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Blue Angels return to Amigo Airsho - Fort Bliss Monitor | The Blues are back at this year's Amigo Airsho. Organizers are finalizing this year's plans and promise to deliver another spectacular event featuring the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue ...

Great Wall Of Fire Highlights Airshow - Video - KMBC Kansas City | The Great Wall of Fire display highlights a California airshow.

Leesburg Airshow  - Toriaflies | The part of the show I was most looking forward to was seeing Jane Wicker wingwalk.  She came to my Fly it Forward event last year and I have been dying to see her in action.  Unfortunately the strong winds ...

Visitors fly in, over Sheppard Air Force Base - Times Record News | Robert Wood, vice president and lead for the BAE Systems Inc. Hawk Advanced Jet Training System team, said his company's system allows pilots to train in an aircraft that is similar to the newest fifth-generation fighters such as the F-22 Raptor and ...

Air show and navy draw crowds - Stuff.co.nz | Wellington's waterfront and city streets were crammed with people at the weekend, but they were not just watching the rugby. Yesterday, those arriving at the fanzone and stadium ahead of the All Blacks' game against Canada, as well as those gathering ...

The Hawker Sea Fury “Argnonaut” from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The Hawker Sea Fury is a massive aircraft! You get a hint of that seeing it wrapped around pilot Mark Watt as he takes off for a heat at the Reno Air Races. Argonaut Hawker Sea Fury FB. 11 started off in the Royal Canadian Navy in May 1947. One of the fastest production prop fighters every built, the Sea Fury saw (not Argonaut) significant Korean War involvement mainly in the ground attack role alongside the Fairey Firefly. The Hawker Sea Fury has the distinction of being the first piston engine fighter to shoot down a Mig-15.  “Argonaut” is one of the Sea Furys to come from the famous shop of Sanders Aircraft who acquired the ...

Pilot dies after plane crash in the festival, say firefighters - Translated | We still do not know the reasons for the fall.  The pilot Fabio Luis de Almeida, Fábio known as Raccoon, died during a stunt show with historic aircraft from the Aero Club of Paraná, in the neighborhood Bacacheri in Curitiba, according to the Fire Department. The accident occurred around 14:30 this Saturday (1st).  The aircraft model Christen Eagle II, prefix PR-ZRT , was privately owned and participated in the 6th Air Festival of the Aero Club of Paraná.  We still do not know the reasons for the accident. According to preliminary information, the pilot was performing the same maneuver for the third time, when the ...

Aviation Pioneer Carl "Chub" Wheeler Honored at His 100th Birthday from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Carl "Chub" Wheeler was honored for a century of achievement in aviation at his 100th birthday party October 1.  He learned to fly at Curtiss-Steinberg Airport (later Parks Airport and now St. Louis Downtown Airport) in 1934, earned his private and transport licenses, operated a flight school, taught Army Air Corps pilots during World War II, managed the renamed Parks Airport in the 1950s, flew corporate DC-3s for  ...

Judge Rice to be honored for volunteerism - Dayton Daily News | ... a founding trustee of Aviation Heritage Foundation, Inc. — co-chairman and member of the steering committee of the Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations. — co-chairman of the Montgomery County Ex-Offender Reentry Policy Board. — trustee of the ...

Around the world in our home-made plane from Pilot News Magazine | After a year and a day, 99 flights, 23 countries and bags of teamwork, an intrepid couple have flown around the world in a tiny home-made plane they spent 16 years building.  Retired British Airways pilot Patrick Elliott and his wife Linda Walker are believed to be the first married couple to have circumnavigated the globe in a home-built aircraft.  On their epic voyage they diced with death and saw wonders including the ...

Moving the National Air and Space Museum’s Archives from AirSpace by Allan Janus | ... You may have heard that the National Air and Space Museum Archives is moving.  The collections and offices are moving from the current location of Building 12 at the Paul E. Garber Restoration and Storage Facility and from the Museum in Washington, D.C. to their new location at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center. ...

Convair NB-36 (The ‘Crusader’) from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The ‘Crusader’, or NB-36, was built for the NPA, or Nuclear Powered Aircraft programme. It was made out of parts from a B-36 destroyed in a tornado. There was a front section, which the crew lived(a pilot, copilot, flight engineer, and 2 nuclear engineers) inside, and a rear section, where the reactor was. The nose was brand-new, and was heavily lined with lead and thick yellow glass to protect against radiation. The engines ...

ABC’s Pan Am Television Series Continues To Grow In Viewership from AvStop | The Pan Am drama on ABC which premiered on the 25th of last month is tuning out to be a big hit. ABC’s  ...

Sunday Matinee: The First Of The Few (1942) from Theo Spark | The First of the Few, known as Spitfire in the United States, is a 1942 British film directed by and starring Leslie Howard as R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, alongside co-star David Niven. The film's  ...

Rocketry is a blast at Coalwood's October Sky Festival - Bluefield Daily Telegraph | For the past few years, Jack and Kathy Colpas of “Reach For the Stars,” A Christa McAuliffe - Challenger Center Program that supports science education through model rocketry, have presented the National Rocket Champion awards at the festival. ...

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Beaufort Air Show 2011 - CockyTalk | Okay so my friend and myself went to the Beaufort Air Show yesterday(at the Beaufort MCAS), something that I've done virtually every time it's been held in my life. This year was different, however, because we had VIP passes so I got some pics that I normal wouldn't have been able to get...

Blue Angels Bring Recruits Into The Cockpit - AV Stop | EffectiveUI announced the launch of a new interactive website created with Microsoft Corp. for the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. HTML5 and Microsoft Silverlight deliver an immersive user experience, bringing viewers a Blue Angels air show in a way that's never before been seen except by the pilots...

VIDEO: Thousands Flock to Air Show - WSAV | This weekend the Beaufort Air show landed at the Marine Corps Air Station. Organizers were anticipating more than 100,000 neighbors to attend. "Right now, it's looking like 70-80,000 yesterday, on the Saturday show, and we expect almost that today, maybe 50,000 today. So, we're right in that range of what we expected," said Master Sgt. Chad McMeen...

THE GREAT TENNESSEE AIR SHOW - Weekends With Dad | The internationally renowned United States Air Force Thunderbirds precision flight demonstration team will entertain regional crowds at the Great Tennessee Airshow at Smyrna Airport on May 7, 8, 2011...

Women in Aviation: Sustaining mission excellence - Coast Guard | Hundreds of aviators from around the world have descended upon Reno, Nevada, for the 2011 Women in Aviation, International Conference. Pilots, mechanics, engineers and aviation enthusiasts alike are all taking part in this year’s conference devoted to the themes “Inspire, Enthuse, Innovate.” We look forward to bringing you daily updates from the conference...

First international flight for solar powered plane - Energy Harvesting | In the framework of its European solar flight campaign, Solar Impulse, under the patronage of the European Commission, has selected Brussels as its first international destination. The airplane will be displayed in the European capital from 23 to 29 May 2011 and will then attempt to fly on to Paris-Le Bourget, where it is eagerly awaited as the Special Guest of the 49th International Paris Air Show from 20 to 26 June 2011...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: Why diversity matters in flight - Coast Guard | 2011 is the Centennial of Naval Aviation and will honor aviation pioneers in the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. As we look back on the last 100 years, Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Pittman, an H-60 Jayhawk aircraft commander, offers her perspective on a diverse aircrew and its ability to enhance mission success...

The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years - You Fly Girl | Pat Epps pointed downward at theglittering white icefields of southern Greenland. In August of 1980, after a week of buzzing around the Arctic in a single-engine plane, Epps and his friend Richard Taylor were flying home. The night before, in a bar at a remote airstrip, the talk turned to the legendary Lost Squadron...

VIDEO: WWII aircraft joins Idaho Military History Museum collection - KYVB | BOISE --  The Idaho Military History Museum added a new aircraft to its collection Sunday. The museum now has a  WWII-era trainer aircraft, a PT-23...

B-29 - History Made Everyday - Another Time | When I walked into the Vintage Flying Museum hangar yesterday it was hard not to grin.  A B-29 SuperFortress was sitting in the hangar.  A hangar that housed B-29's many years ago and now one sits under its high arches once again...

North American TB-25N Mitchell - Jet Photos | 30,000 pounds of shiny metal roaring up those 1700 hp Wright engines...what a feeling!

Filming wraps up on ‘Outback Pilot…Australia’ - GA News | The Real Deal Productions of Soldotna, Alaska, led by General Aviation News contributor Jim Oltersdorf, has completed filming of “Outback Pilot…Australia.” “I am most pleased to announce the final shooting of our newest documentary that takes place in the remote Australian Outback...

In the Museum - Air & Space | In 1920, while visiting the Smithsonian, a young Paul Garber noticed that the control wires of the 1909 Wright Military Flyer were incorrectly installed. After pointing this out to a curator, Garber was offered a three-month appointment. He ended up staying at the Smithsonian Institution for 72 years...

Take action on aviation - Kansas.com | Thanks are due Gov. Sam Brownback for devoting his first economic summit last week to asking the question for the city and Sedgwick County: What is it going to take to keep and build Wichita’s reputation as Air Capital of the World? The answer, which he mentioned again in his Friday news conference in Topeka, is that the community and state must assume an “offensive position” toward recruiting aviation companies, suppliers and jobs...

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Raptor pilot confirmed killed in Alaska crash from F-22 Raptor news | November 20, 2010 (by Lieven Dewitte) - The U.S. Air Force confirmed on Friday that the F-22 Raptor pilot that crashed in Alaska earlier this week during a nighttime training mission perished in the accident. Air Force officials initially had held out hope that the pilot, Captain Jeffrey Haney, might have ejected from the plane and survived Tuesday night's crash. "Based on evidence recovered from the crash site, and after two days of extensive aerial and ground search efforts, we know that Captain Haney did not eject from the aircraft prior to impact," Colonel Jack McMullen, commander of the Air Force 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, said in a statement…

Continuous Updates on the F-22 Down story here

Drones, Stealth Aircraft Steal the Air Show in China - AOL News | China's J-10 fighter jets perform Wednesday during Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, China. But it's the drones that are catching people's attention. ...

MCAS to test air show pyrotechnics - Yuma Sun | In preparation for a possible performance event at next year's Yuma Air Show, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma will conduct ...

World Record Flight | Naval History Blog by Proceedings | It was among the first in aviation history. Dubbed "The Flying Coffin" because of its shape, it consisted of a cylinder about seven feet long, with rounded ends and a diameter of approximately three feet. Inside was room for one man, ...

Washington, DC, air museum overhauls Amelia Earhart exhibit – HeraldNet | WASHINGTON — Amelia Earhart was, of course, a famous pilot and pioneer for women. Her time as a fashion designer, though, usually isn't ...

EAAer Flies Curtiss Pusher Replica In Navy Centennial Ceremony from Aviation Blogs by flyer98 | On November 14, 1910, barnstorming pilot Eugene Ely made what's recognized as the first takeoff from a ship, the USS Birmingham, near what is now Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. Nearly 100 years later to the day, last Friday, November 12, retired Naval Commander Bob Coolbaugh, who built a replica of the plane Ely flew that day, was at NAS Norfolk to take part in a commemorative ceremony for that occasion…

BD-5 Microjet Returns to Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Today from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The BD-5 Microjet returned to its hangar at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum today.  Here are some scenes from the delivery - come to the museum to see it in person!

The Rogers Family: Air Show by Tina K Rogers | Air Show. Scott and Phillip were asked to perform before the Airshow the weekend of Absolutely Andalusia Homecoming. Posted by Tina K Rogers at 12:13 PM. 0 comments: Post a Comment…

Fly a piece of history  - Tulsa World | GK Gentis, a former B-17 bombardier, waits for a ride on the B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" as it sits on a ramp at Jones Riverside Airport on Thursday. ...

Too Hot to Handle: McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine from http://www.airspacemag.com/ Man cannot zoom by blended wing alone; he must have an engine that, well, works…

Space tourism vid from RLV and Space Transport News | Here's a MSNBC video about space tourism with an emphasis on Virgin Galactic and travel agents: msnbc video: Adventurers pay big bucks for space tour.

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Reno Highlights at Air & Space Magazine website

PFLUGERVILLE, TX - NOVEMBER 18, 2009 -- The Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine hosts the 2009 Reno Highlights video from LiveAirShowTV. The team of producer and host Mark Allen, and director Jeff Lee teamed up again to bring fans a comprehensive wrap up of all the final races and Reno champions. Taken from LiveAirShowTV's footage form the live broadcast on September 20th, the story describes how the races unfolded in each race class. "We've worked with Air & Space Magazine through the National Aviation Heritage Invitational for many years," said Jeff Lee LiveAirShowTV president. "It's only natural that we should work together to inform the public about this most unique aviation event."

To see this video, go to: http://www.airspacemag.com/ look for the "Race TV" link under Air & Space Videos.

For more information on LiveAirShowTV's coverage visit the website: http://www.liveairshowtv.com/

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Vast crew helps get air show off the ground - San Diego Union Tribune
Navy divers Taylor Cohee (left) and Bryan McCurley splashed onlookers yesterday from their dive tank at the Miramar Air Show. ...

Miramar Air Show Begins - San Diego 6
SAN DIEGO - The Canadian Snowbirds military jet-demonstration team joins the lineup of the Miramar Air Show for the first time this weekend, ...

Whole lot in store at Sheppard air show - Jack County Herald
What would an Air Force air show be without showing the various types of aircraft that keeps the skies of the United States safe and work in operations ...

Futuristic Rocket Airplane Being Built In Sebastian Is Key To ... - Futuristic Rocket Airplane Being Built In Sebastian Is Key To Fledgling Rocket Racing League. by Editor on October 2, 2009. Like craftsmen fabricating a custom motorcycle, workers in a nondescript hangar are hand-building a futuristic ...

Early Brazilian plane in Wright brothers country - The Associated Press
Tom Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, said that the Wright brothers were the first to fly in a ...

An airshow to remember - Relive of last weekend's Malta International Airshow highlights in this18-minute feature timesofmalta.com has produced for its readers.

Aviation history, up close & personal - Corpus Christi Caller Times
This one of Florida's most visited museums is within the Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the Blue Angels and the birthplace of naval aviation. ...

Honor Flights: A Homecoming for WWII Vets from Military Photos by Ordie
WASHINGTON — For Lawrence M. Hinsley, it was a celebration almost 65 years in the making.Mr. Hinsley, a Navy enlistee who served in the Pacific theater in World War II, says he was greeted with little pomp and circumstance when he returned home in late 1945. “Maybe in New York,” said Mr. Hinsley, now 86, who is originally from Texas. “I went home and went to college.”…

Veterans take flight down memory lane - WHDH-TV
Joseph King, of South Boston, flew a B-17. He was a tail fighter in World War II and Friday's flight took him right back to that day. ...

Soar Over Kissimmee - Central Florida News 13
For World War II veterans and Air Force enthusiasts, the B-17 is a symbol of freedom and pride. Air Force veteran William J. Yepis, 87, spent plenty of time ...

WWII all-Chinese American unit reminisces from Military Photos by Ordie
Harry Lim (from left), Paul Ngim, Tom Luey and Wilfred Eng get together once a year to reminisce about their days serving in one of only two all-Chinese American World War II units. The four grew up in Oakland's Chinatown.

Trailblazers: The early women aviators - guardian.co.uk
If the women aviators of the early 20th century sometimes seem to have been almost comically courageous, improbably determined – a collection of gung-ho, ...

Innovator In Deep Space Exploration And Champion Of Women And ... - Space Ref
She was inducted into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame in 1996; was named New Englander of the Year by the New England Council in 1996; ...

Veteran Wants War's Fallen Remembered - MyFox Houston
By now the second Japanese torpedo had struck, shearing off the bow of the USS Indianapolis while ensuring the 600-foot-long cruiser would soon rest on the ...

Monocoupe Fly-In at Creve Coeur Airport, Mo - October 2, 2009 from The Aero Experience by PhantomAces
The 2009 Monocoupe Club Fly-In is in full swing at Creve Coeur Airport (old Dauster Flying Field) October 2, 2009. It was too windy to fly, but some Monocoupes were already on hand.

Monocoupe Fly-In Draws LaFayette Foundation Aircraft - October 2, 2009 from The Aero Experience by PhantomAces
Other aircraft are featured at the Monocoupe Fly-In. Planes from the LaFayette Foundation were visiting this weekend. We regret to report that one of the LaFayette Foundation aircraft had an incident on landing yesterday in the windy conditions, but the pilot is fine. However the aircraft was trucked back to Colorado. Please visit the LaFayette Foundation website at www.lafayettefoundation.org/ for more information about the collection of World War I replica aircraft.

Monocoupe Fly-In Draws Boeing/Stearman Aircraft - October 2, 2009 from The Aero Experience by PhantomAces
Some Boeing/Stearman aircraft were on hand at the Monocoupe Fly-In.

Flight Time Experience helps motivate students - WLBT-TV
The kids and the general public will be able to see planes up close, and the experience this weekend at the Hawkins Field Airshow. ...

In The Museum: Fashion Lighter Than Air from Air & Space Magazine

Indiana Soldier makes history - Blackanthem.com
"For an aviator, it takes a lot of dedication, a lot of study and a lot of time to get good at what you're doing," he said. Sawyer said he was not the first ...

Military chopper lands for burgers from Military Photos by History
A Canadian military helicopter pilot with a sudden hankering for hamburgers set his aircraft down on a Kenora, Ont., baseball diamond, and walked into an A&W restaurant across the street for a takeout order.

September Photos of the Month published from FenceCheck Forums - With a new month upon us, it's time to look back…

Eddie P. Sarber Photography from FenceCheck Forums - Nellis AFB 2009

Scott AFB, IL Air Park Displays from The Aero Experience by PhantomAces
Scott AFB, IL has produced a nice air park featuring aircraft from the Air Mobility Command (and Former Military Airlift Command).

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