In Memory of Eddie Andreini * InFlight USA By Annamarie Buonocore | It is with great sadness that In Flight USA lost a beloved supporter and member of its family on Sunday, May 4. Civilian pilot, Eddie Andreini, 77, of Half Moon Bay, CA, crashed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA while performing...
Photos: Blue Angels - US Navy Air Show 2014 * CNN | Blue Angels Air show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Spirit Of St Louis airport.
Tempest photographer captures essence of Thunderbirds at base air show | Photographer Naama Rios,
Gold Team at Atholton * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Gold Team opened up the show season with an awesome opportunity to connect with some amazing students and JROTC members from Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland. The weather was looking bleak heading to the school, but the clouds opened up and the sun came out right in time for the show to start....
Slideshow: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo May 4, 2014 slideshow - KOAM-TV | Thousands gathered over the weekend in suburban St. Louis to attend the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo in Chesterfield. The show featured performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Skip Stewart, Patty Wagstaff and many more...
Air show at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst aims to bond public, troops - The Times, Trenton | The skies over Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will ripple with the thunder of jet aircraft and the spectacle of parachutists next weekend at the military facility’s open house and air show. The first large-scale air show at the base since 2012, the event will showcase more than 60 vehicles new and old from all three branches stationed at the joint compound — the Army, Navy and Air Force — in a mile-long hangar. Titled “America Strong,” the show is meant to show the public, not just what the military has at its disposal, but how they work and live on the base....
Fly-In, 'Cody' fundraiser on tap in Smithville - Austin American-Statesman | There’s nothing like the sight of a vintage airplane to excite both youngsters and adults. Whether it’s a World War II warbird or an experimental aircraft, Smithville’s 10th Annual Fly-In this Saturday, May 10, will offer plenty of thrills for those who love aircraft...
Snowbirds to perform in High River in July - High River Times | On the afternoon of July 23, the celebrated Canadian Forces Snowbirds will take to the skies above the High River Airport to perform their signature aerobatic airshow. “We’re very excited to be bringing such an iconic Canadian tradition to High River this summer,” said Dayna Dickens of the town’s business and tourism office. “I think this is going to come together to be something really special for High River and for the region.”...
Yeovilton International Air Day will celebrate new aircraft carrier - Western Daily Press | The biggest ship ever built for the Royal Navy is the inspiration for the theme of this year's Yeovilton International Air Day. The Queen will name the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at a traditional champagne christening at Rosyth dockyard in Fife on July 4. Then, on July 26, the Fleet Air Arm's Somerset base will celebrate with an air show featuring historic carrier-borne aircraft, and the most fearsome modern machines....
WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' soars the skies over Seattle - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A restored World War II B-17 "Flying Fortress" will be in the skies over Seattle this week. The plane known as "Memphis Belle," which even inspired a Hollywood film, is on display at the Renton Municipal Airport next weekend. A group called The Liberty Foundation is touring with the plane and a P-51 Mustang fighter...
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster UK Air Display Schedule * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) continues to prepare their Avro Lancaster for its historic flight to England in August where it will join the only other airworthy Lancaster in the world, owned and operated by the Royal Air Force’s renowned Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), and participate in several events and activities. The UK Air Display Schedule featuring both Lancasters for August only is now confirmed below:...
Dr.Sky Interviews Mr. Charles Nichols / Yanks Air Museum * Photorecon.net | Recently, I had the honor of interviewing, Mr. Charles Nichols, founder of the Yanks Air Museum, in Chino, California. This is a great museum, that houses many of the great aircraft from all ages of flight. Mr. Nichols was kind enough to take some time from his busy schedule and talk with me on the Dr.Sky Show…..
Aviation shines at Endeavor Awards - AOPA Pilot | The Endeavor Awards are the brainchild of Hollywood filmmaker Mark Wolper, an active general aviation pilot and himself a member of Angel Flight West, who wanted to shine a spotlight on how GA serves those in need. “It’s time to tell the world how public benefit aviation improves our world and saves precious lives,” he said....
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – April, 2014 Update * Warbirds News | As always WarbirdsNews will post updates from restoration projects as they arrive. We have a small report from the Sandbar Mitchell project for you today. These guys are continually marching forwards with their work on the center section...
Rare aircraft photographs Pt. 1 * Let Let Let - Warplanes | There seems to be a vivid E-bay market in aircraft photographs. Not all of these are rare; some were distributed by the thousands by aircraft manufacturers for promotional purposes. Over the...
Airplane enthusiast donates plane to aviation museum - NG News | Horne, a longtime flying enthusiast, gave up his hobby this weekend and donated his two-seater private plane to the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum in Halifax in honour of his late friend Reg Short. “It’s such a beautiful airplane. I’d like to put it somewhere people will see it,” he said about why he chose to give it to the museum rather than sell Citaborea, aerobatic spelt backwards...
Fairey Gannet * Let Let Let - Warplanes | The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was a mid-wing monoplane with...
World famous aviator visits Coos Bay students * KCBY | ...During his career, Long broke countless records and is best known for his taking the first solo flight around the world over both poles...
New children’s book published · General Aviation News | New to bookshelves this spring is “Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse,” a suspenseful yet inspiring story of a little mouse who conquered a big challenge...
Minden Soaring Club awards scholarships · General Aviation News | The Minden Soaring Club in Nevada has awarded eight scholarships to local youth to help finance flight and ground instruction in preparation for obtaining a private glider rating...
Space Racers: Virginia Air & Space Center to launch new exhibit for preschoolers - Daily Press | Does your preschooler yearn for outer space? The Virginia Air & Space Center can help with that. This summer, the center in downtown Hampton will launch a new permanent exhibit called Space Racers: Adventures in Space Exploration, designed for kids ages 3 to 6...
Purdue Announces Honorary Degree Recipients * IBJ | ...David Wolf, M.D., of Indianapolis, a 28-year NASA veteran and astronaut who has spent 168 days in space and conducted seven spacewalks over four separate missions, including space Shuttles Columbia, Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavor, as well as the International Space Station, Russian Space Station MIR, and Spacelab. Before being selected as an astronaut, he led teams producing medical research instrumentation for spaceflight including novel state-of-the-art technology for three-dimensional tissue engineering. A medical doctor, electrical engineer, and inventor, he has been awarded 17 U.S. patents, received the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, and was named the NASA Inventor of the Year. He will receive a doctor of engineering degree at 3:45 p.m. May 18....
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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Eddie Andreini remembered on the Central Coast - KSBY | ...Eddie Andreini of Half Moon Bay was a veteran aerobatic pilot and he had connections to the Central Coast.... Friends say he was a true professional and experienced pilot, one who will be missed. "You are losing a good friend," said Michael Geddry, Andreini's friend and Director of the Thunder Over the Valley Air Show in Santa Maria...
Windy Travis Open House and Air Show draws thousands - The Reporter | Despite wind gusts of up to 35 mph, many onlookers at the 2014 Travis Air Force Base Open House and Air Show on Saturday seemed unfazed by the breezy conditions and simply enjoyed the myriad displayed planes, small to jumbo, props to jets, courteous airmen, visits to cockpits, flyovers and airborne stunts...
Solano deputy sheriff gets the 'ride of a lifetime' with Thunderbirds - The Reporter | "The black dot up there, that's our dad in there." Four-year-old Jackson Harris III and his older brother, Brody, pointed at the sky as an F-16 jet, Thunderbird No. 7, screamed by giving their father a "ride of a lifetime."...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Sunday Wrap-up * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continued today with a variety of aerial entertainment acts that ranged from top-tier performers like the Blue Angels, Patty Wagstaff and Skip Stewart to warbirds and Vietnam War-era helicopters. There were so many...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Rampside With Top-Flight Performers Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow provided aerial entertainment from a variety of performers, including three of the best in the industry: Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff. Not only did all three of these top-tier airshow stars 
perform their amazing aerobatics for the St. Louis area audience, but they also performed together in pairs several times during the weekend. The list of...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Hercules Has a Style and Grace All His Own * The Aero Experience Team | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron brought more to the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow than the precision formation flying performances given by the six team members flying the F/A-18C Hornet jet fighters. The team's support aircraft was...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Warbird and Cold War Era Aviation * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continues through this weekend, and we have just started to cover the variety of aircraft participating in this great Midwest Aviation event. The lineup for the airshow... More coverage
2014 Central Texas Airshow closes BY LARRY CAUSEY | TELEGRAM STAFF | The 2014 Central Texas Airshow wound up its spine-tingling aerobatic performances on Sunday at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport. Expected to draw 30,000 people, the three-day event had a good turnout, said Bonnie Tamres-Moore, VIP director, who has been with the show for 10 years. “Saturday was one of our busiest days ever,” she said...
Wings and wheels turn out in support of Wounded Warriors - Odessa American | Odessa-Schlemeyer Field welcomed the public for the first time to the second Wings and Wheels Fly-In and Classic Car Show Saturday morning. Airport officials helped raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Family Support with a raffle and silent auction. People gathered as live music played, barbecue was grilled and planes flew across the early afternoon’s clear skies....
The Frecce Tricolori back in Romagna * Translated | The return of the Frecce Tricolori on the 
Talladega Flyover Planes From Hixson Air Museum - WDEF News 12 | It's a T-28 Trojan, and it is leaving this small runway at Dallas Bay Airpark for a very big fly over, one of three planes provided to NASCAR by the Hixson Air Museum...
The Girls With Wings Blog - Read about all the scholarship winners!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Andreini, Kobelt, and the Thrasher Brothers Inducted into Air Show Hall of Fame
Eddie Andreini has performed in nearly a thousand air shows over a period just shy of 50 years, flying a customized Russian Yak, a modified 500-hp Super Stearman, and beginning in 2012, a fully restored P-51 Mustang. Andreini also earned the ICAS Sword of Excellence in 2004. Performing primarily on the West Coast, Eddie has also flown internationally, including in the countries of Canada and Australia. According to Eddie, "There is always some small child who you know just became passionate about flying because of what he saw my plane do. Or even an older person will tell me that my performance really went deep into his or her heart and touched him in an unexpected, but so meaningful way," Andreini said. "That, for me, is what keeps me flying."
William W. “Pappy” Kobelt established Kobelt Airport in 1958. Located in New York State, the airport was intended to support Kobelt’s power line patrol operation. But since he was also an air show performer in a Ryan PT-22, he soon added an aerobatic flight school, one of the first in the country. Kobelt Airport became the aerobatic mecca of its day with fly-ins, air shows and the school. In the early 1960’s it was "the" place to find performers, where fledgling aeronauts and experienced fliers went to aviate or just hang out. Today’s performers, competitors, and flight schools owe a debt to Pappy Kobelt for his foresight and love of flight. Pappy Kobelt died in an automobile accident in 1966, but will always be remembered as a visionary with a passion for flight, aerobatic training, and air shows.
The Thrasher Brothers – Grady, Richard (Bud) and Tunis – performed from 1945 to 1950 in 378 air shows from Houston to Erie Pennsylvania to Miami, and were known for organizing and promoting their own shows, known as the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus. They also performed as featured acts in other established shows, along with pilots including Woody Edmunson, Bevo Howard, Betty Skelton, and Ben F. Huntley. Their outrageous performances included the aerobatic routine of their Twin Ercoupe (two airplanes bolted together sharing common outer wings), a Piper Cub which took off with Bud hanging on a wingstrut during a complete airport traffic pattern, a "World's Smallest Airport" (cartop landing), car-to-aircraft human transfers, and a parachute jump with Bud displaying an American flag.
The Thrashers, Kobelt, and Andreini will join the impressive list of fifty-nine honorees who have entered the Hall of Fame since 1995. The ceremony will be held on the evening of Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas during the annual ICAS Chairman’s Banquet.
The ICAS Foundation Hall of Fame was created in 1995 as an independent nonprofit organization to honor those who have made a significant impact on the air show industry, to educate today’s generation about their contributions, and to recognize the industry’s top performers throughout the history of air shows.
For more information on the ICAS Foundation: http://www.icasfoundation.org/
Friday, June 7, 2013
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Senators tell FAA 'stop' on OSH ATC fees from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Calling the FAA's move "completely unacceptable," a bipartisan group of 28 U.S. senators today delivered a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, strongly urging the agency to reconsider its unilateral decision to assess fees for air traffic and other services at general aviation events, including EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Red Bull helicopter pilot calls flying 'magic carpet ride' - DelmarvaNow | OCEAN CITY — 
Aerial escapades - Delmarva Daily Times | “From the roar of the jets to the crazy spins and rolls of the aerobatic pilots, every year offers something for everyone. There are also opportunities for the public to meet the performers throughout the week, whether it's breakfast at Layton's or ...
GEICO-Sponsored WATER AND AIR PERFORMERS WILL RENEW THEIR RIVALRY DURING THE 2013 ATLANTIC CITY AIR SHOW | ...Meanwhile, one of the GEICO Skytyper World War II-trainer planes will break away from its skytyping missions and attempt to outrun the speedboat in an exhibition race. While the Miss GEICO is capable of higher top speeds than the North American SNJ-2 flown by the Skytypers, weather conditions handicap the watercraft and even the odds. Skill and expertise will prove the ultimate victor in this battle....
Former Marine test pilot flies private Harrier jump jet in airshows - WJLA | Nalls and and fellow Harrier pilot Joe Anderson are using the jet to come to the rescue of a summer favorite - the local air show, now a sequestration endangered species. Bryan Lilley, president of this weekend's Ocean City air show, hired Nalls after ...
Eddie Andreini's Primo Branco By Sagar Pathak | For more than 40 years, Eddie Andreini has been dazzling airshow crowds across the country. With the recent military participation in airshows being cut back due to sequestration, a small group of pilots are doing what they can to remind our nation that airshows are still alive and going strong....
Win a flight during Kenora's air show - KenoraOnline | Grade seven and eight students from Evergreen, Lakewood, and St. Thomas Aquinas are involved in an essay writing contest, which is organized by aerobatic pilot Super Dave Matheson, for a chance to get a ride in Matheson's MX2 aerobatic aircraft....
Record Ticket Sales promise bumper turn-out at RAF Cosford Air Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | With pre-show ticket sales already breaking records, the RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show looks ready to provide an excellent day out this Sunday 9th June....
Ocala pilot to fly 2100 mile air race - Ocala | In a few days, the data modeling analyst will trade in her computer chair for a cockpit as she competes in the 2013 Air Race Classic, which begins June 18 in Pasco, Washington, and culminates four days later in Fayetteville, Arkansas, spanning more...
Pilots to compete in touchdown auto contest from General Aviation News | McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Officials at Jerry Trimble Helicopters say they are anticipating an international group of helicopter pilots to compete in the 3rd Annual Touchdown Auto Rotation competition to be held at the McMinnville, Oregon airport June 23....
RIVERSIDE: Tuskegee Airman to speak at March museum - Press-Enterprise | Tuskegee Airman Master Sergeant Buford Johnson USAF (Ret) is set to speak at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, pictured, on June 8, 2013....
Collings Foundation B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" from Keith Breazeal Video Productions | These great aircraft were a product of some of the best aeronautical engineering minds in the world. World Wars generated the need for control over...
B-17 Lets Vet Relive History - DoD Live | Today is the 69th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy, commonly referred to as “D-Day“. In remembrance of this event, I thought it would be fitting to share the story of one WWII veteran who recently returned to the cockpit of a fully restored...
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's World War II takes flight this weekend in Reading, PA - Baltimore Post-Examiner | Nothing in the world quite compares with the roar of a B-17. For occupied Europe, the thunderous engines echoed the sound of liberation. For the Germans, they were the harbingers of a falling Reich, as American airmen went about the systematic ...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Visit: The Cold War Era from The Aero Experience - 
Celebrating Midwest Aviation | The Aero Experience visit to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in our Midwest Aviation neighboring city of Dayton, Ohio finds us in the deep, dark recesses of the Cold War Era. The dim lighting and dense arrangement of aircraft in the hall brings a sense of foreboding that is reminiscent of the...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Visit: The Vietnam War Era from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | The Aero Experience visit to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force takes us to the Vietnam War Era gallery. Again it is dark and gloomy, like an R.G. Smith oil painting, with war clouds hanging over Southeast Asia. Many of the Cold War Era aircraft and weapons were tested in this arena, with some performing well in a foreign environment while others proved inadequate for the task. Putting the...
General Aviation Appreciation Month declared in Washington from General Aviation News | Washington Governor Jay Inslee has declared June “General Aviation Appreciation Month” in Washington state. Washington is home to 135 public-use airports, more than 19,000 pilots and more than 6,660 general aviation aircraft. The state’s aviation system supports 248,500 jobs, $15.3 billion in wages and $50.9 billion in economic activity....
High school seniors learn ups and downs of aircraft design from General Aviation News | REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — Remotely controlled aircraft designed by high school seniors recently took to the air for the first time as part of a mentoring program sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corp....
Minnesota Aviation Learning Center planned from General Aviation News | AirSpace Minnesota and The Museum of Flight in Seattle have joined forces to create the first Museum of Flight Aviation Learning Center (ALC) outside of the museum....
Surrounded By Thunder-The Story Of Unsung Heroes Who Made Space Travel Possible from Featured by Webmaster | From America’s first satellite Explorer I, through Apollo and putting the first man on the moon, aeronautical engineer Darrell Loan had a hand in them all! Surrounded by Thunder: The story of Darrell Loan and the Rocket Men (Inspire on Purpose Publishing), by Tom Williams, tells the true story of this extraordinary man, his family, friends and colleagues, and of a time not to be forgotten in America’s history - a time that has never been surpassed and that truly was and always will be, Surrounded by Thunder....
DR.SKY SPEAKS AT SPACEFEST V from Photorecon by Dr Sky | Spacefest is a unique gathering of astronauts, space scientists and space artists with a something special for every space enthusiast and collector both young and old. It was conceived and organized by Kim Poor and Novaspace to fill a void in the space community. Novaspace began in 1978, as the mail-order source for a few prints by Kim Poor. Moving...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Oceano Airport Celebration set for May 10-11 from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | The 4th Annual Oceano Airport Celebration is set for May 10-11 at the Oceano Airport (L52). Can you think of a better way to celebrate Mother’s Day? Nope, neither can I....
Anniversary-haul Balbo The WWF moves the Arrows tricolor - Translated | Nothing Frecce Tricolori
Focus on technology at 13th Airport Show - gulfnews.com | Major highlights included the Airport Passenger Experience zone that allows visitors to explore the touch and feel of future airports and the Women in Aviation exhibition that encourages Emirati women to pursue careers in aviation. “The aviation sector ...
Fly-In set for May 18 - Jackson County Floridan | Old "warbirds," small private planes and the celebrity Lockheed 12 used in the movie Amelia will be among the aircraft traveling here to take part in a Saturday, May 18 Armed Forces Day and Fly-In, an event meant to promote the Marianna Municipal ...
Canadian Xpress May Fly-In - Kamchatka - FlightSim.com | Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, May 18th at 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our May 2013 Fly-In where we will depart from Khabarovsk (UHHH), the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia ...
Kick off your Memorial Day weekend with us in New Orleans! from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | On Saturday May 25th the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit will make a stop in New Orleans, thanks to the generous folks at Flightline First. This outstanding FBO located at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport presents the exhibit in conjunction with the National WWII Museum. In addition to the squadron’s P-51C Mustang fighter aircraft...
Eddie Andreini coming to Truckee air fair this summer - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Today, he keeps closer to home – preferring to fly at local smaller airshows, like the Truckee Air Fair and Family Festival. He flies the plane himself into each venue, and most of the time has his mechanic fly one of his other planes to display as well....
LARKS hosts 34th annual Heli-Fly in Carlyss - Sulphur Southwest Daily News | ... applications now available in Sulphur ... LARKS hosts 34th annual Heli-Fly in Carlyss ... Residents reminded of yard debris collection procedures ... Senior food program applications now available in Sulphur ... LARKS hosts 34th annual Heli-Fly in...
Typhoon team to create a storm at Airshow at Museum of Flight - East Lothian News | It's chocks away for Scotland's national Airshow at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune which will take place on Saturday, July 27. Taking centre stage at the event, which attracted around 11,000 visitors last year, will be the RAF's ...
Jackson County Airport home to replica German Fokker aircraft, donated by ... - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com | He is also hoping the plane will attract visitors to Aviation Heritage Park near the front entrance of the airport. “It'll be exciting if this vision becomes a reality of acceptance,” he said. The aluminum replica was not constructed from a model kit ...
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Video: 19 Foot Wingspan RC B-17 In Austria - Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | Dude, that's one big RC B-17! And since we played with a B-17...
Texas Chapter May Newsletter from Antique Airfield News
X-47B makes its first trap on land from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The US Navy's Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) made its first shore-based landing using a carrier's arresting gear system on 4 May. This first trap is the beginning of a series of tests before the X-47B makes its way onto the boat later this month....
Pease Greeters Welcome Their 600th Flight from photorecon.net by Ken Kula | The Portsmouth International Airport at Pease has earned its’ “International” moniker hundreds of times over during the past eight years. The location of the airport in New Hampshire’s Seacoast region (and near the Maine and Massachusetts coastlines too) is advantageous as a refueling and replenishment stop for military-chartered passenger flights. These civilian airliners can’t air-to-air refuel or fly nonstop between...
Next From Terrafugia -- Hybrid VTOL from AVwebFlash Current Issue | While Terrafugia continues to work on their Transition roadable-aircraft design, on Monday the company unveiled a plan to develop a four-seat, plug-in hybrid electric car capable of vertical takeoffs and landings, with fly-by-wire controls. The TF-X design is...
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Keep Your Eyes on the Sky this September
California Capital Airshow announces exciting 2012 performer and
aircraft line up
- USAF Heritage Flight – F-16 Falcon and P-38 Lightning
- Sean D. Tucker – Team Oracle
- Tim Weber – Geico Aerobatics
- Kent Pietsch – Jelly Belly Barnstorming
- Bill Braack – USO Smoke N’ Thunder Jet Car
- Eddie Andrieni Mustang Superbatics
- West Coast RaVens 16 Ship Formation Team
- F4U Corsair Aerobatics
- Red Stars Precision Warbird Team
- And, literally ‘tons’ of military jets including assets from Travis and Beale AFBs
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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Reno Air Racing Association planning for races this year - MyNews4 | RENO, Nev. (AP, MyNews4.com & KRNV) – The Reno Air Racing Association President Mike Houghton has announced they will hold an event at the Reno – Stead Airport on September 12 – 16 of 2012. Houghton said his goal is to have an air show and race at that time, moving ahead with plans for this fall's competition despite a tragic crash at last September's races that killed 11 and injured more than 70. Houghton says a memorial will be held to remember the crash. He said it, "needs to be done right." Association President Mike Houghton said the...
Blue Angels, ‘Fat Albert,’ visit Utah in March - Salt Lake Tribune | St. George • There will be 
Blue Angels arrive in El Centro to start winter training season - Imperial Valley Press | Climbing out of the cockpits of the 56-foot-long blue and yellow jets, the group of pilots made their way to the crowd that formed along the chain link fence. Dressed in bright blue jumpsuits, the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team pilots greeted local dignitaries and Blue Angel honorary team members with smiles, handshakes and the occasional hug as the group arrived to start its winter training at the local Navy facility....
Show hopes to get area flying high - South Wales Evening Post | A MAJOR new air show is being planned to take place in Pembrey this summer. Details for the event, named Carmarthenshire Air Show, are currently being drawn up, with Pembrey airport and racetrack being earmarked to stage the spectacle in July. ...
'HORSEMEN COMETH' DOCUMENTARY ON PBS - ASB | THE HORSEMEN COMETH 
Aero-TV: Bob Hoover At Airventure -- 'When Did You Start Flying?' - Aero-News Net | Ask any pilot who he thinks is the best he ever saw and depending on how long they've been in the business, the answers might surprise you... BUT, for anyone who had the grand opportunity to see much of the Golden Age of GA, its hard to forget the grace and professionalism exhibited by Robert A. "Bob" Hoover -- a man whom many have no hesitation calling the best they ever saw....
World War II pilot, riveters share war stories - Rome News Tribune | James McCubbin, a retired captain in the 8th Air Force of the Army Air Corps, explains his WWII experiences to Rome members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association. (Brittany Hannah / Rome News-Tribune) Twin...
Google May Come To The Rescue Of Historic 'Hangar One' from AirPigz | I'm a little late to the party with this info, but as they say; better late than never. Which also happens to apply to this unique situation with the historic Hangar One at Moffett Field near San Jose, California... just when the future for this amazing structure looked really bleak, and while work continued removing the building's outer skin, Google has stepped up to the plate to offer an encouraging solution. Ok, actually it's the principal players at...
Remembering three special people we lost during 2011 - The Daily News | ...The third friend we lost was Bruce Martin, who died Oct. 6, and while he was 93 years old, he had so much to live for. A decorated B-17 pilot from World War II, in recent years he had begun talking about his war experiences to school children and local organizations. He was so proud of what he and other veterans had survived during the war, and he wanted to...
A Visionary is a Visionary is a Visionary. - Flight Monkeys w Video | If the name Burt Rutan doesn’t ring any bells with you, we have just the video to help get you up to speed. Of course if you are familiar with the name, then you know why we’re posting a piece to the blog about him. This guy is a visionary. Not a flash-in-the-pan, sort of cool guy who invented the...
This could be YOU! - Vans Air Force | A Yahoo group has been established to collect and 
Flight a rite of passage for new pilot - The Press | Young pilot Chloe Milne hadn't been everywhere by the time she landed at Nelson Airport yesterday, but she was well on the way. Milne turned 21 on November 21 and set herself the target of landing at 21 runways around New Zealand as a "flight of passage" after getting her private pilot's licence last month....
New WAI scholarships available from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Despite the deadline to apply for a Women in Aviation International scholarship having come and gone, two new scholarships are now available for 2012. These new scholarships bring the total to 73 individual scholarships valued at $520,900 to be awarded to WAI members...
74 Year old Aviation Magazine Relaunched as Online Journal - PR Newswire | Air Facts, first published for private pilots in 1938, has new life and has been reinvented as an online journal at www.AirFactsJournal.com. This important aviation magazine was among the first publications to address the growing number of pilots as aircraft became more accessible to the general population....
Warbirds Dogfights Released - Fly Away Simulation | iEntertainment announced in January 2010 its release of Warbirds Dogfights. Warbirds Dogfights puts the user in the pilot's seat of the greatest WWII air combat airplanes. The simulation can be used in massive multiplayer mode online or single player ...
Air Force Will Lose Hundreds of Planes in New Pentagon Plan FROM Danger Room | ...Danger Room has learned that around 200 airplanes, mostly older models, will eventually be retired without replacement. That represents about a 5 percent reduction in the overall fleet of about 4,000 aircraft. Exactly which planes will go is unclear. But under any scenario, the positions of thousands of airmen who fly and maintain those planes will be phased out. The majority of those airmen will be reservists and Air National Guardsmen....
The Successor to the B2 Stealth Bomber - PopSci | The youngest active stealth bomber in the U.S. 
NewSpace highlights of 2011 - RLV and Space Transport News | In the long winding trek to low cost access to space, no single big and exciting leap forward took place during 2011. However, there were a number of developments that may someday be seen in retrospect as having greatly accelerated the pace towards affordable space travel. Some detours and setbacks occurred but overall I would say that commercial spaceflight and the development of fully reusable space transport moved ahead robustly....
Astronaut with roots in San Carlos floats into Pasadena - Contra Costa Times | Rex Walheim has spent 36 hours spacewalking at an altitude of more than 100 miles. On Monday, he'll be doing some floating of a different kind. Walheim, one of four crew members on the final space shuttle mission in July, will be honored for...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wings Over Wine Country Air Show 2011
Santa Rosa, Calif., August 10, 2011 – The PACIFIC COAST AIR MUSEUM (PCAM) is pleased to announce the addition of champion aerobatic performers Kirby Chambliss and Patty Wagstaff to the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show on August 20-21, 2011 at the Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa California.
Patty Wagstaff is a six-time member of the US Aerobatic team, the first woman towin the title of US Aerobatic Champion and one of only a few who have won it three times. Patty will open the air show both Saturday and Sunday morning preview performances before the opening ceremonies. She is currently working at the Sonoma County Airport at Cal Fire’s Sonoma Air Attack Base piloting an OV-10 Bronco spotting plane that provides the air boss a steady platform to organizing the firefighting plan. Patty flies an aggressive, thrilling routine in an Extra 300S.
A tremendous lineup of flying includes military jet flybys, world class civilian aerobatics and a host of Warbirds. Robust static displays will include the museum’s collection of over 30 restored aircraft (most of which will be open for climb aboards), civilian and military statics and morning access to the warbirds that will fly later in the show. In addition, this year’s air show program will commemorate two historic milestones, the tenth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 and the Centennial of Naval Aviation.
Our outstanding civilian air show line up includes:
- Kirby Chambliss in the Red Bull Zivko Edge 540
- Patty Wagstaff in the Extra 300S
- Eddie Andreini in the Super Stearman
- Tim Decker in his beautiful red and white Pitts Special
- Canadian favorite Team Rocket in two Harmon Rockets
- Dan Buchanan is his towed hang glider
- Vicky Benzing in her beautiful Extra 300S
- Dan Vance aerobatic performance in his P-51 Mustang
- Reno Air Racer Will Whiteside aerobatic performance in his Yak “Steadfast”
- Greg Colyer in his Blue Angels T-33 Shooting Star
- Many P-51 Mustangs and other Warbirds
- Award winning air show announcer, “Sky Talker” Danny Clisham
- Many fabulous static display aircraft
- A great classic Car Show
- Lots of activities for families and children
- And much much more
Tickets may be purchased at www.WingsOverWineCountry.org.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wings Over Wine Country 2011 Commemorates the 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11th, 2001 and the Centennial of Naval Aviation
Santa Rosa, Calif., March 30, 2011 – The PACIFIC COAST AIR MUSEUM (PCAM) is proud to host the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show on August 20-21, 2011 at the Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa California. A tremendous lineup of flying includes military jet demonstrations, world class civilian aerobatics and a host of Warbirds. A large number of static displays will include the museum’s collection of over 30 restored aircraft (most of which will be open for climb aboards), civilian and military statics and morning access to the warbirds that will fly later in the show. In addition, this year’s air show program will commemorate two historic events , the tenth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 and the Centennial of Naval Aviation.
