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Former Blue Angels pilot runs for Congress - WTSP 10 News | St. Petersburg, FL -- Mark Bircher has never run for political office before. But serving others has been the story of his life. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Bircher was a fighter pilot who flew with the Blue Angles for three years. He was once ...

Body English - Vintage Wings of Canada | You are standing at the very edge of a steel cliff, high above the Indian Ocean. You look backwards across a hot steel deck shimmering in the 100ºF heat to the vast expanse of pale white-blue ocean. A white churning wake recedes in an arrow straight line, like pale smoke, until it disappears into the steamy haze that hides the line where the warm ocean meets the heat washed sky. A long, quiet ocean swell steadfastly raises and drops you 15 feet through a twenty second period. The soles of your feet burn through your tennis shoes. You do not have the benefit of a wind screen, so you lean backwards against the hot 35 knot wind pushing down the flight deck. Your feet are...

Hayward Air Rally to celebrate 50th anniversary - General Aviation News | ...The Hayward Air Rally is sponsoring scholarships to the 2014 EAA Advanced Air Academy to 16- to 18-year-olds who live in or near the communities of Hayward, Silver Springs, Nevada, Wendover, Utah, Lander, Wyoming, Rapid City, S.D., Montevideo, Minn., and Madison...

Precious Metal Canopy Mod Nomination - Mojave Experimental Fly-in

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Celebrates 10 Years - Flying Magazine | Named after Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, a Hungarian entrepreneur who donated millions to the National Air and Space Museum, the facility is home to a large collection of small aerobatic, taildragger, biplane and warbird airplanes from all eras. The massive...

Happy Birthday To The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver · WarbirdsNews, By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-three years ago today, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver took flight for the first time.  A carrier-based dive and torpedo bomber, the Helldiver was designed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless.  SB2Cs were large aircraft due to the requirement of an internal bomb bay; Helldivers were built to carry a 2,000 pound bomb internally, or two smaller 1,600 pound weapons, or a torpedo.  SB2Cs first went to...

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First Powered Flying in Asia, the Spirit of Sha Tin (?????) and the intrepid Charles Van den Born by travelforaircraft | Charles Van den Born was began life in Belgium though raised French and eventually becoming a citizen of France to live out his last days there. He became France's 37th licensed aviator and Belgium's 6th licensed aviator in March of 1910 when in his mid-thirties using a Henry Farman design aircraft. Farman designs had become...

CoolPix: Boeing 307 Stratoliner At The NASM (Udvar-Hazy) - AirPigz | I'll start by saying that the late January 2014 AirPigz MeetUp is being planned for the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola Florida. More info on that will be up soon. The January 2013 AirPigz MeetUp was in the Washington DC area to experience the two amazing National Air & Space Museum facilities, the one on the National Mall and the Udvar-Hazy. This CoolPix image of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner is one I captured on that trip...

Belite Achieves Maiden Flight of Ultralight Floatplane - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Belite Aircraft announced the first powered flight of its new SeaLite amphibious carbon fiber float-equipped aircraft, designed to legally fly under U.S. FAR 103 regulations off of either water or land. The flight occurred on Tuesday, December 17, the 110th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.

Low-flying plane shocks Hamilton onlookers - ELTON SMALLMAN  |  A low flying military aircraft took a quick trip over Hamilton leaving surprised and shocked onlookers in its wake. The plane, believed to be a C-17 Globemaster, was in New Zealand for tactical low level training flights and was part of Operation Southern Katipo in the South Island...

Video: Firefighters Accidentally Spray Jet Fuel On Blaze Because Oops - Jalopnik | That's exactly what happened in late October to some Washington State Patrol firefighters during what was, thankfully, a training exercise. According to recently-obtained video from...

Video: Station Cooling System Still a Problem - Spaceports | Expedition 38 Lead Flight Director Judd Frieling joins NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot for an update on the International Space Station's ammonia pump module and the efforts by the Flight Control Team to resolve the issue with a software upload.

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In the Navy, 100 Years of Altitude - Wall Street Journal | Museums may have plenty of aircraft on display, but at the annual AirVenture you can actually see many of these great machines in flight. This year's special events marked the Centennial of Naval Aviation. With so many historic planes on ...

How’d You Get That Shot? – Legacy Hornet / Helldiver « Tyson V. Rininger's Blog from tvrphoto.wordpress.com | When I arrived at NAS Lemoore in California’s Central Valley, I had already seen many of the commemorative jets painted to celebrate the Centennial of Naval Aviation. Sitting on the ramp, all by itself, was an F-18C adorned with a paint scheme I hadn’t yet seen before. If it weren’t for the presence of the world’s only SB2C-5 Helldiver operated by the Commemorative Air Force, I don’t think I would ever have made the connection. The Hornet emulated the looks of a WWII Helldiver unit. What were the odds that both of these aircraft would be at the same location?...

 Seafair: 1st Blue Angels jet arrives in Seattle - West Seattle Blog | The first Blue Angels jet to arrive in Seattle got here just after 8 am, but will be back in the air this afternoon, giving rides to pre-selected “community influencers.” The other Blue Angels are due to arrive at the Museum of Flight adjacent to ...

Renton's school chief flies into wild blue yonder with Angels - Renton Reporter | A smiling Mary Alice Heuschel, superintendent of the Renton School District, took wing with the Blue Angels from Boeing Field Monday, feeling gravitational forces few ever experience. By TRACEY COMPTON Renton school Superintendent Mary Alice Heuschel ...

 Atlantic City Airshow adds Canadian SkyHawks to this year's lineup - Press of Atlantic City | “Each year we work with Airboss David Schultz to make sure the Atlantic City Airshow is a unique and truly different experience from the year before,” Joe Kelly, president of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, said in a news release. ...

NI Airshow returns to Portrush - Insideireland.ie | Ireland's largest airshow returns to Portrush this September for its tenth anniversary time, and promises to host its strongest ever line-up. On Tuesday morning, Coleraine Borough Council launched the event at East Strand Beach, as guests welcomed ...

Photos from the Oshkosh Airventure – Gadling | Sure, they've got the warbirds and the experimental planes and the helicopters and the commercial jets -- in sheer volume of hardware here there is no doubt. Oshkosh goes well beyond the lifeless shell of steel and rivets though -- this show is more ...

WWII dog fights over Kent to be brought to life - Kent Online | Memories of the dog fights over Kent which saved us from a German invasion in 1940 will be kept alive through an ambitious project. Visitors to an education centre planned for the National Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne ...

Airmens' wings span generations - The Daily News Online | Bruce Martin of Medina, a B-17 pilot during World War II, holds his Eisenhower jacket on which he has sewn a patch from Albion native Colby Kuhns, a U-2 pilot who has recently been promoted to lieutenant colonel. In exchange for the patch, ...

Ready to Meet the Storm  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » The P-38 Lightning, it’s very name suggests not only speed but being part of the storm. My father for a short time was on the line involved in their production. And then later they flew cover for him while on missions in the Pacific in a B-29. He had an infinity for the “Lit’l buddies” that flew beside “his” B-29, the P-51, P-38 and F4U which he passed along to me in his stories. So I am never surprised when I’m drawn to these magnificent machines and find a challenge is telling their story. I’m kinda partial to this one I just took at Oshgosh…

The Airworthy Legacy of Louis Bleriot  from Flight Monkeys | Aviation enjoys a long history of homebuilders. In fact, for many years all the airplanes in the world qualified as homebuilt aircraft. Then somewhere along the way somebody moved into a detached garage, or a barn, or a building that was just a bit bigger than their backyard shed, and the first true airplane factory was born…

CAF's B-29 "Fifi" Flies Passengers Over St. Louis  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Aero Experience contributor, Mark Nankivil, provided today's coverage of the CAF's B-29 "Fifi" as it flew its first passengers this morning from Spirit of St. Louis Airport…

Today in Aviation History – August 2  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Flying High with Embry-Riddle!  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | June 11, 2010 Julia Bury was graduating High School with a career in Aviation ahead of her. She had graduated with plans of attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in the fall of 2010…

Gallery: The Blimps of War  from Wired: Danger Room by Lena Groeger | For seven decades, they were a curiosity, a relic of a lighter-than-air future that never quite came true. But in recent years, airships have once again become a major force in aviation. The Pentagon has gone especially blimp-crazy, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into advanced -- and massive -- surveillance airships that can stay in the sky way longer than any drone. Here are some of the new Blimps of War...

LARGEST COLLECTION OF NAVAL AIRCRAFT SPANNING ALL ERAS MARKS CENTENNIAL AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2011 #OSH11

Unique flying warbirds, special programs will honor legacy of naval aviation all week

      EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — (May 19, 2011) — Celebrating 100 years in one week, the largest collection of naval aircraft spanning all eras ever assembled in one location is coming together for EAA AirVenture 2011 during its week-long Centennial of Naval Aviation commemoration.

      The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” scheduled for July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, will feature special attractions, appearances, and forums as part of its Tier 1 event status from the U.S. Navy for the year-long centennial festivities.

      From unique restorations and replicas to today’s modern fighters, the legacy of naval aviation will be on display and in action all week at AirVenture 2011. Flying examples will be featured on ConocoPhillips Plaza, as well as a special parking area dubbed “NAS Oshkosh” located just east of Scotts Warbird Alley.

      Among the dozens of unique aircraft anticipated are several World War II and Korean War-era naval warbirds, including the only flying SB2C Helldiver Navy dive bomber in the world, one of two airworthy PV-2 Harpoons, OY1/L-5B USMC Observation aircraft that saw combat during the Battle of Iwo Jima, a rare Temco Pinto jet trainer, TBM Navy torpedo bomber featuring the paint scheme of the aircraft flown by President George H.W. Bush, an award-winning SNJ Navy trainer, F8F Bearcat in a Blue Angels paint scheme, Grumman J2F Duck Navy amphibian, F4U Corsairs, FM2 Wildcat, and F7F Tigercat. 

      Vietnam War-era will be represented by a Douglas R4D, Douglas AD Skyraider, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and North American T-2 Buckeye, with more to be added. Bookending the centennial attractions are a replica of the Curtiss-Ely Pusher that made the first carrier landing on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in 1911 and more than 25 current naval aircraft repainted in colors from previous eras.

      A listing of aircraft confirmed is available at www.airventure.org/attractions/aircraft.html, with more to be added in the upcoming weeks.

      “There is no other place where you can see a gathering of aircraft of this magnitude representing all eras of naval aviation over the past 100 years,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA and AirVenture chairman. “This epic event will not only honor the heritage of these legendary warbirds, as well as the brave men and women who served and sacrificed in them. You’ll hear their stories and see their beloved aircraft come to life.”

      Several forums and special programs, including the always popular Warbirds in Review, highlight activities each day, along with afternoon air show showcases, and a naval-focused Living History Encampment featuring wartime reenactors. To mark its 25th anniversary, the naval aviation classic film “Top Gun” is scheduled to be shown at the EAA Fly-In Theater. The Fly-In Theater is presented by Ford Motor Company and supported by Hamilton Watches.

      On Wednesday, July 27, a themed “Navy Day” will feature a full day of activities surrounding the centennial, including dedicated forums on ConocoPhillips Plaza and Warbirds in Review, a special tribute during the afternoon air show, an “Honor Flight” featuring approximately 80 World War II naval veterans departing AirVenture for Washington, D.C., on a Southwest Airlines 737, and a special evening program featuring very notable naval aviation figures and guests at Theater in the Woods, whose programs are supported by M&Ms.

      More details surrounding “Navy Day” on Wednesday, July 27, will be announced next week.

      Additionally, Navy veterans will lead the “Salute to Veterans” parade from Scotts Warbird Alley to ConocoPhillips Plaza on Friday, July 29, as part of that day’s salute activities.

      AirVenture 2011 is filled with must-see features and attractions all week, including tribute days dedicated to aviation legends Burt Rutan (Thursday, July 28) and Bob Hoover (Tuesday, July 26) as well as several attractions and events commemorating the 100th anniversary of air mail service.

      Entertainment lasts well into the evening each day, including a couple premier concerts that all ages will enjoy. REO Speedwagon will get AirVenture 2011 off to a rocking start with the Opening Day Concert presented by the Ford Motor Company on Monday, July 25. Highlighting the weekend is “Super Saturday” presented by Southwest Airlines on Saturday, July 30, which will feature country star Aaron Tippin in concert leading into the widely popular Night Air Show and Daher-Socata Fireworks.

      Advance purchase admission tickets at a discounted rate as well as camping for all dates are now available at www.airventure.org/tickets. 

      EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH is The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration and EAA’s yearly membership convention. Additional EAA AirVenture information, including advance ticket and camping purchase, is available online at www.airventure.org. EAA members receive lowest prices on admission rates. For more information on EAA and its programs, call 1-800-JOIN-EAA (1-800-564-6322) or visit www.eaa.org. Immediate news is available at www.twitter.com/EAAupdate.

Air Power Expo 2011 Air Show Photo Review

Warbirds at NAS Fort Worth JRB - April 16-17, 2011

Warbirds and Airshows
By David D Jackson

NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base had its annual air show this year with me in attendance for the first time looking forward to being able to spend time on the ramps that many years ago had B-36s sitting on them when it was previously Carswell AFB.  It is also the location where portions of the 1955 movie "Strategic Air Command" with James Stewart, June Allyson and the B-36 were shot.  So this is a historic aviation location to visit and watch an air show at.  Most of the warbirds were static at the event but a warbird aerobatic act new to me was the locally based Trojan Phlyers consisting of two T-28Bs that put on a very nice combination aerobatic and formation show.  Even though they have been flying shows since 1999 this is the first time I have been able to see them.

B-29 'Fifi" making a special unplanned flyby on Sunday for the air show crowd.  This replaced the B-52 flyby that occurred on Saturday only.

Flag Jump to open the show by the Special Operations Command Para-Commandos.

Five F-18 Hornets from VFA-204 at NAS New Orleans Joint Reserve Base along with one Northrop F-5 opened the show right after the flag jump.  I have never seen a formation like this.  This was great!

This great looking UC-45 on static display belongs to James Martin of Odessa, TX.

One of the two Trojan Phlyers going up over the top in an aerobatic maneuver.

This static display PV-2, "Attu Warrior", is owned by Dave Hansen and came all the way from Heber City, UT to be part of the event.

The River Rattlers and F-5 making the overhead approach and break for landing.

Over the top.

This Harrier sucked asphalt chunks up into the engine during the practice show on Friday during the hover demonstration.  The pilot was unaware he was over the meltable material.  It takes 500 hours of labor to change the engine, which is going on in the photo.

One can see the dings in the turbine blades.  No doubt similar damage happened through the entire engine.

Pacific Prowler made the short hop from Meacham Airport a few miles to the North East in Ft. Worth.

One of the Trojan Phlyers is in Marine markings and the other in Navy.  Otherwise they are painted the same.

The great nose art that owner Jim Terry has had applied to the aircraft.

Trojan Phlyers formation pass.

The world's only flyable Curtiss SB2C Helldiver which is operated by the Commemorative Air Force out of Midland, TX.

The rear gunner's twin 30 caliber machine guns.

See the rest of David's fantastic post, here.

This portion posted with permission.

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Nice sleigh, Santa! from AF.mil Photos
Santa Claus, also known as Col. Edsel Frye, delivers gifts from his KC-135 Stratotanker to children from the Sedgewick County Big Brothers Big Sisters at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Dec. 22, 2010. Colonel Frye is the commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Santa Claus to fly into Princeton Airport Christmas Eve - Mercer Space
By Site Contributor Thirty-five years ago someone suggested that Santa fly in to the airport for the area children to watch. Over this period of time, ...

XMAS CARD from Crosswind Images

Airmen ready to track Santa from AF.mil Photos
Members of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., will once again track Santa Claus on part of his journey around the world this Christmas Eve. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

Dayton Air Show 2011 - Dayton Air Show
Carol Pilon teams up with Melissa Pemberton to create the only all-women wingwalking act in the world. You’ll be amazed as Carol hops out of her seat and scrambles onto the aircraft’s wing as Melissa performs an aerobatic routine. Their performance is themed around a motley crew of Wild ...

Air show heading back to Smyrna - The Daily News Journal
The 2011 show will feature many other aerobatic acts including Mike Wiskus, Gene Soucy, Mike Goulian plus many more to come. There will also be many ground ...

Air Racer John Livingston’s Waco Restored to Its 1928 Livery from Planenews Aviation News 
EAA volunteers and staff have finished painting air racing Legend John Livingston’s original custom-built 1928 Waco CTO Taperwing. The new look sports the livery of the Mid-West Airways Corporation, a short-lived airline based in Waterloo, Iowa, that was operated by Livingston in the early 1930s. Between 1928 and 1933 Livingston participated in 139 air races, both pylon and cross-country, placing in the top three in all except two. Considered one of the top pilots of the era, he won 79 of those races and collected $53,000 in winnings over that span.

Read Airplanes 12/2010 online! by David Cenciotti
If you click on the image below, you will be able to read the entire 12/2010 issue of Airplanes with articles dealing with the Frecce Tricolori’s 50th Anniversary airshow in Rivolto, the Ex. Vega 2010 in Decimomannu and much more! The magazine is in Italian language only, but foreign visitors can enjoy the pictures. ...

A last look at the Harriers in action - Rutland Times
The first four aircraft back perform a flypast. Picture: Alan Storer/Peterborough ET RUTLAND'S long association with the Harrier ended on Wednesday last ...

Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver with wings folded from Planeshots

Australian-Based Supermarine Aircraft Will Establish a Facility at Cisco Municipal Airport in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX from The Aero Experience 
Brisbane, Australia-based Supermarine Aircraft will establish a facility at Cisco Municipal Airport to market their 80-90% Spitfire replica aircraft kits.  Supermarine has been producing these aircraft for about 16 years, and the company reports that the difference in size and complexity compared to the 100% aircraft reaps substantial savings to owners in operating costs and increased safety.   To learn more about Supermarine ...

Secrets of Hitler's aircraft factory (second part) - Fox2
Messerschmitt Me 262 - The first operational jet aircraft produced during World War II as a fighter and fighter - bomber.
   
Photos: 2010 review - East Valley Tribune
Sentimental Journey, a B-17G WWII bomber owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will be on display at the Chandler Airport this weekend ...

WWII pilot turned philanthropist dead at 94 by The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Nebraska — Fred Hargesheimer, a World War II Army pilot whose rescue by Pacific islanders led to a life of giving back as a builder of schools and teacher of children, died Thursday morning. He was 94.

December 23 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Then and Now: From Airships to Waterslides - Air and Space
The world's largest free-standing building gets a second lease on life.
German Entrepreneur Carl von Gablenz had an unusual vision: a fleet of giant helium airships that would haul outsize industrial loads, such as oil rigs or wind turbine blades, to remote areas of the globe. Ten years ago, his plan seemed to be progressing; at an abandoned Soviet military airfield 40 miles south of Berlin, his investor-backed company, CargoLifter AG, erected a $110 million airship hangar measuring 1,181 feet long by 688 feet wide by 351 feet high. CargoLifter used it to ...

"Systemology" UCAP #217 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Part of Jeb's airplane is turning Chinese... Has aviation progress slowed to a crawl?... and a listener shares a cautionary tale. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #217 "Systemology"

Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager - Centennial of flight
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager embody the very spirit and character of the word "pioneers." In December 1986, they became the first people to circumnavigate the world, nonstop, without refueling their plane, the Voyager. They also set world flight records in the ...

Buzz Aldrin Supports Virgin Galactic’s Plans from Planenews Aviation News 
Buzz Aldrin, former Apollo Astronaut and the second human being to set foot on the moon has issued the following statement in response to Virgin Galactic’s announcement concerning its support of NASA submissions for orbital spacecraft development. ...

Virgin’s Will Whitehorn to retire from Personal Spaceflight 
Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn will retire from the company next month and be replaced by current CEO George Whitesides, the company announced Thursday. Whitehorn, who has been working for the Virgin Group in various capacities since 1987, has been president of Virgin Galactic since 2004, when the company announced plans to license the SpaceShipOne technology and work with its developer, Scaled Composites, to build SpaceShipTwo. The release notes (although it was not widely reported at the time) that Whitehorn went into a part-time role in 2007 “to pursue other business interests”; he remained as president, though, even when George Whitesides, a former Virgin Galactic advisor who went on to serve as chief of  ...

SpaceShipTwo Tests Exceeding Expectations from Spaceports 
Scaled Composites hopes to achieve one additional glide test of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) "Enterprise" by year-end and says that even if bad weather prevents the attempt, the program is already ahead of schedule following a trouble-free initial unpowered flight on Oct. 10.
“Testing has been going quite a bit better than we’d originally hoped, and we’ve been able to make glide  ...

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700000 estimated in A.C. for annual air show - 6abc.com
An estimated 700000 people packed the beaches and boardwalk in Atlantic City as jets roared overhead during the 8th annual air show. ...
   
Skyfest aerial show lands at Fairchild AFB - Cheney Free Press
The West Plains skies will be roaring a bit more than usual this weekend with Fairchild Air Force Base's air show, Skyfest, taking place ...
   
Air show descends on Broomfield this weekend - Daily Camera
TAKING FLIGHT AT SUNSET: The Colorado Sport International Air Show and Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In will ...

At annual awards event Portsmouth Chamber to host dinner Thursday for air show ... - Foster's Daily Democrat
PORTSMOUTH — Pilots from the US Navy's Blue Angels are expected to join members of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce on ...

Wings Over Wine Country Air Show 2010 - Santa Rosa - 08/20/10 - FenceCheck Forums

American Heroes Air Show Lands in Georgia - Helicopter Association International
In the community of Canton, outside Atlanta, Mike Grier and his team have created a special event that is much more than just an air show. ...

Skyfest aerial show lands at Fairchild AFB - Cheney Free Press
Based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nev., the Thunderbirds have been thrilling audiences with aerobatic formation and solo flying unofficially ...

Fly-in organizers looking for volunteers - Springfield News Sun
By Staff Reports Updated 9:55 AM Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Organizers for the Mid-East Regional Fly-in in Urbana next month are asking for volunteers to ...

Golden Knights Coming To LHS September 7 - Lakewood Observer
The US Army Parachute Team the Golden Knights, in town Labor Day weekend for the Cleveland Air Show, will make a special drop-in appearance at Lakewood High ...

Safety Training Pays Off in Real World Situation from US Army Golden Knights 
Anyone who has seen the Golden Knights perform can attest to the high degree of precision and teamwork it takes to do what Golden Knights do…and the only way to do what they do is to TRAIN. Training is a huge part of what the Golden Knights do between demonstrations, sometimes jumping up to six [...]

The Red Arrows will provide thrilling aeronautical action over the skies of ... - BBC News
The Red Arrows will top the bill of the 19th Clacton Air Show on Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 September. Around 140000 people are expected to attend the ...

Wings & Wheels To Salute Harrier Return With Special Flypast by Flightline UK
Wings & Wheels are thrilled to announce that on Sunday 29th August the airshow will be paying tribute to the Harrier and celebrating 50 years since the first vertical take-off, which took place at the aerodrome in October 1960, with a very special flypast.
Having taken a break from the airshow circuit for four years, the Harrier is back and joining the Show on both days and in a unique twist organisers have teamed up with the RAF Red Arrows to bring the crowds something a little bit different. ...

Shoreham Airshow 2010 – Swift Aerobatic Display Team statement by Flightline UK
The Swift Aerobatic Display Team were honoured to be asked to display at the 21st Battle of Britain Airshow at Shoreham this year. The south coast was plagued by bad weather for the entire weekend, including the displays at Bournemouth and Shoreham. The glider closed the display at Shoreham on Saturday, and opened the show on Sunday morning. ...

Plans are underway for Southport Air Show in September - Formby Times
PREPARATIONS are taking off for Southport Air Show, the largest aviation event in the North West. Southport will again host the event at the seafront on ...

2010 Reno Entry List Posted from www.aafo.com
Hopefully, this isn't the "Final" list of entries. I know there are a few notable teams standing down this year. I am surprised that Daryl and Rod's #33 Super Sport isn't listed as well as the turbo diesel Big Frog NXT Kevin was talking about. ...

What da Focke?? from www.aafo.com
A FW-190 is a pretty clean airframe, and was a great low altitude performer in WWII. The 2800 is no slouch either.
Definitely faster then a F-4u Corsair, P-40 and an A model mustang.
But will it's reduced drag make up for the missing displacement when going up against 3350 powered Sea furys? ...

EAA's B-17 - Aluminum Overcast from www.b17.org

October 1-3|Cincinnati, OH|Cincinnati Municipal Airport-Lunken Field
October 5-6|Lexington, KY|Blue Grass Airport
October 8-10|Asheville, NC|Asheville Regional Airport
October 12-13|Greenville, SC|Greenville Downtown Airport
October 15-17|Atlanta, GA|Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field
October 19-20|Columbia, SC|Columbia Metropolitan Airport
October 22-24|Charlotte, NC|Concord Regional Airport
October 26-27|Talladega, AL|Talladega Municipal Airport
October 29-31|Bloomington, IN|Monroe County Airport   

EAA is offering historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” This aircraft is an example of the American heavy bomber that helped turn the tide of battle in World War II. Fly a mission back in time and feel the might of this magnificent aircraft, just as those brave young men did more than 50 years ago.  

The Helldiver Story – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday from WarbirdRadio.com 
THURSDAY – National Naval Aviation Museum Director – CAPT Bob Rasmussen (USN Ret) joins us with an update on the recently recovered SB2C “Helldiver” on Warbird Radio LIVE.  The Helldiver has been underwater since 1945 in the Lower Otay Reservoir outside Chula Vista, California.  If you’d like to call in…just use the contact info posted [...] 

Aviation and Military Museum to be expanded in Louisiana - Paul Fraser Collectibles
The hangar will hold historic aircraft used by Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers. Chennault was a fierce advocate of pursuit or ...
 
New Chanute museum board may meet this week - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
RANTOUL – The newly elected Chanute Air Museum Board could meet this week to begin work on saving the financially strapped entity. Air museum foundation ...
   
Stratofortress Sim — the B-52 that couldn't fly - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Castle Air Museum* is a short trip from Oakland and even nearer to Yosemite National Park where Ansel Adams photographed so many of his landscapes. ...

World War II's 'Last Mission' started, ended on Guam from Air Force Link Top Stories 
Guam's history is one of bloodshed and celebration, hardship and prosperity. It's also one of significant events that would later alter the course of history.
Sixty-five years ago, on August 14, 1945, servicemembers at Northwest Field Guam, saw the launch of 143 B-29 Superfortress aircraft assigned to the 315th Bombardment Wing for what would become the last combat mission of World War II.
The mission would be the longest continuous mission ever attempted by the 20th Air Force, logging more than 17 hours of flight and covering a distance of 3,760 miles to destroy the largest remaining oil reserves in Japan, at Akita. ...
   
WWII Vet Aide to Col. Jimmy Doolittle - WKRG-TV
Jimmy Doolittle, the mastermind of the plan that used b-25 bombers flown off the Hornet's flight deck. That had never been done before. ...
   

a very nice BoB anniversary poster by Erik Chipchase... from x planes

Teenager Delivers A J-3 Cub Over 3,200 NM from Aviation Blogs 
A Canadian teenager has delivered a 1946 J-3 Cub on a ferry flight of more than 3,200 NM for a $20 Per Diem and the chance to build up some hours. The white-and-red plane’s new owner is 70-year-old Quebec pilot Serge … Continue reading →

August 25 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

OSU Buckeye Bullet 2 sets new battery-powered speed record from Engadget 
Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet 2 has just set a new battery-powered vehicle record after hitting a speed of 291 mph averaged over two separate runs done back-to-back in opposite directions. Yes, it's technically slower than the two-way land speed record of 300.992 mph the original Bullet set back in 2009, but that car was powered by ...

X-51A / X-51 Waverider Record Breaking Hypersonic Mach 5 Flight from Aviation Blogs 
In its first flight attempt, the Boeing  X-51A WaveRider today successfully completed the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight in history — nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5. The unmanned aerial vehicle was released … 

Parker teen earns pilot's license - Parker Pioneer
Parker resident Jeremy Davalos earned his pilot's license Aug. 15. He's a senior at Parker High School. He's seen with his Piper Cherokee 140 at Avi Suquilla Airport in Parker.
Parker High School senior Jeremy Davalos has achieved something few 17-year-olds have - he's a licensed pilot. He received his private pilot's license Aug. 15. This was his second attempt at qualifying for his license. He came up short on his first attempt on Aug. 3, which also happened to be his birthday. ...

Bullis aviation camp invites children to pilot planes - Business Gazette
He was decked out in aviator-style sunglasses and a camp T-shirt with a helicopter on the front. The campers each had about 15 minutes of flying time, ...

"Flying Studio" Set For Stratosphere Jump from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Felix Baumgartner is working to break the longstanding freefall record by jumping from a balloon gondola at the edge of space later this year, and this week Red Bull said it has developed a "flying video production studio" to capture the event for live streaming over the Internet. When the current record was set, 50 years ago this month, USAF Col. (Ret.) Joe Kittinger documented his jump from 102,800 feet using spring-wound motion-picture cameras warmed by hot-water bottles. The Red Bull Stratos capsule will be equipped with nine high-definition ...

The Red Bull Stratos Camera Systems from Aerial Sports Feed 
Falling from Space: Lights, Camera, Action! The Stratos mission team gives an exclusive look at the custom camera systems that will record and broadcast Felix Baumgartner’s stratospheric mission


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'A beautiful day for flying' - even upside down – GazetteNET | The Westfield International Air Show will be held there Saturday and Sunday. WESTFIELD - Cruising along at 2300 feet, Lt. Col. John Klatt jerks the control ...
Aerobatic Flying at Westfield International Air Show - WSHM-TV | If you like aerobatics when it comes to flying, you'll find plenty of it at the Westfield International Air Show at the 104th Fighter Wing. ...
Westfield Airshow Ready for Take-Off - WSHM-TV | Organizers have been planning for months, but starting Saturday it's "all systems go" for the 2010 Westfield International Airshow. ...

Thunderbirds visit with WMass vets - MassLive.com | Rick A. Goodman, 34, and a member for the Air Force's aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, got a quick history lesson on World War II bomber ...
Barnes Air Show pays tribute to Vets - WWLP 22News | A long day of preparations for the Westfield International Airshow ended with a tribute to Vietnam Vets. The organizers of the show paid tribute to ...
Engines revved for Barnes air show - MassLive.com | Sharing the bill with civilian aerobatics pilots Greg Poe, Mike Goulian and others will be several novelty acts, including the Indy Boy's School Time ...
Jet-powered outhouse joins F-16s, other aircraft at Westfield International ... MassLive.com | The Republican / Dave RobackThe Air Force Thunderbirds practice on Friday in preparation for the Westfield International Air Show this weekend. ...
Hillsboro Air Show Presents | USA NEWS UPDATE - Hillsboro Air Show presented by Oregon International Air Show plethora of planes pleasantly parked for pedestrian perusal, Among the many military birds along the Hillsboro Airport tarmac are the US Air Force's F-15 Eagle, T-1A Jayhawk, ...
Hillsboro Air Show Is Going To Rock This Year With F-15 – Currentblips | In this airshow mostly jet fighters performs the stunts and they are very strong to do that it is very hard to drift a jet and fly a jet by sticking three ...
Air Show tarmac includes sights for grounded types | OregonLive.com by Kurt Eckert, The Hillsboro Argus | Among the many military birds along the Hillsboro Airport tarmac are the US Air Force's F-15 Eagle, T-1A Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II and E-2C Hawkeye, and the US Army's UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter.
CNE opens with crowds - 680 News | It's a big year for the air show with the 40th anniversary of the Snowbirds. New this year at the CNE are painted colourful Muskoka chairs scattered around ...
Colorado Sport International Air Show August 28th and 29th - CultureMob | Colorado Sport International Air Show is a family-oriented event showcasing up to 400 aircraft from around the US. ...
Red Arrows roar in for day three of the Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | The display team topped off day two of the Bournemouth Air Festival with a show over the seafront. After worries earlier this month that they might not make ...
Air Festival: Vulcan pilot delighted to be in Bournemouth - Bournemouth Echo | Although the Cold War bomber displayed at the air festival last year, on Thursday it landed at Bournemouth Airport for the first time since 1992. ...
70 Years On, UK Honors Battle of Britain's "Few" from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | At ceremonies around the country on Friday (20th August 2010), Britain celebrated the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill's famous speech, "The Few," his homage to the Royal Air Force pilots who beat back the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
Flypast tribute for Battle of Britain heroes - Mirror.co.uk | The few become fewer with every passing year, but the debt we owe our Battle of Britain heroes remains as great as ...

Diving for a dive bomber - msnbc.com | People gather around a SB2C Helldiver after it was recovered from 91 feet down and under about six feet of silt in a San Diego reservoir on Aug. 20, 2010. Salvage divers, working with the National Naval Aviation Museum, removed the rare World War II dive bomber that crashed after its engine failed during a training exercise on May 28, 1945.
WWII warplane raised from California reservoir - The Associated Press | If it can be restored, it will be displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further ...
Fly-in, Feed scheduled for Oct. 2 at airport - AugustaGazette.com | The annual Fly-in & Pancake Feed has been scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2, at Augusta Municipal Airport, west of the city on US 54-400 Highway. ...
WWII aircraft bring back memories for veterans during show - Greenwich Time | A B-17 Flying Fortress lands during the annual Wings of Freedom Tour of World War II vintage war planes at Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY, ...
Out of the past - Worcester Telegram | The B-25 pilot had earned eight Air medals, which at the time meant that he had flown more than 70 combat missions, said Lt. Col. ...
The adventures of Chopper Chick!: Back on earth after an afternoon of chasing sharks and fires........ from Blogging Pilots | Haven't had much time to keep up my blog lately.  I feel bad neglecting it once again.  Had a cool flight about a month ago along side the Goodyear Blimp.  The blimp pilot was a female…
Reserve pilot pulls double duty during Red Flag from F-22 Raptor news | Maj. Chad Feucht, 302nd Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor pilot, is fulfilling his Reserve flying commitment during the realistic 10-day air combat training exercise, but is also working his civilian job as the 3rd Wing's lead F-22 mission support software engineer for Lockheed Martin…
The Dismal Career of the Chinese Mosquito from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | During the Second World War, a second De Havilland Mosquito production line was set up at the De Havilland Canada facility at Downsview Airport in Toronto. A total of 1,133 Mosquito aircraft were built at the Canadian production line but when the war ended in 1945, there were 100 aircraft completed at Downsview that had not yet been accepted by the Royal Canadian Air Force…

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They're back .... Blue Angels air show returns to Pease after a 20-year hiatus - Foster's Daily Democrat
The United States Navy's Blue Angels will return to Portsmouth for their first performance in 20 years when the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show rolls into Pease ...

The US Air Force Thunderbirds (Senior Master Sgt. Robert J. Sabonis,, Senior ... - FOX CT | Dragon Boats race down the Connecticut River in Hartford while, downstream, the Connecticut River Museum honors the ...

Flying skills on display - MassLive.com | They are the US Air Force Thunderbirds. "You'll see precision flying like you'll see no other place. They fly two to three feet apart and do loops at high ...

This year's Atlantic City Air Show - Thunder Over the Boardwalk celebrates the ... - Atlantic City Weekly | The Atlantic City Air Show is easily the biggest event in Atlantic City each year and the biggest mid-week air show of its kind in the world ...

Air show dazzles with flames - MassLive.com | By KEITH J. O'CONNOR This weekend's Westfield International Air Show at Barnes Municipal Airport will highlight all things fast and furious with flames, ...

Mike Goulian To Perform At Westfield, Portsmouth Airshows This Month from Aero-News Network | Red Bull Air Racer Performs In Extra With the Red Bull racing season closed out, and no racing planned for next year, some of the pilots who flew the Red Bull circuit are getting ready to fly airshows around the country..

Canada - British Columbia - Abbotsford International Airshow 2010 - Abbotsford - 08/13/10 from FenceCheck Forums:

Getting ready for weekend air show - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | There will also be demonstrations by Air Force and Navy flight teams in modern jet aircraft, aerobatics and a fly-by of two dozen vintage warbirds. ...

Airport open house includes air show - Royal Oak Daily Tribune | There's more to see than ever before at Oakland County International Airport's open house and air fair. ...

Aerobatic pilot aims to motivate youth - MassLive.com | Greg Poe wants children to elevate their lives, and the motivation to do that, he says, can come from anywhere. It might even come out of the ...

YPSILANTI TWP: Air Show has special meaning for fighter pilot - Heritage Newspapers | Ryan Corrigan recalled the days when he was young and saw his first air show. "Just seeing the aircrafts rip through the sky was awesome," ...

An air-show minute for Fred Wiseman - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | At about noon on both days of this weekend's Pacific Coast Air Museum air show, the fighter jets and aerobats are to hush as a sweet, ...

Red Arrows: On The Chopping Block or Not from Ares by Robert Wall | In an earlier Ares post on the topic of the U.K. Strategic Defense and Security Review we warned that there would be a lot of silly reports coming out about looming end-of-the-world cuts. Now the Daily Telegraph has kindly provided a good example of some of the sillyness we can still expect between now and the end of October, when the SDSR is due out. According to the report, the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force display team, may be on its way out. If you read the report, it basically says that a high-ranking U.K. defense ministry official could not say the display team would not be cut since everything is under review…

Battle of Britain flypast at Lee and Thorney - Portsmouth News | The vintage aircraft have been carrying out numerous flypasts and displays at air shows and events to support the anniversary. But one of the highlights ...

Modern, vintage planes show their stuff - MassLive.com | During this weekend's show, there will be three heritage flights, including a fighter heritage flight with F-16, P-51 and P-47 aircraft; ...

Vintage aircraft among stars at show - MassLive.com | The B-25 is a medium-sized, World War II-era bomber acclaimed for leading the Doolittle Raiders. "That was when 16 B-25s launched from the carrier The ...

Electric Aircraft & Air Show Possibilities from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler | On many levels the 2010 Electric Aircraft World Symposium was a surprise. Sponsored by GE Aviation and held at the EAA museum on AirVenture Friday, I expected a geek fest with a small audience of a hundred or less, because that's the space available in the Founder's Wing, the symposium's original location. But when I hoofed my way to the museum, I saw Kermit Week's Mosquito parked outside. Being an old all-wood airplane, I've never seen EAA do that before. The reason, I soon discovered, is that three or four times as many people had signed up, so they moved all the airplanes out of the Eagle Hangar (except for the XP-51), to make room for everyone…

KC-135R/B-52 Pictorial: Passing Gas at 33,000 Feet With the Stratotanker and the Stratofortress from Ask My Sky Mom | Grissom Air Reserve Base sits hidden about 65 miles north of Indianapolis, Indiana. How can you hide a facility with a 12,500 foot runway, the largest KC-135R wing in the Air Force Reserve Command, and enough ramp and hanger space to take in other military bases' aircraft and other equipment when hurricanes threaten? Perhaps we can't see it through the trees- Grissom has been designated a "Tree City" by the Arbor Day Foundation for 9 years running! …

Divers to pull WWII plane from Calif. reservoir - Washington Post | The National Naval Aviation Museum is funding the salvage operation that is expected to pull the SB2C Helldiver out of the water on Thursday. ...

Helldiver plane to be raised Thursday - San Diego Union Tribune | One is on display at the Smithsonian Institute and another is at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino. No tax money or city water ratepayer money is being used to ...

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How I Broke Chuck Yeager's Rock – By Ed Shipley from ASB.tv by Ed Shipley | Some years ago my good friend Jim Beasley and I got a chance to do some formation flying in P-51 Mustangs with WWII legends Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson. Chuck and Bud were very kind to Jimmy and me and quite complimentary of our flying with them. After one of our flights together they invited Jimmy and I to join them on their historic High Sierra Mountain camping trip. Jimmy and I were stunned. This was the very camping trip we had read about in Yeager's autobiography. Why in the world would these two historic fighter pilots want us to tag along with them? We soon got an inkling when Yeager produced a legal document that defined us as "Junior Campers" and required Jimmy and I to carry whatever they deemed necessary and walk no closer than six feet behind them…

Planes of Oshkosh by Barb | Planes, planes everywhere.  OK, I hear you.  It is called AirVenture after all.  And for airplane lovers far and wide (of which my Dear Hubby is one), it is the place to be in July.  Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  And cool temps for people who live in much warmer locations.  I'm all about the cooler temperature…

Sploshkosh B'Gosh by Barb | Can you say rain?  They had tons of it in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this month.  Broke records.  And just in time for the big EAA AirVenture Fly In.  And our arrival.  Can you say mud?  It made the headlines…

Human-powered Microsoft plane to take to the air, but not for long - Seattle Times | Prizes: First place: Flight with Red Bull Air Race World Champion Kirby Chambliss at his ranch in Arizona. Second place: Sky diving with the Red Bull Air ...

Rocket man to face high-flying competition in Serbia - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Mr. Schafer has been flying his models in the National Association of Rocketry's competitions for 14 years. "They are like reunions," he said of the annual ...

Do not wear underwear made of synthetic fibres when flying from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | What to wear - In the improbable event of an emergency, the clothes you are wearing can play a significant role in your safety. People wear synthetic blend fabrics because they area easy to maintain and do not wrinkle when spending a long time seated. However, they ignite quickly, shrink, melt, and continue burning after the heat source is removed. In the unlikely event that the aircraft is evacuated even pantyhose contribute to injuries, as they melt and cause burns from the friction generated with contact on the slide…

The Australian Canberra in Vietnam from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Monday I'd posted about the South Vietnamese Air Force's brief, if not flawed, operation of the Martin B-57 Canberra during the Vietnam War. They weren't the only nation outside of the United States to operate the Canberra in Southeast Asia. In 1967, the English Electric Canberra Mk.20s of the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 2 Squadron arrived at Phan Rang AB, which at the time was home to the USAF Martin B-57 operation under the aegis of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (an F-100 Super Sabre outfit)…