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Uncertainty Surrounds Chicago Air & Water Show - NBC Chicago | The Chicago Air & Water Show will take flight this weekend, but the absence of several headliners has many wondering whether people will flock to the lakefront in the same numbers. This year's federal sequestration battle led to budget cuts that eliminated military planes from the Chicago show, and other shows all over the country. That means no Air Force Thunderbirds, the Navy Blue Angels or the Army Golden Knights....

Air show coming to Warsaw this weekend - Fox 28 | Some high fliers are heading to Warsaw this weekend. The Warsaw Municipal Airport is hosting an Air Show on Saturday, August 17. Events start at 9:00am and run to 3:00pm. It will include a 2 hour-long acrobatic air show at 1:00pm, a skydiver dropping in with an American flag, and plane rides....

New Garden preps for 42nd annual air show - Avon Grove Sun | For something that is approaching its 42nd showing, New Garden Flying Field’s annual air show is maintaining a remarkably fresh look. “It really has grown,” said airport manager Jon Martin, now in his fifth year of setting up and guiding the annual event that attracts thousands of visitors over the course of a weekend....

Annual Will Rogers, Wiley Post Fly-In set for Aug. 18 - Cherokee Phoenix A vintage World War II plane flies over planes parked at the annual Will Rogers and Wiley Post Fly-In in Oologah, Okla. This year will be the 78th anniversary of the death of Cherokee humorist ...

Wings Over Houston line-up announced - Your Houston News | Even without the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds, Ellington Airport will be a loud and busy place during the Wings Over Houston Airshow on the weekend of October 26 and 27. “Although the Thunderbirds and other military acts are grounded from airshows due to federal government budget cuts, this enabled us to put together a show that includes a tribute to Korean War veterans, a terrific Disney “Planes” show, amazing aerobatic performances and significantly expanded activities for children,” said Bill Roach, the Airshow’s Director....

Sep 22, 2013: Civil Air Patrol Fly-In Lunch, Open House & FAA Safety Seminar | DETAILS: Pilots, aviation enthusiasts, and the public are all invited to attend the Civil Air Patrol's Fly-inDrive-in Lunch, Open House and FAA WINGS Safety Seminar. Seminar Topic is: Surviving an aircraft emergency and an overview of CAP Search and Rescue capabilities. In addition to the FAA Wings Seminar, attendees are invited to arrive early (and stay later) to view our static aircraft fleet displays, witness our communications/tracking capabilities, try your hand at ELT Beacon ground tracking, and observe Cadet programs in action (including orientation flights and the launch of a near-space balloon). Hot-dogs, snacks and refreshments served for a small donation.

Photos: Gathering of Warbirds & Legends 2013 - Topeka, Kansas - TVR Photography

Look to the sky: amateur photographers compete at the airshow - Mission City Record | As planes take off at the Abbotsford International Airshow, amateur photographers from across the province compete for over $2,000 in prizes and the title of this year’s amateur photographer of the year. Over seventy contest finalists have gathered at the airshow, which runs all weekend in Abbotsford, to snap their best shots. Amateur photographers descended on the show from almost 30 cities including; Vernon, Kelowna, Grand Forks, North Vancouver, Surrey, Hope, Agassiz, Mission, Maple Ridge and Chilliwack....

The Patrouille de France in Centennial airshow Belvès (24) - Translated | 100 years ago, on 7 September 1913 Belvès lived his first celebration of aviation, then a single event in the Dordogne and throughout the Southwest. At the time it had taken forward by rail, an airplane parts to the field in the current college, Tournehil, where it was assembled in the middle of a crowd of onlookers....

SLIDESHOW: 140000 zoom in for Air Show - Blackpool Gazette | Around 140,000 people enjoyed Blackpool Air Show – helping make the weekend the busiest so far this season. Hoteliers had to turn people away as visitors flocked to the resort with many deciding to stay overnight. Now they are hoping the air show will be held over two days next year as well. Managing director of Marketing Blackpool Natalie Wyatt said: “This has been Blackpool’s biggest ever air show and it has been a resounding success. “We estimate 100,000 people attended the event on Sunday with around 40,000 people packing onto the Promenade yesterday so that is fantastic....

Red Arrows Halifax fly-past draws in the crowds - Halifax Evening Courier | Hundreds of people turned to the skies as the Red Arrows flew in formation over Halifax town centre. Their path took them over over Eureka! who had requested the fly-past to mark their summer playfest. People congregated in the grounds of the museum; on Beacon Hill and even on top of town centre buildings to catch a glimpse of the world famous squadron...

Bucharest International Air Show | Hakloot | ...The Baltic Bees formation of 5 aircraft of the type Aero L-39C Albatros spend a considerable amount of teim performing a significant number of aerobatic stunts....

Ezell Aviation ships off top-flight aircraft - Breckenridge American | The crew of Ezell Aviation prides itself on being at the top of its game in the aircraft industry. Nelson Ezell and his staff sent out one of the world's top-rate aircraft after plane renovations and a new paint job. Ezell Aviation housed a F8F-2 Bearcat known as “Rare Bear” since March and shipped it out yesterday. Prior to shipping the aircraft was tested and monitored by Ezell and his staff....

Ulundi 2013 - Air Race of Champions | Infozone.tv | A two-man Durban team won the Race of Champions Air Race in Ulundi on Sunday. Pilots Donovan Bailey and William O’Driscoll won their first Race of Champions as the competition moved to Ulundi from Tzaneen for the first time in its seven-year history. The Durban Wings Club members, both commercial pilots, flew their Piper Cherokee Six through the Ulundi, Estcourt, Ixopo, Scottburgh, Durban, Tugela Mouth, Ulundi course....

Video: Wasabi Reveals Hot New Formula One Air Racer! (Wasabi Siren) - AirPigz | Elliot Seguin works for Scaled Composites in Mojave California, but he also runs Wasabi Air Racing with his crew chief Jenn Whaley. They've been busy for the last couple years designing and building an all new Formula One race aircraft for Reno... it's called the Wasabi Special, but its also known as the 'Siren'. You might already know that for a while Elliot was part of Team Nemesis (Jon and Patricia Sharp, last raced in 2009) which is very well know for having been the first team to break 400mph with a Sport Class racer (actually Super Sport at the time) - and Elliot's exposure to the amazing design of the very successful Nemesis NXT has trickled down somewhat into the much smaller Continental O-200 powered Formula One Class Siren. Seems like good thinkin' to me!...

Timeless Voices - Paul Poberezny Interview Part 5 · eaavideo.org | In this fifth and final of a multi-part series, EAA Founder Paul Poberezny reflects on the history of the EAA fly-in and convention from its days in Milwaukee and Rockford to its current home in Oshkosh and his family's involvement over the years.

Texas A&M to Auction Seats in B-17 for Pre-Game Flyover - KBTX | COLLEGE STATION, Texas - COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Many members of "The Greatest Generation" had the unique experience of flying in the B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft during World War II, and now that aircraft will be part of the first Texas A&M home football game flyover on Saturday, Aug. 31....

Veteran B-17 pilot recalls bomber's role in WWII - Tonawanda News | Tonawanda News — For Richard Notebaert, the memories are still fresh in his mind – even after 70 years. The Clarence resident piloted a B-17 bomber for the United States Army Air Force during World War II, surviving 50 missions out of North Africa. The 93-year-old recently had a chance to visit an old friend when the Liberty Foundation’s 2013 Salute to Veterans Tour brought a B-17 Flying Fortress modeled after the Memphis Belle to town....

YPSILANTI: Tuskegee airmen fought racism at home to fly in war - Heritage Newspapers | Dr. John Cunningham doesn't like to use the word "Hell," but does so frequently when he describes his experiences with the Tuskegee Airmen, the popular nickname for the 332d Fighter Group, the only black pilots who flew in the Army Air Force during World War II....

NORTON: Air museum hosts evening lecture - Press-Enterprise | A Vietnam POW will be speaking at the Norton Air Force Base Museum’s first “An Evening at the Museum” on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Col. Raymond J. Merritt, USAF (Ret) received his pilot wings from the Air Force in late 1950. He first saw combat during the Korean War, flying 100 combat missions as an F-84 pilot....

New wing to honor museum founders killed in crashes - Jamestown Sun | FARGO — Supporters of the Fargo Air Museum broke ground Saturday morning on its new hangar honoring Gerry Beck and Bob Odegaard — two late area aviation pioneers. Dozens gathered at the museum Saturday while the Odegaard and Beck families as well as members of the museum’s board took the first steps toward building the addition....

Glimpse of History: A close look at new aircraft in Morristown - NJ.com | MORRISTOWN — Spectators get an up-close-and-personal look at a helicopter owned by Whippany's Suburban Propane Gas Co. at the Morristown Air Fair in this photo taken May 20, 1956. "Images of America; Hanover Township" authors Steven Hepler and Robert Krygoski reported that a wide array of aircraft were on display or in flight at the event held in Morristown. The show featured a fly-by of a formation of seven Air Force jets as well as a Navy blimp from Lakehurst Naval Air Station....

Museum of Victory over B-52 — three interpretations Travel for Aircraft
Many web search hits bring the reader to what is erroneously called “The B-52 Museum” in Hanoi — or to the location where a fallen B-52 sits in a neighborhood pond which is an outdated description. The simple answer is that a B-52 Stratofortress was shot down during the first evening of Operation Linebacker II, 18 December 1972, and Vietnam has erected a museum very near the crash site — the Ba Đình neighborhood of Hanoi (Hà Nội) — and it is named the Museum of Victory over B-52 (Bảo Tàng Chiến Thắng B.52). The B-52 wreckage has been removed from the pond...

Soviet F-5 and A-37 - The Lexicans | Weeks ago I put up a post on Western aircraft in the USSR. I featured this image of the fuselage remains of a Northrop F-5:...

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Lands at Air Mobility Command Museum Warbirds News | Last week, a US Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy landed at the Air Mobility Command Museum, located at Dover AFB in Dover, Delaware. The plane arrived with just a few day’s notice, moved from its operating base in Memphis to clear tarmac space. Due to accounting weirdness relating to the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, the plane will not officially belong to the museum until October, however....

New Hampshire man named Civil Air Patrol teacher of the year - General Aviation News | NEW HAMPSHIRE – When school teacher Dan Caron instructs in the classroom during the current school year, a new honor will have been added to his already impressive resume. He was chosen as the 2013 Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year.