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Daredevils in the sky: Al Ain Aerobatic Show - Sport360° | The Al Ain Aerobatic Show winds up at the Al Ain International Airport today with one of the highlights of the three-day event. All eyes will be on the skies on National Day at 16:15 as an Etihad Airways A346 performs a fly past for visitors at the event...

Backseat Ride With Thunderbird 4 · Airboyd | Video by Staff Sgt. Jarid Watson USAF Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” Backseat view from Thunderbird 4.

Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thunder Over Michigan Update & The Mystery Pilot Revealed – Ep527 | We’re on location for day one of the International Council of Air Shows annual convention at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Kevin Walsh from Thunder of Michigan stopped by to share some news about their upcoming show in 2014. Kevin says the big event will be a tribute to WWII but “mums the word” […]

Airshow Performer John Mohr Quietly Retires from Airshow Circuit - The Aero Experience | Stearman pilot extraordinaire John Mohr, veteran of Midwest Airshows, is reportedly retiring from the airshow circuit.  Mohr, winner of the Bill Barber and ICAS Art Scholl Memorial Showmanship Awards, has devoted 25 years to thrilling audiences and spreading the joy of aviation.  His ability to...

ICAS 2013 Opening Reception· Steve Tupper, Airspeed Online | The 2013 International Council of Air Shows (“ICAS”) Convention kicks off ... The highlight of the reception was John Klatt’s unveiling of the Screamin’ Sasquatch, a 1929 Taperwing Waco. It has a Pratt & Whitney 985 radial engine on the nose, but the real kicker is the CJ610 (J-85) jet engine mounted on the underside. Jimmy Franklin first flew a jet Waco in 1999. The unveiling here at ICAS featured the Jack Links Sasquatch himself posing for pictures....

Old Saint Nick to perform fly-in - Morganton News Herald | Foothills Regional Airport of Morganton-Lenoir invites families and friends throughout the area to participate in the annual Santa Fly-In event on Dec. 7, in which children will have an opportunity to meet Santa Claus and enjoy an educational experience...

EAA Founder Paul Poberezny - Airplanes Channel | As the founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Wisconsinite Paul Poberezny spent 70 years encouraging thousands of amateur pilots to design, build and fly their own aircraft, having fought for federal approval allowing them to do so. When Poberezny started the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) at his home in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, in 1953, he likely had no idea how successful it would be. Today the EAA has around 170,000 members, located in more than 100 countries, while the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention, exhibition and fly-in attracts more than 500,000 visitors each year...

Love of flying kept Loveland pilot aloft - ReporterHerald.com | He had taken the two-seater as far west as San Francisco and as far east as Kitty Hawk, N.C., for the Experimental Aviation Association's AirVenture Cup Race to Oshkosh, Wis. Lyne said she never really liked riding in the plane she helped build because ...

Only WWII Civil Air Patrol casualty commemorated on 70th anniversary - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | OHIO -- A ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of Lt. Margaret Bartholomew’s final mission was recently conducted at the Spring Grove Cemetery at her gravesite. In attendance were eight Civil Air Patrol volunteers and three of Lt. Margaret Bartholomew’s living family members. There was a certificate of appreciation along with a squadron patch awarded to Bartholomew and her nephew Charles Rudy Heath II. CAP Capt. Michael Purvis, commander of Cincinnati's Lunken Cadet Squadron, presented the certificates and patches.

Another Legendary Flying Machine Returns to the Air · Rich Davidson NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | There’s one kind of phone call I always love to receive.  On the other end of the line is a good friend with great news.  And although they almost always try to conceal it, the excitement in their voice can never be fully constrained.  Those are truly special moments.  Two days ago was the latest...

Nakajima G8N Renzan (?? Mountain Range / Allied reporting name "Rita") — WW II Japan's heavy bomber - Travel for Aircraft | When thinking of heavy bombers of World War II one naturally thinks of Allied aircraft powered with four engines — especially Great Britain and the United States. The Imperial Japanese Navy attempted to get into this class of weaponry with the Nakajima design G8N Renzan (?? Mountain Range / Allied reporting name "Rita"). The Renzan was an impressive aircraft  and entered service a short time after design-start. First flying in January 1945 it was...

The Air Force Museum Foundation funds world’s largest military aviation museum building addition - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced today that it is set to expand its legacy with a new 224,000 square foot building to be constructed by Turner Construction Co. of Washington, D.C. for the amount of $35.426 million, which is being privately financed by the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization chartered to assist in the development and expansion of the museum's facilities...

FlightTime Radio Show 306 | It’s Saturday and Milford and Charlie taxied into the Renegade Light Sport.com studio and had a great time. We talked with Chuck Vaughn about the CAP, its missions and history as well as two teenage cadets!...

Gorgeous Gripen - Flight Image of the Day | Saab has chosen this image taken by Mirco Knecht as the winner of its latest Gripen photo competition. The picture...

Is this the Glasgow helicopter crash pilot stunt-flying in airshow Chinook? - Daily Mail | It is believed this footage uploaded on YouTube of the RAFA Shoreham airshow in 2007 shows Mr Traill performing an impressive Chinook display. Display: Footage has emerged which is believed to be of flight lieutenant David Traill, 51, piloting a...

Paper plane world record attempt falls short - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | ILLINOIS — A Civil Air Patrol unit from Chicago’s western suburbs didn't manage to set a new world record for the highest paper airplane flight. The Fox Valley Composite Squadron’s attempted record fell short Sunday when the paper airplane attached to a large helium weather balloon climbed to only 51,000 feet. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reported that was about 30,000 feet short of the world record that had been set in Spain in 2010. The group had hoped their balloon would climb to more than 100,000 feet. It eventually landed near Monticello, Ind.

Cascade Warbirds kick off scholarship program · General Aviation News Staff | Cascade Warbirds, a 20-year-old not-for-profit entity involved with historic military aircraft and those who crewed them, is kicking off its 2014 scholarship program. For several years, the Washington-state based organization has spent a portion of its budget on scholarships for youth between the ages of 16 and 21...

Smaug on a Plane: 'The Hobbit' Dragon Graces Air New Zealand Aircraft - Mashable [Video] | Snakes on a plane was so 2006. What's in now? Smaug on a plane...