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Return to the skies - PNJ.com | There’s a certain sound that’s been missing in Pensacola these past few months. There’s a sight that some may have taken for granted until it could no longer be seen. The roar of the jets. The sight of outstanding aerial acrobatics.They’ve been sorely missed in the months since Pensacola’s hometown heroes, the Navy’s elite flight demonstration squad, the Blue Angels, were grounded by the government sequester earlier this year....

Snowbirds set to perform in Prince Rupert - Prince Rupert Northern View | The Snowbirds have confirmed an Aug. 14 aerobatic performance in Prince Rupert, but spectators shouldn't expect the day-long festival they enjoyed two years ago. The event this year will feature a 45-minute aeronautic performance only. In 2011 Prince Rupert was treated to a pre-show celebration with live music, vendors and children's activities, costing the city $11,000, but this year budgetary constraints have forced organizers to scale drastically back....

Air Show Report: HAG Flyparty 2013 was Full of Surprises · Warbirds News | The fifth annual Historical Aircraft Group’s (HAG) HAG Fly Party was held recently at the historic Montagnana Airfield in Montagnana, Italy. The air show saw the field invaded with the best of the best of the Mediterranean historic aircraft scene, infused with the colors, sounds and emotion of landmark aircraft in flight for the record-setting crowds....

17th AirFest soars into Grass Valley - theunion.com | Attendees of the Nevada County AirFest have
lofty expectations for the airplane enthusiasts’ event that has drawn thousands annually for nearly two decades. AirFest chairman Tim O’Brien expects this year’s event won’t ground those expectations. “It takes the most rare and exotic vintage airplanes and puts them on display at a very little airport and flies them in a photogenic and personal way that is different from other air shows,” O’Brien said. “It’s rare to get this kind of close and intimate experience.”...

Planes of Fame Living History Event To Salute The F4U Corsair – August 3rd · WarbirdRadio.com | According to a recent news release Planes of Fame Air Museum will soon hosts its monthly Living History Event. Open to the public, the Museum doors open at 9:00am. The theme for August 3 is the “Whistling Death – Solomon Islands”, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair. The featured speakers will present on the topic. Following the presentation, the F4U will perform a demonstration flight. At 12:00 noon, following the presentation, there will also be a Membership Sponsored raffle flight....

Crowds of all ages pack Arlington Fly-In - HeraldNet | ARLINGTON -- For experimental aircraft builders, World War II history buffs and kids who love jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics, Arlington's annual Fly-In is a must.The Fly-In, which attracts pilots from around the country and families from around the region, continues today and Saturday at Arlington Municipal Airport....

Air show is Saturday - alamosanews. com | The San Luis Valley Pilots Association will hold its Annual Fly-In Breakfast and Airshow on Saturday, July 13, at the SLV Regional Airport-Bergman Field, Alamosa, with pancake breakfast served from 7-10 a.m. The fantastic airshow program will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at noon. Lunch will also be available. The airshow will feature aerobatic demonstrations, vintage warbirds, and flying demonstrations of various aircraft, as well as, aircraft on display...

Central Maine Everything That Flies Fly In July 19-20 - Morning Sentinel | PITTSFIELD -- During annual Pittsfield Egg Festival Monday through July 20, the EAA Chapter 736 The Central Maine Everything That Flies Fly In will be held at Pittsfield Municipal Airport 2B7. On Friday, July 19, various aircraft may begin arriving for the Fly In, campers and CAP team for Fly In arrive, exhibitors set up, EAA staff and Curtis Air finalize preparations to host the Fly In....

VIDEO. 14-July: Michel Drucker embedded with the Patrouille de France - Translated | The parade is traditionally opened by the pilot to the famous pastel combination. In their ranks this year, a guest: Michel Drucker. | This is the famous Patrouille de France, the emblem of the air force, which will open the military parade, Sunday, July 14. This year, a special guest will be aboard the jet leader: Michel Drucker. TV man, but also a helicopter pilot and a reserve colonel in the Air Force, he has been patron of the patrol in 1990. He then received the famous pastel combination. 23 years later, it still fits him like a glove....

Vintage aircraft set to come to Comox Air Show - Canada.com | As more Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft are continually added to the line up planning to attend the Comox Air Show, several vintage and historic flight organizations have announced their intent to visit the Comox Valley as well. "We will have aircraft from organizations like Vintage Wings of Canada, Historic Flight Foundation from Washington State, and the Cascade Warbirds from across the Pacific Northwest," said Air Show Director, Major Dwayne Kerr...

Lift off: Sunderland International Airshow is officially launched ... in Newcastle - Sunderland Echo | THE 25th Sunderland International Airshow was officially launched today – in the unlikely surroundings of Newcastle Airport. The airshow takes place on July 26, 27 and 28, and guest-of-honour at today’s event was a Tucano T1 – a modified version of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-312 Tucano aircraft....

Blue Angels gag shirts flying off the shelves - Pensacola News Journal | Sequestration sells, at least in the form of souvenir T-shirts that joke about the grounding of the Blue Angels.Although federal budget cuts will prevent the Blues from flying in the Pensacola Beach Air Show today and Saturday, customers are briskly placing orders in advance for new T-shirts emblazoned with a cartoon depiction of the elite flight demonstration team sitting on the sand watching civilian stunt pilots perform....

“Blue Thunder II Crew Report” June 2013 | The week of June 8 –15 saw the formation clinic and the pylon racing clinic take place here at the Stead airport here in Reno. The week started out with some major briefings on formation flying from Bob Mills. Lee Behel and Bob Mills scheduled two to three sorties per day for each attending aircraft in three to four separate flights all with separate practice areas. My hat is off to Lee and Bob…

Gone West: Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams - Aero-News Network | Went On To Be A Teacher, Lead Local Lincoln, NE NAACP | Another of the renowned Tuskegee Airmen has gone west. Paul Adams, who had joined the Army after graduating from South Carolina State University, passed away in Lincoln, NE Sunday at the age of 92. According to an obituary in the Lincoln Journal Star, Adams participated in nine major campaigns during WWII, and was the recipient of the Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters. The Army transferred Adams to Lincoln in 1962, and he retired a year later....

Airman Missing From Vietnam War Identified - Aero News Network | Air Force Maj. Larry J. Hanley Went Down November 4, 1969 | The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced this week that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors....

RIVERSIDE: C-5 expert to Speak at March Field Air Museum - Press-Enterprise | March Field Air Museum will present a one-hour briefing by Lt. Col. Tom Maxwell, USAF (Ret.) on the C-5 aircraft on Saturday, July 13, at 1 p.m. Maxwell is a former USAF pilot, aerospace executive, and test pilot instructor. His Air Force career included the accumulation of over 6,000 hours in numerous high-performance and transport aircraft, including the giant Lockheed C-5A Galaxy and the C-17. Maxwell was a member of a team that developed the requirements for a new USAF Transport, the C-17....

Normandy Invasion — viewing in a different way by travelforaircraft | ...Airpower is addressed just as well as the infantry and armor aspects of the combat. The start of the invasion is shown with the courage and initiative of airborne forces. Strategic bombers did well when on interdiction missions but were ineffective to worse in other missions with Vansant illustrating the killing of the highest ranking Allied officer in an air raid gone wrong. Also shown is how, with the skies flooded with fighter and attack aircraft, the German Panzers were forced to be immobile during much of the daylight hours over the course of the battle....

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ TAKES FLIGHT WITH NEW SEASON OF AERIAL AMERICA | NEW Season Kicks off on Sunday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT | With Themed Specials that Soar to “Amazing Destinations” and “Beyond Hollywood” and Episodes that Fly Above New States | The most expansive series of U.S. aerial adventures in television history continues this summer as Smithsonian Channel’s AERIAL AMERICA takes flight with an all-new season of new episodes beginning Sunday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This season, the series soars high above new states such as Montana, Ohio, Minnesota and West Virginia. Viewers can also find a brand-new twist: themed specials that present an array of our nation’s most intriguing and iconic places across several states, including “Amazing Destinations,” “Made in the USA,” and “Beyond Hollywood.” First launched in 2008, AERIAL AMERICA is now 37 states into its epic quest to capture all 50 states from the air, from their historical treasures and cultural landmarks to places far off the beaten path. AERIAL AMERICA offers the ultimate “bird’s eye view” of our country and its wonders. Shot from a helicopter equipped with a state-of-the-art Cineflex V-14 HD camera system, each episode gives rare glimpses from breathtaking heights of the unmatched beauty, rich history and astonishing sights each of the states has to offer....

Human-powered helicopter takes prize with record-breaking flight - NBCNews.com (blog) | A Kickstarter-backed project has succeeded in flying a human-powered helicopter for a full minute, setting records and taking home the $250,000 prize from a decades-old challenge.Aerovolo, the team behind the "Atlas" helicopter device, raised over $34,000 last May with the intent of pursuing the Sikorsky prize, established in 1980....

AeroVelo Captures Sikorsky Prize by Dean Sigler, Cafe Foundation | This was not their first rodeo. Core members of the AeroVelo human-powered helicopter team, “Have been working together since 2006 on the world record setting Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter as well as the series of high-speed streamlined bicycles. Over the course of the various projects we have built a wealth of experience in human performance, lightweight composite construction, and advanced aerodynamic design.”

Ron Rapp · Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | As many of your know, Ron Rapp is part of the Blogging In Formation team. The first week each month, the six of us get together and blog on the same topic. But more than blogging, Ron is a pilot that we can all admire. ...Ron Rapp is an ATP-rated pilot, who has experience in more than 50 aircraft types, including tailwheel, aerobatics, formation flying, gliders, seaplanes, turboprops, business jets, warbirds, experimentals, radials, glass panels, and more! But how does he make his money?...

Air vs. Land: The Long History of Races Between Aircraft and Sports Vehicles · Warbirds News | This article was inspired by a recent stunt organized by FortyOneSix.com ahead of this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a Range Rover Sport on occasion of its unveiling went head-to-head against a Spitfire TR 9. The Range Rover Sport’s 510-horsepower supercharged V8 engine was pitted against the Spitfire’s 1,750-hp supercharged V12. The aircraft in this video, SM520 started life as a Spitfire HF IXe high-level fighter in November 1944. In 1948 it was sold to the South African Air Force and eventually became one of several Spitfires lying derelict in a metal scrapyard at Maitland, Cape Town. It was rescued in 1981 and in 2002 was converted into a replica of a TR-9 two-seat trainer, of which a handful were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Air Force after the Second World War....

Disney Planes: Learning to Draw with Story Artist Art Hernandez - Babble | He is a head of story at Disneytoon Studios and had a big hand in creating the animation for Disney Planes. In order to get it just right, Hernandez became a “virtual aviation expert,” studying how planes work and look in order to distill those ...

Have a Closer Look at the 2014 Ford Mustang USAF Thunderbirds Edition ... - autoevolution | Revealed about a week ago, the 2014 Ford Mustang US Air Force Thunderbird Edition was closely inspected by our friend over at Mustangs Daily.. Good news we might add, because now you can have a closer look at this unique musclecar as well...

Local pilot helps young people discover flight - Highland Community News | An area pilot has now given more than 200 young people a free demonstration airplane ride as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, which is introducing a new generation to the world of flight. Among the more than 45,000 ...

Italian Astronaut takes “out-of-the-world” photos during his first spacewalk · David Cenciotti | Luca Parmitano is a 36-year old Italian astronaut and Italian Air Force test pilot. He’s curently orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station....