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The Patriots Jet Team arrives in Hillsboro: Oregon International Air Show - Oregin Live | The Oregon International Air Show doesn't officially get underway until tomorrow night, but planes are already taking to the sky for rehearsal. The event's featured performer, The Patriots Jet Team, arrived Thursday afternoon. A slew of other pilots have been tumbling and turning in Hillsboro air space this week in preparation...

Jacquie Warda, one of few female aerobatic pilots, first performed at 50: Oregon International Air Show - Oregon Live | As Jacquie Warda executes a range of tumbles and loops at the Oregon International Air Show this weekend, there will be a certain anonymity to her flight; the whirling blur of red plane more the immediate focus than her person. But ...Faribault Airfest 2013 looking for investors - southernminn.com | There are few investments out there that offer as little risk as spending some money to help support Airfest. Airfest 2013 is still looking for financial aid, but fest board co-chair Dick Schulz doesn't want you to look at it that way. The fact is, those who support Airfest get plenty in return, thus it's really an investment, not a donation (although the typical tax-deductible rules still apply)....

Cole and Rita Palen Free Flight Memorial Meet Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | RHINEBECK, N.Y.: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome will host the 9th Annual Cole and Rita Palen Memorial Free-Flight Meet on Saturday, July 27. Rubber-powered models of all types of aircraft will be flown in memory of Cole and Rita Palen, and the members of the first generation of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome who are no longer with us....

Old Rhinebeck Aerodome slates Women Fly Weekend · General Aviation News Staff | RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome will feature “Women Fly Weekend” July 27 and 28 to expand awareness among girls and young women about the fun of flying for recreation and the potential for careers in aviation. The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a not-for-profit organization specializing in early aviation. The museum and grounds boast some of the rarest authentic and replica planes from the early 1900s through the late 1930s. Every weekend between June and October vintage aircraft from the collection take to the skies to perform airshows...

Fly-In celebrates 10th anniversary - Valleyjournal | ST. IGNATIUS – Sisters Ann Deister and Jinnie Streamer checked flying in a small airplane over the Mission Mountains off their list of things to do this summer during the annual Fly-In. The sisters, both in their seventies, are getting in as much fun as they can....

Montpellier: air show of the Patrouille de France - Translated | The airshow Palavas-les-Flots is scheduled Saturday, July 27, Beach City Hall from 16 hours. From Friday 26, changes will be visible from 16 h 30 for two hours of training. It will be possible to see parachute jumps and the aerobatic team of the flying club Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon , based Fréjorgues. Starring the show, the Patrouille de France whose passage is announced at 17 pm on Friday and 20 to 17: 30 pm on Saturday....

PLA aerobatics team to attend Russian air show - Xinhua | BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The August 1st Aerobatics Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will kick off its first foreign trip next month, a Defense Ministry spokesman announced Thursday. The team will take part in the "Marx-2013" International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Moscow, which is scheduled to be held from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, according to Geng Yansheng...

Frecce Tricolori, the Club debuts on Monte Spinale. At the official opening of the Chalet Fiat 135 ° Club Frecce Tricolori "Madonna di Campiglio-Brenta Dolomites", in the presence of pilots and authorities - Translated | Authority, fans, drivers. All gathered this morning at the Chalet Fiat Madonna di Campiglio, the Monte Spinale, to greet the birth of 135 ° Club Frecce Tricolori, called just-Madonna di Campiglio Brenta Dolomites, in homage to the gorgeous mountains visible from the terrace of the restaurant-known haven , which is among other things, the official seat of the newborn association. So much enthusiasm for this new association...

Chip Yates Chasing New Records by Dean Sigler | This morning’s email brought the following missive from Chip Yates, known for his high-speed attacks on Pikes Peak, the Bonneville Salt Flats and the skies above China Lake, California. “More good news for our electric airplane programs in the lead-up to our planned attempts to set 4 FAI official world records shortly, and then break our own top speed record of 202.6 mph for electric planes in front of the 150,000 crowd at the California Capital Airshow in Sacramento October 5-6!”

Tim Mills Memorial Air Show - WISH | On Sunday, July 28th the Indianapolis Radio Control Modelers will take to the sky for the 8th Annual Tim Mills Memorial Air Show in conjunction with the Morristown Derby Days weekend. From 1-5pm radio controlled planes of all sizes and types will entertain the crowd with loops, rolls, and spins while performing a virtual dance in the sky. Aircraft as small as 2 feet weighing less than a pound to giant gasoline powered aircraft over 12 feet in wing span and weighing up to 55 pounds will perform. There will also be radio controlled helicopters, parachutists and racing planes that approach 150mph. Sport planes and scale models of World War I and World War II aircraft will also be flying for the crowd....

Fly On The B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” | WARBIRD RADIO – Take flight on the Collings Foundation’s B-17 “Nine-O-Nine”. The video starts above the ground at KHWY and ends with the wheels rolling down the runway at KSHD. Enjoy the ride across the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the flight up the Shenandoah Valley. For more info on the Collings Foundation just click on the Quick Link posted below. Thanks for watching!

WWII Summer Jump School Open Hangar Day is this Saturday - Press-leader | The Open Hangar Day and Fly-In will be held at the historic Frederick Army Airfield section of the Frederick Regional Airport, southeast of Frederick, Oklahoma,on July 27th 2012, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The World War II Airborne Demonstration Team extends a special invitation to all veterans of World War II to attend....

Museum celebrates Amelia Earhart’s birthday · General Aviation News Staff | HONOLULU, Hawaii — More than 700 people celebrated the famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart’s 116th birthday at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor,Wednesday, July 24. Families with at least one person in costume were invited to visit the museum free, view the museum’s “Amelia Earhart in Hawaii” photo exhibit, enjoy the festivities with cake and refreshments, and meet “Amelia” and members of The Aloha Chapter of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots, of which Earhart was the first president...

99s present annual awards · General Aviation News Staff | A record number of 99s, members of The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots, attended the annual international meeting in Bozeman, Montana, July 10-14. Some 60 aircraft from across the United States, nearly 300 members from four countries, and 90 guests overflowed the conference facilities....

Aero Club hosts first Aero Camp - Edwards Air Force Base | The Aero Club at Edwards AFB offered a new one week Aero Camp, from July 22 to 26, for students ages 14 to 19 to start flight and ground school training. Though students cannot fly solo until they are 16, ...

High-Flying Competition in New Clips from Disney's 'Planes' - Hollywood.com | With the release of Turbo, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, and the not so epic Epic, this summer has been characterized by a slew of animated movies about primarily non-human creatures. Next up, we can't foget Planes, Disney's upcoming picture ...

Disney Planes and the leaked photograph - Wasabi Air Racing | The photo below got leaked on Facespace yesterday by an intern on the airport (Sam Bartell). The photo shows more than we'd like, sooner than we'd like, but whatever. Enjoy...

Las Cruces Civil Air Patrol cadet achieves rank few accomplish By Lindsey Anderson | LAS CRUCES >> Christopher Medina decided during his first Civil Air Patrol cadets meeting that he would earn the organization's top rank: the Spaatz Award that bestows the rank cadet colonel on the member. Fewer than 0.05 percent of all cadets earn the rank, which requires passing 16 achievement tests and reaching five milestones over multiple years...

An even larger helicopter - Bayou Renaissance Man | A couple of days ago I put up a video clip showing the Mil Mi-26, the biggest production helicopter in the world. I mentioned at the time that the only bigger helicopter had been the Mil V-12, of which two prototypes were built in the 1960's, but which never went into production....

SpaceFest Celebrations Start in New York - Space.com | The second-annual SpaceFest kicks off in New York today (July 25) at the floating home of NASA's space shuttle prototype Enterprise. Through the weekend, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, located on the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Intrepid, will be hosting a series of space-themed events. Astronauts will be on hand to talk about what it's like to live, work and, well, go to the bathroom in orbit; a LEGO model of Enterprise will be unveiled; and Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be screened on the converted ship's flight deck....