It's Blue Angels Airshow Weekend At Pensacola Beach * NorthEscambia.com | Civilian acts includes Gary Ward, Team Aerodynamix and Skip Stewart. Crowd favorite Fat Albert won't be in this year's show; the plane is down for maintenance. Are you heading to the show?...
Geneseo Air Show this weekend * News 10NBC | A plane back from Normandy for the 70th 
anniversary of D-Day is among those on display this weekend for the Geneseo Air Show. Whiskey 7 will be among more than 20 historic planes taking off for an aerial performance on Saturday and Sunday at the...
Arlington Fly-In fun continues through weekend * HeraldNet | At the airport, events and exhibits begin each day at 8 a.m., with air shows starting at about 2 p.m. The street fair opens at 10 a.m. Highlights include lots of kids activities, food vendors, shuttles to the Fly-In, the Arlington Idol singing contest...
Piper Cub pilots celebrate 30th fly-in * Lompoc Record | The West Coast Cub Fly-In will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Lompoc with what is expected to be its largest event yet. The fly-in, which will be based at the Lompoc Airport and is scheduled to last through Sunday, has become one of the Central...
Pilots for Christ to host Fly-In on Sunday * Jamestown Sun | Fly-In begins at 10 a.m. and an all-faiths church service at 11 a.m. with a complimentary lunch to follow. Special guest U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer will address the group. Following lunch the group will drop 1,500 numbered golf balls from a helicopter at a...
Airshow star Michael Goulian to serve as AOPA Ambassador * AOPA Pilot | Airshow pilot Michael Goulian is the newest AOPA Ambassador. Legendary airshow and racing pilot Michael Goulian will serve as an “AOPA Ambassador,” the association announced July 10. “Nobody conveys their passion and enthusiasm for flight quite like...
AirVenture gets bigger and so does Sporty’s · General Aviation News | Sporty’s will unveil a new display tent at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, slated for July 28-Aug. 3. Even larger than last year, the 16,000-square-foot display will feature new products, as well as a headset demo station where pilots can compare comfort and fit of a variety of headsets side by side. Another area is set aside to demonstrate cockpit video cameras from GoPro and Garmin. Book signings will take place, and Sporty’s staff, including flight instructors, will be on hand to demonstrate the Stratus ADS-B receiver, new online training courses and apps, and more...
Red Arrows celebrate 50th Anniversary at Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 * Metro | The Red Arrows team was founded in 1965 at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where a major celebration is planned at the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo. Since forming the team has performed more than 4,500 displays in 55 different countries...
Here’s a photo of the four F-35B jets set to take part to UK airshows stuck on the ground at Pax River 
Canberra bomber joins The Red Arrows for Sywell Airshow in August * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | A spokesman said: “In addition to the unique sight of two Avro Lancaster bombers flying in formation and The Red Arrows, the world's only flying Canberra jet bomber will also star. “Other acts include, Spitfires, Mustangs, The Blades and Breitling...
Not so PLANE! Carol Vorderman keeps it chic and classy in knee-length boots ... * Daily Mail | It appears as if her Countdown days are well and truly over as Carol Vorderman continues to promote her love of flying. The TV personality arrived at the Royal International Air Tattoo earlier this morning - where she was invited to see a Eurofighter...
'Like a giant lawn mower went through there:' Brewer man recalls B-17 crash 70 ... * Bangor Daily News | BANGOR, Maine — Somewhere under decades of dense forest growth on a remote mountain west of Rangeley are the remains of a B-17 aircraft in which 10 American fliers spent the last moments of their lives July 11, 1944. The entire crew of young men on...
Robert Reser · Flight To Success | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | ....Bob holds ATP and typed in B727, 
B757, B767, B747-400, DC-10 and B-25. He flew USAF and Air National Guard transport (C-123), observer (O-2), and jet fighter (RF-84, F-89, F-102) aircraft for 20 years and flew commercial airliners large transports for 30 years. He also holds USAF Navigator and Radar Observer ratings...
McDonnell Banshee Fighter Pilot Shares Experiences at Local McDonnell Aircraft Retiree Luncheon * The Aero Experience | The weekly luncheon of a local McDonnell Aircraft/McDonnell Douglas retiree group included a special guest speaker this week - Mr. Bill Hunsicker. Mr. Hunsicker served as a U.S. Naval Aviator during the mid 1950s, flying the McDonnell-built F2H-3 Banshee fighter/bomber during the critical years after the end of the Korean War fighting and the emergence of China as the Pacific threat to the U.S. The attendees this week were eager to hear a first-hand account from a Banshee pilot on what it was like to fly an aircraft that some of them designed and built. They were not disappointed with what they heard....
Frozen in Time — a Duck on ice · Travel for Aircraft | Frozen in Time — a Duck on ice Frozen in Time: an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II, Mitchell Zuckoff, 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-213340-3, 393 pp. Those who fly, especially in the earlier days, risk becoming stranded in remote as well as harsh locations, As author Zuckoff notes...
PIMA Air & Space Museum Ranked No. 2 Space Museum In The US · WarbirdsNews | TripAdvisor announced the Tucson Pima Air & Space Museum as the second best space museum in the country! The TripAdvisor space-themed attractions in this ranking are based on the quality and quantity of reviews for space museums, planetariums, and space centers. Pima Air & Space Museum has received more than 1200 TripAdvisor reviews, predominantly excellent, winning the coveted TripAdvisor award for Excellent ratings three years in a row (2012, 13 and 14).Pima Air & Space’s ranking is...
D-Day Veterans Bring History to Life at the Air Force Museum Theatre on July 12 · WarbirdsNews | This Saturday, the Air Force Museum Theatre will host a special event combining Living History, D-Day: Normandy 1944 and live presentations. Filmmakers Kara Martinelli and Adam White will introduce Living History at 4 p.m., then following the screening, personal stories and additional insight will be shared with the audience by D-Day veterans and restorers, followed by D-Day: Normandy 1944.Lt. Ralph Lynn, B-24 co-pilot, and Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, 101st Airborne paratrooper, will visit the....
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SPIRIT OF ALABAMA: David Tickle and the Blue Angels - Alabama's13.com | Right After World War II, the US Navy Flight Demonstration squadron was created – today, they're commonly referred to as the Blue Angels. Their mission was to demonstrate the precision, speed, training and teamwork that navy pilots must have to fly missions during times of peace and war...
Air Fair Set For August 24 - kbhr933 | Big Bear City, CA, August 20, 2013 — This Saturday, the Big
Bear City Airport presents Big Bear Air Fair 2013 with the theme, “Celebrating 110 Years of Flight.” Admission is just $2, and the event will last from 9:00 AM. to 4:00 PM. The event organizers promise vintage Warbirds, a P-47 Thunderbolt, a F3F Wildcat, a F6F Hellcat, a F8F Bearcat, an Mk XIV Spitfire and Zero...
Wurtsmith Air Museum fly-in lives up to its name - Iosco County News Herald | OSCODA — Thirty-five pilots landed aircraft at the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda on Saturday, taking part in the annual Wurtsmith Air Museum Fly-In, held at the museum...
Fun takes flight in Coles County when free air show returns Saturday - Herald & Review | MATTOON — A famous cartoon dog and a school bus will join traditional aircraft performing at the annual air show Saturday at Coles County Memorial Airport. The 12th annual show will feature several World War II-era planes, Snoopy on a jet-powered dog house and the return of a jet-powered school bus. The airport is on Illinois 16 between Charleston and Mattoon. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Saturday, and the show is scheduled for noon to 3 p.m...
Aviation enthusiasts to gather this weekend for fly-in; Free flights for youth - Urbana Daily Citizen | Aviators and flight enthusiasts will celebrate their passion at Urbana’s annual Mid Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI) at Grimes Field this weekend. Youths age 8 to 17 will get a chance to experience flight first-hand as part of the Young Eagles program. The 47th annual MERFI will be held from 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, through 1 p.m. Sunday at Grimes Field in Urbana...
Memphis Air Show set for Sept. 27-29 - Memphis Commercial Appeal | The biennial Memphis Air Show, presented by FedEx Express, will return to Millington Regional Jetport Sept. 27-29 with more than 15 aerial performers including the Canadian Snowbirds. The show, a fundraiser for 18 charities, will feature flyovers and demonstrations, aviation displays, carnival rides and a go-kart track...
Treat for plane lovers - Southland Times | The only airworthy Avro Anson from World War II will fly at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow next Easter. The twin-engine aircraft were a popular coastal reconnaissance bomber that performed anti-submarine, convoy protection and crew training duties...
B-17, other vintage planes set for takeoff - Brandon Sun | The Sentimental Journey, a Second World War-era B-17 bomber, rests on the tarmac near the Brandon Flying Club on Monday evening. The aircraft, based in Mesa, Ariz., is the centrepiece of this Thursday’s show at the Brandon Municipal Airport. It’s a rare opportunity to take a flight back in time....
Canceled air shows chill a joy of summer - MSN Money | In many parts of the country, the annual air show is as much a part of summer as the local carnival or a night out at the movies. But there's been a change this year. Sequestration -- the across-the-board federal budget cuts mandated by Congress -- has grounded the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds. These are the precision flight teams that usually tour the country by taking part in American air shows. Also affected is the Army's Golden Knights parachute team....
Hot Stuff: Wasabi Special Emerges From Mojave Group Effort | EAA - The Experimental Aircraft 
Veteran race pilot Matt Jackson joins MTM board - Tehachapi News | Veteran air race pilot and aircraft restoration expert Matt Jackson has joined the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation as Director of Aircraft Maintenance and member of the board of directors. Jackson, based in Van Nuys, has flown more Unlimited class race planes than any other pilot in the history of the Reno air races....
Gold ring traded for food by WWII POW finally makes it back home - msnNOW | Second Lt. David C. Cox traded a gold aviator ring his parents had given him for a couple of chocolate bars while he was a POW during World War II. Last week, his son, David C. Cox Jr., opened a package from Germany in his Raleigh, N.C., living room and pulled out the ring.The ring's return was aided by Mark Turner, a military air traffic controller stationed in Bavaria. While at dinner with his neighbor, Martin Kiss, Turner heard the story of a Russian soldier trading a gold ring for room and board with the Kiss family. Turner took to the...
NASA Martin WB-57F Canberra Returns to Skies, Making its First Flight in 41 Years - Warbirds News | All too often when planes are sent to long-term storage by the military it’s just a pause along their path to the grave. While the US has the advantage of desert storage facilities that slow the decomposition process, more often than not the planes are picked apart for parts or just stay a while before being scrapped. One plane that has escaped this fate is a Martin WB-57F Canberra which NASA pulled out of storage where it had been languishing for around four decades and brought it back to life. The Canberra took to the air earlier this month on its first flight since Nixon was president...
F4 Phantom II Carries Personal Touch at Palm Springs Air Museum - Palm Springs Life | F4 Phantom II Carries Personal Touch at Palm Springs Air Museum | Fuselage bears late commander's name thanks to his squadron's fundraiser | Aviation and history buffs will have a rare opportunity to sit behind the controls of the F4 Phantom II from 1-3 p.m. Aug. 24 as the Palm Springs Air Museum hosts its final “Open Cockpit” event. Currently on loan from the U.S. Navy, this particular Phantom fighter jet will not fly (the engine has been removed), but it has special significance to the museum. Naval Commander Wayne “Deacon” Connel was not only the captain of a squadron that actually flew this type of jet during the Vietnam War, he was a volunteer docent in the museum’s Pacific Hanger....
Gorgeous - The Lexicans | Hats off to Mark Fajardin, Sr., Director of Acquisitions at the Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. This A-6 is Buno 155595 and Mark has done an outstanding job of restoring the jet...
Revamp for jet aircraft at Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | ONE of the jewels of the Yorkshire Air Museum’s collection is being freshened up with a lick of paint. The Hawker Hunter T.7 – a subsonic British jet aircraft developed in the 1950s – is undergoing its second repaint since arriving at the museum nearly 20 years ago. It is being repainted in the colour scheme of the lead aircraft of the Blue Diamonds formation team, the forerunner of the Red Arrows...
Four WWI turning points in one simple patch -Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | BEALE 
A new life for this old veteran? - General Aviation News | Globe-circling DC-7Cs, the ultimate in Douglas’ legendary piston airliner line, were billed (in a play on words) as “The Seven Seas.” In fact, they were also “globe-topping.” SAS used them beginning in 1957 for its unique polar passenger flights from Scandinavia. Developed initially for non-stop NY-LA flights in less than eight hours, the design could reliably complete the westbound trans-con non-stop after progressing to the DC-7B and DC-7C versions. A total of 338 were built in all....
New President of AOPA Announced Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | FREDERICK, Md.- Mark R. Baker, a longtime general aviation (GA) pilot, has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world's largest aviation association. Baker is only the fifth AOPA president since the association's founding nearly 75 years ago...
Sporty’s founder to speak at Atlanta Aero Club - General Aviation News | Hal Shevers, the iconic founder of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bimonthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club Sept. 12. Since founding Sporty’s in 1961, Shevers is one of the most recognizable entrepreneurs in general aviation. Starting with one product he sold out of the trunk of his car, a small radio that picked up Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower transmissions, Shevers built his company into the world’s largest pilot shop...
Young Eagles in the air - My Eastern Shore | MASSEY — Under a blue sky, with a moderate temperature for August and a light breeze, the Massey Air Museum was buzzing with light planes. Saturday, Aug. 17 was the annual Young Eagles day. The museum’s John Williamson said, “We had a big crowd and everyone enjoyed it.”...
FAA Grants Restrictive Young Eagles Exemption - Flying Magazine | In response to a petition filed by EAA in the spring of 2012, the FAA recently granted a partial exemption from sections of 14 CFR 61.113, allowing pilots to receive compensation for flights under the EAA Eagle Flight and Young Eagles programs. While the petition included sport and recreational pilots, the FAA exemption applies only to pilots holding private pilot certificates or higher. “The inherent limitations of the recreational pilot and sport pilot certificate do not lend themselves to quasi-commercial flying of this nature,” the FAA said...
Monday, July 22, 2013
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Sunshine helps air tattoo attract 130000 spectators - This Is Wiltshire | THE Royal International Air Tattoo was sold out on both days with 130,000 people attending across the weekend. Air tattoo chief executive Tim Prince said: “We have been blessed with excellent weather, and this air tattoo has been buzzing with happy people...
GALLERY: Snowbirds prepare for Alberta International Air Show - Inside Track Motorsport News | 
Miramar Airshow to go on without military planes - fox5sandiego.com | MIRAMAR, Calif. — The two-day 58th annual Miramar Air Show this fall will be missing the Blue Angels and other military planes, Commanding Officer Col. John Farnam announced Monday. The show will continue with civilian planes and pilots and with “static displays” on the ground of Marine aircraft, Farnam said....
Air Show gives back more than $41000 to Valley youth organizations and charities - WTVM | During a breakfast celebration on August 1, eight youth organizations and charities from across the valley will be presented $25,000 by the 2013 Thunder in the Valley Air Show. The presentation will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the main conference room of the Columbus Airport. Checks will be presented to the executive directors of the following youth organizations and programs:...
Culpeper Airfest to salute WWII training plane - The Free Lance-Star | The North American Training Organization will hold the 75th anniversary celebration of the T–6 World War II advanced training airplane at Culpeper Regional Airport’s Airfest on Oct. 12. As part of the celebration, some 24 T–6 planes are scheduled to fly in formation over the Pentagon and Washington on Friday, Oct. 11, according to Airfest 2013 chairman Mike Dale. “It’s going to be quite a sight,” Dale, an avid aviator, said, adding that this will be the first time since World War II that such a formation will have occurred....
Gathering touches down Aug. 10 - Simcoe.com | The annual Gathering of the Classics at the Edenvale Aerodrome in Clearview Township is Saturday, Aug. 10. Organized by the Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation, which is based at the airfield, the event will feature an array of vintage airplanes, cars and motorcycles. The foundation, comprised of aviation buffs, expects up to 250 aircraft will be on display and that more than 120 vehicles will be as well....
Air shows facing more turbulence - Standard Speaker | PITTSTON TWP. - Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien wants Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to once again host air shows, but the idea appears to be a long shot for now. The air show drew large crowds between 1983 and 2000; it then was suspended for construction of the new terminal and never returned. In its last year, the air show lost $23,000....
Glider aerobatic events in Oripää, Finland - World Air Sports Federation | Today is the fifth day of competition in Oripää, Finland, for the 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships and 4th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships. So far there have been only nine flights in total, due to strong winds, low clouds and rain....
Sporty's releases official AirVenture app — General Aviation News | Sporty’s 2013 free EAA AirVenture app is now available for download – and it’s free. Now in its third year, the app has been continually enhanced with user feedback, according to Sporty’s officials. “With literally thousands of exhibitors, airplanes, workshops, forums, talks, social gatherings, and displays, you have to approach AirVenture with a plan,” says Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “Spend some time organizing your visit, stick your phone in your pocket and you’re set.”...
B-17 brings back memories for veterans - Fox11online.com | ASHWAUBENON - Some area World War II veterans are getting to relive not only a piece of history, but their own. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse bomber for the United States' European bombing campaigns; many of those missions flown without fighter escorts for protection. According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, fewer than 100 B-17 planes are still around and fewer are able to fly. Aluminum Overcast, is one...
EAA's vintage B-17 bomber arrives in Green Bay - Green Bay Press Gazette | ASHWAUBENON — Eighty-seven holes. That's what crew members found on Lester Rentmeester's B-17 Flying Fortress upon his return to England after a mission during World War II.He stood in front of the same type of airplane on Monday, enjoying the results of a four-year effort to get the Experimental Aircraft Association's B-17 bomber in Green Bay for ground tours and flights....
History takes flight with B-17 visit to Bolton - ThisWeekNews | This was one ride not built for comfort. This plane's cabin is not pressurized and has no insulation, crew members have to cram and crouch to move about and the loudness of the engines makes communication without headphones difficult. "The B-17 was built to conduct stable bombing runs," said Ray Fowler of the Liberty Foundation. "And it did that job very well."...
Shrapnel hit his Corsair on mission over Tokyo – 2nd Lt. Jack LeBoeuf thought ‘it was the end’ - War Tales | It was Feb. 22, 1945; 2nd Lt. Jack LeBoeuf was flying his Corsair fighter from the deck of the carrier USS Essex as a member of Marine Fighter Squadron 213. Destination, Tokyo! “We were sent on the Tokyo mission to protect our TBMs torpedo bombers (Douglas TBM Devastators),” the 83-year-old Port Charlotte Marine recalled. “The TBMs were flying low and we were flying above them to make sure nobody bothered them as they hit their targets in Tokyo.” It was a thankless 
Wiley Post by The National Air and Space Museum | July 22, 2010, marks the 77th anniversary of Wiley Post’s 1933 solo flight around the world in the Lockheed 5C Vega Winnie Mae. This record-breaking flight demonstrated several significant aviation technologies. It used two relatively new aeronautical devices—an autopilot and a radio direction finder. The...
Museum slates open cockpit day · General Aviation News Staff | The Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif., will hold Open Cockpit Day Aug. 11. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Aircraft that will be open include a Mig-15, a Harrier vertical takeoff and landing airplane and the largest and heaviest carrier-based operational aircraft ever built, the Skywarrior (pictured), the Navy’s first strategic all-jet nuclear bomber and was in service for over 35 years....
Lost Capitol Hill: Planes at the Capitol - thehillishome.com | 1913Demonstrations have become a 
Air Force aims to land more top guns amid pilot shortage - Los Angeles Times | Help wanted: At least 130 veteran military aviators for nine-year commitment to fly fighter jets. Salary: $34,500 to $97,400. Plus good benefits and a $225,000 signing bonus — guaranteed. Contact: U.S. Air Force by Sept. 30. That's the offer from the Pentagon, which is so short of Air Force fighter pilots that it's boosting its salary package to make the job more enticing....
Youngest Ever Hanscom Aero Club Pilot Earns Her Wings - Patch | ...Seventeen-year-old Nicole Case, who has only been driving a car for six months, earned her pilot's license from the Hanscom Aero Club Flight Training Center July 6. She in fact took her first solo flight before she was able to drive in a car alone...
Kids Airbridge - Flight To Success | Please welcome Mireille Goyer and Victoria and Neuville 
Zajko... Two amazing women doing something pretty spectacular. These women will fly a Cessna along the Aéropostale airmail route and connect school kids across continents...
Cause Of Yuri Gagarin Death Finally Revealed By Fellow Cosmonaut - CNN | For more than 45 years, the death of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to cross the Earth´s threshold and venture into space, has been shrouded in secrecy. But now, details of his 1968 death have been released by none other than the first man to walk in space, Aleksey Leonov. Gagarin, who became the first man to travel into space on April 12, 1961, was killed when his MiG-15 aircraft crashed on March 27, 1968. Gagarin was just 34 years old. The details of that crash and his death have long been a confusing and controversial subject, with many theories coming forward on the actual cause of his death....
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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 
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....
Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on for Sunday after Saturday washout - Newsday | Air show performers are expected to take to the skies over Jones Beach as scheduled Sunday after cold, rainy and windy weather grounded them Saturday. The cancellation of a full day's events was a first for the 
Meet the voice of the Bethpage Air Show - Newsday | More than three decades after his aeronautical interest and broadcast career intersected, the 64-year-old Cincinnati resident is one of two full-time professional air show announcers working in the country. So when hundreds of thousands of spectators...
Air show will salute San Diego's wartime spirit - La Jolla Light | The air show chair is Bob Simon of Del Mar, a retired American Airlines captain and Naval aviator, who now owns and flies a Stearman biplane named after his wife, D'Marie. Also from Del Mar is assistant chair Erich Moulder, a corporate jet pilot, who...
"Pearl Harbor" Movie Plane to Drop Memorial Day Carnations - Palm Springs Life | Three thousand red and white carnations will descend from a Mitchell B-25 Bomber at 1 p.m. May 26 to honor military veterans at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Palm Springs Air Museum. In a tribute to Jimmy Doolittle upon his death in 1993, a single B-25 ...
Two Who Did Not Return - New York Times | Gedeon, who was assigned to the Army Air Corps, was on board a B-25 bomber that crashed during training in North Carolina in August 1942. He freed himself and crawled out, despite three broken ribs. Gedeon then went back inside the burning plane to try...
Sporty’s Fly-In draws enthusiastic crowds from General Aviation News | Sporty’s Ninth Annual Fly-In went off without a hitch last Saturday despite the all-day threat of thunderstorms. About 100 aircraft made the trip to Ohio’s Clermont County Airport (I69), coming from as far away as Virginia, Maryland and Michigan....
Star of Disney’s Planes to appear at Oshkosh from General Aviation News | The star of Disney’s “Planes,” the animated feature set to be released this summer, will be featured at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh during the airshow. Playing the role of Dusty in the airshow performances is Texas-based aerial applicator Rusty Lindeman, who customized one of his own Air Tractor AT-301 airplanes to match Dusty’s paint scheme and features....
On board with the Snowbirds - Winnipeg Free Press | Gregg Wiebe, pilot of Snowbird 4 on the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team. Wiebe, who grew up in Kenora, Ont., took to the skies north of Winnipeg with his teammates Saturday to impress and/or strike fear into some civilian passengers along...
Frecce Tricolore in Roseto, in conversation with Maristella Urbini - Translated | ...Assessor and Airshow 2013 has been considered by many as an almost historic event for the city...
60 years of the Patrouille de France: Le Drian wants to "keep this" - AFP | SALON-DE-PROVENCE 
Dubai Airshow new venue on target for completion - Breaking Travel News | The new Dubai Airshow venue is on schedule for completion with just 90 days until Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) officially hand over the keys for the show site to show organisers, F&E Aerospace. The biennial show takes place 17 to 21...
Duxford airshow marks US Army Airforce 'friendly invasion' - BBC News | Four World War II aircraft, which make up the Eagle Squadron, can be seen together for the first time in the UK, at IWM Duxford on Sunday. A Hawker Hurricane X, Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, Republic P-47G Thunderbolt and P-51C Mustang Princess Elizabeth...
Female stunt pilot began flying in 1960s - Daily Press | Over the years, Mathias has participated in cross-country races and aerobatic competitions, performing stunts such as loops, rolls, hammerhead dives, inverted flying and other tricks. That part of her flying career was just for fun, she says. "She has...
Video: Kermit Takes The Gee Bee Z Out For A Spin from AirPigz by Martt | Don't get too excited here, there's no 'spinning' or even leaving the ground with the beautiful replica Gee Bee Z that's part 
A-10 jet severs two protective cables above power lines at Stockton Lake - News-Leader.com | A low-flying A-10 Thunderbolt II military jet hit two protective cables above a major power transmission line crossing Stockton Lake Wednesday afternoon, and boaters are being kept away from the downed cables....
Angel Flight NE Aircraft Crashes from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A Piper PA-34 Seneca being flown for Angel Flight Northeast crashed in Garoga, NY killing at least two of the occupants and likely the third. The aircraft took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass bound for Rome, NY and crashed about 60 miles from its destination. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft, minus a wing, drop into a reservoir next to a campground crowded for the long weekend....
Monday, May 6, 2013
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Pilot Killed, 18 Injured in Plane Crash at Madrid Air Show - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - A pilot was killed after his plane crashed into a hangar injuring 18 people at an air show in Madrid on Sunday, Spain's EFE news agency reported. Medical assistance was rendered to three policemen, five staff workers and ...
Sometimes Lightning Strikes 5 Times! - Aces Flying High | The Planes of Fame 2013 Air Show in 
GALLERY: Thrilling display at Wings Over Illawarra - Illawarra Mercury | Combat fighter pilot and Red Bull Air Race competitor Matt Hall performs aerobatic tricks. GALLERY: Thrilling display at Wings Over Illawarra. The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia. GALLERY...
WWII Re-enactment event planned - Hastings Star Gazette | Organizations on hand will include the WWII Historical Re-enactment Society, the Commemorative Air Force, the Red Bull Military Vehicle Club and Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, along with the Lakeville Area and Rosemount Historical Societies. Food and ...
History comes to life - Temple Daily Telegram | He said the B-25 was a medium-range bomber that wouldn't go too far, but that it was great in the islands of the Pacific. “I'm a veteran of Korea, Vietnam and a few other places that I got out of,” he said. “We were bombing North Korea in B-29s,” he said.
World War II POWs share memories at museum dedication - SuburbanJournals | I lost about 50 pounds by the time we were liberated, and I was pretty thin as a civilian.” Rodgers spent 21 months at Stalag 17-B. He was a gunner in a B-25 when it was shot down during a raid over Germany. He has stories about being hungry and scared.
Port Charlotte, Fla. man flew in three wars from War Tales by Don Moore | As a kid Hal Johnson wanted to be a fighter pilot. When he joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 they made him a B-24 “Liberator” bomber pilot. “By the time I graduated from B-24 training and was ready to go overseas, I was told they needed pilots to fly B-29 ‘Superfortresses.’ So I went [...]
Spotting planes, rescuing airmen, avoiding headhunters in India - Buffalo News “We radioed for a doctor,” Ross says, “and a B-25 flew overhead and a doctor and first officer parachuted in.” And the airmen survived. The same could not be said for Ross' brother, Everett, who had served as a machine-gunner on a B-17 bomber. Just ...
20th Century Images: Air show - WV Gazette | CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When Wertz Airfield was 
Can Project Robin’s Canberra be saved? from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Project Robin was a series of Cold War reconnaissance missions flown by the RAF, in the early 1950s, until the introduction by the USAF of the Lockheed U-2. The subject aircraft of these images may have been a Project Robin [...]
Warbird Heritage Foundation Begins Restoration of Goodyear FG-1D Corsair - Warbird News | The Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan, Illinois has recently acquired a Goodyear FG-1D Corsair 92050, N194G. The plane which was surplussed from military service in 1963 was extensively modified to run in the Reno Air Races in the early seventies, its engine replaced and wingtips cut off. The museum intends to restore the plane, which has been in storage since 1977, to its original configuration over the next three to five years....
C-130 squadron first to perform new airdrop method from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron executed the first combat Extracted Container Delivery System, or XCDS, airdrop April 29, successfully demonstrating the increased accuracy that this new technology provides. The new airdrop method is designed to pull the bundles out of the aircraft at a faster rate than the current airdrop process, which improves the overall accuracy of the drop itself.
“The Restorers” Needs Your Help! – TV Series In The Making From Warbird Radio | ...Here’s a note from Adam & Kara describing what they’re looking for:...
May 19th, 1pm: Alive Decisions Discussion by ameliaearhart1 | The very first Fly With Amelia Foundation event is now on the calendar and I am excited to have you join us. On May 19th, 2013 at 1pm, I will lead an interactive discussion for adults, kids, teens…
SUN ’n FUN baby earns private ticket from General Aviation News | By AMELIA T. REIHELD | SUN ’n FUN’s contagious aviation joy can claim another recruit to the ranks. Logan Honea has been to every SUN ’n FUN since the year he was born. Sixteen years after his first trip to Lakeland, he soloed on his birthday, and last week, just past his 17th birthday, he earned his license. “I’m probably the youngest private pilot at SUN ’n FUN this year,” he guessed....
Sporty’s Foundation makes grants to ensure next generation from General Aviation News | For the first quarter of 2013, The Sporty’s Foundation made bequests in the amount of $37,500 to groups and organizations promoting youth programs. EAA’s Next Step continues to be funded year-round by The Sporty’s Foundation. This program partners EAA with Sporty’s to make Sporty’s online Learn to Fly Course available to any Young Eagle....
Meet the 15-Year-Old Girl Who Will Probably Be the First Astronaut On Mars - PolicyMic | AH: The prize, if you won State History Day, was that you got to go to nationals, which was in Washington D.C. And I wanted to go to the Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. I ended up not winning … But along the way … one of the things that I did ...
#Oshbash awards to honor social media stars from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | EUGENE, Ore. – The #Oshbash Awards honor those who keep the aviation conversation humming on Twitter. Airplanista, an aviation blog site cultivated by Dan Pimentel, will present the first-ever #Oshbash Awards at its annual meetup event on Wednesday, July 31 (5:30-7:30 pm) in the EAA Press Tent at the 2013 EAA Airventure Oshkosh....
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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Bring Back the Jets - www.bringbackthejets.org | Join the White House Petition to Restore the USA's Military Flight Teams
Snowbirds to soar above the roar - Niagarathisweek.com | In what organizers are calling the first 
Civilian Jet Confirmed As New Air Show Headliner - SBY News | OCEAN CITY -- Just weeks after the U.S. Navy Blue Angels team, the planned headliner of the 2013 Ocean City Air Show, announced it was shutting down its show schedule indefinitely due to federal budget cuts, the event has added a civilian-owned Harrier jet to the lineup....
AirFest to continue this weekend with private pilot fly-in and air time trials - ReporterNews.com | However, without the airshow this weekend, Krazer said the scheduled Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 471 Private Pilot Fly-In and Sport Air Racing League air race “time trials” weren't enough to draw out the crowd of 30,000 or more who ...
Sporty's to hold fly-in, open house - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association - AOPA Pilot | “Sporty's has always believed in creating a sense of community at the airport, and so the Fly In is a natural expression of that,” said spokesman Mark Wiesenhahn. “We enjoy providing a venue on a beautiful spring day where folks can come out to the ...
Tickets now on sale for Salinas Airshow - The Salinas Californian | Performing for the first time at the Salinas Airshow are The Pemberton's Wing Suit Jump and Aerobatic Demonstration, the Ace Maker Airshows T-33 Demonstration Team and Metal Mulisha, a free-style motocross demo. General admission tickets (does not ...
September Boy Scouts Airshow cancelled - WEAU | Representatives for the Chippewa Valley Air Show have announced the event has been cancelled. Julie Pangallo, the media representative for the event, says due to a lack of military support, the show has been cancelled. She says the decision ...
Michigan Sen. Goeff Hansen to hold fly-in events at airports, landing in ... - Mlive Kalamazoo | “Our airports are hubs of commerce and play an important role in Michigan's economic turnaround,” Hansen said in a statement. “They are also a great resource to pursue recreational interests and host community events.” The fly-in schedule includes a 1 ...
AirVenture Attendees To Get Preview Screening Of 'Disney's Planes' from Aero-News Network | Animated Feature To Be Shown At Fly-In Theater August 2 Those attending AirVenture this year will have the opportunity to experience a Special Preview Screening of the Disney animated feature "Disney's Planes" at the Fly-In Theater on Friday night, August 2, one week before the movie opens in theaters nationwide. The company said in a news release that the movie "will touch all who see it and help them understand the thrill and excitement that flying offers."
Air show takes flight - Kiama Independent-Lake Times | NOT only does the Wings Over Illawarra air show provide entertainment to thousands of people each year, it offers valuable financial assistance to those who need it. Wings Over Illawarra takes place this Sunday, May 5 at Illawarra Regional Airport...
Warbirds to fly over Sydney in commemoration of ANZAC Day - Australian Aviation | HARS sends its collection of warbirds aloft each year to mark the occasion. Catalinas and Dakotas saw service in World War 2, and Caribous served with the RAAF from 1964 until their retirement in 2009, including service in Vietnam. The Caribou taking ...
Restoration reunites WWII vets - Santa Maria Times - Santa Maria Times | The group, associated with the Estrella Warbirds Museum in Paso Robles, just finished restoring the plane at ArtCraft Paint at the Santa Maria Public Airport. The volunteers and the craftsmen at ArtCraft carefully restored the plane to its flat, dull ...
Adacel Hosts Women in Aviation International from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Adacel welcomed the Central Florida Chapter of Women in Aviation International to a reception held at Adacel’s Orlando Headquarters on the 18th of April. Ten very accomplished women representing a wide range of roles within the aviation and environmental fields attended to learn more about Adacel’s role in the aerospace community....
Wings Over Michigan - Hour Detroit Magazine | A couple of generations later, the former aviatrix relives the life-changing moment in the opening lines of the unpublished manuscript she wrote for the benefit of her children and grandkids. “Although I was very young,” the now 80-year-old memoirist...
Historic flight to get a new home - South Coast Register | The Historic Flight is to come under the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society Inc (HARS) management and will be known as Navy Heritage Flight. The project, which will involve building three new hangars and an administration block, as well as a ...
FedEx Express Boeing 727 Walk Around: Donated Aircraft Shines in the Midwestern Sun from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A little over a week ago, a FedEx Express Boeing 727 was delivered to St. Louis Downtown Airport as the first installment of a future regional emergency services training center. The overcast conditions that day made it difficult to fully appreciate the gleaming white jet as...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: QF-4E Phantom II from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Over the last decade, aviation enthusiasts and history buffs have been given the opportunity to share a timeless experience: the raw power and performance of the F-4 Phantom II more than a decade after its retirement....
Happy 100th Birthday Alenia from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | To celebrate it's 100th birthday, Alenia Aermacchi has sent through this cracking pic of its four key products...
B787 Battery Fix!!! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt
Flight delay from General Aviation News | By RAEANN SLAYBAUGH | More than 60 years elapsed before 87-year-old Karl Klingelhofer of Tucson, Ariz., revisited his love of aviation and earned his sport pilot’s license. But if you ask him when he decided he wanted to fly...
April 2013 Young Eagles Report: Now Past 10,000! - EAA Chapter 242 | Productive Month! At our first Young Eagles event in April we flew twenty-seven. We needed 26 to make 10,000 – so we are now past 10,000! Later in April...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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New Team AeroDynamix Video from VAF Forums by ronschreck | The Team performed a night show at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo in January. This was the first air show associated with the Expo and they have already expressed an interest in having us back again. A great place to escape the Winter chill and meet some very nice folks. Enjoy the VIDEO.
Grant Denyer Passes Out Live On TV - 2DayFM (blog) | Matt Hall being the former RAAF Top Gun and badass Red Bull Air Race pilot. Grant stood no chance but credit to him he actually got in the plane which is a step further than I would have gone. Up in the air after a few minutes of wizzing around doing ...
A Hero Among Us - Novato Advance | At first glace, Everett remembered being impressed after seeing the new B-17s in theater newsreels as a teenager. In early 1943 Everett finished his B-17 pilot training and boarded a train for Washington where he picked up his B-17 and nine-member crew.
Timeless Voices - Harold Neumann from eaavideo.org | Harold Neumann (1906-1995) was a barnstormer, air racer, airline pilot, and aerobatics competitor. In 1935, Harold won the Greve Trophy Race flying Benny Howard's "Mike" racer and the Thompson Trophy Race flying Howard's Mister Mulligan.
Traveling wall exhibit pays tribute to Vietnam veterans - The Desert Sun | PALM SPRINGS — The American Veterans Traveling Tribute group's wall, a replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C., arrived by motorcycle escort Wednesday afternoon at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The wall, which is an 80 percent replica with ...
B-17 Aluminum Overcast Reskinned After Hailstorm from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Thanks to many helping hands, damage caused by last year's hailstorm won't prevent EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast from heading out on tour this spring.
Gadsden Students Project Picked by NASA from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | GADSDEN, Alabama ---Four Gadsden State Community College students have been selected to participate in a NASA program to test the long-term effects of zero gravity on water....
[Photo Gallery] Typhoons and F-16s at the Winter Hide 2013 exercise
from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following images were taken at Grosseto airbase, by The Aviationist’s photographers Giovanni Maduli and Alex Fucito....
Sporty’s awards Alaska Seaplane Adventure Sweepstakes from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Jonathan Evans of Bedford, Texas, has been chosen as the winner of Sporty’s Alaska Seaplane Adventure Sweepstakes. Evans will travel to Moose Pass, Alaska, to earn his Single Engine Sea Rating with Alaska Float Ratings in a PA-18 Super Cub....
‘Charlie Victor Romeo’ goes from theater to 3D from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman | Mention the Sundance Film Festival to most pilots, and you’ll get a blink or a shrug. That’s because Sundance, which yearly showcases new work from U.S. and international independent film makers in Park City, Utah—and attracts large numbers of Hollywood types—doesn’t usually screen films with a lot of aviation content....
Podcast: X-Plane Innovations and Patent Lawsuits from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Our conversation with X-Plane creator Austin Meyer ranged from flight simulation to synthetic vision highway-in-the-sky iPad apps, avionics for experimental aircraft that could theoretically land real planes, and patent-trolling lawsuits that cripple innovative, successful companies for the benefit of unscrupulous plaintiffs.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
King Alma Mater Recognizes NASA Administrator's Achievements from Aero-News Network | Receives Prestigious Award From Morehouse College In Atlanta NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has received the Candle in Military Service and Aeronautical Science Award from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. The award recognizes exceptional achievement in a field by an African-American man.
Friday, August 10, 2012
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Red Arrows make a flying visit to Russia - The Lincolnite | The Russian Air Force formed on August
12 1912, and the Red Arrows appearance is part of their Centenary Celebrations. Sqn Ldr Jim Turner,who flies Red 1, said: “We are delighted to be part of the Centenary Celebrations for the Russian Federation Air ... Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow under way - BBC News | Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the first day of a free seafront airshow in East Sussex. The four-day Airbourne: Eastbourne, now in its 20th anniversary year, will feature military displays, historic aircraft and parachute ...
Event aims high with its free air spectacular - This is Kent | It is being sponsored by Bay resident Dave Jordan who is a plane fan and was determined that the town would have an air show for its festival's 20th anniversary. The display will feature daredevils from Breitling Wingwalkers, a display by the Red Bull ...
Blades Aerobatic Display Team join Battle Proms concert at Althorp - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | This year's programme of music, displays and pyrotechnics will include the Blades Aerobatic Display Team, who are based at Sywell Aerodrome. There will be a full two hour programme of classical music performed by the New English Concert Orchestra, ...
Milaca Fly-In features showstopper - Mille Lacs County Times | Those attending the annual Milaca Fly-In last weekend had many exciting and attractive aircraft to gaze over. All eyes turned to the landing field around 10:30 Sunday morning when this sleek 1931 Stinson Tri-Motor SM-6000-B airliner touched down and ...
A parade in the sky: Airshow debuts at third annual Fly-In - St. John Valley Times | “The annual fly-in and premiere of a two-day airshow is the first and largest of its kind in Aroostook County in nearly 20 years since before the closure of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, in 1994,” said Randy Harper, a Presque Isle pilot and event ...
A Day at Lambeau Field from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | The Black Demonstration Team
dropped in on the city of Greenbay, Wisconnsin this weekend. Famed NFL football team, the Greenbay Packers, invited the Golden Knights to help kick off thier “Fan Appreciation Day” with a parachute demonstration into the legendary Lambeau Field. To the tune of over 70,000 roaring Packers fans, the Golden Knights lept...Washington County fair and air show conflict sparks anger among coordinators, residents - OregonLive.com | The city is bracing to host possibly double that number of people within a one-mile stretch after the Oregon International Air Show knowingly booked its 2013 show for the same weekend as the fair. The double-booking of two major events in Hillsboro ...
AirVenture Cup Air Race - Aeroaustin | On the Sunday right before Oshkosh, for the last sixteen years, the AirVenture Cup Air Race has been held. The starting point alternates between Mitchell, SD and Dayton, OH, making the race around 450-500 miles long. It used to finish at Oshkosh but the finish line has been moved out to nearby airfields since Oshkosh gets so busy. This year, the finish line was set to be at West Bend, about an hour's drive south of Oshkosh. It is also the first year that the Sport Air Racing League was in control of the race, which meant that it was open to production aircraft for the first time - previously it had been for Experimental aircraft only...
Police recover remains from World War II Spitfire crash site - Southern Reporter | On the afternoon of January 16, 1943, a New Zealand pilot was killed as his spitfire crashed into the Borders countryside, shortly after he took off from an East Lothian air base on a training flight. The wreckage was discovered at the time by local residents near the site at Westruther near Greenlaw in Berwickshire, and investigators 69 years ago concluded there was only one person on board the fighter plane: Sergeant Malcolm Eric Edward Robertson of the Royal New Zealand Air Force....
The attack on Nagasaki from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS | On the morning of August 9,
1945, the flight crew of U.S. B-29 Superfortress (with his crew in the photo above), named Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney and carrying the nuclear bomb code-named Fat Man, was faced with its primary target, Kokura, obscured by clouds. After three flights over the city... Sunday Conversation with...Aviator Bill Bell - Atlanta Journal Constitution | Forty-eight Wednesdays a year, aviators and flying enthusiasts meet for lunch at Petite Auberge in the Toco Hill Shopping Center and chat all things aircraft. And forty-eight guest speakers address the gathering of the Georgia chapter of the Silver ...
Gocta: Cedric Dumont BASE jumping Peru's tallest waterfall from Aerial Sports Feed | Watch Cedric Dumont BASE jumping the world's fifth tallest waterfall in northern Peru. The Belgian...
Pilot becomes Guard's first F-35 instructor pilot from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Airman became the Guard's first F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot recently at Eglin's multi-service, multi-national F-35 Integrated Training Center. Maj. Jay Spohn, assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing here as the assistant director of operations for the 58th Fighter Squadron and the chief of standards and evaluation for the 33rd Operations Group, successfully flew his final of six flights Aug. 3 becoming fully qualified and able to teach follow-on pilots to fly the F-35A...
Autonomous robotic plane flies — indoors from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | For decades, researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters — robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges posed by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI); progress has been so rapid that the last two challenges have involved indoor navigation without the use of GPS...
Women in Aviation, International and Learning for Life Agree to Work Together from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | ...A crucial component going forward will be to encourage Women in Aviation's 76 regional chapters to form a relationship with Aviation Explorer posts in their area. What's more, WAI chapters may also form their own Aviation Explorer post as an adjunct to chapter activities...
Flight Award Winner Excited for Training! from Toriaflies | Following the 2012 Women Fly it Forward event I introduced you to Toni, the winner of the essay contest for free flight training sponsored by Aviation Insurance Resources. She is
Free Young Eagle flights 4th Annual Calhoun County Fly-In set for September 8 - TheCountyRecord.Net | Warbirds, experimental aircraft, helicopters, and general aviation aircraft will
be on display. Various aircraft perform air maneuvers and patterns. FREE airplane rides provided for children ages 8 to 17 by the Young Eagles. Helicopter rides and tandem ...Sporty's Flight Training Course Enrollment Exceeds 15,000 Young Eagles from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's and Sporty's Pilot Shop's partnership has now allowed more than 15,000 EAA Young Eagles to pursue aviation interests beyond their first flight through Sporty's Complete Flight Training Course, as part of EAA's Flight Plan program...
Red Bull Stratos: Final Jump Pushed to Autumn 2012 | New Capsule for Felix from Aerial Sports Feed | The second test jump from an altitude of 97,145.7 feet / 29,610 meters represented a significant achievement for the Red Bull Stratos team but has resulted in pushing the final mission – a free fall from the edge of space – back to October. Felix Baumgartner’s capsule suffered damage after...
