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Air show exceeds expectations - St. Joseph News-Press | Two of the featured performers were the US Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels. Both air fleets amazed spectators on Saturday and will perform again today…

AirFest: Bigtime celebration in the sky - ReporterNews.com | The highlight of the AirFest this year was the flight of the Thunderbirds, the Air Force demonstration team, which drew thousands to the show Saturday ...

How to keep that event afloat - The Olympian | For example, the Olympic Air Show, slated for June 19-20, will play host to some rare military aircraft this year, including a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet, ...

TFR Issued for Tuscaloosa Airshow 2010 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News - Coming next weekend is the 2nd Annual Tuscaloosa Air Show, May 8 and 9, 2010. Featured performers are the USN Blue Angels, US Army Golden Knights and other outstanding teams. A TFR for times indicated will be in effect at the Tuscaloosa Airport- Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 9. as indicated below…

Uncertain future for Cosford Airshow? » UK Airshow News from ... by Flightline UK - Mr O'Harney added: "If ministers push ahead with the flawed defence training review programme, not only will hundreds of local jobs be put at risk but the future of the air show itself will be in jeopardy. ...

Viper West Demo Team - Watch in-cockpit and ground footage during an airshow. This video has been added to your Favorites. This video has been removed...

Sun 'n Fun 2010 Highlights by David - Then we headed over to the outdoor theater to see Will and Rico present "A Pilot's Story". Nick Spark, a previous guest on the podcast, was also there to present his film "The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club". ...

United States - Texas - Dyess Big Country AirFest & Air Race 2010 - Dyess AFB, Abilene - 05/01/1 from FenceCheck Forums

How to start a DC-3 from TAKEOFF TUBE by rss@www.takeofftube.com(Kriss) Half the fun in flying any round engine airplane is in the starting. Here's how to start a DC-3…

Idaho History: This year marks a century of aviation in Idaho - IdahoStatesman.com | Next week we'll share more of Idaho's early aviation history. Arthur Hart writes this column on Idaho history for the Idaho Statesman each Sunday. ...

Teams pull Boeing 727 as fundraiser - Augusta Chronicle | The Serotta Maddocks Evans & Co. team pulls the 150000-pound Boeing 727 during the second annual Plane Pull at Augusta Regional Airport. ...

The Age of Very Light Jets from Wayne Farley's Aviation Blog by Wayne Farley | The age of very-light jets (VLJ) is upon us. You can call them microjets, entry-level jets or very light personal jets; but these aircraft are small, single-pilot operated and designed to seat 4-8 people, with a maximum take-off weight of under 10,000 pounds. They are lighter than what is commonly termed business jets, and can operate into smaller airports with 3000 feet runways. As an aviation professional and an artist, I'm intrigued by these lean, aesthetically crafted machines which sometimes look like they are from another world. With the exception of the Embraer Phenom and the Piper Jet which were already featured, here's a list of VLJs that may show up at your airport one day…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - 1981: "I'M AN ACKER BACKER" pins are on everyone's lapels.
1985: "I'M AN ACKER BACKER" pins are in everyone's trashcans. For years labor negotiations at Pan Am were always cordial and easily managed by both managers and union representatives who both passionate about the near-imperial status of their airline. Labor strife? That's below us. Strikes? That's below us here an Pan Am, too. Usually new labor agreements were hammered out at some local bar down the street from Pan Am's landmark New York City headquarters building. But that changed from 1981. Was it the airline's new chairman, smooth talking Texan C. Edward Acker? Was it the infusion of the employees of National Airlines in 1979? Was it deregulation?...

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Aerial acrobatics this weekend - Kansas City Star | Klatt's aerial acrobatics will be featured this weekend at the Missouri Air National Guard Open House - Sound of Speed Airshow at Rosecrans Memorial Airport ...

AirFest 2010 brings 'Thunder over the Empire' - Highland Community News ... operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft. For the full Air Fest 2010 schedule, visit http://www.marchfieldairfest. com/general-information/schedule.

March Airfest 2010 is this weekend at the Reserve Base - Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror | Gates open at 8 am, May 1 and the first performance is at approximately 9 am The Patriot Jet Demonstration Team and the F-22 Raptor will be the highlight of ...

March Air Force Base Airfest 2010 from Air & Space Magazine

Dyess Big Country Air Fest stars B-1 bomber - ReporterNews.com | Visitors to the Big Country Appreciation Day airshow wave from the flight line at Dyess AFB to a C-130 crew as they prepare for takeoff to demonstrate the ...

F-16 jets break in Temple airport's runway extension; annual air show takes ... - Temple Daily Telegram | The jets will be featured in this weekend's air show. (Mitch Green/Telegram) Two F-16s screamed into town again Thursday for this weekend's Central Texas ...

Aviation Days land at Lunken - Cincinnati.com | Get up close to jets, warbirds, sport airplanes and the people who fly, repair and control them during Lunken Airport Aviation Days, 10 am-4 pm Saturday and ...

Student gets flight of his life - St. Joseph News-Press | Savannah Middle School student Nathan Hogue wrote an essay that earned him a ride in Greg Poe's ethanol-powered stunt plane Thursday ...

Officer flies high in the West Texas sky - Abilene Reporter-News | Mark Creel , a maintenance specialist with the Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team, before taking an honorary flight aboard one of the ...

Aviator Skills Exhibited at Air Shows « Aviator college's Blog by aviatorcollege | The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is the world's largest military air show, held annually over the third weekend in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable ...

Watch a streaming replay of the QT Air & Rocket Racing show on LiveStream!   from Rocket Racing League Games by smitty | Looping Webcast of the entire air show including the first public demonstration flights of the Mark III X-Racer and all of the amazing flying stunts & aerial performers from the show!!! Hosted by award winning national anchor Miles O'Brien with special guests NASA Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Owen Garriott, and John Herrington, Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, and other distinguished participants. (original air date: April 24th, 2010 – Tulsa, OK) LOG-IN: http://www.livestream.com/rocketracing

Armadillo Aerospace + Space Adventures = ? from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Virginia-based Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company currently providing human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, today announced that the company has entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace, LLC, a leading developer of reusable rocket powered vehicles. Space Adventures will exclusively market and sell commercial passenger experiences on Armadillo Aerospace's future suborbital spaceflight vehicles that are currently in development. Details of the deal will be made public May 27, 2010 in Chicago…

Sun 'n Fun 2010 Highlights from Aviation Social Media | DaveFlys by David | Another Sun 'n Fun Fly-In is behind us. Most of my week was spent at Sun 'n Fun Radio performing my duties as Editor-In-Chief. We really stepped things up at the radio station this year. Admittedly, we bit off more than we should have. The listeners were probably oblivious (at least I hope so), but those of us that were working behind the scenes to make it all happen were constantly busy. Too busy. It left many of us, myself included, overly stressed. In spite of that, we accomplished some pretty awesome stuff, like live internet streaming of the radio station thanks to our friends at LiveATC.net…

PFP # 58 Sun 'n Fun 2010 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog by David | We are back at one of the happiest places on Earth, Lakeland, FL, host to the 36th Annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In! Will and David invite a whole bunch of their friends into the (not so) virtual hangar on the deck of Sun 'n Fun Radio. The guys (and one lady) had an awesome time talking about, well, everything…

Gold Demonstration Team CRW Training from armygoldenknights's | Gold Demonstration Team conducts canopy relative work(CRW) at our training facility in Laurinburg, NC. In this video, Team members practice the tri-by-side. A difficult maneuver as the jumpers are linked together with straps. The jumpers start this by first docking one on top of the other, in a 3 stack. Then each jumper manuevers to be side by side. While side by side they snap into a link on each of the harnesses. These straps are used to relieve the tension on the jumpers arms as they try to navigate side by side…

Warbirds attracted 65000: data - Stuff.co.nz | Vintage planes dogfighting overhead and F/A-18 Hornet jets streaking by attracted 65000 people to the Warbirds Over ...

THE DOOLITTLE RAID - Hometown Focus | After months of covert planning and training, Doolittle, his crew of 80 raiders and their 16 fully loaded B-25 Mitchell bombers were aboard the aircraft ...

History revisited - Corsicana Daily Sun | The B model (B-25B) used by the Doolittle raiders had only a .30 caliber machine-gun and four .50 caliber machine-guns that could fire forward. ...

Bomber plane tour a salute to veterans - Contra Costa Times | James Stanhope spent most of his time in World War II escorting B-17 bomber planes. The Fremont resident was part of a group of P-38 fighter plane pilots ...

Big planes take on big duties in firefighting - Anderson Independent Mail | Many training hours are spent in a classroom learning the best tactics and procedures, how to fly in mountainous areas and learning the hazards of flying ...

East Contra Costa volunteers fuel nation's only privately owned jet aerobatics ... - Contra Costa Times | Despite what several on the ground thought, they weren't the Blue Angels. The display of jet-powered precision flying was the work of East Contra Costa ...

The forgotten war from Flying Tigers News … had invaded China in 1937, and American civilian volunteers, among them the famous Flying Tigers, had already been involved there in China's defense before the United States entered World War II after the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor…

FAA Kills "Taxi To" For Takeoff from ExpressJet Forum by MikeW | Effective June 30, 2010, the FAA is deleting the term "taxi to" from taxi and ground movement operations as it pertains to aircraft cleared to taxi to an assigned takeoff runway. The change requires controllers to issue explicit runway crossing clearances "for each runway (active/inactive or closed) crossing." And aircraft issued clearance to cross a runway must cross that runway before receiving clearance for a subsequent runway crossing. There is an exception: "At airports where the taxi route between runway centerlines is less than 1,000 feet apart, multiple runway crossings may be issued after receiving approval by the Terminal Services Director of Operations," according to the FAA…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - In 1986, Southwest Airlines was only the 14th largest airline in the United States and had only 63 aircraft in its fleet. In fact, in terms of passengers carried, Southwest was less than one-tenth the size of United Airlines. But from the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, Southwest had not only grown four-fold but had remained consistently profitable during the rocky early years of deregulation. But few Americans at the time had heart of Southwest Airlines as it was still for the most part operating in Texas and the adjacent states. Despite its relative obscurity, though, the business world from academia to other industries took a close look at Southwest trying to divine the secret to its success. Perhaps Robert Crandall, the iconic head of American Airlines, Southwest's main competition in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, said it best when he said "That place runs on Herb Kelleher's bullshit."

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Rain Doesn't Dampen Sun 'n Fun's Success - The Ledger LAKELAND | The 36th annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In finished Sunday with the US Air Force Thunderbirds rattling the rain clouds…

Rain clouds end of Sun-N-Fun - MyFox Tampa Bay | "I was going to leave this afternoon after the air show but it will probably be dark by the time I get home," said John Carroll, who decided to stay in ...

Doolittle Raiders Memorial Flyover from AF.mil Photos | B-25 Mitchell bombers at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio are being prepared for a formation flyover prior to the Doolittle Raiders Memorial Service in the museum's Memorial Park on April 18, 2010. This is one of the largest gatherings of the Mitchell Bombers since the historic raid over Tokyo, Japan during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

B-25 bomber fly-over largest of its kind since WWII - Dayton Daily News ... of Japan helped change the course of World War II were honored Sunday, April 18, with a fly-over of B-25 bombers, the type they flew to attack Japan…

Doolittle Raiders Memorial Flyover – Video Update! from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | WARBIRD RADIO – Sixty-eight years after the Doolittle Raiders flew their historic mission over Tokyo, seventeen B-25's roared over the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.  The single pass flyover marked the anniversary of the mission and the end to a fantastic Doolittle Raider's Reunion.  The video above is a…

Vets Remember Experiences While Watching The Blue Angels – WCIV | Mt. Pleasant, SC - You may have seen a diamond of jets soaring over Charleston Harbor as The Blue Angels perform for the second time this weekend. ...

Blue Angels a big hit – WCBD | Over the course of the weekend, hundreds of people gathered at points across the lowcountry to get the best view of the pilots. Of those who really enjoyed ...

Thunder Over Louisville 2010 Air Show Replay Videos - Daily World Buzz | You can leave a response or trackback to this entry The largest event of Firewords Display and Air Show was scheduled April 17, 2010. Have you missed it? ...

United States - Kentucky - Thunder Over Louisville 2010 - Louisville - 04/17/10 from FenceCheck Forums | ALLRIGHTY THEN!! - Once again - GREAT SHOW / EVENT!! Here are my first few.

Volcanic Ash Delays Training of Substitute Red Arrows Pilot - Suite101.com | Following the injury of a Red Arrows pilot in Crete delays in training his replacement due to volcanic ash may cause more displays to be cancelled…

Aerobatic aircraft go on display - Toowoomba Chronicle | TOOWOOMBA Aeromodelers Association contest director Luke Cullen looked skyward as model aircraft zoomed overhead and wondered if the event might be one of ...

Rocket Racing plus lunar landers from RLV and Space Transport News | As mentioned earlier, the Rocket Racing League's updated website is now providing lots of info, pictures and videos. See also the RRL Official Youtube Channel. The Tulsa Air Show is next Saturday. I don't see anything about live webcasts but I expect that videos of the rocket racer flights will be posted not too long after…

Cervia, 16-17.04.10 – Con la Diana sul Petto from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | "Con la Diana sul Petto" is the name of the event that the 5° Stormo organised in Cervia airbase to give farewell to the F-16. The locally-based 23° Gruppo is in fact about to release its remaining "Vipers" to the 18° Gruppo based in Trapani, that will be the last Italian squadron to fly with the F-16, while Cervia will probably host the HH-3F of the 15° Stormo. To celebrate the event, a special colour and a special tail were prepared and displayed in a sort of mini-airshow that was scheduled to take place both on April 16 and 17, 2010. On the first day, a training display by the Frecce Tricolori was also scheduled but the 9 MB.339s did not perform their practice display because of the bad weather, while, on Apr. 17, the entire flying activity was cancelled because of the volcanic ash that interested the Northern Italian airspace…

The Spaceship Company from RLV and Space Transport News | Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic announced way back in 2004 that they were forming a joint partnership called The Spaceship Company to build the WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo vehicles. However, since then TSC has been under the radar while Scaled and VG have often talked about the WK2/SS2 system during its development. Now there is a Spaceship Company website (link via Rocketeers.co.uk). The site is undeveloped but there is a Careers page with several positions listed. It will be interesting to see if TSC starts to offer a more public stance…

Uncontrolled Airspace #181 "Excuse Me While I Touch the Sky" from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

We Sometimes Forget Non-AviatorsDon't Get Revved up Over Airplanesand the Noises They Make from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | So many of us have the exact same tale, the same personal provenance that describes our entry into the world of aviation. With rare exception, if you get 10 pilots in a room and get them talking about how they began their personal lovefest with flying machines, the story will usually go something like this generic version…

Landing Gear Scare Aboard Vintage Plane - A vintage World War II bomber circled the Hillsboro airport for about 50 minutes Sunday, after an alert about a landing gear problem. Nine people were reportedly aboard the "Liberty Belle" when the alert was first called at about noon Sunday. The crash crew, fire crews and other officers at and around the Hillsboro Airport converged on the scene, clearing a wide swath of runway and other possible obstacles, preparing for a possible emergency landing. The plane ultimately landed safely, but had to circle the airport while those ground crews did their work…

B-17 bomber will be flying in to Santa Barbara - Santa Maria Times | A restored B-17 bomber will visit Santa Barbara from April 23 to 25 during a 60-city "Salute to Veterans" national tour. It's one of two Flying Fortresses ...

German fighter saved Allied bomber - Warwick Daily News | Reprieve: Lieutenant Charles L Charlie Brown who was flying the badly crippled B-17 Flying Fortress over Germany on his way back to England. ...

Warbirds over Beach to be held at museum - The Virginian-Pilot | The second annual Warbirds Over the Beach will be held May 22-23 at the Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach. ...

Young and old check out planes - Marlborough Express | Hayden was one of many people who attended Marlborough Aero Club's open day yesterday, which showcased the club's planes and people's privately owned ...

Flying machines thrill aviation fans - ntnews.com.au | Hundreds of people went to the open day at the Aviation Heritage Centre at Winnellie. Aviation Historical Society president Richard Luxton said the event ...

Rosie The Riveter: Website from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Rosie the Riverter Memorial Park
Designed by visual artist Susan Schwartzenberg and landscape architect/environmental sculptor Cheryl Barton, the Rosie the Riveter Memorial: Honoring American Women's Labor During WWII is the first in the nation to honor and interpret this important chapter of American history…

Ballooning over Barcelona from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | This certainly ranks up there with the most awesome things I've had the opportunity to do in the sky. As you may have gathered from my long-winded post about our trip, Gina and I spent five days in Europe to mark a rather special occasion. We've been talking about going on a balloon ride for some time now and I decided that it made no sense to fly over familiar ground when we could have our first hot air balloon experience in Spain!...

This Week In Military/Aviation History 19-25 April from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Hi Folks, I'm not in a very good mood today, so rather than bore you with a rant, I say let's just take our little weekly stroll down History Lane, shall we? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.

Image of the Week: CASA C-101 over France from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user raulherse (Raul Hernandez Sevilla, who also has a Flickr account). His photo depicts a formation of Spanish Air Force C-101 Aviojets over France…

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Plans for Blue Angels air show to take off - St. Cloud Times | Gates will open at 8 am, and events start at 11 am The air show showcasing Navy and Marine Corps aviation is making its first St. Cloud appearance…

Thunderbirds at Eglin Air Force Base - Fox10TVThunderbirds at Eglin Air Force Base.

Thunderbirds gear up for weekend show - WALA-TV FOX10 (WALA) - The Air Force's premier flying team, the Thunderbirds, are preparing for their big show at Eglin Air Force Base . The group arrived Thursday to ...

CV-22 Crash in Afghanistan from Ares by Robert Wall | The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has lost its first CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor in a crash in Afghanistan. The cause of the crash is unknown, NATO says. It is the first operational loss of a Bell-Boeing V-22, although the program was plagued by accidents during its development. Three U.S. service members and a civilian died in the CV-22 crash, which went down seven miles west of Qalat City, in Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan, according to NATO. Others were injured and taken to hospital for treatment…

30th annual Florida International Air Show in Punta Gorda - If you've never attended an air show before, it's time to be blown away by the acrobatics of pilots who absolutely want to knock your socks off.

Air Show And Sharpshooting Celebrates The Indonesian Air Force Anniversary - Jakarta Globe | The Indonesian Air Force celebrated its 64th anniversary with an air show and sharpshooting exhibition at Halim Perdana Kusuma airport in East Jakarta on ...

Sun 'n Fun sponsors top $1 million | General Aviation News by Janice Wood - Despite a challenging economy that has hit aviation particularly hard, a record number of companies are providing cash and in-kind support totaling more than $1 million for the 2010 Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo, ...

Sun n Fun Includes EAA Member Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Making the most of your time at Sun N Fun could involve some careful planning for EAA members attending next week April 13-18, 2010, at Lakeland (Fla.) Linder Regional Airport. EAA Chapter Social - Wednesday, April 14, after air show, at EAA Partner/Advertiser pavilion.   EAA Chairman/President Tom Poberezny will be visiting.  Topics include new youth initiatives; International Learn to Fly Day; new chapter support programs; Harrison Ford Challenge scholarship offering; and more.  EAA Founder Paul Poberezny is also expected to attend…

Former pilot to speak at civic center - Muskogee Daily Phoenix | He owns a team within the new Rocket Racing League in which pilots fly manned, rocket powered aircraft in a three dimensional track in the sky. ...

Hornet Museum Recalls Doolittle Raid - Alameda Sun | Jimmy Doolittle's B-25 Mitchell Bombers prepared for action in this April 18, 1942 photo. The USS Hornet Museum will commemorate the "Doolittle Raid" with a ...

Restored B-17 bomber visits Torrance Municipal Airport - Daily Breeze | The Experimental Aircraft Association is bringing their B-17 Aluminum Overcast to Torrance Airport this weekend for viewing, ...

Red Tail Angels fly into Holloman history from F-22 Raptor news |April 8, 2010 (by Arlan Ponder) - On April 9, 2010, military history will once again be made in New Mexico as one of the most revered fighter squadrons of World War II makes Holloman its new home. Known as the "Red Tail Angels" by bomber crews of the 15th Air Force, who they flew in support of over the skies of Europe, the famed 301st Fighter Squadron will relocate from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. to Holloman where its reserve members will form a classic association with active duty military members from the 49th Fighter Wing…

NAS Oceana from FenceCheck Forums - From today's airshow demo practice... Photo by Liza

Video: Women in Aviation Conference - why aviation as a career?
from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | WAI Conference Attendees Offer Their Perspectives on the Aviation Industry - On February 25th through February 27th, 2010, the Women in Aviation International organization held their 21st annual conference; over 3,000 women and men gathered at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort to celebrate the 2010 WAI Conference theme, "Aviation Its a Small World." Developed in 1990, Women in Aviation, International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women throughout aviation career sectors and interests…

Skywatch Friday by Andy | Lacking some sky subject matter this year, so am resorting to checking out some of last years days out…… These are from the Air Show at Cosford, June 2009 showing the RAF Red Arrows doing what they do!……. I liked this one, "Out of the Smoke"!…. sets the scene!……

Retro Airliner Design Contest: Design #1 - The Empress 400 by Martt | Here's submission #1 for the AirPigz Retro Airliner Design Contest... it's the Empress 400, from me!  She's a bit radical, with a little bit of old and a little bit of new.  Powered by 4, 4,000hp new technology radial engines, she has 100 seats and cruises at a nice round 400 mph.  As you can see, I've incorporated the 3LSC (3 Lifting Surface Configuration) into the design, similar to the Piaggio P180 Avanti. …

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Showing at Sun N Fun from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The Legend of Pancho Barnes, directed by Amanda Pope, has won the Audience Award at the 16th Annual San Luis Obispo Film Festival. This prestigious award is voted on by actual real live, ordinary people who saw the film at the festival, so it's especially wonderful to be recognized.  Plus, this is a back-to-back win, since the film recently won the audience award at  the Big Muddy Film Festival.  Way to go Pancho! …

Mailbag: LBJ, Titanium and Houston, we have a solution. from Flightblogger by Jon Ostrower | On Thursday, morning I came across a classic newsreel of President Lyndon Johnson announcing the existence of the A-11 (he meant to say A-12) interceptor on March 2, 1964. The 2,000 mph, FL700 aircraft was the predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Johnson discussed the advancements the the A-11 would bring to both the development of both military and civil aircraft, including the Supersonic Transport (SST) being developed in the US by Boeing and Lockheed…

Young pilot has eyes on skies - Appeal-Democrat | He's been flying about once a week, using airplanes owned by the Beale Aero Club. "Every kid that wants to be an aviator dreams of flying at 16 years of age ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - One of the toughest targets in North Vietnam during the long war there was the Thanh Hoa Bridge over the Song Ma River. The bridge was a massive steel truss and concrete structure that carried a railroad down the center and a two lane road way on each side and was a major supply choke point from Hanoi and the harbor of Haiphong. Crossing the river at its narrowest point, sharp limestone ridges on each side gave it the nickname Ham Rong, or "Dragon's Jaw" as the American pilots referred to it. Because of its strategic nature on the supply route to the battlefields along the DMZ and to the Viet Cong in South Vietnam, the Thanh Hoa Bridge was a significant target and was recognized as such by the North Vietnamese who protected the area with some of the densest antiaircraft defenses outside of Hanoi and Haiphong…

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'Hometown Heroes' contest offers opportunity to fly with The Thunderbirds - The Herald-Mail | At least one person will have the opportunity to fly with The Thunderbirds, the elite US Air Force aerial team, as part of a "Hometown Heroes" contest being ...

Windsor International Air Show: Gearing Up! by Sounds of Freedom II - This year is looking really great. We've got a great line up and some really fantastic static aircraft coming up to visit. Again as in last year there is going to be plenty to do. The chance to be front and centre is taking on a whole new meaning this year. Look forward to the Cf-18's strafing the ground in an amazing pyrotechnic display…

RMAF Mig 29's Malaysian Grand Prix 2010 from PPRuNe Forums by Fox3snapshot | A big thumbs up to an oustanding display trackside by the RMAF Mig's at the Sepang circuit. By far one of the more dynamic and entertaining shows put on for a Grand Prix that I have seen for a while! The 4 ship wazzed the place for about 15 minutes or more with a singleton doing a good job of a lap around the circuit while the 3 ship smoked (literally of course!) in between…

March air show enjoyed by 120000 fans – WSFA | MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Officials with Maxwell Air Force Base are pleased with the large turnout at the recent air show, Thunder Over Alabama. ...

Air show returns bigger and better - Rhyl Journal | Displays from the world-famous RAF Red Arrows and Falcon Parachute Team are planned for the event on August 7 and 8. The free event is organised by ...

Nonprofit formed for air show finances - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - A nonprofit corporation has been formed to handle the finances and other aspects of the air show planned ...

Local annual events losing local sponsorship – KIDK ... the Blue Angels Air Show, some local businesses who normally sponsor the annual events, can't sponsor those any more because their budget has dried up. ...

Pappy Boyington Field from Thirty Thousand Feet Blog by Max Flight - Received this from an Airplane Geeks podcast listener: Just wanted to inform you about my documentary film "Pappy Boyington Field." Pappy Boyington was the leader of the famed VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific during WWII, an ACE Fighter Pilot, POW, and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Many people will remember the popular television series "Baa Baa Black Sheep", which starred Hollywood icon Robert Conrad as Pappy…

'No rules. No bylaws. Lots of laughs.' - Cincinnati.com | Her "Gramps" was his "Boss" in the Doolittle Raiders. Eighty raiders took of\f in their B-25 bombers from the heaving deck of the USS Hornet early in the ...

Flying Tiger in WWII, secret ambassador today from Flying Tigers News - Plane engines roaring, white clouds and landscapes receding underneath, Anna Chan Chennault sat quietly and stared through the window at the horizon. It was nearly impossible for her to remember how many times she had returned to the vast land of China….

B-17 Bomber "Liberty Belle" Flies Again - KEZI TV | The B-17 Bomber named "Liberty Belle" landed in town Tuesday, giving some folks a rare view of military aviation from a bygone era. ...

World War II veteran takes symbolic B-17 bomber flight out of French Valley - Southwest Riverside News Network | The moment the 87-year-old war veteran from Murrieta stepped foot inside the fully restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the feeling of butterflies filled ...

Obituary: Air Force test pilot Fred J. Ascani, 92, set airspeed record in 1951 - Washington Post | He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1941 and flew B-17 bombers for the Army Air Forces during World War II. ...

Airman's fighting spirit honored - Omaha World-Herald | He was commissioned as a second lieutenant by November 1944 and was assigned to fly in the B-25 bomber with the elite 477th Bombardment Group. ...

Taildragger Heaven In Houston Kicks Off AirPigz 'CARS' by Martt - The time has come to kick off the new AirPigz feature I call CARS.  You've probably figured out already that it's not about 'cars', it's about Cool Airplanes!  Big thanx to Ramp Spotter Curtis Lawson for sending in a great pic to get things started.  This pic was taken recently with an iPhone as they were walking past the Texas Taildraggers hangar at KAXH (Houston Southwest Airport).  It was about 6pm and the low sun was shining in putting a beautiful glow and all those already golden taildraggers.  Stearman on the left, Cub in the middle and a Super Decathlon on the right… plus more goodies in the background…

Let the Fly-In Season Begin from Another Time by Dan Linn | We are blessed here in Texas to be able to fly almost year round even in the coldest or hottest months or the year.  I know in other parts of the country with the change of seasons to Spring the airplanes start to see more fair weather for flying.  A good number made it to The Cactus Fly-In out in Arizona for one of the first vintage aircraft shows of the season.  Several good reports have been brought back via some Texas AAA members.  Terry Wallace from the Texas Chapter was there and took the picture above of the Luscombe Phantom that was the Grand Champion award winner.  Check out this link to see the list of award winners from the fly-in.  Congrats to Dick Ramsey for taking home an award for his Texas based Luscombe 8E!...

Who's Going to Sun 'n Fun 2010? from Aviation Social Media | DaveFlys by David | Are you going to Sun 'n Fun next week? What are you looking forward to at this year's event? As most of  you know, I will be spending next week at the 36th Annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In. Last year I volunteered at Sun 'n Fun Radio, the AM radio station located on the field. I had such a great time with it last year that I have decided to come back again - as Editor-In-Chief…

Dream It, Team It, Work It: A Real-life Lessonin Creating Your Own Reality from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Westerville, Ohio can be a "cold and wet place 4-6 months out of the year" says Mitch Carley, the creator and illustrator that was the original "dreamer" responsible for bringing the "Smile in the Sky" to life. And when playing outside is not an option, a young imagination has plenty of time to take dramatic, exciting journeys across the sky…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Navy Weather Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VW-4), based out of NAS Jacksonville, Florida, for many years was responsible for the Navy's contribution to the hurricane hunting effort shared with the US Air Force and the Department of Commerce. For most of VW-4 history it flew the Lockheed WC-121N Warning Star, a veersion of the EC-121 airborne early warning version of the Lockheed Super Constellation. While not one WC-121N was ever lost on a hurricane hunter mission, by 1969 the Navy was looking at replacing the venerable old bird with a more advanced weather reconnaissance aircraft…

April 7 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

On This Day in Aviation History: April 7th by Phil Derner Jr. - FedEx Flight 705 is the victim of an attempted hijacking by a deadheading pilot, and is saved by the action of the heroic crew. Also, the first Space Shuttle spacewalk mission launches, the first midair collision of airliners, Mars Odyssey launches, Turkish Airlines 5904 crashes and more!...