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Video: 60 Years of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds - DoDLive | For 60 years the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, an elite air demonstration squadron, dazzled and amazed the American public at air shows across the country. This year, despite spending cuts reducing their flight time, the Thunderbirds return to the skies...

Warbird Radio On The Way To Las Vegas For ICAS Convention | Vegas SunsetWARBIRD RADIO – Our bags are packed and we’ll soon be in route to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2013 International Council of Air Shows annual convention.  The International Council of Air Shows held its first convention in 1967.  Since then, the air show community has...

John Mohr Retirement - Fence Check Forums | The story of John Morh's retirement has been floating around Facebook for a few days now, but with no source listed. After a conversation with Lynn Mohr this morning, I can now confirm the story. They decided last year to make it the last one, but did not announce it because they did not want any fanfare at the shows they would be performing at. Lynn said...

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Al Ain Aerobatic Show sees world record jump - gulfnews.com | Al Ain: South African Amy Shaw of the Goodyear Eagles aerobatic team set a world record at the 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show for the first-ever female para-jumper to deploy a dual inverted para-drop. Shaw’s stunt was performed as the Goodyear Eagles’ aircraft, flying at speeds of 380-400 km/h, took her to 2,500 feet and then flew straight down while inverting at around 100km/h. Shaw dived out and opened her parachute within five seconds, landing in front of the royal chalet near the grandstand....

Daredevil stunts by pilots at Al Ain Air Aerobatic Show - The National | AL AIN// All eyes were on the skies as daredevil pilots performed hair-raising stunts at the tenth annual Al Ain Aerobatic Show. Deafening roars from overhead aircraft matched the roaring cheers of approval on the ground as four elite military teams, seven aerobatic teams, wing walkers, parachutists and two solo fighter-jet displays took to the skies...

Al Ain Air Show: Displays continue to enthral - gulfnews.com | Al Ain: Aerobatics teams and individuals performed dozens of exciting displays on Sunday, UAE fighter jets such as F-16 and Eurofighter were just some of the attractions on the second day of Al Ain Air Show...

Heritage with a roar and a bang - Western Advocate | The busy Lithgow Living History group were a highlight of the day at the biennial Warbirds Downunder air show 2013, held at Temora. This is the only major air show of its type in Australia. Lithgow Living History is a new group in the re-enactment area, coming up to its first birthday. Their activities, always in appropriate period costume, branch into local history as well as military campaigns...

Shearwater International Air Show – Hey… I Remember That * Posted by Ken Kula on November 30th, 2013 - Photorecon | Every few weeks or so, you’ll see a new report here about an air show or event that contains some recollections and images from a bygone era.  Some reports will...

Pilot recreates Lady Mary Heath’s 1928 journey · General Aviation News Staff | Pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor is in the midst of a 7,000-mile solo journey, in a reconditioned Boeing Stearman open-cockpit biplane, to retrace Lady Mary Heath’s historic 1928 flight between South Africa and the United Kingdom. Heath was the first pilot, male or female, to make such a journey...

Eulogy For A Fighter Pilot - The Lexicans

Mustangs For the US NAVY (Almost) · Warbirds News By Gaëtan Marie of Bravo Bravo Aviation | With a surface of 69 millions square miles, the Pacific Ocean covers nearly a third of the Earth’s surface. During World War II, military operations in the Pacific were confronted with the problem of range. This was particularly true of aerial operations. Mainland Japan was bombed on 18 April 1942 by Doolittle and his raiders, but that was a one-time effort of mostly psychological value. All of the...

The U.S. Coast Guard in Vietnam And The Albatross Flight At The Palm Springs Air Museum · Warbirds News | On Saturday November 30, 2013 at 1 pm the Palm Springs Air Museum will present THE US COAST GUARD IN VIETNAM by Dr. Douglas Kroll .Vietnam is usually remembered as a war fought in jungles and rice paddies. But there was another conflict as well, a sailor’s war, much of it fought from the decks of United States Coast Guard Cutters. The Coast Guard played a significant role in securing Vietnam’s 1,200-mile coastline. Coast Guardsmen destroyed enemy supply ships...

Video: Watch This Kid Shoot Down An F-35 With His F-18 - AirPigz | I honestly don't know the detailed politics of the F-35 vs F-18 debate, but I'm pretty sure if I did I'd be desperately looking for the government's OFF switch... however, I do know this video is very well done and it really did make me LOL!...

Stunning image of Russia’s new stealth plane clearly shows new shark camouflage · David Cenciotti | As already explained, Russia’s 5th generation stealth fighter plane T-50 (PAK FA – Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System), has receintly received a new camouflage...

Video: India's interplanetary spacecraft departs Earth orb - Spaceports

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Al Ain Aerobatic Show takes to the skies [Friday] - Khaleej Times | It’s time to look up at the skies. Two solo fighter-jet displays, a jet school bus and the famous indigenous Fazza skydiving team are to be seen at the 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show that takes off today...

The Ultimate Classic Weekend · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE-One of New Zealand’s longest running, iconic events is teaming up with a brand new event to offer what’s believed to be a world first.Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow and the nearby Highlands Motorsport Park have announced they’re working on a joint ticket for their events next Easter.The new combo ticket will allow people to have one day at Warbirds Over Wanaka and one day at the ‘Highlands Revival’ Easter motor racing festival. Ticket buyers will be able to choose which day they go to which event...

Video: Santa Claus fly-in, Portage Airport - wiscnews.com | Santa Claus comes to the Portage Airport in Portage, Wis., on Nov. 29, 2013. More than 100 people greeted him at the annual event.

Lauderdale Air Show canceled for 2014 - Sun-Sentinel | Next year's Lauderdale Air Show has been canceled because Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport would have to shut down all its flights during the performances to accommodate it...

EAA AirVenture 2013 – More Air Show - Other People's Airplanes | In this episode of Other People's Airplanes, we talk about exactly nothing. Please enjoy this special feature containing airplanes doing what they do best.

WWII fighter ace had keen sense of humor - San Antonio Express | James W. Empey, who fought in two wars and earned the title of fighter ace, died at home Nov. 21. He was 89. His 30-year military career started in 1942 as an 18-year-old aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces. Empey was assigned to the 59th Fighter Group for training as a P-39 pilot and was then assigned to North Africa in 1943...

CoolPix: The Amazing Days Of The X-15 (Post Flight B-52 Fly-Over) - AirPigz | I've been feeding a revived X-15 addiction here the last week or so, and this image from the early days of the program sure drips with 1960's aerospace awesomeness. I've even got a sideline project in the works that includes North American's rocket-powered speedster... the one that spent quite a bit of time at the edge of space while we marched our way toward the Apollo program...

Forgotten aircraft reborn at Sonoma County airport - The Press Democrat | This may be closest that the Sonoma County aviation buffs come to unearthing buried treasure. A letter from out of the blue advised Christina Olds of the Pacific Coast Air Museum that a woman in Marin County wished to donate her airplane...

Armless Fil-Am pilot to help disabled typhoon victims - ABS CBN | MESA, Arizona – Armless Filipino-American pilot and motivational speaker Jessica Cox's family in the Philippines was not spared from super typhoon Yolanda’s (International name: Haiyan) fury. Cox’s great-aunt was among the thousands who lost their lives...

Corsica: the Canadian CF-18s conduct live fire and drop bombs (PHOTOS) - Translated | Exercise SERPENTEX, which runs from November 26 to December 6, 2013, is an annual multinational training exercise and close air support organized by the French Air Force, Corsica (France)...

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Al Ain Aerobatic Show | Breitling Wing Walkers Prepare for Al Ain - www.youtube.com | We caught up with Danielle Hughes, a Breitling Wing Walker who's getting ready for the Al Ain Aerobatic Show. She reveals what to expect from her team this y...

Blue Angels in St. Louis for air show planning meeting - fox2now.com | ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Two members of the Navy’s famous Blue Angels jet squadron will be in St. Louis on Tuesday. They’ll fly their St. Louis made Boeing FA-18 jets into Spirit of St. Louis Airport Tuesday afternoon...

Longer Air Tattoo to mark Red Arrows’ birthday - Swindon Advertiser |  NEXT year’s Royal International Air Tattoo will be more than a sky-high family day out as the Red Arrows celebrate a birthday milestone by expanding the event to three days. As part of the Red Arrow’s 50th display season in aid of the RAF Charitable Trust, 10,000 spectators will be able to apply for a special Pit Day ticket, where they...

Russia to have new aerobatic team on Yak-130 - Pravda.Ru | The Air Force of the Russian Federation are forming a new, extra class aerobatic team on state-of-the-art combat training aircraft Yak-130. The administration of the Russian Air Force leadership will have to have the new team ready for its major task: to demonstrate their aerobatic skills over Red Square during the Victory Day parade May 9, 2014...

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Doolittle Raiders tagged for 2013 Indy Bowl award - KTAL | AdvoCare V100 Bowl officials are pleased to announce The Doolittle Raiders as the recipient of the 2013 Omar N. Bradley “Spirit of Independence Award.” Accepting the award on behalf the Doolittle Raiders will be Lt. Col.  Richard E. Cole. Cole, 98, was the co-pilot with Doolittle in the first plane to take off from the USS Hornet....

Thunderbirds honor fallen pilot with dedication of restored F-105 replica - ACC | ...The display bears the name of Capt. Gene Devlin, a Thunderbirds pilot who lost his life in 1964, when his F-105 exploded in the skies over Hamilton AFB, Calif. About 10 years later, the red, white and blue Thunderchief model was placed on a matching, diagonal 17-foot post at Nellis' front gate...

Jerri Truhill, Famed Female Test Pilot Who Almost Became an Astronaut, Died in Irving on Monday - Dallas Observer | "She's like the Dale Earnhardt of the female air-racing world," he says. "She was an intimidator," tailing her opponents at the at the distance of a dining room table before zooming past in her signature pink plane at 400 mph. "All they saw was a pink...

TEMECULA: Pilot competes in cross-country race - Press-Enterprise | Pilot Mary McMahon, of Temecula, recently competed in the Air Race Classic, the difficult cross-country competition for women pilots. Although she and her racing partner didn’t place in the timed competition, McMahon said the experience of participating in the race was worth every airborne minute...

Redlingfield B-17 Flying Fortress crash marked by US relatives - BBC | A B-17 Flying Fortress fell out of the sky at Redlingfield on 19 November 1943, killing the ten men on board. A memorial was built in 2010 and it is the first time relatives have come over from the US for the annual service. The 95th Bomb Group plane had taken off from the base at nearby Horham heading for Germany. It was never discovered why it crashed....

CASIS and Wings Over Rockies Unveil ISS Exhibit - Space Ref | The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization promoting and managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, in association with Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, unveiled an exhibit dedicated to the ISS at the "Spreading Wings" gala featuring former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin and renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson in Denver, CO over the weekend...

Congressional Budget Office mulls ending NASA human space flight to cut deficit - Examiner.com | For example, NASA has been using remotely piloted vehicles to track hurricanes over the Atlantic Ocean at much longer distances than those for which tracking aircraft are conventionally piloted.” The argument has been widely debunked by a number of...

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British Red Arrows to participate in Al Ain Aerobatic Show - Gulfnews.com |  Al Ain: The Red Arrows, the famous British aerobatic display team, will perform at the 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show, the organisers of the show announced on Wednesday. The show coincides with the UAE’s 42nd National Day weekend and world famous aerobatic teams will be performing their best stunts to enthral visitors, according to the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi)...

Dubai Airshow 2013 to be largest in events history - gulfnews.com | Dubai: The 2013 Dubai Airshow next month is set to be the biggest in the event’s history, organisers said at a media event. On Wednesday, F&E Aerospace, the team behind Dubai Airshow, hosted representatives of the media at its new permanent purpose-built venue in Dubai World Central. The show was previously held at Airport Expo near Dubai International...

AirVenture 2014 advance tickets now available · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. — Advance purchase admission tickets and camping are now available for the 62nd annual edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which will be held July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport. Daily and weekly admissions are available, as is the ability to join the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and receive the best possible admission prices available only to EAA members, EAA officials said. Discounts are available to those who pre-purchase AirVenture tickets online before June 15, 2014, including $2 on daily adult admissions and $5 on weekly adult admissions.

Business closing could jeopardize Wis. air show - Ct Post | MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — The future of Wisconsin's Thunder on the Lakeshore air show is in question with organizer Curt Drumm closing his business at the Manitowoc County Airport. HTR Media reports (http://htrne.ws/Hs9Wh3 ) Lakeshore Aviation is closing Nov. 30 because of a significant drop in jet fuel sales. The drop came after one company stopped flying two jets, and a second company moved its plane to Sheboygan County Airport. Drumm says those changes almost eliminated his fuel sales...

Red Bull Air Race Practice in Olney, Texas - Jeff Lewis | ...So, I knew they were there, and knew they'd be flying. So, this past weekend, I went with a few of my friends to go watch the practice (and we were just about the perfect group to watch something like that - one aerospace engineer and three fighter pilots). It was great. Because of how quiet Red Bull had been about the whole thing, we were some of the only spectators there. So, not only did we get to watch some amazing flying, but we had an up-close and personal experience with the entire operation....

YPSILIANTI TOWNSHIP: Yankee Air Musuem to attempt world record for most Rosies the Riveters in one place - The Ypsilianti Courier | Put that Rosie the Riveter Halloween costume to good use and join the Yankee Air Museum as they try to set a world record for the highest number of Rosie the Riveters in one place....

Bomber County - All Things Aviation | Many of us are familiar with some of the aircraft flown during World War II like the B-17 pictured to the left; however, many do not know that there were over 100 airfields organized under the Bomber Command during the war. In Europe most of those airfields were located in Lincolnshire County in England and include active airfields, emergency airfields and even dummy airfields to confuse the enemy...

New Museum soon! — Miami Military Museum & Veterans Memorial by travelforaircraft | ...The three extremely large wooden hangars were the heart of NAS Richmond, which was one of a handful of lighter-than-air installations around the continental United States by the U.S. Navy during World War II. One of these hangars was...

She may be small, but fixing helicopters is her thing - Theredstonerocket | Looks can be deceiving. And that’s particularly true for Maria Homolka. This petite-size defense contractor has the bubbly personality of the girl next door and the heart of a Soldier. Add to that the capabilities of an experienced and knowledgeable aircraft electrical technician who can work on any helicopter in the Department of Defense fleet, and Homolka comes across as someone who can do anything she sets her mind to...

The Real Reasons We Explore Space from AirSpaceMag.com | I am convinced that if NASA were to disappear tomorrow, if we never put up another Hubble Space Telescope, never put another human being in space, people in this country would be profoundly distraught. Americans would feel that we had lost something that matters, that our best days were behind us, and they would feel themselves somehow diminished. Yet I think most would be unable to say why...

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Lakeland Sun 'n Fun Fly-in goers watching the weather, memories of 2011 storm ... - ABC Action News | LAKELAND - The memories of the tornadic activity that swept through the Sun 'n Fun air show are never far too off whenever the weather gets a little cloudy. Pilot Mike Zidziunas still remembers when hail and high winds pelted the Lakeland Regional ...

Breezy day at Sun 'n Fun Splash-In - AOPA Pilot | The skies were blue, the air hot but not steamy—a perfect day for the Sun 'n Fun Splash-In except for one thing: the wind. Some 35 varieties of seaplanes flew in for the day to participate in the grapefruit bomb drop and spot landing contests, and to ...

At Sun 'n Fun, the secret pilots of World War II - MyFox Tampa Bay | The secret is out, and a group of women, mostly in their 90s now, have gone from unknown to wildly popular. They are the "WASPs": Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II. Back in the early 40s, the government started their unit as an experiment ...

The EAA AirVenture Cup Race Continues Into Its 16th Year from Aero-News Network | Race Once Again Has The 'Full Support' Of EAA The EAA AirVenture Cup Race will continue racing in 2013 with the full support and involvement of EAA. Race volunteers and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton met earlier this year to coordinate details of the race and establish guidelines for the EAA event. Race officials are still determining the course for this year's event, but plan to hold the race on Sunday, July 28, in advance of EAA AirVenture.

Lifeflight Open Day on 14 April from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | I know this is very late notice, but I've just found out [maybe I've been living in a cave??] that the Lifeflight Open Day is on tomorrow, Sunday 14 April, from 10am to 2pm. The open day is held at their Wellington airport base, on the Lyall Bay side of the airport. I will probably be there in the afternoon and hope to have a few pictures to share.

10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show from Nov 30 - Khaleej Times | The 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show, one of the emirate's longest running and established family events, will return to the skies over Abu Dhabi's 'Oasis City' this year from November 30 to December 2. “The show has been timed to run up to and across ...

Warrior Poet' Pilot Honored At Fort Rosecrans - 10 News | Caroll LeFon Flew In Navy, Commanded Top Gun School In Fallon, Nev. | ...A flyover of FA-18s from nearby Naval Air Station North Island as well as a uniformed sailor who played taps completed the formal ceremony for Caroll LeFon...

The Airs: Jacques Henri Lartigue and the beginnings of aviation from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Wednesday, April 24 to Sunday, July 28, Issy-les-Moulineaux unveils an exhibition a great photographer, Jacques Henri Lartigue. Fascinated by the beginnings of aviation, he came to Issy between 1907 and 1912 to photograph the bold and dramatic performances that are held....

Pax River museum on hold over dispute with contractor - Baltimore Sun | "Now we're waiting for it to happen," said Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association board president Ed Forsman, a retired Navy test pilot. "The purpose of the museum is to show what happened here." The 21,000-square-foot museum is being built on ...

Virgin SpaceShipTwo aces 2nd flight test - Bakersfield Californian | Virgin SpaceShipTwo aces 2nd flight test. By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN. MOJAVE AIR & SPACE PORT -- History continues to be made in the skies above the Mojave Desert. According to a series of Twitter posts and a late-afternoon news release, ...

SpaceShipTwo advancing to powered flight from Spaceports | According to a series of Twitter posts and a late-afternoon news release, Virgin Galactic on Friday chalked up yet another successful test flight of SpaceShipTwo "Enterprise" at the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California....

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Al Ain Aerobatic Show postponed for a year - The National | ... asked about the reason for the delay a spokesperson for the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, the air show's organising body, said "the authority has embarked on a review of the annual event aimed at its further enhancement and development".

Flightline UK:

• Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No.7 – Antonov An-124 at RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day
• Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No.8 – E II R Formation at the Royal International Air Tattoo
• Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No.9 – The SAAB JA37 Viggen at Jersey International Air Display
• Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No.10 – Gary Connery at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels

Kessingland photographer's Red Arrows experience - Norwich Evening News | Gareth, who attended Kirkley High School and Lowestoft Sixth Form College, struck up a relationship with the Red Arrows' team photographer after he presented the pilots with a book of his pictures while they were taking part in a charity cycle ride to...

U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Against Chuck Yeager In Memorabilia Dispute from Aero-News Network | Ninth Circuit Judge Affirms District Court Summary Judgment Finding Yeager's Declaration To Be A 'Sham' A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, CA, has upheld a district court summary judgment that claims made by Chuck Yeager concerning signed memorabilia offered for sale on a website are a "sham."

EAA's Next President? from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...What if someone who understood reality and possessed a heartfelt interest in the survival of the sport of aviation actually became president of EAA? Just think of what such a person could do for the organization? The big question though is this; “Do you believe anyone like that will be the next president of EAA?”...

Mark your Calendar: March 4-10, 2013 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Free flights for women and girls, static displays at airports, and special guests are planned at numerous locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.  “No country harbors as many female astronauts as the United States does,” the nonprofit Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide said on its website. “The goal is to welcome a female astronaut at each major U.S. event because … most astronauts are first, pilots. What could be a more exciting inspiration for a young woman to earn a pilot license?”...

Another Day in the Life of an Airport: Variety of Aircraft at St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | St. Louis Downtown Airport, home to the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 and a host of very interesting aircraft, is the third busiest airport in Illinois. A variety of home-based and...

Ballarat Aero Club celebrates milestone - Ballarat Courier | The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) roulette aerobatic team created a spectacular display in the skies over Ballarat on Saturday as part of a weekend of flying displays, exhibits and celebrations at Ballarat Airport. Ballarat Aero Club president...

Young Eagles Flight Rally - Tampabay.com | Kids ages 8-17 can actually take flight and explore the world of aviation for free. Volunteer pilots will take children on a 15-minute flight from the Clearwater Airpark, heading north over Countryside and to the Gulf Beaches area. Each young "pilot...

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Air show launch party Friday - Dayton Daily News | Aaron is the only FAA-certified helicopter aerobatic pilot and will be performing at the 2011 Vectren Dayton Air Show. By Drew Simon, Staff Writer Updated 10:17 PM Monday, July 18, 2011 VANDALIA — Before the main Vectren Dayton Air Show festivities ...

Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2012 To Be Staged Over UAE National Day Weekend! - Abu Dhabi City Guide | Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has confirmed that Al Ain Aerobatic Show – the Oasis City's annual aerobatics display which is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...

Range Regional Airshow Coming Up - WDIO-TV | The Chisholm-Hibbing Airport Authority is celebrating the airport's 80th anniversary recognizing the accomplishments of past and present by hosting the Range Regional Airshow July 22 and 23, 2011. The Range Regional Airshow will also have a patriotic ...

Portraits of Honour at airshow – BCLocalNews | The display is scheduled to arrive in Cranbrook this Wednesday, July 20, in conjunction with the Cranbrook Airshow. The Portraits of Honour National Tour is centred on a 10' x 35' oil painted mural, featuring the hand-painted portraits of the 155 ...

Flightfest spreads its wings – BCLocalNews | Bob Schmitz and Case Grypma of the Nelson Pilots Association are looking for volunteers to help with this year's Flightfest, which will include flying demonstrations and an afternoon air show. By Greg Nesteroff - Nelson Star Nelson's annual Flightfest ...

Cars with wings - Burt Rutan steps up to the plate  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've mentioned the Terrafugia Transition 'roadable plane' or 'flying car' (take your pick) in these pages before. A prototype flew in 2009, and it's now being developed into a production version…

Farther and Faster: More Electric Aviation Records Fall – IBTimes | and here we are again: a team from Stuttgart, Germany - flying an electric plane called the eGenius - has set a new milestone for electric aviation after averaging over 100 mph for just over two hours. The eGenius is, essentially, a motorized glider ...

X2 Retires, Heads For Oshkosh  from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's X2 technology demonstrator flew for the last time last week, and next week it will be on display at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh. The innovative helicopter, winner of the 2010 Collier Prize, achieved a level flight speed of 253 knots, an unofficial speed record. The X2 is propelled by a unique system of counter-rotating rigid rotor blades powered by a turboshaft engine, plus a rear pusher prop. Sikorsky said the five-year research program achieved its objectives -- low single-pilot workload, low vibration, low acoustic signature, and high speed -- and will now evolve into an effort to design and fly the S-97 Raider, a light tactical helicopter for the U.S. military…

AirPigz Oshkosh Bacon Parties - Chew The Fat! #CampBacon #OSH11  by Martt | You're officially invited to stop by #CampBacon (the Oshkosh 2011 home for AirPigz in the EAA campgrounds) for free bacon strips and good avgeek times. I've planned three delicious bacon parties with sweet sizzling swine strips! Tuesday July 26th, Wednesday July 27, and Thursday July 28th... and each day they'll run from 6pm until 8pm. Check out this map for the exact location in Camp Scholler...

Chinese-born aviator Wei Chen to get happy return to Memphis - Memphis Commercial Appeal | Memphis airport officials are planning a hero's welcome for Chinese-born aviator Wei Chen, who is entering the home stretch of his quest to circumnavigate the globe. The president and CEO of Memphis-based Sunshine Enterprise Inc. is due back in Memphis ...

Return of B-29 sets hearts soaring - Kansas City Star | Hayes and veterans of World War II and the Korean War — specifically those who worked on or with B-29s — and their families met the plane before a Commemorative Air Force luncheon. Kim Pardon of the Commemorative Air Force helped organize the event. ...

"FiFi," the last flying B-29 bomber, returns to AirVenture - Oshkosh Northwestern | "FiFi," owned by the Commemorative Air Force, last made a trip to AirVenture in the mid 1990s, according to EAA officials. "Having "FiFi" back is special because we've heard of B-29 bomber pilots coming here and they'll be reunited with the airplane ...

More than 60 years later, video surfaces of WWII rescue. Chris Vanderveen reports. 9NEWS at 6 p.m. 11/11/10

Commemorative bomber arrives Pangborn for tours today - The Wenatchee World Online | “Maid in the Shade,” a restored B-25 that flew 15 WWII combat missions in Europe, will fly into Pangborn Memorial Airport today for a three-day stopover. The plane will be on display at the airport after its arrival about noon today until 6 pm and then ...

B-17 bomber tours offered today, Wednesday in Fargo - In-Forum | The EAA returned to Fargo on Monday with its B-17 nicknamed “Aluminum Overcast,” bringing the hulking piece of history back to the Fargo Air Museum for the second time in three years. Ground tours will be offered from 9 am to 7 pm today and Wednesday. ...

VIDEO: B-17 Visits Fargo – KFGO | John McGovern was among those who came to see the flying fortress at the Fargo Air Museum. The 88-year-old Lake Park, Minn. man was a top turret gunner on a bomber in Europe. McGovern says it is "a little luck and help from the man upstairs" that got ...

Today in History Tuskegee Airmen Established Video Link  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -from GovWin- Today is the 70th anniversary of the July 19, 1941, establishment of the first Army Air Corps program to train African-American fighter pilots, who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The program had its genesis in 1939 when Congress passed Appropriations Bill Public Law 18, which granted funding for African-Americans to receive the training…

Roberta Mancino and Jeb Corliss flying their wingsuit (captured...  from Bonjour BlueSky | Roberta Mancino and Jeb Corliss flying their wingsuit (captured by Barry Holubeck). Thanks Roberta for allowing us to use your pictures! :-)

Elsa Wolf Portrays Amelia Earhart At Ashland Chatauqua - North Central Ohio | The mysterious disappearance of famous aviatrix Ameila Earhart was part of the living history presentation at the 12th Annual Ashland Chatauqua at the Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell in Brookside Park over the weekend. Actress Elsa Wolff portrayed ...

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Blue Angels - St. George Daily Spectrum | We're happy to report that organizers of a planned Southern Utah air show are doing just that, booking a flight by the US Navy's Blue Angels in March 2012 ...

Rarefied Air - San Diego Business Journal | A would-be government contractor, a sympathetic landowner and a skeptical U.S. Navy all came together 100 years ago this month to make San Diego the birthplace of naval aviation.  Humanity had cracked the secret of powered flight eight years earlier.  Hungry for a deal, early aircraft builder Glenn Curtiss felt “the key to selling airplanes was to sell them to the government,” said historian and Navy Capt. Richard Dann.  Curtiss offered the Navy free flight training and free use of his aircraft. Businessman and Coronado landowner John D. Spreckels offered North Island as a place for the training.  Navy officials were cool to the idea. A Curtiss employee flew an aircraft off ships as early as 1910, but  ...

UAE: Gravity defying display at Al Ain Aerobatic show - Mangalorean.com | ... and breathtaking formation flying by the national air force squadrons from Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the form of The Saudi Hawks and Turkish Stars. ...

India finally invites China to AeroIndia show - Sify | New Delhi: A week after it became known that China has not been invited to the AeroIndia international air show in Bangalore from Feb 9, India on Sunday ...

Air show to delay flights - Mid-Day | Aero India, the country's most prestigious air show will not only show off India's best fighter planes, but will also ground more than a few commercial jets ...

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WWII aviator receives medals 65 years later - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Maj. Gen. Robin Rand flew in from the Pentagon to honor Charles Barrett with the Distinguished Flying Cross award in a ...

Meet The First U.S. Female Airline Pilot - womenofaviationweek.org | On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8 2011, you are invited to meet the first U.S. commercial pilot to be hired by a U.S. airline: Denver native Emily Howell Warner. ...
   
For pilot, Russian MiG-29 is $6 million dream come true - HeraldNet | In a few hours, he will join a tiny cadre of American pilots who have flown Russia's iconic war bird: the MiG-29. Even more incredibly, Sessions will do it ...

Formation flight Sunday from Planeshots

P-51 racers Voodoo, Strega and Precious Metal art by the mighty... from x planes

Naval Aviation History Lands at Local Museums - San Diego Business Journal | The curious and the nostalgic need not look far to find pieces of naval aviation history. Three local museums have preserved pieces of US ...

The People and Planes of Friday Harbor - Air and Space | Time and tide wait for no man, but they seem to linger a little around the flying paradise of the San Juan Islands.

Oldies and Oddities: Buying the Farmhouse - Air & Space Magazine | Adventures in Navy ballooning.

The People and Planes of Flabob - Air & Space Magazine
This California airport is hallowed ground for homebuilders and Hollywood stunt pilots alike.

Lituanica Reborn from Flight To Success | It's 1931 in Chicago when Stanley Girenas, a pilot and mechanic, met Stephen Darius, a former Lithuanian Air Force officer and together they formulated the adventure of their lifetime.  These aviators pooled their money, and in the spring of 1932 they purchased a Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker--- the choice of many pilots attempting to fly long distances. ...

Portage resident receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award - Sauk Prairie Eagle
The retired colonel received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award presented by The Rio Aero Club. Griffin is the 27th pilot out of 12400 in Wisconsin to ...

F-35B (BF-2) First Hover, Vertical Landing – Short Take Off/Vertical Landing Variant (STOVL) from AIRBOYD.TV

Today in Aviation History – February 7 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 
 
Aviation scholarships available from Cascade Warbirds - Bellingham Herald
The Cascade Warbirds is now accepting scholarship applications for students interested in an aviation career. Students can apply for the Private Pilot ...

The last, last rollout of Discovery – SpacePod 2011.02.07 from Spacevidcast | CAPE CANAVERAL – Space shuttle Discovery was wheeled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on one of the massive crawler-transporters toward launch complex 39A – and its final mission – STS-133. This marks the second trip out to the launch pad for Discovery; the orbiter had to be taken back to the VAB for scans and repairs. ...

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Fantoba wins Desert Challenge - GulfNews | Al Ain: Spanish pilot Cástor Fantoba yesterday won the Desert Challenge air race at the Al Ain Aerobatic Show, followed by Gerald Cooper from the United ...
   
High-flying success at Al Ain Airshow 2011 The National - AL AIN // An estimated 60000 spectators craned their necks skywards for some gravity-defying moments of brilliance at the Al Ain Aerobatic Show this weekend ...

Flying Bulls in Bangalore after aerobatics in Egypt - Times of India | AVEX International Airshow at Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, is the biggest Africa and Middle East aviation platform. Team leader Radka Machova told TOI from Czech ...

Air News On Port Elizabeth Air Show In South Africa,Aviation Appointments & Business Jets Super King Air Series 200,90,350i & Freighter B747-8 - 2012 Doomsday Predictions | Despite of bad weather the Air Show at Port Elizabeth shined. Making its public debut at the air show was South Africa’s first privately-owned WWII P-51 Mustag, aptly named “Mustang Sally.”  However, this was not the only “first “for the event.  Also making their respective debuts in the City was a South African Air Force (SAAF) Hawk, as well as a Fokker F28 owned by AirQuarius.  ...

Centennial of Naval Aviation - Historical Photos - 57 new photos

Dragon Nose Airbrush Art.flv - YouTube | Birth of a Dragon - although I was there this is still amazing to watch how it was done   ...

“Jackie Cochran with the Staggerwing Beechcraft she flew... from x planes
   
Palm Springs Air Museum took flight from dream to destination - The Desert Sun | The Palm Springs Air Museum was launched by a cadre of aviation buffs with a passion for old war birds. The founding fathers included Harold N. “Pete” ...

Miliitaire Luchtvaart Museum, Soesterberg (Netherlands) from Military Photos by D-Mitch | This is the second Air Force Museum I post photos after Museo del Aire in Madrid. Yesterday I visited the Militaire Luchvaart Museum in Soesterberg. It is a really good museum where someone can admire many aircrafts as well as their equipment. Planes, fighters and helicopters are in two huge halls and 5-6 of them in the surroundings of the buildings. The weather (as always in Netherlands) wasn't so good and I was a   ...

Payerne in February from AirSpace 

How long will it last still flying F-16; from fox2magazine | Soon, in a factory in Fort Worth, Texas, a veteran fighter will slowly tortured to death. The F -16 Block 50 will be in a process known to engineers as "the rack", which will continually pushed up and down the wings and fuselage have been bent. After several months, something important will break, and engineers should have the answer to a question that depends on all the fighters of the type of USAF and other users: How long will even fly the last F -16; ...

They are all Jet Assisted - Planeshots

Film covers family’s search for Air Force pilot from Air Force Times - News | ROYAL OAK, Mich. — When the telegram came in October 1965, the family of F-4C fighter co-pilot Air Force Lt. Martin Massucci began dealing with the dreaded news that he was missing in action on a reconnaissance mission about 79 miles west of Hanoi. ...

E-Fest February 12 & 13, 2011 • Champaign, Illinois | Get ready for the ultimate indoor flying event - E-Fest! Join us at the University of Illinois Armory on February 12th and 13th for the best of indoor flying!

"Oral Histories From the Pioneers of America's Space Program" from The Original Rocket Dungeon | These file present oral histories, in interview format, from some of the engineers responsible for our early manned space program including, but not limited to, Guy Thibodaux, Max Faget, and Paul Purser.  ...

NASA funds Dream Chaser, commercial manned spacecraft from Photoblog | In this photo provided by NASA, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spacecraft is seen as NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks during a press conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Feb. 5, in Boulder, Colorado. Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spacecraft is ...

Shuttle operator may propose commercial flights - USA Today | By Michael R. Brown, Gannett Leaders of commercial space companies have been in Florida recently discussing potential operations that could be set up if ...

Kelly To Command Endeavor from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Astronaut Mark Kelly apparently agrees with NASA that the safest thing for the final flight of the final flight of the shuttle Endeavor is for him to command the mission. Kelly announced Friday he will leave the bedside of his severely injured wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to resume training for the left seat of the mission, which is scheduled to launch April 19. Kelly told  ...

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An Insider's Look at the Centennial of Naval Aviation - Patch | Here is what she had to share, including what it meant to learn about the first female naval aviator: Coronado Patch: Can you explain a little more about ...

Celebrate 100 years of Naval Aviation aboard Flagship Cruises & Events Parade ... - 1888 Press Release | The Parade of Flight begins with a jump by the elite Navy Leap Frogs, followed by the skies over the San Diego bay being filled with more than 200 historic ...

Aerobatic pilots turn up the heat in Al Ain - Sport 360 | Gravity-defying manoeuvres and top-class aerobatics were the order of the day as the Al Ain Aerobatic Show's centrepiece competition - the inaugural FAI ...

Hannes Arch Gives World Premier To 'Rhythm & Air' Routine In Al Ain - Abu Dhabi City Guide | ... Arch is a global ambassador for show organiser, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and a former winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. ...

Breathtaking spectacle in air - Khaleej Times
AL AIN — Spectators came in droves to watch the ninth Al Ain Aerobatic Show after it opened on Friday amidst clear blue skies. The ground adjacent to the ...

Eurofighter Typhoon, Super Hornet strike fighter and more at Aero India 2011 - MyBangalore | India's largest-ever air show, Aero India 2011, will take place from 9th to 13th February 2011. ...

Steel birds test Bangalore skies ahead of Aero Show - Daily News & Analysis
With just over four days to go for Asia's biggest air show, preparations at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, ...

F-22 for Avalon - Australian Aviation | Among the attractions to be seen at next month's Australian International Airshow at Avalon will be the US Air Force's stealthy F-22 Raptor air superiority ...
  
Wings of Freedom Tour - Tampabay.com | See a national touring flying tribute to the crews of bombers and fighter aircrafts including the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, ...

World War II bomber goes on display in Columbia - WMBF | The South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation is offering tours of a B-25C bomber on Saturday at Hamilton-Owens Field in Columbia. ...

Flying high at 90: Ernest Thorp of Wapella recalls days as World War II bomber ... - Herald & Review | Thorp was a B-17 bomber pilot and POW in Germany during the war. Herald & Review/Kelly J. Huff An invitation to celebrate Ernest N. Thorp's 90th birthday: ...

Palm Springs Air Museum took flight from dream to destination - The Desert Sun | Nine original board of directors of the Palm Springs Air Museum: Harold N. “Pete” Madison, Charles H. Mayer, Bill Byrne, Morton Gubin, MD, John Lake, DDS, ...

Air Museum's Aviation Science Center encourages learning - The Desert Sun
Ken Miles Aviation Science Center at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Douglas is a retired teacher. / Crystal Chatham The Desert Sun Bob Douglas uses a model ...

Rare jet fighter are being restored on driveway - Chronicle Live | ... He has a fighter jet there, and not just any jet, but the remains of a Vampire T11 Jet which he is restoring. It was up for grabs at an auction at RAF Millom Aviation and Military Museum in Cumbria and Neil, who is a display pilot in his spare time, jumped at the chance to own a piece of aviation history. ...

How The Vomit Comet Works – Convair C-131 from AIRBOYD.TV

Since 1986 aviation history flies high at the Arkansas Air Museum (Includes first-hand account) from www.digitaljournal.com | Fayetteville - Celebrating 25 years of operation, the Arkansas Air Museum is the state’s first and largest air museum and features a one-of-a-kind collection of historic and modern aircraft, including Walmart founder Sam Walton’s first plane purchased in 1954. ...

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - RVbasics News | This week, the National Park Getaway series of travel articles takes you to Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. The park tells the stories of three amazing people—the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and the famous innovators—and first pilots—Wilbur and Orville Wright. ...

Dr. Hans Multhopp's Raven and Its Legacy - from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Dr. Hans Multhopp and a model of his Ta 183 fighter.  By 1942 both Messerschmitt and Heinkel had flown jet fighter prototypes but other great fighter aircraft manufacturer of Germany at the time, Focke-Wulf, was lagging behind in jet aircraft development with the technical director of the company, Kurt Tank, still working on preliminary ideas for a jet fighter aircraft. Tank's first designs resembled the Heinkel He 162 with a single, dorsal-mounted engine. As Tank refined the design further, the engine moved into the  ...

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 25 from War and Game | Entering service in 1969 was the MiG-25, a large interceptor capable of reaching Mach 2.8 at altitude. This aircraft was originally designed to counter the U.S. XB-70 and SR-71 and was produced in several reconnaissance variants. The MiG-25 (NATO code name “Foxbat”) achieved notoriety in 1975 when Lieutenant Viktor Belenko flew an example to Japan, […]

Today in Aviation History – February 5 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 

Navy pilot gets 1st chance to fly F-35B - NavyTimes.com | ... first F-35 flights solo — a break with the traditional approach. This will be the model for training aviators in the fleet, according to the announcement.

Latest F-35 News: here

X-47B First Flight from Ares by Guy Norris | Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS-D) demonstrator successfully completed its long-delayed first flight at Edwards AFB, Calif., late today. The stealthy, single-engine UCAS took off early in the afternoon Pacific time and landed some 29 mins later, having achieved an altitude of  ...

Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords' Husband, Decides to Fly Space Shuttle Endeavour - ABC News | Kelly was faced with a difficult choice -- stay with her, or resume training for the flight, possibly his last chance ever to fly in space. ...

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Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announced from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -BIRMINGHAM AL-The Board of Directors of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the selection of four Alabama aviators to be honored in recognition of their distinguished contributions to aviation. These individuals will join the sixty-eight men and women previously honored with induction into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. The ceremony is to be held on March 26, 2011 at the new venue, the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham.  The 2011 Inductees include: ...
   
Parade of Flight To Mark 100 Years of Naval Aviation - Mission Times Courier
The Leap Frogs will join more than 200 historic and modern-day aircraft in the Parade of Flight over San Diego Bay on Feb. 12. ...

2011 Great Tennessee Air Show Teaser :15 - www.youtube.com | This is a teaser TV spot we created for the 2011 Great Tennessee Air Show featuring the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. Visit www.GreatTennesseeAirShow.com for additional details and ticket information.

Aerobatic show in Al Ain thrills thousands - GulfNews | The Blue Voltig from Italy perform during the Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2011 at the city's international airport yesterday. ...

Photoblog: Fiery scenes from the Al-Ain International Aerobatics Show - MSNBC

Two Eurofighter Typhoons arrive for Bangalore''s air show - MSN India | The aircraft will showcase it''s flying skills during the five-day long air show here. Besides Eurofighter, other companies in the MMRCA deal are Lockheed ...

Five Tejas fighters to light up Aero India - Business Standard | India's home-built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is poised to grab a large share of the limelight at the five-day Aero India 2011 air show in Bangalore, ...
   
Bournemouth Air Festival staff want more overseas display teams - Bournemouth Echo
BOURNEMOUTH Air Festival representatives are heading for the European Airshow Convention (EAC) in a bid to woo more international teams to ...

New Paint Job for Breitling Jet Team from TAKEOFF TUBE | The Breitling Jet Team are a civilian aerobatic display team based in Dijon, France. They fly seven L-39 Albatros jets in the colours of their sponsor, Breitling. They are the world's first civilian formation team flying jet-engined aircraft. The team currently comprises ...
    
Russia to unveil new air defense system at Indian air show - RIA Novosti | ... will disclose information about a new mobile short-range air defense system based on the Strelets launcher at the upcoming Aero India 2011 air show. ...

1979 Reno Air Races -- Part 1 - YouTube

Colorado Air Racer Takes On Reno Source: www.youtube.com
Centennial, CO air racer John Zayac and is T-6 (airplane) race team fights for a first place win at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV this past September. How does the team do? Watch this report by Angel A. Rosado for Fox31 News.

Early Aviation - x planes | “Early aviator, James “Bud” Mars, and his wife sit on a Curtiss aircraft, circa 1910. (Courtesy photo from National Archives)”

Mireille talks about the Women of Aviation Worldwide Week initiative -  www.youtube.com
Mireille Goyer discusses Women of Aviation Wordlwide Week initiative with Deneka Michaud on Delta TV ...

Tail Turret Success!  from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog | Congratulations to Armament Project Lead Nate Timm for the successful operation of the B-25's Bell Tail Turret Assembly! Nate worked with Ray Miller to finish the hydraulics, bleed them, and get  ...

Syd Blue from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | Syd flies planes, writes novels and looks like a model! Not only is she talented and beautiful, but she has the voice of an angel, a great sense of humor and when she's not writing, she's inspiring and motivating young pilots. ...

B-25 Bomber Hits Empire State Building (1945) - YouTube (AirBoyd.TV) | On Saturday, July 28, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr. was piloting a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from Boston to LaGuardia Airport. At 9:40 a.m., the plane crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building, between the 78th and 80th floors, carving an 18 ft (5.5 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) hole in the building where the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council were located.  One engine shot through the side opposite the impact and flew as far as the next block where it landed  ...

Today in Aviation History – February 4 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club

LSA's and "Able Flight Scholarships" Keep Pilots Flying from Arizona Aerospan

Apollo 14 Moon shot: Alan Shepard 'told he was too old' - BBC
When Apollo 14 landed on the Moon, 40 years ago this week, mission commander Alan Shepard was the oldest astronaut to have flown in space. ...

Yuris Night Announcement – Live Show 4.02 from Spacevidcast  | Dr. Ryan L. Kobrick, Executive Director of Yuri’s Night joins us live to announce the new video contest and your chance to win $500! Everyone seems to be stepping up their space program from  ...

Kelly will fly in Endeavour's final flight - KSN-TV | STS-124 commander Mark Kelly addresses the media after arriving at the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center May 28, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, ...

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