2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights - US Army Golden Knights | We are pleased to release the 2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights. We are excited to be participating in so many events all across the United States. Please check it out and see if we are coming to a show near you.
Tickets still available for Bob Hoover tribute - General Aviation News | The aviation world will assemble Feb. 21 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood to honor Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who was called the “greatest stick and rudder pilot who ever lived,” by Jimmy Doolittle. Some individual tickets are still available for the celebration of Hoover’s legacy, according to organizers...
Cable Airshow 2014 - Photorecon.net | January in Southern California means airshow season has officially started with the annual Cable Airshow. The 2014 Cable Air Show is celebrating its 39th year at the Cable Airport with its usual lineup of aerobatics, classic aircraft, cars and of course Warbirds from World War II. This year’s positive message to the community was overshadowed by the FAA demanding money from the air show to operate a control tower for the two day event. This function has...
"Tricolor Arrows" in May in the city - Translated | Lucca, January 29, 2014 - THE PATROL acrobatics of the Italian "Frecce Tricolori" could perform in May in the skies of Lucca in a fantastic choreography, to celebrate the five hundredth of the city walls. It a dream? Something much more concrete, although there are still many technical problems to be overcome before we can give a definitive answer...
Blue Angels provide glimpse of summer, preview Air Show - Xenia Gazette | A pair of United States Navy Blue Angels paid a visit to preview their return to the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show - a welcome development for Air Show officials and the throngs that will flock to see them perform. Lieutenant Ryan Chamberlain and...
Sun 'n Fun Radio celebrates 20 years - AOPA Pilot | “Dave Pascoe of LiveATC.net donates our audio streaming. It started out being just for the show, but Sun 'n Fun Radio now broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, thanks to Dave.” Sun 'n Fun Radio started streaming on the Internet...
Falcon Warbirds to perform flyover at Phoenix Open - KPHO Phoenix | The Falcon Warbirds are a formation flying group based at Mesa's Falcon Field. They'll be one of the opening acts for the Waste Management Phoenix Open around 3 p.m. Wednesday. "We're going to be doing a diamond fly-by first, and then we'll come back around and to honor the veterans, we'll do a missing man formation," said Brig. Gen. Dick Stich with Falcon Warbirds...
Latest from the hangar - Vulcan to the Sky | ...All of the required rivets have now been removed from
both sides and the lower plate for the Starboard side has
been marked out. The existing rivet positions for the Port side have
been picked up and we are well on the way to marking out the lower plate
for the Port side. We hope to have had the existing holes examined by
Aerospace NDT by the time you read this...Red Bull TV Ramps Onto Apple TV Lineup - Cult of Mac | Red Bull's lineup also includes on-demand HD. The channel features Air Racing, wakeboarding, wakeskating, skateboaring, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, and even b-boy dance battles. And if you can't figure out which adrenaline fueled videos you want ...
Breitling Wingwalkers seeking a new candidate | Interested in wing walking? UK based AeroSuperBatics Ltd operate the famous Breitling Wingwalkers - the...
War Eagles Air Museum’s P-38L-5-LO - Warbirds News | Elena Early DePree reports. The War Eagles Air Museum based in Santa Teresa, NM has a wonderful collection of aircraft, two in
particular stand out: a TF-51 Mustang which is the only TEMCO TF-51 still in existence and a marvelous P-38L. The history of War Eagles Air Museum’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning, unfortunately, is not documented as well as the museum would prefer. It is pretty sure that the aircraft was used in South America for aerial survey work from 1953 until early 1957, where it was based or what missions it flew its unknown...Queensland Air Museum Wins Australia Day Award - My Sunshine Coast | ..."QAM President, Cameron Elmes, says the award comes as a most welcome surprise, as the museum is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year....
How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger during Desert Storm - The Aviationist | Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the allied aerial victories.
de Havilland Heron — the “obvious successor” by travelforaircraft | The de Havilland Dove design (see previous post) was so successful as Britain's first post WW II airliner design it was, naturally, improved a few years after the Dove's debut as well as enlarged becoming the Heron. Essentially the de Havilland Heron had an extended fuselage and four engines, as compared to the Dove's two. The Heron has a lot of compatibility with the Dove so any operation serving the Dove could...
A Conversation With Heroes – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Ep532 | This past December, during the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas, WRL’s Matt Jolley had the privilege of hosting A Conversation With Heroes. The event featured fighter pilot and triple ACE Bud Anderson, fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, and RCAF Lancaster bomber tail gunner Si Campbell. The stories and life lessons contained in this conversation are well worth the time. We hope you enjoy!
German pilot showed humanity amidst the inhumanity of WWII - Covington News | The B-17 pilot was 21 years old, a farm boy from Weston, W. Va., on his first combat mission over the German heartland. His adversary, a former Bavarian airline pilot from Regensburg, Germany, was now a crack pilot for the Luftwaffe, with 22 kills to his credit. He was one victory away from winning the celebrated Knight’s Cross. The date: Dec 20, 1943....
Gene Spencer Reveals Love Story of World War II Pilot and Nurse in New Book - Broadway World | The American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as The Flying Tigers, were a group of American pilots formed in 1941, who went to China to aid them in their battle with Japan. According to http://www.historynet.com, they destroyed nearly 300 Japanese aircraft, while losing only 69 planes. Emma Jane Foster (Jane) and John Emil Petach (Pete) were two proud members of the AVG during World War II, who just happened to fall in love. Gene Spencer tells their story of love, passion and war in his new book, "The Last Mission: A Love and War Story All About Pete and Jane, a Pilot and Nurse of World War Two With the Famed Flying Tigers 1941-1942" (published by WestBow Press)...
Lightning - Apron 6 | This year I might be going to South-Africa and if I do, I hope I can tick off one of the things on my bucketlist. Cause there’s a flying Lightning again and would really like to see one up in the air! The video below gives...
Video: Boeings Over Baghdad... Amazing Perspective! - AirPigz | I've always been interested in seeing things from a different perspective... it's not just a different point of view but it's often a window into a world most people never see. This video of a 747 overtaking a 737 from directly below (from the cockpit of a 777) is such a great example of this...
Wichita Aero Club establishes new scholarship - Wichita Business Journal | The Wichita Aero Club on Tuesday provided more information about its newest scholarship, named in honor of Dean Humphrey, former public relations chief at Cessna Aircraft Co. I first tweeted about the new scholarship when Aero Club President Dave...
Blue Angels Judge Rib Cook-off for Kids By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Russ Tafuri, Blue Angels Public Affairs | NAF EL CENTRO, Calif. – Members of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, judged the 23rd annual Holtville Athletic Club Rib Cook-off Extravaganza, in Holtville, Calif., Saturday, marking the 21st year the Blue Angels have judged the contest...
Florida Space Day Taking Place on March 12, 2014 - Space Ref | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL (January 28, 2014) - Representatives from Florida's aerospace industry will visit Tallahassee on March12, 2014, to participate in Florida Space Day and share with legislators the opportunities the industry brings to Florida and the nation's space program....
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