Arch wins Red Bull Air Race in Poland · General Aviation News | GDYNIA, Poland – Austria’s Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe. Britain’s Nigel Lamb was second, while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place....
World Championship Red Bull Air Race in Gdynia Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net | For the first time in Poland, for the first time with a Polish pilot, World Championship Red Bull Air Race held in Gdynia, 27th August. Austria's Hannes Arch widened his lead at the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship to 13 points with a brilliant victory in front of 130,000 spectators in Gdynia on Sunday, picking up his third straight win in Europe with some smart flying on the challenging track set up on the Baltic Sea. Britain's Nigel Lamb was second while Matt Hall of Australia got his second straight third place as the two pilots flying the MXS-R planes once again put in stellar performances in the world's fastest motorsport series to the delight of the crowd watching from the nearby beaches at the first-ever race in Poland...
Team 99 photos from Poland - Michael Goulian Air Shows
Air show attracts record crowds - The Courier | Scotland's national air show drew record crowds as thousands flocked to see aerial action, including a display celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows. More than 13,500 people visited the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, East Lothian, yesterday, organisers said. General manager Steve McLean said: "We are delighted with the huge turnout at yesterday's national air show....
Pictures: Visitors flood to IWM Duxford for iconic aircraft day out - Dunmow Broadcast | IWM Duxford hosted its Spitfires, Merlins and Motors event, which included a static display of 
In pictures: Scotland's National Air Show 2014 * BBC News | This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading...
Pilots take aim in sortie * Stuff.co.nz | COMING IN: Paul Hogenesch of Temuka measures how close to the target the flour bombs landed during the annual dawn raid held by the South Canterbury Aero Club at Richard Pearse Airport yesterday morning...
Happy Birthday To The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress · WarbirdsNews | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-nine years ago today, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress took flight for the first time. One of the most important bombers in history, the B-17 fought in every theater of World War II and won immortality in epic daylight battles against the Luftwaffe. The Flying Fortress was....
A-26 “Special Kay” Restoration · WarbirdsNews In May 1966, Detachment 1, 603d Air Commando 
How the AC-130 destroyed at least 20 vehicles per night during Vietnam War · The Aviationist | The Gunship aircraft, born from the conversion of cargo aircraft into powerful aerial weapons armed with big guns, were based on the concept of the circling attack. In other words, the guns were mounted on the left side of the gunship so that the plane could fly a bank circle, achieving a good accuracy in strafing the target by using high velocity guns with a caliber of at least .30. The first two types of...
Precise Flying * The Lexicans | ...He was one of those by-the-numbers types, no class, no imagination, and no ” feel ” for really zipping around. A pilot who knows that he’s the ‘ real deal ‘ needs only to be ‘ in tune ‘ with ‘ that airplane ‘ neath his hands and feet....
Sun Flyer Hopes To Make Solar Flying Popular * Aviation International News | The Sun Flyer is under development by Aero Electric Aircraft, Bye Aerospace and PC-Aero. Simulator manufacturer Redbird will be the training system provider. Bye Aerospace is led by George Bye. The company developed an electric-powered Cessna...
Virgin Galactic Announces Todd Ericson As Space Pilot * Aero-News Network | Distinguished 
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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performed for the public Wednesday. Prior to the performance several test flights were made. Play the video to hear from one of the pilots. The following...Fischer says last-minute Warbirds often show stoppers * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Months of thoughtful preparation and a steady flow of Warbird commitments provide a good sketch of what things will look like, but, then, patiently he waits, as curious as the rest of us, to see what last minute add-ons will round out the final picture...
Blue Angels take over St. George skies * St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE – With the sounds of the roaring jet engines filling the air, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels soared over St. George Wednesday afternoon, setting up to headline the 2014 Thunder Over Utah Air Show. This is the second year the Blue Angel pilots and...
Colo. Marine chosen to fly for Blue Angels * KRQE News 13 | Marine chosen to fly for Blue Angels. DURANGO, COLORADO (KRQE) – A salute Wednesday to a graduate of Fort Lewis College in Durango. Marine Captain Jeff Kuss who flies F-18 fighters, has been...
Hawaii man selected to join Blue Angels air team * KITV Honolulu | United States Navy Lieutenant Matt Suyderhoud will serve as a demonstration pilot for the Blue Angels. Suyderhoud is one of three new pilots selected this year. He's currently stationed in Texas. The Navy says many Navy and Marine Corps officers apply...
HAPO Over the River Air Show is Back with New and Old Acts * KULR-TV | KENNEWICK, WA - From sea to air.... Water Follies is not just about the boats. There is also the the HAPO Over the River Air Show. You can expect to see some of the same acts that have been before but also some new ones. "We want to entertain all realms...
Red Bull Air Race: Arch plans to expand championship lead in Poland * salzburg24.at | Before the maritime backdrop of the Polish seaside town of Gdynia will take place on 27 July, the fourth stage of the "Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014" instead. The dial Salzburg Hannes Arch wants his current leadership there continue to expand in order to...
RBAR Rule Changes for Poland * Australian Flying | Rule changes for this weekend's Gdynia, Poland, round of the Red Bull Air Race will reduce the impact of infringements. Penalties for striking pylons and being too fast at the entry gate have been relaxed. Previously, both drew instant disqualification...
Glasgow 2014: Red Arrows jet stuck by passing bird during opening ceremony ... * Scottish Daily Record | A RED Arrows jet was hit by a bird during the opening ceremony flyby. The famous unit of RAF aces performed an eyecatching flypast - trailing red, white and blue smoke - over Glasgow to signal the arrival of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh...
Red Arrows documentary sees new recruits in training with famous aerobatic team * Western Daily Press | Asked if he's ever felt like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, Joe Hourston can't help laughing. "I was saying this to a lad the other day, 'Do not let it go to your head'. The military is what it stands for and it's important to keep your feet on the ground...
The Patrouille de France in Marseille on August 17 * Frequency-Sud.fr | 70 years later, many
celebrations will be organized on August 28, the anniversary of the liberation of the city but also upstream, August 17 with the Patrouille de France will present his last show. The meeting will take place in... Arctic Thunder takes to the sky over JBER this weekend * Anchorage Daily News | For Shawn Miller, a member of the Commemorative Air Force, the air show is about education. Miller grew up in Cold Bay at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, where flying was the easiest way out. He said he took a liking to airplanes early on and sought...
Russia to demonstrate best models of warplanes at air show Russia July 24, 12:42 * ITAR-TASS | Performances of aerobatic teams are expected to be a highlight of the air show. Aerobatic team Berkuts on choppers Mi-28N, Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) and Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) on fighters Su-27 will show state-of-the-art flying stunts...
Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 highlights · The Aviationist | Even though the F-35B Lightning II
aircraft could not cross the Pond to take part in the world’s biggest military airshow, the Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 at RAF Fairford, UK, Jul. 17 – 19 did not fail to attract some interesting visitors...The changing styles of aerobatics · Grant Piper per Ardua ad Astra | Aerobatics is not a stagnant sport. The rules evolve and change. The aircraft available change also, more power, more roll rate - more of everything. New pilots also come along with new ideas. While the core figures and elements may not change a whole lot, the combinations of them and where they are placed in the sequence definitely change....
The Air Force's Vital Role * National Review Online (blog) | This will be a particular blow to the troubled F-35 program, which, despite its massive cost and production delays, remains vital to the Air Force's future, given that Congress and the White House killed the F-22 in 2009. Congress must ensure that the...
In Memoriam: Group Captain Peter Petter-Bowyer · Bayou Renaissance Man | ...Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's autobiography, 'Winds Of Destruction', is an excellent memoir of his military service and a fine history of the Rhodesian Air Force. For all that it was small and ill-equipped, this air arm performed a vital function during Rhodesia's gallant and ill-fated war, and established a stellar reputation among fighting airmen everywhere. I highly recommend his book as essential reading for all military aviation enthusiasts...
Purcellville, Va. man who wants to build helipad, fly helicopter to work ... * WJLA | This concern is over a flight pattern that comes courtesy of Chuck Kuhn, a local businessman who wants to build a heliport among the hundreds of acres he owns, so he can fly in and out. “Wouldn't be too disturbing, but I would probably ask the...
Sean Tucker takes Young Eagles message to heart * The Oshkosh Northwestern | As chairman of EAA's Young Eagles program, which aims to expose youth to aviation through flights with EAA volunteers, Tucker doesn't merely fulfill his duties from behind the scenes. At each air show he performs, Tucker takes time to spread the Young...
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Catch the Air Show Edition: 17-MAY-2014
Here's this weekend's list * via Fencecheck!
| 5/17/14 | | Hondo Army Air Field Airshow 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Good Neighbor Day Airshow & Open Ho.. |
| 5/17/14 | | Rhode Island Open House & Air Show .. |
| 5/17/14 | | Sporty`s Fly-In & Sweepstakes Airpl.. |
| 5/17/14 | | Planes Trains & Automobiles 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Cape Air Fest 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Thunder Over Augusta 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Festyn Lotniczy Ostrów 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Red Bull Air Race 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Thunder Over The Valley 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Aeroshow Cozumel 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Warbirds Over Addison 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Volk Field ANG Open House 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | American Heroes Air Show 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Paine Field Aviation Day 2014 |
| 5/17/14 | | Den Otevřených Dveří 2014 |
| 5/18/14 | | Meeting Aérien de Lens 2014 |
| 5/18/14 | | Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas 2014 |
| 5/18/14 | | Meeting Aérien de Til-Châtel 2014 |
| 5/18/14 | | Loano Air Show 2014 |
The Blues are Back! * Londonderry News | The 23rd anniversary event is held at Quonset State Airport (OQU) in North Kingstown RI on May 17th and 18th. The Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Airshow is the only place to be this weekend! The airshow is just a little over 2 hours from Londonderry and it will be well worth the drive. Gates open at 9AM and...
Reporter soars with the Thunderbirds - Youngstown Vindicator | (EDITOR'S NOTE — On the eve of the Thunder Over The Valley air show, reporter Kalea Hall flew with the Thunderbirds today. Her full report will be featured in Saturday's Vindicator.) On this day, I flew with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds in the Lockheed Martin F-16 - that's what my certificate says. But I did more than fly: I soared below the clouds, through the clouds and above the clouds. I conquered my fear of heights, as well as my fears of going upside down and into small spaces. I did what most people will never have the chance of doing and it was, without a doubt, the best experience of my life...
The Thunderbirds make it look easy, don’t they? The... * You like airplanes, too? | The United States
Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team flies in formation during an open house and air show May 10, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The event...Black Diamond Jet Team to be featured at air show - New Bern Sun Journal | CHERRY POINT | When the Black Diamond Jet Team forms its five-plane formation in the sky above the Cherry Point Air Show, lead pilot Jerry Kirby knows that spectators will be impressed. “We fly one of the tightest formations of any demonstration team, including the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, and that alone is impressive enough,” Kirby said. “I think it will be well received by the audience.”...
Performers ready to take to skies at air show - Carolinacoastonline | CHERRY POINT — If you fly it, they will come. That is what performers say they are hoping for as they gear up for the 2014 Cherry Point Air Show, “Inspiration to Innovation,” that starts today. Whether you’re 7 or 70, this year’s show has something for everyone, from vintage World War II fighters to the new Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II and everything in between...
Cherry Point general pilots a piece of history - Havelock News | Maj. Gen. Bob Hedelund has spent much of his career as a helicopter pilot, but he got a behind the wheel of a classic World War II bomber on Thursday. Hedelund, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, flew around Cherry Point in a B-25 Mitchell just like the type that was once based here...
Video: Cape Girardeau Air Festival is Sure to Provide Thrills - WSIL TV | CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO -- From people jumping out of planes, to jets flying just a few feet off the ground at scorching speeds, you'll be able to see it all this weekend at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. This
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year's headline performer is the Canadian Force's Snowbirds...Photos: U.S. Army Golden Knights and Canadian Forces Snowbirds Arrive at Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival By Leo Cachat | They're Here! The U.S. Army Golden Knights and Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport today in preparation for this weekend's Air Festival...
Breitling Jet Team update... Breitling Jet Team | Don't forget BJT will be at : LENS AIRSHOW sunday but also sunday end of afternoon at DIJON - TIL CHATEL
Warbirds take wing Saturday at Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade - Daily Breeze | Torrance >> About 20 warbirds representing the largest gathering of antique aircraft in the community in eight years will fly over the route of the 55th annual Armed Forces Day Parade on Saturday. The two-hour parade, which draws tens of thousands of spectators annually, this year will feature the most military hardware since 2009, said Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto, adding that defense cutbacks that had organizers fearing for the future of the event were no longer a factor...
Last airworthy WWII B-29 plane comes to Prescott - Prescott Daily Courier | Fifi is in town this weekend, and she brought some friends along. Fifi is the name of the only World War II-era Boeing B-29 Superfortress that's still in flyable condition...
Bomber Flights Offered During OC Air Show - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY — During the Ocean City Air Show this year, the public will be able to do more than just watch the planes from the beach — they will be able to fly in a World War II B25 Bomber....
Hannes Arch top gun in training * RedBull.com | After registering the closest victory in the history of Red Bull Air Race in Croatia last time out, Hannes Arch wasted no time in laying down a marker in Malaysia on Friday. Arch, who beat Paul Bonhomme by just 0.08s in Rovinj, posted the fastest time in the first training session in the sweltering midday Malaysian heat ahead of the third round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 in Putrajaya as he attempts to overhaul rival Bonhomme at the top of the standings...
Canada's first female Snowbird pilot soared to great heights - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON - Lt. Col. Maryse Carmichael could fly an airplane before she could drive a car. The Quebec City native was just 16 when she took her first solo flight in a glider as part of an air cadet program. It was the start of an aviation career that would see Carmichael soar, shuttling prime ministers between provinces and dazzling audiences as the first female member of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team...
Wayne Boggs: Air Boss and reality television star * General Aviation News | “For everyone who has ever gazed skyward.” That’s the tagline from “The Aviators,” a reality television show focusing on aviation. Since 2010, the show has brought the wonderful world of aviation into the living rooms and laptops of thousands. Each segment is approximately five minutes in length and covers topics ranging from the life of an airshow pilot to new technology in aviation to, the number one asked question, “Can a non-pilot land an airliner?”...
Dr.Sky Interviews Rich Grinnell / Western Sky Aviation Museum, St. George, Utah * Photorecon.net | One of my passions, is to interview many of those that run or help to promote the many aviation museums in the nation. I had the honor of having as my special guest on the Dr.Sky Show, Rich Grinnell, of the Western Sky Aviation Museum, located in St. George, Utah. This is a great museum, with some very special aircraft! They have been around for nearly a decade and are a true showplace for many of the great aircraft of the 1950′s and beyond. The museum has a few very interesting Mig-15 and Mig-17 aircraft, along with many others...
Video: Warwick teen gets his wings over Quonset - The Providence Journal | Oracle aerobatic stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker surprises air show spectators with exciting stunts, but also encourages youngsters to experience flying through his work with Young Eagles, a international initiative to introduce kids to flight. The program offers free introductory flights for kids to "see what real pilots do on the ground and in the air." Brandyn Garrahy, 16, a student at Toll Gate High School in Warwick, got his first flight lesson Thursday with Tucker. The duo flew Oracle One from the Quonset airport over Narragansett Bay during preparations for this weekend's air show...
Rutan flies new diesel - AOPA Pilot | ...“It’s an amazing story, what they’ve decided to do here,” Brenner said. “At Oshkosh this year, they are going to do something that will blow people’s minds, without question.”
Sunday, June 16, 2013
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Reno Air Races replaces Unlimited class with 'Unlimited Warbird' class - Reno Gazette Journal | The Unlimited class of the Reno National Championship Air Races will be replaced by the “Unlimited Warbird” class, the Reno Air Racing Association said in a news release Saturday. The announcement came on the final day of the Reno Air Races' pylon...
La Ferte Alais 2013 - Passion for Aviation | Despite unfavorable weather, the meeting "time 
propellers" La Ferte Alais has taken place this last weekend of Pentecost (18 and 19 May 2013) in La Ferte Alais on the airfield Cerny. This meeting is organized annually since 1974 and without exception by the Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis (AJBS) helped many partners. The first edition of this meeting that took place in 1970, this is the forty-first edition that I could attend this Sunday, May 19 in a very threatening sky, wondering what time it was going to rain....
Reminder: Air show on Spitzerberg with Hannes Arch - Translated | On 22 and 23 June find again this year from 10 clock, the traditional festival on the airfield Airfield Spitzerberg instead. "On Saturday, the 22th June air show starts at 15.00 clock with a performance from the Red Bull Air Race World Champion Hannes Arch, "said airport director Wolfgang Oppelmayer pleased. The flight demonstrations on both days start at 15.00 clock and take around 1.5 hours. Be offered glider aerobatics, aerobatics, formation flying, vintage shows, model flying demonstrations and Balloons-ramming....
Record-breaking crowd turns out for Denton Airshow - Denton RC | An estimated 12,000-plus spectators came out to the annual Denton Airshow at Denton Enterprise Airport on Saturday, breaking attendance records, officials said. The air show has evolved over the years, but it’s always been a place to find aviation enthusiasts. Whether it’s seeing the air acrobats or touring inside the Commemorative Air Force’s World War II Douglas R4D Skytrain, there is something for every enthusiast — young and old alike....
B-29 visiting Pittsburgh this weekend - Pittsburgh Business Times | It's owned by the Commemorative Air Force, an Addison, Texas-based nonprofit that flies this aircraft and other warbirds like the B-24 and P-51 around the U.S., offering tours and flights. It stopped at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin and is ...
WWII B-17 Flying Fortress to fly into Muskegon County Airport, give rides - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com | Sentimental Journey is flown and maintained by the Mesa, Ariz.-base of the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit group that operates several other aircraft. “These planes are impeccably restored and they are actually better maintained than any ...
Father's Day gift: Flight revisits World War II memories - Austin American-Statesman | On Saturday, Cook's wife, children and grandchildren had surprised the 91-year-old World War II veteran with a Father's Day treat: a flight on the Bluebonnet Belle, a C-47 Skytrain military transport operated by the Commemorative Air Force out of Burnet.
Hours Reduced At Naval Aviation Museum In Pensacola, FL - Aero News Network | All Navy Museums To Be Closed On Mondays Due To Sequestration The Navy said Friday will close the museums it operates, to absorb reductions resulting from the announced federal furlough, one day a week beginning the week of July 8 until further notice. Among them is the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL.
Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford - Warbird News |
The Joys of Surprise Revisited - Nordo News | ...By chance, Doug was in town with his friends Mark Holt and Adam Glowaski.In fact, they were half-way through their own surprise filled trip to Alaska and had been sitting in The Millennium taking and posting photos of themselves with the girls of Flying Wild Alaska. Later I would find out they were doing so at the very time we were driving by The Millennium to look at a 195 on floats?Those were the photos I later saw and to find out if they were currently in town I sent them a message. To my surprise, not only were they in town, they were staying in the same hotel....
Hollywood helps keep Air Force in public eye - General Aviation News Staff | The more than 1 million visitors who tour the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, each year may not realize there’s a “movie star” in their midst. But as moviegoers flock to theaters this weekend to see the latest Superman film, “Man of Steel,” they’ll catch a glimpse of the Boeing C-17 that now sits in the museum’s Air Park. In addition to its role as an Air Force developmental test and evaluation aircraft for more than 20 years, this C-17 (pictured below) stars in a scene with the villain Faora in “Man of Steel” and has appeared in four other major motion pictures, including “Transformers,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2,” as well as country superstar Toby Keith’s Emmy Award-winning production of “American Soldier.” In fact, the aircraft has several...
PHOTO GALLERY : Young Eagles Rally - Longboat Observer | PHOTO GALLERY : Young Eagles Rally. Date: 06/15/2013 by: Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor. Pilot Jeff Walston always goes through a checklist before taking off to make sure the ride goes well and the landing is smooth. Nick Fenske, 17, looks out over ...
Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Museums help Air Force grads get ceremonial flyover, despite sequester cuts - Fox News | The planes flown were two P-51D Mustangs, a B-25J bomber, a P-40K Warhawk, a FG-1D Corsair, FM-2P Wildcat, a TBM-3E Avenger, a P-47 Thunderbolt and a B-25 bomber, according to the Denver Post. "Any chance we get to reach an audience, inspire...
Wings Over Gillespie takes flight - U-T San Diego | There will also be performances by Silver Wings Wingwalking, John Collver's War Dog T6/SNJ aerial display, a mock aerial battle and many military re-enactors and paratroopers. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and chat with veterans and learn...
World's Only 'Flying Wing' to Appear at Wings Over Gillespie - Patch.com | The air show, which is put on each year at the County airport by Air Group 1, the San Diego chapter of the “Commemorative Air Force,” will feature aerobatic displays, wing-walking, a mock battle with 
WINGS OVER THE BEACH 2013 - A J Warren | There are some lovely surprises in this photo blog - including the Mossie and the Lancaster.
Kokomo Airshow Moving Forward June 8 - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | “We are proud to be able to continue this free event, which provides the community with exceptional airshow entertainment while also boosting the local economy,” said Pam Wild, event coordinator. “We are also honored to have still been given the ...
Flag Day Trivia Night to Benefit St. Louis Area EAA Member from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo
Blades Aerobatics Display - British Forces News | They go up against staggering G-forces and 
definitely like nothing better than blue sky thinking.... Suzanne Dando · British Forces News. She's a former British Olypmic gymnast and she's now preparing ...
Civvy Falcons from Latest Vlog | This was the 1st public display of a newly formed teamed comprising of a MX2 leading 2 RV8's in 1st aerobatic formation display. The team at this stage consists of #1 Mark Hensman (Boeing 747 captain), #2 Scott Ternent (ex Silver Falcon), #3 Mark Sampson (ex 22 Squadron) & GLO Heybrech van Niekerk (ex Silver Falcon)...
Make sure you attend this year's airshow to catch Kyle Franklin! The Franklin D... from Memphis Airshow | The Franklin Demon-1 biplane, known as “Dracula” was originally conceived by Kyle and his late father Jimmy. Dracula combines the crowd pleasing lines of the iconic Waco Mystery Ship with modern aerodynamics and systems, resulting in a smaller, lighter, significantly more maneuverable and powerful airplane....
22, and 23 June: Air show on Spitzerberg with Hannes Arch - Austrian Wings - Austrian aviation publication (Translated) | June air show starts at 15.00 clock with a performance from the Red Bull Air Race World Champion Hannes Arch, "said airport director Wolfgang Oppelmayer pleased. The flight demonstrations on both days start at 15.00 clock and take around 1.5 hours...
Doug Matthews Sets World Records in P-51D from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Eight United States and world aviation records were broken and set by Palm Beach resident Douglas Matthews on May 23, flying his P-51D Mustang The Rebel. Matthews broke several long-standing aviation records for time-to-climb and ultimate altitude.
Did You See the B-17 'Flying Fortress' Over the San Ramon Valley? - Patch.com | Local photographer Steve Fenton captured the above photo of the World War II era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in the San Ramon Valley sky on Saturday. The bomber plane was used by United States Army in Europe and the Pacific during World War II...
Timeless Voices - Cleon Thomton from eaavideo.org | Cleon Thomton (1920-2013) was serving in the Minnesota National Guard when he was accepted into the Army Air Corps for pilot training. Trained as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, he flew 87 combat missions with the 56th Fighter Group during World War II.
A time for veterans and their memories - Eatonville Dispatch | Edward Saylor and his B-25 bomber crewmates were photographed during their time with “Doolittle's Raiders” in World War II. Doolittleraiders.com courtesy photo. Copy note: background on Saylor from doolittleraider.com. Edward Saylor survived a famous...
Sonar image reveals possible legendary aviator Earhart's plane wreck - Newstrack India | Researchers believe that a grainy sonar image captured off an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati might represent the remains of the Electra, the two-engine aircraft legendary aviator ...
Tour The Palm Springs Air Museum! - Warbird Radio | The Palm Springs Air Museum is truly an oasis in the desert for warbird fans. Go inside and take a look for yourself via the...
The Aero Experience Road Trip: Illinois Aviation Monuments Feature Military Aircraft from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Today's Midwest Aviation road trip takes us to Metro East Illinois, just across the river from St. Louis. Three monuments featuring retired military aircraft were on the itinerary, and we have included several photos of each below....
The Aero Experience Editorial: Local Aviation Community Must Step Up to Fill In Gaps Left by Loss of Military Performers from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The mission of The Aero Experience is to promote Midwest Aviation, and by extension in many cases, the entire aviation industry as well. The events of this recent Memorial Day caused me to reflect even more on the importance of remembering members of the military services who have given the ultimate sacrifice and their families who continue to hold to their dear memories. Military aviation units have...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Aeroshell Team Brings Style and Grace to Midwest Aerial Extravaganza from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo
Cutaway Thursday: X-51 Waverider from The Lexicans
The coolest airplane I’ve ever seen from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | FK Lightplanes, one of the top small-aircraft manufacturers in Europe, has designed a FK51 70-percent replica of the famous P-51 Mustang using whimsy, a passion for flying, and a sense of humor. It weighs only...
Rod Machado featured at Iowa’s PilotPalooza from General Aviation News | Rod Machado, who is on a mission to keep the fun in aviation education, is the featured speaker for the first ever Iowa PilotPalooza. The Iowa PilotPalooza will be held June 1 at the Boone Municipal Airport (25 mi northwest of Des Moines) from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m...
"Catchingup" UCAP #326 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Southwest Airlines leader to speak at Wichita Aero Club Monday - The Wichita Eagle (blog) | “As a result, (Ricks) probably knows more about the airline than anyone besides Herb,” Dave Franson, president of the Wichita Aero Club, said in a statement. Ricks, executive vice president and chief legal and regulatory officer at Southwest, is the...
U.S. Navy Details Amphibious Ship Mods Required For F-35 - Aviation Week | The U.S. Navy has identified “several specific initiatives on the flight deck” of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships the service says the vessels will need to accommodate the F-35....
Amber's First Essay as the Private Pilot Scholarship Award Winner!
from Life on the Road as a Pilot | ...I felt like I heard every click
of that second hand on the clock as if it was teasing me…but all I
wanted to do was clock out and radio, “Niner-Lima-Uniform, taxiing from
the South hangars (we don’t have many hangars in Sandpoint, Idaho) to
runway 1 for departure to the South.” My mind kept repeating it all
while I was installing fuel lines on a plane I plan to fully fly one
day. The Quest KODIAK. One step at a time....
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Indy Transponder 26-SEP-2012 2345z
Arch won bronze at Aerobatics Championship - courier | "The experience of the Red Bull Air Race have helped me here extreme to stay cool despite the few training sessions," said Arch Herbert Weirather, the son of the ex-Skiweltmeisters Harti Weirather landed on his debut in the classic 
49th Annual CAF Airsho - Odessa American | The Commemorative Air Force has scheduled the 49th Annual CAF Airsho, presented by Western National Bank, at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 13-14 at Midland International Airport. Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12. Purchase advance ...
First air show attracts big crowd - Morehead News | The Kentucky State Police “Roll-Over” vehicle was on display at the air show. Post 8 Public Affairs Officer Trooper Endre Samu demonstrated the importance of wearing a seatbelt. The KSP wants to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers by...
28 Malaysian Light Aircraft To Take Part In Bandung Air Show - Bernama | SEREMBAN, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- Twenty-eight light aircraft from Malaysia General Aviation Team will take part in the four-day Bandung Air Show 2012 at Husein Sastranegara Airfield in Bandung, Indonesia starting Thursday. Malaysian Sports Aviation ...
Fifth annual M Mountain Fly-In taking off - El Defensor Chieftain | Heading into its fifth year, the Fly-In will again give residents from all around the area a chance to check out aircraft of all types, including vintage, home-built and experimental airplanes and much more, says organizer Dave Finley. “Its been great ...
Rotary members cook breakfast at airport fly-in - Marshfield News-Herald | This yellow 1946 Model Piper super cruiser is owned by Duffy Gaier. It was on display at the annual fly-in, drive-in breakfast held Sunday at the Neillsville Municipal Airport. / June Thompson/For the Marshfield News-Herald...
Wings and Waves Air Show 2012 from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Hosted by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Wings and Waves Air Show 2012 will take place off the Daytona Beach shoreline on 13 and 14 October. Performers include USAF Thunderbirds, Canadian Snowbirds, Black Diamond Jet Team...
Jacksonville Sea and Sky Spectacular 2012 from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | With the show center located between 1st Ave N and 6th Ave N, the Jacksonville Sea & Sky Spectacular is set to bring action to the skies in this exciting event. The world-famous United States Navy Blue Angels will be the...
Texas Fall Festival of Flight 2012 from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | The Texas Chapter of the Antique Airplane Association presents the Fall Festival of Flight on 12-13 October 2012. This annual fly-in offers the...
Sedgwick County gives Wings Over McConnell a $10000 grant, won't use 'chalet ... - Kansas.com | WICHITA — Sedgwick County will support this weekend's Wings Over McConnell air show with a $10,000 grant but will forgo use of a special “chalet tent” where commissioners and other leaders could have enjoyed a catered meal and beverages.
'Red Tail' squadron flying to Purdue to honor Tuskegee Airmen - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron will visit Purdue Airport next month to honor the Tuskegee Airmen and teach about their color boundary-breaking accomplishments during World War II. The squadron will bring a restored, red-tailed P-51C ...
History In The Making For Ms. "Memphis Belle" from GlobalAir.com by keely | “We Used To Call It Luck” - Wayne Tabor | On a non-stop flight from Brazil to Africa, Wayne Tabor is 21 years old. He is riding on the right side of the Boeing B-17, alert at all times because their carrier is under attack. He is a waist gunner and completely exposed as his squadron is rapidly approaching enemy boarders. He will complete 30 missions in a matter of 72 days averaging out to a rugged 6 missions per day over Nazi occupied Europe. Everything seems to move at the speed of light until you hear a “THUMP,” and then another “THUMP” all at once you realize...
US B-17 Bomber Crash during WWII Links Dutch Town to Santa Clara - Santa Clara Weekly | Sixty-eight years ago today—on September 26, 1944—a U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Bomber named Jayhawk was returning from its mission in Germany when it was hit by German flak and crashed among the tulip fields of the Dutch town of Lisse, killing ...
COMBINED BOMBER OFFENSIVE (CBO) from War and Game by MSW | When Western Allied leaders met at the Casablanca Conference (January 14–24, 1943) the Combined Chiefs of Staff agreed that the …
Photo: This is what remains of a U.S. Marine Corps Harrier jet after the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following picture, sent by a reader of the blog, shows 
Canadian memories of the T-6 Texan from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | In July last year I wrote about the T-6 Texan (a.k.a. Harvard, shown below) in South African Air Force service.
Aircraft of World War 2 is featured in museum within SP from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | The museum's aviation TAM in São Carlos (SP), has a "strengthening" of the time of World War 2: a Focke-Wulf - J44 "Stieglitz" (pictured above). The Beechcraft Model of German origin came to be produced in Rio de Janeiro, in the former factory of the Galleon. The specimen, manufactured in Argentina in 1943, is one of the 82 planes exposed at the site...
aviationphotography.be update from apron6 | Just finished updating aviationphotography.be with the entire album of the photoflying days (Wednesday.) Personally I think it’s one of the best albums...
Breguet 270 from Planeshots
Wichita Aero Club seeks nominations for annual trophy - Kansas.com (blog) | The Wichita Aero Club is seeking nominations for the recipient of its annual trophy honoring someone who has made achievements and contributions in the field of aviation or aerospace with close ties to Wichita and Kansas. The organization's first ...
Race Car Drivers Take Flight from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | At Bahrain International Circuit at Sakhir, Marco Bonanomi and Alvaro Parente, the two drivers for QI Meritus. Mahara have been given the opportunity to fly and land a A330 Airbus at Bahrain Airport. This is as a result of an invitation from Gulf Air, the title sponsor of the Grand Prix. The flights were carried out in the simulator at the Gulf Air Flight Simulator Center,...
U.S. military inspires South African youth from Air Force Link Top Stories | The sun was shining almost as brightly as the smiles on the faces of hundreds of children stepping onto a C-17 Globemaster III for the first time, Sept. 20. The children arrived at the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition, here to participate in a Youth Development Program. The program partners U.S. and South African military personnel with youth to develop techniques to empower them both socially and economically...
Pilots to offer free flights for young people - East Brunswick Sentinel | 315 Young Eagles Flight Rally set to begin at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at Monmouth Executive Airport, Route 34 south, Farmingdale. Guests should enter the airport at the main entrance at the traffic light on Route 34 and follow the white arrows to the building...
Singer Sarah Brightman Expected to Undertake Soyuz to Space Station Flight from Spaceports |
British singer Sarah Brightman may join a tourist flight to the International Space Station with an official announcement expected in Moscow Wednesday, October 10, 2012. Eric Anderson, Chairman of...
Baumgartner Space Dive Set for October 8 from Spaceports | Felix Baumgartner will attempt the record breaking dive from the edge of space on October 8th, 2012. This breathtaking animation shows the dive in...
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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High pitched jets above you this afternoon? Say hello to the USAF Thunderbirds - The Salinas Californian | Shrieking through the skies above Salinas and Monterey this afternoon will be none 
other than the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds Air Demonstration team. The eight-aircraft team is coming to town to be the starring act of this weekend's California ...
Duluth Air Show Is Saturday And Sunday - KDAL | DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The 2012 Duluth Air and Aviation Expo is being held on Saturday and Sunday at the airport. The featured performers include the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, a U-S Air Force ...
Rockledge native's pride goes supersonic for Cocoa Beach Air Show - Florida Today | Brewer is superintendent of the Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Team, which performs gravity-defying aerial stunts for more than 10 million spectators around the globe each year. Two F-22 Raptors — the world's highest-performance military aircraft — will ...
Courtland Air Show to be held Saturday - Moulton Advertiser | The sky over Courtland Airport will be filled with all types of aircraft, flying demonstrations and fabulous aerobatic performances at the second annual Courtland Air Show on Saturday, Sept. 29. The show will end with a bang with a fireworks finale.
Prettner Solon to skydive with US Army Golden Knights next week - Duluth News Tribune | Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon of Duluth announced today that she will skydive with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team on Tuesday to show support for military personnel. By: Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau. Yvonne Prettner Solon ...
Austrian Wings Tip: Red Bull Air Race on Sunday on the Danube Island - Austrian Wings - Austria's aviation magazine | Between 11:30 and 16:00 clock it goes rapidly to the point: model aerobatics with Markus Zeiner, spectacular flight deposits of Red Bull Air Race World Champion Hannes Arch, the Red Bull Skydive Team in freefall, a helicopter aerobatic of the BO-105. ...
Hightower to Attend Zenith Open House from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Zenith Aircraft Company's Open Hangar Day and 20th anniversary celebration takes place this weekend at company headquarters in Mexico, Missouri. Events kick off Friday night with a banquet, followed Saturday by Open Hangar Day activities at Mexico Memorial Airport.
Tulsa Fly-In to offer day of aviation fun in Bartlesville - kjrh.com | Saturday will be a day of just plane fun for pilots and spectators alike headed to the Bartlesville Municipal Airport for the annual Tulsa Regional Fly-in. According to event organizer Charlie Harris, the reasons to join in on this year's "Grand Day of ...
County to pursue air show - Cedartown Standard | Leroy Peugh, standing, inquired about presenting an air show at the Polk County Airport during the Polk County Board of Commissioner's meeting.
Pilot gets dream job with the Red Arrows - This is Bath | The Red Arrows will return to a nine-plane formation after flying with seven for much of this year, following the deaths of two pilots in separate 
Photos: Beale featured in 49th annual Reno Air Races from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories
F-35 and Spitfire get side-by-side at Edwards from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Two historic combat aircraft sit side-by-side in this stunning image, which was captured by Lockheed Martin photographer Matthew Short at the US Air Force's Edwards AFB late on 14 September.
Air Zoo to celebrate WASPs from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is celebrating the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) with a special reunion and presentation on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m
Thomas Hudner - Medal of Honor recipient from eaavideo.org | Thomas Hudner, Medal of Honor recipient, is honored at EAA's 2012 Gathering of Eagles as part of the "Salute to the Greatest Generation in the Air".
Henry L. Moore, 91, one of the Tuskegee Airmen from Stars and Stripes | Henry L. Moore never stopped moving. Born in tiny Ocilla, Ga., in 1921, he was out by 19, after graduating at the top of Ocilla High's Class of 1940. He moved to Newark, N.J., to escape the poverty and racism that had marked his childhood.
Tuskeegee Airmen Tribute from eaavideo.org | Introduction video shown at EAA's 2012 Gathering of Eagles event saluting the "Greatest Generation in the Air."
Sport Aviation Classic to Honor Tuskegee Airmen from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The first Heart of America - Sport Aviation Classic is scheduled for October 4-7 at the University of Central Missouri Aviation Department's airfield, Skyhaven Airport (KRCM), in Warrensburg...
The Doolittle Raiders from eaavideo.org | Introduction video shown at EAA's 2012 Gathering of Eagles event saluting the "Greatest Generation in the Air."
Warbird Epic from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor | By Jason Fortenbacher via Fight to Fly Photography | Sit back and watch the battle unfold! This video features some of the rarest WWII aircraft anywhere in the world, including the worlds only airworthy...
Ninety Nines return to Warwick Municipal Airport - The Warwick Advertiser | WARWICK — This past year Sue Jones, Bev Weintraub and Lorna Mack completed the women pilots' 2012 Air Race Classic, which, crossing 10 states, began in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and finished at Batavia, Ohio. The three are members of the North ...
Boomerang wings way to pioneer fame - The Australian | They joined record-breaking aviatrix Lores Bonney, 19th century "father of flight" Lawrence 
Missile from Chanute gets facelift - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette | Mark Hanson, air museum curator, said the village approached air museum officials "a couple months ago about doing something with the missile because it looks so bad." The missile is on loan to the air museum from the Air Force Museum. Hanson said the ...
Photos: C-130Js weather the storm from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories
In a quiet corner of some foreign field... from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | ...lies this quietly mouldering Bell 212 formerly (possibly still with) the Norwegian air force...
From the AC-130U Spooky gunship 25mm Gatling-type rotary cannon gunner's point of view during live firing in Korea from David Cenciotti's weblog | Although not exactly from the gunner's point of view, the following picture, taken over the Republic of Korea on Sept. 12, 2012, gives an idea of what firing down on a range with the AC-130U Spooky's 25mm Gatling-type rotary cannon looks like. Two AC-130U gunships, similar to those that were...
Scholarship Winner Update from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | Brittney Miculka of AOPA passes along the good news that Theresa Farley, the winner of AOPA's $3,000 flight training scholarship, has now passed her private pilot checkride. The scholarship was awarded to Theresa at the WAI Conference in Dallas. Congratulations to Theresa and thank you to AOPA for providing this opportunity.
Share the Love from eaavideo.org | This video shares the excitement of flying for the first time as a Young Eagle. Narrated by Harrison Ford.
Kids can be Young Eagles at Fitchburg flight rally - Sentinel and Enterprise | FITCHBURG -- Local kids and teens ages 8 to 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, as the Fitchburg Pilots Association EAA Chapter 1454 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Fitchburg Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles ...
Endeavour makes final leg of flight to Edwards AFB - The Desert Sun | It is on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. The shuttle Challenger was destroyed in an explosion that killed its crew of seven shortly after takeoff in 1986 and Columbia disintegrated on reentry at the end of a mission in 2003 ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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Reno Air Races flying with a new name - About - Cities & Towns | Despite the tragic crash at 
PR: Chasing Reno Gold: DVD for the True Fan of Unlimited Racing from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | This four-hour feature is packed with information and personality, as director Mark Chiolis interviews every living Unlimited Gold winner of the National Championship Air Races. These remarkable men, aged from the low twenties to their seventies, are among the fastest humans on the planet, and the fastest-ever behind a spinning propeller. They openly...
Merchant Marine Alum Soars with Blue Angels - Patch.com | Newly graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Nathan Barton stood on the bridge of a 500-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, piloting the ship close enough for scientists to tag whales. This was the career path he chose, and one month ...
Stearman Fly-In 'like a family reunion' - Galesburg Register-Mail | A pilot releases smoke in a trail in honor of Neil Armstrong during a memorial flight Saturday afternoon at the Galesburg Municipal Airport during the 41st National Stearman Fly-In...
Planes and pancakes to 'fly in' for aviation college fundraiser - WMU News | The funds raised will help to support six College of Aviation registered student organizations: the Aviation Student Council, the Multicultural Association of Aviation Professionals, Women in Aviation, the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance ...
Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow and Festival Sunday - Shore News Today | On Sunday, September 16 
Sean D. Tucker's Flight Over the Capitol - Sacramento Bee (blog) | Sean D. Tucker's Flight Over the Capitol. RB Sean Tucker 6A.jpg. Several readers have written to ask about the Bee's front page photo of stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker's Oracle III biplane flying over the State Capitol that ran on Saturday, September 8, 2012.
Arch won bronze at Aerobatics Championship - Kleine Zeitung | "The experience of the Red Bull Air Race have helped me here extreme to stay cool despite the few training sessions," said Arch Herbert Weirather, the son of the ex-Skiweltmeisters Harti Weirather landed on his debut in the classic competition at ...
Two U.S. Army Golden Knights injured in bicycle accident - KTVO | Two members of the U. S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team were unable to perform in Sunday's Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival due to being involved in a bicycle accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 30-year-old Howard Sanborn and ...
Unique traveling exhibit honoring Tuskegee Airmen coming to St. Cloud - Morrison County Record | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron will welcome visitors at its free “Rise Above Traveling Exhibit” in St. Cloud, Tuesday – Saturday, Sept. 11 – 15, from noon – 7 p.m. each day. It will be set up at the St. Cloud City Hall, 400 Second ...
Organisers promise Leuchars Airshow will be 'Typhoon-tastic' - The Courier | And on Saturday all eyes will be on the 38-year-old from Largs when he takes to the skies for the solo Typhoon's last public display of the season in front of a home audience at the RAF Leuchars Jubilee Airshow — a show which organisers promise will ...
RAF Elvington anniversary celebrations held - Pocklington Post | WAR veterans and dignitaries were welcomed by the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington on Sunday during a special annual Allied Air Forces Memorial Day. The event also marked the 70th anniversary of Bomber Command base RAF Elvington, which ...
Record-breaking crowds at 21st Southport Air Show (GALLERY) - Southport Visiter | As the sun shone down, crowds lined the resort's pier and beach for the start of the two-day show on Saturday and were wowed by stunning displays from the Red Arrows and the Breitling Wingwalkers. The wingwalkers, seen live by more than 6m spectators ...
The return of the Avro Arrow - 660 News | A Boeing F-18 Super Hornet performs during its demonstration flight, on the first day of the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, June 18, 2007. Internal documents show the air force conducted an assessment of two F-35 jet fighter alternatives, but ...
Maddingley home of the brave 9-9-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | On the Sunday morning of the 
9th of September 2012, I visited Maddingley, just outside of the City of Cambridge, to see the last resting place of some very special brave people, who during the second world war, gave their all, so we could be free. Maddingley sits on a...
North Weald Essex UK Norwegian veteran day 9-9-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Had a great day out with Peter and Rebecca Smith at the Norwegian veteran event, held at North Weald airfield in Essex, which was once home to the Norwegian wing of the RAF during world war two. There was a 'three-ship' flypast made up of a Norwegian-marked T-33A, and a DH.Vampire and DH Venom. Very nice to hear the sound of Nene and Goblin engines still in this day and age, and is a credit to whom keeps them in working order. Good weather helped the day along, to the tune of it being around 27 in the shade. There was loads to do and see, military vehicles etc.a good family day out. Flying display by 'Kent Spitfire' was very good and must have pleased...
“Field of Remembrance” display at Strategic Air & Space Museum - Nebraska Radio Network | Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy and there will be remembrance ceremonies in nearly every Nebraska community. At the Strategic ...
Lord Of The Warbirds (PHOTOS) by 'WAL' World and local News | His 26 warbird planes include such fantasy craft as Glacier Girl, a P-38 Lightning dug out of a Greenland glacier; one of only two surviving T-6G trainer planes used by the Tuskegee airmen; a B-25 bomber like the ones used ...
P-51, Hollywood actress, attracting new pilots from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | Just about everyone is talking about ways to grow the pilot population. AOPA created a new department towards that goal. The Iowa Aviation Promotion Group has created a slick Hollywood-style video featuring Doug Rozendaal flying the Commemorative Air Force’s Gunfighter Mustang but with actress Stephanie Brown stepping out of the cockpit at the end, aimed at increasing the pilot population...
A Different Kind of Hybrid Aircraft from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | A father and son team have done amazing things with the Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri, Hugues Duval, the son setting a world speed record at last year’s Paris Air Show, and Yves, the father, resurrecting a decade-old airshow act. At an airshow in Gergy-Pontoise, France this year, according to...
MiG-15 FLIGHT from TAKEOFF TUBE | ...The MiG-15 is often mentioned along with the North American F-86 Sabre in lists of the best fighter aircraft of the Korean War and in comparison with fighters of other eras. The Planes of Fame Air Museum has a flying MiG-15 and during a recent demonstration flight we were allowed to place our cameras on this historic Russia jet...
These dramatic pictures DON’T show Syrian warplanes hit by surface to air missiles from David Cenciotti's weblog | Along with real pictures and videos of Syrian Arab Air Force planes and helicopters downed by the rebels, an increasing amount of fake footage and images has been spreading on the net, allegedly showing Assad fighters and choppers shot down by the Free Syrian Army anti-aircraft artillery fire...
Amazing video of the Spanish Air Force 43 Group flying the “Superscooper” shows why firefighting missions are a bit hazardous from David Cenciotti's weblog | The 43 Group (Grupo) is a unit of the Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire) with the primary mission to collaborate in extinguishing forest fires and participate in supporting secondary missions of Search and Rescue Service (SAR) operationally dependent from the Military Emergency Unit (UME)...
How Many Generations Can You Fit Into One Flying Bathtub? (Newhouse Aeronca C-3) from
Video: Jetman – Spitfire formation from Apron 6
Video: Two Human-Powered Helicopter Teams Fly in One Week - Wired (blog) | The world of human-powered helicopters is getting competitive. Over the past month, twice as many of pedal-propelled machines have undergone testing compared to years' past, with a team from Canada (pictured above) joining the University of Maryland in ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour's Farewell Tour To Begin Sept. 17 - RedOrbit | Enterprise flew past the Statue of Liberty, over the Hudson River, and past a handful of landmarks en route to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City last December, and Discovery toured the monuments of Washington, DC before being sent ...
