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Fleet Week San Francisco: This Week's Event Highlights (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | Air Show. Perhaps Fleet Week's biggest attraction, the sound-bending air show will feature the US Navy Blue Angels, a B-2 bomber, Air Force and US Marine Corps fly-bys, a Coast Guard rescue demonstration and more...

Astronomer jets up, up and away with Blue Angels - UC Berkeley | For the lucky few, soaring over San Francisco with the Blue Angels is the dream of a lifetime you want to sit back and enjoy. But for UC Berkeley astronomer Alex Filippenko, it was a teaching opportunity. As he banked and rolled over the Bay Area ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Saturday to kick start Dunsfold Wings and Wheels 2013 from Flightline UK | It’s fast, it’s furious and it’s back! Wings & Wheels is delighted to announce its return to Dunsfold Park in Surrey for a spectacular weekend of aerobatic and motoring thrills which will entertain thousands over the August bank holiday weekend. Sticking to the two day format the Show’s confirmed dates for 2013 are Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August. No sooner had the last jet departed from Wings & Wheels 2012 than the team were already hard at work...

Virginie Guyot, first female leader of the Patrouille de France, visit  - The Union | Livry-Louvercy (Marne). Intimately related and historically the common Livry-Louvercy, aviation female version will be the focus of an exhibition and a visit to Virginie Guyot, 1st female leader of the Patrouille de France, this Sunday in ...

Black Team enjoys Blue Skies over 18 holes at the Patriot Golf Tournament from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights reached out to the public for yet again another local Black Team demonstration jump on Friday the 28th of September. The demonstration took place in the blue North Carolina skies over the Patriot Golf Tournament. The tournament was held at the National Golf Course, in Pinehurst NC. The day could not have been better. The skies were clear and...

Competition Team Performs Parachute Maintenance from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | The Golden Knights Competition Team took a break from training to perform necessary equipment maintenance today at the Golden Knights Headquarters on Ft. Bragg, NC. The work is headed up by the five Parachute Maintenance Technicians (Riggers) assigned to the Competition Team. Although members of the Competition Team hold various Military Occupational Specialties from Intelligence Analyst to Truck Driver, each Teammate takes part in the equipment and parachute maintenance....

Coronado Speed Festival's Turbo-Charged Event Powers Across the Finish Line - Sacramento Bee | Other events celebrating this milestone at Speed Festival were the spectacular flyovers and a jump by the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, during the lunchtime activities, and the event's Co-Grand Marshal, Rear Admiral Cathal "Irish" Flynn ...

HP to host Paragliding International Championship - Hindustan Times | collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Tourism department and Aero Club of India (ACI) and Federation Aeronauctique Internationals (FAI). Trial day will be October 22 while competition days are from October 26 to November 1. The opening ceremony will be ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Air Tattoo Artwork goes under the hammer from Flightline UK | Red Arrows, David Bent and RIAT Artwork  | A unique piece of memorabilia from this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo is being auctioned this month in support of the airshow’s Fairford-based charity – the RAF Charitable Trust. The large, one-off framed print features the official 2012 Air Tattoo artwork created by renowned aviation artist David Bent...

Book signings at air show - Biggleswade Today | The Shuttleworth Collection's Autumn Air Show takes place on Sunday and two writers will be appearing. Group Captain Nigel Warpole, the former Swift & Hunter pilot will be joined by former RAF fighter pilots to sign copies of his latest book, Thinking ...

'Flying Fortress' makes stop in Indianapolis - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | This week, the foundation brought the Memphis Belle to the Indianapolis Regional Airport to offer rides to the media and local veterans. The plane that is on tour is not the original Boeing B-17 bomber named the Memphis Belle, but rather a replica of ...

Photo: Millburn Old Guard members meet 'Flying Tigers' historian - NorthJersey.com | Millburn Old Guard members Govind Singh, vice president, left, and Alan Grosman, president, right, greet historian Dan Petach, a widely recognized authority on the famous "Flying Tigers" of General Chennault's World War II unit in the China-Burma-India ...

de Havilland Mosquito FB 26 KA 114 Airshow - Ardmore 29th Sept 2012 from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon

Foxy Lady – The Sea Vixen at Oxford  - MANONTHEFENCE  | ...with the Sea Vixen my mind was swiftly changed. The show itself was a bit of a Curates Egg. The plan was to intermix live action with pre-recorded montages on...

Air Zoo adds Curtiss Robin to its collection from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo has added a new plane—a 1928 Curtiss Robin—to its collection of aircraft.

Being impulsive from Flight Image of the Day by Miquel Ros | As we have just got news about renewed funding for the Solar Impulse project, there is no better time to share a panoramic view of this interesting solar-powered aircraft.

Video: The Affordable Sport Fighter - The Sonex 'Onex' Homebuilt from AirPigz by Martt | I've been a fan of the Sonex Onex since it was just a concept... and as this video shows, the little single seat Onex has a long list of enticing qualities. With the first two of customer built Onex's now listed on the Sonex Aircraft completions page, we can expect a steady stream of additional completions to begin taking to the sky....

Baumgartner Jump Scheduled to Happen Next Monday from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | Weather permitting, Felix Baumgartner will attempt to eclipse one of the all-time aviation records on October 8 in Roswell, New Mexico, when he parachutes to the ground from an altitude of 120,000 feet - almost 23 miles - from the Red Bull Stratos space capsule.

RAF TO FLY EPIC ‘EIIR’ TRIBUTE AT AIR TATTOO

The dramatic flypast of RAF Hawks that flew over Windsor Castle at the weekend as part of the Armed Forces' tribute to HM The Queen will provide the centrepiece of the Royal International Air Tattoo's Diamond Jubilee celebrations at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire this summer.

Visitors to the airshow on July 7-8 will be able to see a repeat of the EIIR flypast, comprising 27 BAE Systems' Hawk fast jets from RAF Valley in Anglesey and RAF Leeming in Yorkshire.

Other Diamond Jubilee attractions will include specially-painted aircraft, a display of current and historic aircraft with 'Royal' connections and a Diamond Jubilee Lawn featuring a wide variety of themed attractions with a street party atmosphere.

Air Tattoo spokesman Richard Arquati said the Air Tattoo would provide the perfect complement to this summer's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

He said: "Mass flypasts are only rarely staged because of the incredible amount of practice and planning involved. To have the opportunity to feature the EIIR element of the Armed Forces' official tribute to the Queen at Fairford is not only a great honour but it will also provide a wonderful spectacle for our visitors."

Also at the Air Tattoo will be a number of legendary aircraft also celebrating their 60th anniversaries, including the Vulcan bomber, the US Air Force B-52 and the Vampire T11.

This summer's Air Tattoo will feature aircraft from around the world, including South Korea, Russia, Colombia and Saudi Arabia. The eight-hour flying programme includes the European debut of the United Arab Emirates' Al Fursan display team, the Red Arrows and the unique MV-22 Osprey.

The Air Tattoo is staged in support of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. Tickets, priced from £39, are available from airtattoo.com or by calling 0800 107 1940.  All accompanied under-16s go free. Free parking.

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Airfest kicks off Friday in Keystone - The Gainesville Sun | More than 50 years since its use as a U.S. Army Air Corps training ground for the D-Day invasion, Keystone Heights Airport is hosting the 5th Annual Wings of Dreams Airfest starting Friday and running through Sunday. School tours will be given on Monday...

Mike Wiskus - lauderdaleairshow.com | ...Mike has accumulated more than 23,000 flight hours and has qualified in more than 30 aircraft. Today, Mike keeps busy by flying for Corporate America as well as keeping a full time air show schedule from April through November.  Mike owns and operates a high quality aircraft maintenance and refurbishing facility in the Minneapolis, MN. area in...

Watch rare warbird planes, celebrate vets at Wings of Dreams - Ocala.com | The year is 1943. Rosie the Riveter is encouraging women on the home front as soldiers are sent overseas. Zoot Suits, jazz and American pride reign supreme....

Tickets for Thunder in the Valley are on sale now - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | This year, featured guests include Team RV, the largest aerobatic formation team in the world; Gary Ward in his MX 2; Greg Connell in his radial-powered Pitts Model 12; Mark Sorenson Airborne Comedy; the F-18 and V-22 Osprey and Sky Soldiers helicopter...

AF meets Navy - navy.mil | Marine Sgt. Kyle Storm, a crew chief assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, straps Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Koltes, operations officer assigned to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, into the back seat...

Aircraft at the Tattoo - RIAT | Welcome to the Aircraft Participation section of the Air Tattoo website. Here you will find information about those countries that have been invited to participate, how these requests for aircraft are progressing and which aircraft are confirmed to attend. This information will be updated every Thursday from now until the show on 7 & 8 July 2012....

In pictures: Red Arrows memorial designs on display - BBC News | In pictures: Red Arrows memorial designs on display.

B-24 Liberator Bomber Crew Camp - Collings Foundation | Have you ever dreamed of becoming part of a bomber crew and flying your very own mission? The Collings Foundation will be offering a very unique two-day training program in...

The Red Bull Air Force Celebrates Leap Day from Aerial Sports Feed | Six members of the Red Bull Air Force ring in Leap Day 2012 the best way they know how, by...

2012 from Melissa Aerobatics | Hi! I thought I should give a quick 2012 update! We have had an amazing kick start to the season with a trip to Panama, City with the Edge for a show then up to Cozumel and Laredo, Texas! Pictures to...

Hill Country Air Race, Llano, TX 4-21-12 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | This race is now open for entries at www.sportairrace.org via calendar of events. Race course and details are listed there as well...

Berry’s Leap - airspacemag.com | ...On March 1, 1912, U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry climbed into a Benoist pusher-type airplane piloted by Tony Jannus, who two years later would achieve fame as the first airline pilot.  At their feet was an odd, cone-shaped contraption with a parachute packed inside.  They took off from Kinloch Field, and Jannus climbed to 1,500 feet. According to...

Female Aviators Inspire Pulp Fiction Adventures - The Golden Gazette News | It began with a “wing and a prayer” during those early years of flight. From the time when the Wright Brothers took their experimental aircraft aloft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina the race was on to build and pilot airplanes. And while it’s true that most of those early aviators were men, there were also several heroic women that took to the skies....

Rancho Mirage combat pilot offers bird's eye view of life - Mydesert.com | Buzz Lynch has been a combat pilot, a test pilot and an air-show performer, but the stunt that got him on the national news had nothing to do with either of these. It was...

Av Geeks (Myself Included) Flock to Seattle for Aviation Geek Fest 2012 from blogsouthwest.com | Are you an aviation geek?  This past weekend, aviation geeks (also known as "av geeks") from all across the country assembled in the Seattle area, home of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, to take part in Aviation Geek Fest 2012.  The event, held at the Future of Flight Museum in Everett, WA, was the...

Online visitors can experience entire museum through Virtual Tour - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Virtual Tour is now fully embedded with audio and video hotspots, and touch-screen devices, offering online visitors the opportunity to experience the entire museum. Located at www.nmusafvirtualtour.com, the final two areas to be embedded -- the Cold War Gallery, with over 300 hotspots, and the...

Air museum finds temporary home - Members of the Pendleton Air Museum plan to gather Saturday and clean up a building at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport and turn it into a temporary home....

Stratovision! - The Original Rocket Dungeon | ...Before satellite TV and cable, there was Stratovision. Surplus B-29 bombers...

The Pilot as Hero in the Aviation Film Genre - The National Air and Space Museum | The relationship between film, history, and mass culture is especially intriguing when we examine the correspondences between the representation of pilot-heroes in film and public perceptions of aviation. These connections are applicable during the heyday of the aviation genre film—the interwar years and WWII. For many years...

Exec: Top Gun 2 Is Real and Stars a Plane That Doesn’t Fly - Gizmodo | A Lockheed engineer is probably the last person you'd expect to break the news of a Hollywood mega-blockbuster sequel, but here we go! Flightglobal is reporting Top Gun 2 is not only...
Record-breaking supersonic UAV jet in the works - University of Colorado aerospace engineer Ryan Starkey is currently designing what he claims will be fastest, most fuel-efficient aircraft in its class. Known as the GOJETT, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be powered by a new type of jet engine that he is also developing - the L-FX00. According to Starkey, that engine...

International Auto Show Debuts Terrafugia’s Street Legal Aircraft - SAJ | The Transition® Roadable Aircraft, developed by Terrafugia, Inc., makes its auto show debut at the 2012 New York International Auto Show, (NYIAS) April 6th through the 15th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.  Terrafugia has decided, after years of testing and engineering breakthroughs, that it is time to share their unique product with the legions of fans attracted to the NYIAS....

Wright-Patterson Aero Club to close - Dayton Daily News | The Wright-Patterson Aero Club, a fixture at the base since 1954, is likely to close within several months because it is losing money and its building and its airplanes need costly maintenance, the Air Force said Thursday. Leadership at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and...

Students display aviation history to mark the completion of transport makeover - Harrow Times | Primary school kids in Harrow marked to mark the completion of a transport makeover in Mollison Way, to commemorate the area's links to early flight. Kids at Stag Lane School, Collier Lane, used their artistic skills to...

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Kicks Off Fourth Leg of the Dream Tour in Toronto - PR Newswire | Boeing's (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner touched down at Toronto Pearson International Airport today to kick off the fourth leg of the 787 Dream Tour – a worldwide tour featuring the Dreamliner. This leg of the tour includes eight cities across North America. The Dream Tour airplane is in Toronto to celebrate Air Canada's 75th Anniversary. During the...

Save The Date: The Space Shuttle Lands In NYC On April 23rd - gothamist.com | The Space Shuttle Enterprise is finally coming to its new permanent home, New York City. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, who last November became the official title holders of the shuttle, has just announced that it will arrive on April 23rd. The shuttle actually never orbited space (but it was visited by the cast of Star Trek), so this will be one of its most historic journeys....

Now Underway: the U.S.'s First Suborbital Balloon Factory - POPSCI | The Near Space Corporation, which has won contracts from NASA in the past, announced this week that it'll be building a commercial high-altitude (still suborbital) balloon flight facility, the first of its kind in this country. The balloons go up to around 130,000 feet, right at the edge of space, so they...

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Air tattoo takes wing with Sir David Jason - British Forces News | Sir David Jason arrived by an RAF Chinnook HC2 to launch this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The Only Fools and Horses star is a great supporter of the air tattoo and its honorary vice patron. ...

The sky's the limit for air spectacular - Evesham Journal | A flypast from the Red Arrows is also planned. Other attractions include RAF Merlin and Chinook helicopters, a parachute freefall team, custom trucks and super cars, aircraft flight simulators, military and police vehicles, an Army bomb disposal squad, ...

Shriners are ready to put on a show - Evansville Courier & Press | Vernon Stevens, Shrinersfest chairman, said he felt discouraged and sick at heart when the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying squadron, canceled a planned performance just a few weeks before the festival. But the Shriners went back to “fest mode” ...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show >  from http://www.hemet-ryanairshow.org/ - The Hemet-Ryan Air Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hemet-Ryan Airport in Hemet. There will be something for everyone to enjoy. Fulfill your sense of adventure with gravity defying performances by Tim Decker, Melissa Pemberton, Golden Stars Skydiving and Doug Jardine.  The United States Air Force will also be making their first ever appearance at the Hemet-Ryan Air Show with the A-10 and C-17.  The A-10 West Demonstration Team is a select group of professionals dedicated to showing the extreme capabilities of the A-10 aircraft through exceptional aerial maneuvers…

Blue Angels grounded, but Millville Airshow will go on - Press of Atlantic City | MILLVILLE - Safety concerns have grounded the Blue Angels, knocking out one of the headliners at this weekend's two-day Millville Wheels and Wings Airshow. "I know that all of us have a sense of disappointment that they won't be able to participate," ...

Stunt pilot knows tricks are scary - Delmarva Now | The US Air Force Thunderbirds flew these F-16 Fighting Falcons at last year's air show. This year, flyovers by F-18 Super Hornets and A-10 Warthogs, among others, are scheduled. Where:14th-17th Streets, Ocean City. Parking will be restricted on streets ...

Festival of Flight Hearkens to an Earlier Time - Patch.com | Now in its 40th year, the air show features aerobatic performances, demonstrations that hearken back to a time of pin-up models, victory gardens and WWII bombers. “You will see some of the best pilots in the world doing all kinds of things planes and ...

Pilot wants big-time air show, small-town feel - News-Press Now | This feeling has driven him throughout 2011, pushed him past setbacks as the pilot helped put together the Cameron Air Show and Fly-In, scheduled for this weekend. He resides now near Kansas City International Airport, a job-related proximity. ...

Mid-air crash pilots 'lost sight' - BBC News | As a result of the accident in which he died, the Civil Aviation Authority and Royal Aero Club Records, Racing and Rally Association are reviewing air race procedures and the risk air racing poses to third parties...

Classic Flyers' coup for aeroplane buffs - The Bay of Plenty Times | People will be able to go and watch the Classic Flyers' Skyhawk being reassembled once it has been delivered in September. Photo / File. When an ex-RNZAF Skyhawk fighter is delivered to the Classic Flyers aviation museum in September, visitors will be ...

First Doolittle Award Presented To 4th Fighter Wing  from Aero-News Network - Award Promotes History And Heritage Of The Unit On Which It Is Bestowed The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA, June 2…

The B-25H Barbie III  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | I was incredibly fortunate to be invited for a flight with the amazing B-25H Barbie III. You can’t help but notice that it’s nose isn’t like most of the B-25s flying around today. Not only the shape is different, but so is that big, shinny 75mm canon sticking out! Can you imagine being a pilot of this ship in WWII with the job of strafing ground troops and ships and firing on them with a canon?! The canon could be fired about 20 times before the nose of the B-25 had to go in for “refit” to manage the abuse the firing of the canon had on the air frame….

The Harmon Trophy Story  from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | In 1926, Clifford B Harmon, a wealthy real estate investor, balloonist and aviator, set up the International League of Aviators and instituted a set of three annual trophies to be awarded to outstanding achievers in aviation in three different domains in the previous year These were the Harmon Trophies. This is how the Harmon Trophy [...]

Rolls Royce  from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua - FROM IFALPA Daily News Service - Thursday 2 June 2011 BY Mike Mellors | 1910 - Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) achieves the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel. Starting and finishing at Dover the flight, using a Wright biplane, lasted one hour, 35 minutes.  In 1901 having become an ‘aeronaut’, he helped found the Aero Club. Two years later he became involved in a sales venture in London selling expensive French cars. One day a friend introduced him to F. H. Royce who was just beginning to build high quality motor cars…

Big and burly, a 'plane with a problem - it's a Bristol Beaufighter  by shortfinals | Big, bold…..and ‘in a bind’. The Fighter Collection’s beautiful Bristol Beaufighter, ‘A19-144′, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford is one of the most impressive airframes you will see in a British museum. Unfortunately, despite the fact that it belongs to The Fighter Collection who like to fly all their aircraft if possible, the hangar is exactly where it will stay unless a major problem can be solved…

Local Teachers Fly High with Civil Air Patrol  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Five local educators from Shelby County, Alabama took to the skies from Shelby County Airport as part of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Teacher Orientation Program (TOP) flight to experience the thrill of soaring above the local terrain while being introduced to principles on how the plane flies, turns and banks...

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Video Proof: Blue Angels Really Are Humans (Lynchburg Airshow) - Martt | You may already know that the Blue Angels had a safety related issue at last Sunday's Lynchburg Airshow. The situation is pretty serious in that it has the team 'standing down' and all performances are on hold while the incident is investigated, but the good news is that the only thing that actually happened was...

US promise Air Tattoo show of force - Flightline UK | UNITED States military aircraft will be out in force at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Air Tattoo, which takes place on July 16-17, traditionally displays the largest range of US aircraft in the UK and this year will see around 18 fast jets, transport and specialist aircraft as well as helicopters touching down at the Cotswolds airfield...

Tornadoes will take to skies for Bournemouth Air Festival - Daily Echo | TORNADOES are set to thunder into Bournemouth this summer. The Daily Echo can reveal that this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, set to be held between August 18 and 21, will boast not one but two RAF Tornado jets...

Pier launches new Weston Air Day - The Weston Mercury | Weston’s long links with the RAF through its former Locking base has meant the town has had a rich past in terms of aerial events and displays. Such events have ebbed away in recent years – but the new Grand Pier event, scheduled for August 17, will signal a revival of the popular tradition...

Thousands attend Lyon County Fly In - RGJ | SILVER SPRINGS--Lyon County Fly In Chairman Rob Bel, summed up this past weekend's event as being one of the best Fly Ins in recent years, and he estimated about 2,500-3,000 people attended the annual event...

Elite U.S. Navy aviator visits Amherst High - New Era Progress | An expert U.S. Navy pilot stood before hundreds of silent students in a packed Amherst County High School auditorium on Friday morning. No tales, no grand bragging or even slapping himself on the back. “All right, good morning, Lancers,” said the pilot, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brent Stevens, striking a tall figure in a signature bright navy Blue Angels flight suit...

COCKPIT FEST AUSTRALIA - Heritage Flight Gear | A brand new aviation event for Australia is nearly ready for its opening weekend. In June i will be attending the first ever large gathering of cockpit /fuselage sections in Australia which is to be held at a private collectors place as a trial event. The owner Paul, of both the Jaguar and Su-22, has taken the idea from the successful Cockpitfest gathering which is held each year in the UK...

Boeing's statement on the decision of the Supreme Court in A-12 - Cavok | The Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Boeing, J. Michael Luttig issued a statement on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court disclose his opinion in favor of Boeing and General Dynamics in the long-pending lawsuit over the A-12 aircraft...

Selfridge Honor Roll: Lts. Boyle & Eby - DVIDS | Almost 100 years ago, two young Army officers were involved in a tragic crash as the push was on to prepare an Air Corps to serve in World War I. One pilot died, but his legacy lived on as his nephew spent 40 years serving the nation -- starting at the very place his uncle had last served. The reports of the death of the other officer, meanwhile, were greatly exaggerated...

WW2 aerial combat game coming from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment - VideoGamer | Birds of Steel, a WW2 aerial combat simulator from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment, is due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 early in 2012. The game is said to feature the most pivotal air battles from World War II...

Maryland Cluster Balloon Flight - VIDEO! - Toriaflies | Seven hot air balloons gathered at the Flying H Farm in Union Bridge, Md., May 21 to accompany John Ninomiya and his cluster balloon on a short flight in calm skies. Ninomiya, one of only a few people in the world flying cluster balloons regularly...

STS-134 Shuttle Mission Imagery - NASA | Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station...

Spacewalking Astronauts Upgrade Space Station Despite Discomfort - Space | Two spacewalking astronauts upgraded the International Space Station with new power cables and other gear Wednesday (May 24) despite some discomfort when one spaceflyer got something in his eye and the other got stuck in a tether...

Students rocket to space adventure - HTR News | MANITOWOC — After eight months of preparation, the Star-Splitters 4-H rocket team, with youngsters from Manitowoc and Two Rivers, traveled to the George Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently for the culmination of the 2010-11 NASA Student Launch Initiative program...

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Wildfires continue in Texas - MSNBC | Emergency crews drop a fire retardant slurry on a running wildfire to save a house on April 19, in Strawn, Texas...

America's 'Victory Days' Come Back To Life Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2011 - AirPigz |  I'm coming at you from two angles about a very interesting WWII era event called Victory Days that'll take place in early fall at the Grissom Aeroplex in central Indiana (Sept 30 thru Oct 2 to be exact)... on one hand I'm pretty intrigued about an event that not only brings together a large collection of Warbirds  (for both static display and flight demonstrations) but also includes a wide range of 'living museum' style attractions that re-create both military and civilian life of the 1940's...

Yolo County Antique Fly-In - Antique Airfield | Chris Galloway and Jimmy Rollison of Davis, CA organized a fly-in cookout for antique airplane enthusiasts on April 16th. About 40 airplanes attended including a selection of warbirds (Mustangs, T-6, T-28) and beautiful classics and antiques...

AIR TATTOO ISSUES BIRTHDAY BASH INVITE - Scale Modeling Now | Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo, on July 16 and July 17, are inviting people to join them as they present a range of breath-taking set pieces both in the air and on the ground to mark the airshow’s landmark birthday. The first Air Tattoo was held at North Weald airfield in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the UK’s biggest outdoor public events...

Aerial treats at the Weymouth Carnival and Air Show 2011 - Dorset Echo | A BREATHTAKING aerobatic duo, death-defying wingwalkers and replica vintage planes recreating a First World War dogfight are among the amazing displays that will fill the skies above Weymouth...

The Real Wright Flyer - National Air and Space Museum | The Smithsonian literally has millions of objects in its vast collections.  Everything from specimens of flora and fauna from around the globe, to machines that have shaped the modern world, to cultural artifacts that reflect our rich diversity, to important works of art.  Even live animals at the National Zoo.  Every aspect of human endeavor and creativity and the natural world can be found at the Smithsonian...

In First U.S. Flight, 'JetMan' Will Fly Through the Grand Canyon - PopSci | “JetMan” Yves Rossy, the Swiss aviator, engineer, and PopSci favorite whose jet-powered wing has carried him across the English Channel and Lake Geneva, is planning yet another jet-winged feat, his first on U.S. soil. On May 6, Rossy plans to fly through the Grand Canyon in Arizona, notching what is sure to be a number of “firsts” for both Rossy and the Canyon...

Minden-Tahoe Airport hosts Kyle & Amanda Franklin Benefit Air Show - Indy Transponder | August 27-28, 2011: The Minden-Tahoe Airport will host the 1st annual Aviation Roundup. This year’s event will be a benefit for Amanda and Kyle Franklin. All profits will be donated to the Kyle and Amanda Fund through the ICAS Foundation. Please join us in this very important event. ICAS members Bobbi Thompson, Wayne Boggs and Bruce Turner will team together to lead this special benefit show...

Pilot Journey kicks off Airshow Alerts - General Aviation News | Pilot Journey, a long time promoter of first time flight lessons, has teamed  with AttendStar, an online airshow ticketing service, in an attempt to increase the U.S. pilot population...

Rare air show archives to go under hammer - The Star UK | Amazing collection of memorabilia from pioneering event - RARE archive material from a pioneering air show staged in Doncaster more than a century ago will go under the auctioneer’s hammer today. The auction lot features a collection of documents and photos relating to famous aviator Sam Cody...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: Countdown to the centennial celebration - PNJ | For the next 100 days, the News Journal is counting down to the 100th anniversary celebration of Naval aviation, and every day you can find a new fact here...

Gilliam-McConnell Airfield Home for Flying Tiger Pilot Memorial? - The Pilot | The recent dedication of a runway-side placement for the James Rogers McConnell monument gave state Sen. Harris Blake an idea. He suggested expanding the airfield’s homage to include another heroic fighter pilot from Moore County...

The Wings Club Selects Norman R. Augustine as its 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient - PR Newswire | The Wings Club, recognized as the premier aviation club in the world, will honor Mr. Norman R. Augustine, first President and now retired Chairman & CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, with the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award. Acknowledging outstanding accomplishments in the field of aviation...

China’s Stealth Jet Makes Second Flight - Defense Tech | Check it out, China’s J-20 stealth fighter apparently had its second flight on Tuesday at the Chengdu airfield, taking to the skies for the first time since its premiere flight that occurred during a visit by United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates to China in January...

You Gotta See This: Ice Pilots on National Geographic (with video) - Airline Reporter | Watching television is not one of my favorite things. Most shows just annoy me and I haven’t had cable TV in years. Sure, I watch stuff on Hulu and Netflix, but that is about it. Most of what is out there is poorly done reality TV, with bad plots and worst acting. Recently someone someone started talking to me about this show “Ice Pilots” that was in production and on the air in Canada and at first I wasn’t sure what to think...


Electric Flying, Cheap and Crazy - Wired | The breakout star of this month’s Aero show in Friedrichshafen — Europe’s top aviation event — has to be the electric FlyNano “fun flyer”. It’s the creation of aviation consultant and flight designer Aki Suokas, who reckons that the lightweight body and tiny design makes it the closest you’re going to get to experiencing personal flight...

PVD-DTW-IND and back plus Purdue and CRJ Flightdeck (PICS) - Jet Careers | Flight #1 - Delta Connection Flight 6484 Operated by Comair (KPVD-KDTW) Aircraft: N868CA - CRJ100. Seat: 10A - Flight Time: 1hr 40mins.

Wildcat Warrior cadets to receive rated aviation training - K-State Collegian | In March, 13 K-State students were chosen from a highly competitive national-level selection board to attend rated aviation training in the U.S. Air Force after graduation. The students are cadets in the university's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps who will earn commissions as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force before entering formal flight training in 2012...

April 19, 2011 Lauren Jones, Young Aviatrix, part 2 - Ely airlines | The Dry Creek fly-in community prints a calendar every year featuring twelve of the airplanes that live on the field west of Houston. “We were doing the calendar photo flight,” says eleven-year old Lauren Jones, who lives with her family at Dry Creek, “when the photographer said over the radio, ‘You have a few bugs on the belly of that plane.’ But that was okay because we had just finished a Young Eagles Day, so we knew it would have bugs,” she says of her family’s Bonanza...

Welcome - Weir Cook Memorial Project-Indiana | Our Mission: To educate the public, especially our youth, of the roles of aviation pioneers and military heroes, through public displays and exhibits, and events Final phase: To build & erect a life size bronze state and a reproduction of Col. Cooks plane "Lightning" Spad XII. To be on public display at the Weir Cook Terminal-Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana...

LAST CHANCE FOR AIR TATTOO EARLYBIRDS

People planning to attend the Air Tattoo’s 40^th anniversary celebrations in July have until the end of February to get their hands on special Earlybird tickets, organisers warn.

From March 1, day-specific tickets for the world-famous airshow, on July 16-17, will cost £39 plus a £4 booking fee for orders taken online or over the telephone. However, the Earlybird price is just £34, representing a saving of up to £9 per ticket. All accompanied under-16s get in free of charge.

Air Tattoo organisers are planning a range of breath-taking set pieces both in the air and on the ground at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to mark 40 years of staging world-class airshows. The first Air Tattoo was held at North Weald airfield in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the UK’s biggest outdoor public events. It is staged annually in support of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust.

This summer, more than 150,000 people are expected to attend the airshow to see many of the world’s most exciting aircraft, including fast jets, giant transporters, classic warbirds, helicopters and aerobatics display teams. In addition to the thrilling seven-hour flying programme, there is a large static aircraft park, a classic car display, an action arena, fairground and outdoor concert. Entertainment includes a stunt car driving demo, a parachute tower, children’s quad bikes, a motorbike display team, water zorbing, re-enactors plus a range of aircraft simulators.

Air Tattoo Deputy Director of Marketing Helen Webb said that as most people are having to tighten their belts it was important to remind everyone of the savings to be had by purchasing their Earlybird tickets this month. She added: “Our prices mean that families can enjoy a day out savouring all the excitement of the world’s largest military airshow this summer without breaking the bank.”

As well as celebrating its 40^th anniversary, this summer’s Air Tattoo will host a gathering of specially-decorated ‘Tiger’ aircraft from the NATO Tiger Association. ‘Tiger’ aircraft come from NATO squadrons that have a Tiger or Big Cat in their emblem and their association marks its 50^th anniversary in 2011. The ‘operational’ spotlight STAR 11 will focus on aircraft and equipment involved in the roles of Strike and Reconnaissance.

In addition to the day-specific Earlybird tickets, there is also an opportunity to buy tickets valid for either Saturday (July 16) or Sunday (July 17), two-day weekend tickets as well as tickets for all the various grandstands and enclosures. To see the full range of ticket options, visit airtattoo.com or call the Air Tattoo box office on 0800 107 1940.

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107th Anniversary of Powered Flight - Outer Banks Sentinel | A flyover tribute to the Wright brothers and Women in Aviation will commence at 10:35 am - the time of the Wright brothers first flight. ...

Al Ain Air Show to Hit New Heights - Aviation International News | Some of the world's top pilots are going to battle it out at next year's Al Ain Aerobatic Show (February 2-5, 2011). The Desert Challenge, officially ...

 

Bahrain already gearing up for second show - Aviation International News | Business aviation companies have been among the first to sign up for a return to the new Bahrain International Airshow when the second biennial event is ...

ARTIST PUTS AIR TATTOO IN THE FRAME
- Leading aviation artist David Bent, from Swindon, is the man behind eye-catching posters for next year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford…

HeavyMetalJetVid.wmv - Initial clips from flying with the Heavy Metal Jet Team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby, Dale "Snort" Snograss, Jared "Rook" Isaacman, L.M. "Lunar" Sawyer, etc) in Titusville and Cocoa Beach, FL 11-1-10    The coolest Civilian Jet Team in 2011! - watch the video and visit heavymetaljetteam.com

December 8 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

Airplane Geeks - Episode 126 - Another Aboulafia Adventure | Airplane Geeks Podcast - www.airplanegeeks.com | Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis from Teal Group joins the Geeks to talk aviation. Benet Wilson, editor from AviationWeek, fills in for Rob. We have the aviation news from the past week and David's This Week in Aviation history segment. Steve and Grant update us on the Qantas A380 in thei...     Episode 126 of Airplane Geeks is out...you know you wanna listen! http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/12/07/episode-126-another-aboulafia-adventure/ 

Solar Impulse's Fuelless Plane Is Innovation In Plane Form from TechCrunch by Alexia Tsotsis | Dr. Bertrand Piccard took the stage here at Le Web 2010 to talk about his ongoing efforts to build fuel-less planes with a modest statement, "If you don't read the NY Times you have never heard of Solar Impulse." Solar Impulse founder Piccard comes from a long line of pioneers, his father led the first flight in the stratosphere in 1931. On this Piccard elaborated, "Pioneering spirit is something that everyone else says is impossible, until everyone says it was obvious."…

Unmanned Chinese helicopter to be produced for civilian use - People's Daily Online | The prototype was shown in public at the previous Zhuhai International Air Show. Cheng Shenzong, chairman of Weifang Tianxiang Technology Group, ...

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Vintage aircraft focus of possible TV series - Plain Dealer ... Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton earlier this year for a fly-in of B-25 bombers to commemorate the famed Doolittle Raiders of World War II. ...

Miramar Air Show 2010 : Shez Photography by Bryan | So instead the audience got to see the slowest plane at the air show, an Antonov An-2 biplane. This plane is massive for a single engine aircraft and yet it can take off from distance as short as 170 meters (558 feet). ...

Air museum opens hands-on learning facility - The Desert Sun | The Palm Springs Air Museum welcomed a new addition on Nov. 20, as the Major General Ken Miles Aviation Science Center opened its doors for the first time. ...

DVD Review: Royal International Air Tattoo 2010 from Flightline UK | Produced by Adrenalin Television, available from airtattoo.com priced £16.95 (Collectors Edition £24.95, Standard Edition Blu-Ray £24.95, Collectors Edition Blu-Ray £35) The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is the biggest annual airshow in the country in terms of participating aircraft and one of the largest military airshows in the world.  With that size, the RIAT has set high standards for airshow organisation. Those high standards are reflected in this production which is produced with high quality High Definition broadcast standard equipment. The camera-work is mostly superb, though the opening display coverage of the Swedish Air Force Gripen is noticeably shaky in comparison to the rest of the footage and other productions…

Exercise Vega 2010 @ Decimomannu airbase – part 2 from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | Below, more shots by Giovanni Maduli during Exercise Vega 2010 at Decimomannu airbase. Pictures were taken on both Nov. 24, and Nov. 25, 2010, during the Media Day that was organized by the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF). More pictures will be published in the next days. Part 1 can be found here here.

Weekend Wings #37: The F-111 Aardvark, Part 1 from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | On Thursday, December 3rd, 2010, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will officially retire its remaining General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark strike aircraft. The date will mark the end of more than four decades of service for this remarkable plane. The F-111's story is so complex that we can't possibly do it justice in a single Weekend Wings article. I'll therefore break the story into two parts. This article will examine the genesis of the program, and focus on the new and complex technologies that went into it. The second instalment, next weekend, will discuss the aircraft's development and operational career, and the numerous variants that were produced…

Steve McQueen bio published from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Did you know that Steve McQueen was a pilot who flew antique planes? That and more is revealed in a new biography on the star, "Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon," by Marshall Terrill. Read more...

Racing for glory - Miles M2L Hawk Six by shortfinals | In the 1930s,  Charles Phillips and Jack Powis formed Phillips & Powis Aircraft at Woodley, near Reading, Berkshire following a chance meeting with Frederick G. Miles, an up-and-coming aircraft designer. Miles joined the company, and so did his wife Blossom (Maxine) and his brother Herbert, and was soon turning out wooden touring, club and racing aircraft of startling efficiency and performance…

"Aircraft Crossing" UCAP #213 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | The boys gather for one of their early morning hangar flying sessions. They talk about a different kind of through-the-fence operation... Jack gets a new toy... and, there's gonna be a book! Uncontrolled Airspace #213 "Aircraft Crossing"...

Miracles Happen When Pilots are Involved from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | With only a month until the Centennial of Women Pilots comes to a close--- I wasn't sure if we could pull off an event on such short notice. The event: December 5th FREE FLIGHT in honor of the FLY IT FORWARD campaign. Then miracles began to happen--- thanks to pilots…

Airships for the 21st Century « Aerospace Blog ... these new vehicles are being designed to lift heavy payloads, remain aloft for weeks or even months at a time, and fly without pilots—all while expending far less energy than a conventional airplane or unmanned aerial vehicle. ...

November 28 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite…

On This Day in Aviation History: November 28th – NYCAviation | 1987 - South African Airways Flight 295, a Boeing 747-200 Combi, crashes into the Indian Ocean as the result of a fire, killing all 159 on board. ...

How A Top Secret Program Restored American Air Superiority from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | At the height of the Vietnam War, the skies were filled with technologically-advanced American aircraft from both the US Navy and the USAF, yet the air battles were a thread-bare echo of past glories in the 1950s skies over Korea's MiG Alley. By 1967 the Navy had a kill ratio of only 3.7 to 1 (3.7 MiG kills for every Navy fighter lost to a MiG) and the USAF was even worse, with a kill ratio of only 2.2 to 1…

A row of AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters - US Army Sky Soldiers from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog by Axel | In one of our earlier posts we showed a black US Army AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter. In the old picture it's hard to judge the actual size of this machine. Today I have another view from the same event, where you see quite a few of the AH-1s parked in a row waiting for their turn. Look at the full size image and check out the crew relative to the choppers. That should put it into perspective. You can also go on a ride in an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter for about $450 per 15 minutes. Follow the link for details…