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Thunderbirds boost AirVenture crowds  By WRN Contributor | The return of a military flying team to the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh last week helped boost attendance at the week-long airshow. Spokesman Dick Knapinski says the crowds were up 5.5 percent over last year, with more than 500,000 people coming through the gates...

EAA AirVenture reports an increase in overall attendance for 2014 * Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH – EAA reports a 5 to 6 percent increase in attendance for 2014's EAA AirVenture festival. Attendance is based on the number of people who entered the grounds each day. EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said, “It was a tremendous week on many...

Thunderbirds, Golden Knights return for 2014 Thunder Over the Boardwalk in ... * Shore News Today | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration is part of a full lineup aerial entertainment Wednesday, Aug. 13. ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City Airshow, Thunder Over the Boardwalk, the resort's signature summer event, will include demonstrations by the U...

5 questions with Thunder Over Michigan air show pilot Jeff Boerboon * Detroit Free Press | The building of the plane began in 2013 with a plethora of parts, and in the year that followed, John Klatt and a team of professionals assembled the plane they refer to as one of a kind because it's modeled on a 1929 taperwing biplane, has a Pratt and...

Ferte Alais 2014 * Photos by Frederic Cottin | Lots of sun this year. Another successful event!

Mike Goulian Airshows | Attention New Englanders! Mike will be on NECN (New England Cable News) at 11:45 AM tomorrow (Wed, Aug 6th) to chat about the upcoming Fort Worth Red Bull Air Race....

Red Arrows selection is pinnacle of flying dream for Bradford pilot * Bradford Telegraph and Argus | Flight Lieutenant Thomas Bould who is joining the Red Arrows in time for the 2015 season. A BRADFORD man says he has fulfilled a lifelong dream after being selected to become a Red Arrows pilot. Flight Lieutenant Tom Bould, 32, has been named as one...

Town to host Second Annual Airport Fly-in * Guernsey Gazette | GUERNSEY--If flying is your thing, then the place to be on Sunday, August 17 is the Guernsey Airport where the Town of Guernsey is hosting their second annual Guernsey Fly-In. The airport is located on the south side of U. S. Highway 26 on the east...

Shot down... Charity forced to cancel airshow event after being caught up in ... * Belfast Telegraph | The dysfunctional nature of Stormont has hit a new low after an aviation charity fundraiser became the casualty of bitter relations between Sinn Fein and the DUP. Related Articles. Stormont turbulence hits plane enthusiasts · How Tele Spitfire fund...

Fly in to save ambulance * Swindon Advertiser | WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance will be calling on the help of Batman, Iron Man and Wonder Woman to protect its long-term future. As part of National Air Ambulance Week, running between September 22 and 28, the Wiltshire branch, based in Devizes, wants...

B-17 on Display in Honor of "Dutch" Van Kirk * wnep.com | During the graveside service, a B-17 flew over the cemetery to honor the man who was the navigator on the Enola Gay. After the service, the B-17, also known as the “Memphis Belle” flew into the Sunbury Airport. “It's unique. I mean, I've never seen one...

NASM’s Heinkel He-219 Restoration Update ·WarbirdsNews has some exciting news coming from the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, and some fantastic photographs to share with much thanks to NASM’s press officers. The restoration crew at the Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland has finished their work repairing the wings for the museum’s unique Heinkel He-219 A-2 Uhu, Wk.Nr.290202. In mid-July, the team prepared the freshly repainted wings for shipment to the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. For the first time....

B-18 Bolo walkaround — part 2 of 2  * Travel for Aircraft | Continuing the walkaround of this Douglas B-18 Bolo from the previous Monday we see more detail of this aircraft exhibited at the McChord Air Museum & Heritage Hill Air Park (see the museum review as well as posts of the other...

A budding Forfar pilot has landed himself a dream role in a once in a lifetime ... * Forfar Dispatch | He answered a call from Scottish Aero Club chairman Dave McElroy who will complete his Phileas Fogg-like challenge to circumnavigate the globe at Scone Airfield when he makes his final landing on Sunday. He has been joined by Michael for the last leg...

First Flight: One Week Wonder | On August 5, 2014, the airplane that was built in seven days at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 flew for the first time—carrying more than 2500 signatures of tho...

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OC Air Show: Where to go * Delmarva Daily Times | Whether you want to shell out the big bucks or keep your wallet full, there are plenty of options for you to view the Ocean City Air Show. The top ticket, with only 64 available each day, is the VIP Skybox, complete with an elevated reserved seat on a...

Quincy Airport Father’s Day Fly-in * Reno-Stead Airport Association | There will be a Father's Day Fly-in at Quincy's Gansner Airfield (2O1) on Sunday, June 15th from 1 am until 11 am. There will be a pancake breakfast and...

Raptors, Reapers and Reunions – Holloman AFB Open House 2014 · Joe Kates, Photorecon.net | It had been almost two and a half years since the gates of Holloman AFB were open to the public and airshow performers had taken to the skies over south central New Mexico. Holloman...

Ferte 2014 · The Indy Transponder | Photos by Frederic Cotton

Cosford Airshow 2014 * Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net

Cool video from across the pond. · The International Council of Air Shows | A little snippet of the Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Cosford Air Show 2014 Created by Cas K Jackson

Scenes from the Planes of Fame Airshow · General Aviation News | Frederick A. Johnsen attended the Planes of Fame Museum airshow at Chino, Calif., held May 2-4, and sent us these photos:

Diamond Lil, oldest flying bomber, open for tours at Prior * Buffalo News | The B-24 is open to the public until 6 p.m. today, and it may be opened for tours again tomorrow – the Commemorative Air Force organizers are not yet sure. They do know they'll be taking rides tomorrow. Those interested can purchase tickets for $375.

History arrives with wings, sails * Buffalo News | The Commemorative Air Force takes Diamond Lil on 6-week tours three to four times a year. “You hear about them, but you never get to see one up close and inside,” said Darren DeSantis, 48, of Depew. “It's almost crude inside there. You think of an...

Historic B-17 Bomber Makes Stop in Central Iowa * whotv.com  | ANKENY, Iowa – A very rare bomber plane flew into the Des Moines metro Tuesday afternoon. The “Aluminum Overcast” stopped by the Ankeny airport. The Experimental Aircraft Association says it's just one of 15 B-17′s that are still airworthy. The...

360° cockpit visuals - RAF Waddington International Air Show · Katerina Greenlaw | ...the Lancaster Bomber, E3 Sentry, the Spitfire or the Vulcan...

EAA Remembers D-Day, Honors Veterans · eaavideo.org | The 70th anniversary of D-Day was commemorated at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on June 6, 2014. World War II veterans in attendance were honored with speeches and a gathering of friends and family.

A time to 'reflect on what those guys did in these planes in World War II' * North Kitsap Herald | The other two pilots — Greg Anders of the Heritage Flight Museum and Carter Teeters of the Flying Heritage Collection — flew about 10 feet behind Sessions' lead Mustang, with three feet between each aircraft. “If the lead does a good job, we fly...

Impact: MOAHS WW2 Honor Flight for 92 year Old Veteran, Tom Mohan (Full Episode) | MOAHS honors 92 year old veteran Tom Mohan with a flight in the SBD Dauntless, 70 years after he flew in the same aircraft during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Air Force Sgt. Pilots honored with monument at Gunter * Montgomery Advertiser | Fisk, who graduated pilot school and flew 53 combat missions in a B-25, attended the event with his family. “I don't have enough words to describe it, really,” Fisk said. “It's wonderful. It's great to be here and see everybody.” Beard flew 105 combat...

Three midstate aviators to compete in Women's Air Race Classic * The Patriot-News | Three female aviators from central Pennsylvania will take part in the Women's Air Race Classic, a cross-country flight for female pilots, starting June 16 in Concord, Calif., and ending four days later at the Capital City Airport in Fairview Township ...

AirVenture Cup 2014 Race Applications Now Being Accepted  · Kelly Nelson | The timed 400-statute mile race ends in Wausau, Wisconsin (KAUW), before racers head to Oshkosh (KOSH) for the annual EAA AirVenture fly-in convention. On Saturday, July 26, the AirVenture Cup Race staff and ...

First World War Film Series: Curated by Sir Peter Jackson | Between 10th and 13th July the RAF Museum will be hosting four film screenings from 6.30pm. This short film season has been curated by Sir Peter Jackson. Sir Peter has selected and reviewed each film and even loaned us his unseen short film ‘Crossing the Line’ specially for this event!...

THE FIRST AIR FORCE ONE | A video about the very first Air Force One, Columbine II.

T-50 Jet Caught Fire * English Russia | T-50 is a new jet being built in the Sukhoi factory. It made its first flight in 2010 and in 2013 they put it into production. This is one of the production jets, and it reportedly caught on fire today, June 10th, during a flight. An official...

Off-the-grid Tofino hike reveals crashed RCAF bomber * www.theprovince.com | TOFINO: 'You wanna go see a dead bomber?' Sure, it sounds like something out of a movie, but it is all too real if you find yourself on the west coast of Vancouver Island with a couple of hours to spare.

Will be great to see her in the sky! | WIX shares that it will be another three years until the P-61 Black Widow flies again

Zenith ships One Week Wonder kit to AirVenture · General Aviation News | The Experimental Aircraft Association‘s program to build a complete aircraft during AirVenture-Oshkosh 2014 has moved a step closer. Zenith Aircraft President Sebastien Heintz has put the final screws into the crate holding all of the materials needed to assemble the airframe for a CH 750. Another crate containing the powerplant will be shipped by Rotax and avionics are being sent by Dynon Avionics...

NASA to Test Flying Saucer-Shaped Vehicle * Sci-News.com | Once in the very rarified air high above the Pacific, the vehicle will begin a series of automated tests of a 6-meter supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator and a parachute. “The success of this experimental test flight will be measured by the ...

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VIDEO: Fat Albert performs at NAF El Centro Air Show * Imperial Valley News | See some highlights of the Fat Albert performance at the NAF El Centro Air Show.

Wing of Blue skydiving team added to Dayton air show By Jill Drury | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The opening act of the Vectren Dayton Air Show was announced Tuesday. The Wings of Blue U.S. Air Force Skydiving Team, will decend from the sky with the U.S. flag during the singing of the National Anthem at the opening ceremony June 28...

Team Fastrax, America's Skydiving Team, to perform prior to Auto Club 400 * AmericaJR | ...Made up of military veterans from the Rangers, Special Forces and Airborne units, Team Fastrax has totaled over 300,000 skydives including several NASCAR events as well as displays over Ground Zero in New York City, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and the Pentagon in Washington, DC....

La Ferte-Alais commemorates the D-Day * Translated | The traditional annual meeting of the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis (AJBS) will take place on 7 and 8 June 2014, on the plateau of the Ardennes La-Ferte-Alais, Cerny. With the commemoration of the Normandy landings as the main theme of this meeting, one of the most spectacular pictures of the show will feature a formation flight over a dozen warbirds, 4 DC3/C47 Dakota....

Video: Historic B-17 'Memphis Belle' flights to take place over El Paso * KDBC | El Paso, TX (KDBC) — There are few things in a lifetime that could compare with the pure exhilaration of lift-off in a piece of history. That's exactly what some Borderland residents will have the opportunity to do this coming weekend, March 22nd and 23rd at Atlantic Aviation, located at 1751 Shuttle Columbia Dr....

Warplane barnstormers coming to Pensacola * PNJ.com | If you yearned for but missed the chance at an up-close look at a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress when the Collings Foundation’s barnstorming tour came through Pensacola earlier this month, another opportunity awaits....

Warbirds Over Wanaka: Jurgis vs Murphy * Scoop | Wanaka, 17th March 2014 - World aerobatic champion Jurgis Kairys has decided to give four-time Bathurst V8 Supercar winner, Greg Murphy, a chance in a head-to-head clash at Easter’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow...

Women's heritage honored with all female refueling mission * Air Mobility Command | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.  -- Airmen from different units at Fairchild came together to conduct an all-female refueling mission March 13 in honor of women's history month and to remember women's heritage....

‘Follow’ Jerrie Mock’s historic solo flight around the world — 50 years later * General Aviation News | To help celebrate Jerrie Mock’s 50th anniversary as the first woman to fly solo around the world, you can follow her “progress” on Twitter and Facebook. From March 19 to April 17, the folks behind Fly 38Charlie...

WWII B-17 co-pilot shares experiences * AETC | GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas  -- William Archer, World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress co-pilot, visited here for the first time in almost 70 years to share his experiences during WWII March 7....

World’s Only Flying Privateer Navy Patrol Bomber will Visit the Palm Springs Air Museum * Warbirds News | From Monday March 17th until Sunday March 23rd, the world’s only flying PB4Y-2 Privateer naval patrol bomber will visit the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California. The...

Happy Birthday To The Douglas A-1 Skyraider * Warbrids News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | Sixty-nine years ago today [Mar 18], the Douglas A-1 Skyraider took flight for the first time.  Designed by the legendary Ed Heinemann, the Skyraider was able to deliver an incredible array of ordnance and was an incredibly strong and versatile platform.  Initially known as the AD-1, Skyraiders were re-designated as “A” series aircraft when the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force aircraft designation systems merged in 1962.  The Skyraider deservedly acquired the...

Video: MAAM’s P-61 ‘Black Widow” Restoration Update and Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign * Warbirds News |Most of our readers will be aware of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Herculean efforts to restore Northrop P-61B Black Widow 42-39445 back to flying condition. The museum and its volunteers have been working on this project since their epic 1991 recovery of the Black Widow from its crash site atop Mt. Cyclops, Indonesia, where it had lain since January, 1945.  It’s a...

DC-3 Donated to The Texas Air & Space Museum * Warbirds News | The Federal Aviation Administration has just retired the last of their Douglas DC-3 flight inspection aircraft. Registered N34, the aircraft wore many hats during its decades of FAA service, and now calls the Texas Air & Space Museum its home. After more than a year of negotiations between TASM and the FAA, the DC-3 made her final flight to the museum, in Amarillo, Texas on February 13th....

The day they bombed the Susquehanna * Cecil Whig | Lt. Rene R. Studler was called into action on March 10, 1920, to take off from the airfield at Aberdeen Proving Ground, and bomb the blue blazes out of the frozen Susquehanna. Those who are inclined to think the bombing of the Susquehanna at Port Deposit is merely an urban legend or local myth, would do well to read a tiny blurb recorded in the magazine Flying Volume 9 by the Aero Club of America in 1920. It reads thusly...

So, were there EVER any Spitfires buried in Burma? * Fly Me Friendly | Back in April 2012 there was a bit of excitement in the aviation world, especially amongst those who love old World War II aircraft. This was when the news was running that a collection of Spitfires had been buried in their shipping crates in Burma towards the end of World War II and...

Flying again: 90-year-old takes to biplane cockpit for birthday celebration * CAP Volunteer Now | NEVADA -- Herman Bishop of Sun City Summerlin is used to escaping the bonds of gravity to soar the skies, but recently, on his 90th birthday, he got a special treat: piloting a biplane, the...

Young aviator earns his solo honors on four airplanes * mtairynews.com | Teen aviator Brock Newsom holds the singular honor flying solo on four different planes at the Mount Airy Airport on his 16th birthday, hours before he earned his driver’s license...

SolarStratos high-altitude solar-powered aeroplane * Solarracing.org | There seems to be something in the Swiss drinking water that makes them want to built innovative solar-powered vehicles. From this mountainous country hail the Solar Impulse project (currently hard at work at building their second aeroplane which is to fly around the world in 2015), the PlanetSolar project...

Space Expo 2014 at New England Air Museum on March 30th * Warbirds News | On Sunday March 30th, visitors to the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut will be able to participate in their annual SPACE EXPO, which is set to be a fascinating experience for the whole family. NASA Astronaut and Connecticut native, Captain Daniel Burbank will be on hand to relate his experiences on two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station....

NASA's Vomit Comet Trains Astronauts in the Ways of Weightlessness * Gizmodo | With limited lab space aboard the ISS and skyrocketing launch costs, only the very best extra-terrestrial experiments make it into orbit. To put prospective experiments and astronauts alike through their weightless paces over the last six decades, NASA has relied on a gracefully arcing series of cargo planes called The Vomit Comet...

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Reno Air Races replaces Unlimited class with 'Unlimited Warbird' class - Reno Gazette Journal | The Unlimited class of the Reno National Championship Air Races will be replaced by the “Unlimited Warbird” class, the Reno Air Racing Association said in a news release Saturday. The announcement came on the final day of the Reno Air Races' pylon...

La Ferte Alais 2013 - Passion for Aviation | Despite unfavorable weather, the meeting "time propellers" La Ferte Alais has taken place this last weekend of Pentecost (18 and 19 May 2013) in La Ferte Alais on the airfield Cerny. This meeting is organized annually since 1974 and without exception by the Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis (AJBS) helped many partners. The first edition of this meeting that took place in 1970, this is the forty-first edition that I could attend this Sunday, May 19 in a very threatening sky, wondering what time it was going to rain....

Reminder: Air show on Spitzerberg with Hannes Arch - Translated | On 22 and 23 June find again this year from 10 clock, the traditional festival on the airfield Airfield Spitzerberg instead. "On Saturday, the 22th June air show starts at 15.00 clock with a performance from the Red Bull Air Race World Champion Hannes Arch, "said airport director Wolfgang Oppelmayer pleased. The flight demonstrations on both days start at 15.00 clock and take around 1.5 hours. Be offered glider aerobatics, aerobatics, formation flying, vintage shows, model flying demonstrations and Balloons-ramming....

Record-breaking crowd turns out for Denton Airshow - Denton RC | An estimated 12,000-plus spectators came out to the annual Denton Airshow at Denton Enterprise Airport on Saturday, breaking attendance records, officials said. The air show has evolved over the years, but it’s always been a place to find aviation enthusiasts. Whether it’s seeing the air acrobats or touring inside the Commemorative Air Force’s World War II Douglas R4D Skytrain, there is something for every enthusiast — young and old alike....

B-29 visiting Pittsburgh this weekend - Pittsburgh Business Times | It's owned by the Commemorative Air Force, an Addison, Texas-based nonprofit that flies this aircraft and other warbirds like the B-24 and P-51 around the U.S., offering tours and flights. It stopped at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin and is ...

WWII B-17 Flying Fortress to fly into Muskegon County Airport, give rides - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com | Sentimental Journey is flown and maintained by the Mesa, Ariz.-base of the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit group that operates several other aircraft. “These planes are impeccably restored and they are actually better maintained than any ...

Father's Day gift: Flight revisits World War II memories - Austin American-Statesman | On Saturday, Cook's wife, children and grandchildren had surprised the 91-year-old World War II veteran with a Father's Day treat: a flight on the Bluebonnet Belle, a C-47 Skytrain military transport operated by the Commemorative Air Force out of Burnet.

Hours Reduced At Naval Aviation Museum In Pensacola, FL  - Aero News Network | All Navy Museums To Be Closed On Mondays Due To Sequestration The Navy said Friday will close the museums it operates, to absorb reductions resulting from the announced federal furlough, one day a week beginning the week of July 8 until further notice. Among them is the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL.

Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford - Warbird News |
The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as well as members of the public were on hand as the two tractor trailers that were carrying the wings and fuselage rolled through the museum’s gates having taken on the plane at Ramsgate, UK where its salvage barge was docked....

The Joys of Surprise Revisited - Nordo News | ...By chance, Doug was in town with his friends Mark Holt and Adam Glowaski.In fact, they were half-way through their own surprise filled trip to Alaska and had been sitting in The Millennium taking and posting photos of themselves with the girls of Flying Wild Alaska. Later I would find out they were doing so at the very time we were driving by The Millennium to look at a 195 on floats?Those were the photos I later saw and to find out if they were currently in town I sent them a message. To my surprise, not only were they in town, they were staying in the same hotel....

Hollywood helps keep Air Force in public eye  - General Aviation News Staff  | The more than 1 million visitors who tour the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, each year may not realize there’s a “movie star” in their midst. But as moviegoers flock to theaters this weekend to see the latest Superman film, “Man of Steel,” they’ll catch a glimpse of the Boeing C-17 that now sits in the museum’s Air Park. In addition to its role as an Air Force developmental test and evaluation aircraft for more than 20 years, this C-17 (pictured below) stars in a scene with the villain Faora in “Man of Steel” and has appeared in four other major motion pictures, including “Transformers,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2,” as well as country superstar Toby Keith’s Emmy Award-winning production of “American Soldier.” In fact, the aircraft has several...

PHOTO GALLERY : Young Eagles Rally - Longboat Observer | PHOTO GALLERY : Young Eagles Rally. Date: 06/15/2013 by: Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor. Pilot Jeff Walston always goes through a checklist before taking off to make sure the ride goes well and the landing is smooth. Nick Fenske, 17, looks out over ...

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La Ferté Alais 2013 - Highlights - EADStv | On the outskirts of Paris, nestled away in the woods, EADS took the time to discover La Ferté Alais! What a great Air Show with fantastic people and amazing aircraft...take a look for yourself.

Academy of Model Aeronautics: The 2013 National Electric Fly-In (NEFI) will be held June 21-23 at the IAC. Make plans to attend this fun-fly, which benefits several charities and organizations! More details and information will be announced soon, but in the meantime, enjoy photos from last year's event!

Friends, volunteers hope to recover B-25 from Alaska sandbar from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor, long-time friends, and a handful of volunteers will be in Alaska next month to prepare a 70-year-old North American B-25J Mitchell for rescue. The B-25, nicknamed “Sandbar Mitchell” sits on a sandbar in the Tanana River outside of Fairbanks.

“Charles A. Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis, just... from Planeshots | ...before departure, at Rockwell Field, 10 May 1927. At left is...

They called her "aviatrix". Amelia Earhart was a legend. 81 years after the historic flight ...  - Gazeta.pl | Exactly 81 years ago, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo Atlantic. A few years later as a star and an icon of aviation grabbed a flight around the world. Missing two-thirds of the way, after taking off from Lae, New Guinea.

Doolittle Raiders Part 2 - WJHG - WJHG-TV | "The aircraft's a B-25 Mitchell bomber. It's the same type of aircraft the Doolittle Raiders flew off the carrier Hornet when they bombed Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor" said Pilot Tim Black. Commanders decided the B-25 Mitchell was the best ...

Remembering WWII: Special event allows Veterans to fly again - Emery County Progress | In 1954 SSgt Paul Sersland was traveling from Los Angeles to Birmingham, Ala. to make repairs on a B-25 bomber. Over the Grand Canyon the plane began to experience problems and Sersland talked with the Lord and told him he didn't need to fly anymore...

Sky is filled with history - Western Advocate | They will retrace the route taken by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson when they became the first Europeans to cross the Mountains in 1813. From O'Connell, 56 aircraft will head to Bathurst for a barbecue hosted by the Bathurst Aero Club. The first...

March 26, 2013 Who's Up First? from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | ...Considered the foremost authority on aviation history, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft has been published annually in England since November 1909. We turn to Jane’s for detailed descriptions of every type, make and model airplane produced. The publication has historically supported the Wright brothers as having been the first to fly. But now in their 100-year anniversary issue to be... Other Posts

Strategic Air & Space Museum To Participate In Blue Star Museums - WOWT | Strategic Air & Space Museum announced Monday the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to...

Carolina CAP pilot honored for 50 years of safe flying from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | NORTH CAROLINA -- The skies hold a special place in Ray Davis’ heart. At one point or another, the Hendersonville resident has flown through the skies, monitored the skies and monitored space. Over the last 50 years, Davis has not only flown, but has had more than 50 years of safe flight operations. For that...

Observatory moving to Air & Space Museum in Ashland - Omaha World-Herald | An observatory that has been housed at Fontenelle Forest is moving to the Strategic Air & Space Museum. The telescopes and astronomy programs at the Millard Observatory can now be found at the museum in Ashland. The observatory will continue to be...

Buzz Aldrin Book Signing - KPBS | Whenever possible, the San Diego Air & Space Museum loves to give our visitors the opportunity to meet inspirational and historical figures. It's hard to think of a more important event in living history than the first landing on the moon in 1969. The ...

Ferte Alais 2012

Another submission from our friend Frederic Cottin:

Email subscribers:  You'll need to click on the picture below to see the slide show!

Frederic shared that the weather was fantastic, which was a miracle since the last two months of weather in France left a lot to be desired.  This created great conditions for some rare aircraft to take flight.  More notes in the slide show below, enjoy!

And again, our thanks to Frederic for submitting these photo for us to share.

LA FERTE ALAIS 2011

Our friend Frederic in France submitted the following, and we are happy to share his photos with our readers.  Thank you Frederic!

Email readers, click HERE to launch the slide show.

After two months of sunny weather, in april and may with no airshow, it was very logical that rain came back in june, when air shows are begining...
Well at least I've had good time with my friends!

During afternoon, wind have falled so this beautifull Bleriot XI was able to fly. (picture 1)

As this beautifull Fokker DR1. (picture 2)

The big surprise was this rare P-40B from Stephen Grey's Fighter Collection. (picture 3)

Main theme of air show was hundred years of Morane Saulnier, so we had opportunity to see various aircrafts from this old company.

MS 138 (picture 4)

MS 406 (picture 5)

MS 760 paris (picture 6)

Ferte Alais team decided also to evoke Pearl Harbour attack with aircraft involved in pacific war (or dressed like airplanes involved in pacific war).

TORA TORA TORA for this T6/Zero (picture 7)

Air attack on ferte Alais airfield! (picture 8)

P-40N take off (picture 9)

And no french navy never fight with japanese fleet! (picture 10)

Can you imagine a war bird airshow without somr T-6? (picture 11, 12 and 13)

It's easy to make smoke circles with a cigar, it's a little more complicated with a Sea-Fury! (picture 14 and 15)

Big frog, a french team will compete  for air races at Reno in 2011 (picture 16).

Highly involved in a very different air show other Libya French air force and french navy have neverthless display one Super Etendard and two Rafale (picture 17, 18 and 19).

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Ferte Alais 2010

Our friend, Frederic Cottin, sent us the following from Ferte Alais 2010 ...

Last week-end, I went to the Ferte-Alais air show, and this cession was like a good old wine, tasty and sunny!
This meeting, wich was the thirty seventh edition, and is organised  yearly by  the Jean Salis team, a gang of aircraft lovers with real showman skills!
The Fighter's collection, lead by Sir Stephen Grey, came in reinforcement from Duxford (England) with  beautifull warbirds and more particulary a gorgeous Hawker Hurricane. ... And this Hurricane is a real veteran of the Battle of Britain with five kills!
Two themes prevailed:  The Seventy Years of Battle of Brittain and the First Century of the French Aeronavale!

Ferte Alais 2009

by Frederic Cotton
(complete slideshow at end of post)

On May 30 I attended the Ferte Alais air show (just south of Paris).

The Ferte Alais air show has a lot of tradition for old aircrafts lovers in France. This was the 37th edition of this annual show!

Over the last seven years the air show interest has waned due to an organisation does not have an "air spirit" (less aircrafts, more police and increased price for the visitors; so all fans were very worried about the future of this air show.

Thankfully, Jean Salis, who is the owner of the Ferte Alais airport, and happy owner of lot's of old aircraft, decide to organize the air show for 2009.

The day arrived with lot's of sun, lot's of aircraft and an ambiance mixed with passion for aviation and a desire to show the public that planes are such beautifull things!

So please find a batch of pictures taken during this memorable day.

Also, the show commemorated the fact that a century ago Louis Bleriot flew over the English Channel (La Manche for the French). The Ferte Alais team has decided to make this crossing again with a real Bleriot XI (pictured) at the end of July!

For a number of years, the French Navy (Aeronautique Navale in the language of Moliere) has shown her aircraft during this meeting. This year they displayed four Super Etendard from flottille (squadron in french navy) 11F, two Rafale M from flottille 12F and one E-2C Hawkeye from flottille 4F.

Flotille 11F lost two pilotes in an air collision last year, one was the official demontrator of Super Etendard. To honor the pilots lost they made a formation of four aircrafts in diamond formation and at the end, one of them broke away, nose straight to the sky to symbolise the souls of their friends climbing to heaven. We will never forget!

Warbirds were also in attendance at the Ferte Alais 's meeting.

The biq star of the show should have been the Fw-190 (see previous post), but the German lady rebelled, a trouble in her right landing gear grounded her during the meeting - perhaps revenge of the French sky?

Fortunately, many fighters and bombers were present in the sky for our pleasure!

Two aerobatic teams took to the skies also and made a beautifull show during Ferte Alais's meeting.

The Breitling demo team is a private patrol, this year they are flying with seven aircraft!

The Red Arrows were very impressive (as usual) - it was a real pleasure to see them!

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