Thunderbirds announce 2014 officer selections | U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds - afthunderbirds.com | April 12, 2013 – NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. 
Gilmary M. Hostage III, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2014 demonstration season.
Soaring high at the Sun 'N Fun Fly In - ABC Action News | LAKELAND, Fla. - It's a busy day at the Lakeland Regional Airport where the Sun 'N Fly In is taking off! Sean Daly is flying high with Team Aerodynamix. He's also finding out what's going on over there this weekend and what you need to know before you go!
B-25 Panchito's 2013 Sun N Fun Flight - www.youtube.com | Larry Kelley and the DAV Flight Team takes B-25 Panchito up for a flight at the 2013 Sun N Fun airshow in Lakeland, Fl.
Splash In 2013 from Photorecon by Mark Hrutkay | For the last 6 years, as a part of Sun n Fun, Kermit Weeks has hosted an event as unique as his Fantasy of Flight attraction. You see when Kermit was looking for a place for Fantasy of Flights, he was looking for a nearby lake too. So he bought lakefront property on Lake Agnes in Polk City Florida. Not...
"Pieball" UCAP Daily #323-echo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jack joins Dave Allen & Howie Marling on their Sun n Fun Radio show Morning Runup to admire the annual mass balloon launch at the 2013 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in.
Seafair lands jet team to replace Blue Angels - The Seattle Times | Seafair lands jet team to replace Blue Angels. With the Blue Angels' 2013 schedule falling victim to federal budget woes, Seafair fans of precision flying teams will rely on the California-based Patriots Jet Team, a nonprofit group with largely...
KC Air Show canceled - KCTV Kansas City | The governmental sequestration resulted in the cancellation of all military support for the entire air show industry. This includes appearances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Army Golden Knights and military static aircraft. All of those flying ...
Jon Egging Trust is flying high - Bournemouth Echo | Flight Lieutenant Egging, inset, died when his jet crashed after a Red Arrows display at the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival Dawn said the fact that Daily Echo readers chose the trust for the donation made the donation “special”. Each week Yellow Buses...
World War II pilot gets flight of a lifetime - MyFox Houston | The lovingly restored plane belongs to 
the Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing. The members wanted to take Marvin for a ride to thank him for his service. Marvin was a wartime pilot himself, with 1680 hours in his log book. He didn't see combat ...
Leonard Earl Zink - The Durango Herald | He was a tailgunner on a B-25. “I loaded the bombs and delivered the bombs,” he once said. “After an extensive tour of the South Pacific, I finished the war in the Philippines.” After returning from the war, he married Bette Means in 1945. The Zinks...
Draken International from Photorecon by Mark Hrutkay | Draken International is a company on the rise. They provide contract air services for military use and are based at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland Florida. In simple terms, they can perform any mission that military aircraft are designed to do. As you walk in the front door, between an A-4 Skyhawk and a MIG-21, you pass through...
Golden Hill from Photorecon by Mark Hrutkay | People love to look inside things, inside a locked closet. In the attic. Inside a locked safe. For fliers and aviation historians for some reason closed hangars are more interesting than open ones. I was fortunate growing up, I had a father who liked to do the same thing. He’d pull the hangar door open a crack and I’d shine...
Selfridge Military Air Museum opens for 2013 season with new aircraft on display - Oakland Press | See the history of military aviation come alive as the Selfridge Air Museum is now open to the public for 2013. The museum, inside the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, was established in 1979 to recover the history of Selfridge ...
Video: F-35B Attempts To Burn A Hole In The Earth At Night! from AirPigz by Martt | It's old news now but the F-35B (the Marine variant that includes Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing [STOVL] capabilities) made its first nighttime vertical landing back on April 2, 2013. But, like me, you might have missed seeing the video... so here it is for you to enjoy....
This is as close to flying a MiG-29 as you can get without actually flying it! from David Cenciotti's weblog | Here are two videos showing a transfer and operations of Polish MiG-29′s during the Baltic Air Policing mission which is a NATO initiative of conducting air monitoring of the Baltic region....
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...
Russia to boost space spending to $51.8 billion over the next six years to 2020 from Spaceports | Marking the 52nd anniversary of Yuri Gagarin making the first manned space flight, Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the construction site of the Vostochny launch pad in the Far East and said the government would earmark some 1.6 trillion rubles ($51.8 billion) for the space industry through 2020 to make up for the years of under-investment, according to the Itar-TASS news agency....
Russia Looking to the Moon from Spaceports | Russia's celebrating Cosmonautics Day, marking the first manned flight into orbit, by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. And, 52 years later, the...
Europe teaming with United States for human deep space missions in next decade from Spaceports | NASA and the European Space Agency are teaming up on an American project to go farther into space than ever before....
Scripps ship named after Sally Ride - U-T San Diego | ... talked about the majesty of Earth's oceans from space, and this fitting tribute will give inspiration to those exploring the inner space of our ocean depths as well as outer space," said Francis French, education director at the San Diego Air ...
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Angels old, new set for air show - Grand Junction Sentinel | Photos by Gretel Daugherty—A Blue Angels banks left as it prepares to land at Grand Junction Regional Airport, one of six F/A-18 Hornets to fly in Wednesday. The Blue Angels will perform during the West Star Aviation Grand Junction Air Show on Friday ...
Air show's 'Super Saturday' to offer day, night flying - Midland Reporter-Telegram | Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. both days of the air show. A non-denominational worship service will be held in the CAF chapel at 10 a.m. Oct. 14. Flying will begin noon Sunday and conclude at 5 p.m.. Advance tickets are now on sale at area Domino's, 7 ...
AIRSHO to provide weekend of entertainment - Odessa American | Julie Clark's T-34 Mentor will fly in the night show, as will the Indy Boys' Jet School Bus that travels more than 300 miles per hour. “So we're excited about, really, the best family entertainment you can get for AIRSHO,” Brown said. Some 60-plus ...
Reno Air Races 2012: Gallery of Pictures from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky
Precious Metal: Take-off at RENO from Julie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | Precious Metal P-51 on take off at the Reno Air Races during the “Gold” trophy competition in the unlimited class on September 16th 2012. The missing starboard clam shell landing gear door can be clearly seen and is still attached to the airframe at this point. Video is presented at 20% of normal speed (Slow [...]
CoolPix: Reno 2012 - Precious Metal Evening Engine Run... Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | I had several really great opportunities to take my photography up a few notches at the Reno Air Races this
Aviation day landing at Brooklands - Elmbridge Guardian | Visitors will also have the opportunity to speak to the RAF and other experts from the Air League, Women in Aviation and British Airways about careers not only in piloting or navigating, but in engineering, design or for cabin and ground crew positions.
Aerospace, Defence Airshow Takes Off - AllAfrica.com | Pretoria — More than 28 countries will showcase their different aircraft's capabilities at the 7th Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) airshow, which kicked-off at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria. Defence and Military Veterans Minister ...
St. Louis Area F-101F Voodoo Fighter Jet Display Getting Face Lift from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A fighter jet on display in north St. Louis County is getting a face lift from local volunteers. The aircraft, a McDonnell F101F Voodoo interceptor trainer retired from the Texas ANG, was moved to the James Eagan Civic Center at Florissant Valley Park in 2004 and put on display at the crest of a hill some distance away from the main buildings. Recently, the aircraft was vandalized, leaving fire...
Rocky from Vintage Wings of Canada by DavePhoto by Melissa Kamphuis | Vintage Wings of Canada dedicates all of its aircraft to famous and no-so-famous Canadian airmen whose lives are 
Video: Super Legend Flight Trial from AVwebFlash Current Issue | American Legend gained success with its popular Legend Cub, and now it's followed up with a new Lycoming-powered version of the airplane. If you like the Super Cub, you'll like the Super Legend, too, because its performance is quite similar. AVweb ventured to Legend's Sulphur Spring, Texas 
homebase to fly the airplane, and here's a video report on the flight.
A World War II-vintage C-47 versus a modern anti-aircraft missile from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The South African Air Force Forum (a private forum not related to the SAAF itself) has published a very interesting thread about a SAAF C-47 transport of World War II vintage that was struck by a Soviet-made SA-7 missile in 1986. Here's an after-action picture of the damage...
Ode to the Bubble By Mark Huber Air & Space magazine | The Bell 47, famous as the star of “Whirlybirds,” was the DC-3 of helicopters. Could it make a comeback?
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Hundreds of thousands expected to attend air show - ABC 4 | LAYTON (ABC 4 News) - The
"Warriors over the Wasatch" air show returns to Hill Air Force Base this weekend and they're gearing up for a big crowd. That's because the last time this event was held in 2009, about 400000 people showed up.Memorial Day parades and ceremonies in Belleville and metro-east - Belleville News Democrat |An air show will feature historic aircraft, including a B-25 J Mitchell Bomber. There will also be a military medal and helmet display and a display of military vehicles. Complimentary shuttle service will be provided by Monroe-Randolph Transit from...
Vintage Aircraft Tell Tales of Past and Present - Patch.com | Geico Skytypers make special appearance in advance of weekend's big air show at Jones Beach. By Joe Dowd Marguerite Peugeot of Oceanside gets a front-row seat in the cockpit of a vintage WWII T-6 Texan, now a high-tech member of the Geico Skytypers...
Shell Knob Fly-In is Saturday - Cassville Democrat | Turkey Mountain Airport in Shell Knob will be hosting the first fly-in of the season on Saturday, May 26. In addition to area pilots and planes arriving at the gathering, a Super Cub group from Gaston's Resort will be using Turkey Mountain Airport as a...
All set for air tattoo - This Is Wiltshire | THE dramatic flypast of RAF Hawks that flew over Windsor Castle at the weekend as part of the Armed Forces' tribute to the Queen will provide the centrepiece of the Royal International Air Tattoo's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
May 24, 1930: Crowd wowed by stunt flying as Red Deer airport officially opens - Edmonton Journal | Thousands turned out to watch an air circus hosted by the Red Deer Aero Club at the official opening of the Red Deer airport. Addressing the crowd, Mayor Harold J. Snell pointed out the historic location of the field, 5.5 km south of town on the main...
A day out for Dallas aviation enthusiasts - Dallas Morning News | Take to the Skies AirFest features two days of air shows, static displays, rides and more. Spanky Gallaway, commentator for the Red Bull Air Races, will be the announcer. See solo aerobatics, formation flights, precision teams and the ARC Aerobatic Air...
Andrews air show switches to biennial event from Air Force Times - News | MORNINGSIDE, Md. — Officials at Joint Base Andrews near Washington say budget cuts are forcing them turn a popular air show into a biennial event instead of an annual one.
Cazaux, in secret Alphajets - The Dispatch Basin (translated) | Twelve aircraft, nine pilots and thirty-seven mechanics for the Patrouille de France (PAF). The device, installed this Thursday, May 17, on the track of the Cazaux Air Base 120, is supported by a Tra On the sidelines of the gathering of seaplanes...
B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" flies over Seattle - Seattle Post Intelligencer | The WWII-era B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber is one of only a dozen remaining airworthy aircraft. From May 24 through 27, the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Museum of Flight will offer ground tours and "mission" flights over the Seattle area...
Remembering a fallen hero - Willcox Range News | He was a radio operator with a 10-man crew flying the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. These four-engine bombers were considered at that time to be the most advanced bomber in the world. Powered by four 1200 HP turbo-charged cyclone radial piston engines...
A-10 jet engine nacelle damaged by missile in Iraq on display at Air Zoo - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com | ... Selden | Mlive.com Master Sgt. Ron McKellar closes the back of the Penske truck that transported an engine nacelle off an A-10 Thunderbolt that wasmoved from the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base to the Kalamazoo Air Museum on Wednesday, May 23.
Free admission to Grissom Air Museum on memorial Day - Kokomo Perspective | Grissom Air Museum is offering free admission to the public on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day. Families are encouraged to spend the day at the museum, and to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at the picnic pavilion.
Spitfire Classic from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | About five years ago I stood on the 10th
tee box at a golf club which occupies land along the Nation River directly adjacent but lower than the former No. 10 EFTS at Pendleton. It was a lovely, hot afternoon in the dead of summer. I waggled my driver over the ball and looked up at the fairway – a par 5 dogleg right, into the afternoon sun. I froze in mid-waggle. Rounding that dogleg about 400 yards down and 200 feet up was a Spitfire, sun dazzling off its banked wings, looking like it might have in East Anglia in the hot summer of...Wingsuit Skydiver Lands Without Chute (On Purpose) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Forty-two year-old Gary Connery Wednesday may have become the first person to land a wingsuit without first deploying a parachute, on purpose and without injury, with the aid of about 18,000 cardboard boxes. Connery performed the stunt near his hometown of Henley, England, and flew two test jumps from a helicopter hovering at 2,400 feet about one mile from his landing site. He landed those under canopy,...
Chip Yates announces plan to trace historic Lindbergh transatlantic flight in electric aircraft -
autogreen | Chip Yates retired his electric motorcycle last year after setting records at the Mohave Mile and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and notching several (slower than Lightning) FIM World Land Speed achievements on the Bonneville Salt Flats. If you thought he was done with his pursuit of battery-powered feats, however, you have underestimated just how crazy this Californian is. Case in point? He's just announced a plan to trace the path Charles Lindbergh took during his historic flight from New York to Paris in an electric airplane....Four years later from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | ...Another year has come and gone as I sit here writing about my annual birthday flight. It's hard to believe that I've already been flying at Stewart for four years; it's still as great as it was the first time I set foot there in 2008. Today there was a new twist to the annual fun - my friend Mike went flying in the other Cub at the same time....
"King Tut" UCAP #287 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
The Inquisitive Astronaut - airspacemag.com | Don Pettit turns his curiosity—and his camera—loose on board the International Space Station.
Blue Origin Charon VTOL test vehicle on display at Museum of Flight from RLV and Space Transport News | ...KENT, Washington. – A new exhibit opens today at The Museum of Flight in Seattle that features Blue Origin's first flying vehicle, Charon. Built as an early development project in 2005, Blue Origin has loaned the vertical take-off, vertical-landing jet-powered vehicle to the Museum. Charon will be on display in the new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery on the west side of the Museum of Flight campus, accompanied by the NASA Full-Fuselage Space Shuttle Trainer and the TMA-14 Soyuz space capsule...
Would You Ride This Pencil-Shaped Capsule To Space? from POPSCI | The amateur rocketeers at Copenhagen Suborbitals are getting closer and closer to orbit, testing a new bi-liquid fuel combination for a hand-built, donation-funded, non-profit rocket. The group tested its alcohol- and liquid oxygen-powered TM65 rocket over the weekend, the largest amateur bi-liquid rocket in the world....
100-year starship projects from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Tonight, High Power Rocketry points us to a proposed fantasy-scale project that would Build the Enterprise. The term fantasy-scale, borrowed from NAR contest rocketry, implies a flying model of a fictional or proposed, but unflown, subject. The term fantasy further implies because the scope of the project will...
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