Flying with the Guard * Turnto10.com | Video - media ride with John Klatt
Blue Angels pilots to visit Hasbro Children's Hospital - Turn to 10 | PROVIDENCE -Before their performance this weekend at the Rhode Island Air Show, Blue Angels pilots will meets patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence. They'll make the rounds at the hospital in full flight gear, and answer questions about their high-flying jobs...
F-35B among those performing at Cherry Point Air Show - Jacksonville Daily News | It’s no secret. The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the future of Marine Corps aviation. That future will be revealed for the first time to the public at this weekend’s Cherry Point Air Show. The fifth-generation fighter jet is scheduled for its first public flight on the East Coast during the Saturday and Sunday shows at Cherry Point...
'Inspiration to Innovation' to take flight at Cherry Point - Carolinacoastonline | The skies above Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point will be filled with jets and more during the 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show “Inspiration to Innovation,” Friday, May 16, to Sunday, May 18, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The show Friday, May 16, will feature nighttime performances, while shows Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, will feature many daytime performances...
Holloman Air Force Base Puts On First Airshow In More Than Two Years - KRWG | Last Saturday Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo opened it’s gates, showcased it’s mission operations and put it's fighter planes in the air for the general public . It is the first time the base has put on major public airshow since major military spending cuts. War planes, bombers and jets soared, ducked and maneuvered above crowds of thousands at the Holloman Air Force Base open house on Saturday....
Truckee Tahoe AirShow awards $500 to T-shirt contest winner - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — The 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival T-shirt will feature a “vintage-esque” aviation design created by 14-year-old Riley Matosian from Truckee. Matosian is an eighth-grader at Alder Creek Middle School who is now, also, the recipient of $500 for being chosen as the winner of the 2014 AirShow T-Shirt Art Contest...
Cape May Airport (WWD) to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest - “AcroBlast” to Take Off the Weekend of May 30 - June 1, 2014 - Cape Gazette | (Erma, New Jersey) Today, Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC). The event will take place beginning Friday, May 30 and conclude on Sunday, June 1, 2014...
Aviation Network’s inaugural fly-in slated for September · General Aviation News | VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Aviation Network, comprised of 700 members of the Young President’s Organization, is holding its inaugural 2014 Fly-In at the Alpine Airport in Wyoming Sept. 5-7. This exclusive private event can only accommodate 30 planes and their passengers, according to organizers...
Hot Weather To Be A Major Challenge In 2014 Putrajaya Red Bull Air Race - Bernama | PUTRAJAYA, May 15 (Bernama) -- The abnormal hot weather currently will pose an extra challenge to all participants at the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 on Saturday. The nation's sole flyer in the race, Datuk Halim Othman said the extreme hot situation which rarely took place would also disturb the concentration of all the pilots especially those not familiar with the weather conditions in the country...
Here's what it's like to fly search and rescue with the Civil Air Patrol in New Orleans * NOLA | Flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet over New Orleans East in a Cessna-172 single-engine plane, the first thing that comes to mind is confirmation of what New Orleanians already know too well: We are surrounded by water...
St. Louis Aerospace Community Welcomes Legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz By Carmelo Turdo | Members of the St. Louis aerospace community welcomed legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz at a dinner reception this evening at the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop. The dinner was held in honor of Gene Kranz and his wife Marta, and included guests Lowell and Bobette Grissom and representatives from the St. Louis Rocketry Association, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis University parks College, St. Louis Space Frontier, St. Louis Challenger Learning Center, Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Missouri Coalition for Math and Science, Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and the Bonne Terre Space Museum. Gene Kranze will make appearances at several events to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, culminating with a public event this Saturday at the St. Louis Science Center...
B-52 unhinged — Arc Light Memorial in transition by travelforaircraft | Arc Light was historic, occurring during the Vietnam War, when D model B-52s were modified in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions in ground support combat roles. The mission name was reused in 1972 to conventionally bomb North Vietnam with these same B-52D Stratofortresses. The Air Force Magazine has this article on Arc Light, for further reading....
Video: 20 Foot Span RC B-25 With 2 Moki 400's! (First Flight) * AirPigz | Really big RC models are 
"Insane Clown Posse" UCAP #357 * Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Feet-dry U-2 messes up ATC... Going home, not... Spitfire vs P-51... MH370 craziness... Google Glass in the cockpit... Low price airplanes... Airplane Personality Quiz... Shoutouts: Cheezy Poofs & Skunkworks Robotics... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 9, 2014.
U.S. students among top winners in international aviation art contest · General Aviation News | The NASAO Center for Aviation Research & Education reports that two U.S. students are among the nine winners of the 2014 International Art Contest for young people, sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and managed by the NASAO Center. The art contest is designed to motivate and encourage young people to become familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering, and science. The winning entries were selected during FAI’s April meeting in Switzerland...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
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ICAS CONFIRMS KRANZ AS ICAS CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Gene Kranz, leader of the “Tiger Team” of flight directors who brought the Apollo 13 spaceship safely back to Earth in April, 1970, will make the opening keynote presentation for the 2014 ICAS Convention, December 8-11 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas...
Thunder Over the Valley Air Show features Air Force Thunderbirds - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio – The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying team will be featured this weekend in the free Thunder Over the Valley Air Show at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station. The show runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with aerial demonstrations in the afternoon by the Thunderbirds, vintage warplanes, and stunt aircraft. Static and ground displays will be featured as well as other special events....
The Rhode Island Air Show Returns - Cox Sports Online | The Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show returns May 17th and 18th after a one year forced hiatus due to budget cuts. Fans of high speed aerial acrobatics are in for a treat as the legendary Blue Angels are set to headline once again. Also performing is the inimitable Sean D. Tucker who we profiled for the 20th Anniversary of the Air Show...
Carl Stevens' Journal: Sneak Peek Of RI National Guard Air Show - CBS Local | NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (CBS) — The Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show will land in town this weekend. WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens got a sneak peek of the show, which he says turned him into “a little boy with jelly legs.”...
Team Six Leads The Way * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Greetings from the flight 
Video: Tico Warbird Airshow 2014 · Julie In The Sky
Watch live [May 18]: Red Bull Air Race from Malaysia - Red Bull (International) | Another new tour stop in Putrajaya, Malaysia, follows the Red Bull Air Race thriller in Croatia. Only two races in, and excitement around the Red Bull Air Race World Championship has reached fever pitch...
OC Air Show, tall ships set to return * delmarva now | OCEAN CITY – The fourth appearance of the Air Force Thunderbirds will be the highlight of next month's seventh annual OC Air Show. Bryan Lilley, producer of the OC Air Show, gave an update on the 2014 event to members of the Ocean City Council at their April meeting. He said military aircraft will be back to perform after the 2013 show saw jet demonstration teams grounded during a period of tightened federal spending...
Flights of fantasy at the SAAF Airshow - Citizen | Whether you’re waiting to board a plane to a foreign country, are welcoming home or bidding farewell to a loved one or simply standing, nose pressed against the window watching the planes take off, there’s just something special about seeing aircraft soaring into the sky....
Belgian Devils debut at Cosford * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The organisers of the RAF Cosford Air Show have announced the first confirmed international participant for the flying display on Sunday 8th June. The Belgian Air Force ‘Red Devils’ will be making their debut appearance at the Show, performing with four SF.260M training aircraft and bringing the number of display teams to four...
Air Show, Villanova everything ready for the arrival of the Frecce rhythmia here Initiatives * Translated | Villanova d'Albenga. Party countdown, 108 ° Club Frecce Tricolori, coordinated by Ms. Luisa Boresti, is ready to welcome the PAN (National Acrobatic Patrol), incoming Panero Airport of Villanova d'Albenga, waiting for the show next weekend in Loano. The event will start with a large multimedia exhibition dedicated to one of national pride with the '"Homage to the Frecce Tricolori" Tommy Marinelli....
Collings Foundation’s Lockheed T-33 Gets New Paint Scheme · WarbirdsNews | The Collings 
Cirrus Aircraft equips Racing Aces pilots with SR22 Airplane for air race - FinancialNews.co.uk | Cirrus Aircraft said it will equip Racing Aces team pilot Dianna Stanger, co-pilot Joyce Wilson, and teammate Erin Cude with a Cirrus SR22 airplane to take on the 38th annual Air Race Classic in June...
ILA Berlin Air Show 2014: Customer A380 and A400M complement fleet on display - eTurboNews | Airbus will demonstrate the leading position of its comprehensive product family at this year’s ILA Berlin Air Show, with a special focus on its highly-efficient and popular widebody product range. The highlight of the opening day will be the first ever display of an A350 XWB test aircraft (MSN 4) at a German Airshow....
Timeless Voices - Jim Younkin · eaavideo.org | In the late 1950's, Jim Younkin developed the first miniaturized solid-state gyro system, which would evolve into the Century and TruTrak autopilot systems. EAAers know Jim for his Mr. Mulligan and Travel Air Mystery Ship 1930s racer replicas.
Team Wild Mama * Flight To Success | It is time for the annual Air Race Classic and Team Wild Mama is ready to race. We are doing something a little different this year, however: we are raising money for Aviation Adventures (AA). Many of you...
1914-2014: BA 102, Dijon 100 years! (Part 1: 1914-1940) * Translated | If it is a historic airbase in France, it is that of Dijon, entered service shortly before the First World War. But what were the key events that punctuated the "life" of this century old military airfield listed since its inception among the most important aeronautical platforms the Air Force?...
Sqn Ldr Selase Agbenyefia: First female helicopter pilot in West Africa * You Fly, Girl | From Ghana Web: For close to 35 years, being a combat pilot in the Ghana Air Force has been a ‘no go’ area for ambitious young women who have the desire to ply their trade in that sector of the Ghana Armed Forces. The first two female pilots who served during the Nkrumah regime left the Air Force after the 1966 coup...
New York governor declares May ‘Aviation Appreciation Month’ · General Aviation News | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared May “Aviation Appreciation Month.” In New York, general aviation supports over 8,600 jobs and over $1 billion in economic activity. “We thank Governor Cuomo for recognizing the importance of general aviation and our network of local airports,” said Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance for Aviation Across America. “General aviation supports thousands of jobs and local services and is an important economic driver.”...
'Young Eagles' to attend county air show * The Henderson Daily News | As part of the Rusk County Air Show and Fly-in on June 7 area young people will have a chance to take to the skies as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 972 and Rusk County Airport host a Young Eagles Flight Rally. The rally is part of the...
ICON to relocate to Vacaville · General Aviation News | LOS ANGELES — ICON Aircraft will relocate to the City of Vacaville in Northern California, located approximately 50 miles northeast of San Francisco. Beginning in the first quarter of 2015, the company will begin operating in a 140,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the Vacaville airport, also known as the Nut Tree Airport...
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Thunderbirds arrive for Youngstown air show - WFMJ | The skilled crew of U.S. Air Force pilots and their team are on the ground, preparing of this weekend's Thunder Over the Valley event at the 
History of the Air Force Thunderbirds - WFMJ | Power, precision, pride. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are the epitome of a team and all this week, Derek Steyer will have an exclusive, in depth look at the worlds best air demonstration squad...
Blue Angels return to Annapolis to perform at US Naval Academy May 20-21
* The Republic | ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — The Blue Angels are returning to
Annapolis after three years away and will perform for the U.S. Naval
Academy's commissioning week. The academy announced Tuesday that the
Navy's flight demonstration squadron will fly a team ...
Video: Sean Tucker And The Extreme Machine! * AirPigz | I listened to Sean Tucker talk at an event in the Theater in the Woods at Oshkosh last year and I went from being a guy impressed with Sean's flying to being a guy impressed with Sean as a person...
Video: Armed Forces Day Salute - U.S. Air Force volunteers - KTLA | Gayle Anderson continues the KTLA Morning News weeklong salute to Armed Forces Day in Camarillo with information about the U.S. Air Force at the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing. The Southern California Wing, one of the largest units in the CAF in membership, aircraft, and capabilities, was formed in 1981. There are 11 aircraft on display, most of them participate in air shows throughout the Western states...
World's only airworthy Canberra added to RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day line-up By WG_JTaylor - Western Gazette | The world's only airworthy Canberra PR9 (XH134) has been added to RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day's 2014 line-up. Only recently-reflown, this sole survivor is operated by the Midair Squadron, whose Hunter T7 XL577 will also be at the show...
OAN 257 - Charles Johnson | Coverage of: Funday Sunday Fly-in; Goodfolk and O'Times Airplane Rides and Aerodrome Les Noyers.
Aviation Spotlight Episode One- The 2014 Planes of Fame Airshow * Photorecon.net | Aviation Spotlight is our new aviation based series from AIRSHOWVID.com hosted by Daniel Wotring. This is the first of four episodes that will be produced as a test of concept. Daniel is himself a pilot with over 4,500 hours in all types of single engine aircraft and owns his own company, Aviator Flight Training where he provides flight instruction for general aviation aircraft and high performance warbirds...
Mooney International: Planes of Fame’s Airshow Sponsor * Photorecon.net | Chino, CA – Mooney International’s comeback tour landed at the Planes of Fame Airshow on May 3-4, as they played host sponsor of the show. Mooney International was founded in 1929, and has manufactured more than 11,000 aircraft worldwide. After being dormant for five years, Mooney’s manufacturing headquarters has restarted its production line...
Delivering the EAA Sweepstakes Stearman * NORDO News | There it is in Oshkosh - No bugs and only 20.3 hours. It’s finally home. I can’t believe it. Six months of clearing up details and waiting out weather have finally paid off. Ralph Lloyd has his plane and I am happy to say I delivered it. Here’s how it happened....
Flying in My Father's Footsteps Aboard a Vintage B-24 Bomber - Noozhawk | Sitting on a hard bench — half standing, really — I exchange glances with the young woman strapped in closely beside me. I can tell she’s not sure what she’s gotten herself into, and although my heart is racing a bit, the certainty of my own mission is clear...
Barnstormers fly in circles over Fort Worth - Plainview Daily Herald | Hundreds of Cow Towners skipped church on Sunday, May 19, 1929, and slipped out to the municipal airport to give the “Fort Worth” a rousing send-off. Though dangerously overloaded with fuel and every conceivable carry-on, the monoplane cleared the runway with plenty of room to spare at exactly 11:33 a.m. Reg L. Robbins and James Kelly climbed to 2,000 feet and set their course for nowhere. To inscribe their names in the aviation annals, the barnstormers hoped to break the world record for continuous flight by circling the city for a solid week...
Warbird Pinup Girls – The Interview * Warbirds News | As most of you will recall, 1940s America is famous for its flamboyant and often risqué portraits of glamorous women in magazines and on billboards. During WWII, these images, whether photographs or illustrations, frequently found themselves pinned upon the barracks room walls, in the lids of foot lockers and maintenance workshops etc. of young servicemen in the US military. While the US Navy frowned upon the practice at the time, the US Army Air Forces accepted aircrew naming and painting a representation of these...
Air Museum seeks donations - UpperMichigansSource.com | K.I. SAWYER -- The K.I. Sawyer Air Heritage Museum is in need of money. It's now collecting donations online through a crowd-funding website. It's going toward the purchase of their building...
Old Shakey walkaround — Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, second of three by travelforaircraft | This 
Teaching and Keeping the Edge * Photorecon.net | While nothing can match actual aerial combat, or even just normal flight time for a Marine fighter pilot, modern technology can lend a helping hand in keeping these Marines trained and ready for any combat mission that is handed to them....
World's First Electric Aircraft Takes to the Skies [PHOTOS] - International Business Times, India Edition | Airbus' latest experimental aircraft 'E-Fan' has successfully taken to the skies for its maiden flight in France. The eco-friendly flight, powered by electricity took off from an airport close to Bordeaux in south western France. Developers believe that their maiden flight could cut down the cost of air travel by a third....
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Blue Angels to fly next week at USNA - Eye On Annapolis | The Blue Angels are back in Annapolis and will perform above the Severn River, Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 21 as part of the Naval Academy’s Commissioning Week. These events are free and open to the public....
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst air show drew more than 300,000 people * NJ.com | BURLINGTON COUNTY — More than 300,000 people attended a two-day air show at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The event began Saturday with the Army's parachute team, the Golden Knights, jumping onto the base with an American flag. The show ended Sunday with the Air Force Thunderbirds flying their F-16s...
Photo Gallery: Joint Base MDL Hosts Annual Air Show - The Ocean Signal | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST- Visitors from New Jersey and surrounding states gathered at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., for the 2014 Open House and Air Show May 10-11. The Open House and Air Show exceeded attendance expectations with more than 300,000 spectators throughout the two-day event....
40 000 visitors at SAAF Museum air show * defenceWeb | Crowds of around 40 000 turned out to see several dozen different types of aircraft take to the air for the annual air show at Air Force Base Zwartkop on Saturday, but highlights also involved demonstrations with armoured vehicles...
Fly-in June 7-8 will bring vintage and experimental aircraft and gliders to Hutch airport - Hutchinson News | Aviation fans will have a chance to see and even fly in some vintage aircraft, including the Lady Liberty, an A-26 twin-engine bomber/attack aircraft from World War II, during a Fly-In event sponsored by the Hutchinson Airport Advisory Committee on June 7 and 8....
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow Warbird Photo Review * David D Jackson | The last airshow at the Spirit 
Three Things Only a Pilot Would Notice About This Cool Russian Jet Demonstration * The Blaze | Nine Russian jets were filmed flying at high speeds and low altitudes over Crimea this weekend. No, it wasn’t another step in the hotly debated Ukraine-Crimea-Russia debacle; it was a World War II commemoration...
Muroya Hopes To Keep Asian Flag Flying In Putrajaya Red Bull Air Race * bernama | KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) -- Yoshihide Muroya is determined to keep the Asian flag flying when competing in Round 3 of the Red Bull Air Race this weekend in Putrajaya. The 41-year-old Japanese ace hopes to make Asia proud on race day as he is the only pilot from the continent out of 12 pilots in the Master Class and is currently fourth in the standings...
BLM to close land around Stead airport for air races - Reno Gazette Journal | The Bureau of Land Management announced again this year it was temporarily closing federal land around the Reno-Stead Airport this year for the National Championship Air Races Sept. 6 through Sept. 15 and for the pylon racing seminar June 11 to June 14....
Red Tail veteran, film and plane return to Liberty - Fremont News Messenger | PORT CLINTON — Residents can take a step back into WWII-era history, sneak a peak at an original P-51 Mustang fighter airplane and speak with a veteran who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen this week. The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron educational program, ?Rise Above,? which tells the story of the famed African-American fighter pilots, will be returning to the Liberty Aviation Museum from Wednesday through Thursday...
PHOTOS: WWII B-17 Bomber In Spokane - KHQ Right Now | SPOKANE, Wash. - The Liberty Foundation's 2014 tour has hit Spokane, and Monday afternoon KHQ's Reed Schmitt got up close and personal with a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....
Convair XP5Y-1/R3Y-1 and –2 Tradewind * Let Let Let - Warplanes | Based on 1945 U.S. Navy requirements Consolidated-Vultee (later renamed Convair) designed a fast flying boat that was suitable for various tasks like submarine hunting, mine laying and offensive patrol missions. In fact it was intended as a successor for both the smaller twin-engine Catalina and the four-engine Coronado flying boats. The type...
The next Marine One * The DEW Line | Considering the massive level of past media interest around 
the US VXX presidential helicopter replacement programme (particularly when the last attempt got cancelled in 2009), confirmation of Sikorsky’s win this time around with an S-92 derivative might have passed many people by...
[Video] Here’s What It’s Like Being On The Receiving End Of A MiG-21's bomb in Syria * The Aviationist | Rule: if you see a Syrian warplane maneuver to drop a bomb on you, you better run!
Olympus E-M5 at an Air Show * Up At Dawn, Photography Talk | In a past post, I wrote about my experiences using my Olympus E-M5 and Canon 60D at air shows. This time I want to talk about the E-M5 by itself. It’s been a busy year for me so far regarding air shows. I’ve been to 3 air shows in the first 5 months of the year. The Cable Air Show, LA County Air Show, and most recently the Chino Planes of Fame Air Show. I’ve taken the E-M5 to all three and it performed both well, and not so well...
Sending young girls to space camp - Hutchinson News | With aircraft taking off and landing at Stearman Field on a recent evening, a group gathered with a common goal – to encourage some young girls to a future in space. Sponsored by the Women in Aviation Air Capital City Chapter, the annual event raised $5,350, which will pay for 30 low-income girls to attend the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center....
AOPA to send young pilot to French Air Rally · General Aviation News | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, (AOPA), with the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (ICAOPA), AOPA France and the Fédération Française Aéronautique (FFA), will send an American pilot between 18 and 24 years old to France this summer to take part in a nationwide air rally...
Young Eagles take flight on May 24 - Morehead News | May 12, 2014 — Can your child take the first steps to making their dreams of flying come true? Yes, that can happen May 24 when local kids have the chance to join the ranks of more than 1.8 million Young Eagles and see the world from a whole new perspective...
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Video: Chino Warbird Airshow * General Aviation News | Frederick A. Johnsen attended last weekend’s Chino Warbird Airshow and put together a nice video of the action...
Fly with history at Paine Field Aviation Day on May 17 * Herald Net | Kids fly free.Wait, don't pack your bags yet.It's only about a 15-minute flight, and adults can't go.The free rides, for ages 8 through 17, will be offered at Paine Field Aviation Day on May 17...
Fly-In Season: EAA Chapter 1424 Fly-In at Washington County, MO Airport By Leo Cachat | The annual EAA Chapter 1424 Fly In was held Saturday at Washington County, MO Airport. It was a slow start as the fog which had been in the area overnight didn't lift until about 9 a.m. The Aero Experience south team of Fred Harl and Leo Cachat were on hand to cover the days activity. The first aircraft to arrive was a...
Memorial Day Salute to Veterans Corporation Celebration Features Snowbirds, Golden Knights and Other Great Attractions * The Aero Experience | Columbia, MO: The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to come celebrate at their Annual Two-Day Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend at Columbia Regional Airport on May 24-25, 2014 from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Admission and Parking are FREE!...
Annual Hangar 24 Airfest announces lineup - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | The final lineup for the Hangar 24 Airfest and sixth anniversary celebration is ready for take off. The annual festival is slated to feature country acts like JT Hodges and Her as well as rock bands like Everclear and The BellRays. The event is scheduled to start be on May 16-17 at the Redlands Municipal Airport. Gates open at 4 p.m. on May 16 and 9 a.m. on May 17, while last call is 9 p.m. both nights....
Steam Plant Fly-In and MusicFest set for June · General Aviation News | GALLITIN, Tenn. — EAA Chapter 1343 and GTO Aviation are hosting the third annual Steam Plant Fly-In, FMA MusicFest and Aviation Expo on Saturday June 21, at Sumner County Regional Airport (M33). This all-day event will feature food, live music, displays, vendors, educational sessions and, of course, plenty of airplanes....
Top Flight - Morning Star | THOMPSONVILLE – The Benzie Area Radio Control club (BARC), will host its annual “Spring Thing” model airplane show, featuring both fixed wing and helicopters, at one of the biggest and best RC flying fields in northern Michigan. Admission to the show is free to the public and runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Thompsonville Airport...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Friday: Practice Day Through the Eyes, Mind and Camera of a Fanatic! 
By Leo Cachat | After a memorable Thursday at Spirit of St. Louis Airport and little sleep Thursday evening due to excitement and anticipation, the alarm sounds at 5 a.m. and I am up and getting my gear together to head back up to the airport...
Loano: "Homage to Frecce Tricolore" with a multimedia exhibition * Translated | Kicks off on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, from 10.30, the largest multimedia exhibition dedicated to Frecce Tricolore, that next weekend will fly over the skies of Loano with the spectacular Air show....
Red Arrows and The Blades in Torbay Regatta spectacular - Torquay Herald Express | THE Red Arrows will be back in Torbay in an skyward spectacular for Regatta week. The display team will now return on Wednesday August 27...
Fighter jet part-built in Lancashire to make UK debut at show - Lancashire Telegraph | A TOP-of-the-range fighter jet which was partly built in East Lancashire is set to make its UK debut this summer. The F-35 Lighting II will make its appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in Gloucestershire and the Farnborough International Air Show in July. The rear fuselage and vertical and horizontal tails of all types of the F-35 Lightning II are manufactured at BAE System’s Samlesbury site, on behalf of the programme’s prime contractor, Lockheed Martin...
Aerial acrobatics: Making planes dance in the sky - The Star Online | A retired Malaysian air force pilot swaps his MiG-29 and F-18 for a smaller, lighter and more nimble plane that can dance in the sky. It was a need he had to fulfil; a re-emerging desire that demanded to be satisfied. It wasn’t just about the freedom of being up in the wide open skies; he wanted to loop and spin and roll and turn. In other words, he didn’t just want to fly, he wanted to perform the ballet of aerial acrobatics, or aerobatics...
Looking Up * Santa Barbara Edhat | Aviation and history buffs can look and listen for some rare planes starting today. We're scheduled to have a sleek P-51 fighter arriving at Atlantic Aviation today and three bombers ranging from the B-25 Mitchell and the trusty B-17 Flying Fortress...
Women hold airplane wash to raise money for air race - kdvr.com | ERIE, Colo. — Getting ready for a high-flying adventure across the US, Zia Safko and Emily Applegate held an airplane wash at the Erie Airport Saturday to raise money for their chance to fly in the Women’s Air Race Classic. The duo make up one of two teams from Colorado...
Join Tuskegee Airman Dr. Harold Brown and the CAF Red Tail Squadron This Week in Ohio! * CAF 
World War II Ace, Rear Admiral E.L. "Whitey" Feightner * Silver Wings Over Washington | Our upcoming distinguished speaker, World War II Ace, Rear Admiral E.L. "Whitey" Feightner, is truly an american icon. Having the opportunity to chat with him, hear him recount his challenges and exploits first hand and being an eye witness to his wide range of knowledge, and skill is definitely worth the experience...
"The Legend of Little Eagle" of Florian Rochat * Passion pour l'aviation | August 1944 – France. An American plane crashes near the small village of Verdeil in Burgundy. Touched by the German flak, he would have been able to jump in parachute, but sacrificed himself by staying aboard his Mustang P-51 up to the end not to collide a house...
Tom Reilly on Flying the B-25 · WarbirdsNews | By Amy Lauria, Wing Leader of the CAF Minnesota Wing. Tom Reilly has been in the warbird restoration business for over 40 years after a chance flight in a P-51 Mustang in Kissimmee in 1971. Not long after that flight Reilly had an opportunity to purchase some North American Yale Training aircraft from a friend in Canada. He ended up...
B-29 'Doc' nearing a return to the sky - Wichita Business Journal (blog) | The B-29 known as ‘Doc’ being locally restored is expected to take to the sky above Wichita and beyond by the end of the year. And when the World War II-era bomber does take to the air again, it will mark the end of long journey, the roots of which, believe it or not, started with Tennessee Ernie Ford...
A night at the air museum - Romsey Advertiser | PEOPLE will be able to tour a wartime airfield and museum after hours next week. The Museum of Army Flying, at Middle Wallop, will be open late to the public as part of Culture 24’s Museums at Night Festival. The event, “Meet the Pilots; Airfield Aircraft Archives”, is at 7pm on Thursday, May 15...
I believe this settles the debate: She IS going to fly one day * Airplanista Aviation Blog | For 5.5 years since my granddaughter has been on this Earth, we have debated whether she will ever take an interest in airplanes, and in this wonderful thing I call the aviation family....
Teaser Altert: Planes Fire and Rescue * Flight To Success | Last week I had the fabulous opportunity to preview Planes: Fire and Rescue. And while I am unable to share my review at this time, I can tell a little about the movie. I can also tell you that each person involved in the creation of this movie has such passion in what they do, that you want that feeling. Oh wait, I do. But seriously... my next career, I'm working for Disney...
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Bill Stein is Flying Again! * International Council of Air Shows | After taking the last several months off to fight a treatable form of colon cancer, ICAS member and air show performer Bill Stein was back in his Edge 540 aerobatic monoplane earlier this month...
Air Show Attendance Trending Higher for 2014 Season * International Council of Air Shows | From Brownsville, Kingsville, Louisville and Titusville to Los Angeles, Chino, Fort Worth and St. Louis, air shows throughout the country are reporting strong attendance. Whether big or small, civilian or military, with or without military jet teams, pent up demand generated by the cancellations of the 2013 air show season seems to be fueling higher-than-normal enthusiasm among the three dozen or so shows that have already been held this year. Just as encouraging: many shows later in the season are reporting unusually strong advanced ticket sales...
Snowbirds fly in annual home opener - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | “The home opener here in Moose Jaw always had its share of challenges,” said Christopher England, commanding officer of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. “We can’t seem to ever get ideal conditions.” Although the weather for the 44th Snowbirds home opener was not perfect Friday afternoon, the show was still spectacular for the large crowd in attendance at 15 Wing....
First mother Thunderbird to fly at air show - The Trentonian | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST ? The skies over Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst are rippling with the thunder of jet aircraft and the spectacle of parachutists this weekend as the joint-base?s open house and air show. This will be the first year a mother will be piloting one of the Air Force Thunderbirds over New Jersey airspace...
Joint Base air show mixes a little old with new - Asbury Park Press | Christopher Klockson, 46, Collegeville, Pennsylvania and his son, Kallen, had their eyes to sky watching a P-51D fly through the blue sky on a warm and sunny Saturday morning. Because Kallen enjoys planes so much, Christopher Klockson wanted to take him to an air show...
WWII flight instrument missing after airshow * KDHN | TEMPLE — A valued piece of American history went missing at the Central Texas Airshow over the weekend, and the owner wants to get it back...
Part 2: Blue Angels Mega Post (Video+CoolPix+Desktop) * AirPigz | Here's more fabulous Blue
Angels content to help you and me both feel a little more like we're at Vero Beach Florida today and tomorrow enjoying a performance from the world's greatest aerobatic team. You're seeing Baltimore back in 2012 behind the blue and gold here in the CoolPix above...Mentor air show pilot injured in plane crash in upstate New York - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A pilot from Mentor suffered injuries that were not life-threatening when his small plane crash-landed about 12:30 p.m. Friday in Roxbury, New York, according to New York State Police. James Leavelle, 45, a veteran military pilot and air show performer, told police he was flying from Ohio to an airport in New York, and tried to avoid a storm by landing on a grass strip near Roxbury, in upstate New York...
A show of past, present military aircraft - Alamogordo Daily News | HOLLOMAN >> Roaring through the sky at incredible speeds military aircraft preformed aerobatic stunts during Holloman Air Force Base's Legacy of Freedom air show and open house event. On Saturday, Team Holloman hosted an open house and air show for citizens of the Tularosa Basin. 49th Wing Commander Col. Andrew Croft said the event was a way to honor the history of Holloman....
Awesome Footage Brings You Aboard a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker During Air Show over Crimea * The Aviationist | On May 9, Russia celebrated the Victory Day (70th anniversary of liberation from Nazi troops) with a spectacular airshow and huge naval parade reviewed by Putin at Sevastopol, in Crimea...
Navy, jets, air show: Sevastopol marks V-Day, 70 years of liberation from Nazis (VIDEO) * RT | ...In
a massive Russian Air Force flyover, dozens of helicopters, fighter jets, bombers, transport and reconnaissance planes flew over the bay in different formations. The flyover included Mi-28 (“Havoc”) and Ka-52 Alligator battle helicopters, Su-25 (“Frogfoot”) assault jets, Su-34 (“Fullback”) fighter-bombers, Tu-95 (“Bear”) strategic bombers, MiG-29 (“Fulcrum”) and SU-27 (“Flanker”) fighter jets....Air Power Expo 2014 * The Chicken Works
National Wings of Freedom Tour – Flying through California · Warbirds News | The Collings Foundation has been running their barnstorming Wings of Freedom tour across North America for 25 years now. As of May 1st, they had made 2,867 stops along the way, which is a remarkable feat. They are still going strong, and adding aircraft to the fleet. Currently the B-17, B-24 and P-51 are journeying through California (with brief forays into Nevada), and will visit 18 towns and cities there before flying up through Oregon, and then Washington State by early June. Then they fly east, tracing the northern states...
A personal Sentimental Journey - Alamogordo Daily News | Janessa Maxilom -- Daily News A B17 Flying Fortress named the Sentimental Journey sitting on the tarmac at the Alamogordo Municipal Airport on Friday. The Sentimental Journey will be on display and will fly during Holloman Air Force Base's open house event on Saturday...
Mom And Me And Airplane Made Three * WAI Connect Blog | It was 20 years ago on May 1 that we launched from Montreal for the first day of the 24-day round the world Air Race. I remember that on Mother’s Day we were receiving the first place award for the race leg from Istanbul, Turkey to Dubai, United Arabic Emirates. It had taken ten hours and 54 minutes over Turkey, around Iraq over Iran and the Persian Gulf above 15,000 feet without enough oxygen for both of us. As Mother’s Day approaches, Mom-memories come flooding back to me...
Bower, Ellsworth toast to Doolittle Raiders - Rapid City Journal | ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. | Airmen and special guests gathered for a solemn event at the Dakota's Club April 18 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the historic Doolittle Raid. The event - a final toast - paid tribute to the 80 aviators who conducted the daring raid on Japan that helped boost America's morale during World War II...
Larry Cote of Holiday Park III in Englewood kept Ted Williams fighter flying in Korea * War Tales | Larry Cote of Holiday Park III in Englewood, Fla. former Marine Corps sergeant, kept baseball great Ted Williams’ F9F “Panther” jet fighter plane in the air while serving as an airplane mechanic with the 1st Marine Division at the end of the Korean War in the early 1950s....
Her Mother Flew in WWII - ithaca.com | “I was amazed, looking up Hannah’s mother, how
prominent she was,” said Milt Dougherty, Candor Historical Society president. The speaker for the April meeting, Hannah Robinson, had an unusual childhood. Both of her parents were pilots, and her mother, Nancy Harkness Love, was one of the first women pilots to do many things: circumnavigate the globe (with a copilot), found the first US women’s air force auxiliary, be certified to fly the North American P-51 Mustang, C-54, B-25 Mitchell, and along with Betty Gillies, first certified to fly the B-17 Flying Fortress. Love was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the Douglas C-47 and the A-36...Weather Decision * Voices From The DC-3 | But for the weather, D-Day would have come a day earlier. The low that swept over the Channel on the eve of June 4, 1944, threatened the entire operation, roughing up the seas and driving rain onto troops crammed into the mass formation of landing craft...
Old Shakey walkaround — Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, first of three by travelforaircraft | One of the several aircraft on exhibit is this Douglas C-124 Globemaster II and the display has an extra that is not seen at most, if not all other, C-124 exhibits. Although most loading, especially of large or outsized cargo, was done through the immense clamshell nose cargo doors there was another option — a rear elevator — and the museum has this pair of cargo doors open so it can be seen. The Globemaster II in the...
Air Museum helps film take flight - Skegness Standard | A Spilsby-area museum dedicated to Lincolnshire’s aviation past has lent its support to an appeal to raise £500,000 to make a film inspired by Bomber Command. The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, in East Kirkby, is backing the innovative project of Lincolnshire filmmakers Andy Burn, 48, and son Callum, 22, of Tin Hat Productions...
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Flight Academy Ambition Program Scholarships Available * WAI Connect Blog | The Partnership for Corporate Aviation Training (PCAT) is working with the National Flight Academy to provide four scholarships for students ages 11-17 years old. Applications are being accepted until May 31, 2014...
Saturday, May 10, 2014
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Your air shows for this weekend - from Fencecheck
» Utti Army Base Open Day 2014 - 05/09/14
» Winston Salem Fun Fly-In 2014 - 05/09/14
» Stow Maries Great War Fly-in 2014 - 05/10/14
» Thomas Airshow & Fly-In 2014 - 05/10/14
» Corsicana Airsho 2014 - 05/10/14
» JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Open House 2014 - 05/10/14
» Vero Beach Air Show 2014 - 05/10/14
» Holloman AFB Open House 2014 - 05/10/14
» Strejnic Airshow 2014 - 05/10/14
» FASHKOSH Fly In and Airshow 2014 - 05/10/14
» Dni z Wojskiem Polskim 2014 - 05/10/14
» Support Our Paras 2014 - 05/11/14
» Kjeller Flydagen 2014 - 05/11/14
» Shuttleworth Season Premiere Airshow 2014 - 05/11/14
Joint Base air show returns this weekend - www.app.com | The air show and open house at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is back. A year after federal budget cuts forced the cancellation of the popular event, the Joint Base will host the show Saturday and Sunday. The free-admission event attracts tens of thousands of spectators to the Air Force field in Burlington County, where military and civilian aviators perform in a day-long series of events, capped by the Air Force Thunderbirds team in their F-16s at 3 p.m. each day...
Video: John Doetkott Flies With John Klatt Airshows * KAALtv.com | Although you might not know it, one of the nation's best airshow teams is based in Owatonna. The team at John Klatt Airshows travels all across the country, performing in front of millions of people worldwide, and on Thursday they took ABC 6 News reporter John Doetkott up in one of their high performance aerobatic planes to put him through his paces....
Valdez fly-in celebrates Alaska GA - AOPA Pilot | The fun of a May fly-in, set against a backdrop that only an Alaska aviation destination can provide, would tempt any pilot out of a long winter’s hibernation. And that is precisely what awaits those who turn out for the Valdez Fly In and Air Show, scheduled May 9 to 11...
Thousands attend first AOPA Regional Fly-In · General Aviation News | More than 2,500 people took part in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) 2014 regional fly-in held in San Marcos, Texas, last Saturday. This was the first of seven fly-ins AOPA will host this year...
Aircraft from Royal Navy to take part in this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford - Gloucestershire Echo | The Fleet Air Arm of the navy will bring a number of currently serving aircraft into the flying display and onto the show ground. Held between July 11 and 13, the show draws thousands of people from around the world to RAF Fairford every year...
Farnborough Airshow countdown: The 1970s and 1980s - gethampshire.co.uk | Farnborough 
B-17 Flying Fortress carries visitors into America's past - Herald & Review | DECATUR – Bombs away: An iconic World War II-era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is now sitting at Decatur Airport packed with a high-explosive load of nostalgia and ready to fly you into the past. The circa-1945 bomber, named Aluminum Overcast, is on a national tour and will be stationed at Decatur from today through Sunday. Those brave enough can book a ride and get lifted into the sky by its four massive engines and gaze out of glass canopies bristling with 13 machine guns that once underlined the Flying Fortress reputation with a wall of lead...
Museum to host antique auto show · General Aviation News | WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN., April 29, 2014, – The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Antique Auto Show on Sunday, June 1...
Blue Angels 3-Part Mega Post! Fri-Sat-Sun (Video+CoolPix+Desktop) Part 1 * AirPigz | The 
Also: CoolPix On AirPigz... Over 160 Awesome Hi-Res Aircraft Images!
Timeless Voices - Paul Redemann · eaavideo.org
Paul Redemann enlisted in the Army in 1968. After completing helicopter training, he was sent to Vietnam to fly UH-1 Huey helicopters. He was 20-years old at the time. After starting out flying transports, he transferred into gunships.
French pilot Maurice Guillaux made aviation history with first seaplane flight over Sydney * The Daily Telegraph | HUNDREDS of thousands of
people lined the shores of southeast Australia to watch the marvel of
the first seaplane in Australia a century ago...
Lockton Aviation sponsors flight around globe - FinancialNews.co.uk |
Lockton Companies, the world´s largest privately held insurance broker,
said it is insuring the around-the-world flight of 
Sir Alan Cobhams Flying Circus A life of a Pioneering Aviator * RAF Museum London Events | Sir Alan Cobham was a pioneering long distance aviator and technical innovator who became famous for his exploits in the interwar years by making aviation accessible and popular throughout the world...
Air museum collection landing at Madras Airport - Bend Bulletin | Video: A Boeing B-17 is one of the vintage planes now in Central Oregon | The skies around Jefferson County will be a bit more active than usual over the next few weeks, as a collection of vintage warplanes moves from the Tillamook Air Museum to their new home at the Madras Airport....
Back in the Sky: Daughter remodels room for aviator dad - The Southern | CARBONDALE -- Cheryl Francis has taken a cluttered, outdated room in her father's house and transformed it into a showcase where he can relive his World War II service aboard bombers....
Two Su-24MR Fencer jets perform an ultra-low level flyby on an unknown base in Russia By David Cenciotti | Here’s the latest stunt by two Russian Air Force Su-24s that buzz other planes, people at an unknown base somewhere in Russia....
A SAS Boeing 737 had to change its course at the last moment not to collide with a Russian Il-20 off Malmö, Sweden * The Aviationist | ...The incident occurred on Mar. 3 in international waters. Even if neither the Boeing 737's TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) nor the civilian Air Traffic Control saw the aircraft “painted gray with four turboprop engines and a long antenna on the roof,” the Il-20 Coot intelligence gathering aircraft was detected by a Swedish Air Defense radar station while it was heading straight towards the SAS plane...
Friday, May 9, 2014
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U.S. Navy Blue Angels: Panther Blue Angel takes a ride * O'Fallon Progress | Wow? was all Darcy Benway, superintendent of O?Fallon Township High School District 203, could say after she climbed out of the cockpit of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A18 Super Hornet she flew in last Thursday. ?Words can not describe the experience,? she said once her feet were back on the ground after the 45-minute flight in jet No. 7 piloted by Lt. Ryan Chamberlain...
Old Rhinebeck opening weekend features RC fly-in · General Aviation News | RHINEBECK, N.Y. — On Saturday, May 17, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome will once again open its doors to the museum. This year opening weekend will be extra special with the addition of a scale, radio-control model airplane fly-in event that will feature giant-scale models of vintage aircraft....
US Memorial Day Ceremony at USS Hornet Museum - Inquirer.net | Event honors all veterans of the US Armed Forces, 101-year-old Capt. Moon Chin who flew Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle to safety during WWII Tokyo Raid is special guest...
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony set for Oct. 25 · General Aviation News | OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame will hold its 29th annual induction banquet Oct. 25, at the EAA Museum. Six aviators will be inducted: Brig. Gen. Peter Drahn (ret.), Vice Admiral James H. Flatley, Jr., Donald Voland, and brothers James, Ed, and Ray Knaup...
Singer Kenny Loggins to Kick Off EAA AirVenture - WBAY | ...Singer Kenny Loggins will headline the opening night concert of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The concert is free to all people who attend the opening day of "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" on Monday, July 28....
Flying Challenge Cup Off to Great Start - Flying Magazine | It looks as though Flying's stick-and-rudder skills competition will be fiercely contested as Redbird Flight Simulations reports that more than 1,400 pilots and non-pilots have registered to compete for a free trip to Oshkosh 2014....
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Thursday Blue Angels Flights Through the Eyes, Mind and Camera of a 
Fanatic! By Leo Cachat | The excitement for this show started long ago when it was first announced. The Blue Angels were scheduled, and after a year of sequestration, all of us at The Aero Experience were really excited. We knew it was going to be a big show, and great acts were going to be there because the Spirit of St. Louis Airport was celebrating their 50th anniversary and regular shows there in years past had always had top-tier performers. As the months seemed to creep by, I kept checking the show website to see what had been added - with each addition came more anticipation...
Sun n Fun 2014 · Mark Hrutkay, Photorecon.net | Another Sun n Fun has come and gone. I’ve been a regular attendee to the show since the late 1980s. When you live in the northeast, you really need to get away from the snow and head to Florida. Once you get past 10 years old, going to see Mickey Mouse loses its appeal and you need a better destination. Beaches get boring and that only leaves airplanes as an attraction....
Formula One: How AT&T is Taking Infiniti Red Bull Racing to Another F1 Win - TechnoBuffalo | In 2014, Formula One introduced the largest changes that the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Team has seen in the decade it has been competing in the sport. This year, teams must use 1.6-litre V6 turbo engines instead of the 2.4-litre V8 engines that were allowed in the past. Gearboxes must now have...
The Flatpack Bombers — or how the Zeppelin threat created the first air force and the first aircraft carrier by travelforaircraft | This is a wild, enlightening and incredible book. Gardiner has a wonderful ability to take a walk into the “long grass” as he calls it to find the facts and the stories mostly forgotten. In Flatpack Bombers he has a tale replete with James Bond-like daring exploits as well as incredible bravery on an almost daily basis. Gardiner blends well researched facts with...
Sun sets over Manston * Apron 6 | There’s something about Manston and sunsets...
What a selfie from the cockpit of Solo Türk, the Turkish Air Force’s F-16 solo aerobatics display team * The Aviationist | Here’s another interesting self-portrait shot by the Solo Türk of the Turkish Air Force with a GoPro camera (that you can clearly seen attached to the canopy thanks to the reflection in the pilot’s helmet visor) while “turning and burning” (diving towards the ground while releasing flares)...
Jennifer Lesher, Friday’s Fabulous Flyer * Flight To Success | What kind of person gives up a six-figure salary to follow a passion? Who would be willing to walk away from the benefits, first class tickets, insurance, and the security of a career with a company like Microsoft? Jennifer Lesher, that’s who...
New book traces people and events in Delaware’s aviation story * Dover Post | For a small state, Delaware has made some significant contributions to the story of man’s continuing quest for flight...
HASC OKs $600B in 2015 DoD Spending, nixes A-10 retirement plans - ArmyTimes.com | WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) early Thursday unanimously approved a measure that would authorize just over $600 billion in 2015 US defense spending and block plans to retire the A-10 attack plane...
Alaska Airlines Aviation Day Inspires Youths to Pursue Careers in Aviation - Wall Street Journal | SEATTLE, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 600 high school students will gather at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 10 to kick the tires and stand inside the wheel well of a 737 jet while learning about careers in aviation during the sixth annual Alaska Airlines Aviation Day. Employees from Alaska Airlines, The Boeing Co., Port of Seattle and Federal Aviation Administration will be on hand to inspire the next generation of aviators, engineers, air traffic controllers and aircraft mechanics, among other disciplines...
Smithsonian's Air & Space Asks Air Force how it would kill Gozilla - Tech Void | The revamped Godzilla is coming to theaters May 16, and we can only expect the hype to result in a summer box office success. Piggybacking off of the relevance, Smithsonian’s Air & Space museum in Washington DC took it upon itself to ask the Air Force how it would respond to the notorious fictional Kaiju, should he attack Japan or even the United States....
Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Blue Angels making their presence known in Vero Beach * TC Palm | Scripps Treasure Coast 
Plans for air show being finalized - WKBN.com | VIENNA, Ohio (WKBN) – The “Thunder Over the Valley” air show is just 10 days away and organizers said Wednesday that plans are nearly complete for the May 17 and 18 event. The air show itself is free. However, it will cost $5 to park this year....
Airexpo 2014 28th edition Muret-Lherm May 31, 2014 10:00 19h00 * Translated | Held 100% of first year students of both Toulouse aeronautical engineering schools, ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile) and ISAE (Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space) for more 28 years. Airexpo is a nonprofit organization that aims to produced an airshow...
ONLINE Air News #3 * Charles Johnson | Just Some Aviation News; Ken Mist—Sunn Fun; Craig Matthai Sun’n Fun; Boeing 797; Germany, Chuck Johnson; England, Gary Watson.
AirFest launches Honoring Heroes program, nominations due May 23 - The Rock River Times | The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) will recognize the dedication and sacrifices made by Vietnam veterans who have served our country during “AirFest 2014: Let the Thunder Roll” as part of the “Honoring Heroes” appreciation program...
Redlands City Council votes for Hangar 24 Charities to pay half of Airfest fees - Redlands Daily Facts | REDLANDS>> The City Council Tuesday voted to approve a request from Hangar 24 Charities for a partial fee waiver for the AirFest, but for half of the costs rather than the one-third proposed to the council. City officials brought a proposal before the City Council for the non-profit to pay one third of the hard costs associated with providing city services to the AirFest on May 16 and 17 at the Redlands Municipal Airport....
Patriots Jet Team returns to Reno · General Aviation News | The Patriots Jet Team will join the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and aerobatic pilot Melissa Pemberton as the aviation entertainment headliners for this year’s revamped event, which will include concerts and a more festival-like atmosphere...
Legendary World War II bomber the Texas Raiders on show - Chron.com | Aircraft fans will get the 
“Union Jack Dack” On Her Way to Normandy for D-Day 70th Anniversary * Warbirds News | News comes from our friends at DaksOverNormandy.com that one of the participating Douglas C-47s has just departed for her transatlantic journey from Connecticut on her way to participate in the D-Day 70th Anniversary celebrations taking place in and over Normandy on June 6th. The aircraft, known affectionately by her crew as “Union Jack Dak”, left...
Two Lancasters to fly together at airshow - West Sussex Gazette | THE only two Lancaster bombers 
World War II-era planes fly in for display at Santa Ana's Lyon Air Museum * Orange County Register | Four WWII-era planes pulled into the Lyon Air Museum adjacent to John Wayne Airport on Wednesday, where they will remain until noon Monday for visitors to explore....
X-15 rocket plane pilot Bill Dana dies at 83 - Charlotte Observer | LOS ANGELES Famed research test pilot Bill Dana, who flew the X-15 rocket plane and other pioneering aircraft during the birth of the space age, has died at age 83. Dana died Tuesday at an assisted living facility in suburban Phoenix, according to an announcement Wednesday by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California...
Profile 86: "523" as flown by Leo Istas, VMF-313 · JSM | ...Now, a loaded Corsair would weigh about six tons. Already a fast airplane (400+ in level flight), the bent-winged machine could also bend the airspeed needle at 550 miles per hour (or more) in a dive. If you were on the deck of that ship watching this affair, there wouldn't be much time to ponder what would happen next....
1929: Famed aviatrix Ruth Elder visits Sperryville By Don Audette | Ruth Elder was a famed aviatrix, though little remembered today. In the fall of 1927, five months after Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic, Elder, a pretty 23-year-old from Florida with only two years of flying experience, set off to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic...
World War II's first heavy bomber Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' * Economic Times | ... War II to successfully complete 25 missions - dropping bombs over Germany, France and Belgium - while bringing all of her crew members back safely. In pic: A Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber sits parked Monday, May 5, 2014, in Renton near Seattle...
Yankee Air Museum, RACER to ink deal to buy bomber plant - Hometownlife.com | Living up to its slogan of “We Can Do It Again,” the Yankee Air Museum announced that it will enter into an agreement with the RACER (Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response) Trust to purchase 175,000 square feet of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant....
WM-21 Solyom * Let Let Let - Warplanes | A very recent release in the Warplane series from the Dutch publisher Lanasta is on a very rare and unknown aircraft type: the Hungarian Weiss WM-21 Solyom. The WM-21 was designed and built to...
New England Air Museum To Participate In Blue Star Museums · Warbirds News | Today New England Air Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2014. Leadership support has...
Evening Skydive Scrambles Emergency Responders In TN * Aero-News Network | A group of skydivers who jumped with pyrotechnic devices attached to their flight suits Monday evening near John C. Thune Airport in Nashville were mistaken for an airplane in distress, and that sent emergency crews scrambling...
Civil Air Patrol’s Pontchartrain Composite Squadron assists at Daughters of the American Revolution Banquet * Civil Air Patrol | New Orleans – Civil Air Patrol’s Pontchartrain Composite Squadron assisted at Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Banquet at the Airport Hilton on May 5, 2104. First Lieutenant Franchesca Giroir received the DAR Community Service Award for over 4,000 hours of service to Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Chapelle High School, and Animal Rescue, Elder Care Assistance, and Our Lady of Divine Providence.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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In Memory of Eddie Andreini * InFlight USA By Annamarie Buonocore | It is with great sadness that In Flight USA lost a beloved supporter and member of its family on Sunday, May 4. Civilian pilot, Eddie Andreini, 77, of Half Moon Bay, CA, crashed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA while performing...
Photos: Blue Angels - US Navy Air Show 2014 * CNN | Blue Angels Air show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Spirit Of St Louis airport.
Tempest photographer captures essence of Thunderbirds at base air show | Photographer Naama Rios,
Gold Team at Atholton * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Gold Team opened up the show season with an awesome opportunity to connect with some amazing students and JROTC members from Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland. The weather was looking bleak heading to the school, but the clouds opened up and the sun came out right in time for the show to start....
Slideshow: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo May 4, 2014 slideshow - KOAM-TV | Thousands gathered over the weekend in suburban St. Louis to attend the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo in Chesterfield. The show featured performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Skip Stewart, Patty Wagstaff and many more...
Air show at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst aims to bond public, troops - The Times, Trenton | The skies over Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will ripple with the thunder of jet aircraft and the spectacle of parachutists next weekend at the military facility’s open house and air show. The first large-scale air show at the base since 2012, the event will showcase more than 60 vehicles new and old from all three branches stationed at the joint compound — the Army, Navy and Air Force — in a mile-long hangar. Titled “America Strong,” the show is meant to show the public, not just what the military has at its disposal, but how they work and live on the base....
Fly-In, 'Cody' fundraiser on tap in Smithville - Austin American-Statesman | There’s nothing like the sight of a vintage airplane to excite both youngsters and adults. Whether it’s a World War II warbird or an experimental aircraft, Smithville’s 10th Annual Fly-In this Saturday, May 10, will offer plenty of thrills for those who love aircraft...
Snowbirds to perform in High River in July - High River Times | On the afternoon of July 23, the celebrated Canadian Forces Snowbirds will take to the skies above the High River Airport to perform their signature aerobatic airshow. “We’re very excited to be bringing such an iconic Canadian tradition to High River this summer,” said Dayna Dickens of the town’s business and tourism office. “I think this is going to come together to be something really special for High River and for the region.”...
Yeovilton International Air Day will celebrate new aircraft carrier - Western Daily Press | The biggest ship ever built for the Royal Navy is the inspiration for the theme of this year's Yeovilton International Air Day. The Queen will name the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at a traditional champagne christening at Rosyth dockyard in Fife on July 4. Then, on July 26, the Fleet Air Arm's Somerset base will celebrate with an air show featuring historic carrier-borne aircraft, and the most fearsome modern machines....
WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' soars the skies over Seattle - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A restored World War II B-17 "Flying Fortress" will be in the skies over Seattle this week. The plane known as "Memphis Belle," which even inspired a Hollywood film, is on display at the Renton Municipal Airport next weekend. A group called The Liberty Foundation is touring with the plane and a P-51 Mustang fighter...
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster UK Air Display Schedule * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) continues to prepare their Avro Lancaster for its historic flight to England in August where it will join the only other airworthy Lancaster in the world, owned and operated by the Royal Air Force’s renowned Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), and participate in several events and activities. The UK Air Display Schedule featuring both Lancasters for August only is now confirmed below:...
Dr.Sky Interviews Mr. Charles Nichols / Yanks Air Museum * Photorecon.net | Recently, I had the honor of interviewing, Mr. Charles Nichols, founder of the Yanks Air Museum, in Chino, California. This is a great museum, that houses many of the great aircraft from all ages of flight. Mr. Nichols was kind enough to take some time from his busy schedule and talk with me on the Dr.Sky Show…..
Aviation shines at Endeavor Awards - AOPA Pilot | The Endeavor Awards are the brainchild of Hollywood filmmaker Mark Wolper, an active general aviation pilot and himself a member of Angel Flight West, who wanted to shine a spotlight on how GA serves those in need. “It’s time to tell the world how public benefit aviation improves our world and saves precious lives,” he said....
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – April, 2014 Update * Warbirds News | As always WarbirdsNews will post updates from restoration projects as they arrive. We have a small report from the Sandbar Mitchell project for you today. These guys are continually marching forwards with their work on the center section...
Rare aircraft photographs Pt. 1 * Let Let Let - Warplanes | There seems to be a vivid E-bay market in aircraft photographs. Not all of these are rare; some were distributed by the thousands by aircraft manufacturers for promotional purposes. Over the...
Airplane enthusiast donates plane to aviation museum - NG News | Horne, a longtime flying enthusiast, gave up his hobby this weekend and donated his two-seater private plane to the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum in Halifax in honour of his late friend Reg Short. “It’s such a beautiful airplane. I’d like to put it somewhere people will see it,” he said about why he chose to give it to the museum rather than sell Citaborea, aerobatic spelt backwards...
Fairey Gannet * Let Let Let - Warplanes | The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was a mid-wing monoplane with...
World famous aviator visits Coos Bay students * KCBY | ...During his career, Long broke countless records and is best known for his taking the first solo flight around the world over both poles...
New children’s book published · General Aviation News | New to bookshelves this spring is “Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse,” a suspenseful yet inspiring story of a little mouse who conquered a big challenge...
Minden Soaring Club awards scholarships · General Aviation News | The Minden Soaring Club in Nevada has awarded eight scholarships to local youth to help finance flight and ground instruction in preparation for obtaining a private glider rating...
Space Racers: Virginia Air & Space Center to launch new exhibit for preschoolers - Daily Press | Does your preschooler yearn for outer space? The Virginia Air & Space Center can help with that. This summer, the center in downtown Hampton will launch a new permanent exhibit called Space Racers: Adventures in Space Exploration, designed for kids ages 3 to 6...
Purdue Announces Honorary Degree Recipients * IBJ | ...David Wolf, M.D., of Indianapolis, a 28-year NASA veteran and astronaut who has spent 168 days in space and conducted seven spacewalks over four separate missions, including space Shuttles Columbia, Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavor, as well as the International Space Station, Russian Space Station MIR, and Spacelab. Before being selected as an astronaut, he led teams producing medical research instrumentation for spaceflight including novel state-of-the-art technology for three-dimensional tissue engineering. A medical doctor, electrical engineer, and inventor, he has been awarded 17 U.S. patents, received the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, and was named the NASA Inventor of the Year. He will receive a doctor of engineering degree at 3:45 p.m. May 18....
