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CAF Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of AIRSHO - PR Web | Warbirds invade West Texas for the 50th Annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) AIRSHO presented by Western National Bank on Oct. 12-13. This milestone AIRSHO will feature Texas Flying Legends, a fantastic collection of warbirds, and some of today's...

NAS requests Novemebr air show be expanded to Pensacola Beach - WEAR | Some breaking News today about the air show this fall. Right now a civilian air show is expected to take place on the Friday of Veterans Day weekend, November 8th, aboard NAS Pensacola....

CNE air show will be missing the American exhibitors this year - Canada.com | The Canadian
International Air Show at Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition is usually a huge crowd draw, and the entire city can feel the jet engines as they roar over the waterfront. But this year, the show will be a little smaller than normal....

Inaugural air show draws crowds - Hillsdale.net | HILLSDALE — Thousands of feet in the air, the roar of the FM-2 Wildcat fighter aircraft could be heard as it screamed past hundreds of spectators at the Hillsdale County Air Show Saturday at the Hillsdale County Municipal Airport. The Wildcat was one of more than a dozen planes on hand that thrilled onlookers with precision flying and stunts on a picturesque afternoon....

Aerobatic pilots put on a show for annual Hammerfest in Llano - The River Cities Sunday Tribune | LLANO — Oh, those magnificent men (and women) and their flying machines take to the air above Llano on Aug. 31-Sept. 1 for the annual Hammerfest. “It’s an (International Aerobatic Club) competition,” said pilot and Austin IAC Chapter 107 member Jack Stovall. “The planes that you’ll see there are purpose-built for aerobatics.”...

Flight Of The Warbirds: WWII Planes Take To Jersey Shore Skies - Patch.com | The Collings Foundation's annual "Wings of Freedom Tour" landed at Monmouth Executive Airport this weekend.

14 AIR & SPACE MUSEUM AIR & SPACE HALL OF FAME TAPS 14 FOR ... - U-T San Diego | Two sky divers who took death-defying leaps, three astronauts who traveled to the moon and a pilot who safely landed an airliner in New York's Hudson River highlight this year's list of inductees to the San Diego Air & Space Museum's International Hall ...

Video: Tazewell County Air Show 2013 - clipwings.com

Lehigh Valley Airshow drew more than 40000 - Allentown Morning Call | Near-perfect weather and 16 years of pent-up demand helped the Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow soar to heights that surprised even the most optimistic airport officials. But with big crowds came big headaches, as more than 40,000 people flocked to a Lehigh Valley International Airport airfield that initially was expected to draw about 15,000...

Featured Video: Lake Sangchris Airpark Fly-In Attracts Fly Baby and Cessna 150  - The Aero Experience | Cessna 150 Pilot Jeff Wilson provided this video from his flight with a Fly Baby last weekend:

Wow! Dawlish Air show delights the holiday crowds - This is Cornwall | Thousands of people lined the coast on Saturday to watch a free flying display as part of a renowned air show. Sunshine and blue skies made perfect conditions for the Dawlish Air Show where a British Army helicopter gunship made its debut in the static display...

Bournemouth Air Festival 2 days to go: Charity auction for Jon Egging - Bournemouth Echo | A PAINTING signed by the late Red Arrow pilot, Jon Egging, will be up for auction at a charity fundraiser this week. The artwork, called Eagle Bend by Colin van Geffen, was signed by Jon Egging, as well as the rest of the 2011 Red Arrow team, on the night before he lost his life after an air display for the Bournemouth Air Festival, on August 20, 2011...

Final MAKS-2013 Airshow Rehearsal Held in Zhukovsky - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – After being delayed twice over the weekend, the final rehearsal of Russia's MAKS-2013 airshow, involving three new T-50 fifth-generation fighter jets, took place at the Zhukovsky airfield on Monday. One of the ...

Video: Building The Gee Bee Q.E.D. Replica (And First Flight Coming Soon!) - AirPigz | Back in May I posted a pic and a link to more pix of the amazing Gee Bee Q.E.D. replica being built by Jim Moss out in the pacific northwest. This recently released high-quality video shares so many more details about the project, and the team of builders that have come together to make it all possible. Both the size and the workmanship on this airplane...

'Flying Fortress'B-17 flies into Philadelphia - Philly.com | "OLD JOE" sat in his wheelchair just off the tarmac at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport yesterday, awe-struck by a beautiful lady he'd known as a young man but was now afraid to take out for a ride - a B-17 World War II bomber. "I'm 94. I have a pacemaker. I'm afraid my adrenaline would get too much," Joseph Blinebury said. "I'd be so thrilled that I'm liable to have a heart attack."...

WWII B-17 Flying Fortress coming to Bismarck Airport - Bismarck Tribune | One of the last flying World War II B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours Thursday to Monday at the Bismarck Municipal Airport. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the United States Air Force against Nazi Germany. Of the 12,731 built, fewer than 10 remain in flying condition and only a very few fly regularly...

Vintage B-17 bomber on display at Prince Albert airport - CBC.ca | A rare B-17 bomber — restored to military specifications — has touched down in Prince Albert. The plane, built in 1943, is one of only about 10 left in the world that can fly. "To get it here, I think, is something pretty special," Bob Spracklin, president of the Prairie Heritage Air Show Society said Monday. People will be able to tour the plane at the airport in Prince Albert...

Bomber Landing Puts Vote On CAF Move On The Radar 8/26/13 - KOSA | MIDLAND-It was a big day for fans of the Commemorative Air Force Museum. The beloved B-29 bomber FiFi came for a stay at the Midland base. It was a beautiful site--the landing of the world's only still operational B-29. For CAF member and veteran Jimmy Parker, it's a bittersweet reminder of what the CAF here in Midland has already lost...

A Single Daring Act - airspacemag.com | Memoirs of Korea by an acclaimed novelist. | By the end of the war, Sabre pilots had attained a kill ratio of 10 to 1 against MiG-15s. Most of the aerial warfare took place along the Yalu River in an area nicknamed MiG Alley.

Saturday 'Boneyard' tours set for Aug. 31 - Inside Tucson Business | Curious passersby who have always wanted to get a closer look at the slumbering aircraft inside Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s iconic “Boneyard” but found that guided tours only run during typical working hours can finally get a peek during a special Saturday tour...

Air Aces series presented on Air Force Museum’s giant screen - General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — In a partnership brokered by Reel Stuff Aviation Resources, the Military Channel’s new six-part series, Air Aces, is simultaneously being screened at the newly renovated Air Force Museum Theatre. Air Aces, which had its U.S. broadcast premier on Aug. 4, is a series of one-hour episodes that profiles some of the most heroic and courageous military pilots that ever flew. The Air Force Museum Theatre features 7.1-plus surround sound and state-of-the-art 4K digital projection onto an 80-foot wide giant screen....

Gathering Definitely Makes a Difference - WAI Connect Blog | When Samara Hull wrote a paper for school about her goal of becoming a pilot, the two guys in her class who also wanted to be pilots were not expecting to hear that she already had experience in the air...

Can you help with this documentary?` - WAI Connect Blog | Mayo Woman pioneer Aviator: Help wanted for documentary | A documentary is currently in production on Nancy Corrigan, one of the first female pilots. A County Mayo woman who in 1929, at 17 years of age, emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, with only a basic education and went on to become one of the first women pilots. She trained air cadets for the US Military during World War II. Nancy also took part in Air Races. She was the second woman ever to gain a commercial pilot's licence...

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway - Warbirds News | It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane which had been sitting underwater for over 70 years, were trucked to the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK. Since its arrival its fuselage and major components have been placed in hydration tunnels and are kept bathed in a mild citric acid solution to soften and loosen the marine life and corrosion that built up over its many decades submerged in salt water....

AVRO Arrow Artifacts Media Photo Opportunity Supports Mississauga's New ... - City of Mississauga | Additional artifacts from the Canadian Air & Space Museum will also be on hand. Event Details What/Why: A media photo opportunity including artifacts from the AVRO Arrow. In the future, the City will expand the museum's collection to offer more off ...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Cobra walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This park […]

Pilot, Minister, and Servant to Others: Brian Kissinger Turns Challenges into Opportunities - The Aero Experience | There will be a gathering of the St. Louis metropolitan area aviation community on Labor Day to raise money for local charities, and it is no surprise that the idea was conceived by pilot, itinerant minister and two-time brain cancer survivor Brian Kissinger. Since setting his third world speed record...

A stunt pilot's view on Disney's Planes - The Guardian | Early on, Dusty takes part in a training race around a series of pylons – very much like the Red Bull Air Race, an international competition in which pilots navigate obstacles at speed. Some of the aeroplanes bump into the pylons – yes, it has happened ...

Extremely rare video shows Gaddafi’s Air Force aerial refueling trials (and failures) in the mid 1990s - The Aviationist | The following footage shows Mirage F1ADs and Mig-23s refueling from Il-76T and C-130s during trials reportedly conducted between the end of the 1980s and 1994. Noteworthy, at min 04:19 you can see a Gaddafi’s Mirage’s IFR (In Flight Refueling) probe disintegrating after a successful plug into an aerial refueling basket...