Greg Koontz to receive 2014 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship · General Aviation News | Greg Koontz has been named the 2014 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Koontz is known throughout North America and parts of Latin America as a foremost authority on American Champion Super Decathlon aircraft, according to officials with World Airshow News, which bestows the award...
Amelia Rose Earhart | Everyone has oceans to cross... Today, Amelia and I cross one together. Thank you to everyone who has joined us as we flew around this big, beautiful world. I felt like we all shared a bit of Amelia's passion for adventure in the process....
Weekend Calendar * Fencecheck | All your weekend shows are listed by our friends at the link. 
History major embraces Blue Angels traditions * Pensacola News Journal | Blue Angels pilot Mark Tedrow is a quintessential aviator at Pensacola Naval Air Station: a Naval Academy graduate who loves his job with the elite flight team and especially enjoys buzzing the crowd at the annual Pensacola Beach Air Show. Lt Mark...
Saturday fly-in/air show: It will be loud * Valley Courier | “It's a lot of noise,” said Del Norte and former Army pilot Vern McCallister, who will fly his World War-II era T-6 in this Saturday's SLV Pilot's Association Fly In and Air Show based out of the SLV Regional Airport in Alamosa. “It's what the people...
Video: Jets Over Kentucky offers small-scale airshow in Lebanon * WDRB | An annual event - held in Lebanon, Kentucky - gives new meaning to the term "forever young."...
Latest Newsletter! * Planes Of Fame News | Read our newly released Newsletter, Vol.38, No. 2
Video: Yankee Lady take off at Waterloo Air Show * International Council of Air Shows
New BBC Two documentary follows RAF's Red Arrows * seenit.co.uk | The Red Arrows, the RAF's world famous display team, are being showcased in a new BBC Two documentary which airs later this month. One of the nation's true icons, the team celebrates 50 seasons of world-famous displays this year and acts as the public...
The Patrouille de France will eventually happen that late Monday morning ... * La Voix du Nord (translated) | Big disappointment this morning for all lovers of airplanes. Considering the awful weather which prevails in the Valenciennes region, the Patrouille de France (PAF) is not arrived at Valenciennes as expected. The eight drivers will stand on the tarmac late Monday that...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Farnborough Airshow selects Midair Squadron XH134 for Flying Display * UK 
Sponsor of Earhart search wants suit to continue * Seattle PI | ...The group is concentrating now on analyzing a piece of aircraft aluminum, about the size of a dinner tray, discovered on the island in the 1990s, Gillespie said. While the rivet pattern on the piece didn't match the Lockheed Electra, he said they're now focusing on whether it could be conclusively identified as a patch that was placed on Earhart's plane before it disappeared. "It's always so ironic to be working on this stuff, and then at the same time fighting a lawsuit that says, 'Ah, you found the thing years ago,' " Gillespie said....
Only flying B-29 in the world flies into Boise * KTVB | BOISE -- It was a once-in-a-lifetime sight for many at the Boise Airport Thursday as three World War II aircraft were flown in by the Commemorative Air Force. "The Commemorative Air Force is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to keeping...
B-17 wreckage a haunting hike * Colorado Springs Gazette | On June 13, 1944, an Army Air Corps B-17 flying a training mission out of Rapid City, S.D., went off course and slammed into a snow-covered mountainside a quarter mile from the Flowers Trail, killing four of 10 on board. Seventy years later, the...
Reliving historic mail run into our fair city * Wangaratta Chronicle | Historic and unique planes, including some belonging to members of Wangaratta Aero Club, will take part in a re-enactment of the first air mail run in 1914. Frenchman Maurice Guillaux flew a Bleriot XI aircraft from Melbourne to Sydney from July 16-18...
New exhibit for kids opens at Hampton's Virginia Air and Space Center * Daily Press | Put on a spacesuit, build a pillow rocket, drive a lunar craft, inspect moon dust or sleep strapped to the wall in the new permanent exhibit for preschoolers at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. The "Space Racers" exhibit celebrates its grand...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: David Martin and Kirby Chambliss * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is well known for attracting top-tier aerial entertainment, and we continue our photo essay series featuring David Martin in the Breitling CAP 232 and Kirby Chambliss in the Red Bull Edge 540. Martin is a third generation pilot with both military and civilian flying experience. Chambliss began flying at an early age, becoming the youngest Southwest Airlines pilot at age 24 and their youngest captain at age 28. He later became 5-time U.S. Aerobatic Champion and 2-time Red Bull Racing Champion. We present both here with highlights from their airshow routines...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cropdusters! * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 featured two prominent agricultural aircraft: the Air Tractor AT-502B with P&W Canada PT6A-34AG engine and a Thrush S2R-H80 with GE H80-100 engine (also on display in front of the GE exhibit). The Air Tractor was similar to the AT-301 model used to represent "Dusty" from the movie Planes, and at times they were both static display together. The Thrush flew in the airshows, including a full hopper drop. Here are some views of both aircraft...
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Friday, August 5, 2011
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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 ...
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
Today in Aviation History – August 5 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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A sky-high tour of Hub - Attleboro Sun Chronicle | John Klatt and pilot Bill Kerns, back plane, fly over downtown Boston Tuesday with Jessica Kosowski, The Sun Chronicle's assistant managing editor for news for a preview of this weekend's Rhode Island Air Show presented by the Air National Guard. ...
Armed Forces Week: Red Arrows to fly over Edinburgh skyline for first time in ... - stv.tv | The Red Arrows will perform above the Edinburgh skyline for the first time in 23 years. The display on Friday evening is part of a weekend of celebrations to mark Armed Forces Week that will see Prince Charles ...
First air show in a decade deemed success - Stoney Creek News | The crowd was particularly impressed with the heavy bombers including the Avro Lancaster, B-25 and two B- 17s along with the rare spectacle of eight Harvards flying together and the aerobatics of Bill Carter in his Pitts Special. ...
First air show in a decade deemed success - Stoney Creek News | The crowd was particularly impressed with the heavy bombers including the Avro Lancaster, B-25 and two B- 17s along with the rare spectacle of eight Harvards flying together and the aerobatics of Bill Carter in his Pitts Special. ...
Plymouth Hoe Air Show grounded after funfair refused - Plymouth Herald | THIS year's Plymouth Air Show has been called off after the city council refused permission for a funfair, which provides vital finance for the event, to take place on the Hoe. The council said it had a duty to ensure the health and safety of events ...
Who Cares About the Paris Air Show? from AirSpace by The Cranky Flier | When you think of air shows, you probably think of a warm summer day, some cool flying demonstrations to show off military might, and a few static displays of airplanes to walk through. That’s the core of any air show, but for the premier airshows...
Air Race Classic Delayed by The Racing Aces | Pilots, Dianna Stanger of Port Lavaca, Texas and Victoria Holt of Belton Texas, The Racing Aces, were due to begin their journey in the 2011 Air Race Classic on Tuesday, June 21st. The 4-day air race began in 1929 with the First Women’s Air Derby, the oldest women’s race in the country. However due to forecast weather the race was delayed until Wednesday, June 22. The start of the race has also been moved to the Alliance Municipal Airport (KAIA) in Alliance, Nebraska. Teams may depart at 12:00 pm from KAIA…
Rawlins marks fourth stop in women's air race - Casper Star-Tribune Online | RAWLINS — Continuing the history of a 34-year-old, all-women's airplane race, the Rawlins Municipal Airport has been selected as a timing point for the 2011 Air Race Classic, which is being held this week. "The important thing is that it's for women," ...
One Last Dance - an Anniversary Story > Vintage Wings of Canada from http://www.vintagewings.ca/ Fifty-one years ago, I was standing on the tarmac outside the hangar at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario where I was completing my initial pilot training on the de Havilland Chipmunk. Suddenly a huge, noisy, smelly, bright yellow, flame belching aeroplane…
Tornado derails train with Boeing 737 fuselages | Boeing and ... from Boeing - Google Blog Search by Aubrey Cohen | The incident, near Hamilton, Neb., damaged at least one of the fuselages, according to the report. Spirit AeroSystems assembles the fuselages in Wichita and sends them by train to Renton, where Boeing assembles 737s. ...
Voodoo Voodoo — an F-101 2-fer in Florida from Travel for Aircraft | I recall vividly from my youth when I first learned about McDonnell’s F-101 Voodoo. I was reading about reconnaissance aircraft, the ones that purposefully fly over their targets at very low altitudes and very fast, and it was a story of an RF-101 mission that quickly caught my eye…
Burt Rutan on SS1 flight anniversary from RLV and Space Transport News | Alan Boyle talks with Burt Rutan on the seventh anniversary of the first SpaceShipOne flight to space: Private-sector space age turns 7 - Cosmic Log.
George and Archie: Two Misty Names in Making Everything Into Nothing. Hiroshima, 1945. from Ptak Science Books by John F. Ptak | The names of Col. Paul Tibbets and the Enola Gay are instantly recognizable, instantly placeable in the history of the twentieth century. Fact is though that Tibbets didn't pilot his (well, Capt. Robert A. Lewis')1 B-29 all the way to Hiroshima and back, and wasn't at the controls when the bomb was released. Tibbets (also known as "Old Bull") shared some of the tactically flawless mission with his co-pilot Capt. Lewis, and also with George. Well, its actually "George", the personified names for the autopilot of the aircraft, and I guess on the long road to splitting the atom it doesn't matter much who did what at the final moments, especially if you were on the ground in Hiroshima…
English Electric Canberra – decals and warning placards as art! from Shortfinals's Blog | In the immediate post-WW2 era, the United Kingdom was in a terrible situation. Severe damage to various cities, no foreign currency reserves, a worn-out infrastructure, and initially, food rationing more strict even than that imposed during the war (even bread was rationed, for a while) . It would seem that Britain had helped to win the war, but had lost the peace. Hundreds of thousands of service personnel were ‘de-mobbed’ (left the Service), and the Royal Air Force bomber fleet was reduced by 1950 to only five, long-range, heavy bomber squadrons of Avro Lincolns (a development of the famous Lancaster)…
The height of economy - the DH Fox Moth by shortfinals | Sometimes you see an aircraft and do a double-take. Visually the machine is so unusual that you figuratively scratch your head. The first sight of a De Havilland DH83 Fox Moth will do that to you! This aircraft is an absolute wonder of economy and efficiency; it is true to say that if not for the Second World War, many more would have been built. In March 1932, the prototype DH 83 Fox Moth, designed by A. E. Hagg, took to the air…
Statue of Gen. Chennault has new home in Monroe - Monroe News Star | Chennault is revered for leading the Flying Tigers in China during World War II. He received at least 17 medals during the war. Chennault called Monroe home after World War II and even bought burial plots for his family at a Monroe cemetery, ...
Europeans Plan to Launch Prototype Wingless, Reusable Spaceship By 2013 - Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle The IXV will return to Earth as if from a low-orbit mission, to test and qualify new reentry technologies such as advanced ceramic and ablative thermal protection. It will be controlled by thrusters and aerodynamic flaps before descending by parachute and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. ESA The European Space Agency announced plans today to launch a privately built snub-nosed space bullet, which sort of resembles a wingless, truncated space shuttle, within the next two years. Thales Alenia Space, builder of several International Space Station components and many European satellites, is manufacturing the spacecraft…
Episode 152 – Become a Pilot from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) We join Milford and Charlie from FlightTime Radio for a live broadcast from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for the seventh annual Become a Pilot Family Day and Fly-In.
Friday, February 25, 2011
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Women in Aviation: Sustaining mission excellence - Coast Guard Compass | In the complex and competitive field of aviation, the motivation to always better oneself is an important factor in mission success, but can also sustain excellence in performance and the desire for a long career in flight. One Coast Guard senior leader who is doing his part to motivate and enthuse Coast Guard aviators is Rear Adm. Daniel Abel, Deputy Director of Operations at U.S. Northern Command. In an interview at the Women In Aviation, International Conference, Abel shared his perspectives on keeping our aviators safe, encouraging them to be their best, the role of women in our service and the future of Coast Guard aviation. ...
Tuskegee Airmen saga told - Long Beach Press-Telegram | They received a special invitation to President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009. Today, about 70 pilots are still living, Lumpkin said. Lumpkin and Davis, a former B-25 bomber pilot, visit schools throughout the Southland as part of Tuskegee Airmen ...
Brian Jones: The Right Stuff - AskMen | ... As a guest of Breitling at the Reno Air Races last fall, I was able to meet hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and actor John Travolta, a pilot for Qantas Airlines, and even flew in an old WWII P-51 Mustang fighter plane. But the highlight for me was a hot-air balloon flight in a replica of the Orbiter with none other than Jones himself. Jones gives rides to thrill seekers while raising money for his Winds of Hope Foundation, which aims to eradicate the disfiguring, flesh-eating disease Noma. He is also at work on Solar Impulse, a project attempting to build the first solar-powered airplane capable of flying nonstop around the world. ...
New England Air Museum - Patch.com | The New England Air Museum this week is offering activities for students who are taking their February vacation. The activities have ranged from a LEGO Challenge on Monday to building and launching ...
ULM autogire Xenon RST 912 from Passion pour l'aviation | On April 18, 2010, during a walk on the ground-Plivot Epernay, my eye was attracted to this ultralight gyroplane tandem closed cab: Xenon, I think it looks great. I told myself that I can devote a section as soon as I find information about it, the chance of my research on the Internet allowed me to find an article by Philip Weaver (PDF 4.3 MB) about the published in January 2010 in the magazine Flight Engine . The Xenon created six years ago by Raphael Celier is now manufactured in Poland by Celier Aviation. After trying ...
More Planes, People & Helicopters From The Centennial Of Flight ... by Rob Hurlbut
A few posts back I showed some photos from the time I spent at the Centennial Of Naval Aviation Airshow on Coronado. In looking back at the post and after going through the photos I took at the event, I realized that I had Jurassic ...
MV-22 Osprey Reaches Historical Milestone from photorecon.net | On February 18, 2011, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar hosted a ceremony with all Osprey squadrons located at the base to mark a milestone in the history of the MV-22 – 100,000 hours of mishap free flight. The MV-22 Osprey is currently replacing the 50+ year old CH-46 Sea Knight (aka Frog). The Osprey is [...]
Polish Aviation Museum - Pysall Ruge Architekten | The Muzeum Lotnictwa is one of the largest museums of aviation in the world. It is located in historically preserved buildings and hangars of the former historic airfield of Rakowice-Cyzyny in Cracow, the first airfield on polish terrain, build in 1912 for the air fleet no. 7 of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire. In 2005 a competition was launched for the new main building – the first pan-European competition for architects, after the accession of Poland to the EU, to be won and realised by a German architect. ...
Today in Aviation History – February 25 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
Joanna Page Performs Flying Stunts For Charity - NDTV.com | Page will participate in an aerobatic flight and perform a series of breathtaking barrel rolls and loop-the-loops to raise money for charity Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, reported Contactmusic. Walsh will also unleash her inner daredevil with a ...
Purdue, state have strong ties to shuttle Discovery - Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis astronaut David Wolf said such experiments are crucial to the space shuttle mission, which he thinks has revolutionized space flight. "It was an extremely aggressive program in which humans took on a very ambitious vision and pulled ...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Indy Transponder 22-APR-09 0050z
Lakeland's Premier Air Event Begins Today - The Ledger, FL
8 pm - John and Martha King, Patty Wagstaff and Miles O'Brien present 'Over Africa' - Low and 
Slow with the Kenya Wildlife Service in the AOPA Pavilion. The 35th annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In begins today and ends Sunday. ...
It's Time For Sun 'n Fun - Lakeland Local
If you go, here are some of the highlights Burton said you can expect to see this year: A host of WWII aircraft. The U.S. Army Golden Parachute Team- this will be their first appearance at Sun 'n Fun. Rocket Racing demonstrations ...
5000 aircraft expected for Florida fly-in - SmartBrief, DC
Organizers expect some 5000 aircraft to fly in for the event, which features shows by the Army Golden Knights parachute team and 500 commercial exhibits for the general aviation market. The event continues through Sunday. Tampa Tribune (Fla. ...
35th annual Sun n' Fun Fly-In kicks off today! - ABC Action News, FL
LAKELAND, FL -- Sun n' Fun kicks off its 35th annual Fly-In and convention today! The fun-filled aviation event hosted by the City of Lakeland and Lakeland Linder Regional Airport runs from Tuesday, April 21 to Sunday, April 26. ...
Fantasy of Flight's 'Splash-In' Celebrates the Aviation Life Aquatic - Aero-News Network, FL
Back by popular demand for the second year in a row, Fantasy of Flight in Polk City will be hosting their annual "Splash-In" as part of the Lakeland Fly-In activities. Fantasy of Flight's sparkling Lake Agnes will serve as the chosen landing strip for ...
Arty arrives at Sun n Fun! from Technorati
I just have to post about Arty's Ultimate Adventure , even though it is before 5am and I am supposed to be getting ready for my flight to Sun n Fun , an enormous annual airshow in Lakeland, FL. I am so psyched to go, since it is my first time at this fly-in. I've gone to Oshkosh many years in a row, but I always have a booth for Girls With Wings and rarely get out to meet people and enjoy the airshow! So,I have my tent and sleeping bag already in my pack, just wrapping up a few loose ends ...
Sun N Fun Emergancy landing from Pilots of America Message Board
Sun N Fun is overhead from PassionAviator by bryris
Its Tuesday, the first day of Sun N Fun 2009. My schedule shows me going on Friday, but as I sit here at my desk in my Lakeland, FL home studying for finals, I can hear the airplanes flying overhead. ...
Ex-enemies from Vietnam War nurturing friendship - MiamiHerald.com, FL
The former North Vietnamese aviator stood ramrod straight as a men's quartet sang the American national anthem and a medley of songs honoring the US military. US Rep. Brett Guthrie said it was proof that "Americans make our enemies our friends. ...
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Podcast #1: Re-Engined Caravan Attracting Attention from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Podcast #2: Mooney Seeing Light from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #1: A Sun 'n Fun Preview from AVwebFlash Current Issue
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #2: Kitfox Unveils New LSA from Aviation & Aerospace News
If you go, here are some of the highlights Burton said you can expect to see this year: A host of WWII aircraft. The U.S. Army Golden Parachute Team- this will be their first appearance at Sun 'n Fun. Rocket Racing demonstrations ...
5000 aircraft expected for Florida fly-in - SmartBrief, DC
Organizers expect some 5000 aircraft to fly in for the event, which features shows by the Army Golden Knights parachute team and 500 commercial exhibits for the general aviation market. The event continues through Sunday. Tampa Tribune (Fla. ...
35th annual Sun n' Fun Fly-In kicks off today! - ABC Action News, FL
LAKELAND, FL -- Sun n' Fun kicks off its 35th annual Fly-In and convention today! The fun-filled aviation event hosted by the City of Lakeland and Lakeland Linder Regional Airport runs from Tuesday, April 21 to Sunday, April 26. ...
Fantasy of Flight's 'Splash-In' Celebrates the Aviation Life Aquatic - Aero-News Network, FL
Back by popular demand for the second year in a row, Fantasy of Flight in Polk City will be hosting their annual "Splash-In" as part of the Lakeland Fly-In activities. Fantasy of Flight's sparkling Lake Agnes will serve as the chosen landing strip for ...
Arty arrives at Sun n Fun! from Technorati
I just have to post about Arty's Ultimate Adventure , even though it is before 5am and I am supposed to be getting ready for my flight to Sun n Fun , an enormous annual airshow in Lakeland, FL. I am so psyched to go, since it is my first time at this fly-in. I've gone to Oshkosh many years in a row, but I always have a booth for Girls With Wings and rarely get out to meet people and enjoy the airshow! So,I have my tent and sleeping bag already in my pack, just wrapping up a few loose ends ...
Sun N Fun Emergancy landing from Pilots of America Message Board
Sun N Fun is overhead from PassionAviator by bryris
Its Tuesday, the first day of Sun N Fun 2009. My schedule shows me going on Friday, but as I sit here at my desk in my Lakeland, FL home studying for finals, I can hear the airplanes flying overhead. ...
Ex-enemies from Vietnam War nurturing friendship - MiamiHerald.com, FL
The former North Vietnamese aviator stood ramrod straight as a men's quartet sang the American national anthem and a medley of songs honoring the US military. US Rep. Brett Guthrie said it was proof that "Americans make our enemies our friends. ...
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Podcast #1: Re-Engined Caravan Attracting Attention from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Podcast #2: Mooney Seeing Light from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #1: A Sun 'n Fun Preview from AVwebFlash Current Issue
AVweb's Sun 'n Fun 2009 Video #2: Kitfox Unveils New LSA from Aviation & Aerospace News
Soldier honors instructor with Golden Knights jump - FayObserver.com, NC
After all, he was jumping out of a plane with the Golden Knights. Who wouldn't be excited? But as the plane flew higher, he stopped smiling and said a prayer. Raw fear played in his blue eyes, and his words became shorter. ...
Airmen honor America's veterans during Air Force Week from Air Force Link Top Stories
Air Force officials honored America's veterans during a Hampton Roads Air Force Week ceremony April 20 at the Boo Williams Sportsplex arena here.
Officials from Langley Air Force Base, Va., recognized all veterans from all of America's wars and displayed some of the professionalism and precision of today's Airmen with performances by the Air Force Honor Guard drill team and the Air Force Band.
Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor, the guest speaker, shared his thoughts for those who served and for those who continue to serve in the U.S. military.
Unique plane to debut in Masterton - The Dominion Post, New Zealand
The Wairarapa-based Vintage Aviator company is taking the aviation world by storm with their debuting of one-of-a-kind WW1 fighter bomber aircraft this weekend. Expert airman Gene DeMarco was taking the FE2b pusher biplane for test flights recently in ...
Legends Over Madera - Air Show 2009 from http://www.legendsovermadera.com/
Join us as we salute our valley veterans! Legends Over Madera - Air Show 2009 will thrill spectators of all ages with exciting aerobatic performers, rare WWII bombers & fighters, an F-16 flyover and the only civilian four-ship jet flight demonstration team of its kind in the world, The Patriots Jet Team. This headlining act flies the beautiful L-39 jet and will perform exciting maneuvers similar to the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds. There will be a tremendous war bird representation with aircraft such as the P-38 Lightning, the B-25 Bomber, the P-40 War hawk, a F4U Corsair, and an MiG-17F to name a few. Several of these legendary warbirds and their pilots will be flying during the event! Madera is located just 30 minutes from Fresno, CA - less than 2 hours from Stockton and Modesto, CA, 2 hours from Bakersfield, an just 1hr. and 20 mins. from Yosemite!
Air Force Raptors will be at Sioux Falls air show - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor demonstration team has confirmed its inclusion in the two-day Sioux Falls Air Show July 25-26 at Joe Foss Field.
With its last major domestic, pre-summer event returning to the hangar for another year, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) - organisers of the Abu Dhabi Red Bull Air Race and sponsor of the series' newly-formed Team Abu Dhabi outfit – has reiterated ...
Abu Dhabi Post Race Report from Team Bonhomme #55 Pit-News
The weight question seems to have been left open… and several more have cropped up. During the race, the lead was passed between Team Bonhomme, Nicolas Ivanoff and Hannes Arch. Team Bonhomme led in the Top 12, with Nicolas taking the Super 8 stage… then after a poor Super 8 run Hannes Arch pulls out a 1.24.60… the fastest run of the day and unbelievably quicker than anything he had done all week.
Americans struggling to catch Red Bull leaders - AOPA Pilot
Photo courtesy Andrew Parsons American pilots place seventh, ninth, and fourteenth in the first round of this year's Red Bull Air Race series that started with a race April 18 in Abu Dhabi. Hannes Arch of Austria came from behind to win over Britain's ...
Air Show @ Beale Air Force Base from Technorati
Our Sunday weekend went very well. How about yours? April 18th and 19th was the Beale Air Force Air Show. This event happens once a year here in Northern California. We are glad that we got a chance to be able to enjoy this event. We also got a to see different aircrafts, Air Force planes, and more. Whewww...it was 100 something degrees yesterday. The weather was very warm. We had fun though, but we went home dehydrated and got sunburned. U2 U.S Air Force Plan
A thought on the air show - Courier-Journal
... Throughout the day, we all enjoyed the ballgame (the Bats won!) and the air show (the F-16s are my favorite!) After the game, we walked around the ballpark and Waterfront Park for a few hours.
Everywhere I looked, I saw children laughing and running and playing and having a wonderful time. I saw families together, playing games, picnicking, and enjoying quality time with each other and their friends. ...
Grounded LMPD helicopter returns in time for Thunder - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
A Louisville Metro Police helicopter that has been out of service for more than two years was back flying over Louisville just in time to monitor traffic congestion during Thunder Over Louisville. ...
Restored WWII Bomber Comes to Hillsboro Airport - The Oregonian
The Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 'flying fortress' bomber was in Hillsboro briefly Monday before going on week-long display at the Tillamook Air Museum. It will be back in Portland next week and WWII veterans and others will get rides. ...
Flight full of memories for one WWII vet - Los Angeles Daily News, CA
By Dennis McCarthy, columnist Nat Benjamin sat lost in thought in the belly of a restored B-17 bomber flying over Van Nuys last Thursday morning. Where had the last 61 years gone, he wondered. He was a 30-year-old father of a baby boy the last time he ...
Want to fly on a World War II B-17? Ticket cost: $430 - Seattle Post Intelligencer
A fully restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress will fly over Seattle on April 27. (The Liberty Foundation photo) A restored World War II Boeing B-17 is coming to Seattle in April and will be offering flights to the public shortly after. ...
World War II-era Flying Fortress at Visalia airport for public ... - Visalia Times-Delta, CA
David Turner, 91, of Exeter, the B-17 Flying Fortress parked Monday on the tarmac at Visalia Municipal Airport represents some of the most important moments of his life. "They're great planes. You can't get any better than these," Turner said. ...
Widow receives husband's World War II medal from Air Force Link Top Stories
In a ceremony that took almost 66 years to happen, Mrs. Doris Norred, widow of Army Air Corps veteran, Capt. William Norred, received her husband's Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor April 13 for his actions during World War II.
Descendants find diary of WWII POW - The Tennessean, TN
2nd Lt. Hardy A. Mitchener Jr., a navigator in the Army Air Corps from Nashville, was on a bombing mission over Germany in May 30, 1944 when his B-17 was shot down. He kept a detailed diary while the Germans held him as a prisoner of war. ...
Remains of MIA Aussie Canberra bomber found in Vietnam from Military Photos
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THE remains of an RAAF Canberra bomber flown by Australia's last two MIAs have been found in Vietnam - almost 40 years after it disappeared into the jungle.
The wreckage was found in a remote mountainous region near the Viet-Lao border but no human remains have been located so far, Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said.
Boeing SST cockpit photos from The Unwanted Blog
Back in 2004, I used my then-crappy digital camera to take these photos of the cockpit of the Boeing 2707 SST mockup on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA. They have a great deal of stuff there needing to be photographed a lot better. Anybody want to fund a trip?
Polar aviator Steve Brooks lands himself a bargain - This Is Hampshire.net, UK
AN ICONIC Spitfire aeroplane made airworthy again thanks to a five-year restoration by a Hampshire firm, has sold at auction for more than £1.7m. A British polar adventurer bought the historic plane, pictured, the first ready-to-fly Spitfire to go ...
Spitfire sale: This munificent man and his flying machine - BBC News
The sale came at the end of an annual event held every April in the Royal Air Force Museum at Colindale, in north London by the auctioneers Bonhams.
The Hotrod Squad from http://www.airspacemag.com/
There's hardly a combat mission that the A-4 Skyhawk hasn't flown.
On This Day in History: April 21 Record Breaking Day for Hughes in ... - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 04-21-2009 On April 21, 1936, the eccentric aviator and movie producer Howard Hughes landed at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn after a record breaking Miami-to-New York flight of 4 hours, ...
Airport fire under investigation - Northwest Arkansas Times, AR
The city of Fayetteville owns the hangar at 4240 S. School Ave. just north of the Arkansas Air Museum. The space has been leased since May 2006 by Spitfire Aviation Services LLC, owned by Lance Creamer. According to the company's Web site at ...
Crooks smash door, steal ATM from San Diego museum - San Jose Mercury News, USA
Sgt. Ray Battrick says a burglar alarm at 5:12 am Tuesday brought officers to the Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park. He says thieves apparently tore off the door frame and damaged a security gate then used a cable to pull out the ATM.
Clouds lift for 'Cadet for a Day' from Air Force Link Top Stories
For eight years, Academy cadets have been making wishes come true for ill youngsters.
They made it happen again April 9 through Saturday when Joe Hayford, 13, became the newest Cadet for a Day through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"His eyes were huge, and he never quit smiling," said Wish volunteer Maggie Appenzeller.
Accompanying Joe was his family--brother, Shane, 17, and parents, Chong Mi and Keith for the three-day event sponsored by Cadet Squadron -4.
EAA Chapter 119 Pancake Breakfast at the Watsonville Airshow from Technorati
Watsonville Airshow EAA 119 Pancake Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 7am - 11am EAA 119 Hangar $7 adults $4 kids One FREE Sunday Breakfast ticket included when you register your aircraft!
Mayfly is first purchase of British naval aviation fleet from Flight Image of the Day
A century of British naval aviation history began with an order in 1909 for His Majesty's Airship 1. The Mayfly emerged from Vickers two years later. Read more about the Royal Navy's first 100 years as an avaion power in our feature on a Century of Fleet.
"At last our leviatan of the air has emerged from the interior of its hiding place." is how Flight described the Mayfly in our 27 May 1911 issue.
VIDEO: Virgin Blue aircraft has near-miss with remote-controlled toy plane from Flight International by Stuart
A remote-controlled toy aircraft got a little too close for comfort with the real thing last Friday, as it flew close to a Virgin Blue aircraft near Perth airport.
The toy airplane, which if ingested would have presumably caused engine damage, had a video camera attached to the nose, meaning the whole remarkable incident was filmed and placed on YouTube, with Top Gun accompaniment.
Mojave Plane Crazy Saturday Photos from Mojave Skies by Alan RadeckiVideo: ThunderBirds by psyfurius
US Air Force Thunderbirds @ the Puerto Rico Air Show by coqui2008
Sabre flying with the Snowbirds from Military Photos
HAWK ONE - Vintage Wings of Canada F-86 Sabre / Golden Hawk from FenceCheck Forums
The MOF's B-29 project is looking great - by roymcm
Thunder Over Louisville 2009 from FenceCheck Forums
Beale AFB Open House 2009 from FenceCheck Forums
Neat uses of timber: At an air show in New Zealand this weekend will be a plane that last flew 90.. by LumberJocks
At Sun 'n' Fun air show. Red Bull areobatic chopper is one not to miss. by milesobrien
Gary's South Shore Air Show from http://www.garyairshow.com/Celebrate the South Shore Air Show's 10 year Anniversary in 2009! Relax on the beautiful beaches of Lake Michigan at Marquette Park and watch one of the largest over-water air show's in the nation!
Saturday, July 11 & Sunday, July 12, 2009
Noon - 4:00 p.m. CDT
WWII Survivor of USS Indianapolis Honored Today - KFDX, TX
Eighty-three-year-old LD Cox was recognized today as an example of "Our Greatest Generation", which is a monthly program held at the Red Door Senior Center to commemorate veterans. Cox left college to volunteer for the Navy. In the Fall of 1944, ...
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