From our friends at Fencecheck - here's what we can look forward to this weekend:
| 11/08/13 | | Blue Angels Homecoming 2013 | ||
| 11/09/13 | | Cancelled - Aviation Nation 2013 | ||
| 11/09/13 | | Warbirds Over Monroe 2013 | ||
| 11/09/13 | | ExpoShow México 2013 | ||
| 11/10/13 | | Remembrance Sunday - Wings and Wheels 2013 |
Monroe air show, the only event of its kind in the Charlotte area and one of the larger nonmilitary air shows on the East Coast. In addition to ...Air show ban – what air show ban? - The DEW Line | ...If the most recent list of planned exhibiting aircraft is to be believed, the US Air Force should have an F-15E, F-22, B-1B and C-130J in town, with the navy also due to fly in an E-2C. For its part, the Marine Corps is down as likely to bring four MV-22Bs, an AH-1Z and a UH-1Y....
Elkhart Warbird Gathering Weekend 2013 - Photorecon.net | Elkhart, Indiana again played host to the The Warbird Gathering Weekend. Generally this town plays host to much slower, not to mention larger, aircraft as it is the preferred staging area for airships traveling East and West especially for Notre Dame and Chicago Bears football games. But lately the municipal airport has welcomed vintage aircraft to its airstrip. This year’s theme featured Mike Gillian’s Wildcat and the 75th anniversary of the North American T-6 Texan...
Great Georgia Airshow Flies High With Record Attendance and Record Volunteer Support for the Commemorative Air Force - PR Web | For 15 years, the Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) maintained a reputation in the air show circuit as one of the best shows in the southeast and a favorite for aviation aficionados seeking a fan friendly experience...
Inaugural Los Angeles County Air Show Announces Show Dates and Headlining Act, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels - 4-traders | The Los Angeles County Air Show today announced its inaugural 2014 show dates, ticket availability and headlining act, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. The Show, scheduled for March 21-22, 2014, at William J. Fox Airport, will ...
Next Generation Of Red Bull Air Race Pilots An International Group - Aero-News Network | Qualification Training Underway In Texas The eagerly-anticipated news that the Red Bull Air Race will return in 2014 has been met with overwhelming excitement from fans, pilots and journalists around the world. It has now been revealed that there will be a new dimension to the Championship, bringing fresh flying talent to the race track and nurturing the next generation of race pilots.
Flightpath Latest Issue 2013 - Australian Flying | Featuring the B-25 Mitchell and the Reno Air Races, this issue contains also the great news about Australia's second airworthy CAC Avon Sabre and the RAAF Museum's Boxkite replica. Gracing the cover is the substantially modified, Lewis Air Racing's 232 ...
30-minute WEDU Interview With Kermit Weeks · Warbirds News | Last week WEDU,a PBS member station based in Tampa serving the 16 counties of West Central Florida, aired a very interesting interview of Kermit Weeks.Warbird enthusiasts who followed Kermit’s blog and Facebook page have wondered what is that the iconic warbird mogul is working on. Kermit said on his Facebook profile:”I thought they did a good job . . . and now a significant part of my metaphysical cat is “out of the bag.I live in a different reality than most and this is just the tip of the iceberg.”...
Flight honors 4 Pearl Harbor survivors - MyFox Phoenix | Four veterans were honored in Mesa Thursday. These courageous men were at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Now these vets are getting a chance to fly above the skies of Arizona! These four veterans received a special honor flight at the Commemorative Air Force Museum...
Pioneer female aviator was from Berks - Reading Eagle | Women pilots in Los Angeles drafted the first set of rules and regulations for air racing and developed an official timekeeping system, the old system being honor based. The AWTAR became affectionately known as the "Powder Puff Derby," based on...
British female pilot’s epic journey from South Africa to UK in vintage Stearman biplane - The Aviationist | On Nov. 2 2013 Tracey Curtis-Taylor started her lonely, 6-week long air journey from Cape Town in South Africa to Goodwood, England in a 70 year old Boeing Stearman. This surely brings back memories of epic long early 20th century long range flights, like Charles Lindbergh‘s journey across the Atlantic or Amelia Earhart’s flight. The feeling of pioneership is even more pronunced by the name of the little plane – Spirit of Artemis...
A legendary pilot - The Southland Times | After a year at Lincoln University, the former Waitaki Boys boarder decided university wasn't for him and in his late teens he trained for his pilot's licence at the Fiordland Aero Club. It was the launch of what has been an impressive career, logging ...
Aviation Fascination Nov. 14 at Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa - newszap.com | The Mesa Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce Aviation Fascination Nov. 14. Attendees will get a close-up look at the Boeing Apache Attack Helicopter, a helicopter used in the invasion of Panama, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Not only that, but visitors will be able to relive the feeling of a pilot as they enter the B-17 bomber featured at the event. B-17s were used to strategically bomb European targets in World War II...
Last Flight for Iconic Helicopter - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.- A UH-1N Huey landing aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., is not unfamiliar for the area, but the one that landed on Nov. 5, 2013 marked the end of an era for the iconic aircraft. Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit ended their 2013 deployment from the 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility by flying into Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the last Marine Corps UH-1N to deploy as the service completes the transition to the new UH-1Y...
Iowa Aviation Museum uses video to unveil expansion plans · General Aviation News Staff | The non-profit Iowa Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame has launched an ambitious expansion program. It has released a video announcing the $5 million capital improvement project.
RAF Museum In Cosford Commemorates The Fallen on Remembrance Sunday · Warbirds News | The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be holding a Remembrance Service paying respect to those Service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice during their tours of duty. For those wishing to pay their respects, the Museum will be holding a Service of Remembrance on Sunday 10th November, allowing visitors to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and women. The service will be led by Rev (Sqn Ldr) Eddie Wynn RAF Reserve, Station Chaplain RAF Cosford, in front of the Comet. During the service there will be readings by Commander Jon Milsom RN COS DSAE and Dave Leek, Chairman of the Aerospace Museum Society...
XP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration Project-October Update · Warbirds News | We’re able to report significant progress in the restoration to flying condition of Tom Reilly’s North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, and what a project it is. As we recently reported, starting with what was, in essence, a pile of crumpled parts, they’ve taken on the daunting restoration of a prototype of an already exceedingly rare plane...
Secret maps show First World War air raids on Britain - Daily Express | Previously unpublished documents show the path taken by 16 German aeroplanes across Kent and Essex into London during one devastating raid on December 6, 1917. Strategic bombing raids, more commonly associated with
The Blitz during the Second World War, were a feature of the Great War from the very start of the conflict...Ron Shelton, Walt Becker Tapped to Direct 'Flying Tigers' - Variety | Ron Shelton and Walt Becker are set as directors on “Flying Tigers,” a $70 million action drama about the American volunteer pilots who fought in defense of China in WWII. Pitched at AFM by Rex Media, “Tigers” will be formatted as a 10-hour TV miniseries in the U.S. and several territories and as three feature films for theatrical release in China and certain other markets...
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