Friday, June 28, 2013

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Blue Angels' Crew speak to PSC's Kid's College - eCorsair.com | LS2 Officer Andrew Schweitzer of the Blue Angels’ crew speaks to participants of PSC’s Kids’ College program in the Pensacola campus Student Center. The Blue Angels may be grounded for 2013 due to budget cuts, but that didn’t stop three members of the flight crew from spreading a positive message of working hard to achieve your goals to students from Pensacola State College’s Kid’s College program on June 20, 2013...

Valley pilots will all-women Air Race Classic - AZFamily | PHOENIX -- Two Valley pilots won the 2013 Air Race Classic last week and landed at Mesa's Falcon Field with the trophy. Marge Thayer, 70, flew her Cessna in the 2,400-mile race that began in Washington State, ending four days later with the contestants...

Teams finish Air Race Classic despite weather challenges - AOPA Pilot | The race was approximately 2,400 statute miles and the contestants were given four days, flying VFR in daylight hours, to reach the terminus, at Fayetteville, Ark. “Since the race didn’t start until Mountain Palm, the race rules weren’t in effect. Racers could fly to Mountain Palm, could file and go IFR, which is illegal in the race,” said Wilson...

Purdue team's air race finale is no fairy tale - Journal and Courier | A 24-hour setback in the four-day Air Race Classic didn’t dampen Purdue University senior Amanda Keck’s mood last week when she and junior Rachel Borsa flew in the cross-country race.The first leg of the trip was scheduled to begin in Pasco, Wash., but was canceled because of weather. So, the 41 teams of two flew to Mountain Home, Idaho, and anxoiusly awaited their Wednesday morning departure...

Air Race Classic 2013: RESULTS · Amy Warbalow and Katrina Kugler
Air Race Classic 2013: Catch Up

Air Show Practice - Four States Homepage | NEOSHO, MO.--- Fire, smoke and planes battling it out in the sky. It looked like something out of a movie this morning at the Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport. Immortals, is the name of this intense acrobatic air show. The new act was created by Stunt Pilot Kyle Franklin of Neosho. "You know, the good side versus the evil side, and then we plan on having pyrothecniques explosions in the back ground and all different thing going on," said Kyle Franklin, Pilot....

Military aircraft will soar and twirl at Fair St. Louis - SuburbanJournals | Fair St. Louis organizers say this year’s air shows will be exciting, even without the Blue Angels, which have been grounded by federal budget cuts. Here are some of the military aircraft that will fly over the fairgrounds....

World War II Bomber on Display at Gathering of Eagles - Willoughby Today (blog) | One of the last flying WWII B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours at the Lost Nation Municipal Airport, July 8th -14th, 2013, as a part of the Gathering of Eagles Air Show...

2013 Dayton Vectren Air Show12 new photos · Mike Goulian Airshows

Airpower 13: Patrouille de France falls out - Translated | The French aerobatic formation Patrouille de France has canceled her planned appearance at the Friday Aipower 13 in Zeltweg oberstreirischen on Thursday. Reason is a technical fault on a C-160 Transall transport aircraft, with the Technicians and materials are brought to the performances...

Crowds spellbound as Red Arrows lead celebration - Carrickfergus Times | ... of aerobatics set the tone for a hugely successful Armed Forces Day in Carrick. For almost 30 minutes the Red Arrows captivated one of the largest crowds seen in the borough in recent history (full story and photos in this week's carrick times, on ...

Takeoff Tube:
Awesome highlights Luchtmachtdagen 2013 (1080p FULL HD)
Fouga Magister airshow + bonus Wings Wheels and Goggles 2013

Video: Thom Richard And Precious Metal Prepare To Impress At The 50th Anniversary Reno Air Races! · Martt | The guys at LiveAirShowTV put together a great interview piece on Thom Richard and his Rolls Royce Griffon powered P-51 Precious Metal. With the 63 mph speed increase seen at Reno 2012 from the updated prop design, Precious Metal became a real contender for Unlimited Gold... but there can be quite a distance between being a contender and being a champion...

VIDEO: B-17 Flying Fortress brings 1940s pin-up icon to Hamilton - Hamilton Spectator ByJane Gerster | ... The B-17 will arrive around 10 a.m. on July 1st and will be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until July 7, except for a few times later in the week when plane enthusiasts can take a ride in one of the plane's eight seats for a couple hundred dollars a piece. The price hasn't been determined yet...

Webinar- Flying The U-2 Dragon Lady · eaavideo.org | USAF retired Major General Pat Halloran provides a brief history of the original U-2 program with information on both the CIA and the Air Force operations. Pat was one of the original pilots in the Air Force operation of the U-2.

Timeless Voices - Brien Seeley · eaavideo.org | Brien Seeley is the President of the CAFE Foundation, a non-profit research organization with over 30 years of testing and evaluation of GA aircraft. CAFE is an acronym for "Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency."

RIVERSIDE: Plane named after World War II pilot - Press-Enterprise | Sixty-eight years ago Lt. Gen. Harry Goldsworthy was flying B-25 missions over the Philippines. Now Goldsworthy is celebrating his 99th birthday at his home at Air Force Village West in Riverside, near March Air Reserve Base. On one occasion, Goldsworthy’s aircraft was forced down in Luzon in the iorthern Philippines. Local resistance fighters led the crew to freedom. After Goldsworthy returned to his island base in Palawan, he was selected to head the 42nd bomb Wing...

Concentration camp survivor to fighter pilot: 'Freedom a beautiful thing' | ...Throughout his career, Pawlik flew T-28s, T-34s, T-33s, B-47, B-52s, F-105s and F-111 aircraft. Overall, he flew 101 missions over North Vietnam, 21 over Laos, and 33 other missions and was hit by enemy fire seven different times...

Museum to celebrate Amelia Earhart’s birthday · General Aviation News Staff | HONOLULU, Hawaii — The Pacific Aviation Museum is celebrating Amelia Earhart’s 116th birthday, Wednesday, July 24, and is asking visitors to join in the celebration in costume. There will be goodie bags for the first 40 in costume (ages 18 and younger), plus free admission for families with at least one member dressed in Amelia Earhart and historic aviator costumes between 9 am to 1 pm. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in the “Dress Like Amelia Earhart” costume contest at 1 pm....

Jennies to jets to stealth: Bomb wing turns 90 - af.mil | WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AFNS) -- From Jennies to jets to stealth bombers, the 131st Bomb Wing's history really began with its co-located flying squadron, now the 110th Bomb Squadron, which traces its roots back to the 110th Observation Squadron....

US Army aviation into the 2050s - The DEW Line | The US Army's Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) posted this video looking at future Army aviation concepts out to the 2050s. Frankly, a lot of these concepts look like they...

Sporty’s debuts Warbird sculptures · General Aviation News Staff | Sporty’s Wright Bros. Collection introduces two World War II era sculptures: A fighter and a bomber (pictured above). Crafted of resin and painted in precise detail, these sculptures may be hung on a wall or displayed on a desk or bookcase....

Space Night, 'Jetman,' Military Heroes Highlight Theater in the Woods Lineup - Airventure.org | Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who became a YouTube sensation earlier this year with his "Space Oddity" music video from the International Space Station, will be among the 'Space Night' presenters on Tuesday evening, July 30, during the evening programs at EAA AirVenture 2013.





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