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GEICO Skytypers to Perform at Atlantic City Airshow Equipped with NuShield ... * PR Newswire | GEICO Skytypers to Perform at Atlantic City Airshow Equipped with NuShield DayVue Films. Share with LinkedIn. Skytyper GPS with NuShield DayVu (PRNewsFoto/NuShield, Inc.) The GEICO Skytypers are set to perform at the Atlantic City Air Show on Aug....

Military 'Re-Treat': Airshow returns with military acts * Press of Atlantic City | Three factors seem to have contributed to the drop in attendance at last year's Thunder Over the Boardwalk Atlantic City Airshow. One was the change in schedule from the usual month of August to June — when many kids weren't quite out of school yet...

Mike Wiskus will be among the best shredding the sky over NE Iowa * Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Wiskus, 55, lives in Minnesota but is a native of Iowa. He was born in Iowa City, attended Linn-Mar schools in Marion and graduated from high school in Mason City. He purchased his first aerobatic airplane about 25 years ago from Marion "Pro" Prohaska...

Snowbirds lift spirits with performance * Peace Arch News | As the City of White Rock prepares to welcome a return of the Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team, a local man is sharing his story about living with Crohn's disease. Wednesday's performance over Semiahmoo Bay is aimed at increasing awareness of the...

Interview with Karen Morrison about her Army Career. * US Army Golden Knights | Interview with Karen Morrison about her Army Career and how she overcame a learning disability. She talks about skydiving and landing on the back of a bass boat...

Port Huron's Shelby Bixler soars with Army's Golden Knights * Port Huron Times Herald | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shelby Bixler is excited to perform with the Golden Knights Parachute Team in front of her family this weekend at in Ypsilanti. “This is the first time my family will be able to able to see me perform. I was accepted to in the ...

Time-travelling at 2014 Islay Airshow * For Argyll | All eyes up – a vintage aircraft used to train generations of Cold War fighter pilots for the RAF is one of the star attractions at the 2014 Islay Airport Open Day and Airshow. The Percival Jet Provost entered service in the early 1950s as a military...

Quad City Air Show Aug. 9-10 * Quad-Cities Online | The awarding winning and nationally recognized Quad City Air Show, besides being featured on the History Channel in the Modern Marvels program titled "Air Shows" being featured in the first ever book written by aviation author Erik Hildebrandt about ...

Montgomery Aviation slates Open House and Fly-In this Saturday at KTYQ · General Aviation News | ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – Montgomery Aviation, the FBO at Indianapolis Executive Airport (KTYQ) will host the eighth annual open house, fly-an, and air race on Saturday, Aug. 9. In addition to many family friendly activities, the event will combine with the Sport Air Racing League’s Indy Air Race, sponsored by Aerodine Composites. This is the fourth year that the Indy Air Race has been held at Indy Exec airport featuring aircraft of all types competing in a timed cross country trek around Central Indiana....

AirFest to encourage Scouts to consider STEM careers * The Herald-News | AirFest coordinator Ken McCafferty said the event is a culmination of two years of working with Lewis University, the Joliet Regional Port District and the National Weather Service to establish what he called the largest gathering of Scouts in the area...

Wings, Wheels, Rotors & Expo · The Kathryn Report | Event Date: Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 9:00am - 4:00pm This year’s Wings, Wheels & Rotors Event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Joint Forces Training Base at 11200 Lexington Drive in Los Alamitos. WWRE is an annual open exhibition and family event hosted by the California National Guard, Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) and the Los Alamitos Area Chamber of...

A family airshow for all ages * Tillsonburg News | Promising superb aerial acts with both power and speed in the air, the 2014 Ontario South Coast Airshow lineup, August 23rd at the Tillsonburg Regional Airport, will also have a touch of comedy to keep everyone entertained and on the edge of their...

Annual Chetek Fly-in, Boat Rally this Sunday * Chetekalert | Those who enjoy vintage boats and aircraft should be sure to attend the annual Chetek Fly-in and Boat Rally Sunday, Aug. 10, from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Chetek Municipal Airport. The event will feature an array of wooden, Chetek- and...

Award winning planes at fly-in * Mille Lacs County Times | Fresh off his second consecutive year of winning at one of the largest airplane events in the country last weekend, Dave Smith will bring out his two award-winning planes this Sunday for the annual Milaca Airport Fly-in Breakfast. Joining Smith's...

Public invited to fly-in breakfast * Wallowa County Cheiftain | The fourth annual Wallowa County Fly-in Breakfast, hosted by the Wallowa County Pilots Association and the Chief Joseph Flying Club, begins at 7 a.m. and also features free airplane rides to the first 25 people who sign up on-site. The event lasts ...

Palavas famous 60-year history of the Patrouille de France * Translated | ...Since then, the Patrol is the symbol of excellence and professionalism of the Air Force and the ambassador of the French aeronautics. Every summer for several years, Palavas-les-Flots is proud to welcome the iconic acrobatic training during the summer. Airshow August 8, from 13 h 25.

"East Wind" UCAP #361-india · Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | In this final UCAP Daily from OSH14, Jack and Jeb spend a few final minutes out on the grass beside Jeb's plane, recalling the events of this (mostly) great year at AirVenture 2014. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded August 4, 2014.

OSH14: Saturday August 2 - Cessna 195 Heading Home (CoolPix) · AirPigz | I spent some time out by 18/36 on Saturday morning watching a long string of wonderful aircraft taxi out and then takeoff on their way home. It was obvious that attendance at OSH14 was up dramatically in both people and airplanes, and that included a lot more aircraft still on the grounds Friday. But Saturday morning saw a lot of departures as people left the dream-like world of OSH to return to the real world...

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RIAT 2014 · Let Let Let - Warplanes This year’s Royal International Air Tattoo – Fairford celebrated the 50th Display Season of the Royal Air Force – Red Arrows as well as the 40th anniversary of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Hawk jet trainer.The Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning ll Joint Strike Fighter was due to make its first...

CAF Warbird Ride Program, More Than Just a Flight · WarbirdsNews | When the CAF Dixie Wing travels to air shows, rides events and celebrations, our dedicated group of volunteers – mechanics, ground crew, pilots, ride sales and more – are lucky to hear some of the greatest stories of “why” someone wants to fly in our P-51 Mustang, SBD Dauntless or LT-6. Sometimes it’s a “bucket list” item after a long career of flying airliners, a log book entry for future bragging rights, a childhood dream or someone who last sat in one of these historic aircraft in their youth while serving their country 70 years previously. It’s the reason we volunteer. We...

B-24 nose gunner William Deary reunited with rare, airworthy Liberator heavy ... * The Kalamazoo Gazette | The B-24A that Deary toured is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization committed to preserving and displaying historic aircraft throughout the United States. The CAF, based in Texas, sends certain aircraft in their...

“I was sitting on top of a flying A-6” The story of a lucky Intruder crew member who survived a partial ejection from a KA-6D · The Aviationist | ...On that day, Lt. Mark Baden and Lt. Keith Gallagher, who were the pilot and the bombardier and navigator (BN) of the Intruder “Lizard 515”, experienced a very unusual incident: a partial ejection from the aircraft. Both the crew members released their accounts of the mishap to Approach Magazine in November 1991 and the full story is today reported on www.gallagher.com....

The story of the pilot who flew the North American X-15 experimental rocket aircraft at the edge of outer space · The Aviationist | ...The U.S. Air Force pilots who flew the X-15 to altitudes above 50 miles all received Astronaut Wings, but NASA decided not to give the same award to the civilian pilots who made the same achievement, a decision that caused controversy within the aerospace community as explained by John Anderson and Richard Passman in their book X-15 The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots who Ushered in the Space Age....

Happy Birthday To The Grumman TBF Avenger · WarbirdsNews By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC The Grumman TBF Avenger flew for the first time seventy-three years ago today. Grumman’s Avenger (built by General Motors / Eastern Aircraft as the TBM) was the most important American torpedo bomber of World War II. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor prompted Grumman officials to name their new aircraft the “Avenger” and it first saw combat during the Battle of Midway. Despite a...

Air Boss Debut Reaches Number One on iTunes Reality TV Charts * AviationPros.com | Los Angeles, CA – August 6, 2014 — FourPoints Television announced that its latest hit reality docuseries Air Boss reached number one on the iTunes Reality TV charts on Saturday, just hours after its online debut. Air Boss is a spinoff of FourPoints...

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Incoming! Blue Angels zooming over downtown Nashville tomorrow * Nashville Business Journal (blog) | If you're working in downtown Nashville tomorrow, it might be hard to hear during that mid-morning meeting or conference call — or focus on it at all. The famed Blue Angels air squadron will fly over part of downtown Thursday for a photo shoot. At...

17th annual Pylon Racing Seminar flies into Reno * KRNV My News 4 | RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) -- The Reno Air Racing Association announced this week that a record number of pilots and planes will take to the famed Reno Air Race course for the first time in 2014 during the 17th annual National Championship Air...

Thunder Over Utah to feature state aircraft enthusiast * St. George Daily Spectrum | Shortly afterward, Wursten bought his first aerobatic plane and has been flying aerobatics for 10 years. Although Wursten is a newcomer to the air show scene, the high-energy and high-speed aerobatics he performs are nothing short of aggressive and ...

Vulcan in full effect at Bournemouth · UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | It’s the news everyone has been waiting to hear – Air Festival organisers have confirmed the Avro Vulcan XH558 will be bringing its awesome roar to Bournemouth this August. Thanks to a collective effort by Merley House, Vulcan to Bournemouth and Vulcan enthusiast Stephen Young Lord of Westbury and Waxham, the only airworthy example of the classic Cold War bomber has been funded for a single appearance on Saturday 30th August....

Videos: Skip Stewart Flies UNDER Jumping Motorcycle... Or Is It Cody Elkins Jumps OVER Flying Airplane!?! · AirPigz | This well executed stunt last weekend at the Cameron Airshow between airplane (Skip Stewart) and motorcycle (Cody Elkins) is extremely impressive... but I think I like the view of Skip flying over the camera and making a mountain of smoke just as much!

SEE IT: FMX bike rider jumps over airplane in Missouri air show stunt * New York Daily News | The video features a unique stunt at the 2014 Cameron Air Show in Cameron, Mo., last weekend. FMX jumper Cody Elkins rides his bike along a ramp and jumps high in the air as a modified Pitts special single engine biplane, piloted by Skip Stewart ...

Congratulations to Bob Johansen, GEICO Skytypers... · The International Council of Air Shows | Congratulations to Bob Johansen, GEICO Skytypers and the latest winner of the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award that recognizes pilots for their half-century of aviation safety.

Midwest Airport Fun Days Provides Aviation Experiences for Visitors · Midwest Airport Fun Days concluded the first annual event at St. Louis Downtown Airport with cloudy but dry weather following a stormy Saturday afternoon. The ramp in front of Ideal Aviation and The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum was full of warbirds and fly-ins, and visitors were...

Nebraska Fly-In a huge success * York News-Times | ... June 11, 2014 12:00 am. Nebraska Fly-In a huge success By News-Times Staff York News-Times. YORK – Despite cooler weather, hundreds of people turned out this past weekend for the Nebraska State Fly-In at the York Municipal Airport. The fly-in event...

Organizers call county air show a success * The Henderson Daily News | A crowd of just over 2,000 enjoyed sun, food and plenty of vintage airplanes during the Rusk County Air Show and Fly-in Saturday at the Rusk County Airport. Rusk County Airport Manager Ron Franks and his volunteer team were lauded by the Rusk County ...

Folkestone Airshow may not return * Folkestone Herald | THE future of the Folkestone Airshow is unknown after the organisers admitted making a loss. About 180,000 people came to the event on Saturday and Sunday, watching the likes of the world-famous Red Arrows and Breitling Wingwalkers. A ticketed concert...

Concord to Pennsylvania: Female pilots' cross-country air race begins June 16 * Contra Costa Times | The Air Race Classic is not just the only cross-country air race for women, it's the only cross-country air race that exists. "In today's reality of races, yes, we have the Reno Air Races, which are very exciting, but that's a closed loop," said Dianne ...

Payette pilot competes in oldest air race * Ontario Argus Observer | Local pilot Brenda Carter, Payette, will soar across the country in her team's small aircraft competing in the 2014 Air Race Classic this summer which begins June 16 in Concord, Calif. and spans over 2,338 nautical miles. Racers will undergo briefings ...

China To Host Cross-Continent Air Race * Flying Magazine | Pilots of light piston airplanes are being invited to participate in the epic air race next year from Istanbul to the Chinese coast. September's qualifying race will cover a course from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, cutting across the heart of China to Xian ...

WWII bomber draws crowd to Cheektowaga By News 4 Digital Staff | CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – “Diamond Lil,” the world’s oldest flying bomber, is drawing a crowd to Prior Aviation in Cheektowaga. Some World War II veterans were at the site on Tuesday, which is where we met Silviu Dan. He was an aerial gunner on another B-24 during the War....

Lee Matthews Takes A Flight on the B-17 Used In The Movie Memphis Belle-You ... * KTOK | Bookmark and Share. RSS. Posted Wednesday, June 11th 2014 @ 12pm. Have a look at my video blog of a flight I recently took on an authentically restored B-17. So authentic it was used in the movie Memphis Belle! It was definitely a bucket list item for ...

PHOTOS: Warbirds soar over Reading at 24th annual World War II weekend * The Mercury | Robert Wood, of Phoenix, Ariz.; June Otto of Douglassville; and Ryan Wood, of Phoenix, Ariz., pose with their flag that has been around the world at the 24th Annual World War II Weekend and Airshow at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held June 6, 7, 8 ...

Hot air balloons to soar during Van Wert County Fair * Van Wert independent | Jerry Mazur, organizer of the Hot Air Fest, a successor to the former Hot Air Affair created by the Van Wert Area Jaycees several decades ago, noted that, while financial constraints made having a third edition of the festival a non-starter, he helped ...

We've Got Your Six, Hero · Voices From The DC-3 | The formation of ten wheelchairs lined the jet bridge as we disembarked in Dallas after the flight from Paris. After ten hours folded into an economy seat, I no longer felt the need to complain about my minor aches and fatigue upon seeing that reminder. For each chair in that lineup represented a man who had survived D’Embarquement--D-Day--and the ensuing 70 years. Each one had made the journey to France for the 70th anniversary of the invasion, and each was flying back home on American Airlines Flight 49 that day...

The Kansas City B-25 Factory * Air & Space Magazine | This hastily constructed plant produced 6,608 bombers during World War II

Daedalus D-Day 70th Airmen & Airborne Memorial Service – Lee-on-the-Solent – 3 June 2014 | Avpics * Avpics - Phil Whalley | A memorial service was held at the Civic War Memorial on the Lee-on-the-Solent seafront in the evening of 3 June to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of D-Day – one of many such events each side of the Channel. The Memorial is located just a few hundred yards from HMS Daedalus, an airfield which played a major part in the embarkation of troops for ‘Operation Overlord’. Much of the...

Timeless Voices - Harold Olsen · eaavideo.org | Harold Olsen (1921-2009) was a B-17 copilot with the 95th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force during World War II. His plane was shot down on his very first mission, March 16, 1944, and Harold become a POW in Stalag Luft III for the duration of the war.

AMELIA EARHART EXPEDITION TO SOUTH PACIFIC WILL INCLUDE CRUCIAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT * Tighar | OXFORD, Pennsylvania, June 6, 2012 — The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) is expanding the mission of its 2014 underwater search for Amelia Earhart’s aircraft to include vital ocean science data collection. As explained by TIGHAR Executive Director and Expedition Leader Ric Gillespie, “We have broadened the scope of this expedition because the craggy underwater mountainside that may hold the wreckage of the Earhart plane also holds the answers to questions far more important than what happened to Amelia. The unexplored depths off Nikumaroro contain information crucial to understanding climate change, the most serious environmental challenge of our time....

AD-4 Skyraider (BuNo:128988) Wreck Discovered In Florida · WarbirdsNews | WarbirdsNews recently learned of the discovery in April of the wreck of a long-lost AD-4 Douglas Skyraider in the Florida Everglades. The aircraft was located by the aviation-archeology minded volunteers at Aeroquest.org, and we have reproduced some of their photographs here for your interest. The group had actually been out on a quest to locate the remains of a TBM-3 Avenger which belonged to Lt. Charles Taylor, the commander of Flight 19, the infamous “Lost Patrol” of Bermuda Triangle lore. Instead they came across the substantial remains of a US Marine Corps Skyraider. The data plate they....

The Red Baron — graphically shown ·Travel for Aircraft | The Red Baron — graphically shown The Red Baron: the graphic history of Richthofen’s Flying Circus and the Air War in WWI, Wayne Vansant, 2014, ISBN 9780760346020, 100 pp. Wayne Vansant brings his history skills with the graphic arts to us with another enrapturing graphic novel, this one on the life of “The Red Baron”...

Cessna kicks off third annual Discover Flying Challenge · General Aviation News | WICHITA, Kan. – Cessna has kicked off the third annual Discover Flying Challenge (DFC) during a launch event here. Eight pilots will take part in this internship promoting general aviation and engaging aviation enthusiasts across the country.

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Retired Canadian Forces Snowbirds Commander To Be Honoured - Ottawa Citizen | TORONTO, ONTARIO– Recently retired Commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Lt.-Col Maryse Carmichael, will be one of six women honoured at the fifth annual Northern Lights Award Foundation Gala on September 27, 2013 in Toronto...

Photos and Video: Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa air show - Ottawa Citizen | The press conference for The Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa air show taking place Sept.14-15 featured local wing-walking legend Carol Pilon as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Major Jeremy Hansen, one of Canada’s next generation of astronauts.

Local wing walker set to soar at the Gatineau Airshow - CTV News | Carol Pilon has two very different jobs. For most of the year she is the Produce Manager at her family’s grocery story in Masham Quebec, north of Gatineau. But for a few weekends each summer she takes to the skies as Canada’s first, and only, professional wing walker.  As the name suggests, she literally climbs out of the cockpit of a two-seater biplane and walks out onto the wings freehand, striking poses as the plane dives and rolls through the air...

Airport Festival and Air Show in Ocean City this weekend - shorenewstoday.com | OCEAN CITY — As the shoulder season gets into full swing in Ocean City, there is no lack of weekend entertainment. The annual Ocean City Airport Festival returns 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 14 at 26th Street and Bay Avenue and includes ground displays of unusual airplanes...

Two-day beach air show in the works for fall - PNJ.com | Island Authority OKs event without go-ahead from Blues | With an eye to fill hotels, restaurants and Casino Beach during one of the slowest tourism months of the year, the Santa Rosa Island Authority board voted unanimously Wednesday to spend $117,000 to $170,000 on a two-day air show in November. The board is gambling on the chance the Navy’s Blue Angels may be able to fly during the show, even though there’s been no official word that the performance flight team, grounded by sequestration, will do so....

Thirty years in the air - Novato Advance | Wings Over Marin will celebrate women in aviation at its Sept. 21 event at Novato’s Gnoss Field, which is home to 295 aircraft, from bi-planes to private jets. The event will feature a seminar with female pilots from...

Annual Fly-In at Wilkes County Airport is Sept. 21 - Wilkes Journal-Patriot | The annual Fly-In at the Wilkes County Airport on Airport Road in Hays, organized by the Mountain View Ruritan Club, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21. In addition to a variety of aircraft and classic cars on display, the event will include airplane rides, food, drinks, live music and paratroopers jumping from a plane at 11 a.m. and noon. The Wilkes County Flying Club will hold a drawing for one free ticket for an airplane ride every hour for five hours...

14th Annual Fly-In set Sept. 12-15 - Carthage Press |     It’s a fun and unique event for those who enjoy having their heads in the clouds. Ernie and Alice Baugh, along with the Sho-Me Chute Flyer’s Club, will host the 14th Annual Fly-In Sept. 12-15 at Baugh Flight Park, in Reeds, Mo. There will be all kinds of aircraft keeping locals’ eyes looking up...

Simsbury Fly-In Promises Fun for Enthusiasts, Families by Kaitlin Glanzer | There’s plenty of givens for the 2013 Simsbury Fly-In. There will be airborne demonstrations, a close look at an aviation controversy, plenty of viewable aircraft and cars, food and a host of family fun....

Crossville Memorial Fly-In set Sept. 28 - Crossville Chronicle | CROSSVILLE — The 2013 Crossville Airport Open House and Fly-In, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, will have an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter on display. The Cobra, which is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter, will be available for paid rides and there will one ride given away free, so don't forget to register.

October air show adds performers, Canadian Hornets - Rome News-Tribune | The Wings Over North Georgia Air Show will feature the Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team along with the Black Diamond Jet Team, GEICO Skytypers and Aerostars. The teams will be performing at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on Oct. 12-13...

Folkestone Airshow to return with new backing - yourcanterbury.co.uk | Show was cancelled this year but will return in 2014 with new management and funding in place.

Video: Stunt pilots take Rob for a spin - channelonline.tv | Islanders have been getting a taste of life as a stunt pilot in Guernsey today. Aerobatic display team The Blades took passengers into the air with them today for barrel rolls, corkscrews and other expert manoeuvres. The Blades are all former Red Arrows pilots and tomorrow they will be taking part in the annual Guernsey Air Display, which supports the RAF and commemorates the Battle of Britain. That display will begin at 11am.

The Push and the Pull - Fly with Amelia | During a skydive, the threshold of an aircraft door is the shortest, yet widest, distance between frozen fear and unbridled flight. Crossing that threshold for the first time is uncomfortable, unnatural, and for most, unnecessary. Unnecessary? That’s right. You can stay right where you are. You can absolutely stay belted in. Often the first leap is the toughest… that comfort zone sure is cozy. Come to think of it, it’s crowded, hot, loud and common. In this blog, I suggest we allow ourselves to ask for a little push, or maybe a little pull to help with kicking that threshold out and really seeing the world for what it really is… a place to be experienced....

Boeing Delivers Last C-17 Globemaster III To USAF - WARBIRD RADIO | According to new release earlier today, Boeing delivered the 223rd and last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter today, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery.  The aircraft left Boeing’s Long Beach facility to fly to its assignment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., where a ceremony will mark its arrival...

AOPA to focus on grassroots events in 2014 by General Aviation News Staff | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has decided to suspend holding its annual Aviation Summit next year in favor of reaching more members “where they fly.” The association’s Aviation Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, from Oct. 10-12, this year will be held as planned, according to officials. “We are on track for thousands of members to join us and the exhibit hall is nearly sold out, with new exhibitors still signing up,” officials said in a prepared release. “But convention plans for 2014 have been cancelled.”...

Lambeau opener will have flyover - FOX11 | ...The planes will be from the Aeroshell Aerobatic team. The air team is a regular at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh and Thunder on the Lakeshore in Manitowoc....

Up and away! aviator attempts to cross Atlantic with 370 helium-filled balloons - The Telegraph | An aviator has begun a world first attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean, dangling from 370 helium-filled balloons, in a real-life version of the Disney film 'Up'. 

Video: Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system - CNN | Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system...

GEICO SKYTYPERS POST GIANT MESSAGES IN THE SKY OVER CHICAGO

Air Show Performance team types giant messages in the sky and performs a low-level precision formation demonstration during the Chicago Air and Water Show
Chicago, IL (July 24, 2013) – The GEICO Skytypers will make their first appearance in the Chicago area during the 2013 Chicago Air and Water Show scheduled for August 3- August 4, 2013.

The team performs a thrilling, low-altitude, precision-formation flying demonstration. The pilots fly six WWII-vintage aircraft, coming from all directions and filling the sky to provide spectators a unique viewing experience while showcasing the tactics and maneuvers utilized in training during WWII.

Their inaugural appearance in Chicago will be the first time people from the area can view the GEICO Skytypers’ giant billboards in the sky. During skytyping missions the pilots fly 250 feet apart in a wide “line-abreast” formation. The team “types” dot-matrix-style messages that are approximately 1,000 feet tall and can be viewed from up to 15 miles in any direction and span up to eight miles in length. Each skytyped letter is generated in approximately four seconds, which is 17 times faster than the more traditional skywriting method.

The GEICO Skytypers fly six of the 11 remaining North American SNJ-2s for their airshow performances and skytyping missions. Each World War II-era plane has been fully restored and equipped with a computer that coordinates the smoke puffs released from each of the aircraft to form letters that are as tall as the Empire State Building.

“The contrast between the advanced technology utilized to produce these messages paired with a 1940s vintage aircraft is truly unique,” said Steve Kapur, GEICO Skytypers marketing officer and pilot. “We consider it a privilege to fly these warbirds on behalf of GEICO at air shows all across the U.S.”.

The Skytypers performance offers a rare chance to view a military-style formation flying demonstration utilizing WWII military training planes. Maneuvering the antique aircraft requires great skill and expertise. A majority of the GEICO Skytypers pilots earned their wings in the military and most currently fly for commercial airlines.

2013 Chicago Air & Water Show Information
• Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm
• Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm
• Complimentary General Admission
• Parking – Millennium Garages


About the GEICO Skytypers
The GEICO Skytypers are the only flying unit in the world that performs at air shows typing messages in the sky. For more information on the GEICO Skytypers, visit geicoskytypers.com. The team can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube To request more information or a 2013 electronic press kit, please write or call the contacts listed below.

About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 11 million private passenger customers and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).

GEICO’s online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards.

GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency. Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available.

For more information, go to www.geico.com.

GEICO SKYTYPERS POST GIANT MESSAGES IN THE SKY OVER MILWAUKEE

Air Show Performance team types giant messages in the sky and performs a low-level precision formation demonstration during the Milwaukee Air and Water Show

Milwaukee, WI (July 23, 2013) – The GEICO Skytypers will make their first appearance in the Milwaukee area during the 2013 Milwaukee Air and Water Show scheduled for August 3 - August 4, 2013.

The team performs a thrilling, low-altitude, precision-formation flying demonstration. The pilots fly six WWII-vintage aircraft, coming from all directions and filling the sky to provide spectators a unique viewing experience while showcasing the tactics and maneuvers utilized in training during WWII.

Their inaugural appearance in Milwaukee will be the first time people from the area can view the GEICO Skytypers’ giant billboards in the sky. During skytyping missions the pilots fly 250 feet apart in a wide “line-abreast” formation. The team “types” dot-matrix-style messages that are approximately 1,000 feet tall and can be viewed from up to 15 miles in any direction and span up to eight miles in length. Each skytyped letter is generated in approximately four seconds, which is 17 times faster than the more traditional skywriting method.

The GEICO Skytypers fly six of the 11 remaining North American SNJ-2s for their airshow performances and skytyping missions. Each World War II-era plane has been fully restored and equipped with a computer that coordinates the smoke puffs released from each of the aircraft to form letters that are as tall as the Empire State Building.

“The contrast between the advanced technology utilized to produce these messages paired with a 1940s vintage aircraft is truly unique,” said Steve Kapur, GEICO Skytypers marketing officer and pilot. “We consider it a privilege to fly these warbirds on behalf of GEICO at air shows all across the U.S.”.

The Skytypers performance offers a rare chance to view a military-style formation flying demonstration utilizing WWII military training planes. Maneuvering the antique aircraft requires great skill and expertise. A majority of the GEICO Skytypers pilots earned their wings in the military and most currently fly for commercial airlines.

2013 Milwaukee Air & Water Show Information
• Saturday, August 3, 2013 11:00am-4:00pm
• Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:00am-4:00pm
• Complimentary General Admission, VIP Tickets Available


About the GEICO Skytypers
The GEICO Skytypers are the only flying unit in the world that performs at air shows typing messages in the sky. For more information on the GEICO Skytypers, visit geicoskytypers.com. The team can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube To request more information or a 2013 electronic press kit, please write or call the contacts listed below.

About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 11 million private passenger customers and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).

GEICO’s online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards.

GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency. Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available.

For more information, go to www.geico.com.

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Vintage aircraft, Harrier to star in today's Atlantic City Airshow - Press of Atlantic City | A host of vintage aircraft and one modern fighter jet will take to the skies today in the first Atlantic City Airshow without a single military act. Organizers searched farther than ever to find enough acts to round out a lineup that took a hit, along with the rest of the country's airshows, when federal budget cuts grounded nonessential military flying....

Hundreds of beachgoers catch practice for Atlantic City Airshow - Press of Atlantic City | Beachgoers were treated Tuesday to a preview of the airshow slated for today as pilots practiced their aerial stunts. Hundreds lined the beach looking up as the planes flew by, down from last year’s practice, said a police officer on duty. “Last year practice day was a little busier,” said Derek Leyman, of the State Police....

California Heroes Air Show 2013, Set For June 29 - Aero News Network | SoCal Event To Be Held At Hansen Dam Recreation & Sports Complex In The San Fernando Valley | The southern California edition of an event billed as the nation's premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters is set for June 29 in the San Fernando Valley. Since 1993, this admission-free event has been educating the Southern California community as to the unique capabilities and dynamic role of helicopters in law enforcement, fire service, public safety, national defense and homeland security. With aircraft from local, regional, state and Federal / DOD agencies, guests are treated to an up-close look at why these aircraft and their crews are on the front line of public safety and community service....

FAA regulates air shows and performers - WDTN.com · Natalie Tendall | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Every year, there are approximately 325 air shows put on in the country and the Federal Aviation Administration is regulating every single one of them. Not only are they making sure the site of the show is following procedures, they also have set rules for performers. You see the planes and tricks, but there's a lot preparation those flying in an air show have to go through before they take to the skies for an audience. "Air show flying can be dangerous and the rules in place have evolved over the last 100 years," said John Cudahy, President of the International Council of Air Shows. The council represents air show organizers and performers....

Air Show Report: 2013 Dayton Air Show - Warbird News | ...On Thursday, I had the opportunity to do a photo shoot with aerobatic pilot, Michael Goulian of Goulian Aerosports in his Extra 330SC. Mike is one of only seven people to have been awarded all three of the air show industry’s most prestigious awards, the Art Scholl Memorial Showmanship Award, the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship and the ICAS Sword of Excellence. I was very excited to be able to photograph this engaging performer doing what he does best, fly. For my air to air shoot of Goulian, I flew in his team’s A-36 Bonanza. The Bonanza is a ...

Behind the Scenes, Air Show Performers are Prepped for Action by CAF Dixie Wing - Warbird News | In addition to adding some minor upgrades to the wing’s facility, the members of the Commemorative Air Force‘s Dixie Wing have been hard at work, working on their warbirds. In preparing their North American P-51D Mustang, “Red Nose” and their Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless for the long flight north into the heart of Yankee Country, Reading, Pennsylvania for the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum‘s 23rd Annual World War II Weekend from which we recently reported...

6 Awesome Aircraft From The 2013 Paris Air Show - Popular Science | Designed by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and Aero Composites Saintonge, the E-Fan is a two-seat training plane that's fully electric....

27 Awesome Moments From The 2013 Paris Air Show - Business Insider

Making it Real · Steve Tupper | Since going for a fateful haircut in Detroit last March, I have amassed something like 112 hours in the TG-7A, about 70 hours of that in formation. I’ve flown three airshow demos as the sole pilot of one of a team of two or four aircraft. I’ve flown as observer in one show....

Summer celebration of flight · Dan Johnson | As summer begins to heat up, that can mean only one thing to true-blue aviation enthusiasts. Yup, AirVenture is coming at us like a jet fighter. In mere weeks, the annual migration of tens of thousands of pilots will start to converge on the small town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The population swells from 50,000 to almost a quarter million. It’s been called the summer celebration of flight and that is one of the more accurate tag lines the Experimental Aircraft Association marketing department has invented....

Airplane Dropped From Helicopter During Salvage Attempt - Aero News Network | A helicopter engaged in the salvage of a Piper Cherokee that had made an emergency landing about 50 yards from Waiehu Beach on Maui dropped the airplane in the ocean when the helo began struggling with the load. First the good news. None of the three people on board the Cherokee were injured when they made their off-airport landing, and the salvage helo, which belongs to Pacific Helicopters, also landed safely. But not before some reportedly harrowing moments as the helicopter transported the damaged Piper....

Kids Fly High at Sky Camp in Eastman - 13WMAZ | Kids at Sky Camp in Eastman built rockets, assembled gliders and launched a balloon into the atmosphere. Its ascent took 1 hour and 42 minutes, reaching 98,000 feet in the air. But it only took 29 minutes to fall, landing in Pulaski County...

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Skytypers prepare for Wednesday's Atlantic City Air Show - NBC40 | EGG HARBOR TWP. - Atlantic City is getting ready for this year's Atlantic City Air Show and the excitement is growing. The Geico Skytypers were running some flights today in their World War II era planes in preparation for Wednesday's big show....

Woman walks on Jane Wicker's ill-fated Dayton Airshow plane - FOX19.com | DAYTON, OH (FOX19) - Copy Editor Kris Nuss wing walked on Jane Wicker's plane on Friday. Here is her first hand account of that experience. This article was written before the tragic loss of pilot Charlie Schwenker and wing walker Jane Wicker. Thank you for the spectacular opportunity, and gift of flight. You will always be remembered and admired...

Blue Angels visit USA patients - WALA-TV FOX10 | MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Four members of the Blue Angels Aviation Team visited with young patients at USA Children's and Women's Hospital on Tuesday. The pilots spoke with the pediatrics patients about their specific jobs in the organization and answered patients' questions...

Traverse City National Cherry Festival Kids Event Guide 2013 - MyNorth.com | Festival Air Show | Come down to the open space to thrill your children with the air stunts performed by Team AeroDynamix, Matt Younkin, Aeroshell, and Kevin Copeland.... | Night Air Show | If you’re up for a later night, visit the Festival Open Space in the cool night air and let the kids see the unique Night Air Show with planes outfitted in LED lights! Team AeroDynamix, Matt Younkin, and Aeroshell will be performing their death-defying maneuvers.

Aaron Tippin Ready to Fly Classic Plane - Country Weekly | Aaron Tippin, an accomplished pilot as well as country singer/songwriter, will be at the controls of a classic airplane when he flies into the Smyrna (Tenn.) Airport, outside Nashville, July 2. Airman Aaron will fly copilot aboard the Commemorative Air Force's famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world. Aaron is a Commemorative Air Force member and also serves as a spokesperson for the organization....

Spain bids adios to Mirage F.1 by Wallace Shackleton | On the occasion of the withdrawal of the Mirage F.1 service in Spain, the Army Air has organized Open Day at Albacete Air Base. The event took take place on 23/Jun/2013 day, and was open to the public...

Le Bourget medley · Dave Majumdar Here are some of the assorted photos I took while at Le Bourget. Over here, you can see the Ukrainian-built Antonov An-70 with its prop-fans and a smaller regional jet liner built by the company behind the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano in the foreground...

Burlington Aviation to host open house · General Aviation News Staff | BURLINGTON, N.C. — Burlington Aviation, a Cessna Pilot Center and a FAA Part 141 flight school at Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (BUY) , will host a Discover Flying Open House July 6 from 12:30 to 3:00pm. The public is invited to learn more about flying, see and tour the new Cessna Skyhawk aircraft, and enter to win prizes, including a Learn to Fly online study course...

Glenn Miller Fly-in draws hundreds, as usual, to Fort Morgan airport - Fort Morgan Times | As always, hundreds of people came out to enjoy the Fly-in at the Fort Morgan Airport Saturday. The Fly-in is associated with the Viaero Glenn Miller Swing Fest today, although it predates that festival. Organizer Vernon Tryon said 30-35 aircraft made it this year, including six show airplanes. One of the big draws for the crowd is the antique aircraft that collectors fly to the event each year, and this year was no different....

Weather makes 2013 air race 'toughest-ever' for Stanger - Port Lavaca Wave | Stanger, along with her co-pilot, Joyce Wilson of Bogata, were one of were 47 teams in the Air Race Classic, a four-day race which began last Tuesday in Washington and ended Friday in Arkansas. Although the pair was the first to complete the race, they ...

Central Texas pilots finish cross-country air race on own terms - Austin American-Statesman | A two-woman team from Central Texas was forced to withdraw last week from the all-female Air Race Classic due to bad weather and mechanical difficulties. Despite the run of bad luck, Marty Goppert, 72, of San Antonio and Becky Smith, 60, of Wimberley, ...

Entry deadline for AirVenture Cup approaching · General Aviation News Staff | The entry deadline for the EAA AirVenture Cup Race is July 1, and race organizers are urging interested participants to get their application in as soon as possible. In the past, race participants had until a week before the race to submit their applications, but the deadline for entry is earlier this year to give the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) time to process registrations and ensure each racer’s insurance and documentation is in order, according to race organizers....

Rare B-25 Bomber Stops At Cape Girardeau Airport - WSIU | One of the last remaining B-25 bombers is at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport this week. The B-25 known as “The Maid in the Shade” is on hand for this weekend’s air festival. The Maid in the Shade was based in Corsica during World War II and flew 15 missions in Italy and Yugoslavia. After the war, it was used in utility and transport duties, and later as a fire ant sprayer in Texas. Pilot Russ Gilmore said there are only twenty B-25’s that can still fly....

Groups Focused on Saving Willow Run Bomber Plant | June 25, 2013 - Yankee Air Museum, of Van Buren, Michigan, and the Michigan Aerospace Foundation are leading an effort to save and preserve a small, but important piece of the Willow Run B-24 bomber plant that's scheduled for demolition...

Air museum offer for Armed Forces - This is Nottingham | NEWARK Air Museum is offering free admission to military personnel as part of celebrations for Armed Forces Day. The museum, which is on part of the site of the former Second World War training base of RAF Winthorpe, has a collection of 76 aircraft and cockpit sections on display....

Amelia Earhart A Castaway? Island Photos May Confirm Aviator's Resting Place ... - Huffington Post | For years, the resting place of American hero Amelia Earhart has been considered among aviation's greatest mysteries. But now, pictures of the island she may have lived on before her death could shed new light on her last flight. Taken on Dec. 1, 1938, more than a year after Earhart's disappearance, the aerial photos of Gardner Island (now known as Nikumaroro Island) may provide evidence of Earhart's camp or crash site, according to Discovery News...

New Space Capsule in Place, Intrepid's Shuttle Pavilion to Reopen - Wall Street Journal (blog) | Workers on Tuesday moved a Russian Soyuz TMA-6 space capsule to the aircraft elevator of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, where it was lifted to the flight deck and installed in the soon-to-reopen Space Shuttle Pavilion at the museum...

US Navy recieves first F-35C · Dave Majumdar | The US Navy (USN) received its first Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter training aircraft at Eglin AFB, Florida, on 22 June....

Lockheed To Certify Giant Airship Next Year By Mary Grady, Contributing editor | Lockheed Martin has been at work on a giant high-lift hybrid airship since at least 2005, and the company now is moving toward certification and first delivery as soon as next year. The FAA this week published a notice about the company's application to certify the LMZ1M airship, and noted that because it's a hybrid and incorporates a number of advanced features, traditional airship design criteria have proved inadequate. A new category for "hybrid transport category airships" will be created specifically for the airship....

Video: A330 Rejected Takeoff Due To Engine Failure - Very Well Handled · AirPigz | I've posted several of the great airliner videos from Simon Lowe in the past (like this amazing must-see video of a truly perfect A330 landing) but this one captured yesterday of a Thomas Cook Airbus A330 at Manchester Airport in the UK is very different. The takeoff was rejected due to what appears to be a complete engine failure after quite a bit of acceleration, and Simon was recording the takeoff looking right down the runway....

Making a Difference: MacDill Air Force Base making wishes come true - WTSP 10 News | Tampa, Florida -- Some very special children got a behind the scenes first-class tour of MacDill Air Force Base. "Today means the world to him and to us," said Jasmine Perez, Make-A-Wish parent. Make-A-Wish teamed up with the base to give five families a hands-on look of what MacDill has to offer. The invitation came after the base canceled its annual Airfest due to budget cuts....

EAA to host Young Eagles Flight Rally - Austin Herald | Youth ages 8 through 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on June 29, as the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter No. 386 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Austin Municipal Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 1.4 million youth from more than 90 countries....

20,000 Young Eagles Take the Sporty's Online Learn to Fly Course | The EAA Young Eagles Program and Sporty's have reached a new milestone in their joint efforts to advance aviation as 20,000 Young Eagles have now enrolled in the Sporty's Online Learn to Fly Course. When youths ages 8-17 receive a free flight through the EAA Young Eagles program, they are eligible to enroll in the Sporty's course for free. The $199 course prepares students to take the FAA written exam....

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Air Show Features Civilian Planes - The Dispatch | Acts already online for the performances June 8 and 9 (with practices on June 6 and 7) include Air Force Heritage Flight, Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts, Sean Carroll YAK-9 Fighter Demo, John Klatt in the ANG MXS, Lucas Oil Parachute Team, GEICO...

Busy weekend at Billy Bishop airport - Owen Sound Sun Times | This year, a Second World War B-25 Bomber will be returning to the event, while a vintage Beech 18 from the Canadian Wartime Heritage Museum will be offering rides all day for a fee. Meades said the Beech 18 is a unique plane that has run freight from ...

Warbirds return to Minot - Minot Daily News | A TBM-3E Avenger that sank two ships during World War II and now has President George H.W. Bush's signature on it is among eight planes of the Texas Flying Legends Museum that have arrived at Minot's Dakota Territory Air Museum. Pilots made two trips ...

Warbirds Fly-in - messenger-inquirer | Cape Air pilot Trevor Rowe looks over a row of T-34 training planes used in the 1950s and 60s that were parked next to the Watts Brothers Aviation hangar on Friday at Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport. The airplanes and as many as 30 other ...

Huge crowd for Cosford Air Show - Shropshire Today | Advance ticket sales for this weekend’s 75th Anniversary Air Show at RAF Cosford are double the number sold this time last year, organisers said today.... Air Show spokesman Amanda Butcher said: “With the great British weather finally emerging this week, we are preparing for potentially the largest Air Show we’ve held over recent years.”...

Stat​e of the art Wildcat​ at Wings & Wheels​ from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Wings & Wheels is thrilled to announce that visitors to the airshow will get an exclusive look at the Royal Navy’s new helicopter, the Maritime Wildcat Attack Helicopter, as it performs a flypast on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

Rendcomb-based Breitling Wingwalking team seeking new recruit - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | To meet the criteria, candidates must be no taller than 5ft 4ins or weigh more than eight and a half stone, due to the nature of wingwalking and the safety harnesses. Wingwalker Danielle Hughes said it was an amazing opportunity for the right person.

Silent Wings Museum celebrates D-Day anniversary - MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM | A C-47 Skytrain and a B-25 Mitchell bomber, like those used during the D-Day invasion, were available for tours and rides. Greg Young with the Commemorative Air Force's B-25 crew said there is great interest in the history of the bomber. "A lot of them ...

Dambusters special edition magazine from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Dambusters special edition magazine Dam-busters: the amazing story of Operation Chastise, 2013, Aeroplane Monthly, 130 pp. (with additional combination large cutaway drawing and illustration) This review is about a special edition magazine now in the stores — unlike books, these do not get reprinted so when they are gone, they are gone. Naturally, these tend to […]

212 Pilot House from Latest Vlog | We got to speak with Nandi Zama in the South African Air Force last year and learn a little more about her role within the SAAF. Great interview, great lady! All the best with your flying career Nandi!

Nasa’s F-8 Digital Fly By Wire Program (part 2) from The Lexicans

"Leprechaun" UCAP # 327 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Black airplanes over Greater Boston... Drones at Sea... Sequestration, Part The Infinity ... and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.

Annual Young Eagles event continues June 15 - Greenville Daily News | An average of 115 children typically attend the annual Young Eagles “I Can Fly” event at the Greenville Airport, which will be held June 15. GREENVILLE — A partnership was developed to help give children the opportunity to fly and experience aviation ...

Young Eagles take to the sky Sunday - Morris Daily Herald | Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Sunday, June 9, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 95 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Morris Municipal Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program ...

GEICO-Sponsored WATER AND AIR PERFORMERS WILL RENEW THEIR RIVALRY DURING THE 2013 ATLANTIC CITY AIR SHOW

First-Time Appearance in the Atlantic City Area for the Battling Duo

Atlantic City, NJ – The new Miss GEICO Victory catamaran will challenge a WWII-era aircraft from the GEICO Skytypers in a high-speed, sea-air duel for sponsorship bragging rights.

The Miss GEICO boat racing team, with a solid legacy of six world championships and multiple speed records, enters a new era of piston-driven competition in 2013 through a partnership with Mercury Racing.

Meanwhile, one of the GEICO Skytyper World War II-trainer planes will break away from its skytyping missions and attempt to outrun the speedboat in an exhibition race. While the Miss GEICO is capable of higher top speeds than the North American SNJ-2 flown by the Skytypers, weather conditions handicap the watercraft and even the odds.  Skill and expertise will prove the ultimate victor in this battle.

In addition to the air-sea duel, the GEICO Skytypers will feature six SNJ-2s flying in a wide line-abreast formation to “type” messages at an altitude of 10,000 feet with computer-generated puffs of smoke.  The team will also perform a low-altitude, precision-formation flying routine during the air show. The SNJ-2 was a transition trainer during World War II, bridging the gap from basic aircraft to a variety of front-line warbirds: fighters, bombers and transports.

The Miss GEICO Victory is the fourth iteration of the powerboat team’s racing catamaran and, in partnership with Mercury Racing, the first of their fleet to employ piston-powered engines. The 50-foot Miss GEICO Victory has been designed to house twin Mercury 1650 RACE Sterndrive engines that produce nearly 3,300 horsepower and top speeds exceeding 200 mph. The catamaran is manufactured from carbon, Kevlar and S-glass. In 2013, the Miss GEICO will compete in offshore racing events in the Unlimited Powerboat Class against teams from Norway, Qatar and Australia.

The Atlantic City Air Show will take place Wednesday, June 26, 2013 along the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

For more information on the show and tickets, visit the Atlantic City Air Show website.

About the GEICO Skytypers

The GEICO Skytypers are the only flying unit in the world that performs at air shows typing messages in the sky. For more information on the GEICO Skytypers, visit geicoskytypers.com.  The team can also be found on Facebook,  Twitter and YouTube To request more information or a 2013 electronic press kit, please write or call the contacts listed below.

About Miss GEICO

Miss GEICO is an offshore racing team sponsored by GEICO Insurance and owned by the country’s premier and fastest-performing powerboat racing team, AMF (America Moving Forward) Offshore Racing. Miss GEICO is headquartered in Riviera Beach, FL.

With the duo of Driver Marc Granet and Throttleman Scott Begovich, Miss GEICO holds numerous world speed runs and records. Since the team’s inception in 2005, Miss GEICO has won six World Championship titles. In addition to competing in offshore racing, the Miss GEICO team participates year-round in boat shows, air shows, poker runs and charitable events assisting United We Race Inc., the team’s 501 (c) (3) charity in providing support to veterans and veterans’ programs.  Miss GEICO earned its world titles to date with turbine-powered engines.

About GEICO

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually.  The company is pleased to serve more than 11 million private passenger customers and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).

GEICO’s online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards.

GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency.  Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available.

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Skytypers to feature in VB air show - Fox 43 TV | When the Blue Angels were grounded in April, Oceana Naval Air Station announced that it was canceling its annual air show. Across the country, the budget cuts have impacted a little more than two-thirds of the air shows held each year in the United States...

 An aerobatic outing with the Air National Guard Airshow Team - Daily Press | I arrived at Norfolk International Airport on Thursday morning — along with Daily Press photographers Adrin Snider and Ryan Kelly — and volunteered to let Klatt show me what he could do with a lightweight, two-seat aerobatics machine called an Extra...

Fairhope Festival of Flight Canceled from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | FAIRHOPE AL- The Airport Authority has canceled the return of the Festival of Flight due to the sequester-fueled grounding of military aircraft. Past events, military and vintage planes flew in to participate, drawing an estimated 15,000 people to city's H.L. "Sonny" Callahan Airport. After a 3-year run the festival was canceled in 2009 due to uncertain sponsorship during the recession according to news reports...

Airshow Organizers and Performers Hold Out Hope - Rochester YNN | It should have been an exciting weekend at the Rochester International Airshow, but thanks to government spending cuts, it's just another day at the airport. There is one professional pilot in town with his plane. "Airshow pilot! Or used to be," said...

Organizers say shortened Atlantic City Airshow will still be a draw - Press of Atlantic City | Not for lack of trying by organizers, the airshow will run about three and a half hours rather than the marathon six-hour shows of years past. Federal budget cuts earlier this year left the Greater Atlantic City Chamber and airshow boss David Schultz ...

NEW VIDEO: Snowbirds wow the crowd over Niagara Falls – Check out the action - Bullet News Niagara | The breathtaking non-aerobatic performance took place with picture perfect weather conditions against the backdrop of one of the seven wonders of the world. Bullet News was there to take in the event and get some audience feedback in this video.

Meet Hurricane pilot and watch Red Arrows at Capel-le-Ferne - Kent News | On hand to sign specially-designed postcards will be real life Hurricane pilot and Battle of Britain veteran, Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC – and as the Red Arrows have now announced that they will, after all, be flying over Folkestone that afternoon ...

US Pavilion Still the Largest International Pavilion at Paris Air Show - Wall Street Journal | WALDWICK, N.J., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite sequestration and the ongoing uncertainty of U.S. military budgets, the official U.S. Pavilion remains the largest international pavilion at the International Paris Air Show, and continues to grow...

The ‘new’ SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | This woman is lit! She’s electric. Lori Bradner, selected late last year — in lieu of a new Florida Air Museum director — is now SUN ’n FUN’s executive director of education. That’s right: SUN ’n FUN now highlights youth education and year-round engagement, not just an annual celebration of aviation’s glory. The entire team is involved, but Bradner is the focal point for educational programs making SUN ’n FUN relevant — everyday — to aviation’s future....

Preserving a lost art: Formation flying goes mainstream - AOPA Pilot | “Wiggle your toes, number two,” Mike “Kahuna” Stewart, a Formation Flying Inc. (FFI) check pilot and leader of Team AeroDynamix, tells me over the radio. Kahuna is evaluating us from his RV-8 about 100 feet in trail. “Relax. You'll fly better if you...

Historic B-17 airplane makes stop in Ogden - fox13now.com | OGDEN, Utah – An aluminum B-17 airplane known as The Flying Fortress landed at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Thursday. During World War II, the B-17 was one of the most modern planes in the air. A B-17, nicknamed Aluminum Overcast, is touring the...

Public to have opportunity to ride on restored B-17 - El Dorado Times | During World War II, Jacob Thigpen, Jr. was a crew member on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.

Bomber Camp in Stockton  - Stockton Record | Bomber Camp at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport on May 29. Technical Sgt. Tim Murphy instructs the recruits on the operation of the .50 cal. machine gun. 

Pieter Stroobach Visits Wales from Photorecon by Pieter Stroobach | Remember the time that spotting was a hobby which needed patience? You just went to any airfield in the hope to see something. You know, before the web………. hello, anybody? For those of you who miss that time or want to experience it I have a suggestion. It is still possible to relive those days. Although with some extra effort.

Gathering of Eagles 2013 Coming to Maxwell AFB from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MAXWELL AFB ALABAMA- Gathering of Eagles is an annual aviation event that traces its origin back to 1980, when retired Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets was invited to visit Air Command and Staff College to share some of his experiences with the students. This visit became the genesis for the Gathering of Eagles program. The first official Gathering of Eagles (then known as "Great Moments in Aviation History") was hosted by comedic legend Bob Hope in 1982...

Shelby Co Chapter Celebrates EAA's International Young Eagles Day on June 8 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Thousands of young people will take to the sky on Saturday, June 8, as EAA volunteers continue an outstanding aviation tradition - International Young Eagles Day. The 20th annual event brings together kids and pilots as part of the EAA Young Eagles program, the largest, most successful youth aviation education program ever created across the nation...

From National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall |

Meet Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin at the Museum in DC this Saturday when he signs his book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, from 11am-2pm EDT. In his book, Aldrin discusses the history of space flight, including a reflective, not nostalgic, look at the people, technologies, and steps that were taken to accomplish America’s Apollo moon landings, and plots a course of future exploration...

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Salem pilot part of vintage flyover for Indy 500 - SalemNews | ..He will be part of a six-plane wing that includes a North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber and five North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft in the flyover that will appear above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the conclusion of the national anthem...

Salute to Veterans Corporation Airshow Set For his Weekend from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Salute to Veterans Corporation 25th annual airshow is ready to take off this weekend as part of a series of Memorial Day events scheduled for the Columbia, MO area. The airshow will feature such headliners as Aeroshell Team, Missouri CAF B-25 and TBM Avenger, a T-28 from Trojan Phlyers Team, BT-13 Valiant Echoes, U.S. Navy Aerobatics SNJ Texan, Canadian Forces Skyhawks Parachute Team, Kansas City Dawn Patrol, and other attractions on the ramp. A time will be set aside to read... 

News reporter defies death in the sky with stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker - New York Daily News | FARMINGDALE, L.I.--After a morning of dense fog, haze, and threatening storm clouds, the skies opened up to a few patches of blue at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, L.I. "Time to go flying!", said Team Oracle chief pilot Sean D. Tucker as he invited...

GEICO Skytypers | Attention Air Show Fans: the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach has been cancelled today (Saturday). Tomorrow should have better weather and the show is still planned for Sunday!

GEICO Skytypers Meet and Greet the Community Heroes 2013 | We had an AMAZING time
meeting the world-famous GEICO Skytyper pilots and climbing aboard aircrafts that perform precision flight maneuvers at select air show across the United States, inlcuding the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.The GEICO Skytypers use...

Iconic “Huey” Vietnam era and Falkland Veteran helicopter to appear at Military and Flying Machines Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The most iconic helicopter of them all! Military and Flying Machines is extremely proud to announce the attendance of one of only two flying Huey Vietnam Era Helicopters in the UK and making its first ever appearance at the show both as a flying and static display...

US Sen. Rob Portman: Remembering America's fallen heroes - Defiance Crescent News | Recently, I cosponsored legislation with Senator Brown to honor with the Congressional Gold Medal the World War II heroes known as the Doolittle Raiders. Not enough Americans are aware of the incredible story of these men. It was April 1942, and the ...

WWII Dive Bomber Is Newest Addition At Castle Air Museum - KMPH Fox 26 | A rare World War Two Navy SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber is the newest addition to the Castle Air Museum. The war bird was shipped in on trailer Friday in Atwater. The dive bomber that is missing its wings flew its last mission in 1943 near the South ...

Open cockpit day at Castle Air Museum this Sunday - Merced Sun-Star | Atwater -- Castle Air Museum will open the doors of its historic aircraft on Sunday for an intimate viewing event that happens only twice a year. The 17th Open Cockpit Day, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will give people an up-close look at 30 to 35 ...

New England Air Museum's First-Ever Great Aviation ... - Hartford Courant | Aviation enthusiasts of all ages will have a rare opportunity to go "airside" at Bradley International Airport when the New England Air Museum presents its first-ever "Great Aviation Adventure." The two-day event will take place on Saturday, June 22 ...

Commemorative flyover to honour our early explorers - The Maitland Mercury | Painted in the colours of the Moscow Aero Club, Mr Webber will fly in formation with 10 other Yaks on a path from Emu Plains through the Blue Mountains to Mount York, before heading via O'Connell to Bathurst. Accompanied by a host of other aviators ...

American Bonanza Society Flies-In to Savannah GA from Photorecon by Ken Kula | The American Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th. The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and family) attended both social activities and training sessions designed around owning and flying the Beechcraft, and/or enjoying the charm found in...

Aztec Models F-5 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Srecko | The Northrop F-5 is without doubt one of the most colorful modern airplanes and this is a result of the fact that it served long period where many camouflage patterns were developed and many countries use it. So you can spent all your modeling life building the F-5 and never...

NASA Administrator Flies Dream Chaser Sim from Spaceports | NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden had the opportunity to fly a simulated landing of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser while touring the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center in California on May 22, 2013....