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AOPA Aviation Summit in pictures - AOPA Pilot | Country music star Aaron Tippin performed his signature patriotic songs for several hundred AOPA members at The Flying Saucer outdoor concert venue in downtown Fort Worth, Texas Oct. 10. Fort Worth, Texas, was hopping with aviation action during AOPA ...

Airshow Brings 1000 People to ERAU - Horizons Newspaper | On the Saturday of OctoberWest, there was an airshow at the flight line after the alumni breakfast and fly in. This event was by far the biggest event all weekend, bringing in anywhere from 800 to 1000 people. Alumni, students, faculty, and others came to watch the three aerobatic performers that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University brought in. Two of the three performers were women, really illustrating Embry-Riddle’s devotion to women aviators. The spectacle was enjoyed by all as the performers did their maneuvers both high up and down low...

Return of the Air Show a resounding success - TCPalm | VERO BEACH — The sound of planes buzzing over Vero Beach is as much a part of the community as the sandy beaches. Aircraft enthusiasts are everywhere present here, which is why after a 16-year hiatus the Vero Beach Air Show was so well attended. The first aviation exhibition in Vero Beach took place in 1929 when construction on the municipal airport began. This year, an estimated 20,000 people turned out to watch aeronautical daredevils perform amazing tricks in the sky during the two-day show...

Air Show Attracts 15000 to 20000 Over Weekend - Patch.com | Between 12,000 to 15,000 people attended the Paulding County air show on Saturday and another 3,000 to 5,000 more on Sunday. The Paulding County Salute America Air Show, held Oct. 5 and 6, attracted between 15,000 to 20,000 fans to Paulding County's airport, according to a report given by Blake Swafford to the Paulding County Airport Authority during a meeting on Tuesday...

Dayton Air Show announces more acts - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON –- An acrobatic stunt team has joined the lineup of next year’s Vectren Dayton Air Show. The North American AeroShell Aerobatic Team, flying four AT-6G Texans, will return for the June 28-29, 2014 performances at the Dayton International Airport, organizers announced Wednesday. The team, which flies 600-horsepower World War II-era planes, flew at this year’s air show...

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CoolPix: Thom Richard In Precious Metal - Reno 2013 Gold Unlimited Race - AirPigz | With lots of mods done over the last year, Thom had hoped that Precious Metal would be a true contender this time around, but the failure of the 'race engine' during a ground run shortly before leaving Florida for Reno meant it was major scramble time. The backup engine was installed and...

COLUMN: Yankee Air Museum provides once-in-a-lifetime experience with flight ... - Heritage Newspapers By Krystal Elliott | YPSILANTI — Last week, I had the experience of a lifetime: I took a flight in the Yankee Air Museum's "Yankee Lady" B-17 Flying Fortress. Developed and introduced to the skies in the 1930s, the B-17 became the iconic plane of World War II. During its 10 years in production, from 1935 to 1945, the U.S. made more than 12,700 planes. Today, only 13 of them remain flyable. And one of those is right here, in our own backyard....

P-51D “Red Nose” to Join The B-17 “Memphis Belle” and The Liberty Foundation · Warbirds News | Like in the old days when the “Little Friends” were escorting the B-17s over the sky of Berlin. In modern days warbird organizations often come together to offer warbird ride programs combining different type of aircraft. The CAF Dixie Wing has previously  partnered up with The B-25 “Made in Shade” as well as other aircraft.Today we received the confirmation that the CAF Dixie Wing P-51 Mustang “Red Nose” will join the Liberty Foundation’s tour in Thomasville,GA,Jacksonville and Tampa, FL. The Liberty Foundation for...

Lt. j.g. John Dickinson was a ‘Seawolf’ in ’69 who fell in love with a Vietnam girl - War Tales | ...The lieutenant j.g. had been assigned to “The Seawolves,” Helicopter Attack Light Squadron Three, the navy’s only attack helicopter squadron stationed on the ground in Vietnam at the time. Headquarters for the unit was Binh-Thuy....

Connie - Apron 6 | Sometimes you have these moments when everything comes together. On the flight with the Super Constellation I had one too. When we were...

Area 51 October Events - erau-news.com | What an outstanding October! Among other things, the Jet Dragster group debuted their incredible machine in a plume of smoke and fire. I wanted to do a callout to their amazing driver Elaine Larsen. She spoke to the Women in Aviation Conference and shared a remarkable story. She grew up in the rural Midwest as a Mennonite. If you are unfamiliar, the Mennonites are a conservative and traditional religious group, somewhat similar to the Amish, in which women typically live close to home and live a life devoted to family, not pursuing what we would think of as a “career.”...

Have some smart fun at Strategic Air & Space Museum - Omaha World-Herald | Omaha-based Fat Brain Toys, an online seller of toys, puzzles and games, is teaming up with the Strategic Air & Space Museum for “Celebration of Mind Nebraska,” a family event that promotes a playful approach to mathematics, science, art, magic and puzzles...

The Latest Progress On The Vulcan’s Wing Modification · Warbirds News | Regular readers will know that The Vulcan team has been undertaking preparatory work ahead of the main flying life extension project to ensure they can continue the more costly elements just as soon as funds are secure. This work (in stages one and two of the wing modification share issue) has already resulted in an...

Westland Lysander’s funky cousin — the P.12 Delanne by travelforaircraft | The Westland P.12 Delanne was unusual given the tandem wing design (successful in a flying model of the Langley Aerodrome, John Montgomery's gliders and Henri Mignet's Flying Flea) as well as being named after an aircraft designer — Maurice Henri Delanne — which was not in keeping with the British naming convention of the time...

Flying The Ford Tri Motor and Landing On Roads - Toriaflies | Episode 58 is here for your listening pleasure and the usual group of aviation trainees were in the house; Len, Carl, Victoria, and Rick. Sean tried to dial in from the one of those iconic red phone booths while on vacation in England but we couldn’t keep the connection, so the show went on.   Today, Victoria shares her story of a recent flight in the Ford Tri Motor around Frederick, MD while...

Oshkosh Women in Aviation announce Frosting for Flight cupcake contest winners - The Oshkosh Northwestern | The Oshkosh Women in Aviation Chapter has named the top three winners for its Frosting for Flight cupcake competition. First place went to "Team Sweet Treats" Laura Redeker and Tiffany Schmidt. Their Feed the Animals/Zookeeper theme and Double Chocolate Panda Bear cupcakes with cream cheese frosting were a hit with the judges and the attendees?they also won the crowd favorite judging...

Gaia Space Telescope to Launch From Kourou - Spaceports | The European Space Agency Gaia space telescope will conduct a census of a thousand million stars in our Galaxy, monitoring each of its target stars about 70 times over a five-year period, beginning at the end of the calendar year. It will precisely chart their positions, distances, movements, and changes in brightness...