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Air tattoo takes wing with Sir David Jason - British Forces News | Sir David Jason arrived by an RAF Chinnook HC2 to launch this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The Only Fools and Horses star is a great supporter of the air tattoo and its honorary vice patron. ...

The sky's the limit for air spectacular - Evesham Journal | A flypast from the Red Arrows is also planned. Other attractions include RAF Merlin and Chinook helicopters, a parachute freefall team, custom trucks and super cars, aircraft flight simulators, military and police vehicles, an Army bomb disposal squad, ...

Shriners are ready to put on a show - Evansville Courier & Press | Vernon Stevens, Shrinersfest chairman, said he felt discouraged and sick at heart when the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying squadron, canceled a planned performance just a few weeks before the festival. But the Shriners went back to “fest mode” ...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show >  from http://www.hemet-ryanairshow.org/ - The Hemet-Ryan Air Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hemet-Ryan Airport in Hemet. There will be something for everyone to enjoy. Fulfill your sense of adventure with gravity defying performances by Tim Decker, Melissa Pemberton, Golden Stars Skydiving and Doug Jardine.  The United States Air Force will also be making their first ever appearance at the Hemet-Ryan Air Show with the A-10 and C-17.  The A-10 West Demonstration Team is a select group of professionals dedicated to showing the extreme capabilities of the A-10 aircraft through exceptional aerial maneuvers…

Blue Angels grounded, but Millville Airshow will go on - Press of Atlantic City | MILLVILLE - Safety concerns have grounded the Blue Angels, knocking out one of the headliners at this weekend's two-day Millville Wheels and Wings Airshow. "I know that all of us have a sense of disappointment that they won't be able to participate," ...

Stunt pilot knows tricks are scary - Delmarva Now | The US Air Force Thunderbirds flew these F-16 Fighting Falcons at last year's air show. This year, flyovers by F-18 Super Hornets and A-10 Warthogs, among others, are scheduled. Where:14th-17th Streets, Ocean City. Parking will be restricted on streets ...

Festival of Flight Hearkens to an Earlier Time - Patch.com | Now in its 40th year, the air show features aerobatic performances, demonstrations that hearken back to a time of pin-up models, victory gardens and WWII bombers. “You will see some of the best pilots in the world doing all kinds of things planes and ...

Pilot wants big-time air show, small-town feel - News-Press Now | This feeling has driven him throughout 2011, pushed him past setbacks as the pilot helped put together the Cameron Air Show and Fly-In, scheduled for this weekend. He resides now near Kansas City International Airport, a job-related proximity. ...

Mid-air crash pilots 'lost sight' - BBC News | As a result of the accident in which he died, the Civil Aviation Authority and Royal Aero Club Records, Racing and Rally Association are reviewing air race procedures and the risk air racing poses to third parties...

Classic Flyers' coup for aeroplane buffs - The Bay of Plenty Times | People will be able to go and watch the Classic Flyers' Skyhawk being reassembled once it has been delivered in September. Photo / File. When an ex-RNZAF Skyhawk fighter is delivered to the Classic Flyers aviation museum in September, visitors will be ...

First Doolittle Award Presented To 4th Fighter Wing  from Aero-News Network - Award Promotes History And Heritage Of The Unit On Which It Is Bestowed The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA, June 2…

The B-25H Barbie III  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | I was incredibly fortunate to be invited for a flight with the amazing B-25H Barbie III. You can’t help but notice that it’s nose isn’t like most of the B-25s flying around today. Not only the shape is different, but so is that big, shinny 75mm canon sticking out! Can you imagine being a pilot of this ship in WWII with the job of strafing ground troops and ships and firing on them with a canon?! The canon could be fired about 20 times before the nose of the B-25 had to go in for “refit” to manage the abuse the firing of the canon had on the air frame….

The Harmon Trophy Story  from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | In 1926, Clifford B Harmon, a wealthy real estate investor, balloonist and aviator, set up the International League of Aviators and instituted a set of three annual trophies to be awarded to outstanding achievers in aviation in three different domains in the previous year These were the Harmon Trophies. This is how the Harmon Trophy [...]

Rolls Royce  from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua - FROM IFALPA Daily News Service - Thursday 2 June 2011 BY Mike Mellors | 1910 - Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) achieves the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel. Starting and finishing at Dover the flight, using a Wright biplane, lasted one hour, 35 minutes.  In 1901 having become an ‘aeronaut’, he helped found the Aero Club. Two years later he became involved in a sales venture in London selling expensive French cars. One day a friend introduced him to F. H. Royce who was just beginning to build high quality motor cars…

Big and burly, a 'plane with a problem - it's a Bristol Beaufighter  by shortfinals | Big, bold…..and ‘in a bind’. The Fighter Collection’s beautiful Bristol Beaufighter, ‘A19-144′, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford is one of the most impressive airframes you will see in a British museum. Unfortunately, despite the fact that it belongs to The Fighter Collection who like to fly all their aircraft if possible, the hangar is exactly where it will stay unless a major problem can be solved…

Local Teachers Fly High with Civil Air Patrol  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Five local educators from Shelby County, Alabama took to the skies from Shelby County Airport as part of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Teacher Orientation Program (TOP) flight to experience the thrill of soaring above the local terrain while being introduced to principles on how the plane flies, turns and banks...

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2011 Rockford Airfest still delivers despite Blue Angels scrub and high heat - Examiner.com | The air show started with some teaser performances by Sean D. Tucker followed by the Heavy Metal Jet Team. Cmdr. Mike 'Buick' Eberhardt, USN (ret.) of the Heavy Metal Jet Team flew Metal 6 during what was the teams first solo teaser performance at an ...

Cavalcade Returns to Clow Airport - Suburban Life Publications | Cavalcade 2011, the annual airshow at Clow International Airport in Bolingbrook, returned to the airport on June 4-5. The event featured demonstrations, fly-overs and personalized plane rides in a "Breezy" plane– a tandem two-seat, open cockpit ...

American Waco Club Fly-In Scheduled for June 9-12 at Creve Coeur Airport from The Aero Experience  

Pilot stable after air-show crash - The Province | A 71-year-old Vancouver Island man has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after his homemade aircraft plummeted to the ground in front of about 1000 spectators at a Nanaimo air show Saturday afternoon. ...

Two WWII aircraft to visit Visalia airport; rides offered - Visalia Times-Delta | A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell will be on display at the airport from noon to 6 pm today and 9 am to 6 pm Tuesday and Wednesday. Visalia Municipal Airport is at 9501 W. Airport Drive. The B-17 and B-25 will be on display in front of the ...

First Doolittle Award presented to 4th Fighter Wing from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial here June 2.  The Doolittle Award promotes the history and heritage of a unit as opposed to an individual. The award is named after Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, a Medal of Honor recipient whose surprise raid on Japan in early 1942 is generally recognized as the U.S.'s first World War II victory and helped turn the tide in the Pacific theater. ... [photo credit] 


Father and son fly together in RAF Hawk from Warplanes Online Community | Father and son pilots Sqn Ldr David Withington, who has been in the RAF since 1985, and son Brian, who both serve with 100 Sqn, RAF Leeming, enjoyed a special outing in a Hawk jet.  The Hawker Typhoon was Great Britain’s primary ground attack plane in the second half of World War II. Aproximately 3300 were built, although only one was tested by the Fleet Air Arm in 1939-1945.  It was the perfect chance for the two to take to the air together as ...

In His Name - the Dedication to Archie Pennie from Vintage Wings of Canada | Vintage Wings has recently created a program unique among vintage aircraft operators worldwide - dedicating each aircraft in their collection to a specific Canadian airman, whose personal story exemplifies both the aircraft type and the courage and commitment of the young aviators connected to them. Each aircraft in the collection now bears and elegant inscription panel with the name, rank, unit and other key information about the honoured aviator. These panels will spark the telling of their stories, engender ...

Early Air Racing By Marilyn Dash | Prior to World War II, air racing was the number one outdoor spectator sport. During this time aviation was in rapid development and it represented the leading edge of technology.  The audiences were captivated by the engineering marvels, as well as the courageous pilots.  Some things have not changed; we still do see developments made because of air racing. More likely today we use racing as a proving ground for new developments, which will slowly make their way into  ...

Denver International Wine Festival expanding to The Wings Over the Rockies Air ... - Denver Post | The 7th annual Denver International Wine Festival today announced a major expansion saying the festival will be held at The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver. The main hangar floor space offers more than 44000 ...

VIDEO: Watch the low pass flyby to end low pass flybys - Asylum.co.uk | Recently, we brought you guys ten of the most terrifying aeroplane 'low passes' recorded on camera. They all show planes flying so close to ground it makes you want to wince/duck/huddle up into a ball – but none of them touch this beauty, ...

June 6 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | June 6, 1903 – In Nice, France Ferdinand Ferber attempts a test flight of his glider No. 6 which fails to achieve lift and take off. June 6, 1910 – The first cross country air race held in France is won by Robert Martinet in a Farman. The race covers a distance of 27 miles [...]

First flight: Teen Flight’s RV-12 - GA News |In late 2009, a group of men in Aurora, Ore. — all successful in business, all deeply involved in aviation – were discussing a frequent lament: How to interest young people in flying? Maybe it was the expense, maybe it was some sort of cultural divide, maybe aviation seemed so remote and unreachable that teenagers just screened it out. What could be done? .... It’s called Project Teen Flight. ...