addition the Blue Angels ...

Snowbirds Fly Into Sidney - The Roundup | Major Wayne Mott (R), who acts as the Team Lead as well as the pilot for Snowbird 1, presents a gift of appreciation to Sidney's Bryan Prevost, who was instramental in bringing the Snowbirds to Sidney for the second time. The Canadian Snowbirds...

Red Arrows to fly over Shrewsbury River Festival - shropshirestar.com | Mrs Hordley said: “We are really excited and very pleased that one of the world's premier aerobatic teams, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, will be coming to this year's River Festival. “We welcome people to come along and enjoy this ...

Tricolor arrows June 9 return to Parma after ten years - the Republic | After ten years they return to Parma Arrows tricolor, whisking the sky above the airport Verdi on June 9 from 15.30. The fascinating show of acrobatics will be dedicated Aeroclub "Bull" of Parma Apennines to the population affected...

Sequester squashes return of Fairhope's Festival of Flight - al.com | Festival of Flight 2007 B-25 bomber View full sizeSpectators look over a World War II B-25 bomber at a past Festival of Flight in Fairhope. Due to across-the-board federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, that have grounded military plane...

Flying a fortress: Idaho veteran sets foot back in B-17 bomber - KTVB | The last time he set foot on a B-17 was on June 6,1944, also known as D-Day. “We were supporting the troops,” he said of the mission. Thousands of aircraft supported the invasion into Normandy that year, and during the mission thousands were killed and...

World War II hero still humble 70 years later - Lewistown News-Argus | That's what former Central Montanan Ed Saylor said about his role as part of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid 70 years ago. On April 18, 1942, Saylor and 79 other men volunteered to fly 16 B-25 bombers off the deck of the USS Hornet and drop bombs over Japan.

Podcast: 25 Years of Growth for Women in Aviation from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | The organization Women in Aviation International launched with a conference in Prescott, Arizona 25 years ago, and members are marking that anniversary with several events in Oshkosh, Arizona, and Florida. Peggy Chabrian, the founder and president of WAI, talked with AVweb's Mary Grady about the group's achievements, her goals for the future, and what's in the works for EAA AirVenture this summer.

AirVenture Offers Programs For Girls And Women from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA is offering a special four-day program for high-school girls during AirVenture this summer, August 1 to 4, in an effort to "engage, inspire, and educate young women to pursue their dreams in aviation and beyond." The program, called Women Soar You Soar, will introduce 100 girls to 35 women working in a variety of aviation and aerospace fields, from engineers to fighter pilots. The event is "filled with career exploration, discovery,...

Alabama Aviation First June Weekend Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Enjoy the first weekend in June with a variety of Alabama aviation events across the state. A special event at the Southern Museum of Flight this Saturday, June1 at 11 am. is a talk by Col. Frank Murray, one of three living operational pilots who flew the A-12 Blackbird in the CIA "Oxcart" program. He will do a presentation, answer questions and conduct a walk around tour of the Museum's A-12, Article 131...

From Antique Airfield:

Museum cancels RC airshow, family days due to sequestration from General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has cancelled the annual Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Show and the July and August Family Days as the impacts of sequestration continue. The events are being cancelled due to restrictions associated with the planned Department of Defense furloughs, which are scheduled to begin July 8. The museum’s 95 civilian employees will be affected by the furlough...

Spitfire 944 from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This is a remarkable short film from the Sundance Film Festival, one of two temporarily put up on YouTube to mark Memorial Day (I'll put up the second one tomorrow.) It'll only be available for a couple of weeks before being taken down again, so you might want to save a copy. It's described as follows:..

Video: Maverick Flying Car Crash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | When a Maverick Flying Car crashed in Vernon, British Columbia in May of 2013, on-board cameras helped determine the causes of the accident. AVweb's Russ Niles assembled this report from the various media used in the investigation.

Young people invited to fly at Young Eagles event - So Md News | On Saturday, June 8, the Experimental Aircraft Association will offer that same opportunity to area young people, ages 8 to 18, when the local chapter will give free flights at a Young Eagles event at the St. Mary's County Regional Airport. The flights ...

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