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Sequestration Update: DoD ANNOUNCES END TO PROHIBITION ON MILITARY AIR SHOW SUPPORT · WarbirdsNews | From the ICAS Newsletter: Although there are a few specific details yet to be worked out, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently announced that Department of Defense public outreach programming – including performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and U.S. Navy Blue Angels – will resume, “…starting immediately at a reduced level.” Hagel did not elaborate on what “reduced level” might mean as it relates to the military’s air show support, but shortly after Hagel’s announcement, the U.S. Navy announced that the Blue Angels and the Leap Frogs parachute team would both perform a “full schedule” in 2014. The U.S. Air Force has not yet announced details on the Thunderbirds’ schedule, but it appears likely that the team will fly something close to a full season in 2014...

Museum volunteer to be inducted into Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame by Sarah Swan National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 10/23/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- Anna Beall, a Dayton resident and volunteer at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, will be inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Nov. 7 at Veterans' Memorial Auditorium in Columbus...

Gustave Whitehead and the Case of the Fallacious Photo - Huffington Post | The image -- hidden in a blurry photo of a January 1906 Aero Club of America exhibition in New York -- was supposedly revealed through use of modern scientific "forensic" techniques. The 'discoverer' of that photo posted a lengthy explanation on a web ...

Lindbergh Monocoupe returns to Lambert–cool time-lapse video! - AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | A 1934 D-127 Monocoupe once owned by Charles Lindbergh has returned to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport after a two-year absence. It was removed in March 2011 to make way for terminal renovations. Originally installed in 1979, the airplane carried more than 30 years of dust...

The Golden Age of the National Air Races - Ace Flying High | From 1929 to the late 1940's Cleveland, Ohio was a major player in the early days of the US National Air Races (a testing and proving ground for new aviation technology). Initially from the first race in 1920 until 1928, the races alternated between various cities such as...

Sea Vixen 50th Birthday · Warbirds News | ...The event held at the DS Military hangar at Bournemouth was very well attended by dedicated fans and followers from across the country as well as many ex Vixen engineers and crew. Fans were given unprecedented access to inspect and photograph the aircraft up close and personal...

Army aviation took flight from humble start By RUSS RODGERS AMCOM command historian | It was 11:05 a.m, and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker of the American 94th Aero Squadron decided to fly one last mission. On that date, Nov. 11, 1918, nobody was supposed to be flying over the battlefields in France, but Rickenbacker wanted to see what the front looked like when at peace. For close to 20 minutes he flew low over the trenches of both sides, above grimy and war-weary men who had just begun to realize that they might live to see another day. Flying in his...

Convair XC-99 — making the B-36 Peacemaker small by travelforaircraft | As large as the Convair B-36 Peacemaker was there was the XC-99 (see bottom image, below) which shared the wing, engines and landing gear with its B-36 relative. Only one example was built but it flew a decade in the U.S. Air Force routinely crossing the continent as well as across the Atlantic. Back in the days...

Inside the cockpit with the RAF: Collection of photographs reveal the reality of high-octane life in the danger zone By Lizzie Parry | A Tornado GR4 soars through the skies above London to celebrate the Queen's birthday, the gleaming Shard piercing the grey skyline in the background. The stunning image, captured by Senior Aircraftsman Andy Masson, from RAF Marham in Norfolk, has won the coveted photograph of the year category at the Royal Air Force Photographic competition...

The Strangest Airplanes in the World - Photo Vide | Since mid-1979 to January 1983 at an air base NASA conducted tests of two remotely piloted vehicles HiMAT. Each plane was about half the size of the F-16, but had almost twice the superiority in maneuverability.

AirPigz #CampBacon Gets Some Love From AOPA And Av8rdan : ) - AirPigz | Avgeeks and social media seem to go together very well... kinda like how bacon and mmmm go together! In the five years since I started AirPigz I've found that connecting with people who love aviation is pretty easy and has led to lots of great friendships. That same kind of friendly spirit spills over into those of us who make up some of the new media that use the internet to educate and entertain about the wide world of flying. A good example of that is how @Av8rdan (Dan Pimentel) has just posted a story about AirPigz #CampBacon (at Oshkosh) on the AOPA Opinion Leaders blog page....

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Flight Scholarships - Flight To Success | Women in Aviation Scholarships One is waiting for you! | Thousands of dollars worth of scholarships are available to deserving individuals. Type ratings, flight training, education in Aerospace, Technology, Aviation Management and the list goes on and on and....

Volunteers get young people flying planes - StarNewsOnline.com | Members of the EAA Chapter 939 credit Ginny and Richard Largent with getting a Young Eagles program started here. The Largents explained that in 1992, EAA members realized that interest in aviation was waning and the national organization wanted to ...

Boeing Plans to Build Spacecraft in Former NASA Shuttle Hangar - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | CAPE CANAVERAL FL - Boeing has finalized an agreement with Space Florida to use a processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to build the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft, an important step toward...

Former Astronaut David Wolf Reviews Gravity - Indianapolis Monthly | The number-one movie in America, Gravity, is receiving universal praise for its depiction of space, but there are only a few people in the world who can actually compare the movie to a real-life NASA mission. Indy native and Purdue grad Dr. David Wolf ...

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Return to the skies - PNJ.com | There’s a certain sound that’s been missing in Pensacola these past few months. There’s a sight that some may have taken for granted until it could no longer be seen. The roar of the jets. The sight of outstanding aerial acrobatics.They’ve been sorely missed in the months since Pensacola’s hometown heroes, the Navy’s elite flight demonstration squad, the Blue Angels, were grounded by the government sequester earlier this year....

Snowbirds set to perform in Prince Rupert - Prince Rupert Northern View | The Snowbirds have confirmed an Aug. 14 aerobatic performance in Prince Rupert, but spectators shouldn't expect the day-long festival they enjoyed two years ago. The event this year will feature a 45-minute aeronautic performance only. In 2011 Prince Rupert was treated to a pre-show celebration with live music, vendors and children's activities, costing the city $11,000, but this year budgetary constraints have forced organizers to scale drastically back....

Air Show Report: HAG Flyparty 2013 was Full of Surprises · Warbirds News | The fifth annual Historical Aircraft Group’s (HAG) HAG Fly Party was held recently at the historic Montagnana Airfield in Montagnana, Italy. The air show saw the field invaded with the best of the best of the Mediterranean historic aircraft scene, infused with the colors, sounds and emotion of landmark aircraft in flight for the record-setting crowds....

17th AirFest soars into Grass Valley - theunion.com | Attendees of the Nevada County AirFest have
lofty expectations for the airplane enthusiasts’ event that has drawn thousands annually for nearly two decades. AirFest chairman Tim O’Brien expects this year’s event won’t ground those expectations. “It takes the most rare and exotic vintage airplanes and puts them on display at a very little airport and flies them in a photogenic and personal way that is different from other air shows,” O’Brien said. “It’s rare to get this kind of close and intimate experience.”...

Planes of Fame Living History Event To Salute The F4U Corsair – August 3rd · WarbirdRadio.com | According to a recent news release Planes of Fame Air Museum will soon hosts its monthly Living History Event. Open to the public, the Museum doors open at 9:00am. The theme for August 3 is the “Whistling Death – Solomon Islands”, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair. The featured speakers will present on the topic. Following the presentation, the F4U will perform a demonstration flight. At 12:00 noon, following the presentation, there will also be a Membership Sponsored raffle flight....

Crowds of all ages pack Arlington Fly-In - HeraldNet | ARLINGTON -- For experimental aircraft builders, World War II history buffs and kids who love jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics, Arlington's annual Fly-In is a must.The Fly-In, which attracts pilots from around the country and families from around the region, continues today and Saturday at Arlington Municipal Airport....

Air show is Saturday - alamosanews. com | The San Luis Valley Pilots Association will hold its Annual Fly-In Breakfast and Airshow on Saturday, July 13, at the SLV Regional Airport-Bergman Field, Alamosa, with pancake breakfast served from 7-10 a.m. The fantastic airshow program will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at noon. Lunch will also be available. The airshow will feature aerobatic demonstrations, vintage warbirds, and flying demonstrations of various aircraft, as well as, aircraft on display...

Central Maine Everything That Flies Fly In July 19-20 - Morning Sentinel | PITTSFIELD -- During annual Pittsfield Egg Festival Monday through July 20, the EAA Chapter 736 The Central Maine Everything That Flies Fly In will be held at Pittsfield Municipal Airport 2B7. On Friday, July 19, various aircraft may begin arriving for the Fly In, campers and CAP team for Fly In arrive, exhibitors set up, EAA staff and Curtis Air finalize preparations to host the Fly In....

VIDEO. 14-July: Michel Drucker embedded with the Patrouille de France - Translated | The parade is traditionally opened by the pilot to the famous pastel combination. In their ranks this year, a guest: Michel Drucker. | This is the famous Patrouille de France, the emblem of the air force, which will open the military parade, Sunday, July 14. This year, a special guest will be aboard the jet leader: Michel Drucker. TV man, but also a helicopter pilot and a reserve colonel in the Air Force, he has been patron of the patrol in 1990. He then received the famous pastel combination. 23 years later, it still fits him like a glove....

Vintage aircraft set to come to Comox Air Show - Canada.com | As more Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft are continually added to the line up planning to attend the Comox Air Show, several vintage and historic flight organizations have announced their intent to visit the Comox Valley as well. "We will have aircraft from organizations like Vintage Wings of Canada, Historic Flight Foundation from Washington State, and the Cascade Warbirds from across the Pacific Northwest," said Air Show Director, Major Dwayne Kerr...

Lift off: Sunderland International Airshow is officially launched ... in Newcastle - Sunderland Echo | THE 25th Sunderland International Airshow was officially launched today – in the unlikely surroundings of Newcastle Airport. The airshow takes place on July 26, 27 and 28, and guest-of-honour at today’s event was a Tucano T1 – a modified version of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-312 Tucano aircraft....

Blue Angels gag shirts flying off the shelves - Pensacola News Journal | Sequestration sells, at least in the form of souvenir T-shirts that joke about the grounding of the Blue Angels.Although federal budget cuts will prevent the Blues from flying in the Pensacola Beach Air Show today and Saturday, customers are briskly placing orders in advance for new T-shirts emblazoned with a cartoon depiction of the elite flight demonstration team sitting on the sand watching civilian stunt pilots perform....

“Blue Thunder II Crew Report” June 2013 | The week of June 8 –15 saw the formation clinic and the pylon racing clinic take place here at the Stead airport here in Reno. The week started out with some major briefings on formation flying from Bob Mills. Lee Behel and Bob Mills scheduled two to three sorties per day for each attending aircraft in three to four separate flights all with separate practice areas. My hat is off to Lee and Bob…

Gone West: Tuskegee Airman Paul Adams - Aero-News Network | Went On To Be A Teacher, Lead Local Lincoln, NE NAACP | Another of the renowned Tuskegee Airmen has gone west. Paul Adams, who had joined the Army after graduating from South Carolina State University, passed away in Lincoln, NE Sunday at the age of 92. According to an obituary in the Lincoln Journal Star, Adams participated in nine major campaigns during WWII, and was the recipient of the Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters. The Army transferred Adams to Lincoln in 1962, and he retired a year later....

Airman Missing From Vietnam War Identified - Aero News Network | Air Force Maj. Larry J. Hanley Went Down November 4, 1969 | The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced this week that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors....

RIVERSIDE: C-5 expert to Speak at March Field Air Museum - Press-Enterprise | March Field Air Museum will present a one-hour briefing by Lt. Col. Tom Maxwell, USAF (Ret.) on the C-5 aircraft on Saturday, July 13, at 1 p.m. Maxwell is a former USAF pilot, aerospace executive, and test pilot instructor. His Air Force career included the accumulation of over 6,000 hours in numerous high-performance and transport aircraft, including the giant Lockheed C-5A Galaxy and the C-17. Maxwell was a member of a team that developed the requirements for a new USAF Transport, the C-17....

Normandy Invasion — viewing in a different way by travelforaircraft | ...Airpower is addressed just as well as the infantry and armor aspects of the combat. The start of the invasion is shown with the courage and initiative of airborne forces. Strategic bombers did well when on interdiction missions but were ineffective to worse in other missions with Vansant illustrating the killing of the highest ranking Allied officer in an air raid gone wrong. Also shown is how, with the skies flooded with fighter and attack aircraft, the German Panzers were forced to be immobile during much of the daylight hours over the course of the battle....

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ TAKES FLIGHT WITH NEW SEASON OF AERIAL AMERICA | NEW Season Kicks off on Sunday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT | With Themed Specials that Soar to “Amazing Destinations” and “Beyond Hollywood” and Episodes that Fly Above New States | The most expansive series of U.S. aerial adventures in television history continues this summer as Smithsonian Channel’s AERIAL AMERICA takes flight with an all-new season of new episodes beginning Sunday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This season, the series soars high above new states such as Montana, Ohio, Minnesota and West Virginia. Viewers can also find a brand-new twist: themed specials that present an array of our nation’s most intriguing and iconic places across several states, including “Amazing Destinations,” “Made in the USA,” and “Beyond Hollywood.” First launched in 2008, AERIAL AMERICA is now 37 states into its epic quest to capture all 50 states from the air, from their historical treasures and cultural landmarks to places far off the beaten path. AERIAL AMERICA offers the ultimate “bird’s eye view” of our country and its wonders. Shot from a helicopter equipped with a state-of-the-art Cineflex V-14 HD camera system, each episode gives rare glimpses from breathtaking heights of the unmatched beauty, rich history and astonishing sights each of the states has to offer....

Human-powered helicopter takes prize with record-breaking flight - NBCNews.com (blog) | A Kickstarter-backed project has succeeded in flying a human-powered helicopter for a full minute, setting records and taking home the $250,000 prize from a decades-old challenge.Aerovolo, the team behind the "Atlas" helicopter device, raised over $34,000 last May with the intent of pursuing the Sikorsky prize, established in 1980....

AeroVelo Captures Sikorsky Prize by Dean Sigler, Cafe Foundation | This was not their first rodeo. Core members of the AeroVelo human-powered helicopter team, “Have been working together since 2006 on the world record setting Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter as well as the series of high-speed streamlined bicycles. Over the course of the various projects we have built a wealth of experience in human performance, lightweight composite construction, and advanced aerodynamic design.”

Ron Rapp · Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | As many of your know, Ron Rapp is part of the Blogging In Formation team. The first week each month, the six of us get together and blog on the same topic. But more than blogging, Ron is a pilot that we can all admire. ...Ron Rapp is an ATP-rated pilot, who has experience in more than 50 aircraft types, including tailwheel, aerobatics, formation flying, gliders, seaplanes, turboprops, business jets, warbirds, experimentals, radials, glass panels, and more! But how does he make his money?...

Air vs. Land: The Long History of Races Between Aircraft and Sports Vehicles · Warbirds News | This article was inspired by a recent stunt organized by FortyOneSix.com ahead of this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a Range Rover Sport on occasion of its unveiling went head-to-head against a Spitfire TR 9. The Range Rover Sport’s 510-horsepower supercharged V8 engine was pitted against the Spitfire’s 1,750-hp supercharged V12. The aircraft in this video, SM520 started life as a Spitfire HF IXe high-level fighter in November 1944. In 1948 it was sold to the South African Air Force and eventually became one of several Spitfires lying derelict in a metal scrapyard at Maitland, Cape Town. It was rescued in 1981 and in 2002 was converted into a replica of a TR-9 two-seat trainer, of which a handful were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Air Force after the Second World War....

Disney Planes: Learning to Draw with Story Artist Art Hernandez - Babble | He is a head of story at Disneytoon Studios and had a big hand in creating the animation for Disney Planes. In order to get it just right, Hernandez became a “virtual aviation expert,” studying how planes work and look in order to distill those ...

Have a Closer Look at the 2014 Ford Mustang USAF Thunderbirds Edition ... - autoevolution | Revealed about a week ago, the 2014 Ford Mustang US Air Force Thunderbird Edition was closely inspected by our friend over at Mustangs Daily.. Good news we might add, because now you can have a closer look at this unique musclecar as well...

Local pilot helps young people discover flight - Highland Community News | An area pilot has now given more than 200 young people a free demonstration airplane ride as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, which is introducing a new generation to the world of flight. Among the more than 45,000 ...

Italian Astronaut takes “out-of-the-world” photos during his first spacewalk · David Cenciotti | Luca Parmitano is a 36-year old Italian astronaut and Italian Air Force test pilot. He’s curently orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station....

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Reno to welcome big names and returning champions · General Aviation News Staff | In preparation for the 50th National Championship Air Races, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) has unveiled a star-studded field of competitors and aircraft registered to compete this September. Headlining the recently unveiled Unlimited & Warbird Racing Class (UWRC) is four-time defending champion Steve Hinton who, in a surprise twist this year, will be helming the fan-favorite P-51 Mustang “Voodoo.”...

Fighter jets, cargo aircraft, warbirds and choppers of the Volkel Airshow 2013 by David Cenciotti | On Jun. 14 and 15, Volkel airbase, in the Netherlands, the military installation where 22 U.S. nuclear bombs are housed, hosted the airshow that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Air Force....

Kiev Retro Aircraft Festival by Wallace Shackleton | On 2-4, July the Festival of retro-aircraft at the State Aviation Museum will be held. The pilots of the club «Air Squadron» from the UK, who will arrive to Kyiv on their own aircraft will be the Museum guests. His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, Honorary Member of the club will also conduct the flight on Pilatus PC-12...

RAF Red Arrows close fair with spectacular flypast - Comet 24 | The Red Arrows were spectacular, complete with smoke, and the Hurricanes did four loops round flying very low. We really couldn't have asked for better.” About £3,000 was raised on the day and funds will go towards providing new tables and chairs for ...

Waddington Airshow round-up - This is Lincolnshire | Visitor numbers for the RAF Waddington International Airshow reached 148,000, one of the highest figures since the show began. The show took on the several themes this year, from celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Royal Air Force to the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid....

Canada Remebers Our Heroes Airshow will take place - News Talk 650 CKOM | Sunday morning the Canada Remembers Our Heroes Airshow posted the exciting message on their Facebook page that officials declared the show will take place. A new schedule was also put on the page: 11:00 Gates Open at Auto Clearing Motor ...

Airborne angels enact Air Tattoo drama - airshows.org.uk | Whether it’s the police, ambulance or fire and rescue, the speed and effectiveness of the UK’s airborne emergency services in responding to an incident can often be the difference between life and death. Thanks to Eurocopter UK Ltd, their capability and professionalism will be demonstrated in vivid fashion when a dramatic rescue is enacted at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds on July 20-21....

Souvenir T-shirts joke about the Blue Angels being grounded - PNJ.com | The federal budget cuts that grounded the Blue Angels have frustrated Terry Hynds and cost him money, but he has found a way to get a laugh and recoup some of his losses at the same time.When the reprogrammed Pensacola Beach Air Show takes place Friday and Saturday, with civilian pilots instead of the traditional Blue Angels extravaganza, Hynds will be there selling T-shirts to commemorate it as “The Sequestration Air Show.”...

Lights In Sky Confirmed As Sky Divers, Part Of Scioto Downs Show - 10TV | COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police have confirmed to 10TV that lights visible across the sky in Franklin, Pickaway and surrounding counties were caused by a sky diving light show at Scioto Downs. An advertisement on the Scioto Downs facebook page also promoted an event for Saturday, July 6 with the description “Meteor Shower Sky Diving show by Fastrax Professional Skydiving Team."...

National Warplane Museum Planning a Return to Normandy in Their C-47 - Warbirds News | The National Warplane Museum of Geneseo, New York is planning to bring their Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain back to Normandy, France to mark the 70th anniversary of when this very plane dropped paratroopers on the beach on D-Day....

Ole Griffith “The fascination of flight” · Joe Kates, Photorecon | Our very own Drsky conducted an audio interview with Col Ole C. Griffith USAF (Ret). The story of a life in the air and a fascination with flight. Please visit the links below to find out more about this world class aviator.

Sporty’s Sweepstakes winner takes delivery of his Legend Cub · General Aviation News Staff | Christopher Boyle, a private pilot from Arcata, California, is the winner of Sporty’s 2013 Aircraft Sweepstakes, a Legend Cub. He was informed of his winning status by Sporty’s President Michael Wolf during Sporty’s Annual Fly-In on Saturday, May 18....

"The Gap" Widens: Last Space Shuttle Launch Two-Years Ago Today - Spaceports | STS-135 Atlantis launched on 8 July 2011 on the last flight of the United States space shuttle program from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. "The Gap" of American-based human spaceflight continues but must be closed. It remains up to Americans to demand the Congress to enable the private sector to place humans back on orbit from American soil before the end of 2015. Take action: call and/or write your two US Senators and your Congressman today.

Congratulations to SpaceX - again! · Peter | The Telegraph has just reported on the latest test of SpaceX's maneuverable Grasshopper rocket....

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Thunderbird 9 NASCAR Feature for ESPN - USAF Thunderbirds | This feature, produced by Adrienne Sack for ESPN revisits the actions of Thunderbird 9, Maj. Michael Carletti, after an accident on the last lap of the Saturday Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway in February, 2013.

VIDEO: More Air Performances Scheduled For Shriners Fest - Tristatehomepage.com | It appears the Blue Angels' canceled Hadi Shriners Fest performance was only a bump in the road. Organizers say this year event-goers will be spending more time with their eyes to the sky. "When the Blues canceled on us, they were as crushed as we were," says Steven Eberhart, air show coordinator for Hadi Shriners Fest. "We had really a standard, generic air show put together at that point." After the initial disappointment, Eberhart says his team came together and brainstormed new ideas to expand the air performances and make them even more exciting than years past...

2013 Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival | Free Show Saturday, July 6, 2013 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the first full airshow in 17 years. All funds raised go to our local youth through the three not for profit organizations volunteering their time to put it on. EAA Chapter1073, Truckee Optimist Club and the KidZone Museum.

Champion aerobatic pilot to wow crowds at Truckee air fair - tahoedailytribune.com | ...On July 6 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport, the community can look up and watch a woman fly her shiny blue, black and silver Edge 540, and do barrel rolls around Superman — or, rather, her husband — while he freefalls in his wingsuit — an astonishing air show performance like nothing you have ever seen before. Melissa Pemberton, 28, is a champion aerobatic pilot who, with her husband Rex, will be giving spectators the show of a lifetime at the second annual Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival...

Young stunt pilot performs at Fair St. Louis - KSDK By Grant Bissell | ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The air show is usually a huge draw at Fair St. Louis on the Riverfront and this year features one of the youngest stunt pilots in the world. Kevin Coleman is only 23-years-old and air show piloting runs in his blood. His dad and older brother flew in air shows and Kevin's been at it for four years....

Tuskegee Airmen in the spotlight at Fair St. Louis - SuburbanJournals | George Boyd travels across the country — to air shows, high schools and universities — telling stories about his days as a Tuskegee Airman and delivering a message: Americans should never stop fighting for their rights. He estimates that he’s told more than 80,000 people that message so far, and he’ll keep doing so this weekend at Fair St. Louis....

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Snowbirds to take to the skies at Saskatoon air show - News Talk 650 CKOM | Show will feature Trudeau, strong-man demo and salute to WWII vet | The snowbirds and Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon this weekend for the Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show. The two-day air show takes place at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Trudeau will speak on Saturday during the opening ceremonies, which start shortly before 1 p.m....

Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th - Warbird News | The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be holding a living history event on July 6. The topic for the event shall be the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. There will be a discussion panel featuring distinguished aviation experts, historians and veterans, followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration....

Air show to take off over Cedar Creek Lake by David Webb | The annual "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake" air show will fly again Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m. over the lake. The performance will include aerial acrobatics by jet fighters. The evening includes with a fireworks show over the lake...

Solar Impulse - Around the world in a solar airplane | Solar Impulse will be completing its final leg of this historic journey across the country, on Saturday July 6th! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the adventure!

The Answers to the Questions You've Been Asking · Rich Davidson | ... What about events? Well, there will be no fly-in this year. Yes your read that right. There will be no fly-in this year. It was an extremely difficult decision but once we realized it came down to focusing on the event or getting the buildings repaired, it became much easier. The event is such a mental and physical drain, despite all the good that comes from it, we just weren’t able to do both. Furthermore, attempting to hold the even without the necessary infrastructure would be madness. ... As for Sinful Sundays, the local community has made them harder for us to hold and until we have the appropriate infrastructure, or a membership program in place, we will not be able to host them as they were. What we are capable of doing is...

NTSB releases preliminary report - WDTN | VANDALIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Federal Transportation Officials have released it's preliminary findings into what caused a deadly crash at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. The report relies heavily on videos and photos submitted by spectators that shows around 12:45 pm on Saturday , June 22 the Boeing-Stearman airplane, operated by Jane Wicker Air Shows, impacted terrain at Dayton International Airport....

Two die in chopper crash at Libya airshow - Herald Sun | A LIBYAN military helicopter has crashed during an airshow in the eastern city of Benghazi killing two crew members and wounding a third, an airforce official says. The accident occurred on Thursday while a military parade was underway at the Benina airbase in Libya's second city and cradle of the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi. "A lieutenant colonel and a lieutenant were killed ... while a third crew member, a lieutenant, was seriously wounded," airbase commander Colonel Nasser Busnina said....

Hopes are high Prince Harry will be at Fairford air tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | Hopes are high Prince Harry will be at Fairford air tattoo | ROYAL watchers will be out in force at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford later this month hoping that Prince Harry will be among the crew in the Army Air Corps Attack Helicopter Display Team. Last month, the Prince – known as Captain Wales to his colleagues – made his air display debut as co-pilot/gunner in the front seat of an Apache AH1 at the RAF Cosford Air Show...

Oris Ambri Fly-In 2013: 150 aircraft, 30 ° C, 1 Swiss watchmaker - Passion for Aviation | After six years of interruption for the first time under the auspices of Oris, the flights training "Ambri Fly-In" are back. The event took place on June 15 and 16 at the aerodrome of Ambri, located south of the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland, and have more than 150 aircraft and 6,000 visitors.

Honoring a 70-Year Old Memory of a B-17 Crew Operating in France ... - Second Line of Defense | ... But not only in the United States is sequestration having its perceptual impacts – the absence of the USAF was certainly noted at Le Bourget and only by a miracle did the USAF have representation at a powerful ceremony held on Noirmoutier island, France, the scene of B-17 raid, and the rescue of downed crewmen after a raid against Nazi air and maritime facilities in this part of France....

Sky-diving a hard habit to break for veteran parachute team - WRAL.com | Fayetteville, N.C. — As a former member of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, Mike Elliot has done it all. He’s even parachuted from an airplane while strapped to a former president. When he retired after 26 years in the Army, he found himself restless to do more. “I want to continue to serve, continue to do this,” he said. “I’m retired, but I have great skill sets. I’m at the top of my game.”...

Celebrating the Cradle of Civil Aviation Wright Brothers Park Dedication Video - Alabama Aviator | 7/4/2013 - Celebrating the Cradle of Civil Aviation Wright Brothers Park Dedication Video MONTGOMERY AL- Joining the ranks of the Smithsonian in Washington DC to the Museum of Flight in Seattle Washington from Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Dayton Ohio to Wright Brothers National Memorial Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, from College Park, Maryland to Le Mans, France, is the Wright Brothers Park in Montgomery, Alabama says Amanda Wright Lane, great niece of the famous brothers, "we will never be the same again."...

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Air Race Classic Ends in Fayetteville Friday - Arkansas - Arkansas, Jill Rohrbach | Look to the skies in Fayetteville this Friday. Forty seven teams are participating in the 2013 Air Race Classic from June 18-21, starting in Pasco, Washington and ending in Fayetteville, Ark. The Classic has pilots that range in age from 17 to 90. Race teams, consisting of at least two women pilots, must fly...

First team in for Women's Air Race - La Junta Tribune Democrat | On Wednesday afternoon, the first team from the Air Race Classic (women's air race) landed at La Junta Municipal Airport. The team was #30, Dianna Stanger, pilot and Joyce Wilson, co-pilot.

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Popular Ohio air show expects smaller crowds - San Francisco Chronicle | DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Organizers of the Dayton Air Show expect smaller crowds for the two-day event this weekend, thanks to the Air Force Thunderbirds and other military support pulling out because of federal budget cuts. The show, one of the oldest and most prominent in the country, usually draws around 70,000 people and has a $3.2 million impact on the local economy. But the Thunderbirds precision jet team had to withdraw earlier this year because of federal cutbacks. Military support from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base also will not participate....

Team Fastrax to Perform at the Vectren Dayton Airshow - PR Web (press release) | On Saturday, June 22nd, and Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, Team Fastrax will be performing several amazing skydives, including an American Flag Skydive, as part of the annual Dayton Airshow. The Vectren Dayton Air Show is an annual event held at the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, eight miles north of Dayton, Ohio...

Sequester won't stop Quad City Air Show from flying high - WQAD.com | After a tragic crash in 2012 and federal budget sequester, the Quad City Air Show faced its share of challenges. But after careful planning, the show is charting a new course this year. Gates open at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Davenport ...

Zenith Open House and Fly-In this Saturday - General Aviation News Staff | Zenith Aircraft’s sixth annual “Fly in to Summer” Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Gathering at its kit factory at Mexico Memorial Airport (MYJ) in Missouri is slated for this Saturday, June 22. This will be a fun gathering of Zenith builders, flyers, and enthusiasts, and is an informal grass-roots fly-in gathering open to all aviation enthusiasts, according to company officials....

Scheyden sponsors ‘Super Dave’ Mathieson - General Aviation News Staff | Scheyden Precision Eyewear reports that airshow pilot “Super Dave” Mathieson has joined Team Scheyden and will fly a customized Scheyden MX2 aerobatic aircraft while sporting the company’s sunglasses and the soon-to-be-released True Aviator watch....

Friday Harbor Airport Fly-In and Open House July 27 - San Juan Islander | The 4th Annual Friday Harbor Airport Fly-In and Open House is scheduled for Saturday, July 27. One of America’s favorite flying destinations, Friday Harbor Airport draws more than its share of interesting aircraft, including antiques, warbirds, and homebuilts....

Six Flags St. Louis hosts Salute to Heroes July 3-7 - THV 11 | Daily Flyovers - A B25-J and an Avenger airplane provided by the Commemorative Air Force's Missouri Wing will perform a flyover of the park each day at 2:30 pm. • Vintage Military Displays - The Military Vehicle Preservation Association will display ...

Scenes from the 50th Paris Air Show - The Dark Room | A celebration of flight, the 50th Paris International Air Show ramped up this week at Le Bourget airport.

These Photos Of The Paris Air Show Are Unreal - Jalopnik | You hear about huge spending on the newest and fastest fighter jets and jumbo jets, but it's hard to grasp where all that money goes. Here's how: just look at these amazing pictures from the Paris Air Show.

Russian Air Power Makes a Splash at Paris Air Show - Wall Street Journal- India | LE BOURGET, France—At the Paris air show this week, one of the biggest attractions wasn't an airliner from Airbus or Boeing Co., but a Russian fighter jet. The new Sukhoi Su-35 streaked across the sky here in flying displays, making its first ...

LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW: Video action from day two including Red Arrows ... - Sleaford Today | Already the morning has seen a flypast from the Red Arrows and the Countess of Wessex has been spotted taking in the atmosphere. Former England rugby union star Mike Catt is the sporting guest of the day and will be fielding questions in a Q&A debate ...

VIP transport in a “Crate” -Travel for Aircraft | Catherine Dowman recently visited the Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Na) in Hanoi Vietnam and contributed these copyrighted images for this post. The aircraft is a Russian made Ilyushin Il 14 which has “Crate” as its NATO reporting name and was flown by the Air Force Regiment 919. This particular aircraft is historical since it is one of three which would also serve to transport President Ho Chi Minh....

SD governor proclaims June General Aviation Appreciation Month - General Aviation News Staff | South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has declared June “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” Across South Dakota, general aviation generates $303 million in economic activity annually. “Governor Daugaard’s proclamation helps to highlight the importance of this vital industry and economic driver,” said Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance for Aviation Across America. “For communities across South Dakota and the country, general aviation is a critical tool for farms, businesses and first responders.”...

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Build a Plane builds two planes, Day 4: Ready for the wings - Jill Tallman, AOPA | The gleaming wings for the first Build a Plane Glasair are laid out on trestles, waiting to be installed, and that is on today’s agenda....

Young Eagles Flight Rally to allow children, teens chance to take free ... - News-Herald.com | The rally at Geauga County Airport in Middlefield Township is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, Volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 1.3 million young people ...

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First Flight For Jetman No. 2  - AVweb | Until this week, Yves Rossy was the only human to have flown the jet-pack that he designed, but now there's a second flyer, after two years of training. Vince Reffet on Monday became the second person to fly the Jetman wing, and Rossy's Facebook page promised that soon there will be news of a Jetman Team....

Heart of Texas Airshow to make its debut in September - General Aviation News Staff | In a year when so many airshows have been cancelled due to sequestration, D&D Marketing Concepts Inc. will debut The Heart Of Texas Airshow Sept. 28 at Texas State Technical College Airport (CNW) in Waco, Texas. The Heart Of Texas Airshow promises to provide something for everyone in an action-packed day of fun for the entire family, organizers promise. Before and after the airshow crowds will be entertained with helicopters, airplanes, warbirds, powered parachutes, skydivers, radio control aircraft and more, in static displays and demonstrations. Flights will be available throughout the day to the public in helicopters, airplanes, historic warbirds and biplanes...

Airport at 80 - Colleton Today | Saturday the Lowcountry Regional Airport celebrated its birthday. Exactly 80 years ago C.C. Anderson Landing Field was dedicated. Nine years later the United States Army Air Forces moved in, turning the airport into a training center as America went to war...

WWII Airborne Demonstration Team Open Hangar Day/Fly In date set - Altus Times | The WWII Airborne Demonstration Team's Summer 2013 Open Hangar Day and Fly-In is set for Saturday, July 27. The Open Hangar Day and Fly-In concludes the teams Summer Jump school, which will be held at the at the historic Frederick Army Airfield ...

Sauk Prairie Fly-In - Baraboo News Republic | Please login or register at this time to enjoy articles and other website features as a registered user -- or to enable your subscription. No Thanks. Thanks for visiting. You're entitled to view free articles every 30 days, and you currently have free...

Cruise-in/Fly-in Nights in Stow - The Beacon-Villager | In cooperation with EAA #196, Friends of Minute Man Air Field, and Nancy's Air Field Café, the Rotary Clubs of Nashoba Valley, Acton-Boxborough, and Maynard are holding the first annual Wings & Wheels program, a summer-long cruise-in/fly-in event at...

Another Event Lost To Sequester  - AVweb | While EAA and Sun 'n Fun weren't happy about paying for their own controller staff for their air show events, at least they had the resources to do it, which isn't true for many smaller events around the country. At Columbia Airport in Tuolumne County, Calif., the 47th annual Father's Day Fly-in never happened last weekend, due to the cost for the FAA to staff a temporary tower...

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Photos: On this day – June 18, 1928 – Amelia Earhart First Woman to Fly Across Atlantic  - York Daily Record | On this day – June 18, 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other record...

Sherman Mills Fairchild: Aviation Inventor and Entrepreneur | Born in Oneonta, New York, on April 7, 1896, Sherman Mills Fairchild made a major contribution to the development of the aviation industry with his many inventions. An astute businessman, Fairchild founded more than seventy companies, including the Fairchild Aviation Corporation, the parent company for many of his aviation-related firms. In addition to designing and building aircraft, Fairchild developed aerial photography for commercial and military use, with his inventions for aerial photography being used on NASA Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17...

Boeing Chief Test Pilot Dave Desmond Retires  | The Aero Experience salutes Boeing Chief Test Pilot Dave Desmond on his retirement!

The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary - Air & Space | Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best.

Fighter squadron inactivation signals end of A-10s in Europe - af.mil | 6/18/2013 - SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- The Air Force inactivated the 81st Fighter Squadron June 18, here, in support of force-shaping procedures across the service.  The squadron employed the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and the closure signals the end of A-10 operations in Europe....

B-1B Lancer: More than meets the eye - af.mil | SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1B Lancer is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force, and is flown here by the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron....

Historic Landing of MV-22 “Osprey” on Foreign Ship - Photorecon | For most of the month of June, Operation Dawn Blitz 2013 will be happening off of the San Diego County coastline from Coronado to Camp Pendleton and will include exercises at San Clemente Island. Three Japanese ships are currently using Naval Base San Diego this month for this historic exercise aimed at demonstrating confidence in the Marine Corps’ Osprey, the hybrid helicopter-airplane...

Being Electric Doesn't Keep This Plane From Serious Aerobatics  - Wired | The E-Fan is the brainchild of Didier Esteyne, an engineer and pilot with a knack for electric aircraft. Two years ago he unveiled an electric version of the diminutive Cri-Cri, which made its debut here last year. Esteyne worked with EADS — corporate...

Kids learn about aviation from model flyers - Journal Courier | Many of the children were wide-eyed as they learned how airplanes fly. They hung on Chris Scheldt’s every word as he described how air moves over planes’ wings and rudders, ailerons and elevators control movements...

Young Eagles Flight Rally to allow children, teens chance to take free airplane rides - The News-Herald | Area young people ages 8 to 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter No. 5 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the annual Wheels and Wings Event...

Today in 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space - National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Today, June 18th 12:35pm | Today in 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. Ride traveled aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7.

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Solar Impulse Departs St. Louis for Cincinnati - Carmelo Turdo | Solar Impulse took off from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport shortly after 4am today for its flight to Cincinnati, Ohio as it continues its Across America tour. Pilot Andre Borschberg is scheduled to land this evening, and Solar Impulse should be ready to continue on to Washington, D.C. tomorrow morning...

Planes of Fame event on Saturday in Chino - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | The event's theme is the "Flying Tigers/AVG", featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Featured speakers include Claire Lee Chennault recruited United States Army Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy pilots to form the American Volunteer Group (AVG), which he ...

American Heroes Air Show Lands at Hansen Dam - Helicopter Association International | Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the U.S.'s premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters lands in the San Fernando Valley. Since 1993, this admission-free event has been educating the Southern California community as to the unique ...

Performers to take flight Saturday for Holdrege Air Show - Kearney Hub | The Holdrege Air Show will include fly-in/drive-in breakfast, air show, parachute jumpers, wing walkers and aerobatics. Celebrate swedish days. Holdrege's annual Swedish Days celebration will be Friday and Saturday in downtown Holdrege. Games and...

Warbirds over the Roanoke set for Saturday - Lake Gaston Gazette Observer | Warbirds over the Roanoke set for Saturday.  Warbirds over the Roanoke set for Saturday. Come join the 95th Squadron...

Public invited to fly high in the 'Tin Goose' while it visits Quincy - Quincy Herald Whig | The Tri-Motor's visit coincides with the chapter's annual Father's Day Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast, which takes place from 7 to 1 a.m. Sunday at the airport. Proceeds from both will benefit the EAA's Young Eagles program, which offers children between ...

AirFest 2013 Is Officially Canceled - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) – What's supposed to be the final hurrah of summer is now a big disappointment for Rockford's economy. AirFest 2013 is officially canceled and it's the second big act to go away this year. Some local pilots feel the economy isn't going ...

Rare B-17 is in Joplin this week - KY3 | JOPLIN, Mo. -- Once famed as a "Flying Fortress," the B-17 soaring above the Ozarks on Tuesday is now a full-fledged flying museum. "Sentimental Journey" is one of the world's few remaining airworthy B-17s. It touched down Tuesday at Joplin Regional ...

Restored B-17 brings back memories for WWII veterans - Shore News Today | The LOWER TOWNSHIP – The Yankee Air Museum's restored B-17 bomber “Yankee Lady” made its final approach to the runway here Sunday evening, as nearly 20 guests – mostly veterans – gathered to welcome its arrival. The restored aircraft, one of ...

Rise Above exhibit brings story of Tuskegee Airmen to York - York Daily Record | A film about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron plays in a tractor-trailer as part of the Rise Above Traveling Exhibit. The exhibit is in York through Friday. On Saturday, it will move to Aviation Days at the York ...

In the Cockpit with the Red Bull Corsair and Lightning - The Lexicans | Some absolutely beautiful air-to-air.

B-25 Mitchell Association Closes Down - WarbirdsUpdate | Though the B-25 Mitchell Association got off to a good start, lack of member content contribution has led to the founder of the association, Rick Mitchell (no relation) to wind down the operation of the no-cost association....

Turners Falls: Model airplane air show slated Sunday - Berkshire Eagle | The Franklin County Radio Control Club will present a Father's Day Fun Fly from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, at 140 Industrial Boulevard. The third annual event will include a model airplane aerobatics show, flight helicopter demonstration ...

Model Aviation Air Show - fox2now.com | (KTVI) – Jonathon Hendrickson, with the Saint Louis Radio Control Flying Association (SLRCFA), stopped by with some friends and a whole lot of model remote controlled airplanes. Tim Ezell got to help start a model jet fighter and watch the aerial ...

Nellis combat rescue commemorates fallen wingmen - ACC | The 66th Rescue Squadron took a step on June 10 to ensure that their fallen comrades will never be forgotten, during a ceremony where they named three roads after Airmen who died exactly three years ago in the district of Sangin, Afghanistan.

Virginia Air and Space Center hosts an exhibit that will puzzle you - Daily Press | If you're worried about the kids developing a fuzzy brain during the summer months, head to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton where the traveling exhibit "Mindbender Mansion" is sure to test the wits. On display through Sept. 3, the exhibit ...

Sukhoi PAK-FA spin recovery footage  - Dave Majumdar  | Check out this video of the Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA fifth-generation stealth fighter. There is some good footage of the jet undergoing flight tests--my comprehension of the Russian language is virtually non-existent, but I think the reporter is giving an overview of the jet's capabilities...

NASA Visitor Centers Launch New Passport for Space Tourists - Space.com | ... the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia where space shuttle Discovery is exhibited; the California Science Center in Los Angeles where shuttle Endeavour is housed; and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, which ...

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This Weekend: Find the air show closest to you on the Fencecheck calendar!

EAA Agrees To Pay  - AVweb | Thursday, EAA finalized a one-time agreement with the FAA that will assure air traffic control services for the 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in at a cost to EAA of nearly $450,000, but according to EAA Chairman Jack Pelton, "this isn't over." Pelton has described the FAA's position as "holding AirVenture and GA hostage this year." The FAA, acting under budgetary constraints created by the sequester,...

Four-Day Pylon Racing Seminar Underway in Stead - KOLO | The Reno Air Racing Association is holding the 16th annual Pylon Racing Seminar through this weekend. “It's designed to take brand-new race pilots and teach them the ins and outs of racing,” Reno Air Racing Association President and CEO Mike Houghton ...

Excitement Grows for Airshow in Thanet. - This is Kent | It has been twenty years since the last airshow took place in Thanet, and the return comes after the cancellation of the annual Folkestone Airshow. Manston Airport will play host to some of greatest modern and historic aircrafts.The show will be a ...

A couple of thousand people expected at Holdrege Air Show - Omaha World-Herald | HOLDREGE, Neb. — The skies above Holdrege will be filled with airplanes and aerobatics Saturday afternoon for the 2013 Holdrege Air Show. Event coordinator Dan Powers said he's expecting a couple of thousand people to attend the air show, which ...

Father's Day Fly-In one of many promising foothill events - Merced Sun-Star | This Father's Day weekend, foothill communities will hold events for families, dads and music lovers. It's Airport Appreciation Day at the Father's Day Fly-In on Sunday. At the Columbia Airport from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., vintage aircraft and WWII planes ...

All Lady Pilots To Start Cross Country Plane Race in Pasco - KNDO/KNDU | The 100 or so ladies manning the aircraft are gearing up for the 2013 Air Race Classic. The 2,500 mile cross country races takes off from the Pasco Airport on Tuesday. Terry Carbonell and Ellen Herr took top honors in this race in 2010 and placed third ...

Embry-Riddle Prescott, Daytona Beach Teams Compete in Women's Air Race ... - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | June 13, 2013 – Teams from Embry-Riddle's campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., will represent the university in the 2013 Air Race Classic (ARC), a four-day transcontinental flight competition for female pilots. Flying for Prescott are ...

The Women of The Air Race Classic  - Flight to Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday Flyers... Meet the ladies of the Air Race Classic

The Aero Experience Forms Partnership with The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum | The Aero Experience is proud to announce a formal partnership with The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum to promote Midwest Aviation from the museum's location at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2, St. Louis Downtown Airport. The objectives of The Aero Experience and those of The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum are compatible to the point where a natural synergy has developed between both groups....

Planning - The Enemy of Surprise  - Rich Davidson Nordo News | ...No more than five minutes later we had changed lanes, taken the first exit, made our way to Bowman Field, and found, to our surprise, a familiar Lockheed 12A sitting in front of an FBO. It was our friend Joe Shepherd. Ginger and I had arrived so fast, Joe wasn’t even out of the plane and yet the surprise of seeing such a beautiful aircraft on the field was already generating a crowd....

Ray Jasica trained to deliver nuclear bomb to Russian sub pens during Cold War - War Tales | Ray Jasica, who now lives in Punta Gorda, Fla. was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in Marine Corps Aviation after graduating from training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1954. After he got his wings, he was sent to a squadron of F9F “Panther” jet fighters based at El Toro Naval Air Station in Southern California. […]

Pakistan’s woman pilot ready for combat - The Times Asia | Pakistan’s first combat-ready female fighter pilot has said she is fully prepared for her first mission and that she feels no different from her male colleagues. Ayesha Farooq, 26, is one of five female fighter pilots in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s Air Force, but the first to have completed exams allowing her to carry out active combat missions in her Chinese-made F7PG fighter jet, a variant of the Soviet MiG21....

Video: Airbus A350 XWB Is In The Air! (First Flight 6-14-13) - AirPigz | Airbus has put the A350 XWB into the sky for the first time today... and in fact, if you're checking out this post before 8:00am EDT on Friday 6-14-13 then it's probably still on its first flight! This initial test flight is expected to last around 4 hours....

A Successful Flight School Understands Their Responsibility to Educate and Inspire Young People - Dan Pimentel Airplanista | Ask anyone in the flight training business and they'll talk at length about the need to reach out to children and young people as a means to "light fires" for aviation, as we often say. Kids are the next generation of pilots, and everyone in the aviation family knows the future health of GA depends on these "young people" growing up to eventually earn their Private Pilot's license and replace a senior aviator who has lost their medical, and thus their flying privileges. We need to keep the ratio of new tickets to lost medical certificates at 1-to-1, or do the math...GA's pilot population continues to shrink year after year....

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Oshkosh AirVenture gets Cessna exec support in clash over $500,000 fee - Milwaukee Business Journal | The Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh is getting a little assistance from an aviation executive in Wichita, Kan., in the organization's tussle over a new fee being imposed on the group by the federal government....

Senators got 19,000 messages against AirVenture fees By Dan Namowitz, AOPA | Members of the U.S. Senate received more than 19,000 messages from aviation supporters protesting the FAA’s plan to charge the Experimental Aircraft Association about $500,000 for air traffic services at EAA AirVenture this summer, EAA said. The messages—most sent within 48 hours of an EAA appeal on June 3—objected to the FAA’s precedent-setting move to impose a user fee on an aviation event....

See Recovered Wildcat on Display at Oshkosh - Airventure.org | The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc. is preparing to transport a World War II FM-2 Wildcat fighter recently recovered from Lake Michigan on December 7, 2012, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013...

Patty Wagstaff to Address Educators at AirVenture Teachers Day - Airventure.org | June 12, 2013 - Three-time national aerobatic champion and Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Teachers Day on Tuesday, July 30, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. Teachers Day is sponsored by Build A Plane, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and EAA...

Experience the Blue Angels at the National Naval Aviation Museum every Wednesday - Gulf Coast News Today | Locals and visitors to the area are invited to the Blue Angels Fan Experience at the National Naval Aviation Museum every Wednesday this summer. It includes...

Quad City Air Show Could Pay Three Times its Rent - WQAD | The Quad City Air Show could pay three times its rent for upcoming years. The Quad City Air Show, or Aerial Promotions, pays rent to the city to use the Davenport Municipal Airport. But in future years, it may be paying a lot more money to the city. The air show group starts using the air show about two weeks before the show, according to city council documents....

Red Arrows set for Weston Air Day - Mercury 24 | The free Weston Air Day will see several aeroplanes including the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, as well as the RAF Parachute Team and a host of other special display teams taking to the skies....

RIAT set for take-of​f with The Media Gro​up​ - airtattoo.org.uk | The world’s largest military airshow, Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) has announced the appointment of The Media Group to film and produce their official airshow DVD for 2013. RIAT, held annually at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, is one of the UK’s top outdoor family events with upwards of 130,000 visitors each year. The...

Hayward Air Rally slated by General Aviation News Staff | HAYWARD, Calif. – From all over the West Coast, 27 aircraft and pilot crews are preparing for competition in the 49th annual Hayward Air Rally, set for June 21. This proficiency challenge offers aviators the opportunity to demonstrate their airmanship skills of fuel planning and cross-country flight without the use of advanced navigation equipment, according to organizers....

Fly-In Movies Schedule - Antique Airfield | APM Director Steve Black, the purveyor of Antique Airfield's "Runway Cinema" program, is pleased to announce the schedule of genuine aviation movies he will be showing at the AAA-APM Fly-In this year. It's a great lineup which includes one Oscar winner and features films that would have been playing in the local Bijou during those early days of the AAA and the AAA National Fly-in some 60 years ago...

Vietnam vets to be honored with special honor flight at AirVenture by General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. — As a part of EAA’s AirVenture 2013’s Salute to Veterans activities, Old Glory Honor Flight, in partnership with American Airlines and Oshkosh Corporation, will provide a special one-time only event for Vietnam War veterans on Friday, Aug. 2. Vietnam veterans will embark on a journey from the AirVenture grounds to Washington, D.C. to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the Smithsonian American History Museum, and the Arlington National Cemetery — at no cost...

Museum slates Open Cockpit Day, fundraising sale for Father’s Day by General Aviation News | Oakland Aviation Museum in California will hold an Open Cockpit Day and aviation paraphernalia fundraising sale Sunday, June 16, to support its A-3 Skywarrior restoration project....

Go Behind The Scenes At The National Naval Aviation Museum – RESTORATION TOUR! - Warbird Radio | Go behind the scenes and tour the Aircraft Restoration Department at one of the most prestigious aviation museums in the world:  The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.  According to the museum’s website “The National Naval Aviation Museum is the world’s largest Naval Aviation museum and one of the most-visited museums in the state of Florida. These historic and one-of-a-kind aircraft are displayed both inside the Museum’s nearly 300,000 square feet of exhibit space and outside on its 37-acre grounds.”...

Chennault Aviation and Military Museum gets a Budgetary Respite by WarbirdsUpdate | Chennault Aviation and Military MuseumNamed after a local man of note, General Claire Lee Chennault, the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum located in Monroe, Louisiana is located not far from where the legendary aviator grew up and is the town where he chose to live after the Second World War had ended. Monroe was also the site of site of the Selman Field Army-Air Force Navigation School which opened in 1942 and was the largest military navigation facility in the country during WWII. The school graduated over 15,000 navigators, over 1,500 of whom lost their lives in combat...

RAAF F-111 Lands at Queensland Air Museum By WarbirdsUpdate | As part of a program where the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) restores and puts on long-term loan Six RAAF General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks to deserving museums around the country, the Queensland Air Museum (QAM) located in Caloundra West, Australia has recently received their F-111....

Europe Trip 2013: Finnish Aviation Museum and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport - Introduction - Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | ...I had been looking forward to visiting the Finnish Aviation Museum - in fact it was one of the reasons I came here. As it turns out, it was "ok' but not great. There are plenty of very interesting aircraft, but they are in incredibly cramped conditions - three large rooms in fact - which I a shame. I think that the first two pictures below should this quite well...

FedEx donates 727 to USAeroTech by General Aviation News Staff | GREENVILLE, SC. — On Wednesday, June 19, a FedEx Express aircraft will be permanently grounded at a new home at USAeroTech Institute in Greenville, S.C., where it will serve the training needs of aviation students. After arriving from the FedEx hub in Indianapolis, the 727 will be towed to its permanent home at USAeroTech, where students there will learn about the mechanical aspects of large aircraft....

Last AF Huey starts new mission with NY police force -  af.mil | 6/12/2013 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The Air Force's last operational UH-1H Huey helicopter was recently transferred to New York State Police's aviation unit as part of the Law Enforcement Support Organization Program here, June 5. The program's purpose is to identify excess assets that are no longer in use by the Air Force, and have been requested by U.S. civilian law enforcement agencies...

Illinois governor declares General Aviation Month by General Aviation News Staff | Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has declared June “General Aviation Month.” Across the state of Illinois, general aviation generates $4.4 billion in economic activity annually, and supports over 54,000 jobs. “We thank Governor Quinn for recognizing the critical role general aviation airports have in communities throughout Illinois,” Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance for Aviation Across America, commented. “General aviation serves as a lifeline for businesses, charities, law enforcement, and hospitals both in Illinois and throughout the United States. We also appreciate the efforts of the Illinois Pilots Association for helping to recognize the value of general aviation across their state.”...

SAN JACINTO VALLEY: Residents get impromptu weekend air show - Press Enterprise | Startled San Jacinto Valley residents were treated to an impromptu air show around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8, when a pair of NORAD-coordinated F-22 fighter jets intercepted a private Cessna airplane that ventured above the San Jacinto Valley during the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions. The jets, which were from Hollman Air Force Base in New Mexico, directed the Cessna out of area, where Friday-to-Sunday temporary flight restrictions were established by the Federal Aviation Administration during President Barack Obama’s weekend visit to the Coachella Valley....

Young Eagles fly with local pilots - Valley Journal | POLSON — “We went over the (Kerr) dam. We saw Flathead Lake and Wildhorse Island,” Dylan Wisniewski, 10, Ethan McCauley, 9, and Sean Murphree said, all contributing and nodding. “Oh, Pablo Reservoir, too,” they added when prompted by Ethan’s mother. The three boys were talking about a free Young Eagles flight at Polson Airport hosted by the Lake County Chapter 1122 of the Experimental Aircraft Association on June 8...