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Damaged Solar Impulse Lands Early - AVweb | In the end, one of the most photographed aircraft journeys in U.S. history will have one shot missing, but for the crew of Solar Impulse the mission to fly their solar-powered aircraft across the country has been accomplished. The fragile aircraft, which makes power on its solar-cell-covered wings and stores it in batteries, landed about 11 p.m. at JFK in New York on Saturday night with pilot Andre Borschberg at the controls. The landing came three hours early and before the iconic aircraft could take a victory lap over Manhattan and have its picture taken with the Statue of Liberty. An eight-foot tear in the fabric on the underside of the left wing prompted the crew to set down as soon as possible. The tear caused a minor balance issue but did not seriously threaten the flight. "It was supposed to be the shortest and easiest leg," Bertrand Piccard, who co-founded the project with Borschberg, said after the aircraft landed. "It was the most difficult one." And as pilots familiar with New York will attest, it wasn't just the tear, or fatigue, or weather that gave the flight trouble: It was getting a slot at JFK....

Solar Impulse Makes It to New York Early - CAFE Foundation | ...“This last leg was especially difficult due to the damage of the fabric on the left wing. It obliged the team to envisage all the possible scenarios, including bailing out over the Atlantic. But this type of problem is inherent to every experimental endeavor. In the end, this didn’t prevent us from succeeding in our Across America mission and provided an invaluable learning experience in preparation for the round-the-world tour in 2015,” said André Borschberg shortly after landing, adding “we extend our gratitude to all airport and government authorities whose precious support made this mission possible.”...

Despite two air show acts canceling, ShrinersFest still a success - 14 News WFIE Evansville | "Team Aerodynamix certainly put on a great show. The night time air show that they did on Friday night was such a huge success." Despite the chaos of a rapidly changing schedule, Thomas enjoyed ShrinersFest. "All in all, it was a great weekend," says ...

Photo Gallery: Saskatchewan honours heroes with air show | Metro · Alyssa McDonald | The Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron were flying high at the Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show on Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon. Veterans from across the province gathered at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway to be honoured for their service and hundreds showed up to watch the show blast off after rain delays set the two-day show back on Saturday...

Wings Over North Georgia Presents Mike Wiskus, Lucas Oil Airshow ... - PR Newswire | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the North Georgia skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia air show, but the weekend will include plenty of other amazing performers, including the Lucas Oil Airshow team featuring Mike Wiskus....

Wings Over Halls Air Show set next month - State Gazette | Mark your calendar for the annual Wings Over Halls Air Show, to be held on the historic site of the Dyersburg Army Air Base on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18....

Aircraft group to host final Sandusky airport fly-in Aug. 11 - Toledo Free Press | When Sandusky’s privately owned airport closes and its owner moves its operations to Port Clinton, that will also close the doors on a 17-year tradition of pancakes and planes for the public. Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 50, which has hosted a fly-in and pancake breakfast for the public every year since 1996, will have its 17th and last such event at the airport Aug. 11....

Blades display team to appear at Norfolk air show - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The clock is ticking towards the start of this year’s Seething Charity Air Day, which will commemorate the airfield’s 70th anniversary. The show will be returning to the airfield on Sunday, September 8 to raise money for a number of different charities, including the East Anglian Air Ambulance and Macmillan Cancer Support. Among the acts performing will be the display team, The Blades, which comprises former Red Arrows pilots and is returning for its eighth year....

Air show memories - Yarmouth County Vanguard | Linda Deveau (front) and from left to right: Jim Gavel, Cliff Gavel, Colin d’Entremont and Kevin Cann, met recently to reminiscence about some of the international air shows they have helped organize. This year’s event will take place Sept.... This year marks the 30th anniversary since the first international air show in Yarmouth, in 1983....

Planes to take off at Gathering of Eagles - News-Herald.com By Elizabeth Lundblad News-Herald.com | It just wouldn't be summer in northeast Ohio without an air show. Federal government budgetary cuts, also known as the sequester, grounded the Cleveland Air Show this summer, but Lake County's Gathering of Eagles is still ready to soar this Saturday. In it's 17th year, the two-day air show at Willoughby's Lost Nation Airport is set to add more entertainment to try to capture some of the traffic from the nixed Cleveland show, said Hap Berichon, director of the Northeast Ohio chapter of the U.S. Aviation Museum, which puts on the air show....

AIRCRAFT OVERVIEW - FLYING & STATIC DISPLAY - RIAT | So, what have you got to look forward to at the Royal International Air Tattoo this year? With such a variety of aircraft due to perform in the flying display and to welcome visitors while on static display it is difficult to pick out just one or two stars!...

WWII planes to stop in Wheeling - The Daily Times | WHEELING - Two World War II aircraft - the P51 and B25 - designed by Wheeling native Howard "Dutch" Kindleberger are scheduled to be on display and available for rides July 15-21 at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport. The airplanes' arrival is part of a celebration to show off the airport's newly expanded terminal museum and to allow the public to tour the air traffic control tower, said Tom Tominack, airport manager.

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P-47s won't fly in Saturday's Shrinersfest Air Show - 14 News WFIE Evansville | EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) - The P-47 Thunderbolts, the World War II planes made in Evansville during the war, won't be in Saturday's Shrinersfest Air Show. Officials with the Shrinersfest say Saturday's show will still go on, but these planes won't be involved. They tell us it's to do with the weather in the area where the planes are currently on the ground and it's keeping them from arriving in Evansville. 14 News is told that the P-47's performance in Sunday's show is still undetermined....

Pilots share their love of flight at annual fly-in - Seacoastonline.com | GREENLAND — Mike Paquin was tuning up his canary yellow gyro plane Saturday afternoon. A member of the Yankee Rotors based in Laconia, Paquin said he decided to treat himself to the adult-sized toy during a mid-life crisis. “It’s kind of like riding a dirt bike in the sky,” said Paquin of Hooksett. While his aircraft can go up to altitudes of 10,000 feet, he likes to hover around 1,000 so he can get a good look at things on the ground. Paquin was one of many pilots who flew into Sanderson’s Field on Post Road for the 22nd annual Yankee Ultralight Flyers Fly-In Camp-In event....

Solar powered plane on final leg of flight to NYC - pilotnewsmag.com | The cross-country flight is a tune-up for a planned 2015 flight around the globe with an up-graded version of the plane. | WASHINGTON (AP) — A solar-powered aircraft lifted off from a suburban Washington airport before dawn Saturday, embarking on the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight. The Solar Impulse flew out of Dulles International Airport a little before 5 a.m. en route to New York City. The flight plan for the revolutionary plane takes it past the Statue of Liberty before landing at New York’s JFK Airport early Sunday. “This is a leg where everybody is quite moved,” Bertrand Piccard, one of two pilots who took turns flying the Solar Impulse across the United States, said shortly after the aircraft was in the air....

Doolittle Raiders vet , 97 , at air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | At 97, Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole can still pilot a heavy bomber. Cole was at the controls of a B-25 in April during the 71st reunion of the Doolittle Raiders, marking the United States bombing run on Tokyo during World War II. “I flew it in April,” Cole said in Battle Creek on Friday. “I average about once every year or two, but you have to have an instructor pilot in the right seat. I didn’t want to get in trouble with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).”He said during his career he has flown 300 to 400 hours in the B-25....

For members of Team AeroDynamix, flying is a passion - Evansville Courier & Press | VANSVILLE — For Team AeroDynamix, an 11-member, high-intensity aerial stunt team, they’re not just co-workers — they’re family. Lead pilot Michael “Kahuna” Stewart, 43, has been flying recreationally for the past 15 years. It was a hobby gone wild, he said. Stewart, from Charlotte, N.C., founded the team and has been flying with his teammates for 11 years....

Councilwoman Zapf to ask Defense Dept. to allow Miramar Air Show - San ... - KFMB News 8 | SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Despite air shows being canceled across the country, San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf plans to call on the Defense Department Tuesday to allow the annual Miramar Air Show to go on as scheduled this fall. Zapf aide Job Nelson wrote in a report that dozens of air shows around the country have been scrubbed because of budget cuts, and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar has not received permission from the Pentagon to host the event....

Phantom Pharewell Wittmund AB, 29 June 2013 Photo Report - fly-by.nl | On Saturday June 29th 2013 the German Air Force organized the Phantom Pharewell at Wittmund Airbase to celebrate the last operational flight of the F-4F Phantom II. The day prior a spottersday was held which was attended by approx. 3000 aviation enthusiasts. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate, which made me decide to visit the openday on Saturday in stead. The day started very cloudy again with drizzle rain during the morning, lucky the weather cleared during the afternoon...

Saunders-Roe (Saro) A.19 Cloud. - Planeshots | "Here’s a nice Saunders-Roe Ltd photograph of the first A19 Cloud, initially flown on 16 July 1930 with the Class B registration L.4.. This aircraft spent three years in...

Sikorsky Challenges Youths To Envision Future Helicopters - The Aero News Network | Helicopter 2050 Challenge Carries A $1,000 Scholarship Award | Sikorsky Aircraft has launched the 2013 Sikorsky Helicopter 2050 Challenge, a national competition that invites youths ages 9-16 to envision a helicopter capable of addressing global issues likely to be encountered by mid century.

REDSTAR and THE DRAGON CREDITED IN STEPPING IN TO HELP SAVE SHRINERSFEST AIRSHOW

In an email (see below) to ICAS President John Cudahy, Shrinersfest Chairman, Vernon Stevens thanked ICAS, Andy Anderson and Jerry Conley of the Air Show Act - RED STAR AND THE DRAGON for stepping in to fill the void left in their air show by The Blue Angles during their recent Safety Stand down.

To: John Cudahy ICAS

John,

I would like to extend my thanks to ICAS and especially to Andy Anderson and Jerry Conley of the air show act RED STAR and THE DRAGON, can't tell you how much I appreciated their quick response to bridge the gap the Blue Angels left in our airshow. When they announced May 27th that they were cancelling our show, they also told us not to give their hotel rooms away, as there might be a strong chance that they would be coming. As you well know, at the ninth hour (6:30 pm on June 5th - our event was due to start June 9th) we were informed that the cancellation would remain in effect. I was on the phone with Andy at 6:45 and they went to work!

Our involvement with ICAS provided the vital contact that enabled me to reach out to Andy and Jerry at a critical time for our airshow. Their knowledge and experience proved to be invaluable to our organization, which as you know, was attempting its first air show. Within only three days, Andy and Jerry were able to insert RED STAR AND THE DRAGON into their portion of the air show, immediately taking control as our headliner. Their accessability to our committee members and our attendees added a personal touch that won everyone over instantly.Their professionalism speaks volumes.They are an asset to your industry.

I can't forget to talk about our patrons. The people who attended our air show used words like "amazing," "fantastic," great" and "fabulous!" There is absolutely no doubt that they enriched our event and helped to make it the success that it was. On a personal note, I consider myself very lucky to have met them in Las Vegas at ICAS. I thank them for making me look good! I look forward to working with Andy and Jerry again in the very near future.

Sincerely,

Vernon Stevens
2011 Shrinersfest Chairman, Evansville IN

(Photo via Air Show Buzz)

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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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Air Show creates buzz in OC - Delmarva Now | Team RV, the world's largest air show team with 10 aircraft, flies in formation above the water as they rehearse for the Ocean City Air Show. The team flies the aerobatic series of aircraft designed by Richard Vangrunsve, all homebuilt. ...

Shrinersfest Airshow prepares for take off - 14WFIE.com | Pilots Andy Anderson and Jerry Conley have taken over the lead role at the Shrinersfest Airshow after the Blue Angles canceled due to an unsafe maneuver made at a air show just a few weeks ago. "Safety is a huge, huge concern of ours," Anderson says. ...

Thousands set to enjoy Cosford Air Show - shropshirelive.com | This year's event, which will see dozens of aircraft and spectacular aerobatic teams entertaining more than 50000 spectators, will be held tomorrow. The annual event at RAF Cosford on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border includes a flying display ...

RAF flypast marks monarch's big day - British Forces News | Details of today's RAF flypast for the Queen's birthday have been revealed this morning ahead of the celebrations later today. It will be made up of 25 aircraft which will fly over Buckingham Palace at 1pm. There will be 11 different types of aircraft ...

"Skywackers" fly like a bird in Botetourt Co. - WDBJ7.com | They're here for this weekend's fifth annual Fly-In which is held by the Southwest Virginia Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club also known as the Skywackers. It's an annual celebration where people show off their skills and fly like a bird. ...

'Miracle On The Hudson' Plane, Crew To Reunite  from Airwise News Top Stories - Many of the crew and passengers of the US Airways flight known as the 'Miracle on the Hudson' will reunite in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday to celebrate the plane's arrival at its intended destination two-and-a-half years after it took off…

'Miracle on the Hudson' plane arrives at Charlotte museum   from PhotoBlog by Rich Shulman writes It was pretty amazing to see the turnout for the final journey of this historic plane…

Military plane crashes in Cold Lake, no fatalities - Global Regina | The cause of a military plane crash near Cold Lake on Friday is still under investigation. A military plane has crashed south of the town of Cold Lake. The CT-155 Hawk Aircraft crashed at 11:50 on Friday morning during a training exercise, ...

Female pilot to share WASP roll in WWII - Spencer Daily Reporter | The Northwest Iowa Regional Airport is breaking from the traditional air show this year, and bringing a living voice of aviation history to tell her story at 10:30 am Sunday morning in the hangar as part of the annual flight breakfast event at the ...

Girls With Wings Awards Two $1000 Scholarships  from Aero-News Network | Nonprofit Focuses Efforts On Introducing Young Girls To Aviation-Related Occupations Girls With Wings, Inc. has announced their 5th Annual Scholarship Program. The application packet requires an essay with photo stating why the applicant believes she is a role model for Girl With Wings, to include her motivation, inspirations and future plans. Applicants must not have yet received a private pilot's license but have completed her solo. Entries are to be received between July 1st and July 31st, 2011…

Rockets blast off in LV this weekend - Victorville Daily Press | LUCERNE VALLEY • Rocketry enthusiasts from throughout the state and region have traveled to Lucerne Dry Lake this weekend for three days of rocket launches. The launches kicked off Friday as part of the National Association of Rocketry's National Sport ...

Flying car delayed to March 2012 - AOPA Pilot | The company's proposed flight demonstration at EAA AirVenture 2011 has been postponed, but the company hopes to have the vehicle on static display. It will also provide information on progress so far. The flight had been highly anticipated. ...

Convair B-36, The Flying Aircraft Carrier  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul:

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Air tattoo takes wing with Sir David Jason - British Forces News | Sir David Jason arrived by an RAF Chinnook HC2 to launch this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The Only Fools and Horses star is a great supporter of the air tattoo and its honorary vice patron. ...

The sky's the limit for air spectacular - Evesham Journal | A flypast from the Red Arrows is also planned. Other attractions include RAF Merlin and Chinook helicopters, a parachute freefall team, custom trucks and super cars, aircraft flight simulators, military and police vehicles, an Army bomb disposal squad, ...

Shriners are ready to put on a show - Evansville Courier & Press | Vernon Stevens, Shrinersfest chairman, said he felt discouraged and sick at heart when the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying squadron, canceled a planned performance just a few weeks before the festival. But the Shriners went back to “fest mode” ...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show >  from http://www.hemet-ryanairshow.org/ - The Hemet-Ryan Air Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hemet-Ryan Airport in Hemet. There will be something for everyone to enjoy. Fulfill your sense of adventure with gravity defying performances by Tim Decker, Melissa Pemberton, Golden Stars Skydiving and Doug Jardine.  The United States Air Force will also be making their first ever appearance at the Hemet-Ryan Air Show with the A-10 and C-17.  The A-10 West Demonstration Team is a select group of professionals dedicated to showing the extreme capabilities of the A-10 aircraft through exceptional aerial maneuvers…

Blue Angels grounded, but Millville Airshow will go on - Press of Atlantic City | MILLVILLE - Safety concerns have grounded the Blue Angels, knocking out one of the headliners at this weekend's two-day Millville Wheels and Wings Airshow. "I know that all of us have a sense of disappointment that they won't be able to participate," ...

Stunt pilot knows tricks are scary - Delmarva Now | The US Air Force Thunderbirds flew these F-16 Fighting Falcons at last year's air show. This year, flyovers by F-18 Super Hornets and A-10 Warthogs, among others, are scheduled. Where:14th-17th Streets, Ocean City. Parking will be restricted on streets ...

Festival of Flight Hearkens to an Earlier Time - Patch.com | Now in its 40th year, the air show features aerobatic performances, demonstrations that hearken back to a time of pin-up models, victory gardens and WWII bombers. “You will see some of the best pilots in the world doing all kinds of things planes and ...

Pilot wants big-time air show, small-town feel - News-Press Now | This feeling has driven him throughout 2011, pushed him past setbacks as the pilot helped put together the Cameron Air Show and Fly-In, scheduled for this weekend. He resides now near Kansas City International Airport, a job-related proximity. ...

Mid-air crash pilots 'lost sight' - BBC News | As a result of the accident in which he died, the Civil Aviation Authority and Royal Aero Club Records, Racing and Rally Association are reviewing air race procedures and the risk air racing poses to third parties...

Classic Flyers' coup for aeroplane buffs - The Bay of Plenty Times | People will be able to go and watch the Classic Flyers' Skyhawk being reassembled once it has been delivered in September. Photo / File. When an ex-RNZAF Skyhawk fighter is delivered to the Classic Flyers aviation museum in September, visitors will be ...

First Doolittle Award Presented To 4th Fighter Wing  from Aero-News Network - Award Promotes History And Heritage Of The Unit On Which It Is Bestowed The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA, June 2…

The B-25H Barbie III  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | I was incredibly fortunate to be invited for a flight with the amazing B-25H Barbie III. You can’t help but notice that it’s nose isn’t like most of the B-25s flying around today. Not only the shape is different, but so is that big, shinny 75mm canon sticking out! Can you imagine being a pilot of this ship in WWII with the job of strafing ground troops and ships and firing on them with a canon?! The canon could be fired about 20 times before the nose of the B-25 had to go in for “refit” to manage the abuse the firing of the canon had on the air frame….

The Harmon Trophy Story  from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | In 1926, Clifford B Harmon, a wealthy real estate investor, balloonist and aviator, set up the International League of Aviators and instituted a set of three annual trophies to be awarded to outstanding achievers in aviation in three different domains in the previous year These were the Harmon Trophies. This is how the Harmon Trophy [...]

Rolls Royce  from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua - FROM IFALPA Daily News Service - Thursday 2 June 2011 BY Mike Mellors | 1910 - Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) achieves the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel. Starting and finishing at Dover the flight, using a Wright biplane, lasted one hour, 35 minutes.  In 1901 having become an ‘aeronaut’, he helped found the Aero Club. Two years later he became involved in a sales venture in London selling expensive French cars. One day a friend introduced him to F. H. Royce who was just beginning to build high quality motor cars…

Big and burly, a 'plane with a problem - it's a Bristol Beaufighter  by shortfinals | Big, bold…..and ‘in a bind’. The Fighter Collection’s beautiful Bristol Beaufighter, ‘A19-144′, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford is one of the most impressive airframes you will see in a British museum. Unfortunately, despite the fact that it belongs to The Fighter Collection who like to fly all their aircraft if possible, the hangar is exactly where it will stay unless a major problem can be solved…

Local Teachers Fly High with Civil Air Patrol  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Five local educators from Shelby County, Alabama took to the skies from Shelby County Airport as part of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Teacher Orientation Program (TOP) flight to experience the thrill of soaring above the local terrain while being introduced to principles on how the plane flies, turns and banks...

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Aerial acts lining up to fill in for Blue Angels at Shrinersfest - Evansville Courier & Press | EVANSVILLE — As soon as news of the Navy's Blue Angels cancellation at Shrinerfest hit, air show acts through the International Council of Air Shows responded to the empty slot, and they responded in a big way. ...

Coulter Airfield to Host Aviation Expo, Saturday, June 4 - KBTX | The R4D Navy transport plane from the Dallas Fort Worth Commemorative Air Force is also scheduled to appear. Visitors will be able to climb aboard that R4D World War II-era plane for $3 and hear and feel the rumble and roar of the plane's engines. ...
   
Director: Canton Cup cancellation painful, but necessary decision - Hometownlife.com | One bright spot was Saturday's moment of silence and military fly-over by vintage B-17 and B-25 bombers from Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, as well as a speech by Canton supervisor Phil LaJoy (the first Canton Cup director). ...

Race Week group shows off Edmonton Indy plans - Edmonton Journal | ... There will also be a procession through the city of the transport trucks that haul the race cars, as well as the last Airfest aviation show and an airliner pull put on by the Alberta Aviation Museum in the month before the race, Skermer said. ...

Restored WWII Fortress Bomber Takes Flight Again - CBS Minnesota | Sixty-five years ago B-17 flying fortress bombers flew the skies of Europe during World War II. On Memorial Day, a restored bomber called the Liberty Belle is in the Twin Cities.

Bob's big birthday present from Letters from Flyover Country | Yesterday, the Liberty Foundation brought its B-17 -- the Liberty Belle -- to Saint Paul for media flights in advance of next weekend's appearance to the general public.  I was assigned to ride the 1 p.m. flight but when I showed up with my AOPA hat, the crew asked, "are you a pilot?"  "Yes, sir," I said, thankful that they didn't ask if I was a good pilot. ...

STOLEN VALOR - TD Barnes | ... Many members of our Roadrunner association fought in World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, and the Cold War. For years on end, we worked in secrecy, leaving our homes on Monday morning and returning on Friday night, unable for almost half a century to tell our families where we’d been or what we did. Over the past few years the Roadrunners nudged the edge of the security envelope as we sought to establish the legacy of our proud U-2 Aquatone and A-12 Oxcart sacrifices and contributions to our nation’s security and survival of the Cold War. ...
   
Auto dealer donates sculpture to McAllen's airport - Monitor | Charles Clark was piloting a B-17 bomber, the World War II workhorse known as the “Flying Fortress,” when his plane was shot down over Kiel, Germany. It was his 24th mission. One more and he would have been sent home to train new pilots. ...

Latécoère 631 Flying Boat - Airboyd.tv | The Latécoère 631 was a civil transatlantic flying boat built by Latécoère, the largest ever built up to its time. The last Latécoère 631 was withdrawn from service in 1955 after ...

Mural, hall-of-fame induction imprint WWII pilot in history by Weston Phippen | Mural, hall-of-fame induction imprint WWII pilot in history, Grandson works to ensure Arthur Van Haren's place in aviation history.

Town's jet pioneer remembered in fly-past - Rugby Observer | A Gloster Meteor plane and Hunting Percival Jet Provost soared over spectators who had gathered near the Frank Whittle memorial roundabout to watch the fly past. The jet engine was developed by Sir Frank Whittle at the Ladywood Works in the town during ...

Martin 313 Submaster: 1 from The Unwanted Blog | A three-view of the Martin Model 313 “Submaster,” XP7M-1, from 1956.  This was to be an “open ocean” anti-submarine patrol plane; it would operate well out at sea, refueling and reprovisioning from ships. Sadly for fans of flying boats, the whole idea of the flying boat was falling out of favor by this point, and the role was eventually filled by the land-based Lockheed P3 Orion. ...

Plans for Concorde museum in Filton suffer funding blow - Gloucestershire Gazette | Mr Littleton said: "With the announced closure of Filton Airfield it is even more important that we have a major museum acting as a permanent legacy to celebrate a century of aviation heritage and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers ...

Breitling Jet Team and Airbus A380 Formation Flight from CRUFC

Episode 149 – Loads of Listener Mail from Airplane Geeks Podcast | We talk with Milford Shirley from FlightTime Radio about their live broadcast at the upcoming Become a Pilot Family Day and Fly-In, June 18, 2011 at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center next to Dulles International Airport. Max, Rob, Dan, and David plan to join in the show along with some other aviation podcasters.

Sunset Soiree - Santa Barbara Independent | The word disabled is a misnomer when describing Jessica Cox. Born with no arms, Cox has the most dexterous feet on the planet, and has accomplished more than most people with two arms. She's the first person to pilot a plane with her feet ...

EAA's International Young Eagles Day Free Demonstration Flights Creating the Next Generation of Aviators from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - Thousands of young people will take to the sky on Saturday, June 11, as EAA volunteers continue an outstanding aviation tradition - International Young Eagles Day.  The annual event brings together kids and pilots as part of the EAA Young Eagles program, the largest youth aviation education program ever created. Young Eagles was founded in 1992 and has provided more  ...

Starfighters to Launch Suborbital Payloads From Cape Canaveral - Parabolic Arc | Starfighters plans to use its growing fleet of F-104 fighter jets to launch payloads on suborbital flights from its base at the Kennedy Space Center. Under the plan, the Mach 2 jet would fly to an altitude of 60,000 feet and then fire off a 19-foot, 900-pound rocket with a payload attached, according to a NASA press release.  The company has recently added five Starfighters to its fleet of four aircraft, ...

Astronauts Pay Tribute to Shuttle Endeavour Ahead of Final Landing - Space.com | On the eve of the space shuttle Endeavour's last landing, its six-astronaut crew paid tribute to the storied orbiter's 19-year career. ...

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Amanda 5-27-11 Day 76 

It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my beautiful girl Amanda passed away at 10:10 central time this evening. Beside her was her adoring husband Kyle, her mother Jeanie, her brother Matt, her sister-in-law Michelle and her devoted mother-in-law Audean.   

Thank you all again for your love,   

Goodnight and God bless Amanda,   

Kyle

Wing-walker taken off life support - Brownsville Herald | A June 4 fundraiser for the Franklins will go ahead as scheduled at the Commemorative Air Force RGV Wing headquarters at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, said Air Fiesta chairman David Hughston. “Poor Kyle, he hasn't been able ...

Blue Angels Boss Relieved  - PENSACOLA (NNS) -- The commanding officer of the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron was relieved of command by chief of naval air training May 27.   Cmdr. Dave Koss requested that Rear Adm. Bill Sizemore relieve him of his command following a lower-than-normal maneuver during the team's last performance at the Lynchburg Regional Air Show May 22…

 Blue Angels commander relieved of duties at his request - www.msnbc.msn.com | Days after the Blue Angels canceled their flyover at the Naval Academy's graduation because of a lower-than-normal maneuver, their commanding officer has stepped down….

Evansville's Shrinersfest loses it's main attraction - 14WFIE.com | The Navy Blue Angels won't be performing over the riverfront after a problem at another recent air show. What this means to the Shrinersfest which is just a few weeks away? Hadi Temple organizers of the Shrinersfest ...

Our view: Air Show is sure to be a show stopper - St. Augustine Record | It's be a while since we have had a spectacular air show in St. Augustine, but today and Sunday the excitement returns to Northeast Florida Regional Airport. St. Augustine's history is full of shows of aircraft from the early 20th century when people ...

Air show salutes veterans - St. Augustine Record | The Heavy Metal Jet Team, a five-ship aerobatics civilian-owned jet team, will perform during the air show. By From Staff Vintage aircraft and aerobatics pilots will take to the skies over the Northeast Florida ...

CAF plans a patriotic Memorial Day - Odessa American | BY LYXAN TOLEDANES Old warbirds sit quietly and in pristine condition in the Commemorative Air Force Museum hangars, but on Monday engines will rumble and roar and some planes will be filled with curious minds ready to learn about American history on ...

Air Shows Find New Ways to Attract Crowds - www.nytimes.com | Gone are the days when flying upside down and in loops would make a crowd ooh and aah, but new acts with fire, smoke and lots of noise are being introduced at air shows…

Golden Knights return to Millville skies - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com | By Kristie Rearick/Gloucester County Times View full sizeVintage World War II war planes will also be on display at the air show. America's First Defense Airport — Millville — will host the Wings and Wheels Air Show Saturday and Sunday. ...

GOLDEN KNIGHTS FINAL PRACTICE RUN BEFORE AIRSHOW - NBC40 | The United States Army Parachute Team, known as the Golden Knights, were all business Friday, treating their practice performance like it was the real deal. "We want to build a lot of awareness of the airshow to all the American Public that are ...

At Jones Beach Living a Dream  from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin | I very recently had a chance to talk about my passion for flying and how I’ve been living a dream. Enjoy! Videojournalist: Chris Ware. Filmed on location at: Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY – Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach (2 min video)

Man versus plane: Plane Pull Challenge takes off - Global BC | The second annual Plane Pull Challenge, hosted by the United Way, was held in Kelowna on Friday. The fundraiser pits community groups against one another to pull a plane, a Convair 5800, 20 feet across the tarmac in the fastest time possible. ...

WWII Open Hangar Day at Capitol Squadron, Culpeper - Fredericksburg.com | DIRECTOR. Minnieland Academy, the leader in quality educational child care needs an experienced Director for a Stafford Center. Requirements include a Bachelor's or Associates degree i … more » CABINET MAKER and MILL WORK HELPERS, local mill work ...

New exhibit seen as progress toward permanent aviation museum in Fort Worth - Fort Worth Star Telegram | FORT WORTH -- Plans for a major aviation museum in Fort Worth have been stuck in the conceptual stage for years, hindered at various times by a shortage of money, dissension among personalities and lapses in focus. ...

Aerospace exhibit explains how ideas can take flight - Fort Worth Star Telegram | b"North Texas is a global center of innovations in aerospace," says Jeff Johns, executive director of the Fort Worth Air & Space Museum Foundation, which prepared the exhibit. The exhibition is a preview of things to come for the Fort Worth Air & Space ...

Modified Hurricane  from Vintage Aeroplane Writer by Vintage Aero Writer | On the blog of respected French author Jacques Moulin, he has posted a set of photographs of an extempore armament modification to a Hawker Hurricane, apparently in Egypt.

Today in Aviation History – May 28  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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LETTER: Thanks to Shriners for taking over air show - Evansville Courier & Press | I was at work at Evansville Regional Airport when a Blue Angels' F-18 landed for their planning meeting. What an awesome sight. Thanks, Shriners, for this ...

Al Ain aerobatic show soaring to new heights - AME Info | ADTA, organisers of the Al Ain Aerobatic Show - the 'Oasis City's' annual aerobatics display, running 2-5 February 2011 at Al Ain International Airport ...

Great Cockpit Video - Rob Holland Daytona Airshow from Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog by Michael | What about some airshow fun on this cold December day? I just found this amazing video on YouTube, showing Rob Holland in his MX2 at Daytona Wings and Waves Airshow 2010. The footage is taken straight out of the cockpit using a helmet camera! So you're going to see the whole action from pilots eye in finest HD quality! …

Female aviators to be lauded at NC celebration - The Virginian-Pilot (Courtesy of the Outer Banks History Center) By Erin James Two men may have been the first to achieve flight, but women have been making aviation history ...

Few exhibit spaces remaining for US Sport Aviation Expo - Tbo.com | While some few exhibitors have dropped out, this has been more than made up for by new exhibitors identified at AirVenture and through advertising, ...

CAF Opens Their Doors for Aircraft Viewing - NewsWest9.com | MIDLAND - The Commemorative Air Force opened their doors giving West Texans a chance to peek inside the world's only B-29 bomber "Fi-Fi. ...

Camarillo holds 49th annual Christmas parade - Ventura County Star | The official start to the parade was a flyover of two World War II vintage aircraft provided by the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing based ...

Now 500 Aviation Museums on line from the ZAPP Group from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | After three years working in spare time we have 500 aviation related museums on line. We hope to have them all online  in 2015, there is a lot of work to do for us. We can't do it all with our team, what we need is information and photo's of any aviation museum in [...] Related posts:Aviation accidents decline in 2006, group says Aviation Capital Group orders 20 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft Boeing and Aviation Capital Group Finalize Order for 14 Next-Generation 737s…

The Mirage F1 of the Brussels Air Museum from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Daniel | The mIrage bears a desert camo that gives him a splendid aspect. The aircraft is actually presented just on the side on the F-16 FA-01: you have to know that when Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway bought the F-16 in the seventies, the Mirage F1 was in competition, like also the YF-17 (that became later the F-18) and the Saab Viggen…

Front and Center - Shreveport Times | He was assigned to the 2230th Army Air Force Base Unit as a tail gunner on B-17 bombers. His overseas duty was in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno and the ...

Loody Christofero, longtime Boy Scout executive, dies at 93 - Kansas City Star | One day during World War II, Lodovico S. "Loody" Christofero was flying his B-17 over Seattle, Wash. He called his mother, ...

Another day that will live in infamy — how can we forget? - Culpeper Star Exponent | Kelly was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines as a B-17 pilot. On Dec. 10, 1941, while under attack by the Japanese, he and his crew took off with ...

Baranov Museum is often a Blue Star Museum - In Alaska, participating museums include the Baranov Museum plus the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, plus the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage. The complete list of participating museums is ...

I'm back! from Flying for Dummies by Chris Nielsen - I can't believe my last post here was February! That's really slack of me :-) Not much has happened for me in aviation over winter - I've not flown, not taken any photos, been too busy with other things. Now I've gone and gotten current again, and bought a DSLR for aviation stuff, well I'm back baby! I've got some pics here for you from the recent Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore…

Lebanon Aero Club destroyed by devastating winter storms - Arabian Aerospace | The Aero Club of Lebanon was devastated yesterday when heavy winter storms destroyed or seriously damaged the club's few remaining aircraft stationed at its ...

Historic 747 reaches a grim destination - Los Angeles Times | Frustrated owners in South Korea, unable to profit from their piece of aviation history, have it demolished. By John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times Staff ...

December 12 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

The ICON A5 from J Clark | Yesterday, I had an exchange of comments with one of the readers which prompted me to send her a link to the ICON A5 aircraft.  If you have never seen this new airplane, and you are a pilot who likes the water, before you read any further strap on your seat belt so you don't fall out of your chair in front of your computer…

Richard Branson to be AirAsia X flight attendant on 21 February from Flight International by Will Horton | Mark your calendars to catch the spectacle or keep your eyes covered: Sir Richard Branson will don an AirAsia X flight attendant uniform on 21 February and serve passengers on an AirAsia X flight between London and Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia's marketing department is teasing us with this Photoshop concoction on the right…

27 Years Before the Eagle Was the First F-15 from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The Northrop P-61 Black Widow, despite having a wingspan of 66 feet and being the size of most medium bombers, possessed a high speed and maneuverability that made it a candidate for further development into a very-long range day fighter. With the war in the Pacific now on the front door step of the Home Islands, there arose a need for a fighter with a very long range to escort the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers from their bases in the Marianas and China to Japan and back…

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