Mariposa Air Fair and Family Adventure Day to be Held on April 26, 2014 - Sierra Sun Times | It is 
Large drink sales to help fund Thunder Over Louisville - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY - This year's McDonald's Thunder Funder program, which will help raise funds for the 2014 Thunder Over Louisville Air and Fireworks show, kicks off on Tuesday, April 1. McDonald's Restaurants of Kentuckiana is the title sponsor of the program for the ninth consecutive year...
Iconic WW2 planes to soar skies above Thornbury Carnival - South Cotswolds Gazette | ... The festival takes place on Saturday, July 5 and will feature some fantastic new attractions in the form of two iconic World War One planes. This August marks 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.The RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Fight team will delight crowds by flying a Spitfire and Hurricane over the Mundy field in the afternoon....
50th Hayward Air Rally to Fly to AirVenture * News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | March 27, 2014 - The Hayward Air Rally, which has tested pilot planning, navigation and flying skills on the West Coast for nearly a half-century, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year in a big way - with a final destination of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh....
EAA Warbirds of America Announces Daily AirVenture Plans * News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | March 27, 2014 - A special Vietnam aircraft day will be one of the many highlights of the featured air show performances by the EAA Warbirds of America at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The Vietnam tribute will take place on Wednesday, July 30, during the daily AirVenture air show...
92-Year-Old Works to Preserve Flying History - KTUU.com | ANCHORAGE -Howard "Mike" Hunt wore a leather pilot's jacket from his time serving in World War II for a fundraiser to support the Commemorative Air Force. It's a nod to his service and his past. Hunt was born an Iowa farm boy with a dream of flying. Now he's working to introduce younger generations to the antique aircraft he loves....
Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200 Flies Again · Warbirds News | As reported on March 26, 2014 via Global 
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Begins Busy Season | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum has begun in earnest to do some “Spring Cleaning” and start on some new projects that will improve the visitor experience. The museum is preparing for the upcoming Midwest Airport Fun Days event planned for June 7-8 by arranging some of the aircraft in their historic 1929 Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 for easier viewing. Space is also being made in the hangar for...
McChord Air Museum & Heritage Hill Air Park — a Washington State gem * Travel for Aircraft | This museum is a gem and absolutely should be visited when in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Two main parts comprise the facility: McChord Air Museum and Heritage Hill Air Park. McChord Air Museum is both intimate and dense with its artifacts, relics and displays. Their two largest exhibits are the B-25 Mitchell nose which is positioned just below eye level...
New England Air Museum to Hold first ever Motorcycle Show · Warbirds News | ...A special feature of the day will be entry to the Museum’s Restoration Hangar. This is an opportunity to take a close-up look at the P-51D Mustang Racer, Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster and several vintage engines.The event will be held inside the Museum’s three large display hangars & our outside yard....
Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial a fitting tribute for Second World War airmen By Lincolnshire Echo | The Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial will be unveiled on the ridge above Lincoln’s South Common in June next year. The spire will include the names of all those aircrew who are listed in the three rolls of honour held in Lincoln Cathedral. The location of the memorial is most appropriate as the spire will be in direct line of sight of the cathedral which proved to be such a guiding landmark for the returning crews during the Second World War...
Collector hopes air museum plan will take off By Gavin Havery, Reporter | A MUSEUM dedicated to aviation memorabilia spanning both world wars is to be opened in the North-East. Rare items, including uniforms, flying helmets with goggles, flags and models are to be displayed publicly in Dipton, near Stanley in County Durham...
Rhyl artists help to create 25000 balloon Red Arrows sculpture - Daily Post North Wales | The piece won a silver award at the World Balloon Convention in Denver, Colorado in a team led by Sara and Mike Harris. It took 25,000 balloons and a torn tendon to make an inflatable Red Arrows sculpture go off with a bang...
New Soyuz Trio Completes Two Day Trip To Station * Aero-News Network | Plan To Arrive In Six Hours Scrapped After Missed Engine Firing | A new trio of Expedition 39 flight engineers has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day, 34-orbit trip. Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov was at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft when it docked automatically to the Poisk docking compartment at 1953 EDT. Skvortsov was flanked by Flight Engineers Steve Swanson and Oleg Artemyev during the two day flight...
Smith And Palazzo: NASA’s Priority Should Be Space Exploration * Aero-News Network | Science Committee Leadership Questions Obama Administration Cuts To NASA Budget | The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing Thursday with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. to examine the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budget and its priorities. Members on both sides of the aisle raised numerous concerns with the priorities represented in the President’s proposal that cuts NASA’s funding by $185 million...
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778 'Rosie the Riveters' show up to set world record - and save bomber plant - The Ann Arbor News | 
Punta Gorda Air Show Draws Over 100K for Veterans-Themed Event - Newsmax.com | About 60,000 people showed up each day at the 34th Annual Florida International Airshow in Punta Gorda this past weekend, following last year's disappointing cancellation. Fighter jets and vintage planes dating back to 1918 were on display to the delight of many, NBC reported. For many, however, the real stars of the show were the veterans who were in attendance for this year's theme, "A Salute to Veterans." Veterans in attendance included Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 99, and Ret. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling, 73....
New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest ends on sunny note - Daytona Beach News-Journal | News-Journal/NIGEL COOK Patty Wagstaff performs during the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest air show in New Smyrna Beach on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Pilots performed spectacular aerobatic maneuvers Sunday afternoon, thrilling thousands of people attending the last day of the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest....
Video: Fat Albert And The South Texas Air Show - KIII TV3 | ...Meteorologist Alan Holt got to fly in Fat Albert and talked about the experience with 3 News Anchor Michael Gibson.
Military Matters: B-25 Mitchell Bomber - KIII TV3 | KINGSVILLE (Kiii News) -There are so many stories we found at this years, Wings Over South Texas Air Show in Kingsville including our Military Matters report. We came across a group called the DAV Flight Team who's mission is to fulfill promises to the men and women who served. Thousands of people walked through the gates at NAS Kingsville to experience...
Red Arrows take off for 50th display season - ITV News | The Red Arrows have taken off from their Lincolnshire base destined for Cyprus to complete training for their 50th display season. For the next eight weeks the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team will operate from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as the pilots practice their display ahead of the 2014 season....
Stunning new video shows what it's like to fly with the Red Arrows By Western Morning News | For those who have watched the Red Arrows display team and wondered what the view is like from the skies – wonder no more. A three-minute video has been posted online that puts the viewer in the passenger seat of a Hawk T1 during a team practice session over their home at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire...
Sun 'n Fun Fly-In expecting a big year - Bay News 9 | LAKELAND -- Organizers of Lakeland's annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In are expecting a good year. Advance sales for the event are way up, according to organizers. President John Leenhouts said advance sales would typically be about $150,000 a week out from the event, but this year the sales are at about $300,000...
Large contingent of overseas participants for Warbirds Over Wanaka - Voxy | A large contingent of overseas participants is expected to add a strong international flavour to the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow this Easter. Guest performers, exhibitors and media will soon be travelling from Poland, France, the United States, Lithuania, Switzerland and beyond to take part in the event which begins in just over three weeks...
LA County Airshow 2014 * Photorecon.net | On March 21st and 22nd, the City of Lancaster held the inaugural Los Angeles County Air Show at William J. Fox Airfield. The Air Show was headlined by the United States Navy Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels. With so much aviation history stemming from the Antelope Valley and neighboring communities, the air show was a tribute to the valley’s rich aviation heritage, and the aerospace pioneers who have paved the way for future generations to come....
Airshow Franco-Belge in lens-Benifontaine - Translated | After the success of the Air Holidays 2007, 
2010 and 2012 respectively which hosted 22,000, 30,000 and 53,000 spectators, the next major air show will be held Sunday, May 18, 2014 on the airfield Lens-Bénifontaine. The theme will be the Franco-Belgian Friendship. Pascale Alajouanine-Duhoo which is the official sponsor of the Meeting of Lens-Bénifontaine since 2007, will again to that of 2014....
Death of a hero * Bayou Renaissance Man | ...Jeremiah Denton, the downed Navy pilot who was paraded before television cameras by the Viet Cong and confirmed U.S. suspicions of prisoner maltreatment during the Vietnam War by blinking out the word "torture" in Morse code, has died. He was 89....
World's only flying Superfortress to touch down Valdosta - WALB-TV | VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) -You can see a rare sight Monday, when the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport. FiFi will be accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman...
Video: Vintage planes from Wanaka auctioned off * Emily Cooper 3 News Reporter | A collection of rare cars, motorbikes and planes has gone up for auction in Wanaka. More than 50 items, including a 1924 Bentley, a 1938 Harley Davidson and a Tiger Moth aircraft, went under the hammer for the Warbirds over Wanaka Community Trust...
Air Race F1 Receives Approval From The Official Formula One Air Racing Associations * aviationpros.com | Air Race F1, the first international Formula One air racing series, which will launch in Lleida Spain on 1st June, has announced that the three major Formula One Air Racing Associations have formally agreed to sanction the event, granting Air Race F1 recognition as an 
Scot flies the saltire in revival of aerial race - Scotsman | ...Des Hart is to compete in the Air Race F1 – piloting his plane at levels as low as 35ft while racing eight other aircraft at speeds of up to 250mph on a two-km circuit above Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Catalonia, Spain. Hart, from Perthshire, is one of only three British pilots to compete in the major international race, and the only Scot in a field of 14. Formula One flying is still performed in Reno, in the US, but was stopped in Britain in the late 1980s because of safety concerns and the high cost of running the racing aircraft...
Plane which ‘cheated death’ rolled out at Yorkshire Air Museum on 70th anniversary - The Press, York | SEVENTY years after its first outing, the story of a famous Second World War Two aircraft which cheated disaster time and time again is being remembered at the Yorkshire Air Museum this weekend. On the night of March 30, 1944, the Halifax bomber Friday the 13th rolled down the runway at RAF Lissett near Bridlington, bound for Nuremburg in Germany...
Ohio Capital Budget Includes Funds For Historic Wright Brothers Factory · Warbirds News | Efforts to secure and restore the historic Wright brothers’ airplane factory have taken an important step forward with the inclusion of funding in Ohio’s capital budget bill. The budget bill for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 includes $250,000 to acquire and secure the two Wright Company buildings for eventual use by the National Park Service. Ohio Gov. John Kasich introduced the bill Tuesday to the state legislature. “This is one small step toward opening the Wright Company factory to the public as a unit of Dayton’s national park, but it’s a giant leap in terms of gaining recognition for the importance of this project,” said Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA)....
[Video] Egyptian DHC-5 Buffalo utility aircraft performs belly landing * The Aviationist | You don’t see this kind of maneuver every day. Reportedly filmed on Mar. 24, at an undisclosed airport, the following footage shows a textbook landing of an Egyptian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo plane...
NASA Marks Tenth Anniversary Of Successful Mach 7 Hyper-X Flight * Aero-News Network | March 27 was the 10-year anniversary of NASA’s successful Mach 7 Hyper-X flight. During this flight, the 12-foot-long X-43A research vehicle set a world speed record for an “air breathing” (jet-powered) vehicle...
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Aerobatic team to fly WWII aircraft at Sky Fest in New Smyrna Beach * news-journalonline.com | NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Mark Henley’s flying schedule at this weekend’s Balloon & Sky Fest will hearken back to the training paths that many World War II fighter pilots followed. Henley, as part of the renowned AeroShell Aerobatic team, will fly in formation with three other pilots in 1940s AT-6 Texans, which were the primary training aircraft for U.S. airmen during the war....
Military aircraft will again be a no-show at Freedom Fair - TheNewsTribune.com ...For a second consecutive year, the Freedom Fair air show on Tacoma’s waterfront will be an all-civilian affair. Despite attempts to secure military demonstrations, the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration will be bereft of active duty jet fighters, bombers and helicopters. Even Tacoma’s unofficial bird, the Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III, will be a no-show....
Slovak Air Force returns to the RAF Waddington International Air Show with a tribute to Czechoslovakian pilots involved in D-Day Operations * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | With participation already confirmed from 9 countries, the Organisers of the RAF Waddington International Air Show are delighted to announce another addition to this year’s displays. The Slovak Air Force has confirmed that it will be making a welcome return to the show, demonstrating its L-39CM CM Albatross jet trainer. The aircraft is specially painted this year to celebrate the life and achievements of Sqn Ldr Otto Smík, a young hero of the English skies who fled Slovakia at...
British pilot Nigel Lamb: Any sports fan will enjoy watching Red Bull Air Race - Metro | Nigel Lamb is an experienced pilot who competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The 57-year-old was in the Rhodesian military as a youngster but now competes for Great Britain. He started the season with fifth place in Abu Dhabi....
CAF’s F8F Bearcat Makes Rare Flight at Palm Springs Air Museum · WarbirdsNews | The F8F Bearcat operated by the Commemorstive Air Force SoCal Wing will make a rare flight exhibition at the Palm Springs Air Museum this Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Flight Exhibition will take place following the Commemorative Program, FLYING WITH THE BLUE ANGELS, by Larry Packer. The Blue Angels, the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, was formed in 1946, making it...
World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress Landing In Valdosta Monday - WCTV | March 27, 2014 – Residents of Valdosta will witness a rare sight this Monday when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout the stop. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the B-29. The ramp will be open to the public Monday through Wednesday, March 31 through April 2....
Michael Imhoff new executive director of Air Force Museum Foundation * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 3/27/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The Air Force Museum Foundation formally announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael P. Imhoff as Executive Director, effective March 10, 2014. The Air Force Museum Foundation is a philanthropic, non-profit organization that raises money for buildings, programs and other initiatives of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). Imhoff was previously the Vice President, Supply Chain, Real Estate and Facilities at NiSource, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio....
German Aces Speak II * Travel for Aircraft | Heaton and Lewis’s sequel to The German Aces Speak is as good as the original since it compliments and reinforces but does not repeat or rehash the Luftwaffe’s perspective of World War II by four additional aces — as well as the Luftwaffe’s rebirth due to the onset of the Cold War. The four aces treated in...
NASA s Super Guppy makes a special delivery - eTurboNews | NASA’s Super Guppy, a wide-bodied
cargo aircraft, landed at the Redstone Army Airfield near Huntsville, Ala. on March 26 with a special delivery: an innovative composite rocket fuel tank. The tank was manufactured at the Boeing Developmental Center in Tukwila, Wash...
Wagstaff teams for teaching - AOPA Pilot | “Starting an aerobatic school gives me and my instructors a chance to pass on our experience in aerobatics and upset training, and to help create more skillful and safer pilots,” Wagstaff said in the March 26 announcement. “We have already attracted students from Australia, Europe, and Canada, and we are hoping to become one of the premier aerobatic training centers in the world.”
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This weekend's shows * Fencecheck
- Wheels to Warriors 2014
- Wings Over South Texas 2014
- Florida International Airshow 2014
- Take To The Skies AirFest 2014
4th Annual Florida International Air Show returns - Wink News | PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - This weekend the thrill seekers and young at heart will see the ride of the lifetime as some of the most iconic pre World War II aircrafts comes to our area. One military branch will be performing in tactical fighter jets. The 34th Annual Florida International Air Show runs March 28-30th at the Punta Gorda Airport. This is their first time back in Florida since 2008....
Air show celebrates aviation's past and present By Shelby Webb | PUNTA GORDA - Retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole looked wistfully over the rows of metal giants silently filling the runway. During World War II, Cole spent more than 500 hours inside a massive B-25 bomber...
Durant hosts Take to the Skies Air Fest - KXII-TV | DURANT, OK -- The city of Durant is hosting their second air show this weekend and this year they are adding some new attractions. The show will be held at the Durant Regional Airport all day Saturday...
Historic planes on display at Cecil Airport this weekend - First Coast News Historic World War II aircraft, including the B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI, will be on display this weekend at Cecil Airport....
Yankee Air Museum offers no cost, hi-gloss family event - Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum is inviting everyone to its 19th annual Bomber Buffing Saturday, April 5.The four-engine B-17 heavy bomber "Yankee Lady" and twin engine B-25 medium bomber "Yankee Warrior," located on the west side of Willow Run Airport, in Hangar 1, Bay 8, need their aluminum skin polished to a high gloss. Winter inspections and maintenance are complete, and the planes have been washed. The polishing is the last step in preparing for the 2014 flying and air show season....
YPSILANTI TWP: Yankee Air Museum to make 2nd world record attempt with 1 ... - Heritage Newspapers | YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — With just over a month left in the Save the Bomber Plant campaign, the Yankee Air Museum announced Friday that they only have $1.5 million left to reach the $8 million fundraising goal. The deadline for the year-long campaign to save the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant is May 1....
Superstars of Aerobatic Performers! * aviationpros.com | WEST COVINA, CA -- Meet your favorite aerobatic performer up close and personal! Concorde Battery is pleased to announce that several popular airshow performers will be in our booth at Sun ‘n Fun signing posters of their amazing performances captured on camera....
[Video] Take a back seat ride with the Red Arrows and their 50th anniversary tail fin - The
Aviationist | UK’s Red Arrows celebrate their 50th aerobatic season this year....All eyes skyward as air show looms - shropshirestar.com | Every year, tens of thousands of people from all over the UK flock to the show – the region’s biggest aviation event and one of only two official RAF air shows anywhere in the country....
Yak-130 jets of new aerobatic group to fly over Red Square at Victory Day parade - ITAR-TASS | MOSCOW, March 28. /ITAR-TASS/. Four Yak-130 training planes of a new aerobatic group of the Russian Air Force would participate in the air parade over Red Square in Moscow on May 9, Air Force spokesperson Igor Klimov told ITAR-TASS....
Aviator, POW, Resister, Senator, Hero - The Weekly Standard (blog) | Admiral Jeremiah Denton is dead at 89. Americans of a certain age will remember him, if not by name, then as the returning Vietnam POW who stepped off the plane at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines and concluded some remarks with the words, “God bless America.”...
70 years in the making: WWII soldier to be honored - Clinton Herald | ...Apparently, he was a handsome and accomplished young man who joined the military service during the war and became a P-38 “Lightning” fighter pilot. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on Feb. 19, 1942, transferring to the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1942....
Planes' fighting chance * Otago Daily Times | One of the pilots, Keith Skilling, of Katikati, flying a German Fokker DVII, said he grew up on the Taieri where his father, Hugh, was chief flying instructor for the Otago Aero Club. Mr Skilling, who attended The Taieri High School, left Dunedin in...
[Photo] Two Lightnings fly together: F-35A and P-38 over Luke Air Force Base · The Aviationist
Dedication of World War II hangar set at BGE · General Aviation News Staff | The Decatur County Board of Commissioners will conduct a dedication ceremony Saturday, April 5, for Phase I of the World War II Hangar renovation project at Decatur County Airport (BGE) in Georgia....
CAF Houston Wing Fly-In and Open House Set for April 12-13 · WarbirdsNews | The Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announced the annual Fly In and Open House will take place April 12 -13, 2014 at the West Houston Airport. The Fly-In and Open House is a great event for all ages, as visitors will have a chance to get up close and view authentic World War II aircraft. . In addition to seeing the amazing aircraft, the hangar museum will be open for tours and there will be fly-overs throughout the day. Enjoy drinks, food, souvenirs, or purchase a ride in one of the Warbirds....
Happy Birthday To The Consolidated PBY Catalina · WarbirdsNews | The Consolidated PBY
Catalina flew for the first time seventy-nine years ago today. The PBY was named “Catalina” for the resort island off the coast of California by the British, which satisfied the Royal Air Force requirement that aircraft names be representative of the manufacturer. A World War II...Sky high: Young aviators take flight with Civil Air Patrol * Marines.mil | The Experimental Aircraft Association offered Marine Corps Logistics Base Marines' and civilian-Marines' children an opportunity to co-pilot a flight to areas in Albany, Ga., through the Young Eagles Program. Capt. Gene Fandel, Civil Air Patrol...
Children who yearn to fly welcome at Young Eagles event * Dailysunnews | PROSSER – It's time again for children who want to fly to get their parents to sign them up for a Young Eagles free flight. The Prosser chapter of the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) will be hosting a Young Eagle event on Saturday, May 17, from...
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