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A Fair St. Louis Air Show preview - KSDK | CAHOKIA, Il. (KSDK) -- The U.S. Bank Air Show returns to the skies for Fair St. Louis this year. The shows start on Thursday, but many of the planes are already parked at Downtown St. Louis airport in Cahokia. The acts include a B-17 bomber, Aeroshell Aerobatic team, Red Bull Helicopter, and the Liberty parachute team....

Fair St. Louis Airshow 2013 Ramp Action and Performer Preview | The Aero Experience Fair St. Louis Airshow Team Coverage continues with the first day of serious ramp activity and the practice session over the St. Louis riverfront. Today's activities began at the 10am briefing for performers and ground crews at the airport fire station right off the Jet Aviation ramp where the aircraft are parked. The practice airshow ran from about 12:00pm-3:00pm, and several sponsor and media flights were flown all afternoon. This was also a "practice airshow" for The Aero Experience team as we try different locations around the airport for maximum coverage. We have for you some of the thousands of photos taken today by our team...

9th annual Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake Air Show coming Saturday - Tyler Morning Telegraph | One of the biggest air shows in the state is coming to East Texas for the Fourth of July weekend. The skies will be filled with 30-plus civilian and military historic aircraft at Cedar Creek Lake. “It’s pretty cool to watch,” said Randy Ball, event originator and MIG-17F pilot....

50th National Championship Air Races to welcome big names and returning champions - Pilot News Magazine | Reno, Nev. – In preparation for a historic and thrilling 50th National Championship Air Races, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA), announced a star-studded field of competitors and aircraft registered to compete this September. Headlining the recently unveiled Unlimited & Warbird Racing Class (UWRC) is four-time defending champion Steve Hinton who, in a surprise twist this year, will be helming the fan –favorite P-51 Mustang “Voodoo.” Hinton will be joined by the five other competitors from 2012’s heart pumping Unlimited Gold Class Championship Race, including Stu Dawson flying the famous F8F-2 Bearcat, “Rare Bear,” Dennis Sanders in “Dreadnaught,” former space shuttle astronauts Curt Brown in “Sawbones,” and “Hoot” Gibson in “232” and Brent Hisey in “Miss America.” Additionally, this year’s event will feature the long-awaited return of two wildly popular aircraft, “Czech Mate” and “Ole Yeller.” Other pilots announced for the UWRC include, Brian Sanders, Sherman Smoot and Rod Lewis among others...

Jackson Harbor Freight hack · Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | I am sure everyone is already aware the Wildfire Air Racing Team has been working very hard on getting the airplane flying for a little while now. Most recently they have made significant (and impressive) modifications to the underside of the aircraft. This effort has been headed up by Unlimited race pilot Matt Jackson and the project lead Bill Statler....

Daredevil pilot so close to world record at Old Buckenham Airshow - Diss Express | Stunt pilot Brendan O’Brien attempted to land his plane on top of a trailer towed by a moving truck. But while he appeared to have got one wheel down, the rest proved too much and he had to take to the air again. “It was absolutely stunning stuff,” said airshow organiser Matt Wilkins. “It would have been nothing short of a miracle if he had achieved it. No-one else in this country and probably in Europe can do this...

Aerobatic teams Swifts arrive in St. Petersburg for International Maritime ... - Shanghai Daily | The aerobatic teams Swifts and Russian Knights are arriving in Pushkin on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Tuesday after having their departure from Moscow delayed by bad weather, the press service for Russia's Western Military District today reported. The aerobatic teams will entertain crowds at the 6th International Maritime Defence Show to be held in St. Petersburg from July 3-7. Seven ships from Russia's Baltic Fleet will also take part in official proceedings....

Aerobatic Plane Down During Festival In Finowfurt, Germany - Aero News Network | Witnesses Said Airplane Not Part Of The Official Program | An aerobatic airplane which made an inverted, high-speed low pass over a drag strip in Finowfurt, Germany where a car and music festival was being held impacted the ground following the pass, resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot...

A Perfect Storm – The Hartman & Hilt Show – Episode 6 | WARBIRD RADIO – It’s part road trip, part fly-in and all out summer storm. Join Hartman & Hilt as they travel to the National WACO Aircraft Fly-in. Along the way they visit with a C-17 pilot and nearly die when a flash flood threatens the area. You’ll hear the heart pounding drama as Patrick runs for safety.


Identity Crisis - Vintage Wings of Canada | One of the great joys of being part of Vintage Wings of Canada, the foundation created by Michael Potter, is the chance to share its beauty and its mission with friends and strangers alike. There is no better way to do this, to express the passion and the history associated with each aircraft than to lead a tour of the hangar, particularly when all of our aircraft are “in the barn”. I start the tour at the airplane closest to the entry door that particular day and I lead off the tour, which usually takes about an hour and a half to two hours, with a brief outline of our mission. I am proud to announce that each aircraft in this outstanding and...

Bing Maps capture stealth Russian fighter jet - The Age | Microsoft's Bing Maps looks like it could be the next major secret-spiller making headlines. The internet search engine’s satellite-imaging service captured a stealth Russian fighter jet, which was previously thought to be ancient history....

AK Beat: F-22 from JBER picks up mayday call - Alaska Dispatch | F-22 lends a hand: A passing Air Force F-22 Raptor based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage picked up a mayday call from a downed civilian plane Monday afternoon near Talkeetna. The Alaska National Guard says one of its helicopters later picked up two people, who were not injured in the crash, near Iron Creek. The plane did not have a new emergency locator beacon, delaying its discovery by hours, according to the National Guard....

FLL Commando as seen in the 80s - Travel for Aircraft | This Curtiss C-46 Commando was still in flying service in the early 198os at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International (FLL) Airport. A man was filling the oil reservoir of the right side engine at the time these photos were taken on that slightly foggy morning. Black and white film shot in fog — an equation for nostalgia for almost any subject but especially this Commando — an aircraft which became famous flying across the Himalayas during World War II supplying the Allies in the fight against Japan....

Students fly with Dave Mathieson by Brenden Harris | It was a day two students in Kenora won't soon forget. They were selected as the winners of the essay contest, which had students outline their dreams for the future, and their plan for accomplishing their goals. The two students won a chance to fly with Super Dave Mathieson, who is also performing during the Kenora air show...

Local Pilot Tops 400 'Young Eagles' Flights - Southern Pines Pilot | All pilots in the Young Eagles program explain the safe operation of airplanes and principles of flight before the short trips. Locally, EAA members conduct these flights twice a year at the Moore County Airport. Young Eagles flights are provided by...