Kokomo Air Show Moves Forward Despite Cuts - Inside INdiana Business | The annual Wings and Wheels airshow in Kokomo will take place this year despite recent sequestration cuts that have forced 
the cancelation of similar events. Organizers say they are still looking for sponsorship to help cover fuel and attraction costs ...
Chinook to Showcase New Manoeuvres at Wings & Wheels from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Not seen at the airshow since 2008, Wings & Wheels is delighted to confirm the Chinook helicopter will be gracing the skies above Dunsfold Aerodrome once again on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August. The Chinook, now synonymous with combat operations in Afghanistan, will have its power and manoeuvrability demonstrated by members of the display team which is made up of personnel from 18 and 27 Squadrons from RAF Odiham...
The Alberta International Airshow will be held once every two years - globalnews.ca | Changes are coming to the Alberta International Airshow. Officials announced Wednesday the Airshow, which takes place at the Lethbridge County Airport, will happen once every two years. Airshow President, Brent Botfield says it was a difficult decision.
The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane has set off on the second leg of its trans... from Pilot News Magazine's Facebook Wall | ...its trans-American journey. It took off at 04:47 local time (12:47 BST) from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas. The craft will also stop over in St Louis and Washington DC before heading to New York in early July....
Want to See History? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to Be at Balboa Park Wednesday - Patch.com | Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will meet with fans at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Wednesday. Aldrin will sign copies of his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, along with co-author Leonard David,...
The Mighty B-52 – The WIX Warbird Show – Episode 90 - WARBIRD RADIO | It’s B-52 time! Join Zane Adams as he visits the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base for this episode of the WIX Warbird Show. Be sure and look through the PHOTO TOUR
Another Biplane Returns to the Air - Nordo News | Not that long ago, we discussed some of the interesting vintage aircraft projects getting close to returning to the air. Among those planes was a WACO owned by Steven and Tina Thomas of Poplar Grove. It is now our pleasure to share the news it has flown. The video below, produced by Steve, does a nice job of documenting the journey.
Amelia Earhart Lands In Ireland - All Things Aviation | It’s 1932 and Amelia Earhart has just completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman, exactly 5 years to the day Linbergh did it. Ms. Earhart departed Newfoundland flying to Europe some 2,000 miles away and landed in a field in Ireland in slightly less than 15 hours....
Spit Bits from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | In 1944, a slow-moving, rust-stained freighter, perhaps of the Empire class, braved the cold, dark and U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic 
Museum Receives “Operation Sun-Run” McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo Print Collection from News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum received a collection of limited edition prints depicting the McDonnell Aircraft RF-101C Voodoo flown by then U.S. Air Force Captain Ray Schrecengost on “Operation Sun-Run,” a successful bid to establish three transcontinental speed records. The prints were...
Nevada Governor Proclaims June Aviation Appreciation Month
- SAJ | Governor Sandoval, in recognizing the important role that
aviation as a whole plays in the economy of Nevada, issued aproclamation
stating June as Aviation Appreciation Month. A recent report prepared
for the Airports Council International-North America says Nevada
airports are better...
Still Time to Apply for EAA/Ninety-Nines Flight Training Scholarship from EAA | What's your price for flight? For some deserving young women between the ages of 16 and 20, it could be nothing, as EAA and the Ninety-Nines continue to accept applications for the Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship, which can cover training costs through the first solo flight.
‘Airpark’ aims to connect kids with aviators from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Getting the next generation of aviators inspired to fly and out to the airport is the focus of Tony Pfau, Stephen McKissen and a group of student filmmakers. “The show will be a family oriented TV show to attract youth to aviation,” said Pfau in an email to General Aviation News.
Drones used to save rhinos from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Rhino poaching is a big deal in Africa. Drones are a big (and getting bigger) deal everywhere. Anton Kieser is using helicopter drones to try to save the African rhino from poachers.
Free flights for youth to be offered on International Young Eagle's Day - Bay Net | The EAA Aviation Foundation's Young Eagles program has introduced young people to the world of flight since its founding on July 31, 1992. The program recorded one million Young Eagles flown by Dec. 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright ...
X-47B carrier ops video from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | The Navy just made the first catapult launch of an unmanned X-47B from a carrier at sea; then did a touch-and-go on the deck a few days later (May 14 and 17). Frederick A. Johnsen of Airailimages.com put together a short video using U.S. Navy imagery.
Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone? - Air & Space magazine | Michele Kocen is good at math. She is also very good at computer
programming, trajectory analysis, and rendezvous navigation. Add these
talents to her 25 years of experience in mission control at NASA’s
Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and you have the ideal engineer
for a human spaceflight program....
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Crowds thrill to Pease air show - The Union Leader | Faith Bellen sits atop the shoulders of her dad, Fred, as they watch the United States Navy Blue Angels perform at the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at Pease International Tradeport on Saturday. The air show continues on Sunday with ...
Back on solid ground: Foster's reporter gets exciting ride on US Navy Blue ... - Foster's Daily Democrat | I feel that it's important to preface the remainder of this story by noting that I only agreed to ride on the Blue Angels' support aircraft known as "Ernie" as long as it wouldn't be a topsey-turvey experience. Although I was assured by my editor that ...
Imaginations take flight at air show - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — They came out for the thunder of the blue-and-yellow fighter jets, and they weren't disappointed...
VIDEO: Blue Angels in Seacoast for Air Show - Patch.com | The Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show is this weekend.
Planes, heat soar at air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | Hundreds of people braved temperatures 
Balloon competition heats up on second day - Lansing State Journal | For a complete listing of events, including balloon launches, and an air show that includes the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and A-10 Warthog heritage flight, go to www.bcballoons.com....
Test jump: Golden Knights get in practice before air show - Foster's Daily Democrat | NH guide for Southeast New Hampshire and Southern Maine, including Portsmouth, Rochester, Dover, Sanford and Laconia. Local news, information, entertainment, classifieds, real estate, homes, automobiles, cars, employment, jobs, restaurants and dining ...
Jane Wicker walks on air - Seacoastonline.com | The cast includes the Black Diamond Jet Team, U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatic superstar Michael Goulian and the N.H. Air National Guard's KC-135 stratotanker. Also up for viewing will be the B-25 ...
Night airshow draws crowd - Neosho Daily News | As spectators looked into the Neosho sky Saturday night, Matt Younkin of Younkin Airshows, Siloam Springs, Ark., performed his “Magic by Moonlight” airshow for the public at Hugh Robinson Memorial Airport.
"Fighter Round-Up" brings rare planes to Nampa - Northwest Cable News | NAMPA -- An annual event at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa brought together some rare planes. It's a two day event called "Fighter Round-Up." This year the museum is highlighting the P-38 Lightning and the P-40 Warhawks.
Pilot to perform aerobatic show on Lake Minnetonka - Star Tribune | ...Local professional pilot Michael Wiskus, a national aerobatic champion,
will do the 15-minute show in a single-engine Pitts biplane, performing
rolls, spirals, stalls and other aerobatics. If weather cancels the
event, it will take place July 5. A Minnesota Orchestra performance and
fireworks will follow the show.
Helicopters in the forefront of American Heroes Air Show at Hansen Dam - Los Angeles Daily News | As more than a dozen helicopters -- from military Blackhawks to a KNBC Channel 4 news chopper -- rested on the grass at Hansen Dam Recreation Area on Saturday, hundreds of people checked them out, inspecting them almost like they would a new car.
Molinaro Will Go to Great Heights To Help Kick Off Red Hook Bicentennial Air Show - Hudson Valley Insider | Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro will get the Red Hook
Bicentennial Celebration Air Show off to a flying start this Sunday,
July 1st at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome when he flies into the event in a
biplane with Town of Red Hook Supervisor Sue Crane, Village of Red Hook
Mayor Ed Blundell and Village of Tivoli Mayor Bryan Cranna at 1:45pm.
Waddington Air Show gets 60000 through gates on first day - BBC News | Around 60000 people attend the Waddington International Air Show on the first day of the weekend event.
Awful news from Old Warden 1-7-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Sad news 20min ago, DH 'Humming bird' at the Shuttleworth collection has 'crashed' and it's not looking good for the pilot, who the Police have told some member's of the public, he has sadly died. Very windy conditions at Old Warden today, it appears that...
Air show pilot confirmed dead - Independent Online (South Africa) | The pilot who flew the L-39 Albatros that crashed at the Klerksdorp Air
Show in the North West province on Saturday morning was confirmed dead
by the provincial department of community safety....
AirVenture Daily Air Show Lineup Set from EAA Airventure | In addition to the Rockwell Collins Night Air Show on Saturday, July 28, the week is filled with special air show events: The expanded "Warbird Extravaganzas" and the "Tora! Tora! Tora!" reenactment of the Pearl Harbor attack ...
Early Birds Stake Their Claims in Camp Scholler - EAA AirVenture from EAA Airventure | Several campers claimed their sites on the traditional opening day that occurs one month before AirVenture opening day. This morning's early birds hail from across the country, and most will be volunteering - 
some for the first ...
Indy Boys Racing from Alberta International Air Show | Is that SNOOPY on his Dog House? WITH A JET ENGINE!?? Indy Boys, Inc. is motorsports entertainment at its most extreme! Vehicle builder and driver Paul Stender has created some of the fastest and most unique jet powered vehicles that ...
McANDREWS: Storied bombers, sleek jets a sight to see at Atwater's Castle Air - Modesto Bee | The Castle Air Museum, located in Atwater at the former Air Force base of the same name, features aircraft from around the world. Visitors can see many pieces of aviation history up close.
McANDREWS: Storied bombers, sleek jets a sight to see at Atwater's Castle Air - Modesto Bee | The Castle Air Museum, located in Atwater at the former Air Force base of the same name, features aircraft from around the world. Visitors can see many pieces of aviation history up close.
Conquering the Desert on Solar Power from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | André Borschberg dodged thunderstorms, overflew the Atlas Mountains, and made his way from Quarzazate to Rabat, Morocco, reversing the course he took last week to the interior of this desert country. While there, he had a week of celebrations and ceremonial gatherings in honor of what will be the world’s largest solar-thermal power plant. The presence of Solar Impulse, the gigantic, sun-borne aircraft undoubtedly served as a reminder of what such technology can accomplish.
Video: Ham is the Man! from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | What can we say? You just have to see it to believe it. It’s all true, though. Science fiction is science fact. FlightMonkeys indeed!
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Young Eagles Take Flight At Abilene Regional Airport from KTXS | Nearly 50 children sped off the Abilene Regional Airport runway on free flights from the Abilene chapter of Young Eagles.
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Thunderbirds thrill at Skyfest 2010 - KXLY Spokane
Rick Mashtare brought his son Braydon to see the Thunderbirds. "It's insane," said Mashtare, one of the thousands that crowded the flightline at Fairchild ...
Sky ride awaits fortunate reader - The Republican
The Republican and MassLive.com are teaming up with organizers of the Westfield International Air Show to offer one lucky reader a ride in a World War II-vintage B-25 Mitchell bomber which will be among the war birds visiting the skies over Western Massachusetts during the Aug. 21 and 22 show.
From the U.S. Air Force's aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, to the U.S. Army's Golden Knight parachute team, there will be scores of aircraft, both military and privately owned, as well as exhibits on the ground to draw visitors to the Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing base at Barnes Municipal Airport. As many as 250,000 to 350,000 people are expected to attend the show over its two-day run. ...
Family flies aerobatics for crowds at IF air show - Idaho State Journal
Amanda said she has no timeline on just how long she will continue to wing walk, but has a pretty good idea what will likely bring it to a close — a fourth ...
Alberta International Airshow takes place after crash - CTV.ca
The Airshow is going ahead minus the CF-18 aerial demonstration. Canadian Forces personal maintain their aircrafts are safe. Lt. Colonel Midas Vogan, ...
Defence minister praises CF-18 pilot - Toronto Sun
CALGARY - As officials investigate what caused a CF-18 to crash at the Lethbridge airport on Friday, Defence Minister Peter MacKay offered praise for the pilot who ejected mere seconds before it exploded on the ground. ...
The Bray Air Show is on today at 3:30. Celebrating 100 years of Irish Aviation.
RED ARROWS HERO WHO WON'T LET A CRASH KEEP HIM OUT OF THE SKIES - Express.co.uk
A FREAK accident during training left Red Arrows pilot Mike Ling in a wheelchair and facing the prospect he might never fly again. ...
Blades set to slice through skies at Bournemouth Air Festival 2010 - Bournemouth Echo
THE Blades will be cutting their way through the skies above Bournemouth once more at this year's Air Festival. ...
Two die at Fairford Air Tattoo - Standard
TWO people died following a heart attack at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo.
The men, neither of whom was from the Cotswolds, died at last weekend's air show in Fairford which attracted more than 150,000 visitors. ...
Air Show Schedules, Pictures, Videos, News and more - www.asb.tv
Check out Air Show Buzz for up to date air show schedules, pictures, videos, news and a variety of other great air show info.
Reno Air Racing Association - photo of the day
We missed this yesterday. Ruby was the photo of the day. Marilyn Dash is a contributor to the Indy Transponder! <Thumbs up!>
DC-3 75th Anniversay Tour – Day 2 from Hiller Aviation Museum
We started day two with a great breakfast at the Stearman Field Café with two DC-3's and a gorgeous Stearman sitting outside the window. There were only two DC-3's (97H and 41HQ) because the C-47 got an early start and was airborne before we even got to the airport.
The main topic of discussion at breakfast was the line of thunderstorms between us and Rock Falls Illinois, our next stop. We finally agreed that we would be able to head out if we deviated south towards St. Louis and then up to Rock Falls. ...
DC-3 an aviation 'game-changer' - Oshkosh Northwestern
"Some will fly in formation, some will fly in a loose arrangement," Smith said. "But I anticipate what it looks like on the ground will be as impressive as ...
If you are planning to be in the area, please visit and support the various soaring representatives that will be in Oshkosh WI July 26ththrough August 1st at EAA AirVenture© 2010. SSA volunteers are providing a booth in the Young Eagles flight Education (YEFE) section of KidVenture© at the Pioneer Airport location near the EAA Museum. Lee Murray has organized SSA's presentation for the "aircraft design" section of YEFE and Scott Manley is providing the Condor simulator to demonstrate the use of controls. Gerry Molidor is adding a 1-26 from his club for "photo ops" for the kids....
Oshkosh Soggy: Check Before You Fly from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Three days of torrential rains have left much of Wittman Field at Oshkosh in seriously soggy condition just as AirVenture arrivals are picking up. Some aircraft were being diverted on Saturday evening to land at other airports in the area. EAA's Dick Knapinski told AVweb Saturday night that anyone planning to fly into Wittman should check the latest EAA AirVenture parking status at Airventure.org/aircraft/parking_status.asp before departing on the final leg into Oshkosh. The weather cleared Saturday night and Sunday is expected to be sunny and warm. AVweb will have additional reports on Sunday.
EAA AirVenture offers a salute to military - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The seven-day aviation convention and fly-in begins Monday at Wittman Field in Oshkosh. "It's a weeklong recognition and celebration for all the men and ...
Photos: EAA Airventure Saturday - The Northwestern
Q&A: EAA, volunteers work to keep event exciting - Appleton Post Crescent
The annual AirVenture — dubbed "the world's greatest aviation celebration" by its organizers, the Experimental Aircraft Association — officially kicks off ...
Meet The ANN Oshkosh AirVenture 2010 Crew - The Staff - from Aero-News Network
And Be Nice To Them. They're With Zoom I've got to say, we have an impressive lineup of editorial, audio, and video talent joining us this year for AirVenture 2010, and our goal is to bring you the best possible coverage of aviation's premier event in the U.S. ...
Timeline of worst floods in Oshkosh - The Northwestern
A review of Northwestern storm coverage since World War II found flooding has happened for decades in the same areas, however concerns have mounted in the latter half of the century. Below is a timeline of the worst storms and their aftermath: ...
Annual air show earns accolades - Record-Searchlight
That's because on Friday its Air Show 2009 was named winner of its national organization's Outstanding Community Service Project award. ...
A380 at Farnborough from Flight Image of the Day
Personal Account of Doolittle Raider (passed away in 2003) PT1 from Military Photos
My name is Edgar McElroy. My friends call me "Mac." I was born and raised in Ennis, Texas, the youngest of five children, son of Harry and Jennie McElroy. Folks say that I was the quiet one. We lived at 609 North Dallas Street and attended the Presbyterian Church.
My dad had an auto mechanic's shop downtown close to the main fire station. My family was a hard working bunch, and I was expected to work at dad's garage after school and on Saturdays, so I grew up in an ...
Aviation workhorse helped to win WWII - Fredericksburg.com
The C-47 Skytrain was a reliable workhorse that made significant contributions to a number of conflicts and to civilian aviation. Gen. ...
On a sultry June Sunday, I found myself enroute to Wisconsin's Burlington Airport (BUU) at the invitation of one Rob Bach. It was a muggy Wisconsin morning, heavy with the scent of fresh cut grass. BUU, one of those lovely little fields with both a sod runway and a paved one, makes an ideal place for a taildragger adventure and the weather that morning was simply perfect. The kind of day where if it didn't go well, all of the turbulence would be of the pilot induced variety. Like a (moderately) good student, I'd done a little reading in advance. Rolling up to the hangar door, I couldn't help wishing I'd had the time to do a little more…
Yukon flying tour buzzes into Smithers - Midnight Sun Challenge from The Kathryn Report
Pilot Clark Closkey stands on the wing of a Piper Cherokee Archer II moments after buzzing into the Smithers airport on Saturday, July 24. A member of the Abbotsford Flying Club, Closkey was one of the 120 pilots flying home from Whitehorse this weekend as they capped off a 13-day flying tour called the Midnight Sun Challenge.
Today in History - Washington Post
In 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot (bleh-ree-OH') became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel, traveling from Calais (kah-LAY') ...
Rockets send young minds soaring skyward - Edmonton Journal
"It was a way to vicariously experience rocketry," Illerbrun said, adding that the Apollo missions instilled an interest that never faded. ...
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