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Air show spectacle - Gulf Daily News | MORE than 55,000 visitors are expected to attend the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS), which gets underway today and is expected to be the biggest and best yet. Tickets have been selling fast for the three-day event, which runs at the Sakhir Airbase until Saturday, with upwards of 20,000 trade visitors already confirmed and all corporate chalets sold out...

Spitfire Lands At The Bahrain International Airshow - Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE – Manama, Bahrain: BAE Systems and the RAF Museum will be showcasing an iconic, World War II era Spitfire at Bahrain International Airshow 2014. The aircraft is a piece of aerospace history and is also a reminder of the strong links between Bahrain and Britain which were underlined in the Second World War...

Planes, music and games at the Rio Hato Air Show - The Visitor | This year, Panama’s traditional air show will take place at the newly inaugurated Scarlett Martinez Airport in Rio Hato, Coclé Province, on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19. There is no cost to attend the event. The festivities begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, the Day of the Pilot, with the pilots performing practice runs. Musical act, Samy y Sandra Sandoval, will be performing as well and there will be presentations from folkloric dance troupes later in the day...

10th U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring This Week - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | January 15, 2014 - The 10th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is this week, January 16-19, at the Sebring Regional Airport (SEB) in Florida. This year will feature more than 160 exhibitors displaying homebuilt and light-sport aircraft, aviation accessories, a wide variety of avionics, and more. A full slate of aviation forums is also scheduled...

Getting ready for the Sebring LSA Expo - General Aviation News | People are arriving in Florida for the kick-off of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, Jan. 16. As we enter the last-minute rush to head to the 10th Sebring LSA Expo, as it is known, a few news items arrived and I’ll run through them so you have some idea of what will be present at the LSA event...

Airshow stars clear for takeoff - Warren Tribune Chronicle | VIENNA - The 2014 air show featuring the Thunderbirds at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station has been given the green light by higher authorities. On May 17 and 18, the 910th Airlift Wing will host an air show and open house, "Thunder Over the Valley 2014," presented by the Youngstown Air Reserve Station Community Council. In addition to aerial demonstrations by the Thunderbirds, the event will include other flying acts and ground displays...

Sean D. Tucker to fly Vectren Dayton Air Show · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio —  Airshow legend Sean D. Tucker will storm Dayton’s skies June 28-29 at the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger. More than 80 million people have witnessed Tucker’s performances in his Oracle Challenger bi-plane. Tucker was bestowed with a 2007 Living Legend in Aviation Award and is a 2008 National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinee...

BCMAA Plans 2014 Airshow - Times Record | The Barnes County Municipal Airport Authority terminal was covered with snow during Tuesday's special meeting of the authority board. Members of the Barnes County Municipal Airport Authority plan to have a 2014 airshow Saturday, Sept. 6, at the airport located north of Valley City on the western end of town. More in Wednesday's issue of the Times-Record.

Affair in the Air - Video about air shows in Oshkosh WI. Features Bob Lyjak and other stunt pilots.

'Miracle on the Hudson' Co-Pilot to Speak in Oshkosh Tonight - WBAY | Skiles, a Wisconsin resident, will speak about the landing Thursday at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. It is 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and free to the general public. If you would like more information, call 920-426-6823. Click here for more information ...

YAM offers flight experiences for WWII veterans - Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum is going where it?s never gone before by offering its first ever Flight Experience (FLEX) recognition season. In 2014, YAM is honoring World War II Veterans with free rides on the B-17 Yankee Lady and the B-25 Yankee Warrior when a paid rider accompanies them. This special two-for-one pricing is effective for the season beginning in May and running into October....

USAF Museum To Host Special Presentation on Afghan Air Power - WarbirdRadio.com | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force kicks off its 2014 Wings & Things Guest Lecture Series with a special presentation on part of the U.S. Air Force’s mission in the Middle East. According to a recent news release...

IWM Duxford’s American Air Museum redevelopment wins Heritage Lottery Fund support - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Imperial War Museum is delighted to announce that IWM Duxford has received a grant of £980,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the American Air Museum redevelopment project...

Iconic B-29 bomber eyed for AirVenture - Fond du Lac Reporter | A group of volunteers restoring a B-29 bomber nicknamed “Doc” is racing the clock in hopes of flying the World War II-era Superfortress to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in July...

Warbird Radio Listener Paints F-105 – Want to help?? - WarbirdRadio.com | Long time listener and friend of Warbird Radio, Kevin Korterud, wrote the other day with a great story about some “weekend work” he and friend Mike Bates have been tending to.  There’s an F-105 at the Zanesville, Ohio Municipal Airport that’s long overdue for a coat of paint. Both Bates and Korterud decided to...

New Orleans museum to host Able Flight benefit party · General Aviation News Staff | According to organizers, it’ll be a night of great music, great food and all for a great cause when friends, aviation celebrities and sponsors celebrate the successes of Able Flight pilots on May 30 at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.

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Was Bill Stead a WWII flying ace? - RGJ.com | The claim: Bill Stead — creator of the Reno Air Races — was a World War II flying ace....

Air Tractor low level flying - Apron 6 | Weather wise we were very lucky at the Oldtimer Flieger Treffen. On the way back on Sunday weather changed for the worse and it never got any better. Summer was over! On Saturday though weather was perfect. Actually a little too hot but the air tractor brought us some cooling with some low level passes. In the...

Your Flying Heart Will Pound With Desire - NORDO News | ...watch this video below about aviation in Alaska.  It's beautiful. Everything about it is attractive and alluring....

Illinois Army National Guard Blackhawks Make Brief Stop at St. Louis Downtown Airport - The Aero Experience | Three UH-60 Blackhawks from the 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard based in Decatur made a short stop at the Jet Aviation ramp at St. Louis Downtown Airport Sunday.  The crews...

5 years ago yesterday - Miracle on the Hudson

Spirits of St. Louis RC Flying Club Indoor Fly-In Features Quadcopters, Vapors and More! - The Aero Experience | The Spirits of St. Louis RC Flying Club held its first indoor fly-in of 2014 at Hope Lutheran Church in St. Charles, MO Saturday.  About 20 RC aircraft fliers enjoyed flying their quadcopters, helicopters, Night Vapors, Extra and other electric radio control aircraft types in free flight as well as informal competitions.  These battery-powered RC aircraft feature...

Latest SpaceShipTwo Flight Highest Yet - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Virgin Galactic has made another significant step toward first public space flights as SpaceShipTwo (SS2) reached 71,000 feet and Mach 1.4 in its third rocket-powered supersonic flight January 10 from Mojave Air and Space Port. Chief pilot Dave Mackay and Scaled Composites' test pilot Mark Stucky also successfully tested the spaceship's reaction control system (RCS) and the newly installed thermal protection coating on the vehicle's tail booms...