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Race for Unlimited Gold is on at Reno! Strega vs. Voodoo! by warbirdbabe | ...Fans may be torn this year – which will they root for, the beautiful P-51 Strega, Race 7 , flow by Matt Jackson this year, or Stevo, now flying Voodoo, Race 05? Hinton’s competitors may feel they have an edge and an opportunity to win the Gold this year – at least the door seems open...

CoolPix: Precious Metal Shining In The Sun (Reno 2013) - AirPigz | I was able to capture this unique CoolPix of Precious Metal in the pit getting some serious work done on the engine... no major problems there, just lots of fine tuning to get as much out of this 'spare' engine as possible. I decided this was a better pic than yesterday's pylon pix for right now, especially since it was taken about an hour ago, plus it's a lot easier to get one pic up during the day!...

Friday Morning At The 50th Anniversary Races: Reno 2013 (8 Pix)  - AirPigz | ...here's a small collection of images from Friday morning that I had hoped to have posted by noon yesterday. If things go well I will have more of Friday up a little later today. Reno!...

Reno Air Races: Day Three By Warbirds News | Moose Peterson reports: Oh my, third day of racing here at the Reno Air Races was packed with excitement, topping the already high bar set by the first and second days here at Stead Airport. The Biplane and Formula classes continue to show some really great racing. Steve Senegal in his David Hoover AR-6 “Endeavor” with its beautiful lines with great speed ended up topping the Formula One Heat 2A, while Bill Parodi in his Cassutt III-M “N-A-Rush” went to the front in Formula One Heat 2B....

New photos: 45 images from Friday's air races from RGJ.com

Airfest gives visitors to Scott Co. chances to fly - Lexington Herald Leader | GEORGETOWN -- For someone who had just jumped out of an airplane from 10,000 feet, Jacquline King didn't look worse for wear. In fact, she was exhilarated. "It was so cool," King said of her tandem jump with an experienced skydiver at Saturday's ...

Jeff Mitchell: Hey, Salinas,your airshow needs your support - The Salinas Californian | And so it is here that hundreds of these selfless servants — your neighbors — have been working their butts off for several months to bring you a great California International Airshow Salinas this year. People like Mikel Ann Miller, a 21-year ...

Model airplane fly-in set for Sunday - Mt. Vernon Register-News | MT. VERNON — The Rend Lake RC Club's annual Military Fly-In event appeals to a broad range of people, said Club President Jay Manion. Not only does it draw model airplane enthusiasts, but also newcomers to the hobby, history buffs, and military ...

Manchester Airport celebrates 75th birthday - ITV News | A DH89A Dragon and Morane Sauline MS.317, which are 1930's biplanes, will also make an appearance. The Blades Aerobatic display team will also be taking to the skies and performing a stunning display over the Runway Visitor Park while the Ravens ...

The Patrouille de France in Sadournin (65) - The Republic of the Pyrenees | All teams of the Patrouille de France will be present as well as their 11-Alpha jet. (dr). To celebrate its 60th anniversary, the Patrouille de France will hold its airshow at Sadournin famous in the Hautes-Pyrenees. On this occasion, the ...

Important Announcement – Dawlish Air Show 2014 - Dawlish Air Show | After the undoubted success of our 2013 event, the Dawlish Air Show organising committee is very pleased to announce that next year’s Dawlish Air Show will take place on Saturday 23 August 2014. This year’s fantastic air show line-up, coupled with good weather, saw a record crowd descend on our small seaside town, so it has been decided to hold the event on the same Bank Holiday weekend next year....

70 Years After WWII a Son Pays Tribute to His Father and the Greatest Generation Warbirds News | Nearly 70 years after airman Merrel L. Duncan from Dundee, Minnesota survived 30 hazardous missions over WWII Europe in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, his son Michael is commemorating his father’s war record in a uniquely memorable manner. Technical Sergeant Merrel L. Duncan flew his 30 missions as a Group Lead Radio Operator in the US Army Air Forces’ Eighth Air Force, 9lst Bomb Group, 401st Squadron, based at RAF Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire, England. A heavy bombardment group, they were...

World War II veteran takes ride in same B-25 bomber decades later - Fox News | A Missouri World War II veteran who flew 18 missions in B-25 bombers was recently given the opportunity to take off on his 19th flight in the vintage aircraft -- this time as a passenger. Marvin "Rusty" Russell, a former tail gunner in the US Army Air ...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a B-17! - Portage Daily Graphic | And then I saw them — a big four-motored silver plane with USA stars on the wings — and a smaller two-motored job following behind. I nearly fell into my cucumber patch with excitement! Yes for sure, it was the B-17 Flying Fortress that had been ...

Missing: Amelia Earhart's bones - DigitalJournal.com | Suva - The mysterious disappearance of famous 20th century aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, has taken an intriguing turn. Why are researchers now scouring Fiji for her remains? Graham Davis, a Fiji Sun columnist and independent journalist, reports that a ...

The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust - Air & Space Magazine | Ronald Reagan was president, there was still a Soviet Union, and a 19-year-old pilot set out to change the world. | ON A MILD SPRING DAY IN LATE MAY 1987, military analyst John Pike was at the U.S. embassy in Moscow on business when he looked out the window and saw a small airplane circling over Red Square. Gee, that’s peculiar, thought Pike. There’s no private aviation in the Soviet Union. Hell, there’s no private anything. The aircraft belonged to West German teenager Mathias Rust—or, more accurately, to Rust’s flying club. In a daring attempt to ease cold war tensions, the 19-year-old amateur pilot had flown a single-engine Cessna nearly 550 miles from...

[Photo] Twenty five F-117 Stealth Jets flying together - The Aviationist | The Lockheed F-117A, world’s first operational stealth aircraft and one of the most secret planes ever developed, only flew after darkness until its existence was publicly acknowledged in 1988. Then, the veil of secrecy on the “Nighthawk” was gradually lifted and the stealth fighter jet (actually, an attack plane) regularly flew in daylight and later began taking part to airshows....

County Vietnam vets take first Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight - Journal Times | 2, departing from the EAA AirVenture event in Oshkosh, and gave participants the opportunity to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and other sites honoring their service and sacrifice. Organized by Old Glory Honor Flight — northeast Wisconsin's...

Balloonist stranded in Newfoundland rescued by CBC - CBC.ca | Jonathan Trappe, a balloonist who had been attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean but was forced to land in a remote area on Newfoundland's west coast, was picked up on Friday afternoon by a helicopter chartered by CBC. "I've never been so glad to see...