Blue Angels flew over Nashville today * The Tennessean | The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, flew over downtown Nashville this morning. The Blue Angels are a group of U.S. Navy pilots who do air shows all over North America to showcase the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. They will...
Skytypers Prepare for Ocean City Air Show * WBOC TV 16 | OCEAN CITY, Md- On Friday morning, a select group of photographers and reporters will have the opportunity to fly in vintage WWII planes in preparation for the Ocean City Air Show. Each trainer plane has been equipped with cameras to record the ...
High-flying fun in Smyrna as Great Tennessee Air Show takes to the skies this ... * The Daily News Journal | Get ready for some high-flying fun as The Great Tennessee Air Show returns to Rutherford County Saturday and Sunday at the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport, 278 Doug Warpole Road. Here are 10 need-to-know details about the event. 1. Gates open at 8...
Marshall County Airport to host Father's Day fly-in/breakfast * Peoria Journal Star | LACON — The Marshall County Airport will host its annual Father's Day Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast Sunday at the facility off Illinois Route 17 just east of Lacon. A hearty breakfast of pancakes, sausages and waffles will be served from 7 a.m. to noon...
Air Race Classic plans local landing at Vermillion airport * Danville Commercial News | The race carries on a tradition of women's air racing that dates back to its beginning in 1929. Planes are expected to land at the airport by 8:30 p.m. June 18 and will take off at 6:30 a.m. June 19. According to Gagnon, the planes — consisting of all...
CAF and EAA Announce "Heavy Bombers Weekend" * AVweb | The Minnesota Wing was the very first charter unit of the national headquarters wing of the Commemorative Air Force and operated as a maintenance support arm to help the CAF's mission and its ever growing fleet of rare aircraft. Today, the...
Complete (unofficial) A-to-Z guide to Farnborough Air Show 2014 * gethampshire.co.uk | The Red Arrows, the Great War Display Team and the F-35 Lightning II are just some of the aircraft booked to attend. So, to help give you an idea of what to expect we've compiled the unofficial Farnborough Air Show A-to-Z. While some letters were...
Photo: The Red Arrows and The Union Flag * Portsmouth News | He says: 'Like many others last Thursday I was there with my camera taking as many photos of the excellent Red Arrows wowing the crowds as they executed their amazing aerobatic display, one of the photos that I took I felt captured the D Day...
Video: P-51st Return to Normandy for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day * SLD | 06/11/2014: Historic P-31 Mustang aircraft fly by Gray Army Airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a “Victory” formation, June 6, 2014. Greg Anders (wing) is flying a P-51D from Heritage Flight Museum; John Sessions (lead) is flying a P-51B from Historic Flight Foundation; and Carter Teeters (wing) is flying a P-51D from Flying Heritage Collection....
Park and ride to Dayton Air Show from museum · National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Those who want to take an easy route to the Vectren Dayton Air Show may park and ride from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
South Shore Air Show Pulls Harrier From Its Lineup * Aero-News Network | Cites Unrelated Accidents Involving Marine Corps Aircraft Organizers of the South Shore Air Show have quietly removed Art Nall's Sea Harrier from its lineup following recent accidents involving similar aircraft belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps in recent months...
NTSB issues preliminary report on Cowden air show crash * Leader-Telegram | A preliminary report on the airshow crash that killed Menomonie pilot Bill Cowden says a postaccident examination of the airplane did not immediately reveal any mechanical problems that would have prevented normal operation. Cowden, 47, an...
George H.W. Bush takes a skydive: That's one way to celebrate 90!
- today.com | Two years ago, 
Mary Feik to be Honored at Wright Bros National Memorial · WAI Connect Blog | Mary S. Feik, WAI 53, has been named the 2014 honoree to be inducted into the Dr. Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine located in the Museum and Visitors Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The induction ceremony, including the unveiling and presentation of a portrait of Mary will be held on December 17, 2014, with a celebration banquet held on December 16 in Kitty Hawk....
“Rosie The Riveter” Speaks To Women In Aviation About Work During Wartime * CBS Local | Walters, 91, is still in pretty good health, she took questions from members of the Women in Aviation local chapter during a small gathering. “We were constantly putting panels on … and doing other things,” she said. Walters came from Wisconsin to...
Spanish Air Force Polikarpov I-16 Rata: Air-to-Air & History · Warbirds News | Based upon an 
Stabilized video of the accident that almost killed Neil Armstrong · Gizmodo | US Navy pilot, war veteran, aerospace engineer, astronaut and first man on the Moon Neil Armstrong was also an incredible test pilot, with 900 flights in experimental aircraft including the dangerous Lunar Landing Testing Vehicle. On May 6, 1968, he almost died flying one. This is the video of the crash.
Watering The Flying Club Normandy in 1932 * Passion for Aviation (translated) | The atmosphere in flying clubs has always been friendly as evidenced by these two photos of a watering organized in 1932 by the Aero Club of Normandy in his hangar on the airfield Rouen-Le Madrillet. I could on the picture below to identify two members of the Office of the Aero Club of Normandy in 1932 : in from the left in second place Jean Horlaville Secretary General and immediately left his mustachioed man, Louis ANTIER President of the Aero Club of Normandy...
Lee county aviator celebrates 70 years in the air * Wink News | FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dick Urban took WINK News cameras up for his 70th anniversary flight on Wednesday. Urban began flying when he was only 15 years old. He says back then flying was simpler, with fewer planes in the air and fewer controls in the cockpit...
Wagstaff joins forces with Southeast Aero to create aerobatic school · General Aviation News | Kramer Upchurch, president of Southeast Aero, and Patty Wagstaff have teamed up to create the Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School in St. Augustine, Florida. Southeast Aero is the U.S. distributor for the Extra aircraft at St. Augustine Airport (KSGJ). The Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School will focus on...
Pushing Hard for Oshkosh · The EAA Zenith Project | Like so many of our members, we are pushing really hard to get done for “Oshkosh.” The big advantage we have is that either way it will make it since we are on the field. I just hope it is under our own power rather than being towed into position! If you...
Young Eagles Rally set for MC Airport * Mason City Globe Gazette | MASON CITY | The annual EAA Young Eagles Rally, sponsored by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 94 of Mason City, will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14, at the Mason City Municipal Airport. The rally includes a free airplane ride, ground...
Young Eagles Day set Saturday * Delphos Herald | NEW KNOXVILLE — The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 922 will host its annual Young Eagles Day Saturday at the Neil Armstrong Airport in New Knoxville. Young people between the ages of 8-17 will be offered the opportunity to receive a free...
Report: Google in Talks to Acquire Stake in Virgin Galactic · Mashable | Sky News reports that Google is in advanced talks to take a small stake in Branson's space flight company Virgin Galactic and to pursue a joint venture together. Google is reportedly looking to spend about $30 million for a 1.5% stake in the company and "hundreds of millions" on a venture which Sky News says would tie into Google's plans to launch a fleet of satellites into low orbit....
Thursday, June 12, 2014
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Video: Eddie Andreini's Memorial "Missing Man" formation * Internation Council of Air Shows
Now previewing: USAF Thunderbirds - Cannon Connections | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the high-performance air demonstration squadron, are scheduled to join the Wings of Blue, the global parachuting performance team comprised of jumpers from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the 98th Flying Training Squadron May 24 and 25 for the 2014 Open House at Cannon Air Force Base...
US Army Golden Knights to Perform at the 2014 South Shore Air Show * South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority | While flying under banners of black and gold, the US Army Golden Knights will perform during the 2014 South Shore Air Show, set to take place at Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County July 11 through July 13...
Today Marks 71 years Since the Dambusters Raid · Warbirds News | Today marks 71 years since the
D-Day 70 - Pt.9 - Preview of Commemorations * globalaviationresource.com | Throughout the spring and summer of 2014, the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy will be commemorated by a series of events in the UK and Europe. Several UK-based hi...
Cape May Airport to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest May 30-June 1 * Cape May County Herald | CAPE MAY AIRPORT -- Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC). The event will take place beginning May 30 and...
F-35B To Fly At Christening Of Brits’ Newest Aircraft Carrier, If Weather OK * Breaking Defense | WASHINGTON: Do not expect any official confirmation, but the British will allow Lockheed Martin’s F-35B to make its first flight outside of the United States on July 4 when the country’s newest aircraft carrier is christened by Her Majesty the Queen....
Video: Meet the first British F-35 pilot who will make his debut at the RIAT in July * The International Council of Air Shows
[Photo] All three F-35 variants fly together for the first time * The Aviationist | A nice photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightining II multi-role aircraft flying together for the first time...
What to expect at this year's Farnborough Airshow - gethampshire.co.uk | A century of aviation is to be the central theme of the displays at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. The 2014 show will also mark 100 years since the start of the First World War by featuring replica war planes, from both Britain and Germany, over the weekend of July 19-20...
Wing walker among new acts booked for Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow - The Express-Times | A wing walker will be among the new acts performing at this year's Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow Aug. 23-24 at Lehigh Valley International Airport. The airport this week announced the booking of Gene Soucy and Teresa Stoke. The act involves Soucy flying his ShowCat biplane while Stoke climbs about the wings, the airport says in a news release...
Air Show replaced by scaled down event, Airfest 2014 - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — While there will be no Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this year at Pease, the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire is looking to hold a scaled down event called Airfest 2014. The Pease Development Authority's board of directors approved the event at its meeting Thursday, Executive Director David Mullen said. The group will hold the event Aug. 9 on the airport's north apron...
The Heart of Texas Airshow set to launch Sept. 27 · General Aviation News | The Heart Of Texas Airshow will take to the skies over Waco, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 27 at Texas State Technical College airport. Jets, helicopters, airplanes, warbirds, a wing walker, skydivers, radio control aircraft and more will be at the show. Flights will be available throughout the day in helicopters, airplanes, historic warbirds and biplanes...
Blue Angels to be featured in 2015 Westover air show * WWLP | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – If you enjoy the sound of jet noise, mark your calendar! Next year’s Great New England Air Show at Westover Air Reserve Base has been announced. The show, which will feature the famous Navy Blue Angels team, will be held one year from Friday, on May 16 and 17. The show will coincide with Westover’s 75th anniversary....
SUN ‘n FUN 2014: Blue Angels * Other People's Airplanes Podcast | In this episode of Other People’s Airplanes, the US Navy Blue Angels perform at SUN ‘n FUN 2014.
Doolittle Raiders: Experiencing the raid that stopped Japan By Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg, 
B-17E ‘Desert Rat’ – April Restoration Update · Warbirds News | WarbirdsNews has received a few details about the ongoing restoration of B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 known as “Desert Rat”. We thought our readers would be interested in seeing some photographs of their latest progress. This project is a truly amazing feat of perseverance, whose story will probably one day fill a book. There really is too much...
Old Shakey walkaround — Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, third of three by travelforaircraft | McChord Air Museum and Heritage Hill Air Park has several aircraft on display including this Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. This aircraft set a standard which is the norm of today's large cargo aircraft with a box-like fuselage cross-section and on-board loading ramps as well as hoists which could move the length of the cargo deck...
Aviator & Engineer: Lawrence Burst Sperry - MarineLink | The U.S. Navy, and the aeronautic field 
Chet Buckenmaier spent 10 years working on B-1A bomber during ‘Cold War’ · Don Moore, War Tales | Chet Buckenmaier of Burnt Store Marina sits beside a picture of a B-1 Bomber he helped design while serving in the Air Force for almost 20 years...
Incredible video from the receiving end of a DC-10 Supertanker’s fire retardant drop * The Aviationist | KUSI photojournalist Taylor Schuss filmed the DC10 Air Tanker (unofficially dubbed “Supertanker”) fighting the Cocos Fire in San Marcos, California, from the receiving end of a load of fire retardant on May 14...
Spirit Air Show fuels local woman’s dream By: Dan Fox Newsmagazine Network | ...At age 15, she 
took an introductory flight, the first step in attaining a pilot’s license, but the process and costs associated with attaining a pilot’s license intimidated her, and she took a break from pursuing her dream. In July of 2013, everything changed when she saw one of her longtime aviation heroes, stunt pilot Patty Wagstaff, perform....
Outer Space with David Wolf in Muncie IN - Muncie Free Press | Retired Hoosier Astronaut thrills adults, youth alike By Rick Yencer | MUNCIE, INDIANA (NEWS) - Retired shuttle astronaut David Wolf took a wrong turn to get to Muncie, but he never got lost during his 4,040 hours in space. Wolf, a medical doctor and electrical engineer with more than a dozen patents, informed and enlightened adults and youth alike with his great adventures and no holds barred talk about America's space program that has been on hiatus since the shuttle program was scuttled in 2011....
Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Inspires Students During Mission at St. Louis Challenger Learning Center By Carmelo Turdo | Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz spent this morning on Day Two of his visit to St. Louis at the Challenger Learning Center in St. Louis County. The Challenger Learning Center has joined other local aerospace community organizations in welcoming Kranz to St. Louis to participate in a series of events planned this week in early commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission....
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Eddie Andreini remembered on the Central Coast - KSBY | ...Eddie Andreini of Half Moon Bay was a veteran aerobatic pilot and he had connections to the Central Coast.... Friends say he was a true professional and experienced pilot, one who will be missed. "You are losing a good friend," said Michael Geddry, Andreini's friend and Director of the Thunder Over the Valley Air Show in Santa Maria...
Windy Travis Open House and Air Show draws thousands - The Reporter | Despite wind gusts of up to 35 mph, many onlookers at the 2014 Travis Air Force Base Open House and Air Show on Saturday seemed unfazed by the breezy conditions and simply enjoyed the myriad displayed planes, small to jumbo, props to jets, courteous airmen, visits to cockpits, flyovers and airborne stunts...
Solano deputy sheriff gets the 'ride of a lifetime' with Thunderbirds - The Reporter | "The black dot up there, that's our dad in there." Four-year-old Jackson Harris III and his older brother, Brody, pointed at the sky as an F-16 jet, Thunderbird No. 7, screamed by giving their father a "ride of a lifetime."...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Sunday Wrap-up * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continued today with a variety of aerial entertainment acts that ranged from top-tier performers like the Blue Angels, Patty Wagstaff and Skip Stewart to warbirds and Vietnam War-era helicopters. There were so many...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Rampside With Top-Flight Performers Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow provided aerial entertainment from a variety of performers, including three of the best in the industry: Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff. Not only did all three of these top-tier airshow stars 
perform their amazing aerobatics for the St. Louis area audience, but they also performed together in pairs several times during the weekend. The list of...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Hercules Has a Style and Grace All His Own * The Aero Experience Team | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron brought more to the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow than the precision formation flying performances given by the six team members flying the F/A-18C Hornet jet fighters. The team's support aircraft was...
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Warbird and Cold War Era Aviation * The Aero Experience Team | The Spirit of St. Louis Airshow continues through this weekend, and we have just started to cover the variety of aircraft participating in this great Midwest Aviation event. The lineup for the airshow... More coverage
2014 Central Texas Airshow closes BY LARRY CAUSEY | TELEGRAM STAFF | The 2014 Central Texas Airshow wound up its spine-tingling aerobatic performances on Sunday at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport. Expected to draw 30,000 people, the three-day event had a good turnout, said Bonnie Tamres-Moore, VIP director, who has been with the show for 10 years. “Saturday was one of our busiest days ever,” she said...
Wings and wheels turn out in support of Wounded Warriors - Odessa American | Odessa-Schlemeyer Field welcomed the public for the first time to the second Wings and Wheels Fly-In and Classic Car Show Saturday morning. Airport officials helped raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Family Support with a raffle and silent auction. People gathered as live music played, barbecue was grilled and planes flew across the early afternoon’s clear skies....
The Frecce Tricolori back in Romagna * Translated | The return of the Frecce Tricolori on the 
Talladega Flyover Planes From Hixson Air Museum - WDEF News 12 | It's a T-28 Trojan, and it is leaving this small runway at Dallas Bay Airpark for a very big fly over, one of three planes provided to NASCAR by the Hixson Air Museum...
The Girls With Wings Blog - Read about all the scholarship winners!
Monday, April 21, 2014
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Dan Marcotte Bails Out by Rob Reider | Shortly after noon today, Friday, April 18, Dan Marcotte bailed out of his Ultimate Biplane while practicing an aerobatic routine, television stations WCAX & WPTZ reported....
Support for Captain Greg McWherter * Rob Reider | A couple of days ago Captain Greg McWherter was relieved of his command for allegations against him when he was Boss of the Blue Angels. While I don't know the specifics, the Navy Times article stated: "...a March 24 complaint alleging misconduct and an inappropriate command climate while he led the Blues from November 2008 to November 2010 and again from May 2011 to November 2012."...
Downscale air show set for next weekend at Lonesome Pine Airport - Kingsport Times News | WISE — The rockets red glare will include other colors of the spectrum come the weekend of April 26-27 at Lonesome Pine Airport as locals stage the facility's first Aerospace Days extravaganza featuring diminutive — and some not so diminutive — rockets and remote-controlled aircraft...
Inaugural #GigatownWanaka Jet racing at the Warbirds - Scoop.co.nz | Wanaka: The success of the inaugural #GigatownWanaka Jet racing at the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow will likely see the event return to the next airshow in March 2016, organisers have said. The high-speed racing thrilled crowds of around 50,000 people on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as an invitational US team 
challenged three Kiwi pilots around a course marked by giant inflatable pylons...
Video: Storms fail to dampen excitement for airshow crowds * Southland Times | Team Reno consisted of Kiwi expat Jono Kokshoorn and "legends" of the Reno Air Racing Championships Lee Behel and Rick Vandam. New Zealand motorsport legend Greg Murphy was also able to make it a double-win for New Zealand after beating...
CAF Houston Wing Annual Open House and Fly In – Air Show Report · Warbirds News | The Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held their annual Open House and Fly In over the weekend of April 12th/13th, with more than twenty warbirds and vintage aircraft in attendance....
Thunder Over Louisville: John Klatt MXS * The Aero Experience | Thunder Over Louisville featured world-class aerobatic performers, including John Klatt in his first show of the season in the MXS sponsored by the Air National Guard. Klatt, a Lt. Colonel in the Minnesota Air National Guard, actively promotes the benefits of military service at events around the country. He has...
Thunder Over Louisville: Billy Werth from Grayout Aerosports | The Aero Experience coverage of Thunder Over Louisville continues with the Friday practice performance of Billy Werth from Grayout Aerosports in his Eagle 540. Werth is an accomplished aerobatic performer and regional jet pilot from the Danville, Indiana area, and has performed in Fair St. Louis airshows previously in his Aviat Pitts S-2C with Dan McClung of the Red Eagles Team. Grayout Aerosports also ...
Iran stages “massive” aerial parade with F-14, F-4, Mig-29 and several other warplanes · David Cenciotti | On Apr. 18 Iran celebrated the National Army Day with a traditional and interesting flypast of most of its active warplanes. Eight formations for an overall 27 aircraft took part in the aerial parade: not really “massive” as some Iranian media wrote, still an interesting opportunity to see the majority of the IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) fighters and bombers in the air...
Last flyable B-29 'superfort' to visit Seattle * KOMO | SEATTLE - Seattle is the birthplace to many historic aircraft, and Boeing has pioneered a number of iconic military planes. The B-29 was Boeing's answer to replacing its ubiquitous workhorse - the B-17 flying fortress...
Video: Flying over Long Beach in a B-17 bomber * Long Beach Press-Telegram | A B-17 lands at Long Beach Airport on Friday afternoon. The Wings of Freedom Tour is back in Long Beach, thanks to The Collings Foundation, a nonprofit that supports "living history" events. This tour showcases two fully restored bomber aircraft: a B ...
Effort to Save Willow Run Bomber Plant Faces May 1 Deadline * WAI Connect Blog | A fundraising effort is underway to save a portion of the Willow Run bomber plant near Yipsilanti, Michigan. The Michigan Aerospace Foundation says they have until May 1, 2014, to raise the necessary funds to purchase a portion of the property and save a section of the historic plant to house the Yankee Air Museum....
Sgt. Jack Freeman remembers Tet Offensive at Bien Hoa Air Force Base in 1969 * War Tales | ...The 19-year-old sergeant would arm anything that flew in and out of Bien Hoa Air Force Base, about 20 miles north of Saigon. He served in the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron that provided air support to the ground troops...
Yankee air museum to honor Vietnam veterans - Eastern Echo | ...The Yankee Air Museum at 47884 D Street in Belleville Mich., intends to honor America’s fallen service members with a tribute and ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the Vietnam War exhibit. This event will take place on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 at 9 a.m...
Last Stearman NOT Last Stearman * NORDO News | A while back I wrote about the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson and their restoration of the last PT Stearman built. The word on the street was that they were rapidly restoring it and removing some important history that came about due to it being the last one off the assembly line. More important was the fact that the word on the street actually came from a USAF press release that said just that....
Blackbird Mach 3 Duet - M-21 “Blackbird” + D-12B Tagboard rare pair, 1 of 2 by travelforaircraft | The Museum of Flight has a beautiful pairing of Mach 3+ aircraft created for high value Cold War reconnaissance missions, the Lockheed M-21 as well as D-21 drone — the M-21 (known by Lockheed as "Archangel" and by the USAF as "Oxcart", now known most often as "Blackbird") was the mothership to the drone which has the codename Tagboard. The M-21 design is modified from the A-12 (the direct ancestor to the SR-71 ) externally differentiated by a second cockpit, the Launch System Operator's position — making it difficult indeed to determine if one is looking at an M-21 or an SR-71 unless the D-21 is mounted atop the fuselage. The D-21 Tagboard shares in the Blackbird lineage with...
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 demo team’s inverted selfie · David Cenciotti | The latest example 
'Hidden Warbirds' takes readers on hunt for aircraft around Alaska and the world - Alaska Dispatch | Over the years aircraft hunters and museums have come through Alaska in search of pieces and parts to fill holes in aviation collections Outside. Most frequently, they are in search of military aircraft generally lost during the World War II era, when battles raged in the Aleutians and bases across the territory were also used to transfer aircraft to Russia...
Florida governor proclaims April General Aviation Appreciation Month · General Aviation News | Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared April “Aviation Appreciation Month.” In Florida, general aviation supports 54,000 jobs and $6 billion in annual economic activity...
Patty Wagstaff to appear at Build A Plane’s Teachers’ Day · General Aviation News | Three-time national aerobatic champion and International Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Build A Plane’s 2014 Teachers’ Day on Tuesday, July 29, at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The annual event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways to use aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, engineering and technology...
Astronaut Michael Foale to visit region for Durham University talk * ChronicleLive | He left NASA in 2013 after 26 years to work on developing an electric aircraft. Apart from the public lecture, Michael Foale will also being visiting NETPark, the science park at Sedgefield, and talking to schools. To book a place to hear Michael Foale ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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Aerobatic team to fly WWII aircraft at Sky Fest in New Smyrna Beach * news-journalonline.com | NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Mark Henley’s flying schedule at this weekend’s Balloon & Sky Fest will hearken back to the training paths that many World War II fighter pilots followed. Henley, as part of the renowned AeroShell Aerobatic team, will fly in formation with three other pilots in 1940s AT-6 Texans, which were the primary training aircraft for U.S. airmen during the war....
Military aircraft will again be a no-show at Freedom Fair - TheNewsTribune.com ...For a second consecutive year, the Freedom Fair air show on Tacoma’s waterfront will be an all-civilian affair. Despite attempts to secure military demonstrations, the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration will be bereft of active duty jet fighters, bombers and helicopters. Even Tacoma’s unofficial bird, the Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III, will be a no-show....
Slovak Air Force returns to the RAF Waddington International Air Show with a tribute to Czechoslovakian pilots involved in D-Day Operations * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | With participation already confirmed from 9 countries, the Organisers of the RAF Waddington International Air Show are delighted to announce another addition to this year’s displays. The Slovak Air Force has confirmed that it will be making a welcome return to the show, demonstrating its L-39CM CM Albatross jet trainer. The aircraft is specially painted this year to celebrate the life and achievements of Sqn Ldr Otto Smík, a young hero of the English skies who fled Slovakia at...
British pilot Nigel Lamb: Any sports fan will enjoy watching Red Bull Air Race - Metro | Nigel Lamb is an experienced pilot who competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The 57-year-old was in the Rhodesian military as a youngster but now competes for Great Britain. He started the season with fifth place in Abu Dhabi....
CAF’s F8F Bearcat Makes Rare Flight at Palm Springs Air Museum · WarbirdsNews | The F8F Bearcat operated by the Commemorstive Air Force SoCal Wing will make a rare flight exhibition at the Palm Springs Air Museum this Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Flight Exhibition will take place following the Commemorative Program, FLYING WITH THE BLUE ANGELS, by Larry Packer. The Blue Angels, the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, was formed in 1946, making it...
World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress Landing In Valdosta Monday - WCTV | March 27, 2014 – Residents of Valdosta will witness a rare sight this Monday when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout the stop. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the B-29. The ramp will be open to the public Monday through Wednesday, March 31 through April 2....
Michael Imhoff new executive director of Air Force Museum Foundation * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 3/27/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The Air Force Museum Foundation formally announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael P. Imhoff as Executive Director, effective March 10, 2014. The Air Force Museum Foundation is a philanthropic, non-profit organization that raises money for buildings, programs and other initiatives of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). Imhoff was previously the Vice President, Supply Chain, Real Estate and Facilities at NiSource, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio....
German Aces Speak II * Travel for Aircraft | Heaton and Lewis’s sequel to The German Aces Speak is as good as the original since it compliments and reinforces but does not repeat or rehash the Luftwaffe’s perspective of World War II by four additional aces — as well as the Luftwaffe’s rebirth due to the onset of the Cold War. The four aces treated in...
NASA s Super Guppy makes a special delivery - eTurboNews | NASA’s Super Guppy, a wide-bodied
cargo aircraft, landed at the Redstone Army Airfield near Huntsville, Ala. on March 26 with a special delivery: an innovative composite rocket fuel tank. The tank was manufactured at the Boeing Developmental Center in Tukwila, Wash...
Wagstaff teams for teaching - AOPA Pilot | “Starting an aerobatic school gives me and my instructors a chance to pass on our experience in aerobatics and upset training, and to help create more skillful and safer pilots,” Wagstaff said in the March 26 announcement. “We have already attracted students from Australia, Europe, and Canada, and we are hoping to become one of the premier aerobatic training centers in the world.”
Friday, March 28, 2014
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Pilot 'Fang' Maroney funeral set for Monday at air museum - In-Forum | FARGO – The funeral for a popular air show pilot who died in a plane crash over the weekend will be held Monday at the Fargo Air Museum. Jim “Fang” Maroney died Sunday when he crashed his plane into the side of a mountain south of Knoxville, Tenn., in the Cherokee National Forest...
Blue Angels officers take some time to visit fans at the National Naval Aviation Museum
NAS Kingsville Key Influencer Flights March 26, 2014 - USN Blue Angels
25,000 turn out for Blue Angels practice * PNJ.com | The Blue Angels left last year’s budget woes behind along with their F/A-18 Hornets’ signature trails of purposefully generated white smoke in the aerobatic team’s first Pensacola practice session of 2014 while a huge crowd looked on....
The Right Stuff for a post-SUN ‘n FUN trip * General Aviation News | SUN ‘n FUN is coming up soon. If you are heading to the show in Lakeland, Florida, what else can you do while you’re in Florida? Of course, there’s always Disney World, but why not see the hub of America’s space program, the Kennedy Space Center?...
CAF Houston Wing Fly-In and Open House Set for April 12-13 * PR Web | The Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announces their annual Fly In and Open House will take place April 12 -13, 2014 at the West Houston Airport....
Biggest Little Airshow in Hawaii slated for August · General Aviation News | Guests will be able to experience all the excitement aviation has to offer with over 100 aircraft featured — both real and remote control models — “candy bombings” over historic Ford Island Runway for the kids, hands-on modeling stations, Hangar 79 Tours to see the...
Armstrong set for chief exec role after 2014 Air Tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | THE man who will step into the shoes of Tim Prince, as Chief Executive of the RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises following RIAT 2014, says he feels privileged to be taking over such a unique organisation....
RED BULL AIR RACE: Flying legend Besenyei crosses Corinth Canal * UK Airshow News - 
Big noise as RAF Cosford Air Show 2014 is launched - shropshirestar.com | Organisers promised the show would contain the best of the modern day Royal Air Force, alongside classic aircraft and set pieces paying tribute to special anniversaries. The Blades and the four ship Yakolevs will perform stunning aerobatic displays alongside the Red Arrows on June 8....
Aerobatic Routine in the CAF Dixie Wing’s FG-1D Corsair · Warbirds News | Chris Avery served in the Marine Corps for 12 years and in the Army National Guard for 4 years. He has over 25,000 hours of flight experience.Chris also served as a production and experimental test pilot at Aviat and Bombardier Aerospace. Chris has flown the CAF Corsair on the airshow circuit since 1996. He has over 800 hours in the aircraft and has flown over 400 Level 1 demonstrations in it. Chris flies many other warbirds, but strongly prefers the Corsair...
Chilean Air Show Hosts Exhibitors from 43 Countries * laht.com | SANTIAGO - The 2014 International Air and Space Show (FIDAE) has opened in Santiago, Chile, where nearly 600 exhibitors from 43 countries are showing off the latest in aerospace and defense industry equipment...
Wings of Freedom Tour * San Angelo LIVE! | Flight Experiences Donations are $450 per person aboard the B-17 or B-24. Flight training in the TP-51C "Betty Jane" will be at most locations on the Wings of Freedom Tour. Flight training in the P-51 is $2200 for a half hour flight, and $3200 for a ...
Air and Space Museum Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package - DCist.com | The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum was evacuated this afternoon because of a suspicious package found on the museum's second floor, the Metropolitan Police Department says....
A Look at 38C: Detail image of "Charlie" - Photo for Thursday, 03.27.14 By Dan Pimentel, Airplanista Blog Editor | I am continuing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jerrie Mock's 1964 world flight by showing some of the research photos I collected while writing my...
Revenge of the Shang * Vintage Wings of Canada | When I was a kid, I walked to the library at the 
Black Widow will join other warbirds at SAAF Museum - defenceWeb | ...The aircraft, the first of type to be delivered to the SA Air Force (SAAF) in June 1963, was put onto the Air Force Museum inventory in the early nineties and was until four years ago a regular participant on the South Africa airshow circuit. She was flown almost exclusively by Glen Warden who took the aircraft out to sea during the Durban Airshow a few years ago to show the old lady still had it in her and broke the sound barrier....
CAF taps Smith for strategic development · General Aviation News | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has added Adam Smith to its staff as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Development. In this role, Smith will oversee the execution of CAF’s “Airbase Strategy” to include leading the design, funding and construction of the CAF National Airbase, and ultimately the oversight of the existing and future Airbases....
Red Flag 14-2 Concludes * Photorecon.net | The second of a planned three Red Flags for 2014 has come to a close as Red Flag 14-2 concluded on March 14th. This Red Flag was dominated by F-15′s and F-16′s from five different countries which included Belgium, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America. I had the privilege of accompanying Nellis Air Force Base’s Public Affairs Office out to the...
Awesome photo of Rex Pemberton * Bonjour BlueSky
How To Photograph an Airshow - Digital Camera Review | While both U.S. teams fly six aircraft in their demonstrations, the planes are in a six aircraft formation for a relatively short portion of each program. Both teams fly with a four aircraft formation and have two "opposing solo" aircraft that pair up as well as operate independently for the bulk of their program...
Lindbergh launches Powering Imagination * General Aviation News | Erik Lindbergh, grandson of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, has formed Powering Imagination, an enterprise founded to promote sustainable aviation and encourage students and innovators to participate in creating a “brilliant future” for flight...
Patty Wagstaff and Southeast Aero Create Aviation Synergy in St. Augustine, Florida * Aviation Pros | ...The Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School will focus on precision aerobatics in classic competition style for people who want to fly for recreation, airshows, or competition, and will offer tailwheel training and upset training to individuals and corporate flight departments, using both the Extra 300L and the Super Decathalon airplanes....
Friday, March 21, 2014
Indy Transponder 22-MAR-2014 0900z
Wagstaff named AOPA ambassador · General Aviation News | Legendary airshow pilot Patty 
EAA Makes Preparations for 40th Sun 'n Fun - EAA | March 20, 2014 - The Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo at Lakeland, Florida, is just around the corner and EAA is gearing up to participate in the 40th annual event that takes place April 1-6 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport...
Florida International Air Show features Thunderbirds’ return - Florida Weekly | The jets return to the 34th annual Florida International Air Show March 29-30. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will bring the roar, the speed and the action to the Southwest Florida skies this March. It’s enough excitement to make fans break that old bomber jacket out of the closet again...
Video: Wings Over South Texas Air Show at NAS Kingsville - KIII TV | Wings Over South Texas Air Show at NAS Kingsville on March 29 and 30
Warbirds Coming Back To Martinsville Speedway For STP 500 Flyover - The Paddock | The Warbirds will offer up an encore flyover performance for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, repeating their amazing effort from last fall. The Warbirds, a group of five former military pilots flying vintage post-World War II-type aircraft, will present the pre-race flyover for the STP 500 on March 30...
Tico Warbird Airshow 2014 · Julie In The Sky | The Valiant Air Command was started by a group of 
Yuma’s Airshow: A Twilight Showcasing For All - DVIDS | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. - On Friday evening aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., the gates opened to the local community for an inaugural nighttime performance, serving as the opening ceremony for Yuma’s 52nd annual airshow. With a lineup of gliding and soaring acts on the flight line, the evening was a flurry of light and sound meant to amaze spectators, young and old...
Smyrna Air Show will be on June 14, Date Confirmed - Wgnsradio | The United States Navy Blue Angels precision flight demonstration team soars into Middle Tennessee to headline the 2014 Great Tennessee Air Show on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15, 2014. The event will be at the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority.
My Family - My World!: Air Show! | Yuma Air Show. It's a fun event, where there is lots to do and see and you are able to see the planes and air carriers up close. There are also air acts going on throughout the day, where one show after the other is presented. It was a great day, even if it was very warm, sunny, and WINDY on the airfield...
Southend air show revival effort 'postponed' until 2015 - BBC News | Organisers of a planned Essex air show say they will not be able to stage the event this year because they have not raised enough money....
37th Annual TICO Warbird AirShow – Show Report * Warbirds News | The Valiant Air Command held their annual TICO Warbird AirShow over the weekend of 14th-16th March at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida. This year’s show celebrated the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII, but aircraft from the WWI-era through the Vietnam War participated in the show...
Time running out to buy raffle tickets for P-51 ride · General Aviation News | There are less than three weeks left to win the flight of a lifetime. Stallion 51 has donated the chance to fly a P-51 Mustang to Mercy Flight Southeast to raise funds for this critically-needed charity...
Space Fest to offer 'out-of-this-world' experience - National Museum of the US Air Force | DAYTON, Ohio -- Children and adults of all ages will have an "out-of-this-world" experience during Space Fest as the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and a number of partner organizations offer space-related activities on May 16-17...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
U.S. Air Force Parachute Team “Wings of Blue” Joins the Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival Lineup
Truckee/North Lake Tahoe, Calif. – March 5, 2014 – The United States Air Force Parachute Team
“Wings of Blue” will mesmerize Truckee Tahoe AirShow attendees with
the team’s intricate aerial skills using flags and color filled smoke
grenades on July 12 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport.
The selection process to confirm “Wings of Blue” at an event is highly competitive. The team’s awe-inspiring and precise performance features jumpers who fly streamers, smoke canisters and carry game balls. A true crowd pleaser is their flying of a massive 800 square foot American Flag to open high profile events like air shows throughout the world and professional sporting events such as the Rose Bowl and NFL and MLB games. They also open for all Air Force Academy sporting events. In addition, “Wings of Blue” have appeared on the international scene performing in Chile, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom.
“Due to the limited number of military performances at air shows scheduled this year, we are thrilled to present the United States Air Force Parachute Team ‘Wings of Blue’ who represent over 200,000 active duty airmen serving around the world,” said Tim LoDolce, chairman, Truckee Tahoe AirShow. “To be chosen by ‘Wings of Blue’ to perform at our air show is a great honor, as we know the selection process is extremely competitive.”
Each "Wings of Blue" demonstration team is composed of highly qualified United States Air Force Academy Cadet jumpers and the 98th Flying Training Squadron. Team members are hand-selected based on their abilities to represent the Air Force Academy and the Armed Forces. They receive abundant training on free-fall and canopy flying, smoke systems, flag systems and formation flying maneuvers. Additionally, “Wings of Blue” members train rigorously to accurately land on target at the show venue, as well as obtaining many practice jumps into football stadiums to prepare for major sporting events.
“Keeping with this year’s AirShow theme, ‘Women in Aviation’, ‘Wings of Blue’ has confirmed the participation of numerous females coming as part of its parachute team. They will pilot, co-pilot, narrate and jump,” noted LoDolce. “Their show will certainly be something that this year’s attendees will remember for a long time.”
In addition to “Wings of Blue”, the AirShow will feature National Hall of Famer, Patty Wagstaff; Showmanship Award winner and Jelly Belly sponsored Kent Pietsch along with world-renowned performers Dan Buchannan, Jon Melby, the RedStar Formation Team and The OV-10 Bronco flying performance.
Festival activities will include a Vendor Village, static aircraft displays with pilot docents, a Kids’ Zone and a food and beer garden. More details and newly committed attractions can be found at www.truckeetahoeairshow.com.
The pre-event Friday, July 11 Honorary Dinner under the stars at the Airport will feature, just for ticket holders, a “teaser” air show from the U.S. Air Force Parachute Team “Wings of Blue”, and highlighted aerobatic performers Kent Pietsch, Dan Buchanan and the famous Patty Wagstaff. Keynote Speaker, Wagstaff, a six-time recipient of the “First Lady of Aerobatics” Betty Skelton Award and world-renowned performer will address guests with a presentation on women in aviation. The evening will also include a catered dinner by Mountain Magic Catering, a silent auction by the Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, a no-host bar, live music and much more. Dinner cost is $50 per person. Tickets go on sale May 12 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport or online at www.truckeetahoeairshow.com.
Major sponsors to date include Truckee Tahoe Airport District, Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation, Suddenlink, Sierra Sun and The Weekly.
The Truckee Tahoe Airport District is the “Golden Wings” sponsor of the 2014 TTAS&FF fundraising event, funding all operational costs associated with the event as a gift to its community. Three non-profit organizations and their volunteers make the event come to life while raising money for children’s scholarships and various programs. All proceeds from sponsorships, vendor fees, pre-event dinner ticket sales and food and beverage sales go directly to local youth. The three non-profit organizations include The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) local Chapter 1073, KidZone Museum and the Truckee Optimist Club.
For more information and updates about the 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival, please visit www.truckeetahoeairshow.com and follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/truckeetahoeairshow.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Free Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival Contracts Top Air Show Performers for 2014 “Women in Aviation” Themed Event
Truckee/North Lake Tahoe, Calif. – February 5, 2014 – Some of the world’s top air show performers have committed to perform at the 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival (TTAS&FF), including three-time national Aerobatic Champion and National Aviation Hall of Fame member, Patty Wagstaff. Immediately following Wagstaff’s commitment to perform, show coordinators themed the 2014 event “Women in Aviation”.
Featured women in aviation will include the AirShow’s Grand Marshal, Truckee local Sandy Wiederkeh. Her extensive aviation background includes being a Retired Flying Tiger/Fed Ex captain, holding helicopter and glider ratings and logging hundreds, if not thousands, of skydiving jumps. AirShow speaker forums and vendor booths will feature local women aviation clubs and women aviation authors such as Jeane Sloan, author of “She Flew Bombers”. Highlighted aerobatic performers for this year include Dan Buchannan; Jon Melby; Kent Pietsch, Patty Wagstaff and the RedStar Formation Team.
“Now in its third year since a 16 year hiatus, the Truckee Tahoe AirShow is getting more world-renowned pilots involved in our free event,” said Tim LoDolce, president, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 1073 and AirShow Chairman. “I believe we are getting great interest from some of the finest performers because Tahoe is a gorgeous place to fly; and all event proceeds from sponsorships, vendor booth fees, food sales and other miscellaneous items go to local youth organizations,” added LoDolce. “It’s a great cause to get involved with.”
The Truckee Tahoe Airport is the “Golden Wings” sponsor of the 2014 TTAS&FF fundraising event, funding all operational costs associated with the event as a gift to its community. Three non-profit organizations and their volunteers make the event come to life while raising money for children’s scholarships and various programs. All proceeds from sponsorships, vendor fees, pre-event dinner ticket sales and food and beverage sales go directly to local youth. The three non-profit organizations include The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) local Chapter 1073, KidZone Museum and the Truckee Optimist Club.
Here’s a glimpse of the 2014 committed aerobatic pilots:
Patty Wagstaff flies an Extra 300S. Made in Germany, the plane combines superb quality and maximum performance that exceeds most fighter aircraft. Wagstaff is recognized as one the most decorated aerobatic pilots in American history. She is a six-time recipient of the “First Lady of Aerobatics” Betty Skelton Award. As a low-level performer, she captives audiences with her creative competition-style and hard-core unlimited aerobatics, including an inverted ribbon pickup.
Dan Buchanan, who flies a NorthWing designed hang glider, has often been heard saying, “I can’t walk, so I fly.” Six months after an accident that left Buchanan unable to ever walk, he started to fly again. In his performance he launches his hang glider from a moving winch trailer, driving down the runway at about 35mph with a flag, streamers with bright orange smoke trailing. He’s “one of the few performers who has been able to add magic to powerless flight, and he has done so through his ability as a showman,” noted Dave Weiman, founder & former publisher, World Airshow News.
Jon Melby’s aircraft is an awesome looking black and yellow factory Pitts “Muscle” Bi-Plane. There are only two factory-built S-1-11B aircraft flying in the world today. The bi-plane has a classic look like that of an era long gone. Melby’s aggressive performance style in the sky keeps the audience in awe. On the ground, he really enjoys mingling with the crowd and signing autographs.
Kent Pietsch, flying an Interstate Cadet Airplane, executes three different acts that leave spectators mesmerized. The dead-stick (turning the engine off) routine from 6,000 feet and a rooftop landing on a moving RV engage spectators, but this courageous pilot is best known for a comedy act that features a detached aileron (wing flap) and a mesmerizing wingtip-scraping pass down the runway.
RedStar Formation Team, a spectacular show pleaser for the past two years, is a Precision Warbird Mass Formation Display Team. Demonstrations are non-aerobatic and display the precision flying capabilities of the RedStar Pilots Association (RPA) formation of qualified pilots. The Team is actually comprised of several teams across the United States, staffed by FAA qualified warbird formation pilots who have been trained and evaluated to the standards of the RPA.
The OV-10 Bronco flying performance captivates spectators with its white shark teeth painted across its front. The North American Aviation Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is a turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft. It can carry up to three tons of external munitions and loiter for three or more hours. The aircraft is kept at Cactus Air Force, LLC, a privately owned and operated military aircraft and vehicle museum located in Carson City, Nevada. It will also be on static display at the air show.
“With the 2013 attendance estimated at over 16,000, we feel confident that we have room to grow, and that our show line-up, along with festival activities will appeal to all ages,” said LoDolce.
The big day and what more to expect – Saturday, July 12, 2014
Back by popular demand, scheduled speakers’ forums throughout the day give people a chance to meet up close and personal with big name aerobatic performers and published aviation authors.
Free flights for kids from the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1073 will happen this year on Sunday, July 13. Sign up in advance on Saturday at the AirShow in the EAA Building.
Other highlights include the Reno Radio Club Radio Aircraft Demonstrations throughout the day. “These radio-controlled aircraft are giant scale planes,” notes LoDolce. “We’re thrilled to have another fascinating element added to our AirShow this year.” The AMA Chartered Reno Radio Control Club (RRCC) was established in 1965 to promote and enhance the hobby of RC flying, including gas and electric airplanes, helicopters and gliders.
Festival activities will include a Vendor Village, static aircraft displays with pilot docents, a Kid’s Zone and a food and beer garden. More details and newly committed attractions can be found at www.truckeetahoeairshow.com.
The pre-event Friday, July 11 Honorary Dinner, under the stars at the Airport, will feature Keynote Speaker, Patty Wagstaff, a six-time recipient of the “First Lady of Aerobatics” Betty Skelton Award and world-renowned aerobatic performer. The evening includes, just for ticket holders, a “Teaser” air show prior to dinner, a silent auction by the Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, a no-host bar, catered dinner by Mountain Magic Catering and much more. Dinner cost is $50 per person. Tickets go on sale May 12 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport or online at www.truckeetahoeairshow.com.
Major sponsors to date include Truckee Tahoe Airport, Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation, Suddenlink, Sierra Sun and The Weekly.
For more information and updates about the 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival, please visit www.truckeetahoeairshow.com and follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/truckeetahoeairfair.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
National Aviation Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff to fly 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger
...40th annual show set to takeoff June 28th and 29th
Vectren Dayton Air Show officials have been busy planning the 2014 show. Dayton is scheduled for an appearance by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels on the June 28 and 29 dates, but the Blue Angels and all other military participation in air shows were cancelled in 2013 due to sequestration. It is uncertain if and when military support will be restored for the 2014 air show season.
"The June show dates position us well to attract top aviation talent, and we are thrilled Patty will join us on those dates," stated Michael Emoff, Chairman of the USATS Board of Trustees, producers of the event. “There is considerable uncertainty whether the military will return in 2014, but as show fans have experienced firsthand, the Birthplace of Aviation – Dayton, Ohio – will have an amazing air show regardless,” Emoff added.
With her aggressive, low-level, high-intensity aerobatic routine, Patty Wagstaff is certain to thrill Vectren Dayton Air Show enthusiasts. A 2004 National Hall of Fame enshrinee, she sets the standard for precise and complex unlimited hard-core aerobatics. Having trained with the Russian Aerobatic Team, Patty has flown air shows and competitions all over the world and is considered one of the top aerobatic pilots on the air show circuit – male or female. One of her tricked-out planes, an Extra 260, is hanging inverted at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Patty last flew at Dayton in 2009.
Show officials are in the process of booking other attractions for the 2014 show and promise an exciting lineup that will thrill young and old alike. Details on the lineup will be made available when finalized and announced on the show’s website www.daytonairshow.com.
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Founded in 1975, the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is one of America’s premier air shows. The Air Show showcases world-class aerobatic champions, military jet demonstrations and entertainment for the whole family celebrating Dayton’s aviation heritage as home of the Wright Brothers, National Museum of the US Air Force and Wright Patterson AFB. For more information visit www.daytonairshow.com
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Indy Transponder 22-JUL-2013 2000z
Royal International Air Tattoo 2013 | Tom Cash [photos] ...It’s easily one of, if not the biggest annual air show in the UK and in the world. As well as a comprehensive and exciting aerial display, there is an overwhelming static display and many stalls with plenty to do for the entire family...
ARCTIC TIGER VOTED MOST ELEGANT - Royal International Air Tattoo | The winners of RIAT's prestigious Concours d'Elegance contest can now be revealed. In the Concours d'Elegance, 
Aerobatic display abandoned at show - BBC News | A display by the French aerobatic display team at the Royal International Air Tattoo was stopped after a technical emergency. It is after one of the Dassault-Dornier Alpha jets flown by the Patrouille de France team had technical problems. A technical emergency was declared and fire engines were deployed when the aircraft landed. No action was needed...
Royal International Air Tattoo: British Airways A380 superjumbo flies in ... - Mirror.co.uk | The sight 
Record-breaking crowds attend Bray air show - RTE.ie | Around 85,000 people turned out to enjoy the stunts in the skies for the Bray Air Spectacular in Co Wicklow today. It was the largest crowd to have ever attended the event. They were treated to stunts from the Trig Aerobatic Team and Blades Extreme Formation, as well as from Ireland's first civilian aerobatic team....
Oshkosh prepares for annual fly-in and air show | Asian American ... | OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 15, 2013) — Every year, the east-central Wisconsin city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, becomes home to the world’s busiest airport during the EAA AirVenture fly-in. For the 61st annual Experimental Aircraft Association gathering on July 29-August 4, the world of flight brings everything from Jetman to a flying car and World War II history to a screening of the new “Disney’s Planes” movie...
Able Flight pilots to get their wings at AirVenture · General Aviation News Staff | Six new pilots will receive their Able Flight wings at a ceremony on July 30 at EAA AirVenture. Five trained from May to July during the nonprofit’s annual program at Purdue University, and the other pilot earned her license earlier at another location. Special guests on hand to pin their wings include National Aviation 
Hall of Fame Member Patty Wagstaff....
By Leo Cachat and Fred Harl The Aero Experience was on the road early ... - The aero Experience | ...As the airport came into view so did the mighty warplanes on the ramp, the B-25, SB-2C-5 and B-24 were silhouetted against a beautiful morning sun and cloudless blue sky. As we pulled into the parking lot, we then saw the mighty B-29 Fifi on the east end of the ramp...
Flying high - Martins Ferry Times Leader | "REACH FOR yellow, as everything yellow is safe. Don't touch anything red - red will get you ejected," were the first words Loadmaster Robert Morelli said to those that were brave enough to get on the "Maid in the Shade." The "Maid in the Shade" is a B-25 that has been fully restored by the non-profit volunteer group Commemorative Air Force (CAF). This B-25 bomber actually...
Don't give up on air show - Scranton Times-Tribune | Managers at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport made a convincing case last week to counter Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien's suggestion to revive the air show that last was conducted in 2000. Barry Centini, airport director, cited many logistical problems, especially inadequate parking that would require fleets of shuttle buses. The airport dealt with that in the past, but the bigger problem, he noted, is that many issues are out of the airport's control. Foremost is the foolish federal budget sequestration, to which the Air Force and Navy quite reasonably have responded, in part, by suspending operations of the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels, the precision military demonstration teams that are the main draws on the air show circuit....
Natick project preserves WWII veterans' memories - Boston Herald | NATICK — From his regular spot at Dunkin' Donuts Joseph Poshefko could recall scavenging for coal in Depression-era Pennsylvania, fighting with the Flying Tigers in China, then moving to Natick where he led the Civil Defense and raised a family....
CAFs Newest Squadron to Take Flight With a WWII Hangar Dance - Warbirds News | The Commemorative Air Force’s newest Wing, the Joe Foss Squadron of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has been assigned its first warbird by the national organization, a Stinson L-5 Sentinel, and is celebrating the arrival with a World War II-themed hangar dance on August 12th that will also serve as the squadon’s inaugural fundraiser....
Disney's movie "Planes" - Planes of Fame Museum | Surprise!! We've had to keep this under wraps, but our posts about this movie may have made some of you a bit curious! Planes of Fame is proud to announce that we will provide an exhibit at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood for the release of the Disney movie "Planes", August 9 thru September 18th....And...
All-female flight crew flies a Cessna along the Aéropostale airmail route to connect school kids across continents - Airplanista Aviation Blog | The Kids Airbridge program connects school kids of North America and Africa to teach them how to collaborate despite their cultural differences in order to complete aviation-centric class assignments. | Flying puts magic in people's lives. It opens up minds and helps bridge differences by bringing people together. Using aviation as the motivator, the Kids Airbridge initiative aims to encourage school kids in North America and Africa to study aviation history, geography, science, and art as well as to learn how to collaborate despite their cultural differences in order to complete common academic assignments centering on aviation...
Moon Landing Anniversary Celebrated With Rocket Launches at St. Louis Science Center - The Aero Experience | The James S. McDonnell Planetarium of the St. Louis Science Center celebrated the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing today with a series of family activities, including a number of rocket launches conducted under the guidance of the St. Louis Rocketry Association. Association members were on hand to introduce model rocketry to visitors and assisted children as they constructed model rockets prior to launch...
NASA Astronaut's Photography Manual - PetaPixel | NASA has a long history of using Hasselblad cameras in space and, interestingly enough, you can download the Astronaut’s Photography Manual used to train astronauts from Hasselblad’s website...
