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Fair St. Louis cancels annual air show - STLtoday.com | ST. LOUIS • Fair St. Louis is moving to Forest Park from downtown in July, but its air show isn’t tagging along. Fair organizers plan to announce today that the annual air show will be canceled, Julie Hauser, a spokeswoman for Fair St. Louis, confirmed late on Tuesday. The fair will be held in Forest Park from July 3 to 5 while the Gateway Arch grounds are in the midst of a multimillion-dollar makeover...

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles event | The Plant City Chamber of Commerce is hosting their fourth annual Planes, Trains & Automobiles event at the Plant City Airport on Saturday, May 17th, 2014 between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM.  This admission-free ($5 parking) and family-friendly event includes static display aircraft and helicopters, RC plane demos, a limited number of free plane rides for kids ages 8-17 (thanks to the EAA Young Eagle Program), full scale and model trains, classic cars, Police and Fire/Rescue demonstrations, an opportunity for Boy Scouts to earn their Aviation and Traffic Safety merit badges, a kid’s zone, Lowe’s Kid’s Clinic, food & beverage vendors, and numerous exhibitors.  There is a media day planned for Thursday, 15 May and I have attached a 1-page flyer and a 1-page press release.  For more information call the Plant City Chamber at 813-754-3707 or go to www.plantcity.org .

Air show returns to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport - Atlanta Journal Constitution | The annual Good Neighbor Day air show returns May 17 to the skies over DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee. This year’s show marks the 55th anniversary of PDK being a civilian airport after construction as a Naval Air Station...

Air show contract finalized with Fair Oaks Farms - Newsbug.info | NEWTON COUNTY — The contract to bring the South Shore Air Show to Newton County at Fair Oaks Farms was finalized on April 17, with South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority (CVA), Fair Oaks Farms and Newton County officials signing for the big three-day event to be held July 11-13...

Westmoreland air show tickets go on sale May 1 - Tribune-Review | Tickets for the 2014 Westmoreland County Air Show at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport go on sale May 1. All area Shop ‘n Save stores will carry tickets for the event on June 7 and 8 at the Unity airport, according to a news release...

Blackbird Airpark Open House 2014 Photos * Roadrunners Internationale | So those are the photos. Here's a press release about the event from last week.

Fly It Forward Challenge introduces women to general aviation · General Aviation News | During Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week 2014, March 3-9, entrants in the Fly It Forward Challenge organized activities that drew more than 26,000 attendees in 96 locations on four continents. Pilots flew approximately 1,000 hours to introduce 5,703 girls and women to flight in a small aircraft...

Photographer Takes a Ride in an F16 with the Thunderbirds as a Little 'Thank You' - PetaPixel | Very few people ever have the honor of flying along with the Thunderbirds. However, Blair Bunting, a fairly new Nikon Ambassador, managed to do just that at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona after shooting one of the Thunderbirds’ newly-painted F-16 beauties...

The People’s Mosquito is cutting wood! | We are very pleased to announce that the first wood is being cut for the fabrication of a complete set of wing ribs for The People’s Mosquito, RL249. Corin McCrae of Aerowood Ltd,  will be cutting the ribs for RL249 at his workshops in Auckland, New Zealand in the coming weeks. There are various types of rib that make up the Mosquito’s wing, and these are fabricated from a variety of woods, both solids, such as Canadian Spruce, and plies. The Canadian Spruce that Aerowood will be cutting for RL249 is selected for aviation fabrication, and sourced and shipped to New Zealand from the same area on the west coast of Canada as that used by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd during WW2. Before being cut, it has undergone a number of tests to conform with air safety regulations....

Yankee Air Museum: Purchase agreement in the works for bomber plant - The Ann Arbor News | Yankee Air Museum officials state a purchase agreement is being drafted for the former Willow Run Bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township. Dennis Norton, founder of the Yankee Air Museum and the president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, said Tuesday that the museum's massive fund-raising campaign has raised enough to make the approximately 150,000-square-foot space a functional building and to save it from demolition...

SA-10 walkaround — the other Catalina in Blue and Gold (Part II) by travelforaircraft | This is the second post of a walkaround photo essay with the first post published just two days prior, on Monday, along with a bit of information. This Consolidated Catalina served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and was designated as an SA-10 (PBY-5A in the U.S. Navy). It is located in the...

Space Fest features multitude of activities, adds third astronaut appearance by Sarah Swan National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 4/29/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- You never know what you may come across in the galleries at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force! Out-of-this-world activities - and perhaps even some "extra-terrestrials" - await visitors to the museum during Space Fest on May 16-17 when the museum and more than 20 other participating organizations offer a multitude of space-related activities for visitors of all ages. All activities are free, unless otherwise noted...

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Sailplane racers to compete in Nationals - General Aviation News | Sailplane racers will gather in Minden, Nevada, this June 10-19 to compete in the 18 Meter Nationals. “This contest will pit up to 60 pilots who will each day fly a weather-dependent course,” said Reba Coombs, contest manager. Each pilot will be towed aloft by airplanes to a predetermined release height and then dive through the “start gate.” The pilot who completes the course with the fastest speed wins...

Seventy aircraft make it to the 2014 Clifton Fly-In - warwickdailynews.com.au |  AFTER returning from the Vietnam War with an ambition to fly, Vince Clegg was talked out of it. But decades later, he has built his own plane and was one of the members of the Darling Downs Sports Aircraft Association who had their planes at the Clifton Fly-In yesterday...

Tiny Fly-In - Concho valley homepage | Many demonstrated their tiny aircrafts at the Tiny Fly-In event at Foster Communications Coliseum. Many from around the Concho Valley and from out of state enjoyed demonstrating their tiny aircrafts at the Tiny Fly-In event at Foster Communications Coliseum Saturday. While some aircrafts come ready to fly out of the box others are contructed by hand. The event was open to the public with free admission and sponsored by the San Angelo RC Club. The Fly-In featured a flight simulator allowing participants to learn how to fly...

Spruce Creek Fly-In aids Pilot N Paws rescue - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Rose Scaglia reaches for one of the rescued dogs from Gayl Henze, after arriving at the Spruce Creek Fly-In. - News-Journal photos/Taylor Ashley | PORT ORANGE – One by one the planes landed March 1 at the Spruce Creek Fly-In, each holding a most precious cargo – dozens of dogs and puppies. It was another successful rescue by members of Pilots N Paws, a nonprofit organization whose mission is saving the lives of shelter animals...

Lone survivor of B-17 crash awarded Purple Heart - KY3 | On March 18, 1944, Sgt. Richard Faulkner's B-17 was shot down over France. He was the only member of the crew to survive. The Germans hunted him but he was secreted out of the country by the French underground. When Faulkner, who now lives in...

Video Vault: Cleveland National Air Show 1991 and 1992 - Tom Livingston, newsnet5.com | CLEVELAND - Due to Washington budget issues, there is no 2013 air show in Cleveland. Fear not, our Video Vault is chock full of footage from air shows past. I've chosen stories from 1991 and 1992 for this look at Cleveland National Air Shows from Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport...

Video: Fourth Annual Fly It Forward Celebrates Women In Aviation - WHAG | FREDERICK, Md.--The fourth annual Fly It Forward event took off this weekend in hopes of promoting women in aviation. At Frederick Municipal Airport, local women in aviation got together on Saturday with one common goal: Teaching young girls flying planes isn't just a guy thing....

Sky’s the limit at Oshawa women in aviation event - durhamregion.com | DURHAM -- Dozens of females from across Durham and the GTA celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 by soaring to great heights...

Inspiration in the Sky - Flight To Success | ...Saturday we flew until the visibility fell and we had to shut down the event, leaving a few tears standing in the rain. Yet we flew 92 women. We came back Sunday to give it another shot and mother nature took better care of our event, and we flew another 132 women!...

Women's Airforce Service Pilot veteran visits EAA AirVenture Museum - postcrescent.com | For Betty Strohfus, going through the EAA AirVenture Museum on Friday morning was like taking a flight back into time. The 94-year-old former World War II pilot got a chance to relive her time in the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, also known as WASPs...

WWII Heritage Days to Honor the Women of The Greatest Generation - Warbirds News | The sights and sounds of The Greatest Generation will come alive when the Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing hosts its eleventh annual “WWII Heritage Days” event over the weekend of April 26th/27th.  The history festival will take place at The Historical Airpower Facility, Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field, Peachtree City, GA from 9am-4pm both days. Go beyond the jump to find out more…

Women in aviation: Ann Arbor flying club encourages girls to become pilots - MLive.com | Kathryn Robine fulfilled a lifelong dream when she earned her pilot’s license in the 1970s. Emily Howell Warner became the first woman to work as a pilot for a major commercial airline in 1973, and Robine firmly decided that she, too, could learn to fly a plane. “I’ve wanted to do this since I was young. …For me, when it was in the news that the first woman pilot was hired, I thought, ‘Good, I can do this now,’” Robine said...

Fantasy of Flight — an evolving business model so see it while you can - Travel for Aircraft | Kermit Weeks built an incredible home to house and maintain his incredibly extensive aircraft collection and called it Fantasy of Flight. The aircraft there range from faithfully built replicas of before World War I aircraft through World War II era aircraft — both civil as well as military. Located in Polk City FL...

Museum Hosts Scout Troop, Assists With Merit Badge Activities | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum hosted about 70 Cub Scouts Saturday at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.  The museum periodically assists...

'Let's go!' 80th birthday of Yury Gagarin, first man in space - RT | On March 9, legendary Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, the first man in space, would have turned 80. His 108-minute epic orbital flight on April 12, 1961 ushered in the era of space exploration – and his charming smile became its symbol...

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Blue Angels visit Barksdale to promote air show - Shreveport Times | The Blue Angels Lt. Ryan Chamberlain (right) and Lt. Cmdr. Michael Cheng in front of the F/A-18 Hornet that they landed at Barkesdale Air Force Base, Monday afternoon to publicize the 2013 Defenders of Liberty Air Show...

World first for Jetman - Auckland stuff.co.nz | Yves Rossy, the famous Jetman, headlines the first New Zealand International Air Show at the North Shore Aero Club's Dairy Flat airfield during Auckland Anniversary Weekend. Jetman is the world's top aviation act and one of the few able to fly like a jet.

Jacques meets the People's Daily from Apache Roll, patrolling blog by Breitling Grifil | The 9th edition of acrobatic Zhuhai began on November 13 and the Breitling Jet Team acquainted with a new audience fell in love. November 14, Jacques Bothelin, the team leader gave an interview to People's Daily Online....

Reporter freaks out on air show ride-along - Washington Post | Aviator Sean Tucker takes WBBM-TV's Vince Gerasole along for a ride 3,500 feet in the air in his Oracle Extra 300...

Airport reveals plans to revive air show - The Northern Echo | Colin Granton, chairman of the Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport, said they hoped to attract the Red Arrows, RAF Tornado and Falcons Parachute demonstration teams and helicopers and glider displays for an air show at the airport, near Darlington,...

Don't forget the Aviators' Ball! - PilotWeb | Aviation personalities – including Buzz Aldrin and the Red Arrows – will be making an appearance, and attendees will have the chance to try their hand at a Breitling Reno Air Race simulator. There will also be a gourmet dinner with wine, auctions, live ...

Pay it forward when you "Fly it Forward" from Toriaflies | ...The initiative has doubled in size each year since 2010. Doubled. In. Size. In two years! So, this, their third year, could potentially see 10,000 girls and women in 72 countries on 8 continents... ok, so there are only 7 continents, but there are 196 countries (or 195, depending on your reference)....

Cold Start at St. Eugène from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave By Dave O'Malley | I hear voices. The voices of brave men. Gentle voices, creaking with age and weariness, soft and humble after a long life. I hear voices. The flinty voices of warriors at peace with themselves. Voices that linger in my head for weeks on end, calling to me from across the decades since the Second World War, from across the country, from the opposite side of this world. I hear voices. They call to me, they speak to me, willing me to understand. The men whose voices I hear, I have never met nor have they ever spoken to me in person on the telephone, yet I know their voices – clear in my head, individual, identifiable, personal. The first voice that spoke to me was that of Australian P-40 Kittyhawk pilot Arch Simpson. Arch and I exchanged e-mails no more than ten times as we put together his story about how our P-40 Kittyhawk came to...

Veteran pilot Urban Rahoi to speak on flying adventures Tuesday - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Pete Haggland, the curator of the Pioneer Air Museum, expects to hear plenty of good material Tuesday at 7 p.m. when Urban Rahoi starts talking about his decades as a pilot. Rahoi has more energy and enthusiasm for life than most people, regardless of ...

Earhart mystery still intrigues Como resident - Park Bugle | When early news reports depicted last July's search for Amelia Earhart, the vanished aviatrix, as a failure, Kenton Spading knew that wasn't necessarily the case. Having participated in earlier expeditions sponsored by the International Group for...

Santa and Mrs. Claus will fly into MAPS Air Museum Sunday - Canton Repository | Sleighs will get you where you need to go on Christmas Eve, but a Cessna is all you need for a quick visit to Stark County. Sunday, Santa and Mrs. Claus pilot their personal aircraft to the MAPS Air Museum where they will greet children of all ages ...

Museum Restoring Historic Hangar at Sikorsky - Patch.com | Pictured on Saturday, November 17 2012, are members of the Connecticut Air & Space Center museum in the process of cleaning and restoring the historic Curtiss Hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport. The Curtiss Hangar is an integral part of Connecticut's ...

Awesome video shows what a fine piece of machinery the Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy’s landing gear system is from David Cenciotti's weblog | After publishing a series of posts about the C-5 Galaxy, readers have sent me a lot of interesting links to both articles and videos of the gigantic U.S. Air Force cargo plane. The one in this post is an interesting footage filmed with a camera mounted on the aircraft’s main landing gear....

Podcast: Speaking of Talking on the Radio from AvWeb Podcast | Cody Bias is a young CFI and T-38 instructor pilot with the Air Force who is not afraid to put his money where your mouth is. Bias has developed an online radio communication course for pilots, Sound Like an Airline Pilot -- and if you're not impressed, he says...

Starbase Indy - WISH | View a Tribute to Neil Armstrong NASA Exhibit, see astronaut David Wolf, and see stars from Star Trek and Stargate SG-1 at Starbase Indy: The 17th Generation Nov. 23-25 in the Indianapolis Marriott East, 7202 E. 21st St. Rock on during the Starfleet vs....

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2012 Florida International Air Show: Excitement and charity - Examiner.com | Children stood wide-eyed as the US Navy Blue Angels fired up their engines and a high-pitched whine filled the air. As the team began to taxi their F/A 18 Hornets toward the runway, hot exhaust blew through the crowd of spectators. “Wow!...

167th Airlift Wing gives update on 2012 open house, air show - Martinsburg Journal | Finagin will demonstrate the aerobatic capabilities of the Pitts S2C, a light, highly maneuverable aerobatic bi-plane designed for air show performances. Wells will perform twice each day. One performance will be in a Bucker Jungmeister,...

“The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2... from Planeshots | “The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2 (BuNo 9269) was converted and fitted with a hand-operated retractable landing gear, designated XF11C-3. 27 production models were delivered starting in October 1934...

City's high flyers entertain the lunchtime crowds - New Zealand Herald | A thrilling display of flying entertained the lunchtime crowd above Tauranga's downtown waterfront when the RNZAF's Red Checkers once again showed why they are New Zealand's elite aerobatic team. Flying wing tip to wing tip and trailing ...

Rare P-51C Mustang and RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit Honoring Tuskegee Airmen to Appear at the Carolinas Aviation Museum from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will host the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P51-C Mustang honoring the Tuskegee Airmen April 11-14....

German 240-Way Record Attempt from Bonjour BlueSky | German 240-Way Record Attempt, ,they came close, however did not...

RNZAF 75th Anniversary from PPRuNe Forums

Veterans group helps heroes get their due - Fayetteville Observer | Another veteran who sought the foundation's help was Vincent Fonke of Fayetteville, a B-17 pilot and German prisoner of war, who received his awards more than 60 years after the war's end. Fonke received the Distinguished Flying Cross and POW medal....

Are You Ready to Mentor? Women Soar is Ready for You! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Now in its 8th year, Women Soar You Soar is an EAA program to encourage girls in 9th grade to 12th grade that an aviation career is for them. The program takes place during EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh) from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29, 2012.  WomenSoar You Soar Chairwoman Debby Rihn-Harvey says...

Woman Pilots: Doris Abbate from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Doris Abbate had an infant and three toddlers at home when she soloed in 1959. This was on Long Island at Zahns Airport, Amityville. She flew in a J3 Piper Cub. She earned her license in her own Tripacer, 8801C, followed by her commercial, instrument and instrument ground instructor ratings....

To Dream the Absolutely Possible Dream from Flight Monkeys | If manned flight is the culmination of mankind’s collective dreams, and there is certainly significant evidence that it is, the today’s official launch of Sun ‘n Fun 2012 is the realization of those dreams for hundreds of thousands of...

Seattle Fun from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Last week I arrived in the jumpseat of Alaska Airlines after an 0200 wake up, a sim session, and a canceled flight. Despite landing 2 hours later than my house guest, we hit the ground running. A meeting at Aviation High School for the Fly It Forward event, an early dinner at Anthony's Home Port. Then the fun began....

1929 Ford Tri-Motor a blast from aviation past - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | The Experimental Aviation Association's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor tour stopped at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Monday, Mar. 26th. The EAS is offering ride in the vintage aircraft through Mar. 28th. The aircraft, nicknamed the "Tin Goose" was ...

Three rescued after balloon gets trapped in power lines from Pilot News Magazine  | A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire, trapping a woman and two men 15m in the air. The balloon’s canopy wrapped round live cables just after 18:00 BST on Sunday, at Bozeat near Wellingborough. Firefighters had to wait about four hours before receiving confirmation the power was off and beginning the rescue....

Vintage Flying in Australia from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Some of you may remember our story from a few years back about running into Roy and Primrose Fox at Oshkosh. Hailing from Australia, and possessing wonderful personalities, we quickly took a liking to them. Roy and Primrose were there because Roy had brought his Comper Swift and Klemm to the show and I couldn’t believe our luck of running into them....

Wingtip To Canopy – The Blue Angels from AIRBOYD.TV

Largest-ever paper aeroplane launches in Arizona - Wired.co.uk | By Duncan Geere The world's largest paper aeroplane has been launched at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona, measuring 13 metres from tip to tail. The plane, which weighs 363kg and has a wingspan of 7.3 metres, flew for close to 10 seconds at...

Back when NASA use to do stuff from Military Photos by C.Puffs | Was looking through my space pics and saw this one. Kinda depressing. There's 3 X-15s, the HL-10, the M2-F2, the M2-F1, and an F-5 Skylancer in this pic. (Amongst others.)

Video: NASA Launches a Rapid Fire Five-Rocket Barrage to the Very Edge of Space from POPSCI | After a couple of delays, NASA finally launched its five-rocket barrage into the upper atmosphere this morning in an attempt to study the winds at the very edge of space. The ATREX (Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment) mission successfully lobbed all five rockets into space from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with 80 seconds of separation between each rocket, creating a dazzling display of fireworks for anyone who happened to be awake and watching on the East Coast at 4:58 a.m....

"Space Heroes" Named in South Carolina from Spaceports | Passion, honor, and perseverance launched three South Carolina natives into history books and into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. "Space Heroes" chronicles the...

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AIRSHOW NEWS: Red Arrows Dsplay Dates 2012 from Flightline UK | The Red Arrows have released details of their display dates for the 2012 display season...

Sun 'n Fun 2012 Gears Up for Opening Day - Flying Magazine | ... country and western performer Aaron Tippin at the Florida Air Museum's Pavilion stage on Thursday at 8 pm The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Boeing B-29 Superfortress FiFi will be on the show grounds all week, offering rides and cockpit tours...

Florida air show packs punch for lovers of aviation - aviationpros.com | PUNTA GORDA The US Navy Blue Angels are a top headliner for any air show. But the rest of the performers lined up for the 32nd annual Florida International Air Show this weekend in Punta Gorda are no slouches, either. The US Navy Blue Angels are a top ...

Mankato air show to feature Blue Angels, Black Daggers and more - Pioneer Press | Other performers include biplane aerobatics, like Sean Tucker, who has flown in more than 425 shows since the mid-'70s. Each air show act will perform both days, Lyman said. To learn more about Minnesota Air Spectacular 2012, including ticket and act ...

Air show full of hot acts - Mankato Free Press | MANKATO — While the Blue Angels will be headlining Mankato's air show, they aren't the only multi-jet airborne acts slated for the June show, or even the only military team. The Black Daggers, the US Special ...

Red Checkers to pay tribute to Gisborne's air force role - Gisborne Herald | The Red Checkers will perform an aerobatic display over the Gisborne waterfront on Tuesday at midday. The display will recognise Gisborne's history with the RNZAF, which started as a result of the Japanese advances down the Pacific during World War 2...

Helpers provide lift for airshow - Otago Daily Times | The Warbirds Volunteer Army of at least 400 people is about to swing into action, undertaking the many tasks that go towards making the huge event run smoothly, writes Marjorie Cook. Behind every Warbirds Over...

Air Show in Miniature Takes to the Skies - Bay Net | While not the typical air show staged at the Naval Air Station attended by thousands, the excitement and entertainment value of the show in miniature can hold its own. Flying remote control airplanes or helicopters is the best way to satisfy the yen to...

Video: Air Racers 3D (IMAX) - Fly Into The Valley Of Speed! from AirPigz by Martt |  It would at first seem that the timing of this new IMAX theater film project called Air Racers 3D couldn't be worse... with production running thru Reno 2009 and 2010 with the goal of showcasing the amazing world of low-fast-left air racing, it seemed like the perfect concept...

Emma Egging meets pupils helping to create memorial to Red Arrow's pilot - Bournemouth Echo | Flt Lt Egging tragically lost his life when his plane crashed in fields in north Bourne-mouth following a display at last year's Bournemouth Air Festival. Together, his family and Bournemouth council asked school pupils to help design a memorial to Jon ...

Wings of Women: Honoring Female Aviators from blogsouthwest.com | Amelia Earhart once said, “Adventure is worthwhile in itself."   What an adventure I experienced when I attended the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) Enshrinement Weekend in Dayton, OH.  The first step of this journey landed me right in the middle of the Wings of Women (WOW) Conference, sponsored by the National Aviation Hall of Fame.  Celebrating its fifth anniversary, WOW gives young women...

Fly It Forward 2012 from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | 255 Women Fly at Renton Airport | Saturday March 24, the clouds parted and we finally found a beautiful weekend in the city of Renton. Hard to believe it snowed a week ago. Jenny Gao, our Aviation High School Senior, event coordinator extraordinaire, made miracles happen. Did Renton Airport make the world record?...

No Flying Yet! from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | The Weather in Tsuruoka and at Shonai Airport has taken a decided and sudden turn for the worse... Consider this first picture, taken just after I had put the Rotor back on Roxy a couple of days ago - you can see the arrival of the regular ANA flight from Tokyo in the background and the big piles of rapidly melting snow...

Salute to Tuskegee Airmen will include P-51 Mustang - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | The plane is one of the main attractions of a group called the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron and its "Rise Above" traveling exhibit designed to inspire young people by educating them about the legacy of the airmen...

Pete Groves' Blog: Super Solution Artwork from Antique Airfield News | I have found that while I do for the most part enjoy the build process, I have also really enjoyed meeting, speaking with and corresponding with air racing enthusiasts, full size and RC builders, and historians associated with the Laird Super Solution, as well as lots of people who just love antique aircraft....

Colorado Chapter April 2012 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News
Video: Tuning up the Monosport's Kinner - Video at Creve Coeur from Antique Airfield News

Don Parsons' Blog: Monosport is getting close...real close from Antique Airfield News | Glenn running up the Monosport after having the prop hub machined for...

'Volunteer of the Quarter' recognized at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 88th Air Base Wing Vice Commander Col. Daniel Semsel presented Beavercreek resident Frank Alfter with the Team Wright-Patt "Volunteer of the Quarter" award for the fourth quarter of 2011 on March 26. A retired aircraft maintenance officer and Air Force colonel...

Spectacular vortices and contrails! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The good people at Dark Roasted Blend have brought us a wonderful collection of photographs of vortices and contrails produced by aircraft. Here are a few examples to...

NASA Administrator to Speak at Aero Club Luncheon - Sacramento Bee | NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak at the Aero Club of Washington's luncheon on Tuesday, March 27, at 1 pm EDT. Bolden will update the audience on the latest NASA initiatives ...

NASA Astronaut To Visit With Students In The Palmetto State from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Foreman, a veteran of two spaceflights, will spend his day with students at Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Friday, March 30...

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Snowbirds nesting at Waukegan Air Show - Lake County News Sun | But Tuesday's 65-degree weather welcomed a variation from the Great White North to Waukegan Regional Airport — the Royal Canadian Forces Snowbirds, an air demonstration team that is scheduled to be the star attraction at this year's Waukegan Air Show,...
   
Thunder Over Utah puts a buzz in the air - St. George Daily Spectrum | The Blue Angels will be part of the Thunder Over Utah Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. Photo Courtesy of mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr / US Navy ST. GEORGE - It's going to be a busy week in Southern Utah....

Red Arrows air show for Volvo week is shot down - Galway News
There will be no air show as part of the Volvo Race this year. “We'd asked them to be involved and they've not confirmed one way or the other but it is my belief that it (Galway) is not part of the RAF's schedule. It is not part of our programme ...

CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES OF PAN-YEAR 2012 Comments for this picture - Translated | 2012 events program tricolor arrows aerobatic team It 'was officially announced by the Ministry of Defence Staff Air Force calendar of performances of Aerobatic Training Squadron 313 - Tricolour Arrows - Aerobatic Team for 2012. The following dates this year....

One dead in military plane crash in Turkey - Aviation News | A pilot died today (13) when their training aircraft crashed in the province of Konya, in the region of Central Anatolia, Turkey, reported the Doğan news agency. The plane Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, the Air Force in Turkey, fell around noon (local time) on a tractor factory, killing the pilot....

Air display ready for lift-off - This is Grimsby | Festival director and MD of Cleethorpes Air Show Limited, Adam Johnson, said: "Today is the culmination of a lot of hard work from the organising committee and we are delighted that the festival has finally got the green light....
   
Air Force Jet Joins Air Show Lineup - Patch.com | “We are thrilled to welcome back the renowned F-22 to the Bethpage Air Show lineup," said Rose Harvey, the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. "Tri-state area residents are in for a treat with an ...

Women Aviators Recognized at Harriet Quimby Celebration | | Daily Event Blog - Across the Channel:. - www.womenofaviationweek.org | Women of Aviation Worldwide celebrated Harriet Quimby's 1912 English Channel crossing at Headcorn Aerodrome and Le Touquet Airport.

Women in Aviation Are Doing Big Things. Dallas 2012, Nashville 2013. from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | We told you last week about Girls with Wings and the effort they’re putting into inspiring and motivating girls to get involved with aviation. Well this week it’s time for us to wave the flag for another estrogen rich organization with some very aviation friendly goals. We’re talking about Women in Aviation, International. Their International Conference just wrapped up in Dallas, with the next one planned for Nashville in 2013....

The Women Fly it Forward Frederick Recap from Toriaflies | Although her parents always told her she could do anything she put her mind to, Madeleine, age seven, told her father that she didn’t think she could become a pilot because “it was a boy thing”.  So Madeleine’s family came out to Frederick Municipal Airport for the 2nd annual Women Fly it Forward event aimed at introducing women to aviation...

Episode 189 – Darryl Jenkins from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Darryl Jenkins is a seasoned airline analyst, Chairman of the American Aviation Institute, and author of the Handbook of Airline Economics....

In for the Spin! Shot at 1/15th of a second hand held... from TVR Photography.com's Facebook Wall | In for the Spin! Shot at 1/15th of a second hand held, Ken Erickson spins the Oracle Extra 300 earthward at a nauseating rate. An extremely tricky shot not recommended for many people as...

How to take pictures through a canopy from Apron 6 | After taking the Pitts pictures I remembered a blogpost I once wrote for another blog. It was titled: ‘how to take pictures through a canopy’. The Pitts pictures were taken from the Extra 300. Ideal for...

Vulcan from Apron 6 | First Vulcan picture. What an experience to see the Vulcan closing in on us, hearing it’s engines growl and seeing the...

Experimental Plane loses brakes and exits the runway at Atlanta - Translated | Mechanical testing of engines did when they had problem with the brakes. | Without passengers, aircraft suffered damage and stopped lying on the bank. | A model airplane company Boeing 737 Delta Airlines suffered serious damage after escaping from the runway in Atlanta International Airport, one of the world's busiest, officials said on Tuesday (13). A spokesman said the company's mechanics were doing a test when the plane's engines had a problem with the brakes at about 5 am....

The Boneyard Project from Bayou Renaissance Man | A rather 'different' aviation-related art project is on display in Arizona until the end of May....

Truesdale’s Neptune Finds from Travel for Aircraft | Reader John Truesdale is a well traveled person enjoying a well earned retirement. Like many of us he has been fascinated with aircraft from a young age and luckily he has especially sought out the unusual aircraft as his subjects. Equally fortuitous John has...

F-22 Crash Widow Sues Lockheed Martin for Wrongful Death - ABC News | The widow of the F-22 Raptor pilot who died after a malfunction in his jet cut off his oxygen system during a training mission in Alaska is suing the F-22 manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, and other major defense contracting companies for wrongful death,...

Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport Officially Gets The Axe from Aero-News Network | City Informs FAA That The Facility Will Close Pilots in the greater Cincinnati, OH, area are about to lose an airport. Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. has sent a letter to the FAA expressing the city's intention to close Blue Ash Airport no earlier than June 8th....

Dream Prize from Randy's Journal | Most of you know I’m a music lover. That’s why I was thrilled to learn the 787 Dreamliner has taken home the equivalent of a Grammy. The airplane was honored today with the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 2011. This is the pinnacle— one of the most prestigious honors in our...

St. Louis Science Center First Friday in March Offers Space Activities for the Whole Family from The Aero Experience | The St. Louis Science Center hosted its March First Friday event last week as an on-going promotion of Star Trek, The Exhibition.  The monthly event provides a variety of science education activities for all ages in the...

China paving the way for first female taikonaut from NASASpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin | China appears to be on the brink of selecting female taikonaut for the up-coming Shenzhou 9 mission, likely to launch in early June. Following the success of last year’s Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 unmanned docking, 2012 is expected to mark another first, with a crewed Shenzhou-9 set to launch and dock with Tiangong 1....

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History flies into Titusville for airshow - 13 News | History was literally in the air for the TICO Warbird Airshow in Titusville. The airshow is about more than just watching vintage planes fly, it’s a chance to see history like you’ve never seen before. “I think it's just the cool thing to be in to right now. Yeah, actually I just think it goes from young to old. Daddies get little boys into it and growing up and getting excited about it. [But then what about the girls?] Well, it's sexy. You gotta be around airplanes,” said spectator Mary Egner....

Seeley students get sneak peek at air show - Imperial Valley Press | The students who have listened to the near-constant fighter jet fly-bys throughout the last 10 weeks got a sneak peak at today's air show, taking a front seat to watch the final Blue Angels practice before the Navy team's air show season starts....

Yuma skies to thunder Saturday - Yuma Sun | This year's 50th annual Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show will not only wow show-goers with jaw-dropping aerial aerobatic performances, it also marks the marks the 100th anniversary of Marine aviation and air-ground force capabilities....

Steve Miller Band to Rock Airventure | The Steve Miller Band, which has been rocking audiences for two generations, will bring its high-energy show to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Monday, July 23, for the popular opening night concert, presented by Ford Motor Company. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., following the opening day’s air show, and is included with AirVenture admission for that day. The 60th annual edition of EAA AirVenture, “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” is July 23-29. Steve Miller, a Wisconsin native, founded the band in...

F22 Raptor To Perform At Bethpage Air Show - Long Island Exchange | Considered unmatched by any known fighter jet in the U.S. Air Force, Bethpage Federal Credit Union and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation are pleased to announce that the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor will join the lineup to the 2012 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach taking place Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 – 27, 2012....

Just 20k tickets for sale at air show - Deccan Chronicle | With just 20,000 tickets up for sale, only those passionate about the aviation sector should visit the India Aviation 2012, to be held between March 14 and 18, Lt. Col. (retd) Vivek Kodikal, regional director (trade fairs), Ficci, said on Saturday. Lt. Col. Kodikal also said there wouldn’t be...

A-10 Warthogs - Lauderdale Air Show | he A-10 Thunderbolt II, affectionately known as the “Warthog” is a single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) for ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets.  The A-10 was designed around the GAU-8 Avenger, a heavy rotary cannon which...

PHOTOS: Inaugural fly-in / cruise-in a big hit at Naples airport - Naples News | Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology outdid themselves as their inaugural Fly-in / Cruise-in was a tremendous hit. Naples Municipal Airport was the place to be Saturday March 10, 2012. If you love...

Pilots 'Fly It Forward' at Gowen Field - KTVB | Saturday was a beautiful day for flying, especially for 50 women and girls who have never experienced flight before. The women had the opportunity to fly for free as part of an effort to "Fly it Forward."  Fly it Forward is the Women of Aviation International's annual celebration of women's history of flight....

Proud pilots - Tulsa World | Pilot Doug Rozendaal with the Commemorative Air Force stands on the restored P-51 Mustang that he flew in for display Friday outside the Tulsa Air and Space Museum. The plane is part of a three-month celebration of the Tuskegee Airmen....

Old Stead Footage - AAFO | ...it's 1966, the first year at Stead. Great footage! Chuck Hall in the soon-to-be Red Baron, E.D. Weiner, Sandy Falconer, Chuck Klussman, Darryl Greenamyer, and some guy named Shelton in a big yellow Sea Fury!...

Local CEO to Talk At Air Museum - The Ledger | Scott Franklin, the CEO of Lanier Upshaw in Lakeland, will speak at the Florida Air Museum at the Sun n' Fun Fly-In at 7 p.m. Thursday.  He is scheduled to speak about flying carrier jets during his time with United States Navy....

Act of Valor Night Parachute Jump from TAKEOFF TUBE | First person view of Act of Valor during night parachute jump landing in downtown.

Island Hopping in Hawaii (Part 2) from TJ's Flying Adventures | After an exciting intro to island flying, the next couple of days provided more amazing scenery and even more challenging flight conditions....

Montebello 2012 - Vintage Wings of Canada | Last year at the Challenger Owners Association annual ski-plane rendezvous at the historic Chateau Montebello resort hotel on the frozen shores of the Ottawa River, Vintage Wings of Canada launched the 2011 Yellow Wings trans-Canada Tour with our first-ever winter mission. Last year, we tried it with only our de Havilland Tiger Moth, and the response was jubilant and positive. So, this year we are running the Yellow Wings tour eastward to our Atlantic region - a less ambitious affair, but this year we got the program off to a much bigger start, launching three of...

In Praise of The Squadron Pooch - Vintage Wings of Canada | When I was a child, when dogs were free-range, when days were forever and being inside was prison, I knew a German Shepherd dog named Sheba. Sheba was massive, collarless, dirty with oil from sleeping under a dump truck at night and frightening to strangers, but she was profoundly and warmly gentle with our group of neighbourhood children. At night she guarded wrecked truck carcasses and parts heaps in the back lot of Corkery's Cartage and by day she was free to wander... like we were. She was protective, omnipresent, playful and she gave us confidence to roam onto neighbouring turf where gangs of "Frenchies" were always looking for a fight. Calling our rivals this name was....

RMAF Museum: Preserving a Part of Our Aviation History - azuanzahdi.com | I have always wanted to visit the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Museum. For a good 3 years (2007-2010), I drove passed the museum every morning on the way to work and I kept telling myself that one day I’ll stop by and check out what the museum has...

New FAI Records for Electric Flight - cafefoundation.org | Jean Luc Soullier of Belgium claimed three world records for electric aircraft in the FAI RAL1E (microlight electric, single place, landplane with moveable aerodynamic controls) sub-class on February 2, 2012 at Sisteron, France – home of Electravia. All three records are being scrutinized by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale....

Awesome New Pics of China’s Stealth Fighter from Defense Tech by John Reed | It’s time for some weekend eye candy. Check out these wild photos of China’s J-20 stealth fighter pulling some serious turns and rolls. It’s about time we posted some fresh pics of the J-20. Click through the jump for more great pictures of the gigantic weapons truck (I mean fighter). Keep in mind that the...

Plane Hits Cows When They Fail to Mooove Off Venezuela Runway from NYCAviation.com | An Aserca Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 hit two cows while landing in Venezuela this week, killing both bovines and significantly damaging the jet....

Multiple simultaneous parallel T-Os from Pilots of America Message Board by Let'sgoflying! | Experiment conducted in Toronto

Boulder-built Kepler spacecraft wins Aviation Week Laureate Award - Daily Camera | NASA’s Kepler mission has been named winner of the 2012 Aviation Week Laureate Award in the Space category, announced last week at the 55th annual black-tie awards dinner in Washington, D.C.  Launched on March 6, 2009, the Kepler spacecraft, which was built by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace, has detected more than 2,300 planet candidates and confirmed 61 as planets. The early findings contain well over 200 Earth-size planet candidates and...