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Shrinersfest concludes on a high note - Evansville Courier & Press | As airplanes piloted by air show performers roared over the Ohio, families visited the Budweiser Clydesdales, indulged in German food and enjoyed the sunshine. Sunday's weather, never topping 80 degrees, was generous, as was the festival admission ...

Thousands descend on RAF Cosford for annual air show - Birmingham Mail | THOUSANDS of visitors descended on RAF Cosford for a day of entertainment at the base's world famous air show. Spectators braved the Sunday downpours to see the fast jets, Red Arrows, two gliders and helicopters from the ...

Spitfire takes a nose dive - Soggy grass and a strong wind were to blame for tipping one of the few surviving Supermarine Spitfires on to its nose at Auckland's Ardmore Aerodrome yesterday.  The World War II aircraft, owned by Auckland businessman Doug Brooker, has had a number of crashes since it was brought to New Zealand in 2008...

Pappy Boyington Field : The Struggle To Honor A Hero ...  by CarlValeri | Learning our aviation heritage is as important to me as understanding the technical aspects of flying. We must never forget our aviation pioneers and heroes. After viewing this video you will learn a great deal about the ...

Dreadnought Fever  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography - Developed during the end of WWII, the Hawker Sea Fury was the last prop fighter to serve the Royal Navy. Built by Hawker, it was one of the fastest production single piston prop planes ever built. First prototype flew in Feb, 1945 and with mods to accommodate carrier service, When the Japaneses surrendered, the first carrier prototype made its first flight tests. It served the Royal Navy until 1955…

Ace WWII fighter pilot dies at 98 - Bend Bulletin | In his book “Way of a Fighter” (1949), the commander of the Flying Tigers, Gen. Claire Chennault, recalled that “Alison got more out of that P-40 in his five-minute demonstration than anybody I ever saw before or after.” When he landed, Chennault said, ...

Richmond aviator flying high in her 80s - Richmond Times Dispatch | Lt. Col. Carolyn Guertin, who was 13 when the Civil Air Patrol began in 1941, is one of the few surviving founding members. The CAP is now the civilian auxiliary of the Air Force. Here, she stands with a 2010 Cessna, the newest plane for the ...

'Rocket Girls: Women Astronauts & the Space Shuttle' Exhibit Now Open  from Aero-News Network | History Of Women Astronauts And The Space Shuttle On Exhibit At IWASM As NASA prepares for the final space shuttle mission, with Atlantis scheduled to launch on July 8, the International Women's Air & Space Museum (IWASM) is documenting the history of women astronauts in the space shuttle program with the new exhibit, "Rocket Girls: Women Astronauts & the Space Shuttle". To help tell the story of the early women astronauts, IWASM has utilized several comprehensive archival image discs made by Retro Space Images…

170 military veterans meet young RAF pilots at Wickenby Aerodrome - This is Lincolnshire | "Lincolnshire is bomber county and I was a fighter pilot, so it is very good to come here," said former Flight Lieutenant Aird, who was a member of the RAF's original aerobatic team the Black Arrows, a predecessor to the Red Arrows and still regularly ...

Booklist: Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane , by Doris L. Rich - When asked by Amelia Earhart's husband what her ambitions were, Jackie Cochran sneered, "To put your wife in the shade." Cochran succeeded. History has proven Earhart to be the favorite, but Cochran undoubtedly was the superior pilot: determined to be not just the best woman pilot but to be the best pilot, period, she broke countless aviation records for speed, altitude and distance. In this biography, Rich (Amelia Earhart) documents the life of the first woman to break the sound barrier and who was instrumental in creating a fleet of female pilots (which she helmed) in World War II. Along the way, she also created a cosmetics company for which the motto was "Wings to Beauty." That's not to say that Cochran was always likable…

Tours, flights to feature WWII-era aircraft - DesMoinesRegister.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will bring a World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress to the Ankeny Regional Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday. B-17 flights will be available at 10:15, 11 and 11:45 am, and 12:30 and 1:15 pm both days. ...

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In the air with the Canadian Snowbirds - San Diego Union Tribune
Flying his CT-114 jet about four feet from his wingman, Canadian Snowbirds pilot Capt. Marco Ruscani says learning aerial acrobatics is ...

Canadian Snowbirds 2010 Schedule

Air show takes to the sky this weekend - 680 News
Stunt pilot Michael Wiskus with team Lucas Oil will be in the air again this year. In terms of what to expect at the air show, he said, it's "very noisy, ...

CAF Reveals Plans for 2010 Airsho - NewsWest9.com
For the first time ever, the Airsho will be running into the night with some planes taking to the sky in the dark. The show's biggest attraction is making ...

Airsho ready to take off - Odessa American
CAF president Stephan Brown excitedly announced that “Fifi's” great return will also hold an opportunity for Airsho attendants to fly on the B-29 ...

"Gathering of Eagles" Celebration at Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News
On Tuesday, October 5, the Alberta Aviation Museum is holding a fund-raising "Gathering of Eagles" dinner to celebrate aviation. Special guests at the head table will include representatives of various periods of our aviation history and presentations will illustrate our...

We at Sanicole from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling 
S anicole, the only civilian Belgium rally that rivals the major international meetings, welcomed the Patrouille Breitling for a beautiful twilight flight Friday, September 17 and a demonstration to the public Sunday, September 19.
The sky of late afternoon has claimed more of a photographer, including Philippe Laret to whom we owe these shots.

Bulletin searching for WWII vets to interview for Nov. 11 edition - Bixby Bulletin
The Bixby editor toured a B-17 bomber Monday and would like to use the photos taken on that day to accompany the Veteran's Day story. ...

Posthumous honour given to founder of military show
“Paul helped the Air Tattoo grow into the unique and exciting event it is today and as a result, air forces from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Romania turned to him for advice.” ...

Years gone by: Airshow highlights - The Salinas Californian
1981: The California International Airshow Salinas debuts with the Blue Angels raising $250000 for local nonprofits and charities. ...

"Dreadnought" at the 2010 Reno Air Races by Randy Rothhaar

Ninth Annual Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Gala Announced from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
The TAHF Board of Directors has announced the Inductee Class for 2010. The Annual Induction Gala and Enshrinement Ceremony will be held on November 13, 2010 at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation. The public is invited.  ...

Local Stearman pilots win top honors at Illinois contest istockAnalyst.com  | They have flown in formation over the Lilac Parade, Skyfest and the Veterans Cemetery dedication. More than 8000 Stearman biplanes were manufactured in ...

Air refueling pioneers honored in ceremony at Scott from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News 
The air refueling pioneers responsible for the United States’ first air-refueling flights in 1923 and 1929 were honored in a ceremony Sept. 23 at Scott AFB’s “Walk of Fame” as part of a presentation by the Airlift-Tanker Association Hall of Fame officials.

The Yeager Award Report and AEPSM Report Merger from Civil Air Patrol eServices News
The Yeager Award Report and the AEPSM Report have been combined into one report: Yeager (AEPSM) Award Report

AOPA Aviation Summit: from www.aopa.org
If you’ve seen James Bond fly a BD-5 jet through a hangar and exit sideways out the other end or watched Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon get sprayed by an aerial applicator in “Odd Couple II,” you’ve seen the work of J.W. “Corkey” Fornof.
Fornof, an airshow performer, movie stunt pilot, and aerial coordinator, has flown in more than 100 movies,  ...

the Wainfan Facetmobile, circa 1995 from x planes
   
Man vs. machine at annual plane pull - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Special Kids & Families will host the 14th annual Valero Plane Pull Saturday at the Millington Regional Jetport. ...

Tribute to the Last Men on the Moon in 1972 from Spaceports 
Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans were the three brave men chosen to fly NASA's final mission to the moon. They have been written up in history books and acknowledged by the  ...

Astronaut's View of Earth Eclipsed All Else from SPACE.com
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson has many treasured memories from her six months in space, but one thing stands out above all else: the incomparable view.

Museum of Flight raises space shuttle flag over Space Needle from Aerospace News 
Seattle's Museum of Flight raised a space shuttle flag atop the Space Needle on Wednesday to promote its bid to land one of the shuttles after NASA retires the fleet later this year.

Martin Aircraft’s Commercial Jetpack Looks to Take Flight from Planenews Aviation News 
It is about time man flew among the birds – alone. We may not have the homes on the moon, or the flying cars that our totally reasonable childhood imaginations ensured us would be waiting for us when we grew up, but with a little luck and a lot of money, we might soon be able to scratch “jetpack” off of our bucket lists.

Editorial: Why rocketry matters to me & inspiring others from Rocketry Planet
My six years with rocketry have been very important to me. Because of what I've learned. But more about what I still need to learn. I fell into this hobby as the result of a coworker/friend. Upon entering I was super hungry for the knowledge. I soon realized that knowledge came by experience, not sheer hope. And not by speed, or fast. Since then I have tempered my learning. To continue learning, but not to force it too quickly. Soon I was a happy rocketeer, learning as time allowed. Making correct designs. Making mistakes, and hopefully learning from them.

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Reno Update - 9/16/2010

Here's a recap from yesterday, provided by LiveAirShowTV.   (Email readers - fyi. this is embedded video).  To quote LASTV - "An update on the start of racing at Reno. Who's in....Who's out....Who's the one to beat".

LASTV was in the Strega pit with Steve Hinton and team this morning.  They were planning on visiting Bob Button, Wil Whiteside, and the crew in the Voodoo pit shortly afterwards.  We'll share that as soon as we get word it is posted!

Marilyn Dash kindly forwarded some pictures to us early this morning (we were already on our way to Stead airport when they were received, so sorry they are late being posted). These were from the fence on Wednesday.  

Dreadnought - photo by Anthony Taylor

Sparky - photo by Anthony Taylor

Strega - photo by Anthony Taylor

Reno – Day One from aroundthepattern.com 
The first official day of the races was today, Wednesday. The morning sessions were filled with qualifying periods and the afternoon sessions were the first of the heat races for all classes except the unlimiteds.
The Reno Air Race Association has a website at airrace.org. All of the qualifying times and race results will be posted there.  I ‘borrowed’ some of the qualifying times and placed them in this pdf file. It shows the top four qualifiers in each class.  For those of you interested in the unlimiteds, Steve Hinton (the younger) qualified first Flying Strega at 484.255 mph followed very closely by Will Whiteside flying Voodoo at 479.180 mph.
The races are not the only things going on at Stead. Between the race sessions there are air show acts. When  ...

Reno 2010: Relentless Loses Prop in Flight from The Fabricator 
Unexpected may become the watchword for the 2010 Reno Air Races, especially in the Super Sport Class. Qualifying runs and heat races began Wednesday, September 15, with racing running through Sunday, September 19, at Reno, Nevada’s Stead Airport. ...

The Fastest Place on Earth- Reno Air Races! - VictoryGirl
So just who goes to the Reno Air Races?  Everybody who loves the whine of a turbo-charged, fuel injected, tinkered-to-damnation inline engine  and the daring of pilots willing to speed 350 kmp, 9 inches from each other’s wings, 12 feet from the ground around a 3 mile closed course!
We’ve been here a day, and already we’ve met good friends and ...