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WWII-Era 'Texans' To Fly Over Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery on Friday - Patch.com | The Texans will fly out of Culpeper Regional Airport, and the celebration of the planes will culminate Saturday at the annualCulpeper AirFest...

Al Ain Aerobatic Show back on radar with total sensory upgrade - AME Info | Being aligned to this year's 42nd UAE National Day celebrations, the show, which will be held at Al Ain International Airport, will pay tribute to the country's rich culture and heritage with a series of UAE-themed aerial displays and static ...

Estimated 15000 attend Paulding's Salute America Air Show - NeighborNewspapers.com |  An estimated 15,000 people visited the Salute America 2013 Air Show over its two-day period last weekend, said air show director Brent Sparks. The show Saturday and Sunday featured 13 performers and a variety of static exhibits at the newly renamed Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport. This year’s show marked the first time a full combat-capable, active military fighter aircraft had ever been at the airport. The Royal Canadian Air Force sent two CF-18 Hornets to perform in the show. Sparks said the...

YeeHaw! Red Bull Air Races Return In 2014! (With Video) - AirPigz | ...The BIG NEWS here is that the after 3 years of hiatus, the re-tooled Red Bull Air Races are back for 2014 with a seven race schedule that begins in...

Online Air News - Charles Johnson | Tiger Boys Open House, Guelph, ON, Canada and more

Aviation Roundup - Minden Tahoe Airport | A few pictures from the event on October 5.  65 Young Eagle flights were completed also.

Air Show: $2.6 Million impact - Miramichi Online | The Air Show in August has been wrapped up and responses from all areas are very positive. Almost 10,000 fans saw the Show from the Miramichi Airport property over the two days, August 24 and 25. About half of the spectators came from out of the area and were impressed by both the event and the community...

Timeless Voices - Roy "Bud" Farnsworth · eaavideo.org | Roy "Bud" Farnsworth (1921-2013) flew 35 combat missions as a B-24 pilot with the 445th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during WWII. EAA member and videographer Keith Cutri interviewed Roy and produced this 26-minute documentary about his wartime service.

Don "Bucky" Dawson - Wasabi Air Racing | Here are some photos posted online by Don "Bucky" Dawson....

R/C Warbird Fly-in held at Ellington Field - ReminderNews | The Northern Connecticut R/C Club held its first ever Radio Controlled Warbird Fly-in at Ellington Field on Oct. 6. The heavy rain did not keep R/C plane enthusiasts away. The club members took their turn getting their WWI and WWII R/C planes into the air in between rain storms. “We are a club that loves what we do,” said club director Denis Thibodeau. “We are really proud of our planes. We bring our children when they are young and get them involved as much as we can.” Thibodeau’s wife, Patty, has also been actively involved with the club for more than 35 years...

Dornier Bomber To Be Displayed In Trafalgar Square · Warbirds News | The RAF Museum is using cutting edge digital technology to share its newly acquired exhibit – the Dornier Do17 bomber – with the world.Using a specially developed Augmented Reality App called Apparition: Dornier17, a full scale, 3D vision of the aircraft will be visible in situ at various locations around the world....

B-58 Hustler: Champion of Champions - The DEW Line | Hustler-1000Check out this old Cold War propaganda video of the Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber hosted by actor and US Air Force Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart. The B-58 was, as Stewart says, a spectacular aircraft with...

Lockheed Martin F-35C video - The DEW Line | Lockheed Martin released this video extolling the virtues of the F-35C, which recently started operations at Eglin AFB, Florida, with the VFA-101 Grim Reapers squadron...

Boeing Insitu ScanEagle — hostage rescue tool by travelforaircraft | Boeing's subsidiary Insitu first produced the ScanEagle for civilian scientific and regulatory work but the U.S. Navy quickly adapted the drone for its work. Importantly, for the U.S. Navy as well as civilian researchers, ScanEagles have no runway requirement for operations since they are launched into the air on a catapult and recovered by flying into a shock cord capture system. The ScanEagle can fly...

FW Air Museum Relocating (VIDEO) - Indiana's NewsCenter | FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) -- The Fort Wayne Air Museum will be relocating. Right now the museum sits on the second floor of Fort Wayne International Airport where only ticketed passengers are able to view it. That is soon going to change because...

Women in Aviation, International Nigeria Chapter Announces Conference Dates - WAI Connect Blog | This year’s annual conference of the Nigeria Chapter of Women in Aviation, International, is scheduled for November 6-7, 2013, at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology Zaria. The theme is Women as Agents of Transformation...

WCA Corporate Aviation Scholarship - WAI Connect Blog | The Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship is offered by the members and sponsors of Women in Corporate Aviation to any person pursuing professional development or career advancement in any job classification of corporate/business aviation. It is to be...

Stunning images of U.S. Marines free-fall parachute ops from Black Hawk helicopters - The Aviationist | The images in this post, released by the U.S. Marine Corps, show Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducting military free-fall parachute operations from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to...

Young Eagles will take flight this Saturday at the airport - News-Reporter | Young Eagles will take flight this Saturday at the airport. The Kiwanis Club of Washington will again join with local members of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) to take youngsters for free plane rides this Saturday morning, October 12.

Last Young Eagles Flights Saturday At LITH Airport · First Electric Newspaper LLC | Saturday will see the final edition of EAA Chapter 790's Young Eagles Rally at Lake in the Hills Airport this year from 9 am to Noon. It's the last chance of the season for kids aged 8 to 17 to ride the wild blue yonder in a small ...

Space Shuttle 1981-2011 - Air & Space Magazine | Highlights from America's longest-lived space program....

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Sun 'n Fun Wrap: Drifting - AVweb (blog) | The major shows like Sun 'n Fun and AirVenture may be imperfect reflections of the industry they promote, but they are nonetheless reflections. And the image I saw this week in the mirror of attendees, vendors and perhaps even fellow journalists was of...

Sun 'n Fun | Hangar Talk 950 by Linda | Its been a great week for the ForeFlight crew at the annual Sun 'n Fun fly-in and air show, and we're wrapping up our last day here in Lakeland, Florida. Our booth in Hangar C has been busy, busy, busy! This was my first time ...

FedEx 727 dedicated at SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News | Top executives from FedEx Express were on hand at SUN ’n FUN Friday to dedicate the newest “classroom” on the SUN ’n FUN campus on Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida.  The donated Boeing 727, delivered in February to the SUN ‘n FUN campus, held a place of honor on the flightline during this year’s airshow....

SUN ’n FUN volunteers remember one of their own from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Ask anyone at SUN ’n FUN about Albert Borchik and a smile immediately comes over their faces, followed by the slight glistening of tears in their eyes. That’s because for the first time in more than two decades, he’s not at the fly-in. He passed away suddenly Jan. 30....

"One Last Visit to Paradise" UCAP Daily #323-golf from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Dave, Jeb and Jack visit the new Paradise City grass root's flying area for one last time at the 2013 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Recorded April 14, 2013.

SHARKS air show wraps up - KTBS | About 80 small scale planes took to the weekend's blue skies in the SHARKS' air show. That's the Shreveport Area Kontrol Society. The group holds the show every year during Holiday in Dixie. More than 40 pilots from around the Ark-La-Tex participated.

Gone West: Air Force Museum Historian David Menard from Aero-News Network | Knowledge Of Aviation History Called 'Encyclopedic' ANN has learned of the passing of David Walter Menard, who followed an Air Force career with a stint as the historian at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.

Start Your Week With A Hot B-58 Hustler (Orange Paint!) from AirPigz by Martt | I figured this pic was a great way to get your week going... a B-58 Hustler from way back in the day shortly after takeoff with a positive rate of climb (probably VERY positive!) and with some swanky orange paint too. In fact, this is the first in a new sub-series of posts with the tag 'orange paint'....

Tour of Central and Southern Missouri Brings Variety of "Show Me" Aero Experiences from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | This weekend The Aero Experience took a mini-tour of central and southern Missouri to scout opportunities for future projects. Our first stop was the Missouri Air National Guard facility in Jefferson City, where a former Missouri ANG F-15A Eagle is on display near the Ike Skelton National Guard Training Site. Our next...

Video shows how difficult Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling can be from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video depicts two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters refueling from an HC-130J Combat King II during Ex. Angel Thunder 2013.  Watch the helicopters blades coming dangerously close to the refueling hose as the pilots struggle to get in the proper position to plug the IFR (in-flight refueling) probe into the low speed paradrogue (or “basket”)....

Hot Air Balloon Launch from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may

Aviation Day for Girl Scouts - WCTI12.com | | One goal of Aviation Day is to provide female role models for all of the aspiring young aviatrixes. Aside from an airplane ride, girls were able to talk to real women in aviation-related professions. Guest female role models ranged from airplane ...

Girl learns to fly with help from pilot from another generation - Spartanburg Herald Journal | A plaque in the waiting area of the airport hangs in honor of Orr. It reads in part: “With more than 25,000 hours of flying time, she has served as a role model for women in aviation as well as a mentor for countless pilots and colleagues.” Perhaps a ...

Disabled people learn how to fly gliders at Tibenham airfield - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The sky is the limit for a group of disabled people who will learn how to fly gliders thanks to a south Norfolk aviation club. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Norfolk Gliding Club, based at ...

A strong community is our best defense from General Aviation News | GUEST EDITORIAL By CRAIG FULLER, AOPA President | You don’t have to look very far to see the threats to general aviation today. Sequestration cuts, tower closures, user fees, and tax changes are just a few of the recent, and ongoing, assaults on GA. Our freedom to fly is under attack, and we must fight back with every weapon in our arsenal....

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Indian skies, foreign thrills at Aero India - Deccan Chronicle | The Surya Kirans were among the top three nine-aircraft aerobatics teams of the world, along with the British Red Arrows and the Canadian Snowbirds. At the 2003 edition of Aero India, the then Air Chief had said that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited would ...

F-22 to fly at Avalon - Australian Aviation | The USAF has confirmed the F-22 Raptor will conduct its first ever aerial display at the Australian International Airshow in February-March. The F-22 will be flown by F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team Chief Major Henry 'Schadow' Schantz from ...

Chiriquí Air Festival 2013 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | More than 40,000 people packed the Enrique Malek airport to witness the Chiriquí Air Festival 2013. Airplane-Pictures.net member Philippe R was there to capture the...

FAA looking into dangerous stunt at Lancaster airport - KHOU | “He does have an FAA aerobatic waiver,” Robertson said. “We are required to keep a copy the waiver on file. We do have a copy of that waiver, and have verified it's currently valid.” The FAA, however, has not been able to find that document. In a ...

Tuskegee Airman Quentin Smith laid to rest in Indiana - WTHR | GARY - A Gary man who was a member of the famed all-black World War II unit the Tuskegee Airmen has been laid to rest in northwestern Indiana....

Don Schilke helped rescue wounded 1st Division Marines in his ‘Avenger’ fighter plane from War Tales by Don Moore | Don Schilke joined the Navy Reserves while still in high school in Oak Park, Ill. in 1947. After graduation he found himself in Composite Squadron 21 at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego training for a job as an anti-submarine warfare crewman aboard a Grumman “Avenger” torpedo bomber. His first three years flying [...]

Timeless Voices - Mac McLeod from eaavideo.org | Mac McLeod was a C-47 pilot with the 46th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 317th Troop Carrier Group during World War Two. He flew combat cargo missions transporting troops and supplies in New Guinea and the Philippines from May 1943 until June 1945.

New CEO for Jimmy Doolittle museum team - The Reporter | This state of the art public air and space museum will bring the best of the original Travis Air Museum to a new public site where people from around the world will learn about and leave inspired by the history of California aviation pioneer Jimmy ...

Colin Callender Takes Off With 'The Flying Tigers' TV Series - Deadline.com | Former HBO Films president Colin Callender's Playground Entertainment today announced that they are turning the Flying Tigers into a ten-hour TV miniseries. The Flying Tigers were ace American volunteer pilots who served under General Claire Chennault ...

Jenner fought WWII from B-17 gun turrets - West Orange Times | Some 70 years after it happened, Melvin Jenner still gets choked up when he recalls watching his buddy's plane being shot down during a series of fighter and bomber missions over Europe in World War II. That is a moment he will never forget — and one ...

Virginia Man Tells WWII Tale To St. Louis County Board - Northland's NewsCenter | During World War Two, Robert Givens of Virginia was a B–17 top turret gunner with the 452nd Bomb Group based in England. On his sixth mission, pilot error or mechanical malfunction sent his plane into the English Channel. "It went up like this and then ...

WAI Philadelphia Chapter Meets the USCG in Atlantic City from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Women interested in aviation caught a brief glimpse of what a career in the air could be like. As the Philadelphia chapter of Women in Aviation, International came to the Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City to educate interested women on the possibilities....

Video: Sikorsky S-43 To Kermit Weeks from Another Time by Dan Linn | ...Collector Kermit Weeks has purchased the Sikorsky S-43 once owned and flown by Hughes and is in the process of disassembling the aircraft to take to his Florida aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight....

Buried Spitfires is a tall story, says RAF veteran from The Kathryn Report | Former RAF Flying Officer Pat Woodward has vivid memories of his time in Burma after end of the Second World War. They were endless days of boredom in an oppressive heat broken only by tremendous monsoon storms, as he waited for word that he could return to Blighty. But one thing the veteran pilot does not recall is Spitfires being buried at RAF Mingaladon in the capital Rangoon.That is, he...

Convair’s B-58 Hustler — Mach 2 hot and Bendix Trophy cool by travelforaircraft | Convair's B-58 Hustler was a fast mover — a strategic bomber which could fly high and fast or low and fast — more like a fighter aircraft than a conventional bomber. Four afterburning engines and a crew of three flying an aircraft meant to attack at Mach 2 brought challenges beyond the norm. So that crewmen could survive ejection into Mach velocity windstreams each ...

Aviation Photography of Bill Larkins During the 1940s By Pete Shirk  | Bill Larkins at Lowry Field AAF Photography School in June of 1943. (Photo taken by a classmate of William T. Larkins)In In Flight USA’s December 2012 issue, the start of Bill Larkins’ eight-decade photography career was illustrated by the 1938 shot of a Grumman F3F US Navy/Marine biplane fighter parked at the Oakland Airport. Bill was about 16-years old when he took the photo....

The Misty Mystique from Air & Space Magazine | ...Before the Misty F-100s started flying as forward air controllers, the mission was flown by slow-moving propeller-driven aircraft (the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and the Cessna O-2 Skymaster), which were getting shot at and, as North Vietnamese anti-aircraft weapons improved, hit with increasing frequency. “Neither aircraft was suitable for a dense automatic-weapons environment,” says former Air Force Historian Richard Hallion....

VIDEO: RAF puts Hawk T2 through its paces from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Thanks to the good folks at the Royal Air Force's 4 Sqn for putting together a punchy video showing their Hawk T2 advanced jet trainer in action....

Flight For Control The Movie  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Today is my first day of class in Maui, and I'm getting ready to put Flight For Control into a movie. That doesn't mean Flight For Safety is being neglected. The...

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2011 – The Year in Review: Air Shows - Flightglobal | Flightglobal travels to all the major air shows all year, every year to bring you news and industry gossip. The team works around the clock to deliver news on the web with our dedicated show pages that showcase videos, blogs, Twitter, images as well as iFlight, the interactive digital daily magazine that features heatmapped cutaways and videos.... 

Race #74 & Race #57 Together Again! - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | These two, rare Super Corsairs have not flown together since 1949. The highlight of that year is when Cleland & Becker raced on the Cleland Team in the Thompson Race and #74 won (piloted by Becker). The low was when they were parked at the end of the field and left to rot that same year. 27 December, 2011 they were brought together again and flown over the skies of...

'Air Boss' Dick Cutshall called the shots at MacDill AirFest - Tampa Bay Times | Dick Cutshall had flown planes since age 16. He loved everything about them, spent his life around airplanes, helicopters and pilots, in control rooms and on airstrips.  He served in the Air Force as an air traffic controller, then as a civilian operations director at Avon Park Air Force Range. Starting in 1987, he also helped launch and maintain the MacDill AirFest, one of the largest air shows in the country....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh RSS Feed ORBIS DC-10 'Flying Eye Hospital' Returning to AirVenture 2012 - EAA Airventure | One of the world's most unique examples of a humanitarian aircraft, the ORBIS DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital, will appear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the 60th convention and fly-in slated for July 23-29, 2012, at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh....

L-39 Aerobatic Team - Airstrike (photo gallery) | A new team of L-39 jets was formed to display for a major international brand that was launching their new product here in Cape Town over a period of about one month. The aircraft were all painted with a...

Ditching the average life: Six ways to say yes to Adventure - Flying with Amelia | Tomorrow morning I am about to climb in an airplane and complete my goal: a transcontinental flight across the US in a single engine aircraft, following Amelia’s 1937 route. Two months ago, this goal seemed impossible, more of a dream than a plan. Much has been realized about goal setting and accomplishment in this time, and while I by no means have things figured out, I certainly feel like I have discovered some universal tools to success....
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Pilot sets out on flight of passage - Waikato Times | The rite of passage for many 21-year-olds is 21 shots or perhaps a symbolic key to adulthood, but a Cambridge woman has set her sights much higher. Sky high, in fact. Weather and plane maintenance permitting, former St Peter's Cambridge student Chloe Milne, who turned 21 on November 21, has embarked on a "flight of passage" this week, by setting out to land at 21 runways around New Zealand.  Late yesterday, Miss Milne was preparing to leave Christchurch Airport for Invercargill as she continued on her ambitious mission.... 

Red Tails Movie a Hit With Museum Vice President - Museum News | Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum 1st Vice President, Rick Rehg, screened the yet to be released movie Red Tails and gave his review this week. “Red Tails is a wonderful film and I give it a superior rating.  It is a very action packed film about the Tuskegee Airmen. I researched the history of the 332nd Fighter Group and found that the film is historically accurate. These airmen gave it...

Start of the hunt for the Mad Trapper - Aviation.CA | …So started what became the largest police manhunt in Canada and created the legend of the Mad Trapper….Over the next number of weeks the Alberta Aviation Museum will be creating a special display to be unveiled February 17th, 2012 on the “Search for the Mad Trapper”, along the way we will add parts of the story as the dates fall into place.

ME 109 Rare WW2 video clip - via AirShowBuzz | WATCH: crashed ME 109 Rare WW2 video clip.

Poland: MiG-29 – cockpit. Radom AirShow 2011 from 360Cities - Panoramic Photography Blog by 360Cities

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175 IAF flying cadets pass out - Times of India | HYDERABAD: As many as 175 flying cadets, including 30 women passed out from the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, to join their respective branches in the Indian Air Force on Thursday.  Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh reviewed the combined graduation parade at the academy. The parade marked the culmination of one-year training of the cadets at the...

Rare Scaled Composites ARES 151 jet stops in Amarillo - Black Horizon | A rare - one -of-a-kind military prototype made a surprise stop at Rick Husband Amarillo International today. It's called the Model 151 Ares and was designed as a proof-of concept demonstrator for the US Army's requirements for a low-cost - fast and agile attack aircraft - a sort of mini A-10 Warthog - the current US militarys' premier tank killer....

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Watch the practice, avoid the crowds of the Atlantic City Airshow - Press of Atlantic City | David Schultz, the air boss who has run the show since its return to Atlantic City in 2004, stressed that while practice day is fun for the crowds, it's also necessary for the pilots. Practice gives the pilots a chance to get better acquainted with the ...

Atlantic City Airshow adds tribute to US military with parade - Philadelphia Inquirer | The airshow is also one of few that headline both the Golden Knights, the Army's parachuting team, and the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's air-demonstration squad. But that's not what Vasser is most excited about. Referencing the Mr. Monopoly that jumped ...

Roulettes roll out aerobatics - Mackay Daily Mercury | More than 300 Bucasia State School students, teachers and parents will walk to Seaview Park at Bucasia to view the aerobatic show. Bucasia principal Belinda Eckford said in true patriotic style the school group would put on a show from the ground. ...

High flying: Air show delights Seacoast crowd - Foster's Daily Democrat | National Aviation Hall of Famer, Sean D. Tucker, also made an appearance at the show flying the Oracle Challenger 3, which was making its second appearance in New Hampshire skies. The all-new revolutionary aircraft is one of a kind with a 400 ...

Abbotsford 2011 Airshow soars to new heights - Abbotsford Times | In the air and on the ground, performances at the Abbotsford International Airshow were real crowd pleasers again this year. About 100000 people of all ages turned out to YXX for the three-day spectacle ...

T-50 Fighter to Be Unveiled at MAKS - The Moscow Times | Russia has been developing the jet — known as the T-50 or by its Russian abbreviation PAKFA — for some years in the hope of competing with the established F-22 US aircraft made by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and the upcoming Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint ...

Wichita Flight Festival schedule announced - Bizjournals.com | Wingwalker Ashley Battles holds the world record for the longest-duration wing walk at four hours; Kent Shockley's Shockwave jet truck earned the world's fastest full-size truck title after reaching a speed of 376 mph. Saturday night's concert will ...

The B-17G Flying Fortress  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » The B-17G “Sentimental Journey” is an amazing aircraft symbolizing so much about our history. But it’s a recent set of correspondence with a WWII B-17G crewmen that reminded me why I have such a soft spot for Sentimental Journey. It’s the folks at the AZ Wing of the CAF. I’ve done two air to air flights with the old lady and have another coming up shortly, and it’s the folks behind this marvelous plane that make the flights so special….

Flight museum to fly north to Ellington - Daily News - Galveston County | Volunteers were able to fly 10 planes, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, a Douglas DC-3 and a B-25 Mitchell bomber to safety just before Ike made landfall. The Texas Aviation Hall of Fame was washed away. All that remained were two model planes that ...

Profile 57 - "Nothing Much" as flown by Don Erickson  from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Don flew two models of the P-51 - the C model and the D model.  He asked that I do "The D."  And so it will be.  Did you have a look at the photo in the post below?  The black-tailed Mustangs look more like sharks than they do their horse namesake.  Funny about the sharks, however - a Shark was the squadron's mascot.  The shark is a logical choice, too.  Most people have seen the white-toothed P-40 fighters of the "American Volunteer Group" (AVG) - that group was originally a bunch of mercenary pilots who were hired by the Chinese government to help repel the Japanese invaders…

Today in Aviation History – August 16  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

APR Special: B-58 Derived SSTs  from The Unwanted Blog by admin | At the end of the 1950′s, the future of aviation was to be the supersonic transport. In order to get there, Convair suggested that their Mach 2 B-58 “Hustler” bomber be converted into testbeds for SST technologies and operations. Several aircraft were designed, from pure test aircraft to planes designed for combined passenger transport and recon… all the way to a Mach 3 transport capable of carrying 135 passengers 4000 miles…

Airship Ventures Zeppelin Eureka Arrives at St. Louis Downtown Airport  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Airship Ventures Zeppelin "Eureka" arrived at St. Louis Downtown Airport mobile mooring station around 4:45pm today following the assembling of the ground crew.  Local aviation enthusiasts, airport staff and news media gathered to view the airship as it gently touched down in a field beyond historic Curtiss-Wright Hangars One and Two near the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum.  The Zeppelin, sponsored by Farmer's Insurance, will be at the airport through August, and rides can be purchased by visiting http://www.airshipventures.com/fly-with-us.  Here are some views of the approach and landing…

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Tuskegee Airmen’s ranks may be smaller, but these veterans are still flying high  from History News Network | They came from as far away as Hawaii, silver-haired heroes converging on their nation’s capital to celebrate their place in history.  But the fact that there were so many fewer of them this year was painfully obvious to the heroes…

'Red Tails' Director Talks George Lucas, Delays, Reshoots  - George Lucas had yearned for decades to tell the story of the the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black fighter squad of World War II. He penned the story, but it was only in the last four years that he was able to make it happen. (The film, directed by Anthony Hemingway, will open in January.) According to Hemingway, much of the delay stemmed from Lucas' inability to find the right pool of talent; both young African American actors and an African American director to helm the movie…

Disabled American Veterans Brings Message to the Fargo Airsho  from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team by DAV Flight Team | Fargo, ND – Disabled American Veterans (DAV) brings its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’s combat-wounded men and women to the Fargo Airsho – August 13-14.  More than sixty-five years ago, sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers launched off an aircraft carrier to conduct the famed Doolittle Raid over Japan…

Blue Angels at Seafair: Practice day done; now it's showtime - West Seattle Blog | We were at Boeing Field, north of the tower this time, to watch the Blue Angels' takeoffs/landings (and occasional other glimpses) for today's afternoon practices; this morning, we could hear them from WSB HQ in Upper Fauntleroy, and WSB'ers reported ...

Why 2 Blue Angels Didn't Fly On Thursday - KIRO Seattle | SEATTLE -- There was some confusion on Thursday over why two Blue Angels didn't fly during their first practice for this year's Seafair Air Show. Four Blue Angels took to the skies over Lake Washington to practice their air show, but two never left the ...

Up, up and away with the Blue Angels | Slide Show - PNW Local News | The Blue Angels are headquartered at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, using King County International Airport to take off and land. operational times; and not all aircraft originate from King County International Airport. COMMENTING RULES: We encourage ...

SLIDESHOW: Blue Angels up and flying over Seattle; Performances this weekend - Westseattleherald.com | The Blue Angels typically fly not only over Lake Washington, but also make a pass or two over the Navy Ships in Elliott Bay, here for Seafair. They flew past the X-Band Radar (SBX) at Vigor Shipyards on Aug. 4 during practice. ...

Thunderbirds roar into Milwaukee - Bizjournals.com | The Business Journal's staff photographer Scott Paulus hitched a ride on the KC-135 Stratotanker to catch the mid-air refueling of the US Air Force Thunderbirds. The KC-135 Stratotanker is scheduled make an appearance at the Milwaukee Air and Water ...

Third annual air show packed with performance - NorthJersey.com | Plans are being made by Greenwood Lake Airport Owner/Manager Tim Wagner for the Third Annual Greenwood Lake Airport Air Show, to be held August 26 to 28. Working with him is Brendan Gillen, Head of Ramp Personnel and other staff members. ...

Air show to roar over Camarillo - Camarillo Acorn | The 2011 Wings Over Camarillo Air Show will present, for the first time in America, the Ultimate Air Racing Championship demonstration. Seven pilots from around the world will race wing tip to wing tip around a closed pylon obstacle course. ...

Weather causes cancellation of Snowbirds' Prince Rupert performance - thenorthernview.com | Rotary Waterfront Park was packed on the afternoon of August 4 as people from across the northwest came to Prince Rupert to take in a performance by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds - unfortunately Mother Nature was ...

WWII planes come to Maine - WCSH-TV | The planes include a P-40 fighter, a Corsair fighter, a B-25 bomber, a P-51 Mustang and, rarest of all, a Japanese Zero fighter plane. The Zero is said to be one of only two in the world that can still fly. All the planes, in fact, have been restored ...

More Unique Planes On Display - LASTV  - PFLUGERVILLE, TX – AUGUST 4, 2011 – The 2011 National Aviation Heritage Invitational, held during the Reno National Championship Air Races, had a number of one-of-a-kind aircraft on display. Previously LiveAirShowTV brought you a look at Clay Lacy’s DC-2, which won the Howard Hughes Trophy for Large Aircraft. Now, we’ll take a look at the Hamilton Metalplane. Never heard of it? You have heard of the Hamilton Standard propeller company. They are one in the same. The Hamilton Metalplane was built in the late 1920’s and only 29 were built. It was used as an airmail, cargo, and passenger plane. Wien Air Alaska used them to pioneer air transportation in the far off regions of the Alaskan Wilderness. Pilot and restorer Chuck Wentworth tells the story of the plane which won the Ovrille and Wilbur Wright trophy in the Antique category. LiveAirShowTV has also posted the enshrinement of Noel Wien from the 2010 National Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony in Dayton, OH. LiveAirShowTV broadcast the event, and now you can see Wien’s sons accept the Medal of Honor from Apollo 8 astronaut and Hall of Fame Enshrinee Gen. Bill Anders. More stories are in production now, including the oldest flying Boeing aircraft, a look back and a preview of the Super Sport class, and some of the General Aviation manufacturers that bring their planes to Reno. It’s going to be an exciting month!  Check www.LiveAirShowTV.com for the latest, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

FedEx Donates $5 Million And MD-10 To ORBIS International  from Aero-News Network | World's Only Flying Eye Hospital Launches North American Goodwill Tour at LAX FedEx and ORBIS International have announced a new 5-year, $5.375 million commitment including the donation of an MD-10 cargo aircraft to to be the third-generation Flying Eye Hospital…

Wings & Wheels Secures Two Day Vulcan Display  from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Wings & Wheels is delighted to confirm the Avro Vulcan XH558 will now also participate at Dunsfold Wings & Wheels on Sunday 28th, as well as Monday 29th August. The world’s only Avro Vulcan capable of flying will form one of the key attractions in the Airshow’s five hour flying displays thanks to the support of key sponsor, Aerobytes Ltd…

Father of B-58 Dies  from Pacific Flyer | Robert Widner, father and designer of the B-58 Hustler, has died in Fort Worth at the age of 95.  In 1947, Widner was an aeronautical engineer at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft and told his bosses in 1947 that he wanted to design the worldÕs first supersonic bomber…

Canberra Quartet  from Travel for Aircraft | The Canberra was a remarkable aircraft and is hardly recognized for its achievements. One of the fastest and highest flying of her day with Cold War missions over Russia commonplace for a time. Like the de Havilland Mosquito the Canberra replaced she escaped interceptors by using these qualities. English Electric first designed the Canberra as a bomber with a crew of two in a side-by-side arrangement, but the automated bombing system that was to be included did not come about so a bombardier crewman was added…

Flying in the fortress - Youngstown Vindicator | Before Thursday, Dixie Lee Kosovec of McDonald never had the chance to ride in a World War II-era B-17 bomber. Kosovec, who'll be 75 in November, admittedly didn't know much about the warplane either, despite having her name — “Dixie ...

Marshall WWII pilot honored at movie night - Coldwater Daily Reporter | 6 Community Movie Night being held at the Marshall Airport/Brooks Field in Marshall will highlight World War II B-17 bomber pilot Charles O. Dobbins Sr, a fifth generation Marshallite and descendant of Marshall Civil War Captain Deville Hubbard. ...

Today in Aviation History – August 5  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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Thunderbirds set to arrive 3 days before Air Expo - Live 5 News | The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base Charleston on Wednesday afternoon. The Thunderbirds are here to perform at the Air Expo, “Joint Forces in the Air” at Joint Base Charleston on Saturday, April 9. ...

USAF Thunderbirds Schedule 2011

Air Expo thunders back into town - Charleston Post Courier | ... with Japanese-style aircraft and a fire show; a Battle of Midway re-enactment; the US Army Special Ops Black Daggers Jump Team; GEICO's Skytypers; B-25 Bomber "Panchito"; A-10 Warthog demonstration; and an F-15 demonstration, among other displays. ...

Sun 'n Fun Made Use of Social Media This Year - The Ledger | LAKELAND | For some 36 years, the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In has run on aviation fuel, enthusiasm and wings — but another mode of operation played a stronger role than ever this year: Social media. The Sun 'n Fly-In used social media like ...

Air show organisers seek old programme - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | ORGANISERS of the Clacton Air Show are looking for a programme from the first event. As part of the preparations for the 20th air show they would like to find a copy of the 1991 programme. Sarah Daniells, Tendring Council's tourism and marketing ...

Gold Team performs at Puerto Rico Air Extravaganza from US Army Golden Knights | Sunny weather, an energetic crowd, and incredible show performances sums up in a few words the excitement of the Puerto Rico Air Extravaganza. Gold Team finishes up another great weekend in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The Team arrived on Friday to setup and prepare for four shows over this gorgeous weekend. This year’s Puerto Rico [...]

The Last Flying Vulcan Touches Down at Her New Home: The Doncaster Airfield Where She Was Based in the 1960s from AMTOnline.com | The agreement to base XH558 at Doncaster for the summer could be the first stage in the development of a visitor centre that will eventually be linked to a facility to inspire the next generation of engineers and technicians.

The celebration of the "Russian Knights" - The Voice of Russia | Today, the legendary group of stunt flying Russian Vytyazi Russkie "(" Russian Knights ") equivalent to the" Tricolour Arrows "Italian celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The virtuoso performances of Russian pilots in the sky of many countries ...

Russian aerobatic pilots discuss their superstitions - RIA Novosti | The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team was formed April 5, 1991 and is based at the 237th Guards Proskurov Air Force Regiment, comprising the best pilots from the Kubinka Air Base near Moscow. The team includes Vladimir Basov, ...

Super Puma Air Display Team from Fanclub Patrouille Suisse

"Turbulate the Air" UCAP #231 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Recorded on location from the 2011 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Guests: John Burton, Patty Wagstaff, Peggy Chabrian, Dan Johnson

Tyndall AFB 2011 - Warbirds and Airshows | Salute to Gulf Air Show Photo Review | Warbirds at Tyndall AFB, FL - March 26-27, 2011  | This was my first visit to the Tyndall AFB Air Show which this year included warbird aerobatics by the FG-1D, P-51D, T-33 and two T-6s along with the 17 minute long Tora Tora recreation of the Pearl Harbor attack with eight replica Japanese aircraft and a P-40.  Finishing out the warbird flying was B-25 and the Heritage Flight F-4 Phantom.  This is a great event to start the air show season and break out of the winter doldrums and has historically been known for having a fine selection of warbirds demonstrations.  This year was no exception. ...

Air Force jets perform first flyover using alternative fuel from Milcom Monitoring Post | WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Three F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft performed the Air Force's first flyover using "green" biofuel over Citizen's Bank Park for the Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day activities April 1.  The jets, from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., flew using a 50 percent blend of traditional jet fuel and synthetic biofuel derived from plant oils grown in the northwestern U.S.  ...

A WWII memory touches down - Arizona Daily Sun | The airplane is housed at the EAA's Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. But the EAA wants more people to experience the plane, and the organization has launched a year-long "Salute to Veterans" tour around the country. The "Flying Fortress" bomber was ...

WASP SURVIVE A FLORIDA TORNADO at "SUN AND FUN!" from WINGS AND WASP |  Susan King and Bob Oehl of Wings of Dreams  have been hosting WASP at Sun N Fun  for a few years.  We  are always given the best VIP treatment.   Susan and Bob  were exceptionally gracious hosts and, this year,  made it possible for the following WASP to attend the annual Sun N Fun Air Show in Lakeland, Florida: ...

Convair B-58 Ejection Capsule from The Original Rocket Dungeon 

VIDEO: Flight Douglas DC-4 & Curtiss-Wright C-46 Buffalo Airways from CavokBlog | An interesting video of staff JustPlanes.com , World Air Routes series, which shows details of the operations of Buffalo Airways , an airline canandense, based in Yellowknife, and is famous for operating aircraft during the Second World War to transport cargo and passengers today for northwestern Canada. Who did not know, it's worth knowing more about this company that has international recognition. ...

Aerospace Museum receives Atlas Impala that was a Brazilian Air Force from CavokBlog | The Aerospace Museum of Afonsos Field in Rio de Janeiro received more than a relic of the aviation world, the AT-26A aircraft Atlas MB-326KC Impala Mk.II (FAB 4634). To see more pictures, click here.  The aircraft was acquired by the FAB in excellent condition. Initially FAB prentedia use them as a source of parts for their AT-26 Xavante, however, after careful analysis came to the conclusion that they were in perfect condition, even better than the ...

Spitfire Ribbon Cutting from Seymour Johnson AFB Photos | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Members of the 4th Fighter Wing and Gateguards United Kingdom company pose in front of the newly established Spitfire display following the ribbon cutting ceremony to the new Spitfire Grill inside Heritage Hall April 1, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Gino Reyes)(RELEASED)

"Archangel" - YouTube | A historical video detailing the development and deployment of the A-12 photo reconnaissance aircraft -- the world's highest and fastest flying manned aircraft -- in the 1960s.
   
Edmond J. 'Ed' Gauthier - Escanaba Daily Press | He was a navigator on a B-17 while in Northern Appennines, PO Valley, Rhineland and Central Europe earning his AIE Medal, EAME Theater Medal with four Bronze Stars, American Theater Medal and Victory Medal. Ed was honorably discharged on Aug. 31, 1946. ...

George "Wheaties" Welch - P-38 National Association | Ed "Porky Cragg and George "Wheaties" Welch of the 80th FS/8th FG, November 1943. Welch got airborne at Pearl Harbor and shot down 4 Japanese aircraft. The next time he fired his guns at the Japanese, he shot down 3 flying a P-39D flying with the 36th FS of the 8th FG.  ...

Spirit soars in airshow volunteer - Bundaberg NewsMail | WITH a pilot for a mother, it was inevitable that Matthew Griffith would have a love for flying – something that has drawn him to volunteer at the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow. “The old days of airshows were a lot different – there weren't ...

Sharp chasing lifetime dreams - Shelby County Reporter | As his “hero dad” talked of Pearl Harbor, joining the Navy at 17 and described the seven major and 11 minor battles he fought in the Pacific, it whetted Sharp’s adventurous appetite.  “I always dreamed of being a fighter pilot in the Air Force,” Sharp said. “So I headed for Lackland Air Force Base two days after graduating from Woodlawn High School in 1965.”  Sharp was ready for adventure, but the Air Force was uneventful until the winter of ’68.  Sharp was sent to Seoul, Korea, following an incident with the Pueblo, an American spy ship.

STOVL F-35 Makes Headway Towards Sea Trials from Ares | In numbers terms, the F-35B STOVL variant of the Joint Strike Fighter has made rapid flight-test progress since the beginning of the year, racking up 61 vertical landings compared with just 10 in 2010. Improving mechanical reliability and adding aircraft to STOVL-mode flight testing appears to be paying off. ...

Children soar in university's aviation club – Daytona Beach News | Children soar in university's aviation club. Daytona Beach News-Journal (NJ | David Massey) The flight simulator center is where aspiring pilots and students learn to fly at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. ...

April 5, 2011 Young Eagles Day at Pearland from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely
Mike: As we approach the downwind leg of the traffic pattern at Pearland Regional Airport, the two boys in the airplane with me harmoniously burst into singing “Eye of the Tiger” (Survivor, 1982). In the co-pilot seat was eleven-year-old Owen Merrell of Kenefick following me through on the controls, totally enthralled with his very first foray aloft. His friend, twelve-year-old Logan Stinnett of Hardin sat in the back seat, having experienced ...

Unbridled Student Excitement for Flying from J Clark | Nothing is better than sitting in the office and having a student drop by to talk about flying their first aerobatic flight. When they become so excited they have a hard time containing their enthusiasm, it truly is an amazing event to witness. ...

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Witnesses capture video of St. Pete plane crash - 10 Connects | ST. PETERSBURG, FL - A T-28 Warbird, part of the Honda Grand Prix race opening ceremonies, crashed into the water off Albert Whitted Airport as it was attempting a landing after reporting mechanical difficulties. "I heard some sputtering from the ... Both the pilot and passenger suffered very minor injuries…

Air Show Grounded – WTOK | The Golden Wings Over Meridian air show dodged rain drops Saturday, but showers throughout Sunday, and other unfavorable conditions, grounded all aircraft at the air show. The Blue Angels officially called it a day midway through the afternoon, ...

Air Show could fly in again in 2 years - SunHerald.com | BILOXI -- This year's air show at Keesler Air Force Base was even bigger than the one in 2009, and the base could be getting ready for an encore. “We're trying to plan another show in two years,” said Brig. Gen. ...

Eyes, interest up at indoor air show - Omaha World-Herald | That was the essence of the success of the inaugural Indoor Air Show, which had 1200 people turning their noses to the ceiling Saturday and Sunday at the Strategic Air & Space Museum. Radio-controlled model airplanes and helicopters whizzed around one ...

Air Race Classic June 21-24  by cassie | The Air Race Classic will be flying over Carbon County this year! The Air Race Classic (ARC) is an annual cross country women's air race that carries on a tradition that began in 1929 with the first Women's Air Derby and continued with ...

Commemorative Air Force needs $3200 to fly B-24 to air show - Fort Worth Star Telegram | A Fort Worth group dedicated to preserving North Texas' aviation history wants to re-create a bit of that past during an air show next month at Naval Air Station Fort Worth. The Commemorative Air Force, almost all ex-military, ...

Sucker Punch – Republica | KATHMANDU, March 28: Director Zack Synder, who defines his recent Hollywood release Sucker Punch as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns, including dragons, B-25 bombers and brothels,” dreams big for all his fantasies to look true. ...

WWII veteran gets medals 65 years later - Tulsa World | While Kaiser has many war stories to tell, some of them humorous, he delights in telling about his exposure to early aviation history. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Kaiser moved around the country quite a bit, largely because his father, a noted aircraft ...

B17 at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport April 5 & 6  from Arizona Aerospan by Aviation News | The EAA's B17 Aluminum Overcast will be at the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport April 5th and 6th.  For more info, and links to Tour Stop Schedule and great images, go to:  http://www.b17.org/tourstops/

Aviation History on Display within the Tokyo 東京 area and northern Honshu 本州  from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Aviation History on Display within the Tokyo 東京 area and northern Honshu 本州 | The recent 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (東北地方太平洋沖地震 — Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin), centered near Sendai Japan, initiated a post about aviation history that may be endangered in the immediate area of Sendai. Emails have come in asking where aircraft are on display in the Tokyo area as well as the northern part of the island of Honshu, since this area has been bearing the brunt of aftershocks and probably will for some time to come — my notes indicate the following ten sites, with many in or near Tokyo...

A road trip, and some sobering economic realities  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Miss D. and I have just returned from a brief road trip, heading up through Kentucky to Ohio and back again. We took the opportunity to visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, which was very interesting indeed.  My major complaint about the Museum is that parts of it are not very photographer-friendly. For example, the Cold War display is very dark (including a black-painted ceiling), with spotlights illuminating the aircraft. That makes it very difficult to take pictures, as this one I took of the Convair B-58 Hustler bomber illustrates.

March Airshow Madness Complete  from Randy Rothhaar Photography | Wrapped up a three consecutive airshow weekend run in March with a great day shooting at MCAS Yuma...watch for images from NAF El Centro, Luke AFB, and MCAS Yuma soon.

Spring Break Multi Time Building Trip (ARR-ATL-PNS-MSY-ARR)  from Jetcareers forums by tlewis95 | Decided that I needed a bit of twice-prop time and found someone that was in to pay for half. So why not? Lets do Spring Break the right way. This was a Seminole being rented out of JA at Aurora, IL and just received new paint, interior, and G500 glass cockpit. (Still had a "new airplane smell" when we got back)…

Sky was no limit for pioneer aviator Pinky Brier - San Bernardino Sun | While working with Southern California Gas Co. in San Bernardino in 1934, Pinky took flying lessons from her future husband and aviation partner, Lt. Joe Brier, who was stationed at March Air Force Base. The woman loved flying so much that she quit her ...

Come Fly With Me: 1911  from Shorpy Historic Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave | Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. "Senorita Lenore Riviero with Antony Jannus in Rex Smith aeroplane." Please fasten your seatbelts (or skirts) while we prepare for departure. Tony Jannus, the pioneering but short-lived Washington aviator, a few years before his final flight landed him somewhere at the bottom of the Black Sea. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

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