Upcoming Air Show to Fundraise for Military Personnel, Veterans - Patch.com | Vintage fixed-wing aircraft and modern-day Medevac helicopters will fly in to Central Jersey Regional Airport on Oct. 5 to help Rotary District 7510 raise funds for various charities and foundations dedicated to assisting the US military and veterans...
Lehigh Valley Airshow brought big crowd, but little profit - Allentown Morning Call | The Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow, the area's first in 16 years, may have brought oohs and ahhs from more than 40,000 people, but it did little to brighten Lehigh Valley International Airport's gloomy financial picture. Despite being attended by four times the number of people as originally projected, the two-day air show netted $32,000. That's a welcome cash infusion for an airport selling assets to pay off a $26 million court judgment against it for taking a developer's land in the 1990s...
Sadournin. The meeting of the Patrouille de France - LaDépêche.fr (translated) | Attention event!
Although the Patrouille de France has already had the honor of Hautes-Pyrénées in recent years, including the airport of Tarbes / Laloubère, the presence of the elite of the French army pilot is an event in each of their passage . This will be the case this Saturday at 10 am, in the Canton of Trie-sur-Baise...Swiss PC7 team and Baltic Bees on Sanicole - The News | Lommel - The poster Sanicole, with the Patrouille de France and the Super Constellation, was complemented by the PC7 team and the Baltic Bees. The Swiss PC7 team brings a sparkling show Sunday at nine Pilatus aircraft. During the Royal International Air Tattoo 2013, the largest air show in the world, the team was awarded the King Hussein Memorial Sword for best demonstration. The Baltic Bees are a professional burgerjetteam from Latvia L-39 Albatros aircraft of Czech origin. It is the first time that this team participates in the Sanicole. The Baltic Bees occurred Friday night during the Sunset Airshow. More info: www.sanicole.com.
World War II vet flies in same B-25 bomber decades later - KY3 | SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- For a World War II veteran from Republic, it was like going back in time. Marvin Russell flew 18 missions in B-25 bombers, and Thursday, for the first time since the war, he took off in one. When Russell, 88, known as Rusty, saw that a World War II B-25 bomber was in town, he had to visit.
Volunteer group lands B-17 at Bluffs airport to honor vets - Omaha World-Herald | COUNCIL BLUFFS — Picture trying to avoid hot machine-gun shells as they slide past on the floor in a space barely 4 feet wide. Strapping on an insulated jacket to stay warm in an unheated plane when the temperature drops to 40 degrees below zero. Trying to stay alive while enemy bullets hit a plane filled with 8,000-pound bombs. Such was the life inside a B-17 bomber, the type of plane on display this week at the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport....
Silver Wings Fraternity to host convention in Oshkosh - General Aviation News | The Silver Wings Fraternity will host its 2013 annual convention in Oshkosh, Wis., from Oct. 17- 20. The convention hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn on Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH). President James McCarthy, LTC, USAF (Ret), said tours are scheduled at Sonex Aircraft Co. and the EAA Airventure Museum, as well as guest speakers...
Top awards to six women in aviation and aerospace - skiesmag.com | Recently retired Commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Lt.-Col Maryse Carmichael, will be one of six women honoured at the fifth annual Northern Lights Award Foundation Gala on Sept. 27, 2013 in Toronto. The Northern Lights Award Foundation (NLAF) is a not-for profit organization that was established in 2009 to celebrate the outstanding achievements of women in aviation and aerospace in Canada. The Foundation's prestigious...
Fly in a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor plane - northwestohio.com | PORT CLINTON, OH -- If you know planes, you'll know the Ford Tri-Motor. The Tri-Motor was built in 1929 by the Stout Metal Aircraft Division of the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan...
Battle of Britain Weekend - RAF Museum | 14th - 15th September 2013 | Pilots scrambling to their aircraft summer 1940This year’s annual commemoration of Hendon’s role in the events of the Battle of Britain will take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013 at the Royal Air Force Museum London. The weekend will consist of living history displays, memorabilia, military vehicles, guided tours and live concerts...
Former Air Force One plane comes to Atwater next month - Modesto Bee | The plane will join Castle Air Museum's collection of more than 60 aircraft, spanning more than 75 years of aviation history. Initially, the plane will be stored in an airport hangar until Castle Air Museum officials can construct a new building to...
North American SNJ-6 Texan Restored After Hitting Power Lines is Acquired By Lyon Air Museum By WarbirdsUpdate | Lyon Air Museum of Santa Ana, California has announced that they have acquired an airworthy North American AT-6F/SNJ-6 Texan to be added to their growing collection of airworthy warbirds. Founded by Major General William Lyon, the Lyon Air Museum is co-located with Martin Aviation, an Air/Lyon Inc. company and award-winning general aviation repair facility established by the famed Eddie Martin in 1923...
Hall of Fame Airshow Performer Sean D. Tucker Now Inspiring New Generation Through EAA Young Eagles Program - PRWEB.COM Newswire | Sean D. Tucker, the Hall of Fame aerobatic pilot whose air show performances have dazzled more than 80 million fans over the past 25 years, has added a new role to his storied career – role model and mentor as chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles...
Chateau Residents Fly in Vintage Bi-Plane - Southeast Missourian | Four lucky residents of Chateau Girardeau had the opportunity Friday morning to fly in a vintage Boeing Stearman bi-plane, thanks to the nonprofit Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation. Darryl Fisher, pilot and founder of the California-based organization, travels the U.S. donating the flights to military veterans and seniors...
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