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Sequestration's Effects Felt at Nation's Air Shows - CNBC.com | Under sequestration, the Air Force must reduce flying hours by 18 percent, or about 203,000 hours, said Wendy S. Varhegyi, a spokeswoman; the decision to ground air show participation allows the Air Force “to redistribute their flying hours to support...

Air Festival 2013 launched - Daily Echo | ...The 2013 Bournemouth Air Festival promises another land, sea and air spectacular this summer. Topping the bill, the Red Arrows and Typhoon Eurofighter will be performing three displays each. Recognised as one of the top ten air shows in the world by USA Today, the festival has attracted nearly five million visitors since its launch in 2008....

The Day of Open Doors airbase Zemunik enjoyed most children - Zadar | Open Day barracks Zemunik attracted as much interest every year people, mostly parents with children who are bright but despite the chilly weather touring relentlessly exposed specimens helicopters, Pilatus, Canadair, airtractora but prmjerke armored equipment and air defense systems that are members of 93rd Air Force Base is presented on the runway at Zemunik....

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You Really Should Watch This Aerobatic RC Plane Competition - Gizmodo Australia | Make anything remote-controlled and it's automatically more awesome by a factor of eleventy-billion. But if you're able to do something clever with said thing like, say, performing mesmerising aerobatic stunts that appear to defy physics, measuring the...

Doolittle Raiders Farewell Reunion- Eglin Homecoming- Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Fort Walton Beach, FL- Tom Casey, the business manager for the famed Doolittle Raiders, announced that the Doolittle Raiders 71st Anniversary Reunion, April 17 through 20, in Fort Walton Beach, FL, will be the last public reunion of these World War II heroes. "The Raiders have always considered Fort Walton Beach to be their second home, and...

The Doolittle Raid changed US WW II hopes - St. George Daily Spectrum | In 2006, the final Doolittle Raiders reunion Nielsen attended, he told those gathered, “I am proud to have been on the Doolittle Raid. I am more proud to have been of service to my country. I hope and I pray that what we Doolittle Raiders have done...

For One World War II Vet, Unfinished Business in China - The Atlantic | A Chinese soldier guards a Flying Tigers airplane. (Wikimedia Commons). "When you go into the military, one of the things you are told is, 'No matter what happens to you, we'll get you home.' That's a slogan, but that's not what happens in the real...

Morris O. 'Bud' Kahn Jr. - Mason City Globe Gazette | Recently he served as a docent at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Ariz. He enjoyed flying as a hobby and for business and...

'Angel of death' leaves legacy during 'Enduring Freedom' - af.mil | ...For her actions, Black was one of six Airmen to receive the first Air Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony in front of the Air Force Memorial in Washington. She was the first Air Force woman to receive a combat medal...

Road Trip: Aviation history in Ohio - TribLive | It wasn't until a decade ago that Congress settled a longstanding dispute between Ohio and North Carolina: Congress affirmed that Ohio, indeed, is the nation's birthplace of aviation. Though aviation-themed attractions pepper the Buckeye State, the House resolution specifically recognized Dayton, some 256 miles west of Pittsburgh, as the birthplace...

Century of flight in Alaska to be celebrated from General Aviation News | The Alaska Airmen’s Association’s Great Alaska Aviation Gathering will take place Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. This is the 16th year for Alaska’s premier event for flying enthusiasts and families, as well as the state’s largest aviation tradeshow....

Reanimating a 30-Year-Old Canard with an Electrical Charge  by Dean Sigler | The CC01e, a tiny, single-seat canard design by Frenchman Claude Chudzik, flew for the first time in 30 years years, now powered by an Electravia-supplied motor system. Taking off from Nangis airport, team member Frederic Laude gingerly guided the airplane on its single circuit of the field...

An amazing Mig-29 photoshoot: air-to-air with the Polish Fulcrums from David Cenciotti's weblog | If you ever wondered how air to air photos which appear in aviation magazines are made, this video may be a clue which would provide an answer....

Zelienople experimental aircraft group gives youngsters free flight time - Tribune-Review | Jesteadt was working on his senior project introducing young people to flying with the help of the Experimental Aircraft Association 857 and Young Eagles....

Retired astronaut coming to Urbana - Dayton Daily News | “At some point,” Gibson explained, “you need to step down from air racing. I'm not there yet.” A recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals, the Murfreesboro, Tenn., resident was an experienced...

Space shuttle Enterprise: a national treasure and historic landmark - Los Angeles Times | Endeavour went to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Discovery to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum's annex in northern Virginia and Atlantis to Kennedy Space Center's visitor complex in Florida. "As the first and only full-scale...

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Thunderbirds and thunderstorms: Keep your eye on the sky this weekend - Sun-Sentinel | Kevin Sullivan, the West Palm Beach-based air boss, said the show could be halted if the cloud cover becomes too low or visibility too poor. "If there is rain of a significant nature, we will delay the show until it's clear," he said...

CBS4 Rides Along On A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird - CBS Miami | CBS4's Vanessa Borge gets the ride of her life during a ride-along with a member of the elite U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team, the headline act at this weekend's Lauderdale Air Show...

F-22 Demo Team talks about weekend show - The Warner Robins Patriot | The f-22 Raptor. Two F-22s landed at Robins yesterday after a brief display of the speed and maneuverability of the high-tech aircraft. Various community dignitaries were on-hand to see the aircraft and speak with the men who pilot them...

'All you need to know' for this weekend's Robins AFB Open House and Air Show - The Warner Robins Patriot | by Gene Rector Here's what you need to know about this weekend's Robins Air Force Base Open House and Air Show. First, it will be a spectacular feast of sight, sound and patriotism … a chance to roam the flight line, rest in the shade of a massive C-5 ...

Planes of Fame Airshow Preview from Photorecon | On May 5th and 6th, the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino California is going to open its hangar doors and roll out some of the finest examples of restored aircraft in flying condition from years past.  This year’s airshow honors the turning of the tide in the Pacific in 1942.  The airshow [...]

Peoria air show won't happen in early June, if at all - Peoria Journal Star | By JOHN SHARP There will be no PNC Air Show along the Peoria riverfront in early June, as originally planned. It could be another week before an announcement of an alternative date is made or if the show will be canceled this summer...

Win a seat at Tennessee Air Show - Murfreesboro Post | NASHVILLE - Social Flights, the fastest-growing, web-based private aviation network in the US, is holding a drawing for two sets of tickets for two to The Great Tennessee Air Show. The Great Tennessee Air Show runs May 12-13 at the Smyrna Airport in ...

United we fall: US Army parachute team thrives on heights and violent speeds - ReporterNews.com | Set to perform today at the Dyess Big Country AirFest, this elite group of parachute performers went into the skies above Abilene on Friday to rehearse their routine. As they plummet toward the earth, group members interlock in elaborate formations ...

RNZAF celebrates 75th anniversary - Stuff | Swords were drawn and bayonets fixed as the ceremonial flags flew high through the streets of Auckland this morning as the Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated their 75th anniversary....

Hot-air balloon festival canceled - Andrews Journal |  The Up, Up in the Air Fair scheduled for Saturday, June 2, will be put off for another year to give the Andrews Chamber of Commerce more time and better financial footing to ...

B-25 crowd helps area businesses - Springfield News Sun | The event saw 20 B-25 Mitchell bombers and their crews fly into the city to honor the Doolittle Raiders. The 12000 visitors didn't include hundreds of additional visitors who stood outside the air field as the bombers departed for a ceremony at the ...

Vintage Wings of Canada launches flight season - Canadian Skies | The organization brings together aviators and aviation enthusiasts, who maintain a fleet and participate in flight activities and the promotion of Canada's aviation heritage. It offers educational programs and guided tours (by reservation only) of its ...

Pearse's first attempt to fly 'was in 1909' - Stuff.co.nz | The would-be aviator's attempts to fly in 1909-10 came to nothing and newspapers at the time said Pearse struggled to accomplish anything other than short hops into the air. Martyn notes that Pearse bought a farm near Milton, south of Dunedin, ...

Bristol Aero Collection: Storage sought - BBC News | The exhibits charting 100 years of the city's aviation history must leave the hangar where they are currently displayed in November, when the lease runs out. The exhibition closes to the public on 28 May to give a working party six months to pack it ...

Planning continues for new USAF Airman Heritage Museum from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Efforts are underway to expand the Air Force’s enlisted heritage museum here. The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation plans to modernize the USAF Airman Heritage Museum with a new facility to be located on what is becoming Lackland AFB’s Heritage Campus. The site location, at the North end of the [...]

Podcast: 'Hell Above Earth' from AVweb Top News | A new nonfiction book by Stephen Frater unearths a twisting tale about a B-17 bomber pilot of German descent who flew for the U.S. in World War II, the co-pilot under secret orders from the FBI to kill him, and the lasting friendship they shared despite all the intrigue. Frater spoke with AVweb's Mary Grady about how he tracked down the story.

British Invasion from Randy's Journal | ...All of our Dream Tour stops have been wildly popular, but seeing the passion for the airplane here in Britain for myself was something special....

Waterway to open early for historic aircraft - Schenectady Gazette | State Canal Corp. officials will be opening the locks along the Mohawk three days early so the Skyknight and two other historic warbirds can pass through the system en route to their final home at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville...

Final Langley F-22 arrives in Virginia from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Here is tail number 10-4194, the penultimate Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor built for the US Air Force arriving at Joint Base Langley-Eustis near Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was flown in from the...

50 Ways to Space Out - airspacemag.com | Looking for ways to celebrate a half century of spaceflight? Here's fifty of 'em.

Sonic Cruiser returns, quietly from Flightblogger by Stephen Trimble | You thought the Sonic Cruiser was dead -- sacrificed more than nine years ago for the 787-yielding Super Efficient. Maybe you also thought Boeing was never really...

Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama from The Original Rocket Dungeon

USS Intrepid Hit By Norwegian Star Before Space Shuttle Enterprise Flyover - Huffington Post | "This morning at approximately 8:30 am, a Norwegian Cruise ship grazed Pier 86, the home of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, as it was turning to pull into Pier 88," an Intrepid staffer confirmed in an e-mail to DNAinfo.com....

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Cape officials hopeful about 2012 air show - Southeast Missourian | The air show is likely to return to Cape Girardeau skies in 2012, but airport officials on Friday stopped just short of making it a promise.  But they did say they want the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival to return next summer, following this year's cancellation due to difficulty booking the performers they wanted.  "We're really wanting to do a show in 2012," airport manager Bruce Loy said. "But we really can't confirm it just yet. We're working as if it's going to happen, but you never know."....

Tatton survives stunt ride - Sunshine Coast Daily | SPORTING a shiny-green tinge, Paul Tatton proudly held up his barf bag from the front seat of an aerobatic stunt plane.  "I was sick all the way," the Sunshine Coast councillor yelled to family and friends who had watched in awe as the German-made Extra 300 was put through a series of loops, rolls, spins and stall turns 3000 feet above the ground....

Classic World War II bomber to fly here - Shreveport Times | A fully restored, classic warbird from World War II, a B-17 bomber, will visit the Shreveport Downtown Airport next week.  "Aluminum Overcast," restored and operated by the Experimental Aircraft Association, will be at the airport Tuesday and Wednesday in one of almost 70 stops across the nation in the EAA's "Salute to Veterans" tour....

Yuma Aeromodelers plan Dec. 3 model airplane airshow - Yuma Sun | Helicopters, jets, gliders and airplanes will be landing en masse on a local airfield Saturday and Sunday, and Yumans are invited to come out and watch the excitement.  A regional Radio Control Model Airplane Airshow will be held at the Yuma Aeromodelers' Model Airfield located at...

Tuskegee Airmen exhibit gets new home at aviation museum - Macon.com | WARNER ROBINS -- The Museum of Aviation’s Tuskegee Airmen exhibit has a new and improved home, and as a result the Vietnam War now has its own hangar.  The museum recently completed the move of the Tuskegee exhibit from Hangar One to the World War II hangar. The new location includes the addition of a replica of a hangar from Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala., along with several other improvements....

Film crew finds body of WWII airman - The Canberra Times | A British film crew has stumbled across the remains of a long-lost Australian fighter pilot who vanished over northern France and lay undisturbed in his Spitfire for 70 years.  Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant William James Smith was just 24 when he fell from the skies in May 1942....

USS Enterprise - 50 years in service and still going strong! - Bayou Renaissance Man | On November 25th, 1961, USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was commissioned into the service of the US Navy. On Friday, November 25th, 2011, she marked her 50th year of service to this nation....
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Vintage Flyers III - An Interview with Eric Presten - Fly to Another Time | When I am researching vintage aircraft out of personal interest, an article for this blog or to answer a friends question about a rare type I grab one of the books off my shelf published by Eric Presten.  Eric has traveled the globe to fill his self published books with quality photos of rare aircraft types.  His newest release, VINTAGE FLYERS III is a must have for the vintage aircraft enthusiast....

The TBM-3U Avenger - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Another of the amazing aircraft to come out of Grumman factory to see service in WWII was the TBM Avenger. This massive torpedo bomber first came on the scene at the Battle of Midway where, despite 5 of 6 being shot down, became the torpedo bomber of WWII. You’d think being a torpedo bomber that...

Fly with the Sporty’s Foundation - General Aviation News | The Sporty’s Foundation, in conjunction with the Aircraft Electronics Association, will offer two $3,500 scholarships to AEA member technicians to be used toward a Recreational Pilot Certificate. Administered through the AEA Educational Foundation, the purpose of these....

The heart — and art — of aviation - General Aviation News | Sam Lyons is an institution. You might go so far as to say he is a brand name. So much so that in 2010 Sun ’n Fun created an Artist in Residence position and awarded it to Sam.  He and his wife, Mindy, now live in Lakeland, Florida, home to Sun ’n Fun, and enjoy an official, and much appreciated, relationship with one of aviation’s proudest institutions....

Video: GE Aviation And The Fascinating World Of Building Jet Engines - AirPigz | I saw the short version of this video as a TV commercial yesterday and I really liked it. Even tho I have big issues with the mega corporate side of GE, GE Aviation seems to have its head screwed on pretty straight. The video also reminded me of an article from several years back that I had read that told of the unique manufacturing environment for jet engine building at GE... a quick search found the article: Engines of Democracy from Fast Company Magazine. If you've got an interest in how things get done, and especially in a very....

Aeroplanes & Airships: Artistic Displays of Quantitative Data, 1914 - JF Ptak Science Books | In another adventure in infographics and the artistic display of quantitative data we find this pair of very distinctive images that seems to work, a little:...

VIDEO: Little Bird - Shortfinal.tv | This short 1 minute video has been getting a lot of attention on YouTube the last few days. It's of an unmanned Little Bird helicopter landing on a trailer moving along a runway at speeds up to 15 knots.

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Air Force Thunderbirds to demonstrate flights with biomass fuels - WJLA | The United States Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team has been testing the use of "green" biomass fuels. The public is invited to watch flights burning the alternative fuel for the first time at the Joint Services Open House at Andrews Air Force Base, on Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22...

Warbirds over the beach - Suffolk News-Herald | If you didn’t get your fill of up-close planes during the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight two weeks ago, you can visit the annual Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show May 21-22 at the Virginia Beach Airport...

Take a Trip in Time with WWII War Planes (With Video) - Fox4KC | KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Two World War II era airplanes will be available for public flights this weekend. A B-17 and a P-40 Warhawk took off from the Downtown airport on Monday. It's part of a living museum tour to educate younger people about life during WW II...

WWII-era aircraft dreams take flight - Examiner.net | Kansas City, MO -- Oh, just look at her. Just really look at her. The stately wings, the proud nose. The aquiline body full of curves. Jim Jarvis of North Kansas City saw her sitting on the tarmac at Charles B. Wheeler Airport in Kansas City on Monday afternoon. She was so unexpected to his eyes that he just had to stop and look at her through the chain-link fence...

VIDEO: WATER SKIM - Short Final | Today's clip is a quick 15 second low pass flyby over water where the pilot, Cesar Falistocco, skims his wing on the water in a display. (He must have gotten the idea from Scully Levin and team when they flew their Harvards over water.) This took place at a Lake just outside the town of Cinco Saltos, Argentina. Enjoy!

Warbirds, airshows and autogas - GA News | Few aspects of an aviation event attract greater crowds than an airshow. Growling radial engines, the smooth whine of Merlins and Allisons, screaming unlimited aerobatic planes, and jet-powered trucks/school buses/outhouses are what many people have come to expect in exchange for admission. Imagine though what would happen if leaded avgas suddenly became unavailable, either through environmental, technical or economic reasons...

EAA Hotline - EAA | At EAA headquarters this week, a flying copy of the a 1911 Wright Flyer Model B arrived, donated by EAA Chapter 610, New Carlisle, Ohio, which built the aircraft over a four-year span, beginning in 2001. The aircraft stays true to the original save for some safety improvements in the flight controls, an engine from a Model A Ford, and a larger radiator, which only added 80 pounds to the original design...

Jetman sought for AirVenture - AOPA Blog | Schedules seem in conflict at the moment, but EAA is negotiating with the staff and sponsors of Yves Rossy, the former airline pilot who straps a wing with four model-airplane jet engines to his back, to make an appearance at EAA AirVenture...

When Opportunity Knocks… - Flight Monkeys | This past weekend was interesting for me. I had the pleasure and the honor of moderating a symposium on D-Day at Fantasy of Flight. Located in Auburndale, Florida – right alongside Interstate 4, Fantasy of Flight is a monument to antique and classic aircraft, as well as the potential of the human spirit...

Stealth Black Hawk updated rendering: 1978 document suggests a different shape for the modified UH-60 - Cencio4 | This is how the Stealth Black Hawk (dubbed also “Silent Hawk”) could look like based on the analysis of all the information available to date. It is sensibly different from the previous sketch; if you read below you’ll understand why...

Royal newlyweds may visit Calgary site where Kate's grandfather trained during war - Calgary Herald | The former Kate Middleton — now half of the newlywed pairing known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — will get the chance to explore her late grandfather's Alberta connections during the royal couple's upcoming visit to Canada, a British newspaper has reported...

Early Photo Reconnaissance P-51 Mustang (1943) - Retro Mechanix | In the early stages of WW II, the need for a fast, maneuverable low level photographic airplane had been stressed by Army Air Force Ground-Air Support Command, resulting in the study of the feasibility of a photographic installation in the P-51. This study was conducted at the North American Aviation Corporation, Inglewood, California, and a representative of the Photographic Laboratory, Materiel Center, Wright Field, was present during the study, design and fabrication of the installation...

Victor Archer Heart Attack - AAFO | Hello Everyone, This is Jill, Victor's wife. I wanted you to know that Victor had a heart attack last night. He had 100% blockage in one artery and 70% blockage in another. They placed a stent in the 100% blocked artery and will do the other one at a later date. He is in the hospital now and the Doctor says he will have a speedy recovery...

How lightning safely struck that Emirates A380 - Flight Blog | The above screenshot of an Emirates A380 being struck by lightning while on approach to London Heathrow (full video below) may look scary, but our operations and safety editor David Learmount reminds us aircraft are designed to withstand such events...

Eastern Airlines DC-7B restored to promote awareness of aviation history - MSNBC | A restored former Eastern Airlines DC-7B airplane taxies on the runway after arriving from Miami, Fl. in San Juan Puerto Rico Monday, May 16, 2011.Eastern Air Lines existed from 1926 to 1991 and the plane is part of an initiative of the Historical Flight Foundation to promote the aviation industry, educate and train youth in the aircraft maintenance and create awareness on the fundamental role of aviation in history.

General Aviation Day is This Saturday at Paine Field - Airline Reporter | General Aviation Day at Paine Field is back! What an amazing and great event celebrating aviation. People from all over will fly and drive in to share their love of flight...

More smiles as Arlington, WA, celebrates its awards - Women of Aviation | As I drove to Arlington Airport on May 7, it felted like “deja vu”. The rain was coming down pretty heavily in patches as it had done on March 12 when I drove to Arlington to offer my moral support to the pilots of Arlington Airport who joined forces under the leadership of Cathy Mighell and introduced 144 girls and women to flying in a single day...

These Are Last Four Humans Ever to Ride a Space Shuttle - Gizmodo | Endeavour is now en route to the International Space Station, loaded with space Lego sets. It's the penultimate shuttle flight, STS-134. This is the crew for the last shuttle mission, STS-135, next to their ride: The mighty Atlantis...

Getting To Know NYC's Space Shuttle: The Enterprise - Gothamist | As America's space vehicles are launched into retirement, and the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum anticipates its very own shuttle, the Enterprise, the press is busy kicking its tires... or at least reflecting back on the glory days. For the shuttle Enterprise, there really aren't that many exciting stories (except that time the cast of Star Trek came to visit) because it never orbited space...