LiveAirShowTV Previews Racing Classes

PFLUGERVILLE, TX – SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 – It's Race Week in Reno! LiveAirShowTV's Mark Allen has been talking with the race teams and leadership of the different race classes and has a preview of what to look for this week at Stead Airport.  Is Strega the team to beat in the Unlimiteds? What about Rare Bear? With Voodoo gone, what's Will Whiteside going to fly?

Check out his report at: http://www.liveairshowtv.com/video.php?vid=86

The LiveAirShowTV is gathering in Reno.  Mark Allen is already on the ground and LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee arrives on Tuesday.  Our reports begin on Tuesday and continue through the crowning of champions on Sunday.  For the latest each day, Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.  We will be posting all week long.  Plans continue to go well for a LIVE update at the end of each day, so you will want to know where to go to get that!

It's a week we look forward to every year, and LiveAirShowTV is no exception.  Stay with us all week to get the Inside Story of this year's races!

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Whiteside sets new speed records in ‘Steadfast’ - AOPA Online | A hard day’s flying by Will Whiteside toppled four more aviation speed records on April 23, and Team Steadfast is not done yet. With friends, supporters, and a representative of the National Aeronautic Association on hand, Whiteside pushed Steadfast, his Russian Yakovlev Yak-3U racer (powered by a Pratt & Whitney R2000-7M2 engine rated at 1,750 horsepower) to record speeds over distances of three kilometers, 15 kilometers, and 100 kilometers across the California skies....

My flight with the Blue Angels - bestofneworleans.com | "You're going to puke," my friends said when I told them I'd been offered a flight with the Blue Angels during Navy Week. "Bring a barf bag," advised my editor, Kevin Allman. I didn't take them seriously. I don't get seasick on cruises, ...

South Korean pilots take to skies - Lancashire Evening Post | The South Korean Black Eagles, comprising eight T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic light-trainer aircraft, will make their debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford in July. Their visit is the culmination of more than 20 years' planning by the ...

Air show won't fly over Peoria riverfront in June - Peoria Journal Star | The PNC Air Show 2012 was scheduled for June 8-9 on the riverfront but those dates have been cancelled. A new date for the show has not been decided. By JOHN SHARP There will be no PNC Air Show 2012 in early June, and it's unclear exactly when the ...

B-17 soars over Southland - Long Beach Press-Telegram | By Sandy Mazza, Staff Writer Jim White of San Pedro was a B-17 pilot who flew 18 missions over Germany in WWll at the age of 20. He wore his vintage flight suit for his flight over Palos Verdes. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer) Jim White's final ...

WWII bomber lands in Napa - San Francisco Chronicle | Earnest Conatser stops by Napa Airport on Monday to view the World War II B-17 Flying Fortress that just flew in for a tour. Visitors can take flights and ground tours this weekend. This article appeared on page C - 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle...

RAF 3 Sqn 100th Anniversary Commemorative Markings By Rob Vogelaar | Royal Air Force 3 (Fighter) Squadron has today released photographs of one of its Typhoon aircraft in a 100th  anniversary commemorative paint scheme. The scheme has been applied to the aircraft to mark the 100th anniversaryof the formation of the squadron at Larkhill on May 13 1912. The aircraft will be...

Volunteers honored for service at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the United States Air Force Volunteer Program celebrated its 30th anniversary by honoring more than 500 volunteers during a Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on April 27. Jim Blackman of Beavercreek, Ohio, received the 2011 Director's Award for Volunteer of the Year for his dedication and excellence in serving the museum and the U.S. Air Force....

Mirror Swift - Nordo News | Ginger and I were outside with the dogs yesterday when a beautiful Swift flew over, dropped the gear, and proceeded to land.  We had seen it working the pattern here at the field before but never knew who it belonged to.  This time they taxied over and stopped. My words to Ginger went something like this, "Holy cow!  Woooo, look at that polish job.  Who in the world would take that on?"  Then out stepped our friend Dan Gidzinski.  If you knew him, at this point it would all make sense.  Dan is a perfectionist and he produces some of the finest work on aircraft I've ever seen.  Yet, it seems this wasn't all his doing....

Aviation talk to celebrate library's birthday - Hucknall Today | A TALK on Nottinghamshire's aviation history has been cleared for take-off as part of celebrations to mark the 125th anniversary of Hucknall Library. The event at the Market Place venue will be led by Howard Heeley, of the Newark Air Museum, ...

WWII Navy vets take honor flight to DC - Columbia Basin Herald | SPOKANE - Three World War II Navy veterans are traveling from Grant County to Washington DC today on an Honor Flight out of Spokane. Florence Kalamakis, Selden Jones and Oliver Furman are three of 36 veterans who return Wednesday from a whirlwind tour ...

CAP's Texas, Louisiana Wings To Participate In Hurricane Exercise from Aero-News Network | 'Ardent Sentry' Drill Held Each Year For Storm Preparadness Members of Civil Air Patrol’s Texas and Louisiana wings will participate May 2-9 in a training scenario involving a hurricane striking Texas from the Gulf of Mexico – one stage of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command's Ardent Sentry 12 homeland security and disaster response exercise...

M. Bill and XRW, routine jump for Jhonathan Florez, Zak... from Bonjour BlueSky | click for info

727 Crashes For Cameras from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A team from the Discovery Channel purposely crashed a Boeing 727 in the Mexican desert last week and filmed it for a TV show. The airplane, packed with crash-test dummies and dozens of cameras, was flown into the ground at a shallow angle. A single pilot flew the jet until it was set on its final course, then parachuted out moments before impact. The 727 then was controlled by...

Company to begin testing electric airplane this spring - Knovel | This spring, Volta Volare will begin testing an electric aircraft prototype, a G4 that seats four passengers, according to the news provider. Company engineers modeled the plane in many ways on electric vehicle designs, Peterson noted...

South Carolina rollout from Randy's Journal by Randy Tinseth | “We build jets!” That was the chant from thousands of Boeing employees in South Carolina as the first 787 built in our North Charleston plant rolled out last Friday. Since I’ve been traveling overseas, I wasn’t able to attend the big...

May 1, 2012 UAVs from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Mike: What does “drone” mean to you? What it means to a beekeeper differs from its meaning to a pilot. To a pilot it is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and the present administration has mandated the FAA release more of these aircraft into the National Airspace System for law enforcement, military and commercial purposes over the next few years; as many as 30,000. These little boogers (actually varying in size, but as little as four pounds) can be programmed to fly a specific route, pattern, or they can be flown from a remote console....

Business-Jet Sized Spaceplane To Fly 62+ Miles High | Video from SPACE.com | EADS Astrium will be offering seats for 200,000 Euros a piece for a flight of a lifetime, including a few minutes a of weightlessness, aboard this luxury rocket propelled aerial machine.

John Glenn to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from SPACE.com | John Glenn is one of 13 people picked to receive the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Stuck Mic Interview on Apollo! from Toriaflies | Over Easter, I flew up to visit my family with my handy microphone I use for recording the Stuck Mic AvCast tucked safely inside my backup.  I have been looking forward to getting my grandfather on the show and it was finally working out.  My grandfather, Harlan, was a NASA contractor during all of the Apollo missions as well as SkyLab.  You can see previous blog entries about him here and here.

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Four MORE Records Set By Whiteside/Team Steadfast - AAFO | On April 23, 2012 Will Whiteside and Team Steadfast set four more Official Records for speed in two classes...The uniqueness of this aircraft and team place them in the very unusual position of...

Pilots prepare for nearby air show with Houma 'fly-over' - Houma Courier | “I got calls of aircraft on fire, but they were using smoke like you have seen in airshows. Their maneuvers seemed impressive, but they were restricted from populated areas. “They were practicing for a Destrehan 'fly-over' tribute to the few remaining ...

‘Spooky’ at Virginia Festival of Flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | An unusual AC-47D gunship of the Vietnam era, known as “Spooky,” will be part of the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight this coming weekend, April 28-29...

50th Anniversary of spacemodelling in the FAI - Special Awards Ceremony - World Air Sports Federation | National Association of Rocketry (NAR) - USA – This organisation established spacemodelling and adopted the first competition rules that became guidelines for all similar activities in the world. It has also been the organiser of two FAI World Space ...

The most interesting, dramatic (recent) helicopter pictures from all around the world from David Cenciotti | ...Marine One with U.S. President Barack Obama on board lands into the South Lawn of the White House on Apr. 18 at the end of a day trip to Ohio and Michigan....

Weiser marine named Aviator of the Year for rescue mission role - KBOI-TV | J. Eric Grunke, pictured here at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, April 24, has been named Marine Corps Aviator of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association. The MCAA gives the award to the pilot who makes the most outstanding ...

Yak-50 Engine out and crash landing from cockpit from TAKEOFF TUBE | During the recording of a watch promo commercial video this Yakovlev Yak-50 had an engine failure. The pilot was forced to perform a emergency landing. Note that Yakovlev Yak-50 manual suggests to land on grass and with the landing gear up in this condition. Good job!

Air museum on track - Northern Star | It is funded for the most part by the Evans Head Airpark which will develop the site to include a residential air park and an aviation heritage centre. "The primary objective of the association is to promote heritage aviation at the Evans Head Memorial ...

F-35 latest: refuelling tests, complete with external weapons from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | The Lockheed Martin F-35A on April 21, completed the programme's first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Test aircraft AF-4 was fitted with...

Air Zoo blasts off with summer camps from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is offering a variety of aviation and space-related camps for kids ages 4-17. Full and partial scholarships are available, museum officials note. Summer camps include...

FlightAdventures to Strabourg Entzheim from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton (translated) | FlightAdventures, a center of aviation simulation "new generation" has just moved to the Strasbourg International Airport. Exclusive and included among the levers of revitalizing the airport, the center will open to the public in May. Raring for a unique device in Europe! From Toronto (Canada), the simulator more than two tons was flown to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Technical feat, the unit was divided into four subsets to adapt its size to the size of an airplane. Delivered April 13 by truck to Strasbourg airport, it was installed, assembled and tested in 10 days, by a team of two engineers in Canada and Australia. The simulator FlightAdventures now stands at the heart of an area of ??200 m2, on the floor "business" of the airport...

Faith and Skydiving - Milam Byers | ...Then I got an invitation to an event called ‘Leap of Faith’. An event for Gold Star family members (If you don’t know what a Gold Star family is, click here. And, my personal story at Ransom here.) It’s focus would be learning how to take steps past grief and then literally ‘jumping’ into a new season of life. The best part…the Army Golden Knights would be our hosts. They are the best in the world–The Blue Angels of the skydiving world. A once in a lifetime opportunity. A story for my children. A connection to a lost brother. I couldn’t say no....

Morley parachute jumpers kee it in the family - Morley Observer | (NS) A MOTHER and daughter duo have leapt from an aeroplane at 15000ft in aid of the British Red Cross. Tracy Latham, 47, and her daughter Holly, 16, were inspired to take the plunge after visiting the Red Cross's headquarters and museum in Geneva, ...

Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Space Plane (Infographic) from SPACE.com | Sierra Nevada Corporation will use its Dream Chaser space plane to fly astronauts to the International Space Station. See how it works in this SPACE.com infographic.

SpaceX reschedules launch for May 7 from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust | A day after announcing they wouldn’t make their previously scheduled launch date of April 30, SpaceX announced it has set a new launch date of May 7 for its Dragon demonstration mission to the International Space Station. “NASA and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have approved SpaceX’s request to set May 7th as the target launch date for...

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High winds give rise to injury at airshow - St George Utah | It wasn’t just jets that went flying at the Thunder Over Utah Airshow this afternoon. Near the end of the event, strong winds picked up a metal lid from a pretzel cart and sent it flying into a man’s head...

The real mission of the Blue Angels - St George Utah | It’s true that the fly boys of Thunder over Utah widen our eyes as they streak across our skies, it’s true that we are awestruck and entertained, and it is true that thousands coming into town to enjoy the show ought bring a weekend boost to our local economy. But when you stop and listen to more than the roar of those jets, you find that these fly boys and the fine crewmen that accompany them are here on a mission, a mission that echoes from their proud calling....

Wingwalker prepares to perform in Thunder Over Utah - The Spectrum | Carol Pilon is the only performer at the Thunder Over Utah Air Show who is scheduled to fly through the air without the comfort and safety of a seat. Pilon plans to perform headstands and other acrobatics as high as 1,000 feet in the air on the wings of her 1940 Navy Stearman biplane today and Sunday at the St. George Municipal Airport....

MCAS airshow wows crowd - Yuma Sun | An overcast sky and a slight breeze meant near perfect flying conditions for the military and civilian performers of the 50th Annual Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Airshow and Open House on Saturday. “The airshow gods are smiling upon us,” said Colonel Robert C. Kuckuk, commanding officer of MCAS Yuma, who noted the conditions were also very pleasant for the spectators.

Turn up the volume and join us on a night jump! from US Army Golden Knights

Will Whiteside / Team Steadfast Time to Climb Video - AAFO

Red Arrows coming back to Portrush - Coleraine Times | THE world famous Red Arrows are coming back to the Northern Ireland International Air Show in Portrush. Last year, the RAF aerobatics display team pulled out of last year’s event after the death of a pilot in a crash in Dorset....

Enthusiasts amazed by displays at Vero Beach's Aviation Day - TC Palm | It was perfect weather Saturday for aviation enthusiasts and families attending the 10th annual Aviation Day that was held at held at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport by the Chapter 99 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Assistant Airport Manager Tood Scher said this year's event had various aircraft on display, including a B-25 and T-6 that were brought in by History Flight. Some of the...

Blue Angels Arrive in the Photo Gallery - Skyline Newsroom | A selection of over 70 photos featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels has been posted in the Skyline Newsroom photo gallery....

Aviation show disappoints visitors - Time of India | HYDERABAD: It was a disappointing day at the India Aviation 2012 for the thousands of Hyderabadis who thronged the venue on Day 1 of the two-day public show on Saturday. Apart from ruing the 'missing' aircraft -- the Dreamliner and three others had flown out...

Hot air balloon forced to land in Volusia neighborhood - WFTV | Officials say a hot air balloon was forced to land in a Volusia County neighborhood Saturday morning. Residents in the area called WFTV when the hot air balloon landed on Harbor Road, a residential street in Port Orange....

James B. Morehead, WWII ace known as 'Wildman,' dies - Stars and Strips | James B. Morehead, a retired Air Force colonel and highly decorated World War II combat ace who earned the sobriquet "Wildman" for his brazen air attacks in the Pacific, and who later became a globe-trotting big-game hunter, died March 11 at a hospital in Petaluma, Calif. He was 95....

Already 3 P-51D Mustangs with a Dutch call sign! | Hard to imagine, but in a small country like Holland there are already 3 flying P-51s with a Ducht call sign. Here they are in a row!...

P-51D ‘Miss Ashley’ renamed ‘Trusty Rusty’ - pilotsandplanesmilitary.com | Volunteers of the Dutch Early Birds Foundation saw today the first flight of their  restored North American P-51D Mustang from World War II. The aircraft was successfully piloted at Lelystad Airport (EHLE) by Belgian pilot Frederic Vormezeele . The restoration project lasted more than seven years. A dozen volunteers finished  the  tremendous job, so the aircraft ( c/n 44-74923; livery  ‘Trusty Rusty’ C5-W 44-13578, call sign PH-JAT) became airworthy at last....

RAF Museum Sopwith Dolphin Mk.I C3988 Press Launch from PPRuNe Forums by Duxford_Eagles | Here are some photos from yesterday's Press launch of the RAF Museum's recently completed Sopwith Dolphin Mk.1 C3988. It's a real beauty that you really need to see for yourselves rather than relying on photos. The attention to detail and standard of finish is wonderful....

Meteor moved over at Newark Air Museum - Pilots and Planes Military | Earlier this week Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 WS739  (7961M) was moved over onto Newark Air Museum’s Southfield site. This move  follows its long-term restoration; recent reassembly; and the application of the  25 Squadron markings that it last wore between 1954 and 1958, whilst operating with the Squadron from both RAF Tangmere and RAF Waterbeach.  WS739 originally arrived at Winthorpe Airfield in...

East Kirkby photo-shoot 17-3-2012 Just Jane from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | Linked-up with the Martlesham Heath 'Rebels' today at East Kirkby during the first ever public photo-shoot held there, Great to meet the 'Rebels' and friends of which we cleared the air and on the whole had a great time here. Good food and Andy Panton and the...

A brand new, combat-proven, next generation tanker: on board Italy’s Boeing KC-767A from David Cenciotti | Although based on a quite mature civil airliner, the brand new KC-767 is a revolutionary type of aerial refueler. Indeed, in the KC-46 variant, it will be used by the U.S. Air Force as the NextGen Tanker to replace the KC-135E Stratotanker. The aircraft, equipped with both the sixth generation flying boom (based on the one of the American KC-10), and three hose and drogue stations, is be able to refuel both aircraft equipped with onboard receptacle and those with a refueling probe....

Video: Pipistrel Virus SW Flight Trial from AVwebFlash Current Issue | On AVweb's recent swing through Europe, we visited Pipistrel Aircraft, a Slovenian manufacturer that's staked out the hyper-efficient segment of the LSA world. The company demonstrated its sophisticated Virus SW, which boasts fuel economy of nearly 50 MPG. This video is worth the watch just for the spectacular mountain scenery.

PCDU Episode 84: Geoff Whitty: Pidgin Tales from Plane Crazy Down Under | This episode we're joined by Kathy Mexted & her brother Geoff Whitty to talk about his adventures running aviation operations & airports in Papua New Guinea. We then...

Boeing's Phantom Eye Completes First Taxi Test - Boeing | Boeing is one major step closer to flying its hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system for the first time following a taxi test March 10 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The medium speed test showcased Phantom Eye’s autonomy and laid the ground work for the high-altitude long-endurance aircraft’s historic first flight....

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Launch Madness for Sunday Evening Under Weather Review from Spaceports | NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to no earlier than the night of Sunday...

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Angels Fly Over El Centro - KSWT-TV | El Centro, CA - As the winter home of the Blue Angels, the Navy Air Facility El Centro annual air show is the first show of their season, every year. The events usually Draws a crowd of approximately 35000, it is the largest single-day event in the ...

HEMET: Local Marine a Blue Angel - Press-Enterprise | Brandon Cordill, a 1998 Hemet High grad and Marine Corps fighter pilot, debuts with the Blue Angels in El Centro Saturday. BY BOB PRATTE Capt. Brandon Cordill, a seasoned Marine jet-fighter pilot, expects to experience pre-game jitters Saturday like he ...

Will Whiteside shatters time-to-climb records - AOPA Pilot | Whiteside is a veteran of the Reno Air Races, and named his Yak-3 for Reno/Stead Field, where the races are held—and the speed at which it travels. SteadFast was built in Russia in 2005 (the last piston fighter produced there)....

Tico Airshow takes over Titusville - WKMG Orlando | The 35th annual Tico Airshow will be in Titusville over the weekend with vintage Warbirds on display. The show will be held at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum through Sunday, featuring both new and old aircraft, including the world's only flying ...

Jelly bean airplane flying into airshow - Similkameen Spotlight | By Michaela Garstin - Similkameen Spotlight A fast-flying, acrobatic airplane decked-out in jelly bean design will be soaring to the Princeton International Air Show this summer. Pilot Kent Pietsch's act includes a dead-stick routine from 6000 feet and...

Gateway gets ready to host Aviation Day - AZ Central.com | The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, which preserves military aircraft, will offer rides on B-17 and B-25 bombers, but the non-profit will charge passengers for the flights. "There will be many other exhibits, including a historical ...

Hot Air Festival returns to Van Wert - LimaOhio.com | After a 12-year hiatus, the Hot Air Affair is returning to Van Wert as the Hot Air Festival. The event is schedule to take to the skies over the Van Wert County Fairgrounds from Sept. 7 to 9. Reservations for distant hot air balloon rides as well as ...

Wings of Freedom brings history to life - WLOX | The group restores and flies WWII aircrafts all over the nation to allow people to get up close and personal with a piece of living history. "You crawl through the plane and you see the environment they [WWII soldiers] were set up in, and they tell you ...

Famed World War II warbirds fly into Gulfport on Wings of Freedom Tour (photo... - Mississippi Press | The first to arrive from Pensacola, Fla., was a sleek P-51 Mustang fighter, followed by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "Witchcraft," and finally a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber named the "Nine O Nine." Among the onlookers was Tony ...

HAI Brings Helicopter Presence to Women in Aviation - Helicopter Association International | The 23rd Annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) Conference begins today at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. Wednesday was set up day, and also a first for WAI. HAI member company AirEvac LifeTeam of West Plains, Mo., flew in one of their local Bell ...

Celebrate Women of Aviation Worldwide Week from EAA | The second annual Women of Aviation Worldwide Week (March 5-11) is in full swing, and Fly-It-Forward events designed to introduce flying to girls and women by taking them on a short flight are planned around the world.

Women in Aviation from The House of Rapp | ...Women of Aviation offers a plethora of activities and contests designed to get females of all ages involved. More important to me is that it welcomes the participation of anyone who believes that aviation would be better off with more women involved, and each one of us can make a difference....

AERO 2012 Just Around the Corner from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Organizers of the 20th AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show are looking toward final preparations for this year's event, scheduled for April 18-21 in Friedrichshafen, Germany....

Congratulations to the Aviation Week Laureate Award Winners! Honoring Extraordin... from AVIATION WEEK's Facebook Wall by AVIATION WEEK
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'Red Tails' exhibit coming this month to Daytona - Florida Courier | The traveling exhibit is a project of the CAF Red Tail Squadron, a volunteer non-profit organization affiliated with the Commemorative Air Force. "This wonderful exhibit travels all over the United States, sharing this great American story to young ...

Docent Works Final Shift at EAA Museum from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Every Wednesday for the past 19 years, Milton Morris has been diligently at his post just inside the entrance to EAA AirVenture Museum - greeting visitors, giving tours, and talking about airplanes. This past Wednesday, March 7, Milt worked his last shift as museum docent.

Miracle of the Hudson - Vintage Wings of Canada | This is a story of two worlds. One, a world of isolation for a tiny farming community in Québec during the Second World War; the other, a world of global communications and social networking employed to solve a mystery which involved the first world. In the summer of 2011, my friend Paul Symes, owner of Wakefield, Québec's iconic Black Sheep Inn music hall, sent me an e-mail that brought together the many players who would, in the end, solve the mystery, and, in fact, discover information connected with the story that makes it far, far more interesting than first thought. Paul and I are...

Renowned Bush Pilot CC Pocock Will Present a Pilot Training Course at St. Louis Downtown Airport This Saturday from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | South African bush pilot CC Pocock will be in the St. Louis area this weekend to present an abbreviated training course to local pilots at St. Louis Downtown Airport on Saturday, March 10. Beginning at 9:00am, the course will include 4 hours of ground school, hands-on flight instruction, CC's book, Bush and Mountain Flying, lunch, and...

New pilot training center opens at former WWII training site - Tuscaloosa News | By Patrick Rupinski TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa site where the military once trained fighter pilots for World War II is now training a new generation of aviators — this time for civilian aircraft. General Aviation Center has opened a new facility at ...

An interesting read from Global Aviation Resource... from PlanesTV.com's Facebook Wall | An interesting read from Global Aviation Resource including Tomcat and Lightning articles and an interview with Paul Bonhomme...

Young Eagles/Sporty's Pilot Earns Instrument Rating from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Tyler Stargardt, of Marshfield, Wisconsin - who in 2010 became the first Young Eagle to complete the Sporty's Complete Pilot Training Course and earn his private pilot certificate - recently earned his instrument rating.

C.R. Smith Museum Makes Happy Campers With the Eagle Aviation Camp This June - Sacramento Bee | There are lots of summer activities for children in North Texas, but only one Eagle Aviation Camp. The American Airlines CR Smith Museum offers not only a one-week program that will ...

NASA's Kepler Mission Wins Aviation Week Award - Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Roger Hunter (left), the Kepler project manager at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and Jim Fanson (middle), the former project manager for the mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., accepted the 2012 Aviation Week...

Local man a finalist to win trip into space - Mercer Island Reporter | He has been teaching rocketry as an elective with his son and co-teacher Ryan, 13, to students at Seattle Country Day School. They learn to build low-power and high-power rockets and plan to launch them at 60 Acres Park in May....

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Will Whiteside and Steadfast set new records - AAFO | Will Whiteside and race #33 "Steadfast" broke the time to climb record for the under 3,000 kilograms or less airplane yesterday at the Charles Schultz Airport in Santa Rosa, California. He reached 3,000 meters in two minutes, five seconds shattering the old record by...  

Modern and historic aircraft flying over Tucson for air show training - KVOA Tucson News | TUCSON - Civilian and military pilots from across the country took flight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base today; they are training in modern and historic fighters in preparation for this year's air shows. The annual Air Combat Command Heritage Flight ...

Pilot names airshow as one of the country’s best - Yellow Advertiser | PILOT Peter Teichmann, from the Hanger 11 group, in Weald, has backed Southend Airshow as one of the best in the country. Peter, who flew the Kittyhawk plane on the day of the sponsorship announcement, said he always looks forward to Southend Airshow....

NWOC 2012 - YouTube | National Warbird Operators Conference


Seoul Air Show and Halloween!! from Meghan | The weekend before last we went to Seoul to see a special air show – the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition. One of Dave’s previous adult students was an organizer of the event and got us tickets. We left early Saturday morning after determining that (supposedly) the actual air display would happen twice a day. We wanted to get to the military airbase, which is just outside of Seoul, for the first showing; however there was no possible way we could get there in time. No trains leave Gyeryong early enough. No buses either. And no trains after work on Friday either that we can make in time. So we left early Saturday morning and got to the city by 9:30am and to the airbase by 11am....

PRESS RELEASE: Official launch by peoplesmosquito | Today sees the official start of fundraising for The People’s Mosquito project. The People’s Mosquito has a simple vision: to restore a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito to flying condition and return it to the skies, and fundraising is being kicked-off to help that vision become a reality. The British-designed de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was one of the fastest aircraft to fly in WW2, its twin Merlin engines and...

Tuskegee Airman Major Joe Gomer - Part 1 from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog by CAF Red Tail Squadron | I had the good fortune to attend a talk given by Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer on February 25 in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Although we both live in Minnesota and I had seen him numerous times at different Squadron functions, this was the first time I’d heard Joe speak for any length of time about his experiences as a pilot and an American who happened to have black skin....

Week in Photos, March 2, 2012 from U.S. Air Force Live |  A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft over ...

Air Force Museum Foundation announces sponsors for Doolittle Tokyo Raiders 70th Reunion from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Foundation announced the initial sponsors for the 70th Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion to be held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from April 17-20, 2012. The lead sponsor is Hennessy, the #1-selling cognac in the world. The heritage of Hennessy and the U.S. Air Force stems back to shortly after the raid when the outfit received a special bottle of Hennessy by a representative of the Hennessy family. At the 1959 reunion in Tucson, AZ, a tradition of honoring the Raiders' legacy was formed when its members were presented with 80 silver goblets by the City of Tuscon. This year, corporate executives from Cognac, France will travel to Dayton to keep that tradition strong and personally thank the surviving Raiders at the reunion...

Air Force Museum offers virtual tour from Air Force Link Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Virtual Tour is now fully embedded with audio and video hotspots, and touch-screen devices, offering online visitors the opportunity to experience the entire museum. Located at www.nmusafvirtualtour.com, the final two areas to be embedded -- the Cold War Gallery, with over 300 hotspots, and the Missile and Space Gallery, with close to 60 hotspots...

Lockheed D-21 from Planeshots | Lockheed D-21 reconnaissance drone on display at the March Field Air Museum


Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R.Rich, Leo Janos from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | Lockheed’s Advanced Development Project has set standards for the aerospace industry for half a century. Under its presiding genius, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the Skunk Works produced America‘s first jet fighter, the world’s most successful spy plane (U-2), the first three-times-the-speed-of-sound surveillance aircraft and... 

U.S. Presidential Helo Delayed Again by Cost, Acquisition Concerns from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Bill Carey | The U.S. Navy’s latest attempt to replace the aging Presidential helicopter fleet has been delayed. The Pentagon rejected an analysis of alternatives (AoA) for the VXX program because no “cost-effective” solution was identified, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The VXX program is a successor to the VH-71 acquisition that the DoD terminated in June 2009, after nearly $3 billion had been spent over four years to develop the Lockheed Martin Kestrel version of the AgustaWestland AW101....

Taiwan To Fly Turbo-Jet Robotic Aircraft - Ottaway Citizen | An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design team led by Wei-Hsiang Lai, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and director of advanced propulsion and power system research center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has innovated first turbo-jet robot aircraft named Sky Fortress-III anticipating to assist in typhoon surveillance and disaster prevention and marked a milestone in robotic aviation of Taiwan....

More to aviation career than flying - Dothan Eagle | The Young Eagles Program helps students experience first hand the joys of flying to see if a career in aviation is for them. The WINGS Program offers safety training to local pilots. The hours can be used as documentation for pilots which offers safety ...

SGTC partners with ERAU-W to expand aviation opportunities for students - WALB 10 | South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide (ERAU-W) have formed an educational partnership that will benefit South Georgia Technical College students who are interested in continuing their education with a bachelor granting institution. The articulation agreement specifically pertains to SGTC students enrolled in the Aircraft Structural Technology, Avionics Technology and Aviation Maintenance Technology programs but may be expanded to include other programs....

Flashback Fridays: More Weird Promotions from blogsouthwest | ...Ask most people what first comes to their mind about Southwest’s early days, and they will probably mention Flight Attendants in hot pants. However, if you go by the photographic record, giant stuffed animals should be a close second. Many of you will remember our look at the stuffed characters from the ill-fated Houston children’s superstore, Kid’s Kounty. On October 14, 1973, these...

700 Astronaut Wannabes Apply for Mock Mars Mission from SPACE.com | The four-month simulated spaceflight won't leave Earth.

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Air racer sets climb record - Press Democrat | Will Whiteside, the former airline pilot whose day job is flying members of Sonoma County's prominent Trione and Codding families wherever they need to go, has always been a fast climber. Whiteside, 40, just raised his own bar. Taking off from the Charles Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, he and his race team set four world records this week by pushing their Romanian-built fighter — named Steadfast — to great heights in very little time....

Dixie State College Welcomes the US Navy Blue Angels to Campus March 16th - KCSG | In conjunction with the upcoming “Thunder Over Utah” Air Show in Utah’s Dixie March 17-18, 2012, Dixie State College of Utah will welcome the United States Navy Blue Angels to campus for a special community event on Friday, March 16, beginning at 8:30AM at the Eccles Fine Arts Center Mainstage Theater. The event is admission free open to all DSC students, faculty, staff, and the community to attend....

Upside Down Navy - Strategy Page | Members of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels perform a diamond formation maneuver during a ...

Steve Miller Band to play EAA AirVenture 2012 - Fox11online | OSHKOSH - The Steve Miller Band will be performing next to some big ol' jet airliners at EAA AirVenture 2012. The rock group will hit the stage during the first day of the aviation convention. That's Monday, July 23rd. No other details about the concert are being released at this time....

You're Invited: from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Tea/Coffee/Flight For Control | Saturday March 3, 2012 | 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. | CityU-Cafeteria | 11900 NE First St. Bellevue, WA 98005 | Due to the overwhelming success of Flight For Control, I have been invited to speak at City University with Zonta of East King County: Advancing the Status of Women Worldwide. And would love for you to join me...

Planes, trains & automobiles - Sun Gazette | ...He bravely flew aboard B-17 bombers during World War II, but would rather share time with his son building model airplanes than telling war stories. No matter what the task, Charles Kirkman gladly accepted the challenge and gracefully completed it....

Rip your canopy, by Nicholas Batsch, NZ aerosport Athlete from Bonjour BlueSky

Honoring 50 safe years in the air from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Since its inception in 2007, more than 2,000 pilots have received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the FAA. The award, which recognizes 50 years of accident-free flying, consolidated several similar pilot awards, such as the Golden Eagle Award, that had been presented by various Flight Standards District Offices over the years. The award includes a certificate and pin. In addition,...

Comper Swift C.L.A. 7 - a tiny racer with big performance by shortfinals | The Shuttleworth Trust at Old Warden, Bedfordshire is a truly remarkable place. The grass airfield – with possibly a few visiting aircraft and microlights parked up - and the shop and cafe near the entrance give no indication whatsoever of the treasures contained in the series of plain hangars in front of the visitor. In one of the hangars you will find a rare racer – the Comper C.L.A. 7 Swift, G-ACTF. Nicholas Comper got his start in aviation with the...

Monocoupe - Video featuring a CA based Monocoupe from Another Time by Dan Linn | I am a big fan of the Monocoupe line of vintage aircraft and found this video over on the Antique Airfield web site.  Take the eight minutes and watch if you love vintage airplanes and especially the Monocoupe.  The featured Monocoupe is based in Sonoma, CA....

The PT-17 Stearman N2S-3 964 from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Now home at the AZ Wing of the CAF, this gorgeously restored PT-17 Stearman by Billy Walker caught my attention the first time I saw it last fall. Manufactured in 1943, it was a...

F-22 Pilots Still Report Hypoxia-like Symptoms from AVweb Top News | There has been a recent spike in reports of hypoxia-like symptoms by pilots of the F-22 Raptor -- an oxygen delivery problem on a Raptor contributed to a fatal crash two years ago. Over the past six months nine pilots have reported hypoxia-like symptoms while flying the roughly $147 million (excluding development costs) per copy jet. Three of those incidents were reported in the last two weeks by pilots at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- the same base associated with the fatal crash....

Bell XP-77 Lightweight Fighter & Proposed Successor from Military Photos | Check out this article reproducing a Bell report on the XP-77 wooden lightweight fighter project and a proposed successor at RetroMechanix.com:...

Nazi Secrets: WWII planes buried under Seymour, Ind., airport - WDRB | Searchers in Seymour, Indiana, look underground for some of the secrets of World War II -- Nazi secrets, to be precise. The Allies shipped Nazi planes to Freeman Field so pilots and engineers could fly them, take them apart, and put them back together again....
A380 Night Landing – Ultra Cool Cockpit View from Flight Monkeys | Not everyone gets the experience of sitting in the front office of a widebody jet as it slides along from the inner marker to touchdown at a major International Airport. Well, here’s your chance. This Airbus 380 is preparing to touch down at Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB). Maybe it’s the pretty colored...

Astronaut visits aviation school - WZZM | Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabrielle Giffords, visited Grand Rapids today.  Kelly met with students at the West Michigan Aviation Academy before speaking at a business leadership forum with the governor.  He captained the Space Shuttle Endeavour on its final mission last year.  We asked him about his wife, Gabby, who survived a gunshot wound to the head 14-months ago....

Space Shuttle Discovery to Join Smithsonian Collection - dcist.com | Big news for all you space nerds: as we noted last year, the space shuttle Discovery will join the Smithsonian's collection in April. But even better, the AP reports today that NASA got the permits to fly a 747 with the shuttle strapped on it over the U.S. Capitol, allowing anyone in the city with a good view of the sky to get quite the view of it....

Records and Racing

by Marilyn Dash

Progress is being made, say officials for the Reno National Championship Air Races (RARA). Last month, RARA met with the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) to discuss obtaining the permits needed to hold the event at the Reno-Stead Airport in September. 

RTAA is the owner and operator of the Reno-Tahoe International and Reno-Stead Airports. It is governed by a nine member Board of Trustees. In this meeting, Mike Houghton, president of RARA told the airport officials that he is "totally satisfied" with the direction the board is taking in considering the permits. 


Only two people spoke up against RARA at the RTAA meeting, both have had previous anti-RARA episodes. One of their stated concerns was the NTSB will not complete its probable cause report before the planned September 12th start of the 2012 event. This is quite standard; the NTSB generally takes up to 3 years to investigate such an accident.

The permits from RTAA is just one of the hurdles RARA needs to manage before the Pylon Racing Seminar in June and the Races in September can be held.

The next hurdle is the Air Racing Waiver from the FAA. This allows us to create the airspace necessary to hold such an event. Waivered airspace allows us to exceed the normal speed limits, fly in “close proximity” to other aircraft, etc. These two key items are essential to holding the event. But, they are not the only things on the task list.

In March, the annual Presidents’ Meeting will be held to share the “State of the Races” with each of the racing classes. This meeting should shed additional light on the issues being faced. As news becomes available, I will share what I can.

Speeding and Climbing

In the meantime, Rare Bear has joined Steadfast in trying to break FAI records. We mentioned earlier that Will Whiteside in Steadfast set the 3km record in their weight class, previously held by the Hughes H-1 Racer.

Now, Rare Bear will also go for the 3km record in their weight class sometime this summer. Lyle Shelton set the record in Las Vegas on August of 1989. It currently sits at 528 mph/850 km/h. Lyle also set the “Time to Climb” record - standing start to 3,000 meters (approximately 10,000 feet) - in 91.9 seconds. We do not have word yet if this is part of the plan, but I bet it is. Having Rare Bear break its own record would be a terrific boost for the team. We wish them luck. 

Rare Bear out to break their own FAI Records 

But, Steadfast shall not be outdone. Will Whiteside will also be going for the “Time to Climb” record in Steadfast. He just set the “Speed over straight 3KM course – internal combustion engine, class C-1d at 669.53. Now, he is looking to topple the “standing start to 3,000 meters. The current record was set by Russell Hancock in a Piper Navajo Piper at 3:33 in 1978. The record has to be broken by 1%.

Will Whiteside in Steadfast also breaking records

Keep in mind that Steadfast is much smaller than Rare Bear and that is why there are two completely different records to be broken. Both are under the Class C, for Internal Combustion Engine, but have different payloads.

Knowing the competitive nature of the Unlimited Teams, we’re wondering if Strega will come out of the hangar to see if she can snag the record away from Rare Bear. Or, maybe Czech Mate sees a future in record breaking. Only time will tell.

Other news

The Trailer for Air Racers -3D is now available. You can see it on You Tube and the trailer will likely be playing at local IMAX theaters to gather some momentum. The last word we received was an April 5th release date in the USA. I know we are putting together a viewing party the minute it hits my area. I will keep everyone posted about details like when you can see this movie and where to get more information about seeing it in your area. It should be amazing, flying with Steve Hinton in Strega in 3D!

Also, Pete Law will be speaking at this year’s NAG (National AirRacing Group) Banquet. Pete has a long history with air racing and aviation. He started in the business with Lockheed in 1959 to work on the F-104. He was then recruited to Skunk Works to work on such famous aircraft as the SR-71, U-2 and the F-117. Darryl Greenamyer recruited Pete to join air racing and we are sure glad he did. Pete is a fixture in the Pits each year helping nearly all the teams with their ADI systems.

Pete Law meeting with Tiger and Bob Button

As always, we look for good news from RARA and in the meantime, we’ll keep and eye on the records and events coming up.

Until then, Fly low, Fly fast and Turn left.

Marilyn Dash

Tim Adams - Photographer

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Catching up with the Thunderbird pilots before their Daytona 500 flyover - Skirts and Cuffs | U.S. Air Force Major Caroline Jensen and her pilot husband, like many couples across America, travel for work and juggle busy schedules as the parents of a small child. But Major Jensen’s job might be just a little more exciting and a lot more demanding than most—Jensen flies right wing with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and she will be part of the flyover Sunday during the National Anthem at the Daytona 500....

NASCAR-CUP: USAF Thunderbirds to fly high over Daytona Int'l Speedway - Motorsport.com | Years ago Thunderbird automobiles set speed records on the beach at Daytona Beach but these speeds are slow compared to those of the USAF Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds, who will perform the flyover prior to the start of the Daytona 500. Flying at speeds between 300 and 400 knots, six Lockheed Martin F16 Fighting Falcon fighters will soar over the speedway to the delight of the capacity crowd and a national television audience. The Thunderbirds are accustomed to large crowds and since their inception in 1953, they have performed before 350 million people in the 50 states and in 61 countries....

RECORD SETTING RENO AIR RACER ATTEMPTS TO SET TIME TO CLIMB WORLD RECORD - AAFO | On February 28, 2012, record setting air race pilot Will Whiteside will attempt to set the Time to Climb Aviation World Record for fastest time from a standing start on the runway to 3,000 meters (approximately 10,000 feet).  With clear weather, the attempt will take place at Santa Rosa Airport (KSTS) in Northern California. Progress and development in...

Red Arrows pilot speaks - Louth Leader | RED Arrows Pilot Red 3 was the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Wragby Supper Club held at the Methodist Chapel and he gave his audience an interesting insight into his experience as a member of the famous aerobatic team....

March 1 Marks Centennial of the First Parachute Jump From a Heavier Than Air Aircraft Over St. Louis - The Aero Experience | A special 100th anniversary celebration of the first successful parachute jump from an airplane will take place Thursday, 1 March, at 1:00 PM on the Jefferson Barracks military installation. Captain Alfred Berry parachuted onto the Parade Field at Jefferson Barracks on march 1, 1912. The event starts with a ceremony in Building 24 at 1:00 PM, and will move to the west parade...

Aerobatics and Formation Seminar 3/10/12 - Executive Flyers | The fifth class in our Ground Seminar Series will be Aerobatics and Formation on Saturday, January 14 from 10:00am to 12:30pm. Marc Nathanson will be teaching. This free seminar will explain the different...

Hernando County resident is last survivor of original Enola Gay ground crew - tampabay.com | John Bombara remembers seeing the war bird for the first time in late 1944. Arriving from its original air base in Omaha, its gleaming, polished aluminum skin nearly blinded him on the tarmac at Grand Island Army Airfield in Nebraska. As a ground crew mechanic regularly assigned to maintenance of B-17 and B-24 bombers, Bombara had been...

Warren A. Skon, Navy ace pilot in WWII, and wife Hazel Skon, both 92, die days apart - Washington Post | ...Capt. Skon was a highly decorated pilot who took part in several major air-combat operations during his two years as a naval aviator in the Pacific. He participated in the Navy’s first nighttime fighter actions from an aircraft carrier and was awarded the Navy Cross, the Navy’s highest award for wartime valor....

Tuskegee Airmen exhibit to highlight Catfish in the Alley - cdisptach.com | ...The boldly-painted, rolling history transport houses the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron "Rise Above" exhibit -- a tribute to World War II's Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots and crew. Presented by the Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of Columbus and Columbus Municipal School District, the exhibit will be available for free tours by school classes, Scouts, sports teams and other groups and individuals....

Tuskegee Airman Found - VFWNC | What are the odds that you would ever find a fighter escort pilot who flew with you on a combat mission? They are great, but it can happen and did. This story is about Herb Heilbrun & John Leahr. One a B-17 pilot, one a red-tail fighter pilot. If you don’t know what a red-tail fighter pilot is, you will have to watch this story, a story that began in a small rust belt town with two little boys in the second grade...

WWII bomber to be displayed at Air Force museum - Dayton Daily News | The Memphis Belle dodged anti-aircraft artillery and bullets over the skies of Europe, but the historic B-17F has a future mission in Dayton decades after its trials in the air over France and Germany. Casey J. Simmons and dozens of his compatriots are restoring the World War II heavy bomber made...

Group plans to rescue, restore veteran plane to flying condition - Daily Journal | The massive plane’s Army-green body sat hidden behind an old airport hangar, its wings and tail in pieces next to it. Most of the window panes had been lost over the years. Those that remained were spiderwebbed with cracks. The interior was stripped nearly to its frame....Their mission not only will pre­serve an important part of the past but will provide Indiana Air Search and Rescue with an aircraft that will help during times of crisis....
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B-52 Takeoff Andersen Air Force Base (2012) from AIRBOYD.TV

The sky is no longer the limit, six world records set at 16 years-old - Milwaukee Courier | He has been flying since he was 8-years-old. His interest in aviation began from the cradle before he was able to say the word “plane”. As a child, he lived near Los Angeles International Airport and enjoyed watching the air traffic. According to his biography, he would often point to the jets in the sky that were headed towards LAX....

Teen's love for aviation lives on 2 years after his death - Kare11 | ...Patrick Marzitelli, a former White Bear Lake student, also wanted to get his pilot's license. He was just months away from finishing his pilot training when his life ended in an ugly accident. The 17-year-old student died almost two years ago after he fell into a fuel tank at the Anoka County Airport. He left behind broken hearts and broken dreams. But his family was determined to keep his love of aviation alive. Last year they started the Patrick Marzitelli Scholarship Fund. The fund pays for the class that helps kids like Carly fulfill their dreams....

Students test their wings at Louisville aviation contest - Courier-Journal | Twin brothers Ted and Terry Loeser already have lofty plans to fly in the military someday, though they’re just high school sophomores. The 15-year-olds were put to the test Friday during a statewide aviation competition held at their high school, the Academy at Shawnee. The SkillsUSA Aviation Competition pitted...

Video: Russian Plane pass under a bridge caught on camera - Takeoff Tube

LiveAirShowTV Looks Back at 2011

PFLUGERVILLE, TX – DECEMBER 21, 2011 – As the year draws to a close, LiveAirShowTV takes a look back at some of the stories we covered throughout the year.  This was our first complete year of programming and it covered the full spectrum of features, profiles, live event archives, and show highlights.  “Our fans have been watching all year long”, said LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee.  “We are adding new fans all the time, and some may not know about the stories we posted earlier in the year.  This will give our newest fans a look at the kinds of things we cover.”

The profiles include: Will Whiteside, Dr. Brent Hisey, John Penney and his daughter Heather, and Michael Goulian.  Air show highlights include the Joint Service Open House, Wings Over Houston, and the El Paso Amigo Airsho.  We looked at a Reno racer’s retirement, and then the tragedy and triumph at the races. 

It may be the end of the year, but it’s just the beginning for what we will be covering in the weeks to come.  Red Tails, the feature film about the Tuskegee Airmen is coming out in January, and LiveAirShowTV will have interviews from some actual Tuskegee Airmen, and preview the Rise Up program as well as the film itself.  More performer features will include Jason Newburg, Kirby Chambliss, Chuck Aaron and more.  And we will look at the making of Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight, set to release in the spring.

Our Facebook Fan Page is getting more active, and you can follow us on Twitter.  It may be the air show off-season, but there is plenty to watch here at LiveAirShowTV!

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Air Show NAS Jax Weekend 2011 | SLIDESHOW - First Coast News

Blue Angels in HD - This is one of the the best Blue Angel videos you'll see!!  Great perspective with much of it filmed from the cockpit. You see the formation then see it from the pilot or camera view. It is in HD; This was recorded in Pensacola FL. And El Centro , CA

MacDill Airfest wows spectators - TBO.com | MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Cole and Blake Rodgers climbed down off the V-22 Osprey tilt-wing aircraft with big smiles on their faces.  "This is really cool," said Cole, 11. "I really like seeing all the gadgets and electrical wires."  "I liked being in the cockpit," said Blake, 12.  The Osprey was the first aircraft the Tampa brothers wanted to see at AirFest 2011, said their mother, Cheryl Rodgers....

Eyes on the sky for finale of Cocoa Beach Air Show - Florida Today | COCOA BEACH — Emerging from the pounding waves in a black combat wetsuit, Tech. Sgt. Wes Hufnagel started shaking spectators’ hands and posing for photos on the beach alongside three fellow 920th Rescue Wing airmen.  The quartet had just jumped into the surf from a hovering HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a demonstration at the Cocoa Beach Air Show. One airman tried to climb a rope ladder back into the aircraft — but he was battered and knocked about by large waves...

Aircraft Spruce 2011 Tennessee Valley Air Race Results - Alabama Aviator | Weather lifts and the race is completed. Complete story.

Chitty to 'fly' at air show By Nathan Crombi | Children can take a flight of imagination in Sir Peter Jackson's million-dollar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flying car on Saturday.  The movie maker this year bought the classic vehicle - made famous in the 1968 movie of the same name - and has lent it for use in a charity drive at the Remembrance Day World War I airshow this weekend....

Steadfast’s World Speed Record | PFLUGERVILLE, TX – NOVEMBER 4, 2011 - LiveAirShowTV has posted the story of Will Whiteside’s world speed record in his YAK3U Steadfast.  In an interview with Mark Allen, via Skype, Will talks about how the record attempt came about, and what they did to make it happen following the events at Reno.  The location was certainly appropriate, just a few miles west of the Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway where so many land speed records have been set....

The Other B-29 Missions - Air & Space Magazine | Guy Longshore of LaGrange, Georgia, was a B-29 Command Gunner with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War 2, and was stationed in the Pacific at the end of the war. On the night of August 6, 1945, unable to sleep, he walked to the edge of the island of Saipan and watched a B-29 bomber take off from the neighboring island of Tinian; later he learned that the bomber was the Enola Gay, headed toward Hiroshima. After Japan’s September 2, 1945 surrender, Longshore was detailed to fly on B-29 missions over Japan, dropping supplies to Allied troops and American P.O.W.s who were still there. He brought along a $12 camera with which he documented the country’s state.  The following is excerpted from his unpublished memoir, “World War II: The Good and the Bad.”...

Angels' Share from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | By Roger Kent This is a story of whiskey and remembrance. Scotch, especially the single malts of Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg, Bruichladdich and Bowmore, drew me to Islay, the most southerly of the islands of the Hebrides. With eight active distilleries, Islay is home to some of the best single malt Scotch on the planet. My eleven year-old son Alexander and I toured five distilleries, learned about the burning of peat, which gently heats the barley that was germinated in peaty water.  When combined by a master distiller, this distillate makes one of the best value-add products imaginable, especially given what they have to start with; pure Scots genius. We...

Memorial honors female pilot - You Fly Girl | This bronze sculpture of Doris Tracy is one of two in a memorial for the WASP that will be unveiled Nov. 11 in LaVeta....

Formation flight Sunday. Caption: The five types of aircraft flown by North Central... - Planeshots

Frontiers of Flight Museum appoints new president - General Aviation News | The Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas has a new president and CEO, Cheryl Sutterfield-Jones.  Sutterfield-Jones, a longtime leader in the north Texas non-profit community, was formerly CEO and president of the north Texas chapter of the American Red Cross.  Sutterfield-Jones, who took the reins on Nov. 1, is a recognized leader and consultant in human services and non-profit management. Prior to joining the Red Cross she served as CEO of the...

Sightings: VFC-12 F/A-18C Hornet Makes Stopover at TAC Air St. Louis - The Aero Experience | An F/A-18C Hornet from VFC-12 (Fighter Squadron Composite 12), The Fighting Omars, based at NAS Oceana, Virginia made a stop at TAC Air St. Louis.  The unit is one of two providing adversary training for Navy and Marine units.  This legacy Hornet was marked as the CAG bird, and decked out in two-tone blue and gray camouflage similar to that found on MiG-29s.  Here are a few shots from the ramp...

Blog Watch:  Amelia Earhart - training for a round the world flight in the Cirrus SR-22T | Amelia Rose Earhart is a namesake and distant relative of the original Amelia Earhart....Amelia’s life long goal is to retrace and complete Amelia Earhart’s 1937 round the world flight. She is currently working on her instrument rating at KAPA. She plans on embarking on her trip by the year 2016.

The View from Space from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | I found this article, discussing 'How the Airplane got its Shape', interesting by virtue of the fact that it comes at the topic from an unusual angle - the view of a space historian; and that it touches on some of the less acknowledged drives of this arena of design....

Pilots: Cameron King - AOPA Pilot | ...Less than 72 hours after the earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, Cameron King was unloading a Piper Aztec on the ramp at the airport in Port-au-Prince. In the near chaos of the first days, only a few people took notice of King, who looks more like a teenager than a young woman of 23 years. But, as she flew more and more missions, people began to wonder, “Who is this kid and what’s she doing flying here?” So, while on an overnight in Nassau, and in her typical can-do fashion, she commandeered a camera, computer, and printer and fashioned a very official-looking “Humanitarian Pilot” credential badge....

B-1B Lancer Engines - I Love Planes | I liked how gritty these B-1B engines looked. They looked all steam punk or something like that, in any case, I thought they looked like artwork....

General Aviation – When Did it Start? - Flight Monkeys | You could make a case that general aviation was born on the beaches of North Carolina in December 1903. It would be a stretch, but you could certainly argue the point. Or it might have come somewhat later when Glenn Curtiss began testing airplanes. He was issued U. S. Pilot License Number 1 after all.  Then again, you could put the origin...

“q” — a sculpture by Christopher Still from Travel for Aircraft | “q” is defined as the sum of aerodynamic pressure. Artist Christopher Still, using wood and aluminum created this piece out of a dozen 4′ x 8′ (1.2m x 2.4m) panels against a frame of wood in the shape of an airfoil. Together they make for an impressive 90′ (27.3m) expanse. Like many art pieces it pays to sit and look at it for a bit. Soon you will see passengers dressed in the different eras of airline flight, as well as scenes air travelers are accustomed to experiencing....

Today in Aviation History – November 7 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal