Fairview to host air show Saturday - Enid News & Eagle | Harris is returning to the air show. He is both builder and pilot for the award-winning Skybolt 300. He has performed in hundreds of air shows since 1995. In 2004, he founded Team Chaos with Neal Darnell and Guy Baldwin. Harris is known for his...
Thousands to watch Red Arrows aerial display - Gulf Daily News | THOUSANDS of people are expected to watch a dazzling acrobatic aerial display in Bahrain by Britain's famous Red Arrows on 
RAF Red Arrows - Official Page
IWM Duxford air shows announced for 2014 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | We are delighted to announce our air show season for 2014. We start, in May, by commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in magnificent style. July sees the nostalgia spectacular that is the Flying Legends Air Show while The Duxford Air Show, in September, offers a celebration of all things flying...
AIR BOSS Ralph Royce & Old School CAF Stories – Warbird Radio LIVE – Ep523 | Ralph Royce is one of the luckiest guys in the world when it comes to warbirds. He was the President of the then Confederate Air Force and one of the first directors of the Lone Star Flight Museum. Along the way Ralph’s served as AIR BOSS for hundreds of air shows and...
'Black Hawk Down' veteran recounts story to CAP cadets - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | VIRGINIA -- Twenty years ago this month, the Battle of Mogadishu ensued between U.S. military forces and Somali militiamen aligned with Mohammed Farrah Adid. The account of that battle is captured in the book and movie “Black Hawk Down.” Retired Col. Tom Matthews was there on Oct. 3 and 4, 1993. Mostly, he was overhead in one of the command and control helicopters and witnessed all of the major events. Matthews visited the Mount Vernon Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol recently to speak to cadets and volunteer officers about his experience.
'Movie Memphis Belle' stirs memories for veteran - Tbo.com | The plane, owned by the 
YPSILANTI TWP: Yankee Air Museum fails world record attempt, promises to try again - Heritage Newspapers | Among those gathered to help the Yankee Air Museum set a world record for the most Rosie the Riveters in one place were four of the original Rosies, who worked at the Willow Run Bomber Plant helping construct B-24 Liberators during the WWII. Bottom row ...
Le Bourget Air and Space Museum Restored Art Deco Terminal · Warbirds Update | The “Salle des Huit Colonnes” was restored thanks to historic photos–it was designed by architect Georges Labro for the 1937 Universal Exhibition. It features a checkered black and white floor and a domed glass roof. Swiss watch manufacturer Bell & Ross has sponsored the re-installation of a monumental clock, where each of the twelve points on the dial is a smaller clock indicating a time zone...
Aviation History - Flight To Success | ...So today my aviation history post is to share the history of a man who changed aviation history with his unwavering support. When I was 24-years old, with three small children, I was offered a job at Evergreen International Airlines. Despite flying having been my dream, I was scared. Scared to begin my career before my kids were in school. Afraid to leave them for the first week of training. Afraid to climb into that jet. This was the turning point of my airline career...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Eclipse Aerospace Has Major Presence on the Ground and In the Air | The Aero Experience continues our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 by bringing to our audience the Eclipse Aerospace EA500 Very Light Jet (VLT). The Eclipse Aerospace exhibit this year featured EA500 N61HF (s/n 12) from the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC). This aircraft, donated to the VAC and upgraded to Total Eclipse standards, serves to fulfill the VAC's mission of providing free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families for medical purposes....
Disney's Planes Salutes National Aviation History
Timeless Voices - Cecelia Stratford · eaavideo.org | Cecelia Stratford learned to fly in 1975. She earned multiple ratings and became a part-time flight instructor, serving in that role for a number of years. She now serves as an aviation mentor to young people.
Join Our EAA Family · eaavideo.org | Air show legend Sean D. Tucker tells you a few of the many reasons why you should join 180,000 passionate aviators and become an EAA member today! Visit eaa.org/join.
Navy Eyes Additional F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets - Aero-News Network | Move Could Mean Problems For Ramp-Up Of F-35 Production A pre-solicitation notice posted by the U.S. Navy for 36 additional Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters could mean a slower production ramp-up schedule for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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RV Pilot's Group Attempts World-Record Formation Flight - Aero-News Network | Planes Flew Over Arrowhead Stadium In Kansas City, MO Prior To Chiefs Game A group of RV airplane enthusiasts appears to have set a world record for a formation flight with an overflight of Kansas City's 
Arrowhead Stadium Sunday before the Kansas City Chief's game...
Government Not Required · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | If you haven't heard about it yet, a group of RV'ers recently got together to set a world record for the largest aircraft formation. Sounds like fun hu? Well, what number did you think of when I said "group"? 49, that's the correct answer. I believe they started out hoping for 45 or 46 but ended up with the greater number of 49. Whatever the case, I have to admit, the formation is something to see. It's not their first record though...
Ga. air show postponed due to government shutdown - The Associated Press | AUGUSTA, Ga. Organizers of an air show set for this weekend in Augusta say they've postponed the event due to the partial federal government shutdown. The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday that the 21st annual Boshears SkyFest has been rescheduled to April 26-27....
French aerobatics team gives perspective on World Championships - KXII-TV | DENISON, TEXAS -- They make it look easy, but there's precise techniques behind these flawless maneuvers. One of the teams that understands that well is the award-winning French aerobatics team. "When I flew it once, I said, 'Wow, I want it more ...
AV Air Show Recap « 910AM CBS Sports | We had the pleasure of attending the Apple Valley Air Show on Saturday October 12, 2013. The Just in Time Sky Divers were parachuting through the air to open the two shows.
SLIDESHOW Duxford celebrates 40 years of flying high with autumn air show - Herts and Essex Observer | The Autumn Air Show also celebrated the aircraft restored and flown by IWM Duxford's flying partners, who have been an intergral part of Duxford's flying heritage for many of the past 40 years. A four-ship of elegant aircraft saw David and Mark Millers ...
B-17 bomber plane 'Aluminum Overcast' comes to Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing - nj.com | From the communications system to the image of a blonde woman in a red dress riding a lightning bolt, almost everything on “Aluminum Overcast” is original. In addition to the crew members — pilots from the Experimental Aviation Association — and civilian passengers, there’s one noticeable difference: Aluminum Overcast’s new navigator, a brand new iPad mini sitting atop the control panel, stocked with maps and charts...
'Memphis Belle' B-17 Takes Flight In Savannah - WSAV-TV | Our B-17 mission for today is to educate the people of America about the courageous WWII veterans, and remember those brave aircrew who never made it home. "Memphis Belle" is a living museum, our heritage not in mothballs or the pages of a dusty book, ...
Ride in World War II B-17 bomber is unique experience - The Trentonian | World War II veteran George Prezioso offered preflight insight Monday before an Experimental Aircraft Association World War II vintage B-17 revved up for takeoff out of Trenton-Mercer Airport. “It's cool and it's loud,” shouted Prezioso, 94, a former ...
VIDEO: B-17 to offer flying tours of Savannah this weekend - Savannah Morning News | Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News Retired Marine Corps Maj. Bill Barnes, a veteran of the Korean War, looks at a photo of the original crew of the B-17 The Memphis Belle hung up inside a B-17 painted to look like the legendary bomber that was the...
Flight up memory skies: WWII veterans take to the air in historic planes - Star Community Newspapers | Other featured aircraft were Sentimental Journey, a B-17 Flying Fortress; Devil Dog, a B-25 Mitchell (PBJ); a P-40 Warhawk; and the only remaining Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Of course, Harper's choice was Diamond Lil, a B-24 Liberator. “There aren't too ...
Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane Back On - news.yahoo.com | A new search for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane will launch in 2014, according to an organization that has already launched several expeditions to the Pacific island of Nikumaroro.
Sharing Dornier footage with the world - Kent Online | Great Horwood C of E Combined School England, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, The Air Force Museum of New Zealand Museum plus the Pima Air & Space Museum/Arizona Aerospace Foundation to celebrate the launch of the exhibition. Visitors to ...
Whatever Happened to That Bücker? · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | A while back a fellow antique aviation nut posted a very unique photo online. I was immediately drawn to it. Obviously taken in WWII, the image was unlike any of the other hundreds of thousands of photos you've seen; a Bücker Jungmeister in American paint. Andy Heins, most commonly known for his love of Wacos, isn't one to turn away from any biplane. Vintage flying machines are something he connects with. And judging by what he told me about these photos, it runs in his family. For a great video of a Jungmeister flying in Germany in 1939, CLICK HERE. Here is Andy's response to my request for more information about the photo:...
The Sky Siren Flies · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | Mark Lightsey and his guys at Aerocraftsman have another success on their hands. The Sky Siren has flown. Friday, October 11th, marks the first flight of this highly modified Travel Air. Having been on the radar of “antiquers” for several years, its mods and paint scheme are things you can’t ignore. When you see it in person, you’ll be blown away...
[Photo] An unusual paint scheme on an ex-Polish Fishbed: Adversary Mig-21s have reached Florida - 
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright - Flight Image of the Day | Great picture here sent in by reader George Empson showing a Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter operated by the Australian army during a flight display over Brisbane. Love the reflections of skyscrapers in the windows.
X-47B Aircraft Recognized With Breakthrough Innovator Award - Aero-News Network | First Navy Program To Be Cited By Popular Mechanics Magazine The Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) Program ’s X-47B aircraft has been recognized by Popular Mechanics magazine as one of its 2013 Breakthrough Award recipients in an Oct. 9 announcement. According to Popular Mechanics, the X-47B is the first U.S. Navy product or program to be recognized since the awards began in 2005.
Red Bull Stratos FULL POV - Multi-Angle + Mission Data - www.youtube.com | Watch the full length Red Bull Stratos documentary only on Rdio: http://bit.ly/18T82Pd See through the eyes of Felix Baumgartner as he completes his world re...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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Aviation Community Shares Talents, Generosity at Labor Day Benefit Event - The Aero Experience | The Midwest Aviation community in the St. Louis and Metro East Illinois area came together today for a Labor Day Benefit Event hosted by the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and EAA Chapter 64 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The event was conceived by Brian Kissinger, USAF veteran, pilot, itinerant minister and two-time brain cancer survivor to raise funds for Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, Fisher House, and a fellow member of EAA Chapter 64 who needs temporary financial support to weather a family crisis. When Kissinger proposed the idea, the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and EAA Chapter 64 immediately agreed to participate. Hundreds of visitors enjoyed visiting the Museum and watching the aircraft fly in from around the region. What started out as an idea to help others turned into an enjoyable family-friendly day at the airport, and one that will affect those in crisis for years to come....
Fly-in and Air Show delights flight aficionados, fans for 49th year - Register Pajaronian | WATSONVILLE - The sheer thrill of flying has been a constant theme in Bill Sabo's life, from his time in the Vietnam War to a career as a commercial pilot to the cherry red 1966 plane he now flies for fun...
42nd Annual Stearman Fly-In Takes Off - KWQC 6 | The 42nd annual Stearman Fly-In is taking off in Galesburg. The event showcases World War II-era Stearman airplanes from around the country. There will be around 100 different Stearman airplanes flying into Galesburg this week to celebrate a rich history, both in the planes and the event itself....
Santa Monica Airport Celebrates Flight This Month - The Lookout News | In 1929, Earhart made her first attempt at competitive air racing during the first Women's Air Derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland, a race Will Rogers later niknamed the “Powder Puff Derby.” Earhart tied for first place. Ten years later, she would ...
Brothers help keep museum and air show soaring - Brownsville Herald | Many people know and love the Commemorative Air Force Museum and the Air Fiesta Air Show in Brownsville, but many people don’t know the people who put in an immense amount of work to produce the air show. The two men who have engineered the air show are brothers David Hughston and Chris Hughston. Both have had an interest in flying since they were young. David Hughston said that he and his brother grew up around airplanes...
Coles County Air Show 2013 - Daily Eastern News | Video
WWII B-17: Sentimental journey - WDAY | Bismarck, ND (WDAY TV) - Over the Labor Day weekend, you may have gotten the opportunity to visit a piece of history. For one veteran in Bismarck, he got the opportunity to relive his past thanks to a visit by a WWII B-17 Bomber. This boeing B-17 named Sentimental Journey is operated as a flying museum and veterans' memorial...
Memphis Belle B-17 Takes to the Baltimore Skies - Fox Baltimore | A restored World War II bomber made famous by the movie "Memphis Belle" has arrived at Martin State Airport in Middle River. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the historic B-17's last mission. The Memphis Belle will be open to the public and available for flights and ground tours this weekend on both Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8. The B-17 usually flies between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day with ground tours after the day's flights. Call ahead to book your flight....
Hot-air balloons to return to county - Williamsport Sun-Gazette | HUGHESVILLE - More than a dozen hot air balloons will decorate the autumn skies during the "Balloonfest, Air Show & So Much More" held by the Lycoming County Rotary clubs on Sept. 14 at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in Hughesville. This year's sponsors include the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Backyard Broadcasting, Muncy Bank and Trust Co., and Range Resources. Proceeds from the event will go toward funding charity projects around Lycoming County and offsetting the cost of next year's festival...
Eight Broken Bolingbrokes Go Towards One Flyer at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Warbirds News | The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum of Hamilton, Ontario, is in the process of restoring a Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT to flying condition. A variant of the Bristol Blenheim built under license by Fairchild-Canada, the Bolingbroke entered service with the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Coastal Command squadrons on anti submarine patrols, over both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, though most Bolingbrokes ended up being used as trainers for the bombing and gunnery schools of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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Air Tattoo celebrates best of British - Stroud News and Journal | TWO spectacular joint fly-pasts featuring the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows have just been announced for next weekend’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. On Saturday, July 20, the world’s premier aerobatics display team will fly in formation with British Airways’ brand new Airbus A380, the world’s largest commercial aircraft. The giant, two-decked airliner is the first of 12 ordered by British Airways. It only arrived in the UK from Toulouse earlier this month. The airline’s new 469-seat A380 will begin flying to Los Angeles from September 24 and to Hong Kong from October 22. On Sunday, July 21, the RAF Red Arrows will perform a fly-past with an Airbus Military A400M, the RAF’s future transport aircraft that is scheduled to replace the legendary C-130 Hercules when it enters service in 2015. The A400M was officially named ‘Atlas’ at a ceremony during last summer’s Air Tattoo....
Bob Carlton's Super Salto Jet Sailplane Soars Over Fair St. Louis - The Aero Experience | Bob Carlton has a reputation for launching innovative aviation projects, and at Fair St. Louis he demonstrated his current airshow offering: the jet-powered Super Salto sailplane. Along with being a
real rocket scientist, Carlton has flown many types of aircraft, including...
Fair St. Louis Brings Back Matt Younkin and His Beech C-18S "Magic By Moonlight" - The Aero 
Experience | Fair St. Louis again featured one of the more unusual aerobatic acts around, Matt Younkin and his Beech C-18S, "Magic by Moonlight." Matt Younkin continues the family tradition of providing original aerial entertainment for national audiences, this time flying the Twin Beech C-18S in dramatic rolls and loops over the St. Louis Mississippi Riverfront and again over St. Louis Downtown Airport last weekend....
Fair St. Louis Brings Back Matt Younkin and His Beech C-18S "Magic By Moonlight" - The Aero Experience | Fair St. Louis again featured one of the more unusual aerobatic acts around, Matt Younkin and his Beech C-18S, "Magic by Moonlight." Matt Younkin continues the family tradition of providing original aerial entertainment for national audiences, this time flying the Twin Beech C-18S in dramatic rolls and loops over the St. Louis Mississippi Riverfront and again over St. Louis Downtown Airport last weekend....
Vought Corsair Adds Warbird Presence to Fair St. Louis Airshow - The Aero Experience | Fair St. Louis Airshows featured several warbirds, one of which was the Vought F-4U-5 Corsair flown by one of its owners, Dave Folk. The Corsair was part of the 2011 Fair St. Louis Airshow, and it was great to have the huge World War II era fighter back in the lineup. The Corsair is unmistakable, with its inverted gull wings...
Rising Aerobatic Star Kevin Coleman Brings High-Energy Performance to Fair St. Louis Airshow - The Aero Experience | The Fair St. Louis was treated to several high-energy aerobatic performances by 21-year old Kevin Coleman during the series of airshows last week. The second-generation aviator and current full-time college student worked hard all week to smoothly interact with the other performers and impress another Midwest airshow audience. The Extra EA300SHP he flies is...
Fair St. Louis Features Midwest Airshow Favorite Aeroshell Aerobatic Team - The Aero Experience | 
For over 25 years, the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team has been entertaining audiences throughout the country (formerly as the three-ship North American Aerobatic Team), and the team has become a staple at Midwest airshows such as the Salute to Veterans Corporation airshow in Columbia Missouri and of course Fair St. Louis. There is nothing like the grace and beauty of the four red and white North American Texans as they dance across the sky in perfect formation...
Ohio Air News 240 - Charles Johnson | Duxford Air Show
Ohio Air News 241 - Charles Johnson | Southern Museum of Flight.
Memphis Belle B-17 on area educational mission - Meadville Tribune | ERIE — Poof! Out billows black and gray smoke and building, building, faster and faster the air fills with “wha-wha-wha-wha-wha!” repeated three more times over. The beast is alive and woe be to those inside and below. It creaks, cracks, squeaks, jiggles and wiggles. Touch its thin metal skin and you feel its heart beat. It shakes you to the bone. Slowly, slowly, slowly it begins to lumber. Oil leaks out and its olive drab paint glistens menacingly under the sun. With a roar and then huge buzz like a giant angry wasp, the 4,800 horsepower of its four small-car-sized engines defy gravity. This is the moment of no going back. After this, lives will change — good odds it will be yours — in blast, fire, blood...
WW II planes with local connection arrive - Steubenville Herald Star | WHEELING - An image out of America's past came to rest at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport on Monday. A B-25 bomber, designed by Wheeling native Howard "Dutch" Kindleberger, is on display on the runway for people to see. It is scheduled to be joined by a P-51 fighter plane Friday to kick off a weekend of aviation history. "All the action will begin at the airport Thursday through Sunday," airport Manager Tom Tominack said Monday afternoon....
Superb Restorations at Chino’s Air Museums - Airplanes Channel | Located in San Bernardino Country, California, the city of Chino has two museums which will be of interest to aviation enthusiasts – the Planes of Fame Air Museum and the Yanks Air Museum, both of which are located at the Chino Airport. The Planes of Fame Air Museum has a large collecting of both flying and static aircraft and is the base for restoration of rare and historic aircraft from around the world, while the Yanks Air Museum, as the name suggests, is devoted to restoring, preserving and exhibiting American aircraft and aviation-related artifacts.
PPG donates $15,000 to Air Force Museum Foundation · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio – The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $15,000 to the Air Force Museum Foundation for construction of a fourth major building at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The grant was made on behalf of PPG Industries’ aerospace business, which includes an application support center in Indianapolis....
Smart Promo: American Airlines Flies with Disney’s ‘Planes’ - Variety | As Disney readies to release its animated “Cars”-spinoff “Planes” next month, the studio has a high-flying promotional partner in American Airlines. Disney and the airline are collaborating on a campaign that includes traditional media buys, promotions and inflight entertainment. Deal also gives the airline the exclusive rights to offer “Planes” to its customers in October, one month before other carriers can play the film....
Special Announcement: Air Associates to Sponsor Team Coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! | The Aero Experience Team is proud to announce that Air Associates of Missouri and Air Associates of Kansas
will sponsor our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013! Team members
Carmelo Turdo and Fred Harl will be on the ground in Oshkosh from July
26 to August 3, bringing daily reports to our growing audience and
providing continuous special features throughout the next year until
July 2014. Air Associates of Missouri is regularly featured on The Aero
Experience, and we welcome Air Associates of Kansas as part of the EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 sponsorship...
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Heritage Aviation Days Airshow is CANCELLED | July 19, 2013 – July 21, 2013 | The Heritage Aviation Air Show originally scheduled for July 19-21, 2013 at the Penn Valley Airport in Selinsgrove, PA has been CANCELLED.
Gathering of Eagles – Lost Nation – Saturday · Steve Tupper | Yeah, being the narrator is cool. You get the ears of everyone at the show for 15 minutes each day. And, if you really rock that mic, you occasionally get asked to pick up another performer and narrate for him or her, too. It’s also cool to get up and fly the demo liaison and media flights, whether solo or in a formation. Watching the guy in the next aircraft over work out the camera angles and try to get the right light. Or watching the face of the guy in your own aircraft when you hand over the controls on a single-ship ride and and let him or her fly over his home town....
Good ole-fashioned Arlington Fly-In · General Aviation News Staff [with photos] | ARLINGTON, 
Air Power History Tour Flying into Duluth in August - Northland's NewsCenter |Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - A national historic air tour is coming to the Twin Ports this summer. The Commemorative Air Force "Air Power History Tour" will feature 10 different planes from war-time past. The Headliner is the B-29 Superfortress, known as Fifi....
Air Show Coming To Warsaw Airport - Stacey Page Online | It’s been several years since an air show was featured in Warsaw, but it’s happening this year and it promises to be a big event. The 2013 Air Show of Warsaw and EAA Fly-In will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Warsaw Municipal Airport....
Hunter wants numbers on air show - U-T San Diego | U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, has dispatched a letter to the Pentagon asking what math went into the decision to scratch military flights for the Miramar Air Show in October -- a move announced Friday that will drastically curtail what's billed as America's largest air show...
Goulian and Tucker to Give Aerobatic Performances at Plymouth Airport (KPYM) | Please join Goulian Aerosports and Team Oracle for an intimate, late afternoon air show. Watch aerobatic performances by superstar air show pilots, Mike Goulian and Sean D. Tucker over the Plymouth Municipal Airport (KPYM), Plymouth, MA on Saturday, August 24th, 2013. As new residents at the Plymouth Airport, Goulian Aerosports is producing this show with great community support from the 
Wichita Flight Festival poster contest winner announced - KSN-TV | City officials today unveiled the winning artwork for the 2013 Wichita Flight Festival poster contest. The first place entry titled “Flight over the Plains” was created by Wichitan Lacy N. Young. Her poster design will be used to promote the Wichita Flight Festival to local, regional and national audiences and be included on souvenir lapel pins....
Restoration of famed WWII bomber Memphis Belle flies high - CNET (blog) | Staring at the B-17, large parts of it nowhere to be seen, big holes in its belly, and little of its original paint, you would never know that this is one of the most famous planes in U.S. military history. Once just another B-17 bomber among thousands sent to Europe to fight World War II, this is the Memphis Belle, the plane that helped convince dispirited Americans that it might be possible to defeat the Nazis by successfully flying 25 bombing missions and then return home to the U.S...
SLIDESHOW: B-17 Memphis Belle - Meadville Tribune | SLIDESHOW: B-17 Memphis Belle.
2013-07-16 - Royal Thai Air Force F-16 Demonstration Team | ...Thailand traces its aviation history all the way back to 1912 when three of its military officers—Maj. Luang Sakdi Sanlayawut, Capt. 
Royal Thai Air Force Centennial Falcon | To signify the origins of flight in Thailand, the undersides of the aircraft feature a drawing of a Nieuport II—the first RTAF fighter aircraft. [More photos at link]
A Flight Out of the Past Lands at Local Airport - Wheeling Intelligencer | An image out of America's past came to rest at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport on Monday. A B-25 Mitchell bomber, designed by Wheeling native Howard "Dutch" Kindleberger, is on display on the runway for people to see. It is scheduled to be joined by a P-51 fighter plane Friday to kick off a weekend of aviation history...
Historic B-17 to take flight in Erie - GoErie.com | It is big, grayish-green, and smells of oil. At 68 years old, this B-17, nicknamed the Flying Fortress, is an aviation relic, designed just four decades after the Wright Brothers first bounced into the air from a North Carolina sand dune. Many of the more than 12,000 Boeing-designed bombers were shot down during the Allied campaigns versus Germany and Japan....
Movie Replica Mitsubishi Zero Goes on Display in Japan Warbirds News | ...Eien no Zero tells the story of Saeki Kentaro, who after failing the National Bar Examination several times who feels like he was losing a grip on his life, and his sister, Keiko, a freelance writer. The pair begin looking into the story of their looking up their grandfather, Miyabe, who died in the Second World War as a Kamikaze pilot. Miyabe had tremendous ability as a fighter plane pilot, but was extraordinarily afraid of death. His two grandchildren started wondering why he applied for the kamikaze corps and end up discovering a surprising secret....
2013 Doolittle Raiders Last Reunion By Herb Foreman | Frank Kappeler in 2006 in front of B-25 Sunday Punch at age 93. (Herb Foreman)Recently, many aircraft publications have contained articles regarding the 71st, and final, Doolittle Reunion held in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., April 16-20, 2013. Ft. Walton is where the original group came to practice short-field take offs flying from Eglin Air Force Base. The actual Rain, composed of 80 men in 10 B-25s, took place on April 18, 1942, eight days before my 16th birthday. I remember it well! My older brother had volunteered for the U.S. Navy the day after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese....
Nine-O-Nine: The Collings Foundation’s B-17 Flying Fortress Story Courtesy of The Collings Foundation | The sixth annual Bomber Camp held at Taigh Ramey’s Vintage Aircraft in Stockton, California was held on May 29-30 featuring the Collings Foundation’s famous B-17 Nine-O-Nine. Being used for the first time to drop 250 lb. concrete bombs this former air-sea rescue SB-17G s/n 44-83575 had last dropped a lifeboat more than 60 years ago prior to taking on this new role. Since its start in 2008 Bomber Camp had used the B-24J ‘All American’ to make the bomb...
Military Aviation Museum By A. Kevin Grantham and Stan Piet | The de Havilland Dragon Rapide. One of the museum’s crown jewels. This particular airplane was originally built in 1944 and is restored to resemble the aircraft that was ordered by the Prince of Whales in 1935. (A. Kevin Grantham)Virginia Beach, Va. is well known as one of the best places on the east coast to visit and enjoy the surf and sand of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the home of Gerald “Jerry” Yagen’s Military Air Museum, which is quickly becoming a major attraction for the resort town.
A Super Hornet's first flight · Dave Majumdar, The DEW Line | "One company pilot who flies some of these test missions is Steve \"Bull\" Schmidt, a former Navy F-14 Tomcat aviator. According to Boeing, Schmidt has flown more than 400 production first flights in the T-45, F-15 and F-18. In this video, Schmidt takes the viewer through one of these check rides...
Aviation Inspiration, Motivation, and Change... - Flight To Success | ...More than all this, he is yet another Alaska/Horizon executive giving back to the community. He has been visiting colleges and universities looking to address the pilot shortage. He is inspiring the students. I'm telling you, the executives at Alaska give back tenfold. Remember what Bill Ayer did in March?...
Saturday, July 13, 2013
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This Weekend: Find the air show closest to you on the Fencecheck calendar!
Pensacola Beach Air Show: Dress rehearsal wows crowd - pnj.com | Planes tumbled, twisted, fell and even flew backwards while trailing smoke for a light crowd on Pensacola Beach this afternoon. Today was just a warm up for the Pensacola Beach Air Show that is set to take center sky tomorrow, but today's crowds still got quite a show....
Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic, General Aviation Fly-In & Camping Among ... - PR Newswire | As the Black Diamond Jet Team takes to the skies above Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia, there will be plenty of action to enjoy on the ground as well....
Catalina airshow returns backed by Scheyden - AOPA Pilot | While the setting over Avalon Bay gave 
Head to Missouri for air show - Omaha.com | The Wing Nuts Flying Circus Air Show will perform Saturday at Gould Peterson Memorial Airport in Tarkio, Mo. Civilian and vintage military aircraft will be on the ground and in the air. Main events and fly-bys will begin at noon....
Pentagon cuts funding for Miramar Air Show - fox5sandiego.com | The Department of Defense said it won’t pay for military flight demonstrations at the 2013 Miramar Air Show, Marine Corps officials announced Friday. “The DoD decision is disappointing because of the air show’s long-standing tradition in the San Diego community, said MCAS Miramar commanding officer Col. John P. Farnam in a statement. “We always enjoy hosting our neighbors and highlighting our Marines and Sailors, showcasing the amazing things they do every day. But I also understand current budget restraints and the importance of being fiscally responsible.”...
Festival of Speed: Red Arrows – Video - Chichester Observer | THE Red Arrows displayed at Goodwood Festival of Speed today (Friday, July 12) before flying over Chichester city centre. The elite flying squad was at the festival to complement the Goodwood Aviation Exhibition, with many more displays planned over ...
Brazilian will be star of 25th airshow - Shields Gazette | THE 25th Sunderland International Airshow has been officially launched. The landmark event takes place on July 26, 27 and 28, and guest-of-honour at yesterday’s event was a Tucano T1 – a modified version of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-312 Tucano aircraft...
The Royal International Air Tattoo – RAF Fairford – 20th & 21st July ... · Entertainment Swindon | Few events can rival the intensity, drama and spectacle on offer at the world’s greatest Airshow. With over 250 aircraft participating and upwards of 130,000 visitors the Royal International Air Tattoo has been acknowledged as the world’s largest military Airshow and is one of the Uk’s premier outdoor events and a great extravaganza of entertainment for all the family...
The Patrouille de France in Prouvy before Paris - France 3 (translated) | For its 26th edition, the 
Airshow's future in doubt - NewsMail | THE future of the Wide Bay International Airshow is in jeopardy after the event's major sponsor ended its support. The airshow was already floundering, and it was announced last year the event due to be held in August this year would be postponed to 2014....
World's only flying B-29 Superfortress to visit Carbondale, Marion | Community ... - KFVS | Southern Illinois residents will witness an amazing sight Friday, July 19, when the Commemorative Air Force’s famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber "FIFI" – the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world – flies into the Southern Illinois Airport at Carbondale...
Memphis Belle B-17 Coming To Columbus - NBC4i.com | A one-of-a-kind bomber is coming to Columbus. A piece of American history called the Memphis Belle is back in the air. The B-17F Flying Fortress was one of the first American bombers to complete 25 combat missions over France and Germany during World War II. That was a major feat during a time when bomber crews were being lost at an alarming rate and America needed a moral boost....
Kangaroo Express Flugtag Team to Take Flight for Salute Our Troops - CSNews Online | CARY, N.C. -- The sky is the limit for this year's Kangaroo Express Salute Our Troops fundraising campaign. ...The team, piloted by U.S. Army airborne pathfinder and silver star-recipient Staff Sgt. Tommy Rieman, includes former U.S. Army counter intelligence officer Capt. Angela Amidon; retired member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott; former U.S. Army paratrooper Sgt. Andrew Ladner; and retired U.S. Army air component supervisor and drag racer Sgt. 1st Class Don O'Neal....
Ohio Air News 238 - Charles Johnson | Tom Beech - special on Jane Wicker -------Craig Matthai photos from Dayton, and a back cover special "looking for planes at Dayton"
WWII Ohio airman takes 1 more trip on B-17 - AirForceTimes.com | Joseph Dreher soared on the wings of World War II memories Thursday, driven by the roar of vintage B-17 bomber engines. During the war Dreher, now 88 and living in Rocky River, was a radio operator/waist gunner who flew 29 missions over Europe on a B-17 with the U.S. 8th Army Air Forces...
Woman aviator Barbara Erickson London remembered for playing pivotal role in Long Beach aviation history - Signal Tribune | Barbara Erickson London, a heroic aviator who helped pave the way for women pilots and played a pivotal role in Long Beach aviation history, passed away on Sunday, July 7 in Los Gatos, Calif., surrounded by family and friends. She was 93....
A Huey still in Vietnam - Travel for Aircraft | Some may argue the Huey is not the iconic symbol of the Vietnam War but they would be hard pressed to do so successfully. One of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") helicopters is exhibited on the grounds of the Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Nam) in Hanoi. It has U.S. Air Force markings but may be a U.S. Army aircraft since the U.S. Air Force primarily used the twin engine models. Regardless, the livery seems accurate...
Aviator celebrates 100th birthday with airport hangar party - Rome News Tribune | It was not your typical 100th birthday party celebrated by Earl Young of Rome Thursday night. The retired Air Force colonel was the guest of honor at a bash hosted by family and friends in Earl Tillman’s hanger at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport...
CoolPix: The New Goodyear Blimp (Zeppelin) Is Taking Shape! · AirPigz | Technically it's an airship 
PICTURE: A400M flies in Bastille Day rehearsal; but which one? · Craig Hoyle | We wrote a lot around the time of the Paris air show about how France's Bastille Day flypast (which will take place over Paris on 14 July) was a target for the nation to have accepted its first A400M tactical transport...
VIDEO: Typhoon near miss at Waddington Airshow - This is Lincolnshire | A group of plane spotters had a narrow escape during the RAF Waddington International Airshow when they dived to the ground as a low-flying Typhoon fighter jet came in to land....
Air Force Week in Photos | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
X-47B UCAV drone decided to abort landing attempt on aircraft carrier on its own without human intervention · David Cenciotti | As we described it earlier, a new era in carrier based aviation has started when the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia...
Friday, May 17, 2013
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Air shows suffer due to sequestration, Hondo Fly-in expected to draw crowd - Bandera County Courier | Hondo's own Commemorative Air Force Tex Hill Wing is named for famous AVG ace David "Tex" Hill. Special recognition will be given to all military veterans and active duty personnel. The Air Force Band of the West will provide music for the opening and...
Briefs: Hollister Air Show approaches, VFW needs volunteers and more - Hollister Free Lance | HOLLISTER – The Hollister Airshow will be May 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hollister Municipal Airport. See thrilling aerobatic maneuvers in the sky and motorcycle demonstrations. Tickets are available at the airport manager's office at 90 ...
Fulton flying club to host Fly-in Sunday - Canton Daily Ledger | he Fly-in Drive-in will include a car display and plane rides as well as an appearance of the 1944 B25J Mitchell Bomber form the Commemorative Air Force-Missouri Wing. The Bomber will land at 8 a.m. and will be available for rides for people of all age...
Planes of Fame To Host ‘Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft’ Living History Event - Warbird Radio | Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) is presenting its monthly Living History Event Day this Saturday May 18th 2013. From 10am-12pm the event ‘Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft’
will take place. Aviation historians and modeler builders Charlie
Isaacs and Kevin Thompson will provide an overview of Italian military
aircraft through the years. A first for the...
First-ever display by the Eagle Squadron opens the Spring Air Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Spring Air Show (Sunday 26 May) commences its flying programme in superb style with the first-ever display of the Eagle Squadron, a historic four-ship comprising a Hawker Hurricane, upermarine Spitfire, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and North American P-51 Mustang. P-51C Mustang Princess Elizabeth was shipped over from the USA specifically for the Spring Air Show....
Stearman Flight Formation Clinic Held at Creve Coeur Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Last Saturday was a busy day for The Aero 
Experience. While Carmelo Turdo was at Air Associates of Missouri covering Cessna Demo Day, Fred Harl and I were covering the Bonne Terre Community Airport ribbon cutting ceremony. After each event we converged upon Creve Coeur Airport as we received information that there was going to be a clinic on formation flying in the classic Stearman biplane. Of the 12 Stearman...
The Allen Airways Fly In San Diego May 10-11, 2013 from Photorecon by Douglas Aguillard | Now I have always been a huge fan of aviation, but more towards the planes of the second World War and after, so when I got a call on a Thursday night from a fellow Photorecon photojournalist, about covering a story for him, I was a little apprehensive, as the story was about a group of Boeing/Sterman owner’s who would...
Warbirds invitations go out - Otago Daily Times | Reporting to the annual meeting of the Warbirds Over Wanaka Community Trust this week, general manager Ed Taylor said he had contacted the air forces of Australia, France, Singapore and the United States about the Easter 2014 show but had yet to hear ...
Memphis Belle Anniversaires Highlight Aircraft’s Famous Past - Warbird Radio | The National Museum of the United States Air Forces reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend. Seventy years ago, the B-17F Memphis Belle was flying over the skies of Europe on bombing missions during World War II. Today, the famed aircraft is undergoing restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
Captain William Stewart "Bud" Orr, USN (Ret.) and co-author Fran E. Orr from What is Silver Wings Over Washington? by Ron David | ...Please join us to welcome our eclectic and entertaining Speakers Captain William Stewart "Bud" Orr, USN (Ret.) and his charming and beautiful co-author Fran E. Orr...
Documentary on Cliff Robertson underway from General Aviation News | Academy Award winner Cliff Robertson was a talented actor and a skilled and accomplished aviator and no doubt both will be featured prominently in a planned documentary to honor him....
Orville Wright letter to be auctioned off from General Aviation News | One of aviation’s greatest storylines comes to life during Swann Auction Galleries’ Autographs Sale on May 23. On Nov. 10, 1921, Orville Wright sent a typed, signed letter to the publisher of Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, in response to the controversy surrounding the Langley vs. Wright flight...
The Aviators adds Joe Ellis to Season 4 cast from General Aviation News | The international docuseries “The Aviators,” which can be seen weekly on most public television stations across the U.S., will add airline captain and professional musician Joe Ellis to the cast for Season 4 as one of the program’s hosts.
Chapter to Finish Fallen Member's Plane from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A special project is occurring at the EAA Chapter 79 hangar on Spokane, Washington's Felts Field. About a dozen chapter members are working to complete panel work on the RV-8 owned by a fellow member, United States Air Force Capt. Tyler Voss, who was tragically killed along with two other airmen when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed on May 3 in Kyrgyzstan.
A Morning visit to MCAS Yuma. from Photorecon by Douglas Aguillard | On May 9th, the United States Marine Corps invited a select few members of the media to the Air Station for an “Open House” of the new faculties that have been built on the base for the latest Marine Corps addition to it’s aviation wing, the Joint Strike Fighter, a.k.a, the F-35B Lightning II, made by Lockheed. Photorecon.net was represented...
SolarWorld e-One is an Electric Plane with Over 600 Miles of Range - Inside EVs - InsideEVs | How is it that electric aircraft can stay airborne for 1000 km and as long 8 hours at a speed of roughly 75 mph? According to the manufacturer, it's possible because the SolarWorld e-One requires only 2.5 kW of power while in flight. When the sun is ...
Jackie Chan shows off his Embraer Legacy 650 from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | 
Young Eagles rally at Fallbrook Airpark includes 1000th flight - Village News Network | FALLBROOK – During the Young Eagles rally held at Fallbrook Airpark on Saturday, April 27, the 1,000th youngster was flown out of Fallbrook Air Park. The Young Eagle was Dacy Denton, 8, of Fallbrook, and the pilot was Don Evans, also of Fallbrook.
Monday, April 29, 2013
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Manitowoc air show fills gaps with civilian acts - The Advocate | MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — The producer of the Thunder on the Lakeshore air show in Manitowoc says he and others are working hard to fill gaps in the lineup left by federal budget cuts. The armed services grounded their top jet teams as well as smaller...
Air Shows not Worried about Federal Budget Cuts - WMTV - HomePage - WMTV | Paul Rodgers is president of the Milwaukee Air and Water Show. He says the August show will have a strong lineup without the Thunderbirds and Golden Knights. Rodgers says one group that's coming includes former Golden Knights and the show could ...
Air Show Returns to Eastern Alabama - Flight Journal | The Auburn University Regional Airport is bringing the first true air show to eastern Alabama since 1984 when the Auburn-Opelika Airshow kicks off on May 11. Attendees will be able to watch aerobatic displays, see vintage warbirds, participate in the Touch A Truck event and see the newly constructed terminal at the Auburn University Regional Airport....
California Capital Airshow Announces Stellar 2013 Performer Line Up | SACRAMENTO, Calif. 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....
Natural High: Wilma Flies with Blue Angels - fox8.com | Her fear was so genuine she prepared for the worst and even wrote what she thought might be a final love letter to her husband. But the chance to fly with the Blue Angels was another challenge Wilma Smith accepted and overcame. In the clip above, join ...
Rare B-17 WWII Bomber Flies Into Eugene Airport for Public Flights, Tours from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | The Experimental Aircraft Association’s restored B-17 bomber 
Aluminum Overcast will make a three-day stop at the Eugene Airport May 17, 18 and 19 as part of its 2013 “Experience History” national tour. The public will be able to see this historic bomber up close and purchase rides at Atlantic Aviation, 90454 Boeing Drive, located at the south end of the airport. Visit this map to the viewing location. Known as “The Flying Fortress,” this extremely rare B-17 bomber is considered one of the greatest military airplanes...
Here's how you can take a flight in a B-17 bomber - Statesman Journal | The Memphis Belle is a restored World War II B-17 "flying fortress" that is on a tour celebrating the 70th anniversary of the bomber's historic last mission. It will be at Portland Hillsboro Airport on May 4-5 offering public flights and ground tours ...
Youngest 'pilot' steals limelight at air show - Times of India | The youngest 'pilot' in India came to Thrissur to participate in an air show at Punkunnam Vidya Mandir School on Saturday. And he enthralled the audience by flying a life-like model of NF2070 aircraft at a height of 1,000 feet. Though there were other ...
Hill Goodspeed: Miller was the driving force behind Doolittle Raiders - Pensacola News Journal | Arriving at Eglin Field, Miller was escorted to the building set aside for Doolittle and his men, where he got his first look at the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, a plane in which he would teach the Army Air Forces fliers how to fly from the deck of an ...
Benjamin H. Danskin - phillyBurbs.com | During World War II he served in the Army as an Officer and trained as a B-25 bombardier navigator. After the war, he graduated from Dickinson College with a degree in political science. An avid golfer, Ben was more than a 50 year member of Spring Lake ...
L-29 Dolphin Insanely Low Fly By from TAKEOFF TUBE
'The Earhart Enigma': A new book with a Saipan connection - Marianas Variety | A new book has just been released alleging evidence relating to the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart, the famous aviatrix believed to have once been a prisoner of the Japanese in the long abandoned, crumbling jail
Formation flight Sunday. Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawks. From Attack... from Planeshots
Aero club members celebrate 75 years - The Daily Post | Almost 40 pilots, air traffic controllers and friends and family enjoyed a day of nostalgia at the Rotorua Airport on Saturday to commemorate the Rotorua Aero Club's 75th anniversary. Club secretary Andrew McMenamin said those attending enjoyed a ...
HCISD teen aviation enthusiasts learn flight basics - Valley morning Star | These students are members of the Aviation Club at HHS. The club's mission is to give students an opportunity to learn the basics of flying an aircraft and open their eyes to the career opportunities that aviation can bring, said Dr. Timothy Jordan ...
Spacevidcast: The cool kids work in Mojave from Spaceports
SpaceShip Two hopes to break sound barrier Monday - Tehachapi News | News reporters usually don't learn about the flights at Mojave Air & Space Port until after the fact. Last week was a major exception. In an interview published Tuesday by the Las Vegas Sun, Virgin's founder, Sir Richard Branson, said the six-passenger ...
Monday, April 1, 2013
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Air show begins Wednesday - The Lawton Constitution | The Wings of Freedom Tour will set down Wednesday through Friday at the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport. Visitors will get an up close look at the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang and Messerschmitt Me 262 four planes used in the aerial battles of World War II in Europe and the Pacific....
EAA Chapter to honor aviation legend Steve Wittman from General Aviation News | On April 13, Oshkosh’s local EAA Chapter 252 will host a pancake breakfast fly-in to commemorate legendary pilot and aircraft designer S.J. “Steve” Wittman’s 108th birthday. This event is open to the public. 
Warbirds And Legends Event To Feature Vintage TWA Story from Aero-News Network | Lockheed Model 12 In TWA Livery Joining The Event The year was 1932. America struggled to launch airline service that could reliably connect major cities. In this time, names like Jack Northrup, Howard Hughes, Donald Douglas, and Paul Richter were industry giants of early airline travel. Paul Richter was an experienced line pilot, but he also held an executive position of the fledgling Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA) in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Richter flew the Douglas DC-2, the DC-3, and both the Lockheed Model 12A and the Model 18.
Lehigh Valley International Airport will host airshow this August - UPDATE - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com | Charles Everett, the airport's executive director, said at today's Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority meeting that LVIA should be able to draw 15,000 people and turn a $30,000 profit at the airshow Aug. 24 and 25. The airport has not hosted an ...
Video: B-17 'Memphis Belle' vintage aircraft flies into Long Beach for anniversary - Daily Breeze | LONG BEACH -- Laurence Stevens was a 19-year-old B-17 tail gunner, dozing off above Brux, Czechoslovakia, in 1944 when a jolt snapped him alert. Dozens of white parachute canopies were blossoming in the freezing stratosphere as B-17s began ...
World War II planes are star of living history exhibit - Austin American-Statesman | For $12, people interested in touching military history can also see a B-17, B-25, P-51 Mustang, a Huey helicopter piloted by Medal of Honor recipient Major Stephen Pless during the Vietnam War and a even German ME 262 jet. A ticket allows people to ...
Korean Aerobatic Team 'Black Eagles' - Ariring | Korea's air force aerobatic team 'The Black Eagles' will now operate under a separate command raising the status of the decorated demonstration unit. The Air Force announced that it will hold the inauguration ceremony for the new unit at its Wonju base on Monday....
Julie in the Sky - Check out the latest: Reno Air Race galleries for many of the racers, the F4U-1A Corsair at Planes of Fame, and more.
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - DAY SIX from Royal International Air Tattoo News | The week is nearly over - find out our sixth announcement and see what you can win today!
British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 from Planeshots
B-25 flyover preps for Opening Day - WXIX | In preparation for Opening Day, a B-25 and two Korean-War-Era planes flew over the Tri-State on Saturday. The B-25, owned by Cincinnati Warbirds, and two prop trainer planes took off from Clermont County Airport around noon on Saturday for a 45 minute ...
Aviator Ball on April 27 to honor Vietnam War veterans - Tulsa World | TASM Executive Director Glenn Wright (left) joins Larry Anduss, former Air Force pilot and TASM board member; Lee Hubby, Aviator Ball chairman and TASM board member; Hobie Hammond, former Huey helicopter pilot; and Barbara Smallwood, TASM ...
Alberta Aviation Museum gets extra special delivery from Holland - Edmonton Journal | Alberta Aviation Museum gets extra special delivery from Holland. Public will get chance to sit in cockpit of speedy 1950s-era Starfighter plane.
Georgia Museum Of Aviation Downsizing from Aero-News Network | Thirty-Two Aircraft To Be Relocated Or Scrapped For the first time in its 29-year history the Georgia Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA, is having to take a step backwards, and is cutting 32 aircraft from its inventory. Some will be moved to other museums or put into storage, but others, among them a cold war iconic B-52 Stratofortress, will be scrapped.
Osa’s Ark from Apron 6 | First picture for the last album of the photoflying days. These last few pictures will be about the S38′s departure. I’m glad to have photographed the last take of at Zoersel as the plane is being sold to Kermit Weeks and we probably won’t see it back in Belgium. Some more info can be found [...]
Open Days in Strasbourg Aerodrome Polygon from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | Polygon Strasbourg airport | Open Days | 27, 28 and 29 April 2013 | Alsace and its capital offering European owners had a meeting on the former airfield Strasbourg Polygon (LFGC) where the association "Les Ailes du Rhin History" is now based....
A blast from the aviation past from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...Here's a 1930's dramatized film report about the journey. We've covered the China Clipper flying boats in these pages before, so those who remember that earlier article can see some of them in operation here....
Thursday, March 28, 2013
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Accountant wins Red Arrows experience
- Bournemouth Echo | AN accountant swapped her
computer for a cockpit
yesterday after her firm won a prize of a ride in a jet formerly used by
the Red 
Red Arrows to return to Swansea this summer
- This is South Wales | Red Arrows to return to Swansea this summer.
Trusted article source icon. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Profile image for
RichardYoule · RichardYoule. Follow. THE Red Arrows are returning to the
skies above Swansea! The display team will be performing at...
#Oshbash Will be 'Rockin' With Help From Ardy & Ed's! from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | The Airplanista Blog Meetup, #Oshbash, is set to bring the aviation family and Twitter #Avgeeks together at EAA Airventure Oshkosh on Wednesday night, July 31 from 5:30 - 7:30pm in the EAA Press Tent. We'll be...
Preparations under way for October air show - NeighborNewspapers.com | Preparation and fundraising are under way for the Salute America 2013 Air Show at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport. Air Show director Brent Sparks updated the Paulding County Airport Authority last week on the progress of the show, set for early October....
Exhibition Bucharest International Airport Moves to Dubai April 8 from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | The last day of the exhibition “Woman in Aviation” at Henri Coanda, Bucharest International Airport was March 25....
WWII hero Farrow, NASCAR great Yarborough join SC Hall of Fame - The State | ...Farrow was
posthumously inducted for his role in the famed Doolittle Raid in April 1942. His crew bombed 
Podcast: Dick Rutan Remembers from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | It's only been 27 years since Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew around the world without refueling, but the technology that has been introduced since then would make it a much different trip today. Rutan spoke with AVweb's Paul Bertorelli after speaking to the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Las Vegas.
Solar-Powered Plane Uses Its Lightness To Fly In The Dark - NPR (blog) | Next month, a very odd looking plane will take off from Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., and head east to New York. The Solar Impulse — the world's first solar-powered plane — is capable of flying nonstop all day and all night. Its creators ...
Local pilots recipients of Wright Brothers award - Polson Lake County Leader | Timm was a flight instructor for the Wright-Patterson AFB Aero Club. Hiss military career was in intelligence, and he retired as a colonel in 1992. He amassed more than 5,000 flight hours and has flown 50 aircraft makes and models. Morin recalls that ...
The Jolly Green Giant approaches from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | The Jolly Green Giant
Video: This Is The Way To Start Your Day! (F-18 Cat Launch From Cockpit!) from AirPigz by Martt
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Expands Scholarship Program from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) has expanded its scholarship program to include Wisconsin students enrolled in aviation/aerospace courses of study at out-of-state colleges and universities.
Disney's Planes Cast Revealed! - Babble | Roger Craig Smith (Captain America in Disney XD's “Marvel's Avengers Assemble,” voice of Sonic The Hedgehog in “Wreck-It Ralph”) voices world champion racer Ripslinger—wings down, the biggest name in air racing—and he knows it....
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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25th Annual 2013 Salute To Veterans Airshow - STLtoday.com | Columbia, MO: The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to come celebrate a major milestone at their 25th Annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend at Columbia Regional Airport on...
August airshow planned at Allentown airport - Allentown Morning Call | The Lehigh Valley International Airport will host an airshow in late August to raise money and awareness about the Allentown facility, where passenger traffic has slipped. The Iron Eagle Aerobatic Team, an all-female sky diving team and ground exhibits...
Ellsworth cancels annual Dakota Thunder airshow - Rapid City Journal | Ellsworth Air Force Base said Monday that it has cancelled this year's Dakota Thunder air show following federal budget cuts that took effect this month. The air show has been been hosted every two to three years at Ellsworth for decades. At a typical...
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - DAY TWO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | Welcome to Day Two of the Air Tattoo's 'Magnificent Seven' Easter Egg-stravaganza of Aircraft.
AIRSHOW NEWS: RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day is a finalist in the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day has been named as a finalist in the Tourism Experience of the Year category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013....
WWII Avro Anson plane airshow star - 3News NZ | Organisers say computer games have driven interest in aviation heritage. But it's a rare World War II-era bomber that should attract the most attention. A 10-year restoration effort left the Avro Anson looking just as it did during the Second World War...
Opening Day festivities at Turner Field are set - AtlantaBraves.com | During the National Anthem, four T-6s of the historic Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will perform a flyover across Turner Field. Fans will see former third baseman Chipper Jones on the field for the first time out of his uniform when he will...
Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Into Cathedral Catholic [Gallery] - Patch.com | The Leap Frogs jumped from the aircraft immediately following an appearance by the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard and the singing of the national anthem. The jumpers deployed their gold and blue parachutes and activated green smoke grenades to make...
Air Force Museum Hosts Aviation Film Festival from AVwebFlash Current Issue | To celebrate the installation of its giant new movie screen, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an all-aviation film festival, April 12 to 14. The museum's 400-seat theater is re-opening after an $800,000 renovation, featuring a high-definition digital 3D screen that stands six stories high and an all-new sound system. The Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation...
Faribault Area Balloon Rally & Airfest to return this fall - Southernminn.com | A group of hot air balloons are prepared to be launched at the beginning of the 2007 Faribault Area Airfest and Balloon Rally. The event has been on hiatus since 2009, but will return this September.
Boots Blesse flies west from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force legend was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery March 22, officially "flying west." Retired Maj. Gen. Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a double ace pilot, passed away Oct. 31, 2012. He retired from the Air Force April 1, 1975, and into his final days, the Air Force was a consistent part of his life....
Moon landing jump starts general's own space legacy from Air Force Link Top Stories | When Neil Armstrong made history with man's first footsteps on the moon, Susan Helms needed a little nudging
from her mom to get excited. And get excited she did. She realized that there would never be another first step on the moon, and even as a young 11-year-old, knew the feat was something special. Little did she know that a little more than two decades later, then Maj. Helms would be the first woman military astronaut to fly in space....B-17 'Memphis Belle' vintage aircraft flies into Long Beach for anniversary from LGB - Long Beach Airport Spotting and News by Stephen Tornblom |LONG BEACH -- Laurence Stevens was a 19-year-old B-17 tail gunner, dozing off above Brux, Czechoslovakia, in 1944 when a jolt snapped him alert. Dozens of white parachute canopies were blossoming in the freezing stratosphere as B-17s began plummeting toward the ground.... [video]
Yorkshire Air museum in awards final - The Press, York | THE Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York, has been named as a finalist in this year's Visit England Awards For Excellence. The museum has made the shortlist in the category of Tourism Experience of the Year, following its French In York...
Air Force tells stealth pilots it has no cure for 'Raptor cough' - RT | Air Force pilots employed to fly the US military's F-22 warplanes are experiencing breathing problems and coughing fits caused by plane's oxygen system – and officials say they have no solution for this problem. Despite at least one fatal crash that...
Air Force Memorial Launches New Website - Sacramento Bee | The website has undergone a total redesign to better provide people with information about visiting the memorial, hosting an event, accessing its heritage archives, leaving a tribute for a friend or a family member, and much more. ... the United States...
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns successfully to Earth from Flightglobal Events | The SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned successfully from its third flight to the International Space Station, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean. The...
