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Recovered Navy plane from Lake Michigan among Warbirds in Review - The Oshkosh Northwestern | »Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m. – B-25 and the Doolittle Raiders »Saturday, July 28, 1 p.m. – Aeroshell Aerobatic Team and its T-6 Texans »Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. – Best of the Best »Sunday, July 29, 1 p.m. – Red Star Aircraft. More. Organizers hope a ...

JBLM weekend air show could attract 350000 - TheNewsTribune.com | Keep your eyes on the sky this coming weekend: Joint Base Lewis-McChord is hosting what could become its biggest-ever free air show.

Bowling Green air show to offer plane, copter rides - Toledo Blade | BOWLING GREEN -- Area residents will have the opportunity to take airplane rides and see aviation exhibits at the Wood County Air Fair on Saturday at the Wood County Regional Airport, 1261 E. Poe Rd., Bowling Green. Airplane and helicopter rides will...

WWII aircraft in action at Washington aviation museum - USA TODAY | The B-25 flew in combat with nearly every Allied nation during World War II. After the war, many B-25s were retained by Army and Air Force and used as trainers, transports and radar platforms. The B-25 was named after air power advocate General William ...

Seen at 2012 Arlington Fly-In from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Arlington, Wash -- The July 11-15 Arlington Fly-In, despite Friday thunderstorms managed to attract a wide variety of aircraft and airshow acts. See a few of the images we...

Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac - TippNews DAILY | Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac. Everyone has heard the news that the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show attendance was down by a whopping 38% due to oven-like heat reaching up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit on the tarmac. What the news hasn't published is ...

Fast aircraft in slow motion from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This video clip from the recent Royal International Air Tattoo in Britain shows some of the activity and air displays in slow motion. It's oddly fascinating, and well worth watching in full-screen mode...

Farnborough hangover - the A400M, not me from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I may be back in the office but my brain is still somewhere in a field in Hampshire (to borrow a choice phrase from Pulp's Sorted for Es and Whizz). And just as all the FG team have been left coping with their Farnborough hangovers, so too is Airbus Military after the A400M once again managed to sit out the flying...

Plane builders flock to Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 fly-in - Marshfield News-Herald | For 20 years, the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 has been holding a fly-in, drive-in pancake breakfast as a way to raise awareness about the Marshfield Municipal Airport and to fund a scholarship for those pursuing a degree in aviation.

Lofty legend | In 1995 he was the first African to participate in the annual National Air Racing Championships at Reno in the USA, where he won both the races in which he competed. He has also flown as a member of the giant airliner ...

EAA offers B-17 Bomber flights - Wisconsin State Journal | IF YOU GO. Where: Wisconsin Aviation, 3606 Corben Court in Madison, off Amelia Earhardt Drive near Highway 51. When: Friday through Sunday. Flights and Tours: Flights are at 10:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., with ground tours ...

B-17's visit poignant to Trinidad vet - Pueblo Chieftain | She rumbled and shook through the clear sky Sunday over Pueblo, taking one World War II veteran paratrooper on a 30-minute trip back in time.

Video: Want To Fly A Lightning, And Take Your Own Thunder With You? from AirPigz by Martt |
The English Electric Lightning is a truly remarkable Mach 2 jet fighter from the U.K. that originated in the late 50's and remained in service until the 80's. The unique over-and-under twin engine design definitely set it apart from your ordinary fighter, and capabilities like being the first ever to supercruise (fly supersonic without afterburners) and the ability to climb at 50,000 feet per minute are pretty much astounding. Possibly...

Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Flying almost entirely for DELAG (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellsschaft) from 1928 through 1937 the Graf Zeppelin was the last of the great passenger airships. Though not as famous as her bigger sister Hindenburg she flew transoceanically, transpolar as well as transworld — no aircraft or other airline of the day could [...]

Palm Springs Air Museum to hold children's workshop - Southwest Riverside News Network | The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the “Early Days of Flight,” a workshop for children, next Wednesday. The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the "Early Days of Flight,'' a workshop for children, next Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of The Palm Springs ...

Mirage 2000 from Latest Vlog | I was shared this clip yesterday via Justin de Reuck on FaceBook. High impact, AWESOME footage with some epic shots and...

Eurocopter Cutting-Edge X3 Helicopter on a U.S. Tour from Warplanes Online Community by yna | Eurocopter continues to the U.S. tour of the X3 high-speed helicopter, their latest and most advanced helicopter to date. The X3 is visiting military bases to show off its capabilities to military officials and personnel.  The X3 demonstrates it unique flight characteristics including 200 knots cruise speed, high rates of climb and the ability to perform complex maneuvers at high-speed. The X3 had shown that it can reach a maximum speed of 223 knots using 80 percent of its power and achieve a climb rate of 5,500 feet per minute...

Cluster Balloon Attempt Abandoned from AVwebFlash Current Issue |  Landing in a thunderstorm is no fun for any pilot but when the aircraft is a couple of lawn chairs suspended under 300 party balloons, the term hard landing takes on a slightly different context. Cluster balloon pilot Kent Couch and his copilot Fareed Lafta, self-described Iraqi adventurer, aborted their bid to fly from Bend, Ore., to Montana just 30 miles from their starting point Saturday after a thunderstorm at 10,000 feet pelted

Taylor Aerocar For Sale from Aero-News Network | Vintage Rodable Aircraft Can Be Yours For $1.25 Million If you've ever wanted to own a piece of aviation history ... and you've got over a million dollars burning a hole in your wallet, you could be the proud new owner of a 1954 Aerocar,
N-101D. The roadable aircraft was one of only five produced back in the 1950s...

When snowmobiles fly from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Here's a photo of Crazy Jim's snowmobile at LDRS. At least it sounded like the up part went well. Photo credit: Stan Senesy.

Nissan Consults With Blue Angels On Sports Car Development: Video - Motor Authority | Nissan is taking a leaf out of Lamborghini's book and looking to the aviation industry for inspiration for the development of its future range of sports cars. A team of designers and product planners from Nissan recently landed in Pensacola, Fl, to ...

Shuttle Model Moving Slowly To New Location from Aero-News Network | Pieces Being Transported Separately, Will Be Reassembled The wood-and-plastic space shuttle model, which was used by Rockwell to sell NASA on the concept and which has been gathering dust in a warehouse in California for 40 or so years, is being moved piece-by-piece to its temporary home under a tent in a parking lot near the building in Downey, CA...

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Local pilot flies last time as Thunderbird - Your Houston News | Vickie Mitchell and her son, John Gallemore, have been in the Conroe/April Sound area since 2002.  John graduated from Conroe High School in 1994 and Texas A&M in 1998 and is an Air Force Thunderbird pilot in his last year of a two-year assignment.  Recently the final show of the year took place. Three of the demonstration pilots, including John, flew for the last time as Thunderbird pilots.  Vickie attended the final show in Las Vegas, on Nov. 12 & 13, along witgh her daughter (Beth and Robert Panter and children Jordan and Allie), who are also residents of April Sound. The Thunderbird Team has performed...

Blue Angels plan Pease visit - Seacoast Online | Pilots will land Monday in advance of 2012 air show | PORTSMOUTH — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are planning a return visit to the Seacoast next week in preparation for the 2012 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show.  Blue Angel 7 Lt. Mark Tedrow of Willow Grove, Pa., and Blue Angel 8 Lt. Cmdr. Todd Royles of Charleroi, Pa., will do a flyover of the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in their F/A-18 Hornet aircraft on Monday, Nov. 28....

Blue Angels To Headline Robins Air Show April 28-29 - Targeted News Service | Robins Air Force Base issued the following news release:  The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, will headline the 2012 Robins Air Force Base Air Show, scheduled for April 28 and 29.  It has been more than 13 years since the demonstration team visited Middle Georgia back in 1998, but members are already traveling the continental U.S., visiting cities where shows will take place next year.  A team of two Naval officers conducted a site visit at the base Nov. 18. This time of year is pretty busy for visits, especially since the demo team just wrapped up its hometown show in Pensacola, Fla., during the Veteran's Day holiday weekend....

Tandem Team Visits GK Winter Home A Few Months Early - US Army Golden Knights | The Golden Knights travel to Homestead, FL every January for their annual 8-week intensive training cycle. So when we (Tandem Team) showed up to Homestead Air Reserve Base this last week to do some tandem jumps for local VIPs, all the locals were asking, “Where’s the rest of the team?”  We are pretty well-known around the base, and many familiar faces greeted us as we arrived...

St. Louis Aviation Historian Announces Breakthrough: Aviator and Aeroplane in Old Photograph Identified By Jack Abercrombie | The Aero Experience is honored to have Mr. Jack M. Abercrombie, Curator of the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, as our guest author today.  Jack retired as an aeronautical engineer from McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, having worked on aerodynamics design for the F-4 Phantom II and F-15 Eagle, among others.  He is also one of the founding...

“Supersonic Fighter Christened, 23/10/1958 - Xplanes | The English Electric “Lightning”, the first fully supersonic all-weather fighter for the RAF, was officially named at a ceremony at the Royal Aircraft Establishment’s aerodrome at Farnborough, Hants, today, when...

A carpenter trades his T square for a delta wing - AOPA Pilot | Dave Myers of Garden City, Georgia, had never considered flying while working as a carpenter and supervisor for a housing development. The current recession made short work of his career two years ago, and he went to Hawaii to visit relatives. (Everyone should have a relative in Hawaii.) A flight school operating there offered...

EAA President and CEO Rod Hightower Diverts to St. Louis Downtown Airport Due to High Winds at Wicks Sale Site By Carmelo Turdo | EAA President and CEO Rod Hightower flew his AT-6G Texan to St. Louis Downtown Airport Saturday after diverting from the intended landing site near Wicks Aircraft Supply in Highland, IL.  Hightower was to be a special guest at the Red Tag Sale being held at Wicks last...

Reims Bétheny The Golden Age of meeting - Passionate About Aviation | REIMS BETHENY | THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEETINGS | Jacques-Louis and Jean Pernet Wszolek | Here we are approaching Christmas and if you are looking for a gift for someone passionate about aviation history, here is a book that would certainly make her happy. Well as editing the book in June 2009 is still...

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