We trust you all enjoyed a wonderful day with family and friends. While it's been a tough year for the Air Show industry - we still have MUCH to be THANKFUL for. May the rest of your weekend be enjoyable and full of THANKS.
Here's what happened in the last 24+ hours:
U.S. is first ever "Feature Country" at Singapore Airshow - DigitalJournal.com | Singapore Airshow, Nov 28, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore Airshow will introduce a new key highlight known as the "Feature Country" in 2014, and the United States has been designated as the first "Feature Country" at the show, scheduled to take place from 11-16 February 2014 at the Changi Exhibition Centre...
Organizers of air show seek help to plan 2014 show - St. John Valley Times | FRENCHVILLE, Maine - The Aroostook Aero Club is looking for volunteers and planning committee members to take part in an air show scheduled for Aug. 16-17, 2014 in conjunction with the 2014 World Acadian Congress / Congres mondial acadien 2014.
Wilson Airport to go into festival mood during upcoming Air Show weekend | The Kenya Breweries sponsored ‘Tusker Air Show’ is returning to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport on the weekend of 14th and 15th of December, offering two days of aerial spectacles, acrobatic flying, parachuting and more for those making their way to Africa’s busiest airport. Coinciding with the long holiday weekend, on December 12th will Kenya celebrate their 50th year of Independence from Britain, the show is the aviation sector’s contribution towards the...
Row after Cape air show cancelled - IOL News |Cape Town - A furious row has erupted over the South African Air Force’s decision to pull the plug on Cape Town’s Wings and Wheels Air Show, with the local aviation fraternity claiming political interference as the root cause....
The Red Arrows show is Britain's way to support the UAE vision - The National | I have never hung upside down in a plane before this week. Since I was a little boy, I have marvelled at the acrobatics of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows. Everyone in the UK knows about them. Every child wants to be up there flying with them. This week, for me, that boyhood dream came true...
BREAKING NEWS – Owner Says “Goodbye” To Historic Paint Scheme, “Hello” Unicorn - WARBIRD RADIO | A popular P-51 owner says he’s repainting his airplane to “reflect a more peaceful and harmonious idea of life, not war and destruction”. The owner, who wishes to remain anonymous until next week, tells Warbird Radio the decision comes after several months of self discovery and soul searching...
EAA Christmas in the Air Arrives Monday | EAA's annual holiday open house to the community, Christmas in the Air, is Monday, December 2, 3-8 p.m., at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh.
New Promo for LiveAirShowTV
"Where Heroes Have Flown" - Yankee Air Museum B-17 Flight Experience | They are our country's greatest generation who answered the call of freedom in one of history's most epic battles. This short film from...
Rob Holland 2013 Year End Review
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Final survivor of B17 bomber that crashed onto Burnham beach dies - Burnham-On-Sea | Walter
Skinner, the final survivor of the crew of an American B17 Flying Fortress which crash-landed on Burnham-On-Sea beach on December 31st, 1943, has died peacefully back home in the United States. He never forgot the town that came to the help of the crew and offered hospitality that fateful night, and even returned to thank Burnham's residents in 1995. Iris Rowe of Westonzoyland, who has specialised in tracing and recording the memories of American servicemen who served in the UK during World World War Two, met Mr Skinner several times....The Chief Chuck Teston Story (USAF Ret) * WARBIRD RADIO – On this episode of Warbird Radio Presents, Retired USAF Chief Master Sergeant Chuck Teston shares some life lessons with WRL’s Matt Jolley. Teston’s 31-year active duty career included being a Looking Glass flight crew member, academic instructor, first sergeant with the largest communications group in the Air Force, a Senior Enlisted Advisor […]
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Three · Photorecon.net, Dave "Bio" Baranek | PART 3: Critical Decisions and Events of the Mid-1980s. I was an F-14 RIO who joined my first Fleet fighter squadron in 1981. In 1982 I attended the Topgun class as a student (by then it was five weeks), and in 1984 I was selected to return as an instructor. The following events and decisions occurred during my time as an instructor and contributed to Topgun's evolution and continued validity.
Southern Indiana scout planning monument to Tuskegee Airmen - Evansville Courier & Press |
SEYMOUR, Ind. — Tim Molinari of Seymour has his eyes set to the skies. The 16-year-old plans to be a pilot, either flying commercial planes, military aircraft or working for NASA. "I've grown up interested in aviation and love everything about it," he said....Atlanta Aero Club To Host CAF Dixie Wing At 57th Fighter Group Restaurant · Warbirds News | The Aero Club of Metropolitan Atlanta will host members and vintage World War II-era aircraft of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing during the business club’s upcoming meeting on Saturday, December 7th at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant located at Peachtree-Dekalb Airport. The two organizations will discuss a shared passion for aviation and the CAF Dixie Wing’s plans for the preservation of historic aircraft and ongoing education programs for schools, youth groups and civic organizations. The aircraft will be on display for restaurant patrons, 11am-4pm...
Video: Historic X-1 on display at San Diego Air & Space Museum - 10News | "Breaking the sound barrier changed the scope of what was going to be done in aviation and space," said San Diego Air & Space Museum President Jim Kidrick, who is a former Naval aviator. It took eight tries, but on the ninth attempt, Yeager, Cardenas ...
Russian Museum of Long Range Aviation - EnglishRussia | Photo journal
Two U.S. B-52 bombers help Cessna in Alaska in a memorable rescue mission · David Cenciotti | Few days before flying “violation” of China’s new ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone), the iconic B-52H Stratofortress bomber was involved in another memorable operation. On Nov. 10, two B-52s, respectively launched from Minot and Barksdale AFB with radio callsign Hail 13 and Hail 14, were flying over Alaska, when they were called from Anchorage ATCC (Air Traffic Control Center), asking for their assistance: contacts with a Cessna plane had been lost after its pilot became disoriented after flying into bad weather...
Hahnweide sunset - Apron 6 | The sunsets during the oldtimer flieger treffen at Hahnweide were simply amazing. The weather was beautiful and when the sun was setting the skies turned from orange to dark blue. These are the sunset pics I was able to make together with the Lightning picture I published earlier. And when talking about lightnings, the last evening […]
[Photo] Fighter jet flies between sea twisters By David Cenciotti | Each time we receive a weird photo we always wonder whether the image is genuine or photoshopped. Some images are so accurately edited that it is extremely difficult to prove that they were doctored by post-processing softwares. But, this is not the case....
12 Radical, Unbuilt Airports From 100 Years of Air Travel - Gizmodo | As you curse the rat's nest of terminals, walkways, and people movers of whatever transit hub you're using to get home this week, it's easy to forget how extraordinarily sophisticated the average airport is. They're works of art, really—but they're nothing compared to the airport concepts artists have dreamt up over the last 100 years....
'AvGeeks' uncovered in planned documentary - Australian Aviation | Pam plans to shoot an independent documentary at next year's EAA Airventure event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, featuring some of the characters he meets at the week-long festival of flight. Airventure attracts upwards of half a million people, some of whom ...
Top student is a real high flier - Auckland stuff.co.nz | Playing with radio-controlled aircraft as a 15-year-old and watching his mum work towards her pilot's licence at North Shore Aero Club inspired him to pick his career. "I went up with her and got hooked," Mr Vialoux says. The Wings ceremony marks the ...
Dodo Chapter Honored for Young Eagles Efforts - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Chicago 'DODO' Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen was honored recently for its efforts on behalf of the EAA Young Eagles program.
Astronauts plan turkey meal in space (watch video) from RGJ.com | NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins share their plans for Thanksgiving dinner aboard the International Space Station.
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