Triumphant return of Blue Angels to Miramar Air Show * DVIDS | A Blue Angels’ formation of F/A-18 Hornets buzzes through the air as they make their return to the world’s largest military air show...
Blue Angels' Fat Albert is back * PNJ | The Blue Angels' C-130 Hercules aircraft, Fat Albert, will be making a comeback in the Miramar Air Show today through Sunday on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as well in the homecoming show on Pensacola NAS on Nov. 7 through 9...
Thunderbirds draw large crowd at air show * Florida Today | Four-year-old Dekkin Anderson jumped and flailed his arms as he watched an F-16 jet go vertical Saturday as if it was launched from Melbourne International Airport...
Video: USAF Thunderbirds media flight * Orlando Sentinel | Come along for the ride as Orlando Sentinel photographer Joshua Cruey takes a ride with USAF Thunderbirds pilot 7 Major Tyler Ellison at the Melbourne Air and Space show.
Video: 34th Annual WWII Stearman Fly-in * KPLC7 | About 40 World War II Stearman training airplanes flew into Jennings for the 34th annual Stearman end of season fly-in. "Stearman planes were developed in 1926 or so," said Jennings City Coordinator Michelle Herbert. "They were used as trainer planes for most of the military. You see them a lot now as crop dusters. There's not a whole lot of them left, I've heard maybe about one thousand."...
Great Tiger Moth Air Race 2014 soars over Newcastle * Mail | A SWARM of Tiger Moths hummed 
over Newcastle this morning before doubling back in the afternoon. Maitland mayor Peter Blackmore farewelled the fleet of almost 40 planes as they departed from Luskintyre on Saturday, making their way over Newcastle about 9.15am as part of the Great Tiger Moth Air Race's first leg to Camden....
Pyrohelia: ‘Otto’ Goes to the Disco * AIN Online | If you’ve frequented major American airshows in the last 25 years, chances are you’ve seen Otto The Helicopter, a 1985 Schweizer 300 with its canopy done over in clown face. Roger Buis is Otto’s second pilot; he and his wife Pauline bought the act in 1999...
Aviation Roundup at Minden-Tahoe Airport Oct. 11 * General Aviation News | On Oct. 11, the Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV) in Nevada, will hold its annual Aviation Roundup. This year will have a few new events, according to organizers. In the morning there will be rocket launches. As Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) dominate a lot of news today across the country, the Aviation Roundup has secured a “Drone Zone.” Roundup attendees will be able to observe UAS flights on an obstacle course and learn more about UAS applications...
Jacqueline Cochran Air Show Fills Coachella Valley Skies * Palm Springs Life | The Jacqueline Cochran Air Show returns to the Coachella Valley Oct. 25. The Riverside County Economic Development Agency and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport Authority puts on this free biennial community event...
Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss: ‘There’s always a sense of danger’ * Las Vegas Sun | Death-defying Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss admits that “there’s always a sense of danger” when he battles 10G forces zigzagging sideways and upside down over 200 mph just 80 feet in the air, but laughs it off saying spectators are in more danger if they forget their sunscreen. Welcome to the greatest air race in the world...
Video: Kirby Chambliss meets Amelia Earhart * Red Bull Air Race | Amelia Rose Earhart is taken on the flight of her life with Kirby Chambliss
SUN ‘n FUN slates Aerospace Discovery Weekend * General Aviation News | LAKELAND, Florida — For the first time ever for Aerospace Discovery Weekend (formerly Wings ‘n Things) on the SUN ‘n FUN Convention Campus, Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby, a fighter pilot at the controls of his RV-8A known as Wild Blue with a maximum speed of over 200 mph, will fly as part of the activities Oct. 24-26...
Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 3 - The Layout * NORDO News | This year we introduced a new fly-in layout. Since the beginning of Lee Bottom time, all events have been focused around the home and hangar situated mid-field. That's no longer the case...
Museum slates open cockpit day and swap meet * General Aviation News | WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. — The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold two events on Sunday, Oct. 12. The first event is the Fall Open Cockpit Day. Visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 aircraft. These include the Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter; the North American F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter; the Coast Guard HH-52 rescue helicopter; the Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon and the Lockheed F-104C Starfighter. Also to be...
Last Flying Tigers Pilot Dies At 91 * China Topix | China’s last Flying Tiger pilot died at the age of 91 of lung failure in the country’s southwest hospital...
Video: Aviator Memorial Unveiled at NAS Lemoore By KMPH NewsDesk | A new memorial now stands at Naval Air Station Lemoore to honor Navy pilots killed in the line duty...
Sopwith Camel Installed in WWI Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon * Warbirds News | The RAF 
Restored 747 prototype now open to public at Museum of Flight * General Aviation News | SEATTLE — The first Boeing 747 was never an airliner. For more than 25 years it was used by Boeing for flight tests until the plane was retired and grounded in the 1990s, then moved to The Museum of Flight years later....
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Discovered Off Croatian Coast * Warbirds News | A fascinating video surfaced recently showing the remarkably intact frame of a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka in the Adriatic sea off the coast of Croatia close to the island of Žirje. Divers from the Croatian Department of Underwater Archeology, alongside members of the diving club ZG-SUB, and the Ministry of Defense Military Museum discovered the seventy year old wreck following details from local fishermen. The video by Hrvoslav Pavic is provided below courtesy of Avialogs.com....
XP-82 Twin Mustang – September, 2014 Restoration Update * Warbirds News | As usual, 
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Pursuing a dream: Fightertown pilot to fly with Blue Angels * Marines.mil | Capt. Jeff Kuss, a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 has been selected to fly with the best of the best - the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Kuss, a 30-year-old native of Durango, Colo., will join the Blue...
Boom — They're Back * Atlantic City Weekly | That includes an array of thrilling demonstrations by the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, which will race across the sky. There will also be parachute flag jumps by the U.S. Army Golden Knights and other world-class aerobatics teams. “The Golden Knights will do...
Snowbirds flying at Greenwood for Armed Forces Day * Digby Courier | Highlights include static 
Snowbirds soar over Camrose * Camrose Canadian | Spectators watched in awe as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team landed at the Camrose Airport from Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 1. After the airplanes touched down and parked, the rest of the day was dedicated to preparing for the...
Heading to Cowes for the RAF Typhoons, Red Arrows and Firework displays? * On The Wight | Before you've had time to recover from the 'ooohs' and 'ahhhs', The Red Arrows will be zooming into the Cowes skies (at 19.30) for their 50th display year. The firework finale doesn't start until 21.30, but it's always worth the wait, with a fantastic...
The best riders in the Red Bull Air Race in Croatia * Translated | Croatia is hosting the second round of the championship 2014 Red Bull Air Race, where the best sport pilots "wings" are aboard their light aircraft...
Wings Over Sandpoint fly-in is Saturday * Coeur d'Alene Press | In fact, he expects between 75 to 125 airplanes of all makes, models and designs to fly in throughout the day. These aircraft will include very interesting examples of amphibious planes and older models, Berrey said. The plane exhibition will take...
Wings Over Wiscasset off to flying start * Wiscasset Newspaper | When Ron O'Neill was an Army medic serving in the European theater during World War II, he needed to memorize the different looks of warbirds he might see. On Friday, August 8, the Brunswick man saw some types that looked familiar. The planes were...
Great Lakes Aviators Build-off and Fly-in * cedarspringspost | The Great Lakes Aviators will hold their second annual Build-off and Fly-in on Saturday, August 16, at Paul C. Miller Airport, 9100 Vinton Avenue, in Sparta. Enjoy a hearty breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tour the airport grounds and see up close...
Guest speakers, learning tracks for Aviation Expo released · General Aviation News | The FLYING Aviation Expo has its list of educational guest speakers and programs in anticipation for the three-day event and trade show set for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Palm Springs, Calif...
Tuskegee exhibit coming to Homestead * Beatrice Daily Sun | Six guiding principles enabled the Tuskegee Airmen to exceed expectations and become heroes during World War II. From Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 2014, visit the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit at Homestead...
The Canadian Lancaster Made It To England by Kevin Hong | The Canadian Lancaster has landed at 
Ride in vintage aircraft takes Aroostook County World War II veterans back in time * Bangor Daily News | FRENCHVILLE, Maine — It has been close to 70 years since Edmond Theriault of Fort Kent sat in the pilot's seat of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but on Thursday, the World War II veteran said it felt pretty familiar and perhaps he could fly it...
WWII vet reflects on time as gunner in B-25 bomber * The Northwest Florida Daily News | He volunteered for gunnery school and was assigned as the top turret gunner on a six-man crew flying B-25 bombers. That meant he was the one to climb into the cramped, clear dome sticking out of the top of the plane and man the guns. The space was so...
No. 100 Group RAF Association gets a good talking to ;) * Travel for Aircraft | The People’s Mosquito |Apologies for the misleading title but we hope it is amusing — the No. 100 Group Royal Air Force (RAF) holds a unique as well as significant place in aviation’s history and its association (RAF No. 100 Group Association) lives up to that reputation. During World War II it was...
Video: The Legacy of a Legend,The Trip of a Lifetime · Dave Budd, Photorecon.net | A few weeks 
ago..Amelia Rose Earhart recreated and symbolically completed her namesake’s famous around the world flight. Veteran Television and Radio reporter, Amelia Rose Earhart, completed an amazing journey around the world, in her...
Pilot back in Scotland after 59000 mile global journey * BBC News | The
pilot, a former president of the Scottish Aero Club, completed the
journey in his single-engine Piper Comanche, the first time a global
aerial circumnavigation has been staged from the east of Scotland.
Friends, family and fellow aviators joined...
Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Hal Stockman Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - Hal Stockman talks about building his Rans S7. He also talks about the Oratex Fabric System and how he used it on his Rans S7.
Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Paul Mather Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - An interview with Paul Mather, pilot and President of M-Squared Aircraft. Paul talks about his M-Squared Breeze-2.
Rodney's Aviation Ramblings:
- Brussels Air Museum - Last photos
- Brussels Air Museum - Jet fighters
- Brussels Air Museum - Smaller Aircraft
- Brussels Air Museum - Larger aircraft
- These Belgians do museums good!
- Random pictures from Brussels
Come fly with me ... Base Aero Club gets students away from it all * Robins Rev Up | Brian Shreve, Rev-Up reporter (left), and Lewayne Davis, Robins Aero Club chief flight instructor, take one of the club's Piper Warrior III aircraft for a spin above Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The club was once limited to active duty personnel and...
Remembering Henry Warren “Hank” Hartsfield, Jr. Discovery’s First Commander (1933-2014) * AirSpace | Henry “Hank” Hartsfield served as commander of the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, now on display at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The six-day STS-41D mission began on August 30, 1984. An earlier launch attempt ended with the first on-the-pad abort just four seconds before launch. The first Discovery crew successfully deployed three communications satellites, tested a towering solar array, and used the IMAX® motion picture camera in orbit....
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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AirVenture Off To An Upbeat Start * AVweb | The sprawling grounds were damp, and the skies were overcast Sunday at EAA AirVenture, but the crowds already were thick and the mood upbeat as this year's edition of the world's biggest airshow got ready for its Monday morning launch. The aviation...
Thousands to Descend on Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture * WBAY | Oshkosh - Thousands of aviation enthusiasts will descend on Oshkosh Monday for the start of EAA AirVenture. The "World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" draws about 500,000 people from 70 nations each year, according to AirVenture organizers.
General aviation gets the family back together as EAA AirVenture opens * Wichita Business Journal (blog) | The world's largest general aviation fly-in and convention kicked off on Monday at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., a gathering Experimental Aircraft Association chairman Jack Pelton likened to a family reunion. The annual event runs from Monday...
Video: Air Cup Race Previews Airventure OshKosh 2014 * WSAW | Thousands will gather to watch 
pilots fly a variety of aircraft through the blue skies this week at Oshkosh for the 2014 EAA Airventure Airshow. But for those who couldn't wait until Monday to see some planes in action, Sunday's Airventure Air Cup Race...
View a Stream of Photos from Oshkosh at NORDO News · Rich Davidson NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | Want to see a conglomeration of photos people are posting online from Oshkosh?...
Amelia Rose Earhart says thanks at EAA AirVenture * WKOW | Last year, Amelia Rose Earhart was at AirVenture looking for sponsors and partners to help her in her quest to fly around the world. On Monday, she came back to say thanks after successfully completing the mission. It's a flight she says she took for a...
Sunday's Hail Storm Damages Plane Headed to AirVenture Oshkosh * WSAW | Hail in Wisconsin Rapids damaged homes, gardens, cars, and even a few planes early Sunday morning. Including one that was going to be in AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The pilot was forced to withdraw it from the event. "It was home built," said Howard...
Blue Angels arrive in Seattle * KIRO Seattle | The Blue Angels have arrived in Seattle! They came to 
Blue Angels to fly over Pearl Harbor in September * KHON2 | The Blue Angels will be featured in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Wings Over the Pacific Air Show. The event takes place September 27 and 28, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., on Hickam Field and will be free and open to the general public. In addition to the Blue...
'Aviadarts 2014' enters air race stage * ecns | Four pilots of the aviation element of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAAF) flied two Su-30 planes to take part in the race. The Russian Air Force held the kick-off ceremony at the aviation shooting range in Bogenuowo before...
Sunderland Airshow 2014 "could have had over one million visitors" * ChronicleLive | More than a million people could have turned out for this year's Sunderland Airshow, organisers believe. With early estimates suggesting almost 500,000 people made their way to the Roker and Seaburn seafront on Saturday alone it could have been a...
Osprey makes Sapporo Airshow debut * DVIDS | More than 20,000 people attended the 28th Sapporo Airshow July 20 at the Sapporo Okadama Airport. The airshow was the first to display the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for the public in Sapporo. The Ospreys gave the Japanese community a closer look...
BlogGAR – In defence of the military airshow | With the news that RAF Waddington International Airshow will be taking a sabbatical in 2015, with no guarantees that it will return in 2016, Gareth Stringer argues in defence of the military airshow....
Green Bay Packers' coach flies on B-17, jokes about bombing Chicago * Autoblog (blog) | For most people, the opportunity to fly on a B-17 Flying Fortress is rare. For the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, Mike McCarthy (above, left), it's an opportunity to eliminate a despised nemesis – Chicago. "Alright, let's go bomb Chicago...
Video; WWII Planes land at Warhawk Air Museum * KIVI-TV | WWII Planes land at Warhawk Air 
Museum. By On Your Side Newsroom . CREATED Jul 27, 2014. Two famous American war planes from World War II landed at the Warhawk Museum in Nampa Saturday. A crowd watched as the P-38 and Corsair touched...
Work begins on Lady Liberty's engine * Enid News & Eagle | Funds for the maintenance of Lady Liberty are all by donation, and the Lady Liberty Sponsor Group receives no additional funds from the national Commemorative Air Force or the CAF Air Power Museum, which is the owner of record for the aircraft. The...
70 Years ago today the British flew the Allies first Jet powered Fighter Aircraf... · American Airpower Museum 70 Years ago today the British flew the Allies first Jet powered Fighter Aircraft into combat during WWII. The Gloster Meteor was first flown operationally by the RAF's 616 squadron and was put to work starting on July 27th, 1944 in defending England from the V-1 Buzz Bombs. Although it would be...
Fans of aviator Amelia Earhart to gather in Augusta Saturday * Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel | Earhart was born in 1897 in Kansas and was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared July 2, 1937, in the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. She visited Bangor, Waterville and Augusta Aug...
World record flyer lands in LaPorte * nwitimes.com | The LaPorte Aero Club, a group of aviation enthusiasts at the airport, presented Garratt a check for $250 to go toward ALS research. "I've heard about CarolAnn and I've been anxious to see what she's been doing. This is a great night for me," said Ron...
World's largest proficiency air rally to fund Oklahoma women's aviation ... * Daily Ardmoreite | “This scholarship is an excellent opportunity for our group to support Oklahoma women in aviation, including women seeking their private pilot's license, as well as those who are working toward more advanced ratings,” said Heather Sterzick, the...
First Production HondaJet Makes Public Debut at EAA ... | OSHKOSH, Wis. — July 28, 2014 — The first production HondaJet made its public debut today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Following a celebratory event commemorating the occasion, the HondaJet concluded the day with an...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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Team Alabama's Day 1 at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow in pictures * al.com | LONDON, England – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley talked with several key aerospace executives during opening receptions for the 2014 Farnborough International Air Show near London on Sunday. An estimated 90 civic and business leaders from across...
Official photographer for the Thunderbirds · Bayou Renaissance Man | Here's a fascinating video for aircraft enthusiasts and photography buffs. It depicts USAF cameraman Sergeant Larry Reid Jr. and his work as part of the Thunderbirds aerobatic team. I highly recommend watching it in full-screen mode.
In celebration of Bastille Day * Travel Weekly (blog) | In France, the celebrations begin with the traditional Military Parade down the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Infantry, cavalry and motorised troops form a procession watched by thousands, while the Patrouille de France aircraft perform aerobatics in the...
Amelia Earhart namesake completes flight around globe * The Coloradoan | ...as they recreated the flight of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the Oakland Tribune reported. Their flight of 24,300 nautical miles in a Pilatus PC-12 NG included 17 stops, 10 of which were the same stops that Earhart made on her around the...
Vulcan XH558 Has Returned to the Air Following a £400,000 Wing Modification · WarbirdsNews PRESS RELEASE- The last flying Avro Vulcan has returned to the air following a 
Airshow Troyes in unpredictable weather (Morning) · Passion for aviation (Translated) | Despite a very unstable weather, the meeting of Grand Troyes Skyline Events organized by the June 29, 2014 gave us a good show and 10,000 spectators were highly rewarded by stunning presentations in flight. The latter having started in the morning around 10:30 am, I will present two articles...
SO-4050 VULTURE IIN No. 348 · Passion for aviation (Translated) | Régis Biaux lent me some slides of SO-4050 Vautour N ° 348 and allowed me to share it with you. SO-4050 Vautour is a French multirole jet aircraft designed by SNCASO early 50s. 140 copies were built, 30 of which are exported to Israel. Vultures have the latest...
Wasabi goes to 17,000 feet! * Wasabi Air Racing | We installed the oxygen system in Wasabi and yesterday successfully flew to 17,000 to check fuel/oxygen flows at altitude for the upcoming non-stop flight to Oshkosh....
Engine Failure During Oshkosh Photo Shoot · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | I love doing aviation photo shoots. Up ten, down ten, five back, twenty forward, straight ahead, whatever the photographer wants I’m there to give it to them. It’s not easy to capture images of rare planes and playing an active role in the process is extremely satisfying. Look at any great aviation photo you played a part in and you remember the effort involved....
Dale Davis got in Naval aviation 2 days after Hiroshima was bombed ending WW II · War Tales | Dale Davis of Punta Gorda Isles got into Naval aviation on June 8, 1945. It was two days after Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan from a B-29, four-engine bomber named for his mother–Enola Gay–ending World War II. “After I was sworn in to the Navy’s Aviation Cadet Program...
World’s Last A-7 Corsair in Black Special Color scheme * The Aviationist | The Hellenic Air Force operates world’s last ageing but still much loved venerable Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II jets. The aircraft, flown by the 336 Mira (Squadron) “Olympos” belonging to the 116 Combat Wing from Araxos, will be phased-out in October this year....
Douglas B-26 Invader Almsot Ready To Fly In Australia · WarbirdsNews Sometimes dreams take a 
Some great pictures of a Spitfire rebuild · Bayou Renaissance Man | Avspecs in New Zealand rebuilds Spitfires and other vintage aircraft. International Business Times has a fascinating photo essay on their rebuild of a Spitfire Mark V. Here are a few pictures to whet your appetite, greatly reduced in size to fit this blog...
POTEZ 36 No. 01 Prototype * Passion for aviation (Translated) | The Potez 36 was in the late twenties and early thirties to the origin of the development of aviation tourism in France. The idea is to create a two-seater plane "inside pipe" allowing everyone to get on the plane in business attire refraining the headband and goggles when necessary in an airplane cabin "Torpedo". Glazed cabin and high wing monoplane and allows clear view down....
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cold War Jets · The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 provided a wide variety of aircraft displays, and we continue with the theme from the previous McDonnell Banshee post: Cold War Jets. The MiG-15 and MiG-21 were on display, along with several North American F-86s, FJ-4B Fury and a T-37 Dragonfly. We also have archived photos of the L-29 Delfin and Temco Pinto to add to the Cold War Jets collection. These aircraft...
Young Eagles Program Inspires Future Pilots * KEYC | The Young Eagles program lets kids 8 to 17 years old have a chance to hop into a plane and help navigate during a 20 minute plane ride around Mankato. Bernie Davey is the E.A.A chapter coordinator, he says the best part of the day is interacting with ...
Saturday, July 12, 2014
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Greg Koontz to receive 2014 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship · General Aviation News | Greg Koontz has been named the 2014 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Koontz is known throughout North America and parts of Latin America as a foremost authority on American Champion Super Decathlon aircraft, according to officials with World Airshow News, which bestows the award...
Amelia Rose Earhart | Everyone has oceans to cross... Today, Amelia and I cross one together. Thank you to everyone who has joined us as we flew around this big, beautiful world. I felt like we all shared a bit of Amelia's passion for adventure in the process....
Weekend Calendar * Fencecheck | All your weekend shows are listed by our friends at the link. 
History major embraces Blue Angels traditions * Pensacola News Journal | Blue Angels pilot Mark Tedrow is a quintessential aviator at Pensacola Naval Air Station: a Naval Academy graduate who loves his job with the elite flight team and especially enjoys buzzing the crowd at the annual Pensacola Beach Air Show. Lt Mark...
Saturday fly-in/air show: It will be loud * Valley Courier | “It's a lot of noise,” said Del Norte and former Army pilot Vern McCallister, who will fly his World War-II era T-6 in this Saturday's SLV Pilot's Association Fly In and Air Show based out of the SLV Regional Airport in Alamosa. “It's what the people...
Video: Jets Over Kentucky offers small-scale airshow in Lebanon * WDRB | An annual event - held in Lebanon, Kentucky - gives new meaning to the term "forever young."...
Latest Newsletter! * Planes Of Fame News | Read our newly released Newsletter, Vol.38, No. 2
Video: Yankee Lady take off at Waterloo Air Show * International Council of Air Shows
New BBC Two documentary follows RAF's Red Arrows * seenit.co.uk | The Red Arrows, the RAF's world famous display team, are being showcased in a new BBC Two documentary which airs later this month. One of the nation's true icons, the team celebrates 50 seasons of world-famous displays this year and acts as the public...
The Patrouille de France will eventually happen that late Monday morning ... * La Voix du Nord (translated) | Big disappointment this morning for all lovers of airplanes. Considering the awful weather which prevails in the Valenciennes region, the Patrouille de France (PAF) is not arrived at Valenciennes as expected. The eight drivers will stand on the tarmac late Monday that...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Farnborough Airshow selects Midair Squadron XH134 for Flying Display * UK 
Sponsor of Earhart search wants suit to continue * Seattle PI | ...The group is concentrating now on analyzing a piece of aircraft aluminum, about the size of a dinner tray, discovered on the island in the 1990s, Gillespie said. While the rivet pattern on the piece didn't match the Lockheed Electra, he said they're now focusing on whether it could be conclusively identified as a patch that was placed on Earhart's plane before it disappeared. "It's always so ironic to be working on this stuff, and then at the same time fighting a lawsuit that says, 'Ah, you found the thing years ago,' " Gillespie said....
Only flying B-29 in the world flies into Boise * KTVB | BOISE -- It was a once-in-a-lifetime sight for many at the Boise Airport Thursday as three World War II aircraft were flown in by the Commemorative Air Force. "The Commemorative Air Force is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to keeping...
B-17 wreckage a haunting hike * Colorado Springs Gazette | On June 13, 1944, an Army Air Corps B-17 flying a training mission out of Rapid City, S.D., went off course and slammed into a snow-covered mountainside a quarter mile from the Flowers Trail, killing four of 10 on board. Seventy years later, the...
Reliving historic mail run into our fair city * Wangaratta Chronicle | Historic and unique planes, including some belonging to members of Wangaratta Aero Club, will take part in a re-enactment of the first air mail run in 1914. Frenchman Maurice Guillaux flew a Bleriot XI aircraft from Melbourne to Sydney from July 16-18...
New exhibit for kids opens at Hampton's Virginia Air and Space Center * Daily Press | Put on a spacesuit, build a pillow rocket, drive a lunar craft, inspect moon dust or sleep strapped to the wall in the new permanent exhibit for preschoolers at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. The "Space Racers" exhibit celebrates its grand...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: David Martin and Kirby Chambliss * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is well known for attracting top-tier aerial entertainment, and we continue our photo essay series featuring David Martin in the Breitling CAP 232 and Kirby Chambliss in the Red Bull Edge 540. Martin is a third generation pilot with both military and civilian flying experience. Chambliss began flying at an early age, becoming the youngest Southwest Airlines pilot at age 24 and their youngest captain at age 28. He later became 5-time U.S. Aerobatic Champion and 2-time Red Bull Racing Champion. We present both here with highlights from their airshow routines...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cropdusters! * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 featured two prominent agricultural aircraft: the Air Tractor AT-502B with P&W Canada PT6A-34AG engine and a Thrush S2R-H80 with GE H80-100 engine (also on display in front of the GE exhibit). The Air Tractor was similar to the AT-301 model used to represent "Dusty" from the movie Planes, and at times they were both static display together. The Thrush flew in the airshows, including a full hopper drop. Here are some views of both aircraft...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Breakfast with Blue Angels on Pensacola Beach * Pensacola News Journal | Breakfast with Blue Angels on Pensacola Beach. Breakfast with the Blues offers a stress-free opportunity to see Navy flight team perform. Loading… Post to Facebook. Breakfast with Blue Angels on Pensacola Beach Breakfast with the Blues offers...
Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival – July 12 * Placer County Online | The FREE Air 
Show will highlight “Women in Aviation,” the U.S. Air Force Parachute Team “Wings of Blue” with several of its female pilots and jumpers, numerous world-renowned aerobatic pilots. There will be a Vendor Village, static aircraft displays...
Warbird Weekend takes off July 12 · General Aviation News | GRANGEVILLE, Idaho — The third annual Warbird Weekend runs Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, at the Idaho County Airport, featuring historic aircraft, plane flights, aviation exhibits and related events. Free to the public, the annual event recognizes the role of aviation in Idaho County’s history and highlights the airport as an economic development hub, as well as a gateway to outdoor recreation in North Central Idaho....
Airshow at Gladwin Airport July 12 * Gladwin County Record | GLADWIN – The Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport is holding an air show on July 12 and 13. There will be a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. There will be a C-47 expected to arrive in Gladwin on July 11 at around 3 p.m. and a WWII BT-13 as well.
Two days of festivities for High River Airshow * High River Times | The airshow had a simple start earlier this year when High River resident Mark Pearl put some thought into ways he could help lift the spirits of the town following the challenges of last year's flood. A chance email to the Snowbirds in February got...
Arlington Fly-In gets ready to soar * HeraldNet | The Fly-In is scheduled to run Thursday through Saturday at Arlington Municipal Airport. Events and exhibits begin each day at 8 a.m., with air shows starting at 2 p.m. The day wraps up with an outdoor movie when it gets dark.
Celebrating the 4th Of July In Binghamton * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | For the 
Prince Charles to visit Fairford Air Tattoo * Gloucestershire Echo | HRH The Prince of Wales is to attend the Royal International Air Tattoo on Friday July 11 when the airshow will be holding a special Red Arrows' Pit Day. The Prince of Wales will meet the pilots and aircrew beside their aircraft following the display...
Aviatrix to speak about recreation flight * Atchison Globe | Amelia Rose Earhart grew up her whole life thinking that she was the bloodline of the pioneering pilot. After hiring a team of researchers to discover her relation to the original Earhart, Amelia Rose found out there was no relation. Despite the...
More WW2 Planes To Visit CdA * The Spokesman Review (blog) | Finding Fifi in a Naval proving ground in sad condition, the nonprofit Commemorative Air Force rescued her in the 1970s, spent many years and dollars restoring her, and sent her back into the skies. She now tours the nation in pristine condition. You...
D-Day veterans bring history to life at the Air Force Museum Theatre on July 12 * National Museum of the USAF | On Saturday, July 12 at 4 p.m., the Air Force Museum Theatre will host a special event combining Living History, D-Day: Normandy 1944 and live presentations. Filmmakers Kara Martinelli and Adam White will introduce Living History at 4 p.m., then following the screening, personal stories and additional insight will be shared with the audience by D-Day veterans and restorers. D-Day: Normandy 1944 will be shown following the discussion. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, D-Day: Normandy 1944 pays tribute to these veterans and those who gave their lives during the largest Allied operation of World War II....
Transformer fire breaks out at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum * TheCelebrityCafe.com | Transformer fire breaks out at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. By Marcina Zaccaria , 7/8/2014. A transformer fire erupted at the pier near the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York on Tuesday. Three people were injured in the incident ...
Oshbash: 2014 Oshkosh must! · Flight To Success | What is an Oshbash? "Oshbash is the official social networking "meetup" event of the Airplanista Aviation Blog and writer Dan Pimentel. This is the AirVenture event where #avgeeks from Twitter and the online aviation family meet each other in person, many for the first time. Both previous Oshbash events in 2011 and 2013 filled the Press Tent with "standing room only" audiences....
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The Jet Man! * The Aero Experience | Another unusual aerial 
entertainer at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 was Yves "Jetman" Rossy, former Swiss Air Force fighter pilot and current air transport pilot who just happens to fly a jet powered wing. The Jetman made his U.S. public debut at...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Bob Carlton with the Super Salto and SubSonex * The Aero Experience | Bob Carlton is a multi-talented airshow performer and real rocket scientist noted for flying his jet-powered Super Salto sailplane with Vertigo Airshows.He has performed at the Fair St. Louis daily airshows in recent years, and it was...
The Dayton Flight Factory: the Wright Brothers & the Birth of Aviation · Travel for Aircraft | The Dayton Flight Factory: the Wright Brothers & the Birth of Aviation The Dayton Flight Factory: the Wright Brothers & the Birth of Aviation, Timothy R. Gaffney, 2014, ISBN 978-1-62619-356-7, 171 pp. This is the book to bring with you when on a Wright Brothers-trek to Dayton Ohio. It is a convenient size, well made...
American Sky - A Book Review * NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | | Several months back, Fred Tribuzzo sent me a copy of his book American Sky. All he asked was that I read it and give it a review. I agreed. Anyone who has actually followed through to write and publish a book deserves that. American Sky is Fred’s story.That’s pretty much it....
Youngest Pilot Award at the AAA Fly-In * Antique Airfield News | The Nebraska chapter AAA will once again be heading up the award for the Youngest Pilot at Blakesburg this year, and we would like to invite other AAA chapters to co-sponsor this award. The cost will be divided up based on how many chapters would like to co-sponsor. We give...
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Blue Angels "Fat Albert" out of air show * Pnj.com | The Blue Angels' transport aircraft, known 
Vintage planes to carry veterans at Pensacola Beach Air Show - WEAR | Pensacola, Fla. -- The Blue Angels’ beach homecoming will open with a pre-show fly-over of World War II airplanes that will honor and include veterans of World War II....
Big Crowds Expected For Offutt Air Show July 19, 20 - WOWT | The Offutt Air Force Base Airshow returns on Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20 after government budget cuts forced it's cancellation in 2013. Planning for the show began last December with an overall group of about 70 people. Major Bryan Burger normally pilots the huge E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post but he's also taken on the immense task of directing the 2014 Offutt Air Show....
Blue Angels dazzle Cherry Festival crowds - Manisteenews |By
KATE HANSEN The Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY (MCT) — An estimated 400,000
people lined the beaches along West Grand Traverse Bay to experience
the thrill of graceful, aerobatic maneuvers in the sky. Viewers set out
early in the morning to secure their prime beach real estate for the
best views of the 88th National Cherry […]
US Golden Knights Perform At Air Show - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | Another exciting part of this weekend's air show was watching the U.S Army's Golden Knights perform their parachuting show. Prior to taking to the skies there are a lot of preparations that need to take place. The demonstration teams perform several types of shows. Golden Knight Luke Olk says the adrenaline rush keeps him coming back for more....
Vintage warbirds will soar at Gathering of Eagles Air Show July 19-20 - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio – Warbirds from the past will be featured July 19-20 in the Gathering of Eagles XVIII Air Show at Lost Nation Airport, 38550 Jet Center Place, in Willoughby. The show is presented by the Cleveland-based United States Aviation Museum which uses a portion of proceeds from the event to support restoration of a vintage World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress....
Unique air exhibit coming to Mason City - Mason City Globe Gazette * MASON CITY | North Iowans will soon get a chance to learn about the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and take a virtual ride in a plane similar to what they flew. It's all a part of a three-day exhibit at Mason City Municipal Airport Thursday through Saturday, July 10-12. And it's free....
Vintage war plane on display in Airdrie - Globalnews.ca | CALGARY- Airplane enthusiasts are flocking to Airdrie this week, to get a peek at a vintage B-25 bomber. Maid in the Shade was used in World War II, serving in Corsica just off the Italian coast. “It went out in a formation of four one day, and this is the only one that came back,” remembers Bob Taylor from Commemorative Air Force. “There was a possibility that you never came back if you went out on a mission.”...
Red Arrows Hawk grounded after bird strike damage at RAF Waddington ... - Lincolnshire Echo | A 
Red Arrows meet mystery letter girl Tahnee Johnson - BBC News | A 10-year-old girl, who was tracked down after she wrote an unaddressed letter to the Red Arrows, has met her hero - Sqd Ldr Jim Turner. Tahnee Johnson, from Bromley, who wants to become a pilot, wrote to the team last year asking if she could visit them - but forgot to include her address....
Red Arrows take to the skies at start of Tour de France * Telegraph.co.uk | The Red Arrows aerobatic jets trailed white, red and blue smoke as the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry performed the ceremonial launch cutting of the tape for the 21-stage, 2,276 mile race that will spend three days in Britain before working its...
Amazing Red Arrows picture as two Hawks appear to make contact in mid-air - Lincolnshire Echo | 
Lockheed F-35's International Debut Up in the Air - Wall Street Journal (blog) | This month’s U.K. aviation-show extravaganza is shaping up very differently for two new fighter planes at opposite ends of the price spectrum. For the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program at $399 billion—time is running out to prepare for its planned international debut at two upcoming U.K. airshows starting Friday. The F-35 fleet remains grounded in the U.S. as investigators probe the cause of a June 23 engine fire on one of the planes....
Fog in the cockpit of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 demo team during Roma International Air Show. * The Aviationist | High G maneuvers, hot and humid air, air conditioning and a sweating pilot: these are the factors that caused the canopy (and the lens of the GoPro used to take the selfie) of the RNlAF F-16 of the Dutch Demo team to fog up during the seaside air display at the Roma International Air Show (RIAS) 2014...
Animal rescue flight to depart from Southeast Aviation Expo · General Aviation News | Calling all pilots and animal lovers! On Saturday, Sept. 27, a special air caravan containing rescued animals will depart from the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina as part of the Southeast Aviation Expo. Their destination? New homes and non-kill shelters throughout the U.S....
My First Landing At Oshkosh Was In A Citabria In 1974... At Age 13 (8 Pix) · AirPigz | With OSH14 being just weeks away now, I got to thinking about the first time I made a landing at Oshkosh. I guess I dream about the past since once again I won't be flying into Oshkosh... it'll all be ground-bound again this time around. Nothing wrong with driving in, but of course it's always better to be able to fly in....
Antique Airfield
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- Rob Bach's Short Wing Piper on a Pancake Run
The Aero Experience
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- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The 4CE (The Force) Aerobatic Team Brightens the Skies
- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Airport Preparation, Crowd and Concerts
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- Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part Four: More Aerobatic Performers
- Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part Five: Aerobatic Performers In Their Element
The Green Speed Cup – Fourth Edition · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Robert Adam helps run the Green Speed Cup, a time, speed and economy run for aircraft in Germany. The rules for this year’s contest elucidate the intent and ambitions for the event: “The GREEN SPEED CUP is an aviation competition focusing on efficient flight. The emphasis lies on...
NASA Langley Talk: How Six Decades Flew by Faster than the Speed of Sound - Space Ref (press release) | On Tuesday, July 8, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, former NASA engineer and Eagle Aeronautics Director for Projects Domenic Maglieri will present "Sonic Boom: A Review of Six Decades of Research" at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center. Maglieri will take a look back at how 60 years of aeronautics research has helped to understand the sonic boom, created when aircraft breaks the sound barrier....
Virgin Galactic partners with New Mexico hotel * WTHR | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Virgin Galactic appears to be getting closer to reaching its long-delayed goal of launching tourists into space. The company said Monday it has selected Hotel Encantado de Las Cruces as the preferred hotel for its elite roster of passengers, who will pay $200,000 a person to make the flights from Spaceport America....
Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA * Aero-News Network | Says She Plans To Pursue Other Interests | NASA astronaut and educator Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger has departed the agency for other pursuits. Selected by NASA in 2004, Metcalf-Lindenburger was among NASA's first class of educator astronauts...
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Checking in on Amelia, Remembering Amelia
73 Years Later, Amelia Earhart Flies Again * Mashable | Taking after her famous aviator namesake, 
Amelia Rose Earhart took off Thursday to become the youngest woman to fly a single-engine airplane around the world. In spite of their nearly identical names — the original Amelia Earhart's middle name was Mary — there is no biological relation. But that didn't stop the modern-day Earhart from pursuing similar passions...
Photos: Check out Amelia's FB page
Track Amelia Earhart's Flight Around the World * NBC News | A 31-year-old pilot took off from Oakland, California, Thursday, flying a single-engine plane and hoping to make history. And her name just happens to be Amelia Earhart (no relation to her famous namesake). The modern-day Earhart is planning to recreate the same journey; an around-the-world flight that's expected to take nearly three weeks....
World flight by namesake honors aviation hero Amelia Earhart * fdlreporter | These days when Amelia Rose Earhart walks on the airport tarmac with a group of young children, it doesn't matter how many adults are around, she said they all become children again. In an instant, they are nine years old again, spreading their wings to catch the air and light high above the clouds guided by an infinite horizon of patchy green fields and blue water....
Video: Could this long forgotten picture and a battered sheet of aluminium FINALLY solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance? * Daily Mail | A photograph forgotten for almost 80 years could hold the key to solving the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The picture, taken immediately before the legendary aviator launched her ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe from Miami in June 1937, shows a distinctive patch of aluminum bolted to the side of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra....
The Legend of Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance by The National Air and Space Museum | The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937 during her around-the-world flight attempt persists to the present day, and is especially alive and well on the Internet. If you were to Google the term “Amelia Earhart Disappearance,” for example, the list of hits would be about 1,950,000 items! Some websites, too numerous to mention, are filled with crank conspiratorial ideas. One...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Make-A-Wish children get up close with Thunderbirds - The WSU Sign Post | With more than 400,000 attendants and participants at the air show, several Make-A-Wish children and their families got the opportunity to experience an exclusive Thunderbirds “Practice Show” earlier in the week....
Knights Open Six Hours at the Glen * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Gold Demonstration Team spent the weekend in the beautiful state of New York. The team had the honor of jumping into Watkins Glen International where they led off the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen event. This was the fifth annual Military and Veterans Appreciation event that was held in conjunction with the races. After a successful jump onto the race track, the Golden Knights met with many Veterans and families at a recruiting booth set up next to the track....
Air Show attendance sees huge increase over last year * Dayton Daily News | Attendance at the Vectren Dayton Air Show soared nearly threefold after last year's unusually low turnout, an air show official said Monday. About 65,000 people showed up at the Dayton International Airport for the weekend event the Blue Angels ...
Thousands flock to 'Warriors Over the Wasatch' air show - The WSU Sign Post | With a squadron of six Thunderbirds lining the runway, Utah’s “Warriors Over the Wasatch” air show welcomed an estimated 400,000 spectators to Hill Air Force Base this past weekend.
The Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In – How Can You Help? · NORDO News | If you are willing to volunteer during the fly-in or help in the weeks leading up to it, please send us an email by clicking here. Put FLY-IN VOLUNTEER in the subject line. This is important for getting the ball rolling on the event. Sometime in the last half of July we...
Warwick airport hosts 'Electric Fun Fly' * The Warwick Advertiser | According to Carlos Molina, president of the organization, the recent popularity of radio controlled electric aircraft models, which can now achieve a duration of flight comparable to their gas powered counterparts, is made possible by the advancement...
From Fabric to Fly by Wire – The Evolution of Naval Air Power represented at Air Day * Flightline UK | From fabric and wires to fly-by-wire, almost 100 years of Carrier Aviation will be represented at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on Saturday 26 July. With the Royal Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier being named on 4 July and edging closer into service, types as diverse as the WW1-era Sopwith Triplane, the cutting-edge Dassault Rafale and the Wildcat HM2 will highlight naval airpower, past, present and future, at the show.
Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part One: Warbirds · The Aero Experience | 
As we head towards the 4th of July, I thought it would be a good time to celebrate America's Independence with a look back at what had become a traditional Midwest airshow: Fair St. Louis. This year it was decided that the airshow would not take place due to the change in venue for the fair. Construction on the Gateway Arch grounds has forced the fair to move to Forest Park in the heart of St. Louis, and the airshow...
11 photos: Memphis Belle B-17 flies over Des Moines - DesMoinesRegister.com | Kim Hartshorn of the Carlisle Citizen takes pictures out the top of the Memphis Belle B-17 during a media flight Monday June 30, 2014, over Des Moines, Iowa. The Liberty Foundation 2014 Salute to Veterans tour will have public flights and tours of the historic aricraft July 6, 2014, at the Des Moines International Airport, Signature Aviation. This Memphis Belle B-17 has been painted to match the famous World War II Memphis Belle that flew countless missions with the 91st bomb group of the 8th Airforce.
World War II bomber stored in Marion - Herald & Review | MARION - A rare World War II bomber landed at Williamson County Airport Monday afternoon. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Diamond Lil" landed about 1 p.m. Monday before a large crowd at the Marion based airport. Mark Bybee, president of EAA Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 277 in Carbondale, said there are two of the B-24 planes left in existence and the plane is part of the Commemorative Air Force museum....
Piece of metal may offer clue to disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane - Miami-Dade | The photo is, mostly, unremarkable. It shows an airplane looming darkly on a runway at Miami Municipal Airport in the spectral shadows just before dawn — probably a test as the photographer waited for the money shot moments later, when the aircraft would lift off with famed aviator Amelia Ear…
Amelia Rose Earhart * Keep an eye on this FB page on July 2. On the anniversary of Amelia 
Earhart's disappearance, Amelia Rose Earhart has something special planned.... Oh! You might want to keep an eye on her progress as she re-traces the legendary flight path as well... In progress!
Profile 88: JUST STARTED—The A-4C as flown by Paul Galanti · JSM | ...Have a look at the pencil-sketch at the very top of this post. It's an A-4C Skyhawk that was shot down during a mission over North Vietnam on June 17, 1966. Her pilot, Paul Galanti, would become a POW for just shy of seven years...
Video: First test...Caproni Ca.324mt wingspan3xford engineirst test...
LiveLeak.com - Sopwith Triplane Crashes at Airshow | A replica Sopwith Triplane had an unfortunate accident while landing at Old Warden Aerodrome during 2014's Military Pageant Air Show during the weekend. Pilot Dodge Bailey was unhurt in the low speed crash, and it is expected the aircraft will be repaired and back in the air as soon as possible. The footage shows the approach too low, and he clips a fence on the landing strip.
Flight Gloster Meteor in Bone (Algeria) * Translated | Assigned to Bone (Algeria), Michel Quillien 
was fabricated to night fighter squadron ECN 1/71 sponsored by the 30th Fighter Wing (based in Reims) had the opportunity to make its first test flight on one of...
Illinois National Guard Troops Welcomed Home at Mount Vernon Outland Airport: Highlights · The Aero Experience | Members of the IL Army National Guard were welcomed back at Mount Vernon Outland Airport upon their return from a training deployment last Thursday. The troops arrived in three Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft flown by the IL Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, IL (two flights with each aircraft). Airport Manager Chris Collins assembled a...
Pilots asked to comment on Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 · General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus and certified flight instructor with more than 11,000 hours, has released the outline for the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (PBOR2) and is asking the aviation community to submit comments for the final Senate legislation....
