California Capital Airshow Opens Its Gates This Weekend

Showcasing the best of aviation and so much more to the Sacramento region

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – October 2, 2013 - The California Capital Airshow (CCA), presented by Sacramento County, today announced stellar new additions to the performer lineup and even more entertainment for the whole family, making this year the most exciting show yet. The Airshow, October 5-6, 2013, at Mather Airport, will feature spine-tingling performances including headliner, the Royal Canadian Air Force Jet Demonstration Team, known as the Snowbirds, world-class aerobatic champions, wingsuit flyers, barnstorming, wing walking, and brand new displays and entertainment along the ramp.

Adding to this year’s high-flying action will be Mark Peterson, sharing the rich history and demonstration of the Alpha Jet with Sacramento, along with Indy Boys Entertainment, sporting a 367 mph Jet Powered School Bus and a 70 mph Jet Outhouse. The list of thrilling performances never been seen by CCA fans continues with the Snowbirds; The Bremont Horsemen, flying three F-86 Sabre Jets; five time national aerobatic champion, Kirby Chambliss; the Red Bull Air Force wing suit flyers; Franklin’s Flying Circus Dracula and the Rise of Vacul; Greg Shelton and Ashley Battles barnstorming and wing walking act; world record holder, Chip Yates; and Vultures Row T-6 Texan Formation Team. CCA is also excited to welcome back aerobatic daredevils, Michael Goulian and John Klatt Airshows.

While entertainment in the sky is endless, it only just continues on the ramp. Serving the latest crowd craze, CCA is introducing gourmet food trucks that include fresh eats from Chandos, Drewski's, Krush Burger, Mama Kim’s and Squeeze Inn. Be sure to check out the brand new Space and Aviation LaunchPad presented by Aerojet Rocketdyne, where opportunities to spark the interest of young adults and their involvement in science, technology, engineering and math related fields takes center stage. The Kids Zone returns with even more interactive and educational exhibits this year!

Get your groove on as Battle of the Bands spices up the tarmac, meet and greet your favorite performers at the Autograph Tent, and of course, you can’t forget Warbirds galore! These timeless aircraft represent the long history of aviation, and provide a walk down memory lane or the perfect photo op. The California Capital Airshow is a highly respected and anticipated event for fans all over the world, don’t miss out on your chance to join the fun!

“The 2013 CCA is bigger and better than ever before,” said Darcy Brewer, executive director of the California Capital Airshow. “The whole family can enjoy a weekend filled with thrilling performances and hands-on interactive exhibits that let the imagination run wild. The CCA team and our dedicated volunteers have worked tirelessly to bring Sacramento the best of aviation and endless entertainment, both fun and educational. We have planned an unforgettable show, and we are excited to spend the weekend surrounded by our fans and aviation enthusiasts alike.”

Bring your sunscreen, hats, and comfortable shoes, because the Airshow is ready for takeoff! Gates open Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. each day. The much-anticipated show features jaw-dropping aerobatics, stomach-churning aerial jumps, and gravity defying routines that will leave you speechless, and of course wanting more! Sacramento is one of the few shows in the nation this year to host a military jet demonstration team, the Snowbirds, which will be a treat for all audiences.

The following sponsors and community partners have generously contributed to 2013 California Capital Airshow: Sacramento County, City of Rancho Cordova, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Budweiser, Sacramento Jet Center, Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, SAFE Credit Union and Fox40.

The CCA will be all things “shiny, fast and loud” for all ages and so much more! Tickets are now available online and can be easily purchased at the Airshow web site, http://www.californiacapitalairshow.com/buytickets.php.  The Airshow web site will be updated regularly with news, attraction information and more. Fans can follow the Airshow on Facebook and Twitter (#calcapairshow), and now on Instagram (@capitalairshow). High-resolution images are available on the website photo gallery.

About California Capital Airshow

Established in 2004, the California Capital Airshow has become one of the largest and highly- respected shows in the nation.  As part of its community relations, the non-profit organization has awarded over 80 scholarships to deserving students from our region with an interest in aviation, aerospace, aeronautics and related fields.  For more information about the California Capital Airshow, please visit www.californiacapitalairshow.com.

California Capital Airshow Announces Stellar 2013 Performer Line Up

Showcasing one of the most entertaining Airshows in the nation this year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – April 25, 2013 - The California Capital Airshow (CCA) today announced a robust and varied performer’s roster and will host five plus hours of thrills, chills and jaw-dropping excitement. The Show, October 5-6, 2013, at Mather Airport, will feature spine-tingling performances including headliner, the Royal Canadian Air Force Jet Demonstration Team, known as the Snowbirds, thrilling demonstrations, world-class aerobatics, wingsuit flyers, barnstorming, wing walking, World War II aircraft and endless entertainment and displays along the ramp.

Nearly all of this high-flying action hasn’t been seen in the Sacramento region…ever! Such acts including the Snowbirds, The Horsemen, flying three F-86 Sabre Jets, five time national aerobatic champion, Kirby Chambliss, the Red Bull Air Force wing suit flyers, Franklin’s Flying Circus Dracula and the Rise of Vacul, Greg Shelton and Ashley Battles barnstorming and wing walking act, and the Indy Boys. Additionally, CCA is excited for the return of aerobatic daredevils, Michael Goulian and John Klatt Airshows.

“We are proud to be one of the few shows in the nation this year with a military jet demonstration team,” said Darcy Brewer, executive director of the California Capital Airshow. “We have a stellar line up planned, non-stop action, and more interactive activities than ever before, specifically for teens and young children. Once inside the Airshow gates, the young and the young-at-heart can come alive with imagination and possibilities. A day at the Airshow could literally change a young persons’ view of their education and inspire them to look beyond the horizon and know that they too can be a part of history in their own way.”

The CCA will be all things “shiny, fast and loud” for all ages and so much more! Tickets are now available online and can be easily purchased at the Airshow web site.

The CCA web site will be updated regularly with news, attraction information and more. Fans can follow the Airshow on Facebook and Twitter (#calcapairshow).

About California Capital Airshow

Established in 2004, the California Capital Airshow has become one of the largest and highly- respected shows in the nation. As part of its community relations, the non-profit organization has awarded over 80 scholarships to deserving students from our region with an interest in aviation, aerospace, aeronautics and related fields. For more information about the California Capital Airshow, please visit www.californiacapitalairshow.com.

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Crowds thrill to Pease air show - The Union Leader | Faith Bellen sits atop the shoulders of her dad, Fred, as they watch the United States Navy Blue Angels perform at the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at Pease International Tradeport on Saturday. The air show continues on Sunday with ...

Back on solid ground: Foster's reporter gets exciting ride on US Navy Blue ... - Foster's Daily Democrat | I feel that it's important to preface the remainder of this story by noting that I only agreed to ride on the Blue Angels' support aircraft known as "Ernie" as long as it wouldn't be a topsey-turvey experience. Although I was assured by my editor that ...

Imaginations take flight at air show - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — They came out for the thunder of the blue-and-yellow fighter jets, and they weren't disappointed...

VIDEO: Blue Angels in Seacoast for Air Show - Patch.com | The Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show is this weekend.

Planes, heat soar at air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | Hundreds of people braved temperatures hovering around 90 degrees Saturday to see Battle Creek's annual aerial spectacle. Planes took off throughout the day at W.K. Kellogg Airport for the Field of Flight air show. The four-day event wraps up today.

Balloon competition heats up on second day - Lansing State Journal | For a complete listing of events, including balloon launches, and an air show that includes the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and A-10 Warthog heritage flight, go to www.bcballoons.com....

Test jump: Golden Knights get in practice before air show - Foster's Daily Democrat | NH guide for Southeast New Hampshire and Southern Maine, including Portsmouth, Rochester, Dover, Sanford and Laconia. Local news, information, entertainment, classifieds, real estate, homes, automobiles, cars, employment, jobs, restaurants and dining ...

Jane Wicker walks on air - Seacoastonline.com | The cast includes the Black Diamond Jet Team, U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatic superstar Michael Goulian and the N.H. Air National Guard's KC-135 stratotanker. Also up for viewing will be the B-25 ...

Night airshow draws crowd - Neosho Daily News | As spectators looked into the Neosho sky Saturday night, Matt Younkin of Younkin Airshows, Siloam Springs, Ark., performed his “Magic by Moonlight” airshow for the public at Hugh Robinson Memorial Airport.

"Fighter Round-Up" brings rare planes to Nampa - Northwest Cable News | NAMPA -- An annual event at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa brought together some rare planes. It's a two day event called "Fighter Round-Up." This year the museum is highlighting the P-38 Lightning and the P-40 Warhawks.

Pilot to perform aerobatic show on Lake Minnetonka - Star Tribune | ...Local professional pilot Michael Wiskus, a national aerobatic champion, will do the 15-minute show in a single-engine Pitts biplane, performing rolls, spirals, stalls and other aerobatics. If weather cancels the event, it will take place July 5. A Minnesota Orchestra performance and fireworks will follow the show.

Helicopters in the forefront of American Heroes Air Show at Hansen Dam - Los Angeles Daily News | As more than a dozen helicopters -- from military Blackhawks to a KNBC Channel 4 news chopper -- rested on the grass at Hansen Dam Recreation Area on Saturday, hundreds of people checked them out, inspecting them almost like they would a new car.

Molinaro Will Go to Great Heights To Help Kick Off Red Hook Bicentennial Air Show - Hudson Valley Insider | Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro will get the Red Hook Bicentennial Celebration Air Show off to a flying start this Sunday, July 1st at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome when he flies into the event in a biplane with Town of Red Hook Supervisor Sue Crane, Village of Red Hook Mayor Ed Blundell and Village of Tivoli Mayor Bryan Cranna at 1:45pm.

Waddington Air Show gets 60000 through gates on first day - BBC News | Around 60000 people attend the Waddington International Air Show on the first day of the weekend event.

Awful news from Old Warden 1-7-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Sad news 20min ago, DH 'Humming bird' at the Shuttleworth collection has 'crashed' and it's not looking good for the pilot, who the Police have told some member's of the public, he has sadly died. Very windy conditions at Old Warden today, it appears that...

Air show pilot confirmed dead - Independent Online (South Africa) | The pilot who flew the L-39 Albatros that crashed at the Klerksdorp Air Show in the North West province on Saturday morning was confirmed dead by the provincial department of community safety....

AirVenture Daily Air Show Lineup Set from EAA Airventure | In addition to the Rockwell Collins Night Air Show on Saturday, July 28, the week is filled with special air show events: The expanded "Warbird Extravaganzas" and the "Tora! Tora! Tora!" reenactment of the Pearl Harbor attack ...

Early Birds Stake Their Claims in Camp Scholler - EAA AirVenture from EAA Airventure | Several campers claimed their sites on the traditional opening day that occurs one month before AirVenture opening day. This morning's early birds hail from across the country, and most will be volunteering - some for the first ...

Indy Boys Racing from Alberta International Air Show | Is that SNOOPY on his Dog House? WITH A JET ENGINE!?? Indy Boys, Inc. is motorsports entertainment at its most extreme! Vehicle builder and driver Paul Stender has created some of the fastest and most unique jet powered vehicles that ...

McANDREWS: Storied bombers, sleek jets a sight to see at Atwater's Castle Air - Modesto Bee | The Castle Air Museum, located in Atwater at the former Air Force base of the same name, features aircraft from around the world. Visitors can see many pieces of aviation history up close.

McANDREWS: Storied bombers, sleek jets a sight to see at Atwater's Castle Air - Modesto Bee | The Castle Air Museum, located in Atwater at the former Air Force base of the same name, features aircraft from around the world. Visitors can see many pieces of aviation history up close.

Conquering the Desert on Solar Power from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | André Borschberg dodged thunderstorms, overflew the Atlas Mountains, and made his way from Quarzazate to Rabat, Morocco, reversing the course he took last week to the interior of this desert country.  While there, he had a week of celebrations and ceremonial gatherings in honor of what will be the world’s largest solar-thermal power plant. The presence of Solar Impulse, the gigantic, sun-borne aircraft undoubtedly served as a reminder of what such technology can accomplish.

Video: Ham is the Man! from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | What can we say? You just have to see it to believe it. It’s all true, though. Science fiction is science fact. FlightMonkeys indeed!


From Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers:

• Joe Mashman 1916-1994
• Charles R.Woods
• Alan D.Ashley 1933-2011
• Maurice Bugbee

Tupolev Tu-104B using a parachute for braking from Planeshots

Young Eagles Take Flight At Abilene Regional Airport from KTXS | Nearly 50 children sped off the Abilene Regional Airport runway on free flights from the Abilene chapter of Young Eagles.

New Jet Humvee Act for Airshows

Indy Boys, Inc.          Extreme Jet Vehicles 2012 Show Updates NEW JET POWERED HUMVEE ADDED TO LINE-UP!   A new season is almost upon us and we wanted to tell  you about some exciting new additions to our famous line-up of extreme jet vehicles. Adding to our selection for 2012 will be a new 42,000 Horsepower, 300 MPH military style jet Humvee! The Jet Humvee will feature the J-79 Engine, the same type engine that gives the huge smoke and fire shows you currently see in our Jet School Bus and also the largest engine allowed in a jet vehicle by NHRA Rules.  A Gatlin Gun mounted on top of Humvee will blast off pops of simulated gunfire! AN EXCITING NEW ACT FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SHOWS! JET BUS STILL NUMBER ONE FOR PUBLICITY! The "School Time" Jet Bus enjoyed a huge boost in national media this week following a media run at Lincoln Air Show in Nebraska.  A local CBS affiliate's media ride story was picked up by many national media outlets including: CBS Early Morning-story here FOX and Friends-story here Wall Street Journal-story here Washington Post-story here  Dozens more local radio and tv stations picked up the story.  When is the last time a jet truck got that kind of publicity for your show and city?     GO BIG OR GO HOME Why book a smaller jet vehicles that only can be viewed by the front of the audience?  Don't disappoint your fans, book the biggest jets in the business.   School Time and its fire show are the biggest in the industry. The driver  makes a difference too! Paul Stender has been in the business for over 15 years.   Faster speed runs and a more exciting show.  Think all jet acts are the same, think again!  Watch video of our competitors and see the professional difference in our acts! Unlike many jet vehicle drivers, Paul and his vehicles are licensed by major racing sanctioning organizations.  Paul makes safety a priority for your show.  About Indy Boys, Inc. Indy Boys, Inc. air show performers Paul Stender (Driver) and Therese Stender (Crew) travel the United States, Canada, and other countries to delight fans with their unique vehicles. Please contact us to inquire about rates and availability for your 2012 air show. We work hard   Promoting Your Show Entertaining Your Fans Thrilling Your Sponsors Air Shows are our business.    Let us help make yours a success. Email: paul@indyboysinc.com  Cell: 317-503-7451  Office: 317-858-5872

Indy Transponder 29-DEC-2010 2000z

Aviation buffs to rebuild RAF plane - Belfast Telegraph
An old RAF reconnaissance plane is being rebuilt on the site of a former top security jail in Northern Ireland where it was once called in to help check for IRA escape tunnels.
Volunteers from the Ulster Aviation Society are reassembling the aircraft at the former Maze Prison at Long Kesh, near Lisburn, Co Antrim.
After nearly 50 years ...

Centennial of Air Mail service salute will honor early aviation pioneers at EAA AirVenture 2011
Vintage aircraft and attractions, along with special programming, will honor early aviation pioneers through a commemoration of centennial of air mail service during EAA AirVenture 2011. The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. ...

Watching Your New Best Friends Having the Time of Their Lives from Let's Go Flying 
... I’m having a great time re-living some of those experiences as I edit footage from Acro Camp, a movie that I and some friends in the general aviation community shot in May.  We brought in four pilots from around the country.  Two men and two women.  Each had between 300 hours and 12,000 hours total time.  But none ...

This Jet-Powered Outhouse Makes Poop Fly [Video] from Jalopnik  | An Indianapolis-based company with too much time on its hands attached a 750-pound Boeing jet engine to a portable toilet, making it capable of reaching speeds up to 70 miles per hour. ...

DH Hornet & Sea Hornet from Let Let Let - Warplanes 
The De Havilland DH.103 Hornet was a Spec. F.12/43 long-range day  fighter capable of reaching a top speed of at least 480 mph (772.5 km/h). Although it arrived too late to participate in the Second World War, it was ordered both by the RAF and by the Royal Navy. For the Royal Navy it was intended to operate from aircraft carriers, fitted with an arrester hook and foldable wings. Royal Navy also used a two-seat version  as ...
   
Images of 2010: News - Hickory Daily Record
87, served on as navigator on board a Boeing B-17 G. Parker flew on 30 missions over the European Theater. ....

The year 2010 in pictures (500th blog post) by David Cenciotti
As of tradition, the annual debrief can’t be introduced with different words from those I used last year: “It’s only when you get to the end of the year that you get the full picture of what has happened in the previous 12 months. Images collected during worlwide travels, flights and base visits, used to illustrate the most different stories dealing with the World of Aviation, provide a means to get a snapshop on the most important topics discussed on this site [...]“. So, once again after 2008 and 2009 editions, pictures taken by me and by the site’s official photographer Giovanni Maduli during the last year will guide us along some of the most important things we have happened in the world of Aviation. ...

Top Ten PICTURE stories of 2010 - Flight Global
Top ten VIDEO stories 2010 - Flight Global

ZWRRWWWBRZR from Air & Space Magazine
That's the sound of the prop-driven XF-84H, and it brought grown men to their knees. It didn't fly all that great either. ...

Zephyr solar-powered UAV breaks three more world records from Engadget 
The Zephyr is a winning machine. Last we reported, QinetiQ's solar-powered drone had just completed 7-days in the air, and counting. Now, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) has confirmed that Zephyr completed that record-breaking flight with a solid 2-weeks in the air (336 hours). If that wasn't enough to put other drones to shame, FAI found that Zephyr also destroyed records for flight duration for a UAV of its ...

December 29 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

The World's Smallest Airport - Flagpole Magazine
... recognition in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was the innovative and outrageous 1940s air show known as The Thrasher Brothers' Aerial Circus. ...

New Chengdu J-20 photos from Black Horizon 
More photos of the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter are popping up on the internet.
It remains to be seen if the West will view it as a threat. Althiough there are indications it hasn't flown yet, the J-20 is already being compared to the F-22.  ...
   
First human-like robot to fly in space - SiliconValley.com
3 aboard the space shuttle Discovery on a flight to its permanent home on the International Space Station, will be the first humanoidlike robot to fly in ...

"The Big A's" UCAP #219 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Happy New Year to all from the entire UCAP Gang.

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'Jet Car Paul' builds machines on edge of reality

Kevin Rader/Eyewitness News

Hendricks County - Folks in Brownsburg are used to the sound of jet engines. They are usually overhead, but not always.

When you think of a jet, you typically think of a plane piercing the heavens at supersonic speeds leaving the rest of us, mere earthbound mortals, in its wake and in awe.

Paul Stender, also known as Jet Car Paul, builds machines that operate on the edge of reality - that space where science and science fiction converge. He creates a place where a true to life daredevil can actually slide into the cockpit of comic book reality.

Stender takes us on a tour of the engines he works with: the GJ79-8, the B58 Hustler and the Fairchild J74 - "a version of that actually powered a cruise missile."

Stender is an animated fellow. He takes to jet engines like a jet engine does to air - except he's afraid of heights.

"I jumped out of an airplane once and thought that's the end of that deal," he said.

That's how he became Jet Car Paul. He drives jet engines...on the ground!

Stender has attached his jet engines to just about everything he can get his wrench around. And I do mean everything.

"Yes, boys and girls, it is a jet outhouse. Yes, it has a toilet seat. Yes, I have a seatbelt on the toilet seat so I don't fall off," he said, taking us on a brief tour of his jet-powered porta-potty.

"This is the ride. When you gotta go, you gotta go," he joked. (It should be noted that the outhouse does not have a functional toilet. "It's an outhouse with a jet engine. Guess my mind works in strange ways."

It doesn't stop there. Jet Car Paul has a jet-powered tow truck, a jet ski and a street legal jet Impala.


"It makes a lot of noise and being street legal it gets a lot of looks at the Speedway gas station," he said.

But when Jet Car Paul gets the most attention and truly earns his nickname is at air shows.

"Do I ride in an airplane? No, I drive a bus. This one here in fact. A very fast one," he said, referring to a school bus with painted flames on the sides.

Jet Car Paul's latest creation is basically powered by an F4 Phantom jet engine.

"What we basically have is the world's fastest school bus," he said.

"Kids just can't get enough of it," commented Therese Waechter, Stender's fiancee.

That childlike amazement extends all the way to the driver.

"He is a character. He is a walking talking comic strip," she said.

Paul Stender truly is living his life in the fast lane and taking us all along for the ride of our lives.

Stender's crew will be flying to Dubai in January and after that he will be able to work on his next project, which is a jet-powered leaf blower. Hold on to your hat, Brownsburg.


Learn more about Jet Car Paul and his team's exploits.

http://www.wthr.com/story/13532741/jet-car-paul

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Air Show Zooms Across Oahu Skies - Local Hawaii news
Air Show Zooms Across Oahu Skies. By Ron on September 26, 2010. The Kaneohe Bay Airshow zoomed across Oahu's windwardside. 9/25/2010. KITV.com – Local New. Share this story: Posted in Top Stories | Tagged Across, Oahu, Show, Skies, ...

Jet-powered bus among top attractions at McConnell air show ... by HURST LAVIANA
Zach and Austin Sigler of Humboldt were disappointed Saturday when a thunderstorm forced the cancellation of the Thunderbirds performance at the McConnell Air Force Base open house. ...

Jet School Bus - You Tube
Jet School Bus? School Time was never like this when I was a kid! Watch Paul Stender's 361 MPH Jet Powered School Bus racing to beat the morning bell...

The French connection - French Tribune
She flew through the glass top limit to turn into the French aerobatic team's leader. And in the whole team in spite of being the only woman, the petite who ...

JF-17 to be displayed at China Air show 2010 by WAQAS119
JF-17 to be displayed at China Air show 2010 The airshow will also include a number of other chinese projects. Of special importance will be the newly.

NATO Tiger Meet 2010 Volkel AB Netherlands from AVIATION-NEWS
Between Tuesday 5 October and Thursday 14 October, missions will be flown every working day between 8.00 Z and 9.00 Z and between 12.00 Z and 14.00 Z. Dutch times are 10:00 – 11:00 and 14:00 – 18:00.  Spottersday 7 and 13 October both sold out.  Host Unit: 313 squadron Location: Vlb. Volkel Country: Netherlands [...] Related posts:Kleine Brogel 2009 Spotterday/Tiger Meet photo report Royal Netherlands AF Unveiled new Demo F-16 ZAP16.COM update: 87 Volkel AFB Photographs published.  ...

CentenAir Airshow 2010 - Payerne (Switzerland) from AirSpace 
Ok, not really an Airshow - but an Open Day with some activity in the air (meaning not only the rain) ...
Yes, the Weather was not really on our side this year for the 100-years celebrations of Aviation in Switzerland. The biggest event in Emmen was already under heavy rain and Payerne was coming near. But  the personnel of the base and the organisators had made there best and I have to admit - I was really stunned to see what they prepared for 'only' an Open Day !!! ...

The Reno Air Races – This year KWBP is “Race 90″ Pit Crew - Key West Biplanes
n previous years the Key West Biplane extended family has been there to support Fred Cabanas in his unlimited racing.  This year, we were there to support our T-6 flying friends at “Race 90.”  Despite a start at the back of the pack, Lee Oman managed fly “Undecided” to WIN the silver class, but opted to forfeit the trophy and bump up to the Gold.  Unfortunately, the Gold T-6 race was ...

LiveAirShowTV Covers Reno Air Races End to End
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 – PFLUGERVILLE, TX – LiveAirShowTV covered the inside story of the Reno National Championship Air Races from one end of the ramp to the other. Five complete days of coverage was condensed each night into a daily wrap up video and posted over night. As one person on an air racing message board put it “This is the kind of reporting I have always longed for from Reno. Morning after reports with first hand interviews and some quality video . Thanks for making the effort, it is much appreciated.” ...

CAP looking for World War II-era members from General Aviation News 
The Civil Air Patrol is looking for members who served during World War II, Dec. 7, 1941, through Aug. 15, 1945, who were at least 18 years old during at least part of that service. This search has been prompted by legislation pending in both houses of Congress that, if passed, would award a single Congressional Gold Medal to CAP for the service of its members during World War II. ...

Formation flight Sunday from Planeshots

"100 Years of Naval Aviation" from Aero Pacific Flightlines 
The U.S. Navy has applied this special livery to F/A-18F (c/n 1512/F016) "Super Hornet" 165677 flown by "VFA-122" celebrating "100 Years of Naval Aviation" The aircraft was captured at Tulsa International Airport (TUL/KTUL).

Gas Balloon Racers Launch from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Steady and brisk northwest winds were pushing competitors in the annual Gordon Bennett International Gas Balloon Race into southern Europe and toward the Mediterranean when we last checked. The race, billed as the oldest aviation race, was first launched in 1906 and has been held 54 times in those 104 years. The premise is simple. All competitors (20 this year) launch at the same time and the one that travels the farthest wins. This year's launch site was near Bristol in southern England and the winds put everyone over the English Channel within hours. ...

Hot-air balloon festival soars in East Moline this weekend - Qconline | Quad-Cities Online is the Quad Cities leading Internet service provider offering dial in access, local news from The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, weather and sports.

Big a$$ rocket of the day: Miss September flying at BALLS
from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick
This is the first media that I've seen from BALLS, which is being held deep in the Black Rock Desert this weekend.  Full scale, WAC Corporal with Tiny Tim booster, both on 'P' motors, flying to around 24k'.  I want to see the off-board video!

Flight Ship from PPRuNe Forums 
50 knots takeoff, 85 knots cruise, 4m wave capable.