Outback air spectacular to fill the sky - ABC Local | By John Casey (Multiplatform Reporter). The 
2013 U.S. Scale Masters Championship | Model Aviation - www.modelaviation.com | Throughout the United States and Canada Scale pilots competed to earn a spot to fly at 34th U.S. Scale Masters Championship. After countless hours building and flying, pilots who earned the right to participate at the U.S. Scale Masters Championship descended upon Davis CA October 10-13 2013. The 40...
Lincoln pupils finish challenge for Red Arrows pilot - The Lincolnite | Pupils from Priory Witham Academy joined members of the RAF Mountaineering Association, ex Red Arrows and other pilots for a challenging climb up Kinder Scout in the Peak District. Alongside school children from Norfolk and Dorset, the group climbed four separate routes to the summit where they put up a banner and released balloons...
SUNDERLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD - Sky | THE EVENT Company that creates and manages major events in Sunderland will be flying the flag for the city at the region’s biggest tourism awards next month. Sunderland International Airshow, organised by Sunderland Live, has been nominated for the Tourism Event of the Year Award at the...
Joseph Philip Gomer - Duluth News Tribune | ...In 1942, at the age of 22, he enlisted in the Army Air Force, and was sent for flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. Joseph married Elizabeth Caperton on March 12, 1949, and had two daughters. After many years in the military, and living throughout the world, they made Duluth their final home in 1963....
Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the mother country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...
The Freeman Field Recovery Team To be Featured On National Geographic’s Diggers · Warbirds News | The Freeman Field Recovery Team will begin filming with the producers of National Geographic’s Diggers. The episode is scheduled to be filmed for mid-November and should air in February 2014. The Diggers team will assist Freeman Field Recovery Team s in detecting and recovering deeper objects in the vicinity of the parts-pit. Blood Hound Underground and Foster Brothers Excavating will continue their masterful work at the site....
Boeing Flies F-15SA From St. Louis Today in Preparation for Next Phase of Flight Testing - The 
Aero Experience Exclusive! | The Boeing Company flew the F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle today from its facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The aircraft, accompanied by a Boeing Super Hornet chase plane, took off from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport just after 2pm and landed an hour later. The flight is the first of a series of test flights to be conducted from St. Louis prior to the aircraft flying to Edwards AFB, CA for further test flights. The Aero Experience was there to capture the takeoff and landing of the F-15SA and its Super Hornet chase plane:
Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013 - Photorecon.net | The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to a new mission in a new type of aircraft. The “Flying Yankees” publically unveiled their first of eight C-130H Hercules transports on Saturday October 5th. The ceremony featured a...
Sydney sunset - Flight Image of the Day | One from Rex Features here, showing Royal Australian Air Force aircraft – like as not Pilatus PC-9s – displaying over Sydney Harbour. The show was to mark 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy fleet first entered the waterway.
Young Pilot Fires Up Crowd With Special Flyover - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | October 16, 2013 - Jack Lindsay, 18, a senior at Hudsonville High School, Michigan, helped pump up his fellow students at the school's homecoming last week when he and two other pilots did a ceremonial flyby before its Friday night football game against Grand Haven. It was Jack's idea to do something special after becoming a certificated private pilot in late August. "I'm one of the super fans," he explained, describing students who dress up crazy and lead cheers for the home team Eagles. Jack, EAA 1093155, has also been fanatical about aviation as long as he can remember....
Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
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Air racer sets climb record - Press Democrat | Will Whiteside, the former airline pilot whose day job is flying members of Sonoma County's prominent Trione and Codding families wherever they need to go, has always been a fast climber. Whiteside, 40, just raised his own bar. Taking off from the Charles Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, he and his race team set four world records this week by pushing their Romanian-built fighter — named Steadfast — to great heights in very little time....
Dixie State College Welcomes the US Navy Blue Angels to Campus March 16th - KCSG | In conjunction with the upcoming “Thunder Over Utah” Air Show in Utah’s Dixie March 17-18, 2012, Dixie State College of Utah will welcome the United States Navy Blue Angels to campus for a special 
Upside Down Navy - Strategy Page | Members of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels perform a diamond formation maneuver during a ...
Steve Miller Band to play EAA AirVenture 2012 - Fox11online | OSHKOSH - The Steve Miller Band will be performing next to some big ol' jet airliners at EAA AirVenture 2012. The rock group will hit the stage during the first day of the aviation convention. That's Monday, July 23rd. No other details about the concert are being released at this time....
You're Invited: from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Tea/Coffee/Flight For Control | Saturday March 3, 2012 | 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. | CityU-Cafeteria | 11900 NE First St. Bellevue, WA 98005 | Due to the overwhelming success of Flight For Control, I have been invited to speak at City University with Zonta of East King County: Advancing the Status of Women Worldwide. And would love for you to join me...
Planes, trains & automobiles - Sun Gazette | ...He bravely flew aboard B-17 bombers during World War II, but would rather share time with his son building model airplanes than telling war stories. No matter what the task, Charles Kirkman gladly accepted the challenge and gracefully 
Rip your canopy, by Nicholas Batsch, NZ aerosport Athlete from Bonjour BlueSky
Honoring 50 safe years in the air from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Since its inception in 2007, more than 2,000 pilots have received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the FAA. The award, which recognizes 50 years of accident-free flying, consolidated several similar pilot awards, such as the Golden Eagle Award, that had been presented by various Flight Standards District Offices over the years. The award includes a certificate and pin. In addition,...
Comper Swift C.L.A. 7 - a tiny racer with big performance by shortfinals | The Shuttleworth Trust at Old Warden, Bedfordshire is a truly remarkable place. The grass airfield – with possibly a few visiting aircraft and microlights parked up - and the shop and cafe near the entrance give no indication whatsoever of the treasures contained in the series of plain hangars in front of the visitor. In one of the hangars you will find a rare racer – the Comper C.L.A. 7 Swift, G-ACTF. Nicholas Comper got his start in aviation with the...
Monocoupe - Video featuring a CA based Monocoupe from Another Time by Dan Linn | I am a big fan of the Monocoupe line of vintage aircraft and found this video over on the Antique Airfield web site. Take the eight minutes and watch if you love vintage airplanes and especially the Monocoupe. The featured Monocoupe is based in Sonoma, CA....
The PT-17 Stearman N2S-3 964 from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Now home at the AZ 
F-22 Pilots Still Report Hypoxia-like Symptoms from AVweb Top News | There has been a recent spike in reports of hypoxia-like symptoms by pilots of the F-22 Raptor -- an oxygen delivery problem on a Raptor contributed to a fatal crash two years ago. Over the past six months nine pilots have reported hypoxia-like symptoms while flying the roughly $147 million (excluding development costs) per copy jet. Three of those incidents were reported in the last two weeks by pilots at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- the same base associated with the fatal crash....
Bell XP-77 Lightweight Fighter & Proposed Successor from Military Photos | Check out this 
Nazi Secrets: WWII planes buried under Seymour, Ind., airport - WDRB | Searchers in Seymour, Indiana, look underground for some of the secrets of World War II -- Nazi secrets, to be precise. The Allies shipped Nazi planes to Freeman Field so pilots and engineers could fly them, take them apart, and put them back together again....
A380 Night Landing – Ultra Cool Cockpit View from Flight Monkeys | Not everyone gets the experience of sitting in the front office of a widebody jet as it slides along from the inner marker to touchdown at a major International Airport. Well, here’s your chance. This Airbus 380 is preparing to touch down at Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB). Maybe it’s the pretty colored...
Astronaut visits aviation school - WZZM | Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabrielle Giffords, visited Grand Rapids today. Kelly met with students at the West Michigan Aviation Academy before speaking at a business leadership forum with the governor. He captained the Space Shuttle Endeavour on its final mission last year. We asked him about his wife, Gabby, who survived a gunshot wound to the head 14-months ago....
Space Shuttle Discovery to Join Smithsonian Collection - dcist.com | Big news for all you space nerds: as we noted last year, the space shuttle Discovery will join the Smithsonian's collection in April. But even better, the AP reports today that NASA got the permits to fly a 747 with the shuttle strapped on it over the U.S. Capitol, allowing anyone in the city with a good view of the sky to get quite the view of it....
Sunday, January 29, 2012
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Airshow a roaring success - SunLive | “It's been a great airshow – there's no two ways about it.” Tauranga City Airshow 'Classics of the Sky' co-director Andrew Gormlie made the comment as the 2012 event finished following a mock attack of the Tauranga Airport airstrip....
Air club member enjoys airshow - SunLive | Garry Cole, left, Jack Cole and Barbara Cole enjoying the aerobatics at the Classics of the Sky Airshow in Tauranga. Barbara, Garry and Jack Cole decided to come to the Classics of the Sky Airshow to see the aerobatics and enjoy the day....
Tuskegee Airmen commander served with honor - lohud.com | Oftentimes the course of history returns to remind us of bittersweet memories. In July 1944, on an American airbase in Corsica, a squadron of P51 Mustang Fighter Planes buzzed our runway then landed. These aircraft were not assigned to our airbase, for none of our aircraft was trimmed with red tails....
Aerial pioneer: Latest movie on Tuskegee Airmen real life for friends and family of aviator - The Dispatch | ...He never spoke much about his life as an airman, not to her anyway. She knew of the famous squadron's aviation prowess and its role in helping break the barriers of racial discrimination within the U.S. military. But for the most part, Temple kept his accomplishments -- and his travails -- to himself....
Tuskeegee Airmen Exhibit at NC Aviation Museum - WFMY News | Coinciding with the release of 
the movie "Red Tails" about the Tuskegee Airmen, there is an exhibit of memorabilia from the Tuskegee Airmen on display at the North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black pilots to fly for the US Army, while it was still segregated....
Our Legacy: The Freeman Field mutiny - The Captial | It was April 5, 1945 when the 477th Medium Bombardment Group arrived at Freeman Air Force Base, Seymour, Ind. At Freeman the final phase of training would ensue before the 477th would join their comrades in either the European or Pacific theaters during World War II. The 477th Medium Bombardment Group was the third phase of development of the Tuskegee Airmen....
Some great aviation footage from Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip, taken from the cockpit, shows Airbus airliners landing and taking off at various South American airports. It's a fascinatingly different look at the process, particularly the vista of the towns and cities spreading out as the aircraft nears the airfields, and the way the pilots use the side-mounted control sticks of the Airbus to maneuver the plane. You can see clearly how...
USAF loses 6 fighter squadrons, 27 C-5As, and 65 C-130s in latest round of budget cuts - Aero Pacific | The US Air Force will eliminate six fighter squadrons, divest the L-3 Communications C-27J and retire 27 Lockheed Martin C-5As and 65 ageing C-130s under a new round of sweeping budget cuts announced on 26 January. The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk procurement will also be truncated, while the Block 40 variant of the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle will be increased....
BAT - The Unwanted Blog | A publicity photo of the BAT (Bell Advanced Tiltrotor), a circa 1984 
An Infrequent Flyer goes to Europe - Podcasts - Plane Crazy Down Under | There’s been a few delays in getting our first episode for 2012 out but what can you expect with the Summer heat to enjoy and games...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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Turkey vultures delayed some air show takeoffs - TBO | TAMPA --Turkey vultures at MacDill Air Force Base delayed takeoff for some F-16s at Sunday's air show, according to the event's Facebook page. Turkey vultures and black vultures are fairly common the Tampa area, but it isn't like the community has been overrun by the birds, said Gary Morse, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, he said....
Local pilot remembered at airshow in Monroe - WSOCTV | MONROE, N.C. -- Thousands gathered Sunday at the Warriors and Warbird Airshow to pay tribute to a Cornelius pilot who died in a West Virginia airshow crash in September. Jack Mangan was slated to perform at the airshow in Monroe, but instead pilots took to the skies in his memory. Mangan had been a member of Trojan Horsemen, an aerobatic demonstration team....
Red Arrows pilot injured at RAF Scampton - BBC | A Red Arrows pilot has been injured at the aerobatic team's base at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, the BBC understands. Full details have not yet emerged, but it is believed the incident happened on the ground, not in the air. An MoD source has confirmed one pilot has been taken to Lincoln County Hospital. Police have confirmed they are attending an incident at RAF Scampton....
Historic plane makes stop in Tyler - KLTV | TYLER, TX (KLTV) - It was a symbol of US air power during World War II-- The B-17 Bomber. Very few exist today, but one restored relic of that war is in Tyler for display, and in some cases flights. KLTV 7's own Bob Hallmark got to experience the flight of the Flying Fortress and meet with veterans who climbed into this plane for the first time in decades. Called the aluminum overcast and restored through EAA aviation, the B-17 took...
Ride a vintage biplane in Waialua - Hawaii Business | Snap roll. Hammer head. Cuban eight. The aerobatic maneuvers that pilot Bruce Clements teases from his vintage biplanes may sound gut wrenching, but this is one of the most pleasant thrill rides you’ll find...
Air show helps students relate to war - KXAN | Pilots fly over Hutto schools for Veteran's Day | HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - Several vintage World War II bombers took over the tarmac at the Georgetown airport Monday, along with airplanes spotted doing fancy formations at air shows across the country. It was the official meeting spot before taking off for Hutto Independent School District 's 8th annual Veteran's Day celebration, which...
Freeman Field Recovery Team | This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Our thanks to the Freeman Army Airfield Museum who provided the video.
Wounded Missouri Veterans Honored - Ozarks First | ... Rowden, an Army Air Corps veteran who was taken prisoner after his B-17 bomber was shot down in Europe, was among four local veterans honored with a Silver Star banner from Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday in recognition of the upcoming Veterans' Day holiday....
Women in Aviation Concorde Chapter Holds Successful Meeting at Brooklands Museum - WAI Connect | WAI members of the Concorde Chapter met at Brooklands Museum in Cobham, Surrey, England, on the 5th of November to share information, award scholarships, and to network. "I learned to network from a founding board member of Women in Aviation, International back in 1997, at the first international conference that I attended," says Chapter President Jane Middleton. Her opening speech focused not just on how to network, but also, how to follow up, and how to have...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announces second annual student writing competition - USAF | 11/8/2011 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will hold its second annual Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, providing students the opportunity to develop positive academic and character qualities and to showcase their writing talents while vying for scholarship funds. The competition is open to public, private school or homeschooled...
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KSC encourage employees to apply for the latest astronaut class - NASA Spaceflight | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) employees have been encouraged to apply for NASA’s latest astronaut class, as the transition from purchased seats on Russian Soyuz vehicles to the International Space Station (ISS), to the fleet of commercial vehicle options in the middle of the decade, and eventually with Orion and the Space Launch System (SLS), picks up....
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Holloman air show to honor past, inspire future - Alamogordo Daily News | HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE - The official name for the 2011 Holloman Air Show and Open House has been confirmed. The "Legacy of Liberty" 2011 Air Show, scheduled for Oct. 8, will honor service members of the past ...
Student flies high with award winning aerobatic pilot - WWAY NewsChannel 3 | WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The Coastal Carolina Airshow is this weekend at the Wilmington International Airport. A Holly Shelter Middle School eighth grader got the chance of a lifetime to fly with one of the show's aerobatic pilots. ...
Wings Over Desert wows spectators - Arizona Daily Star | Jeff Olmstead and Sam Egan prepare a plane for takeoff during the annual Wings Over the Desert military aircraft fly-in and swap meet. About 50 people from Tucson and outside the state attended ...
Australian International Airshow a success in 2011 - Australian Flying | Organisers of the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport have revealed overall attendance and participation numbers for this year's event. Held at Victoria's Avalon Airport from March 1-6, the numbers show that Avalon 2011 was an ...
Not just another mission: Doolittle Raiders reflect on bombing run to Japan - Lincoln Journal Star | This week, the last five surviving Doolittle Raiders have come to Nebraska to mark the 69th anniversary of the mission. Events in their honor will be held Thursday through Sunday in Lincoln, Omaha and at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland. ...
"Fifi" by Randy Rothhaar | Spent the past couple days shooting the only airworthy B-29 Superfortress "Fifi" and the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing at the Deer Valley Airport in Arizona...will be spending the next few weeks editing images from all the 2011 airshows so far until the next one in May
Freeman Field Recovery UPDATE – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday from WarbirdRadio.com | THURSDAY – David Gray from the Freeman Field Recovery Team joins us with an update on their upcoming dig. Tune in and hear all the details at 10am (EASTERN) this Thursday morning on Warbird Radio LIVE. For more information on the Freeman Field Recovery Team just [...]
WORK on restoring a former military fast jet has started.- This is Lincolnshire | The Newark Air Museum's Lightning T5 is being restored and given a fresh coat of paint ahead of plans to have it on more prominent display. The Lightning T5 was a supersonic jet trainer used by the RAF to train interceptor pilots to fly at Mach 2, ...
Burt Rutan Makes Retirement Official from Aero-News Network | Quietly Left Scaled Composites April 1st There are five of his airplanes hanging in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. One of them flew around the world on one tank of gas. One was the first non-government-built spacecraft to fly to the very fringe of space ... twice.
Former Thunderbirds pilot survives harrowing ordeal over Lake Mead - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Tyrone Douglas flew lead solo for the Thunderbirds air demonstration team in 2009. Air Force Photo By Keith Rogers When Air Force Maj. Tyrone Douglas took off Friday from North Las Vegas Airport in his privately owned experimental airplane, ...
Yuri's Night at Hampton - Space Ref | Hampton Roads residents will have the chance to celebrate that and another historic space anniversary during "Yuri's Night" at the Virginia Air & Space Center on April 16, 2011, from 7 pm to midnight. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human ...
School Vacation at the Air Museum; "Flaming Guns" and "The Tourist" in ... - Patch.com | School vacation activities at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks include workshops on how to build a parachute. Courtesy New England Air Museum Build a model airplane; take the pilot's seat in an ...
EAA Chapter 1359 Young Eagles Day "Kids Fly For Free Day" - Saugerties Post Star
By Anonymous Proudly present their annual Young Eagles Fly For Free Day on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 9am -1pm at the Kingston Ulster Airport, Kingston, NY. Young Eagles Event is for kids 8-17. rain date 5/15 same times The EAA Young Eagles program ...
Houston, We Have No Shuttle from Aero-News Network | Johnson Space Center Director Says He Is "Disappointed" While there was a lot of celebration in the cities selected for display of one of NASA's retiring space shuttles, Houston, home of the Johnson Space Flight Center, did not get to join the party.
Historic space capsule sells for $US2.9 million - Sydney Morning Herald | The Ivanovich mannequin has been on exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum since 1997 after being purchased at Sotheby's at a Russian space history auction. Sotheby's had estimated the test capsule would sell for anywhere from $US2 ...
