Air Shows Take Flight in Ocean City Saturday and Sunday - Patch.com | Stunt pilots will perform a two-hour air show over the beach and Ocean City Boardwalk 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. The annual Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow is free to spectators and can be seen best anywhere along the 
oceanfront between Fifth and ...
Blue Angels Ride! from Franklin's Flying Circus's Facebook Wall
Leesburg Prepares for 3rd Annual Airshow - Loudoun News by Charles Penifore | The airshow will be narrated by nationally acclaimed air show announcer Danny Clisham and will last approximately two hours. “The airshow presents tremendous opportunities for the Town, our citizens, and our business ...
Aviation Heritage Fair to fly Sept. 15 - Aurora Advocate | ... a B-25 “Georgie's Gal” and the Heritage Air Museum's C-123 Provider. The Flying Black Squirrels, KSU's chapter of Women in Aviation, will be selling T-shirts and memorabilia as a fundraiser.
Snowbirds Are Coming - BlackburnNews.com | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds ...
18th FAI European Aerobatic Championship from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Coverage of the event by janoby...
Turks in Berlin will fly to the stars (translated) | Within the scope of an international Air Show in 
International Air Display video: Watch the Red Arrows in action - Jersey Evening Post | Acknowledged as one of the world's premier aerobatic teams, the Red Arrows are the public face of the Royal Air Force. The team is renowned throughout the world as ambassadors of Great Britain. 2012 is their 48th display season in which they'll take ...
Classic Paris Air Show Video from 1967 - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | It was pretty exciting getting to the Farnborough Air Show this year. The highlights were seeing Qatar's Boeing 787 and Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380. Pretty cool aircraft, but there are some epic aircraft seen on this video, taken during the 1967 ...
Russia to Showcase Mi-171A2 Helicopter at Berlin Air Show - Journal of Turkish Weekly | Russian Helicopters company will display its newest addition to the famed Mi-8/17 family of military transport helicopters at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Germany on September 11-16. ìThe Mi-171A2 is the long-awaited latest model in the Mi-8/17 family ñ ...
Two accidents in air show in Germany resulted in fatal from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | On Sunday, September 9, as a result of accidents at air show on the outskirts of Stuttgart three people died and several others were seriously injured, reports Stern today. The accident occurred during the festivities in Metzingen and Backnang...
Entertainment: Sky Squadron combines fun and seriousness in the maneuvers from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | Regulated by Anac, a group formed by ex-military talks about the pleasure of doing stunts, advocates training and plans to train new pilots. When these ex-military join the program runs rather traditional: they gather to fly. Sky Squadron members, the group of friends desbrava the sky of Rio de Janeiro with maneuvers that while they may be considered a fun, also require serious. The Sky Squadron is the second country regulated by the National Agency of Civil Aviation (ANAC). Now he wants to train new pilots regulations...
Northern Hills aviators named to Combat Air Crew Memorial - Rapid City Journal | Two Northern Hills military pilots were from different time periods, but are among South Dakota aviators who made a significant difference for their nation flying impossible missions. The late Don Smith of Belle Fourche served in World War II and the ...
In World War I German pilot risked lives to deliver letter from British defeated in combat from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | In 1916, in the midst of World War I, the German pilot Oswald Boelcke risked his life to make a letter written by a Briton came to his family and friends. The story, published by the British newspaper The Sun, begins when Oswald dropped in combat aircraft pilots and Geoffrey William Somervill Formilli, and landed to make sure they were okay....
Documentary unveils Air Force One’s 9-11 journey across the U.S., secret trip into Baghdad and Obama’s first flight from David Cenciotti's weblog | Last year, I published a series of articles about the 9-11 for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, that you can find here. One of them was about the...
First F-35 training commander: 'This jet is our future' from Air Force Link Top Stories | Five months of flying the Air Force's newest fighter jet has left one Airman convinced of the aircraft's substantial combat capability. Lt. Col. Lee Kloos is the commander of the 58th Fighter Squadron, the Defense 
F-35A from AF.mil Photos
'We're Gonna Make Pilots!' Flight Instructor Wins EAA Grand Prize Cub from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Office hours at World Airshow News magazine end at 5 p.m. daily, so when the phone rang at about 5:30 on Monday, September 10, Editor-at-Large Jeff Parnau didn't answer. Moments later when his cell phone rang he picked up - and he couldn't believe what the caller was saying...
Do you know someone who could help? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | See more about Medicine on the Move in Aviation for Women magazine.
Gamera Project Crashes Short Of Goal from AVwebFlash Current Issue A human-powered rotorcraft built by a team of students in Maryland was damaged in a hard landing recently during a test flight, after setting a new (unofficial) altitude record of 9.4 feet. Pilot Henry Enerson was not hurt. The altitude was only 5 inches from the required height to win the elusive Sikorsky Prize. The $250,000 prize,...
Sporty’s enhances free flight training program for Young Eagles from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Young people who have discovered flight through the EAA Young Eagles program now will have more options to further explore aviation as Sporty’s Pilot Shop has upgraded its Sporty’s Learn To Fly Course, which is available to all Young Eagles. The upgraded course is offered at no charge, continuing the program that began with Young Eagles’ access to Sporty’s Recreational and Private Pilot Course. More than 15,000 young people have already accessed the Sporty’s course following their Young Eagles flights...
Video: Jemison Leads the Starship Planning Group from Spaceports | Russ Capper visits with Dr. Mae Jemison, physician, engineer, former NASA astronaut and the world's first woman of color to go into space, and they discuss the DARPA program's selection of Jemison to head the 100-Year Starship initiative, an effort to facilitate the technical developments needed to foster human interstellar travel within 100 years....
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
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States Air Force Thunderbirds are the main attraction of the Indianapolis Air Show this weekend in Hancock County and their performance will be ...Blue Angels Announce 2013 Enlisted Team Members from US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels | We are proud to announce that the following enlisted personnel have been selected as members of the 2013 Blue Angel team...
Golden Knights at - Pocono Record | Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Peregrin flies the Pennsylvania state flag as he descends to Tobyhanna Army Depot during a demonstration by the U.S. Army Parachute ...
Webinar- Flying into AirVenture from eaavideo.org | Join Fred Stadler, EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman, as he discusses hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture.
Video: XH558: Engineering Update 22/06/12 from stickandrudderWTO
CIAF celebrate the nineteenth. The air stirred and fighters from the U.S. - Chrudimský journal | ... Arrive in late summer to Hradec Kralove. The second weekend in September is held in Hradec Králové airport already nineteenth annual Czech International Air Fest (CIAF)...
Carol Vorderman takes to the skies for aerobatics at the Best of British air show - The Telegraph | ...The former Countdown star was passenger in an ex-RAF training plane as it performed air acrobatics in stormy conditionsat Cotswold Airport, in Kemble, Gloucestershire. Ms Vorderman, a keen amateur pilot who is working towards taking her private pilot's license, was flown by experienced Mark Greenfield. She flew in a Bulldog plane to celebrate the start of this year's Best of British aviation show and raise money for charity. ...
Three Kansas teams flying in women’s air race - kansas.com | Three Kansas teams are flying in the 2012 Air Race Classic, an all-women race that began Tuesday. The 2,330 nautical-mile race started in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and ends in Batavia, Ohio. Fifty-five planes are registered.
The Summer of Thunder at the Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum is thundering through the Canada Day Weekend starting on Thursday June 28th with the arrival of the Discovery Air/Vintage Wings of Canada Canadair F-86 Sabre “Hawk One”...
Robots Join Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane - LiveScience.com | U.S. Navy warships and aircraft failed to find Amelia Earhart when the pioneering female aviator vanished in the South Pacific during her second attempt to fly ...
Castle Air Museum benefits from large donation - Merced Sun-Star | Castle Air Museum is enjoying a better financial situation after it got a large donation earlier this month.
The Blue Cruise in 1948 Norécrin from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | On 21 March 1948,
a "Tour of the Mediterranean" which will participate twenty Norécrin is announced to the press, this cruise is quickly nicknamed "The Blue Cruise". This tour is organized by Paul Legastelois agency of the same name and then President of the Union Chamber of Commerce of Aeronautics in order to demonstrate the qualities of this aircraft aviation....Russ Zenith CH750 from Mike’s Adventures | ...I got to catch up with Russ today. He finished his build last November and has managed to put 60 hrs on it so far...
Bigger, Bolder: Red Flag – Alaska from Photorecon | The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag has become an important test of tactics and teamwork. A similar but larger venue has been created, called Red Flag [...]
CVW 11 Commander Reaches 1,000 Traps from Aero-News Network | Nimitz Commanding Officer Was In The Back Seat The commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 completed his 1,000th carrier arrested landing, or trap, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) June 18. Capt. Greg Harris completed the trap in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154...
Eurocopter’s X3 Hybrid Helicopter Begins U.S. Tour In Texas from Aero-News Network | First Flight On The Tour Was In Front Of American Eurocopter Employees In Grand Prairie Eurocopter has begun the U.S. tour of its X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter, which will demonstrate the unique operational capabilities of this advanced transportation system during a month of visits to military facilities and hub locations for civil helicopter operators. The tour was initiated Wednesday with a debut X3 flight presentation at the Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters of Eurocopter’s U.S. subsidiary – American Eurocopter...
Gamera II Makes 40 Second Flight from Aero-News Network | Human-Powered Helicopter Vying For The Sikorsky Prize The Gamera II human-powered helicopter designed and built at the University of Maryland has set a new unofficial record for flight in such a vehicle. According to a story appearing in the online publication The Blaze, the quad-rotor aircraft stayed airborne in the Reckord Armory on the campus of the University of Maryland for 40 seconds, still short of the minute needed to claim the American Helicopter Society's $250,000 award...
Podcast: Gamera II, the Human-Powered Helicopter from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A team at the University of Maryland hopes to fly their 105-foot, 76-pound human-powered helicopter for at least 60 seconds and up to an altitude of 10 feet. Glenn Pew speaks with Dr. Inderjit Chopra about the project's advances and, if it's successful, what's next.
Initial Flight Tests Of Experimental Fighter And Research Aircraft from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd
WWII Veteran -- Age 90 -- Still Skydiving from Aero-News Network | Had 'Always Wanted To Do One' While In The Service Lt. Bill Keller had become enamoured of skydiving while in the Army Air Corps during WWII, but says he never had an opportunity to make a jump. He finally did, at the Skydive Sky Ranch in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in 1992 to celebrate his 70th birthday...
Local Youth Invited to Experience Flight at EAA Young Eagles Day - SurfKY News | MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY (6/22/12) - The EAA Young Eagles program was started in 1992, giving interested young people, ages 8 - 17, the chance to fly in a ...
[Updated] Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts from David Cenciotti's weblog | Late on the afternoon (Central European Time) of Jun. 22, media outlets started to report that a Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom has disappeared over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near its shared border with Syria. The Phantom had left Erhac Air Base at around 07.30GMT and disappeared off radar around 09.00 GMT. Reports came out of Turkey soon after saying that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan had claimed that Syria had apologised for shooting down the jet, however at a press conference he told the gathered reporters that he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot down the jet and had apologised....
Friday, June 22, 2012
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Blue Angels to take to sky at Westmoreland County Air Show - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Airport gates will open at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the Army Golden Knights will launch at 10:40 a.m. At 10:55 a.m., stunt pilot Rob Holland will take to ...
First Blue Angel set to roar into city on Tuesday - Seacoastonline.com | Other performers include the U.S. Army “Golden Knights” parachute team, air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatic superstar Michael Goulian, Wingwalker ...
Snowbirds doing Canada Day flyby - Seaway News | The roar of jet engines will fill the skies above Cornwall for a short period of time Canada Day. Local MP Guy Lauzon announced Thursday the Snowbirds...
Soaring Nationals take to the air today - The Record-Courier | The nationals are expected to wrap up on Thursday. ... “Now we have competing places in Truckee and Pyramid Lake, but Minden's the...
EAA Celebrates 30 Years of Part 103 Ultralights from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Head on down to The Farm this year as ultralight enthusiasts celebrate the 30th anniversary of the FAA Part 103 regulation at AirVenture 2012. On the schedule are aircraft demonstrations, giveaways, and much more...
Goodyear's “Spirit of Goodyear” Blimp Returns to EAA AirVenture in 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - The famed Goodyear blimp "Spirit of Goodyear" will grace the skies once again at EAA AirVenture 2012, scheduled for July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport. The "Spirit of Goodyear" will arrive on Wednesday, July 25, and weather depending will fly regularly the following two days before departing on Saturday, July 28. While it is moored, spectators have the chance to get a rare, up-close look at the blimp at Pioneer Airport, located near the EAA AirVenture Museum...
Three Upcoming Air and Water Shows on the Shores of Lake Michigan - Jaunted | ... but the parachute teams from both the Army—the Golden Knights—and the Navy—the Leap Frogs—will give them some serious competition. Kirby Chambliss ...
Fly-in comes to Niles airport - Niles Daily Star | If you've ever wanted to see a Corvette engine powering an experimental ...
"Up Up and Away!" At the 12th Annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair ... - Kenai Peninsula Online | The air show included a variety of aviation informational booths inside the hanger as well as the static air displays on the tarmac. 46 pilots, family and friends ...
Sentimental Journey Celebrates 75 years of Cubs with Alabama Boys J-3 Act from Alabama 
Aviator - Aviation News | Piper Memorial Airport Loch Haven PA- Happening now at the Piper Memorial Airport is a celebration of 75 years of the iconic Cub. It is the 27th Annual Sentimental Journey Fly In to the hallowed ground that produced the most popular aircraft- the J-3 Cub...
Former Kemble airfield prepares for ultimate celebration of Britain - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | Glen Moreman, operations manager at Cotswold Airport, said: "We are delighted to welcome the Red Arrows to headline the inaugural Best of British Show ...
Evreux: the Patrouille de France trains - Paris Normandy | The Patrouille de France has been training this Thursday, June 21 at the beginning of the afternoon in Evreux where she will demonstrate Sunday, June 24 to 17 h over ...
Cannes AirShow celebrates 2012 event - Corporate Jet Investor | The show had just under 8500 visitors over the three day event.
History of Aviation in Anjou - Jacques Boisnard | This is an overview of more than a century since the first flights of mini-hot air balloons, to the amazing performance of modern gliders, to racing speed of 30 years. Anjou is indeed a rich province in the history of aviation...
From stickandrudderWTO | RCAF Trenton AFB Museum visit 13-6-2012, Meanwhile, down Trenton lakeside
Stan Sweikar's Fleet Fully Rigged, Ready for First Flight from Antique Airfield News | Stan Sweikar at Wingfield Airstrip in Dameron, MD has his Fleet restoration almost ready for the first flight. Stan says:...
Historic flying units celebrate anniversary, continue making history from Air Force Link Top Stories | In the spring of 1942 the United States filled battle-torn European skies with squadrons of airborne war machines. Among them, two transport squadrons began carrying troops and supplies into the Second World War, beginning a parallel history spanning seven decades and many military conflicts....
Iowa State University Students Complete Zenith from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft 
Gamera II Human-Powered Helicopter Claims New Record from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | If verified by the National Aeronautic Association, the Gamera II human-powered helicopter team created by students at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering set a new flight duration record of 35 seconds on Wednesday, June 20, beating the team's previous record of 11.4 seconds set last July.
Local aviator Ed Mux leaves mark on community - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune | MERRILL -- Ed Mux's life revolved around aviation....
New Pilots Get Their Wings Through Able Flight from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Able Flight, a scholarship program that empowers those with physical disabilities to learn to fly, will return to EAA AirVenture 2012 for its Wings Pinning Ceremony...
32 and Counting as E-Spider Lifts Two from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Anne Lavrand, founder and head of Electravia in Sisteron, France, emailed to tell of her latest creation before packing up to attend the Basse-Ham, France powered paraglider meet and airshow, the Mondial de Paramoteurs. She wrote, “I hope this new realization will have some success there!”...
Video: Man jumps from airplanes without parachutes used correctly from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS | After seeing the video, you may wonder if Greg Gasson is a brave or just crazy. He is known as the sportsman's time for more radical jump from an airplane. Gasson does not wear a parachute jump. He holds the equipment only with the hands or feet. Luckily, he has reached the ground safely...
727 Conversion to Dream Home - Wright Squawks
X-treme close up from AF.mil Photos | The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, the Air Force's unmanned, 
Video: Taikonauts to Perform Re-Dock Sunday from Spaceports | The Tiangong-1 space lab and the Shenzhou-9 spaceship have been combined as one, and early Wednesday morning they completed their first repositioning since docking. The three taikonauts will...
Encasing Enterprise: Space shuttle shelter inflated on Intrepid ... - SPACE.com | Two weeks after landing atop of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, the space shuttle Enterprise is now under the inflatable canopy that will ...
Monday, May 16, 2011
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USAF Museum Series: Part 12 - A Mile Of Runway | I thought it would be best to separate these photos from the ones I posted the other day. Yes, they're all from the same visit to the Restoration Hangars at the USAF Museum. However, these two aircraft are so special that I believe they deserve their own post. The Swoose is the only B-17D remaining in existence...
Air show boosts local economy - WAVY | HAMPTON, Va. -- For the Lowery family of Maryland, AirPower Over Hampton Roads means more than a quick vacation and amazing acrobatics in the sky. "We came down to the air show at Langley because our daughter flew in on a B-52...
Flooding hits Smyrna, but air show goes on - Murfreesboro Post | While one end of Smyrna Airport was filled last weekend with spectators witnessing the thrills of the state’s largest air show, the other end of the historic former Air Force base was filled with flood waters from the over-flowing Stewart Creek...
Historic aircraft, ‘bomb drop’ to highlight Terre Haute International Airport open house - Tribstar | The ride may be noisy and mildly smelly, and the quarters a bit close, but the thrill of taking a ride in a World War II B-25 bomber will be a highlight of the open house at Terre Haute International Airport on Saturday...
2011 MT Air Show Guide Now Available Online - Milcom | I am pleased to announce the public release of our 12th annual 2011 Monitoring Times Air Show Guide, now available on the Monitoring Times magazine website. You can get your copy by...
All eyes above for superb display - Fraser Coast | Australia -- ALL eyes looked to the skies above Maryborough over the weekend as the Wings, Warbirds and Wheels event flew into town. Organisers said more than 5000 spectators attended and more than 70 pilots brought all manner of aircraft to the Heritage City for the two-day event...
Amelia Earhart's Visit to Grosse Pointe - GrossPointePatch | On July 21st, 1932, Amelia Earhart was invited to christen a new line of automobiles produced by the Hudson Motor Company. Amelia Earhart is the most famous aviatrix since the advent of the airplane...
He flew with Jimmy Stewart in WW II - War Tales | “Jimmy Stewart was just one of the guys after we got to know him,” Jim Myers said. The Englewood, Fla. aviator flew with the movie star in a B-24 Liberator bomber during World War II. “Jimmy became our squadron commander early in the war when we were back in the states, and I became the squadron bombardier,” Myers said. “I flew 13 missions with him.”...Scholarships awarded - GA News | This year as part of the annual “Green Skills for Life” competition, the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) and Ford Motor Company Fund asked San Diego County students the following question: What is one change or action you think you and others could do in your everyday lives in order to make the world a greener place?...
Human-Powered Helicopter- The Gamera - Web Aviation | A team of 52 graduate students of the University of Maryland has successfully flown their human-powered helicopter called the Gamera this week Thursday. The project was started in a bid to set an aviation 'first', a world record, and to win the $ 250 000 Sikorsky Challenge...
Atomic- , Vacuum- , & Solar-Powered Dirigibles with Built-in Airports--Bits of a Bad Historic Future - Ptak Science | A post ("Nuclear Everything") over at Dark Roasted Blend that featured a magnificent and stodgy atomic-powered zeppelin pushed me into this short visual note on differentially-powered airships, and then in general about airships with airports on them. (There's a whole other category for planes-of-tomorrow that were so enormous that they had landing strips on their wings, but that's another story)...VIDEO: Buzz Aldrin Talks Future Space Goals - Spaceports | Dr. Buzz Aldrin talks of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's speech to the Congress May 25, 1961 as a political launch pad to advance space politics to lead to a permanent settlement on Mars by 2035...
Friday, May 13, 2011
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VIDEO: Riding with the Blue Angels - WTHR | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron arrived in Indianapolis Thursday for a weekend of performances at the 15th Annual Air Show at the Indianapolis Regional Airport (formerly known as Mt. Comfort Airport). Units 1 through 6 will show off their precision flying skills, but you may not know that Blue Angels Unit 7 has been in town for a few days. Unit 7 is the one that takes the VIP riders up to experience what it is like to fly in one of the military's most advanced aircraft...
The Blue Angels - Fargo Airsho August 13-14 | The Blue Angels’ mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the naval service to the United States, its elected leadership and foreign nations. The Blue Angels serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps...
Thousands expected for New River air show - JD News | This weekend, thousands from around Eastern North Carolina will be treated to a two-day airshow that has been a year and a half in the making. Held at New River Air Station, the show will coincide with the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation, said Marine Maj. Karl Kuga, the air show’s director...
Major Air Show Act Currently Grounded Over Safety Concerns - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY -- One of the headline acts for the 2011 Ocean City Air Show, the F-22 Raptors, has been placed on “stand-down” indefinitely, while the Air Force investigates potential problems with the oxygen systems on the aircraft, casting doubt on the appearance of the famous jets during the June event in the resort...
Former Coventry schoolboy joins Red Arrows - Coventry Telegraph | A FORMER Coventry schoolboy has achieved his dream of joining the famous Red Arrows. Since he was a young boy growing up in Ernesford Grange, Sean Cunningham set his sights high, with a burning ambition to become a pilot with the renowned RAF aerobatic team...
Yeovilton Air Show competition - Midweek Herald UK | RNAS Yeovilton will be celebrating 40 years since the first flight of the Lynx helicopter at this year’s International Air Day on Saturday, July 9...
Flower drop honors war dead - My Desert | The 13th annual Memorial Day Flower Drop will take place May 30 at the Palm Springs Air Museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trail. Festivities will begin at 10 a.m with “Kool Kids” activities, live radio broadcasts from K-News radio, performances from the Heatwave Jazz Band. At 2 p.m. a B-25 bomber will drop 3,000 carnations in honor of veterans killed defending the U.S...
Fly in a historic aircraft - Denver Daily | The public this weekend will have the rare opportunity to fly in World War II aircraft. The Liberty Foundation has flown in two World War II-era aircraft to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield and are inviting the public to purchase tickets for flights...
Fly a World War II bomber - Summit Daily | World War II veteran Wayne Whitlock settles into the back of the B-17 bomber's seats — metal benches, thinly padded and covered in army green canvas. He gazes at the interior of the door, where former vets have signed their names after flying on the same plane, recalling, just like he does, their war-hero buddies...
‘Drop a Bomb on Cancer’ from a plane May 21 - Tribstar | TERRE HAUTE — An up-close look at the Terre Haute International Airport will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 21 during an airport open house. Many types of aircraft will be on display, and visitors will have the chance to drop a “bomb” on a target to benefit the fight against leukemia...
Happy 'Top Gun' Day - Wood TV | "I feel the need... the need for speed!" Twenty five years ago this month, "Top Gun" debuted in theaters, and Friday, May 13th has been established as "Top Gun Day" by the creators of the website...
AVIATOR URGES ‘BOOK NOW’ FOR FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW AND LONDON 2012 - Travelio | Just a stone’s throw away from the Airshow site and within easy reach of London and all the main Olympic events, TAG owned Aviator hotel is already gearing up for the next Farnborough International Airshow (9-15 July) and the London Olympics (27 July -12 August).
Videos from AIRBOYD:
Centennial Of Naval Aviation
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Canadian Forces CC-177 (C-17) Alert Landing
Solar Impulse's first international flight is underway (live) - Engadget | We've been following Captain Piccard's Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane for a few years now. Today, right now as a matter of fact, the pioneering Swiss HB-SIA aircraft with 200-foot wingspan is attempting its first international flight. The flight to Brussels began at 8:40am (0640GMT) and should conclude about 12 to 13 hours later when...
Video: Judy Wexler Powers UMD 'Gamera' Off The Ground! - Martt | Here's the youtube version of the successful flight on Thursday 5-12-11 of the University of Maryland 'Gamera' human powered helicopter. It's an impressive accomplishment no matter how you look at it...
