SPIRIT OF ALABAMA: David Tickle and the Blue Angels - Alabama's13.com | Right After World War II, the US Navy Flight Demonstration squadron was created – today, they're commonly referred to as the Blue Angels. Their mission was to demonstrate the precision, speed, training and teamwork that navy pilots must have to fly missions during times of peace and war...
Air Fair Set For August 24 - kbhr933 | Big Bear City, CA, August 20, 2013 — This Saturday, the Big
Bear City Airport presents Big Bear Air Fair 2013 with the theme, “Celebrating 110 Years of Flight.” Admission is just $2, and the event will last from 9:00 AM. to 4:00 PM. The event organizers promise vintage Warbirds, a P-47 Thunderbolt, a F3F Wildcat, a F6F Hellcat, a F8F Bearcat, an Mk XIV Spitfire and Zero...
Wurtsmith Air Museum fly-in lives up to its name - Iosco County News Herald | OSCODA — Thirty-five pilots landed aircraft at the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda on Saturday, taking part in the annual Wurtsmith Air Museum Fly-In, held at the museum...
Fun takes flight in Coles County when free air show returns Saturday - Herald & Review | MATTOON — A famous cartoon dog and a school bus will join traditional aircraft performing at the annual air show Saturday at Coles County Memorial Airport. The 12th annual show will feature several World War II-era planes, Snoopy on a jet-powered dog house and the return of a jet-powered school bus. The airport is on Illinois 16 between Charleston and Mattoon. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Saturday, and the show is scheduled for noon to 3 p.m...
Aviation enthusiasts to gather this weekend for fly-in; Free flights for youth - Urbana Daily Citizen | Aviators and flight enthusiasts will celebrate their passion at Urbana’s annual Mid Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI) at Grimes Field this weekend. Youths age 8 to 17 will get a chance to experience flight first-hand as part of the Young Eagles program. The 47th annual MERFI will be held from 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, through 1 p.m. Sunday at Grimes Field in Urbana...
Memphis Air Show set for Sept. 27-29 - Memphis Commercial Appeal | The biennial Memphis Air Show, presented by FedEx Express, will return to Millington Regional Jetport Sept. 27-29 with more than 15 aerial performers including the Canadian Snowbirds. The show, a fundraiser for 18 charities, will feature flyovers and demonstrations, aviation displays, carnival rides and a go-kart track...
Treat for plane lovers - Southland Times | The only airworthy Avro Anson from World War II will fly at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow next Easter. The twin-engine aircraft were a popular coastal reconnaissance bomber that performed anti-submarine, convoy protection and crew training duties...
B-17, other vintage planes set for takeoff - Brandon Sun | The Sentimental Journey, a Second World War-era B-17 bomber, rests on the tarmac near the Brandon Flying Club on Monday evening. The aircraft, based in Mesa, Ariz., is the centrepiece of this Thursday’s show at the Brandon Municipal Airport. It’s a rare opportunity to take a flight back in time....
Canceled air shows chill a joy of summer - MSN Money | In many parts of the country, the annual air show is as much a part of summer as the local carnival or a night out at the movies. But there's been a change this year. Sequestration -- the across-the-board federal budget cuts mandated by Congress -- has grounded the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds. These are the precision flight teams that usually tour the country by taking part in American air shows. Also affected is the Army's Golden Knights parachute team....
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Veteran race pilot Matt Jackson joins MTM board - Tehachapi News | Veteran air race pilot and aircraft restoration expert Matt Jackson has joined the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation as Director of Aircraft Maintenance and member of the board of directors. Jackson, based in Van Nuys, has flown more Unlimited class race planes than any other pilot in the history of the Reno air races....
Gold ring traded for food by WWII POW finally makes it back home - msnNOW | Second Lt. David C. Cox traded a gold aviator ring his parents had given him for a couple of chocolate bars while he was a POW during World War II. Last week, his son, David C. Cox Jr., opened a package from Germany in his Raleigh, N.C., living room and pulled out the ring.The ring's return was aided by Mark Turner, a military air traffic controller stationed in Bavaria. While at dinner with his neighbor, Martin Kiss, Turner heard the story of a Russian soldier trading a gold ring for room and board with the Kiss family. Turner took to the...
NASA Martin WB-57F Canberra Returns to Skies, Making its First Flight in 41 Years - Warbirds News | All too often when planes are sent to long-term storage by the military it’s just a pause along their path to the grave. While the US has the advantage of desert storage facilities that slow the decomposition process, more often than not the planes are picked apart for parts or just stay a while before being scrapped. One plane that has escaped this fate is a Martin WB-57F Canberra which NASA pulled out of storage where it had been languishing for around four decades and brought it back to life. The Canberra took to the air earlier this month on its first flight since Nixon was president...
F4 Phantom II Carries Personal Touch at Palm Springs Air Museum - Palm Springs Life | F4 Phantom II Carries Personal Touch at Palm Springs Air Museum | Fuselage bears late commander's name thanks to his squadron's fundraiser | Aviation and history buffs will have a rare opportunity to sit behind the controls of the F4 Phantom II from 1-3 p.m. Aug. 24 as the Palm Springs Air Museum hosts its final “Open Cockpit” event. Currently on loan from the U.S. Navy, this particular Phantom fighter jet will not fly (the engine has been removed), but it has special significance to the museum. Naval Commander Wayne “Deacon” Connel was not only the captain of a squadron that actually flew this type of jet during the Vietnam War, he was a volunteer docent in the museum’s Pacific Hanger....
Gorgeous - The Lexicans | Hats off to Mark Fajardin, Sr., Director of Acquisitions at the Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. This A-6 is Buno 155595 and Mark has done an outstanding job of restoring the jet...
Revamp for jet aircraft at Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | ONE of the jewels of the Yorkshire Air Museum’s collection is being freshened up with a lick of paint. The Hawker Hunter T.7 – a subsonic British jet aircraft developed in the 1950s – is undergoing its second repaint since arriving at the museum nearly 20 years ago. It is being repainted in the colour scheme of the lead aircraft of the Blue Diamonds formation team, the forerunner of the Red Arrows...
Four WWI turning points in one simple patch -Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | BEALE 
A new life for this old veteran? - General Aviation News | Globe-circling DC-7Cs, the ultimate in Douglas’ legendary piston airliner line, were billed (in a play on words) as “The Seven Seas.” In fact, they were also “globe-topping.” SAS used them beginning in 1957 for its unique polar passenger flights from Scandinavia. Developed initially for non-stop NY-LA flights in less than eight hours, the design could reliably complete the westbound trans-con non-stop after progressing to the DC-7B and DC-7C versions. A total of 338 were built in all....
New President of AOPA Announced Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | FREDERICK, Md.- Mark R. Baker, a longtime general aviation (GA) pilot, has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world's largest aviation association. Baker is only the fifth AOPA president since the association's founding nearly 75 years ago...
Sporty’s founder to speak at Atlanta Aero Club - General Aviation News | Hal Shevers, the iconic founder of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bimonthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club Sept. 12. Since founding Sporty’s in 1961, Shevers is one of the most recognizable entrepreneurs in general aviation. Starting with one product he sold out of the trunk of his car, a small radio that picked up Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower transmissions, Shevers built his company into the world’s largest pilot shop...
Young Eagles in the air - My Eastern Shore | MASSEY — Under a blue sky, with a moderate temperature for August and a light breeze, the Massey Air Museum was buzzing with light planes. Saturday, Aug. 17 was the annual Young Eagles day. The museum’s John Williamson said, “We had a big crowd and everyone enjoyed it.”...
FAA Grants Restrictive Young Eagles Exemption - Flying Magazine | In response to a petition filed by EAA in the spring of 2012, the FAA recently granted a partial exemption from sections of 14 CFR 61.113, allowing pilots to receive compensation for flights under the EAA Eagle Flight and Young Eagles programs. While the petition included sport and recreational pilots, the FAA exemption applies only to pilots holding private pilot certificates or higher. “The inherent limitations of the recreational pilot and sport pilot certificate do not lend themselves to quasi-commercial flying of this nature,” the FAA said...
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