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AirVenture Off To An Upbeat Start * AVweb | The sprawling grounds were damp, and the skies were overcast Sunday at EAA AirVenture, but the crowds already were thick and the mood upbeat as this year's edition of the world's biggest airshow got ready for its Monday morning launch. The aviation...

Thousands to Descend on Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture * WBAY | Oshkosh - Thousands of aviation enthusiasts will descend on Oshkosh Monday for the start of EAA AirVenture. The "World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" draws about 500,000 people from 70 nations each year, according to AirVenture organizers.

General aviation gets the family back together as EAA AirVenture opens * Wichita Business Journal (blog) | The world's largest general aviation fly-in and convention kicked off on Monday at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., a gathering Experimental Aircraft Association chairman Jack Pelton likened to a family reunion. The annual event runs from Monday...

Video: Air Cup Race Previews Airventure OshKosh 2014 * WSAW | Thousands will gather to watch pilots fly a variety of aircraft through the blue skies this week at Oshkosh for the 2014 EAA Airventure Airshow. But for those who couldn't wait until Monday to see some planes in action, Sunday's Airventure Air Cup Race...

View a Stream of Photos from Oshkosh at NORDO News · Rich Davidson NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | Want to see a conglomeration of photos people are posting online from Oshkosh?...

Amelia Rose Earhart says thanks at EAA AirVenture * WKOW | Last year, Amelia Rose Earhart was at AirVenture looking for sponsors and partners to help her in her quest to fly around the world. On Monday, she came back to say thanks after successfully completing the mission. It's a flight she says she took for a...

Sunday's Hail Storm Damages Plane Headed to AirVenture Oshkosh * WSAW | Hail in Wisconsin Rapids damaged homes, gardens, cars, and even a few planes early Sunday morning. Including one that was going to be in AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The pilot was forced to withdraw it from the event. "It was home built," said Howard...

Blue Angels arrive in Seattle * KIRO Seattle | The Blue Angels have arrived in Seattle! They came to town ahead of next weekend's Boeing Seafair Airshow. The Blues will be a welcome addition after last year's no-show by the Navy team. Last year's attendance for Seafair Sunday was down 27 percent...

Blue Angels to fly over Pearl Harbor in September * KHON2 | The Blue Angels will be featured in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Wings Over the Pacific Air Show. The event takes place September 27 and 28, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., on Hickam Field and will be free and open to the general public. In addition to the Blue...

'Aviadarts 2014' enters air race stage * ecns | Four pilots of the aviation element of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAAF) flied two Su-30 planes to take part in the race. The Russian Air Force held the kick-off ceremony at the aviation shooting range in Bogenuowo before...

Sunderland Airshow 2014 "could have had over one million visitors" * ChronicleLive | More than a million people could have turned out for this year's Sunderland Airshow, organisers believe. With early estimates suggesting almost 500,000 people made their way to the Roker and Seaburn seafront on Saturday alone it could have been a...

Osprey makes Sapporo Airshow debut * DVIDS | More than 20,000 people attended the 28th Sapporo Airshow July 20 at the Sapporo Okadama Airport. The airshow was the first to display the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for the public in Sapporo. The Ospreys gave the Japanese community a closer look...

BlogGAR – In defence of the military airshow | With the news that RAF Waddington International Airshow will be taking a sabbatical in 2015, with no guarantees that it will return in 2016, Gareth Stringer argues in defence of the military airshow....

Green Bay Packers' coach flies on B-17, jokes about bombing Chicago * Autoblog (blog) | For most people, the opportunity to fly on a B-17 Flying Fortress is rare. For the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, Mike McCarthy (above, left), it's an opportunity to eliminate a despised nemesis – Chicago. "Alright, let's go bomb Chicago...

Video; WWII Planes land at Warhawk Air Museum * KIVI-TV | WWII Planes land at Warhawk Air Museum. By On Your Side Newsroom . CREATED Jul 27, 2014. Two famous American war planes from World War II landed at the Warhawk Museum in Nampa Saturday. A crowd watched as the P-38 and Corsair touched...

Work begins on Lady Liberty's engine * Enid News & Eagle | Funds for the maintenance of Lady Liberty are all by donation, and the Lady Liberty Sponsor Group receives no additional funds from the national Commemorative Air Force or the CAF Air Power Museum, which is the owner of record for the aircraft. The...

70 Years ago today the British flew the Allies first Jet powered Fighter Aircraf... · American Airpower Museum 70 Years ago today the British flew the Allies first Jet powered Fighter Aircraft into combat during WWII. The Gloster Meteor was first flown operationally by the RAF's 616 squadron and was put to work starting on July 27th, 1944 in defending England from the V-1 Buzz Bombs. Although it would be...

Fans of aviator Amelia Earhart to gather in Augusta Saturday * Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel | Earhart was born in 1897 in Kansas and was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared July 2, 1937, in the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. She visited Bangor, Waterville and Augusta Aug...

World record flyer lands in LaPorte * nwitimes.com | The LaPorte Aero Club, a group of aviation enthusiasts at the airport, presented Garratt a check for $250 to go toward ALS research. "I've heard about CarolAnn and I've been anxious to see what she's been doing. This is a great night for me," said Ron...

World's largest proficiency air rally to fund Oklahoma women's aviation ... * Daily Ardmoreite | “This scholarship is an excellent opportunity for our group to support Oklahoma women in aviation, including women seeking their private pilot's license, as well as those who are working toward more advanced ratings,” said Heather Sterzick, the...

First Production HondaJet Makes Public Debut at EAA ... | OSHKOSH, Wis. — July 28, 2014 — The first production HondaJet made its public debut today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Following a celebratory event commemorating the occasion, the HondaJet concluded the day with an...

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Reports show tornado touched down during Sun 'N Fun event - Central Florida News 13 | Strong storms and at least four confirmed tornado sightings have swept through Polk County, causing major damage, minor injuries, and the cancelation of the Sun 'n Fun event for the day. Police said strong winds blew through at noon, causing a large ...

Sun n Fun storm damage  from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | Sun 'n Fun President John Burton's press conference on the devastating storm that struck the fly in.

SUN ‘n FUN responds to crisis  from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | “The most amazing thing that has happened at SUN ‘n FUN,” said event president John Burton late Thursday, March 31 after “a tornado, a micro-burst, I don’t know” swept through the Lakeland, Florida, fly-in and air show. Local media reported multiple tornadoes north and south of the Lakeland area during the day including the major hit on Lakeland-Linder Airport at noontime.  Read more...

Tornado at Sun n Fun 2011 from photorecon.net | Sun n Fun this year had some unusually bad weather.  It was rare event, but people had some problems getting past weather to get to the show.  Thus we were short some acts for the airshow on Opening Day on Tuesday.   The air show on Wednesday was cancelled because of a storm that was moving [...]

Bad News from Sun ‘n Fun 2011  from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt | I’d like to start out by saying that I hope everything works out as best it can for everyone that is actually at Sun ‘n Fun. From what I understand, some severe storms and potentially a tornado tore through the airport there earlier today. According to the event staff, no major injuries were reported and, pending clean up today, the event should resume as close to planned as possible…

"Purple Radar Echos" UCAP #230-bravo  from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | UCAP Daily! Jack & Dave are joined by Dave Shallbetter to share their experience of the big SnF storm of 2011.

Sun-n-fun Tornado  from VAF Forums by BigJohn | Here are a few photos that I took immediately after the disaster at Sun-n-fun. This is just a small portion of the damage. We took refuge in one of the big steel hangars near the Van's tent, which somehow survived with Mitch Lock and possibly other Van's folks inside.

Red Arrows confirm Windermere Air Festival show - News & Star | The Red Arrows have confirmed that they will attend this year's Windermere Air Festival in July. Squadron Leader Graeme Bagnall, who is Red 10, is the team's commentator and on the ground safety supervisor. ...

All-female F-15 crew  from AF.mil Photos | Maj. Tracy Schmidt, Capt. Leigh Larkin, Maj. Christine Mau and Capt. Jennifer Morton pose for the camera before their mission March 29, 2011, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Schmidt is a 389gh Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, Larkin is a 389th ESF weapons system officer, Mau is a 455th Expeditionary Wing executive officer and F-15 pilot and Morton is a 389th EFS weapon system officer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sheila deVera)

Harrier crashes off ship - An AV-8B Harrier jump jet crashed Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden shortly after taking off from the amphibious assault ship Boxer, military officials told Marine Corps Times…

Aerospace legend Burt Rutan ready for a landing - Los Angeles Times | Burt Rutan's aviation design career has included numerous firsts in flight, including Voyager and SpaceShipOne. “I'm leaving the best job in the world,” says aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan, 67, who has worked for more than 45 years in the desolate ... and more »

HondaJet Has Achieved a Maximum Speed of 425 KTAS at 30,000 Ft.  from Planenews Aviation News by gil | The first FAA-conforming HondaJet has achieved a maximum speed of 425 KTAS at 30,000 ft., surpassing Honda's performance guarantee of 420 KTAS for the production aircraft.

Museum expansion cleared for takeoff - Monroe News Star | Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers. Museum director Nell Calloway said that in the past three years, many visitors have asked permission to look at the old planes which had been parked next door to the museum, but because of safety concerns she had ... and more »

Chennault museum snips ribbon on restoration building - Monroe News Star | It will be restored to become a replica of an aircraft flown by General Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers and to be enjoyed by museum visitors. Museum director Nell Calloway said that in the past three years, many visitors have asked permission to ... and more »

Naval Aviation: A gallant aviator makes his mark on history - Pensacola Business Journal | On Oct. 25, 1912, now-Ensign Chevalier reported to the aviation camp at Annapolis, Md., to begin the process of learning to fly, eventually receiving the designation of Naval Aviator No. 7. A member of the First Aeronautic Detachment, ...

Aviation Museum Strives to Survive Amid Base Closure - Patch.com | Theresa Katalinas For more than 25 years the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association has worked to preserve pieces of aviation history at its Wings of Freedom Museum. Now, the nonprofit, volunteer-run group is trying to preserve its own future ...

Group that maintains WWII planes scrambling to fund fire sprinklers for South ... - Greenfield Daily Reporter | The Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has leased the hangar from the city since 1971. Without the events, "it would be hard to pick up that kind of cash flow someplace else," wing leader Amy Lauria told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. ...

First cruise missile — Kettering’s Bug  from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft - Powered and controlled aviation began in the early years of the 20th century and aircraft rapidly evolved through WW I becoming large and with multiple engines — even flying onto and off of water. Glenn Curtiss had plans to have the first aircraft design to fly across the Atlantic with the America* — a Curtiss Model H — in 1914, barely a decade after the first controlled flight under power by the Wright Brothers in 1903. Cruise missiles also had their start in WW I with the Kettering Aerial Torpedo, more popularly known as the “Kettering Bug”, which could deliver a 180 lb (81kg) warhead to a target 75 miles (120km) away.

Operation Teaball: Network-Centric Real-Time Intelligence During Vietnam  from Tails Through Time by JP Santiago | In past blog posts I've discussed some of the measures taken by the military to reverse the decline in air combat proficiency in the skies over Vietnam. This past November I had blogged about the origins of Red Flag as well as the top secret USAF program to obtain and fly MiGs. Back in March I wrote about the US Navy's own efforts that began with the Ault Report. While these were all steps that would benefit fighter pilots in the skies over Vietnam, there was another effort that took place that has received scant attention in the history books and presaged today's military buzzword of "network-centric" warfare. Between the bombing halt of 1968 and the start of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive in 1972, air combat over North Vietnam was nearly non-existent…

Area man fulfills dream to fly, overcomes obstacles - Killeen Daily Herald | 27, 1929, and his first job was delivering the Saturday Evening Post and Liberty Magazine to people on his route. He learned to deal with obstacles early on. His mother died in 1940 from heart disease, and he and his brother were raised by their ...

Air Force Week in Photos  from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil  | This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View the slideshow.  more...

SpaceX: Something Big (and Heavy) is Coming  from Discovery News - Top Stories by Ian O'Neill | SpaceX has released a teaser video promoting something "big" that will be announced on Tuesday. We know what it is…

Hong Kong Airlines Orders Boeing 747-8  - It is a classic case of the cat jumping out of the bag, or it is a teaser like they did for the Qatar Airways 787 order. Whatever it is, Boeing’s own newairplane.com website has now confirmed what was a strong rumor during this year’s Asian Aerospace expo – Hong Kong Airlines will order the Boeing 747-8…

 

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Retired Fat Albert ,from the Blue Angels - FlightSource - Aviation ... by example@example.com (Flyvertosset) Description: Retired Fat Albert ,from the Blue Angels, Hercules C-130 with JATO bottles at rear (Jet Assisted Take Off), seen here at Pensacola FL. Word has it that the current Fat Albert will stop using the JATO from the end of the ...

A lifelong passion for winged machines - Israel 21C | A gallery of civilian aircraft and flight artifacts from as far back as the Golden Age of aviation joins the rich variety of ...

Aviation Hall of Famer Comes Home for Christmas - WSAZ-TV | He is the youngest army aviator in history to be inducted into the Combat Airman Hall of Fame in Midland, Texas. It was an award that Fox accepted humbly. ...

It's Not Earhart, It's Haizlip! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | You've just got to laugh at the Reno ... something (The website says RGJ...but doesn't explain what it is. THe name of some newspaper, no dout.) Reno Man Has Rare Footage of 1933 film that may show Earhart   In any event, on the front page of the site is a headline saying "1933 film may show Amelia Earhart" accompanied by a photo, which I reproduce, of a woman who is clearly not Earhart. Since when did Earheart every wear plus fours, or a skirt, or whatever this woman is wearing, let alone look so bulky…

Aviation Count-Down! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Fly It Forward Event continues...

High school students in aviation class – KRQE | Denman is one of about 80 students in Southwest Learning Centers' aviation program, which allows students to gain flight experience and eventually become ...

Is This China's First Stealth Fighter? from Wired: Danger Room by David Axe | They could be the products of a Chinese government misinformation campaign. They could be clever Photoshop jobs by Chinese aviation fanboys. Or they could be the real thing: the first hard evidence of the long-rumored Chengdu J-20, China's first stealth-fighter prototype…

Fantasy Of Flight Expands WWII Series from news | LL | http://www.theledger.com | Fantasy of Flight will continue to wing its way into the past with an expanded series of events focused on World War II beginning in February…

History of Cathedral of the Pines - New Hampshire Magazine | His B-17 bomber Peg O' My Heart was shot down over Koblenz, Germany on February 22, 1944. Following the official notice of Sandy's death, ...

Carl Schultz- first VP of EAA from VAF Forums by sprucemoose | I just received some sad news- Carl Schultz past away last night, Dec. 25, 2010. He has not been in the best of health for the last couple of years, and was on the far side of 90, so this is not entirely unexpected, but still sad news…

Road trip! from Travel for Aircraft | Next month I'll be on a road trip for week with plans to travel through Florida's panhandle. I'll see museums I have not been to for nearly a decade and this time I will be taking a good camera, as opposed to what I was shooting with back in the day…

An Interesting Story for Aircraft Buffs from LiveATC Discussion Forums - Listener Forum | Very interesting story, but it's not the only 747 that did not went to the scrapyard....

Classic Aero-TV: Coming Home To Roost -- The 'Last Time' For The DC-3 Community from Aero-News Network | An Extraordinary Gathering That May Truly Be The Last Of Its Kind What a concept... An historic event, billed as "The Last Time", was organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the DC-3 type aircraft. Designed as an airliner in 1935, the DC-3 was pressed into military service in WWII as the C-47 and served in every theater of the war…

Prop Tested For F-82 Restorations from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The ambitious restoration to flight status of two F-82 Twin Mustangs is getting closer to reality with the recent announcement that German propeller manufacturer MT has successfully flight-tested scratch-built replacement props for the extraordinarily rare warbirds. What's more, the props are made from composites and, based on the tests done on a P-51, should give the already-peppy Twin Mustang even better climb and cruise performance…

High Altitude Thrills - Bangkok Post | You've been surfing, wakeboarding, kitesurfing, ziplining, but have you launched yourself out of a perfectly sound aeroplane lately? ...

1943 Film Teaches You How to Fly a P-47 Thunderbolt from Telstar Logistics | Courtesy of PublicResource.org comes this fascinating 1943 US War Department training film which teaches basic ground, take-off, and landing techniques for pilots learning to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt...

Scaled down, but still full of fun - the Isaacs Fury by shortfinals | John Owens Isaacs was an aeronautical engineer with Supermarine Aviation. After obtaining his private pilot's licence, he was contracted by the Hampshire Aero Club to build a Currie Wot biplane. The success of this project inspired Isaacs to design and build a 7/10th scale replica of that classic fighter biplane of the 1930s, the Hawker Fury…

Today In Aviation History – December 27 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

The Real HondaJet (N420HJ) Makes First Flight by Martt |  The first HondaJet that conforms to the design that will move ahead into certfication made its initial flight last Monday, December 20, 2010. It was very successful and puts the project on pace to make first deliveries of the 7 seater with a 420 knot max cruise speed in the third quarter of 2012…

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Cocoa Beach sets sights on weekend air power - Florida Today "This is the biggest event I've ever done," said the 40-year-old Lilley, president of the Cocoa Beach Air Show. This weekend's Cocoa Beach Air Show, ...

Tom Cruise Looks to Intercept 'Flying Tigers' From John Woo - Latino Review | Who will get off the ground first with "Flying Tigers?" Back in August, IMAX Corp. announced director John Woo and producer Terence Chang would film "Flying ...

Military probe has not found cause of July Lethbridge, Alberta, CF-18 jet crash - Winnipeg Free Press | During an air show practice on July 23, the jet flown by Capt. Brian Bews lost thrust in its right engine while doing a manoeuvre about 90 metres above the ...

Spectacular CF-18 crash caused by sudden power loss: Report - Montreal Gazette | The jet suddenly lost power while practising manoeuvres on July 23, the day before the start of the Alberta International Airshow…

Air Show video footage captured an object during an F18 demo | UFO ... by Seraphin - I shot some video footage of A US NAVY F18F Super Hornet and 2010 Navy Jacksonville Air show ,After reviewing my footage i came across 15 seconds of video with and object that approaches the aircraft and the exits quite quickly, No other aircraft was permitted in the area at the time of the f18 demo I noticed a distinct triangle shape of the object ,The object in the video appeared to move Abruptly as the aircraft entered in the frame. The object moved from the north to south then shot up as the aircraft approached it's direction…

Janesville man selected for aviation hall of fame - Janesville Gazette | Joan and Dick took it the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure, where in 1986 it won best closed-cockpit biplane. The Wixoms still own and fly the ...

Vintage plane to miss Qantas celebrations - ABC Online | It is quite a young aeroplane in hours - it's probably the best example in the world of it. But unfortunately it is just not here yet," he said…

Engines arrive for conforming HondaJet first flight from Flightglobal Events | Honda has received from General Electric the initial two GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines for its first conforming HondaJet entry-level business jet that...

Hot Air Balloon Photoblog: Lighter Than Air Flight Training On A Gorgeous Wisconsin Morning from Ask My Sky Mom by Danielle Gibeault:

Episode 120 – Molly McMillin from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com | Molly McMillin, the Senior Aerospace/Aviation reporter for the Wichita Eagle, joins as guest. Molly blogs at Air Capital Insider and tweets as @mmcmillin. We talk about the week's aviation news, and discuss the recent NBAA Convention, which Molly attended…

Save Time And Money: Fly Yourself from Aviation Blogs by PlanePilot1 | Americans of all ages and stages of life have become airplane pilots. If you've ever dreamed of joining them, there could be good news for you…

Bungling rocket men launch 12-foot missile... which crashes to Earth seconds ... - Daily Mail | Rocketry is a very safe hobby, and obviously we take every safety procedure, but we do have £10million of public liability insurance. ...

Rocket Racing League Game for iPad Now Available in Apple iTunes ... - Rocket Racing League® (RRL®), a sports and gaming franchise based on competitions of piloted rocket-powered aircraft, today announced that the Rocket Racing League iPad Game is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store. ...

Model show spotlights what was once a rite of passage - Springfield News Sun "Those are just P-40s," he said, pointing to an entire shelving unit of shrink-wrapped boxes of warbirds in various scales. Elsewhere in his house, ...

Video: C-5 Galaxy And The Crazy Rotating Main Gear Trucks by Martt | I've been familiar with the C-5 Galaxy since I was a kid, but for some reason I never caught the detail about the main gear trucks rotating 90 degrees before they tuck up inside the fuselage bulges. I noticed this for the first time when I got some nice pix of the one departing Oshkosh 2010 - you can see the pix about halfway down the page in this OSH10 Picstream #8 post…

Red Glare 9 gallery from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick

A recap of all things NBAA 2010 from GlobalAir.com by GlobalAir.com | We caught our breath from the 2010 NBAA Convention, and we have continued at full speed, providing the best aircraft listings and airport information for aviators anywhere online. Still, we will take a minute here to reflect and share some tidbits from the event…

The Holy Grail of Nonstop Transcontinental Service from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The growth of US postwar air travel didn't reach a point until the 1950s that justified nonstop transcontinental services even though aircraft theoretically capable of such flights were already in airline use at the end of the Second World War. During the course of the war, Douglas DC-4s and Lockheed Constellations seconded to the US Army Air Forces routinely made trans-Atlantic crossings safely…

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Red Bull Air Race Returns To Brazil - AvStop Aviation News | May 5, 2010 - The Red Bull Air Race World Championship returns to Brazil for the third stop of the eight-race 2010 season on May 8/9 in front ...

Red Bull Air Race Returns to Rio de Janeiro from Kirby Chambliss » Feed by JocelynTC4 | The Red Bull Air Race World Championship returns to Brazil for the third stop of the eight-race 2010 season on May 8th and 9th in front of what promises to be another record-breaking crowd in Rio de Janeiro after one million spectators watched the first South American race here in 2007. Defending champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain is clinging to a slim lead with nine rival pilots all within range of overtaking him in Rio…

Race Preview, Rio de Janeiro from Air Race News Watch by editorsdttp@gmail.com (Editor) From www.redbullairrace.com: RIO DE JANEIRO – Red Bull Air Race World Championship leader Paul Bonhomme will be looking to show his resurgent rival Hannes Arch of Austria why he is the title holder at the third race of the 2010... On 17 – 18 April 2010, the world's best pilots will once again return to the shores and skies of the iconic Swan River in Perth, Western Australia for the Australian leg of the exhilarating 2010 Red... Paul Bonhomme, Nigel Lamb, Matt Hall and Michael Goulian have posted illuminating blogs on their own websites reflecting upon Adilson Kindlemann's accident in Perth, the first in Red Bull Air Race...

Airshow Updates: Latest Scoop: Prairie Air Show Lands Harrier Demo! by Performer Liaison | Prairie Air Show Lands Harrier Demo! Prairie Air Show is excited to announce. we have been selected to host a single aircraft. Harrier Demonstration for 2009! For the 1st time in 25 years, the U.S. Marines AV-8B Harrier demonstration ...

Moscow holds fly-past rehearsal - The Voice of Russia | A rehearsal of the fly-past on May 9 th has been held in Moscow. The rehearsal involved 20 aviation groups. In total 127 planes and helicopters are expected ...

New Category Added For Rolls Royce Award | Pacific Flyer - The popular National Aviation Heritage Invitational held at the Reno Air Races every year, popularly known as the Rolls Royce awards, has added a new category - large aircraft. "Due to the ever increasing interest of aircraft owners and ...

American Barnstormers air show to Mason City in June - Mason City Globe Gazette | MASON CITY — The American Barnstormers Tour, a nostalgic air show salute to the barnstormers who ventured across America during the 1920s, will debut its ...

Lift off for the Portrush Air Show - Coleraine Today | THE organisers of the NI International Airshow in Portrush have started to formalise the line-up for the popular tourist event on Saturday and Sunday, ...

Petinrin lists goals of planned air show - The Guardian – Nigeria | NIGERIA will for four days next week host 10 other African countries to an air show organised by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The event, which is adjudged ...

General Aviation Day – May 15th in Seattle – Free Admissions from Airline Reporter by David Parker Brown | Come check out General Aviation Day on May 15th at Paine Field. Click flier for more information. These are some of my favorite things: Boeing, Paine Field, Future of Flight, General Aviation and free stuff. Where can you get all of these in one shot? At the General Aviation Day! Details…

Boeing To Bid Osprey For Presidential Helo; It Fits on White House Lawn Says PM from Defense Tech by Greg | That's what Osprey program folks told our own Colin Clark today. Marine Col. Greg Masiello, the Osprey program manager, said the tilt-rotor "fits" on the White House lawn. – Greg Grant

More HondaJet delays push approval to 3Q12 from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Matt Thurber | The HondaJet program has once again been delayed. Honda Aircraft this week began notifying buyers that delivery of the first HA-420 HondaJet is now planned for the third quarter of 2012. "Regrettably we've experienced delays in some components," HondaJet spokesman Stephen Keeney told AIN. He could not identify the suppliers involved in the latest setback for the program…

Aviation Art by Sam Lyons | Monthly email newsletter about Sam's new releases, works in progress, air show schedule, and glimpses into his personal life. from lyonsstudio.com | SUN 'n FUN president John Burton made an announcement at the Lyons Studio booth on Thursday, April 15. With microphone in hand, John told media reps and everyone in hearing range in Building "A" that Sam Lyons had been named "Artist in Residence." The photo at left shows Sam properly humbled. After the explosive applause ended, it took about an hour for activity to go back to normal. (OK, that's a slight exaggeration.) The small group of people who gathered were very enthusiastic and happy for Sam…

Hot to Trot – Pin Up Girls Raise Funds at MotoArts | Pasadena Independent Source: pasadenaindependent.com | The Murray Grey Foundation teamed up with the aviation and music industry at MotoArt studios on Saturday, May 1, 2010 and held a charity fundraising concert. Pasadena reports on Hot to Trot!  

European Pilots Celebrate Switzerland First Flight In World Flight from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | One hundred years to the day, two pilots started an immense journey to celebrate the first flight of an airplane in Switzerland, in 1910. The pair of European pilots departed April 30th, they are following a carefully-designed route around the planet. One big difference in this flight: the journey will be done in two nearly-identical aircraft flying as a team…

Flights in restored B-17 offer a ticket to history - Billings Gazette | Only a clear bubble of plexiglass separates the nose of the B-17 Liberty Belle from the great expanse of Wyoming sky. The 65-year-old airplane shudders in ...

Wings of Freedom Tour Sets Down in San Diego - NBC San Diego | Aircraft fans can see a B-17 Flying Fortress, a P-51 Mustang fighter and a Consolidated B 24 Liberator that was built in San Diego. ...

'American-air-day' at East Kirkby 3-5-2010 from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | Always nice to visit, East Kirkby about 1 hour 10min from home, and easy to get to, and is the home of Avro Lancaster 'Just Jane' and some wonderful people. Now it was Bank holiday monday, so it was always going to be in the 'lap-of-the-gods' with regard to to the weather. As it turned out, 'blistery showers' in the morning, and very windy, to the tune that the 'flypast' by the BBMF Spitfire and Hurricane, and Lancaster was cancelled…

Book - "Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet" from AirSpace by Orion | Hello all. Firstly, apologies for my extended absence from the blog, a number of factors all contributed in not getting some real time to sit and write, and all of a sudden seven weeks had passed by! I'll try to keep it more consistent from now on. One thing I have managed to accomplish is reading "Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet", by Andrew Nahum (Principal Curator for Transport and the London Science Museum) , which had been burning a hole on my bookshelf for a few months. Evidently the book has been out for a few years now, but it somehow fell below my radar until recently (actually, I don't think I've read a book that was newly released in years). I very much enjoyed reading it and I recommend it to anyone who has any interest in aviation history, as the work of Frank Whittle has had an impact in one way or another in just about every field of aviation since the Second World War…

Another Airport Disaster from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Ginger and I would like to send our best wishes to the good folks at Cornelia Fort Airport, Tennessee.  It's very hard to know what to say to someone when something like this happens and these photos leave us speechless.  Those of you lucky enough to be somewhere else, look at the two photos here and then think about the potential but never considered disasters that could strike your field and put together a plan as to how to handle them.  As for you folks at Cornelia Fort, if there is anything the aviation community can do to help you, please let us know…

Boeing's Social-Media Lesson - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com from mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com | Harry Winsor, an 8-year-old from Boulder, Colo., loves airplanes. He flies with his father, John Winsor, the chief executive of the ad agency Victors & Spoils, to places like Europe and Africa regularly. Recently, he began designing his own airplanes, and decided to send one such drawing to Boeing with the suggestion that they manufacture his plane…

Tandem Team finishes day 1 at Lakehurst, NJ #ArmyStrong #GoldenKnights from armygoldenknights's | Day one of the Lakehurst, NJ tandem camp is in the books. The weather was beautiful for the start of our week long camp hosted by LTC Woodmansee, commander of the Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Battalion. The event was kicked off by Master at Arms 2nd Class (MA2) Jack Mitchell by singing the National Anthem. The Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Battalion invited the community to come out and see the Golden Knights. The Battalion setup the Army climbing wall, Hummvee's and a display from the base fire department available for spectators to enjoy…

Aviation Day at Paine Field offers free admission for all and free flights for ... - Lynnwood Enterprise "One of the things we're proudest of is what we call the Young Eagles flights, which are free flights for kids ages 8 to 17." The 20-minute flights for are ...

North County Update – HeraldNet | The Young Eagles Program plans to give free airplane rides to children ages 7 to 18 Registration for flights begins at 9 am and parental permission is ...

On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th by Phil Derner Jr.| Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation, with Alan Shepard heading into space, the miraculous disaster averted with Eastern Flight 855 near Miami in 1983, and two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972. The Air France-KLM merger, yet another Amy Johnson first, and much, much more…