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Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Is Midwest Aviation Airshow Success Story · Carmelo Turdo | The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival has emerged as a Midwest Aviation success story this weekend. Facing some difficulty following the cancellation of military demo teams and aircraft static displays, airshow organizers went to the Midwest Aviation community for assistance. The result is a family-friendly event that honors our nation's veterans while providing aerial entertainment from leading regional and nationally recognized airshow performers...

Macomb residents fly through history with annual event - ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA | MACOMB, ILL. -- Around 2,000 people came out to see a piece of history on Sunday morning. The annual Fly-In/Drive-In in Macomb was held at the Macomb Municipal Airport. Guests and their families got to take in a tractor show, airplane displays and a special bomber plane. The Commemorative Air Force Missouri Wing B-25 Mitchell Bomber was the highlight of the event...

Airshow ready to hit skies of St. Thomas - London Community News | The Great Lakes International Airshow (GLIAS) will return to the skies over St. Thomas this weekend, bringing back the aerial demonstrations and pilot skills that remind us why the dream of flying has inspired so many. The airshow, held every two years, takes place June 28-30 at the St. Thomas Municipal Airport. Aircraft that will be either on display or performing in the skies include Canada’s Snowbirds, a WWll B-17 Flying Fortress, a P-51 WWll fighter, a CF-188 Hornet tactical fighter, and a Great War Flying Museum....

Restored B-17 Bomber In Tulsa For Ground, Flight Tours - News On 6 | ...Vintage planes like this come to Tulsa every year, but only for a short time. Monday is the last day to see the B-17 at Jones Riverside Airport.

Red Arrows in Scarborough: video - Scarborough Today | Scarborough was treated to an amazing display by the Red Arrows as part of Armed Forces Day 2013. The spectacular show was enjoyed by tens of thousands of people, who lined Foreshore Road and Esplanade, cheering and waving flags...

Music, Spitfires and aerobatic display at Burghley's Battle Proms - Peterborough Telegraph | The spectacular Battle Proms at Burghley is just over a week away. Widely regarded as among the most exciting proms in the country, visitors will see the traditional Spitfires, the Gunners of the English Field Artillery, Napoleonic Cavalry and Infantry Displays, and the world-renowned Blades Aerobatic Team...

Huge crowds stunned by Red Arrows at Armed Forces Day - Scarborough Today | Tens of thousands of people flocked to Scarborough’s South Bay for Armed Forces Day 2013 - and were treated to a breathtaking performance by the Red Arrows. An estimated crowd of 30,000 people lined Foreshore Road, South Bay beach and the Town Hall Gardens to take in the amazing aerial display...

Navy Blue Angel Lt Cdr John Hiltz to Lead 4th of July Parade · Martha Allen | The City is proud to have one of its own, Fort Mitchell native Lieutenant Commander John Hiltz of the Blue Angels as the Grand Marshal of this year’s Fourth of July parade. John graduated from Covington Catholic High School in 1998. The Navy Blue Angels mission is to “credibly represent Navy and Marine Corps aviation to the United States and its Armed Forces to America and other countries as international ambassadors of good will.”...

St. Louis Area Is Ready for Week of Aerial Activity to Celebrate Nation's Birthday · Carmelo Turdo | The St. Louis area will be a center of aerial activity as our nation celebrates its birthday in grand fashion this week. Fair St. Louis activities in downtown St. Louis will run from July 4-6, and include the 136th annual Veiled Prophet Parade, concerts under the Gateway Arch, and of course the incredible air show over the Mississippi River. The Fair St. Louis US Bank Air Show lineup has just become even more impressive with the announcement that three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and National Aviation Hall of Fame Member Patty Wagstaff will be performing in her home town again. Other air show performers include:...

Goshen resident and WWII vet celebrates birthday in unique way - Goshen News | GOSHEN — A unique early birthday present brought out a stream of memories for Kenneth Haines. Haines gave an approving thumbs up after his ride in a Army AH-1F Cobra attack helicopter Friday afternoon at Goshen Municipal airport....

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Mohr wins landing contest at AUW · General Aviation News Staff | WAUSAU, Wis. — Wausau pilot Robert Mohr has won the Grimm Trophy at the Wausau Downtown Airport (AUW) following a month-long landing contest to raise money and food for charity. Mohr, along with 11 other area pilots, contributed $2, or $1 and a food item, for each separate attempt to land closest to a line across the runway...

Shuttle Enterprise goes on display today at NYC's Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space ... - Boing Boing | New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum opens the doors on a new Space Shuttle Pavilion today. Its central tenant? The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101). Starting today, you can visit the Pavillion and walk underneath and around the first space shuttle NASA built. The orbiter never actually went to space, but did perform important test flights in 1977, which paved the way for the shuttles that followed...