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Rocky Mountain Airshow debuts live on-board HD video; plans rocket launch - General Aviation News | DENVER — The Rocky Mountain Airshow, held Aug. 16-18 at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (BJC), will debut live on board aircraft HD video coverage that will be displayed o giant HD LED Screens. Spectators will see the aerobatics, performer interviews and get the feeling of being up with or inside the aircraft all weekend long. Another first for the airshow, and one that will create airshow history, is the debut of the first civilian airshow sanctioned by the FAA to have a high power sport rocket launch, according to organizers....

LiveAirShowTV Teams With Rocky Mountain for LIVE Coverage! | The Rocky Mountain Air Show has tapped LiveAirShowTV for LIVE coverage of the August 16-18 air show. Multi-camera coverage will be fed to a large LED screen on the flight line as well as broadcast live over the Internet. “We have watched this show grow over the last few years and have wanted to work with their team”, said Jeff Lee, LiveAirShowTV President. “This will be a great way to wind down the summer before school gets going again.”  The Rocky Mountain Airshow features not only the best in aerial performances, but also everything from Hot Air Balloons and now to Rockets! The Rocky Mountain BalloonFest in conjunction with the Air Show blasts the skies with a myriad of colors in a Friday night glow and morning sunrise launches....

Air Force aerobatic team puts on show to celebrate 60th anniversary - China Post | The base was opened to the public yesterday for the celebration of the anniversary and of Air Force Day, which falls officially on Aug. 14. The team's seven AT-3 jet trainers conducted a series of spectacular aerial stunts after soaring through the air in formation and creating multicolored smoke ribbons in the sky, thrilling the nearly 10,000 military fans in attendance. In addition to the air show, a variety of aircraft, helicopters and vehicles, including the F-16, IDF and Mirage 2000 jet fighters, were also on display at the base....

RAF stages fun day to thank families of personnel - Henley Standard | ABOUT 10,000 people attended a families day at RAF Benson. There were aerial displays during the afternoon from the Thales Wildcat Aerobatic Display Team, the Blades, BBMF Spitfire and RAF Falcons as well as rotary displays by the Merlin, Sea King and Chinook helicopters. Static aircraft from across the world were on display alongside activities including a Typhoon simulator, fun fair and laser tag....

B-17 Ride With A Hero - San Antonio Express (blog) | Today I had a great adventure. I read in Saturday’s Express-News about the B-17 being on display in San Antonio and learned that rides were available. I drove to the site at the airport, and walked out to see the plane. It was beautiful, it was breathtaking, it was awe-inspiring....

B-17 Bomber Coming to Winnipeg Aviation Museum - ChrisD.ca | Airplane buffs will be excited to see Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress bomber up close next week. The Western Canada Aviation Museum is bringing in the “Sentimental Journey” for a one-week visit from August 12-18. Sentimental Journey is a B-17 strategic bomber and was the first Boeing plane built with the distinctive and enormous tail for improved control and stability. The aircraft has been credited with helping the Allies win the campaign in Europe. The RCAF flew the B-17 and many Canadians served as crew members...

Museum secures funding for Lockheed Electra - General Aviation News | SEATTLE — A 1935 vintage Lockheed Model 10-E Electra transport aircraft identical to the one used by Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated trip around the world in 1937 will be the centerpiece of a permanent Earhart exhibit opening at the Museum of Flight Oct. 12...

Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire, UK Set to Open Later this Month - Warbird News | The Jet Age Museum at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton, UK is to reopen later this month, almost 13 years after it closed. Scheduled to open to the public on Saturday August 24th, the facility will be doing a “soft open,” initially open to the public only on weekends and holidays. The museum’s collection of landmark aircraft concentrates on the rich aviation history of Gloucestershire and the Gloster Aircraft Company that called it home....

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Amazing Mil Mi-24 Hind gunship air-to-air photoshoot - The Aviationist | It was this July that Filip Modrzejewski and Wojciech Mazurkiewicz, thanks to the support of the Polish Army Command and 1st Army Aviation Brigade and 56 Inowroclaw AB, took these amazing air-to-air photos of Mi-24 Hind helicopters wearing their distinctive paint scheme...

Rare da Vinci Masterpiece Will Be On View At National Air And Space Museum - Aero-News Network | 'Codex On The Flight Of Birds' To Be Shown Beginning September 13 | One of Italy's greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex on the Flight of Birds," will be exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for 40 days this fall, from Sept. 13 until Oct. 22. The extraordinary document, created ca. 1505, shows da Vinci's interest in human flight by exploring bird flight and behavior. It includes sketches and descriptions of devices and aerodynamic principles related to mechanical flight that predate the invention of the airplane by 400 years...