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Reno wraps up historic week · General Aviation News Staff | RENO — The National Championship Air Races wrapped up its historic 50th event on Sunday afternoon with a Breitling Unlimited Gold Championship race that ended with four-time defending champion Steve Hinton edging out one of the best racing fields in the event’s history for his fifth straight victory....

2013 Reno Air Races: The Fifth and Final Day of Racing - Warbirds News | Day five, Sunday, the last day… where did the week go? The 50th Annual Reno Air Races has been without a doubt one of the best ones I’ve ever gone to! Cutting right to the chase, the big event, Steven Hinton in Voodoo took first in the Gold Unlimited race making him a five-time champion. But this was the last race of the day, there’s much more to cover before we get to that moment....

Watch video: Breitling Jetman flies high above the Stead airport from RGJ.com | Strapping himself into a “jetwing” of his own design, "Jetman" Yves Rossy drops from a helicopter, fires three jet engines attached to the wing and can reach speeds of 150 mph...

Photos: Planes & People At The 2013 Reno Air Races Part II · The Lexicans, Bill Brandt | ...I am amazed at the cumulative knowledge here. Not only has a strange looking Spitfire been identified, but an immaculately-attired Admiral (how to they keep that white…so white?) been identified. And moreover Lex and at least one Lexican served with him in the same unit...

Capital City Airport to host Aviation Days · General Aviation News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. – On Saturday, Sept. 21, Capital City Airport (FFT) will welcome the public to its annual Aviation Day. Many local aviation groups will be represented at this family-oriented event. Admission is free and activities will take place from 9 am until 2 pm....

Sanicole Airshow  - Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | The International Sanicole Airshow (ISA) is the only civil airshow in Belgium which is organized annually. It all started with a very small "festival of stuntmen" in the mid-70s. Back then several thousand spectators enjoyed the show. During the 80s the show grew into a true international airshow with participants from the Netherlands, England, France, America, Jordan ... and the ISA was one of the many annual air festivals in our country....

Air to Air Academy: Day 4, 5, 6 and 7 - Apron 6 | It has been quite busy the last days so I’ve put the pictures from the previous days into one post.Friday has been a great day with a nice flight with the Dornier. We were joined by two Mi-171′s. Later I got my first Skyvan flight of the week. Next to, and behind us we had the Hunter....

Go west, old dude… · General Aviation News Staff | ...But this October I’ll be wandering a bit farther from my generally well beaten path. I’m headed to San Luis Obispo, California, where the California Pilots Association is holding its annual convention and meeting, called California Dreamin’. If you’re in the vicinity drop by. This promises to be a good time for people with aviation on their minds....

The Aviators 4: Episode 4.01 Teaser - TheAviatorsTV | The season opener features the FLS Microjet, the SR-71 Blackbird, and air show superstar Sean D. Tucker. With 10 million US viewers weekly on PBS and millions more in over 100 countries plus online, The Aviators is an award-winning, worldwide aviation phenomenon.

New documentary on Jimmy Doolittle set for release · General Aviation News Staff  | NEW YORK – James Harold Doolittle was one of the greatest aviators that ever lived and also one of the most decorated airmen in U.S. military history. The true life story of this legendary flying pioneer, American hero and Congressional Medal of Honor winner is told with rare archival footage and incredible insight by filmmaker/host Gardner Doolittle in a new documentary “Wings of a Warrior: The Jimmy Doolittle Story.”...

Google And Solar Impulse Enter Into A High Level Partnership - Aero-News Network | Companies Tout 'Shared Values' In Announcing The Agreement | Google has become the official Internet Technology Partner for Solar Impulse. It is hoped that this formal partnership will be an important step in bringing Solar Impulse closer to its ultimate goal of flying around the world using only solar energy (2015)....

Rededication of NEW historic airport terminal slated · General Aviation News Staff | A rededication ribbon cutting ceremony for the historic Airport Terminal Building at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW) will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m., according to officials with the Orleans Levee District Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority announced. Devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, this original structure of classic Art Deco design completed in 1933 was one of the first of its kind to operate in the United States during the “Golden Age of Aviation.”...

Glenn Curtiss’s Mansion - Travel for Aircraft | Glenn Curtiss retired from aviation designing soon after World War I but remained an active business man in two major, as well as diverse, areas — aviation schooling (including new airfield construction) and town building (he was a chief partner is designing Florida’s Miami Springs, Hialeah and Opa-locka) after World War I. He was as creative in municipal planning as he was in aeronautical innovation since Miami Springs has Pueblo Revival architecture, Hialeah as an artisanal resort for the wealthy and Opa-locka which is noted for its Moorish Revival style....

Prop Blade Reportedly Came Off Stearman Bipe In Canada - Aero-News Network | Two On Board The Aircraft Injured In The Accident | ...Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reports that the 1942 Boeing Stearman was owned by Vintage Wings of Canada. It was headed to Winnipeg from Regina when the accident occurred. The paper reports that the Canadian Transportation Safety Board said one of the blades of the prop separated from the hub, and the ensuing vibration shook the engine from the plane's engine mounts. The radial fell from the aircraft while still in flight....