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CAF AirPower History Tour at Cincinnati Lunken Airport - www.airpowertour.org | The Cincinnati Warbirds Squadron 18 will be hosting the CAF AirPower History Tour at Cincinnati Lunken Airport (KLUK) on June 27-30, 2013 following their appearance at the Dayton Air Show the preceding weekend.  The tour includes the B-29 Fif, as well as the B-24, P-51, C-45, T-6, and Stearman all offering rides and static tours.  In addition to the CAF aircraft, additional warbirds will be on display including a T-28, L-17, and the B-25 from Tri-State Warbird Museum.  Several veterans will be on hand to share their stories.  Admission is $10pp or $20 for a family.

4th Annual "Warbirds Over the Roanoke" set for June 15 - South Hill Enterprise | Come join the 95th Squadron Radio Control Model Airplane Club for its 4th Annual Warbird Fly-in event on Saturday, June 15, at the Club's flying field in Gaston, N.C. This is a Lake Gaston 50th Anniversary Splash event. RC pilots from the Virginia...

Antique Aero BBQ-2013 - Around the Pattern | A friend of mine was nice enough to wrangle an invitation for me to attend the annual invitational BBQ at the Antique Aero shops of Chuck Wentworth on the Paso Robles, CA airport (KPRB). The weather even cleared up between Reno and there after a week of on-again-off-again storms and wind. It was a nice 2-hour flight to KPRB in the Swift on Friday morning. I was welcomed into the group that...

Fly-in scheduled Saturday - Osceola Sentinel Tribune | The public is invited to the second annual Taylorcraft Fly-in/Drive-in, which is scheduled all day Saturday at Osceola Municipal Airport. There will be antique aircraft and more. This is a schedule of Saturday's events. 8-9 a.m ...

Historic Swedish aircraft to debut at Waddington Air Show - The Lincolnite | The 19th annual RAF Waddington International Air Show will host some of the Swedish Air Force’s historic aircraft. For the very first time at RAF Waddington, visitors will see three of Sweden Air Force’s most historical planes the SK60, the Tunnan and the SAAB JA37 Viggen....

Transcontinental air race to make first stop here Home - Mountain Home News | Commemorating the legacy of women's air racing, which began in 1929, the Air Race Classic represents the "epicenter" of women's air racing, according to event organizers. Race teams featuring at least two women pilots navigate the route using visual ...

Pilots prepare to take wing in annual air race - Washington Post | Forty-seven planes will soar through the air over Washington state to begin their race against the clock in the 2013 Air Race Classic. Pilots Debi Dreyfuss of Potomac and Linda Knowles of Falls Church will be in one of those planes next Tuesday.

UND duo to compete in female aviation competition - WDAY | School officials say student Amy Warbalow and instructor Katrina Kugler are slated to leave Thursday from the Grand Forks airport. The Air Race Classic begins next week in Pasco, Wash. Aviation teams are given four days to fly the 2,400 miles to...

OHIO AIR NEWS 231 - Charles Johnson | Photo's from TICO in Florida and Waterloo, ON

9th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival Video - Alabama Aviator | FOLEY ALABAMA -Fathers Day Weekend, June 14-15, 2013 at the Foley Sports Complex, 18507 US Highway 98 West, Foley, Alabama- The Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival, presented by Tangier Outlets, welcomes more than 50 hot air balloonists from across the country. Enjoy the floating works of art as they grace the skies of South Baldwin County on Friday and Saturday morning. Get up close and personal as the hot air balloons and their pilots light up the evening skies at the nightly balloon glows, held Friday and Saturday night....

RAF Museum Pays Respects at the Gravesite of Dornier 17 Bombardier By WarbirdsUpdate | On the same day that the plane that carried him for his final flight was raised from it’s watery grave, the gravesite of Luftwaffe Corporal Heinz Huhn was visited by Alex Medhurst, the General Manager of the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, who laid a wreath at the stone marker.... 

Hidden Warbirds by travelforaircraft | Read this book if you are interested in learning about the culture of people and organizations which search and find historic aircraft wrecks of the Second World War. Better, read this book if you want to learn the back stories of the recovery of many of these warbird wrecks from WW II to flying status as well as becoming exhibits in museums. Best, read this book for the stories of the service personnel who died within or survived the crashes that wrecked these aircraft — often, incredible stories of survival after becoming stranded in the remotest of territories are part of each war wreck's tale....

Pilot, teacher, entrepreneur Judith Redshaw gives back - SunHerald.com | During her career, Redshaw was a pioneer for women in aviation. A native of Denham Springs, La., she began her career as a teacher, heading up the Orleans Regional Institute, a leading edge vo-tech school in New Orleans. In her spare time, she learned...

Wichita Aero Club awards first scholarship - Wichita Business Journal | Hutchinson is working toward a bachelor's degree in aeronautical technology at K-State-Salina. He is already a licensed pilot and is nearing his certified flight instructor rating. He plans to pursue a career as an airline pilot. The Aero Club has more ...

International Young Eagles Day Free Flights Re-Scheduled - Southern Maryland News Net | EAA SOA PMS The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will provide airplane rides for young people (ages 8 to 17) at the St. Mary's County Regional Airport on Saturday, June 15, 2013. The flights will take place between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. The ...

EAA's Annual Young Eagles Rally - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Autumn Landrath, 9, smiles at her parents, not pictured, as she takes off in an Experimental Cubby, which is a home built version of a Piper Cub, during a Young Eagles Rally at Orion Flight Services in Oshkosh on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The annual ...

Roseburg pilot Larry Durst reaches milestone in taking Young Eagles skyward - NRToday.com | MICHAEL SULLIVAN/The News-Review Lily Creekmore, 11, of Roseburg and her uncle, 12-year-old Cole Brecht of Roseburg, react with excitement Friday after landing with pilot Larry Durst of Roseburg as part of the Young Eagles Program at the Roseburg...

Taikonauts Return to Earth Orbit - Spaceports | China began its longest manned space mission yet Tuesday, June 11, 2013 with the launch of the Shenzhou-10, state television showed, as the country steps up an ambitious exploration program symbolizing its growing space power. Later this year, the nation plans its first unmanned probe to land on the surface of the Moon...

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The Blues Have Landed! - Londonderry News | Blue Angels 4, 5 & 6 showed up off the right side of the plane and were ready to refuel. Blue Angels 5 and 6 were on the right side of the plane right off our wingtip while Blue Angel 4 refueled. The 3 jets took turns refueling, Blue Angels 1, 2, & 3 ...

Angels fly high and low to put on a show - The Union Leader | The lineup also includes the Black Diamond Jet Team, the Golden Knights — the U.S. Army Parachute Team — air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatics superstar Michael Goulian, wingwalker Jane Wicker and the New Hampshire National Guard KC-135 ...

South Shore Air Show to Honor the Fallen - PortageLife | Where Life and Portage Connect - Telling the positive stories of the people, businesses, and organizations of Portage, Indiana.

Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake to stage annual air show, fireworks display  by David Webb| The "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show" returns on July 7 at 6 p.m. to provide its spectacular fireworks display that is visible to boaters and shore huggers all over the lake area. The event, which drew an estimated 40,000 people last year, provides free viewing from boats, the lake's shores, local parks and private residences. The air show featuring both civilian and military aircraft flying within 500 feet of the ground culminates with the fireworks show after dark....

Fair St. Louis Getting Ready To Bring The Heat - CBS Local | Another special appearance will include a Heritage Flight featuring a vintage North American P-51 (Mustang) from World War II and an A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog). Other events include an inaugural Freedom 4 miler and a one-mile Family Fun Run, hosted ...

Podcast: Coming Up at AirVenture from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski, veteran of a quarter-century's worth of AirVenture extravaganzas, updates AVweb's Mary Grady with a look at what to expect from the 2012 edition, just a few weeks away.

Helicopter Air Show in Los Angeles This Saturday - LAFD News & Information | The American Heroes Air Show arrives in Los Angeles this Saturday, June 30, 2012. The free public event that focuses on helicopters, will be held from 10AM to 4PM at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace.

Spitfire and Red Arrows to wow crowds as forces heroes celebrated - This is Scunthorpe | The Red Arrows and a Spitfire will wow crowds at this year's National Armed Forces Day event in North Lincolnshire.The show will come to Messingham Showground on Saturday, June 30, with everything...

Jubilee marked at Air Tattoo launch - Lancashire Evening Post | There was a distinct Diamond Jubilee feel at the launch of this summer.

The Tricolour Arrows fly in Puglia - free News | The aerobatic team arrives in Salento with the performance of the Tricolour Arrows. The "2 ° Salento Tricolore Air Show", scheduled ...

Video: 1970 Super 8 Home Movie: Blue Angels In F-4J Phantom II's (Mesmerizing) from AirPigz | With this video you get flicker, lint, and projector noise. But the cool part is that I think all of that is truly genuine. That's what makes this 3-1/2 minutes of vintage 1970 home movie (Super 8mm) so mesmerizing to me... it's just awesome. It's the most unusual little portal into a part of Blue Angels history in the early part of the 5+ years that they flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Filmed at Suffolk County AFB in Long Island New York in 1970, this film reminds me so much of the many airshows I attended when I was...

Lifestyles: Big Sky Air Race - Beartooth NBC | The second annual Big Sky Air Race will showcase the talents of pilots from all across the country. The Big Sky Air Race is an annual event that attracts aviation fans and families looking for a good time. Kevin Danz, race coordinator, says the ...

'Bombs away' over insuring B-17 - AOPA Pilot | A spat over insurance disrupted a stop in Seattle, Wash., for two World War II bombers scheduled to give sightseeing rides from King County International Airport-Boeing Field during the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour.

Memphis Belle's Co-Pilot from Connecticut - Patch.com | The co-pilot of the most famous B-17 of World War II hails from Woodbridge.

B-17 Bomber To Fly Over Columbus, Offer Public Flights - 10TV | A World War II bomber is on display this weekend and will offer public flights

What Happens To Old Airplanes from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | As big/fast airplanes become obsolete, they are typically just parked somewhere. The lucky ones get a second life like the last DC-7 produced which is being turned into a restaurant in Florida. It was built in 1956 and retired in 2006 after flying 33,000 hours. After 50 years of service, it has earned the rest(aurant), I guess. One of the best-known “boneyards” of retired aircraft is at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz....

Amelia Earhart's Navigator: The Life and Loss of Fred Noonan - History | Earhart may get all the glory for being a pioneering aviator, but Noonan was no slouch in that respect. Widely credited with opening the Pacific to air transportation, Noonan worked for Pan American World Airways beginning in the mid-1920s and was ...

The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are some books about aviation that are so spot-on, so gritty, that you are compelled to hide them from the aviation squeamish. “The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska” is one of these books. The book was written by Colleen Mondor, who drew upon her four years of running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based airline. The names have been changed, but the experiences, such as knowingly flying over-loaded aircraft and intentional scud-running, are pulled from real life....

‘Plane Talk’ to broadcast live from 99s conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | IMC Radio’s “Plane Talk,” a live-streaming aviation internet radio talk show sponsored by the IMC Club International, will be broadcasting four two-hour shows live from its remote studio at the 2012 International 99s Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, starting July 11 and continuing through July 14.

Here’s another cool B-52 cockpit video! from David Cenciotti's weblog |  With all the fleet having surpassed 50 years of active service, the B-52 heavy bomber remains one of the most interesting (and powerful) weapon system in the U.S. inventory....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories |This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Skydive Debuts Google Glass Project from Aero-News Network  |  Seeing The Freefall From The Skydivers Point Of View Google co-founder Sergey Brin came up with a pretty novel way to introduce Google Glass, which is a pair of glasses designed to deliver much of the same information as you might get from your smart phone, but in a wearable HUD. The glasses allow the user to interact with the Internet through voice commands, getting the display literally right before his or her eyes....

CAP cadets get taste of pararescue career field from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 306th Rescue Squadron hosted more than 20 Civil Air Patrol cadets during the advanced pararescue orientation course here June 13-23.  The course is a 10-day challenge that tests CAP cadets both mentally and physically as they are constantly evaluated on the stringent requirements of the pararescue, combat rescue officer, and survival, evasion, resistance, escape career fields...

Flying car completes Phase 1 flight testing from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |  The production prototype of the Terrafugia Transition — a flying car — has completed the first phase of its flight test program. Phase 1 flight testing, conducted at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, N.Y, allowed Terrafugia to check off many critical early testing objectives for the Transition program, said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich, who added, "It's a real airplane; we're flying it whenever we want, for as long...

Kennedy Space Center's Celebrates 50th Anniversary from Aero-News Network  |  Equal Parts Nod To The Past And Look To The Future Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, July 1 with a program that includes NASA officials discussing the historic spaceport and the dynamic transformation underway to support the next generation of space exploration....

SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Virgin Galactic's passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo successfully passed aerodynamic and powerplant tests on June 26, near Mojave, California. The vehicle performed its first successful glide since integration of its rocket motor systems. WhiteKnightTwo carried it to 51,000 feet over where it was released under the control of Scaled pilots Pete Siebold and Mike Alsbury. A chase plane...

Taikonauts Land in Inner Mongolia from Spaceports |  China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday (10 PM EST, Thursday, June 28, 2012), ending a 13-day mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a human manual docking test with the Tiangong space lab critical to its goal of building a larger space station by 2020.

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Blue Angels to take to sky at Westmoreland County Air Show - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Airport gates will open at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the Army Golden Knights will launch at 10:40 a.m. At 10:55 a.m., stunt pilot Rob Holland will take to ...

First Blue Angel set to roar into city on Tuesday - Seacoastonline.com | Other performers include the U.S. Army “Golden Knights” parachute team, air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatic superstar Michael Goulian, Wingwalker ...

Snowbirds doing Canada Day flyby - Seaway News | The roar of jet engines will fill the skies above Cornwall for a short period of time Canada Day. Local MP Guy Lauzon announced Thursday the Snowbirds...

Soaring Nationals take to the air today - The Record-Courier | The nationals are expected to wrap up on Thursday. ... “Now we have competing places in Truckee and Pyramid Lake, but Minden's the...

EAA Celebrates 30 Years of Part 103 Ultralights from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Head on down to The Farm this year as ultralight enthusiasts celebrate the 30th anniversary of the FAA Part 103 regulation at AirVenture 2012. On the schedule are aircraft demonstrations, giveaways, and much more...

Goodyear's “Spirit of Goodyear” Blimp Returns to EAA AirVenture in 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - The famed Goodyear blimp "Spirit of Goodyear" will grace the skies once again at EAA AirVenture 2012, scheduled for July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport. The "Spirit of Goodyear" will arrive on Wednesday, July 25, and weather depending will fly regularly the following two days before departing on Saturday, July 28. While it is moored, spectators have the chance to get a rare, up-close look at the blimp at Pioneer Airport, located near the EAA AirVenture Museum...

Three Upcoming Air and Water Shows on the Shores of Lake Michigan - Jaunted | ... but the parachute teams from both the Army—the Golden Knights—and the Navy—the Leap Frogs—will give them some serious competition. Kirby Chambliss ...

Fly-in comes to Niles airport - Niles Daily Star | If you've ever wanted to see a Corvette engine powering an experimental ...

"Up Up and Away!" At the 12th Annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair ... - Kenai Peninsula Online | The air show included a variety of aviation informational booths inside the hanger as well as the static air displays on the tarmac. 46 pilots, family and friends ...

Sentimental Journey Celebrates 75 years of Cubs with Alabama Boys J-3 Act from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Piper Memorial Airport Loch Haven PA- Happening now at the Piper Memorial Airport is a celebration of 75 years of the iconic Cub. It is the 27th Annual Sentimental Journey Fly In to the hallowed ground that produced the most popular aircraft- the J-3 Cub...

Former Kemble airfield prepares for ultimate celebration of Britain - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | Glen Moreman, operations manager at Cotswold Airport, said: "We are delighted to welcome the Red Arrows to headline the inaugural Best of British Show ...

Evreux: the Patrouille de France trains - Paris Normandy | The Patrouille de France has been training this Thursday, June 21 at the beginning of the afternoon in Evreux where she will demonstrate Sunday, June 24 to 17 h over ...

Cannes AirShow celebrates 2012 event - Corporate Jet Investor | The show had just under 8500 visitors over the three day event.

History of Aviation in Anjou - Jacques Boisnard | This is an overview of more than a century since the first flights of mini-hot air balloons, to the amazing performance of modern gliders, to racing speed of 30 years. Anjou is indeed a rich province in the history of aviation...

From stickandrudderWTO | RCAF Trenton AFB Museum visit 13-6-2012, Meanwhile, down Trenton lakeside

Stan Sweikar's Fleet Fully Rigged, Ready for First Flight from Antique Airfield News | Stan Sweikar at Wingfield Airstrip in Dameron, MD has his Fleet restoration almost ready for the first flight. Stan says:...

Historic flying units celebrate anniversary, continue making history from Air Force Link Top Stories | In the spring of 1942 the United States filled battle-torn European skies with squadrons of airborne war machines. Among them, two transport squadrons began carrying troops and supplies into the Second World War, beginning a parallel history spanning seven decades and many military conflicts....

Iowa State University Students Complete Zenith from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Student aviation organization Air Iowa State University (AirISU) in Ames, Iowa, has completed a Zenith CH 650/CH 601 XL-B after a six-year effort. Originally formed in 2004 with the goal of designing and building an aircraft from scratch, the group changed its focus to building an LSA after FAA sport pilot/light-sport aircraft regulations went into effect that year. The kit was donated by Zenith Aircraft Company in 2006.

Gamera II Human-Powered Helicopter Claims New Record from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | If verified by the National Aeronautic Association, the Gamera II human-powered helicopter team created by students at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering set a new flight duration record of 35 seconds on Wednesday, June 20, beating the team's previous record of 11.4 seconds set last July.

Local aviator Ed Mux leaves mark on community - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune | MERRILL -- Ed Mux's life revolved around aviation....

New Pilots Get Their Wings Through Able Flight from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Able Flight, a scholarship program that empowers those with physical disabilities to learn to fly, will return to EAA AirVenture 2012 for its Wings Pinning Ceremony...

32 and Counting as E-Spider Lifts Two from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Anne Lavrand, founder and head of Electravia in Sisteron, France, emailed to tell of her latest creation before packing up to attend the Basse-Ham, France powered paraglider meet and airshow, the Mondial de Paramoteurs.  She wrote, “I hope this new realization will have some success there!”...

Video: Man jumps from airplanes without parachutes used correctly from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS | After seeing the video, you may wonder if Greg Gasson is a brave or just crazy. He is known as the sportsman's time for more radical jump from an airplane. Gasson does not wear a parachute jump. He holds the equipment only with the hands or feet. Luckily, he has reached the ground safely...

727 Conversion to Dream Home - Wright Squawks

X-treme close up from AF.mil Photos | The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., June 16, 2012. OTV-2, which launched from...

Video: Taikonauts to Perform Re-Dock Sunday from Spaceports | The Tiangong-1 space lab and the Shenzhou-9 spaceship have been combined as one, and early Wednesday morning they completed their first repositioning since docking. The three taikonauts will...

Encasing Enterprise: Space shuttle shelter inflated on Intrepid ... - SPACE.com | Two weeks after landing atop of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, the space shuttle Enterprise is now under the inflatable canopy that will ...

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Calhoun pilot takes off on incredible journey - Victoria Advocate | Stanger, and her co-pilot, Victoria Holt, took off from Calhoun County Airport on Thursday to participate in the 36th annual Air Race Classic, a 2681 mile race that ...

Mesa duo to cross the country in female aviation competition - East Valley Tribune | The Air Race Classic is an aviation race that seeks to promote female pilots and to create a network for female pilots. Thayer and Beulen had previously won the ...

a BA115 Orange welcomes women of the air - aerobuzz.fr (translated) | After the success of its first gathering in 2011 in Niort, the French Association of Women Pilots (AFFP) organizes the second edition. The Air Force opened the doors of the Orange Air Base, Saturday, September 22, 2012....

Women in Aviation and Space History - Bessie Coleman - airandspace.si.edu | Coleman was a bravely independent and determined woman, who decided that learning to fly provided an exciting challenge. Her ultimate goal was to establish a flying school for African Americans.

Solar Impulse Turns Back from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | June 13 was not a good flying day for Solar Impulse.  Hoping to finish this epic journey between continents, Andre Borschberg ran into stiff winds and severe turbulence.  Although in the air for 16 hours and 6 minutes while covering 780 kilometers (484 miles), the flight did not make it to its destination of the solar plant at Quarzazate, but returned to Rabat after battling winds and extreme turbulence...

Honoring Tuskegee Airmen, live - Sierra Sun | A Tuskegee Airman crew poses in front of a B-25. These airmen were the first black aviators in the U.S. armed forces. Les Williams and Le Roy F. Gillead will talk ...

Timeless Voices - Bruce Oliver Featured - EAA Video | June 14, 2012 - Bruce Oliver started flying while in college in the 1950s. After college he attended Baptist Seminary and became a pastor in west Texas. Bruce spent 15 years as a missionary pilot in the interior of Brazil.

War mission recalled - The Californian | Flying out of Knettishall, Suffolk, England, Ririe was a member of the crew of a shiny, new B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was sent on a mission to bomb an aircraft plant in Poland. This was the young man’s first and last combat mission. More than 900 aircraft of the Eighth Air Force left England that morning on their way to bomb German targets....

Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers: Capt. C. R. McMullin 1894-1931, Richard (Dick) Abrams 1938-1994

Angel 7 — this knock off Blue knocks out - travelforaircraft | This Czech made Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross is not an ex Cold Warrior in a Blue Angel disguise — it is Angel 7, flown as a tribute to the Blue Angels in air shows the Blues cannot visit (though there is no official association). The aircraft resembles the Douglas A-4 Skyhawks flown by the Blues prior to their Hornets, so, the original owner thought he could occupy a niche which would entertain air shows crowds. The 2009 Stuart Airshow I saw proved him more than right judging by the response of the crowd...

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum hangar to get first public showing during airshow - Advocate Tribune | Granite Falls, Minn. — The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum located at the Granite Falls Municipal Airport will be opened for viewing for the first time during Saturday’s Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow before opening officially to the public Tuesday, June 19. Altogether the museum will consist of two hangars...

Blimps, Father's Day and Golf from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...The blimps were powered by two radial engines mounted on the sides of the control car - you can just make out the propellers under the blimp in the photo above. The U.S. Navy ordered 134 of them from the Goodyear Aircraft Company in Ohio.  These “LTA” (“Lighter Than Air”) aviation units had a crew of ten: a command pilot, two co-pilots, a navigator/pilot, an airship rigger, an ordnance man, two mechanics, and two radiomen.  Each blimp...

Aerodrome from Apron 6 | Devin Pickering mailed me on facebook about a project he’s working on. Devin is an American videographer who is currently working on a documentary film ‘Aerodrome’...The aerodrome in this film is the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York. It’s a flying museum with a large collection of  aeroplanes from the 1900-1935 period. The golden years of aviation....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

This is one of the coolest F-35 photos, ever: Carrier Variant first night take off with full afterburner from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image shows Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Taylor as he ascends in F-35C test aircraft CF-2, on Jun. 13. It was taken at NAS Patuxent River and depicts the first night takeoff for the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...

Video: Out Late In Your F-35 And You Need Petrol - Watcha Gonna Do? from AirPigz by Martt | Aerial refueling is one of those intense skills kinda like carrier landings, it's just not an easy thing to do. But just like carrier landings, can you even imagine doing it at night in the dark? Wow that sounds like too much work to me! Definitely separates the men from the boys. This video shows the F-35 doing some night refueling testing over Edwards Air Force Base back in March 2012...

Video: air dropping a humvee from a C-130 Hercules. As seen through the Night Vision Goggles from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video was taken during Joint Operations Access Exercise taking place from Jun. 4 to Jun. 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A joint operations access exercise is a two week exercise to prepare United States Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingency operations with a wide variety of missions...

L39 Crash Pilot's Certificate Also Previously Revoked from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two pilots who had previously had their certificates revoked are related to the fatal crash of an L-39 jet on May 18 near Boulder City airport, NV, the FAA said Wednesday...

Restoration of Billy Bishop's historic terminal to start 'by the end of the year' - Airport World | A disused wooden terminal – built in the dying days of the Great Depression – could be restored to its former glory by private plane operators. The old Terminal A building at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is currently resting on footings on the south side of the airport, while Toronto Port Authority (TPA) seeks a “heritage partner” to take on the restoration project....

A Local Airport Matters- Documentary Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | One often hears about far away airports being closed but when it hits home, the prospect of loss becomes very real. It can be subtle when surrounding property is developed or sold off, or it can be shocking when the airport is suddenly closed. Many times, there is a vague suggestion by elected officials of some economic development, perhaps industrial or retail or new housing.  But that does not always materialize and just the same, the airport is still lost. This is happening all over our country and now to the Wetumpka Municipal Airport, Alabama...

Wings and Wheels offers flights, food, music and fun - Pekin Daily Times | Also, weather permitting, the Experimental Aircraft Administration will be doing “Young Eagles” flights from 9 a.m. to noon. Each child ages 8-17 is entitled to one ...

Airplane Used to Launch Black Hole Observing Telescope from Warplanes Online Community | NASA wants to take a closer look at the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The black hole emits high-energy x-rays that makes it difficult to observe with current space telescopes...

NASA Administrator Views Historic SpaceX Dragon Capsule from Aero-News Network | Bolden: 'Commercial Space Is Becoming A Reality' NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas, Wednesday to see the first commercial space capsule to complete a mission to the International Space Station. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more than 150 SpaceX employees working at the McGregor facility for their role in the historic mission.

Red Bull Stratos | Half a century in the making... - Red Bull (w/Video) | Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team are embarking on a history-making attempt to break the speed of sound during freefall. You may have heard about it! In 1960, Joe Kittinger made history as he ascended to over 100,000 feet in a high-altitude balloon and jumped to Earth, setting four world records in the process. 45 years later, Red Bull started laying the groundwork for the first ever supersonic freefall....

Liu Yang Named First Female Taikonaut from Spaceports | The three-member taikonaut for the Shenzhou 9 mission have been named at a press conference today with Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang was introduced to the public via a televised press conference on Friday. It will be the second journey into space for 46-year-old Jing and the first space adventure for 43-year-old Liu Wang and the country's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, who is 33...

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See Video: Blue Angels Practicing For Weekend - WBAL | ...It is that kind of precision that Captain Greg McWherter expects from his team of pilots who will be performing this weekend as part of an air show over Fort McHenry. The Blue Angels are flying over Baltimore today and tomorrow to rehearse for the show. McWherter told WBAL News that people should not think the Blue Angels are  the star of this weekend...

Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow is this weekend - Granite Falls Advocate Tribune | On Saturday, June 16 the Granite Falls Municipal Airport will provide the setting for the second Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow and the first public glimpse of the ...

Rockwell Collins Night Air Show Returns to Provide an AirVenture 'Skylight' from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | 'Skylights' will fill the night air over Oshkosh when the Rockwell Collins Night Air Show returns to EAA AirVenture 2012 on Saturday, July 28. Since debuting in 2010, this event has become the marquee attraction of 'Super Saturday' on AirVenture's final evening.

Flabob Airport Makes Strong Showing at AirVenture - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Riverside, CA – Flabob Airport will be participating at AirVenture this summer with a high level of activity. They are bringing the Flabob Express, which is a DC-3, ...

NASA astronaut to appear at Dayton Air Show - Middletown Journal | ...NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, a 1980 graduate of what was then Park Hills High School in Fairborn who went on to fly two space shuttle missions on the orbiter Endeavour, is to appear at the air show, its organizers said Monday....

Nebraska Airfest and Fly-In set for Norfolk - Lincoln Journal Star | NORFOLK -- The 2012 Nebraska Airfest and State Fly-In will be this weekend at the Norfolk airport, starting at 6 each...

Show promises aerial tricks - Owen Sound Sun Times | Price, who just turned 70, will be taking to the skies for the Dam Pub Airshow on July 1 at ... He is scheduled to take part in an airshow in Orillia on June 30...

Oregon International Air Show - www.youtube.com | (via by Herb Gillen Advertising FB Wall) This is the :30 TV spot for the 2012 Oregon International Air Show Presented by Standard TV & Appliance. The show takes place Aug. 3rd, 4th and 5th and will ...

Planes flock to RAF Cosford for air show - shropshirestar.com | The first aircraft will be flying into RAF Cosford tomorrow ready for Cosford Air Show on Sunday...

Sneak preview of Air Tattoo - British Forces News | The line-up has been announced for this year's Royal International Air Tattoo. The airshow at RAF Fairford is the UK's biggest, and will feature seven aerobatic ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Shuttleworth Midsummer Evening Airshow and LAA Party in the Park CANCELLED from Flightline UK | ...We regret to announce that due to the condition of the airfield and forecast weather over the next few days we have had to cancel the June Evening Air Show & LAA Party in the Park on June 16th...

Introducing the Smoke Squadron is prevented in Ribeirão Preto (SP) from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS (translated) | Flights take place on the day the city celebrates 156 years. The Airway Department of the State of São Paulo (Daesp) prevented the presentation of the Smoke Squadron on June 19 in Ribeirão Preto (SP) - the date when the city completes 156 years. It said the event would affect the safety of passengers and aircraft at the airport Leite Lopes. One argument was the 42% increase in the movement of the site in 2011. If you happen to submit the airport would have to be partially closed for takeoffs and landings. The interruption hurt three thousand passengers and 66 flights that occur daily on the site...

The Challenge of Making New from Old - Moose Peterson | “Welcome Home!” was the greeting we got from Val when we pulled Monday to PRS, precursiour to the Reno Air Races (which are more definitely happening this Sept!). And home it is as this is where my passion for aviation was wed with pixels five years ago. When we were new to PRS & Reno, everything was new and photographically, finding new images was not a challenge because it was all new. But now with our fifth event, finding the new image from old at first seemed to be a challenge. Jake, Brent & I thought about it and in a short time we decided we wanted to try a new perspective....

"Local Legend" Contest Winner Returns to the Skies - KEYC TV | Sean Tucker says, "This kid can fly!" It sounds like in the future we could be seeing Nathan frost flying over the crowds at the Minnesota Air Spectacular...

BBMF High Quality.wmv - www.youtube.com | RAF BBMF footage previously unseen taken during Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Flypast on Tuesday 5 June 2012. Thank you for your continued support ...

Flight below a A380 - Roll from Apache, the blog of the patrol by Breitling Grifil | On Friday, May 11, before the Meeting of Airexpo 2102, at Muret, took place a memorable flight of the Breitling Jet Team, on patrol with the A380. Patrol as the Airbus were present the next day, despite a low ceiling, in front of an enthusiastic audience with a team of organizers friendly and efficient ... A big congratulations to the students of the ENAC and ISAE for their warm welcome!...

Racing for Girl’s Education in Aviation - The Racing Aces | The Racing Aces, Dianna Stanger and Victoria Holt, departed from Calhoun County Airport today for the 36th Annual Air Race Classic (ARC) which will begin on Tuesday, June 19th in Lake Havasu, Arizona. The 2,681 statute-mile race will span over eight states including; Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Ohio. A new plane, refined tactics and a year’s experience under their belts; the female pilots are excited to take to the skies...

Four visitors of the Mustang Days will fly on a North American B-25 ... - AVIONEWS | The B-25 will take off from the Merced Airport in the morning of 13 October, the event day, and after a 30-minutes flight it will reach the Mustang Days location, ...

Stockton Springs to man shot down in WWII after learning of his ... - Bangor Daily News | The target that day was the U-boat pens near Brest, but when an enemy bomb hit the B-17 in the tail section at 21000 feet, the mission very quickly became one ...

USAF Aggressors 40th Reunion from Photorecon | At the invitation of Lt. Col. Gail “Evil” Peck, I got a rare “outsider’s” opportunity to attend part of the USAF Aggressors’  40th Reunion on June 1st 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.  The Friday event was held at the 64th Aggressor Squadron (64 AGRS) headquarters, and included a special squadron Roll Call [...]

Sullivan, Bridenstine trade shots over TASM track record - KRMG | The Tulsa Air and Space Museum has officially weighed in on the facts regarding the tenure of Jim Bridenstine, its former Executive Director and now a congressional candidate. After statements made by Rep. John Sullivan, the 1st District incumbent, called Bridenstine's work at the museum into question during a recent debate, the museum staff was moved to clarify the situation...

FlyNano Flight Testing Teased from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | From the frozen north of Finland comes the news that FlyNano has flown its electric prototype.  Originally planned to have both two-stroke and electric powerplants, the five-meter span joined-wing flying boat is now only electric, its makers citing the strides made in development of motors and batteries in the last several years for their decision...

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit flying over the St. Louis Arch from Planeshots

Lakeland Aero Club: Where the Student Pilots Run the Show - Flying Magazine | The club, located on the Sun 'n Fun grounds of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, started up last month with express intention of helping students at Central ...

York school children get a glimpse of aviation history - The Press, York | WWII Dakota Flypast at the Yorkshire Air Museum during the NYBEP ... Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington, combined with North Yorkshire Business and ...

America’s first female Zeppelin pilot takes off from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Andrea Deyling has joined Airship Ventures in the San Francisco Bay area as an airship pilot, becoming America’s first female Zeppelin pilot. A licensed LTA pilot, Deyling has been training on the Zeppelin Eureka since November 2011 and officially earned her Zeppelin qualification this month...

Women in Space: A Gallery of Firsts - Space.com | Here's a run-through of the trailblazing women who achieved major firsts in space.

Social Media Stirs Female Taikonaut from Spaceports | The first female Chinese taikonaut is creating a stir on the Chinese and global social media this week...

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Air show to take flight - Denton RC | The Denton Airport is opening its doors and runways for the 14th annual Denton Airshow on Saturday. This year’s event will be headlined by the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II Aerial Demonstration, along with other performers, including Ray Kinney in the Commemorative Air Force FG1D Corsair, Mike Gallaway in the Extra 300, Aaron Taylor in his T-6 Texan and more....

Gold Team Never Quits from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | Blue skies and light winds are the ideal conditions for any skydive but Golden Knights do not always have those luxuries.  Even in the face of questionable weather their mission still remains the same, to bring the U.S. Army to the American public. This was the first year that the Golden Knights jumped into the 2012 Never Quit Challenge.  Since the event has a large Navy and Marine Corps influence the honor was previously held by the Navy’s Parachute Team the Leap Frogs.  This year was different though, the event coordinators wanted the best so they called upon the Golden Knights to get the crowd pumped and ready to go...

Father's Day Fly-In Scheduled - Daily American Online | By KATIE WALKER Daily American Staff Writer Aircraft tours and an all-you-can-eat breakfast will be featured at Somerset Aero Club's annual Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast on Sunday. The annual breakfast will be held from 8 am until noon at the Somerset ...

Silver City Pilots to take on challenge of 2012 Air Race Classic - Grant County Beat | ...The Baldwin Family Flyers - Caroline Baldwin, her daughter Lydia of Ft. Collins, CO, and granddaughter Cara of Morgantown, WV – will be racing a Piper Cherokee.   While Cara just completed grade ten and is a new student pilot, Caroline is racing for the eighth time and Lydia for the third.   In 2009 and 2011, Caroline and Lydia raced together with their friend Terry Carbonell of Alva, FL. ...

10 month Russian hold up puts pioneering UK world flight in doubt! from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | We at the Gyrox Team are really saddened that once again we are having to call out to Norman's dedicated followers to come to our aid in a last ditch attempt to keep the flight on track.  The reasons for this are best described by publishing here the press release Norman has sent out to the world's media. The plea for your help is at the bottom of the release....

New team gearing up for Cosford Air Show spectacle - shropshirestar.com | A new team is preparing to wow aircraft fans with a revamped event at RAF Cosford Air Show this weekend. Long-serving air show co-ordinator Norman Branagh and his two assistants retired after last year's show, handing over the reins to a new team...

Lockheed Martin Announces 'Centennial Flight Contest' for 2012 Farnborough ... - MarketWatch | BETHESDA, Md., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) today announced a Centennial Flight Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow. The contest invites Lockheed Martin's ...

Super Fortress Stops In WNY - WGRZ-TV | It had the capacity to fly for much longer distances and at higher altitudes than it's predecessors, the B-17 and B-25. The most famous B-29 is arguably the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Last month 2 On Your Side sat down with ...

Wings of Freedom tour stops in Pasco - KNDO/KNDU | To go up in the air for a half hour flight it costs $425 per person in a B-17 or B-24 and $2200 in a P-51. In their prime, these planes were famous for being able to sustain damage and still finish a mission. Many of the planes were scrapped for their...

B-24 Single Plane Attacks Borneo (1944) from AIRBOYD.TV

RC air show Saturday in FdL - Fond du Lac Reporter | The Fond du Lac Aeromodelers remote control hobby club host its annual Fun Fly remote control air show from 9 am to 4 pm Saturday, June 16, at Wellnetz Field, weather permitting. The air show will include acrobatic planes — some with wing spans up to ...

20th annual model airshow comes to the South West - clevedonpeople | One of the country's biggest model air shows will be taking place on Saturday 7 July and Sunday 8 July in North Somerset. The Woodspring Wings show is now in its 20th year, attracting thousands of model ...

Balloons cancelled for weekend festival - Evesham Observer | Kevin Jones, of Evesham Hot Air Fest, said: “It was an extremely difficult decision, especially as we had received interest from a record number of hot air balloon crews for this year's event. "But the safety of the public and crews must come first and ...

Eagles Portrait Signing from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MAXWELL AFB AL-Each year the graduating class of the Air Command and Staff College  commissions an original oil painting for display in Spaatz Hall. Since the inception of the Gathering of Eagles program, this painting commemorates the achievements of the aerospace leaders honored as Eagles each year...

Let's honor the memory of a fallen hero - Quad City Times | The 21-year-old Moline native was the co-pilot on a B-25 bomber that disappeared with its crew of seven on April 22, 1944 as World War II raged on in the brutal conditions of the South Pacific. Years of searches and work by excavators and forensic ...

Richard (Dick) Abrams 1938-1994 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | Richard (Dick) Abrams, was a 14-year Lockheed employee who served as flight test director for the company's top secret "Skunk Works" facility in Palmdale. In 1980, Abrams joined the then Burbank-based Skunk Works--Lockheed's Advanced Development Co.--as a senior engineer. From 1989 to 1991, he served as flight test program manager for Lockheed's YF-22 fighter plane, supervising test flights of the aircraft in the Antelope Valley at Edwards Air Force Base and the company's Palmdale facility....

June 12, 2012 Rocket Man part 2 from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | ...Building his reputation as an expert airplane builder, Mark and his "Team Rocket" saw sales of the quick-build F1 Rocket soar to 175 to date. Mark doesn’t just build, fly, and teach in airplanes, he races them too. For years the world’s second largest fly-in, Sun n’ Fun, held each spring in Lakeland, Florida hosted an arrival race called the Sun 100. Mark, having finished his first airplane, an RV4, headed to the Sunshine State and entered the 1992 race....

Orange Lion II from Apron 6 | Part 5 in the Orange Lion serie. During the flight the F-16 was flying very close to our photoship. Even with a wide-angle lens I couldn’t get it framed! This gave the opportunity to photograph the pilot in close up. The yak-52 was...

Tail sitting aircraft galore from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | This past weekend, Dark Roasted Blend presented their History of Tailsitter Aircraft, both real and imagined.  I had seen the majority of the 'real' photos before but not the 'imagined' ones. Still, this post is a nice review of tail sitters...

Navy, Air Force expect more collaboration - Dayton Daily News | C. Douglas Forcino said he believes it's the “recipe for success” as the services work in tandem, as they have recently in trying to find answers to pilots reporting hypoxia-like incidents, or a lack of oxygen, in the Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter...

Feel-good aviation news of the day from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Well, actually it's a few days old, but better late than never!  The Birmingham News reports: It was quite a fifth birthday for McKaylee Borklund....

Youngest Pilot Award Chapter Challenge from Antique Airfield News | Todd Harders and the Nebraska Chapter have a great idea and a challenge for other chapters: Every year at Blakesburg there's an award for Youngest Pilot. To encourage a lifetime of engagement with antique & classic aviation the...

Taikonaut Liu Yang May Get Nod for Space from Spaceports | As the countdown for the Shenzhou-9 taikonauts blast to low earth orbit in northwestern China and near Inner Mongolia, speculation continues as to the first Chinese female to be among the crew to board the Tiagong-1 space lab this month, with one report suggesting a preference may already be in the making...

Weeks Marine Hoists Enterprise Shuttle - breakbulk.com | Weeks Marine has used its 533 floating crane to lift the Enterprise space shuttle onto a barge for transport to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum up the Hudson River. The lift took place at the John F. Kennedy International Airport. After a short stay at Weeks Marine yard in Jersey City, the barge with its historic cargo made the voyage to the museum at pier 86 in Manhattan....

IN FOCUS: Virgin Galactic looks to the stars - Flightglobal | Then, at the 2005 AirVenture general aviation show in Oshkosh, Branson and Rutan announced the formation of the Spaceship Company, which would take SpaceShipOne as a starting point for developing what has become the much larger SS2...

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Air show a success, sponsor says, readies for next year - Stuart News | Battle re-enactors took to Witham Field for the first time this past weekend with weapons blaring and armored vehicles barreling on the field to depict a World War II battle for crowds at the Stuart Air Show. Please see TCPalm.com for a photo gallery from the weekend's event at the Stuart Air Show. US Army medic Jacob Field of Fort Pierce assists Skip Stern of ...

Aviation Nation Air Show - Day 3 - Las Vegas Review – Journal | The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of the authors. The reviewjournal.com does not review comments before ...

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K-8 training planes soar in Airshow China 2010 - People's Daily Online | The "Sherdils" aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force flies K-8 training planes and successfully return to base on Nov. 13, 2010. ...

Airshow has wings clipped - The Dominion Post | Hamish Bruce stands atop a Replica Mark lll Tank at the Remembrance Day Airshow at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton. An ex-RNZAF Harvard aircraft at the ...

WWII vet paints museum's B-17 bomber - Aiken Standard | That design was modeled after a World War II era B-17 that was the 5000th plane processed through Hunter Field - now Hunter Army Airfield - named the City ...


Chinese female taikonaut identified from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net | Sources in China have confirmed the identity of one of the two female Air Force pilots currently vying to become China's first woman in space as Captain Wang Yaping, 32, a Transport Pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force(PLAAF), acoording to Tony Quine today…

She can get you on the Virgin Galactic spaceship - The Virginian-Pilot ... is an accredited space agent who can book you onto the VSS Enterprise, the suborbital spaceship developed by Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan. ...

Mike's Photo Blog: Shooting an Air Show by Mike | I went down with some of my photog friends to an airshow at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. I've never photographed planes in the air and I was excited to get the opportunity. This was kind of a learning under fire ...

The sky's the limit for AV teen - Victorville Daily Press | "He had taken a Young Eagles flight and then urged me to take lessons." The Young Eagles program is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association to ...

Amazing Video! 8 Year Old Tears Up The Sky With RC Helicopter! by Martt |  I was doing some avgeek searching on youtube when I stumbled across a video of a 3 year old doing 3D akro with an electric RC airplane. I wasn't sure it was for real, so I did a little research. It's for real! He's an amazing little guy, who's 8 years old now, and can fly RC fixed wing and helicopters at an astonishingly high level…

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