LONG OVERDUE! Bob Hoover Nominated For NAA's Wright Brothers Trophy - Aero News Network | Nominating Letter Signed By An Astounding Group Of 19 Leaders From The Aviation Industry | A veritable "Who's Who" in the aviation community has banded together to nominate legendary aviator Bob Hoover for the National Aeronautic Association's (NAA) Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy -- an honor that many think is LONG overdue (and yes, we quite agree with that sentiment -- ANN E-I-C). As a matter of fact, the big question is simply this... why did it take so long for the legendary (in every meaning of the word) Bob Hoover to be even considered for an honor that he is so clearly suited for? This can't possible be the first time his name has come up...
Video: THE WORLD'S FASTEST MOTORSPORT - BreitlingOfficial | Reno. Nevada. Each year, in September, an array of original planes converge on Stead Airport to take part in one of the world's great aviation venues, the famous Reno "pylon races". Flying at dizzying speeds, these aircraft face off one courses traced out in the desert, just a few feet off the ground. Their motto: Fly low, fly fast, turn left. Loyal to its passion for aeronautics, Breitling actively supports this...
National Aviation Heritage Invitational · UPDATE: Here's our most recent list of participants--record number: 35!! We are thrilled to be celebrating our 15 year anniversary at the National Championship Air Races as they celebrate 50 years!
Deer Park pilot flies to National Championship Air Races - The Spokesman-Review | The 50th National Championship Air Races will take place north of Reno, Nev., from Sept. 11-15. Deer Park pilot Matt Burrows will compete for the first time. Each September, tens of thousands of spectators flock to Nevada to watch precision pilots chase one another around pylons rising 50 feet off the desert floor. Matt Burrows made his first pilgrimage there to watch in 1978, the same year he got his own pilot’s license....
2010 & 2012 Reno Air Race Photo Gallery by Tatsuo “Ken” Sakurai Warbirdbabe's Blog | Each year, world class photographers meet at Stead Air Force Base in Reno, Nevada to capture breathtaking pictures of grand aircraft – old and new, exceptional pilots, race fans and many of the small intricacies that most eyes overlook at this extraordinary event, The National Championship Air Races and Air Show. Ultimately, feelings of awe, joy, excitement, and many other emotions unique to each individual, are captured in these photographs, all in a collective moment in time....
Pilot, Cancer Survivor Brian Kissinger Promotes Labor Day Benefit Event on Dave Glover's Radio Talk Show - The Aero Experience
Photos: Air show delights Toronto - Toronto Star | The Snowbirds of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' 
Precision Jet Team soar under a brief bit of blue sky at the 64th annual Canadian International Air Show on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. People lined the parks and road along Lake Shore Blvd. for the long...
350000 People Visit Moscow's MAKS-2013 Airshow - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Over the six days that this year's MAKS airshow was open to the public, about 350,000 people attended, Moscow Region police said Sunday, adding that more than 2,200 law enforcement officers maintained public...
Flight team performs first show abroad - ECNS | The August 1st Aerobatics Team, China's first and best-known aerobatic demonstration team, performed its first show abroad in Moscow on Friday. Six J-10 multi-role fighter aircraft performed a 20-minute stunt show in front of thousands of spectators at the MAKS-2013 air show at Ramenskoye Airport. The 11th international air show opened on Tuesday and will conclude on Sunday....
Thousands enjoy air show in Portrush - U.TV | Around 100,000 people have enjoyed breathtaking displays of aerial acrobatics at the NI International Airshow in Portrush. Video available to UK viewers only. We're sorry. This video is unavailable from your location. To find out if this video is...
Simply the best: The 2013 Bournemouth Air Festival draws to a close - Bournemouth Echo | The record breaking sixth Bournemouth Air Festival drew to a spectacular close with the general view that it was greatest show yet. THE grand finale didn't quite materialise as planned, but there was still plenty to see as Bournemouth Air Festival basked in the sun again on its final day. Sunday had been the day many were looking forward to - with the Vulcan planned to make its one and only appearance before taking part in a unique heritage flypast with the Sea Vixen, Miss Demeanour, the Meteor and Vampire....
VIDEO: Highlights from Shoreham Airshow - Worthing Herald | SUNSHINE and blue skies launched the 24th RAFA Shoreham Airshow on Saturday, as tens of thousands headed to Shoreham Airport. There were many highlights over the two-day event, but one disappointment, with the Vulcan declared unserviceable just before it was due to set off for Shoreham Airport on Sunday afternoon...
700 thousand for the Frecce Tricolori Jesolo: spectacular performances - Translated | An afternoon at the beach with patrols of military aircraft and aerobatic, Italian, French, Swiss and Belgian. | Thousands of people with eyes | Jesolo. Over 700 thousand tourists attended in the afternoon at the air show "European Jesolo Air Show" broadcast live on Rai Uno and ended with a performance of the Frecce Tricolori. All airplanes, both military and civilian, have operated from the base of 51 / or Flock of Istrana (Treviso), from where they took off to reach 20 kilometers of the coast of Jesolo. It is the 17 / vaulted the seaside resort of the Venetian hosts the event and the acrobatics of the Air Force aircraft....
Antique Airfield... Heaven On Earth! (AAA Fly-In 8.31.13 13 Pix) AirPigz | The 2013 Antique 
Watsonville Fly-In a place for planes of all shapes and sizes - Santa Cruz Sentinel | WATSONVILLE -- Watching four airplanes flying in tight formation from the ground, Ron Moritz said it takes a special kind of pilot to fly an airplane within several yards of another. "It's not like driving a car down the freeway," said Moritz, 60, who flies helicopters as a hobby. "These guys are on their game all the time."...
Fly/In Cruise/In takes flight - Chronicle-Tribune | Planes and pancake sales took off at the 23rd annual Fly/In Cruise/In Saturday. Airplanes, hot rods and even tractors were on display throughout the grounds of the Marion Municipal Airport for the free event, which drew crowds whose cars packed the lawns surrounding the airport....
Open Cockpit Day at Castle Air Museum draws 2500 visitors - Merced Sun-Star | ATWATER — About 2,500 people came through the gates at Castle Air Museum on Sunday to peek inside vintage military aircraft, take helicopter rides and even build model planes at the 2013 Fall Open Cockpit Day. Many people with children in tow came from throughout the region — Merced, Madera, Modesto, even Mountain View — to see the 30 aircraft with open cockpits, as well as the other 30 displayed at the museum....
High-flying showcase to benefit nonprofit's humanitarian work - Amarillo.com | Ministry Wings Aviation is having its second Air Fair & Car-nival on Saturday. The event at River Falls Airport, 12400 Wild Horse Trail, will feature an area wide fly-in, concert, car show presented by the Pura Vida Car Club and, of course, the air show....
Plane and Pilot Midwest LSA Expo set in Mount Vernon - The Southern | MOUNT VERNON — A three-day Plane and Pilot Midwest LSA Expo will kick off Thursday at Mount Vernon Outland Airport and continue until Sept. 7. The expo will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The expo will feature the commemorative Air Force’s B-25 Bomber, “Maid in the Shade,” Bowers Fly-Baby National Fly-In and St. Louis Women with Wings Aircraft Wash (final day only)....
Great Georgia Airshow coming back Oct. 11-13 - The Citizen.com | After a one-year hiatus, the Great Georgia Airshow will roar back to life Oct. 11-13 at Falcon Field Airport in Peachtree City with its first-ever “night show” featuring a fireworks show and a “pyro show” executed by an airplane flying in complete...
RAF Vickers VC10 Aerial Refueling Tanker Arrives at Classic Air Force Museum - Warbirds News | One of the final three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners left in the world landed last week at the Newquay Cornwall Airport in Newquay, UK where it will be joining the collection of aircraft in the Classic Air Force Museum. This “Vickie Ten” was built in 1967 and began life with East African Airlines as 5Y-ADA. It was then acquired by the Royal Air Force and converted into a troop transport aircraft, before being converted for duties as an aerial tanker and aircraft refueler....
The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight From Within the Cockpit - Warbirds News | As we reported yesterday, the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF), a unique public/private organization that boasts an impressive fleet of airworthy warbirds, and the world’s largest collection of airworthy historic Saab fighter jets, has as its crown jewel, a recently restored and the world’s sole airworthy Saab 37 Viggen. Noted aviation photographer, journalist and author, Luigino Caliaro recently visited Linkoping, Sweden for an air display that celebrated the 75th anniversary of Saab and took the opportunity to sit down and talk to some of the assembled aviators about their experiences with these quintessential Nordic warbirds....
DeSoto, MO VFW Post 1831 Displays Newly-Arrived Army Cobra Helicopter - The Aero Experience | VFW Post 1831 in DeSoto, MO recently received U.S. Army AH-1G Cobra helicopter for display in honor of military veterans. After a five-year process of requests and preparations, volunteers from the post placed the Cobra, still with its well-worn exterior, on its pad August 10. It is now wearing a new coat of olive primer, and soon the post will put on two coats of olive drab paint along with the crossed swords of the Air Calvary and shark's teeth on the nose...
WWII pilot shares painting, legacy with Air & Space Museum - Lincoln Journal Star ...But on Saturday, with loved ones gathered from across the country to witness, the piece of one man’s history made it to its final home: the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, where it will give museum-goers a glimpse into the pilot’s journey. “It’s a great relief to know it will be safe for generations to come,” Clemmer said. Donated memorabilia is common for the museum, but Clemmer’s is unique, said Dr. Scott Tarry, CEO and president of the Strategic Air & Space Museum....
Spirited volunteers help MAPS air museum attendance to soar - Akron Beacon Journal | GREEN: Air Force veteran Robert Williams made a point of stopping at Akron-Canton Airport on his trip from Houston to New York one steamy day in July. He wasn’t flying. He was driving. He went out of his way to see the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum, known to locals as “MAPS.” It’s nestled behind a line of trees, atop a hill on the far side of the airport, and consists of an old hangar, a multibay garage and small outbuildings....
Declassified Top Secret: SR-71 Blackbird Mission Over the Middle East - The Aviationist | The following story, that has been circulating on mailing lists and forums for a few days, recalls secret mission by a U.S. Air Force SR-71 during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. It was written by Col. Jim Wilson, a former Blackbird pilot who has written a self-biography titled “SR-71 Mission to the Middle East”....
Devin's First Post as the Girls With WIngs Private Pilot Scholarship Winner! | Congratulations to Devin, who has resumed her flying lessons thanks in part to the generous donations that people have made to Girls With Wings. The Private Pilot Scholarship is to help defray the cost of flight training lessons in pursuit of a private pilot certificate. This scholarship, an award in the amount of $1000.00, targets those individuals who have soloed but have not completed the Private Pilot Course....
Monday, September 2, 2013
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