Saturday, May 17, 2014

Catch the Air Show Edition: 17-MAY-2014

Here's this weekend's list * via Fencecheck!

5/17/14 |  Hondo Army Air Field Airshow 2014
5/17/14 |  Good Neighbor Day Airshow & Open Ho..
5/17/14 |  Rhode Island Open House & Air Show ..
5/17/14 |  Sporty`s Fly-In & Sweepstakes Airpl..
5/17/14 |  Planes Trains & Automobiles 2014
5/17/14 |  Cape Air Fest 2014
5/17/14 |  Thunder Over Augusta 2014
5/17/14 |  Festyn Lotniczy Ostrów 2014
5/17/14 |  Red Bull Air Race 2014
5/17/14 |  Thunder Over The Valley 2014
5/17/14 |  Aeroshow Cozumel 2014
5/17/14 |  Warbirds Over Addison 2014
5/17/14 |  Volk Field ANG Open House 2014
5/17/14 |  American Heroes Air Show 2014
5/17/14 |  Paine Field Aviation Day 2014
5/17/14 |  Den Otevřených Dveří 2014
5/18/14 |  Meeting Aérien de Lens 2014
5/18/14 |  Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas 2014
5/18/14 |  Meeting Aérien de Til-Châtel 2014
5/18/14 |  Loano Air Show 2014


The Blues are Back! * Londonderry News | The 23rd anniversary event is held at Quonset State Airport (OQU) in North Kingstown RI on May 17th and 18th. The Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Airshow is the only place to be this weekend! The airshow is just a little over 2 hours from Londonderry and it will be well worth the drive. Gates open at 9AM and...

Reporter soars with the Thunderbirds - Youngstown Vindicator | (EDITOR'S NOTE — On the eve of the Thunder Over The Valley air show, reporter Kalea Hall flew with the Thunderbirds today. Her full report will be featured in Saturday's Vindicator.) On this day, I flew with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds in the Lockheed Martin F-16 - that's what my certificate says. But I did more than fly: I soared below the clouds, through the clouds and above the clouds. I conquered my fear of heights, as well as my fears of going upside down and into small spaces. I did what most people will never have the chance of doing and it was, without a doubt, the best experience of my life...

The Thunderbirds make it look easy, don’t they? The... * You like airplanes, too? | The United States http://www.youlikeairplanestoo.com/post/85924819488Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team flies in formation during an open house and air show May 10, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The event...

Black Diamond Jet Team to be featured at air show - New Bern Sun Journal | CHERRY POINT | When the Black Diamond Jet Team forms its five-plane formation in the sky above the Cherry Point Air Show, lead pilot Jerry Kirby knows that spectators will be impressed. “We fly one of the tightest formations of any demonstration team, including the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, and that alone is impressive enough,” Kirby said. “I think it will be well received by the audience.”...

Performers ready to take to skies at air show - Carolinacoastonline | CHERRY POINT — If you fly it, they will come. That is what performers say they are hoping for as they gear up for the 2014 Cherry Point Air Show, “Inspiration to Innovation,” that starts today. Whether you’re 7 or 70, this year’s show has something for everyone, from vintage World War II fighters to the new Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II and everything in between...

Cherry Point general pilots a piece of history - Havelock News | Maj. Gen. Bob Hedelund has spent much of his career as a helicopter pilot, but he got a behind the wheel of a classic World War II bomber on Thursday. Hedelund, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, flew around Cherry Point in a B-25 Mitchell just like the type that was once based here...

Video: Cape Girardeau Air Festival is Sure to Provide Thrills - WSIL TV | CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO -- From people jumping out of planes, to jets flying just a few feet off the ground at scorching speeds, you'll be able to see it all this weekend at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. This http://aeroexperience.blogspot.com/2014/05/us-army-golden-knights-and-canadian.htmlyear's headline performer is the Canadian Force's Snowbirds...

Photos:  U.S. Army Golden Knights and Canadian Forces Snowbirds Arrive at Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival By Leo Cachat | They're Here! The U.S. Army Golden Knights and Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport today in preparation for this weekend's Air Festival...

Breitling Jet Team update... Breitling Jet Team | Don't forget BJT will be at : LENS AIRSHOW sunday but also sunday end of afternoon at DIJON - TIL CHATEL

Warbirds take wing Saturday at Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade - Daily Breeze | Torrance >> About 20 warbirds representing the largest gathering of antique aircraft in the community in eight years will fly over the route of the 55th annual Armed Forces Day Parade on Saturday. The two-hour parade, which draws tens of thousands of spectators annually, this year will feature the most military hardware since 2009, said Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto, adding that defense cutbacks that had organizers fearing for the future of the event were no longer a factor...

Last airworthy WWII B-29 plane comes to Prescott - Prescott Daily Courier | Fifi is in town this weekend, and she brought some friends along. Fifi is the name of the only World War II-era Boeing B-29 Superfortress that's still in flyable condition...

Bomber Flights Offered During OC Air Show - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY — During the Ocean City Air Show this year, the public will be able to do more than just watch the planes from the beach — they will be able to fly in a World War II B25 Bomber....

Hannes Arch top gun in training * RedBull.com | After registering the closest victory in the history of Red Bull Air Race in Croatia last time out, Hannes Arch wasted no time in laying down a marker in Malaysia on Friday. Arch, who beat Paul Bonhomme by just 0.08s in Rovinj, posted the fastest time in the first training session in the sweltering midday Malaysian heat ahead of the third round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 in Putrajaya as he attempts to overhaul rival Bonhomme at the top of the standings...

Canada's first female Snowbird pilot soared to great heights - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON - Lt. Col. Maryse Carmichael could fly an airplane before she could drive a car. The Quebec City native was just 16 when she took her first solo flight in a glider as part of an air cadet program. It was the start of an aviation career that would see Carmichael soar, shuttling prime ministers between provinces and dazzling audiences as the first female member of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team...

Wayne Boggs: Air Boss and reality television star * General Aviation News | “For everyone who has ever gazed skyward.” That’s the tagline from “The Aviators,” a reality television show focusing on aviation. Since 2010, the show has brought the wonderful world of aviation into the living rooms and laptops of thousands. Each segment is approximately five minutes in length and covers topics ranging from the life of an airshow pilot to new technology in aviation to, the number one asked question, “Can a non-pilot land an airliner?”...

Dr.Sky Interviews Rich Grinnell / Western Sky Aviation Museum, St. George, Utah * Photorecon.net | One of my passions, is to interview many of those that run or help to promote the many aviation museums in the nation. I had the honor of having as my special guest on the Dr.Sky Show, Rich Grinnell, of the Western Sky Aviation Museum, located in St. George, Utah. This is a great museum, with some very special aircraft! They have been around for nearly a decade and are a true showplace for many of the great aircraft of the 1950′s and beyond. The museum has a few very interesting Mig-15 and Mig-17 aircraft, along with many others...

Video: Warwick teen gets his wings over Quonset - The Providence Journal | Oracle aerobatic stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker surprises air show spectators with exciting stunts, but also encourages youngsters to experience flying through his work with Young Eagles, a international initiative to introduce kids to flight. The program offers free introductory flights for kids to "see what real pilots do on the ground and in the air." Brandyn Garrahy, 16, a student at Toll Gate High School in Warwick, got his first flight lesson Thursday with Tucker. The duo flew Oracle One from the Quonset airport over Narragansett Bay during preparations for this weekend's air show...

Rutan flies new diesel - AOPA Pilot | ...“It’s an amazing story, what they’ve decided to do here,” Brenner said. “At Oshkosh this year, they are going to do something that will blow people’s minds, without question.”

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