Wings Over Wiscasset Air Show thrills crowd - WCSH-TV | WISCASSET, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A big crowd had a great time at the Wings Over Wiscasset Air Show -- where the World War II planes of the Texas Flying Legends Museum gave quite a display. This is the first year the Town of Wiscasset teamed up with the museum to stage the event....
Winston-Salem air show expects boost in attendance - Greensboro News & Record
| The Winston-Salem Air Show could get a boost in attendance this year
because federal sequestration has led to the cancellation of air shows
across the country, organizers said. Of the typical 300 to 325 yearly
air shows throughout the United States about 65 have been canceled this
year, according to the International Council of Air Shows, an industry
trade association based in Leesburg, Va....
Snowbirds touch down in Penticton for big show - Pentiction Western News | The world tumbles tucked into the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Tutor jet and it cannot even come close to the most daring of amusement park rides. “No, no, no, this blows any roller coaster out of the sky,” said Capt. Thomas Edelson, squadron public affairs officer for the Snowbirds who are performing at the Penticton Peach Festival on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The only nine-plane aerial team in North America has become an icon for Canada in their 43 years. Ask a handful of people what the appeal of the Snowbirds is, and you probably get a handful of answers....
Bahamas resort slates invitational fly-in · General Aviation News Staff | Schooner Bay Harbour Village will host its First Annual Invitational Fly-In and South Abaco Discovery Weekend on Aug. 23-25. “We are honored to have this event hosted by Schooner Bay Harbour Village, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board, and Cherokee Aviation (FBO),” said Kurt Ave, event organizer....
Popular summer air show is grounded - Ledbury Reporter | THE future of one of the biggest summer shows in the area is in serious doubt. The Much Marcle model air show has been cancelled this year – for the fourth time in six years. And Bernard Morris, secretary of the Hereford Model Aero Club and the organiser of previous shows at the Rye Meadows site said the show will probably not take place next year either....
Breitling jets into Royal International Air Tattoo - WatchPro.com | The Breitling Owners Club had a strong presence at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), from July 19 to 21. | Breitling was sponsor at the Fairford event in Gloucestershire, alongside BAE Systems. The Breitling Owners Club played host to the RAF Red Arrows, the Frecce Tricolori, RAF Typhoon Display Team, RAF Chinook Display Team and the RAF Tucano Display Team to name but a few. BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, another member of the Breitling Owners Club, was also at the event...
52 Years of Human-Powered Flight · CAFE Foundation Blog | This year’s Icarus Cup, a human-powered flight competition, was held at Sywell Aerodrome, about 75 miles and nearly two hours north of London...
VIDEO: A flight in the restored WWII B-17 Bomber, 'Sentimental Journey' - In-Forum | FARGO – With unmanned aircraft almost certainly the wave of the future, big hulking planes might seem more like UFOs to today’s youth. That’s what makes an old war bird’s appearance this week at the Fargo Air Museum all the more important, said Dick Walstad, co-chairman of the Fargo AirSho. The B-17 Flying Fortress – nicknamed the Sentimental Journey – is one of three big World War II bombers stopping here as part of the Air Power History Tour put on by the Commemorative Air Force...
Vet and his Belle reunite with flight - Albany Times Union | More than 70 years after his first flight in 
a B-17 bomber, Earl Morrow took off in a Flying Fortress one more time Monday. Morrow, 92, sat calmly in the middle of the iconic World War II bomber for a quick flight from Albany International Airport and back, his seat belt fastened, a silver cane at his side. Wind whipped through open gun-turret windows as a dozen reporters joined by Albany County Executive Dan McCoy tiptoed around in awe and excitement, mixed with perhaps a dash of fear. While everyone else snapped cellphone pictures on a cloudless afternoon, Morrow sat with his arms on his lap, his lips curled in a slight smile...
Enola Gay Navigator Dutch Van Kirk –Warbird Radio | TUESDAY – PREVIOUSLY BROADCAST Oct 4th 2010 As reminder of what Dutch did on this date 68 years ago today, here’s the rebroadcast of our 1 year anniversary show featuring his interview. One year ago today Enola Gay Navigator Dutch Van Kirk was our first guest on Warbird Radio LIVE…tomorrow morning he’s coming back. Hear the story of the world’s first atomic mission from the last surviving crew member. Dutch’s story is one you don’t want to miss. We’re also giving away the Gary Velasco Nose Art Panel…so tune in.
Friends of the SAAF Museum Restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer - Warbird News | The Friends of the SAAF Museum located at AFB Ysterplatt in Cape Town, South Africa are in the process of restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer. One of sixteen S.50 Buccaneer variants flown by the South African Air Force (SAAF), Buccaneer 416 had a long career flying for the SAAF, serving from 1965 to 1991 when its type was retired from active duty....
The extra-Solar Impulse stunt - General Aviation News | Let’s get the obvious out of the way right from the start. The Solar Impulse is gangly, goofy-looking, slow, fragile, and can’t possibly carry the entire family in luxurious comfort to Aunt Sally’s house for the holidays. That pretty much covers what it’s not, a topic which seems to have gotten a fair amount of attention during the beast’s two-month journey across the continent. But when the Solar Impulse landed in New York, Kennedy Airport was abuzz with reporters who mostly missed the point of the flight....
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How Disney Made "Planes" Fly - Fast Company | On August 9th, the Walt Disney Co. is releasing its next animated feature:
Planes. Originally envisioned as a direct-to-DVD spin-off of Cars, the wildly
successful Pixar franchise, Planes was never meant to be as a big summer movie. But during production, a funny thing happened. Test audiences not only liked it, they really, really liked it. And so the decision was made to switch tracks and, not unlike the film’s protagonist--a lowly crop duster named Dusty (voiced by Dane Cook) who gets the chance to race around the world against a fleet of much bigger, faster, sleeker planes--the movie will now go up against some of the summer's tentpole offerings ...
"Planes" TV spot lifts American Air and Disney film - Chicago Business Journal | Tripp is the American Air character in Disney's "Planes." Perhaps you've heard. A new
American Airlines is arriving. And that new AA includes a new airplane livery, among a number of other changes. To help get out the word, American
has teamed with the
Disney Co. feature film unit for a cross-promotion keyed to the release of the new Disney animated movie "Planes" that debuts nationwide on Friday, Aug. 9....
Palm Springs Air Museum plays role in Disney's new animated film, 'Planes' - The Desert Sun | “Skipper” from Disney’s new animated feature, “Planes.” Disney photo submitted by Palm Springs Air Museum | Engine sounds for Skipper the Corsair, one of the characters in Disney’s new animated feature, “Planes,” come directly from the Palm Springs Air Museum, museum Managing Director Fred Bell said in a news release....
EAA AirVenture numbers - Today's TMJ4 | OSHKOSH - EAA AirVenture 2013 was a "soaring success." The nine-day event ended Sunday. And according to organizers, attendance was just what they expected. EAA Chairman Jack Pelton says 500,000 people visited the grounds in Oshkosh, and more than 10,000 aircraft flew into Wittman Regional and other local airports....
22 Observations about AirVenture 2013 - Flying Magazine (blog)
Jetman In The Sky OSH13 - But You Gotta look Close! (With Video) - AirPigz | We were tempted to call him Speckman rather than Jetman after Yves Rossy flew on Tuesday (July 30, 2013) at Oshkosh... apparently the FAA wouldn't let him fly any lower than 2,500' during the demonstration. The pic above was taken with a pretty long telephoto lens and he still looks really small! We all pretty much agreed that what he does is very cool and awesome, but it's not the world's best spectator sport. However, the live-feed that that LiveAirShowTV had up on the two big LED screens during the airshow did help a lot....
Emberland honored as AirVenture controller of the year · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH – Each year, the team of volunteer air traffic controllers who work throughout the week of EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh nominate one of their peers to be the recipient of the AirVenture Controller of the Year Award. The
National Air Traffic Controllers Association congratulates NATCA member Greg Emberland on receiving this prestigious award....
SALINE: Students honored at national aircraft show - Heritage Newspapers | ... As one of two winning teams, they, along with their teacher, Ed Redies, received an all-expense paid trip to Arlington, Wash. to take part in the Two Weeks for Taxi program and to the 2013 AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc. from July 28-Aug. 4. Another teammate, Aidan Muir, was unable to attend the trip due to a prior commitment....
