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Lehigh Valley Airshow stunts impress visitors; traffic headaches arise - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com | Lehigh Valley International Airport’s runways saw a bit more action than usual today as private planes performed eye-popping tricks amid the backdrop of landing commercial airliners. A contingent of planes dipped, nosedived and shot up into the air at the start of the Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow at the Hanover Township, Lehigh County, airport....

Airshow soars through the Valley - Allentown Morning Call | Seated on a folding chair under a cloudless blue sky, an awestruck Ron Sierzega cocked his head upward and watched the fighter jets streak by. "It's just awesome," he said as four L-39 Albatroses that make up the Black Diamonds soared overhead in tight formation. "It seems as though they're roped to each other."...

Local residents treated to "old school" air show - WKTV | FRANKFORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - Frankfort residents received a blast from the past, as a 1930's/1940's-style air show took place at Highland Airport, Saturday. The 12th Annual Radio Control Airshow included combat demonstrations, giant scale aerobatics, clown flying acts, and vintage flying models, dazzling local residents on a beautiful day in August...

Air show raises money for Wounded Warriors - UpNorthLive.com | BENZIE COUNTY -- The Benzie Area Radio Control club (BARC) held their 16th Annual Model Aircraft Show on Saturday, but changed things up this year by donating what they raised to a special cause. There were model planes of all different shapes and sizes at the show held at the Thompsonville Airport. Hundreds of spectators watched as pilots made their aircrafts dip, dive, twirl, and jet through the air...

Owatonna airport hosts aviation-filled weekend for area residents, WWII ... - Southernminn.com | OWATONNA — When the Minnesota Wing of Commemorative Air Force landed its World War II aircraft at the Owatonna Degner Regional Airport Saturday, Jim Fairchild had a smile on his face. “I like airplanes,” Fairchild said. Fairchild of Owatonna said he has a pilot’s license, but hasn’t flown in years...

Russian air show rehearsals canceled - UPI.com | MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Rehearsals for a major Russian air show were postponed after media reports said several planes suffered mechanical failures and couldn't get off the ground. The MAKS-2013 air show, set to run in Moscow from Tuesday to Sept. 1, will draw 100,000 visitors per day, organizers said. But rehearsals were halted, officially due to poor weather...

Fifth Annual EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6 Oconto Fly-In: 9/14/13 - Warbirds News | The air will be filled with excitement at the 5th Annual Oconto Fly-In hosted by Wisconsin’s EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6. The event will take place at the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto, Wisconsin on Saturday September 14th 2013 with gates opening at 9am with festivities running throughout the day until 5pm. Admission is $4 per person and children under 12 are FREE.

Cascades airshow lifts off Video: Restored World War II bomber flies at Airshow - Bend Bulletin | MADRAS — At the edge of the taxiway at the Madras Airport on Saturday afternoon, a B-17 bomber paused in front of the VIP tent at the Airshow of the Cascades. Already nearly close enough to reach out and touch its wing, the VIPs crowded in to take a better look, just in time for the plane to belch a cloud of pungent black smoke directly into the tent...

The 23rd annual Fly/In Cruise/In to take place Aug. 31 - Chronicle-Tribune | The event features a number of air and motor vehicles. The Tri-Motor Ford 5-AT will offer rides from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the purchase of a ticket. Food tickets for the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast are also available for purchase. All proceeds from those sales will benefit the Marion High School Band.

Labor Day Benefit Event to Be Held at St. Louis Downtown Airport The Aero Experience | Flyer

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Warbird Nose Art Is Still Popular Attraction - The Aero Experience | In any large gathering of aircraft, there will be a number of examples of what is traditionally known as "nose art," here loosely defined as a personalized emblem or nickname given to an aircraft and applied near the nose of the aircraft. Finding examples of nose art at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, with over 10,000 aircraft in attendance, was not difficult - it was more a matter of how many examples would be missed during the week. Nose art is most...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: More Aircraft Markings - The Aero Experience | With so many aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year, there were bound to be interesting markings besides the typical "nose art" featured in the previous post. Again using warbirds and...

Grandfather a nearly famous B-17 crew chief - Concord Monitor | Looking over the .50 caliber waist guns of the B-17 flying low over Hooksett, it was easy to imagine ourselves transported back 70 years to the skies over Europe. Except of course, we were warm. We were within sight of a safe landing strip. And no one was shooting at us...

Residents, vets enjoy flights in Vietnam-era helicopters - Dothan Eagle | OZARK – Dozens of area residents and military veterans showed up at Blackwell Field Airport on Saturday for the unique chance to fly in Vietnam-era U.S. Army helicopters. The Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark partnered with the Hampton, Ga.-based Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to present an open house event of sorts, celebrating the permanent arrival of a UH-1H Huey N104HF and an AH-1F Cobra Attack Helicopter N766HF to Ozark. ...

Historic Aircraft Finds Permanent Home in Ozark - WTVY, Dothan | OZARK -- Veterans, soldiers and civilians all connected today at Blackwell Field Airport. They had the chance to ride in a UH-1H Huey and an AH-1F Cobra Attack Helicopter. The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and the Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark chose to permanently station the two aircrafts in Ozark...

Students experience rides aboard Yak 52s · General Aviation News Staff | FRANKFORT, Kentucky — Several students from the Institute of Aerospace Education recently met at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky, to fly in Yak 52s. Six Yak pilots from around the country gathered at the airport, letting each student experience formation flight in these amazing World War II Warbirds...

Virgin launches glass-bottomed plane - Virgin.com | I’m thrilled to announce that Virgin has created another world-first with the introduction of the technology required to produce the world’s first glass-bottomed plane. This technological innovation coincides with the start of Virgin Atlantic Airways’ first ever domestic service to Scotland...

NASA to crash helicopter to study safety · General Aviation News Staff | NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. The test is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 28, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va...