2014 NAS Jax Air Show Web site unveiled * Florida Times-Union | Pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Barrel Roll Break maneuver on April 25 during the Fort Worth Air Power Expo at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. The NAS Jacksonville Air Show...
Blue Angels continue to inspire * Beatrice Daily Sun | Vintage planes joined modern fighter jets: P-38 Lightnings that flew combat missions in World War II, P-51 Mustangs that fought in the skies during the Korean War—even an F-22 Raptor, a major player in our Air Force today. Most covered their ears as...
The Atlantic City Airshow - Thunder Over the Boardwalk * 6abc.com | This year's Atlantic City Airshow has the military teams back in action. Demonstrations and flybys will include performances by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, and other civilian acts. See the full Atlantic City...
Snowbirds ready for high-flying spectacle over Okanagan Lake today * InfoTel News Ltd | Boaters will be required to stay out of areas marked by buoys or the Snowbirds won't fly. Boat launches will be closed from 2-6 p.m. on Water Street, Queensway and Sutherland Bay. Someone will be waiting at the Cook Street boat launch from 2-5 p.m. to...
Frecce Tricolori, changes to traffic. Saturday athletes access to Beach Run * news Rimini | Frecce 
Thousands of Sywell Airshow tickets sell out in advance due to 'unprecedented ... * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Organisers of Sywell Airshow have announced that tickets have now sold out for the event next month. Thousands of tickets have now been sold ahead of Sywell Airshow on August 17. A spokesman said: “Due to unprecedented demand the Sywell Airshow,...
Red Arrows recruits: Three new pilots to join RAF acrobatic team * BBC News | Flt Lt Bowden, who is from Newport, Wales, and has completed two tours of Afghanistan, said: "I have always had a passion for pure flying and the Red Arrows hold the top trump card in that arena." He said he had dreamed of joining the Red Arrows "since...
Kalispell Airshow Announces Full Lineup * ABC FOX MONTANA | The Mountain Madness Airshow takes place August 30 and 31 at the Glacier Park International Airport. ABC Fox Montana will even take you up in the air with one of the pilots, and show you what it's like flying some of the Thunderbirds' insane choreography.
World Hot Air Balloon Championship welcomed to Brazil * Breaking Travel News | Approximately 35,000 people passed through the Rio Claro Aero Club on Sunday 20th July to see the World Hot Air Balloon Championship. The huge success on the first weekend of the competition, with a massive presence of Rio Clarenses and visitors from...
Port Clinton's Liberty Aviation Museum, historic Ford Tri-Motor highlight aviation history in a boater's town * cleveland.com | Port Clinton, Ohio – This town is perhaps best known for its prime location on the Lake Erie shore, a frequent destination for boaters. But not too long ago, it was known for another mode of transportation – air travel....
Last crew member of Enola Gay dies in Georgia * WTHR | ATLANTA (AP) - The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in Georgia. Theodore VanKirk, also known as "Dutch," died Monday of natural causes at the retirement home where he lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia, his son Tom VanKirk said. He was 93....
World War II veteran recalls his 17 missions over Germany * DenPubs | It tours the country as part of the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum based in Mesa, Arizona. It and several other World War II planes tour the country keeping the memory of the war and those who fought it alive. Morrow was one of those people.
Portage World War II veteran's flight over Kalamazoo area brings back memories ... * Mlive Kalamazoo | Smith is emotional about his World War II service. While a Navy radioman serving in Samar in the Philippine Islands, he took the last known radio message of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis before it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945.
Former Red Arrows pilot speaks at Winchester conference * Hampshire Chronicle | A WINCHESTER hotel was the scene of a business management conference which welcomed a former Red Arrows pilot as one of its speakers. Simon Meade OBE, former leader of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team and chief operations officer of a front-line...
PBY-Naval Air Museum meets wide approval at grand opening * Whidbey News-Times | Richards joined base commander Mike Nortier and other top brass from the nearby naval air station at the grand opening of the PBY-Naval Air Museum at its new location on Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor Friday afternoon. Following an outdoor ceremony that...
Yankee Air Museum to honor visionaries at annual gala * Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum will host its fifth annual Gala on Saturday, Nov. 8, in the midst of historical planes and artifacts at Willow Run Airport. And, for the first time, as part of a long-term strategy, the museum will devote its premier event to...
A-10 Hawg’s New Role As a Storm Chasing Aircraft. ·The Lexicans As retirement looms for the USAF’s A-10 Hawg, the National Science Foundation and Zivko Aeronautics have teamed up in a $13 million dollar project to convert one aircraft into a platform to deploy sensors in thunderstorms....
When Los Angeles Was Test-Bombed, They Decided To Throw A Party * Esther Inglis-Arkell | In 
WAI scholarships exceed half-million dollars * BlueSky Executive Aviation News | In further news, Women in Aviation, International has announced that the association's successful 'Bring Your Daughter to the Conference Day' held for the past three years during WAI's annual conference has been expanded and rebranded to include an...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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Osprey to make rare Wisc. airshow appearance * Marine Corps Times | What's been described as "one of the world's most unique military aircraft," the MV-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor, will return after a four-year hiatus at this year's AirVenture. Although the aircraft appeared at AirVenture 2010, this year will be the first...
AirVenture 2014: Visit Avfuel and the Yankee Air Museum's B-17 Flying Fortress ... * AviationPros.com | OSHKOSH, WI / July 22, 2014 / GENERAL AVIATION NEWS / Avfuel Corporation will once again sponsor the Michigan-based Yankee Air Museum's flyable B-17 aircraft – the Yankee Lady – at the annual EAA AirVenture. The Yankee Lady will be centrally...
WomenVenture to celebrate seventh year at EAA AirVenture *AOPA Pilot | For the seventh year in a row, women attending EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, can participate in a slate of events focused on excitement and career possibilities within the aviation community. This year's WomenVenture will be held on Wednesday,...
EAA's College Park at AirVenture 2014 * WAI Connect Blog | A place for networking and entertainment for aspiring aviators ages 14 to 24, EAA's College Park offers young people the opportunity to learn about and network with universities from all over the country all in one place during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014....
Blue Angels to Arrive Today in St. George * KCSG | (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - The tranquil blue Southern Utah skies are about to get a lot louder. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will arrive at St. George Municipal Airport around 4:00 PM today in preparation for the 2014 Thunder Over Utah Air Show. The Blue Angels...
Kokomo Air Show features big names * Kokomo Perspective | Rob Holland is known as a top level air show performer and competition pilot who has been flying in air shows since 2002 and has since been on a journey of becoming a well-known pilot, performing throughout North America, Central America, and the...
Thunderbirds to star at Cheyenne Frontier Days * 9NEWS.com | DENVER – The "Daddy of 'em All" is getting ready to host "America's Ambassadors in Blue." It's a big deal for Cheyenne Frontier Days to welcome back the United States Air Force Thunderbirds aerial team. The hour-long air show was a staple at Frontier...
PREVIEW: Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton's International Air Day * Western Daily Press | Three aircraft and crews of the Royal Jordanian Falcons have flown in, and gave a superb display of formation aerobatics yesterday. All the pilots have taken a break from ... Team leader Nofan Ghrair would otherwise be flying fearsome F16s and Mirages...
VIDEO: Preview of Red Arrows documentary * Lincolnshire Echo | The Red Arrows have released a video preview of the one-hour documentary which will be shown on BBC 2 this weekend. The iconic and world renowned display team are featured in a programme that takes viewers behind the scenes in their 50th...
Red Arrows' 50th celebrated at The Marlowe * Kent News | The tour is in celebration of the 50th display season of the Red Arrows and sees a return to The Marlowe Theatre, following last year's sell-out. We are promised a programme of music to match the colour, flamboyance and entertainment provided by the...
Video and photo gallery: Upside down, smoke trails, and I got to wave at mum... * Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The Wildcats Aerobatics team preparing for their display at the Old Buckenham Airshow. Al Coutts, left, and Willie Cruickshank with their Pitts Specials. Picture: Denise Bradley. Feet definitely out of the way, and discovering that my seat belt is as...
Photos: Stunts and thrills Air Show Trapani: Arrows tricolor * the Republic | Frecce Tricolori 
CENTEN'AIR 1914 & HOP / TOUR Epernay: Plivot From July 30 to August 2, 2014 | Wednesday, July 30 | Reconstruction of an airfield 1914-1918, with the help of the association Pageant...
Thousands attend Pitt airshow * Maple Ridge News | Rain did not deter the approximately 8,000 spectators who attended the free aerobatic airshow held at the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport Sunday. Hosted by the North Fraser Airshow Society, the airshow, which had not been held since 2009, was part of the...
Vintage plane fly-in draws 3000 to Hagerstown despite accident that grounded ... * The Republic | HAGERSTOWN, Indiana — The constant buzz of small planes overhead drew the eyes of the young and old to the skies Tuesday afternoon at the Hagerstown Airport. The warm, clear, blue skies were perfect for the annual Hagerstown Fly-In, formerly known...
Curtiss A-8 — the 1930s attack aircraft experiment * Travel for Aircraft | The U.S. Army Air Corps compared air cooled radial engine powered aircraft versus in-line liquid cooled engines in attack aircraft designs, during the 1930s, and the Curtiss A-8 was one of these designs. Powered by a Curtiss V-1570-31 Conqueror (600 hp/~450kW) the A-8 carried its pilot–observer/rear gunner nearly...
Young look into their Futures at airshow * Belfast Telegraph | Young people in Northern Ireland have been encouraged to consider careers in aerospace following a successful Farnborough International Airshow. Also in this Section. Fall in factory orders casts doubt on manufacturing recovery · Mr Kipling brand to be...
Cadets impressed by military airshow * Barry and District News | AIR Cadets from 372 (Barry) Squadron, recently travelled to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford to see the world's largest military airshow. Few events can rival the intensity, drama and spectacle on offer at the world's greatest airshow...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Video: Entertainment Frecce Tricolori in Trapani * DiariodelWeb.it | The exciting exhibition of aerobatic pilots, to the tune of "Nessun dorma" closed in Trapani Fly for Peace, 2014. Astronaut Luca Parmitano was the special guest of the event was born from the desire to promote respect...
The Patrouille de France stopover at the airport * ladepeche.fr | The Patrouille de France for a stopover in the airport and the aerobatic team of the Air Force attending the meeting of Marmande, scheduled July 26th in the world championship model aircraft shall stop at Agen . It is even...
World War I Biplanes Take to the Skies * ABC News | Photos: 'The Shuttlesworth Collection' at Old Warden on July 21, 2014 in Biggleswade, England.
Skies Over AirVenture Oshkosh to be Filled with Hartzell Propeller Performers * AviationPros.com | In addition, Hartzell Propeller continues to partner with three of the world's greatest aerobatic performers – aviation superstars Sean D. Tucker, Michael Goulian, and Matt Chapman – who will all be flying exciting exhibitions at Oshkosh. “As a company...
Concorde Battery Hosts Superstars at AirVenture * AviationPros.com | Concorde Battery Corporation is pleased to host Aerobatic Superstars throughout this year's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Please join us for daily “Meet and Greet” opportunities with Aerobatics' biggest names and have a personalized poster signed.
Oshkosh 2014 And The AirPigz Bacon Parties! (Hog Heaven : ) * AirPigz | Oshkosh 2014 is almost here! That means the widest variety of airplanes, the coolest collection of aviators, and of course... a side order of bacon! The Bacon Parties are on different days this year so take note that you...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 attracted the top airshow performers in the industry, and two of those performers carry on the tradition of two legendary aviation families: Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin. Matt Younkin flew the Beech 18, "Magic by Moonlight," in a carefully choreographed series of rolling and looping maneuvers perfected by his father, Bobby Younkin. The performance is flown both day and night, with the day performance shown here. During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 we...
Hawgsmoke 2014 * Photorecon.net | On July 9-12, 2014, 14 different A-10 squadrons from across the country participated in the biannual gunnery competition called HAWGSMOKE! The 2014 Hawgsmoke competition was hosted by the 357th Fighter Squadron (The Dragons) based...
Sunderland Airshow 2014: Everything you need to know in our essential guide * ChronicleLive | Sunderland Airshow 2014 takes to the skies this weekend with incredible aerial displays, acrobatics, vintage aircraft and, back on the ground, music and family entertainment. The free annual event will be in the air above Roker and Seaburn from July 25...
The Farnborough Airshow 2014: A photographer's view ... · geoffrey | The Farnborough International Airshow 2014 opened in the usual fashion with a flypast from the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows, making two passes over a packed crowd of industry professionals in sunny Hampshire.
Florida Aviation Network to raffle off flight in T-6 Texan · General Aviation News | ORLANDO, Florida —The Florida Aviation Network , in partnership with Stallion 51 Corporation, is raffling off a chance to fly in the T-6 Texan “THANG.” Stallion 51 Corporation’s T-6 Texan was built at the end of 1944 and was eventually stationed in Hawaii after the war. It carries the nickname “THANG” because of the original Territory of Hawaii Air National Guard markings on the side-panel...
Marines showcase Osprey in Sapporo Air Show * DVIDS | Andrew W. O'Donnell Jr., the deputy commander of United States Forces, Japan as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 50,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that were either on...
The newest Red Bull Air Race! by Rex Pemberton | The last 4 days has been simply unbelievable. Red Bull just hosted the first ever 4 cross wingsuit race! Melissa and I were lucky enough to be invited to compete along with the top 52 wingsuit pilots in the world. Red Bull Aces features a first-ever wingsuit competition format, with four wingsuit flyers racing head-to-head through a four-gate course suspended in the air.We reach speeds of...
Vulcan · apron6 | Last few days were really great. On Sunday Eric and I set of for a trip to Farnborough to catch the Vulcan behind the Skyvan. Back in 2011 we did our first Vulcan flight and then I thought it would be a once in a lifetime…
Meet B-29 pilot Debbie Travis King * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Debbie Travis King is the only woman in the world since 1943 authorized to fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, which she pilots aboard the Commemorative Air Force's FIFI, the only airworthy B-29 left.
Today in 1933: Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in th... · National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Today in 1933: Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in the Lockheed 5C Vega Winnie Mae in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He landed at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, which is where he posed for this picture about a month earlier.
Spirit of St. Louis· Passion pour l'aviation | On July 13, if you were on the ground at Le Bourget the 
centenary of the airport, you have not believe your eyes when Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" and ask if you had not jumped in time in 1927, waiting for you to take photos Charles Lindbergh off the plane. In fact, this one is a reproduction of the "Spirit of St. Louis" which was carried in cargo plane from Florida, owned by American collector Kermitt Weeks. Lack of time, testing after reassembly, necessary for a demonstration flight, could not be realized. so it was only exposed in static, which is already outstanding in itself....
Bernard 191 GR n°1 "France" * Passion pour l'aviation | Maybe you know Bernard GR 191 # 2 most known as "Canary Bird" in the Museum of Aeronautics and Space at Le Bourget, with whom Jean Assollant, René Lefèvre and Lotti Armand realized the French first nonstop crossing of the North Atlantic in the west to east on 13 and 14 June 1929? But you know Bernard GR 191 No. 1 "France" with which Louis Coudouret, wanted to try crossing the North Atlantic from West to East? Coudouret Louis, born in 1896, engages in December 1914 as...
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – June-July Update | WarbirdsNews is pleased to present the latest details surrounding the Warbirds Of Glory Museum’s ongoing restoration of the “Sandbar Mitchell” in Brighton, Michigan. It’s been just over a year since the recovery team lifted the center section, the heart and soul of the aircraft, from its crash site near Fairbanks, Alaska, and so much has happened in the interim. Here is what took place in June and early July…
In B-17 flight, UWO student-veteran finds deep connection to grandfather's war ... * UW Oshkosh Today | Brewer's grandfather, Llewellyn Bredeson, served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Brewer said his grandfather's B-17 was shot down during its first mission in 1944. Bredeson spent 16 months as a prisoner of war after the ...
Here’s how Israel managed to get three second hand B-17 Flying Fortress bombers * The Aviationist | The B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were acquired thanks to Al Schwimmer, a World War II USAAF (United States Army Air Force) flight engineer that during the second half of 1947 purchased and delivered the surplus transport aircraft that eventually built up the Israeli Air Force Air Transport Command. Schwimmer (the founder and first CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries) found the future Israeli bombers among the Flying Fortress aircraft already flying with the numerous start-up airlines formed after the end of WWII....
First aviation mechanic display added to Air Force Museum · General Aviation News | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honored the first aviation mechanic, Charles E. Taylor, by unveiling a bronze bust of his likeness for permanent display during a ceremony in the museum’s Early Years Gallery July 21...
Manned Space Exploration Is Crucial for Our Future | Robots are important, but not enough. by Tom Harris and Dr. Charles Laughlin | Forty-five years ago yesterday, more than a half-billion people watched Neil Armstrong become the first human being to set foot on another celestial body. Necessary and impressive though they are, no robotic explorer could ever generate so much attention. We want to go. People yearn to explore space and the planets, if not ourselves personally, at least vicariously through our astronaut proxies....
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
DISPLAY TEAMS TAKE RIAT HONOURS
AEROBATIC display teams scooped two of the honours yesterday (Sunday) at the awards ceremony at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
It was only fitting that, after celebrating their 50th display season at the Air Tattoo, the RAF Red Arrows took the Steedman Display Sword, while their counterparts from the Italian Air Force, the Frecce Tricolori, took the Lockheed Martin Cannestra Trophy.
The traditional end to the event, the Sunday Night Hangar Party, was introduced by Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson, Chairman of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust and President of RIAT, who opened proceedings by thanking everyone for their contributions to RIAT 2014. Sir Kevin thanked volunteers and participants for making the event possible, adding: “We salute and thank everyone for their part in what has been a great weekend.”
The top award, the King Hussein Memorial Sword - presented in memory of the late HM King Hussein of Jordan, Patron of the International Air Tattoo (1983-1989) for the Best Overall Flying Demonstration – went to WO1 Mick Kildea and Capt Neill Posthumus of 671 Sqn Army Air Corps, flying the Westland Lynx AH.7.The sword was presented by Commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, Major General Mansor Aljobour.
The Lynx crew had already departed, so the sword was accepted on their behalf by display pilot WO2 Bruce Allen, who flew the Apache AH1 at the event.
The Paul Bowen Trophy - presented in memory of the Royal International Air Tattoo co-founder Paul Bowen for the Best Solo Jet Demonstration – went to Royal Air Force Typhoon display pilot, Flt Lt Noel Rees of 29 Sqn. The trophy was presented by Tim Prince, Director of the Air Tattoo and Chief Executive of the RAFCTE and RIAT.
Flt Lt Rees said: “It’s an absolute honour to receive this on behalf of the whole team. They are the ones who got the jets ready this weekend and we displayed in sometimes challenging weather. It’s a fitting award for the whole team.”
The Sir Douglas Bader Trophy – presented for the Best Individual Flying Display – went to Commandant Aviateur Renaud ‘Grat’ Thys, flying the F-16AM from 350 Sqn Belgian Air Component. Alan Smith, Chairman of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises, presented the trophy to Comdt Avi Thys who said: “It’s great and a huge personal accomplishment for me. It really does mean a lot, and to receive a trophy in my last display season, and in the name of Sir Douglas Bader, is humbling.”
Gp Capt Geoff Brindle, who’s worked in many RIAT roles from Lightning display pilot to Flying Display Director, presented The Lockheed Martin Cannestra Trophy for the Best Flying Demonstration by an overseas participant.
The trophy went to the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force aerobatic display team who closed the airshow with a dramatic and colourful display. Maj Jan Slanger said: “It’s an honour and a pleasure, especially in the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows. We’re part of the same family of all the display teams representing the professionalism of our armed forces in the service of our nations and the international community.”
The Steedman Display Sword - presented by The Royal International Air Tattoo in memory of the late Air Chief Marshal Sir Alasdair Steedman, Chairman of the International Air Tattoo (1981-1988), for the Best Flying Demonstration by a UK participant – was awarded to the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. .
Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson presented the sword to Sqn Ldr Jim Turner, who said: “Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows has been memorable, and I hope the Red Arrows will still be displaying after another 50 years.”
The As the Crow Flies Trophy, awarded for the best overall flying demonstration as voted for by the Friends of the Royal International Air Tattoo, was presented by David Bywater, Non-Executive Director of the RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises. The award went to Maj Bartlomiej Mejka and Capt Radosław Leszczyk of Polish Air Force 21st Air Base, flying the Sukhoi Su-22M ‘Fitter’ demonstration. Maj Mejka said: “This is very special for us. It has been an amazing weekend at the biggest airshow of all, and this is the first prize we have won!”
And finally, the Best Paint Scheme award, for the aircraft with the best special livery, went to the Hellenic Air Force A-7E Corsair II from 336 Olympos Sqn. The trophy was presented by Gardiner Porter, Government of Military Aviation Jeppesen.
Major Apostolos Papadopoulos said: “We were very glad to be here, to support RIAT and the Charitable Trust. This is the last time the A-7 will be presented outside Greece and that makes this award very special.”
The Royal International Air Tattoo is staged annually in support of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust which, in turn, awards grants in support of the RAF family, including serving personnel and Air Cadets. Since it was established in January 2005, the Trustees have awarded over £2.1 million to a wide range of projects and initiatives.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
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Greg Koontz to receive 2014 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship · General Aviation News | Greg Koontz has been named the 2014 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Koontz is known throughout North America and parts of Latin America as a foremost authority on American Champion Super Decathlon aircraft, according to officials with World Airshow News, which bestows the award...
Amelia Rose Earhart | Everyone has oceans to cross... Today, Amelia and I cross one together. Thank you to everyone who has joined us as we flew around this big, beautiful world. I felt like we all shared a bit of Amelia's passion for adventure in the process....
Weekend Calendar * Fencecheck | All your weekend shows are listed by our friends at the link. 
History major embraces Blue Angels traditions * Pensacola News Journal | Blue Angels pilot Mark Tedrow is a quintessential aviator at Pensacola Naval Air Station: a Naval Academy graduate who loves his job with the elite flight team and especially enjoys buzzing the crowd at the annual Pensacola Beach Air Show. Lt Mark...
Saturday fly-in/air show: It will be loud * Valley Courier | “It's a lot of noise,” said Del Norte and former Army pilot Vern McCallister, who will fly his World War-II era T-6 in this Saturday's SLV Pilot's Association Fly In and Air Show based out of the SLV Regional Airport in Alamosa. “It's what the people...
Video: Jets Over Kentucky offers small-scale airshow in Lebanon * WDRB | An annual event - held in Lebanon, Kentucky - gives new meaning to the term "forever young."...
Latest Newsletter! * Planes Of Fame News | Read our newly released Newsletter, Vol.38, No. 2
Video: Yankee Lady take off at Waterloo Air Show * International Council of Air Shows
New BBC Two documentary follows RAF's Red Arrows * seenit.co.uk | The Red Arrows, the RAF's world famous display team, are being showcased in a new BBC Two documentary which airs later this month. One of the nation's true icons, the team celebrates 50 seasons of world-famous displays this year and acts as the public...
The Patrouille de France will eventually happen that late Monday morning ... * La Voix du Nord (translated) | Big disappointment this morning for all lovers of airplanes. Considering the awful weather which prevails in the Valenciennes region, the Patrouille de France (PAF) is not arrived at Valenciennes as expected. The eight drivers will stand on the tarmac late Monday that...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Farnborough Airshow selects Midair Squadron XH134 for Flying Display * UK 
Sponsor of Earhart search wants suit to continue * Seattle PI | ...The group is concentrating now on analyzing a piece of aircraft aluminum, about the size of a dinner tray, discovered on the island in the 1990s, Gillespie said. While the rivet pattern on the piece didn't match the Lockheed Electra, he said they're now focusing on whether it could be conclusively identified as a patch that was placed on Earhart's plane before it disappeared. "It's always so ironic to be working on this stuff, and then at the same time fighting a lawsuit that says, 'Ah, you found the thing years ago,' " Gillespie said....
Only flying B-29 in the world flies into Boise * KTVB | BOISE -- It was a once-in-a-lifetime sight for many at the Boise Airport Thursday as three World War II aircraft were flown in by the Commemorative Air Force. "The Commemorative Air Force is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to keeping...
B-17 wreckage a haunting hike * Colorado Springs Gazette | On June 13, 1944, an Army Air Corps B-17 flying a training mission out of Rapid City, S.D., went off course and slammed into a snow-covered mountainside a quarter mile from the Flowers Trail, killing four of 10 on board. Seventy years later, the...
Reliving historic mail run into our fair city * Wangaratta Chronicle | Historic and unique planes, including some belonging to members of Wangaratta Aero Club, will take part in a re-enactment of the first air mail run in 1914. Frenchman Maurice Guillaux flew a Bleriot XI aircraft from Melbourne to Sydney from July 16-18...
New exhibit for kids opens at Hampton's Virginia Air and Space Center * Daily Press | Put on a spacesuit, build a pillow rocket, drive a lunar craft, inspect moon dust or sleep strapped to the wall in the new permanent exhibit for preschoolers at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. The "Space Racers" exhibit celebrates its grand...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: David Martin and Kirby Chambliss * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is well known for attracting top-tier aerial entertainment, and we continue our photo essay series featuring David Martin in the Breitling CAP 232 and Kirby Chambliss in the Red Bull Edge 540. Martin is a third generation pilot with both military and civilian flying experience. Chambliss began flying at an early age, becoming the youngest Southwest Airlines pilot at age 24 and their youngest captain at age 28. He later became 5-time U.S. Aerobatic Champion and 2-time Red Bull Racing Champion. We present both here with highlights from their airshow routines...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cropdusters! * The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 featured two prominent agricultural aircraft: the Air Tractor AT-502B with P&W Canada PT6A-34AG engine and a Thrush S2R-H80 with GE H80-100 engine (also on display in front of the GE exhibit). The Air Tractor was similar to the AT-301 model used to represent "Dusty" from the movie Planes, and at times they were both static display together. The Thrush flew in the airshows, including a full hopper drop. Here are some views of both aircraft...
Thursday, July 3, 2014
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Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival begins in Battle Creek * WWMT-TV | The Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival kicks off Wednesday in Battle Creek and Newschannel 3 is a proud sponsor of the event. Dozens of hot air balloons will be launched into the sky from the W.K. Kellogg Airport. The event...
Thunderbirds highlight AirVenture airshows · General Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The schedule is now set for the historic first-ever full show by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, with performances set for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 1-3. These performances are part of the daily afternoon airshows at Oshkosh on each of those days....
Planes fly in for Wings Over North Georgia air show * Northwest Georgia News | Two T-28 Trojans that flew in Vietnam land Tuesday afternoon at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. The planes, from the Hixson Museum of Flight, will stay at the Rome airport until this year's Wings Over North Georgia airshow...
45th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 5, 2014 * LakeLanier.com | The 45th Annual Cracker Fly-In at Gainesville's Lee Gilmer Airport is the best July 4th weekend deal in North Georgia. Need a cool place to take the kids on Saturday, July 5th, 2014, that won't cost more than your first car? For $3 per adult and zero ...
Just Aircraft plans Just Plane Fun Days · General Aviation News | WALHALLA, S.C. — Just 
Roaring back: Eurofighter pilots excited about return to Bournemouth Air Festival * Bournemouth Echo | THE daredevil airmen who pilot the Eurofighter Typhoon have told of their excitement about the upcoming Bournemouth Air Festival. Last year marked a return to the event for the iconic jet after a three-year absence, during which time it had been used...
Cielo Aperto Airshow Report · Warbirds News | From May 20th to June 1st, Locarno airport in 
The Patrouille de France will fly over the Millau Viaduct * Translated | The Patrouille de France has flown over the Millau Viaduct on July 25, with its famous tricolor smoke. A passage in the festivities related to the tenth anniversary of the book....
Friuli Venezia Giulia is promoted with the Frecce Tricolori * Translated | The Agency Turismo Friuli Venezia Giulia follow the Frecce Tricolori in some of their performances in summer, on a tour that gets promotion for the area that houses the training center of the beloved aerobatic team....
Unique Traveling Exhibit Honoring Tuskegee Airmen on display at Mason City Airport · Red Tail Squadron | A rare WWII Corsair and Stearman will be on display next to North Iowa Air Service at the Mason City Airport on July 10-12th. Accompanying the aircraft is the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit, showing a short movie call “RISE ABOVE” that focuses on...
Naval Air Station Ft. Lauderdale Museum — a community nexus · Travel for Aircraft | The Naval Air Station Ft. Lauderdale Museum (NASFL Museum) opened last year and we were able to revisit to see how the work had progressed. Happily, it has progressed quite well and is also becoming a gravity well...
Antique Airfield
- They Will Come - Tribute to Robert L Taylor on His 90th Birthday
- First Flight of Hans and Sam Gautschi's Radial Powered Hatz
- Dick O'Reilly's Interstate Cadet Video
- Fly-In Registrations - Another Interstate Cadet!
- First Flight of John Cuny's Seabee
- Oklahoma Chapter Fly-In Photos
- 2014 Fly-In Logo Emblem
Airplane club sponsors bus trip to Air & Space Center * New Bern Sun Journal | The New Bern Flyin' Bears, EAA Chapter 1171, is sponsoring a one-day trip to the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Center on Aug. 16. Participation is open to the public on a space-available basis. The cost is $75 per person. The Udvar-Hazy Center,...
Updates from Scholarship Recipients * Girls with Wings
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
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For the first time in decades, Nebraska native taking part in an all-female ... * Omaha World-Herald | Cowing's life and career also already have provided a strong statement for women in aviation. Before her 30-year absence from the field, she intertwined her experience with education and flight, completing a yearlong assignment as an aerospace mobile ...
Farnborough air show could pay off for Washington * HeraldNet | ... Herald Writer. EVERETT — Few big announcements are likely to come out of the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom next month, but the biennial aerospace industry gathering could mean big things for Washington companies.
Minter Field Air teaches history at Fly In * KERO-TV 23 | "There's a lot of history here," Said Don Westfahl of the Minter Field Air Museum. "To begin with, at one point we had 16 generals here... we had Indonesian cadets here after World War II; we had Chinese pilots that came here and trained." There will...
Richland WA Annual Fly-in * AVweb | Aviation enthusiasts will not want to miss a variety of vintage and experimental airplanes, lots of food, music and free scenic flights for kids at this years Richland Fly-In at the Richland Airport. It all starts Saturday, June 21 at 7:00 a.m. with a...
B-29 Superfortress grounded with flat tire at 2014 Olympic Air Show * The Olympian | A 
The Patrouille de France has increased * ladepeche.fr (translated) | Thursday, June 12, at 10:55 exactly, the famous Patrouille de France, with its Fougas Magister deployed in "diamond" formation happening in the beautiful blue sky of the village. In 2006, Rieux-Minervois Mérinvillois commemorated the memory of heroes...
The Frecce Tricolore land at Pisa * the Nation (translated) | PISA, June 14, 2014 - The show is guaranteed thanks to the acrobatic team Frecce Tricolori, landed amid the applause of the crowds lining the sides of the runway of the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, Pisa, and in the presence of the authorities...
Model airplane club wraps up Spring Fly-In * WLOX | Members of the Mississippi Coast Radio Control Club are model airplane enthusiasts and this weekend was their time to show off their remote controlled models during the Spring Fly-In. Their love for this hobby involves months, if not years of practice...
Video: 91-year-old takes flight on B-17 * KETV Omaha | LINCOLN, Neb. —The B-17, a World War II aircraft, was flying through Lincoln skies Friday, and on board was a group connected to its history in a special way. Decked out in a red polka-dot scarf, but no bandanna, Amelia Kiser boarded the bomber she is forever connected to. The real-life “Rosie the Riveter” used to build the World War II relics....
"Miracle on the Hudson" copilot recalls flight, shares story with youth at ... * Chippewa Herald | He's been a member of the EAA since 1989, and has worked for the organization that operates the world's largest air show, EAA AirVenture, in Oshkosh every year. On board Flight 1549, things were getting very difficult. Two of the birds had flown into...
2 Fresno pilots honored with FAA's Wright Brothers award * Fresno Bee | Shamp currently flies a Cessna 172, and in July he will travel to Oshkosh, Wis., for the AirVenture Air Show, one of the biggest in the world. He called the show "aviation Mecca." Shamp said he likes to thumb through his old flight log books to...
Red Bull Air Show: The best pilots versus pylons in Gdynia * Official Baltic (translated) | On the 
The Air Force Flight Test Museum · TVR Photography.com | The Air Force Flight Test Museum, a 501(c)(3), has a fantastic museum that is currently on base at Edwards AFB. Unfortunately, this means that only individuals with base access can visit the museum. The museum is raising money to build a new facility outside the west gate of Edwards, which would allow the general public to see the incredible artifacts and...
Oakland Aviation Museum awarded grant by California Preservation Program · General Aviation News | The Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif., has received a 2014 California Preservation Assessment Project (CPAP) grant from the California Preservation Program (CPP). The CPAP program is designed to help small and mid-sized libraries and archives plan improvements in the care for their permanent and historical collections....
US defense officials: Fighter jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaska ... * kdvr.com | A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, top, escorts a Russian Air Force Tu-95 bomber off the coast of Alaska during 2011. U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers off Alaska and California earlier this month, the latest incidents in a string of recent...
Monday, June 16, 2014
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2014 Blue Angels - #3 Nate Barton by LiveAirShowTV | LCDR Nate Barton, Blue Anglel #3 - Left Wing talks about flying with the world famous jet demonstration team! Also, find out about...
Crowd gathers for Great Tennessee Air Show * dnj.com | Sam Ridley Parkway resembled a parking lot Saturday afternoon and Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport was at near capacity for the first day of the Great Tennessee Air Show, event coordinators said. The show takes to the skies again today, beginning at 11:30 a.m....
Across the sky, across the country; A 60-year-old Stillwater woman will race ... - Stillwater Gazette | At first, Stillwater resident Tracy Lovness pursued aviation because she simply wanted to travel and learn, but now she’s about to embark on her second Air Race Classic. This race for female pilots of small aircraft starts in Concord, Calif., on June 16. Lovness and the other racers will fly across the country over four days to the final stop in New Cumberland, Pa...
Mickleton woman takes off for Air Race Classic - The Star-Ledger | Imagine being 10,000 feet in the air in a small, twin-engine aircraft with nothing but approximately 2,400 miles between you and the finish line...
Tora Tora Tora to perform at the "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show" on July 7 at 7 p.m. a 
spectacular display of the Tora aircraft visible to boaters and shore huggers all over the lake area. The proceeds of the air show benefit the Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation which is a nonprofit organization established to raise money for the physical and emotional recovery and rehabilitation of injured and disabled military personnel and veterans in the North Texas area. Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake is the principal fundraising activity.
Top pilots in Minden for soaring competition * via Minden-Tahoe Airport
Who's the Boss at the Tahoe-Truckee Air Show? * Evan and Wilma Peers
Greek F-4 Phantoms Returns to Airshows · WarbirdsNews | Technically the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II is not a Warbird just yet, because it’s still operational within a handful of air arms across the globe. However, it’s such an iconic aircraft that every news item featuring its current flying exploits these days is worthy of mention...
Online Air News #7 * Charles Johnson | RAF Cosford Air Show, MAAM WWII Weekend
Air Show Open House * KXNews | Flying model airplanes is a hobby that many people don't consider - so today, the Minot Aircraft Modelers Flying Club hosted their annual air show to do more than just entertain. The event was open to the public today - and folks had the opportunity to watch the experts fly their planes, or learn themselves on one of the introductory planes....
Wings of Women slates Oct. 11 event · General Aviation News | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) will host the Cleveland chapter of WOW — Wings of Women — Saturday, Oct. 11, at Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL). This event is geared toward young women in middle school and high school who are interested in pursuing STEM related careers.
Australian Heritage Flightgear Displays · WarbirdsNews, Story and pictures by Phil Buckley | Displaying warbirds at air shows all across the world is a common event, but most warbird enthusiasts and many of the general public may not be fully aware of what aircrew wore to survive flying their aircraft in times of war and peace. Over the last few decades, mainly in the USA and UK, the flying gear displays alongside warbirds at air shows have expanded to become a key feature at the actual events. Some shows...
Fiat G.91, “a Frecce Tricolori” by travelforaircraft | The Italian G.91 by Fiat is graceful, dartlike, 
Awesome GoPro video gives flight deck inspector’s view of F/A-18 final check and cat launch · The Aviationist | Here’s a cool GoPro video showing the final check of an F/A-18C Hornet right before catapult launch. An interesting footage, shot by a “white shirt” on the flight deck of USS George H. W. Bush, shows the final checks on a VFA-87 F/A-18C Hornet before cat launch.
Can We Learn Something From The Defunct A-7F ‘Strikefighter?’ * The Lexicans | ...The A-7 was designed in the early 1960s as an attack-focused offshoot of the Navy’s legendary F-8 Crusader. One could easily venture to say that America could learn something from the meager SLUF, and especially its proposed last iteration, some two decades after it’s retirement from US inventories. The original A-7 was a purpose-built bomb truck, which leveraged a large fuel load, highly efficient turbofan engine, simple airframe design and affordability across the board....
Island Inventor and aviator shows true grit - isleofman.com | Island businessman and inventor Dr John Taylor has embarked on what's set to be the greatest challenge of his eventful life. Dr Taylor who lives in Santon has begun an epic solo flight from the mid-west of America to the Isle of Man. The 77-year old who has held a private pilot's licence for 60 years, is flying his brand new Husky plane from its factory in the US across north America, Greenland and the Atlantic, almost four and a half thousand miles....
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Eddie Andreini remembered on the Central Coast - KSBY | ...Eddie Andreini of Half Moon Bay was a veteran aerobatic pilot and he had connections to the Central Coast.... Friends say he was a true professional and experienced pilot, one who will be missed. "You are losing a good friend," said Michael Geddry, Andreini's friend and Director of the Thunder Over the Valley Air Show in Santa Maria...
Windy Travis Open House and Air Show draws thousands - The Reporter | Despite wind gusts of up to 35 mph, many onlookers at the 2014 Travis Air Force Base Open House and Air Show on Saturday seemed unfazed by the breezy conditions and simply enjoyed the myriad displayed planes, small to jumbo, props to jets, courteous airmen, visits to cockpits, flyovers and airborne stunts...
Solano deputy sheriff gets the 'ride of a lifetime' with Thunderbirds - The Reporter | "The black dot up there, that's our dad in there." Four-year-old Jackson Harris III and his older brother, Brody, pointed at the sky as an F-16 jet, Thunderbird No. 7, screamed by giving their father a "ride of a lifetime."...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Sunday Wrap-up * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continued today with a variety of aerial entertainment acts that ranged from top-tier performers like the Blue Angels, Patty Wagstaff and Skip Stewart to warbirds and Vietnam War-era helicopters. There were so many...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Rampside With Top-Flight Performers Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow provided aerial entertainment from a variety of performers, including three of the best in the industry: Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff. Not only did all three of these top-tier airshow stars 
perform their amazing aerobatics for the St. Louis area audience, but they also performed together in pairs several times during the weekend. The list of...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Hercules Has a Style and Grace All His Own * The Aero Experience Team | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron brought more to the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow than the precision formation flying performances given by the six team members flying the F/A-18C Hornet jet fighters. The team's support aircraft was...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Warbird and Cold War Era Aviation * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continues through this weekend, and we have just started to cover the variety of aircraft participating in this great Midwest Aviation event. The lineup for the airshow... More coverage
2014 Central Texas Airshow closes BY LARRY CAUSEY | TELEGRAM STAFF | The 2014 Central Texas Airshow wound up its spine-tingling aerobatic performances on Sunday at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport. Expected to draw 30,000 people, the three-day event had a good turnout, said Bonnie Tamres-Moore, VIP director, who has been with the show for 10 years. “Saturday was one of our busiest days ever,” she said...
Wings and wheels turn out in support of Wounded Warriors - Odessa American | Odessa-Schlemeyer Field welcomed the public for the first time to the second Wings and Wheels Fly-In and Classic Car Show Saturday morning. Airport officials helped raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Family Support with a raffle and silent auction. People gathered as live music played, barbecue was grilled and planes flew across the early afternoon’s clear skies....
The Frecce Tricolori back in Romagna * Translated | The return of the Frecce Tricolori on the 
Talladega Flyover Planes From Hixson Air Museum - WDEF News 12 | It's a T-28 Trojan, and it is leaving this small runway at Dallas Bay Airpark for a very big fly over, one of three planes provided to NASCAR by the Hixson Air Museum...
The Girls With Wings Blog - Read about all the scholarship winners!
Monday, April 14, 2014
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iContribute Thunderbird Airshow pics * JRN.com | Photos
Hero Show offers air show with personal connection - Tucson News Now | TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -Before Davis-Monthan Air Force Base opens its gates to an estimated crowd of 200,000 people for this weekend's air show, a smaller group of several hundred enjoyed a more personal event Friday afternoon - their Hero Show....
25th Thunder attracts estimated 650000 to waterfront - WAVE | Picture-perfect weather lured a crowd of more than 650,000 to the waterfront for the 25th Thunder Over Louisville show. Spectators lined both sides of the Ohio River as far as the eye could see. Thanks to the generous support of the event's six presenting sponsors, Horseshoe Southern Indiana, KentuckyOne Health, LG&E, Meijer, UPS and Valero, as well as community McDonald's Thunder Funders - this year's show featured a spectacular lineup of aircraft, as well as the traditional pyrotechnic spectacle...
Ride with Blue Angels leaves reporter dazed and confused - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The return of the Blue Angels has had all of Louisville looking up over the past two days. The aerobatic flight team is in such high demand they are booked solid this year at events all over the country. During the Thunder Over Louisville air show, the crowd will see why...
Some of my favorite stories about Thunder Over Louisville - WLKY Louisville | I have attended every Thunder Over Louisville except for two years. It has grown from a fireworks show at the old Cardinal Stadium at the Fairgrounds in 1990 to the extravaganza that it is now with 600,000 to 750,000 in attendance when the weather is nice...
Video: F-22 wows Thunder air show fans - WAVE | Another of the Places of Thunder that entertained the crowd at the air show was the F-22 Raptor...
RED BULL AIR RACE: Duel continues: Arch beats Bonhomme in Rovinj * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | ROVINJ (Croatia) – Austria’s Hannes Arch came from behind to beat defending 
Air Force: Frecce Tricolori at the start of the season. Calendar 2014 Video * Translated | The Air Force has officially announced the program for the season of the Frecce Tricolori aerobatic 2014: 21 appointments, including performances and overflights, some Italian places and cities abroad, between April and October. The first...
No fly zone? Scott's popular air show is casualty of Air Force cuts * BND.com | The era of regularly scheduled air shows -- once an annual staple of metro-east summer and fall calendars -- could be over for good at Scott, the result of deep cuts in Air Force "outreach" budgets and stricter criteria for hosting air shows...
2014 Sun n Fun - Jetmobile - LiveAirShowTV | 747 Capt. Paul Holmes has taken a sketch on a bar napkin to the extreme with his Jetmobile built from a 747 engine! It won't get off the ground, but it's got 1st class seats, spiral staircase, smoke and sound effects! You've got to see this to believe it!
Behind the scenes at SUN ’n FUN * General Aviation News | SUN ‘n FUN was fantastic this year. If you didn’t make it to Lakeland, Florida, at the start of the month, be sure to put it on your 2015 calendar: April 21-26, 2015. We produce SUN ‘n FUN Today, the daily newspaper for the fly-in, so my view of SUN ’n FUN is slightly different....
Air show emphasizes old warbirds, new jobs - Arkansas Online | HOT SPRINGS — For airplane lovers, Aerospace Day at Hot Springs Memorial Field is a chance to take a close look at and even touch a variety of airplanes on the ground, and to take a short flight on a World War II bomber. For others coming to the airport event on Saturday, there will be opportunities for talking about careers in the aerospace industry. Representatives of companies involved in flight and two schools that offer training in building, maintaining and flying aircraft will be there to meet with perspective students...
GALLERY | Aviators flock to Esperance Aero Club fly-in * esperanceexpress.com.au | Visiting and local aircraft flock to the 2014 Myrup Fly-In on Saturday, April 12. Photos: Lauren Vardy.
Guard to announce plans for Fort Wayne air show - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | FORT WAYNE – The Air National Guard 122nd Fighter Wing will have a news conference Monday to announce developments for its next large-scale air show. Guard officials will provide a time frame for the show, identify performers they hope to secure and tell how community organizations can take part...
“Welcome Home” – Vietnam Veterans Tell Their Stories In Their Own Words · Warbirds News | Sleeping Dog Productions, Inc., a Wisconsin-based HD TV production house plans to launch a new television series about the Viet Nam War called “Welcome Home” for the spring 2015 season. Creators Jon Tennyson and Scott Guyette hope to release the series near the 40th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The city fell to the North Vietnamese on April 30th, 1975, and that date effectively marked the end of South Viet Nam. The last US personnel evacuated the city at that time in a painful, mad scramble of helicopters tracing back and forth from the US Embassy in Saigon to awaiting aircraft carriers...
Lt. Col. Cole and America mark a high-flying, hopeful anniversary - Shreveport Times | Even after 72 years, the flight has never really ended. This Friday — April 18 — marks nearly three-quarters of a century since the bombing raid in 1942 by a group who came to be called Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. Not quite five months after the Japanese surprise attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, 80 young Americans in 16 B-25 medium bombers took off from the deck of the USS Hornet, attacked Tokyo and other targets and proved to America, to Japan and to the rest of the world that the Japanese mainland was within reach of American firepower....
Lockheed Super Constellation walkaround — elegance in red stripes (Part I) by travelforaircraft | Is 
PHOTO GALLERY: MAPS Air Museum's P51-B - Canton Repository | MAPS Air Museum installs the P51-B aircraft on top of the new sign at International Parkway and Wales Road (Massillon Road)for all to see and enjoy...
SUPERB SHOT!!! * Bonjour BlueSky
NAHA Launches Wright Factory Fundraising Study · Warbirds News | Amazing as this might sound, the buildings from America’s very first purpose-built aircraft factory still stand, and a group in Dayton, Ohio is seeking to preserve them. The two structures pictured above date from roughly 1910/1911, and were an integral part of the nascent Wright Company, established by Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1909. According to a recent press release, “the National Park Service has identified the buildings as the first in America built for the purpose of producing airplanes. Adding the factory to the national park’s other five units would complete the story of the Wright brothers’ lives and their invention, development and commercialization of the airplane in Dayton...
