Salem pilot part of vintage flyover for Indy 500 - SalemNews | ..He will be part of a six-plane wing that includes a North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber and five North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft in the flyover that will appear above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the conclusion of the national anthem...
Salute to Veterans Corporation Airshow Set For his Weekend from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Salute to Veterans Corporation 25th annual 
airshow is ready to take off this weekend as part of a series of Memorial Day events scheduled for the Columbia, MO area. The airshow will feature such headliners as Aeroshell Team, Missouri CAF B-25 and TBM Avenger, a T-28 from Trojan Phlyers Team, BT-13 Valiant Echoes, U.S. Navy Aerobatics SNJ Texan, Canadian Forces Skyhawks Parachute Team, Kansas City Dawn Patrol, and other attractions on the ramp. A time will be set aside to read...
News reporter defies death in the sky with stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker - New York Daily News | FARMINGDALE, L.I.--After a morning of dense fog, haze, and threatening storm clouds, the skies opened up to a few patches of blue at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, L.I. "Time to go flying!", said Team Oracle chief pilot Sean D. Tucker as he invited...
GEICO Skytypers | Attention Air Show Fans: the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach has been cancelled today (Saturday). Tomorrow should have better weather and the show is still planned for Sunday!
GEICO Skytypers Meet and Greet the Community Heroes 2013 | We had an AMAZING time
meeting the world-famous GEICO Skytyper pilots and climbing aboard aircrafts that perform precision flight maneuvers at select air show across the United States, inlcuding the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.The GEICO Skytypers use...
Iconic “Huey” Vietnam era and Falkland Veteran helicopter to appear at Military and Flying Machines Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The most iconic helicopter of them all! Military and Flying Machines is extremely proud to announce the attendance of one of only two flying Huey Vietnam Era Helicopters in the UK and making its first ever appearance at the show both as a flying and static display...
US Sen. Rob Portman: Remembering America's fallen heroes - Defiance Crescent News | Recently, I cosponsored legislation with Senator Brown to honor with the Congressional Gold Medal the World War II heroes known as the Doolittle Raiders. Not enough Americans are aware of the incredible story of these men. It was April 1942, and the ...
WWII Dive Bomber Is Newest Addition At Castle Air Museum - KMPH Fox 26 | A rare World War Two Navy SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber is the newest addition to the Castle Air Museum. The war bird was shipped in on trailer Friday in Atwater. The dive bomber that is missing its wings flew its last mission in 1943 near the South ...
Open cockpit day at Castle Air Museum this Sunday - Merced Sun-Star | Atwater -- Castle Air Museum will open the doors of its historic aircraft on Sunday for an intimate viewing event that happens only twice a year. The 17th Open Cockpit Day, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will give people an up-close look at 30 to 35 ...
New England Air Museum's First-Ever Great Aviation ... - Hartford Courant | Aviation enthusiasts of all ages will have a rare opportunity to go "airside" at Bradley International Airport when the New England Air Museum presents its first-ever "Great Aviation Adventure." The two-day event will take place on Saturday, June 22 ...
Commemorative flyover to honour our early explorers - The Maitland Mercury | Painted in the colours of the Moscow Aero Club, Mr Webber will fly in formation with 10 other Yaks on a path from Emu Plains through the Blue Mountains to Mount York, before heading via O'Connell to Bathurst. Accompanied by a host of other aviators ...
American Bonanza Society Flies-In to Savannah GA from Photorecon by Ken Kula | The American 
Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th. The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and family) attended both social activities and training sessions designed around owning and flying the Beechcraft, and/or enjoying the charm found in...
Aztec Models F-5 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Srecko | The Northrop F-5 is without doubt one of the most colorful modern airplanes and this is a result of the fact that it served long period where many camouflage patterns were developed and many countries use it. So you can spent all your modeling life building the F-5 and never...
NASA Administrator Flies Dream Chaser Sim from Spaceports | NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden had the opportunity to fly a simulated landing of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser while touring the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center in California on May 22, 2013....
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Indy 500 flyover to feature six World War II-era planes - Fox 59 | A North American B-25 Mitchell 
Note: We'll see a B-25 today at The Preakness also! DAV Flight Team and Panchito for this event.
2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger :30 TV | Here is the 2013 :30 TV spot for the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger. The show will feature more than 15 world-class performers...
California Capital Airshow to Continue Despite Sequestration - KTXL | The Capital City Air Show at Mather Field is different than other air shows around the country – you can get up close to the technology, see it and feel it. About 100,000 people come every year. But this year, because of some belt-tightening in ...
Rocky Mountain Airshow 2013 features rocket launch, B-29 Flying Fortress and ... - The Denver Channel | Also new this year is a Jet Glider and Wing Walking team. The Rocky Mountain Airshow rocket launch will take place on Saturday, Aug. 17 – the first ever sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Interns at United Launch Alliance (ULA) in ...
The Patrouille de France celebrates 60 years - The Journal of Aviation | To announce the presentation of the third patrol squadron flying four F-84G, commentator Jacques Noetinger says "ladies and gentlemen, the Patrouille de France." This date marks the beginning of the career that we call...
Full line-up of 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show revealed - shropshirelive.com | Aerobatic displays will be sure to get the adrenaline pumping as a number of teams, including the popular RV8tors and The Blades, show off their dare-devil flying skills and demonstrate the ultimate example of accuracy and agility. Air Show spokesman...
Incredible ghostly image created by Russia's Red Arrows as they fire flares ... - Daily Mail | Looming 
Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013 - Onet.pl | Nearly one hundred companies participating in the seventh International Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013, which began on Friday in Bydgoszcz. The attraction for visitors are airplanes and helicopters of the Air Force and Navy, and light aircraft ...
Last flying B-29 Superfortress makes stop in Birmingham for flights and tours ... - The Birmingham News - al.com | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham Aero Club is hosting a visit by the Commemorative Air Force's AirPower Tour at Kaiser Aircraft Industries ramp at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport May 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. There will be 6 ...
Hey batter, batter... Look up! from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Take you’re midnight train to Georgia and come see us in Atlanta! The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is making tracks to Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. Thanks to the good folks at KIA, we’ll be there Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day....
WWII Spitfires set to swoop over Dublin - Irish Examiner | A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast. More than 30 different types of aircraft, including military, vintage and large commercial carriers, will fly as low as...
Piece of WWII to come to Canton - Canton Daily Ledger | Conrad has been a pilot since 1985 and a member of the commemorative air force since 2001. He said the commemorative air force does 18 to 20 shows a year. One of his favorite parts of participating in events such as the Fly-in Drive-in is interacting...
Aviation and Aerospace Foundation gives top honours to six Canadian women - Canadian Skies | The national award program was established in 2009 to recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of women in aviation and aerospace in Canada. Since its inception, the program has grown from one to six separate award categories that now ...
Carbon air vets, public have a chance to experience a B-17 - Price Sun Advocate | That was the last time Sersland flew in an airplane until Monday, when he had an opportunity to fly in a B-17 Flying Fortress. Sersland, who now lives in Layton, is a World War II veteran and was a waist gunner on a 
B-17 bomber. He was a member of the ...
A Classy Organization Steps Up to Let The Oregon Duck Find His Wings from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | ...The classy professionalism of EAA was on full display at the Eugene Airport today as the association brought their immaculate B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast to the Willamette Valley for a stop on their 2013 Experience History tour. It was apparent to this writer that their devotion to keeping vintage airplanes and history alive while simultaneously exciting the public about airplanes is a thing of beauty to behold....
Harry Stenger's Inland Sport from Antique Airfield News | Mike Araldi also sent us some photos from Harry Stenger's shop in Bartow, FL, where Harry is rebuilding an Inland Sport W-500. Harry is currently rebuilding the Inland's Warner 145 engine and expects to be flying in 4 to 6 months.
Chandler Scout's Eagle history project aids Mesa air museum - AZCentral.com - Arizona Republic | The Chandler boy, 15, found both at Mesa's Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, which is displaying his research on the history of 80 model aircraft from World War I to the present. “I wanted to find an Eagle project that I felt...
Pilot survives small plane crash in Lynden neighborhood - KOMO | ...The single-engine Tiger Moth biplane is registered to Vern Swanson of Bellingham. Baar did not confirm if Swanson was the pilot at the controls...
Concrete (RC) Airplane 'Flies' (With Video) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology said earlier this month that students there had created and flown a small remote control aircraft made of concrete, but their level of success may be open to interpretation. The aircraft had a wingspan of 40 inches and weighed 18 pounds. A news release from the school notes...
Last Mercury Space Program Flight Remembered by McDonnell Aircraft Teammates from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The 50th anniversary of the last Mercury spacecraft flight was commemorated yesterday with a panel discussion hosted by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society at its monthly meeting at Creve Coeur Airport. Mercury Atlas 9, with...
Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests - Space.com | "Other flight tests will follow to validate the aerodynamic data used to control the vehicle in the atmosphere when it returns from space," Voss added. "This is a huge step forward for the SNC and NASA teams towards providing our nation with safe and ...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
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U.S. military to be honored on Indianapolis 500 Race Day, including historic second flyover!
... After the checkered flag falls, a special second flyover recognizing the 100th anniversary of U.S. Navy aviation will take place. A formation of U.S. Navy aircraft consisting of one A-4 Skyhawk and a T-2C Buckeye will soar over the track followed by the Navy flyover of four F/A-18E Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadrons 105 from Oceana, Va. and 137 from Lemoore, Calif. Representing the Navy at the Indianapolis 500 will be Vice Admiral Al Myers, USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force. ...
No Blue Angels? No problem for Millville air show - Press of Atlantic City | The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team was grounded this week, preventing them from participating in this weekend's Wheels & Wings Airshow in Millville. But thousands of onlookers still flocked Saturday to Millville Airport for the first day ...
A soaring performance - St. Augustine Record | Four arctic camouflage-schemed jets swoop down from the skies over the Northeast Florida Regional Airport, Saturday, during a stunt performance at the St. Augustine Air Show. The Heavy Metal Jet team is made up of five aerobatic pilots from Lancaster, ...
Photo via Heavy Metal Jet Team
Rockford AirFest not just a show in the sky - WREX-TV | "Unlike at some other air shows in the region, you can walk right up to and inside many of our aircraft during the show," said Dave Lindberg, Rockford AirFest's static-display coordinator. "Most people don't get a chance to be this close to any of ...
Honoring our heroes - Monroe News Star | Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers, including once being shot down on a sea sweep in the South China Sea. "Any day that you can remember our veterans is what we need," Sherman said. "Memorial Day is wonderful. I'm one of the last Flying Tigers . ...
Tuskegee Airmen honored at Unity Day in Hickory - Hickory Daily Record | Jefferson was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen and spoke during Saturday's Unity Day program at the Hickory Air Museum. A children's parade marched and carried signs welcoming the five Tuskegee Airmen who attended Saturday's Unity Day program at the ...
WASP trainer plane restored to 1940s glory - Reporter News | Elizabeth Strohfus looked admiringly at the sleek lines of the 1942 Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplane parked outside the hangar at Avenger Field. The last time the onetime pilot and the airplane had been in the same location was in 1944, when Strohfus — known then as Betty Wall — was in training with Women Airforce Service Pilots. ...
Habersham resident shares harrowing tales of WWII bombing missions - Gainesville Times | As the nation marks Memorial Day nearly 70 years later, the World War II veteran remembers the moments inside of the B-17 bomber with the US Army Corps like it was yesterday. "For my first mission, we bombed a target in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Veteran B-24 Pilot Recalls the War and Comments on US in Middle East - Patch.com | Hattrup trained on the B-17 out of what is now called Edwards Air Force Base. He also went to Langley Field Air Force Base in Virginia for radar training. It's one of the largest and oldest bases in the country. "Every time I went up, ...
WWII Chinese translator denied U.S. veterans status but says record speaks for itself - Denver Post | ... But half a world away, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration had authorized a secret unit that would change the course of the war in Asia. Soon, Yee would find himself working as a translator to Claire Lee Chennault and the American Volunteer Group, the aviation legends who became famously known as the Flying Tigers. ...
Heroes of the air in the RAF - Passionate about aviation | During the last war, aviation was a critical element of the Allied victory. Two of the main heroes of the Royal Air Force have left accounts of their exploits. "Johnie" Johnson, who was all the fighting since the Battle of Britain is the British driver who has the table of the most spectacular game with 38 official victories. ...
World War II bomber bore name of a local woman - Youngstown Vindicator | While 8-year-old tomboy Dixie Lee played at Warren's Third Street School in 1944, a B-17 bomber bearing her name was flying over Europe. Today, Dixie Lee Kosovec, 75 and still lively, keeps shelved in her McDonald home the photo of ...
Crowd at museum salutes those who gave their all - Monroe News Star | Amid rows of veterans of the armed services, 8-year-old Jacob Porter played with his toy plane Saturday in the shadows of the fighter planes at Chennault Aviation and Military Museum. Being around the aircraft was a “cool” experience for Porter, ...
Long-lost WWII pilot gets proper burial - WAVE | The body of a long-lost World War II Veteran finally reached his final resting place this Memorial Day weekend. A B24-D Liberator, flown by First Lieutenant Jack Volz lost radio contact and crashed during a mission over the Bismark Sea in 1943. ...
Soviet Air Force I - War and Game | In Western countries, typically known as the Red Air Force—one of the largest and most powerful air forces of the twentieth century. The rise and fall of the Soviet air force (1918–1991) reflected Soviet military might yet contributed enormously to the history of airpower. ...
RAW VIDEO: Homemade Plane Rolls Out Of Basement - WGAL | Dan Reeves spent 9 years building a plane in the basement of his Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, home. On Wednesday, May 25, after removing a wall and part of the foundation, the plane rolled out.
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Shuttle Crew Packs Up Endeavour to Leave Space Station for Last Time from SPACE.com | The space shuttle Endeavour is set to undock from the orbiting outpost for the last time tonight.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
U.S. military to be honored on Indianapolis 500 Race Day, including historic second flyover!
U.S. MILITARY TO BE HONORED ON INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE DAY"The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" has paid tribute to the troops since the inaugural event on Decoration Day - now known as Memorial Day - May 30, 1911.
Salutes to the military occupy many special moments during the pomp and pageantry of pre-race ceremonies on Race Day.
Military members march in uniform down the front straightaway. Large American flags have been unfurled in the infield during the performance of the national anthem, and a military rifle team fires a volley to honor fallen comrades. Florence Henderson also traditionally sings "America the Beautiful" to honor America and the troops.
General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, will give a speech honoring the U.S. Armed Forces during pre-race ceremonies. Chiarelli also will meet with the 400 service members and approximately 40 Wounded Warriors who will be on hand for the "500."
Global music superstars and Grammy Award winners David Foster, Seal and Kelly Clarkson will perform the national anthem during pre-race ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
Seal and Clarkson will sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a duet, accompanied by Foster on piano. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces will stand at attention beside Foster's grand piano during the performance.
The traditional flyover during the national anthem this year will feature a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as a "Stealth Bomber."
Following the national anthem will be one of the most poignant tributes to America's veterans during pre-race ceremonies when a lone bugler plays "Taps."
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Bruce P. Crandall will serve as the honorary starter, waving the green flag to begin racing for the field of 33 drivers.
Retired Col. Crandall, who flew more than 900 missions as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, received the Congressional Medal of Honor - the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government - in 2007.
