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VIDEO: 2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow from CavokBlog
On November 13, there was the Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow 2010 , at Naval Station Pensacola, Fla., when the Air Demonstration Squadron, U.S. Navy, the Blue Angels make their final presentation of the year in its home base. In the above video can be seen the presentation of the ...

Tricolour Arrows - S. Massenza
The most famous aerobatic pilots in the world, the world famous' Tricolor Arrows, "visited the distillery," Casimiro Bernardino Poli, "...

Skycatcher highlights EAA sweepstakes from General Aviation News 
A Cessna 162 Skycatcher tops the list of prizes in the 2011 EAA Share the Spirit Sweepstakes, open at WinAPlane.com now through the end of EAA AirVenture 2011. ...

Few Exhibit Spaces Remaining For U.S. Sport Aviation Expo from Aviation Blogs 
The chairman of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, scheduled for Jan. 20-23, 2011 at Sebring Regional Airport, reports that exhibitor response seems as good as or better than in years past. ...

Win A Day With Leon Haslam And The Blades - londonbikers.com
This will give one entry into the draw for a flight in a Blades aerobatic aircraft. Your support will cost £2 per text, plus your standard network message ...

Air show promises top-flight fun - The National
AL AIN // Around 130000 people are expected to attend the Al Ain Aerobatic Show in February, organisers say, promising an even more adrenaline-charged event ...

Historic flight re-enactment ends up in the poo - ABC News
Ben Buckley, of Gippsland, was the pilot of a plane re-enacting the first powered, controlled flight, in an Australian-designed and built plane in 1910. ...

Wartime Flying Just Beginning Of Memorable Career from Aviation Blogs 
Being a firsthand witness to the end of World War II in Europe was just one of many noteworthy assignments in John T. “Jack” Race’s seven decades as a pilot.
After the war, Mr. Race spent 34 years as a commercial airline pilot for the then-mighty Pan American World Airways. During that time, he had a number of interesting encounters, like that time in the early 1960s when he was invited to a state dinner in Moscow and got to shake hands with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
And then there was that unforgettable flight in which ...
   
Wilmer F. Bailey - The Durango Herald
As a navigator on B-17 bombers in World War II, he was based in Italy from 1944 to 1945. He went on to serve in the Air Force Reserves for 12 years after ...

Flying club invite takes writer to higher plane - Chicago Sun-Times
As such, with the economy still sluggish, “nationwide, there has been a reduction in general aviation flying, just as there have been reductions in many ...

Italian Air Force secret involvement in Vietnam war? by David Cenciotti
In the last week I had the opportunity to discuss about his researches with Mr. Diego Verdegiglio who is currently writing a book about the Italian involvement in the Vietnam war. During his studies on the topic he has heard of an unofficial (covert) employment, between 1963 and 1975, of some Italian Élite corps and of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) in Vietnam, as a consequence of a secret agreement between ...

IMAGES: Hornets with 90 years of special paint on the tail of the RAAF - Cavok/Translated
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) celebrates 90 years in 2011, and to celebrate the date painted an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from their with a special mark on the tail of the aircraft. ...

Historic 747 Reaches a Grim Destination from Aviation Blogs 
Frustrated owners in South Korea, unable to profit from their piece of aviation history, have it demolished. ...

Today In Aviation History – December 12. 12 12 2010. In 1941… World War II: USMC F4F “Wildcats” sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island. In 1941… World War II: Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, ...

Yesterday from Neptunus Lex 
... But not before I leave you this really quite nice video taken last weekend by an even lovelier lass I had the honor to fly with, who was with her beau – a Gulfstream G550 pilot, and one of the few men whose work I have recently found cause to envy. She had not done much flying, but neither it seems, was she entirely passive. ...

SpaceX Dragon's secret payload revealed: Le Brouere cheese (video) from Engadget 
It looks like the Air Force isn't the only organization with its secrets. While we still don't know the exact nature of the testing the X-37B space plane underwent during its seven months in orbit, we have learned what, exactly, the SpaceX Dragon was carrying during its time spent in low-earth orbit. That's right: a wheel of  ...

The rise and fall of Rocketplane from Personal Spaceflight 
Sunday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an extended account of George French and his involvement with Rocketplane, the company that, for a time, was developing both suborbital and orbital vehicles (the latter under a NASA COTS agreement) before running into financial problems and eventually going bankrupt. French had long been interested in space, but it was a trip to Space Camp in 1990 that provided an ...

"I'm Just Sayin'" UCAP #215 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Building airplanes really fast... Updates on a couple of crashes... and to chain or not to chain. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #215 "I'm Just Sayin'"

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Photos from recent NY State air shows: Binghamton and Geneseo

By Laszlo Nyary

BINGHAMTON, NY. July 4-5, 2009

The Binghamton air show is one of those air shows that is worth the visit despite its relatively small size. This year by hosting the USN Blue Angels, USAF F-16 Viper West Demo, USMC AV-8B Harrier Demo, and the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the teams made the air show a very special event. Other performers included Rob Holland MX2 Aerobatics, Carol Pilan wing walking demonstration among others, such as the WWII B-25 warbird, and the L-29 Delfin jet. There were only three WWII warbirds at the show: B-17 Memphis Belle, C-47 Skytrain and a B-25, and only one of them the B-25 flew during the show. Click here to see the images.



GENESEO, NY. July 10-12, 2009

Geneseo's 'Greatest Shown on Turf' is one of the classic air shows in the USA. 'Go Navy' was the theme for the 30th anniversary of the air show at this charming airport with a grass runway (turf). Enjoy the digital images that I took of the many US Navy WWII warbirds such as the Helldiver, Hellcat, Wildcat and Corsairs, in the air, on the ground and from air-to-air. There were other aircraft both Navy and Air Force from Canada such as the Canso PVY (Canadian built Catalina), Harvards and WWI replicas buzzing around. The USAF F-15E Strike Eagle Demo Team was present too, and they performed the Heritage Flight with a P-51D Mustang piloted by Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass. Rob Holland performed as well dazzling the crowds. Click here to see the images.

Geneseo Air Show 'Greatest Show on Turf'

Location: Geneseo, Airport, Geneseo, New York

Admission: $15.00 day. (Canadian $ accepted at par!)

Parking: Free on the airport grounds.

Value: Very Good

This year's theme: GO NAVY!

The grass field and the flight path for the air show provided excellent viewing and photographic opportunities in general if one got to the show early.

Geneseo Air Show, advertised as “The Greatest Show on Turf” is located just south of Rochester. The nearest major international gateway for Canadian visitors is at Buffalo, NY. From Buffalo, Geneseo is just southeast of Batavia, NY. This year’s theme was “Go Navy”, with several WWII Navy planes in attendance. On July 10th, Friday, the arrival day for the aircraft was sunny, and pleasant, and provided some good opportunity for photography. However, on Saturday, it was dark and overcast with 90% probability of thunderstorms and heavy rain. It started raining very heavily around 11:20 a.m., and the show was stopped. It continued to rain until about 2:15 p.m. and truly soaked the grounds as the weather once again interfered with the show, just like last year. The air show continued with some delays and cancellation of certain events for the remaining few diehards, due to condition of grass field which was very wet and soggy, and to avoid damaging the planes, if they got stuck in the mud. On Sunday the weather was excellent, as long as one was careful about the mud and the well soaked grass.

For this year there were some changes at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, which hosts and runs the air show. Changes for the better. The staff were friendly and helpful. The air show with slight adjustments can be improved to fully utilize the charm of Geneseo: the grass turf, out in the country, with no buildings in the background. Under certain conditions with the right aircraft it could be almost like a time-travel, going back to the WWI era, when the replica WWI warbirds take into the air. There were several food vendors, with the best Hamburgers from the 1941 HAG stand. The sanitation facilities were adequate, but some could have been located closer to the flight line.

The Navy theme worked quite well, as there were some rarely seen planes at Geneseo for this year: F6F Hellcat, SB2C Helldiver (the only one still flying), Canso also know as the PVY Catalina, (built in Canada), F4F Wildcat, TBM Avenger, (3) Corsairs, several T-6SNJ and Stearman, trainers all participating and not just static. Another major attraction was the F15E Strike Eagle Demonstration Team, which also flew with the P-51D Mustang in the Heritage Flight on both days, and on Sunday there was a Hercules cargo drop demonstration. Rob Holland dazzled the crowds with his amazing flying skills. All these acts put on a great performance! The Beech C-45, and Cessna T-50 Bobcat, were used as photoplanes for some of the photographers.

Some of the other participants were:

B-17F "Memphis Belle" -- replica static only

Douglas C-54E Skymaster (DC-4) static only

The Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team -- from Canada

B-25 Mitchell "Miss HAP"

C-47 Skytrain that took part in the Normandy Invasion on June 6 th 1944.

FW-149 Trainer
Hawker Seafury -- static only from Canada

and many others.

Over all, the Geneseo Air Show show provides very good entertainment for the dollar. Being a unique (grass landing field) makes this air show charming and worth attending. Keep up the good work folks!

Rating: 8 out of 10

SB2C Helldiver (the only one still flying).

F15E Strike Eagle Demo Team, with the P-51D Mustang.

Hercules cargo drop demonstration.