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Fans of aviation enjoy Blue Angels downtown Cleveland fly over during photo ... - NewsNet5.com | CLEVELAND - Visitors to Voinovich Bicentennial Park in downtown Cleveland received an aviation treat Wednesday as pilots with the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, performed a fly over during an official Blue Angels photo shoot....

Teachers fly with Navy Blue Angels - NewsNet5.com | CLEVELAND, Oh. - Two Northeast Ohio teachers had the rides of their lives today. Josh Hubeler, of Lutheran West High School and Nick Lapsevich, who teaches at North Royalton High School, each spent 45 minutes getting a bird's eye view of the area from the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet, the current jet of choice for the Navy Blue Angel Squadron. The Navy Blue Angels are in town for the 2014 Cleveland Air Show which takes place this Labor Day Weekend.  Hubeler, who is also a soccer coach, and Lapsevich, who coaches basketball, were chosen as part of an outreach program to get the word out about career opportunities in the Navy....

Upping the excitement: Cleveland Air Show's soaring return - fox8.com | CLEVELAND– The Blue Angels gave Northeast Ohio a preview of what we can expect this Labor Day weekend, during a unique photo shoot with Cleveland’s city skyline serving as a backdrop Wednesday afternoon. Organizers of the 2014 Cleveland National Air Show are promising this year will be bigger and better than past years, with fans already fueling the excitement....

Comic, singer, Thunderbirds to fly high at Glacier's Mountain Madness Airshow - The Missoulian | KALISPELL – A comedian … a singer … a performer whose ballet-like act involves something called the “Outside Humpty Bump.” Put them on a stage and you might have a show. Then again, you might not. But put them in the skies over Kalispell – a much better spot for them, given that they’re all pilots – and you’ve got part of Saturday and Sunday’s Mountain Madness Airshow at Glacier International Airport. Kent Pietsch (the flying comic), Will Allen (the flying tenor) and Gary Rower (a commercial airline pilot whose passengers on overseas flights presumably never experience the “Outside Humpty Bump”) aren’t even the main attraction...

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Help out Team Ruby - Donate! * Pylon Place | Have you ever wanted to sponsor an Air Races Team? How about Team Ruby!

18th annual Airfest held at Cape May County airport - NBC40 | A local aviation museum is playing host to some very impressive aircraft this week. The 18th annual Airfest kicked off Wednesday at the Cape May County airport. Guests of the airport's Naval Air Station Museum will get the chance to see several famous World War II aircraft....

47th annual BBQ, Fly-in Sunday - The Trinity Journal | The 47th annual Lions Club BBQ and Fly-in will soar from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, in Trinity Center.  Festivities begin at 11 a.m. with the opening of the Art and Craft Faire. A barbecue meal is available from noon to 5 p.m. with live music from 1 to 5 p.m. The barbecue is held on the grounds of the Trinity Airport Resort, a beautiful park-like setting adjacent to the airport on Airport Road....

Flight enthusiasts can take a 'Sentimental Journey' - Stafford County Sun | "Like a child in wild anticipation, I long to hear that 'All aboard.'" Even though Frank Sinatra's "Sentimental Journey" home was on a train, residents in the Culpeper area can take a sentimental journey of their own by visiting Culpeper Warbird Week at Culpeper County Airport....

Photos: B-17 Flying Fortress comes to Baltimore * WBAL Baltimore | The Movie Memphis Belle is the B-17 that visitors can explore at Martin State Airport. Made in April 1945 and never used for combat, it's one of the few B-17s left that can still take to the sky. WBAL-TV/Katie Lange. View Large. Photos. The Movie...

1937 Electra being restored for trip home to Prague - Kansas.com | A 1937 Lockheed 10A “Electra” — sister to the one flown by aviatrix Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated final flight — is getting new life inside a Newton hangar. Restoration work is underway by Wichita Air Services’ vintage aircraft maintenance and restoration business at the Newton City-County Airport.  Work began nearly four years ago...
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AirVenture remembers Paul Poberezny * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Instead Red One, the iconic red Volkswagen that Paul Poberezny used to tool around the grounds, was parked as part of an exhibit remembering the man who dreamed up the idea of the Experimental Aircraft Association and AirVenture and watched EAA...

Emily Deem flies with the Thunderbirds | Photos: FOX 11's Emily Deem got to fly along with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds! - Video

Video: Thunderbirds wow the crowd at AirVenture * The Northwestern | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed for the first time at EAA's AirVenture convention Friday.

Wisconsin governor declares week of AirVenture ‘Aviation Week’ in the state · General Aviation News | Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has declared the week of July 28 through Aug. 3 “Aviation Week.” The proclamation coincides with the week of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. In Wisconsin, general aviation accounts for $694 million annually in economic activity statewide....

Janet the Gannet Spins Her Props in Two Directions | What has two concentric propellers turning in opposite directions, is the last flying example of its kind, answers to Janet, and is at...

Pretty Rare Pretty Lockheed | With great expectations of sales into the business aviation and small airliner market of the 1930s, Lockheed designed a smaller version...

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Wednesday Night Air Show * EAA | Thousands stayed late for the first of two night air shows and fireworks this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014.

EAA AirVenture 2014 - In The Air · eaavideo.org | Behind all the air shows, displays and activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 lies a common theme: the love of flight, the spirit of aviation.

Rebuilt 'Baby Ace' plane brings AirVenture back to its Wisconsin roots * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ken Mehre (left), project manager for the “Baby Ace” kit plane, led the Wausau chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association in rebuilding the open-cockpit, single-engine plane started by EAA's late founder, Paul Poberezny. The replica is on display...

The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - Day 4 * Crowd Album 878 photos

Farnborough vs. Oshkosh: Contrasting Events of Kindred Spirits| Brats and cheese vs. fish and chips, the Thunderbirds vs. the Red Arrows, and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh vs. the Farnborough International...

Victim of Thursday AirVenture crash was experienced pilot * The Oshkosh Northwestern | Jim Oeffinger, 74, of Versailles, Kentucky, died when his single-engine Breezy airplane crashed in a grassy area east of the airport's north-south runway at 9 a.m. Thursday as Oeffinger was returning to the Experimental Aircraft Association's...

Tucker Honors, Thanks Young Eagles ‘Heroes’ * EAA | Hours before he was to go flying with aerobatics great Sean Tucker, Aaron Wypyszynski was floating on cloud nine. Back on the ground that afternoon, however, it didn’t appear that Wypyszynski would be coming back to Earth anytime soon...

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RIVERSIDE: Air show returns on Saturday, April 6 - Press-Enterprise | There are more than 200
acres of displays including military aircraft, warbirds and replicas and helicopters. However, the stars of the annual event, which draws 90,000 people each year, are the aerobatic routines, which will include the work of stunt...

Editorial: Another splendid air show - Marlborough Express | The aviation world has come to expect a lot from the organisers of the Classic Fighters air show at Omaka every other Easter, and it is easy to see why. The whole three-day show runs like clockwork. Nothing can be left to chance by reason of the age ...

Sonex Waiex to Attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In

Waukegan air show still flies, despite other cancellations - Lake County News Sun | In Waukegan, the 2012 event featured an F-18 Superhornet from the U.S. Navy and an A-10 Thunderbolt from the U.S. Air Force, but the show's usual backbone consists of restored warbirds and other aircraft from private organizations. Waukegan's tower ...

Annual Air Show Adds Features, Invites Honor Flight To Participate - Osprey Observer | For the 39th year, the Lakeland sky will become the destination for thousands of pilots, airplanes and air show enthusiasts as Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Inc. kicks off its annual exposition of everything airborne. This year’s event which attracts almost 200,000 attendees each year, will be held April 9-14 at...

Hangar 24 anniversary party to feature air show - Redlands Daily Facts | Ben Cook, owner and master brewer at Hangar 24, was involved in the Redlands air show until its last run in 2010 and attended many others. "It's going to be unlike any air show that has gone on anywhere," Cook said. The cost to attend will most likely ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Cosford Air Show on right track from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Exciting plans for this summer’s RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show are firmly on track thanks to a partnership deal with Arriva Trains Wales.

Queensland Air Museum Aero Engine Run Day - My Sunshine Coast | The Queensland Air Museum presents its collection of historic operational aircraft engines in a special display of aviation horsepower. The awesome sight and sound of a 1500 horsepower 14 cylinder radial engine powering up is an unforgettable...

Airshow visitors surveyed - Marlborough Express | Almost 1000 of the estimated 30,000 people at the Classic Fighters airshow at Omaka during the weekend were polled as the Marlborough District Council worked to get a better understanding of the effects the airshow has on the region's economy. Council ...

Arnot made life worth living - Breckenridge American | One day, our reward was getting to fly in Bill Arnot's “Silver Lady,” a vintage World War II B-25 Bomber. I was excited but hesitant because I had never flown in a plane before. The day came when all of our troop met at the Stephens County airport and ...

Former Blue Angels member becomes commanding officer at Pensacola Naval Air Station - WPTV | Captain Keith Hoskins is now in charge | Hoskins flew with the Blue Angels flight demonstration team from 1999 to 2001. The U.S. Navy on Thursday extended the practice schedule for the flight team through April 5. But four April appearances have been cancelled because of possible federal ...

Former CAP member named to Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | ILLINOIS -- A former manager of the Mount Vernon Airport will be honored posthumously next month when he becomes a member of Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. Max Firebaugh, who served as the airport manager for 22 years, will be inducted during the Illinois Aviation Conference’s banquet May 16 at the i-Wireless Center in Moline.

World War II vet welcomes vintage aircraft in Fort Worth - WFAA | During World War II, Fort Worth built thousands of B-24s. The Collings Foundation said Witchcraft is the only combat version still flying. The warbirds will be at Fort Worth's Meacham Airport until early Wednesday afternoon. For $425, you can take a ...

New Bessie Coleman eBook from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | Jacksonville, FL – As she proved throughout her sky-high career, Bessie Coleman was unstoppable. When U.S. flying schools refused to allow her entry, she quickly learned French and departed for France, gaining her pilot’s license from the coveted Caudron Brother’s School of Aviation in just seven months....

Museum announces initial sequestration impacts from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will close its Presidential and Research and Development Galleries until further notice beginning May 1, 2013, as part of budget reduction
requirements due to sequestration.

Stately Ladies from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | New Zealand's population of Douglas DC3's has been photographed over the weekend with the two ZK examples present at the Classic Fighters Airshow, Omaka on Saturday 30 March and N451SZ still static at Christchurch....

Become History from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Anne Simpson, Museum of Flight Trustee, commercial airline pilot, and all around great lady is working her wings to the bone trying to get a Lockheed Electra, just like the one Amelia flew, to Seattle's Museum of Flight....

A380 double flyover from Flight Image of the Day by Stuart Clarke | A Qantas A380 and Emirates A380 flew in formation over Sydney Harbour this morning, to mark the commencement of the global aviation partnership between Emirates and Qantas.

Autistic teenager uses flight to conquer his fears from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | VIRGINIA -- A teenage boy on the Southside got an opportunity of a lifetime last week, thanks to his new membership in Civil Air Patrol. He flew 3,000 feet in the air. For 13-year-old Jacob Fretwell, it was extra special because he had to conquer a big fear to do it....

Marion Military Institute Awards First Flight Training Scholarships for 2013 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MARION AL- On March 28th, Colonel David Mollahan, USMC (Retired), President of Marion Military Institute, presented three $1000 scholarships to Cadets Daniel Devine, Ryan Johanson, and Jake Tumbleson. The endowed scholarships are specifically intended to ensure the success of cadets participating in the MMI Flying Tigers Flight Training Program....

'Young Eagles' give future pilots their first flight - 9NEWS.com | KUSA - The Young Eagles program took over 40 students between the ages of eight and seventeen flying last Saturday at Front Range Airport. Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum and the Aurora Public School District put on this weekend's event.

Space mission undergoes restructure, moves to ACC from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | Air Force missions continue from their current locations after today's restructure of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.

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Parade of Flight, Centennial Celebration Pack Coronado - Patch.com | Reports from people on the bridge said it took more than an hour to cross around noon, an hour before the airshow, and all traffic entering Coronado was ...

CoNA Centennial of Naval Aviation Kick Off San...  - ASB.tv  Photos and more [pictured]

Parade of Flight Brings Out San Diego Pride - NBC San Diego | Tens of thousands of people had their heads turned to San Diego's skies Saturday at the US Naval Aviation Program's Parade of Flight, ...

Centennial of Naval Aviation from Military Photos

From Shelter Island, Navy parade was a flight down memory lane for many - San Diego Union Tribune
US Marine Corps CH-53 helicopters fly in formation over downtown San Diego during the Navy's 100th anniversary celebration of Naval ...

We will miss idli and dosa, say foreign pilots - Times of India | Foreign pilots, crew and maintenance teams who were in Bangalore for the air show, have been away from home since early January. And while home does beckon, ...

Gallery: Flying Bulls Touch Down In Bangalore from Aerial Sports Feed 

Dubai Air Show Has Most Amazing Aircraft and Weapon Models Ever by Jesus Diaz | I went to the Dubai Air Show this week, got into a Typhoon fighter cockpit, tickled the most powerful gas turbine in the planet, explored the belly of the biggest cargo plane in the world and jumped aboard the fastest turboprop plane ...

AirVenture to Celebrate 75th Year of the Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior - EAA Airventure | One of the world’s classic airplanes, the Lockheed Electra Junior Model 12, flew for the first time on June 27, 1936 - 75 years ago this year - and that milestone will be celebrated at AirVenture Oshkosh 2011. Les Whittlesey, of Chino, California, owner of an award-winning Model 12A NC18906, is leading an effort to get as many L-12 owners as possible to bring their airplanes to Oshkosh this summer.  “The plan is to get together, maybe even arrive at the same time in trail, and all park in the Vintage Aircraft area,” said Whittlesey, EAA 409631. “Ideally we’d love to get 12 airplanes to participate” for the Model 12, but he admits a more realistic goal might be six. Special presentations at Oshkosh on the L-12 will be announced as they are confirmed. 

Aviation Centennial shows “Sculpture in Motion” in the Sky - Examiner.com | You will appreciate why many of these aircraft delight millions at the San Diego Air & Space Museum and Smithsonian Museum of Aviation History. ...

Aviation enthusiasts take to sky during fly-in - Lufkin Daily News | “I do aerobatics competitions and cross-country air racing, and fly for personal business,” Ely-Street said. “My husband has been flying his whole life and ...

The Restorers – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday from WarbirdRadio.com | MONDAY – Adam White from the new PBS television series The Restorers joins us on Warbird Radio LIVE.  Adam worked on the Emmy award winning film The Red Tail Reborn and the The Restorers documentary.  The new series seeks to bring the excitement of warbirds to Public Television.  Hear the details tomorrow morning at 10am (EASTERN) right here on Warbird [...]

Sun ‘n Fun unveils evening programs from General Aviation News | This year’s line-up of evening programs at Sun ‘n Fun ranges from a panel of Navy pilots commemorating the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation and one of the most recognized names in general aviation for more than a half century  — Paul Poberezny — to a look into the future of aviation by the world’s most acclaimed futurist. This year’s fly-in takes place March 29–April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Fla. ...

Curtis HS 2 L Flying Boat from Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics

Shark Bites from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | Over on the IPMS Uruguay board is a magnificent 40+ page thread on shark mouth decorated aircraft. It's a well known, well-worn topic, but this picture selection is a magnificent achievement with a much wider range than the usual 'Flying Tiger' P-40s. ...

Air Force Museum - Polished Lance | My camera has been stowed away for the last month or so. The gloom, cold, and snow has kept me indoors, and I’ve been generally feeling uninspired. Things are brightening up though and I hope that a muse hits me upside the head here pretty soon.

Controlled Chaos… from Vintage Aviation Photography Blog | One of the toughest things any photographer can be called upon to do is to create an image of a large group of people. I’m not talking about five or six people, but of several hundred people…the ultimate group shot.  Over the last couple of years, I’ve created the annual group shot of the Women in Aviation International gathering during Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Last year was no exception, and based upon the previous year’s experience, I had a solid plan in place to improve the image, or so I thought.  Little did I know…
   
Spy plane a hit - Warrnambool Standard | The 12-year-old, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, was one of a number of ill children invited by the Warrnambool Aero Club for a special flight in a former ...

Boeing's 747-8 is unveiled in Everett, Wash. from Photoblog | Katie Cannon writes:The factory in Everett, Wash., where these planes are produced is the largest building in the world by volume and covers nearly 100 acres. For more fun facts on the facility that is located roughly 30 miles north of Seattle, click here, and if you are planning a trip to the Seattle area, you may be interested in booking a tour of the plant here. ... 

Finally Revealed: The Stretched 747-8I from Things with Wings

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is red (hint) from Plane Talking 

How To Make an AMAZING military paper airplane ?... Here It is ..! from Defence Talk Forum | This is an amazing method about how to make a flying military paper airplanes… It can good flying and it has good shape like real military airplane…

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