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Crash kills pilot days after local stopover in B-25 bomber - Plainview Daily Herald | Four days after stopping off at the Plainview-Hale County Airport on Aug. 9 while flying a World War II-era B-25 Mitchell bomber from Maryland to California, pilot Fred Lewis died in the crash of another airplane...

Share your memories of Paul Poberezny · General Aviation News Staff | Do you have a favorite memory of Paul Poberezny? How about a story of how this general aviation icon inspired your own flying? We are putting together a tribute to Paul in our next print issue and would like to include our readers stories and thoughts...

Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show still on despite leadership flap - Santa Cruz Sentinel | WATSONVILLE -- Long-standing friction between the nonprofit board that sponsors the Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show and the event's promoter blew up this week. Mike Hennessey, who took over the reins of the show in December, is charging the board with unethical behavior and said though he hasn't resigned, he won't be involved in the running of the event, which opens Friday evening and runs through Sunday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport...

Video: Breitling Promo For The 50th Anniversary Reno Air Races! - AirPigz | Swiss premium watch maker Breitling has been sponsoring the Reno Air Races for many years and they are more important to the success of the World's Fastest Motorsport than ever before. This video captures both the spirit of the Reno Air Races and the enthusiasm with which Breitling sponsors the event. It's all top notch!

VIDEO: Bournemouth Air Festival day one round-up - blue skies, sunshine and a ... - Bournemouth Echo | IT was a triumphant return for a full-strength Red Arrows at Bournemouth Air Festival today. The setting could not have been better for the Reds to make their return as a nine-ship formation for the first time since the tragic death of Flt Lt Jon Egging two years ago. Crowds were treated to a full-on show from the team, which dedicated its heart formation to Jon Egging’s family, as the sun shone over Bournemouth seafront....

BLADES TO SOAR ABOVE COWES - Island Echo The performance will take place at 17:30 at West Cowes Seafront on the Esplanade.

Photos: Helicopters at MAKS 2013 Air Show | English Russia

Cleveland plans air show - Bolivar Commercial - Clint Johnson will host a Runway Grand Opening Air Show on Oct. 17. "The (Cleveland Board of Aldermen) met to finalize budget amendments and to consider various proposals," said City Manager Farae Wolfe, following Tuesday’s recessed board meeting. One main topic up for discussion and approval was the funding for the Runway Grand Opening Air Show event....

Video Vault: Cleveland National Air Show 1991 and 1992 - NewsNet5.com | CLEVELAND - Due to Washington budget issues, there is no 2013 air show in Cleveland. Fear not, our Video Vault is chock full of footage from air shows past. I've chosen stories from 1991 and 1992 for this look at Cleveland National Air Shows from Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport....

B-29's return sparks another round in debate between Craddick, CAF - Midland Reporter-Telegram | The world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress, “FiFi,” returned to Midland this week to a clash over her permanent home. At issue is whether the Commemorative Air Force, which announced in May the decision to relocate only its headquarters to a larger metropolitan area, lived up to an agreement to construct a hangar to house the B-29 in exchange for donations and state and federal transportation dollars....

Tuskegee Airman Dr. Brown meets bomber pilot Roen he led to safety - The Beacon | The traveling
exhibit of the Red Tail squadron is expecting two to three thousand people to attend their exhibit this weekend, but Dr. Harold Brown of Port Clinton, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Tuskegee Airmen, didn’t expect to meet one visitor in particular. Vernon Roen, a B-24 bomber pilot, came to the Red Tail exhibit Thursday with his daughter, Nancy Dunlap. Roen and Brown have had many close encounters before, but this is the first time they have formally met. Roen was escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen three times during his service in WWII....

Sean Tucker cuts ribbon on VNY runway, Clay Lacy makes first landing · General Aviation News Staff |VAN NUYS, Calif. — More than 300 business, community and aviation industry representatives joined with Los Angeles World Airport officials to open Van Nuys Airport’s (VNY) newly improved main runway, 16R. The $20.5 million, seven-month plan to modernize the airport’s 8,000-foot primary runway marks the largest maintenance project conducted at the airport in more than 50 years...

Battle of Britain Weekend - RAF Museum London Events | 14th - 15th September 2013 | This year’s annual commemoration of Hendon’s role in the events of the Battle of Britain will take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013 at the Royal Air Force Museum London. The weekend will consist of living history displays, memorabilia, military vehicles, guided tours and live concerts...

Flyin' high: Evanston boys take flight, co-pilot stunt plane after winning essay contest BY: Deborah Demander and Bryon Glathar | ...The two youngsters were chosen in an essay contest sponsored by the Ryan J. Poe Foundation's Elevate Your Life program. Founded by the late Greg Poe, the foundation steers kids away from drugs, not by beating mantras into their brains, but by shifting their focus onto other things, such as aviation and realizing goals and dreams...

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'I'm really nervous' KATU producer says before daring flight - KATU | HILLSBORO, Ore. - Flips and spins, twists and turns - and all of it 3,000 feet above the earth at 120 miles per hour - that's what KATU News Producer Deidre Hannah experienced on Thursday. You see, we sent her to the Hillsboro Airport to get an up close and personal look at one of the acts at this weekend's Oregon International Air Show. She took the ride of her life with Lt. Colonel John Klatt of the Air National Guard. He's one of the top aerobatic pilots in the world. Only a few people can do what he does....

Pilot to sing patriotic songs to crowd in air show routine - TheNewsTribune.com | Will Allen left a thick trail of white smoke as he looped and rolled his aerobatic plane Thursday afternoon through the blue skies of the Tri-Cities. The experienced pilot is bringing his S-2B plane and a unique routine that he says is like no other in the world to this year's HAPO Over the River Air Show as part of Water Follies weekend....

Over the River Air Show - KVEW | The Annual "Over the Water" show starts tomorrow and pilots are setting up at Bergstrom Aircraft in Pasco. There are a total of 7 planes in the show that will perform 5 acts, each one going for about an hour and a half. There's going to be a WWII aircraft, a German built light attack jet and the United States Air Force Heritage Flight featuring two P-51 Mustangs out there...

Wasilla air show rescheduled for Saturday - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman | WASILLA — Planes mostly seen only in the pages of history books these days will soar over the Valley Saturday as part of the Centennial Celebration of Aviation from 1 to 3 p.m., July 27 at Wasilla Airport. Jane Dale, with the Alaska Air Show Association, said the air show was rescheduled after weather kept the pilots on the ground in Fairbanks July 5. The air show includes a pair of T-6s, a Japanese Zero and an American Pilgrim. ...

EAA Airventure 2013 – Announcement by Other People's Airplanes | Are you excited for AirVenture 2013? Are you ready for lots of yummy aviation goodness? The crew of Other People’s Airplanes will be at AirVenture bringing you high definition video every day of the show. Look for new gadget reviews, airshow coverage, interviews, daily episodes and of course, stories from Camp Scholler. OPA will also be covering the following events:...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull Helicopter - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experiencerecently posted our team coverage of Fair St. Louis, where we met Chuck Aaron, pilot of the Red Bull Helicopter. We were amazed at his rotary-wing aerobatic performance, but also put completely at ease by Aaron's personality and willingness to visit with us. We are now able to close out our coverage of the airshow performers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 with Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull Helicopter. These shots were taken close to the landing zone, and include a nice roll...

Red Bull P38 & Corsair Display , La Ferte Alais , 19 may 2013 - Eric Goujon | The Lockheed P-38 Lightning ( Flying Bulls ) was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" ...

Hall of Fame: Decorated aviator flew secret Cold War missions - Portage Daily Register | One of the premier aerial reconnaissance operatives in the U.S. Air Force, Ret. Col. LaVerne Griffin, began his career piloting a box off a roof in Wyocena. “I remember the time he took his brother Duane and put him in an orange crate with a rope on it. Duane volunteered to go on it to see if it would fly. That’s why we knew he was interested in flying,” said Terry Pease, a childhood friend. The decorated aviator “Griff” grew up in rural Wyocena and led top secret missions during the Cold War that he was unable to reveal to a single soul for decades. The 1946 graduate of Portage High School received the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award; was named to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame; and earned three Air Force Distinguished Flying Crosses. Now 84 and still flying, Griffin will be inducted into the Portage High School Hall of Fame on Saturday....

The Dambusters Raid DVD - Travel for Aircraft | This is an excellent reference, as well as wonderful DVD to view, with regard to the dam busting raid by the Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron during World War II. The narrative is objective, pulling no punches, with interviews of people on both sides of the raid — both military as well as civilian. A fabulous amount of film footage is contained within the DVD showing the low flying specially modified Lancasters, the dams (before and after), Barnes Wallis (England’s inventor of the bomb/mine as well as the Wellington bomber) and much more....

Students ride on stunt plane in memory of famous pilot - KTVB | NAMPA -- Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of the passing of famous aerobatic pilot Greg Poe. In memory of him -- and to honor the Ryan J. Poe foundation he started back in 2008 -- two students from the Treasure Valley flew as passengers in an air-show plane courtesy the foundation....

Brent Owens - Flight To Success | Fridays Fabulous Flyer | "My goal is to promote, educate, and share this great gift of flight that we all enjoy!" | Brent tells me he started flying April of 1986, at the "tender age of 15" and has pursued aviation ever since. He's proven that passion can carry you far, and love of flight can change your life...

Space and Aviation Heroes to Share Their Adventures with Local Kids

Caldwell Industrial Airport, ID – A veritable Who’s Who of aviation’s finest will be on hand June 24th to deliver an exciting presentation to local young people. Astronaut and Idaho Educator Barbara Morgan will headline a distinguished panel of space and aviation heroes in this, the first Idaho Mission: Aerospace event. Morgan will be joined by A-10 West demonstration pilot Joe “Rifle” Shetterly, Idaho airshow pilot Greg Poe, and members of the Idaho Division of Aeronautics.

The event is being presented by the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, and is being held in conjunction with the Celebration of Flight airshow, which takes place at the Caldwell Industrial Airport the following day.

“We hope that this will become an annual event, with other activities fostering aviation and aerospace interest coming throughout the year,” said Mark Peterson, principal organizer for the event. “We’ve assembled a panel of some of the nation’s finest aviators with some great experiences to share, and hopefully that will spark an interest in the kids that will grow into a passion like it has for us.”

The panel will be sharing their experiences and adventures in aeronautics from their various careers though dynamic video and multimedia presentations, followed by question and answer sessions with each speaker. The attendees will be able to meet the speakers and the pilots from the airshow in a special session. Another highlight of the event will be an up close tour of the aircraft performing in the airshow, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II. They with their pilots and the speakers will be available for autographs and photo opportunities. Model rocketry and other displays are also expected.

Airshow pilot Greg Poe, founder of the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, said, “This is an opportunity for the kids to come out and see how exciting aviation can be, and see how Ms. Morgan and the rest of the presenters have made our dreams into a fulfilling way of life.” Poe visits thousands of kids each year through his Elevate Your Life program, which he will be presenting at this event.

Idaho Mission: Aerospace is a cooperative effort to bring aviation and aerospace learning resources to Idaho’s school age children. The goal is to open the door to careers in these and related fields by providing inspirational and educational events that allow kids and their families to explore the wonders of flight.

The event is being held at 9:00 AM on the Caldwell Industrial Airport at the Greg Poe Aviation Hangar, 518 Dishman Pl., Caldwell, ID 83605. Persons interested in more information should call (208) 455-0700 or visit www.ryanjpoe.org.

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