Bob Hoover to honored with Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy · General Aviation News | ...Doolittle called him, “the greatest stick-and-rudder man who ever lived.” Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, called Hoover, “the best pilot flying today.” The Centennial of Flight edition of Air & Space Smithsonian named him the third greatest aviator in history...
Miramar Air Show To Feature Final Flight Of Sea Knight 'Phrog' (Video) * KPBS | The San Diego-based U.S. Navy Parachute Team, better known as the Leap Frogs, will also show off their high-flying skills at the air show. The Leap Frogs are an all-volunteer team made up of Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen...
Owensboro Air Show * Official website | Performers include: US Army Golden Knights, Paul Wood,
Randy Ball, The 4ce and more
World War II warbirds prepare to take flight * Midland Reporter-Telegram | Engines roared as warbird fighters prepared to take flight Tuesday at the Commemorative Air Force's Main Hangar. “During AirSho, this is what it will sound like,” said Steve Buss, director of the CAF's American Airpower Heritage Museum, with a smile.
Video: CAF Prepares For This Year's AIRSHO * Local Big 2 News | ...AIRSHO officials allowed Local Big 2 to fly in one of the trainer planes from World War II, giving us a bird's eye view of the City of Midland. Randy Wilson a colonel with the CAF says this is just one of the many planes set to fly October 11th and 12th...
Fly-In is successful event for the Flora Airport * Carroll County Comet | The sky above Carroll County in the vicinity of the Flora Municipal Airport was abuzz with flying machines last weekend. A two-day fly-in for powered parachutes and other aircraft was held to help promote the Flora community as well as the airport...
Catalina air show going all out under new organizers * The Daily Breeze | The Scheyden Catalina Air Show will take place at the picturesque Avalon Bay with high-flying excitement coming from a group of skilled pilots in agile planes performing aerobatic maneuvers like rolls, spins, loops and close-formation flying at speeds...
The Moss Super Q.E.D. II… And So It Is Proven · Ken Kula, Photorecon.net | “Quod Erat 
Grand County pilot enshrined in Aviation Hall Fame * Sky Hi Daily News | In 1992, Warner was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame. In 1993, her name was installed in the International Forest of Friendship. The Emily Howell Warner Aviation Education Resource Center was established in the...
WWII Signature Collection Hits Auction Block in Kansas City * News-Antique.com | “Famed airborne commander Maxwell Taylor, Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets, numerous Doolittle Raiders, German fighter ace Hugo Broch, US fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss, Asian American fighter ace Freddie Ohr . . . the list goes on and ...
'Wounded high over Germany' Martinsville veteran injured while serving on B-17 * Reporter-Times | By some estimates, the average crew member of a B-17 bomber during World War II had only a one in four chance of completing his required 25 missions and remaining alive. Verle Maxwell almost didn't make it past his third flight mission...
B17 flew in Hollywood movie based on Asheville war hero * Asheville Citizen-Times | The Asheville native has been celebrated for daredevil antic, flying his Memphis Belle B-17 at a 60-degree angle low between City Hall and the County Courthouse in downtown Asheville in 1945 during a trip for a war bond rally. A plaque memorializing...
Area 51's Black Jets * Air & Space Magazine | The highly classified inventions tested at Groom Lake are some of the greatest aircraft ever flown. By Bill Yenne. airspacemag.com. September 30, 2014 3:36PM. When Kelly Johnson, head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, decided that his company's...
NASA to crash helicopter to test safety improvements · General Aviation News | NASA researchers will crash a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a 30-foot height for the second time in a year — all in the name of safety. NASA is collaborating with other U.S. and international government agencies on the Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test Bed full-scale crash test scheduled for Oct. 1, weather permitting, at NASA Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility...
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EAA Staff Remembers Paul Poberezny Featured - EAA Video | February 11, 2014 - EAA staff members share memories of Paul Poberezny, EAA Founder.
Great Lakes Aviation Conference This Weekend - EAA | February 12, 2014 - A variety of keynote speakers and other educational opportunities for all levels of interest in aviation will be featured at the 14th annual Great Lakes Aviation Conference and Expo on February 14-15 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing, Michigan...
Think Global Flight Journey to Launch at Sun 'n Fun - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | February 12, 2014 - Aviation enthusiasts from around the world will fly into Florida's Lakeland Linder Regional Airport for the Sun 'n Fun International Fly In and Expo April 1-6, but there will also be one very significant departure on April 3: The Think Global Flight (TGF) crew is set to take 
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Looking ahead to SUN ’n FUN - General Aviation News | Won’t make the “Living Legends” dinner for Bob Hoover in Los Angeles this month? Perhaps you’ll grab another opportunity to dine with the legendary aviator and other aviation celebs at SUN ‘n FUN’s “Dinner with Legends” event — part of a full plate this year at the airshow season opener in Lakeland, Florida April 1-6...
Joyce Delaney Skydives with the Golden Knights, Tandem Style - US Army Golden Knights | Joyce Delaney from WFTL 850am Radio out of Fort Lauderdale, Fl spent the morning with the United States Army Parachute Team. She made a tandem jump with SSG...
Twenty-fifth "Thunder Over Louisville" to look back at show's history - WDRB | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The 25th Thunder Over Louisville celebration will take a look back at the history of the popular fireworks show. Wednesday morning, the Kentucky Derby Festival announced that this year's theme will be "Throwback Thunder." The soundtrack will highlight songs from each year of the annual show...
2014 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival canceled - KFVS | The 2014 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival has been canceled, according to Bruce Loy, airport manager at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Loy said Tuesday that the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, previously scheduled for a May 17 through 19 air show in Cape Girardeau, have canceled all of their 2014 U.S. air show appearances due to financial budget cuts...
Vintage Ford Tri-Motor plane available for rides in Miami - MiamiHerald.com | To soar in the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor is to take a step back in time, when only the daring ventured into the sky. When men dressed in suits and women in silk stockings to travel. When a pilot maneuvered a plane by wits and skill not computers. When a passenger was protected from the elements by nothing more than a sheet of glass in a window. When aviation was more than novel: It was a luxurious adventure for the lucky few who could afford to fly...
Superfortress stop in Pensacola postponed - Pensacola News Journal | The scheduled Pensacola visit of a vintage World War II B-29 Superfortress has been postponed from this week until April 3 through April 6...
Air show needs donations to take flight - WFMJ | VIENNA TWP., Ohio - The Youngstown Air Reserve Station is among the 16 locations where the Air Force Thunderbirds are set to perform this year, but the show can't take off without thousands of dollars in private donations. The Vienna base has not hosted an air show since 2009 and it will need to raise $200,000 for Thunderbirds to take flight....
Gee Bee Q.E.D. to Appear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | When we last spoke with Rich Alldredge following the flawless first flight of the late Jim Moss' outstanding reproduction 1934 Gee Bee Q.E.D. last fall, he said, 'We definitely have Oshkosh in our sights.' Well, this week he confirmed plans to fly the burly two-place Golden Age racer to Oshkosh this summer to participate in EAA AirVenture 2014.
Fallbrook airman has blue sky in his veins - U-T San Diego | FALLBROOK — Tucked away inside 
B-17 Lacey Lady Restoration Update – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Ep534 | Sean O’brien from the B-17 Alliance Group joins Matt Jolley with a restoration update on their B-17 “Lacey Lady”. Gary Velasco (Fighting Colors.com) also stops by to announce the start of a nose art panel give away here on Warbird Radio...
New Space Shuttle Exhibit to open Feb. 26 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will be cleared for liftoff when the museum's new Space Shuttle Exhibit opens to the public on Feb. 26. The exhibit, which features NASA's first Crew Compartment Trainer, allows visitors to experience the size and shape of an actual space shuttle orbiter by entering the payload bay and looking into the flight deck and mid-deck levels....
Timeless Voices - Dorothy and Bill Tunstall · eaavideo.org | Dorothy Nash and Bill Tunstall met and married in 1943 while both serving in the Navy, Bill as an Aviation Machinist Mate and Dorothy in the WAVES. Bill served aboard the USS Hornet and USS Kitkun Bay, while Dorothy was stationed at Sand Point.
EAA’s Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet, December 13, 2014 · eaavideo.org | Scotty Wilson describes his quest to build a full-scale, flyable replica of the Bugatti 100P racer, one of the most elegant and technologically advanced airplanes of its time, at EAA’s Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet, December 13, 2014.
AirplaneGeeks 286 – Jason Rabinowitz, the AirlineFlyer | Freelance aviation journalist Jason Rabinowitz joins us to talk about FAA deadlines, passenger behaviour on charter flights, and the state of U.S. airport infrastructure. Also, the best aviation museums, Jetblue’s new FlyFi system, travel technology, and analyzing travel data.
Marine aviator receives high-flying British honor for saving lives - DVIDS | FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. —A UH-1Y Venom pilot received the British Distinguished Flying Cross, Feb. 12 at the British Embassy in Washington. Capt. Brian Jordan, the second Marine aviator to earn the medal since World War II, was honored for his actions on June 21, 2012, while deployed in Afghanistan...
Air Force Association and Air Force Museum Foundation offer reciprocal memberships - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Foundation (AFMF) and the Air Force Association (AFA) announced today that they will be offering reciprocal memberships. Current members of one organization can now join the other organization at a discounted rate...
NextGen Space Entrepreneur Jeff Feige Takes Helm of Space Frontier Foundation - Spaceports | The Board of Directors of the Space Frontier Foundation announced today that Bob Werb, Co-Founder and long-time Chairman of the Board, has retired from the position, and that they have unanimously elected space entrepreneur Jeff Feige to take over as the Foundation's new Chairman...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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World Aerobatic Championships Wraps Up In Sherman-Denison - KTEN | GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- The World Aerobatic Championships wrapped up at the North Texas Regional Airport. The closing banquet was held on Saturday night in Denison, and results showed French pilots taking the 
top spots. The overall winner was Francois Le Vot with a nearly 78-percent score....
The 27th FAI World Aerobatic Championship - Results and more
US Jet Teams Are Back In 2014! Hear the details on this episode... - Warbird Radio | BREAKING NEWS - US Jet Teams Are Back In 2014! Hear the details on this episode of Warbird Radio LIVE!
National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrines Dwane Wallace - Aviation International News | During the Great Depression, he used money won by air racing to meet the company's payroll. After World War II, Wallace directed Cessna's development of an extensive line of corporate and general aviation products that grew the company into an aviation ...
Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Entertains 45,000 Fans - CBS | FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Fort Worth Alliance Air Show drew a crowd of 45,000 people this weekend. Attendees enjoyed an all-star lineup headlined by the Black Diamond Jet Team (shown above), civilian aerobatic stars, classic military aircraft and a special appearance by the Spirit of Alliance T-38 Talon. Show officials reported strong attendance at the annual two-day event, despite cooler than normal temperatures each morning. Held at the...
Early morning at the air show - Jonathan Rice Photography | Once in, I headed straight for the big jets. Only two this year. Apparently American Airlines no longer participates in the air show. Bummer. But I was able to get the shots for my project thanks to a FedEx plane and a private wide bodied jet. These shots made the price of admission well worth it....
Aero club celebrates 75 years - ABC Online | Broken Hill airport was jam-packed with planes at the weekend as pilots from all over the country flew into town to celebrate the local aero club's 75th anniversary. Vintage aircraft, former war planes and other old-time memorabilia were on display at ...
Engine Nacelles and Propellers Ready For B-29 “Doc” · Warbirds News | The restoration of the B-29 Superfortress “Doc” is making progress, today we called Tony Mazzolini to catch up with the latest events. Last weekend the volunteers have worked to hang the first of four restored & rebuilt engine nacelles. Yesterday San Antonio Propeller Service packed the first two propellers which will be delivered to Wichita next week. The propellers were fully restored and balanced in the San Antonio based shop so the Doc’s team will only have to ...
Replica Gee Bee Q.E.D. In The Sky (The Beauty Of Teamwork) - AirPigz | There's a good chance you already know that the Gee Bee Q.E.D. replica envisioned by Jim Moss made its first flight back on September 26, 2013. But if you're like me you didn't realize that Jim had been ill for some time during the latter stages of the project, and in fact he passed away on September 1st. It was the team of dedicated friends (wonderful aviation craftsmen) that carried Jim's Gee Bee dream into the sky...
Profile 82 - FINAL: "Cocktail Hour" as flown by Raymond Plank, 43rd BG, 64th BS - JSM | ...The day was August 9, 1945, the location was an air base within the Okinawan island chain called "le Shima." The day's missions were scrubbed, the 43rd's B-24s grounded. Raymond, never one to sit still and always reading between the lines, was quick to figure that 'something was up,' and managed an impromptu and unauthorized check flight in a C-46 Commando transport plane that an old buddy, Joe Sharpe, had flown in a day or two earlier...
FLYING TIGER TALKS ABOUT WAR YEARS - KNOE 8 News | Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 news) - Richard Sherman is one of a handful of World War II vets who still remind us of the sacrifices made during that time. In 1942 he was nineteen years old when he flew his first combat mission in a B-25, over the South China Sea....
Wreckage from US Bomber Found in Yangtze River - English.anhuinews.com | Four fishermen in Anhui discovered the wreckage of an American fighter plane, probably a "Flying Tiger" B-25 bomber in the Yangtze River on Wednesday. According to the Anhui Daily, a provincial newspaper, the wreckage is likely to belong to a B-25 bomber, part of the American volunteer group the "Flying Tigers," during World War II....
Planes that braved the unknown North celebrated in aviation museum - Brandon Sun | WINNIPEG - Only a few generations ago, northern Canada was largely unknown and unmapped. As the era of flight dawned, a few brave pilots took to the skies with little more than a wing and a prayer, hauling goods and people to remote, frozen communities with almost no protection from the elements. The derring-do era of the bush pilot is celebrated at the Western Canada Aviation Museum, an 8,500-square-metre trip back in time that sits near Winnipeg's James Armstrong Richardson International Airport....
The Kalinin K7 Was King of the Propeller Planes - Gizmodo | When the Spruce Goose was still just a 
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu (?? Flying Dragon) by travelforaircraft | The Ki-67 Hiryu (?? Flying Dragon / Allied reporting name "Peggy") was a highly capable aircraft design inspired by the lessons Japan had learned during their Manchurian campaign, the opening act of World War II. The campaign did not go quickly and soon became a quagmire which threatened a war against Japan's historical enemy, Russia. Mitsubishi responded to a request from...
Helicopter museum plans at Shotton Airfield ready for lift-off - Northen Echo | PLANS have been unveiled for a North-East helicopter museum combined with a ground-breaking venture in the rehabilitation of disabled former armed forces personnel. The proposals, revealed at...
Video: Ice Pilots NWT - Global Calgary | Mikey McBryan from Ice Pilots NWT joins Global Calgary with details on the History channel TV series.
16 year old’s solo captured by local TV news · General Aviation News Staff | What a cool story! Sierra Patterson soloed on her 16th birthday and the local television station was there to capture it — complete with a proud dad, worried mom and a very excited young girl. Check it out here. And Congratulations Sierra!
Atwater student makes ramp for planes at Castle museum - mercedsunstar.com | ATWATER — A high school student’s advanced welding and fabrication skills came in handy as he built a viewing stand that will allow people to inspect vintage military aircraft up close. Giancarlo Kamesch, 17, an Atwater High School senior, built the portable viewing stand for the Castle Air Museum. It can be used by visitors to the museum or by volunteers rebuilding planes in the restoration hangar...
Essay winner gets ride of a lifetime - Rome News-Tribune | Abby Rose Justice, a Coosa Middle School eighth grader about to step inside an airplane for the first time, was a little nervous. Abby, 13, stood beside the single-engine biplane on a run-way at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. The top winner of an essay contest, her prize was a ride in the tiny plane...
Young Eagles Program Lets Dozens Of Kids Fly - Greeneville Sun | More than 40 youngsters were able to enjoy free flights over Greene County Saturday thanks to the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Young Eagles program...
Friday, October 11, 2013
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Weekend Wings Over North Georgia air show set to go - Rome News Tribune | The buzzing of planes and the roar of jets will fill the skies over Floyd County this weekend as the Wings of North Georgia Air Show returns to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. After attracting thousands of aviation enthusiasts and curious spectators at the inaugural show in September 2012, JLC Airshow Management is...
Red Bull Posts Schedule For 2014 Air Race Series - Aero-News Network | Events To Be Held Worldwide Beginning In Abu Dhabi In March The schedule has been posted for the Red Bull Air Races for the 2014 season, with events being held from the Middle East to the U.S. and China. 
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Photo Gallery - Crosswind Images | The 2013 edition of the world's greatest aviation event!
Atlantic Flyer interview with Evan Flies - Wasabi Air Racing | Evan (of Evan Flies) and I did this interview a few years back. It ran in the Atlantic Flyer during the build up to this years races. Check it out! (link)
AOPA Summit: AOPA recognizes first AOPA-AbleFlight scholarship recipient · General Aviation News Staff | FORT WORTH, Texas — The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) celebrated the achievements of U.S. Marine Lt. Andrew Kinard upon the successful completion of flight training as AOPA’s 2013 Aviation Summit opened here Thursday. Kinard learned to fly after having lost both legs while serving in Iraq. He took flight training through Able Flight, a non-profit program that...
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- Thank You to 2013 Fly-In Volunteers
- QED Flight Update
- Reminder: Texas Chapter Fly-In This Weekend!
- Bucker Flies at Felts Field
- Arrow Sport Biplane Flies in Minot
- Iowa Aviation Museum Expansion Plans Video
- Coverage on the 2013 Fly-In in GA News
- Texas Chapter and Northwest Missouri Chapter Newsletters
Goodyear Blimp Becomes 'Snow Bird,' Flies South For The Winter - Aero-News Network | 'Spirit Of Goodyear' Retiring To The Sunshine State, Construction Of New Goodyear NT Airship On Schedule Like many Ohioans, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Akron-based blimp, the Spirit of Goodyear, has become a "Snow Bird" and is leaving northeast Ohio's snow and cold for a retirement in the sunshine and warmth of Florida. The blimp, which has been based at the company's Wingfoot Lake Hangar since its christening 13 years ago, will join The Spirit of Innovation and operate from the company's Pompano Beach, FL airship base this winter...
Female F-22 pioneer lauds Air Force's progress - Politico | Ask Col. Dawn Dunlop about her background, and she ticks through her accomplishments in the simplest and most matter-of-fact way. “I was the first female Air Force fighter pilot in Europe. I was the first F-22 pilot. I was the first test wing commander ...
Fortress Rabaul: the Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942–April 1943 by travelforaircraft | ...Gamble also describes in detail how skip bombing evolved and the role of Major General George Kenney in this as well as gunship development. Famous for skip bombing the B-25 Mitchell bombers under Kenney's command were also famous for being the first gunships with several 0.50 caliber machine guns in the nose (for starters) — according to Kenney's recollection of events. Well, not quite, as Gamble corrects this common misunderstanding (one of many by Kenney) with the observation of the work of a self-taught engineer, Major Paul "Pappy" Gunn, who months before modified A-20 Havocs to carry several nose-mounted machine guns to begin the hugely successful, as well as spectacularly dangerous, low level bombing and strafing attacks....
How Things Work: Ejection Seats - Air & Space magazine | LAST DECEMBER, WHEN AN airman on a mission to Afghanistan initiated the ejection sequence on a B-1 bomber that was going down over the Indian Ocean, all four crew members blew out of the airplane in less time than it takes you to read this paragraph. They ejected at four different times and at four different angles so they wouldn’t hit each other while clearing an airplane that, crippled by “multiple malfunctions,” was going more than 600 mph at 15,000 feet....
Erik Lindbergh predicts electric business jet future - Corporate Jet Investor | Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles, discusses electric aircraft, his involvement with Air Charter Service and what he remembers of his grandfather. Erik Lindbergh steps off a business jet. A question Corporate Jet Investor often asks aviation ...
Wingsuit flyer Victor Kovats dies after cliff crash horror - www.cnn.com | The body of a Hungarian daredevil "wingsuit flyer" has been found a day after he plunged into a remote valley in northwestern
China during a practice flight ahead of the World Championships.Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at 88 - CNN | ...Carpenter was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts chosen by NASA. He was a backup pilot for John Glenn in the preparation for America's first manned orbital space flight in February 1962....
Friday, October 4, 2013
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Miramar Air show canceled at last minute - U-T San Diego | The Miramar Air Show scheduled to begin tomorrow has been canceled, the Marine Corps announced Thursday morning. A truncated two-day version of the popular annual event had been planned after the Defense Department declined to allow military ...
Great Georgia Airshow Line-up Set, Ready to Fly - PR Web | For thrill seekers, GGAS offers rides in 
warbirds, monster trucks, helicopters, hot air balloons, a zip line and a wind tunnel. Aspiring pilots, aviation mechanics and aerospace engineers can learn about careers in aviation at the Great Georgia Airshow ...
Wings Over North Georgia returns to Rome Oct 12-13 - Rome News Tribune | The lineup also includes solo performances by Mike Wiscus flying the Lucas Oil sponsored Pitts Special with their new Lucas Oil sponsored Parachute Jump Team; John Klatt is returning to Rome flying the Air National Guard sponsored MXS; Bill Braack...
2013 Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo Is Fast Approaching - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Planning and preparation for the 41st annual Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo is well underway at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Arizona. Organizers are hoping to build on last year's successful event that drew more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Copperstate 2013, whose theme is 'Keeping the Dream Alive,' runs from October 24-26.
World War II Airmen return to the sky at McKinney Air Show Oct. 3-6 - North Texas e-News | The City of McKinney, Texas will be host to an unprecedented collection of historic World War II aircraft October 3 – 6 when the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) iconic B-29 Superfortress FIFI – the only flying B-29 in the world – visits Collin County...
Bush pilots' fly-in expected to offer a unique experience - New Philadelphia Times Reporter | Terry Henry says an interesting group of planes and pilots will be coming to Harry Clever Field (New Philadelphia airport) this weekend for the Ohio Bush Planes Fly-In/Pancake Breakfast. “If you have ever had the wanderlust bug, these guys live the...
Reno Air Races 2013 - aeroaustin | ...We decided to go partly for a summer holiday for Alan, and also it was the 50th anniversary of the races, so it ought to be good. And there was a bonus in that several pilots from the Sport Air Racing League (SARL) would be racing in the Sport class....
Air races on display - Coeur d'Alene Press | Before a pilot can compete in any class at the Reno Air Races, he or she must attend the Reno Air Race Association's Pilot Racing Seminar (PRS), also known as "Rookie School," where the rules and techniques of pylon racing are taught and honed. Conklin...
Al Ain Aerobatic Show to feature expert displays - Trade Arabia | Four elite military teams, seven daredevil pilots, wingwalkers, parachutists and a new-to-the-region aircraft line-up will join the Al Ain Aerobatic Show's biggest onground family entertainment extravaganza. The landmark 10th anniversary edition will...
Video: Sean D. Tucker - The Man, Living With Passion - AirPigz | I've watched Sean Tucker fly airshows since the early 80's but it's only been recently that I've really been paying attention. I got a little disinterested back in old days when it seemed that he was on a path that wouldn't be ending well... and I learned in a presentation he did at Oshkosh on...
Jim Moss's Gee Bee Q.E.D. Makes Maiden Flight - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | 
Famous aviator Amy makes flying visit to Tewkesbury Garage - This is Gloucestershire | THE lady leaning on the car at Tewkesbury Garage is Amy Johnson, the famous aviator. At the time the picture was taken in the late 1930s/early 1940s, she lived at Stoke Orchard. When not setting world records for long-distance flying in her Tiger Moth...
Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang, End of Summer Update · WarbirdsNews | Every month here at Warbirds News we are excited to receive the email from Weezie, Tom Reilly’s restoration shop manager, updating us on the project . Weezie does an excellent job in keep the fans of the XP-82 Twin Mustang updated....
Reflections on the B-17 and the End of the War: The Perspective of a B-17 Co Pilot - Second Line of Defense | Hubert Stephenson was the co-pilot of the B-17 which was forced to crash land on July 4, 1943 in France. We participated in this summer's ceremony to honor the crew and to place a monument in the local area in their honor. A ceremony was held on...
Italian aero club marks century of seaplane flying - AOPA Pilot | A hundred years of seaplane flying from a lake renowned as one of Europe's most stunning resort and vacation spots was to be celebrated Oct. 5 on Lake Como in the Alpine foothills of Italy. The centenary celebration was to be held at the facilities of...
Toon Jacobs Lost in Crash · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Toon Jacobs, recently congratulated in this blog for his creation of the fourth electric Cri-Cri, died in the crash of his aircraft on September 21....
Ex-Warsaw Pact MiG-21 Fishbeds provide threat simulation services over North America - The Aviationist, Jacek Siminski | According to Draken International the supply of MiG-21s from Poland has already started. The 25 aircraft will be refurbished and then will be used to extend the offer of Draken International, a company which offers threat simulation during various exercises in North America, both in the U.S. and Canada, as well as research and development and adversary support to various entities within the U.S. Military and defense industry....
Academy of Model Aeronautics Awards 11 Scholarships - PRWeb | The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded scholarships to 11 students pursuing higher education. Starting in 1970, the Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded more than $840,000 in yearly scholarships to students with model aviation experience and high standings within their schools. The scholarships are granted with funds donated by model aviation organizations and individuals, AMA member donations, a portion of AMA member dues, and direct donations from the Academy of Model Aeronautics...
Caylee's Second Post as the Girls With Wings Private Pilot Scholarship Winner! - Lynda Meeks | Congratulations to Caylee who has resumed her flying lessons thanks in part to the generous donations that people have made to Girls With Wings. The Private Pilot Scholarship is to help defray the cost of flight training lessons in pursuit of a private pilot certificate. This scholarship, an award in the amount of $1000.00, targets those individuals who have soloed but have not completed the Private Pilot Course. Read more about our scholarship program...
At Pottstown Muni Airport Day and Young Eagles Rally the Focus was in the Sky - Patch.com | The Pottstown Municipal Airport's Community Day and Young Eagles Rally came back this year to the Pottstown Municipal Airport on Sept. 28, where guests observed airplanes, watched local celebrity John Armato skydive out of an airplane, and—if the...
Friday, September 27, 2013
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Holland Wins Second Straight Unlimited Title - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Rob Holland successfully defended his Unlimited Power national championship at the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas, which runs through Friday. Second place went to Jeff Boerboon and third to Nick Timofeev...
The Heart Of Texas Airshow debuts Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | WACO, Texas — The Heart of Texas Airshow will make its debut Saturday, Sept. 28, at Texas State Technical College Waco Airport (CNW), featuring aerobatic performances, jet cars, warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. The first airshow to take place in Waco in seven years, The Heart of Texas Airshow includes appearances by Justin Lewis and his FLS Microjet, the world’s smallest jet, like that seen in the James Bond movie; Michael Kennedy’s pre-World War II Vultee BT-13 Valiant; a variety of aircraft from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, including a P-51 Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and helicopter, as well as the B-25 Bomber “Devil Dog” and the Douglas C47 “Bluebonnet Belle.”...
Mustangs, Rainbows & Lightning / Earth to Sky Gallery
- Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | A
group of photographers had a scheduled photo shoot at the Reno Air Races
on Saturday the 14th of September. The timing was for sunset, but the
weather was not looking good. This was our third attempt due to rain in
the evening. We dashed to the flight line as the crews moved the P-51
Mustangs into position. Lightning was already moving into the area
and...
Competition Flying – Reno Air Races 2013 - Global Aviation Resource | The 50th running of the 
The QED Has Flown! - NORDO News | That's all I know. I just read an email that if flew this evening and am now anxiously waiting and looking for photos or video. News of the first flight is exciting and I'm sure Jim's family, and the extended build family, are very thrilled and sentimental tonight. Congratulations to everyone involved...
South Carolina RC Clubs Offer Radio Controlled Aircraft Air Show - Aero-News Network | Three Clubs Join Forces To Present Event Free To The Public | On Saturday, November 2nd starting at 1100 EDT the Blue Ridge Radio Control Club (BRRC), Western Carolina Radio Control Club (WCRC) and Firetower Fliers will be performing at a free-to-attend Radio Controlled (RC) Aircraft Show at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina...
Breezy Co-Creator Carl Unger Passes Away - EAA News | September 26, 2013 - Carl Unger, whose unique Breezy aircraft provided many thousands of flights to people over the past half-century, passed away Tuesday, September 24, at his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was 82....
Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” - Warbirds News | The Restorers is a documentary film about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect from the graves of history. If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012. Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the film. Adam and Kara produced the documentary film with 8 short stories about people restoring planes...
A slice of aviation heaven in Illinois· Meg Godlewski, General Aviation News | This summer marked my 13th AirVenture. After a few years of going to the big show, I noticed that whenever I 
encountered someone with a particularly unusual or well-kept airplane, the names Bel Air Estates and Poplar Grove Airport (C77) in Illinois were attached to them. The privately-owned, public use airport came first, says Steve Thomas, whose father Dick established the airport in 1972 after retiring from dairy farming....
WWII Triple Ace to speak October 8, 2013 - Indianapolis Aero Club | Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson will be our featured speaker for our October 8 meeting...
Warbird Pilots Step in to Honor Fallen Airmen - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Retired naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Sean "Flopper" Cushing pulls up in his L-39 during Monday's missing man flight over Arlington National Cemetery....
The Hump - The Lexicans | We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the history of the Battle of Okinawa, which my father-in-law participated in, and today I received an e-mail about the incredible losses suffered in the air wars over Europe and the Pacific, and the heartbreaking losses in…the United States. The U.S. lost 14 or 15,000 aircraft alone in training in the United States, and at least 22,000 operationally in the war overseas...
Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the Mother Country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...
Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013 · Warbirds News | This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day “in the spirit of Smithsonian Museums,” which offer free admission every day. It calls the event Museum Day Live!, and this year it falls on Saturday, Sept. 28...
McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin Wind Tunnel Model Dedicated at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - airandspacemuseum.org | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum dedicated a one-sixth scale restored wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter during a mid-day ceremony held at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The museum hosted a group of retired McDonnell Aircraft employees and guests in the hangar following a luncheon held at the airport’s nearby Spinners restaurant. Prior to the arrival of the invited guests, museum members set up several displays featuring wind tunnel model parts from various known and unknown aircraft projects in addition to the Goblin model, which was kept under wraps until later in the program. Here we present an illustrated recap of today’s event...
OK, that's low! - Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip is of an Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules making a (very) low pass over observers on the runway at that country's Marambio Base in the Antarctic.
A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 1 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 1 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...
The Hadfield Effect - Vintage Wings of Canada By Dave O'Malley | I often shake my head today at 
Build A Plane to present Teachers’ Day at NBAA · General Aviation News Staff | For the first time, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host a Build A Plane Teachers’ Day at its annual convention next month in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace, the Teacher’s Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Oct. 24, the third day of this year’s convention...
EAA Member's 400th Young Eagle Flown Is Extra Special - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Fran Uliano, EAA 237515, flew his 400th Young Eagle, Abigail Murphy, on September 14, and he said it was the passenger, not the milestone, that made the flight one of his most memorable. Abigail's mother, Carol, called Uliano to ask about the EAA Chapter 27 (Meridian, Connecticut) Young Eagles rally scheduled for October 12. Carol told Fran that she planned to bring all three of her children for flights, with Abby, 9, being the youngest...
SpaceX to launch Sunday from Vandenberg - Spaceports | Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch its first-ever SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 from the Vandenberg Air Firce Base in California Sunday, September 29, 2013 with a targeted launch window beginning at 9 a.m. PDT or 12:00 noon EDT. USAF Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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CAF Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of AIRSHO - PR Web | Warbirds invade West Texas for the 50th Annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) AIRSHO presented by Western National Bank on Oct. 12-13. This milestone AIRSHO will feature Texas Flying Legends, a fantastic collection of warbirds, and some of today's...
NAS requests Novemebr air show be expanded to Pensacola Beach - WEAR | Some breaking News today about the air show this fall. Right now a civilian air show is expected to take place on the Friday of Veterans Day weekend, November 8th, aboard NAS Pensacola....
CNE air show will be missing the American exhibitors this year - Canada.com | The Canadian
International Air Show at Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition is usually a huge crowd draw, and the entire city can feel the jet engines as they roar over the waterfront. But this year, the show will be a little smaller than normal....
Inaugural air show draws crowds - Hillsdale.net | HILLSDALE — Thousands of feet in the air, the roar of the FM-2 Wildcat fighter aircraft could be heard as it screamed past hundreds of spectators at the Hillsdale County Air Show Saturday at the Hillsdale County Municipal Airport. The Wildcat was one of more than a dozen planes on hand that thrilled onlookers with precision flying and stunts on a picturesque afternoon....
Aerobatic pilots put on a show for annual Hammerfest in Llano - The River Cities Sunday Tribune | LLANO — Oh, those magnificent men (and women) and their flying machines take to the air above Llano on Aug. 31-Sept. 1 for the annual Hammerfest. “It’s an (International Aerobatic Club) competition,” said pilot and Austin IAC Chapter 107 member Jack Stovall. “The planes that you’ll see there are purpose-built for aerobatics.”...
Flight Of The Warbirds: WWII Planes Take To Jersey Shore Skies - Patch.com | The Collings Foundation's annual "Wings of Freedom Tour" landed at Monmouth Executive Airport this weekend.
14 AIR & SPACE MUSEUM AIR & SPACE HALL OF FAME TAPS 14 FOR ... - U-T San Diego | Two sky divers who took death-defying leaps, three astronauts who traveled to the moon and a pilot who safely landed an airliner in New York's Hudson River highlight this year's list of inductees to the San Diego Air & Space Museum's International Hall ...
Video: Tazewell County Air Show 2013 - clipwings.com
Lehigh Valley Airshow drew more than 40000 - Allentown Morning Call | Near-perfect weather and 16 years of pent-up demand helped the Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow soar to heights that surprised even the most optimistic airport officials. But with big crowds came big headaches, as more than 40,000 people flocked to a Lehigh Valley International Airport airfield that initially was expected to draw about 15,000...
Featured Video: Lake Sangchris Airpark Fly-In Attracts Fly Baby and Cessna 150 - The Aero Experience | Cessna 150 Pilot Jeff Wilson provided this video from his flight with a Fly Baby last weekend:
Wow! Dawlish Air show delights the holiday crowds - This is Cornwall | Thousands of people lined 
the coast on Saturday to watch a free flying display as part of a renowned air show. Sunshine and blue skies made perfect conditions for the Dawlish Air Show where a British Army helicopter gunship made its debut in the static display...
Bournemouth Air Festival 2 days to go: Charity auction for Jon Egging - Bournemouth Echo | A PAINTING signed by the late Red Arrow pilot, Jon Egging, will be up for auction at a charity fundraiser this week. The artwork, called Eagle Bend by Colin van Geffen, was signed by Jon Egging, as well as the rest of the 2011 Red Arrow team, on the night before he lost his life after an air display for the Bournemouth Air Festival, on August 20, 2011...
Final MAKS-2013 Airshow Rehearsal Held in Zhukovsky - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – After being delayed twice over the weekend, the final rehearsal of Russia's MAKS-2013 airshow, involving three new T-50 fifth-generation fighter jets, took place at the Zhukovsky airfield on Monday. One of the ...
Video: Building The Gee Bee Q.E.D. Replica (And First Flight Coming Soon!) - AirPigz | Back in 
'Flying Fortress'B-17 flies into Philadelphia - Philly.com | "OLD JOE" sat in his wheelchair just off the tarmac at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport yesterday, awe-struck by a beautiful lady he'd known as a young man but was now afraid to take out for a ride - a B-17 World War II bomber. "I'm 94. I have a pacemaker. I'm afraid my adrenaline would get too much," Joseph Blinebury said. "I'd be so thrilled that I'm liable to have a heart attack."...
WWII B-17 Flying Fortress coming to Bismarck Airport - Bismarck Tribune | One of the last flying World War II B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours Thursday to Monday at the Bismarck Municipal Airport. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the United States Air Force against Nazi Germany. Of the 12,731 built, fewer than 10 remain in flying condition and only a very few fly regularly...
Vintage B-17 bomber on display at Prince Albert airport - CBC.ca | A rare B-17 bomber — restored to military specifications — has touched down in Prince Albert. The plane, built in 1943, is one of only about 10 left in the world that can fly. "To get it here, I think, is something pretty special," Bob Spracklin, president of the Prairie Heritage Air Show Society said Monday. People will be able to tour the plane at the airport in Prince Albert...
Bomber Landing Puts Vote On CAF Move On The Radar 8/26/13 - KOSA | MIDLAND-It was a big day for fans of the Commemorative Air Force Museum. The beloved B-29 bomber FiFi came for a stay at the Midland base. It was a beautiful site--the landing of the world's only still operational B-29. For CAF member and veteran Jimmy Parker, it's a bittersweet reminder of what the CAF here in Midland has already lost...
A Single Daring Act - airspacemag.com | Memoirs of Korea by an acclaimed novelist. | By the end of the war, Sabre pilots had attained a kill ratio of 10 to 1 against MiG-15s. Most of the aerial warfare took place along the Yalu River in an area nicknamed MiG Alley.
Saturday 'Boneyard' tours set for Aug. 31 - Inside Tucson Business | Curious passersby who have always wanted to get a closer look at the slumbering aircraft inside Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s iconic “Boneyard” but found that guided tours only run during typical working hours can finally get a peek during a special Saturday tour...
Air Aces series presented on Air Force Museum’s giant screen - General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — In a partnership brokered by Reel Stuff Aviation Resources, the Military Channel’s new six-part series, Air Aces, is simultaneously being screened at the newly renovated Air Force Museum Theatre. Air Aces, which had its U.S. broadcast premier on Aug. 4, is a series of one-hour episodes that profiles some of the most heroic and courageous military pilots that ever flew. The Air Force 
Museum Theatre features 7.1-plus surround sound and state-of-the-art 4K digital projection onto an 80-foot wide giant screen....
Gathering Definitely Makes a Difference - WAI Connect Blog | When Samara Hull wrote a paper for school about her goal of becoming a pilot, the two guys in her class who also wanted to be pilots were not expecting to hear that she already had experience in the air...
Can you help with this documentary?` - WAI Connect Blog | Mayo Woman pioneer Aviator: Help wanted for documentary | A documentary is currently in production on Nancy Corrigan, one of the first female pilots. A County Mayo woman who in 1929, at 17 years of age, emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, with only a basic education and went on to become one of the first women pilots. She trained air cadets for the US Military during World War II. Nancy also took part in Air Races. She was the second woman ever to gain a commercial pilot's licence...
RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway - Warbirds News | It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane which had been sitting underwater for over 70 years, were trucked to the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK. Since its arrival its fuselage and major components have been placed in hydration tunnels and are kept bathed in a mild citric acid solution to soften and loosen the marine life and corrosion that built up over its many decades submerged in salt water....
AVRO Arrow Artifacts Media Photo Opportunity Supports Mississauga's New ... - City of Mississauga | Additional artifacts from the Canadian Air & Space Museum will also be on hand. Event Details What/Why: A media photo opportunity including artifacts from the AVRO Arrow. In the future, the City will expand the museum's collection to offer more off ...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Cobra walkaround — Tampa - Travel for Aircraft | This park is located on the east side in Tampa FL on the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Hwy 301 and the Tampa Bypass Canal — just a bit south of Martin Luther King Blvd. This park […]
Pilot, Minister, and Servant to Others: Brian Kissinger Turns Challenges into Opportunities - The Aero Experience | There will be a gathering of the St. Louis metropolitan area aviation community on Labor Day to raise money for local charities, and it is no surprise that the idea was conceived by pilot, itinerant minister and two-time brain cancer survivor Brian Kissinger. Since setting his third world speed record...
A stunt pilot's view on Disney's Planes - The Guardian | Early on, Dusty takes part in a training race around a series of pylons – very much like the Red Bull Air Race, an international competition in which pilots navigate obstacles at speed. Some of the aeroplanes bump into the pylons – yes, it has happened ...
Extremely rare video shows Gaddafi’s Air Force aerial refueling trials (and failures) in the mid 1990s - The Aviationist | The following footage shows Mirage F1ADs and Mig-23s refueling from Il-76T and C-130s during trials reportedly conducted between the end of the 1980s and 1994. Noteworthy, at min 04:19 you can see a Gaddafi’s Mirage’s IFR (In Flight Refueling) probe disintegrating after a successful plug into an aerial refueling basket...
Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on for Sunday after Saturday washout - Newsday | Air show performers are expected to take to the skies over Jones Beach as scheduled Sunday after cold, rainy and windy weather grounded them Saturday. The cancellation of a full day's events was a first for the 
Meet the voice of the Bethpage Air Show - Newsday | More than three decades after his aeronautical interest and broadcast career intersected, the 64-year-old Cincinnati resident is one of two full-time professional air show announcers working in the country. So when hundreds of thousands of spectators...
Air show will salute San Diego's wartime spirit - La Jolla Light | The air show chair is Bob Simon of Del Mar, a retired American Airlines captain and Naval aviator, who now owns and flies a Stearman biplane named after his wife, D'Marie. Also from Del Mar is assistant chair Erich Moulder, a corporate jet pilot, who...
"Pearl Harbor" Movie Plane to Drop Memorial Day Carnations - Palm Springs Life | Three thousand red and white carnations will descend from a Mitchell B-25 Bomber at 1 p.m. May 26 to honor military veterans at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Palm Springs Air Museum. In a tribute to Jimmy Doolittle upon his death in 1993, a single B-25 ...
Two Who Did Not Return - New York Times | Gedeon, who was assigned to the Army Air Corps, was on board a B-25 bomber that crashed during training in North Carolina in August 1942. He freed himself and crawled out, despite three broken ribs. Gedeon then went back inside the burning plane to try...
Sporty’s Fly-In draws enthusiastic crowds from General Aviation News | Sporty’s Ninth Annual Fly-In went off without a hitch last Saturday despite the all-day threat of thunderstorms. About 100 aircraft made the trip to Ohio’s Clermont County Airport (I69), coming from as far away as Virginia, Maryland and Michigan....
Star of Disney’s Planes to appear at Oshkosh from General Aviation News | The star of Disney’s “Planes,” the animated feature set to be released this summer, will be featured at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh during the airshow. Playing the role of Dusty in the airshow performances is Texas-based aerial applicator Rusty Lindeman, who customized one of his own Air Tractor AT-301 airplanes to match Dusty’s paint scheme and features....
On board with the Snowbirds - Winnipeg Free Press | Gregg Wiebe, pilot of Snowbird 4 on the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team. Wiebe, who grew up in Kenora, Ont., took to the skies north of Winnipeg with his teammates Saturday to impress and/or strike fear into some civilian passengers along...
Frecce Tricolore in Roseto, in conversation with Maristella Urbini - Translated | ...Assessor and Airshow 2013 has been considered by many as an almost historic event for the city...
60 years of the Patrouille de France: Le Drian wants to "keep this" - AFP | SALON-DE-PROVENCE 
Dubai Airshow new venue on target for completion - Breaking Travel News | The new Dubai Airshow venue is on schedule for completion with just 90 days until Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) officially hand over the keys for the show site to show organisers, F&E Aerospace. The biennial show takes place 17 to 21...
Duxford airshow marks US Army Airforce 'friendly invasion' - BBC News | Four World War II aircraft, which make up the Eagle Squadron, can be seen together for the first time in the UK, at IWM Duxford on Sunday. A Hawker Hurricane X, Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, Republic P-47G Thunderbolt and P-51C Mustang Princess Elizabeth...
Female stunt pilot began flying in 1960s - Daily Press | Over the years, Mathias has participated in cross-country races and aerobatic competitions, performing stunts such as loops, rolls, hammerhead dives, inverted flying and other tricks. That part of her flying career was just for fun, she says. "She has...
Video: Kermit Takes The Gee Bee Z Out For A Spin from AirPigz by Martt | Don't get too excited here, there's no 'spinning' or even leaving the ground with the beautiful replica Gee Bee Z that's part 
A-10 jet severs two protective cables above power lines at Stockton Lake - News-Leader.com | A low-flying A-10 Thunderbolt II military jet hit two protective cables above a major power transmission line crossing Stockton Lake Wednesday afternoon, and boaters are being kept away from the downed cables....
Angel Flight NE Aircraft Crashes from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A Piper PA-34 Seneca being flown for Angel Flight Northeast crashed in Garoga, NY killing at least two of the occupants and likely the third. The aircraft took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass bound for Rome, NY and crashed about 60 miles from its destination. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft, minus a wing, drop into a reservoir next to a campground crowded for the long weekend....
Monday, May 13, 2013
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An Annapolis tradition, grounded - Baltimore Sun | The Blue Angels have performed during commissioning week and then saluted the graduates just about every year since 1954, but they haven't done a full-scale performance in Annapolis since 2010...
Canadians, Warbirds to the Rescue at Jones Beach Airshow - Patch.com | The Bethpage Federal Credit Union announced its roster for the 10th annual airshow that includes the Royal Canadian Air Force Demonstration Team, numerous aerial acrobatic displays and a flying armada of World War II era planes from Farmingdale's ...
AUO Air Show Success from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | AUBURN UNIVERSITY AL- 
Red Devils to drop in for Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | THE Red Devils parachute team will light up the night sky at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival for the first time – thanks to support from the town itself. The team, which was due to jump in 2010 but couldn't because of the weather, will perform a ...
CAF Announces Search for New National Airbase Location - PR Web | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) today announced plans to establish the CAF National Airbase at a major metropolitan area and its intent to launch a nationwide search immediately. The new facility, described by CAF officials as an “Airbase,” will contain a year-round aviation attraction, house CAF Staff and support volunteer CAF members who will organize and execute an annual warbird air show/fly-in. This new Airbase will also serve as a base of operations for some of the CAF’s most significant flying vintage military aircraft...
Gary Honors Tuskegee Airman - Inside INdiana Business | A B-25 bombardier with the legendary black World War II Tuskegee Airman Army Air Corps, 1st Lieutenant Smith and 100 black officers were arrested at Freeman Field in Seymour, Indiana for defying orders not to enter the officer's club. After his...
Anniversary: Attack on Ruhr Dams by Aircraft of 617 Squadron on the Night of 16-17 May 1943 - 
Museum Participates in Weekend Events Promoting Aviation and Transportation from News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum participated in two programs promoting aviation and transportation in the St. Louis area. On Friday, the museum presented the F-4 Phantom II cockpit at the “Careers on the Move” program at J.L Mudd Elementary School in O’Fallon, MO. About 400 elementary school children were...
A Gee Bee Built For Two! Replica Q.E.D. By Jim Moss from AirPigz by Martt | Jim Moss from the Seattle area is no stranger to building replicas of fabulous aircraft from the Golden Age. His Laird Super Solution from back in 2000 showed he's got the skills for this kind of work - check out this link about his Laird from another Super Solution builder Pete Groves (info on Jim's starts at pic 3 on that page). And now, his replica of the big Gee Bee, the 1934 Q.E.D. appears to be either complete or very nearly so. Wow, that's one big and beautiful airplane!...
Dreams on Wings 2013 Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ANG-BIRMINGHAM AL- "Giving children faced with serious illness the experience and joy of flight which pilots feel privileged to share" is the motto for Dreams on Wings. Area pilots donate their planes and time to fly each child and their family for a 45 -minute ride around town. That is the highlight of the days events but there is so much more.
Meet astronaut Kevin Ford at the Museum in Washington or on NASA TV: www.nasa.go... from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall Meet astronaut Kevin Ford at the Museum in Washington or on NASA TV: www.nasa.gov/ntv on Tuesday, May 14 at 1 pm. Commander Ford was the pilot on one shuttle mission (STS-128), one Soyuz mission (Soyuz TMA-06M), and two ISS expeditions (33-34). Get a...
Sunday, May 12, 2013
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2013 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival | Welcome to the official site of the 2013 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. Join us on June 28 & 29 for a spectacular weekend of aerobatic performances, food, and family fun! This year’s Air Festival features the...
Impressive air display over Warwick - Leamington Observer | In response the school was offered a 15-minute aerial display from RAFA's Blades display team, a group of full-time civilian aerobatic display made up entirely of former RAF Red Arrows pilots, renowned worldwide for flying close formation aerobatics.
The Patrouille de France awaits - Provence | This is an amazing festival that is organized, Sunday, May 26, the Air Base Salon-de-Provence, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Patrouille de France. After the 25th, reserved for officials, sponsors of the event, the staff of the ...
Salon de Provence exceptional meeting for 60 years of the PAF from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | On Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 10:00 to 18:00 there will be a special free airshow open to the public (100,000 spectators expected) on the air base of Salon de Provence where the Patrouille de France is stationed since 1964 | All European patrols will be present to honor the 60th anniversary of the PAF. You can see the British Red Arrows, the Italian Frecce Tricolori, Patrouille Suisse, Polish Iskri, the Red Devils Belgian, Spanish and Aguilas Kril Oluje Croatian already announced. It may be to expect more surprises as the Moroccan Green March and the Russian Mig 29 on patrol Striji...
Champion 'Airshow Side to Turkey is - Translated | This is the third year, which will be held on 25-26 May 2013 'airshow Side, hundreds of world-class air show pilot Jurgis Kairys'i the Lithuanian champions will meet with the audience.
Frecce Tricolori, the marines esibizionededicata to Puglia - Corriere della Sera | BARI - The aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori will hover in the sky tomorrow afternoon in Bari Puglia dedicating the performance to the marines Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre in India. "Our flight will be dedicated to them who are away from home ...
Women's transcontinental race to fund exhibit - The News Herald | The trio raised money for the exhibit by taking part in a women-only transcontinental race, The Air Race Classic, in a Cessna 172. The money raised from sponsors during the event helped the trio obtain a landing strip, cockpit simulators, the same kind ...
Michelle B's blog - She will be competing in the Air Race Classic this year.
Jim Moss' Gee Bee Q.E.D. Project from Antique Airfield News | The folks at Cawley's South Prairie
Airport, near Seattle, host a fly-in around this time every year. South Prairie resident and well-known restorer/replica-producer Jim Moss opened up his hangar and rolled out the Gee Bee Q.E.D. replica that he and his team of volunteers have been building. It is an impressively large machine - look at the side view for scale. Photos by Russell Williams...'Salute to Veterans' returns to Barnstormers - Lancaster Newspapers | Additionally, the pregame show will feature an artillery salute by members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and a flyover by a World War II era B-25 bomber from the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading...
Taking Flight - Morning Star | THOMPSONVILLE – The Benzie Area Radio Control club (BARC), will host its annual “Spring Thing” model airplane show, featuring both fixed wing and helicopters, at one of the biggest and best RC flying fields in northern Michigan.
Annual WWII Hangar Dance with the Commemorative Air Force - Leesburg Today | The event will be held in the ProJet Aviation Hangar at Leesburg Executive Airport. Along with an evening of swing dancing to WWII era music, dinner and refreshments will be available. Attendees are encouraged to dress in their WWII era uniforms and ...
Air museum to transport visitors back to wartime - Edinburgh Evening News | Air museum to transport visitors back to wartime. Fiona Young, Kiara Rohel and Alyson Orme from the National Museum of Flight. Picture: Paul Dodds. Published on 11/05/2013 12:30. THE smell of corned beef hash will be wafting from the trenches while ...
Silent Wings Museum to Commemorate 69th Anniversary of D-Day - News/Talk 790 KFYO | The museum will offer opportunities to watch the documentary D-Day Remembered, and have educational activities for children, special exhibits, a WWII patch display, and a real C-47 and B-25. The Greatest Generation will also offer rides in their C-47, ...
South African aviator dies - Cortez Journal | South African officials say Laurie Kay, an aviator best known for flying a Boeing 747 passenger jet low over a Johannesburg stadium before the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has died.
Airport Road bridge dedicated in honor of Tuskegee Airman - The Times - nwitimes.com | In addition to being a B-25 bombardier with the famed Tuskegee Airman Army Air Corps, the late Smith also was a noted Gary educator and civil rights activist. Along with 100 other black U.S. Army officers, Smith was arrested in a 1945 incident at ...
Exhibition of photographs of the Donation Couzinet in La Roche-sur-Yon May 21 to August 31 - Xavier Cotton | ...May 7, 1928, the "Arc-en-Ciel" off for the first time in Orly airport at a new test
flight. The aircraft crashed in front of René Couzinet. The second "Arc-en-Ciel" is destroyed by fire in February 1930. The third "Arc-en-Ciel" is assembled at the beginning of 1932 and test flights took place during the year. ...Engines Warming for Young Eagles - Timmins Press | “We've been doing this for years and it hasn't become any less important to us,” said Young Eagles Field Rep, Lloyd Richards. “This is our way to open this world up to the kids, it is our opportunity to show them the wonderful future they can have if ...
