Air Force's Thunderbirds, other units to fly again - USA Today | NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Air Force says many of its combat air forces will start flying again after being grounded since April because of budget cuts. The grounding affected about one-third of the Air Force's active-duty combat aircraft, including squadrons of fighters, bombers, and airborne warning and control craft....
Metro Detroiter Pilots Navy's "Blue Angels" - My TV20 Detroit | PENSACOLA, FL (My TV20 News at 10) --- Commander Thomas Frosch is flying high. The Clinton Township native will serve as the commanding officer of the Navy's "Blue Angels" in 2014. That's the word Monday from the flight demonstration team's headquarters at N.A.S. Pensacola, FL. It will mark Frosch's third year at the helm, as he took over the team in 2012....
'Greatest Show on Turf' soars above Geneseo - The Livingston County News From the parachutist who drifted down through the clouds holding an American flag and the simulated bombing runs, to the thrilling aerobatics and the silent flight of glider pilot Manfried Radius, the 2013 Greatest Show on Turf Airshow lived up to its name....
Ohio Air News 239 - Charles Johnson | Ken Mist pictures from Dayton, EAA Tri-Motor and Liberty Foundation B-17 @ Columbus
1917 Standard J-1 Project Coming Together - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | July 15, 2013 - Volunteers at EAA's Weeks Hangar on the Wittman Regional Airport began attaching the wings to a 1917 Standard J-1 biplane last Thursday, giving shape to a project that began in October 2011. The "meat and potatoes" of the aircraft have been in the EAA family since the early 1970s, but due to the passing of time, much restoration still needs to be done. At that time EAA member Charlie Klessig found the fuselage of the old pilot trainer in an EAA warehouse and asked EAA founder Paul Poberezny if he could take it and rebuild it. Paul said yes, as the aircraft had no wings, no engine, and was more or less a giant paperweight.
Restoration projects continue at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 7/15/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The volunteers assisting in the Restoration Division at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force are keeping busy this summer. Three volunteers - Garry Guthrie, Ed Keinle and Lou Thole - can be found on the flight deck of the C-82 Packet, which was primarily used for cargo and troop transport in the late 1940s. The C-82 was...
This Weird Plane Was Made By Cold War Britain · Máté Petrány | Only 86 Handley Page Victors were made from 1952 to 1963. Originally designed to be part of the United Kingdom’s airborne nuclear deterrent, these were weird planes. Even though these streamlined strategic bombers were powered by four turbojet engines buried in the thick wing roots, which made them look fantastic and enabled them to have up to 35 × 1,000 lb bombs or 1× Yellow Sun free-fall nuclear bomb onboard, they also turned out to have a massive design flaw....
Book about X-15 Rocket Plane released · General Aviation News Staff | Recently released is “The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space” by Michelle Evans. With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight....
The most stunning Special Colored Fighter Jets taking part in the NATO Tiger Meet 2013 in Norway · David Cenciotti | NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or feline) emblems. As already explained on previous posts about it, the most peculiar feature of the meeting is the fact that the planes that attend it, (often) get painted in spectacular, flamboyant tiger outfits, making the event a treat for all aviation photographers....
A World War II heroine has died · Peter | Relatively few people outside the former Soviet Union have heard of the so-called 'Night Witches', a Soviet air regiment during World War II comprising all-female pilots and aircrew...
Women in Aviation celebrate new exhibition at Vilnius Airport - MoodieReport | Women in Aviation, a networking group for women in the aviation industry, has organised a travelling photography exhibition at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania. The exhibition, which opened on 4 July, has already seen many interested visitors, according to the organisers...
Colombia, Six Trophies in Open Paragliding in Bulgaria-Ukraine - Prensa Latina | Colombian paragliding team won six trophies in Bulgaria-Ukraine Open 2013, prior to the World Championship based in the Bulgarian resort of Sopot, on July 26. In this adventure sport the pilot sits in a harness suspended below a hollow fabric wing whose shape is formed by its suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside....
Monday, July 15, 2013
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Parachutists, simulated bombing runs highlight Geneseo airshow - The Daily News Online | GENESEO — Sunny skies, plenty of action, an abundance of food and crowds to enjoy it all. The 2013 Greatest Show on Turf had it all. From parachutists and simulated bombing runs to thrilling aerobatics and the silent flight of glider pilot Manfried Radius, the Greatest Show on Turf lived up to 
Photos of Geneseo Air Show - Rochelle
Cortland AirFest 2013: Wings & Wheels - Photos from syracuse.com
Fly-In milestone - Evening Observer | Begun in 1963 by John J. Nalbone, then manager at the Dunkirk Airport, the Fly-In Breakfast has become a community tradition. This year was the 50th time the annual event has been held. In 1973, the Rotary Club began organizing and serving the breakfast. The proceeds go to charities the Rotary supports....
Take off in Hillsboro by Jim Redden | High-flying visiting stunt teams and pilots traditionally generate the headlines at the Oregon International Air Show. This year, the Patriot Jet Team, aerobatic performer Lt. Colonel John Klatt and Red Bull stunt pilot Kirby Chambliss will attract much of the attention at the show, scheduled for July 26-28 at the Hillsboro Airport...
Wings over North Georgia comes to town - Calhountimes | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the North Georgia skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North 
WWII Triple-Ace Bud Anderson Biopic to Premiere at EAA AirVenture 2013 · Warbirds News | Based upon the autobiography of World War II triple-ace, Colonel C.E. “Bud” Anderson, To Fly and Fight, An American Life, there will be a new movie that makes it’s debut at EAA Airventure 2013
in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Monday, July 29th with an encore showing on
Saturday, August 3rd at the Airventure Museum’s Skyscape Theatre....
There's a flying start to the holidays for 10,000 children at the Royal International Air Tattoo | With many families experiencing rising costs and tight budgets, Air Tattoo organisers believe more people than usual will take advantage of the offer that there is no limit to the under 16s that ticketholders can world’s greatest airshow at RAF Fairford....
Red Arrows treat Bournemouth to impromptu formation - Bournemouth Echo | THE glorious sunshine wasn’t the only thing in the skies above Bournemouth and Poole this weekend. Bournemouth Airport was the temporary home to the Red Arrows from Friday, who were performing at various festivals and events across the weekend. And eagle-eyed fans spotted them flying over the town on their way to Yeovilton and Goodwood Festival of Speed before they returned to Bournemouth Airport on both days...
Per Ardua - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...Family and friends assume the returned aviator will be overjoyed and grateful to have survived the tribulations, deprivations and obscene lethality of total war. They cannot fully understand the stresses felt by a young man or woman returning from all-out 
Tomcat out of its den — an F-14 walkaround by travelforaircraft | The Wings Over Miami Air Museum has often been written of in this blog, along with its variety of aircraft. Recall, as well, that this is a dynamic museum with aircraft visiting for shipping assembly or disassembly, restoration and even simply renting space in the hangar — making it worthwhile to drop by from time to time....
A water-bomber, up close and personal · Peter | Russia's Beriev Be-200 is the only purpose-built jet-powered water-bomber in the world. Built originally as a general-purpose amphibian aircraft, it's come to be used almost exclusively in the fire-fighting role.
You Don't See That Every Day - nordo news | I've always wanted to see this done. The practice was somewhat common during WWII and to my knowledge nearly every plane had it spelled out somewhere as to how to do this. The only other video I've ever see of this starting method was of a DC-3. It was done with a boot over the end of the prop, as were most WWII aircraft, and the pull cord was elastic. Yet, here is a great example of how to do it today. Enjoy.
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Pensacola Beach Air Show dodges storms on final day - pnj.com | Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed over the waters of Pensacola Beach Saturday, but neither commanded as much attention as the roaring engines and billowing smoke of the planes zooming overhead.Gray rainclouds loomed in the corners of the sky like curtains waiting to close, but the weather couldn’t steal center stage from the dozens of civilian pilots who flew in the 2013 Pensacola Beach Air Show...
Geneseo Airshow Took to the Skies This Weekend - Rochester YNN | Although Rochester will not have an air show this year, people headed out to Livingston County for what organizers call "The Greatest Show on Turf." Visitors set up their lawn chairs and watched all weekend as nearly a hundred vintage planes took off from Geneseo Airport. Some formation and acrobatic planes performed, while other aircrafts demonstrated how pilots were trained to fly more than 70 years ago during World War II....
Airshow rewards sky high - Marlborough Express | ... Classic Fighters committee member Jane Orphan said the report was "impressive" and confirmed the entire community benefited from the 
Formation flight Sunday. - Planeshots | “A formation of U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar transport planes of the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing over Korea, on 1 October 1952." Many different aircraft types featured HERE.
Ike's Air Force One-type plane joins air museum collection - Gilmer Mirror | ...Dean is making reference to the plane used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on short hauls, such as to Camp David when he was in office 1952 to 1960. Dean previously had acquired a red-and-white Aero Commander, but it could no longer be flown because of a lack of available parts....
Aviator's dream set Shizuoka on course to be hobby model capital - Asahi Shimbun | SHIZUOKA--At the recent 52nd Shizuoka Hobby Show, a crowd of enthusiasts gathered around a booth set up in the back of the venue to get a look at what many will be undertaking as their next project. On display was a 1/32 scale plastic model of the U.S. Corsair fighter aircraft, which will be released from Tamiya Inc. this summer. The Corsairs overwhelmed the Japanese Zero fighters during World War II in the Pacific....
Ex-Voto to Notre Dame de la Garde: Victor Merentier - Passion for Aviation | On a visit to the Basilica "Notre Dame de La Garde" which dominates Marseille I noticed several votive with an aviation theme and in particular the above signed "Merentier VR" and painted in 1967 about which I wanted to learn more. It is with the help of fans of Aeroforum and in particular that of Gerard Pourteau I could find on gallica.bnf.fr the article Morning of April 28, 1930 which tells us the following event:...
F-35: the new US fighter plane, up close - NBC Nightly News | Critics say the F-35 Joint Striker program is an over-budget, behind-schedule boondoggle; supporters say it's now on-track and necessary to ensure continued U.S. air superiority.
Great picture! · Peter | Lockheed Martin has released this lovely picture of an F-35A refueling from a KC-135 tanker aircraft. I've reduced its size to fit this blog, and flipped it horizontally from its original vertical orientation....
Young Eagles take flight - Daily Advertiser | Thomas Patterson, 12, Diesel Mitchell, 14, Charlie Bergmeier, 14, and Isaac Dore, 15, with pilot Malcolm Robertson, president Wagga Aero Club John Smith and pilot Alan Eldridge. Picture: Les Smith. THOMAS Patterson designs his own planes and has...
Sunday, July 14, 2013
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Crowds miss Blues but enjoy air show - Pensacola News Journal | Civilian pilots flying supercharged aircraft pushed the boundaries of aerodynamics during the Pensacola Beach Air Show on Friday.They coaxed their planes into mind-boggling somersaults and flips, twists and hammerhead stalls, evoking gasps from the crowd....
Pensacola Beach Air Show wraps up under cloudy skies (photos) - The Birmingham News - al.com - The Pensacola Beach Air Show wrapped up after a brief weather delay about 3:45 Saturday in front of Casino Beach. Skies were cloudy as potentially severe storms rumbled in the west, but the rain and thunderstorms held off long enough to complete the all-civilian air show for the several thousand attendees on and around Santa Rosa Island....
Geneseo Airshow showcases historic planes - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | The rows of people sitting at Geneseo Airport Saturday afternoon tipped their heads back, pointed skyward and scanned the sky with their eyes.Then the tiny glider plane came into focus, looping and circling through the sky before swooping toward the ground as the crowd clapped....
Black Diamond Jet Team To Fly At Lehigh Valley Air Show - Aero-News Network | Private Jets To Sub For U.S. Military Demonstration Teams | There will be military jets flying at the Lehigh Valley Air Show August 24-25, but they won't belong to the U.S. government. The Lehigh Valley Air Show 
has confirmed that the Black Diamond jet team will perform at the show flying Aero L-39 Albatros jets ... and the show will be getting the act free of charge....
Black Diamond Jet Team - Official Site
Annual "fly-in" brings dozens of planes to Detroit Lakes - WDAY | Detroit Lakes, MN (WDAY TV)-- Meantime, dozens of planes were swooping over head during the carnival today. It's part of the annual "fly-in." More than 40 airplanes were showcased at the airport. Members of the experimental aircrafts association say they're stressing that the hobby isn't just for people with money. But for those of all ages....
Into the wild blue yonder - The Independent | LEXINGTON — For aviation enthusiasts, the chance to fly in a red-tailed P-51 Mustang, a Douglas SBD Dauntless or a Mitchell B-25 “Doolittle” bomber is the stuff dreams are made of. Each of the three historic American-military aircraft, maintained and flown by members of the Commemorative Air Force, are now sitting near the runway at Bluegrass Airport in Lexington with passenger seats available for those who want to live the dream....
EAA AirVenture 2013 flying in soon - WLUK Fox 11 | EAA's AirVenture is just about two weeks away. And although many things, like the air shows, will be a fixture, others will be missing. Organizers say it's been a challenging time planning this year's event. That's because of an ongoing legal battle over who pays for federal air traffic controllers to be in the Wittman Airport tower....
Tarkio Air Show Brings a Circus to the Sky - stjoechannel.com | (TARKIO, Mo.) Aviation enthusiasts gathered in Tarkio, Mo., Saturday for Wing Nuts Flying Circus Airshow. "I like airshows, I've been a pilot for years and years, and my buddies and I decided to come down," said Gary Worthy, Pilot and airshow enthusiast. Gary Worthy and his crew traveled nearly seven hours to attend the fly-in. Worthy was a helicopter pilot in the Army and has spent years flying as an agriculture pilot. "My grandpa, he's been a crop duster for a long time and I really like planes," said Koby Smith, airshow enthusiast. This is the 10th airshow at Gould Peterson Memorial Airport in Atchison County, Mo. It's an event that happens every two years....
Bombs away at annual fly-in - Lompoc Record | Lonnie Autry, 69, carefully lined up his yellow airplane with the target, adjusted for the slight cross wind and descended to 200 feet above the ground. He eased back on the throttle as he approached the aim point and yelled “throw” to his bombardier. With that command, his 4-year-old grandson Daxton Gregory tossed a sack of flour out of the plane....
Backus Lions Fly-In Breakfast fundraiser is July 28; Also Medivac helicopter visit, ‘Jaws of Life’ - The Pilot Independent | The 18th annual Backus Lions Fly-In Breakfast will be held July 28 from 7:30 a.m. to noon at the Backus Airport, west of Highway 371. The breakfast is a benefit for the Backus Fire Department and First Responders...
Over 65 antique planes fly in West Coast Piper Club Fly-In - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | It was the 29th Annual West Coast Piper Cub Fly-In at the Lompoc Airport Saturday. Piper cubs are small airplanes made of metal tubing and cloth. Thousands were built back in the 1930's and 1940's, but only several hundred are still around....
Airshow returns to National Museum of Flight - Edinburgh Evening News | All eyes will be on the skies when Scotland’s Airshow returns to the National Museum of Flight for the 16th
year. Crowds of over 11,000 are expected to attend the popular family event on July 27, where one of the star attractions will be a talk from real life Phileas Fogg, Brian Jones, who completed the first uninterrupted circumnavigation of the earth by balloon in 1999....
Final preparations for Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford Imperial War Museum ... - Saffron 
Wales National Air Show takes place in Swansea - BBC | Swansea is hosting one of its busiest weekends of the year as tens of thousands of people are expected to watch the city's air show. The Wales National Air Show is staging displays by the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and an RAF Typhoon fighter jet....
Meeting of Prouvy: The Patrouille de France flies the Nord - Pas-de-Calais on Saturday - Translated | ...The Patrouille de France is here this Saturday and fly to the meeting to 14:20, a little earlier than usual. It will pass to 5:20 p.m. above Lille and Marcq-en-Baroeul, before going across the sky Boulogne. If you miss it, you can see it on TV Sunday morning, since it will pass over the Champs-Elysées to 10:30, and then over the Mont Ventoux and the Tour de France peloton at 11:20....
Eurofighter Typhoon takes the stage at the Zeltweg airshow among several interesting participants · Dario Leone | On Jun. 28 and 29 Zeltweg airbase hosted Air Power 2013, Austria’s main air show. Even if several planes took part in the airshow, the Eurofighter Typhoon emerged as the highlight of this year’s Air Power....
Durban Airshow wows crowds - eNCA | Some of South Africa's top pilots have been winging their way around KwaZulu-Natal. They're competing in the province's Winter Air Tour. eNCA. DURBAN - Some of South Africa's...
Hartzell joins forces with RV8tors | · General Aviation News Staff | UK-based aerobatic team, The RV8tors, are collaborating to display Hartzell Propellers’ Advanced Structural Composite (ASC-II) propeller in airshows across the UK and Europe over the next year. Alister Kay and Andy Hill, The RV8tors, have been flying their Van’s RV8 aircraft as an aerobatic duo since 2010. They expect to perform for more than three million spectators across the UK and Europe this year....
Houghton: Reno Air Races fans won't be 'displeased' with new Unlimited Warbird Class - RGJ.com | While the original Unlimited Class announced its disbandment from the Reno Air Racing Association earlier this summer, it was quickly replaced with a new Unlimited Warbird Class, one that Mike Houghton, association president and CEO, believes will help the Reno Air Races grow in a new direction.“There’s no reason for fans to be displeased,” Houghton said. “Nothing has changed, except for the name of the racing class.”...
Historic WWII aircraft restored, preserved by CAF-San Marcos - Herald Zeitung | The sound heard overhead at the end of New Braunfels’ Old Time Fourth of July Patriotic Parade last week was not one of conventional aircraft, but men and their magnificant flying machines of years gone by. Four pilots with the Commemorative Air Force flew over the Main Plaza in the Missing Man Formation in their World War II aircraft that these men have dedicated themselves to preserving the planes and history of that era....
Volunteers uplifted by restoration of Ithaca Tommy plane - Press & Sun-Bulletin | DRYDEN — In an anonymous, commercial-grade building just outside the Village of Dryden, history is being remade.Since 2010, a group of volunteer aviation enthusiasts have been busy restoring a Thomas-Morse S4 Scout, more affectionately known as a...
Nadezhda Popova, celebrated Soviet 'Night Witch' aviator of World War II, dies ... - Washington Post | Ms. Popova was among the first female pilots to volunteer for service in the Soviet military during World War II and became a squadron commander in her swashbuckling all-female regiment. She flew 852 combat missions — including 18 during one night — and was honored as a Hero of the Soviet Union, one of the nation’s highest decorations...
Drone to be on display at Pensacola NAS - Pensacola News Journal A drone that made history this week by landing on a U.S. aircraft carrier is slated to eventually become an exhibit at Pensacola’s National Naval Aviation Museum.“I think it will be something really different for people to see here,” said Hill Goodspeed, the museum’s historian. He said that the use of unmanned aircraft as military weaponry is “very much in the public consciousness. And it does represent another step in aviation technology.”...
RAF Museum Cosford Exhibits Models of Cancelled Concept Aircraft · Warbirds News | The collection brings together ten original pieces of aircraft design, including one by Barnes Wallis, creator of the Vickers Wellington Bomber and the famous Upkeep bouncing bomb used during the Dambusters Raid...
Mexican aviator's mission may be completed, 86 years later - phillyBurbs.com | ...Carranza, a close friend of celebrated aviator Charles Lindbergh, was attempting to fly from New York to Mexico City the night of July 12, 1928, when his propeller plane Excelsior was caught in a violent thunderstorm over the Pinelands. Members of American Legion Mount Holly Post 11 assisted in the recovery of Carranza’s body, and the post conducts the annual service at the Carranza memorial....
F-15E Mission Training in UK ·Photorecon.net | “Ratch 2, you’re cleared for take-off”. The dark grey Strike Eagle thunders down the runway only seconds after we got the take-off clearance from the tower in RAF Lakenheath. The acceleration is amazing after my pilot Chris “Skull” Bridges ignited the afterburner and released the brakes. Despite the nearly 10 tons of fuel on board and an empty weight of 14,3 tons, only a few hundred meter of rolling distance are enough to put the aircraft to the sky....
Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Pensacola Beach Air Show Goes On Without The Blue Angels (Photos) - NorthEscambia.com | For 
Blue Angels announce 2014 team members - DVIDS | PENSACOLA, Fla. – The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the officers selected for the 2014 team July 12. The squadron selected an administrative officer and a public affairs officer to join a pre-selected C-130 pilot and a maintenance officer on the 2014 team...
Wings over North Georgia comes to town - Calhountimes | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the North Georgia skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia air show, but the weekend will include plenty of other amazing performers, including the Lucas Oil Airshow team featuring Mike Wiskus....
Flying high at AirFest - The Union | The Nevada County AirFest kicked off Friday night with a dinner and dance. Then the show begins today at 7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast lasting until 11 a.m., concurrent with a full day of activities that start at 8 a.m. at the Nevada County Airport, 13083 John Bauer Ave., Grass Valley. One highlight this year will be a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, as well as four P-51 Mustangs....
'Greatest Show on Turf' set to take off today, Sunday - The Livingston County News | Nearly 100 individual planes, pilot and crews from across the United States and Canada are expected this weekend at the Geneseo Airshow. “The Greatest Show on Turf” at Geneseo Airfield, 3489 Big Tree Lane (off Route 63), Geneseo, will feature performances of vintage warbirds and civilian aerobatics beginning at 10 a.m. and continuing every 10 to 20 minutes through late afternoon Saturday and Sunday....
Gathering of Eagles – Willoughby – Arrival · Steve Tupper | I spent the afternoon and part of the early evening packing and then heading to Lost Nation Airport at Willoughby, Ohio for the Gathering of Eagles airshow. Team Tuskegee is flying the show with its three-ship TG-7A demo. No T-6G this time. It’s just the longwings....
50th fly-in breakfast Sunday - Evening Observer | For 50 years, people have flocked to the Chautauqua County Airport during summer - but not to take off on a trip. The annual Rotary Fly-In Breakfast is held the second Sunday of July.
Briefs: Annual Fly-in scheduled - Colusa County Sun Herald | The 17th annual Old Time Fly-in is scheduled for July 20 at the Colusa County Airport. The Colusa County Aviation Association hosts the event, which attracts dozens of aircraft from around the state, including some military and other unique planes...
Stunning book of Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | STUNNING PICTURES: The book | BOURNEMOUTH Air Festival has been thrilling the summer crowds for five years. To mark the occasion, the Daily Echo is publishing a book filled with stunning pictures of the action....
AIR TATTOO CELEBRATES BEST OF BRITISH! | Royal International Air Tattoo | Two spectacular joint flypasts featuring the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows have just been announced for next week's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds. To see these flypasts in person, click here to buy tickets. On Saturday, July 20, the world's premier aerobatics display team will fly in formation with British Airways' brand new Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft....
CAF Minnesota Wing Hosts Autistic Group Visit ·Warbirds News | The Commemorative Air Force’s Minnesota Wing recently hosted a group of guests from Erik’s Ranch & Retreats, a premier residence and workplace for adults with autism, giving one of the group’s members, Ricky, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of World War II, a chance to demonstrate his prodigious talent...
From Antique Airfield:
- Harman Dickerson's Test Flight for Jimmy Allen Race
- Second Antique Airplane Association Newsletter
- Dan Shumaker's 50th Anniversary Of His First Solo
- Pre-Registrations for 2013 Fly-In
- Jeremy Young's Fleet Arrival at Hood River
- Very First AAA Publication
NH Teen Becomes Youngest Person With Both Private Pilot And Helo Tickets - Aero-News Network | Achieves Both Goals Within Days Of His 17th Birthday | A New Hampshire teenager has become the youngest person ever to hold both a private pilot and helicopter license, receiving both within days of his 17th birthday....
Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Spring into April with Alabama Aviation Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | So many choices, so little time to enjoy all these fresh spring aviation events. The quality and quantity of fun places to fly in April is but a forerunner to the huge selection coming next month. Don't miss a single one of your favorite Alabama Aviation events....
Geneseo Air Show set to fly - WROC-TV | The Rochester Air Show has been postponed, but the
HEMET: Air show moving to November - Press-Enterprise (blog) | The popular air show is held at the Hemet airport every other year. It is being moved to November because the county's Economic Development Agency, which operates the airport and show, has had success securing top-notch performers at that time of year ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Italian Air Force RSV Airshow Participation 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Italian Air Force RSV (Reparto Sperimentale Volo) has released details of it’s airshow participation for the 2013 display season which includes the Weston Air Day and the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Pilots fly high, but without an air boss there's no air show - Daytona Beach News-Journal | An air show without an air boss is like an orchestra without a conductor, Steve Clegg said....
Airshow gets thumbs-up - Marlborough Express | Amelia Reid, top and Sally Martin both actors on Shortland Street dressed in Royal Air Force uniform on the stairs of a MK1 Avro Anson at the 2013 Classic Fighters Air Show at Omaka. The Anson the only one of it's type flying in the world was restored ...
B-17 bomber to visit Chino Airport - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | A restored B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast will be on display later this month at the Chino Airport. Restored by the Experimental Aircraft Association is making more than 30 stops during the 2013 "Experience History" national tour. EAA's Aluminum ...
Michigan men hope to recover WWII bomber southeast of Fairbanks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (blog) | The plane is dubbed "Sandbar Mitchell" because it is a B-25 Mitchell on a sandbar. Trainor said they acquired rights to the wreckage from the descendants of the owner and are forming the Warbirds Of Glory Museum to rebuild a B-25, using the remains of ...
Lynchburg Aviatrix one of the Virginia Women in History - Lynchburg News and Advance | Membership would be open to any woman with a pilot's license, and the purpose was 'good fellowship, jobs, and a central office and files on women in aviation.' Choosing a name was a little harder. Some offerings were The Climbing Vines, Noisy Birdwomen ...
Timeless Voices - Gary Moore from eaavideo.org - most recent | Gary Moore served in the U.S. Navy as a P-3 Orion navigator and later aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during the Cold War of the 1980s and 90s. He is now the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for BRS Aerospace, Inc.
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Visit: Airpark in Winter - McDonnell Douglas YC-17A Globemaster III from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A recent whirlwind tour of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on a snowy Midwestern winter day produced some interesting views of the aircraft in the Airpark outside of the main museum. Among....
Air Race 21 - Raju Grace | Nice pics!
Red Flag 13-3 from Photorecon by stevelewis | Red Flag 13-3 was held at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, from Feb. 25 to March 15, 2013. While twenty-nine different countries have participated in Red Flag exercises since 1975, this particular Red Flag was a tier 3 exercise, which is restricted to America’s closest allies. The Royal Air Force contingent of the exercise was provided by XI...
[Video] B-2 stealth bomber out of Guam refuels over the Pacific from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following interesting video depicts a B-2 stealth bomber from the 509th Bomb Wing, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, being refueled in-flight by a KC-135 on Jan. 23, 2013, over the Pacific Ocean....
Episode 242 – Anthony Nalli, The Aviators TV from Airplanegeeks.com | Guest Anthony Nalli is the Executive Producer / President of FourPoints Television Productions, which brings us The Aviators. This TV series has a weekly viewership of ten million and their fourth season comes out later this year. We talk about how The Aviators got started, how it covers pretty much everything...
"Boeing 380" UCAP #320 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast This time on UCAP... ...All sorts of action at New York's JFK airport: Two airliners have a fender bender on the taxiway, and reports of a drone near-miss on final... The 787s may soon be back in the air... and... we urge you to visit the DC3 airports around the US capitol.
Pilot participates in Young Eagles program - Quad City Times | Pilots in the Young Eagles program explain the safe operation of airplanes and principles of flight before the short trips. The flights are provided by volunteer EAA-member pilots in aircraft ranging from the newest airplanes to vintage
biplanes. Such ... Space ship completes 24th test flight in Mojave - Bakersfield Californian | How many test flights did the Starship Enterprise undergo before it was cleared to boldly go where no one has gone before? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed its 24th unpowered test flight above Mojave Air & Space Port in eastern Kern County on ...
How the Air Force and SpaceX Saved Dragon from Doom - Universe Today | ... perspective on the history of reacting to unexpected emergencies in space on both human spaceflight and robotic science probes, Universe Today contacted noted space historian Roger Launius, of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum (NASM).
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Blue Angels soar into Pensacola Beach for this year's air show - Press-Register - al.com | The Pensacola Beach Air Show is Saturday, July 14 at noon, but there will be four opportunities to see the world-famous Blue Angels this week on the Gulf Coast...
Get a bird's eye view for Blue Angels - Pensacola News Journal | 360 Pensacola Beach observation wheel will be spinning as the Blue Angels fly this weekend.
Flight Plan: The Blue Angels...Devils or Saints? by Lowandslow | In this morning's email inbox I found an amazing HD video a friend sent of a US Navy Blue Angels routine from the pilot's perspective. It's really spectacular, and you can see it here if you're interested in that sort of thing...
Golden Knights Practicing in New Providence - Patch.com | If this past Sunday the residents of New Providence heard music coming from Warner field, it was because the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps choose New Providence to practice. A few members of the corps are residents...
Historic B-25 "Mitchell Bomber" In Casper [PHOTOS] - K2 Radio | The Commemorative Air Force 
Geneseo airshow preview Thursday - The Daily News Online | Beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, world champion pilot Rob Holland will perform his thrilling aerobatic routine with his MX-2 competition aircraft. Immediately after, Rochester's own Tuskegee Airman Charlie Price will be at the airport to describe his ...
Thousands brave weather for Tibenham Heritage Air Festival - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Part of south Norfolk took a trip back to the 1940s yesterday for an inaugural vintage airshow.
Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen honored at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Veterans from two legendary World War II military units are among the honored guests this year during the "Salute to the Greatest Generation in the Air" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 23-29 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...
AirVenture 'Cubs 2 Oshkosh' Event Celebrates J-3's 75th Anniversary - Flying Magazine | More than 200 Piper Cubs expected to make journey to AirVenture 2012.
NASA Returns to AirVenture in 2012 from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | NASA returns to EAA AirVenture in 2012 with several current space exploration projects, giving fly-in attendees a unique taste of this ever-changing field of aviation.
E-Volo, Electric Long-EZ To Visit AirVenture from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AirVenture at Oshkosh is coming up fast, less than two weeks away, and in recent days EAA has announced more details about what visitors can expect to see at the show. One aircraft sure to attract attention is the one-of-a-kind e-volo 18-rotor multicopter, which will be on display at the Innovation Hangar. The multicopter, built in Germany, is the successor to the 16-motor VC1 that achieved the first manned flight by an electric-powered VTOL aircraft last October. Another unusual aircraft coming to the Innovation...
Air Force ambassadors - This is Hull and East Riding | SURYA Kiran or the "Sun Rays" are the aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force.The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (Skat) was formed in 1996 to serve as the ambassadors and to...
Annual Fly-in Breakfast takes place Sunday - Vulcan Advocate | Members of the Vulcan Flying Club will be busy helping guide pilots to park their planes at the Vulcan airport on the morning of Sunday, July...
Up, up and away! - Red Bank Hub | Other options are the Greenwood Lake Air Show in West Milford, Aug. 18-19 (www.greenwoodlakeairshow.com); AirFest at NavalAir Station Wildwood Aviation Museum at Cape May Airport, Aug. 29-31 (www.usnasw.org); Open Cockpit Days at the Aviation ...
Do you wanna know if a Cold War era B-52H approaching you at low level is still a scary sight? Watch this photo. from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following picture was taken by The Aviationist’s photographer Giovanni Maduli during the opening flyover of the Day 2 of the Farnborough International Airshow 2012. The B-52H, using callsign “Scalp 99″, performed the flypast and then joined up with a KC-135 for air-to-air refueling before heading towards the U.S....
Memphis pilot to loan his vintage Curtiss Robin to Michigan air museum - Memphis Commercial 
Hightower, Elliott Attend EAA Chapter 1409 Fly-In from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and Vice President of Government and Industry Relations Sean Elliott attended the annual Tarkio, Missouri, fly-in held Saturday, July 7, hosted by EAA Chapter 1409 - home chapter of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO).
Wreckage From 1952 Crash Found In Alaska from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Aircraft wreckage that was discovered on a glacier last month by an Alaskan Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew on a routine training mission has been identified as an Air Force Douglas C-124A Globemaster II. The airplane crashed in November 1952, killing all 52 people on board. "The plane hit the mountainside, exploding and disintegrating upon impact," according to an Anchorage Daily News story at the time. "Six to eight feet of powdered snow covered everything." Military teams investigated the...
Circa 1982: My Dad's 'Breezy' Feet Following A Piper Cub! from AirPigz by Martt | With the 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub sitting on our doorstep (and some celebration and mass arrival plans 
Walking around the Caribou — a de Havilland C-7 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Walking around the Caribou — a de Havilland C-7 35º 07′ 49″ N / 79º 01′ 19″ W De Havilland Canada had two successes with STOL aircraft so the firm evolved a more capable aircraft, in 1958, known as the Caribou or formerly as the DHC-4. The U.S. Army foresaw conflicts in ‘limited wars” on the horizon with the eventual [...]
July 10, 2012 The Great Northwest part 3 from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Mike: Seven one-hundredths of a mile an hour is a painfully small speed by which to be bested. Our pit crew and cheering squad (Linda’s sister Diane and her beau Willie) were tops, but the local Washingtonian whose airplane weighed 400 pounds less and with lots of speed modifications (some of which we have yet to acquire) flew a good race. While pals couldn’t console her, Linda channeled her frustration into "fix-it" mode. We knew the "Grumman Guru" responsible for giving that airplane its potential. Ken Blackmon lives just outside Seattle, only an hour’s flight from the race in Ephrata. Determination had a plan: speed doctor, Monday morning...
Aviation artist Sam Lyons hospitalized from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Facebook was the first indication something was amiss, then a call from Mindy Lyons, wife of famed aviation artist Sam Lyons, confirmed the news. Sam is at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center with what doctors think is an allergic reaction to blood pressure medication. As a result of the reaction, Sam's throat and tongue are badly swollen, so much so that Sam is now (as of July 10) on a respirator in the ICU....
Power of Community from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...I remember the days when pilots attended initial ground school together. We would learn from each other during discussions with our manuals as reference material. We had a real person standing in front of us, who knew the plane better than anyone. Twice a year we would return to the schoolhouse and share stories of what happened on the line. Hangar Flying. We’d listen to executives as they dropped in as guest speakers and we became connected with the breath of the organization. We would...
Air show organizer hopes for Endeavour shuttle cameo - Central Florida News 13 | Organizers of the Cocoa Beach Air Show continue to push, trying to add a former NASA spacecraft to their lineup.
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Thunderbirds ready for Travis Air Force Base show - TheReporter.com | The skies over Solano Air Power Expo will feature not only performances by the Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team but also a T-33 demonstration by Greg Colyer, a T-34 demonstration by Julie Clark, a P-51 demonstration by Eddie Andreini and ...
HAI Announces first-ever HELI-CENTER™ at EAA AirVenture - Helicopter Association International | HAI is pleased to announce the first-ever HELI-CENTER™ at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. from July 25-31, 2011. This 'Hub of Vertical Flight,' located directly across from the flight line, is the perfect place for thousands of fixed-wing pilots and ...
Anticipation Builds for Wisconsin's EAA AirVenture 2011 - PR Newswire | The event includes 700 exhibitors with the latest aviation innovations; nearly 1000 forums, workshops and seminars covering the entire world of flight; daily afternoon air shows featuring the world's finest aerobatic performers; up-close sessions with ...
EAA buzzing with volunteers - Chicago Tribune | AP The aviation extravaganza that draws hundreds of thousands of people to the Fox Valley each summer is still two weeks away, but the grounds at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh is already buzzing with activity. Preparing for more than a half million guests ...
Airshow a sponsor for naval aviation anniversary - The Salinas Californian | The Salinas Airshow has been named a sponsor location for the 100th anniversary of naval aviation. "We're thrilled to support the Centennial Celebration of Naval Aviation and we're honored to have been selected as a sponsor location," said Salinas ...
Air Show Returns to Redding; Special Ticket Prices Available Now - Food For Thought, A News Cafe | The Thunderbirds are back to headline the Exchange Club of Redding's Air Show, which will feature more jets than ever before. The show is set for Sept. 24-25 at the Redding Municipal Airport. The US Air Force's distinctively painted F-16 Fighting ...
Beacon Council: 2012 Miami Air Show looks like a go - MiamiHerald.com | A proposed commercial air show in Homestead looks like a go in 2012, as long as the Air Force will let the planes land on its runways. By DOUGLAS HANKS Organizers of a new Miami air show think they have enough commitments from the aviation industry's ...
Duxford Statement: Flying Legends accident between P-51D Mustang “Big Beautiful Doll” and AD-4NA Skyraider by Flightline UK | Imperial War Museum Duxford can confirm that the flying incident at yesterday’s air show was a mid-air collision between North American P-51D Mustang (D-FBBD) and Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider (F-AZDP). The incident took place over agricultural land to the south west of the airfield just after 5.00pm, at the end of the flying display. ...
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AIR CRASH: New pictures show moment man leaps from plane - Saffron Walden Reporter | AIR SHOW organisers have begun an internal review to establish if any changes need to be made following a mid air crash between two historical US fighter planes. To send a link to this page to a friend, ...
2 aircraft have accidents during Geneseo air show - Seattle Post Intelligencer | GENESEO, NY 
(AP) A replica World War I fighter plane had to make an emergency landing in a field and a spectator aircraft was damaged in a hard landing during accidents Saturday at an air show in Geneseo. Authorities said the pilots of both ...[Thanks to reader, Joe Osciak, for the following photos.We're very glad the pilot is safe.]
The Tricolour Arrows Venice greet via Translator | With a shift in training over the airport and the channel card, the Tricolour Arrows greeted Venice after three days of evidence and show on the coasts, ...
AIR DAY 2011: Vulcan is the star of the show - This Is The Westcountry | There were displays from the Royal Air Force's aerobatic Red Arrows team, the Royal Navy's Black Cats helicopter display team and the Royal Jordanian Falcons. The special guests of the show, however, were the multitude of Yeovil-built Lynx helicopters ...
Video: A Joyride in the P-51 Mustang - Aviation Chatter | Maybe it’s the sleek streamlined design. Maybe it has something to do with the telltale sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Maybe it has something ...
F-22 pilot meets area kids - FOX Toledo Online | HOLLAND, Ohio (WUPW) - Air Force F-22 Raptor pilot Lieutenant Colonel Paul Moga spoke to about two dozen kids Friday over at the Family Activity Center in Holland. While to talked about his job and his aircraft, Lt. Col. Moga said he also hoped the ...
Model plane airshow takes to the skies in Waukesha - FOX6Now.com Milwaukee | The Pebble Creek Flyers held their annual event over the weekend -- where pilots performed incredible aerobatics with expensive model airplanes. The Flyers are concerned because the FAA is now considering new regulations on the model planes. ...
EAA 32 Has Large Turnout for Young Eagles Event With Jeff Skiles and Rod Hightower - Aviation Avenue | Young Eagles Flights were conducted for youth 8-17 years old in a variety of aircraft:
'Rocket Girls' Launches at IWASM - Cleveland Scene Weekly | The end of the space shuttle program seems like a fitting time to launch a retrospective on women in space, says Marcy Frumker of the International Women's Air & Space Museum. After all, prior to the shuttle program, no American woman had ever left the ...
Shuttle program's real fuel: Two decades of M&Ms - CNET | In addition to being included in NASA's space food system and finding a place on the menu of the International Space Station, M&M's are also part of a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air & Space Museum and have inspired at ...
SpaceX launch site groundbreaking at Vandenberg from RLV and Space Transport News | ... In April 2011, SpaceX announced its plans to design, build and launch the Falcon Heavy – the world’s largest launch vehicle since the Saturn V moon rocket. The Falcon Heavy should arrive at Vandenberg by the end of 2012 and launch soon thereafter. On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011, Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s newest launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Falcon Heavy will have the ...
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Aircraft roar over Willoughby during annual air show (with videos) - News-Herald.com | The most popular plane among attendees traditionally has been the B-17, he said. The plane was one of the most heralded planes of World War II and was dubbed the "Flying Fortress" because of the 13 machine guns protecting the plane and squadron. ...Gary's South Shore Air Show takes the skies Friday - nwitimes.com | GARY | Dozens of military and civilian aerial acts will soar over Lake Michigan, beginning Friday during the 12th annual Gary's South Shore Air Show at Marquette Park and Beach. The festival is presented by the South Shore Convention and Visitors ...
Area pilot participates in national women's air race - Natchez Democrat | ted photos Waterproof resident and Natchez native Peggy Tucker, a new pilot, flew in the 24th annual Air Race Classic — an all-women transcontinental air race. WATERPROOF — Natchez native Peggy Tucker proved that the sky's the limit when it comes to ...
