Sunday Is National Aviation Day from Aero-News Network | So What The Heck ... Get Out And Fly Sunday, August 19th, is National Aviation Day. And while its not a national holiday, what better reason to get your bird out of the barn and go fly.
Thunderbirds plan NJ, NY flyovers through Tuesday; part of Air Force Week - The Republic | NEW YORK — Air Force Week is bringing military flyovers to parts of New York and New Jersey through Tuesday. The Thunderbirds team will be over the Hudson River and Long Island Sound on Saturday afternoon. They'll pass Yankee Stadium in the Bronx ...
Video and photos: An estimated crowd of over 700000 turns out for the Atlantic ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | The Atlantic City Airshow celebrated its 10th anniversary in grand style by putting an aerial spectacle that is second to none. From the US Army Golden Knights Parachute team, who always open the show, to the USAF Thunderbirds closing, Thunder Over The ...
Air & Water Show sets off roars - Chicago Tribune | Others basked in the seemingly perfect weather — for watching an air show or, simply, soaking up the sun. Standing near a beach umbrella, first-time attendee Kathy Wieczorek, 49, slathered on sunscreen. "It's so cool watching the planes," said ...
Air & Water Show announcer shows he's true blue - Chicago Daily Herald | Catch the Blue Angels
once again at the Chicago Air & Water Show. Courtesy of the city of Chicago. Aeroshell planes will entertain the crowds for the annual Chicago Air & Water Show. Courtesy of the city of Chicago. The U.S. Navy's Leap Frog parachute...
Plane fans' spirits soar at Camarillo air show - Ventura County Star | Felix Domingo and his wife, Jessica, aren't that into aviation, but there they were, walking out of the Wings Over Camarillo air show on Saturday with ear-to-ear smiles. "It's been amazing," Jessica Domingo said. "He loved it so much." "He" is the ...
Thousands throng to Santa Rosa air show - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Thousands throng to Santa Rosa air show. A Hawker Sea Fury leaves behind smoke vortices during the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show Saturday at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa...
Fly-in show features larger-than-life aircraft - Centre Daily Times | RUSH TOWNSHIP — A massive Vietnam-era transport plane. Candy-colored Cessnas. Bright red barnstormers. Shiny silver aircraft handbuilt by their enthusiastic owners. Something that looked like a go-cart with wings. All of them were on the tarmac at ...
Vanguard Squadron approaching as part of AIrFair - Leader and Times | Only a few feet between the experimental aircraft, the Vanguard Squadron flying team thrills air show crowds across the country with stunts that few flight teams perform so close to each other. On Sept. 8, Liberal will host the Vanguard Squadron as ...
Air show strives for sky-high entertainment - Broomfield Enterprise | HIGH-FLYING FUN RETURNS: World War II planes fly in formation the 2011 Rocky Mountain Airshow at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. The show returns Friday through Sunday. New this year is the addition of the Rocky Mountain BalloonFest, ...
Offutt airshow is not one that can be winged - Omaha World-Herald | The planning begins, Hofer said, when the show dates are set two years in advance and the show director attends a conference of air show performers in Las Vegas. One of those acts was Hofer's personal favorite, the Heritage Flight, an aerial show of ...
That Boeing B-29 You Saw Last Week Was No Illusion - Patch.com | “The Commemorative Air Force was delighted to return to DuPage this year with FIFI,” said Gerald Oliver of the Commemorative Air Force's B-29 Team. “The turnout exceeded our expectations and we thank our gracious hosts for allowing us to display this ...
B-17 gunner Irving Rothman shot down, imprisoned in war (video) - Plain Dealer | Flying and surviving as a B-17 gunner Irving Rothman was a top turret gunner and engineer on a B-17 during World War II, and spent more than 16 months as a prisoner of war after being shot down on his eighth mission. Watch video. He soon learned the ...
Video: The Fight For The Sky - 1945 Unted States Army Air Forces Educational Do... from stickandrudderWTO
Boeing Marks 50 Years Of Chinook Helicopter Deliveries from Aero-News Network | Calls Longevity 'A Testament To Aircraft Design And Work Force' As Boeing marks the 50th anniversary of delivering the first H-47 Chinook military helicopter, the company is nearing completion of a $130 million renovation of its production line near Philadelphia that will help it meet global demand for the latest model, the CH-47F.
Jamestown man wins airplane in raffle - Jamestown Sun | (Photo courtesy / Fargo Air Museum) Jamestown resident Jason Hill won this Cessna 182 airplane through a raffle contest at the Fargo Air Museum. The plane was flown into Jamestown Regional Airport on Friday, where it will be stored adjacent to the ...
Video: X-15 hypersonic research aircraft development from High Power Rocketry
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Watching the show from high in the sky - Seacoastonline.com | On Sunday I had the opportunity to witness the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show from a different perspective. Instead of watching from the ground like most other visitors to the air show, I got to fly high with some of the most fearless men I've ever been around: The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team....
NH air show gets 2nd straight day of sunny skies - Boston.com | Thousands of people are getting a second straight day of sunny skies for the final day of the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show.
As air show wraps, organizers mull future plans - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — There is one thing that many attendees of the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show said they want: more.
Garfield Air Show cancels pyrotechnic elements - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | RIFLE, Colorado — Officials will not allow any pyrotechnic elements as part of the upcoming Garfield County Air Show, due to the extreme fire...
Veterans aid group to participate in South Shore Air Show charity event - nwitimes.com | GARY | Webb House Inc.'s goal is to help veterans in need. Since 2009, Executive Director Robert Farmer and the rest of Webb House Inc. have worked toward providing assistance to the men and women who have put their lives on the line during their time ...
F-16 flyover to mark 4th of July along South Carolina coast - TheDigitel | Beginning in Little River at 1 p.m. on July 4, F-16s of the 79th Fighter Squadron "The Flying Tigers" of the 20th Fighter Wing stationed at Shaw Air Force Base — some of the last armed forc
es to leave Iraq. The flight will cover every beach on the ...
Ethanol-powered airshow team schedules flyovers - Mason City Globe Gazette | The 100 percent ethanol-powered airshow team will be doing a flyover at POET Biorefining, Hanlontown, between 9:45 and 10:30 a.m. Monday on its way to Dubuque. The group will stop at the Mason City Municipal Airport that day to top off their tanks with ...
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Gratiot Airshow: A lot to offer - The Morning Sun | ...From Friday, Aug. 24 to Sunday, Aug. 26, the sky will fill with all kinds of planes, wing walkers, aerobatic teams, even a comedy team as the air show gets underway at 11 a.m. Saturday, along with a special night time air show starting at 8:30 p.m. Still another air show begins Sunday at 1 p.m...
Canada celebrates 145th birthday - UPI.com | The Royal Canadian Air Force's precision flying team, the Snowbirds, performed over Ottawa July 1, 2012, in observance of the country's 145th founding anniversary
In pictures: Waddington Air Show attracts 125000 visitors - BBC News | South Korean Black Eagles The seven-hour display included the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the South Korean Black Eagles who had never been seen in the UK before. Italian Frecce Tricolori display team The Italian Frecce Tricolori display team ...
RAF's giants taking to skies for impressive Air Tattoo flypast - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald | Giant aircraft from the RAF's air transport and air-to-air refuelling fleets will fill the skies over RAF Fairford during a flypast at the Royal International Air Tattoo...
New manoeuvre by Red Arrows in honour of two fallen pilots - This is Lincolnshire | The two Red Arrows who tragically lost their lives last year will be honoured in the team's 2012 displays, as Lincolnshire Echo reporter Paul Whitelam discovers... The Red Arrows will remember...
Flying Legends 2012 - Pictures from Duxford from Another Time by Dan LinnIt is that time of year
again. Texas is a long way from Duxford so I turn to the PlaneTalk forum to see pictures from this weekends Fighter Collection/Flying Legends Warbird show. Take a look at a few pictures below from Brian Marshall of the pre-show activities. Wow...Pilots Killed In Air Show Crashes - AVweb | Accidents at opposite ends of the world and opposite ends of the air show performance spectrum had a common and deadly result on Saturday.
Report: Throckmorton Airshow 2012 (ruined by bad weather) from David Cenciotti's weblog | Throckmorton airfield was built in 1940 at the beginning of World War II and became home to No. 23 Operational Training Unit equipped with Wellingtonbombers. It then became home to No.1 Ferry unit, the RAF Pershore Advanced Flying School and then the Royal Radar Establishment Flying unit...
The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Naval Aviation (July 1) from Historic Wings | On this date in aviation history, the world's first naval aircraft carrier (of sorts) sailed into battle. Specifically, the ship would launch a balloon tethered to its deck to reconnoiter enemy positions as it sailed up the James River ..
Memphis Belle didn't set record for bombing missions, researcher claims - Sacramento Bee | An Air Force veteran himself, Lux was helping put together the program for an air show and gathering in about 1999 organized by what was formerly called the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force). Jacobson, a golfing buddy of Lux's in the ...
CAP sub chaser Vern Kramer passes away from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | World War II Civil Air Patrol sub chaser and South Dakota aviation legend Luverne “Vern” Kraemer passed away June 20, in Rapid City, S.D. at the age of 95. Kraemer is the last known CAP sub chaser in South Dakota...
Al Welsh remembered - Dayton Jewish Federation | A commemorative sign honoring his place in aviation history was unveiled along with a Welsh Commemorative Medal, commissioned by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. The Welsh exhibit at College Park ..
He flew a ‘Gooney Bird’ in the C.B.I. from War Tales by Don Moore | It was a little hard to read, but the black handwritten account of Maj. Thomas Lemery’s World War II career in the China, Burma and India Theater flying supplies in a C-47 Transport to the British 14th Army in Burma was a wonderful supplement to his fading memory. Written for his grandsons, Robbie and Jeffery, [...]
Hastings woman recalls WWII work on planes - Sioux City Journal | HASTINGS, Neb. | In her garage on Home Street in west Hastings, Ellie Roberts has a large green metal toolbox that conjures up memories of her youth and a tense time in American history. Ellie, now 92, spent 12 hours a day, seven days a week pulling ...
Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley B.C. from stickandrudderWTO by Peter | Photos
Brian "Brain" Kissinger Shares His Positive Outlook On Life Through Inspirational Video from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Brian "Brain" Kissinger, two-time brain cancer survivor and pilot preparing to break a third world speed record, is also founder and itinerant minister for Pax et...
Stuck Mic AvCast Episode #27 - Oshkosh is Coming, the Australian ... | Interview with Monika Petrillo about circumnavigating Australia in a general aviation aircraft, scariest moments, & living life to fullest.
Creators of Chicken Wings Comics to Release New Book at AirVenture 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The guys from the coop at "Chicken Wings Aviation Comics" are at it again. This summer at the biggest aviation gathering in the US, Oshkosh's very own "AirVenture", they will be releasing their fourth book titled "Gold Rush". "It's about time!" Mike Strasser, one of the authors, says. "We got sidetracked with too many...
Students experience flight, explore career - The News Journal | Emeinke was one of about 30 students who are taking part in a summer camp at Delaware Airpark that aims to encourage youngsters to think about careers in aviation. ... “I want to be one of the medics – the people in the Army that aid soldiers,” she ...
Gift of Inspiration: from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | This weekend the people of Seattle
The Space Coast marks 50 years - Alexandria Town Talk | The prototype Enterprise was recently delivered to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Endeavour and Atlantis are still at KSC. This fall, though, Endeavour will depart for the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Atlantis will stay home. It ...
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Crowds expected to soar at Canada Remembers Air Show in Saskatoon - Aviation.ca (press release)
Performances this year include the Snowbird Demo Team, Canadian Armed Forces SkyHawks Parachute Team, the CF-18 Hornet Demo Team and Julie Clark's "God ...
The Patrouille de France joined the party - via Google translator
The celebration of the centenary of crossing the English Channel by Louis Blériot begin tomorrow. Air parades, shows and other events are scheduled for three days. Icing on the cake, the venue for two days, the prestigious Patrouille de France. Chills guaranteed! ...
National Aviation Hall of Fame from Patty Wagstaff
Last weekend, in addition to the Dayton Airshow (great airshow!) we attended the National Aviation Hall of Fame dinner and banquet. Congratulations to the inductees - Eileen Collins, Russ Meyer, Jimmy Stewart, and Ed White II. Go to: http://www.nationalaviation.org/ for more about this great organization. Here I am with Dorothy Cochrane and Denise Decker on Friday night at the US Air Force Museum.
Chicago Air and Water Show - a vacation destination - Examiner.com
... pilot such as Ed Hamill in his Air Force Reserve Bi-Plane, the USAF Thunderbirds and limalima formations or the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team in action. ...
Thunderbirds grant youthful audience a Special Wish - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton
The USAF Thunderbirds performed for a special audience last Friday. This audience was composed of children with life-threatening disorders and they enjoyed the show courtesy of the Dayton Special Wish Foundation. For a few hours, special kids and their loving parents were able to forget their troubles and let their hopes soar with the pilots and skydivers that filled the Dayton skies.
Hot Shots stars jet in to air show - Herald.ie
A JET trainer which made its film debut in Charlie Sheen's spoof movie Hot Shots will be one of the stars of the Bray Air Display. ...
Poet-sponsored Vanguard Squadron at Sious Falls Airshow - ethanol-powered planes have cooler engines, more power for aerobatics from Technorati
In South Dakota, the Sioux Falls Airshow held this weekend will feature the ethanol-powered "Vanguard Squardon" - a stunt team performing in-formation aerobatics since 1993. The Poet-sponsored team uses an E98 fuel - pilot Steve Thompson told KFSY that, with ethanol, "because it runs cooler it allows you to pull more power out of the engine." According to POET, " the Vanguard Squadron travels the country performing daring stunts for audiences at air shows and other events to demonstrate
Second World War theme for Windermere airshow - NW Evening Mail
AN annual airshow is set to be bigger and better than ever when it goes ahead this weekend with a Second World War theme. Thousands of spectators are ...
Sun shines on Lowestoft air show - Norwich Evening News
WITH blue skies and the sun shining, the conditions were perfect as thousands of people descended on town for the 13th Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival. ...
210000 flock to Lowestoft air show - The Lowestoft Journal
More than 210000 people have flocked to Lowestoft beach today for the 13th seafront air festival, according to early estimations.
Honda set to take centre stage at Air festival - girlracer
The Honda powerboat event which is following on into the weekend (July 25th & 26th) from the Air Festival is set to attract a staggering amount of ...
Vulcan surprise for former RAF man - Malvern Gazette
FORMER Royal Air Force fitter Dave Merchant was reunited with one of his favourite aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo at the weekend. ...
Biggest airshow comes of age - Hartlepool Today
The world famous Red Arrows will take to the skies at noon on both days and the line-up also includes the return of the Merlin, Sea King and Chinook ...
Bromborough barnstormer's wife to be airshow special guest - Wirral Globe
The wife of a Bromborough man who flew in the barnstorming years of pre-war aviation is to be the guest of honour at a new airshow in North Wales. ...
Historic female aerobatic pilot landing in Mosinee - Wausau Daily Herald
Though she won't be performing in Wausau, her aerobatic routine has put her into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame, according to a news release.
5th Annual Classic Aircraft and Car Show - YourHub.com
The crowd will also be entertained with a performance by Don Nelson's High Energy Aerobatic and flybys from various nostalgic aircraft. ...
World Aerobatics Championships - You could to win an experience ... - Messenger, UK
As we climbed and the blades of the propeller cut into the sky, the plane lost speed before stalling. Gently, as if connected to an axis, the craft turned on its side back to earth and the patchwork countryside with the curving circuit of Silverstone ...
EAA airventure — Arrive in a Ford Mustang and Get in Free Monday ... - AMTOnline.com
Other events centering around the Mustang include the auction of the one-of-a-kind Mustang AV-X10 "Dearborn Doll" to benefit the EAA Young Eagles ...
Wings of Freedom Tour at Waukegan airport - Waukegan News Sun
Among more than 100 people watching the 1940s warbirds float in was George Goldeen of Highland Park, who flew 24 missions aboard a B-24 in the Pacific ...
Take a trip aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress this weekend - Wicked Local Franklin
The plane was donated to the New England Air Museum in Hartford for display, then destroyed in 1979 when a tornado spiraled through Connecticut. ...
Reno Promo - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
Starting to get excited about Reno '09! I put together a little video from the limited shots I took last year. Hope you enjoy it!
http://vimeo.com/5721602
'Every Flight's A Test Flight', is the recommended attitude to embrace, while participating in the World's-Fastest Motorsport of- AIR RACING (regardless of which of the six competitive classes).
In the UNLIMITEDs, Rod Lewis' Team RARE BEAR, led by veteran crew chief- Dave Cornell & champion pilot- John Penney, are one of this extremely challenging sport's best & most-experienced, and they know the game all too well.
Here's an 'at work' photo sampling from Reno '08 NCAR, to illustrate the point...
News from Texas - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
Good news and a bit of a surprise to me, at least. It looks like Pardue, Ezell. and Dawson are all going to make Reno again this year. I'm a fan of all three airplanes and pilots, so I am delighted... Neal
Summer IMAX schedule offers daytime, evening shows from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Children and adults of all ages still have a chance to enjoy an IMAX film this summer at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Through Sept. 6, the IMAX Theatre will operate on its summer schedule, offering aviation films during the day and other adventure films in the evening. The summer schedule is as follows:
* The Magic of Flight at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily. Soar through the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to the dramatic high-speed aerobatics of the world renowned Blue Angels during this story of human potential and the importance of training and performance.
more...
Weekly Update - 18July to 23July from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing
Good Afternoon Everyone!
Wow, this week has been AMAZING! We've had to "First-time" events this week, some major airshow appearances, and some MAJOR NEWS!!! Our P-51C "Tuskegee Airmen" has once again flown!!!! This is such terrific news to hear, with the goal of making Oshkosh airshow, and soon coming home to the hangar! We will be having a gathering of the membership to celebrate and oooh and ahhh over the Mustang within the next month, so keep your eyes peeled! On other business, the B-25 made Minot with only minor issues. The crew flew her in the show with a B-52, something never done before!! The maintenance crew did ...
[and lots of great photos in these posts from today also! - Indy Transponder]
Parking charges for free air museum - Shropshire Star
One of Shropshire's top visitor attractions, which has always prided itself on being free for visitors, has announced plans to charge for car parking. ...
Embry-Riddle Launches Its First Two Ph.D. Degree Programs to Meet New Challenges in Aviation/Aerospace Industry
from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
The daily challenges of aviation and aerospace are too complex to be solved by specialists alone. In an uncertain economy, airlines struggle to hedge fuel purchases and adjust routes. Space agencies work to stabilize orbiting spacecraft, study the atmosphere and space weather, and design rovers to explore planets.
To serve the need for more broadly educated experts, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the leading educator in the science and business of aviation and aerospace, is launching its first two Ph.D. degree programs - in Aviation and Engineering Physics. The new degrees take the university's unique approach to education - a blend of theory and applied research - to the highest level.
Embry-Riddle's Ph.D. in Aviation is the only one in the United States. ...
Royal International Air Tattoo - RIAT 2009 from FenceCheck Forums
Royal International Air Tattoo: exclusive pictures - Event Magazine
Airdrie Air Show 2009 from Pilots of America Message Board by Everskyward

Aviation firm plans 480 new jobs at airport from Indianapolis Business Journal
Comlux Completion USA, a Swiss company that operates two hangers at Indianapolis International Airport, plans a $46.3 million expansion that could create 480 jobs over the next five years, state economic officials announced today.Comlux Completion, part of the Switzerland-based Comlux The Aviation Group, refurbishes and completes interiors for corporate aircraft ...
Officials from Purdue Research Park-based Firm to Fly to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Plane Powered by Own Fuel from AMTOnline.com: Top News
Brian Stirm and Charlie Holleman of Swift Enterprises will fly to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Friday (July 24) in Holleman's Van's Aircraft RV-4 airplane powered by Swift 100SF.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
South Shore Air Show in Gary, Indiana
The 9th Annual show will now be held July 12th & 13th
Gary, Indiana (June 10, 2008) – The 2008 South Shore Air Show in Gary, Indiana will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds as headliners. Due to the change in headline performers, the date of the 2008 show has been moved up one week, and will now be held at Marquette Park and Beach on Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th.
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Exclusive media opportunities including press rides with performers and Thunderbird’s plane-side interviews to be announced soon. Logos and high resolution images available upon request; erika@lakecountycvb.com.