San Diego-Area Pilots Selected For Blue Angels 2014 Season (Video) · Beth Ford Roth | The Blue Angels have announced their team for the 2014 season, and two San Diegans (one former, one current) have made the cut. The newly-selected 2014 team members include Navy Lt. j.g. Amber 
Old warbirds take wing - maryvilledailyforum | A number of vintage World War II aircraft – along with experimental airplanes of all kinds – were on display over the weekend at the Wing Nuts Flying Circus air show in Tarkio.
WW II planes with local connection arrive - The Steubenville Herald-Star | WHEELING - An image out of America's past came to rest at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport on Monday. A B-25 bomber, designed by Wheeling native Howard "Dutch" Kindleberger, is on display on the runway for people to see. It is scheduled to be joined by a P-51 fighter plane Friday to kick off a weekend of aviation history. "All the action will begin at the airport Thursday through Sunday," airport Manager Tom Tominack said Monday afternoon....
Air show takes off again | Celebration marks 70th anniversary by Kierra Jones | After an eight-year hiatus, The Comox Air Show returns August 17. The event, which is part of the larger Armed Forces Day, celebrates the 70th year of Air Force presence in the area....
Briefs: Fly-in set for Saturday - Corning Observer | The 17th annual Old Time Fly-in is Saturday at the Colusa County Airport. The Colusa County Aviation Association hosts the event, which...
The AirVenture effect · Jamie Beckett | On a bright and beautiful central Florida morning, my phone rings. Steve McCaughey of the Seaplane Pilots Association is on the other end, upbeat and chipper as ever. Since we both live in the same town and have a common fascination with waterborne flying machines, he’s offering me a ride and a room at AirVenture, which is creeping up on the calendar. Only days remain until the gates open to throngs of visitors to Wisconsin’s most famous airport....
Jane and Charlie · Mark Hrutkay, Photorecon.net | Another sad day in the 2013 airshow season happened on June 22nd in Dayton. Jane Wicker was sitting on the “top” of the left bottom wing of her Stearman while Charlie Schwenker made a low inverted pass. Instead of a recovery with a roll to the left, the Stearman rolled right and hit the ground; both died instantly. I met Jane for a few minutes on the flight line at Sun N Fun this spring after her show. She made a great impression on me as...
Excitement's building for Red Arrows - This is Gloucestershire | LOOK out for spectacular joint fly-pasts featuring the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on Saturday. The aerobatics display team will fly in formation with British Airways' brand new Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft. The giant, two-decked airliner is the first of 12 ordered by British Airways and arrived in the UK from Toulouse this month. On Sunday, July 21, the RAF Red Arrows will perform a fly-past with an Airbus Military A400M, the RAF's future transport aircraft....
Celebration of aviation in store at 'Fly-In' No. 4 - Journal of the San Juan Islands | Mark July 27 on your calendar, the date of the 4th Annual Friday Harbor Airport Fly-In and Open House. Friday Harbor Airport draws more than its share of intriguing aircraft, antiques, warbirds and homebuilts as well. Spectators have enjoyed exciting fly-bys of rare aircraft from the Heritage Flight Museum in Bellingham and Historic Flight at Everett’s Paine Field in each of the previous three years. The Blackjack Squadron, a Fly-In favorite, will be back with its impressive formation arrival and landing...
Three Generations of Paratroopers at WWII Open Hangar Day - Press-leader | There will be plenty to see and do at this year’s Open Hanger Day(no description) slideshow | At each WWII Airborne Demonstration Team’s Jump School , the Wing Pinning Ceremony has many special moments, and this summer is gearing up to be a very special one. Kylie Hunter is an 18-year old young lady who will be the second female to attend jump school and attempt to earn her wings. If successful, her grandfather, Bobby Hunter, a WWII Veteran Paratrooper, will pin her wings during the ceremony. In addition, Bobby’s son and Kylie’s father, Robert Hunter, will be attempting to reach 100 jumps with the WWII Airborne Team, and earn his Master Parachutist wings, which will also be pinned on by Bobby...
CAROL COUNTS DOWN TO SOLO FLIGHT - Royal International Air Tattoo News | ...The former Countdown presenter has announced ambitious plans for a solo flight around the world, following the flightpath of her heroine, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Speaking shortly after arrival, she said. "I'm an airshow junkie, we try to get to lots of the airshows, and I've been coming to RIAT for the past five or six years. The Air Tattoo is the big one: it's very special because of all the military aircraft that come every year, but mainly I just love the noise!"...
Sadournin. The Patrouille de France in the village -Translated | ...The demonstration program was unveiled: the prestigious Patrouille de France will be present and run the show's 60th anniversary, the British patrol the Wingwalkers, choreographers and dance outside the aircraft in flight will also participate in the festival, the parachute team of the Air Force will be demonstrating Canopy. It is also a thirty aircraft of any type, glider aerobatics aircraft of World War II, twin-engine aircraft, vintage aircraft, aerobatics, helicopters, model airplanes, hot air balloons that will ensure the show throughout the day...
WWII B-17 plane in Auburn for week - News Sentinel | "Sentimental Journey," a WWII bomber aircraft, is in Auburn this week educating the public about the sacrifices and contributions made by servicemen and women in the armed forces. The B-17 Flying Fortress is operated by the Arizona Airbase of the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa, Ariz. It is one of only a few that still exist and fly on a regular basis. The all-volunteer B-17 crew is on a tour of the United States and will be in Auburn through Sunday....
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Eric Brown on the 162 · Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | Well it finally came in! The article "Mastering Heinkel's Minimus" by the legend Eric Brown ran in Air Enthusiast in June 1972. It was one of a series of articles by Captain Brown titled "Viewed from the cockpit", which covered most every airplane you'd be interested in from the second war. This particular article on the He-162 is the most referenced writing on the topic...
A great image of propeller vortices · Peter | I'm sure many readers have seen, either in real life or in pictures, the trails of condensation left by aircraft as they move at high speed. They usually come from...
Jessica Marais flies high in new Disney movie Planes - NEWS.com.au | Not only will Jessica Marais voice a role in the highly anticipated Disney animated film Planes, her character has been modelled on a Qantas plane - Rochelle, a confident and capable Australian plane who started running mail to small towns in Tasmania ...
Space Shuttle Blake to be featured at next month's Lehigh Valley Airshow - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com | Space Shuttle Blake is all systems go for a new mission, Parkland School District officials said Tuesday. The converted Mack Trucks vehicle that for years was the centerpiece of a Parkland science program is going to be part of the Lehigh Valley Airshow 2013. The program features a mock shuttle launch and lunar landing....
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