Team U.S.A. Wins Silver Medal At World Aerobatic Championships In Texas - Aero-News Network | Honors Go To American Team At First U.S. Event In 10 Years For the first time in 10 years, the World Aerobatic Championships were held in the United States last month. The event, held at North Texas Regional Airport (KGYI) from October 9 to October 20, featured world-class competitors, including U.S. Breitling pilot David Martin.
10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show To Be Miss Demeanour Pilot's Swansong - Middle East Events | The 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show will witness the final aerobatic show performance of renowned Jonathon Whaley, pilot of Miss Demeanour and its Hawker Hunter aircraft and a popular attraction at international air expos worldwide. After 43 years of flying ...
No air show to be held in 2014 - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - The Eastern Regional Airport Authority unanimously adopted a resolution at its meeting Tuesday to support and cooperate with the 167th Airlift Wing, if the Air National Guard unit stationed at the airport sponsors an air show next year...
Local student part of video team at aerobatic championships - Sidney Herald Leader | Sidney High School senior Jared Troudt had a great experience in October when he received the opportunity to help video the World Aerobatic Championships held in Texas. Troudt's experience started when Jim Connors, who is a media consultant for air ...
Air Force Museum Foundation announces sponsors for of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' Final Toast - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Foundation announces sponsors of the events surrounding the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' final toast to their fallen comrades to be held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 8 and 9, 2013. The lead sponsor is Hennessy, the #1-selling Cognac in the world. In 1956, Hennessy presented Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle with a vintage 1896 bottle of Hennessy Cognac, honoring the year of his birth. Three years later, at a reunion in Tucson, Ariz., a tradition of honoring the Raiders' legacy was formed when its members were presented with 80 silver goblets by the City of Tucson. This year, representatives from Hennessy will visit the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to personally thank and honor the surviving Raiders at the final toast celebration...
Honouring Bill Carr - Vintage Wings of Canada | This past Saturday, November 2nd, 2013, we had our Vintage Wings Victory Gala, celebrating our accomplishments of the past year... of which we had many. As is our tradition, we raise a banner honouring a living veteran pilot of the Second World War. In past years, we have honoured men like Max Ward, Stocky Edwards and Bill McRae. This year, a year we celebrated leadership in all its facets, we paid a long overdue tribute to Lieutenant General William Carr, a photo recon Spitfire pilot from the war. Bill was on hand to see his image and name piped to the rafters in the Vintage wings hangar, alongside a pantheon of Canadian airmen...
The Palm Springs Air Museum Republic F-105D Thunderchief · Warbirds Update | The Palm Springs Air Museum landed a Republic F-105D Thunderchief to add to its growing collection of Vietnam-era aircraft.Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio gave the museum until August to raise the money needed to take the surplus supersonic fighter-bomber off its hands — saving it from becoming scrap metal by way of a crusher.Thanks to an outpouring from the desert community, the museum raised not only the $21,000 needed to tear down, transport and restore the F-105, but an additional $19,000 to maintain the plane...
GALLERY: Ron flys into the record books - Daily Liberal | An Australian record attempt was 
successful at the Parkes Airport on Saturday when pilot Ron Watts completed 140 flights. The final touchdown was made at 4.32pm, on schedule. The record attempt was part of fund raising by the Mission Aviation Fellowship to try and purchase a second plane worth some $500,000...
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Appoints National Campaign ED - Aero-News Network | Former EAA Fundraiser Heading To Hawaii Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has appointed Elissa Lines as National Campaign Executive Director to lead a nationwide campaign to secure financial support for the Museum's expansion. The Museum's master plan calls for the restoration of two additional historic hangars on Ford Island, aircraft acquisition, and significant exhibit preparation to portray the important contribution of aviation in the Pacific region.
Trouble and strafe for Dutch F-16 pilot - The DEW Line | Spare perhaps just a little sympathy for the hapless Dutch F-16 pilot who found that hitting the right target was a little bit beyond him during a training flight on 4 November...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
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This Weekend: Find the air show closest to you on the Fencecheck calendar! Lots of choices.
Airport officials cancel air show due to air quality - Tahoe Daily Tribune | City officials canceled the 
Air Festival Air festival to showcase work at airport - Daily Journal Online |BONNE TERRE - Steve Vogt’s passion is very contagious.After spending just a few minutes with the Festus native, one can’t help but see how he’s poured that passion into the Bonne Terre Municipal Airport. What was an overgrown runway with a shed held up by overgrown weeds just a few short month ago now has a Fixed Based Operator (FBO) facility, complete with all the amenities anyone flying into Bonne Terre would need...
FIFI Returns to the Basin This Weekend - NewsWest9.com | MIDLAND - Starting on Saturday, 
Russia showcasing new Sukhoi fighters at Moscow air show - UPI.com | Visitors to the Paris Air Show in June were treated to a display of the Su-35S's impressive aerobatics, including a demonstration of the extraordinary Pugachev's Cobra maneuver. Sukhoi claims the aircraft can "successfully counter" full-fledged fifth ...
Radom Air Show 2013 - Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photographs from this years Radom - Sadkow Air show
Biggest Irish airshow since 1936 to take place next month - thejournal.ie | YOU MIGHT BE used to seeing a small twin-seat plane or helicopter flying low overhead — but it will hard to miss some of the massive aircraft which will be flying down the banks of the River Liffey next month. FlightFest, an event organised by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Dublin City Council, and The Gathering, takes place on September 15th and will see over two dozen aircraft flying low over the city centre...
Vietnam-era F-105D lands at Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | Greg Kenny with the Palm Springs Air Museum looks at the empty compartment where the jet -engine of a Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber once sat. The Palm Springs Air Museum hopes to put the Vietnam War era supersonic plane on display.
F-35C refuels from KC-135 - The DEW Line · Dave Majumdar
Thunderjet - Air & Space Magazine | It had the body of a fighter and a bomber’s soul.
A big microphone: AOPA launches one more tool to help unify the aviation family - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Imagine the scene of a large convention hall hosting several thousand pilots. The floor of the convention is awash with the sounds of 10,000 individual conversations as attendees discuss the many issues facing general aviation. Lots of buzz and energy, plenty of great ideas, but not much unified forward progress...
But Will it Fly? - Air & Space Magazine | Red Bull expands its wacky Flugtag competition to five cities this year.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Employees Inducted Into International Space Hall Of Fame - Aero-News Network | Group Developed Reusable Launch Vehicle In The 1990s | Fourty current and former employees of Aerojet Rocketdyne have been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame (ISHF). All of the honored employees served as members of the original Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X/DC-XA) team which helped develop an unmanned prototype of a reusable single-stage launch vehicle in the 1990s...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Urgent - Collings Foundation Needs Your Help!
For the past 21 years the Collings Foundation has been deeply dedicated to honoring veterans and educating
Nearly four decades after the United States ceased combat operations in Vietnam, a group of highly distinguished veterans are striving to honor their fellow Service-members in a unique and deeply meaningful
However, it was clear to veterans like Col. Thorsness that the Vietnam Memorial Flight would be incomplete if it did not include an airworthy F-105 Thunderchief. Tasked with conventional strike and SAM suppression missions deep within enemy territory, the odds faced by “Thud” crews were the envy of few. About half the F-105s built were shot down, and over half of all US bombing
Acquiring an F-105 to restore to airworthy condition is no easy feat—even for a group that includes 15 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and 120 former Prisoners of War. This initiative requires Congressional authorization, whereby an aircraft is transferred at no cost from the government to the Collings Foundation. Whether the Collings Foundation and the group are successful or not will be determined next week.
The House Armed Services Committee is currently considering language submitted by Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) to enable the transfer. According to former F-105 pilot, 5-year POW, and past Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Gene Smith: “We served our country over the skies of Southeast Asia and after being shot down we continued to uphold the highest standards of military conduct as prisoners of war. Getting an F-105 back into the skies means a great deal to me—we gave a lot for this country; many of my friends gave with their lives. I think this sacrifice and dedication to duty merits recognition.” The transfer and restoration of the F-105 will be at NO cost to the U.S. Government, in fact the Collings Foundation has never received any funding from the U.S. Government for any of its programs.
In an effort to secure an F-105, the Collings Foundation has spent the last few years trying to work with the Air Force. However, the Service chose to oppose the project—even though it would occur at no cost to the US Government and include hold-harmless provisions to ensure that the Air Force was no longer legally liable for the aircraft. They are turning their backs on our veterans and the 120 American POW heroes that combined have spent over 300 horrific years in camps like the "Hanoi Hilton" in North Vietnam that support this effort. Faced with this obstacle, the Collings Foundation turned to Capitol Hill and is now working to secure an F-105 through legislation. The issue is currently being decided and we need your support. All of the crews that bravely flew in the skies of South East Asia never questioned the risk/reward; they just did what was right. It is time the US Government does the same.
“THE WILLINGESS WITH WHICH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO SERVE IN ANY WAR, NO MATTER HOW JUSTIFIED, SHALL BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL AS TO HOW THEY PERCEIVE THE VETERANS OF EARLIER WARS WERE TREATED BY THEIR NATION”
George Washington
We urgently need your help to right this wrong. These Medal of Honor Recipients and POW’s gave so much to all of us Americans. Now need you on their team, backing them up. Every person that reads this needs to call. Do not rely on others doing this for you. Our nations heroes deserve better and your opinion really matters and you can be a hero to these brave men. We need you to call Chairman Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today. If you do not act the Air Force will destroy the remaining potentially flyable F-105’s, ensuring that our veterans will never be adequately honored-we cannot let this happen!
Please call 202-225-2876 right now and tell Chairman Skelton’s staff that you want to be on record that this is an issue for Representative Skelton as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and that:
- You strongly urge Chairman Skelton to support Congresswomen Tsongas’ Amendment that would transfer an F-105 to the Collings Foundation; the F-105 will not fly with out Chairman Skelton’s support.
- You support our nation’s veterans and are disturbed by the US Government’s unwillingness to support this initiative.
- You would stress that the Collings Foundation has never in the past nor ever will seek any funding from the federal government.
- You oppose any other compromise legislation that would threaten the success of the F-105 transfer.
Please forward this to all that would be outraged that our government would resist honoring our veterans.
The Collings Foundation
PO Box 248
Stow, Massachusetts 01775
978.562.9182 - www.collingsfoundation.org
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Indy Transponder 10-MAR-10 1130z
Aerobatic Racing – The Next Generation of Air Shows from Aero-News Network | The ARC Racing Series Adds Thrilling Addition to Air Show Circuit In 2009, the International Federation of Aerobatic Racing developed a new revolution in aerobatic performance. Imagining as an entirely unique addition to the air show circuit, the Federation started the Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series. The Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series (ARC Series) consists of high-performance aerobatic duals, featuring pilots competing against one another in a jaw-dropping race to the finish…
Greetings from Yuma!: Flying with the Blue Angels tomorrow! by Maria Hechanova | Flying with the Blue Angels tomorrow! I will be flying with the Blue Angels Naval Flight Demonstration Team at the Naval Air Facility in El Centro tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck! Posted by Maria Hechanova at 8:07 PM ...
Air show tickets go on sale, contest winner selected - ENC Today | The US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team is scheduled to be the featured act at this year's show, which is expected to draw more than 100000 people ...
Air show crashes and burns - The Lowe Down (satire) Regarding the impending demise of the Ft. Lauderdale Air Show and why it will be missed, here are a couple of thoughts on the mystical power of military ...
World's Biggest Space Party Returns to Hampton Roads - PR Newswire | For science lovers, the Peninsula Astronomy Club will offer stargazing using state-of-the-art telescopes on the Virginia Air & Space Center's Observation ...
NEW VIDEO: DUXFORD - FLYING LEGENDS - The newest video in the Horsemen Cometh series finds the team humbled by the honor of flying Mustangs off the historic grassy grounds of Duxford, England during the annual Flying Legends air show. It was a moment where history not only came to life, but quietly became a vivid reminder of the pilots who never returned home. Watch this beautiful video
2010 Red Bull Air Race Season Starts March 26-27 In Abu Dhabi by Martt | Winter is finally winding down, and the Red Bull Air Races are definitely winding up for another big year! The first race of the season is coming soon with qualifying on Friday, March 26, and then the races on Saturday, March 27 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is the 6th straight year that the races have included Abu Dhabi…
Mojave Transportation Museum » Plane Crazy Saturday March 2010 ... by Mike Massee | Michael Dorn is a pilot and serves on the advisory board of the Air Force Aviation Heritage Foundation. Mr. Dorn has owned an F-86 Sabre, T-33 Shooting Star and a Sabreliner. Plane Crazy Saturday takes place from 10am to 2pm at the ...
Flying Tigers News: This Week in American Military History by XPDR | 1943: "The Flying Tigers" – the famous volunteer group of American fighter pilots contracted to the Chinese Air Force during World War II and ultimately brought under U.S. Army Air Forces command as the China Air Task Force – is ...
Congressional medal event will be missing Springfield legend - Springfield News Sun | Reporting to Biggs Field in El Paso, Texas, she was part of a B-25 two-target squadron. While serving in the military, she flew the SBC Dauntless, ...
Bombers to appear at air show - Katy Times | Participating in the Callings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 ...
CAF Wins Lawsuit Against Airpower Museum - NewsWest9.com | MIDLAND - The Commemorative Air Force has won a lawsuit it filed against the American Heritage Airpower Museum. The CAF says the museum will now go into ...
Honoring women who flew in WWII - Florida Today | The B-25 crashed in the desert. In 2005, personal items were recovered from the crash site. Today, Michell Van Riper will represent her aunt at the ceremony ...
We Represented All Women from Air & Space Magazine
Women Pilots of WWII Inspired Generations - Department of Defense | As a Thunderbird performing in her third air show, Malachowski recalled how five WASPs elbowed their way to the front of the line to meet her and get her ...
Column: Tell my 5-year-old that we've given up on space - USA Today | In New York, she has visited the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and attended lectures in the planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History. ...
Buzz Aldrin Pushes a New Space Plan from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy)
We are good for another year! by NORDO News | Every year in late winter, when most of you are dreaming of getting back into the air, our airport is inspected for compliance with state and federal regulations. We are happy to tell you that, once again, we have our airport operating certificate in hand. To us, this means that the flying season is just around the corner and it is time to start thinking about getting the tractors and mowing decks ready for another year of grass mowing! We hope that you are close to wrapping up the annual inspection on your airplane so that you can plan on visiting us this year! An article reprinted from NORDO News. Written by the staff at Lee Bottom Flying Field - your favorite GRASS RUNWAY AIRPORT! www.LeeBottom.com
Interview with Captain David John USAF F-22 Raptor Pilot - Episode 7 from Mile High Flyers Podcast by DenverPilot | Mike, Zyola and Nate interview Captain David John, USAF. David answers our questions about flying the F-22, sprinkled in with his own experiences flying the F-15, T-37, and T-38. David is currently stationed at Nellis AFB in a non-flying but very important role, and we appreciate him taking the time to talk with us on Sunday February 28th, 2010. David answers both some common questions, and also a few questions you may never have heard posed to an F-22 pilot. Our host Doug, couldn't make it for the interview, but don't worry -- he'll be back! ..
A relic of the Cold War from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | LiveJournal user Igor113 has posted a series of remarkably detailed photographs of a relic of the Cold War: the Lun-class Ekranoplan, only one of which was ever built. It carried six P-270 Moskit supersonic anti-shipping missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-22 Sunburn) in tubes above its hull, and was equipped with special targeting radars in the nose and tail to provide guidance to them…
American air power - Palestine Herald Press | "I was on the Crossroads Project and they would explode the atomic bombs on Bikini Island and they would fly the radio-controlled B-17 at different ...
Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too from Engadget by Vladislav Savov | Tired of the limited legroom, bad food, and worse movies you have to put up with during a flight? Well, it's time to bust out your company credit card and get yourself a Martin Jetpack, which has just become the first commercially available jetpack. Driven by a pair of washing machine-sized fans strapped to your back, this personal transporter will give you a pretty cool 30 minutes of flight time and comes with a bunch of redundancy systems to ensure any mistakes don't turn fatal. The rotors are built out of a carbon / Kevlar composite and are powered by a two-liter V4 two-stroke engine capable of delivering 200hp (or 150kW). Good old gasoline is the fuel of choice here and private individuals are expected to be offered the chance to fulfill every geek and geekette's dream later this year. Just make sure you have $86,000 lying around to fund it.
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Four years after its first flight the Republic F-105 Thunderchief in the form of the first production variant, the F-105B, finally reached operational status. Two years prior, though, planning had already begun for the definitive Thunderchief variant, the F-105D, and it was this variant that made up the bulk of the F-105's production run. The USAF's early plans were for 800 F-105s to equip 11 fighter wings of the Tactical Air Command. However, when the US Navy's new McDonnell F-4 Phantom II began smash existing records with its performance, Thunderchief production was abruptly curtailed in favor of the first USAF versions of the Phantom which offered a multirole versatility that the strike-optimized Thunderchief lacked…
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Indy Transponder 10-September 2350z
Race organizers: Without a safe course, event won't fly - Reno Gazette Journal Safety is a key word at the air races, for pilots, race fans and nearby neighborhoods. "Everything we do starts with the word safety in it," said Mike Houghton, president and CEO of the air race association. "It's our No. 1 priority.
Exploring the need for speed - The Union of Grass Valley
... What is not known is the degree and strategy Lake of the Pines resident Ken Dwelle and his father and 20-year racing veteran, Tom of Auburn have prepared their World War II vintage AT-6 named "Tinkertoy" to best last year's champion, Dennis Buehn in their class. ...
Live Streaming Audio of the Air Races - RARA Homepage
You can listen to a live feed of the audio commentary from the National Championship Air Races & Air Show LIVE.
The September podcast/video features an interview with Tom Aberle, pilot of Biplane class racer "Phantom". - RARA Homepage
- Steven Hinton, Qualified Race Pilot - AirShowBuzz
- TUESDAY PIX - AAFO
- Rare Bear Qualifying Pics - AAFO
Wings of Freedom air show arrives Monday at Pease - Dover Community News, NH
The Wings of Freedom Tour will arrive at Pease International Tradeport Airport in Portsmouth at 2 pm on Monday, Sept. ...Flights on the B-25 are $400 for the front fuselage and $325 for the waist gun section of the plane. P-51 flights are $2200 for a half hour and $3200 for a ...
Kirksville Airport hosting festival this weekend - Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News, MO
KIRKSVILLE — The Kirksville Air Festival is set to take off this weekend at the Regional Airport. The charitable event begins at 6 pm Friday with a hangar ...
Parking at Scott air show will be limited this year - Belleville News Democrat
Due to ongoing construction projects around the base, parking for this year's Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show next weekend will be limited.
World War II Vets Arrive at Airport in Vintage Aircraft - Voices, CT
The foundation was on its annual Wings of Freedom Tour, bringing to Oxford not only a perfectly restored B-17 Flying Fortress, but also the Consolidated ...
Fun in Flight - Blue Mountain Eagle, OR
Many other children and several adults, too, had the opportunity to take to the sky at the Grant County Air Search Fly In Breakfast at Ogilvie Field Sept. ...
Simsbury Fly-In offers something for the whole family - Simsbury Post, CT
Above all, organizers of the Simsbury Fly-In look to make the event a family-friendly community-oriented show that not only features airplanes, ...
City officials pleased with weekend activities, anticipate ... - Urbana Daily Citizen, OH
During Tuesday's Urbana City Council meeting, city officials commended those who worked on the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In, the downtown Chili Cook-Off and ...
RIAT refunds nearly completed - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UK
By Andy Woolfoot » TICKET refunds to this year's Royal International Air Tattoo should all be completed within the next two weeks. ...
Event cancellation cover eyed after sodden summer - Lloyd's List, UK
Air Show countdown - Nova News Now
13 and 14 at the Yarmouth International Air Show. By Carla Allen He runs a hand through his hairs and jokes that he used to have a lot more before he assumed the role of executive director for Yarmouth's first international air show in 17 years at the ...
POKIN AROUND: Take a trip back to the 1940s to recall and fund a ... - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States
It's the main fundraiser for the Missouri Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, a group based at the airport and committed to restoring, maintaining and ...
Flight of a Lifetime - abc40, MA
But for a pilot in the Thunderbirds, it's just a regular afternoon. There are few on this planet who will ever get to share the experience. ...
ARCH RIDING HIGH TO AUSTRALIA AFTER PORTO WIN from Red Bull Air Race News
Austria's Hannes Arch will be riding on a high into Australia for the finale of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship after jumping into first place with the first two wins of his career in quick succession - in Porto and Budapest. Arch will also be wearing a big smile Down Under to match his significant lead over Paul Bonhomme of Britain in the championship.
NY-Calif. flight marks cross-country air mail - The Associated Press
It's a piece of aviation history being celebrated this week with a flight that will replicate those harrowing cross-country journeys. ...
- Reno, Elko stops for cross-country air mail from Latest news updates from RGJ.com
- PHOTO GALLERY: 90 Years of Airmail - Air and Space Magazine
F-35 cockpit demonstrator travels to Wright-Patterson from Air Force Link Top Stories
... The cockpit demonstrator is a traveling, working mock-up of the advanced jet's cockpit, complete with wrap-around high-resolution displays to give pilots a sense of motion. ...
Pilots Maintain Grassroots Aviation Growth at Liberty Landing Airport from Jetwhine by Robert Mark
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]... Fifteen airplanes, give or take one or two, call Liberty Landing home, and I didn't see one of them with a nosewheel. A third of them have two wings or more. Better known as the Kansas City Dawn Patrol, the pilots of these VW-powered World War I replicas have protected their home drome since 1988. And because they brought it back to life after the Flood of 1993, its future as a fertile field on which grassroots aviation grows is safe ...
Jack's Flying Blog: Midwest/East coast trip, day 10 from Blogging Pilots
... My personal favorite since my Dad flew the F-105 in Vietnam. Their F-105D is predominantly displayed on the museum floor along with several other Vietnam era aircraft. I like the fact that this (and every display at Udvar-Hazy) is uncluttered so that you get great views of the aircraft. ...
Molly meets the PM - Oxford Mail, UK
... a reunion at White Waltham airfield near Maidenhead, the original headquarters of the ATA, where there was a flypast featuring World War Two planes. ...
Explorers' search for missing pilot Steve Fossett to end today from Latest news updates from RGJ.com
HAWTHORNE -- Friends and admirers leading a 28-member search team for the remains of famed aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett say they are still hopeful despite finding little more than bullet-riddled metal scrap so far.
Balloon Museum Honors 30th Anniversary of Atlantic Crossing from AMTOnline.com: Top News
Albuquerque celebrates its place in aviation history during the 37th annual International Balloon Fiesta.
Taxi, Limo Owners Upset Over New Airport Restrictions - INDYchannel.com, IN The Indianapolis Airport Authority announced this week it will limit the number of taxis, limos and other transportation options at the new terminal and ...
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Stealthy Menace: The B-2 Spirit from Aviation.com
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Video from the Media Ride with the USAF Thunderbirds! from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
AIRSHOW preview Middletown Brett Hunter - YouTube
Portrush Airshow 2008 - BBC NewsFrozen Fighter Jet from A Welsh View by Robert Gale
Picture perfect - Bournemouth Daily Echo, UK
TBird sneak pass from Sunday - Fencecheck
"The Cosmic Muffin" from Flight Image of the Day by Paul Gladman
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Indy Transponder 8-August 0955z
On with the show Brantford Expositor, Canada The Snowbirds acrobatic team, which has performed at more than half of the nine annual shows, will be absent this year. The Canadian Armed Forces team will ...
MiG-23 in Florida from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News by noreply@blogger.com (pirate)
Doug Morgan is putting back together two MiG-23 fighters he bought from the Czech Republic years ago in Florida. He hopes to sell them next year to a museum or to an air show.
Thunderchief, 'workhorse of Vietnam,' will welcome aviation fans ... Santa Rosa Press Democrat By BOB NORBERG A Vietnam-era warbird is getting sanded and a fresh coat of camouflage paint in preparation for the Pacific Coast Air Museum's air show, where it will be the first plane seen as people enter the gate. The F-105F Thunderchief, ...
Airshow poised for final dive Waikato Times, New Zealand It is the latest twist in the long-running saga of the failed airshow which was meant to take place in March this year. The website, www.airshow.co.nz, ...
Virginia Regional Festival of Flight announces dates through 2011 July 25, 2008The Virginia Aviation Council has announced the dates for its next three fly-ins, following analysis of the first Festival of Flight held at Suffolk Executive Airport. Read more...
Brighton Airport hosts Fly-in MLive.com, MI By Lisa Carolin A variety of small planes and more than 100 classic cars will be part of this year's Brighton Airport Association Fly-in, Cruise-in coming ...
Charging scheme pushes up Airbourne costs Eastbourne Today, UK
AIRSHOW organisers need good weather and bumper ticket sales for next week's Airbourne festival to help pull off the controversial gamble of charging for ...
Aerobatic team Sarang returns after 65-day overseas tour Zee News, India Bangalore, Aug 07: The Indian Air Force aerobatics team 'Sarang' flying the indigenously built-ALH-Dhruv- has returned home after touring Europe, ...
High-flying thrills on offer at Eye Show Diss Mercury, UK An array of daredevils riding mini motorbikes, skydiving and flying aerobatic planes are included in the line-up for this year's Eye Show and Country Fair. ...
But organizers are promising a 'marvelous' aerial event Brantford Expositor, Canada
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will not perform at this month's Brant United Way Air Show, but organizers promise a dazzling aerial display despite the ...
What's in a number? Octogenarian's is 8 today Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX ... from college in May 1942 and made him a medical technician at the Army air field in Pampa, where the service trained B-25 Mitchell bomber crews. ...
World War II history comes to life in the skies Detroit Free Press, United States All proceeds will go toward the effort to rebuild the Yankee Air Museum. Four years ago, much of the museum was destroyed by a fire that decimated eight ...
Rare WW1 French-designed workhorse at Omaka Marlborough Express, New Zealand It was prepared for display by The Vintage Aviator, a company which belongs to New Zealand film maker Peter Jackson. The biplane was repainted in the ...
Crist: Air show produced $101M investment Bizjournals.com, NC During the air show, Florida firms met with 127 United States and international companies. The investment from 21 firms is expected to create 2245 high-tech ...
October the 25th, 2008 International Hall of Fame Gala at San ... Sky Control (press release), UK
On October 25th, the San Diego Air & Space Museum is honoring national and international air & space legends at its 45th Hall of Fame Induction and Gala. ...
MAKING A WORLD CLASS FORMATION TEAM – AirShowBuzz.com
The Collaborators are the hottest ticket on the air show circuit and ASB is proud to support their dynamic display at the upcoming Chicago Air Show. Team member Ben Freelove will take you behind the fence, into the exhausting practices and ultimately into the sky for a remarkable insight into the skill required to fly formation aerobatics. Follow Ben's Blog
FIRST CLASS BLING: EMIRATES A380 – AirShowBuzz.com
Telstar Logistics reviews the newly outfitted the Emirates' A380 on its most recent visit to San Francisco this week. What was once a hollow hull has been transformed into a flying oasis.$10,000 for a First Class Ticket
Military Channel Special This Weekend by Kelly
We just got word from our friend (and P-38 Association member), Aileen Lim, to keep a look out this weekend for the airing of the Military Channel special “BIRTH OF AN ACE: P-38 LIGHTNING vs. ZERO.”
• July Photo of the Month Published – FenceCheck.comA new month means a new Photo of the Month. Check out July's additions to Fence Check's best images.
Friday Fun: F-111s Flying (in pics) from Ares by Robert Wall
You’ve got to hand it to the Royal Australian Air Force, they certainly know how to get the maximum PR effect out of keeping their F-111s in service. Here’s another series of terrific pictures the service has released from its deployment of six F-111s to Exercise Northern Challenge between June 30 and July 18. It’s where aircraft complete their conversion course, and perform day and night missions.
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Indy Transponder 9-May 0945z
Blue Angels prepare for weekend shows Shreveport Times, LA - It was the sound of F-18 Hornet fighters, the brightly decorated first of the Blue Angels, the US Navy's flight demonstration squadron practicing for free ...
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS01/805090323/1060
Bucs' Russell tweaks lineup again Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - The US Navy Leap Frogs and US Army Golden Knights parachute teams will jump into PNC Park before the games tomorrow and Saturday.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_566362.html
Spread your wings Beaver County Times, PA ... showcasing the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft, and performances by parachute teams from both the US Army’s Golden Knights and US Navy’s Leap Frogs. ...
http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/05/08/news/top_stories/doc4823a606c3102700121005.txt
RED BULL AIR RACE Navy Compass, CA - MA1 (SW) Keith Clough entered his name into the history book of Red Bull Air Race aviation when he became the first US active duty service member to take a ...
http://www.navycompass.com/modules.php?name=Top_Stories&action=view&id=336
New Snowbirds show 'a little more intense' Brantford Expositor, Canada - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team launched their 2008 season Monday with a shorter show than past years, but promise to pack more excitement into ...
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1005472
San Diego hosts Red Bull Air Races Navy Compass, CA - The event began with a legacy flight of an F/A-18 Hornet, a Grumman F4F Wildcat and a Hawker Typhoon circling the bay and leaving the crowd in awe and ...
http://www.navycompass.com/modules.php?name=Top_Stories&action=view&id=337
Red Bull gives Naval Base Coronado Sailors of the Year, Wounded ... Navy Compass, CA - The Red Bull Air Race World Series features world class pilots performing aerobatic stunts while speeding through a short course, competing for the title of ...
http://www.navycompass.com/modules.php?name=Top_Stories&action=view&id=343
Aero-TV Asks... Are Airshows As Safe As They Can Be??? (Part 5) from Aero-News Network - It's Airshow Week At Aero-TV! The last in a five part series, this week, continues with a series of interwoven interviews in which we asked about a dozen airshow professionals the same three questions... each of which was the topic of its own program over the course of the week. In this final installment, we asked a number of airshow luminaries the following question... after a year in which there were a number of tragic but unrelated accidents, are airshows as safe as they can be???
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=52db74e3-158b-450e-b7d2-b8bb5e3395df
WWII aircraft to fly into Camarillo next week Camarillo Acorn, CA - To take a flight in the B-25, cost is $400 for the front fuselage and $325 for the waist gun section. P-51 flights are $2200 for a half hour and $3200 for a ...
http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2008/0509/community/017.html
Best viewing for air show? Middletown Journal, OH - By Eric Robinette MIDDLETOWN — The air show that comes to Middletown this weekend will have its ideal viewing times this evening, May 9, and Saturday. ...
http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/05/09/mj050908airupdate.html
High flying, adored Monessen Valley Independent, PA - The acts include the headlining Snowbirds Demonstration Team, a group from the Canadian military that does daredevil aerobatic stunts like looping, ...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teenscene/s_566243.html
I Got Shot Down from Air & Space Magazine
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/16044702.html?imw=Y
Lost Bomber Crew Buried With Full Military Honours - In a poignant and moving ceremony, the crew of a World War Two RAF bomber have finally been reunited and laid to rest with full military honours, 67 years after their aircraft crashed onto farmland in the Netherlands after being shot down by a German night fighter. Hampden P1206 of 49 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire at 1714 hrs on 8th November on an intruder sortie in the Bocholt area but failed to return. The aircraft was attacked over the coast by a German night fighter and crashed shortly after 2100 hrs onto farmland along the Dorfstrasse of Berkhout in the neighbourhood of Hoorn.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=C40E55A3-1143-EC82-2E58D057456376B0
Republic F-105 Thunderchief from Flight Image of the Day by Paul Gladman - The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, was a single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. The Mach 2 capable F-105 bore the brunt of strike bombing over North Vietnam during the early years of the Vietnam War. A two-seat Wild Weasel version was later used in the specialized SEAD role of suppressing surface-to-air missile sites. It was commonly known as the "Thud" by its crews.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/2008/05/republic-f105-thunderchief.html
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