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Vintage plane crashes, killing pilot and U.K. man - chron.com | ...The plane, a P-51 Mustang named Galveston Gal, flew out of the Galveston's Scholes International Airport, said director Hud Hopkins. The plane is part of the Lone Star Flight Museum at the airport....

Rich's Pyro Final Performance · eaavideo.org | Behind the scenes with one of the best airshow pyrotechnics performers around.

WAC 2013 VIDEO - vimeo.com | This video is about WAC 2013 VIDEO

COPPERSTATE prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — The 41st Annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo takes off Thursday, Oct. 24, with organizers noting that the weather is expected to be “nearly perfect” from Washington State, to Colorado, to Texas, to Southern California. In Casa Grande itself, it’ll be in the 80°s every day, with 0% chance of rain...

The Wings Over New Zealand Show – Patch Nelson – Episode 2 | WARBIRD RADIO – Dave Homewood’s back with legendary Kiwi aviator Patch Nelson!  Tune in and enjoy this special broadcast....

Medford WWII aviator inducted into Hall of Honor - Mail Tribune | As a youngster, Michael Emmens never particularly looked forward to the family's vacation each summer. "We would go to reunions of the Raiders — they had them every year," he recalled. "I remember saying, 'Do we have to do that again for our vacation?' " His father, Robert Emmens, who was inducted Sunday into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, was a co-pilot with the Doolittle Raiders. The group of 16 B-25 U.S. bomber crews led by then Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle successfully carried out a daring raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942....

Greater Philadelphia Tuskegee Airmen Executive to Deliver Remarks at 21st ... - Marketwired (press release) | Greater Philadelphia Tuskegee Airmen Executive to Deliver Remarks at 21st Annual Original Richard Allen Committee, Inc. Senior Citizens Banquet. Richard Kydd, Son of George H. Kydd, B-25 Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, Will Give Keynote Address...

Timeless Voices - Herbert "Herbie" Stachler · eaavideo.org | Herbert "Herbie" Stachler (1918 - 2013) flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the 391st Fighter Squadron of the 366th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force during WWII. He flew 102 combat missions in his P-47 named "Lil' Herbie," including two on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Backcountry beauty · General Aviation News, Meg Godlewski | There are airplanes that are built for show, airplanes built for backcountry camping, and airplanes built for IFR cross-country flying. One of the best things about building your own airplane is that you can create a machine that fits all these categories. Gordon Anderson, from Silverthorn, Colo., has achieved this with his 2012 Sportsman 2+2. The red and gold high-wing was one of the more talked about airplanes at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh...

Air Tattoo DVD released in time for Christmas - Swindonlink | Re-live all the thrills and excitement from one of this year’s greatest aviation events with the Royal International Air Tattoo’s official 2013 DVD featuring exclusive interviews, dramatic in-cockpit footage and a fascinating glimpse behind-the-scenes....

Volunteers to help restore Grumman jets at Calverton park - newsday.com | Years of flying on patrol all over the world couldn’t take the shine off the sleek F-14 Tomcat jet fighter and the A-6 Intruder attack jet on open-air display at Grumman Memorial Park at Calverton....

Original T-34 visits Edwards 60 years after service - Edwards Air Force Base | In 1957, it was sent to Tinker AFB, Okla., where it was "loaned" from the Air Force to the Tinker Aero Club with a civilian registration number. The following year it was removed from the Air Force's inventory and moved to the Civil Air Patrol in Okla ...

Speakers confirmed for women in aviation summit - Australian Aviation | Aviation/Aerospace Australia has confirmed its initial speakers list for the upcoming Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia National Summit in Melbourne on November 18. Representing a cross-section of women from within the aviation and aerospace industries, the summit will also hear from senior executive women in other industry sectors...

Could Concorde ever fly again? No, says British Airways By Richard Westcott Transport correspondent, BBC News | Ten years ago today, our ever-shrinking world got a little bit bigger again. Three Concordes landed in a procession at Heathrow airport, while thousands of emotional fans looked on....

Robin Olds, The Artist · Warbirds News | ...Brigadier General Robin Olds was a noted American flying ace during World War II and the Vietnam War. Robin Olds was credited with twelve kills over Europe. Robin Olds grew up amongst military aviators and aircraft — his father was a World War I pursuit pilot, an aide to Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, and commander of the first B-17 squadron. Robin Olds attended West Point, where his characteristic boldness allowed him to excel on the football field — in 1942, he was selected as an All-American tackle. After Olds graduated in 1943, he attended flight training and went to Europe as a P-38 pilot....

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27th FAI World Aerobatic Championships - www.flickr.com | Event classification: First Category Event Type of event: World Championship Disciplines / Task Styles: Unlimited Aerobatics (Power) Place: North Texas Regional Airport

KC Flight attempts to break world record at Chiefs game - fox4kc.com | LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- Pilots from 17 states and Washington D.C. are touching down in Kansas City this week, gearing up for Sunday's Chiefs vs. Raiders game. Fans on the ground will try to become the...

Great Georgia Airshow goes on despite government shutdown - Fox Atlanta | PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - The government shutdown and sequestration are taking a toll on the air show industry. One of the state's biggest air shows is set for this weekend in Peachtree City. Organizers of the Great Georgia Airshow say they have had to be creative to fill the sky due to politics in Washington...

Copperstate Fly In, Bucking the Trend - InFlight USA | Much has been said about sequestration and the negative effect it has had on not only aviation, but many public events. To be sure, elected representatives who serve inside the beltway seem to have gone out of their way to make sure recreational events are adversely affected, perhaps highlighting what the ruling elite consider to be “unnecessary activities.” Airshows and celebrations of our military services have been hit particularly hard, with the shutdown of military demonstration teams (like the Blue Angles and Thunderbirds), causing the cancellation of many aviation programs that have long and proud traditions. FAA political management follows the leadership of our politicians by implementing illegal service fees on programs that have used pre-paid FAA services in the past. Such fees, often running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, have caused many airshows to simply pack it in. Others fear potential liability issues (the predatory legal system), and do not proceed with an airshow in a non-towered environment. It is a disappointing trend...

Crowds gather for Aviation Day at Melbourne airport | Pilot News Magazine | More than 3,000 people flocked to Melbourne International Airport to see a vintage collection of aircraft and vehicles Saturday.

EDITOR’S BLOG: 40 years of IWM Duxford Airshows: 2003 Archives – Part 1 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Tomorrow will see the Duxford Autumn Air Show celebrate 40 years of airshows organised by IWM Duxford. To mark the anniversary we’ve been posting some archive material of IWM Duxford Airshows over those 40 years and this time it is our first of two looks at 2003.

Angelina Jolie's first 'Unbroken' - Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY | Angelina Jolie has released the first picture from her directorial effort Unbroken. It's a photo of the director with the inspiration of the story, Louis "Louie" Zamperini. The famed Olympic long-distance runner survived brutal conditions as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II. Jolie and and Zamperini are actually neighbors in the Hollywood Hills and have become close friends over the film's development....

Lucky Louie by Martin Jacobs | Lou Zamperini was lucky. He survived a risky, put-up-your-dukes childhood  and made it into the Olympics. But in May ’43, in a B-24 over the Pacific, his luck seemed to run out...

We Served Too - The Story of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots of World War II - wstthemovie.com | This is a story of a group of young, determined and courageous women during World War II who broke through barriers and shattered stereotypes.

Aircraft Graveyard scene from The Best Years of Our Lives - www.youtube.com | By popular demand the entire aircraft graveyard scene from the 1946 movie "The Best Years of..

Planes of Fame Air Museum - Ready to meet another speaker for our 7th Annual Taste of Flight Gala? POF is proud to welcome Conrad Lohoefer. Conrad was a top-turret gunner and flight engineer on a B-17 Flying Fortress. After completing training in Texas, Nevada, Nebraska, and Tennessee, Conrad travelled to England on the Queen Mary and was stationed at Bassingbourne just outside of Cambridge. Over the next 6 months, he completed 35 combat missions in the Eighth Air Force with the 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron....

Celebrating the Sea Vixen · Warbirds News | On Wednesday 16th of October at Bournemouth international,from 6pm to 9pm, DS Aviation Ltd will organize an event to celebrate 50 years since the first flight of Sea Vixen FAW2 G-Cvix “Foxy Lady” to the day. Participants will have a chance to meet Chief Pilot Matt Whitfield and the team who care for the airplane...

Charlie Cartledge’s TBM Avenger Restoration · Warbirds News | It took 14 years of work, but the plane finally became flyable a few weeks ago. On Aug. 14, Charlie Cartledge took to the air with his plane for the first time, in Wadsworth. Cartledge and his team rebuilt the airplane in a hangar at the Wadsworth Municipal Airport,OH. In August, for the first time, Cartledge flew the torpedo bomber, landing at the Wayne County Airport...

Rare Wright brothers posters to be sold at auction · General Aviation News Staff | Swann Auction Galleries will offer two posters from 1909 featuring the Wright brothers at its Rare & Important Travel Posters auction on Oct. 18. Originally met with skepticism in the United States after their initial 1903 flight, the Wright brothers traveled to Europe and became increasingly popular, especially in France after a number of demonstration flights in 1908...

U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946 - Travel for Aircraft | Friends of mine purchased this book from a used book store and what a book. Written in 1946, shortly before the U.S. Air Force became a service branch of the armed forces, by James C. Fahey the title promises to catalog aircraft flown by the U.S. Army Air Service (until 1926) and U.S. Army Air Corps (1942) and U.S. Army Air Forces (1947) and this promise is fulfilled — and then some! Beginning with aircraft flown in...

VIDEO: Lockheed YF-12 Blackbird - The DEW Line | Check out this NASA video about the Mach 3+ Lockheed YF-12 Blackbird interceptor, which was developed from the Central Intelligence Agency’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft. Though ultimately it would not go into production, the three pre-production aircraft did find success as research planes for NASA....

Country star rocks Summit - AOPA Pilot | As part of the Commemorative Air Force's Red, White, and Loud Tour, Country music star Aaron Tippin performed his signature patriotic songs for several hundred AOPA members at The Flying Saucer outdoor concert venue in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 10...

To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 2 - The Blue Muse | Greetings from the desert! Literally, I'm writing from Phoenix today, and also from that desperately dry patch between big aviation events where I'm assured to see warbirds in abundance. The California Capital Airshow livened up Sacramento last weekend (though sadly without yours truly, damn work commitments!). We hit the Reno Air Races a few weeks before that (look forward to pictures one of these days). Before that it was Watsonville Airshow and Fly-in and of course, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh ahead of that. As I've got several probably-warbird-free months ahead, I thought I'd reminisce about the Summer fun with lots of photos. Enjoy!

COPPERSTATE scholarship winners travel to Oshkosh · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — In July, four high school students travelled to Oshkosh to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Advanced Air Academy 2013 — a trip funded by an Air Academy Scholarship from COPPERSTATE FLY-IN, Inc....

Young Eagles Flight Rally takes place in Stow, Oct. 12 - Wicked Local | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally each month. “The basic concept is a bunch of pilots get together, a bunch of kids show up, and we fly,” chapter coordinator Andy Goldstein said. The events are ...

Timelapse of SAS plane getting striped with Disney "Planes" characters - www.youtube.com | SAS is a partner of the Disney animation movie "Planes" and have striped a plane with characters from the movie. The whole process took about 12 hours, and b...

Virgin Galactic Readies for Commercial Flights - Spaceports | Sir Richard Branson reaches out to the public to join in on the adventure that their spaceliner will provide. Virgin Galactic is reportedly three months away from spaceflights, according to The Telegraph.  Space.com develops the story from the will-be astronauts.

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Miramar Air show canceled at last minute - U-T San Diego | The Miramar Air Show scheduled to begin tomorrow has been canceled, the Marine Corps announced Thursday morning. A truncated two-day version of the popular annual event had been planned after the Defense Department declined to allow military ...

Great Georgia Airshow Line-up Set, Ready to Fly - PR Web | For thrill seekers, GGAS offers rides in warbirds, monster trucks, helicopters, hot air balloons, a zip line and a wind tunnel. Aspiring pilots, aviation mechanics and aerospace engineers can learn about careers in aviation at the Great Georgia Airshow ...

Wings Over North Georgia returns to Rome Oct 12-13 - Rome News Tribune | The lineup also includes solo performances by Mike Wiscus flying the Lucas Oil sponsored Pitts Special with their new Lucas Oil sponsored Parachute Jump Team; John Klatt is returning to Rome flying the Air National Guard sponsored MXS; Bill Braack...

2013 Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo Is Fast Approaching - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Planning and preparation for the 41st annual Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo is well underway at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Arizona. Organizers are hoping to build on last year's successful event that drew more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Copperstate 2013, whose theme is 'Keeping the Dream Alive,' runs from October 24-26.

World War II Airmen return to the sky at McKinney Air Show Oct. 3-6 - North Texas e-News | The City of McKinney, Texas will be host to an unprecedented collection of historic World War II aircraft October 3 – 6 when the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) iconic B-29 Superfortress FIFI – the only flying B-29 in the world – visits Collin County...

Bush pilots' fly-in expected to offer a unique experience - New Philadelphia Times Reporter | Terry Henry says an interesting group of planes and pilots will be coming to Harry Clever Field (New Philadelphia airport) this weekend for the Ohio Bush Planes Fly-In/Pancake Breakfast. “If you have ever had the wanderlust bug, these guys live the...

Reno Air Races 2013 - aeroaustin | ...We decided to go partly for a summer holiday for Alan, and also it was the 50th anniversary of the races, so it ought to be good. And there was a bonus in that several pilots from the Sport Air Racing League (SARL) would be racing in the Sport class....

Air races on display - Coeur d'Alene Press | Before a pilot can compete in any class at the Reno Air Races, he or she must attend the Reno Air Race Association's Pilot Racing Seminar (PRS), also known as "Rookie School," where the rules and techniques of pylon racing are taught and honed. Conklin...

Al Ain Aerobatic Show to feature expert displays - Trade Arabia | Four elite military teams, seven daredevil pilots, wingwalkers, parachutists and a new-to-the-region aircraft line-up will join the Al Ain Aerobatic Show's biggest onground family entertainment extravaganza. The landmark 10th anniversary edition will...

Video: Sean D. Tucker - The Man, Living With Passion - AirPigz | I've watched Sean Tucker fly airshows since the early 80's but it's only been recently that I've really been paying attention. I got a little disinterested back in old days when it seemed that he was on a path that wouldn't be ending well... and I learned in a presentation he did at Oshkosh on...

Jim Moss's Gee Bee Q.E.D. Makes Maiden Flight - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | During many of his 82 years on this earth, Jim Moss crafted some striking reproduction airplanes first made famous during aviation's golden age. But none are as special as the reproduction 1934 Gee Bee Q.E.D. - the final design of the Granville brothers of Springfield, Massachusetts, that took flight for the first time last Thursday, September 26, at Olympia Regional Airport in Washington.

Famous aviator Amy makes flying visit to Tewkesbury Garage - This is Gloucestershire | THE lady leaning on the car at Tewkesbury Garage is Amy Johnson, the famous aviator. At the time the picture was taken in the late 1930s/early 1940s, she lived at Stoke Orchard. When not setting world records for long-distance flying in her Tiger Moth...

Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang, End of Summer Update · WarbirdsNews | Every month here at Warbirds News we are excited to receive the email from Weezie, Tom Reilly’s restoration shop manager, updating us on the project . Weezie does an excellent job in keep the fans of the XP-82 Twin Mustang updated....

Reflections on the B-17 and the End of the War: The Perspective of a B-17 Co Pilot - Second Line of Defense | Hubert Stephenson was the co-pilot of the B-17 which was forced to crash land on July 4, 1943 in France. We participated in this summer's ceremony to honor the crew and to place a monument in the local area in their honor. A ceremony was held on...

Italian aero club marks century of seaplane flying - AOPA Pilot | A hundred years of seaplane flying from a lake renowned as one of Europe's most stunning resort and vacation spots was to be celebrated Oct. 5 on Lake Como in the Alpine foothills of Italy. The centenary celebration was to be held at the facilities of...

Toon Jacobs Lost in Crash · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Toon Jacobs, recently congratulated in this blog for his creation of the fourth electric Cri-Cri, died in the crash of his aircraft on September 21....

Ex-Warsaw Pact MiG-21 Fishbeds provide threat simulation services over North America - The Aviationist, Jacek Siminski | According to Draken International the supply of MiG-21s from Poland has already started. The 25 aircraft will be refurbished and then will be used to extend the offer of Draken International, a company which offers threat simulation during various exercises in North America, both in the U.S. and Canada, as well as research and development and adversary support to various entities within the U.S. Military and defense industry....

Academy of Model Aeronautics Awards 11 Scholarships - PRWeb | The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded scholarships to 11 students pursuing higher education. Starting in 1970, the Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded more than $840,000 in yearly scholarships to students with model aviation experience and high standings within their schools. The scholarships are granted with funds donated by model aviation organizations and individuals, AMA member donations, a portion of AMA member dues, and direct donations from the Academy of Model Aeronautics...

Caylee's Second Post as the Girls With Wings Private Pilot Scholarship Winner! - Lynda Meeks | Congratulations to Caylee who has resumed her flying lessons thanks in part to the generous donations that people have made to Girls With Wings. The Private Pilot Scholarship is to help defray the cost of flight training lessons in pursuit of a private pilot certificate. This scholarship, an award in the amount of $1000.00, targets those individuals who have soloed but have not completed the Private Pilot Course. Read more about our scholarship program...

At Pottstown Muni Airport Day and Young Eagles Rally the Focus was in the Sky - Patch.com | The Pottstown Municipal Airport's Community Day and Young Eagles Rally came back this year to the Pottstown Municipal Airport on Sept. 28, where guests observed airplanes, watched local celebrity John Armato skydive out of an airplane, and—if the...

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2013 Leesburg Airshow - Leesburg Today | More than 7,000 people attended the Leesburg Airshow Saturday. The tarmac at Leesburg Executive Airport was filled to aircraft on display, hotrods and classic cars and lots and lots of people looking up to the sky was stunt pilots showed off their talents...

Copperstate prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since 1971, Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo has been a great place to see a diverse blend of aircraft in action, attend informative workshops, and check out the latest aviation products. It has grown by about 10% a year since it was established. In 2013 it attracted more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Now in its 41st year, the 2013 fly-in is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Ariz...

6th Annual Wings & Wheels festival set Oct. 4-5 in Georgetown - Cape Gazette | The 6th Annual Wings & Wheels - a Georgetown Fall Festival returns to Sussex County the first weekend of October, and organizers have landed one of the country’s few remaining, truly historic figures from World War II as a special guest. Not only will the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, the Delaware Aviation Foundation and the Wheels that Heal Car Club host the fly in of vintage planes and classic car show Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, a member of the Doolittle Raiders who was a co-pilot for Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, the legendary Doolittle Raiders leader during the historic April 1942 bombing of Japan, is also on the radar screen for the Oct. 4-5 Wings & Wheels event at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show is back! - Palm Springs Life | November of 2013 marks the return of the Hemet-Ryan Air Show. The biennial event is scheduled to land at the Hemet-Ryan Airport on Saturday, November 2nd, from 9am to 3pm. The air show is hosted by Riverside County’s Economic Development Agency and the City of Hemet and is free to the community...

100th Schneider Trophy race cancelled - Channel Television | Alderney's 17th air racing event got underway this weekend, attracting pilots from as far afield as Malta. 17 pilots and navigation teams took part in the event but due to bad weather conditions the main race of the weekend was cancelled. Alderney was...

Castiglione del Lago, Umbria air show Sunday: return the Arrows tricolor with Zoppitelli - Translated | The history of aviation in Umbria is made of a few "chapters" but all exceptional. Marco Zoppitelli is one of these. The captain of the Air Force pilot was the first and so far the only driver to belong to the Umbrian Arrows tricolor. After 8 years of service, will conclude in Umbria his last season in the aerobatic team....

Bournemouth Air Festival photo competition 2013: see the winning pictures - Bournemouth Echo | THESE are the winning shots of the 2013 Daily Echo and Castle Camera Bournemouth Air Festival photo-graphic competition. The contest had more than 600 entries and the standard this year was heralded as the best-ever by the judges, who remarked on...

Air Races spark warm family memories for Reno woman - Reno Gazette Journal | Her late father, J. Carroll Cone, was both a legend and a maverick, helping write aviation history, including air racing long before it came to Reno. “It's such a neat story,” Cone-Lewis said, clutching a photo of her father as air racing planes...

Pilot struck, killed by helicopter blade at Pennsylvania fair | (CNN) -- A veteran helicopter pilot giving rides at a Pennsylvania town fair was killed after he was hit by the chopper's spinning rotor. Carl R. Enlow, 69, landed the helicopter at the Bloomsburg Fair grounds Friday to re-fuel and to allow a relief pilot to take over....

Hot Air Festival folds after two years - Van Wert independent | While there have some successes with a two-year-old revival of the former Hot Air Affair hot air balloon festival, those successes are not enough to have a third edition of the festival, organizers say. “The two-year effort at attempting to revive the...

Celebrating the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen - Northdallasgazette | On October 16th and continuing through to October 19, 2013, The Commemorative Air Force will present “Operation Rise Above” , an exhibit that pays tribute to the heroics of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, WWII Black pilots who fought racism at home while conquering fascism abroad. Sponsored by UPS and hosted by the Frontiers of Flight Museum this exciting exhibit features the P51-C Mustang – Red Tail Airplane, symbolic of the Airmen and a 30 minute film documentary highlighting the history of the Airmen...

'Mr. Pocahontas' dies at 74 - The Packer | ...From 2003 on, he lived in Janesville, Wis. An aviation and airshow enthusiast, he was director of operations for the Southern Wisconsin AirFest in 2003 and 2004. Gauldin was also a contributing writer for the Atlantic Flyer and other aviation publications, as well as a member of the World War II Warbirds...

Sextants and Sonnets - Vintage Wings of Canada | When my father, F/L John W. (Jack) Chalmers wrote his memoirs as an RCAF navigator instructor, it was appropriate that he include some of his poetry that was inspired by his service in uniform during the Second World War. But the memoirs were never published. After he died in April 1998, I began going through his papers and books to see what should be saved and what could be given away or disposed of in other ways. Jack had been a writer and editor all his adult life. Even though writing was never a full-time job for him, he published some 25 books as author or editor. The books ranged from school textbooks for English courses to historical fiction for young readers, from commissioned histories to an atlas, from anthologies to biographies. Among Dad’s papers were several unpublished manuscripts...

Lt. j.g. Bill Timmis got Navy Cross for sinking Japanese battleship - War Tales | Fleet Admiral William “Bull” Halsey sailed into the sea of Japan, between the Japanese home islands and the Chinese mainland, with Task Group 38.3 consisting of five aircraft carriers, two battleships, four light cruisers and a group of destroyers. It was July 20, 1945, less than a month before the Emperor of Japan surrendered unconditionally to...

It’s Moving Day For The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair · Warbirds News | On Oct. 12 the Museum of Flight based in Seattle, WA makes big changes to the Great Gallery. The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair will be moved out of its corner spot in the Great Gallery to a new home at the Museum’s Restoration Center. Replacing it will be the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, and joining it in the gallery’s row of Golden Age of Aviation aircraft will be Stinson Model O. The gallery will be open on moving day, so come watch the activities...

Commemorative Air Force weighs move from West Texas, maybe to Dallas area - Dallas Morning News | The purpose was to restore and preserve “warbirds,” or vintage military aircraft. The fleet consisted of nine planes. New home: CAF moved to larger quarters in Harlingen in 1968, then to Midland in 1991. In 2002, the name was changed to Commemorative...

Local Pilot Knows Missing Russian Bomber's Location - Sewardcity News | Lucky Wilson, a longtime Alaska pilot and Healy Helicopter warrant officer in Vietnam, who owns the aircraft storage hanger at Seward Airport, says he knows where the famed Russian bomber plane, missing since August of 1937 can be found. He saw the historic bomber in 1978, a couple of miles east of Oliktok Point off Alaska’s Arctic Ocean Coast while overflying the area on a clear, sunny day. It was shining through the shallow water in which it was submerged. He could tell it was Russian by its curved wing tip, and its engine pod. American bombers have rounded wing tips, Wilson said...

Above & Beyond: I Have a Flameout - Air & Space Magazine | In the U.S. Air Force, learning to fly the high-altitude U-2C reconnaissance airplane was a rare experience. No two-place trainer existed for the U-2 student in the 1960s. With its spectacular 80-foot wingspan, removable outrigger “pogo” wheels under the wings, tandem main landing gear, wing skids at the wingtips, and a powerful Pratt & Whitney J75 jet engine in a relatively slim fuselage, the U-2 was a handful. And every flight was solo...

The Luftwaffe in 1961 by Howard “Scrappy” Johnson, Part 1 · Warbirds News | Few days ago we have published an introductory article about Howard “Scrappy” Johnson (here). Scrappy  an article about the Luftwaffe  in 1961 when he was an advisor to the West German Air Force,  Scrappy wrote this article with the hope that it would get published on an American magazine.But that didn’t happen. The reader’s Digest, New York New York, Real Letter,Brand & Brand Letter one by one they turn him down. So here it is as it was written in 1961...

Grunt’s eye in the sky - Travel for Aircraft | AeroVironment RQ-11A Raven Ravens are small, simple, quiet and effective which make them perfect for ground based units. Flying control is either active line-of-sight as far as six to ten kilometers or autonomously with the use of pre-programmed GPS waypoints. The RQ-11 is hand launched, a person simply throws it...

BASE Jumper Fatally Injured On Mt. St. Helena - Aero-News Network | Survived Long Enough To Activate An ELT, Call His Wife An experienced BASE jumper appears to have struck a rock outcropping on Mt. St. Helena in northern California resulting in his fatal injury...

Aero Club's 75th anniversary approaches - ABC Local | From October 18 to 20, Mr Rice's memories of "Smithy" visiting the Silver City will come flooding back when he takes part in the Broken Hill Aero Club's 75th anniversary fly-in. "There was an air pageant in 1937 which was attended by flyboys from all...

Disney’s ‘Planes’ lands on DVD, Blu-Ray · General Aviation News Staff | Disney’s “Planes” lands in homes and mass retailers nationwide on Nov. 19. The underdog story about a crop dusting plane named Dusty with sky-high dreams touches down on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand featuring several bonus features...

Youth fly free with Young Eagles program - Waukegan Journal | Young Eagles, a program by the Experimental Aircraft Association, gives kids the absolutely free opportunity to experience flying in small aircraft with local pilots. Sixty-seven kids from Gurnee, Waukegan, Round Lake and North Chicago families flew ...

Young Eagles to fly Saturday at Martin Airfield - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | COLLEGE PLACE — Youngsters wanting to experience the thrill of flight will have their chance Saturday at Martin Airfield. The Young Eagles program (www.youngeagles.org) will sponsor free flights for youths age 8 to 17 throughout the day. Flights will ...

Young Eagles program offering free airplane rides for kids at Boire Field in ... - Nashua Telegraph | The Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles will be offering kids free airplane rides at Boire Field next Saturday. The free introductory flights, with a licensed pilot, will be free, available to kids 8-17 years old and will run from 10 a.m...

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Blues aim to fly in November - Pensacola News Journal | The emerging possibility that the Blue Angels might fly at the proposed Wings Over Pensacola Air Show Festival during Veterans Day weekend was welcomed by the event's manager Tuesday, but he hopes they won't be doing a cameo appearance.A spokeswoman for the Blues said they might be allowed limited participation in theair show events planned for Nov. 8-11....

First day of MAKS airshow: "It is truly impressive" - VoR correspondents - The Voice of Russia | One of the world's largest airshows, MAKS-2013, kicks off in the town of Zhukovsky outside Moscow on Tuesday. A record number of companies are taking part in the event which marks its 20th anniversary this year. A whole array of hefty deals is expected...

Photos: Air Show MAKS 2013 | English Russia

Marion Airport Fly/In Cruise/In Moving Forward August 31 - PR Web (press release) | Marion, Indiana (PRWEB) August 27, 2013 | The Marion Municipal recently announced they will hold the 23rd annual Fly/In Cruise/In on Saturday, August 31. Admission and parking for this event will remain free to the public. The event, a community tradition for more than two decades, features a number of air and motor vehicles. The Tri-Motor Ford 5-AT will offer rides from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday with the purchase of a ticket. Food tickets for the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast are also available for purchase, and all proceeds from those sales will benefit the Marion High School Band....

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Lehigh Valley Airshow much appreciated - Allentown Morning Call | Saturday and Sunday's Sands Lehigh Valley International Airport Airshow provided an opportunity for all of the Lehigh Valley to stop what we were doing and fly with the eagles. With eyes skyward, we soared with the pilots as they amazed us with their heart-stopping, mind-boggling skills...

Brantford Airshow promises to be a wild ride - Paris Star | It's back. After a two-year break, the Rotary Club of Brantford Charity Airshow is ready and set to get underway Wednesday shortly after 1 p.m. “We have an outstanding lineup this year,” air show director Melissa Minshall said Tuesday afternoon, as some of the various aircraft and pilots performing in this year's show arrived at the Brantford Airport. “The excitement has been building since we put the fence line up on Monday. Today has been a busy arrivals day.”... The show features a number of performers from the Canadian Forces, such as the Skyhawks Military Parachute Team, the Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 demonstration team and the renowned RCAF Snowbirds....

Additions planned for weekend's Fly-In show - Register Pajaronian | Fast forward a year and the Watsonville Fly-In & Airshow is about to “test drive” some of those new ideas championed by the new director, including a Dollar Night drive-in movie on Friday, DJ music to accompany the air show performers on Saturday and...

Open house and fly-in Sept. 7 - The Sheridan Press | SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Pilots' Association is hosting an open house and fly-in at Sheridan County Airport on Sept. 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Pilots and aircraft from throughout the region will participate in the fly-in. Pilots will be at the open...

Air show set for Sept. 7-8 in Sidney - Sidney Herald Leader | The Wings of Freedom air show will take place on Sept. 7 and 8 at the Sidney-Richland Airport. It has been well over a year of planning by the air show committee, which consists of about 10 members. The last air show in Sidney took place four years ago and approximately 6,000 people attended....

L-Bird Fly-In Convention set Sept. 12-14 - Keokuk Gate City Daily | Some planes also have seen combat duty. The public is invited to the pancake breakfast sponsored by the Tri State Aviation Club from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Tickets are $5 and include pancakes, sausage, applesauce and milk or juice and coffee.

Zenith Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Sept. 21 · General Aviation News Staff | MEXICO, Mo. — Zenith Aircraft will host its 22nd Annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Sept. 21. The event, which typically draws hundreds of people, is staged for the benefit of Zenith builders, owners and enthusiasts....

Polson Fly-in aims to spur interest in aviation - Daily Inter Lake | For the last 15 years, members of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Chapter 1122 have been encouraging people of all ages to discover the joys of flight at the annual Polson Fly-In. Aviation enthusiasts will want to mark Oct. 12 on their calendars; that’s the date of this year’s fly-in...

No Temporary Tower at Copperstate Fly-In - Flying Magazine | The FAA's insistence on charging airshows for ATC services has caused the organizers at the Copperstate Fly-In, set to take place October 24-26 in Casa Grande, Arizona, to make a tough decision. The airplanes flying in to the show will have to fend for ...

Annual airport fly-in success - El Dorado Times | The yearly fly-in at the El Dorado Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport drew a crowd of children, parents and grandparents Saturday morning.

Two days to the Bournemouth Air Festival: here's what's on when - Bournemouth Echo | It's just two days to the start of the Bournemouth Air Festival, and if you're trying to work out what day is best to come, here's a run down of which planes are appearing on which days. Timings for each day will be available at bournemouthecho.co.uk ...

Nine reasons why we love the Red Arrows - This Is South Devon | THE RAF Red Arrows swoop over Torquay at 6pm tonight, and thousands of locals and holidaymakers will throng every vantage point for miles around to see the show...

Oshkosh EAA AirVenture – Why it's So Much More Than an “Air Show” - Airline Reporter | A rural middle-America town is transformed each year from small and sleepy to an #AvGeek mecca. That small town is Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the home of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Each year the EAA holds their annual “fly-in” called ...

Grandmother Relives Her First Tri-Motor Flight 80 Years Later - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | August 27, 2013 - EAA lifetime member Eric Whyte seized the opportunity last weekend to give his grandmother a chance to step back in time and relive her first airplane ride as EAA's Ford Tri-Motor made a tour stop at the Wings Over Waukesha Air Show in Wisconsin...

B-17 And Former Airman Fly Again - Military.com | Bob Heller knows his bombers. On 59 missions during World War II, Heller took and delivered fire over Italy, France, and Germany as a radio gunner on a B-26, the twin-engine planes that hit precision targets across the continent. But he doesn't know the B-17 Flying Fortress...

Plane loopy! 100 years of daredevil aerobatics - Mirror.co.uk | Despite the doubts of his peers, Russian pilot Pytor Nesterov performed the feat, on 9 September 1913 (27 August by the calendar then used in Russia). He flew a loop in a Nieuport IV monoplane with a 70 hp Gnome engine over Syretzk aerodrome near Kiev...

B-17 bomber's aerial view of Wings Over Waukesha: Slideshow - The Business Journal of Milwaukee |The Wings Over Waukesha Air Show drew air enthusiasts of all ages this past weekend to check out the aircraft. Business Journal photographer Scott Paulus got the opportunity to tag along on a B-17 bomber. Check out the attached slideshow to see photos ...

Presumed dead since 1927, story of Flint's own Mildred Doran retold in new book - MLive.com | Mildred Doran is shown in this submitted photo, wearing her classic aviator uniform. Doran and a crew disappeared during an airplane race to Hawaii in 1927, a story retold in a new book...

Boeing Demonstrates Advanced Super Hornet for International Media in St. Louis - The Aero Experience | The Boeing Company's Defense, Space and Security Division hosted a presentation of its Advanced Super Hornet (previously nicknamed Ultra Hornet in the media) today for members of the international aerospace media at its St. Louis Headquarters near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Aero Experience contributors Carmelo Turdo and Mark Nankivil participated in the day's activities, along with media representatives from Aviation Week, Aviation International News, Flight Global, Jane's and Canadian Skies, among others...

New contract awarded for Naval Air Museum - Bay Net | Almost a year ago a large crowd was all smiles as ground was broken for the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Many dignitaries were on hand as Casey Stinger, president of the company building the museum, Broughton Construction, promised to bring it in “on time and on budget.” Well it didn’t work out that way....

Mayors across Arkansas declare August General Aviation Appreciation Month · General Aviation News Staff | Mayor Bob McCaslin of Bentonville, Ark., Mayor Stewart Nelson of Morrilton, Ark., and Mayor Rick Elumbaugh of Batesville, Ark., have joined Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe in declaring August “General Aviation Appreciation Month” in each of their cities. Across the state of Arkansas, general aviation supports 5,400 jobs and contributes nearly $500 million to the state’s economy each year.

Innovative Aviation Designer Burt Rutan - Airplanes Channel | Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., can view the record-setting aircraft that pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew nonstop around the world in nine days in December 1986. The Rutan Model 76 Voyager Took off from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base on December 14 and landed back at the base 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later, having covered a distance of 40,212 km as certified by the FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. The Rutan Voyager was designed by Dick Rutan’s brother Burt, a visionary aerospace engineer who has created more than 360 original concepts for aircraft, with 45 of his designs taking flight, some with commercial success, and others as record breakers or research craft....

Deadstick Dawn - Flight To Success |Sharon Menear | ''How My Pilot Career Ended and My Author Career Began" |"I was the sort of person who enjoyed high-adrenaline sports and high-speed cars, motorcycles, boats, and airplanes. All those rushes of adrenaline may have caused the rare eye disease I developed, Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR). The exciting activities and stress caused eye damage and advanced the disease....

Welcome to The Photo Issue · General Aviation News Staff | Airplanes are among the most photogenic beings on — or above — earth. Have you taken a picture you are particularly proud of? Would you like to share it with our 92,000 monthly print readers? If so, send it to Janice Wood with image details by Oct. 14.

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Blue Angels ready to wow, represent military at Jacksonville show - Florida Times-Union | Greg McWherter who fly in the elite squadron — each air show is a chance to give back. “We always walk away with a sense of accomplishment,” said McWherter, the commanding officer and flight leader for the 2012 Blue Angels. “Not so much for what we do ...

Skytypers to be part of Sea & Sky Spectacular - ActionNewsJax.com | The Geico sponsored airshow will be part of this weekend's Sea & Sky Spectacular which features the Blue Angels. The event is Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Jacksonville Beach and is free to the public. Preferred seating can be ...

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome holds season's final air show - Newsday | Gusting winds kept the "pumpkin bombers" close to the ground when Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome presented its last air show of the season Oct. 14. "Virtually everything in the aerodrome collection that rolls or flies was on display during the grand finale ...

Copperstate takes off in one week from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The 2012 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo — now in its 40th year — takes off in one week, opening Thursday, Oct. 25 and running through Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Ariz. Hundreds of aircraft will be on hand, so attendees can get up close and personal with virtually any kind of "flying machine" they'd like to see, organizers promise, noting "The beauty of a fly-in format is that you never know what will show up!"...

Pictures Of The Day Live:18th October 2012 - Huffington Post UK | DUXFORD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 18: A Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa 5711 (G-HURI) fighter aircraft returns from performing an aerobatic display at the IWM Duxford on October 18, 2012 in Duxford, England. The aeroplane, similar to those that defended British ...

First aerobatic airplane ride incites thrill for aviation - NeighborNewspapers.com | “OK, so the only three things you have to remember are: unbuckle your seat belt, get out of the plane and pull the rip cord on the parachute,” said Kerry Tidmore, the Salute America Air Show air boss and former Air Force pilot, before we get in the two ...

Russian Aerobatics Team Boss Fired from The Kathryn Report | The commander of Russia’s famed Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatics team, Lt. Col. Valery Morozov, has been fired from the air force for taking bribes, a source at the Kubinka Air Show Center said on Thursday. “Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov signed an order discharging Morozov on October 12” for “failure to comply with his contract,” the source said. Morozov confirmed his discharge ...

Lauderdale Air Show On The Move - CBS Local | No reason was given for the move. Other things, however, will remain the same. The Lauderdale Air Show, which will kick off at noon, will again be centered at Sunrise Blvd and State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets for premium viewing in the Drop ...

Report: Sailabration drew record 1.54M visitors to Baltimore - Baltimore Business Journal (blog) | View photo gallery (2 photos). Members of the Acapulco, Mexico, tall ship Cuauhtemoc, stand along the yardarms of. Bonnie Schupp. The week-long Star-Spangled Sailabration in June featured tall ships from across the world and a Blue Angels air show.

Air shows returning to Pease in 2014, beyond - Seacoastonline.com | The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets during practice flights in the June 2012 show at Pease. Air shows have been approved to return to Pease on a biennial basis beginning in 2014, but the featured acts have not yet been named.Rich Beauchesne photo ...

The Flying Cheetahs from Latest Vlog | We recently got to film at AFB Makhado where one of the highlights was filming the pilots from 2 Squadron aka The Flying Cheetahs...

See history take flight from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | When's the last time you saw three beautifully restored warbirds flying in formation outside of a major airshow? If you're lucky enough to be around Everett, Wash., it could be a frequent occurrence. The Flying Heritage Collection located at Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field (PAE) regularly puts its planes in the sky on Fly Free Days....

Take flight on Belle replica this weekend - Memphis Commercial Appeal | The "Memphis Belle" B-17, a replica of the Belle that flew numerous missions during World War II, will be available for public flights from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Olive Branch airport. Ground tours are available from 2:30 p.m. to ...

World War II planes to visit GMU from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | On Friday, Oct. 26, the “Wings of Freedom Tour” will land at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. The B-24, P-51 and B-17 will be open for tours, as well as available for flights. The vintage airplanes will be at the airport all weekend, leaving Oct. 28...

Chuck Yeager's sound barrier anniversary flight video from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass

CenTex CAF - Community Impact Newspaper | Members of the Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force dedicate their days to the preservation of some of the storied aircraft of U.S. aviation history. Their efforts mean that the hangar the San Marcos nonprofit group calls home has achieved ...

Spitfire Excavation Deal Signed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | British farmer and aviation enthusiast David Cundall Tuesday signed an agreement with Burma's government to unearth a cache of what he expects will be dozens of Spitfires carefully stored and buried in that country at the end of World War II. Roughly 35 Spitfires are still flown in the world, today. Mr. Cundall and his Burmese business partner Htoo Htoo Zaw estimate there may be at least 60 Spitfires, all of therare Mark XIV model,at a location Cundall discovered in February after a 16 year search. The pair believe the aircraft were greased and wrapped prior to being buried in crates, and may be recovered in good condition. Some 20,000 Spitfires were built during the war, but the Mark XIV model represents a much smaller segment of that group....

Captain Albert Ball VC RFC The Nottingham trail 18-10-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | Today, I went to try and find any trace of Captain Abert Ball VC RFC, that I could. He was from the City of Nottingham, and I wanted to know more about this local hero, without getting too 'intrusive'.Todays trail went well, although two items, still need to be checked-out, in the form of a 'plaque' at the Holy Trinity church Lenton, which must be inside the building, so permission will have to 'granted' for that veiwing, should it be available to the public. The other 'item' is a prop and a oil-painting of him, held at the Trent College at Long Eaton, where he attended, and again permission will have to be sought with that visit too. Not sure if the propeller is from a 'kill' over the Western front or another from elsewhere, of which a former 'game-keeper' held for many years, after a young Albert Ball gave to it him, after a crash in an aeroplane, on what is now Aspley/Strelley social housing. But I shall make the effort to view these items if it is possible. This mornings trail started at Church Lane Lenton...

Lovingly restored Fokker F-27 from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Because I linger on the mailing list of a number of logistics companies, I still receive the odd truck and trailer releases. Still, they occasionally yield some gems like this series of pictures from Dutch heavy haulage firm Van der Vlist, which shows the company moving a beautifully restored Fokker F-27 to...

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Lynda Meeks: The Sky's the Limit - Huffington Post | Meeks says she hopes she is doing some good for women in aviation with her organization. “I really do think that women completely have the capacity to become pilots, and very good pilots,” she says. “Look at being a doctor. It used to be, 'Oh my God ...

Strong man pulls for troops from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Practice makes perfect for strong man Mark Kirsch, "Pulls for the Troops" performer, during the practice pull of a HC-130 Combat King at Moody Air Force Base, Oct. 5, 2012. Kirsch has been performing for audiences for over 5 years, but recently started pulling jumbo jets at airshows. His next scheduled pull will be at the Moody Air Force Base Open House, Ga., Oct. 27 and 28.

EAA Chapters Provide a Special Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA Chapter 93 of Madison, Wisconsin, and Chapter 1389 of nearby Middleton co-hosted an EAA Young Eagles and Eagle Flights event last month at Morey Field in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Red Bull Stratos: The Facts Speak For Themselves from Aerial Sports Feed | With the dust beginning to settle on Felix's landing spot it's perhaps time to take stock of the record-breaking Red Bull Stratos mission...

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Several on Thunderbirds team call Texas home - Fort Worth Star Telegram | While the Thunderbirds are the featured act, there will also be demonstrations of the F-15E Strike Eagle, F/A-18 Super Hornet and MV-22 Osprey; Sean Tucker flying the Oracle aircraft; and the Shockwave jet truck. The air show is free. ...

Blue Angels arrive in El Paso for Amigo Airsho; watch video - Las Cruces Sun-News | US Navy Blue Angels ground crewman Petty Officer 2 Andrew Moore checked his F/A 18 Hornet after the team's six planes landed at Biggs Army Airfield Thursday. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) The famous US Navy Blue ...

Copperstate Fly-In in Casa Grande - AZ Central.com | Aviation buffs can get up close and personal with those who build and fly airplanes during this weekend's Copperstate Fly-In in Casa Grande. Where: Casa Grande Municipal Airport, 3225 N. Lear Ave. ...

Air and car show this weekend in West Milford - NorthJersey.com | They are billed as the world's largest air show team. Airport Owner Tim Wagner and his staff have been scurrying around all week taking care of any last minute details and finalizing particulars. Each day of the Oct. 22 and 23 shows the gate will open ...

Blind man in aerobatic world record - The Press Association | We usually do our records on the ground but this was such a different experience and a wonderful experience. "It was great to fly with this prestigious group of pilots who are raising money for a very worthy cause." The record will go to the Guinness ... 

Blind daredevil wins world air title... and now wants to be crowned land and ... - Daily Mail | The Blades Aerobatic Team are a civilian aerobatic team made up of former Red Arrows pilots. The team works closely with the RAF Association Wings Appeal, which supports RAF service personnel. After notching up the air title, Mr Newman is hoping to ...

Behind the scenes at Reno  from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | Heroes abound, while initial races featured international flavor | By ANITA C. INFANTE By now, news of the Sept. 16 crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races has made its way across the country and through the international media. The flurries of reports, video and photographs from the scene have resulted in off-the-cuff opinions and speculation as to the possible causes. Even now, as the number of front page headlines decrease, the stark reality is that, for the first time in the 48-year history of the Reno Air Races, spectators lost their lives, in addition to an accomplished race pilot. For those in the air race community, whether associated with a team, as a volunteer, a local area service or supporter in the stands, this was a devastating event. With the widespread coverage the crash has received, it would seem that there is little more to be said, but those who were on site working behind the scenes should be noted. Continue Reading »

Racing pilot Jimmy Leeward remembered  by Jannet Walsh, Minnesota Native Daughter | Note: In 2005 I photographed Jimmy and Bette Leeward, standing in front of their 1947 Piper J-3 Cub plane in their hangar at Leeward Air Ranch, Feb. 2, 2005, in Ocala, FL. I was living and working in Florida, an employee of The New York Times Company. Leeward died when he crashed his World War II fighter P-51 Mustang during the Reno Air Races in Reno Nevada Friday September 16, 2011. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005 … Update - Please see Friends of pilot remember a hero by By Marian Rizzo, Ocala.com…

Concert at airport to be a spooky affair - Camarillo Acorn | The Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing will present its second annual Ghost Squadron Halloween Party starting at 8 pm Sat., Oct. 29 at the WWII Museum Hangar, 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo. The event will feature dinner, beer, ...

Aluminum Overcast: So There I Was…  from The Unwanted Blog | A bit less than a year and a half ago, I stumbled across the B-17 Aluminum Overcast purely by chance: I was in Logan, Utah, and saw a B-17 fly over. As anyone would, I drove to the nearest airport, and there it was. I took some photos, and that was about it.  Last Saturday, a visitor pointed out a newspaper article mentioning that Aluminum Overcast was in West Jordan, Utah, and was available to take paying passengers up for a flight the next day. A decision was made (in about a tenth of a second) that we’d reserve a few seats…

Loss of Air museum unnecessary and unfortunate - Troy Media Corporation | WINNIPEG, MB, Oct. 20, 2011/Troy Media/ – On September 29 th 1962, the Alouette I satellite was launched. Built in Toronto, it was the first satellite made outside the United States and the USSR put into orbit – making Canada just the third in the ...

New Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Web Site Features News, Archives and Web Store  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL, launched its exciting new web site this week.  The new site was built to support the museum's mission statement:  "Serve the public through preservation and display of historic air and space artifacts and through educational programs to foster the spirit of flight in today's youth and in future generations." …

Friday Fabulous Flyer and BOOK Giveaway  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Imagine a little girl born in rural East Texas, growing up on a dirt farm with a God-fearing, ranting, father who lived with a bottle to his lips for the mistake he’d made by spawning this child. Dragging her to tent revivals to kill his demons, he punished her for his sins. Picture a little girl who had nothing but rags on her back, who would punch a little boy in the nose for making fun of her for not owning a pair of shoes. Imagine the early life of Sally Ketchum…

13,140 Horsepower  from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog by Axel | These photos are from the 2009 Selfridge Airshow in the Detroit area, Michigan. That year a US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon was on display. We had a photo of it before and today we share all of the other ones I have, high resolution, uncropped. Until you see some of the photos below, it's hard to judge what size the parts are in the photos. In the above one, a 6 ft person could easily fit into the frame standing upright. You can see the massive main rotor assembly of the Sea Dragon, with seven (7) main rotor blades which are driven by three (3) GE turboshaft engines with 4,380 shp each (total of 13,140 hp or as much as twenty six (26) 2012 Chevy Corvette Z06s)…

Nieuport 28C-1  from Travel for Aircraft | Ironically, although the USA first demonstrated controlled flight under power (thanks to the Wright Brothers) the nation went to war in WW I with an inexcusable technological disadvantage behind France, Great Britain and Germany (also thanks to the Wright Brothers). So, when the Army went to war it bought foreign designed aircraft, one of which is the aircraft in these images — a French made Nieuport 28C-1 fighter…

Today's Photos, Friday - October 21st, 2011  from Military Photos by trikora88 | U.S. sailors prepare a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft for flight operations aboard the USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea, Oct. 12, 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman …

Today in Aviation History – October 21  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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Salinas Airshow performers to fill skies - The Salinas Californian | Kirby Chambliss, former Red Bull Air Race World Champion. The Airshow is not just about aircraft, of course. On Friday night, The Wall of Fire and a choreographed frenzy of fireworks will light the night. Rockets and streamers galore will set ablaze ...

Salinas airshow to honor victims of Reno crash - The Salinas Californian | Amador Agabo works to build the President's Club Tent on Tuesday for this weekend's California International Airshow at the Salinas Municipal Airport. Conner Jay/The Salinas Californian Amador Agabo works to build the President's Club Tent on Tuesday ...

USAF Thunderbirds and Texas Natives Discuss 2011 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show - www.youtube.com | USAF Thunderbird #1 Lt. Col. Case Cunningham and #7 Lt. Col. Jason Koltes discuss their excitement to be coming home to perform in their hometown air show at the 2011 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show October 22 & 23 at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport. ...

Pilot's legacy lives on during Gunfighter Skies - Mountain Home News | Photo by Brian S. Orban For more than 10 years, pilot Greg Poe dedicated his life to helping children turn their lives around and to help them reach their goals and dreams. It was the one way he coped with the pain he endured after son died from years ...

A dizzying look at the US Navy Blue Angels as they perform the... from You like airplanes, too? | A dizzying look at the US Navy Blue Angels as they perform the Loop Break Cross maneuver. Smoke on!

Ga. Air Show Organizer Talks Event Safety - MyFox Atlanta | The director of the Great Georgia Air Show says she's been fielding a lot of questions about spectator safety in light of the recent tragedy in Reno. The state's largest air show is scheduled in just a couple of weeks. Director Angie Faulise said it's ...

Friend of Reno Pilot Looks at Air Show Crash Clues - The Ledger | LAKELAND | Retired pilot Howie Keefe has taken a close look at what might have led to the deaths of fellow racing pilot and friend Jimmy Leeward and spectators at a Reno airshow; it's what risk-takers tend to do in the aftermath of ...

Jerome Resident Remembers Pilot Killed During Air Races - Twin Falls Times-News | Lane participated in the Reno air races as the crew chief for three planes from the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa. Crew members at the Reno air races are like a close-knit family, Lane said, and most everyone knows each other. ...

Rare PB4Y-2 ‘Privateer’ to fly at Copperstate from General Aviation News | At 75 feet long, 30 feet high, and 110 feet wide from wingtip-to-wingtip, the Consolidated PB4Y-2 "Privateer" based at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) in Arizona is tough to miss. For locals and pilots, it’s a familiar sight — but also unfamiliar, even for the most seasoned aviation enthusiast. That’s because it’s the only Privateer still flying. ...

Page Field slates Aviation Day from General Aviation News | Aviation Day 2011 will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Florida's Page Field (FMY) and the Lee County Port Authority is looking for exhibitors who would like to display and/or sell aviation-related memorabilia or show their aircraft at the event. Exhibit space is free. ...
   
Air show may come to Rome next year - Rome News Tribune | An air show may take place at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport next year, according to Airport Manager Mike Mathews. JLC Airshow Management of Kennesaw told members of the Airport Commission on Tuesday night that they ...

Oscar-winner Gooding Jr. to share Tuskegee story - AOPA Pilot | Gooding will talk about the film chronicling the story of the pioneering Tuskegee Airmen on the AOPA Live stage in the exhibit hall at 11:45 am He also will visit with the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron at 1:30 pm at Airportfest at ...

Happy 50th Birthday Chinook from Flight Image of the Day | Although debate rages between the US and UK parts of the office as to whether it's pronounced 'shinook' or 'chinook', what is certain is that Boeing's venerable Chinook turns 50 today. To celebrate this, Boeing has also opened its recently renovated, for a cost of $130 million, production site in Ridley Township, PA. Pictured is a CH-47A belonging to the US Army in about 1961. ...

WWII Bomber Pilot Honored With Legion of Honor Medal - The Intelligencer | WHEELING - At more than 6 feet tall, John O'Shaughnessy was considered too big to become a fighter pilot during World War II.  Fighter planes were too small to fit his stature. Instead, the Army Air Corps put him into a B-26 - a medium-range bomber that replaced the B-25. O'Shaughnessy, 88, of Wheeling went on to fly 68 missions during the war, helping to liberate Europe and defeat the Nazis.  In recognition of his work with the 432nd Bomb Squad, O'Shaughnessy on June 17 received the French Legion of Honor Medal.  ...

Remains of WWII servicemen buried in single casket - Washington Examiner | ... Wednesday's burial brings a close to the remarkable story of the Naughty but Nice, a B-17 Flying Fortress that was shot down in 1943 and earned its nickname from a painting of a scantily clad woman on its side. Nine of the 10 airmen on board were killed and buried in unmarked graves. The lone survivor, Lt. Jose Holguin, was taken as a Japanese prisoner of war but made it his mission after the war to find his lost colleagues. ...

How about running a game in the style of 'Top Gun'? - Translated | Playing the Top Gun | Every fan of the movie Top Gun once thought in charge of a jet of war, crossing the skies at high speed. The company Mig Flug , Switzerland, offers the realization of this dream, in an aircraft MIG 29, L-39 Albatross and Hawker Hunter. ...

USAF F-22 fleet is operational again from Warplanes Online Community The Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz have recently approved an implementation plan developed by Air Combat Command officials that will allow the F-22 Raptor to resume flight operations after a four-month stand down.  “We now have enough insight from recent studies and investigations that a return to flight is prudent and  ...

Engines of the C-130J reach the milestone of 3 million hours of flight - Translated | Rolls-Royce brand has three million flight hours with the AE 2100 engines, which power the transport aircraft C-130J Super Hercules. Rolls-Royce made the announcement at the annual meeting of the Air & Space Conference of the Association of the U.S. Air Force, near Washington, DC.  Rolls-Royce delivered 1,155 engines for the Lockheed Martin C-130J program since the AE 2100D3 model made its debut in 1996. The turboprop increased speed, range and ...

BBH Rebrands British Airways in Grand New Campaign from Adweek : Advertising & Branding | Here's the lavish, poetic 90-second brand spot from BBH London that launches a big new British Airways ad campaign—its largest in 11 years. The planed $30 million campaign will largely be about customer service, and introduces a new tagline, "To fly. To serve," which is actually an old line—it comes straight from  ...

NASA Will Give $1.6 Billion to Private Companies to Design a Shuttle Replacement [Space] from Gizmodo | After announcing its new deep space rocket and Apollo program heir, NASA says that they will give $1.61 billion to private companies to design a full system and a spacecraft capable of ferrying cargo and astronauts to the ISS ...