Saturday, June 15, 2013

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Two Major Announcements - LiveAirShowTV FB Page | FREE LIVE Internet broadcast of the Reno Air Races and new organization called Warbird Unlimited Racing.

SPECIAL REPORT – FAA & EAA’s Sequestration Update – Episode 506 - WARBIRD RADIO | With all the rumors floating around about what really happened between the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), WARBIRD RADIO.com has collected interviews from those closest to the story. On this special episode of Warbird Radio LIVE you’ll hear from EAA Spokesperson Dick Knapinski, International Council of Air Shows President John Cudahy, the Commemorative Air Force’s President Stephan Brown as well as Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO)....

Stanger goes for repeat in air race - Port Lavaca Wave | Stanger and her co-pilot, Joyce Wilson of Bogata, Texas, will take off Tuesday in the 2013 Air Race Classic, an all-women transcontinental air race. Stanger and Victoria Holt won the prestigious event a year ago.

Freedom of Flight Museum in Joplin This Weekend - KOLR10 | JOPLIN, Mo.-- A piece of World War II history has landed at the Joplin Regional Airport as part of the Freedom of Flight Museum. A B-17 has landed for the weekend. It's one of many planes that will be on display for the Freedom of Flight Museum....

Famed B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ graces Teterboro Airport’s weekend Wings and Wheels Expo - NorthJersey.com | North Jerseyans looking to the skies above Manhattan on Friday afternoon may have caught glimpse of something rarely seen in nearly 70 years: a B-17 “Flying Fortress” roaring over the skyscrapers. The Yankee Lady is one of seven of the World War II bombers still flying in the U.S...

Help us bring the Vulcan back to the Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | That's the plea from organisers of this year's air festival, which takes place between August 29 and September 1. The mighty Cold War bomber has been a big highlight of the event in the past and news that it will now hopefully stay in the air until the ...

Red Arrows flypast for Dragon Boat Festival - Peterborough Telegraph | More than 400 people will be taking to the water at the 15th spectacular Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival this Saturday (15 June). Twenty-eight crews will race the thirty-ft brightly painted Chinese dragon boats over the 200m course on the River Nene...

Shoreham Airshow welcomes new sponsors and exciting additions - Flightline UK | The organisers of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Shoreham Airshow being held on 31st August and September 1st are delighted to announce new major sponsors on board for this their 24th Airshow which to date has raised. 1.8 Million Pounds for RAFA Funds...

Yanks Air Museum Open Cockpit Day- 6/15/13 - Warbird News | Yanks Open Cockpit 13-6Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting an “Open Cockpit Day” on June 15, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s Grumman F4F Wildcat making its first-ever open cockpit appearance...

THE BLUE ANGELS 1986-1987: A SEASON OF TRANSITION - Frontiers of Flight Museum | ...His discussion will include the air show environment, the handling qualities of the A-4 versus the F-18, and the challenges of transitioning from the A-4 to the F-18 without missing a full season. A question and answer session will follow the lecture...

Timeless Voices - James Manning - eaavideo.org | James Manning flew 35 combat missions as a B-17 pilot with the 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War Two. After his combat tour in the European Theater of Operations, he flew C-54 transports in the Pacific. 


Video: Swedish Air Force Historic Flight’s Saab Viggen   - The Lexicans | One of the more unusual fast-jet warbirds I’ve only recently discovered is the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight’s Saab Viggen. They have quite an interesting variety of aircraft.

Incredible photo shows Russian Tu-22 bomber, Su-27 and other fighter planes intercepted over the Baltic - David Cenciotti | On Mar. 29, two Russian Tu-22M Backfire bombers, escorted by four Su-27 Flanker fighter jets, conducted a simulated night attack on Sweden. The mock air strike did not cause any reaction by the Swedish air force.  On Apr. 24, a Russian Air Force Il-20 Coot ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) plane flew close to the two big strategically placed Swedish isles of Ă–land and Gotland....


Video: Karen Nyberg Honors Valentina Tereshkova  - Spaceports | International Space Station Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg recorded a special message to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the flight of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to have flown in space - June 16, 1963.

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