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Mishap at Fargo AirSho as performer lands without gear down - In-Forum | FARGO – Fargo AirSho officials declared the show's second day a success, despite a mishap that occurred when a performer landed without his landing gear down, hurting the airplane but not the pilot. Four of the six Blue Angels fly past a spectator ...
Vulcan to take to the skies for another year - The Star | The highlight of the 2012 programme should be joining the historic flypast over Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee in June. To keep Vulcan XH558 airworthy costs around £2 million a year. Its next appearance is scheduled to be at this ...
Thunderbirds back after 25-year gap - Foster's Daily Democrat | PORTSMOUTH — As the US Air Force Thunderbirds ripped through the air above the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, 7-year-old twins Ella and Tess Vennard pinned themselves against the chain-link fence in hopes of getting a better ...
Massive search as planes vanish - Independent Online | A massive air and land search has been launched for two missing privately owned Albatross maritime patrol aircraft, which disappeared in thick fog while returning from a Limpopo air show to Rand Airport. The two aircraft, which had ...
OTTO The Helicopter at Selfridge Air Show - Macomb Daily | While the Selfridge Air Show is excitement in itself, there will be a lot of other treats of feat. One of those entertainment options is OTTO The Helicopter — a unique and versatile aerial act that provides high-flying entertainment and ...
Atlantic City Air Show Set for Wednesday, August 17th - TheAlternativePress.com | Once again making the Atlantic City Airshow "Thunder Over The Boardwalk" an international show, the Canadian Sky Hawks Parachute Team have joined the current line-up of American military and civilian pilots. The Sky Hawks have proudly represented ...
High-Flying Spectacular: Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow returns - Press of Atlantic City | The USAF Thunderbirds once again will conclude Thunder Over the Boardwalk, Atlantic City's airshow, Wednesday, Aug. 17. Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 3:10 pm, Wed Aug 10, 2011. The first time Jim Beasley flew in a fighter plane, ...
“Magic by Moonlight” Beech 18 from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » It might just be me, but when I think of a Beech 18 during WWII, I think of it flying some stuffy general around. That was its roll in the beginning, transport. But as it turns out the Beech 18 has over 200 (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) making it one highly modified aircraft since WWII. It has seen service as aerial spraying, fish seeding, dry ice cloud seeding, aerial firefighting, airborne mail pick up and drop, ambulance service, numerous movie productions, skydiving, freight, gun- and drug-smuggling, engine test bed, skywriting and banner towing. But none of its service has quite been like “Magic by Moonlight”!...
Yorkshire Air Museum hosts International Large Model Show - The Press, York | The event, which returned to the venue after 12 years away, included half-scale monster models with wingspans of more than 20ft and aircraft displays, as well as a flypast by a Spitfire from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight on Saturday afternoon. ...
Central Catholic grad helps to produce aviation-based films - New Philadelphia Times Reporter | The Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron “Rise Above” traveling exhibit is housed in a 53-foot customized trailer with sides that slide out to create a 30-seat climate-controlled movie theater with a 180-degree screen — a mobile IMAX, ...
Weather cooperates to bring big crowd to Fargo Airsho - In-Forum | The Blue Angels break away out of formation as they near the end of their performance Saturday at the Fargo AirSho. Dave Wallis / The Forum FARGO - In addition to being military veterans, Ed Boch and Bob Saumur are air show veterans, having attended ...
US “Thunder” Flies in NH Air Show - New Hampshire Magazine (Photo) National Aviation Halol of Famer Sean D. Tucker in thrilling the crowd in his Oracle customer built 400 horsepower Challenger byplane. (Photo) Alton, NH's Golden Kinghts member Staff Sargent Howard Sanborn kicking off the 2011 Boston-Portsmouth ...
Air show's improvments make for smooth first day - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — The first day of the 2011 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show drew an estimated 30000 attendees, while new improvements made for a smooth day, organizers say. The number of food vendors doubled this year ...
Atlantic City Air Show Set for Wednesday, August 17th - TheAlternativePress.com | Air Force Thunderbirds and the US. Army Golden Knights, the largest mid-week airshow in the country, will feature parachute teams, fly-bys, formations and much more. "Each year we work with Airboss David Schultz to make sure the Atlantic City Airshow ...
Local leap: Alton native among army parachute team - Foster's Daily Democrat | PORTSMOUTH -- It's hard to imagine someone from a small town like Alton would be jumping with the army's most elite parachute team, the US Army's Golden Knights, but that's exactly what Howie Sanborn, 29, is doing. ...
Trip to World War II airshow in Rhode Island is vintage - Waterbury Republican American ... aircrafts including Last Samurai, one of only two Japanese Zeros still flying in the world; the FG-1D Corsair Whistling Death; the P-40K Aleutian Tiger; two P-51D Mustangs Dakota Kid II and Little Horse; and the Mitchell B-25 Bomber Betty's Dream. ...
6 World War II planes on display - Kennebec Journal | The Texas Flying Legends, who maintain and fly one of the largest collections of World War II aircraft are holding a show at the Wiscasset airport over the weekend. Casey Cooke traveled down to the show from Belgrade to see a P-40 ...
Museum: Bomber belongs back in Midlands - The State | A B-25 Mitchell bomber was raised from Lake Greenwood in 1983 and stored in Columbia since 1992. It is stored in a hangar at Hamilton-Owens Field. in The South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation owns the bomber and is raising funds to renovate it. ...
Remote Control Air Show begins Thursday - Fond du Lac Reporter | The fifth annual Warbirds & Classics Remote Control Air Show in Fond du Lac is expected to feature more than 100 pilots and over 200 flying aircraft. The Fond du Lac Aeromodelers Club hosts the event from Thursday, Aug. 18, through Sunday, Aug. ...
QuickPic: Restored Rutan Boomerang At Oshkosh 2011 (+ Video) by Martt | Burt Rutan designed and built the Boomerang in the mid 1990's as a way to make a twin engine tractor aircraft fly almost as easily on one engine as it does on two. The very asymmetrical airframe actually helps the airplane fly nearly as if the engines were both mounted on the centerline. While Burt considers this airplane to be one of his greatest accomplishments, the airplane sat for many years after Burt lost his medical certificate. But the Boomerang was recently resurrected by a team of volunteers headed up by Tres Clements (who works at Scaled Composites) and the airplane was a huge hit at Oshkosh 2011…
Cold, rain, snow and the military visitors from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | The forecasts for today and the next 2-3 days are looking very good, in a weird kinda way. We are forecast to have snow, almost to sea level, for the first time in possibly several decades. It should be an exciting time for the next few days! Already, I've experienced a little snow at home this evening, and I'm hoping that it will start to settle on the ground on the next few days…
Aviation Museum keeping history of flight alive - KNDO/KNDU | The McAllister Museum of Aviation in Yakima is working hard to keep local aviation history alive. It opened in 1998, at the wish of long-time Yakima resident Charlie McAllister. When he died, the non-profit museum was run by volunteers. ...
Planes turn and twist in an airshow - Biggleswade Today | Preparations are now well under way for the annual Little Gransden airshow and family day, which has been scheduled for the August bank holiday. As well as the planes there will be a vintage and classic car rally. Cathy Jefferies, whose husband owns ...
Ice Road Truckers star in Fargo for AirSho – WDAY | Star of Ice Road Truckers flew with the Blue Angels this week. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A reality TV star stopped in Fargo to check a goal off her to-do-list. A reality TV star stopped in Fargo to check a goal off her to-do-list. ...
VIDEO: Air Force Thunderbirds Strut Their Stuff - Patch.com | The US Air Force Thunderbirds conducted a rehearsal show on Friday afternoon to get ready for this weekend's Service Federal Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show. It was nothing shot of spectacular. It was only a rehearsal, ...
Fly long and prosper — Vulcan to return to Leuchars Airshow - Scotland Courier | Visitors to this year's RAF Leuchars Airshow will be treated to the sight of the Vulcan bomber, among others. The awe-inspiring shape of the Vulcan at last year's airshow. By Craig Smith Organisers of the event, which will take place on Saturday, ...
Norfolk men fly high with the Red Arrows - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | But behind the stunning acrobatics that made thousands gasp at Lowestoft Air Show, the Red Arrows are a finely honed team of highly skilled professionals- with two even hailing from Norfolk. Pilot Flt Lt Sean Cunningham said that airshows like that in ...
In pictures: Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival 2011 - BBC News | The 2011 Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival took place on 11-12 August, with displays from the likes of The Blades providing the entertainment. All photos by Andrew Easton More than 350000 people attended the airshow over two days - witnessing displays ...
Atlantic City Air Show Set for Wednesday, August 17th - TheAlternativePress.com | "Each year we work with Airboss David Schultz to make sure the Atlantic City Airshow is a unique and truly different experience from the year before," said Joe Kelly, president, Greater Atlantic City Chamber. "The addition of the Sky Hawks and the ...
Air force stages show, entertains visitors at anniversary celebrations - Focus Taiwan News Channel | 13 (CNA) Taiwan's Air Force held an open house event and air show for the public on Saturday at its Songshan Air Base to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Air Force Day, Aug. 14. The Air Force's Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team launched the air show with ...
Pilots still working with FAA to perform at Camarillo air show - Ventura County Star | "We concluded it is unlikely they would be able to meet all of the requirements to safely perform the air race," Gregor said. "We worked very hard with UARC on their proposal, but at no time did the FAA approve UARC's plan. We were unable to conclude ...
Westmoreland air show back but smaller - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Months of planning for next weekend's air show -- booking acts, meeting federal safety guidelines and advertising -- apparently is no problem for Gabe Monzo and his crew at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. "It's like riding a bike," said Monzo, ...
14th Great Georgia Airshow set for Oct. 8-9 - Newnan Times-Herald | The Great Georgia Airshow returns to the skies over Peachtree City for its 2011 edition Oct. 8-9. Airshow Director Angie Faulise recently announced the appearance of a new jet team at this year's show, which will feature some of the world's top ...
Line-up announced for the Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival – KTVO | KIRKSVILLE, MO -- The City of Kirksville announces the 4th annual Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival is set for September 11, 2011 with a line-up of performers to provide the thrilling, family-friendly entertainment that the residents of northeast ...
The G4 Gets Off the Grass from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Pipistrel had a good week at Oshkosh. Shortly after its G4 placed ninth in the Dead Grass Awards, an indication of the number of spectators who tramped around the perimeter of the displayed aircraft, the company could announce the first test flight of the four-seat electric motorglider. “We are pleased to announce that after long and demanding work nearly of a nearly 30-member team of developers and constructors from Pipistrel’s R & D Institute the first 4-seat electric aircraft in the world took off this morning [August 12, 2011] at 7 AM local time.”…
Wittman Regional Airport Sees First Flight For Taurus G4 from Aero-News Network | Pipistrel Flies The First 4-Seat Electric Aircraft In The World The Tarus G4 ... the first 4-seat electric aircraft in the world ... took off Thursday morning at 0700 local time from Wittman Field in Oshkosh, WI. Pipistrel, the developer of the G4, said the flight was the result of long and demanding work nearly of a nearly 30-member team of developers and constructors…
Big transformation at Pease ahead of weekend air show - Seacoastonline.com | Even as preparations ramp into high gear this week, organizers are already looking ahead to next year's show, which will feature the US Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. Hopper said next year's show will be even earlier in the ...
Organizers feeling up in the air over show's prospects - Military & Aerospace Electronics | The Great State of Maine Air Show is coming back later this month after a two-year absence, but it's a bit different than when it last took flight three years ago. The show still will feature the Navy's Blue Angels flying team, vintage aircraft…
Newport Bucket Regatta set to feature WWII Airshow - Sail World | The New Port Bucket Regatta is all set to feature a WWII Airshow for spectators. The vintage airshow will feature the Texas Flying Legends and will follow racing at the ninth annual Regatta on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. ...
Abbotsford airshow: history on approach – BCLocalNews | Watching a vintage Stearman bi-plane diving out of a hammerhead to roar inches from the tarmac before fascinated crowds at the Abbotsford International Airshow last August I thought of Woody's words. Style, guts, history, adventure – it's all on ...
Into the wild blue yonder: Blue Angels flight is a speedy lesson for teacher ... - Grand Forks Herald | Reyne Armbrust, a teacher at Red River High School in Grand Forks, ND, receives a photo of the Blue Angels after her flight Tuesday, August 9, 2011, from pilot Lt. Dave Tickle at the North Dakota Air National Guard base in Fargo, ND Dave Wallis / The ...
Nowatzki: Blue Angels flight nothing to sleep through - In-Forum | My oldest brother, a flight instructor at the University of North Dakota, took me up in an aerobatics airplane in June to help me prepare for Tuesday's flight, which was arranged by Fargo AirSho officials. The practice helped, a little. ...
Turbocam team pulling at airshow to help wounded soldiers - Foster's Daily Democrat | BARRINGTON — Turbocam International will be showing its strength on Saturday, August 13, as its team -- "Turbochargers" -- participates in the "VW Pull for Wounded Warriors" fundraising event at the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at ...
Air National Guard tour featured at AirSho - In-Forum | FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday at the Fargo AirSho. FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm ...
Area hosting naval celebration - West Fargo Pioneer | If you have never been to a Fargo AirSho there is something to be said about being right there in the mix watching all the action as it unfolds directly above the landscape in clear, unobstructed, breathtaking view. If you have never been to a Fargo ...
Aircraft arriving in Astana for military parade preparations – Caspionet | Two aerobatic teams, Alatau and Zhetysu, are to fly over the Kazakh capital city. - Aerobatic teams are special squads established for displays at exhibitions and military parades. They show the powerfulness of Kazakhstan's armed forces and how ...
First Ever Non-Governmental TFR Issued over Lee Bottom Flying Field from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | While eating lunch with a friend at the Vintage Cafe, conversation eventually turned to right and wrong. When this happens, most people I know usually end up suggesting that I let the small things roll of my back. This was, for the longest time, humorous to me because behind closed doors, many of them are the biggest complainers…
SAC Museum director wants growth - Omaha World-Herald | Scott Tarry, the new executive director of the Strategic Air & Space Museum, plans to usher in a period of growth and community involvement for the institution. “The staff has done a really great job of maintaining the museum,” Tarry ...
'Kit' Murray, 92, made aviation history - AOPA Pilot | Arthur “Kit” Murray, the test pilot who in 1954 became the first pilot to fly above 90000 feet, and see earth's curvature in flight in a Bell X1-A, died July 25 in Texas. He was 92. Murray's altitude record led to his becoming known at ...
WWII pilot keeps war memories alive - Fort Worth Star Telegram | This is the World War II generation, or what's left of it. The most globally expansive conflict in the history of war concluded on Aug. 14, 1945, 66 years ago. That anniversary and the men and women who participated in the war are being remembered ...
The Crimson Test Tube — Douglas’s D-558 Skystreak from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | This Douglas aircraft flew as a contemporary of the Bell X-1. While the X-1 made history as the first aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1 after being carried aloft by a mothership and powered by a rocket engine — the Skystreak took off under its own power, a turbojet engine, to investigate the high subsonic and transonic flight regime. It is an aircraft that had simple lines but complicated wing and fuselage construction…
Episode 159 – Aviation Chatter from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) Pat Flannigan from Aviation Chatter joins us to talk about some aviation news, his website and his new Hold Here iPhone app, and even some weight and balance. Pat is a professional airline pilot, an aviation blogger, and a licensed flight instructor. On Twitter, Pat is @PatFlannigan…
Golden Knights 8-Way Wins The World Cup! from US Army Golden Knights by Laura Dickmeyer | If you have been following the GK-8 over the past week, you know they have been competing against the top 8-Way Formation Skydiving teams from around the world. Yesterday, that exciting competition ended with the GK-8 taking home Gold at the 2011 Parachuting World Cup, Saarlouis, Germany. Weather prevented the completion of the tenth round [...]
Camarillo air show to be held Aug. 20-21 - Ventura County Star | P-38s will rumble over the city again as Wings Over Camarillo, a new nonprofit organization at the airport, hosts an air show Aug. 20-21. "The P-38 organization will hold a reunion at the air show this year," said Pat Brown, public information officer ...
Storms Prompt Changes At Air & Water Show - WISN Milwaukee | "We do (aviation and weather) briefings each day of the air show with the performers," Rogers said. With the Thunderbirds the main attraction, organizers said they were ready to move the schedule around to make sure the crowd would leave happy. ...
Summer events: Fargo hosts Navy, AirSho - In-Forum | “We booked some of the best acts in the air show industry,” he said. “We actually have people calling us to be in our air show.” Just a few of the acts that will be at the two-day family event include the US Navy Blue Angels, historic warbird ...
Whoosh! Blue Angels buzz Mercer Island - KING5.com | by jeanneem68094170 The picture doesn't do justice to the awe and majesty of these birds. And the car alarms went wild ... To add a comment, please register or login. We welcome your comments on this story's topic. Off-topic comments, personal attacks, ...
'We do it for the Veterans' – StarPhoenix | The Cameco Canada Remembers air show didn't happen last year, but it came back in a scaled-down form at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, which hosted the event on Saturday and Sunday. The event honours Canadian veterans of war. ... Aviation Enthusiasts Flock to Annual Palmer Air Fair - KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska | It's been a deadly year for Alaska pilots, but Saturday they kicked off the third annual Palmer Air Fair with just one thing in mind: safety. "We started with an idea three years ago that with all the fatalities and the near misses and ...
Ride The Farmers Airship (Zeppelin NT) In Indy - August 12-14 by Martt | I got these pictures of the Farmers Airship at Oshkosh just over a week ago. Not only did this thoroughly modern Zeppelin NT airship look great in the skies over world's greatest aviation event, but they were selling rides in it too! It was part of the Farmers Airship Covering Communities Tour - a six-month journey taking the world’s largest airship across the United States and back. And the next stop? Indianapolis, Indiana for rides on August 12-14 at Indianapolis Regional Airport (KMQJ) - formerly Mount Comfort Airport…
Spitfire treasure retrieved from Donegal bog from History News Network by pbutehorn | The tail wheel of a WWII Spitfire has finally made it home to the runway it took off from 70 years ago. In 1941 an American RAF pilot was returning to base after an afternoon sortie when he had to jettison from his Spitfire as its engines failed. The pilot landed safely, just 13 miles from his intended destination - RAF Eglinton, now City of Derry airport. His spitfire crashed into the peat bog of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, and remained there until earlier this summer....
RNZAF Squadron Leader Leonard H. Trent and his Victoria Cross Mission from Tails Through Time by JP Santiago | With the drums of war building in Europe in 1939, the Royal Air Force asked Lockheed for a twin-engine bomber to be used for anti-submarine and coastal patrols. Based on the RAF's own experience with the Hudson which was based on the Lockheed 14 Electra airliner, Lockheed offered a bomber version of the Model 18 Lodestar transport as the Ventura…
Rattlesnake Bomber museum slithers up the road - Odessa American | The rest areas, which will be located along the east and westbound lanes of the interstate, will be designed to look like the Rattlesnake Bomber Base, which was used for training flights for B-17 and B-29 bombers in World War II. ...
Wright Flyer Sculpture by Larry Godwin, Wright-Patterson AFB from Travel for Aircraft | We are fortunate to have artists. They make thought or emotion provoking images or sculptures as well as creating moments that were not — or could not — be captured by camera. One of these moments has been preserved in sculpture by Larry Godwin of Brundidge AL, where he has a large shop. Mr. Godwin’s web site unfortunately does not have information on his past works or even his bio although, and fortunately, that material is found on the The Brown House Living web site. Mr Godwin’s sculpture of the Wright Brothers and their 1905 Flyer, sometimes called the Wright Flyer III or Flyer B or C…
Tightrope walker fails to set record between two hot air balloons from PhotoBlog by Katie Cannon | Saimaiti Aishan, a 27-year-old Uighur tightrope-walking acrobat, hangs onto a 15-meter-long tightrope connected between two hot air balloons as he fails in an attempt for setting a 100-meter height record in Langshan, Hunan province Aug. 6. Aishan, the nephew of Adili Wuxor, who is known as "Prince of the Tightrope", is the first person to perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a national tightrope walking record at 30 meters high on Saturday, but failed in his attempt of 100 meters, local media reported. Picture received Aug. 7…
I flew in Fat Albert and almost barfed - Seattle Post Intelligencer (Amy Rolph/seattlepi.com) The US Navy Blue Angels' Fat Albert performs during the air show at Seafair, Sunday, August 8, 2010. (Cliff DesPeaux for seattlepi.com) I climbed out of Fat Albert, the Blue Angel's C-130T Hercules, clutching a little white ...
Could Blue Angels fall to federal budget ax? - The Seattle Times | The Blue Angels kick off their annual Seafair spectacle Saturday, thrilling the hordes and burning an awful lot of jet fuel on taxpayers' dime. Could the $40 million-a-year aerobatics team get caught up in military spending cuts required by the ...
Blue Angels at Museum of Flight | Slide Show - PNW Local News | Hundreds of people came out to the Museum of Flight to watch the Blue Angel take off from Boeing field for a rehearsal flight Friday, Aug. 8, to prepare for their Boeing Air Show performance at Seafair Saturday, and Sunday. ...
Video: Blue Angels practice over Lake Washington - The Seattle Times | In preparation for their weekend Seafair performances, the Blue Angels practiced over Lake Washington as crowds gathered on the shore and the I-90 bridge to watch on Friday, August 5, 2011. In preparation for their weekend Seafair performances, ...
Top 10 Best of Everything at EAA Airventure 2011 – NYCAviation | 2012 Ford Blue Angels Mustang: Ford had one of the largest displays at Oshkosh this year and smack in the middle was their blue jewel on wheels, the 2012 Ford Blue Angels Mustang. For the sixth straight year, the motor company (which also made planes ...
US Rep Takes on Air Force Over Air Show - NBC Miami | The US Air Force has grounded a plan that would have landed an international commercial air show at Homestead Air Reserve base and now a dog fight is about to take off. Stating, among other things, security concerns, the Air Force has denied allowing ...
Red Arrows to thrill Cowes - Isle of Wight County Press | THE world-renowned Red Arrows will perform their display in the skies above Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week tomorrow (Saturday) at 7.30pm. There will be a further aerial display in support of Toe in the ...
Skyhawks parachute team put on special show for vets - CTV Saskatoon | As Saskatoon residents gear up for the Cameco Canada Remembers Festival for Heroes Air Show this weekend, many looked to the sky for a sneak peek at the action. The Canadian Skyhawks parachute team put on a show for Saskatoon's war veterans. ...
Cadets get to meet Snowbirds despite cancellation – BCLocalNews | Major Chris Hope and Captain Padruig Macintosh (red flightsuits) of the Snowbirds, meet with the Prince Rupert's Air and Sea Cadet corps. By Alan S. Hale - The Northern View Much to the disappointment of many Rupertites, the Snowbirds air show was ...
75-year-old pilot explains encounter with F-16s from WTHR | Myrtle Rose was taking a short flight over suburban Chicago when the 75-year-old aviation enthusiast looked out her cockpit window to see two F-16 fighter jets. She assumed the military pilots were just slowing down to get a...
I freaking LOVE this lady! from ExpressJet Forum by SpatialD | CHICAGO (AP) -- Myrtle Rose was taking a short flight over suburban Chicago when the 75-year-old aviation enthusiast looked out her cockpit window to see two F-16 fighter jets. She assumed the military pilots were just slowing down to get a closer look at her antique plane. It wasn't until she landed her 1941 Piper J-3 Cub that friends and the police told her the attention was much more serious - for straying into restricted airspace during a visit by President Barack Obama…
The AirSho: Navy aviators plan Fargo landing - DL-Online | Fargo AirSho organizers expect at least 100 and possibly 200 to 300 current and retired naval aviators and flight officers to descend on the city for a luncheon Aug. 12 in conjunction with the AirSho. FARGO – All hands on deck: The Navy is coming to ...
WW II-era planes arrive in Lexington - Lexington Herald Leader | Tickets to explore the aircraft are $12 for ages 12 and older and $6 for children younger than 12. WWII veterans may tour the aircraft at no cost. Discounted rates are available for school groups. A 30-minute flight aboard the B-17 or the B-24 is $425. ...
It’s a Race – It’s an Economy Run from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Stemme, the German manufacturer of a series of highly innovative sailplanes, motorgliders and even unmanned aerial vehicles, has announced the first Green Speed Cup, which will take place between August 7 and 13, 2011, starting from Stausberg Airfield every day...
Suge Delivered! from VAF Forums by petehowell | It has been awhile since I have done a rescue flight for the Boxer Ladies, but when they called about Suge, I was happy to help. Suge got hit by a car on the Bluegrass Hwy near Bardstown, KY and broke both his hind legs and pelvis…
Mishap at Fargo AirSho as performer lands without gear down - In-Forum | FARGO – Fargo AirSho officials declared the show's second day a success, despite a mishap that occurred when a performer landed without his landing gear down, hurting the airplane but not the pilot. Four of the six Blue Angels fly past a spectator ...
Vulcan to take to the skies for another year - The Star | The highlight of the 2012 programme should be joining the historic flypast over Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee in June. To keep Vulcan XH558 airworthy costs around £2 million a year. Its next appearance is scheduled to be at this ...
OTTO The Helicopter at Selfridge Air Show - Macomb Daily | While the Selfridge Air Show is excitement in itself, there will be a lot of other treats of feat. One of those entertainment options is OTTO The Helicopter — a unique and versatile aerial act that provides high-flying entertainment and ...
Blimp Ends Up in 94-Year-Old's Backyard [Crashes] from Gawker by Max Read | Lillian Bernhagen, a 94-year-old Ohio woman, was probably surprised when police knocked on her door on Sunday morning. But they weren't after her—just after the 128-foot-blimp in her backyard. More » 
