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Flyovers scheduled for Air Force Week NYC - Air Force Week | In conjunction with Air Force Week New York City, the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team, the "Thunderbirds," will perform a coordinated formation flyover pass in their F-16D "Falcon" aircraft over Yankee Stadium during the Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox game Aug. 18 at approximately 4:05 p.m.
The Thunderbirds will also fly over the Air Force Week opening ceremonies up the Hudson River near the U.S.S. Intrepid, Pier 86, Sunday, Aug. 19, at approximately 1 p.m. There will be one pass from South to North....

Blue Angels pilot hails from county - Frederick News Post | Harrell, who grew up in Frederick County, was announced as a member of the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron -- otherwise known as the Blue Angels -- in July. He flies a Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules, a four-engine turboprop cargo plane that ...

Video: US Navy Leap Frogs parachute over Milwaukee - BizTimes.com | The United States Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Demonstration Team opened the air segment of the Milwaukee Air and Water Show both Saturday, Aug. 11, and Sunday, Aug. 12, waving an 800-square-foot American flag as they landed on Bradford Beach....

'Barnstormers' to Descend on Pioneer Airport Next Week from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The American Barnstormers Tour, featuring a dozen or more airworthy vintage airplanes from aviation's golden age along with pilots decked out in period gear, plans a special stop at EAA's Pioneer Airport next Wednesday, August 22...

Podcast: Andrew McKenna – Warbird Radio  - www.warbirdradio.com | Thunder Over The Boardwalk performer Andrew McKenna joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Find out about Andrew’s T-6 solo aerobatic routine and his trusty Texan “Pamela Marie”.

Disabled American Veterans Shares Message at Wings Over Alpena from DAV Flight Team  | Alpena, MI – Disabled American Veterans (DAV) will reach out to veterans and their families sharing its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’s combat-wounded men and women at the Wings Over Alpena on August 17-18.  In the company of the iconic World War II era B-25 Mitchell Bomber, the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team will appear at the Wings Over Alpena....

'Wings Over Halls': Annual air show is this weekend - Jackson Sun | This year, both days feature the same routine and begin at 1:30 p.m. with the national anthem and recognition of veterans from every branch, followed by the air show. Visitors can see a sky dotted with D-17s, D-25s, P-47s, P-51s and more. Team RV, a ...

Airfield days a go in Owasco - Auburn Citizen | The Experimental Aircraft Association, Young Eagles and the Spot Landing Challenge are two of this year's highlights. Young people ranging in age from 8 to 17 can take an hour long ground school course with instructor and Senior American Airlines...

Thunder in the Valley Air Show to give money to charities - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | In a news release, Phaedra Childers, the event coordinator, said, "The air show committee works very hard every year to put on a great show, but we measure our success by how much we can donate to area youth organizations and charities. "The weather ...

Red Arrows return to regatta - This Is South Devon | The display by the Red Arrows is one of the highlights of this year's event which will take place between Saturday, August 25, and Wednesday August 29. ​. The Arrows have not appeared in Torquay since 2009. In 2010 the atrocious weather prevented the ...

Sywell airshow will mark Queen's jubilee - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | A DISPLAY from the legendary Red Arrows and a chance to see a the war-winning power of the Spitfire and Hurricane are all part of the highlights at the Sywell Jubliee Airshow on Sunday. The flying display will be a mixture of older and more modern ...

Cleveland National Air Show 2012 from Airplanes Channel  | Performances lined up for the Cleveland National Air Show include the USN Blue Angels, a C-130 (Fat Albert) Demonstration, USN F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-22 Heritage Flight, USN Navy Leap Frogs, USA Golden Knights, Aurora Aerial Ballet, Jane Wicker, Mike Goulian, Sean D Tucker, and Metro Life Flight.

The 2012 Great New England Air Show from photorecon.net by Ken Kula | The Great New England Air Show, held at western Massachusetts’ Westover Air Reserve Base, was a salute to the Greatest Generation… those American men and women who came of age during the time between the Great Depression and the end of World War II. The organizers invited local surviving World War II veterans to the show, and at Friday morning’s Galaxy Community Council Breakfast, a [...]

Curtiss Model E to fly again - Corning Leader | Trafford Doherty, director of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, stands next to a 1912 Model E replica that the museum's restoration shop is preparing to fly in September. Derrick Ek/The Leader. Curtiss.main.tif · Curtiss.off.1.tif · curtissModelE.tif ...

Dole Air Race - Little Bits of History |August 16, 1927: The Dole Air Race begins. Lindberg had flown across the Atlantic and inspired by this feat, James D. Dole offered a prize for the flying across the Pacific. Since that ocean is so much larger, the trip would only cover from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. The flight would cover 2,400 miles. The first team to accomplish this would receive $25,000 and the second place team would take $10,000. That would be ~$311,000 and $124,000 respectively in today’s currency. James D. Dole, also known at the Pineapple King, was...

Mass Delivery Of Planes (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

Macho Man from Latest Vlog | This advert has been recently launched in South Africa with a very neat aviation theme to it. Check it out!

Errant Skydivers Land On Nuke Sub Base from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two skydivers who missed their intended drop zone at St. Mary's Airport in southeast Georgia and instead landed at Naval Base King's Bay next door, which hosts Ohio Class nuclear submarines and their Trident nuclear missiles were quickly detained last Sunday. They landed on a ball field. Base spokesman Scott Bassett said the pair, who were caught by unexpected winds, were "noticed immediately" and met with a response that will have to be left up to the imagination since Bassett declined to tell NBC News the details of the interaction between security forces and the errant jumpers. "Security is robust," he said. "It's extraordinarily dangerous to parachute into this base." The two jumpers also warranted some extra security attention.

19-year-old girl in Egypt invents a spacecraft propulsion device - thenextweb.com | A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The ...

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Fighter Jet Flyovers Scheduled For Air Force Week NYC - NJ TODAY | The Thunderbirds will also fly over the Air Force Week opening ceremonies up the Hudson River near the U.S.S. Intrepid, Pier 86, Sunday, Aug. 19, at approximately 1 p.m. There will be one pass from south to north. Following the ceremony, there will be...

Barnstormers tour to visit Manitowoc County Airport - Herald Times Reporter | This event is being hosted by Manitowoc Aviation Resources Inc., the parent organization to Thunder on the Lakeshore Airshow. MARI is a non-profit educational organization that supports aviation education in schools. Proceeds from the annual airshow go ...

Warm welcome for Cold War fighters - Fife Today | A warm welcome is expected for the Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Venom when they perform at the RAF Leuchars Airshow: A Diamond Celebration on Saturday, September 15. It will also be a trip down memory lane for many enthusiasts as Meteor aircraft ...

Clacton Air Show organisers hope for clear skies - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | ORGANISERS hope Clacton Air Show can avoid the unpredictable weather which has taken its toll on several events this summer. The line-up has been finalised for the airbourne spectacular, which will take place on Thursday and Friday next week. It will ...

You are here - Coleraine Times | THE NI International Airshow sponsored by RSA NI will showcase for the first time two classic World War 2 fighter planes and their modern day equivalent, the astonishing RAF Typhoon jet. Organiser, Coleraine Borough Council, has added the Spitfire and ...

The wild success at Toulon of the Patrouille de France!  - Var-Matin  | The public at the head in the air, pilots have the bottom. We are in the air show of the Patrouille de France and the Breitling Jet Team. In representation, yesterday, above the beaches of Mourillon in Toulon, the teams took turns to air ...

Darłowo Navy Air Show from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Yesterday, the Polish Navy Air Show took place next to the beach in Darłowo. The original air show was organized due to the fact that the 44th Air Naval Base had...

Russian (flying) ballet from Flight Image of the Day by Miquel Ros | Another image from the Russian Air Force 100th anniversary flying display. Here the Russian Knights in their Su-27s in one of their perfectly coordinated coreographies.

Field of Honor - OnMilwaukee.com | ... world premier of "Honor Flight," a moving documentary detailing the emotional journeys of World War II veterans to the memorial in their honor in Washington, D.C. This event also features Navy Leap Frogs parachuting into Miller Park, fireworks...

Next phase of hunt for Amelia Earhart's plane begins - Philadelphia Inquirer | Amelia Earhart was an American heroine, a record-breaking aviatrix, and a celebrity world wide; but Earhart was not a spy -- she was a decoy. You Search for what you want to keep; you hunt for what you want to catch. This was taken from, The Hunt For ...

Known as Oscar in WW II — The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, “Peregrine Falcon”) by travelforaircraft | The Oscar was designed for and flown by the Imperial Japanese Army in WW II and was contemporary of the Mitsubishi A6M Type Zero (Allied codename of "Zero" and "Zeke") of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Like the Zero it was light and had an excellent climb rate and like the Zero it was lightly armed and could not absorb combat damage in other than slight amounts. Though the Zero has greater fame the Oscar was produced in greater numbers....

Gladstone Aero Club asks for land for hangars - ABC Online | The newly reformed Gladstone Aero Club are calling on Gladstone Regional Council and the Gladstone Airport Board to allow them to lease this land to build hangars and a facility to teach those who want to learn to fly. Hellen Ryan and Rodney Spratt are ...

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Blue Angels Beach Air Show This Weekend - NorthEscambia.com | It's the big Red, White and Blues Week on Pensacola Beach, with the Blue Angels' annual air show taking place this weekend. ..

Blue Angels, "Fat Albert" return to Air Show this summer - Dayton Daily News | The Navy Blue Angels, a six-plane flying team intended to inspire future aviators and Navy and Marine recruiting, make their first trip to Dayton since the ...

WWII flyers to be honored at air show this weekend – WKTV | By AP GENESEO, NY (AP) - Members of a famous World War II fighter squadron are among the special guests expected at this weekend's annual air show at ...

Air show climbs skies over Auburn - Auburn Journal | That's why he's chaired the Grass Valley Air Show since 1999 and is helping promote this one. "We like to call this the 'biggest little air show in Northern ...

Stunt pair's talent, experience and passion show in their performances - Marshall Independent | "It's part of the Air Show Aces team we put together," Soucy said. "It's new this year." In addition to the aerobatic flying the flight team will also ...

Air Show officials pleasantly surprised by increase in sponsor support - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Halfway through the air show season, anecdotal information from around the national ...

New heights of entertainment - Marshall Independent | The main attraction featuring the Airshow Aces will begin at noon each day with a welcome home ceremony for the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. ...

'Breaking Through The Clouds' Set To Screen At AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Film Documents The 1929 All-Women's Air Race "Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women's National Air" is a documentary about 20 female pilots, including Amelia Earhart, who raced across the country in 1929 over a nine-day span to prove that flying was a safe mode of transportation, and to show that women could indeed fly.

Stuhr to host movie filmed in GI - Grand Island Independent | At 19 years old, he was the youngest aviator to fly in 1911, only eight years after the Wright brothers took flight. Dixon crashed his plane and died on ...

Reality TV Stars from Buffalo Airways to Bring DC-3 to AirVenture from The Fabricator by eaa90org | Buffalo Airways, the subject of the popular Canadian reality television series Ice Pilots NWT, will be bringing at least one of their DC-3 aircraft to AirVenture later this month. The passenger and cargo airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories will make AirVenture part of the plotline as the series producers plan to film an Ice Pilots episode in Oshkosh.

Test pilot from Everett stars in 787 IMAX movie - Lynnwood Enterprise | A new IMAX film, "Legends of Flight," provides an close look at the wonders of flight in both its natural and man-made forms. ...

The Barnstormers Tour finale from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Stearman pilot Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the American Barnstormers Tour, files this report from the tour's last stop at Chandler Field Airport (AXN) in Alexandria, Minn. The wind followed us to Alexandria, but the lakes and the lush green countryside more than made up for it. Wind was such a big part of this year's tour — it stalked us everywhere — but finally in Alexandria on the 4th of July it left us alone and we celebrated. We flew all day — everyday!

Best of day 18: Good bye mountains, hello rain from Flying Across America | We're in Cavern City, New Mexico. For the first time in this trip we did not made it to the planed destination. We expected to be in Midland, Texas but we had to divert because of weather. After taking off from Dona Ana, we climb towards El Paso. It was quite windy so we did non crossed the mountain range but flew over the city. ATC vectored us through El Paso class C airspace for traffic and a some point the wingtip was almost in Mexico…

Burt Rutan To Speak At New Homebuilders Hangar During AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Formal Dedication Of The New Homebuilders Hangout To Take Place Monday Afternoon It's a special breed of aviator who flies an aircraft they've built themselves, and at this year's AirVenture, they'll have a place to gather and share their tips of the trade. The new Homebuilders Hangar is debuting at EAA AirVenture 2010 on Monday, July 26th at 1630…

Authentic B-17 brings nostalgia to Champaign - Daily Illini | Aluminum Overcast, a B-17 bomber, was built in 1945 and never made it to Europe for combat, a reason why the bomber was saved from being scrapped. ...

Skagit Aero's Blog: Gearing Up For Arlington Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | This article is from Skagit Aero's Blog Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.

Ready to look skyward? - Camarillo Acorn | The 2010 Wings Over Camarillo Airshow for all aviation enthusiasts and their families will be on Aug. 21 to 22 at the Camarillo airport. ...

F-22s to conduct flyover off the Waianae Coast - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | The flight demonstration, with several passes, will be made by two F-22s from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia that are passing through Hawaii, ...

Skagit Aero's Blog: A Great Weekend Watching The Super Cub Fly-In from Antique Airfield News |This article is from Skagit Aero's Blog Skagit Aero Museum, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.

Wingwalker Sets Endurance Record from Pacific Flyer | Dressed in three layers of ski thermals and a full leather suit, wingwalker Ashley Battles and pilot Robert Ragozzino unofficially broke the Guinness World Record for longest wing walk duration June 20. At four hours and minutes they broke the previous record of three hours, 23 minutes set by a Frenchman in 1990, flying Ragozzino's Super 450 Boeing Stearman Yellow Peril in a perpetual course over San Francisco Bay…

Breitling Wingwalkers: Die perfekte Symbiose aus Akrobatik und Kunstflug - TrustedWatch.de ... nimmt aktiv an den weltweit grössten Aeronautikmeetings wie den berühmten Reno Air Races und den Red Bull Air Race World Series teil, ...

AirVenture Auction To Sell Doolittle Stinson And More from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A real estate auction company has opened its horizons to aviation and chosen AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 to sell some uniquely historic aircraft side by side with yours, if you'd like. Bidding will open early and some aircraft "may be pre-sold," according to auctioner REDC. Aircraft set to go on the block at "The Spirit of Aviation Auction" include a Stinson SR-10 "built for and flown by" Jimmy Doolittle and a Grumman TBM-3U. The rest of the aircraft similarly range from privately owned recreational planes to warbirds and rare vintage aircraft. Not all of the offerings are set for lofty starting bids and you're welcome to consign your aircraft, too. All aircraft will be reviewed by the EAA before being accepted into the auction and those that are not pre-sold will be on the grounds at Oshkosh for at least two days before the July 31 auction…

Wise Owl 94—Wisdom of Experience from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | Exercise Wise Owl, held at Napier from 14–23 June, was the 94th such exercise since the RNZAF's first Wise Owl in 1969. Originally known as "Red Owl", the current Wise Owl is primarily designed to teach RNZAF pilot trainees the art of formation flying. In a "normal" year, there are typically two (occasionally three) Wise Owl exercises and these are held at various locations around New Zealand. Obviously, trainee pilots could learn formation flying while based at the RNZAF's main base at Ohakea but there are very good reasons for holding the exercise elsewhere at different places…

Caproni Ca.1 from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog | On May 27, 2010, 100 years after its first flight, the only preserved Caproni Ca.1 performed an engine start-up and made a short taxied for a few meters at Volandia Museum. Simone Bovi was there and took the following image of the biplane…

Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums - Hi all, Heat, at the Dutch Open day Gilze Rijen this year.
The Dutch Apache demo team is back!:

National Museum of the United States Air Force - Dayton, Ohio from Military Photos by kinney_bmx | Decided to take my bi-monthly trip down there today. Unfortunately I left a little late, and I forgot my camera at home. So sorry for the poor quality on the pics, my phone takes good pictures but they lose quality when you send them:

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - One of the best aspects of being an avgeek comes when you find out about an aircraft you never knew even flew. I recently got the vastly upgraded edition of OKB Mikoyan and learned about the I-320 two-seat all-weather interceptor…

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Annual Air Show To Feature 40 Vintage Planes - KSTP.com | More than 8000 people are expected to gaze skyward to glimpse more than 40 vintage aircraft in the skies above Eden Prairie later this month. ...

Biggin Hill Air Show - from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photos from last weekends Biggin Hill Air Show from member Piotro....

Fly-In draws record crowd - Monmouth Daily Review Atlas | While the improvements were well received, the star of the Fly-In was the Ch-47 Delta helicopter, flown in from Peoria by the Army National Guard Bravo ...

Aviation Day 2010 by Van | Aviation Day at the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum was June 12, 2010. Aviation Day 2010 was commemorating the 1910 Aviation Meet that was held on Rancho Dominguez grounds 100 years ago. Over 3,400 people attended, making it a great success. They began planning for the event two years ago. I started interning at the museum last September, when I sent out dozens of Centennial grant proposals to various companies across Southern California.

BAF Beauvechain airshow 3-6-2010 blog/report. from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | Minutes before I left for the 'pick-up' point at Luton airport, to meet Clive and co, of Globemaster aviation tours, I had a 'text' from 'stickandrudder' Dennis, informing me that the 'Flying Bulls' P-38 was now 'scrubbed' from the show. I must admit I was 'gutted', having missed it last year by 20min, I thought I'd get the chance to make up for it. However, this was not to be, but give Flying Bulls their dues, they did send their Corsair instead…

United States - Michigan - Battle Creek Field Of Flight 2010 - Battle Creek - 07/03/10 from FenceCheck Forums - From Sunday. Lighting is as temperamental as ever:

Historic B-17 to take stage in DeKalb - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | The noise was overwhelming, says Rick Senffner, a spokesman for the Commemorative Air Force, which owns Sentimental Journey. The only way to talk while the ...

World War II planes on display at Casper airport - Billings Gazette | The tour features three war birds from World War II, including a P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator. ...

B-25 bomber hits target on Fourth - Estherville Daily News | Visitors to the 62nd annual Estherville Fourth of July Flight Breakfast Sunday were impressed by the B-25J Mitchell World ...

Divine intervention for the Barnstormers? from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Stearman pilot Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the American Barnstormers Tour, files this report from the tour's fifth stop at Bismarck Airport (BIS) in North Dakota: About 30 miles south of Bismarck, we had a flight of seven behind the Stearman. The two Fairchilds were low on fuel as we were all fighting a head wind on the long leg from Aberdeen. Ted "Scooter" Davis was in the Travel Air 4000 below my left wing, dipping up and down over the farms and playing in the fields all morning, but now I noticed he had pulled up to our altitude and moved in closer…

Aéro Vodochody L39C Albatros from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier | Hier alors que je revenais d'un vol en DR400 et que j'étais stationné à la pompe à essence pour faire le plein, j'entends le bruit typique d'un réacteur qui met en route mais sans voir l'avion, mais apercevant tout le monde sortir des hangars, je me doute que ce n'est pas n'importe quel avion que je vais bientôt voir rouler puis décoller, en effet il s'agit du L39C Albatros RA1909K (cn1849/15) basé à Reims-Prunay, il part en IFR pour Bordeaux où il va peut être  rencontrer celui des "Ailes de Pégase"

Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance Offers $3,000 Scholarship for a Student Pursuing a Career in Aviation at an Arizona School from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance is pleased to announce the 2010 Angel MedFlight Scholarship of Excellence in Aviation.  This scholarship will be awarded in August and the recipient will receive $3,000 toward his or her tuition for an aviation…

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Blue Angels Honor Kentucky WWII Flying Ace's Memory – WBKO | The Blue Angels roared into Bowling Green Wednesday afternoon. Fans stood breathless as the US Navy precision flight team landed their Boeing F/A-18 Hornets ...

Threat of storms overshadows festivities - St. Cloud Times ... largest summer festivals on the line — not to mention an air show featuring the US Navy's famed Blue Angels — a lot is riding on the weather this week ...

The Air Force Thunderbirds - Salisbury Post | The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a show in Ocean City, Md. The airshow earlier this month was filled with old and new ... The featured performers were the Thunderbirds, which use F-16s as their demo planes. The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a ...

Luke Air Force Base's own Capt. Nicholas Holmes will fly as Thunderbird No. 4. - Fighter Country Partnership | The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, commonly known as the Thunderbirds, have announced incoming officer selections for the 2011 demonstration season. ...

Air show takes off in Rhody - Attleboro Sun Chronicle ... to see the Thunderbirds in action as well as other attractions at the 20th anniversary edition of the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show. ...

An inside look at the Great Minnesota Air Show - Minneapolis Star Tribune | So when Wiskus is flying upside-down 25 feet off the ground, or the Blue Angels are soaring with their wings within inches of each other, the only thing ...

Miami Valley Youth Soar through the Skies with Greg Poe - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton | World-renowned aerobatic performer and unlimited aerobatic champion, Greg Poe, will give Miami Valley youth the chance of a lifetime, that of flying with ...

Air show may take off from province - Metro Canada – Vancouver | Visitors to the Nova Scotia International Air Show watch the Snowbirds pass by from the wing of a Hercules plane in this file photo from 2005. ...

Muskegon's Sumer Celebration's air show has safety zone that will restrict ... - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com | File PhotoMusekgon's Summer Celebration brings back an air show to the area after a four-year absence. MUSKEGON COUNTY — The first Summer Celebration Air ...

Battle of Britain flight for air show - Diss Mercury | All eyes will look up to the skies around Old Buckenham Airfield at the weekend for the return of a popular community air show. ...

Spitfire flypast for anniversary – WalesOnline | A SPITFIRE flypast will mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Cardiff Bay. An aircraft flown in North Africa will make three passes above ...

Red Arrows over Worthing for Armed Forces weekend - Worthing Today | THE Red Arrows will fly over Worthing as part of the renowned West Sussex Armed Forces weekend. The event, taking place in Steyne Gardens this weekend, ...

AirVenture 2010 Promises Rare Warbirds, New Technology from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA AirVenture 2010 is just over a month away, so if you're going, now is a good time to be making plans, especially since early-bird discounts on advance tickets expire June 30. This year's big event has plenty of new features, a salute to veterans with lots of rare warbirds, plus of course the usual huge lineup of flight demos, airshow performers, forums, workshops, aviation films, and just about any kind of aviation-related event you can think of. Space is limited for the electric aircraft symposium on Friday, featuring aircraft designers Burt Rutan, Randall Fishman, John Monnett and more, so if you want to be there, register online now. The Goodyear Blimp will make another visit to the site, and a night airshow will light up the sky on Friday night, followed by mass balloon launches on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Saab Gripen from FenceCheck Forums - Swedish Gripen at Skrydstrup AB, Denmark, 5 June 2010:

Historic air race comes to town - Great Bend Tribune | The two will come together next year when Great Bend Municipal Airport is one of 10 stops in the 2011 Air Race Classic, according to Airport Manager Martin ...

Liberty pilot takes to the air in famous air race - Liberty Vindicator | "I thought that was such a wonderful idea, and why not do something to benefit someone else while we're having fun?" So this year Team Ely-Kummer is raising ...

Talk about blowing a gasket! from Warrior Women take on the Air Race Classic 2010 by warriorwomen2010 | Our mechanic, Mitch, was true to his word and returned to the airplane late last night (after his shift as an EMT!) to get the plane ready so all he would have to do was replace the gaskets when they arrived.  However, as he further inspected the parts he soon realized it was a bigger issue than originally thought.  The carburetor was showing signs of fuel in places it shouldn't. [NOTE:  I am NOT a mechanic so please forgive that my details may be fuzzy and my wording may not make complete sense.]…

Alabama-based team competes in Air Race Classic - Tuscaloosa News | The "Flying Carastros" are competing for the eighth time in the Air Race Classic race, not only to honor women in aviation but also to spend time with each ...

Day Two of the Air Race from Team Charley | We were pretty tired after landing in Hot Springs yesterday. The leg from Tuscaloosa to Hot Springs was pretty brutal. It was hot and humid, with lots of thermals. We checked into our hotel in Hot Springs and were in bed and asleep by 8:30 pm. Up again at 6:30 and out to the airport before 7:30 am. First leg was from Hot Springs, AR to Cameron, MO. The weather was still cool and comfortable for that leg…

Historic Cross Canada Flight Group Takes to the Skies Again from Aviation.ca News | On the morning of July 12th 2010 aircraft from across Canada will start their engines to begin another epic aviation pilgrimage... this time to the Yukon. The flight will originate in two locations with half of the more than 120...

Barnstormers make second stop on tour from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Stearman pilot Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the American Barnstormers Tour, files this report from the tour's second stop: Ahhhh..smooth air and high overcast for the flight to Lincoln Airport (Y14) in Tea, S.D. Our flight of six had a 20 knot tailwind enroute, leaving us with plenty of time to take some air to air and chase each other down low in the fields. I have to say the flights to each stop are the best part of any tour. Looking over my shoulder and seeing the Stinson, Fleet, and Texaco Waco off my left wing and the New Standard and Travel Air down low in the fields off my right, its hard to believe all these beautiful planes are captured today in the same patch of sky. Lucky me…

Going three wheeling from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Tom Haines | Where are you landing this weekend? Somewhere other than pavement, I hope. Last week we quietly introduced a means to help you find new places to land. The AOPA Airports section on AOPA Online now includes the ability to search for "unpaved" runways. As I wrote in my Waypoints column in the July issue of AOPA Pilot, my most memorable and rewarding landings have occurred on other than paved runways. I think you'll find that to be true too…

Best of day 3: Baton Rouge from Flying Across America | This post is a summary of our day in Baton Rouge. No new destination today but N512R took off on a very important mission: passing the passion for aviation along. Jason gives introductory flights at our stops. Contact us if you want to book one - this is a unique opportunity. No one comes out of the aircraft without a bright smile…

Combs reaches 40th state from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | "Hope One" at the Denton Air Show under the wing of "Flagship Detroit," the oldest flying DC-3 in the world. The Flight for the Human Spirit had covered 13,442 miles when it landed for a maintenance stop at its home base at Denton Municipal Airport (DTO) in Texas. Texas became the 40th state of a journey that has touched down in more than 90 cities and towns across the United States, all in a Light Sport Aircraft…

Aces take to the skies in Geneseo Airshow | The Livingston County News by Virginia Kropf | A group of some of history's most talented flying aces will highlight the 2010 airshow at Geneseo Airport. The Greatest Show on Turf, scheduled July 10 and 11, will pay tribute to the famed Tuskegee Airmen and will feature the ...

CAF B-25 Makes Unscheduled Stop In Iowa from Aero-News Network | Engine Problems Caused Pilot To Make A Precautionary Landing A Commemorative Air Force B-25 returning to St. Paul, MN from Cape Girardeau, MO made a precautionary landing in Muscatine, IA because of an engine problem.

C-47 seats available for Independence Day Parade fly-over - Heritage Newspapers | The C-47 has become the most versatile and numerous aircraft of this century, according to literature from the Yankee Air Museum. More than 13000 were built ...

Museum highlights a century of aviation - Lompoc Record | Bryan Walton/Staff A century of aviation history is on display at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight overlooking the city's public airport. ...

St. Louis Science Center Displays Mercury and Gemini Development Spacecraft from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The helicopter amphibious assault ships of the US Navy that transport Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) are often called the "big deck amphibs" as their size approaches that of the the aircraft carriers of previous generations. In fact, the latest class of assault carriers, the Wasp-class LHDs, are much larger than the Royal Navy's Invincible-class Harrier carriers and closer in size to ships like the old French aircraft carriers FNS Clemenceau and FNS Foch (size comparison here) Like a supercarrier, the assault carriers have their own air wing embarked with the Marine Corps calls an Air Combat Element or Aviation Combat Element (ACE). But there the difference ends. But let's back up a bit and talk about the MEU and how the ACE fits into the MEU…

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Legend stunt pilot enjoys rarefied air in Boston - Boston Herald | "Remember, air show flying is about - it's the Indianapolis 500, it's "Top Gun", it's 4th of July all rolled into one," pilot Sean D. Tucker said. ...

 
National Guard Open House and Air Show set for this weekend - Turn to 10.com | The US Air Force Thunderbirds are the headline performers for this year's Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show. (more) By Mario Hilario The ...

 
Thunderbirds to headline 20th annual air show - Turn to 10.com | The 20th annual Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show will be held this weekend at Quonset State Airport. ...

 
Air Show drops in this weekend - Sauk Prairie Eagle | The Screamin' Rebel Air Show Team will simulate classic formations in vintage planes from World War II. And pilot Darrel Massman will perform torque rolls, ...

 
Air show to honor aviation veterans - Ada Evening News | Julie Clark's air show routine takes the Chevron Mentor T-34, her restored "Free Spirit," to the limits of its operating capacity. Event sponsors unique and ...

 
Air Show Preview Party Tickets on Sale-allvoices| By LouiseRoys The 11th Annual South Shore Air Show, now features a Friday evening performance and a fireworks finale on the beaches of Marquette Park. ...

 
2010 Show Adds to Line-Up: US Air Force F-16 Viper East Coast Demo Team from Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Blog by alliance@hillwood.com |The US Air Force F-16 Viper East Coast Demo Team will return to DFW skies at the 2010 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show. More...

 
Female fliers use Fort Myers' Page Field as race launching point - The News-Press ... excitement and happiness" when she and Seattle resident Erin Recke won last summer's female Air Race Classic after four intense days of piloting. ...

 
Female pilots test wings, mettle - USA Today | Pilots pay a fee to enter the Air Race Classic and have four days — flying only in daylight and in clear weather — to reach Frederick. ...

 
Local pilot prepared for air race - Iowa City Press Citizen | It was three years ago sitting on the runway for her first Air Race Classic three in Bozeman, Mont., that Gardinier had received the all-clear for takeoff ...

 
Barnstormers Tour's first stop draws crowds from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Diavolo and Wrong-way pre-flighting before the crowds pile in at the first stop of the American Barnstormers Tour. Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the American Barnstormers Tour, files this report from Mason City Airport, Iowa: The first day we open a tour is always interesting; so many factors play into whether we draw a crowd or not. We like to start on a midweek day so as to ease our crew of 51 barnstormers into how this all is going to operate and work the bugs out before we get busy. Thursday's opening at Mason City was as expeccted, slow enough for a relaxed set up, but the winds gusting up to mid 30s caused a cancellation of the parade of flight and a challege to all the biplane ride pilots. Read more...

 

United States - Washington - Olympic Air Show 2010 - Olympia - 06/19/10 from FenceCheck Forums ...and a few more from the show

 
Flying car gets weight increase from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or "Flying Car," has received an exemption from the FAA to allow the Transition a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 1,430 pounds. This additional weight accommodates the structure and equipment necessary for compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), which are not found in other Light Sport Aircraft, company officials said, noting items such as airbags, an energy absorbing crumple zone, and a protective safety cage will increase safety both on the road and in the air. Read more...

 
Marking the 75th anniversary of the B-17 | General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Only about a dozen of the iconic aircraft remain airworthy, including EAA's "Aluminum Overcast" that brings aviation history to the public through national tours. Already confirmed to join it at AirVenture for the week-long "Salute to ...

 
Wings of Freedom land in Pierce County - TheNewsTribune.com | For the next three days, you can see and learn about planes including the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator and the P-51C Mustang, also known fondly ...

 
World War II bomber heading to Minnesota forced to take a detour in Muscatine - Muscatine Journal | Beth Van Zandt "Miss Mitchell," a WWII B-25 bomber, sits at the Muscatine Municipal Airport after an unscheduled stop Sunday evening. ...

 
Bigger eyes for Big Brother? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Back in June 2008 I wrote about imaging radar, and asked whether it was about to 'come of age' as a serious tool for all sorts of applications. Two years on, the answer seems to be a resounding 'Yes!'. It was announced today that developers have handed over the first Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar sensor for integration on the Northrop-Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This sensor will be used by NATO for its Alliance Ground Surveillance program…

 
Video: Everyone Loves The Goodyear Blimp! by Martt | I'm a really big fan of the Goodyear Blimp, so I'm pretty happy that the EAA has announced that one of them will be at Oshkosh 2010.  There's something very good and peaceful that happens when a blimp is in the air around Oshkosh... I can hardly wait!  This video from AeroChannel.com does a great job of showing why the blimp is so easy to love.

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Snowbirds take to the skies as they prepare for airshow - Waterloo Record | The Canadian Forces' precision aerobatic team lifted off twice from Region of Waterloo International Airport Friday afternoon as they prepared for the ...

News 3 Rides Along With Blue Angels Crew - WSIL TV | The Navy Blue Angels are headlining the Cape Girardeau air festival. News 3 boarded the Blue Angels' support plane to experience some of the moves the ...

Navy's Blue Angels visit Cape Girardeau hospital – KFVS | By Heartland News CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Navy's Blue Angels in town for the Cape Air Festival, took a break from the skies to pay a special visit ...

Airmen take to the skies - San Mateo Daily Journal | The 11th annual Hiller Aviation Vertical Challenge, the nation's largest all-helicopter air show, held this Saturday will provide the opportunity to see the ...

Volunteers ready for Great Minnesota Air Show - St. Cloud Times | Organizers are hoping to draw 50000 people each day to see the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron and other aerobatic acts. ...

Denton air show to coincide with Father's Day - Lewisville Leader | Ever since then, the event has maintained a steady attendance of between 9000 and 10000 spectators, said air show spokeswoman Amanda Addington. ...

Air Expo celebrates flying women - Ada Evening News | Julie Clark and her Chevron Mentor T-34 will be headlining this year's event. Clark will perform a twilight show Friday night that includes pyrotechnics. ...

Female flyers taking off - Wink News | Now, there are 113 women in 54 small planes flying in the all-woman Air Race Classic. Two of the teams are from Southwest Florida. ...

Vintage aircraft relive glory at Warbirds Fly-in - Arizona Republic ... plans when they see the vintage World War II Lockheed outside the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, said Connie Freson, a spokeswoman for the museum. ...

High Country Warbirds Fly-in at Valle, Arizona - Arizona Republic | The museum is holding its annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in, which will feature planes in its collection as well as craft flown in for the occasion. ...

Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford is launched (From Wilts ... - STRICTLY Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle and forces sweetheart Nell McAndrew launched this year's Royal International Air tattoo at Fairford.

Barnstormers bring high-flying tour to North Iowa - MASON CITY — They all walk — or rather, fly — different paths, but they all have one abiding passion: The sky. "I always wanted to fly a biplane coast to coast," recalled Richard "Speed" Hornbeck, one of several vintage airplane pilots who are part of the American Barnstormers Tour. Within a week of restoring his 1929 Waco Texaco bi-plane, "my buddy and I jumped in, took off for California. It took about a week to get there. "Got there; we had a burger on the beach, turned around and flew right back, which took about another week," he said with chuckle. "It was great." Hornbeck is one of about 20 pilots on the 7-city 2010 tour with their vintage planes. Almost all are from the "golden age" of flight, from 1918 to 1940. The show continues today and Saturday at the Mason City Municipal Airport…

Netherlands - Luchtmachtdagen 2010 - Gilze-Rijen - 06/18/10 from FenceCheck Forums - some from yesterday:

Disabled American Veterans B-25 Mitchell Bomber - Southeast Missourian ... river straight ahead was taken through the nose window of a B-25J Mitchell Bomber operated by the Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach Program. ...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Showcases Area Aviation History from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo - The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is one of those hidden gems of the St. Louis area.  The museum, housed in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport (Cahokia, IL), showcases aviation artifacts with ties to this great aviation region.  Staffed mostly by volunteers, the museum is committed to the preservation and display of historic air and space vehicles and artifacts as well as providing educational programs to foster the spirit of flight in today's youth and in future generations.  We highly encourage our readers to visit and give generously to this worthy endeavor.  Here is a taste of what you will experience.  For more information, go to http://www.airandspacemuseum.org/index.html.

New images from the ItAF Museum from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti - On Jun. 18, 2009, the Skema was opened again after 2 years of works. I visited the pavilion, that is now fully air conditioned to provide the most suitable temperature for the preserved aircraft, on May 23, 2010. The Skema has now a 1000 sq.m. structure where the G.91PAN, the G.91R, the G.91T and the G.91Y are exhibited. A nice addition within the Skema is also a Nike Hercules that was added to the collection on Oct. 29, 2009.

Robert "Hoot" Gibson to be in Muncie next weekend - Muncie Star Press | A modeler for less than three years, he specializes in warbirds and plans to bring his Douglas Dauntless SBD dive-bomber, his P-40 Curtiss Warhawk and his ...

Russian flying fortress from Military Photos by Extobulite | in 1930s Russian army was … by the idea of creating huge planes. At that times they were proposed to have as much propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented at those times yet. Not much photos were saved since that times, because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time passed already. Still on the photo below you can see one of such planes - a heavy bomber K-7. Now modern history lovers in Russia try to reconstruct according the plans left in once to be top-secret Russian army archives their look in full color. This is one example based on ideas of Russian aviation engineers of that times.

Futuristic rocket-powered plane built in Sebastian to make appearance this summer – TCPalm | The start-up sports organization unveiled the Mark III X-Racer in late April during the QuikTrip Air and Rocket Racing Show in Tulsa, Okla. ...

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New York filled with special challenges for Red Bull Air Race from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen | NEW YORK – Jim DiMatteo is the Race Director for the New York Red Bull Air Race on June 19/20. The former U.S. Navy "Top Gun" Captain has spent the last three years leading the planning and organizing for the race in New York. DiMatteo talks about the special challenges that were involved in getting [...] Related posts:New York City to host Red Bull Air Race in 2010 Barcelona And Sabadell Officially Welcome Red Bull Air Race Lisbon, Portugal signs contract to host Red Bull Air Race for 2010…

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship takes to the skies over New York City - New York Daily News
Red Bull Air Race pilots Alejandro Maclean, Kirby Chambliss, Paul Bonhomme, Michael Goulian and Pete McLeod walk through Times Square…

Red Bull Air Race Training In NYC Skyline (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | The 5th leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is scheduled to take place in New York City this weekend, and the fliers were out for a training run ...

MADE IT!!!! from Snow Eagles Air Racing Team | After having to stop last night in Cross Ways, Florida due to storms. We stayed overnight at this town, which was kind of weird, but everyone was so nice. JoAnna at the Carriage Inn was the nicest host. So we took off this morning for the 1 and 1/2 hours trip, and we made it through inspections, and now it's time to relax. It's hot here in Florida. The following pics are from the past two days. From the start of our journey, to the storms we had to pass to get here. We ate at this restaurant that the decorations was mostly deer and had the small town feeling to it…

Dad's free at Sun-N-Fun Lagoon – Marconews | On Sunday, June 20, fathers are invited to Sun-N-Fun Lagoon free of charge with one paid admission. Moms you can help your child give dad the gift of ...

Marine jets to roar into Silicon Valley for weekend airshow - San Jose Mercury News | They are in town to participate Saturday in the Hiller Aviation Museum's "Vertical Challenge" airshow in San Carlos. The jump jets are designed for vertical ...

Saturday: Helicopter show at Hiller museum - The Almanac Online | The Vertical Challenge helicopter air show will be held from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday, June 19, at the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport. ...

Spitfires at Armed Forces Day - Hull Daily Mail | A spectacular Spitfire fly-past will be one of the highlights at this year's Armed Forces Day in Beverley. It will take place in North Bar and Saturday ...

2 A400Ms Make Low Pass Over Toulouse from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | Yannick Delamarre captured this photo of two A400Ms making a low pass around Toulouse. At last week's ILA show in Berlin, Lockheed Martin said it thought that its C-130J could serve alongside the A400M in military fleets.

The Gaylord Regional Airport's "Wings Over Gaylord" air show this weekend - Petoskey News-Review | The Gaylord Regional Airport's "Wings Over Gaylord" air show is cleared and ready for take-off Father's Day weekend, June 18-20, — kicking off Friday with ...

Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow Saturday, June 19 - Granite Falls Advocate Tribune | You may have seen an air show, but you've never seen one like this. The Ray Fagen Memorial Air Show takes to the skies over Granite ...

Granite Falls air show to be a tribute to World War II veterans - West Central Tribune | GRANITE FALLS — Pilots will be taking World War II vintage aircraft to the skies over Granite Falls to re-enact aerial fights of the 1940s, while others ...

Day 1: American Barnstormers Tour from General Aviation News by Janice Wood - The American Barnstormers Tour, a nostalgic salute to the barnstormers who ventured across America during the 1920s seeking fame and fortune in their biplanes, has made its first stop on a seven-city tour, with 20 restored vintage aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s landing at Mason City Airport (MCW) in Iowa.  Sarah Wilson, who is participating in the tour in her Stearman, is filing reports on the action exclusively for General Aviation News. Here's her first blog: Wind. Each tour has one element that defines it before we arrive and I think for the 2010 Barnstormers Tour it might be wind. On the 2008 tour it was rain. The first stop that year was Iowa City and it had flooded so badly that we had to redirect 18 planes coming from all corners of the country to Ames, Iowa, three days early. Read more...

Birthplace of Aviation draws Cirrus pilots from AviationDayton | DAYTON, Ohio – The Birthplace of Aviation is the scene of a homecoming of sorts for the spiritual descendents of the Wright brothers – some 400 members of the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association have descended here for the eighth annual COPA Migration.

Lockheed Slashes Air Show Dough - DoD Buzz | For those who have not attended a major air show, here are some statistics that offer a glimpse of just how important these events are to the industry. ...

United States - Indiana - Indianapolis Air Show 2010 - Indianapolis - 06/12/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Saturday afternoon opened up quite a bit of flying!!!

Skies open up for air show - Indianapolis Star | When skies cleared the next day, organizers did their best to clean up the muddy area and host a day full of aerobatic flights, races, war bird flyovers and ...

Blue Skies and a Little Extra Altitude from armygoldenknights's | Luckily, there is air conditioning in the Golden Knights training facility at Laurinburg-Maxton airport in Laurinburg, NC. The temperatures got up to the mid-nineties in the early afternoon, but not even Mother Nature could dampen the motivation and focus of Black Team training day. The Team completed a total of five jumps: two from 3500 feet, two from 12,500 feet, and one from 14,000 feet (the extra altitude was a little treat from the pilots for the last jump of the day)…

Tandem Team meets Tech #Woopra from armygoldenknights's | Today the Golden Knights take Woopra CEO John Pozadzides on his first ever tandem jump. John P, as he likes to be called, is at Golden Knights headquarters to teach Team bloggers the ins and outs of internet blogging. John P. also is co-founder of a premiere blogging conference…

Amelia Earhart's watch arrives at the space station on anniversary of Atlantic ... - Collectspace.com | "Amelia is such an icon with women in aviation and now with women in space. We are thrilled that Shannon is a Ninety-Nine and will be taking Amelia into ...

Turkish Stars from Military Pictures by [TR]AHMET:

B-17 Recovered From New Guinea Unveiled in Long Beach from Pacific Flyer | After years of salvage efforts in the steamy New Guinea swamps, a group of Americans has recovered a B-17 Flying fortress that went down during the war and returned her to the United States. The forward fuselage of the plane they're calling "the Swamp Ghost" was unveiled at a Long Beach ceremony on June 11, attended by local politicians, the salvagers, a flyover and relatives of the now deceased crew…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Probably one of the most obscure yet fascinating episodes in the history of jet engine development stemmed from Lockheed's innovative jet-powered L-133 fighter design that was submitted to the USAAF in March 1942. While the fighter design boasted advanced features like a canard and a blended wing-body, the Army Air Forces were more interested in the proposed engines of the L-133 which were to be two axial-flow jet engines designed by Lockheed itself designated L-1000…