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Armstrong’s Close Call- Air & Space Video | On May 6, 1968, more than a year before his moon landing, Neil Armstrong had a narrow escape in the lunar landing research vehicle (LLRV) at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston, as seen in this silent film clip. On a simulated lunar descent, leaking propellant caused a total failure of his flight controls and forced an ejection....

Hero among heroes final flight — Neil Armstrong from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Hero among heroes final flight — Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong has passed away at the age of 82. It is too soon to recall his entire life, that is for the days to come and by others than this blog. It is time to reflect on the man and what he did. We know, of course, [...]

Knowles Chosen to Fly with Blue Angels - Drag Coverage | When you mention the Blue Angels to just about any American they instantly think of the most precise aerobatic flight team on the planet. The Blue Angels is the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration squadron; comprised of some of the most talented fighter pilots in the entire world. With a reputation like that, there’s no...

The Red Steel Jet Team Will Take To The Skies Over Offutt Air Force Base In ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine | His aerobatic and military skills, along with innovative aircraft modifier friends helped him win 3 World Championships in his 6 year run with the Red Bull Air Race. Now air racing and jet warbirds are his current passion. RED STEEL JET TEAM REMAINING ...

Maine air show wraps up in Brunswick - Boston.com | The Thunderbirds, the Air Force precision flying team, were making their first appearance in Maine since the 1990s. Other performances included top civilian stunt pilots, the world's only all-women skydiving team and a tribute to the Tuskegee airmen ...

Rocky Mountain Airshow will fill Broomfield skies until 5 pm today - Broomfield Enterprise | Featured activities at the weekend air show fill both the sky and the ground, highlights include the Air Force's F-22 Raptor, challenging acrobatic air acts, an array of grounded aircraft and the chance learn about the science behind aviation. The show ...

Thousands gather in Smothers Park for air show over the Ohio - 14 News WFIE Evansville | Thousands were looking up in the air this afternoon in Owensboro as the city celebrated its new riverfront with its first ever air show. Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne says the air show is one example of how riverfront improvements are already boosting ...

The Winston-Salem Air Show [Photos] by Joe Borlik My Fox8 | The annual Winston-Salem Air Show kicked off Saturday and continues tomorrow at the Smith Reynolds Air Field. The event featured performances by the Harrier Jump Jet and the US Army Golden Knights and also included ...

Feeling the ROAR - Santa Maria Times | John Collver described the feeling of zooming over the Santa Maria air show crowd in his World War II fighter plane War Dog as similar to a race car driver hugging the curves of a track. “You feel the G forces and centrifugal force in demonstrating ...

Hundreds flock to air show, aircraft dazzle in sky - Daily Eastern News | Susan Dacy, of Harvard, Ill., flies her biplane, "Big Red," upside down during the first performance of the 2012 Coles County County Air Show Saturday at the Coles County Memorial Airport.

R/C Planes lined up along the flight line - Londonderry News | Saturday morning I went to the New Hampshire Flying Tigers Radio Controlled Fly-In at their B Street field in Derry. The event started with registration for pilots at 9:30 AM and flying began at 10:00 AM. There were dozens of planes and helicopters to ...

Annual fly-in at Bluffs Airport next weekend - SW Iowa News | The “Gunfighter” P-51D Mustang at the Great Plains Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will soar through the skies next weekend as part of the wing's annual fly-in, drive-in breakfast and open house.

AOPA-China Fly-In 2012 opens in Shenyang - Global Times | Aircrafts make aerobatics moves on the opening day of "AOPA-China Fly-In 2012" in Shenyang city, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, August 25, 2012. Organized by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of China (AOPA China), the event ...

Curtiss Flying Boat Celebration on 9/15 | The Curtiss Flying Boat Centennial Celebration will be
held on Saturday, September 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Depot Park in Hammondsport. This free outdoor event will feature the Glenn Curtiss Salute, a parade of visiting seaplanes around Keuka Lake, at 1 p.m. The Glenn Curtiss Museum's 1912 Model Flying Boat reproduction will take off at 2 p.m., weather permitting...

 From Antique Airfield:

• Presidential TFRs For Des Moines Area Posted for Tuesday August 28
• Antique Airfield Looking Pretty After the Mowing Party
• Nebraska Chapter Minden Fly-In Pics
• Large Puget Sound and Spokane Caravan Departing for Blakesburg
• First Arrival to the Fly-In
• Last Batch of Pre-Registrations; Pre-Registration Now Closed
• Don Parsons' Blog: Fairchild Annual

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Gone West: Flightline Television's Hank and Carole Austin from Aero-News Network | Amazing Sport Aviation Couple Lost In Powered Parachute Accident Unbelievable.... that's the first thing that comes to mind as we have confirmed reports that both Hank (Henry) and Carole Austin, two of powered parachuting's most active proponents (and experts) were lost Friday in...

Dream Chaser Team Passes First NASA Commercial Crew Milestone from Aero-News Network | Program Implementation Plan Review Presented To The Space Agency The Dream Chaser Space System has successfully completed its first milestone as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the achievement of the milestone Thursday...


 

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Marine air crew providing support, thrills - Dayton Daily News | Welcome to “Fat Albert Airlines,” piloted by a Marine Corps air crew who have the dual duty hauling the Navy's Blue Angels' technical support team of about 40 people and nearly 20 tons of equipment, and performing at air shows from coast to coast. The...

High flyers at Dayton Air Show from Cincinnati.com | Air Show announcers Rob Reider and Danny Clisham: Reider, a winner of 5 Emmy awards, is known for his multiple talents in air show entertainment, writing, singing and performing.Clisham has been an announcer ...

Air Force reduces number of jets in shows - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — The Dayton Air Show has called on the civilian ranks of jet pilots to fill the void the Air Force left when the service cut the number of solo tactical jet acts to one from six this season, an organizer said.

Heat hangs over Ohio air show - FOX19 | Some high temperatures will dog the high-flying performances at this weekend's annual Dayton Air Show.

It's showtime in the Gary skies - nwitimes.com | GARY | The temperature reached triple digits Friday, but things really heated up once the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds began their afternoon practice run in the skies above Marquette Park for the kickoff of the 2012 South Shore Air Show. The ...

THE B-2 STEALTH HAS LANDED AT THE AIR TATTOO! from Royal International Air Tattoo News  | The United States Air Force's Global Strike Command B-2A 'Spirit' stealth bomber has landed at the Royal International Air Tattoo!

Russian pilots could miss Farnborough - The Voice of Russia | Third World Aerial Aerobatic Yak 52 Championship. Russian aviation revived with aerial acrobatics festival · Loading... Most recent. 15:29 Russian pilots could miss Farnborough. 14:48 Merkel approval rating at 2.5-year high. 14:45 Aid for Afghanistan ...

Flying research laboratory to appear at Royal International Air Tattoo | Visitors to the UK's Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford this weekend will be able to see an aircraft that deliberately flies into the most violent storms and investigates volcanic ash clouds. It is making its first-ever ...

RIAT: A400M reborn as 'Atlas' - Flightglobal | Airbus Military's A400M transport has been formally named the Atlas by its European customer nations, during a rain-affected ceremony at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT). UK Royal Air Force chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen ...

Why the Farnborough Airshow Is Still So Important - CNBC.com | New venues such as Singapore, Dubai and Bangalore have grown in importance with the global economy, but Farnborough is not an anachronism; it remains a premier venue to take the industry's pulse.

Russia attempts to shift attention away from Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash at Farnborough Air Show from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | Russia will remind the world of its air power history at the Farnborough Air Show next week as it battles to shift attention from the fatal crash of a new Superjet 100 plane, a disaster that could stall efforts to revive its aviation industry....

Thunder In the Sky Auburn Airshow from KNCO | click to hear Tim O'Brien. the Auburn Air Show also features vintage aircraft, experimental aircraft, and the Patriot Jet Team performing a sky show. The Auburn Air Fair runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Auburn Airport Saturday July...

Air show staging at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport - KLTV | The Thunder Over Cedar Creek air show is this weekend, but you don't have drive that far to see the planes.

Army parachute team lands at Arsenal for 150th anniversary - Quad City Times | For 34-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Noah Watts, there is nothing on earth he can compare to the skydiving he does as a member of the Army's elite Golden Knights parachute team. “Have you ever been in a convertible, driving down the freeway at ...

Cedar Creek Lake air show preview - KYTX | Pilots say it's a romance that never fades away. "I'm going to turn 56 next week, and I'm feeling like a kid. Every time I fly, I feel so good." Orestes Lorenzo, a pilot for the Red Steel Jet team, sa.

Weekend airshow...and a cold war flight - KETK | ... P-40 fighters and the Tora,Tora gang from the Commemorative Air Force. On Saturday, by the way, at the aviation Museum, you can buy a ride on a B-25 Mitchell, the plane flown by the Doolittle Raiders in the attack on Tokyo. And again, all proceeds ...
World War II Replica Model Planes to Take Flight - KEZI TV | Even though the Fourth of July has come and gone, patriotic celebrations continue this weekend with "Warbirds Over the Pacific" where World War II replica planes will take to the skies. Model airplane pilots are preparing for takeoff at the South Lane ...

Weather Vs. Warbird Show from Pacific Flyer | Story and Photos | By Gillies Auliard  | Who said that money can't buy good taste?   Proof positive of the contrary is Jerry Yagen, the driving force behind the exponential growth of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) of Virginia Beach, Va., which held the fourth edition of the "Warbirds over the Beach" show at the Museum's pristine facility May 19-20...

Michigan Aerobatic Open – Days -1 and 0 from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | Yeah, it’s been a busy couple of days. Day -1 and Day 0, Thursday and Friday before the Michigan Aerobatic Open. It’s been hotter than hell here. And Hell, Michigan is not far from here, so we know from Hell. 99 to 103 in the afternoons and a lot hotter than that in the Pitts [...]

WWII Aircraft Plans Valpo Mission with "Wings of Freedom" Tour - PortageLife | A sight seldom seen since the 1940's, the Wings of Freedom tour is scheduled to stop in Valparaiso with WWII-era aircraft including the B-17G Flying Fortress “Nine-o-Nine,” Consolidated B-24J Liberator and "Witchcraft,” and P-51C Mustang “Betty Jane ...

Ride in B-17 bomber was a flight to remember - ThisWeekNews | Having flown on military aircraft in the past, I had an idea what to expect when I climbed aboard a World War II-era Boeing B-17 bomber, known as the Flying Fortress...

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Ceremony marks War of 1812 - Boston Globe | Old and new crossed paths in South Boston today as six jets with the US Navy Blue Angels streaked over the USS Constitution, the Navy's oldest ship, during a ceremony to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. “Our naval heritage will not...

Pieces in place for RIAT air team - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | A KOREAN display team has taken air-fix to the next level by bringing over their full scale aircraft in pieces for this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Black Eagles aerobatic display team shuttled ten T-50 Golden Eagle ...

This weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo to have a Japanese flavour - This is Gloucestershire | A JAPANESE military aircraft will touch down on British soil for the first time since the Second World War.History will be made at Fairford's Royal International Air Tattoo this weekend with the...

Airbus Again Pulls Out A400 Million Plane From Air Show -Reuters - Fox Business | Airbus's A400M military transport plane still has engine issues and won't be involved in flying displays at next week's Farnborough Airshow, Reuters reported Wednesday citing industry sources...

Julie Clark puts on one of the... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | More July 4th themed goodies! Julie Clark puts on one of the best patriotic shows in her T-34 Mentor... 

The Red Steel Jet Team's 3 L-39's & Newly Acquired L-29 Will Be Flying In ... - DigitalJournal.com | As a master instructor, he has spent many hours helping other pilots achieve their dreams. His aerobatic and military skills, along with innovative aircraft modifier friends helped him win 3 World Championships in his 6 year run with the Red Bull Air Race.

WARTIME POLISH HERO FLIES AGAIN from Royal International Air Tattoo News  | A WARTIME hero was being honoured at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire today, when an aircraft bearing his likeness touched down.

Frecce Tricolori to attend the biggest air show in Romania by serban.georgescu | One of the most famous air acrobatics team of the world, Frecce Tricolori (Italy) will attend on July 21-22 the 'Bucharest International Air Show & General Aviation Exhibition' (BIAS 2012), on the International Airport Bucharest...

Countdown to WomenVenture 2012 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | What began as a one-time program in 2008 has now become a tradition at EAA AirVenture. WomenVenture is a way to gather like-minded women during AirVenture, exchange information, do some hangar talking, and informally match mentors with mentees...

The Flying Tigers Soar Again - At A Remote Restaurant In China - International Business Times | 70 years ago today, one of the legendary fighter squadrons of World War II disbanded. A restaurant, of all things, remembers the heroic feats of the American pilots, but to find it you'll need to travel to a faraway part of China...

American son of second world war airman returns to Tibenham airfield - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The famous B17 Sally B, which, together with an escort of two P51 Mustangs, will provide a memorable sight, in the air and on the ground for the air festival. The former Liberator base will also welcome the Hardwick War Birds Collection with two P51s ...

Liberty Aviation Museum expected to open July 20 - Fremont News Messenger | There will also be displays of the Yankee Air Museum's B-17 bomber and C-47 transport, rides on a B-17, Stearman biplane and a helicopter, other aircraft displays, a WWII outdoor reenactor encampment, movies on the big screen in the hangar, a book ...

A proper showcase for naval aviation - So Md News | A contract has been awarded, construction is due to start and in 2014, barring any further delays, a new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum should be open to visitors. “This has been 20 years in the making,” Joe Dunn, a member of the museum's board of ...

Profile 68: BEGINNING "xxx" as flown by the 334th TFS from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | This sketch - done with a fantastic ballpoint pen swiped from a Hyatt - surprised me with its ease. Some people call the Phantom "ugly." But to me, it's beautiful. Hulking, big and angular, she seems crafted - not by an engineer - but by a sculptor with a wicked vision. There is no mistaking it for anything other than what it is - a war machine...

Turkey locates bodies of pilots of downed jet - Reuters | | ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's armed forces command said on Wednesday it had found the bodies of both pilots of an F-4 jet shot down by Syria last month and was trying to retrieve them from the seabed. Relations between Ankara and Damascus hit a new low ...

‘Plane Talk’ nominated for Show of the Year award from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The aviation online radio talk show “Plane Talk” has been nominated for the “Spreaker Show of the Year Award.”

Conceptual aircraft takes off in a wind tunnel at NASA from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | Model named AMELIA is able to land and take off in small spaces. | NASA is testing a conceptual model of aircraft capable of takeoff and landings in small spaces. The Advanced Model for Improved Lift and Extreme Aeroacustics was designed at the Polytechnic University of the State of California and is in an experimental phase in the wind tunnels of the North American Space Agency....

SpaceShip2 has been evolving from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Aviation Week discussed the evolution of the strakes on the inboard of the SS2 vertical tails. Not a huge bit of news, but I am always confused about what to call those things (mainly when describing the winged rockets that I've built*). SS2 started with one small strake, they added a second and evidently it now sports a 'mega strake'...

Red Bull's Long Jump Set For This Summer from AVwebFlash Current Issue  | As the Red Bull Stratos project continues preparations to break Joe Kittinger's long-standing freefall record with a jump from a balloon at over 120,000 feet later this summer, the team this week released an animation of what the experience will be like for skydiver Felix Baumgartner. The video shows the balloon and the capsule suspended beneath it climbing through the atmosphere into the blackness of space, with the Earth's curved surface far below. Baumgartner pauses on the capsule's threshold to take in the view before leaping off. Red Bull says Baumgartner may reach supersonic speed on his descent...

Supersonic Man: An Animated View from Aerial Sports Feed | This summer, Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking freefall from 120,000ft above the earth as part of Red Bull Stratos

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PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 MN Air Spectacular - Mankato Free Press | The Blue Angels zoom by during Saturday's performance at the Minnesota Air Spectacular Saturday at the Mankato Regional Airport. Pat Christman Air show spectators look up to watch airplanes perform during the Minnesota Air Spectacular Saturday at the ...

8-year-old with ties to Ocean Pines kicks off OC Air Show - Gannett | ...Baylee Morrison, wearing patriotic colors, performed while a team from the U.S. Army and Navy jumped from parachutes and over an American flag in the sky before a roaring crowd. Baylee also was scheduled to perform patriotic tunes Saturday night at the Ocean Down Casino...

Shrinersfest Air Show flies high and low over Ohio River - 14 News WFIE Evansville | Crowds gathered to watch the Shrinersfest air show. Planes did all sorts of tricks and turns, flying high and low over the Ohio River. The show featured solo pilots, and the Red Steel Jet Team. "It's very daring and the pilots take their lives in their ...

Underwater warbirds may grace EAA event | Plans in motion to go lake diving ... - Avionics Intelligence | Efforts are under way to retrieve the dive bomber, or possibly a World War II Grumman FM-2 Wildcat, later this month or early July and take it to EAA AirVenture in late July. "There's something fascinating about seeing an aircraft that has just been ...

Ukiah Airport Day: A chance to see history up close - Ukiah Daily Journal | Each year, Airport Day gives local residents a chance to encounter at least 30 different varieties of aircraft - some of them extremely rare Warbirds owned by private aviators. Other than being disassembled enough to transport it to Bishop's shop at ...

Ocean City, Maryland Air Show photos, June 9, 2012 - Crisfield News | Since it's not too late to catch the next show on Sunday, June 10, I won't give away the show until next week when I have time to post more photos. The beach is beautiful and the ocean breeze and the water will cool you off, so grab a chair, a beach towel, pack a lunch, and head out to Ocean City Maryland and watch the best of the best perform. I promise they will thrill you...

Look At These Electrifying Navy SEALs Take Parachuting To A Whole New Level - Business Insider |That's what the Leap Frogs do. And as the US Navy parachute team, they are incredible. Based in San Diego, the team is made up of fifteen elite men — either Navy SEALs or certain Special Warfare commandos (SWCC). The Navy says each member joins the ...

Base fly-in event gives Air Force mission wings - Times Record News | Alyssa Johnston/Times Record News Sheppard Air Force Base's 80th Flying Training Wing pilots welcomed civilian aviators on base Saturday for a fly-in event. Civilian pilots were cleared before flying onto base and were able to talk with airmen and ...

Wrens Fly-In goes on despite fatal gyroplane crash - WRDW-TV | Saturday was the annual Wrens OB Brown Memorial Fly- In. It's an event that attracts different small aircrafts including gyro-planes. On Friday, a gyroplane in town for the event cashed -- killing the pilot, but despite the accident the gyroplanes ...

Prairie Dog Fly-In Held in Big Spring - NewsWest9.com | The fly-in is put together by the Big Spring Airport Board and features between 25 and 30 planes that fly in from all over the area including Lubbock, Snyder, San Angelo and of course from the Commemorative Air Force in Midland.

Call of the skies Ex-teacher competes in 4-day trek across U.S. - Evansville Courier & Press | Next week, Glisson, who is a co-pilot, is headed to Lake Havasu, Ariz., to compete in the 36th annual Air Race Classic. She and her pilot, Amy Bogardus of Danville, Ky., will square off against more than 40 other teams in a four-day trek across the ...

Embry-Riddle team to compete in women's air race - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Marisha Falk and Danielle Erlichman are used to spending many hours flying as instructors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. They hope that will be an advantage when they fly in a four-day national race across the country...

Big Muddy Air Race takes to the skies - The Southern | More than 20 pilots took part in the second annual Big Muddy Air Race over Southern Illinois and part of Missouri on Saturday. People came to the region from across the nation and north of the border to participate in the 170-mile race...

The Blue Angels - All Things Aviation | ...Admiral Nimitz choose Lt. Commander Roy “Butch” Voris (WWII Ace with 8 victories) to lead and form the squadron at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL. The squadron was given Grumman F6F “Hellcat” aircraft to fly and performed their first air show in June of 1946 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, much to the delight of the personnel there...

War Pilot Recieves Proper Burial After 43 Years - 5 News | Meroney's remains were found last year after excavation teams located his military identification. Now, he's here in his final resting place next to his wife, Connie. A permanent display has been set up in the Fort Smith Air Museum to honor Meroney and ...

"Miracle" B-17's Bombardier Remembers - KMJ Now | That is the B-17 "All-American" of the 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, after a German fighter plane crashed into it, slicing the fuselage, knocking off a horizontal stabilizer, trapping the tail gunner in the rear of the aircraft, ...

Retired naval aviator killed in 'experimental aircraft' crash - Dayton Daily News | Flower was a naval aviator for 31 years who still loved to fly in his retirement, said Jan Flower, his wife of 50 years. “It was his life, ” she said. “He was flying a plane that he had built and flew out of Greene County Airport and was there every ...

Battle of Britain prelude: the birth of the Luftwaffe - xplanes | The end of the First World War in 1918 brought the German aircraft industry - largely military orientated - to a grinding halt. At least a hundred companies were suddenly without work. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which imposed limits on...

Documentary film about the Flying Tigers to be released - China Post | An official documentary film of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, who is best remembered as leader of the famed Flying Tigers, an all volunteer air service in China that fought the Japanese during World War II, will be released in November in ...

Red Yak from Apron 6 | After photographing the T-6 on the ground, I strapped myself in. First part of the flight we were only joined by the Yak. This gave me the opportunity to photograph it without the F-16 next to it. After the solopart I could...

A 'plane' exciting exhibit - Lompoc Record | Items on display include commemorative stamps, model planes, air race logos, brochures and other collectable items. A collection of commemorative stamps honoring historical aircraft that flew the skies during the 1930s and played an important role in...

Meseum of Flight Seattle WA from Mike’s Adventures | ...Saturday while E was at the conference Colby his little brother and I went to the Flight Mesuem at Boeing Field. Very cool place....

Analyst Says USAF Faces Crisis From Aging Aircraft Inventory from Aero-News Network | Assessment Came As Senior Air Force Officers Meet At Wright-Patterson Defense analyst Loren B. Thompson spoke recently to senior Air Force officers at Wright-Patterson AFB, saying the USAF faces a crisis from the aging aircraft in its inventory. He added The Air Force is “facing challenges because it has not succeeded in modernizing its fleet to anywhere near the degree it needs to, so the fleet is getting old.”

Young Eagles coverage:  Meriden-Markham Airport, Abilene Regional Airport, Massena EAA Chapter

Kennedy Space Ctr Visitors Getting Rare Access Inside NASA’s Launch Control from Aero-News Network | Second Special Behind-the-Scenes Tour Added For Space Center’s 50th Anniversary For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA is allowing Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests inside the Launch Control Center – where NASA directors and engineers supervised all of the 152 launches for the space shuttle and Apollo programs. The KSC Up-Close: Launch Control Center (LCC) Tour, the second in Kennedy Space Center’s special 50th anniversary series of rare-access tours, takes visitors inside Firing Room 4, one of the LCC’s four firing rooms and the one from which all 21 space shuttle launches since 2006 were controlled...

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Lineup finalized for Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at Pease - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — The Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show recently announced the performer lineup for the 2012 schedule at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. The show will be held June 30 and July 1 and will feature the US Navy Blue ...

The Red Steel Jet Team will be the Headlining Performers at 2012 Freedom ... - PR Web | The Red Steel Jet Team's third air show performance will also have a guest appearance by Randy “Bandit” Ball's MiG 17 and an opportunity to meet and greet Red Steel Jet Team pilot Orestes Lorenzo. “I'm extremely lucky to have a second chance in life to...

A Nearly Perfect Airshow: Chino 2012 Planes of Fame from Featured by Webmaster | Planes of Fame by Anthony TaylorThis year’s Chino Airshow, which took place May 5-6 over Southern California’s Chino Airport, brought in record attendance of more than 35,000. And, the crowd was not disappointed. The perfect weather, nearly 40 aircraft flying from...

Flight in aerobatic plane a memorable one - Pioneer Press |I spent the morning of Monday, June 4, strapped into a high-performance aerobatic airplane. Lt. Col. John Klatt was cool as a cucumber as we nosedived toward the farmland surrounding Airlake Airport in Lakeville. He, unlike me, was sure we'd pull back...

Blaine's Discover Aviation Days draws large crowds - Coon Rapids Herald | Military hardware exhibits from the American Wings Air Museum were another popular attraction. Discover Aviation Days featured two days filled with flying demonstrations, kids' activities, numerous exhibits, paid aircraft and helicopter rides,...

Damp fly-in attracts die-hard fans - Avionics Intelligence | BRUNSWICK -- Predictions of heavy rain this weekend kept down the crowds and the aircraft on day one of the two-day International Brunswick Fly-In, but die-hard flying fans didn't stay away. By noon Saturday, only three planes and a helicopter had ...

AirFest Photos - rstar

Golden Knights perform once again at Rockford Airfest - WREX-TV | By Matt Groves - email Cue the Weather Girls, because it is raining men at the Rockford Airfest or it appears to be anyway as the United States Army Golden Knights take to the skies once again. As our crew of brave media began our journey to the edge ...

Photos: Rainy Day of Kuban Airshow 2012 - EnglishRussia

Scores of pilots brave very cold winds for fly-in - This is Hull and East Riding | Hull Aero Club's three-day fly-in at Linley Hill Airfield, near Leven, attracted scores of pilots from across the country. 'Fantastic atmosphere': A paramotor at Hull Aero Club in Leven. Enthusiasts took off from sites up and down the east coast...

Navy Marks 70th Anniversary of Battle of Midway - The Ledger | ...The U.S. was badly outnumbered and its pilots less experienced than Japan’s. Even so, it sank four Japanese aircraft carriers the first day of the three-day battle and put Japan on the defensive, greatly diminishing its ability to project air power as it had in the attack on Hawaii...

Local Family Meets With Bethpage Air Show Pilots - Patch.com | Greene and his family were greeted by the pilots of the GEICO Skytypers, who shared their experiences firsthand about performing at air shows across the country, including the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach. The pilots then took the Greene family ...

17000 watch Jubilee air show Imperial War Museum Duxford - Haverhill Echo | More than 17000 people attended the Jubilee Air Show at Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford on Sunday (May 27). On a gloriously hot and sunny Sunday, visitors enjoyed exploring the museum, making Airfix models with the Airfix Make and Paint Zone, ...

Fun at the 'Wave' RAF Waddington 4-6-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | Called into the 'Bank Hoilday' fun-day at the 'WAVE' at RAF Waddington this morning, and was so nice to meet the WAVE committee in the form of Maureen-John, and 'limping' quite badly, Jamie no less. Handed-over my £10 to join the WAVE members, and from what Jamie was telling me, the WAVE is going to move forward, with base visits and other events planned, and the future for the WAVE is looking quite healthy these days. I will...

Awesome photo, ney, artful capture of this North American OV-10... from You like airplanes, too?

Forces to salute Moose Jaw with flight demonstration over city - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Scott MacDonald, Snowbirds commanding officer Lt.-Col. Maryse... By Joel van der Veen Flight crews from 15 Wing will fly the friendly skies over downtown Moose Jaw this July in co-operation with the city's annual Sidewalk Days festival...

Important News About Lee Bottom Events from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...OK, so now to the question everyone keeps asking us; what about Sinful Sundays and The Wood, Fabric, and Tailwheels Fly-In?...

Fallen Heroes 6-4 - Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise | Hough joined the Air Corps and trained as a bombardier on a B-25 Bomber. He was assigned to the 42nd Bomb Group and sent to the Solomon Islands in June 1943. His plane was shot down Jan. 20, 1944, on a bombing raid over New Britain Island...

Badly damaged U.S. Navy helicopter (miraculously) resurrected and returned to flight from David Cenciotti's weblog | A U.S Navy HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter, belonging to the “Red Wolves” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84, that crashed in in 2009 in Virginia during a training sortie at Fort Pickett, returned to service in May 2012. The helicopter underwent 2-year long extensive repairs at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) and was literally rebuilt after the Navy had ruled the crash a Class “A” mishap with damages to the aircraft...

Air Museum Receives F-16 Jet - Cape May County Herald | By Jack Fichter ERMA – An F-16 Fighting Falcon jet arrived at Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum, Fri., June 1, not by air but on a huge flatbed trailer. The fighter jet was deemed surplus and donated by Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas...

Alberta Aviation Museum Building is being recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum Association and Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society are proud to announce that the building that houses the Alberta Aviation Museum collection is being recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site by the Canadian Society of Civil...

Wichita Women in Aviation chapter launched - Wichita Business Journal | The nonprofit organization Women in Aviation has affiliate organizations worldwide. Now, the Ohio-based organization has a Wichita chapter. The Women in Aviation-Air Capital City Chapter has completed the necessary requirements to become an official...

Podcast: Are These Guys Crazy?  from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Air traffic control thought so, but Kansas City pilot and storm chaser Caleb Elliott says light aircraft have an important role to play in studying storm behavior. He spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles.

A bit of a review from Making a Kiwi Fly by Flyinkiwi | Here we are in June and you have not heard a sound out of me during the busy "flying months".  Well what can I say as an excuse for not posting?  Quite a bit actually!  Firstly,  I have a job!  I was asked to join the roster to work the office at the Waikato Aero Club on weekends.  Essentially my role is to answer the phone, manage the bookings and be the smiling enthusiastic face student pilots see when they come in for their lesson.  I remember how much that detail made an impression on me when I was learning so its...

Two pilots identified who died as firefighting plane crashes in Utah from RGJ.com | A firefighting aircraft crashed into rugged terrain near the Utah-Nevada border as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing the two Idaho men on board...

Phantom Eye flight tested - UPI.com | Boeing officials speak during the rollout of the Phantom Eye, a hydrogen-powered high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle system used for persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications...

'Eagles' offer airplane rides - Fond du Lac Reporter | The Fond du Lac Chapter 572 of EAA will offer Young Eagles airplane rides on Saturday, June 9, at the Fond du Lac County Airport Terminal. Registration will be held from from 9 to 9:30 am Rides will be given in the order that children are registered...

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2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show a high-flying success - WNCT | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC - The final tally from the Cherry Point "Celebrate The Heritage" airshow shows it was a success. Base officials tell us there were no serious accidents or injuries during the show. About 165-thousand people ...

Red Steel Jet Team's Inaugural Air Show Performance A Success - Aero-News Network | The Red Steel Jet Team’s first air show performance at Dyess Big Country Airfest at Dyess AFB in Abeline TX, this past weekend was judged to be a huge success for the team. The Red Steel Jet Team’s 3 L-39’s were flown by pilots Douglas Gilliss, Orestes Lorenzo and Zach ‘Z’ McNeill....

Rancho Murieta Airshow legend returns after 25-year hiatus - TSPN TV NEWS | The seemingly ancient rosters include the U-2, B-1, F-117, AV-8 Harrier, SR-71 Blackbird, and appearances by B-52s, B-25s and B-17s; with aircraft flown by Bob Hoover, Team America, Jimmy Franklin, Julie Clark, and Craig Hosking...

Mission flights, ground tours in historic WWII bomber available May 11-13, 2012 - Tri City Voice | The year-long tour will continue into the summer, with the airplane returning "home" to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the full week of EAA's annual AirVenture Celebration from July 23 to July 29, 2012. Since EAA began the tours of the aircraft, ...

Behind the scenes: Air Show Audio from Featured by Clark Cook | ..for the Blue Angels narrator at the 2011 Lemoore Air Show. (Clark Cook)As the National Anthem is sung, all eyes are skyward as the jumper carries our nation’s colors towards the ground at airshow center. For the team at Air Show Audio, this is a critical moment in which they are prepared and ready to act in case of a malfunction in the sound system...

Chasing Reno Gold - Trailer for Upcoming DVD Release - YouTube | The Reno 2011 Air Races were unlike any other in the 48 year history of the races, and this video promises to be very unique in its own right. Due to the tragic crash at the 2011 event this video will focus on the individual stories about the winning unlimited gold pilots beginning with the first winner, Mira Slovak, in 1964. You'll experience first hand the drive, devotion and passion that each of these pilots and key crew members brings to the winning team. In addition you'll get air show performances and interviews with the Patriot Jet Team, Eddie Andreini, Ken Shockley and Shockwave, David Martin, Clay Lacy and much more. Delivering later this summing, pre-order yours today.

Flying Fortress makes annual stop in East Bay - San Jose Mercury News | By Eric Kurhi HAYWARD -- Before this week, the last time Art Kimber clambered out of a B-17 Flying Fortress, it was 1945 and he was a 20-year-old being ferried home to Fremont from the European Theater after VE Day. A B-25 pilot, Kimber and his crew ...

Ice Pilots' Arnie Schreder dies: Northern bush pilot died of small-cell lung cancer from Kathryn's Report | Arnie Schreder – one of the stars of Ice Pilots NWT– has died after a battle with cancer. Schreder was a chief pilot at Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways, and was a star of the show for three seasons. The reality program — which airs on History Television — follows bush pilots with Buffalo Airways, while flies Second World War-vintage airplanes year-round in Canada's North...

WWII bombers, fighter coming to JWA - OCRegister | By DOUG IRVING / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Two World War II-era bombers and a fighter plane will thunder into John Wayne Airport this weekend, rare reminders of another age of air power that will be open for tours and, for a steeper price, flights.

Local Events Will Celebrate EAA's International Learn to Fly Day - EAA | On Saturday, May 19, dozens of local events will turn dreams of flight into reality during the third annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide effort helping people of all ages take that first step to discover the fun and freedom of flight...

Area World War II vets honored by DC trip - Rapid City Journal | Airport well-wishers greet Dawes County WWII veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington DC last week. For more photos from the send-off ceremony, see The Chadron Record's Facebook page. For additional photos from the trip to DC, see the May 9 print ...

Calif. relatives get dog tags of WWII aviator - Sacramento Bee | The dog tags of a World War II aviator whose remains were discovered on a South Pacific island have been presented to his relatives in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/Jd7qFv) says the tags of Marine 1st Lt. Laverne Lallathin ...

Chinese DM meets 'Flying Tigers' in US - China.org | Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday met with veterans of the "Flying Tigers" and their families, stressing that China will never forget those who have offered their help....

Hawker Hunter make-over 2012 update 8-5-2012 - xe606 | Our man 'Coombes' was at it today at Barkstone Heath, and to be honest, I don't know how he does it for the money LoL !! But he's been a busy lad out there today, which as you see involved doing the under-side roundels and some colour on the bars. By the way Mick, the 'chalked' instructions were for  me mate, not you, but many thanks for giving it some more 'impact-paint' before I got there. Just for the record, I can tell anyone...

Can We Talk… : - Moose Peterson's Website | A simple potted plant on your front porch could be a whole photographic essay lasting months. It's just right in front of you! The photograph I posted here I did so for a reason. This is a $10mil aircraft, P-38 Lighting “Glacier Girl...

'Flight For Control': Pilot says her scary airline novel is based on real life in the business from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Flight for ControlKarlene Petitt wasn’t too surprised when a Jet Blue Airways pilot snapped and launched into an in-flight tirade a few weeks ago. The Delta Airlines pilot and veteran of nearly three decades flying passenger jets, has written a thrilling page turner novel that revolves around over stressed, crazed pilots doing far worse things....
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2012/05/flight-for-control-pilot-says-her-scary-airline-novel-is-based-on-real-life-in-the-business.html

Episode 196 – A Military Fly Mom from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Linda L. (Heid) Maloney had a 20 year military career as a naval flight officer flying the A-7, EA-6A, and the EA-6B Prowler. She was one of the first women to join a combat military flying squadron. Since then, she’s provided engineering and...

Jeff Bezos's "Blue Origin" Space Company Reveals Spacecraft Design - POPSCI | We've covered Blue Origin, the semi-mysterious space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, in the past, but we never knew all that much about what they were working on. But they recently showed off their new space vehicle, which has completed wind tunnel testing and is named, in a fit of wild creativity, the "Space Vehicle," and a little bit of their plans for the future. Looks like the Google guys aren't the only web billionaires with extraterrestrial ambitions....

Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three New Members - PC Magazine | Late last month, the space agency wowed New Yorkers with the final flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise atop a NASA jet along the Hudson River to its final home, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Chang Diaz, Chilton, and Precourt join such Hall ...

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Flying Nun meets Blue Angel - New Bern Sun Journal | Sister Annunciata Wentz stuffed her ankle-length white habit into a flight suit, put a helmet over her black veil, walked onto the Marine base tarmac and up the ladder of a Blue Angels two-seat F/A-18B Hornet and moments later flew off into the ...

FOX 4 Rides Along for Flips and Spins in an Air Show Plane - fox4kc.com | This weekend is the Air National Guard's air show in St. Joseph, called the Sound of Speed Airshow For people on the ground watching, the show promises to make many wonder how do they do that? How would that feel? FOX 4′s Abby Eden now gets to tell ...

Cherry Point air show takes flight this weekend - WNCT | It starts at 10:30 am and goes until 4 pm The gates will open at 8 am To get your tickets, just use the Keywords: Air Show right here on our website. And don't forget to come by and say hello to us! 9 On Your Side crews will be there Saturday and ...

The Red Steel Jet Team's First Flight At Dyess Big Country Airfest This Past ... - PR Web | The Red Steel Jet Team's first air show performance at Dyess Big Country Airfest at Dyess AFB in Abeline TX, this past weekend was huge a success for the team. The Red Steel Jet Team's 3 L-39's this weekend were flown by pilots Douglas Gilliss, ...

Air show once again takes flight - StarPhoenix | By Creeson Agecoutay, The StarPhoenix May 3, 2012 11:00 PM One of Canada's largest tributes to veterans officially got its wings back after an announcement by Saskatoon's Royal Canadian Air Force Association that the air show is returning to Saskatoon...

Snowbird public show cancelled - Canada.com | By Spencer Anderson, Comox Valley Echo May 4, 2012 This year's Snowbirds Demonstration Team public show has been cancelled to allow for more training time for the pilots. According to 19 Wing spokesman Lt. Trevor Reid, poor weather has cost the team ...

Bob Jones: Welshpool Air Show renamed in his memory - walesairforum | An air show is to be renamed in memory of a pilot and airport owner who was killed in a plane crash last month. Bob Jones, 60, who founded Mid Wales Airport in Welshpool, died on nearby Long Mountain along with Steven Carr, 55, from Ruthin, Denbighshire. Welshpool Air Show is held annually at the airport, but is being renamed the Bob Jones Memorial Air Show in tribute....

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POLISH AIR FORCE MIG-29 CONFIRMED FOR AIR TATTOO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | One of the world's most potent Soviet-built jet fighters, will make a welcome appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford this summer.

New-look RAF craft flies the flag ahead of Folkestone Airshow - This is Kent | The Tucano, due to feature in the Folkestone Jubilee Airshow on June 2, has been redecorated red, white and blue to mark Her Majesty's 60 years on the throne. Flight Lieutenant Jon Bond said: "I am so proud to be able to celebrate the Queen's Diamond ...

Chance For Flight in P-51! from Planes Of Fame News | Be sure to buy a 2012 Airshow Program, not only to have a chance to win a flight in a P-51, but to be fully informed about what you will be seeing at the Airshow.  Only $5 for this full-color program and keepsake.

Last Famous Flying Tiger on Mainland Dies at 92 - CRIENGLISH.com | The last remaining heroic pilot of the famed Flying Tigers who lived on mainland China died on April 29 at the age of 92, Qilu Evening News reported on Wednesday. Wang Yanzhou was the only former pilot on the Chinese mainland who ...

Fly spy – Punta Gorda man flew secret missions behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ from War Tales by Don Moore | “Ferrets flights” are what they were called. They were aptly named because the super-secret missions in modified B-29 bombers immediately after World War II were made to ferret out information about the Soviet Union’s most sensitive military sites. First Lt. Roger Smith of Punta Gorda, Fla. was the pilot of “Suella J,” one of the [...]

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Vietnam veteran makes day special for World War II vet - Napa Valley Register | The last two years, when the B-17 “Flying Fortress” has flown into the Napa airport to offer up rides (free to veterans), Bob has picked my dad up, taken him out to the airport, fed him lunch, and brought him home. Bob is a Vietnam vet, and my dad is a ...

WWII pilot remains return to America after Lincolnshire discovery - BBC News | ... buried 18ft (5.5m) deep. The remains of the pilot were later collected by the American authorities. The wreckage was transported to the LARG workshop at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, where it will go on display in future. Brake pedal.

Unveiling an Amphibious Skiplane - Aerospace Manufacturing and Design | LISA Airplanes will unveil for the first time in North America, the Akoya, the high-end amphibious skiplane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 airshow. Following the European success of the AKOYA and in answer to the increasing interest from the North ...

Scouting for aviation history — serendipity and a fiancée-fiancé learning moment from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Scouting for aviation history — serendipity and a fiancée-fiancé learning moment 44º 18′ 14″ S / 171º 13′ 29″ E I am fortunate to be married to a lovely kiwi (a person from New Zealand). I was also fortunate to visit New Zealand in 2009 with her as tour guide while we were engaged to [...]

Wood for Wood - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...In what could easily be the finest and boldest example of death-defying and cheeky nose-thumbing during the Second World War or any conflict for that matter, bomber and intruder crews of the Royal Air Force and USAAF are reputed to have bombed the Luftwaffe's decoy airfields and dummy aircraft, not with high explosives or incendiaries, but with nothing more than dummy bombs made of wood, and painted with the smug remark “Wood for Wood”... all just to make a point....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | 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. View the slideshow.

Photographer Toni Frissell from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...Antoinette Frissell, known to all as “Toni,” was an established fashion photographer for the major American magazines of the day, when she volunteered for the Red Cross and was asked to go to Europe to cover World War II from the perspective of women and black pilots and their crews.   This is a shot of her in her Red Cross uniform holding a camera.  Her cameras were heavy, two-handed affairs, which makes her willingness to traipse all over Europe to take pictures during wartime even more impressive....

F-22 pilots speak out to '60 Minutes' - The Hill | By Jeremy Herb - 05/04/12 10:20 AM ET A pair of F-22 pilots are going on “60 Minutes” Sunday to speak out about why they won't fly the fighter plane. The two pilots say they are not the only ones who have chosen not to fly the F-22 Raptor, ... 

Play honors flying ace Jackie Cochran - The Desert Sun | Courtesy Photo Two months before the 75th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, a Rancho Mirage company is helping to launch a play about how the aviatrix's final journey impacted desert icon Jackie Cochran. Titled “Jinxed,” the play will get ...

Wooddale Only TN Team To Qualify For National Rocketry Competition - WKNO FM | By Eleanor Boudreau The Wooddale High School rocketry team practices at the Mid-South Rocket Society launch pad at Shelby Farms Park, across from the bison. “We're going in five, four, three, two, one,” said Wooddale High School rocketry team president ...

Buzz Aldrin Gives TV Comedian Stephen Colbert Space Award from SPACE.com | The Apollo astronaut appeared on "The Colbert Report" to present its host with a special award.

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Howard Pardue Dies in Bearcat Crash - Flying Magazine | A former Marine Corps pilot and instructor, Pardue was a veteran Reno air racer, airshow performer and member of an historical tribute flying team, the Navy Legacy Flight team, which performs formation flights with front line Navy fighters of today...

Howard Pardue…Gone West from classicwarbirds.net by davebudd
On April 4, 2012 just after 2PM, Howard Pardue left us before his time had come.  He was 77 years young.  His XF8F-1 Bearcat NL14HP crashed shortly after takeoff from Breckenridge Texas.  We send our sincerest condolences from the staff here at PhotoRecon to his family and friends and we shall remember him in our prayers....

BREAKING: NTSB to provide investigative update on Air Race crash - KRNV My News 4
WASHINGTON, DC – (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will provide an investigative update on the fatal crash of a modified Mustang P-51D airplane during the 2011 National Championship Air ...

Red Steel Jet Team to headline ShrinersFest - Evansville Courier & Press | Last year, ShrinersFest organizers scrambled to make up for the last minute loss of the Blue Angels, which canceled due to emergency training issues. The Blue Angels are scheduled to return to Evansville next year, said Brian Ball, Hadi spokesman...

2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show Scavenger Hunt ‘Discover’ the Heritage - DVIDS | Participate in the 2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show Scavenger Hunt “Discover” the Heritage, April 16-April 22, without leaving the comfort of your personal Facebook page.This scavenger hunt will be conducted utilizing various Facebook pages ran by units of MCAS Cherry Point, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Community Services Cherry Point, other official military pages and air show performer pages...

Air show fireworks training scheduled for Thursday - New Bern Sun Journal | CHERRY POINT – Residents near the air station can expect to see and hear fireworks about 8 pm Thursday as practice begins for the 2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show scheduled for May 4-6. Cherry Point's explosive ordinance disposal team will conduct night ...

LATEST NEWS: Red Arrows will return to Sunderland Airshow - Sunderland Echo | The distinctive aircraft of the RAF display team are scheduled to fly on both the Saturday and Sunday of airshow weekend. Sunderland City Council leader Paul Watson said: “The Red Arrows are the RAF's premier display team and they have a track record ...

Red Arrows return to resort's air show - This is Bristol | THE Red Arrows will return to Weston-super-Mare this summer at the resort's annual air show. The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, right, will perform on day one of the two-day show, which is being organised by the owners of the resort's Grand Pier and ...

Russian Knights to get new jets - The Voice of Russia | Russian aerobatic performance demonstration teams, the “Russian Knights” and “Swifts,” will get new jets in the upcoming years, an air forces official told journalists who today attended the Knights' anniversary show. He added the teams may switch to ...

Academy parachute team breaks own record from Air Force Times - News | AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team has set another record, the Air Force Academy said.

WW2 flying museum comes to Grayson County - KXII-TV | The "Wings of Freedom" tour lets people see WW2 planes up close and inside. Today Jalah Gray talked with a few local veterans who came to see the planes they flew in many years ago. "Any of the WW2 planes that are restored it kind of hits ya right here ...

P-38 Lightning topic of Planes of Fame Museum program - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The Lightning flight demonstration will be at noon. Eight veterans of the 475th Fighter Group will present the group's history and their stories of courage and sacrifice, as well as their experience flying one of America's premier fighters...

Anniversary of the Lady Be Good’s demise and her heroic crew from Travel for Aircraft | The Consolidated B-24D Liberator known as “Lady Be Good” was lost in the night upon returning to base during a bombing mission over Naples Italy on this date in April 1943. The crew of nine bailed out of the aircraft and likely in good, short order since they landed near each other and eight were able to quickly rendezvous — one perished due to a failed parachute. The Lady Be Good flew on into the night gradually losing altitude until making an unpiloted crash landing in the remote Libyan desert terrain...

Doolittle Raid airman honored in Missoula  - KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News | MISSOULA - Seventy years ago this month, 16 B-25 bombers made the first air raid on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the raiders is from Missoula and Wednesday afternoon he was honored at Fort Missoula. David Thatcher is one of the five ...

Podcast: Texas Tornado “Warbird Update” from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | WARBIRD RADIO – Charlie Wood joins Zane Adams tonight on the WIX Warbird Weekly LIVE with a full update on the tornadoes that struck Texas...

Air Racers 3D Movie Opens Today from AVweb Top News | A new 3D film currently scheduled for a handful of IMAX theaters offers unique visual perspectives of the Reno Air Races, good engine noise and a bit of aviation history. The filmloosely follows Steve Hinton, Jr.'s 2009 bid to succeed his father's record as the youngest pilot to win the Unlimited Gold championship at the races in the modified P-51, Strega. Filming was done at...

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Kent State's Aviation Heritage Fair returns to fall schedule - Tallmadge Express | The fair, originally conceived by a Kent State student aviation club, is now run by the faculty, staff and students of the university's Aeronautics Program with help from the Stow-Munroe Falls Kiwanis Club. For more information on Kent State's College ...

Fancy your own helicopter gunship? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It may not be as technologically gee-whiz as a current-model Apache, but if you're so inclined (and moderately well-heeled), you can own a Vietnam War-era 'Huey', a Bell UH-1E model helicopter gunship. It must be one of the more unusual auctions in eBay's recent experience!...

Diary of a Spy - airspacemag.com | Events that made the U-2 the world's most famous player in the game of espionage....

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Visit the Goulian Team at Sun ‘n Fun 2012 from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin | Join us at the end of March in Lakeland, FL at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In. You can meet the Goulian Aerosports team at our tractor-trailer display all week (see map below)! Don’t miss out on some fun give-a-ways:  Whelen will be raffling off their state-of-the-art LED landing light...

Sun 'n Fun Ready For Early Start - AVweb | This year's Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo will launch on Tuesday, March 27, less than two weeks away, turning the small airport in Lakeland, Fla., into one of the busiest fields in the world. The show is earlier than usual this year, as organizers try to avoid conflicts with other events, especially the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany, which attracts many of the same general aviation exhibitors. Starting next...

Pilot Killed In Turkish Fighter Jet Crash - RTT News | ...The jet belonging to the Air Force aerobatic team crashed on a factory site, about 2,000 kilometers from its take-off point....

It was very sad to hear of an accident yesterday that claimed the life of Türk Y... from PlanesTV.com's Facebook Wall by PlanesTV.com | It was very sad to hear of an accident yesterday that claimed the life of Türk Yıldızları(Turkish Stars) pilot, Captain Ümit ÖZER. Our condolences go to his friends, family and team mates....

Tico Warbird Airshow from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team by DAV Flight Team | The DAV Flight Team kicked off the 2012 airshow season at the TICO Warbird Airshow in Titusville, FL last weekend. Thousands came out to...

Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 - Planes, Trains Automobiles, Plant City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | PLANES, TRAINS AUTOMOBILES IN PLANT CITY IN MARCH Free Day of Activities Planned for Whole Family PLANT CITY, Fla. - Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the second annual Planes, Trains Automobiles event will take place at the Plant City Airport. It's a chance to see real airplanes, remote control planes, model trains in operation and on exhibit, and classic and exotic car displays. Antique railroad maintenance...

The Red Steel Jet Team Releases its Inaugural Air Show Schedule - PRWeb | The Red Steel Jet Team is a combination of the fastest supersonic civilian-owned jet aircraft, the Mig-23, and the sleek aerodynamic L-39. The Red Steel Jet Team will visit 10 cities in its inaugural season....

10th Air Show Pilot Mountain - Passionate about Aviation (translated) | On March 17, 2012 Dévoluy takes off! It is now more than 10 years that the mountain pilots gather each winter on altisurface Superdévoluy to share a nice moment and tell the stories of the blue. Originally created to...

Air show season is all ready to fly - Oxford Times | THE air show season is set to take off in Abingdon. The 13th annual Abingdon Air & Country Show will take place on Sunday, May 6, at the Dalton Barracks airfield. The charity event is one of the first big airshows of the year....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Il Frecce Tricolori to perform at RAF Waddington International Airshow from Flightline UK | The skies above RAF Waddington’s International Airshow will see the addition of red, white and green smoke trails as the event welcomes the return of the Italian Air Force’s famous display team, the Frecce Tricolori, their last appearance was in 2004.   The airshow held over the 30th June and 1st July 2012 will see Italy’s spectacular military display team take to the skies to perform their polished routine with true Italian style....

El Centro Airshow 2012 from PHXspotters by Felipe Garcia | The show opened with the Navy Leapfrogs parachuting team, launching out of one of their C-2 Greyhounds, followed by the National Anthem and some civilian performers, including Tim Weber. A different civilian performer was a jet-powered International Transtar 4300, which fired up the afterburners on the runway while one of the Pitts was flying over. Then it was time for...

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92 - Rafu | ...Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army with the hope of serving in the Army Air Corps, but like many other Japanese American GIs, was sent to Camp Grant in Rockford, Ill., to be in the Medical Corps. For two years he doggedly pursued his goal, but was denied the opportunity for reassignment until Dec. 31, 1943, when he was finally accepted into the Army Air Corps....

Pilot reunites with Skyhawk fighter bomber - Auckland stuff.co.nz | And from today the public can get up close with an impressive piece of aviation history. The jet fighter had been in storage at the RNZAF base at Woodbourne and arrived at Ardmore last week in bits. The air force's fleet of 17 Skyhawks and 17 Aermacchi...

Jimmy Stewart taught Englewood man how to fly from War Tales by Don Moore | Jimmy Stewart taught former 2nd Lt. Nick Radosevich of Englewood, Fla. how to fly a B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II. The movie star must have done a good job, because the 21-year-old student-pilot flew 32 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe with the 8th Air Force. Included in his missions were the first...

Fairchild’s C-123 Provider — a walkaround the early reciprocating version from Travel for Aircraft | Fairchild’s design originated with the Chase Aircraft Company as an assault glider (the XCG-20), á lá Luftwaffe designs in WW II. Providers soon earned a reputation for ruggedness and ability to fly in and out of unprepared landing strips. Small aircraft and helicopters may keep things running at a remote location (outpost or firebase) but cargo aircraft are what determine the success, ultimately, since big boxy heavy things are needed. The C-123 fit the bill for the USAF....

A Tale of Two Waco RNFs from Antique Airfield News | This story was sent in by Andy Heins and Susan Theodorelos, in Dayton, Ohio. Andy runs the National Waco Club. In late May of 2006, I received a call from Mr. Bob Cardin, caretaker of the famous P-38 "Glacier Girl", owned by the late Roy Shoffner. Bob expalined that the Shoffner family had a 1931 Waco RNF that they wanted to sell and...

Photo: F-35B with weapons bay doors open from David Cenciotti | As flight testing continues, Lockheed Martin released new images of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. After the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with external stores, and the F-35 B flying for the first time with external weapons, including a never seen before white 25 mm gun pod on the...

The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | I work behind the scenes as part of a team of museum specialists supporting the upcoming exhibit Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There opening in March, 2013. I am the person who shepherds the objects themselves through the process. I photograph them, take their measurements, build specialized containers for them, bring them to their...

Delta jet rolls off runway - video.msnbc.msn.com | Video on msnbc.com: The airline is investigating after the plane’s brakes failed at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Felix Baumgartner, in a training jump for Red Bull Stratos.... from Bonjour BlueSky

The Site: Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos team searched for an appropriate location to send Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space from via a high-altitude balloon, ultimately choosing Roswell, New Mexico as its launch

Just for luck from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick During the Shuttle Program, Snoopy was the...