Blue Angels to fly next week at USNA - Eye On Annapolis | The Blue Angels are back in Annapolis and will perform above the Severn River, Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 21 as part of the Naval Academy’s Commissioning Week. These events are free and open to the public....
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst air show drew more than 300,000 people * NJ.com | BURLINGTON COUNTY — More than 300,000 people attended a two-day air show at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The event began Saturday with the Army's parachute team, the Golden Knights, jumping onto the base with an American flag. The show ended Sunday with the Air Force Thunderbirds flying their F-16s...
Photo Gallery: Joint Base MDL Hosts Annual Air Show - The Ocean Signal | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST- Visitors from New Jersey and surrounding states gathered at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., for the 2014 Open House and Air Show May 10-11. The Open House and Air Show exceeded attendance expectations with more than 300,000 spectators throughout the two-day event....
40 000 visitors at SAAF Museum air show * defenceWeb | Crowds of around 40 000 turned out to see several dozen different types of aircraft take to the air for the annual air show at Air Force Base Zwartkop on Saturday, but highlights also involved demonstrations with armoured vehicles...
Fly-in June 7-8 will bring vintage and experimental aircraft and gliders to Hutch airport - Hutchinson News | Aviation fans will have a chance to see and even fly in some vintage aircraft, including the Lady Liberty, an A-26 twin-engine bomber/attack aircraft from World War II, during a Fly-In event sponsored by the Hutchinson Airport Advisory Committee on June 7 and 8....
Spirit of St. Louis Airshow Warbird Photo Review * David D Jackson | The last airshow at the Spirit 
Three Things Only a Pilot Would Notice About This Cool Russian Jet Demonstration * The Blaze | Nine Russian jets were filmed flying at high speeds and low altitudes over Crimea this weekend. No, it wasn’t another step in the hotly debated Ukraine-Crimea-Russia debacle; it was a World War II commemoration...
Muroya Hopes To Keep Asian Flag Flying In Putrajaya Red Bull Air Race * bernama | KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) -- Yoshihide Muroya is determined to keep the Asian flag flying when competing in Round 3 of the Red Bull Air Race this weekend in Putrajaya. The 41-year-old Japanese ace hopes to make Asia proud on race day as he is the only pilot from the continent out of 12 pilots in the Master Class and is currently fourth in the standings...
BLM to close land around Stead airport for air races - Reno Gazette Journal | The Bureau of Land Management announced again this year it was temporarily closing federal land around the Reno-Stead Airport this year for the National Championship Air Races Sept. 6 through Sept. 15 and for the pylon racing seminar June 11 to June 14....
Red Tail veteran, film and plane return to Liberty - Fremont News Messenger | PORT CLINTON — Residents can take a step back into WWII-era history, sneak a peak at an original P-51 Mustang fighter airplane and speak with a veteran who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen this week. The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron educational program, ?Rise Above,? which tells the story of the famed African-American fighter pilots, will be returning to the Liberty Aviation Museum from Wednesday through Thursday...
PHOTOS: WWII B-17 Bomber In Spokane - KHQ Right Now | SPOKANE, Wash. - The Liberty Foundation's 2014 tour has hit Spokane, and Monday afternoon KHQ's Reed Schmitt got up close and personal with a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....
Convair XP5Y-1/R3Y-1 and –2 Tradewind * Let Let Let - Warplanes | Based on 1945 U.S. Navy requirements Consolidated-Vultee (later renamed Convair) designed a fast flying boat that was suitable for various tasks like submarine hunting, mine laying and offensive patrol missions. In fact it was intended as a successor for both the smaller twin-engine Catalina and the four-engine Coronado flying boats. The type...
The next Marine One * The DEW Line | Considering the massive level of past media interest around 
the US VXX presidential helicopter replacement programme (particularly when the last attempt got cancelled in 2009), confirmation of Sikorsky’s win this time around with an S-92 derivative might have passed many people by...
[Video] Here’s What It’s Like Being On The Receiving End Of A MiG-21's bomb in Syria * The Aviationist | Rule: if you see a Syrian warplane maneuver to drop a bomb on you, you better run!
Olympus E-M5 at an Air Show * Up At Dawn, Photography Talk | In a past post, I wrote about my experiences using my Olympus E-M5 and Canon 60D at air shows. This time I want to talk about the E-M5 by itself. It’s been a busy year for me so far regarding air shows. I’ve been to 3 air shows in the first 5 months of the year. The Cable Air Show, LA County Air Show, and most recently the Chino Planes of Fame Air Show. I’ve taken the E-M5 to all three and it performed both well, and not so well...
Sending young girls to space camp - Hutchinson News | With aircraft taking off and landing at Stearman Field on a recent evening, a group gathered with a common goal – to encourage some young girls to a future in space. Sponsored by the Women in Aviation Air Capital City Chapter, the annual event raised $5,350, which will pay for 30 low-income girls to attend the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center....
AOPA to send young pilot to French Air Rally · General Aviation News | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, (AOPA), with the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (ICAOPA), AOPA France and the Fédération Française Aéronautique (FFA), will send an American pilot between 18 and 24 years old to France this summer to take part in a nationwide air rally...
Young Eagles take flight on May 24 - Morehead News | May 12, 2014 — Can your child take the first steps to making their dreams of flying come true? Yes, that can happen May 24 when local kids have the chance to join the ranks of more than 1.8 million Young Eagles and see the world from a whole new perspective...
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Now THIS is a cross country from Life on the Road as a Pilot | http://twitter.com/theracingaces | On Sunday I left for my major trip to promote Girls With Wings in conjunction with the Racing Aces and 
the Air Race Classic. We had originally planned to leave Monday, but a little heads up from the other racers that the weather was going go downhill rapidly this week caused us to depart a day early. I had been ...
Air Race Classic - Official site
Racing Aces flying high again: Belton woman part of 2011 Air Race Classic team - Temple Daily Telegram | On Tuesday, 50 teams of women with their heads in the clouds and their hearts in the cockpit will take off on a cross country air race. Victoria Holt, who accounts for half of the Racing Aces team, is from Belton. The 2011 Air Race Classic "covers about 2,400 nautical miles. It starts from Iowa City and goes northwest to the Dakotas and Wyoming and then ...
Mobile pilots take part in 35th Air Race Classic - al.com | The 35th annual air race for women pilots begins June 21 in Iowa City, Iowa, and Amelia “Mimi” Reiheld and Linda Keller will make up Team Number 6, the “Azalea City Avgals.” ...
Girls from Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama partner with Air Race Classic ... - Press-Register - al.com | In a culminating event, an educational youth activity will be held at the USS Alabama Battleship and Air Museum on June 25. The 55 girls who took part in the program will receive a “goodie bag” with aviation information and other items to commemorate ...
Paris Panorama: U.S. Military Aircraft Corral from Defense Tech | Check out this panorama I made of the U.S. military aircraft on display at this year’s Paris Air Show. From right to left you’ll clearly see a C-130J Super Hercules, an F-16C out of Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, an F-15E Strike Eagle, a new Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom and a C-5 Galaxy. And no, it’s not a U.S. bird but I had to capture Airbus’ A400M Grizzly airlfter (with the A380 behind it). ...
Paris 2011: USAF Extends Life of Lockheed Martin U-2 as Northop Grumman Defends Global Hawk’s Failed Evaluation by Chris Pocock | The U.S. Air Force is adding new sensors to the Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady and postponing retirement of the veteran spyplane, after the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAV failed an operational test and evaluation (OT&E). Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman has mounted a stout defense of ...
Plane crash dampens air show excitement - ABC Online | A plane crash at the Barraba Air Show yesterday has put the pilot in hospital. Just after mid-day the Bi-plane impacted the ground heavily upon landing, causing it to nose dive and run off the run way. The male pilot was retrieved and treated by ...
Looking Good in Luzon! by The GYROX Team | Preparations for the resumption of the circumnavigation attempt continue apace in the Philippines and we can now give you an update on Norman’s activities over the last couple of weeks. ...
Greater Kansas City Vintage Fly-in - GardnerEDGE | The Greater Kansas City Vintage Fly-in will be held Friday - Saturday, Jun 24-25, 2011 at the Gardner Municipal Airport. Old fashioned Vintage Aircraft Fly-in. Camping allowed on the field, cookout Friday night for early arrivals, Breakfast and lunch ...
Sequim man to ride in B-17 — same plane his father died in during WWII - Peninsula Daily | David Upham of Sequim will be given the opportunity to ride in a B-17 bomber aircraft when it arrives in Port Angeles today for the Wings of Freedom tour. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News THE WINGS OF Freedom tour brings three restored ...
Appeal to honour woman aviator - Kent Online | He said; “Everyone knows the names of English aviator Amy Johnson and American Amelia Earhart, yet very few have heard of Harriet Quimby's pioneering achievement, we want to put that right. “I have already spoken to sculptor Martin Jennings, ...
China’s Museum Honoring the Flying Tigers and other Aviators of Sino-Japanese Conflict in the 1940s - samandimp | The Chinese press does not always highlight the contribution of US aviators and aircraft to their success against the Japanese during the early 1940s. An example is an article that describes the two year old Aviation Martyr Memorial Museum in Nanjing. But it is a start. The undeniable fact is that the Flying Tigers were American Pilots; their planes were made in the US and that money aside, there was interest in helping the Chinese. ...
The Last of the Few — book review - Travel for Aircraft | I enjoyed and learned from the newest book by oral historian Max Arthur regarding the fighter pilots who were in the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighting what came to be known as the Battle of Britain. This is the battle, won by Britain and lost by Germany, was fought from July through October in 1940. ...
A high-flying father-and-son act - TheNewsTribune.com | Aviator Bud Granley, left, talks things over with his son Ross during their aerobatic performance Sunday at the Olympic Air Show in Tumwater. Bud, 74, and Ross, 47 are both retired Canadian military pilots who now live in the United States. ...
'Barefoot Bandit' Pleads Guilty, Movie Expected from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Colton Harris-Moore, age 20, pleaded guilty last week to federal charges related to his two-year crime spree, during which he stole four airplanes and a boat, and now a movie about his exploits is in the works -- with profits to go to his victims. Harris-Moore, known as the "Barefoot Bandit," was arrested in the ...
F-35: Stealth Fighter Jet of Discerning Hipsters from Danger Room | ... Lockheed Martin wants to remind you. Just in time for the Paris Air Show, it rolled out a new website for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter family of jets on Monday. The first thing that bombards you when you load it: ...
Take to the Sky with Breitling Reno Air Races for iOS - IGN | San Francisco, USA & Paris, France - Breitling, one of the major sponsors of National Championship Air Races in Reno and a manufacturer of several high-tech watches, has announced the availability of a FREE flight-oriented game for iPad and iPhone devices called Breitling Reno Air Races. Based on a real life racing event that is set to take place from September 14-18 in Reno, Nevada this year, Breitling Reno Air Races puts players right into the thick of the action. ...
Space center hosting summer camps - The Downey Patriot | Campers will explore the space sciences of robotics, aerodynamics, rocketry and careers in space. At the end of each camp, kids will fly a simulated mission to the moon in the Challenger Learning Center. ...
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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1000 aircraft expected at Arlington's Fly-In - Lynnwood Enterprise
A B-25 Pacific Prowler, a restored bomber, is scheduled to be on display during the Fly-In, with ground tours and rides available. ...
The next vacation can be an air show style getaway - Examiner.com
The Prairie AirShow in Peoria,IL is this weekend, July 10 to 12. Thunder over Michigan Air Show in Ypsilanti, MI follows July 18 to 19. ...
Go to Ypsilanti, MI for a thunderous air show vacation - Examiner.com
But visit the airport's Yankee Air Museum, the show's co-host, which has a Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress,' a B-25D-35 and a V-77 Stinson Reliant high-wing ...
AirVenture Preparations Now In Full Swing - from AVwebFlash Current Issue
With the July 4th holiday behind us, and the Arlington fly-in going on this weekend, the next big thing on the aviation world's calendar is EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh ... coming up in just about two and a half weeks. The Notam is out, and pilots planning to fly in should be studying it soon to be sure they're familiar with all the procedures. Last-minute preparations are under way on site to be sure the grounds, now substantially reconfigured, are ready for the onslaught (click here for the new maps). The airshow schedule has been announced, and as usual it features the world's best performers. Kirby Chambliss and Mike Goulian take a break from the Red Bull Air Races to fly their solo shows. Sean Tucker, Patty Wagstaff, Kyle Franklin, Debby Rihn-Harvey, the Aeroshell Team and many more unique and spectacular acts will perform. The LSA folks will have a new site for their Mall, where the FlyMart used to be, which should provide great visibility for visitors shopping for a new airplane. Hundreds of other exhibitors will have their latest airplanes and cutting-edge gear of all kinds on display.
WMU alumna wins Women's Air Race Classic - WMU News
KALAMAZOO--A Western Michigan University alumna has won a national air race begun 80 years ago by famed aviator Amelia Earhart. ...
McRobertson race from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico
Space Camp Saturn/Apollo Reunion and Hall of Fame Induction Weekend from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Two nights of celebration which honor the past, present, and future of manned space exploration. HUNTSVILLE AL- The first reunion held in June 2004 helped educate the community about the Saturn V Restoration Project. The outpouring of community support following that first reunion enabled the museum not only to restore the rocket but also to upgrade its planned housing from a temporary facility to a permanent structure where exhibits are planned that will feature Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Constellation Programs…
World's first fuel cell aeroplane takes flight - Platinum today
The world's first-ever fuel cell-powered aeroplane took to the skies for the first time in Germany yesterday (7th July). Developed by the German Aerospace ...
Museum will offer rides Saturday in World War II bomber at Jackson ... - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
But Gerald Lester, a volunteer at the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, said the price tag is worth it for a chance to look out the windows of a World War II ...
Central Valley day trip: Castle Air Museum - Examiner.com
If you are up for a day or weekend trip, take a drive down Highway 99 to Atwater and visit the Castle Air Museum. Located at the former Castle Air Force ...
Air museum was a great day out - Doncaster Today
WE have just visited Doncaster's Air Museum, Aeroventure, and found it a very interesting and informative experience. What we found very difficult to ...
Aviation museum at Anoka County-Blaine Airport closing - Pioneer Press
The American Wings Air Museum, hit with higher costs and less income, has ended tours and is putting historic crafts in storage. By Brady Gervais American ...
Emily Howell Warner -- Legend of Aviation from Professional Pilot News by B. N. Sullivan
Emily Howell Warner, the first woman to become an airline pilot in the United States, tells her story:
Old aircraft never die, they just land on desks – Gizmag
Using pieces of vintage aircraft ranging from B-25 bombers to DC-9's and B-747's, the Los Angeles-based motoart liberates the sleek, metal beauty of planes ...
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Blue Angels’ new commander grew up in DeKalb - Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA
A commander in the US Navy, McWherter flies them so well that the 39-year-old recently became the new commanding officer of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s ...
ICAS Releases North American MILITARY SCHEDULES- USN Blue Angels to Make First Tuscaloosa Alabama Appearance! from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Direct from the annual ICAS convention in Las Vegas, Alabama Aviator.com is pleased to provide you all the military team show schedules for the 2009 season. Yes, the Blues are coming to Tuscaloosa!!!!! See Schedule below to see where your favorite teams will be flying. [click here]
Warbird Obsession - Air & Space
“Warbird intoxication is a widespread ailment, even if most of the afflicted get no closer than photographs or static aircraft displays and flybys at airshows,” according to author John Fleischman.
EAA AirVenture to honor humanitarian service from RSS Feed: News
The breadth and depth of good works accomplished by general aviation will be in the spotlight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2009, as a weeklong "Fly for Life" program recognizes those who fly to serve others around the world. The 57th annual EAA convention will be held July 27 through August 2 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
WWII flier honored after 64 years - Kansas City Star, MO
Ireland received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service on a B-17 bomber while flying missions over Europe. A former bindery company owner who lives ...
Aviation Museum discussed at VB mtg - WAVY-TV, VA
... collections of World War II and Korean war era fighters, bombers and trainers, many consider the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach a treasure. ...
Holiday Science Fest gives parents, kids a fun break from the busy season from airzoo.org by jmaclean
A typical Winter Break scene: visiting relatives have left, presents are left in a pile on the floor and parents are scrambling to find things their children can do to fight boredom. So what’s a parent to do? Bring their kids to the Air Zoo’s annual Holiday Science Fest, of course.
They're taking off, eh? - Orillia Today, Canada
Canada’s renowned Snowbirds will perform an air show in Orillia next June in support of the Community Foundation of Orillia and Area. ...
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AirshowEuro from airshoweuro.blogspot.com
Polands Random/Sadkow airshow on the 29th and 30th August 2009 are talking (not confirmed) a Mig 21 from Romania and from Belarus, Su 27, Su 24 and II.76. Ukranian Air Force
also sending Su 27. Mig 29 v F-16 Dogfight demo by the Polish Air Force is making the show more tempting by the hour.
Four inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame from RSS Feed: News
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame will induct four new members to its ranks at a formal ceremony at the hall's base in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, next spring.
Aircraft technicians help to resurrect F-86 Sabre for Centennial ... - Aviation.ca
"This is an amazing example of how a private not-for-profit foundation partnered with a number of key people with strong Air Force roots. ...
Local air ace donates German shrapnel to Comox Air Force Museum - Aviation.ca
... the The story of the fragment's long journey from the mouth of an 88-millimetre anti-aircraft gun to the museum was told by Wing Commander (ret'd) Warren himself in a recent informal ceremony attended by W/C Warren's wife Melba and daughter Wendy.
Vids:WW2 Test Pilots, Shuttling B-17s to Russia, Roaming P-47s, A-20s, Tommy Guns... from Military Photos by zeno303
Zeno’s Warbird Video Drive-In Very Big December 2008 Newsletter
You’re invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com for this month’s holiday offering of five exciting World War II documentary films playing over Internet. December marks the record breaking introduction of four Premiers at the Matinee, and the return of one of our most popular films ever, "The 362nd Fighter Group on the Prowl Over Germany."
One-man jet ready to cash in - New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
Glenn Martin, of Christchurch, created an international sensation when he exhibited his Martin Jetpack at America's biggest consumer airshow, EAA Airventure ...
Birmingham's 1st Aviation Art Expo & Gala Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
BIRMINGHAM AL- Last weekend the Southern Museum of Flight hosted Birmingham's first Southeastern Aviation Art Expo. Almost two hundred guests attending a Friday evening gala enjoyed a showcase of aviation art displayed among outstanding museum exhibits. The fundraiser and juried art show included hors d'oeuvres, drinks and live jazz.
Airspeed Wrapping Up 2008 - Holiday Special In Process!
from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
SPACE CAMP Grad and NASA Astronaut Scheduled for Space Shuttle Flight
from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
HUNTSVILLE, AL - Space Camp graduate and Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger is scheduled to fly aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in February, 2010. She will become the first Space Camp graduate to actually fly in space!
Display features Ringenberg - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN
A Florida aviation attraction is featuring the barrier-busting female pilots of World War II, including Fort Wayne native Margaret Ringenberg.
Fantasy of Flight in Polk City has a new display about the Women Airforce Service Pilots organization called "WASP - A Passionate Pursuit."
Taking flight...sorta from Circle and Squares by Jason266
I first saw the image of the proposed balloon tower on the cover of the Indianapolis Business Journal from a distance. From a distance, I was intrigued. I had thoughts of 1893 Chicago and George Ferris Jr. and turning the world on its head. Then I got a closer look. And read the article.
EA-18G Growler from Military Photos by 2495
T-6 / SNJ / Texan / Harvard from Fence Check
P-51 Mustang from Fence Check
A jewel of a find on Google from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman
Space Shuttle to FL on Sunday from FlightAware > Discussions
US Air Force Thunderbirds Display Team from Fence Check
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USAF Thunderbirds to Headline Vectren Dayton Air Show - Indy Transponder
Air Force Thunderbirds to return next fall - Sacramento Bee, USA
Air Force Thunderbirds returning to Cleveland airshow - The Plain Dealer - OH
U S Navy's Blue Angles to Headline 2009 Indianapolis Air Show - Indy Transponder
US Navy Blue Angels to highlight 2009 Airshow in Salinas - The Salinas Californian, CA
Navy Blue Angels coming to Air Show - Sun newspapers [Florida]
Air Show will return with Blue Angels in September - Record-Searchlight [Redding]
Blue Angels to perform at AirFest - Janesville Gazette, WI
Blue Angels back for air show - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
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