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Medal of Honor recipient and Concord resident to appear at AirVenture - Boston Herald | MILWAUKEE — Thomas Hudner, Jr. crashed his plane during the Korean War to try to help his wingman who just went down behind enemy lines. More than 60 years later and now retired from the Navy as a captain, he says that while the 26-year-old version ...

Cub Arrival Time-lapse by eaavideo.org | Time-lapse video of the Piper Cub arrivals during AirVenture 2012.

Flying cars still rock EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh - USA TODAY | The nation's annual gathering of experimental aircraft and all-around airplane buffs opens tomorrow in Oshkosh, Wis., and those who dream of planes that can also be driven on the road will be out in force. Terrafugia, which is closest to developing an ...

Volunteers ensure AirVenture has perfect takeoff - Green Bay Press Gazette | The AeroShell Aerobatic Team perform during an airshow at EAA AirVenture 2011. / File/Gannett Wisconsin Media. Written by. Jeff Bollier. Gannett Wisconsin Media. Filed Under. Life & Style. FiFi, the world's only flying B29, is greeted by a big crowd...

2 hurt in crash at EAA's Airventure in Oshkosh - WAOW | OSHKOSH (AP) - The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department says a plane crashed while arriving at EAA's Airventure in Oshkosh. The department says a descending plane hit some parked trucks on the airport grounds just before 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The pilot and his passenger were transferred to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. WBAY-TV reports that officials closed the airport to all landings for about 2 1/2 hours after the crash.

Photos: Sioux Falls Airshow - Sioux Falls Argus Leader | The Sioux Falls Airshow continues today at the South Dakota Air National Guard Base with gates opening and shuttles running at 8:30 a.m. Aircraft will be flying through the...

Air show likely a go for '13 - Brantford Expositor | The Canadian Forces Skyhawks parachute team opened the 2010 Brantford Rotary Air Show. Problems with the airport apron have grounded the show since then, but recent repairs indicate the show will be revived in 2013

Power On The Prairie Airshow - KDLT News | Reid Christopherson said while planning the airshow, some things had to be changed to ensure the spectators would be safe. For example, in years past, no outside beverages were allowed, but because of the heat, the ban was lifted. "We adjusted that to...

Rhyl Air Show: Pictures from Saturday with Red Arrows, Tornados ... by Andrew Stuart | It was produced by taking the Mk XIV fuselage, adding the PR Mk XI wings and PR Mk X cabin. It could carry 254 gallons of fuel internally, using space in the wings that had originally held cameras. [...] It had a top speed of 445 ...

Bray Air Display Spectacular attracts thousands of people - Demotix | Award winning Irish aerobatic pilot, Dave Bruton, pilots a Sbach 342 high speed plane during Bray Air Spectacular, as part of Bray Summerfest in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The Air Display is the largest event of its kind in Ireland. Bray Air Display...

Farnborough: As Heard on Airplane Geeks Podcast - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Last week, I was invited to join the podcast to talk about my experience at the Farnborough Airshow this year and opinions on other topics. Do not worry, I still have plenty to share about the airshow (plus photos), so stay tuned. The episode also ...

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Video by Airboyd

Air Zoo partners with Third Coast Aviation
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo and Third Coast Aviation have joined forces to offer a variety of new visitor experiences, including a Full-Motion Advanced Flight Trainer, flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, and private pilot ground school...

Misawa F-16 pilot safely recovered
from Air Force Link Top Stories | The pilot who ejected from a U.S. F-16 aircraft earlier Sunday morning was retrieved around 5:30 p.m. JKT on July 22, 2012, by a combined effort from Japanese and U.S. civilian and military assets. The pilot is in stable condition aboard a U.S. commercial vessel...

Book Spotlight from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor |  Flying Black Ponies: The Navy’s Close Air Support Squadron in Vietnam | By Kit Lavell The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos down and dirty, low and slow, they killed more of the enemy and saved...

"Overloaded'" UCAP #298-bravo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | A big crowd gathers in Jeb's hotel room for a some hangar flying before heading out to dinner.

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Blue Angels weekend called successful - WEAR | Blue Angels weekend called successful - PENSACOLA BEACH - The big Blue Angels weekend on Pensacola....

Airshow Celebrates 100 Years of Aviation on Catalina Island - Catalina Island News | The first Catalina Island Air Show and Festival, celebrating a century of aviation on the island, will be held just outside the breakwater of Avalon Bay September 29 and 30. This is the only air show held over water in southern California.

Arctic Thunder air show roars over Alaska skies this month - Alaska Dispatch | This year's Arctic Thunder will take place July 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m..

Fierce Flying—and Competition—at Farnborough Airshow - Composites Mfg | This year’s Farnborough Airshow, July 9-15, 2012 in Hampshire, England, was packed with information, sales and stunning displays to engage attendees. Nearly 1,400 exhibitors from around the world represented the aerospace, defense, equipment and technology, and composite manufacturing industries. The Airshow, organized by Farnborough International Limited, a subsidiary of British aerospace organization ADS Group Limited, demonstrates...

Notes From Farnborough  - AirSpaceMag.com

Information about Wings of Freedom Tour - KLKN | The Collings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang are on display at Silverhawk Aviation near the ...

B-17 Flying Fortress 3 - Timesonline.com | Flying Fortress 2 · Contributed · Updated. B-17 at the Allegheny County Airport, early July 2012: the flight took place towards the end of a two week heat wave that not only gripped the Pittsburgh area, but extended from the Mid-western states to the ...

Photos: B-17 bomber - 77Square.com | A restored B-17 bomber nicknamed "Aluminum Overcast" flew into Truax Field Friday as part of a Salute to Veterans national tour. The Experiemental Aircraft Association owns the B-17 and is.

Toledo man recalls service as WWII Naval aviator - Toledo Free Press | Toledoan Alex Rapp made it through World War II unscathed, but not for lack of action. The Naval aviator, now 94, was stationed on the USS Yorktown and flew a.
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The Seaplane Specialist- Going Coastal and Beyond Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News BELLE CHASSE LA- Not long ago Southern Seaplane Inc- SSI received FAA recognition for the only known contiguous US Part 141 certificate, add-on Seaplane Rating and the founding of the Seaplane Safety Institute. As if that was not big enough news, they also celebrated the completion of a new operations center at the 58-year-old, three-generation business. A truly unique private facility located near the shadow of New Orleans, is the center of all that is floatplanes- in activity, training and commercial operations. The...

John Glenn's Project Bullet  - Air & Space magazine | Marine Corps Major John Glenn got up on the morning of July 16, 1957, strapped into a Vought F8U Crusader, and took off from Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California like a cannon shot. Three hours, 23 minutes, and 8.4 seconds later (a time based on a National Aeronautic Association formula for records), he touched down at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, setting a transcontinental speed record: 725.55 mph. At a time when...

Command: Recent F-22 oxygen deficit was mechanical failure, not related to ... - Washington Post | HONOLULU — The Air Combat Command says an oxygen deficit involving an F-22 stealth fighter in Hawaii was a mechanical failure and not the malfunctions other pilots experienced last year.

CAP cadets catch glimpse of pilot training from Air Force Link Top Stories | Forty Civil Air Patrol Cadets came here to Columbus Air Force Base July 6 to 14 to catch a glimpse of just what Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training is really like. The weeklong camp, known as the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Familiarization Course, is an annual event that gives select CAP cadets from a pool of all 50 states a chance to see what pilot training is like...

Flying Car moves into Phase 2 of flight tests from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Terrafugia's prototype street-legal aircraft, the Transition, has moved into Phase 2 of its six planned phases of flight-testing, said company officials, who note the prototype won't be at next week's AirVenture in Oshkosh as they don't want to disrupt flight tests...

"OFLOTW" UCAP #295 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | In a change of pace the boys talk about nothing but off field landings. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded July 2, 2012.

Museum of Flight Gets Space Shuttle Trainer from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda  | By Makayla Walters and Michael Barber | Looking like a fish in the sky, NASA’s Super Guppy cargo aircraft arrived at Seattle’s Boeing Field amid cheers from space enthusiasts who gathered on June 30 to welcome the Space Shuttle program’s Full Fuselage Trainer crew compartment to its new home at the Museum of Flight.  As invisible, but important as the wind beneath the Guppy’s wings to many in the crowd, was Boeing’s long history of involvement with the space program and the future use to which the trainer will be put...

A space shuttle lands at NYC's Intrepid museum - USA TODAY | Thursday, the Space Shuttle Enterprise is due to open to the public at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum at Pier 86 in New York City. Previously it was at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.

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Recovered Navy plane from Lake Michigan among Warbirds in Review - The Oshkosh Northwestern | »Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m. – B-25 and the Doolittle Raiders »Saturday, July 28, 1 p.m. – Aeroshell Aerobatic Team and its T-6 Texans »Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. – Best of the Best »Sunday, July 29, 1 p.m. – Red Star Aircraft. More. Organizers hope a ...

JBLM weekend air show could attract 350000 - TheNewsTribune.com | Keep your eyes on the sky this coming weekend: Joint Base Lewis-McChord is hosting what could become its biggest-ever free air show.

Bowling Green air show to offer plane, copter rides - Toledo Blade | BOWLING GREEN -- Area residents will have the opportunity to take airplane rides and see aviation exhibits at the Wood County Air Fair on Saturday at the Wood County Regional Airport, 1261 E. Poe Rd., Bowling Green. Airplane and helicopter rides will...

WWII aircraft in action at Washington aviation museum - USA TODAY | The B-25 flew in combat with nearly every Allied nation during World War II. After the war, many B-25s were retained by Army and Air Force and used as trainers, transports and radar platforms. The B-25 was named after air power advocate General William ...

Seen at 2012 Arlington Fly-In from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Arlington, Wash -- The July 11-15 Arlington Fly-In, despite Friday thunderstorms managed to attract a wide variety of aircraft and airshow acts. See a few of the images we...

Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac - TippNews DAILY | Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac. Everyone has heard the news that the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show attendance was down by a whopping 38% due to oven-like heat reaching up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit on the tarmac. What the news hasn't published is ...

Fast aircraft in slow motion from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This video clip from the recent Royal International Air Tattoo in Britain shows some of the activity and air displays in slow motion. It's oddly fascinating, and well worth watching in full-screen mode...

Farnborough hangover - the A400M, not me from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I may be back in the office but my brain is still somewhere in a field in Hampshire (to borrow a choice phrase from Pulp's Sorted for Es and Whizz). And just as all the FG team have been left coping with their Farnborough hangovers, so too is Airbus Military after the A400M once again managed to sit out the flying...

Plane builders flock to Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 fly-in - Marshfield News-Herald | For 20 years, the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 has been holding a fly-in, drive-in pancake breakfast as a way to raise awareness about the Marshfield Municipal Airport and to fund a scholarship for those pursuing a degree in aviation.

Lofty legend | In 1995 he was the first African to participate in the annual National Air Racing Championships at Reno in the USA, where he won both the races in which he competed. He has also flown as a member of the giant airliner ...

EAA offers B-17 Bomber flights - Wisconsin State Journal | IF YOU GO. Where: Wisconsin Aviation, 3606 Corben Court in Madison, off Amelia Earhardt Drive near Highway 51. When: Friday through Sunday. Flights and Tours: Flights are at 10:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., with ground tours ...

B-17's visit poignant to Trinidad vet - Pueblo Chieftain | She rumbled and shook through the clear sky Sunday over Pueblo, taking one World War II veteran paratrooper on a 30-minute trip back in time.

Video: Want To Fly A Lightning, And Take Your Own Thunder With You? from AirPigz by Martt |
The English Electric Lightning is a truly remarkable Mach 2 jet fighter from the U.K. that originated in the late 50's and remained in service until the 80's. The unique over-and-under twin engine design definitely set it apart from your ordinary fighter, and capabilities like being the first ever to supercruise (fly supersonic without afterburners) and the ability to climb at 50,000 feet per minute are pretty much astounding. Possibly...

Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Flying almost entirely for DELAG (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellsschaft) from 1928 through 1937 the Graf Zeppelin was the last of the great passenger airships. Though not as famous as her bigger sister Hindenburg she flew transoceanically, transpolar as well as transworld — no aircraft or other airline of the day could [...]

Palm Springs Air Museum to hold children's workshop - Southwest Riverside News Network | The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the “Early Days of Flight,” a workshop for children, next Wednesday. The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the "Early Days of Flight,'' a workshop for children, next Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of The Palm Springs ...

Mirage 2000 from Latest Vlog | I was shared this clip yesterday via Justin de Reuck on FaceBook. High impact, AWESOME footage with some epic shots and...

Eurocopter Cutting-Edge X3 Helicopter on a U.S. Tour from Warplanes Online Community by yna | Eurocopter continues to the U.S. tour of the X3 high-speed helicopter, their latest and most advanced helicopter to date. The X3 is visiting military bases to show off its capabilities to military officials and personnel.  The X3 demonstrates it unique flight characteristics including 200 knots cruise speed, high rates of climb and the ability to perform complex maneuvers at high-speed. The X3 had shown that it can reach a maximum speed of 223 knots using 80 percent of its power and achieve a climb rate of 5,500 feet per minute...

Cluster Balloon Attempt Abandoned from AVwebFlash Current Issue |  Landing in a thunderstorm is no fun for any pilot but when the aircraft is a couple of lawn chairs suspended under 300 party balloons, the term hard landing takes on a slightly different context. Cluster balloon pilot Kent Couch and his copilot Fareed Lafta, self-described Iraqi adventurer, aborted their bid to fly from Bend, Ore., to Montana just 30 miles from their starting point Saturday after a thunderstorm at 10,000 feet pelted

Taylor Aerocar For Sale from Aero-News Network | Vintage Rodable Aircraft Can Be Yours For $1.25 Million If you've ever wanted to own a piece of aviation history ... and you've got over a million dollars burning a hole in your wallet, you could be the proud new owner of a 1954 Aerocar,
N-101D. The roadable aircraft was one of only five produced back in the 1950s...

When snowmobiles fly from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Here's a photo of Crazy Jim's snowmobile at LDRS. At least it sounded like the up part went well. Photo credit: Stan Senesy.

Nissan Consults With Blue Angels On Sports Car Development: Video - Motor Authority | Nissan is taking a leaf out of Lamborghini's book and looking to the aviation industry for inspiration for the development of its future range of sports cars. A team of designers and product planners from Nissan recently landed in Pensacola, Fl, to ...

Shuttle Model Moving Slowly To New Location from Aero-News Network | Pieces Being Transported Separately, Will Be Reassembled The wood-and-plastic space shuttle model, which was used by Rockwell to sell NASA on the concept and which has been gathering dust in a warehouse in California for 40 or so years, is being moved piece-by-piece to its temporary home under a tent in a parking lot near the building in Downey, CA...

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Blue Angels Announce 2013 Team Members from US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels | The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the officers selected for the 2013 team....

Pensacola Beach Air Show - Pensacola Business Journal | Shows start at noon Friday and Saturday. Friday's show is the dress rehearsal for Saturday, but both shows feature the full performance and narration. Performance schedule will be determined at showtime. The Blues take flight at about 2 p.m. 'Fat Albert'

Strap in! Here come the Blues - Gulf Breeze News | The famous Blue Angels Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron will take to the skies over Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa Island and Pensacola Beach today, Friday and Saturday for their annual air show. U.S. Navy Blue Angels Few communities in America can ...

Wives of the Blue Angels enjoy luncheon - Pensacola Business Journal | Blue Angels' wives, others enjoy drinks, food at Crabs We Got'em on Pensacola Beach as part of Red, White and Blues Week.

Champ Bailey to fly with Thunderbirds - KKTV 11 News | Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey will participate in an F-16 ride along with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on July 23, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Air show planned on Saturday - Valley Courier | ALAMOSA—The San Luis Valley Pilots Association Fly-In and Air Show will have the skies over Southern Alamosa buzzing on Saturday morning as airplanes will be entertaining spectators at the San Luis Valley Regional Airport-Bergman Field, located at ...

Mouths agape as Arlington Fly-In pilots impress - HeraldNet | ARLINGTON -- They sat on the runway in the shade of an old World War II B-17 bomber, gazing with open mouths at the daredevil pilot's maneuvers in...

Korean Black Eagles Soar, but Not Over Farnborough - Aviation International News | The Korean T-50 jet aerobatic team has been wowing the crowds at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at Fairford this weekend. But Farnborough airshow-goers have been denied the chance to see their dynamic eight-ship display. Only a solo ...

RIAT in slowmotion from Apron 6 | I like it how all the heavy metal is turned into something relaxing.

Photorecon: Coverage of Wings Over Gillespie 2012, March Air Force Reserve Base Air Show 2012,
Planes of Fame 2012, Space Shuttle Trainer arrives in Seattle, and much more...

From Farnborough to the stars- Flightglobal | Here is one of the highlights of this year's Farnborough air show. It might just be a mock-up instead of the real prototype, but Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two stands out among the other aircraft at Farnborough's static display, offering a taste of things to come in the aerospace industry.

British Tycoon Richard Branson Steals Spotlight at Airshow from Warplanes Online Community | Richard Branson, a Bristish tycoon and founder Virgin Galactic space programme stole the spotlight at the airshow last July 11, 2012, Wednesday announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic’s first trip into space as Airbus and Boeing lengthen out more plane orders.  A full size mock-up of Branson’s SpaceShip Two (SS2) aircraft was being showcased at the biennial Farnborough airshow near London which in the event focuses on the aviation sector calendar that typically showcases planemakers Airbus and Boeing battle for orders....

Cotswold Airport crash runway partially reopens - BBC News | A spokesman for the Royal International Air Tattoo said the Bronco, which was based at Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Belgium, was a light attack and reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency ...

MiG 21 Involved In Runway Excursion In Eden Prairie, MN from Aero-News Network | Witnesses: Airplane's Drogue Chute Deployed, The Collapsed And Detached A MiG 21 has been involved in a runway excursion in Eden Prairie, MN, as the pilot was attempting to land at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM). Witnesses say the airplane's drogue chute deployed, but then collapsed and detached, so that the pilot was not able to stop before reaching the runway threshold...

The Patrouille de France fly over Paris tonight - Le Parisien | If the passage of the Patrouille de France in opening the military parade of July 14 has become a tradition, the Alphajet to fly over...

Tricolour Arrows, nine years after the expected return in Imperia - the Press | Once again the thrilling spectacle of the Tricolour Arrows is intended to make a mark in western Liguria. Not only smoking, but, as always, in the heart of thousands of people who can attend to the evolution of the MB-339 pilots...

Sun 'n Fun Fly-In Inc. Consolidates Operations from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Sun 'n Fun Fly-In Inc. announced Friday that its board of directors has voted to consolidate all operations and staff - including the Florida Air Museum (FAM) - under the leadership of Sun 'n Fun and its president/CEO, John Leenhouts...

The B-52 from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Since the day I first saw one, the solid Boeing 747 has been an airplane that lifts my spirits simply by looking at it. I don’t know exactly why I have that reaction, but I have a sneaking hunch that it just triggers my “that’s amazing” button to think that something that huge can fly. Last weekend that button was triggered again when I saw a B-52 fly for the first time.  When my son was at school at the University of North Dakota, we saw a couple of B-52s parked at the Grand Forks Air Force Base North Dakota. Even from a distance they were impressively huge but, like a lot of big airplanes, they looked ungainly just sitting there. It would be more than 20 years until I saw another one... 

MacDill Air Force Base once home to famed 'Memphis Belle' - Tampabay.com | And with next year marking the 70th anniversary of both the Memphis Belle's final mission and its assignment to MacDill, Brown said he is hoping a replica of the aircraft — the same B-17 used in the movie — can be scheduled for the 2013 MacDill Airfest.

'To Fly!': Air and Space Museum opened in 1976 with film's first screening - Washington Times | Before giving way to hang gliders, barnstorming pilots and the Navy's Blue Angels flight team, his silver balloon with the four American flags attached to the gondola has soared above the rolling green Vermont hills and churning, roaring Niagara Falls ...

I. Want. One. Boeing 787 Demo At Farnborough 2012 - Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | The youtube channel of PlanesTV has some great stuff to watch here lately, including this fabulous video of the Boeing 787 flight demonstration at Farnborough on July 9, 2012. Wow, the plastic airplane that so many loved to hate sure looked awesome when pushed a little hard. So incredibly graceful and with a quite impressive roll rate. And when she's light, she'll sure go up in a hurry if you ask her to!...

54 flying car is sold for $ 2.5 million from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS (translated) |
Transition The Taylor Aerocar N-101D is a classic car-plane, which was created in 1954 by aeronautical engineer Moulton Taylor. Almost 60 years later, the American collector Greg Herrick places the rarity for sale and who want to have the Aerocar in the garage or in-hangar - will have to pay to the tune of U.S. $ 1.25 million, which equates to about £ 2.5 million....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Farnborough 2012: “Yesterday we had Raptor salad for lunch” Typhoon pilot said after dogfighting with the F-22 at Red Flag Alaska from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Indeed, Typhoon pilots at Farnborough said that, when flying without their external fuel tanks, in the WVR (Within Visual Range) arena, the Eurofighter not only held its own, but proved to be better than the Raptor. Indeed, it looks like the F-22 tends to lose too much energy when using thust vectoring (TV): TV can be useful to enable a rapid direction change without losing sight of the adversary but, unless the Raptor can manage to immediately get in the proper position to score a kill, the energy it loses makes the then slow moving stealth combat plane quite vulnerable....

Aviation artist Sam Lyons improving from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A few days ago we reported that famed aviation artist Sam Lyons was hospitalized. Good news today from his wife Mindy that Sam is doing much better and hopes to be out of the hospital soon.

Dream Chaser Passes Nose Gear Test from Aero-News Network  | First Launch Planned For Later This Year A successful test of the nose landing gear for a full-scale Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle has been completed by developer Sierra Nevada. The completed test and an upcoming flight test are part of SNC's Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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Crowds gather for Breakfast with the Blues - Pensacola Business Journal | Blue skies lasted just long enough for Blue Angels to practice over Pensacola Beach, before scattered showers moved through area today.

Blue Angels take a Children's CAREFlight nurse on a ride of a ... by Human | Flight nurse from Children's CAREFlight in Birmingham, AL receives a PR flight from the US Navy Blue Angels. Special thanks to Lt. Ben “Baxter” Walborn and crew chief Austin Andrews...

'The Blues' are starring act of 2012 Pensacola Beach Air Show - Gulf Breeze News | Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet Length: 56 feet Height: 15.3 feet Wingspan: 40.4 feet (with missiles) Wing Area: 400 square feet Top Speed: Mach 1.7+ (1200 mph) While the the thrills begin Wednesday, July 11 at 8 a.m. when the “Blues” perform “circle and ...

Blue Angels practice in El Centro - WEAR | Blue Angels practice in El Centro - For 10 weeks every winter The Blue Angels make their home in El Centro. The California...

Snowbirds fly into Tillsonburg on Aug. 29 - Brantford Expositor | Brantford's loss is Tillsonburg's gain. The Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds Demonstration Team, which had scheduled a stop in Brantford for the now-cancelled Rotary Brantford Charity Air Show on Aug. 29, instead will be performing at the ...

VIDEO: Farnborough Airshow 2012 - gethampshire.co.uk | Around 130000 spectators will witness flying displays on the Saturday and Sunday, and stunts will be performed by the Breitling Jet Team and the Blades Aerobatic Team. Additional airborne entertainment will feature the Avro Vulcan, the Yak 130 and the ...

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Breitling Jet Team stranded at Cotswold Airport - BBC News | An aerobatic jet display team has been delayed en route to the Farnborough Airshow after getting stranded at Cotswold Airport where a plane crashed. A 47-year-old pilot from Belgium suffered serious burns when the Bronco aircraft he was flying crashed ...

Saab Gripen Demo – Farnborough 2012 from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor

Video: Virgin Galactic at Farnsborough Air Show at Parabolic Arc by Doug Messier | Video Caption: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its Farnborough air show debut.

Airshow stunt raises crowd expectation - Independent Online | Their Zoo York Zlin Aerobatic Team display will be one of some dozen formation teams at Virginia Airport, and Deare stressed that theirs was the local team that people should come and support. “We are your boys, your team,” he said. Both pilots went to ...

Theo Spark: "Night Ballet" EAA AirVenture night air show by Theo Spark | "Night Ballet" EAA AirVenture night air show...

Able Flight Announces New Pilots to be Honored at Oshkosh from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Able Flight has announced the six new pilots who will get their wings at an AirVenture pinning ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, July 24 at 11:45 a.m. at Phillips 66 Plaza. The pilots earned their sport pilot certificates at a five-week training program at Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology...

Awesome Musical Lineup Set for AirVenture from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |  Marquee musical acts are headed to EAA AirVenture 2012, providing The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration with a variety of evening entertainment options all week.

Gold Team visits the Chicago White Sox from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | Members of the United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, Gold Demonstration Team made a home run with fans Thursday at the Chicago White Sox, US Cellular Field with a surprise jump before the first pitch. SSG Tom Melton advanced the show to assure everything was in order to have a flawless demo weekend. SSG Melton accompanied by Mr. Speros Batistaos, CEO of SSCA presented a baton flown and passed in midair by the Golden Knights to the Manager of the Chicago White Sox Head Coach Robin Ventura....

Goodyear Blimp Coming To OSH12 (With Retro OSH71 Blimp Pic) from AirPigz by Martt | The Goodyear blimp will be coming to Oshkosh 2012 and that makes me very happy! I think having an airship overhead while living the avgeek life at the greatest place on Earth is both calming and exciting. The Zeppelin NT was awesome last year and the Goodyear Blimp will be fabulous this year. Looks like it's scheduled to arrive on Wednesday, July 25th and then will be departing Saturday, July 28th....

B-17 bomber makes a stop in Salina - KSN-TV | A B-17 bomber, which helped win World War II, was in Salina giving a few vets a ride on Wednesday.

Take a trip to the 1940s - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | The Texas Raiders B-17 Flying Fortress pays tribute to the pilots of World War II. The Raiders are among the acts appearing at the Garfield County Air Show Friday and Saturday in Rifle. Contributed photo. Garfield County Air Show. Garfield County ...

Getting schooled with the Air Force's elite test pilots - CNET | ... X-1 rocket 42000 feet above this Mojave Desert outpost. And today, to commemorate the import of the event that ushered in the supersonic era, the aircraft hangs from the ceiling in the entryway of the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum in Washington ...

Neither gunned down nor hit by a missile. A technical failure may have caused the crash of the Turkish RF-4E in Syria from David Cenciotti's weblog | The RF-4E that went down inside the Syrian airspace on Jun. 22 may have been downed by a technical failure.  This is more or less what emerges from the latest news released by the Turkish Armed Forces.  According to the report by the Presidency of the Gendarmerie Criminal Department, the remains of the aircraft collected on the water surface did not provide evidence of any organic or inorganic explosive residues, any fire initiator or accelerator substances which are derivatives of petroleum, and there is no sign of an ammunition remnant...

Free flight program to teach youngsters about aviation - Austin Herald | Youngsters will have an opportunity to hit the skies this weekend in Austin. The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 386 will again host a free Young Eagles Flight Rally starting at 11 a.m. this Sunday at the Austin Municipal Airport ...

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Cotswold Airport closed for plane crash investigation - BBC News | The Bronco aircraft, which crash-landed at Kemble on Tuesday, had been part of a static display at an air tattoo at Fairford at the weekend. The 47-year-old pilot from Belgium suffered serious burns and is being treated at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital....

AIRSHOW-Dreamliner undamaged in minor air show drama - Reuters | FARNBOROUGH, England, July 11 (Reuters) - Fire trucks rushedto the aid of Boeing's Dreamliner jet, the star draw atthe Farnborough Airshow, on Wednesday, livening up what has sofar been a quiet event...

Farnborough Airshow: Branson's Virgin Galactic 'spaceship' in UK debut - Telegraph.co.uk | Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow, Sir Richard said Virgin Galactic wants to “revolutionise the way we get to space” and that he and his children will be the first passengers when the space tourism programme begins. The rockets on Virgin Galactic's ...

Farnborough's Rich Aviation Heritage Marks Another Centenary - Aviation International News | The Black Sheds, the row of elderly aircraft hangars situated at the eastern edge of the Farnborough airfield, close to the runway’s final approach, have been an iconic feature at every airshow held at this historic Hampshire location. But the protected Listed Grade 2 structures have been standing there for a lot longer. In fact, they originally housed some of the earliest British military aircraft as squadrons were formed during the years that led up to World War I....

Farnborough 2012: Inside the cockpit of the U.S. MV-22 Osprey, C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III from David Cenciotti's weblog | The three largest U.S. military planes on display at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 are the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, the C-130 Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster III airlifters....

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing test pilots narrate, discuss 787 flying display from Flightblogger by Stephen Trimble | Boeing's return to the flying display circuit after a 28-year hiatus provided several crowd-pleasing moments, but that was not originally the airframer's plan. Boeing actually had intended to show off little more than two sedate fly-pasts. The steep-climbing, 2g banking, touch-and-go routine only evolved because of local restrictions on the 787's overflight footprint...

Farnborough Finale for the 787 from Randy's Journal by Randy Tinseth | Day 3 of the Farnborough Airshow ended with the final performance of the 787 for Qatar Airways. My congratulations to our great Boeing pilots, Captains Mike Bryan and Randy Neville, for putting on 3 performances none of us will soon forget— and to the entire 787 team for building such an incredible product....

Korean War veterans honoured at Air Tattoo - This is Gloucestershire | WHEN Gloucester men Denis Grogan and Tom Clough fought in the Korean War in the 1950s, little did they expect they would be thanked in person at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo.While...

Farnborough 2012: New James Bond film’s helicopter scenes leaked to Youtube from David Cenciotti's weblog | Scenes from next James Bond’s “Skyfall” movie have leaked on Youtube.  Although the footages and images were actually uploaded on the Internet in March 2012, the news has spread during the Farnborough International Airshow 2012 as the “giant” helicopter flying around Hankley Common, near Elstead, in Surrey, is an AgustaWestland AW101...

You Fly, Girl: What to see at Oshkosh this July - You Fly, Girl | Twenty years after unassembled pieces of Glacier Girl first came to AirVenture for public viewing, another aircraft in need of restoration is expected to arrive at Oshkosh - a Second World War Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive ...

EAA offers B-17 Bomber flights - 77Square.com | Merwyn Sorensen served at a U.S. Army Air Forces base in Germany at the close of World War II, but B-17 bombers were not based there. A story on page A6 of Wednesday's State Journal had incorrect information. “You could see everything,” Sorensen said ...

Volunteers help keep Oshkosh aircraft convention aloft - Chicago Tribune | Volunteers are what give a lift to the Oshkosh air show.

Nellis Airman awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with valor from Air Force Link Top Stories | Staff Sgt. Justin Tite, 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron aerial gunner, received the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross with valor here, July 9.  Maj. Gen. Bill Hyatt, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, presented the decoration to Tite during a ceremony with friends, family and members of the Nellis rescue community present.  On April 23, 2011, Tite was an aerial gunner aboard the lead HH-60 helicopter in a two-aircraft flight, call sign Pedro 83...

F-22 pilot in Hawaii briefly has oxygen deficit - msnbc.com | The Hawaii Air National Guard said Tuesday one of its pilots briefly experienced an oxygen deficit while flying an F-22 stealth fighter last week.

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Two aviation programs offered - The Sheboygan Press | The one-day program includes several area female pilots discussing the opportunities for women in aviation. There will also be a tour of the airport facilities and operations. Depending on the weather, introductory flights through the Experimental ...

Colorado Aviation Week raises thousands for scholarships from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) is reporting that, by every measure, "Colorado Aviation Week" was a huge success. "We are very pleased with the turn-out of the events held during 'Colorado Aviation Week'," stated Brittany Davies, chairwoman of CABA. "We achieved our goal of community outreach and exceeded our expectations with respect to money raised for scholarships."...

Wing-walking! - Goole Today | A BRAVE 64-year-old woman from Hambleton is doing a wing-walk for charity this Sunday.

NFL: Reggie Bush gets his wings in Salzburg from Aerial Sports Feed | American football star Reggie Bush of the Miami Dolphins kicked off his European vacation by stopping off in Salzburg, Austria for a flight in an Edge 450 piloted by Red Bull Air Race champion Hannes Arch...

Valery Rozov's BASE jump from Ushba | Photostory from Aerial Sports Feed | On July 6, Russian climber and B.A.S.E. jumper Valery Rozov completed an incredible jump from Ushba Mountain in Svaneti, Georgia – the symbol of Svaneti and one of the most beautiful mountains in Caucasus. This was the first ever B.A.S.E. jump in the big mountains of Caucasus, Georgia.

Young Eagles Rally to take flight in LITH - Northwest Herald | EAA Chapter 790 provides Young Eagles rides for children ages 8 to 17. The pilots donate their time, fuel and aircraft to introduce a new generation to aviation. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who will need to sign a waiver ...

Kids soar at aviation camp - WFMZ Allentown | You can't exactly shoot for the stars at one particular summer camp, but the clouds are a different story.

Branson gets kids on board for first space flight - San Francisco Chronicle | Seen in between the wings of the Virgin Galatica VSS Enterprise, the Blades aerobatics team fly in display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 9, 2012. Photo: Sang Tan / AP. Seen in between the wings of the ...

Virgin SpaceShipTwo To Launch Before 2013 - Brevard Times | The carrier craft ("WhiteKnightTwo") and space vehicle ("SpaceShipTwo") were both custom-designed by Scaled Composites and closely based on Scaled's legendary SpaceShipOne, the Burt Rutan-designed vehicle that in 2004 claimed the $10 million ...

NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission — Where Are They Now? from SPACE.com | A look at what has become of those involved in NASA's final space shuttle mission.

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Farnborough International Airshow - Albany Times Union | The Red Arrows fly in formation alongside a Vulcan bomber to officially open the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 9, 2012. Farnborough sees the announcement of orders for military jets but with governments...

Farnborough 2012: Parade of Flying Legends from David Cenciotti's weblog | Farnborough International Airshow 2012 is not only interesting for the new aircraft, equipment, weapon systems, orders being announced and so on. Among the planes taking part to the daily air display there are also some of the most famous British planes of the WWII and Cold War era: the Avro Lancaster, the Spitfire, the Vulcan....

Spitfire grounded by weather - BBC News | A rare Spitfire which was unable to fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo because of the weather has been unable to return home to West Sussex.

Farnborough 2012 Photo: Flying as “Scalp 99″ a U.S. B-52 Stratofortress opens Day 2 of the Airshow from David Cenciotti's weblog | While Day 1 was opened by a memorable Red Arrows and Avro Vulcan formation, the second trade day of Farnborough International Air Show 2012 air display was kicked off by a U.S. B-52.  Coming from RAF Fairford as “Scalp 99″ (reportedly 60-0042/BD belonding to the 93 BS from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana), the B-52H performed a flyover before heading back to the U.S. though the Daventry corridor...

Farnborough 2012: new details about the “weaponized” C-27J disclosed from David Cenciotti's weblog | In a media briefing held inside the fuselage of the C-27J CSX62127, Alenia Aermacchi has unveiled a few more details about the new gunship version of the Spartan launched by Alenia Aeronautica and ATK at Farnborough International Airshow 2012.  First of all, the “mini-Spectre” is just the first of a series of highly specialized configurations that Alenia Aeronautica plans to base on the C-27J battlefield airlifter: ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance), Border Surveillance, Command and Control. And, of course, Gunship...

'ZIMI' SIGNS OUT WITH LAST DISPLAY from Royal International Air Tattoo News | THE Swiss aerobatic display team produced a top performance in the last display of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.

31st Annual Fly-In Breakfast, 51st Annual Fine Arts Show set for Aug. 5 in Cresco - Cresco Times Plain Dealer | The Fly-In Breakfast will run from 7:30 a.m. to 12-noon at the Cresco Airport – Ellen Church Field. The breakfast features omelets and pancakes. Day-of tickets are $7, with children age 5 and under FREE. Advance tickets are $6, available at the Cresco ...

Salento Tricolore II Air Show here is the picture - The Everyday Italian | In addition to the program Acrobatic Patrol "Frecce Tricolori", there was the participation of vessels and aircraft of other Forces and Armed Corps and civilian aerobatic team. "The aerobatic team is a valuable business ...

On Sale Now! Fill Your Need for Speed with Tickets to Fleet Week Coronado ... - Sacramento Bee | Leap Frogs – The Navy Parachute Team, a.k.a the Leap Frogs, will demonstrate their skill and precision on Sunday, September 23, during the opening ceremony. The San Diego-based Leap Frogs perform precision, free-fall parachute demonstrations across ...

Podcast: Planes of Fame’s Steve Hinton – Warbird Radio  from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | TUESDAY – Planes of Fame’s Steve Hinton joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Learn the latest news from POF this morning at 10am (EASTERN) plus we’re taking your calls and questions. For more information on POF just click on the Quick Link posted below. Thanks for tuning in. QUICK LINK: Planes of Fame STUDIO [...]

World War II bomber tours skies over Casper - Casper Star-Tribune Online | Cy Brown, a crew member of the B-25 Mitchell "Maid in the Shade", hangs on during takeoff Monday, July 9, 2012 in Casper. The restored WWII bomber, which is owned by the Arizona Commemorative Air Force, will be at Natrona County International Airport ...

B-17 Flying Fortress Intro - Timesonline.com | A B-17 Flying Fortress taxiing down the runway after a mission over the Three Rivers and Clairton Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mustang Sally from Latest Vlog | Here's a quick clip I cut today of footage that was given to me by the guys at Helimedia of Menno Parsons flying his P-51D Mustang at the 2012 Rand Air Show. The video includes some awesome onboard visuals and aerial work of Mustang Sally in all her glory!

Timeless Voices - Frank Rezich by eaavideo.org | A natural mechanic, Frank Rezich worked for Howard Aircraft before serving in the Air Transport Command during WWII. He worked for various aviation manufacturers after the war on such projects as the XB-70 bomber and the Apollo Program.

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Veterans conflicted, disappointed about Supreme Court's ruling that lying ... - Villages Daily Sun | Jim Jinks, right, of the Village of Glenbrook and his best friend, Bill Rich, look out a gun window of a B-17 Flying Fortress during an airshow at Leesburg International Airport. Rich was a bombadier on a B-17 for 35 missions over Germany during World ...

Wind Chamber Symphony: Freeflying with Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet from Aerial Sports Feed | Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet do it all - skydiving, freeflying, BASE jumping, wingsuit flying, swooping, speed riding... See them take off as they train with the help of a wind tunnel in Prague!

Fellowship to help warbirds - Fraser Coast Chronicle | RETIRED army major Peter Ford will fly half way around the world to gather the information he needs to replicate some of Australia's first war birds.

Fall Behind the Scenes Tour registration opens July 17 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Get a first-hand look at the aircraft restoration process during the Behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Registration for tours from September through December 2012 opens on Tuesday, July 17. The free tours take place every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited, so advance registration is required...

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The Blue Angels are back in town - WEAR | The Blue Angels are back in town - The Blue Angels are back in town this week and we're giving you a front row seat.WEAR is partnering...

Summer airshow will land in Delaware this week - Newark Post | The Delaware Rotary Club is set to host its 21st annual “Warbirds Over Delaware,” a free family event that features model aircrafts flown by participants from across the country...

Navy Week Cleveland to finish summer with ships, sailors and the Blue Angels - NewsNet5.com | Get ready for a busy week before Labor Day in downtown Cleveland this year.

Gold Team Has Rhythm from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | Once a year Wisconsin puts on a show that brings people from all over that state to one place to celebrate our Nation’s Independence. Rhythm & Booms is Madison, Wisconsin’s official Independence Day celebration and the largest single-day event in Wisconsin. The show offers many events to include a 5K run/walk and music stages to entertain everyone before the world-class fireworks performance. The Gold Team had the honor to open the festivities with a mid-day mass formation jump giving the public a preview of what was to come later on that night. Then after the sun went down the Gold Team took to the skies once again to put on an awe inspiring show of the people. Jumpers lit up the sky with their pyro forming a single mass formation that could be seen from miles around. Immediately following the jumpers the largest fireworks display in the state went off drawing the attention of the crowd and the jumpers for over 45 minutes. Over 200,000 people were said to be in attendance for the event which is a record for the Rhythm & Booms....

15 Wing performs rare display over downtown Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | The Salute to Moose Jaw display went off without a hitch, with four different aircrafts performing fly-pasts in the late afternoon heat, and the Snowbirds flying non-aerobatic flight patterns and formations as a grand finale. Lieutenant Colonel Brian ...

Skydiving with the Canadian Skyhawks by Sagar Pathak  | I stood at the edge of the back ramp of the Shorts Skyvan airplane and could see straight down. The wind whirled around me and I could not even hear the person standing right next to me. A wave of fear suddenly gripped me. It had been building for the past 15 minutes as we reached our jump altitude of 12,500 feet, but looking straight down and knowing in a few seconds I would be jumping out of a perfectly good plane seemed like a really bad choice...

Farnborough Takes Off With The Red Arrows - Sky News | Around 1400 exhibitors from more than 40 countries will be at Farnborough over the next few days to show off their latest air - and space - craft.

Royal International Air Tattoo 2012 - This is Gloucestershire | View all the latest pictures in the gallery, Royal International Air Tattoo 2012, on This is Gloucestershire...

Farnborough 2012 photo: These helicopters are so close they appear to almost touch from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image was taken during the Agusta Westland helicopters display at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 on Jul. 9.   The AW139, AW169 and AW189 are close, but the zoom effect of a 400mm lens make them appear even closer!...

Farnborough Airshow 2012 - gethampshire.co.uk | Around 130000 spectators will witness flying displays on the Saturday and Sunday, and stunts will be performed by the Breitling Jet Team and the Blades Aerobatic Team. Additional airborne entertainment will feature the Avro Vulcan, the Yak 130 and the ...

Hi, "The Tricolor Salento Air Show" stunts "A lot of sympathy for the ... - The Everyday Italian | In addition to the acrobatics of the patrol program "Tricolour Arrows" is foreseen for the aircraft and naval forces and other armed corps and civilian aerobatic team, which will represent the sporting event. "The ...

Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen Among Those Honored At EAA AirVenture ... - MarketWatch | OSHKOSH, Wis., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Veterans from two legendary World War II military units are among the honored guests this year during the "Salute to the Greatest Generation in the Air" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 23-29 in ...

Hammer Brothers Off to a Great Start in the 2012 Sport Air Racing ... by glasair | Hammer Brothers Off to a Great Start in the 2012 Sport Air Racing League. Bruce Hammer recorded a speed of over 258 mph in the 2012 Big Muddy Air Race. His brother, Steve, was not far behind at 244 mph. Click here to ...

Maggie Kennon's interiew with a WASP! from WINGS AND WASP by Nancy Parrish | WWII Female Pilot Tells Exhilarating Secret Stories of Wartime Exploits by MAGGIE KENNON July 3, 2012 My Interview With Deanie ParrishWorld War II VeteranWASPWhy They Served"We did it because our country needed us." On February 29th, I interviewed Deanie Parrish. I learned of Deanie and her WWII history by researching the women of WWII. I was amazed by what I...

Podcast: Amelia Earhart's New Jersey - Morristown Green | Newark Airport was like a second home for the slender aviatrix, according to our former Star-Ledger colleague, Guy Sterling. In a fascinating podcast for WBGO-FM, Guy traces local highlights of Amelia's life . . . on the anniversary of her presumed death...

2012 Fly-In Movies from Antique Airfield News | Steve Black, Antique Airfield's master of classic aviation movies, is pleased to announce the schedule of titles he will be showing at the AAA-APM Fly-In this year. It's a great lineup which includes not one but two Oscar winners, as well as the one and only movie based on the 1930s serial "The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen"...

Ken Kinsler's Culver V Back in the Air from Antique Airfield News | Ken Kinsler sent us an update on his Culver V project, which he previously updated us on from 2010. Fuselage was painted with 3 cross coats of silver and finished with 3 cross coats of Sun Valley Ivory and forest green. Wings and control surfaces were finished per the poly fiber process using glider cloth on all plywood surfaces. Finish coats of Sun Valley Ivory. New Plexiglas installed in canopy. Instrument panel cleaned up and painted. Aircraft was assembled controls rigged and gear retraction test preformed.

Youngest Pilot Award Sponsorship Call to Chapters from Antique Airfield News  | Several weeks ago Todd Harders and the Nebraska Chapter set up a challenge for the chapters: Every year at Blakesburg there's an award for Youngest Pilot. To encourage a lifetime of engagement with antique & classic aviation the Nebraska Chapter folks propose that instead of just giving out a plaque, that we also award a life time member in the AAA. Todd would like to have at least six chapters sponsor this for $110.00 each...

Taking flight: Young Eagles Day provides 169 free plane rides to youths - Ludington Daily News | The 15-year-old Free Soil girl had her first flight Saturday during Young Eagles Day at the Mason County Airport. Nine pilots volunteered, providing free flights to 169 youths. “I was really scared,” Tingay said of her emotions before the experience ...

Teens to build plane at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Aviators By Design is sponsoring efforts by the teens of Aviation Explorer Post 9868, which resides at Central County Airport near Iola, Wisconsin, in building a Zenith CH 750 kit airplane in the Homebuilders Hangar on the AirVenture grounds...

West Texas may yet get its spaceport from The Original Rocket Dungeon | Today, XCOR and the Midland Development Corporation formally announced that XCOR will be relocating its R&D effort to Midland, TX. They will also occupy a hangar at the Midland International Airport (MAF) and the city of Midland will be applying...

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Touring the Country with the Golden Knights from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | Every demonstration requires a great deal of planning, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to any new situation. As the Black Demonstration Team moves out, once again, to perform demonstrations across the country, we rely extensively on the standard operating procedures, techniques, and traditions of the Golden Knights to ensure every show is executed with the utmost of professionalism. This week, Black Team is moving out on what we call a “long show.” We will be traveling to three different locations over an eleven day roadtrip, including Portsmouth, NH, St. Louis, MO, and Rock Island, IL. We will perform nearly ten seperate demonstrations and interact with over 100,000 Americans eager to hear the Army story...

Ohio air show attendance drops amid extreme heat - WFMJ | A stifling heat wave has sapped attendance totals at the annual Dayton Air Show in southwest Ohio...

Russian Air Force aerobatic team cannot get entry visas to UK - National Turk English | Russia may miss out on in Farnborough 2012, one of the world's most prestigious international aviation exhibitions, after problems with United Kingdom visas arose...

130000 enjoy Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford - This is Gloucestershire | AROUND 130000 of aviation enthusiasts enjoyed a fabulous display of aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.. Organisers were delighted to provide a classic Air Tattoo line-up,...

Farnborough International Airshow‬ from Latest Vlog | Today sees the kick off of the ‪Farnborough International Airshow‬ in the UK. This event will be showcasing a 152 different aircraft and boasts 120,000 people through their gates between now and the 15th.  If you're going, enjoy the show!

Farnborough Air Show: Photos - Bloomberg | Bloomberg photo coverage from the Farnborough air show, the year's highest-profile aerospace trade event can be seen at...

Farnborough 2012: Drone taking part to the Air Show breaks into three parts after landing from David Cenciotti's weblog | This year’s Farnborough International Airshow air display features also a UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) demo: a Tekever AR4 Light Ray drone. The mini-UAS is hand-launched by a team, then silently circles over the airport and then finally lands at the end of the short demo flight.  However, the air display on Jul. 9 had an unexpected end: although it gently landed on the grass next to the main runway as the Malaysian Airlines Airbus 380 prepared for take off, the UAS broke into three parts....

Laidies Breizh Festival 2012 - Vannes Pic by Chris. from Bonjour BlueSky

Thousands brave weather for Tibenham Heritage Air Festival - Norwich Evening News | Part of south Norfolk took a trip back to the 1940s yesterday for an inaugural vintage airshow.

Historic planes coming to Springfield-Branson National Airport - Springfield News-Leader | The planes are owned by the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force, which restores, maintains and tours more than 150 vintage military planes around the country. “If you can hear the engine, you can smell the exhaust, you can see it in flight doing the ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Michigan Aerobatic Open 2012 hit the skies Saturday from Kathryn's Report by AdminMike Mulholland | MLive.com JACKSON, MI – Pilots from all around the Midwest and Canada flew, free falled and flipped over Jackson this weekend. The pilots were competing in the annual Michigan Aerobatics Open 2012 at Jackson County Airport, 3606 Wildwood Ave., in Jackson. The competition is put on by the International Aerobatic Club (IAC). Christian Smith, an 18-year-old from Midland...

Will OSH12 Be As Hot As OSH88? (With Concorde Video!) from AirPigz by Martt | I actually posted this Mach 1 Concorde ride video on day number 1 in the life of AirPigz.com back on December 8, 2008. It was the first real piece of content that I produced for AirPigz and it's actually from an old VHS tape I shot way back in 1988. I'd do a better job with the editing here 3-1/2 years later, but it's not bad. Anyway, 1988 was a very hot and dry year, much like it's been for a large part of the country this year. So I thought it might be interesting to wonder if OSH12 will be as hot as OSH88 was. Ha! No way to know til we live it, but one thing we'll sure miss this year at Oshkosh is Concorde. What an airplane, and what an...

HUGE Airventure Giveaway to Celebrate Red Tails on Home Video! - digimars | The Lucasfilm-produced film Red Tails came out on DVD and Blu-ray in May, but you can get the chance to celebrate the release later this month in style! Lucasfilm is sponsoring the giveaway of a trip to the OshKosh Airventure in Wisconsin for one winner, and it comes with all sorts of awesome side benefits. This is probably the biggest giveaway we’ve ever hosted on GeekDad, so read on for details...

WW II: Then and Now: Invaded from the sky - Canton Repository | When William “Bill” Strong went into battle during World War II, he carried with him the words of Psalm 91, the psalm for safety. “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty,” Psalm 91 begins. “I will say of ...

Sponsor a Veteran - Vintage Wings of Canada | At Vintage Wings of Canada our mission is to Commemorate, Educate and Inspire. There is no better way to do this than to have our Second World War and Korean War veterans present when we fly our historic aircraft. With veterans in attendance at our flying events like the Wings over Ottawa-Gatineau en Vol Air Show, we can connect the real living aviators of our heritage with the aircraft we fly....

Brian "Brain" Kissinger's Landing Certification Form from Record-Setting Flight Released from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | As previously reported on The Aero Experience and other media outlets, Brian "Brain" Kissinger set a speed record in the light sport class for a flight from St. Joseph, MO to St. Louis just prior to the Fair St. Louis Air Show on July 4. Part of the paperwork associated with the record flight is the...

NVAHOF Executive Attends Southwest Airlines 40th by nvahof | The third educational objective is the creation of an accessible archive of Nevada aviation history. The uniqueness and diversity of Nevada's aviation projects make it the most important state in the nation in regards to cutting-edge aerospace...

Young pilot to compete in aerobatic competition - Jacksonville Journal-Courier | Young pilot to compete in aerobatic competition | pilot, bush, whether, jets, fighter, commercial, working, job, flight, compete.

Space History Photo: Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta from SPACE.com  | During the Apollo 15 mission, Astronaut David R. Scott explores the Hadley Delta.

Countdown Begins at Japan's Tanegashima Space Center for H-II Transfer Vehicle Launch
from Spaceports | The launch pad campaign is underway at the Japanese Tanegashima Space Center for the orbital launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle with the KOUNOTORI-3 set to carry cargo to the International Space Station on July 20, 2012 (July 21 in Japan) arriving in the wake of the Soyuz TMA-05M carring crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...