Aviation Pioneer Chip Yates To Accept International Award * Flight of the Century | Yates has been selected to receive the FAI’s Louis Bleriot Medal for his record-setting flights in 2013, which established new international landmarks in speed, altitude and distance for electric flight....
Video: Blue Angels rip through San Francisco skies * KOMO | Footage and commentary on the prep for Fleet Week.
Behind the scenes with the Blue Angels * SF Gate | The Blue Angels were set to head to the skies 
Up, up and away over the San Francisco Bay * Mercury News | It was fun and exhilarating ... until I got sick. When my editor asked me last week -- half jokingly -- if I'd like to go up in a Fleet Week stunt plane, I jumped at the chance, surprising some colleagues who never guessed that this mild-mannered suburban mom is actually a thrill-seeker at heart...
Wings and Waves takes flight this weekend over Daytona Beach * News-Journal Online | A Screamin’ Sasquatch and Thunderbirds will soar through the skies over the World’s Most Famous Beach this weekend. The Wings and Waves Air Show will feature aerial performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, a bi-plane beastie known as the Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco, and some 40 other aircraft....
Aero-TV: Kyle Franklin -- Acro Flying With Showmanship * Aero-News Net | One Of the Airshow 
Thomasville Fly-In to Kick Off Today * WCTV | THOMASVILLE, Ga. -- The Thomasville Fly-In, a celebration in the air and a nearly fifty year tradition is taking place today. The Fly-In kicks off today and it will last through Sunday at the Thomasville Regional Airport. It's a free event and open to everyone...
Community Invited to Bryce Canyon Airport for Fly-in, Open House * St. George News | PANGUITCH — The communities of the Bryce Canyon area are preparing to welcome extra pilots and the public to its historic airport with the first-ever Bryce Canyon Fly-in and Airport Appreciation Day happening Friday and Saturday...
Voodoo and Strega are here! * Planes of Fame | Voodoo just arrived! We are excited to have both Strega and Voodoo here on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum!...
Fort Worth Alliance Air Show 2014 * Airplanes.com | The USAF Thunderbirds will be one of the highlights of the program at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show on October 25 & 26, 2014. Also featured on the program of events is the US Special Operations Command Parachute Team, as well as aerobatic pilots Manfred Radius, Kevin Coleman, Dan Buchanan, Rob Holland, and Matt Younkin...
Breitling Jet Team - Belgian Air Force Days 2014 * TakeOffTube.com
Amazing Fireworks Flight With Gene Soucy * TakeOffTube.com
CAF Red Tail Squadron – Event Update – CAF WWII Air Expo * CAF Red Tail Squadron | On October 2-5 the CAF Red Ta 10669334_718067074940971_3513277791046784249_oil Squadron participated in the CAF Air Expo at the Dallas Executive airport (formally Redbird airport). This the location for the National Airbase for the CAF. The Air Expo had an “Open House” feel which was welcomed by the local neighbors. DOTA’s Calvin Spann and Homer Houge joined the audience and shared their memories with the crowd. Gordon Guillory, President of the local Tuskegee chapter (Claude R. Platte Chapter) spent many hours with us...
Photos: Pemberton & Sons Aviation * Crosswind Images | A brief visit with one of the leading families in classic aircraft restoration and operation.
Dennis McCarthy: World War II combat pilot has one final mission * Los Angeles Daily News | ...The B-25 took off from Camarillo Airport on Saturday, Sept. 6, heading 18 miles out toward the Channel Islands....
Kentville woman wins aviation and aerospace award * Nova News Now | ...The award recognizes outstanding Canadian women in aviation and aerospace industries and is named after Elsie MacGill, who achieved many firsts during her lifetime...
LORD, IF YOU’RE UP THERE... * Photorecon | ...Still falling face up, I appeared to be clear of the debris and I saw no sign of the seat between my legs, so I pulled the parachute’s rip cord. No comforting jerk, though....
NASA Partners With X-37B Program For Use Of Former Space Shuttle Hangars * Aero-News Net | NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Program for use of the center’s Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bays 1 and 2 to process the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for launch...
There's MORE HERE. Updated frequently.
Friday, October 10, 2014
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Friday, April 26, 2013
California Capital Airshow Announces Stellar 2013 Performer Line Up
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – April 25, 2013 - The California Capital Airshow (CCA) today announced a robust and varied performer’s roster and will host five plus hours of thrills, chills and jaw-dropping excitement. The Show, October 5-6, 2013, at Mather Airport, will feature spine-tingling performances including headliner, the Royal Canadian Air Force Jet Demonstration Team, known as the Snowbirds, thrilling demonstrations, world-class aerobatics, wingsuit flyers, barnstorming, wing walking, World War II aircraft and endless entertainment and displays along the ramp.
Nearly all of this high-flying action hasn’t been seen in the Sacramento region…ever! Such acts including the Snowbirds, The Horsemen, flying three F-86 Sabre Jets, five time national aerobatic champion, Kirby Chambliss, the Red Bull Air Force wing suit flyers, Franklin’s Flying Circus Dracula and the Rise of Vacul, Greg Shelton and Ashley Battles barnstorming and wing walking act, and the Indy Boys. Additionally, CCA is excited for the return of aerobatic daredevils, Michael Goulian and John Klatt Airshows.
“We are proud to be one of the few shows in the nation this year with a military jet demonstration team,” said Darcy Brewer, executive director of the California Capital Airshow. “We have a stellar line up planned, non-stop action, and more interactive activities than ever before, specifically for teens and young children. Once inside the Airshow gates, the young and the young-at-heart can come alive with imagination and possibilities. A day at the Airshow could literally change a young persons’ view of their education and inspire them to look beyond the horizon and know that they too can be a part of history in their own way.”
The CCA will be all things “shiny, fast and loud” for all ages and so much more! Tickets are now available online and can be easily purchased at the Airshow web site.
The CCA web site will be updated regularly with news, attraction information and more. Fans can follow the Airshow on Facebook and Twitter (#calcapairshow).
About California Capital Airshow
Established in 2004, the California Capital Airshow has become one of the largest and highly- respected shows in the nation. As part of its community relations, the non-profit organization has awarded over 80 scholarships to deserving students from our region with an interest in aviation, aerospace, aeronautics and related fields. For more information about the California Capital Airshow, please visit www.californiacapitalairshow.com.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Navy would ground Blue Angels under sequestration - Dayton Business Journal | The Blue Angels, frequent aerial performers at the Dayton Air Show, will be grounded and cancel performances at 30 shows this year if sequestration takes hold. The U.S. Navy is expected to save $20 million by the move, but it also will curtail one of ...
Navy to cancel 30 Blue Angels shows if sequestration goes ahead - Business Journal
Air show featuring the Thunderbirds planned for June to mark Myrtle Beach's ... - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | The event is free, and spectators should plan to watch from the sand near the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park for the best view of the air show. The vendors, 
music and presentations will take place near the boardwalk at the former Pavilion...
Check out the newest ad for Dracula
Snowbirds back for Airdrie Air Show - Airdrie Echo | The Canadian Forces' Snowbirds, a world-renowned nine-plane aerobatic team, will make their third appearance at the Airdrie Air Show in July.
Blue Peter action girl joins Red Arrows flypast - Sleaford Today | Blue Peter presenter and action girl Helen Skelton took to the skies over Sleaford with the Red Arrows this week for a Red Nose Day Challenge. The dare-devil presenter went on the ride of her life which saw her fly with the RAF's aerobatic display team ...
Turkish Air Force Aerobatic Team 2012 from TAKEOFF TUBE
Wagstaff joins Excalibur 421 team from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | PASO ROBLES, Calif. — Aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff has joined the Excalibur 421 team. She will be the demonstration pilot and also will be responsible for overseeing the transition training program. The Excalibur 421 features a remanufactured Cessna 421 airframe upgraded with...
CAFE Symposium, Solar Impulse Visit Set For Spring from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Solar Impulse team in Switzerland has confirmed they will bring their one-of-a-kind aircraft to the U.S. in the next few weeks, after carefully disassembling it and shipping it in the belly of a cargo airplane. The solar airplane will be reassembled in California, probably in one of the large hangars at Moffett Field, home to NASA and Google, just south of San Francisco. That process is expected to take several weeks, then some test flights will...
Seasoned pilot spreads wings - inmycommunity | Mr Gonsall said the flying experience provided at Warbirds WA aims to duplicate the missions he and Mr Macneal flew in Air Force squadrons in the 1970s and '80s. Warbirds WA operates from Murrayfield Airport, near Mandurah, all year round. For more ...
Tuskegee Airman Luther McIlwain dies - Eagle-Tribune | Friends and relatives are invited to attend a wake from 4-7 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Dewhirst Funeral Home, 80 Broadway in Methuen. A funeral service will immediately follow. McIlwain was a Second Lieutenant with the 477th B-25 Bomber group.
A legacy of valor: McConnell Reserve unit honors WWII veteran, Air Force heritage - DVIDS | According to newspaper records, Marlin enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943 and soon thereafter was sent overseas to England where he served as a tail gunner on a B-17 flying fortress. He and his 
Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind. “Indian Ocean Tradewind”,... from Planeshots | Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind. “Indian Ocean Tradewind”, a Navy Convair R3Y2 with powerful Turbo-Prop engines, was one of the...
Book: Topgun Days from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | With the movie Top Gun back in theaters, the timing of Dave “Bio” Baranek’s book titled, Topgun Days, is appropriate. The subtitle says it all… “Dogfighting, cheating death, and Hollywood glory as one of America’s Best Fighter Jocks.” Baranek was a Top Gun instructor when...
Awesome US Navy F/A-18F video, enjoy it while it lasts. from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Check out this awesome video from the cockpit of a VFA-103 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet flying off the deck of USS Dwight D Eisenhower. This video was produced by Carrier Strike Group 8 
during the summer of 2012. But if the dire predictions of what might happen under sequestration come to fruition, we may not see many more videos like this in the near future....
Sold, Crated, and Shipped from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | In recent months, with nearly every pilot I know, I have discussed and lamented the mass exodus of our vintage aircraft treasures to Europe. If you’ve been paying attention, the wave of exports is obvious. Amazingly though, whenever I bring it up the most common reaction among antiquers is an acute lack of concern. To me this speaks volumes about the vintage community and our country as a whole....
Friday, January 4, 2013
Indy Transponder 04-JAN-2013 0330z
Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show - Bay News 9 | Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show. polk-county-default. Last Updated: Thursday, January 03, 2013, 10:15 AM. POLK COUNTY --. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to the Sun-N-Fun Fly-In this year in Polk County. The planes will be ...
Matt Hall to kick off fly in - Northern Star | AUSTRALIA'S Top Gun stunt pilot Matt Hall will help kick off this year's Great Eastern Fly-In when he delivers a P-51 Mustang aircraft to Evans Head tomorrow afternoon. After a two year hiatus organiser Gai Taylor said conditions looked ideal for the...
Dracula prepares for Franklin's Flying Circus debut - AOPA Pilot | “I did that show last year and it's a great show that's right before Sun 'n Fun,” he said. “It gives me time to learn to fly the aircraft and 
Civil Air Patrol to open trading at New York Stock Exchange from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | {well, past tense now} A delegation from Civil Air Patrol will ring the opening bell Friday at the New York Stock Exchange. Led by CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, a group of about 20 CAP representatives, including cadets, will be on the stock exchange podium at 9:30 a.m. EST to officially start trading....
The Airplane Book: Wood preserves dad's WWII photos, history - douglascountysentinel | On board the B-17 bomber planes he flew as part of the 97th Bombardment Group, Grady took photos of bombs descending toward their targets – a Daimler-Benz car plant that made tanks during the war and an exploding train carrying German ammunition ...
Tinker to Evers to Chassis - New York Times | The father of Gary Alcarese, a fellow mechanic, was a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot down by the Germans over Denmark during World War II. Alcarese's father was the only survivor on the plane and became a prisoner of war. Christopher Tinker...
Pilot Remembered as Accomplished, Patriot from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MONTGOMERY AL- Jack Thompson was laid to rest today. He passed away at home on December 28, 2012, a week before his 86th birthday. Born in Birmingham, he was a long time resident of Montgomery. A US Navy veteran of three wars, his dream of military flying came true much later with Air America. He became known as Captain Jack while in Viet Nam. He took leave from his job flying with Alabama Fish and Game and Gov. Wallace in 1966 to fly for Air America...
“Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British... from Planeshots | “Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British Malaya were tested and evaluated by Japanese naval aviators under close supervision of RAF officers from...
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: Black and white photos show ... - Daily Mail | He is credited as one of the inventors of wing walking, which he used to make repairs to his plane mid-flight. But his was another aviation career cut tragically short. In 1920, he died during a movie shoot when the pilot of the plane he was in was ...
New Book Details History of Idaho's Backcountry Airstrips - Twin Falls Times-News | A key figure in Twin Falls' aviation history makes an appearance in Holm's account of a crew who bailed out of a B-17 bomber during World War II over the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Charles Reeder — who in 1941 started Reeder Flying Service in ...
Video: Watch Wingsuit Flyers Hover Within Feet of Glider Airplanes from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Skydive Team constantly pushes the realms of possibility for its spectacular wingsuit and 
Castle Air Museum works to restore T-37 - ABC30.com | When their work is complete, the plane will go on display at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater. The aircraft was the main training jet for U.S. Air Force pilots from the 1950's until it was discontinued about five years ago. The restoration process is...
Museum announces 2013 educational programs from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | A variety of free and low-cost educational programs at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, will help parents, students and educators find fun and exciting learning opportunities focusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as social studies, literature and art....
Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids Released from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids, an abridged and simplified explanation of the Aviators Model Code of Conduct (AMCC), was released today by the project’s Permanent Editorial Board. Written for use in the classroom with language appropriate for children, the document exposes young students to important values shared by safe and successful aviators...
Kennedy Space Center looking to lease or sale launch facilities prior to end of 2013 from Spaceports | NASA is advertizing a long list of Kennedy Space Center facilities and equipment as available for use, lease or, in some cases, outright purchase by the right business. Among them: Launch Pad 39A, where shuttles were launched; space in the Vehicle Assembly Building, the iconic 526-foot-tall structure first used to assemble Saturn V-Apollo rockets; the Orbiter Processing Facilities, essentially huge garages where the shuttles were maintained; Hangar N and its high-tech test equipment; the launch-control center; and...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Indy Transponder 12-DEC-2012 1230z
ICAS Opens Strong
from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | ICAS formally kicked off this
morning with a keynote by Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam veteran Rocky
Bleier. It takes a major personality to stand in front of a room like
the convention room at ICAS, but a guy with four Super Bowl rings is
probably just about right. Bleier spoke for about an hour, recounting
[...]
Kyle Franklin Reveals 'Dracula' Airshow Biplane - Flying Magazine | After the tragic loss of his wife Amanda in an airshow accident, Kyle Franklin will return to the circuit with a dramatic new airplane. Revealed this week at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) convention in Las Vegas, “Dracula” is a highly ...
USN BLUE ANGELS SCHEDULE
USAF THUNDERBIRDS SCHEDULE
CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS SCHEDULE
US ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
VFA-122 AND VFA-106
**Thank you FenceCheck!
Navy's Blue Angels to return to Baltimore for War of 1812 finale - Baltimore Sun | The Navy's Blue Angels precision flying team announced Tuesday that it will perform in the skies over Baltimore for the finale of the War of 1812 commemoration in the fall of 2014. Star-Spangled Spectacular will be held Sept. 6-15, 2014, and also will ...
Navy Blue Angels to highlight return of Spirit of St. Louis Air Show ... by Kyle Quick-Publisher | Photo courtesy of Spirit of St. Louis Air Show ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11, 2012 –Tuesday The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, will perform in St. Louis on May 3 & 4, 2014, the team recently announced...
Thunderbirds will return in April - Sun-Sentinel | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to South Florida as part of the 2013 Lauderdale Air Show, organizers announced Tuesday. The precision jet demonstration team, now in its 60th season, will provide high-flying highlights during the show, ...
Thunderbirds to return to Dayton Air Show - Dayton Daily News | The air show announced Tuesday the storied six-jet demonstration team will make a return engagement in a shortened U.S. performance schedule. The team of red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcons, headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, ...
Air show's a go for Flathead Valley - Daily Inter Lake | The USAF Thunderbirds fly east of Bucharest, Romania on June 7, 2011. The demonstration squadron will fly at air shows at Glacier Park International Airport July 20-21, 2013. Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:46 am | Updated: 11:53 am, Tue Dec 11, ...
June 2013 set as target date for proposed air show - Cedartown Standard | Chairman Cleve Hartley said an air show provides entertainment for the entire family and could be an added attraction at the airport. However, he emphasized that agreements must be reached and a promoter secured before it can become reality. Two air ...
F-18 Gladiators to perform at St. Cloud Air Show - St. Cloud Times | St. Cloud Air Show officials found out Tuesday that the the Navy's F/A-18 Strike Fighter Squadron 106, known as the Gladiators, will perform at the show this summer. The Gladiators will join the U.S. Navy Blue Angels on July 20-21. The group serves as ...
Video of Golden Knights world championship - Fayetteville Observer (blog) | Video of Golden Knights world championship. Tweet · comment(s). I can't promise this will be the coolest video you'll see on the Internet today, but I can swear it will be MUCH better than any Gangnam Style parody you might find. Related: Fort Bragg's ...
Engine malfunction to blame for fiery air show crash in 2010: Report - Sun News Network | An engine malfunction caused an CF-18 Hornet fighter jet to crash at an Alberta air show in 2010, a report has found. Capt. Brian Bews was injured when he ejected from the demonstration plane at the Alberta International Air Show in Lethbridge, Alberta ...
Flying the Curtiss Pusher from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett | The twin airfoil canard out front looks like a box kite, one of the prominent building materials is bamboo, and there was never a Pilot's Operating Handbook of any kind produced for the airplane. However, when Kermit Weeks lines the Curtiss Pusher up on a 5,000-foot grass strip to take his first hop, heads turn and attention is being paid. It's not every day you see an airplane from the earliest days of powered flight take to the air. The airplane arrived at its new home at Fantasy of Flight in central Florida just recently to join Weeks' ever-growing aircraft collection. Weeks and his crew of top-flight mechanics wasted little time assembling it and getting it ready to fly...
Killeen: Retired Aviator Flies 50 Aircraft For 50th Birthday - KWTX | Killeen: Retired Aviator Flies 50 Aircraft For 50th Birthday. KILLEEN (December 11, 2012)--Belton resident and retired Army aviator Levi B. Noguess will fly fifty different aircraft for his 50th birthday Saturday. The aircraft will be flown within a 12 ...
Where are all the women of Alaska aviation? - Alaska Dispatch | According to a 2010 study investigating the lack of women in aviation, the top reasons that more women aren't involved in flying -- either recreationally or as an occupation -- may be attributed to the cost, "a lack of readily available female mentors ...
Wichita pilot recognized for decades of flight - KFDI | John Riggs, 88, is a member of the Commemorative Air Force Jayhawk Wing. He has logged more than 13,000 hours and 2.8 million miles flying airplaines. He still holds a current medical certificate and a private license. He flies his Piper Tri Pacer and...
Army Aviation Museum Gets $18K Donation from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Fort Rucker- According to WTVY, a man, who fought for our country in World War ll, is continuing to give back. Selden Bailey, a retired army colonel, has donated stocks to the army aviation museum at Fort Rucker. The value is close to 18 thousand dollars. The museum is putting the money toward an expansion of the building...
Flightline TV cleared for take off from General Aviation News by Janice WoodThe Flightline, an aviation-themed magazine television show, is making its national debut Jan. 5, 2013 on Discovery Communication’s Velocity network. The Flightline is set for a 52-week run as part of the Saturday morning programming on Velocity...
Secret shuttle launch: Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space
from RGJ.com by MARCIA DUNN,AP Aerospace Writer | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind.
X-37-C Human-rated Mini-Shuttle in Works? from Spaceports | Arthur Grantz, chief engineer of Space and Intelligence Systems' Experimental Systems Group at Boeing, indicated last year that the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are already on the way toward developing a manned Shuttle replacement based on the X-37B robot space plane....
The Physics of Santa's Flight Confirm Annual Sightings from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Have you even wondered about the physics behind Santa's annual round-the-world flight? Check the link below, and you may be surprised at how he pulls it off! (OK, a little magic may be needed to get things rolling). Enjoy! Merry Christmas!...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Indy Transponder 11-DEC-2012 1730z
'Dracula' Premieres At ICAS Airshow Convention from Aero-News Network | Kyle Franklin Returns To The Circuit With 'Monster Biplane' Its been a tough few years for Kyle Franklin... but in the true spirit of a survivor, Kyle is unveiling his next big act for North American airshow audiences in 2013. Kyle is returning to the airshow circuit with a truly monstrous bipe he calls... 'Dracula.' Evolving over a nine-year design and construction period, Dracula was completed in secrecy...
FCTC welcomes Blue Angels officer - St. Augustine Record | The aerial stunts of the Blue Angels thrill millions of spectators each year, and Mercado shared information from the perspective of the maintenance and support team that makes the acrobatic magic possible. Mercado specifically addressed students ...
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame to Induct Four New Members and Honor a Belt of Orion Recipient
from Aviation.ca News by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame | Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members, and honor a Belt of Orion recipient, at its 40th annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held in Ottawa, Thursday, May 30, 2013.
Three Exciting New Acts at International Air Show - Scoop.co.nz (press release) | So not only will New Zealand see the return of the much-loved Red Checkers, experience the adrenaline of Chuck Berry, witness up-close air racing and be host to two international aviation heavyweights, but audiences of the NZ International Air Show...
Perth dumps Red Bull Air Race over costs - Herald Sun | PICTURE: Paul Kane Source: Getty Images. PERTH has dumped the Red Bull Air Race, with the government saying it doesn't represent value for money. Tourism Western Australia today said it will not bid to host the Oceania round of the proposed revamped ...
ICAS Convention 2012 – Arrival from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | The Delta flight from Detroit settled onto the runway just after 5:00 a.m. PT, the baggage claim system worked flawlessly, there was a cab waiting when I walked through the sliding doors, and the reception desks at Paris Las Vegas were fully staffed with no waiting. Not even the President of the United States of [...]
Cool GoPro video brings you onboard “Kubinka Diamond” display team’s Su-27, Mig-29 fighter jets from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video was filmed with a GoPro HD Hero2 camera 
December 11, 2012 Catching up with Billy Werth from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | ...I caught up with Billy last week before he left for ICAS – the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas. Growing up in an aviation family and flying since 1988, Billy is a military pilot (Aircraft Commander on the air re-fueler KC-135R), a Chautauqua Airlines captain on the Embraer 145, and a modern-day barnstormer, dazzling air show crowds in his newly acquired Christen Eagle and giving rides and lessons in the Pitts through his company, Grayout Aerosports, of Indianapolis...
Air acrobats in Radom - our Official | ... French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, White-Czerowne aircraft TS-11 "Iskra" and anti-military equipment expositions - are just a few attractions prepared for air show Air Show 2013, which will be held in...
Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2012: No 3 – The return of the B-2A Spirit to the Royal International Air Tattoo from Flightline UK | The late 1990′s were golden times for the Royal International Air Tattoo, and nigh on impossible to repeat. Not only had the thawing relations between East and West produce some stunning appearances by the Air Forces of the former Warsaw Pact, but also the United States Air Force was finally letting its ‘Stealth’ strike aircraft be seen in public outside the US. Naturally, it was RIAT and Mildenhall that first saw these remarkable machines – first the F-117A Nighthawk and then the B-2A Spirit....
Top 10 Airshow moments of 2012: No.4 – P-47G Thunderbolt SNAFU debut at Flying Legends from Flightline UK | 2012 saw an iconic shape return to UK skies with the public display debut of The Fighter Collection’s Curtiss P-47G Thunderbolt SNAFU at Flying Legends. The P-47 Thunderbolt has...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | An interesting aircraft on display midweek was a privately-owned Embraer EMB-314B1 Super Tucano operated by Tactical Air Support, Inc. of Reno, NV. This Super Tucano, a civil variant of the sophisticated trainer/armed reconnaissance aircraft from the Defense and Security division of the wildly successful Brazilian Embraer aerospace company, is used for close air support simulation for U.S. military forces. ...
Airshow flies highest again - The New Age Online | Apart from being the major airshow in Gauteng with airworthy military aircraft, the thousands of people who attended the May airshow made a major financial contribution to keeping the centre of South African military aviation history functioning...
Earl S. Allen - Morris Daily Herald | He flew as pilot in command on the C-47, C-54, B-25 and the B-26 through South America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. His rank at time of discharge was 1st Lt. Golf was an ongoing passion with Earl. He was a long-time member of the Morris Country...
Antique Airfield: December Posts
- Rick Atkins' Clipwing Monocoupe 110 Special
- Dutch Rolls from Randy Sohn's Warbird Notes
- Jim White's Clipwing Monocoupe Update
- Florida Antique Biplane Association December 2012 Newsletter
- Larry Howard's Sopwith Pup
- Colorado and Texas Chapter December Newsletters
at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB). He circled the field three times, making a couple of low passes over the runway for pictures, and softly set his plane down. That would not be extraordinary, but Reynolds flew Dec. 1 on his 100th birthday... North American B-25C “Poopsie”, of the 445th... from x planes
“This is going to be bad.” from The Lexicans by Busbob | ...We had the best seat in the house. The roar is intense and you can feel it even with the jet blast deflector between you and the wicked exhaust. The cat officer checked everywhere, got a thumbs up from all the observers around the fighter, dropped to one knee and touched the deck with his extended arm, the launch signal. Buttons were pushed on the deck edge and with a sudden jerk the double tailed fighter accelerated down the deck and the JBD began to drop back into the deck to make room for our launch....About halfway down the cat stroke the bright flame from the afterburner on the starboard engine disappeared. Burner blowout.....
9 Incredible, Human-Powered Aircrafts--And The Gutsy Pilots Who Flew Them - Fast Company | Built by the American team Paul MacCready and Peter Lissaman of AeroVironment, the aircraft had an unusual control setup a little reminiscent of the Wright brothers' aircraft and was made of lightweight plastics and aluminum spars in a very aerodynamic ...
Registration now open for Women in Aviation conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Registration is now open for Women in Aviation, International's 24th Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 14-16, 2013.
November Photos of the Month Published from FenceCheck Forums
Spirit of Aviation Aircraft Auction - EAA AirVenture | EAA, The Leader in Recreational Aviation, is an international membership organization encouraging and supporting recreation aviation and is also the home of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the World's Largest Aviation Celebration.
Legendary aviator visits Parker med students - Our Colorado News | Legendary aviator visits Parker med students. Retired military pilot and ...
VIDEO: Unmanned on Deck - X-47B Taxis on Truman from Ares by Graham Warwick | This is quite a sight - the US Navy's Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator
(UCAS-D) taxiing around the flightdeck on the USS Truman while the aircraft carrier is under way off the east coast of the US....Could This be the World's Coolest Airport Hotel? from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | We #avgeeks are always - ALWAYS – looking for aviation-related good times...the kind of fun you can only find situated on or around most any airport. We will all enjoy an afternoon watching J3 Cubs glide onto a tiny grass strip in Pennsylvania, and we'll cherish the ...
The Last American Flag on the Moon from Spaceports | The first moonwalk of the last mission placing humans on the surface of the Moon began approximately four hours after landing...
Monday, December 10, 2012
Indy Transponder 10-DEC-2012 1645z
DRACULA” PREMIERES AT ICAS IN LAS VEGAS December 10, 2012, Las Vegas, NV: The...
from Franklin's Flying Circus's Facebook Wall | December 10, 2012, Las Vegas, NV: The tapering fuselage, speed ring cowling, and sloped windshield hearken back to the racing airplanes of the 
1930’s. The airbrushed blood in the paint comes straight from the opening scene of a horror movie. The modern prop, nearly full span ailerons, and attention to detail on the weight are 21st century technology. The Franklin Demon 1 biplane, known as “Dracula”, bursts onto the air show scene at the ICAS convention in Las Vegas this week. Air show legend Kyle Franklin has completed and tested this radical one of a kind biplane, which...
Those magnificent men - New Zealand Herald | Aerobatic planes will race side-by-side at a large Auckland air show next month in what organisers claim is a world first. The inaugural New Zealand International Air Show will be at at the North Shore Airfield in Dairy Flat on Anniversary Weekend...
Annual Tyndall Air Force Base air show canceled - San Francisco Chronicle | About 75,000 people attended the Gulf Coast Salute Open House and Air Show in 2011. It's a longstanding tradition in Bay County, though it has been canceled periodically for various reasons...
Tributes paid to airshow founder - ITV News | Organisers of the Royal Air Forces Association Shoreham Airshow have paid tribute to Don Bean MBE, following his death from illness at the age of 80. Mr Bean was was awarded the MBE in 2000. He founded the airshow 23 years ago. Acting organiser ...
Historic DC-3 will be on hand at Vero Beach Aviation Day - TCPalm | After a very successful 2012 Air Show season throughout the USA culminating in appearances at the Wings Over Homestead Air Show and the Stuart Road to Victory Air Show, the oldest flying DC-3 in the world, the American Airlines Flagship Detroit, has ...
AirPigz National Air And Space Museum MeetUp January 25-27, 2013 (Washington DC) from AirPigz by Martt | Rather than make another trip to the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio like we've 
Aviator recalls life and B-29 bombers on Tinian Island from War Tales by Don Moore | 1st. Lt. Guice Johnson was the bombardier on the 12-man crew of the first B-29 to land on Tinian Island during the closing months of World War II. In fact, when Capt. Walter Schroder put down the wheels, the Seabees were still working to build the runway. Johnson was in the 484th Squadron, 505th Bomb [...]
Buried Spitfires set to take to the sky from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A lost squadron of Spitfires buried in Burma after World War II could fly over Britain within three years. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, digging for the hoard of at least 36 Mark XIV fighters will begin in January at a remote airfield. Should the efforts succeed, a number of the aircraft will be carefully packaged and brought home next spring, where they will be restored.The discovery could more than double the number of Spitfires flying...
Sixteen Helicopters Participate In Alabama Toy Delivery from Aero-News Network | Gifts Intended For Kids At The Children's Hospital Of Alabama It had all the markings of a well-oiled Christmas machine. Santa Claus arrived by state police helicopter Thursday, the first of 16 aircraft that would arrive on the helipad of the old Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, AL, while young patients at the new Children's Hospital of Alabama nearby watched from their rooms.
Armed Forces Military Museum from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Larg0, a town without notability or notoriety, has a museum dedicated to the military that is world class — it is fabulous in scope and display. Exhibits are not merely stored, they are arranged with artful skill and organization to best illustrate the historical [...]
F-22 Raptor scrapes tail on runway as it lands after Pearl Harbor flyover sustaining 1.8M in damage from David Cenciotti's weblog | An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, 19th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Air Force, sustained 1.8 million USD in damage in a landing incident at Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, on Dec. 7. The aircraft was returning to its homebase from a training exercise, about 90 minutes after conducting a Missing Man Flyover during the 71st Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, and scraped both horizontal stabilizers on the runway at Hickam as it landed....
6 Incredible, Human-Powered Aircrafts--And The Gutsy Pilots Who Flew Them - Fast Company | Built by the American team Paul MacCready and Peter Lissaman of AeroVironment, the aircraft had an unusual control setup a little reminiscent of the Wright brothers' aircraft and was made of lightweight plastics and aluminum spars in a very aerodynamic ...
Ballooning Federation Of America Announce Youth Camps from Aero-News Network | Ensure The Future Of Ballooning And Get A Tax Deduction The Ballooning Federation of America (BFA) will be holding two Youth Summer Camps in 2013, one in Dubuque, IA, (June 23-27) and the other in Reno, NV, (Dates TBA). The camps are organized and run by volunteers and volunteer counselors donate their time to the camps. Donations provide the scholarships for campers to attend and goes towards the campers expenses for the week.
Day 47 - December 9, 2012 from TeenFlight! by TeenFlight Crew | After many weeks of wiring around the firewall, we finally got to a point where we could hang the engine. Between the avionics and the power plant wiring harnesses, there were quite a few sensors that had to be hooked up prior to engine installation (or else one would have to make up some pretty interesting arm...
North Carolina community college’s aviation program takes off from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Back when he was just 5, Zachary Harrell would race outside each time the local crop duster flew by his home in outside the little town of Seven Springs, N.C. “He flew over my house purposely playing with me,” the teenager recalls. “It was from these roots that I knew I wanted to do something involving aeronautics.”...
The Supersonic Man: Felix Baumgartner - PilotMag | ...While Baumgartner himself explained that he didn’t feel the shockwave as he passed through the speed of sound, Clark acknowledged that the team experienced some anxious moments, especially when Baumgartner went into a spin – which early analysis suggests lasted some 40 seconds before the 43-year-old managed to straighten out using...
Dorothy J. Anderson - LimaOhio.com | Over the years she taught hundreds of students and flew in numerous air races throughout the country, most notable participating in 32 Air Race Classics, with a 4th place her best finish. Her last race was in June 2011. In 1978 she became a flight ...
Video: Sir Patrick Moore, the "fearlessly eccentric" Voice of the Space Age, Gone at Age 89 from Spaceports | The late Sir Patrick Moore presented the BBC program The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever, notes the BBC. More from Sky&Tel....
Astronaut Catherine Coleman on Apollo 17 from Spaceports
