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Cash woes ground Windsor Air Show - Windsor Star | Windsor's annual air show is dead - and a lack of city funding is to blame, says the show's chief organizer.  "Financially, we're tapped. We can't do it anymore," said Keith Baxter, director of operations for the Windsor International Air Show.  "Unfortunately, we've got big bills to pay, and we can't keep going year to year on hope. We need big sponsors. We need support."  Fighter jets roared through local skies when the third edition of the...

The Blue Angels at MCAS Miramar 2011 Air Show - Youtube (via ASB) | Don't let the slow pace at the start of this video fool you. Hold on as the best flight demonstration team in the world shows our cameras why they are the be...
   
Barossa air show to take off - Barossa & Light Herald | Organisers' spirits are soaring in the build up to the Barossa Airshow this Sunday at the Rowland Flat airstrip. Even the announcement of aerobatic pilot Matt Hall's emergency back surgery, which has pulled him from the line up of events, ...
   
Fly-in won't get off ground - Lismore Northern Star | At last year's Great Eastern Fly-in at Evans Head this Avenger torpedo bomber from the Second World War was a crowd favourite. THE organisers of the Great Eastern Fly-in at Evans Head have axed the popular January event, citing council constraints and ...

Peter Besenyei wings fans - Sportpiac.hu | The double world champion aerobatic Peter Besenyei this year, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship did not get bored during a break: regularly participate in various air shows and is working full blast development of Hungarian-made aircraft. ... 

Palm City 'Living Legend' to attend Stuart Air Show - TCPalm | 12 and 13, the 89-year-old will be one of the Living Legends invited by the 8th Air Force members to attend the Stuart Air Show. To prepare to be a WASP, Leckie took flying classes while attending college. Her family, she said, was not against her...

Air museum marks 75 years of aircraft - The Desert Sun | The Palm Springs Air Museum will celebrate “75 years of the DC-3 / C-47” at 1 pm Saturday at the museum. The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s....

In celebration of the 100th Super Herc from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Lockheed Martin's iconic airlifter, the C-130, currently in its J incarnation, has hit several milestones this week with the latest aircraft delivery. Pictured is the 10th C-130J Super Hercules for Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The aircraft is also the 100th overall C-130J delivered to the US Air Force and the 150th overall to the United States government...

No license, no problem for Young Eagles - Mercer Space | That's what the nearly 145 kids who participated in a Young Eagles free flight Oct. 8 had to say after they had enjoyed free plane rides out of the Trenton Mercer Airport, courtesy of local pilots who belong to the Experimental ...

VIDEO: Most amazing F-16 vs dishwasher dogfight ... ever from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble | Plot: F-16 fighter pilot/mom forgot her coffee mug at home. Luckily, her dishwasher can transform into a 9g-maneouvring aerial robot, who somehow engages mom's F-16 in a non-shooting dogfight. Mom/fighter pilot's...

Video: LOT 767-300ER makes gear up landing at Warsaw from Flightblogger by Jon Ostrower | LOT Polish Airlines flight 16 from Newark made a gear-up landing at Warsaw airport around 1:42 PM local time with 230 aboard. The 1997 Boeing 767-300ER (SP-LPC) sustained heavy damage upon landing, none of the 230 aboard were injured...

2011 Windsor International Air Show Review

Location: Windsor International Airport, Ontario, Canada

This was the 3rd annual Windsor air show in recent times, and it is one of the biggest held annually in Ontario.

Group photo of the CF-18 Demo Team, the SkyHawks and the Snowbirds at WIAS. For more images from the show visit us here.

The Windsor International Air Show (WIAS) has a great potential to become one of Canada's premier air shows, if the weather cooperates! This year once again it was hampered by rain and cloudy weather to a large extent, which is of course, out of the hands of the organizers. Regardless, on the weekend the show did go on. It was more than just thunder from the weather that made thunderous noise, it was from the jet aircraft from the Royal Canadian Air Force, from the USAF, USN and from the US Marines.

On Saturday several performances were cut short or were cancelled outright including the OPP Motorcycle demo, due to rain. Still, thousands toured the US KC-135 fuel tankers and US transport aircraft in the static area, and cheered Astronaut and Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield in Hawk One. Sunday too started out with a bit of rain, but it cleared up by opening, and by far it was the best day to attend WIAS.

The Canadian Icons, the Snowbirds, with the help of the Canadian Forces Skyhawks Parachute Team and the CF-18 Demo Team, dazzled the spectators in the sky with their precise maneuverings and flying skills. Additionally, several WWII and warbirds from the collection of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and the Vintage Wings of Canada performed. They were supplemented by four Harvards from the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, and a couple of civilian flyers, including Pete McLeod of Red Bull fame.

Compared to the 2010 show, there were less static aircraft. This was due mostly to the date of the show: 9/11! Many American cities and air bases remembered this tragic event's 10th anniversary by staging an air show themselves. Accordingly, this made less aircraft available to perform at WIAS and there were no top tier US performers.

To add additional interest there were performances by FLASH FIRE II a jet truck, and the CBC television comedian Rick Mercer from the Rick Mercer Report was present for a taping of his show. There were antique vehicles again a bit less due to the rain than last year. Click here to see additional images of Rick Mercer at the show.

The attendance was about the same as last year, approximately 43,000. We at AirShowsReview wish to thank all the people who have welcomed us, and who organized the air show. Our gratitude goes out to all of you and especially to Keith and Theresa Baxter. We will be back next year!

Some of the participants were:

Snowbirds

CF-18 Demo Team

Canadian Forces Skyhawks Parachute Team

F-86 Sabre Hawk One

P-51D Mustang

Harvard

Lancaster

Pete McLeod

Air Cadets

MH-53

T-45C

KC-135

C-130

F/A-18

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

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Legendary Combat Aircraft And Military Demonstration Teams Prepare To Awe Crowds  from Aero-News Network: Sport Aviation by editor@aero-news.net (Jim Campbell)  Legendary Combat Aircraft And Military Demonstration Teams Prepare To Awe Crowds At 48th Annual Event In less than a week, the skies of northern Nevada will be filled with the familiar sounds of thundering engines and cheering crowds as the National Championship Air Races gets underway at the Reno Stead Airfield. In addition to the elite race pilots that travel from around the world to compete in the world's fastest motorsport, military demonstration teams and daring performers take to the skies to awe thousands of aviation aficionados and curious spectators…

Rob Holland-2011 World Aerobatic Championships – ASB ... The 2011 Unlimited World Aerobatic Championships have just concluded in Foligno Italy, and ASB's own Rob Holland finished 8th overall in the technical portion of the contest, and 1st place in the 4 minute freestyle.  Also, placing 7th overall was Goody Thomas, in 13th place-Jeff Boerboon (2010 US National champ), 19th place-Michael Racy, 26th place-Mike Vaknin, and rounding out the US team in 39th place-Tim Just. The overall team results were 1-Russia, 2-France, and 3-USA  WAC results page: www.wac2011.it/wac2011eng/?page_id=380  Congratulations Rob and the rest of the US Unlimited Aerobatic Team!!!

Air Show Soars With 9/11 Tribute - WGRZ-TV | NIAGARA FALLS, NY - The Thunder of Niagara Air Show at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station featured special tributes this weekend to mark the 9/11 anniversary. A procession including fire, police, EMS and military members of all branches honored ...

Wings Over Pittsburgh air show wraps without a hitch - Tarentum Valley News Dispatch | Doug and Megan Taylor faced a tough choice Sunday: watch their beloved Steelers open the season against rival Baltimore or go to the final day of this year's Wings Over Pittsburgh air show. They put on their Steelers gear and chose the latter. ...

Air festival wows the crowd – KTVO | It couldn't have been a more perfect day for the Cape Air Kirksville Air Festival Sunday afternoon. The show at the Kirksville Regional Airport began with a September 11 Commemorative Ceremony that included a balloon release and music by ...

Snowbirds amaze at Windsor Air Show - Windsor Star | The Snowbirds fly in formation over the crowd at the Windsor International Air Show at the Windsor International Airport, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. WINDSOR, Ont. -- There was plenty of thunder in Windsor's skies ...

 Anniversary fly-in set at downtown airport - Shreveport Times | The Shreveport Downtown Airport will be the site later this week of a fly-in marking the air facility's 80th birthday. The event, free and open to the public, will be from 9 am to 2 pm Saturday and is sponsored by the Shreveport Airport Authority and ...

Stearman Fly-In: 'Gigantic family reunion' ends - Galesburg Register-Mail | One of the last remaining Stearman biplanes leaves Galesburg Municipal Airport as the 40th annual National Stearman Fly-In concluded with a breakfast Sunday morning. By Charlie Gorney Around 130 aircraft, mostly Stearmans, cleared out of Galesburg ...

Pilots show skills at International Seaplane Fly-In in Greenville - Bangor Daily News | Civil Air Patrol Maine Wing cadets push a seaplane to the launch ramp during the last day of the 38th annual International Seaplane Fly-in in Greenville Sunday. Town officials estimated that about 10000 people visited ...

 WASP Flies Through Memories As Trail-Blazing Aviator  from Aero-News Network | Barry Vincent-Smith Became One Of America's First Female Pilots It was 1944 and with America in the midst of World War II, female aviators were being accepted as Women's Airforce Service Pilots to test aircraft and fly support missions in the U.S., freeing up men for combat roles overseas. Barry Vincent-Smith, now 91, began her journey to becoming one of America's first female pilots in Chittenango, NY, in 1942…

Earhart goggles, photos pull in more than $31000 - Sacramento Bee | Goggles worn by famed aviator Amelia Earhart and photographs of her pulled in more than $31000 during an auction of the items in Oakland Sunday morning. A spokesman for Clars Auction Gallery says the winning bid for the goggles was $17775. ...

In our midst: A decorated B-17 pilot - The Wenatchee World Online | The former JC Penney executive won the Distinguished Flying Cross while serving as a B-17 squadron leader in Europe during World War II. In that role, he served as the lead pilot for bombing groups for 49 of his 51 missions. ...

Spitfire FR.XIVE, Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester  from Shortfinals's Blog | The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Manchester, is spread throughout a range of buildings, clustered in the centre of what is one of the most important cities in the North of England. As such, and given the city’s prominent role in the business and industrial life of the region, it is to be expected that the collections would be of national importance, although with a strong regional bias…

Donation Opportunity: Statue of Jerrie Mock  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Who is Jerrie Mock:  Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (born November 22, 1925 in Newark, Ohio) was the first woman to fly solo around the world.[1] The trip ended April 17, 1964 and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22,860 miles.[2] She was subsequently awarded the Louis Blériot medal the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. The United States Air Force named a street in honor of her at Rickenbacker AFB (presently Rickenbacker International Airport) in Lockbourne, Ohio (near Columbus)…

     

Midwest Light Sport Aircraft Expo In Mount Vernon, IL Attracts Wide Variety of LSA Producers  from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Light Sport Aircraft makers and dealers descended on Mount Vernon Outland Airport, IL this weekend for the Third Annual Light Sport Aircraft Expo.  A steady flow of wide-eyed LSA enthusiasts (and potential buyers!) tried on the aircraft for size and discussed their needs with factory and dealer representatives on the tarmac.  Many also attended forums and browsed among the exhibitors, including Wicks Aircraft Supply...

CAP a decade after 9/11  from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | By KRISTI CARR The buzz of the Cessna 172’s engine seemed an intrusion on the absolute quiet of Manhattan’s crystalline blue skies. In fact, the tiny Civil Air Patrol plane, tail number N9344L, was one of the few aircraft aloft that afternoon in all of America. It was Sept. 12, 2001 — the day after the country was rocked by terrorist attacks, when the phrase “9-1-1” took on a whole new meaning. Continue Reading »

AirFest: Teens behind the scenes learn something up in the sky - Janesville Gazette | Zach Brzezinski, 6, from Sun Prairie, climbs inside the jet engine of one of the planes before Airfest at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport Saturday. Caitlin Whitt and Kelli Akerberg walk with Army mascot GI Johnny worn by Dylan ...

Air Venture on Google Earth  from VAF Forums by apkp777 | Air Venture 2011 was captured by Google's (or someone else’s) satellite  http://maps.google.com/?ll=43.984601...h&z=14&vpsrc=6  Zoom in to find your plane.

Today in Aviation History – September 12  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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VIDEO: Beaufort Air Show Takes Off on Saturday with Huge Crowds - WSAV | The 2011 Beaufort Air Show's celebrating 100 years of Naval Aviation at the Marine Corps Air Station, and officials say its about engaging the community. "For us it's an opportunity to give back and open our doors and say you know what, thank you. Come onto the base, check it out, see what we have to offer...

Spirits soar along with the aircraft at the Beaufort Air Show - Island Packet | The Blue Angels and a handful of other aerial acts dazzled thousands Saturday at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The air station's flightline was flooded with spectators taking in the first day of the 2011 Beaufort Air Show. The event, which the base stages every other year, continues today at 11 a.m...

Eyes turn skyward at Beaufort Air Show - Bluffton Today | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT - Blue skies welcomed the Blue Angels and big crowds Saturday during the 2011 MCAS Beaufort Air Show, which celebrated 100 years of Naval aviation. “This air show gives us a chance to see what the military is all about and see the new and the old,”...

Cooper grad comes home as C-130 loadmaster for AirFest - Reporter News | Josh Thompson leapt at the chance to come home to Abilene to visit his parents and see friends. Sure, other young men travel home to see their folks. But for this visit, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thompson, who is stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., arrived in his flight suit aboard a C-130...

Volunteers and Vendors Wanted! - Windsor International Air Show | The next registration date for volunteers is just around the corner. May 8. It will only take a few minutes as we get to meet you in person. Check out the application HERE for more information. We need a lot of able bodied people who are looking to help out one of Canada's biggest civilian air shows...

Three brothers among veterans on Honor Flight to D.C. - Post Bulletin | While serving in the Merchant Marines during World War II, Marvin Dumdei, 87, of Waseca, traveled completely around the world once on a ship. After unloading in Iran, which was then called Persia, he went onto Iraq, Australia, India, China, through the Mediterranean three times and to Murmansk, Russia, the deadliest of all shipping routes, he said...

VIDEOS From TakeOff Tube:
RAF flypast at Buckingham Palace for Royal wedding
Practising for Royal Wedding Fly-Past

CAF B-29 "Fifi" - Randy Rothhaar (photo)

Collings Foundation B-17 "Nine-O-Nine" - Randy Rothhaar (photo)

B-17 for re-vamp! - Classic-Aviation | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Mary Alice", based at IWM Duxford, is to undergo major maintenance and a face lift after corrosion was found in significant amounts on the airframe...

Aviation Sights of Virginia - Travel Deals | Although Virginia, as an aviation destination, may seem a shadow of Washington with its world-reknowned National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, half of that magnificent facility actually sits in Virginia itself, and the state’s numerous other, although smaller, sights offer significant aviation focuses, from barnstorming airfields to space capsules...

Warbird Museum Grand Reopening - STG News | ST. GEORGE – The sights and sounds of planes flying in the skies above St. George is nothing new. However, in February of 2011, local residents were treated to something new – the roar of a MiG 15 soaring overhead.  While the sight of a Soviet-produced jet fighter over a US city has nowhere near the same impact now that it would have had 60 years ago, it is nonetheless an amazing piece of wild-blue-yonder history...

Valley Plane Pull Held at SHD - WHSV | The tarmac at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport was busy on Saturday, but instead of taking off for flights, the planes were being pulled across the ground by teams raising money for the Fairfield Center in Harrisonburg. About 20 teams each pulled a plane 150 yards across the tarmac...

Caption Contest #56 Winner - Critical Engine Edition... (Doak VZ-4) - AirPigz | As it turned out, it was a pretty close race in the voting for the winner, but someone going by the name 'GPS_Direct' wound up on top - congrats! You had my vote too, it definitely made me laugh. You've got yourself a tasty bacon sandwhich at Oshkosh 2011 for your hard work too...

Business aviation gathers for Shanghai show - AIN Online | The first Shanghai International Business Aviation Show (Sibas) garnered mixed reviews from its exhibitors, but generally the perception was that it was a success, despite teething problems, such as no food on site and some issues with shipping. However, these were offset by the quality of attendees who showed up and the fact that organizer World Events Agency managed to pull off the show at all...

Aviation schools take flight - Carolina Live | Saturday afternoon, two aviation schools celebrated their opening with an open house at the Conway airport. Innovative Flying, LLC will lease space at the airport-which the county owns. Pilots can sign up for classes to get licenses from basic flight to commercial...

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Aviation history takes flight – Anchor | From out of the sky and out of the past comes the Quonset Air Museum. Rhode Island's own little air museum is home to over 20 aircrafts that would make any aviation or history enthusiast happy. Located at 488 Eccleston Avenue in North Kingstown, ...

Contest on to shoot Snowbirds over Comox Valley — with cameras, that is - Comox Valley Record | By Staff Writer - Comox Valley Record While the Snowbirds are practising locally until April 19, get out your cameras because the Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association is holding its second annual Snowbirds Photo Contest. ...

Sights and sounds of history - Charleston Post Courier | A World War II-era B-25 Mitchell bomber could be seen -- and possibly heard -- as its two 1700-horsepower, 14-cylinder engines powered it over Charleston on Thursday. It will be on display at Saturday's air show at Charleston Air Force Base, ...

Red Arrows to return at Bournemouth Air Festival - LateRooms.com | The official line-up for the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival has been unveiled, with the Red Arrows named among a host of display teams taking part in the event. Following weeks of anticipation in the south coast resort, the festival organisers said this ...

The Hornet at Cecil Field — a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Indeed, I saw a pilot fly a Hornet at an airshow where he flew high G turns with his left wingtip less than 30 feet off the ground – three complete turns with debris flying every which way — go Marine Corps!

2011 CF-18 Demo Jet  from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom III - Here's some pictures of the 2011 CF-18 Demo Jet coming to Windsor in September. The theme for this year is Supporting Our Military Families.  I like it. Don't miss it September 10 & 11 over Windsor…

 

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37th-Annual Sun 'n Fun Takes Flight Today - The Ledger | (LR) Frank Moss, pilot, and Carlos Gomez, a founder of the Historical Flight Foundation Inc.the owner of the aircraft, stand in front of the recently restored 1958 Eastern Airlines DC 7B at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly In & Expo on Lakeland Linder ...

City to explore U.S. navy plans - Windsor Star | The city will move ahead with efforts to bring US warships to the 2012 edition of the Windsor International Air Show. Capt. Patrick Burns of the US navy gave a presentation at city hall Monday night, providing details on the navy's plans to have ...

Weekend of events planned to mark 70th anniversary of the Blitz in Liverpool - Liverpool Echo | A World War II Spitfire plane will perform an aerobatic flying display over the Mersey and veterans of all ages from all conflicts will parade through the streets during the Bank Holiday weekend of April 30 to May 2. There will be a climbing wall in ...

Female high flyers at show - Cambridge News | Daring female pilots will show off their talents in celebration of the role played by women in the development of flight at Duxford's Spring Air Show. The Imperial War Museum Duxford has created a formidable line-up of talented female aviators for the ...

Historic military aircraft find new life at Tucson's 'Boneyard' - TucsonSentinel.com | At Tucson's "Boneyard," row upon row of B-52s, F-4 Phantoms, A-10 Warthogs and some of the rarest military aircraft dating back to World War II provide a panoramic vision of aviation history. But there is more to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and ...

88 YEARS OF ITALIAN AIR FORCE - It was celebrated yesterday the anniversary Ottantottesimo Italian Air Force...

Museums vying for NASA shuttles to meet in Dayton - Dayton Daily News | “On the day of the shuttle announcement, Dayton will be the center of the universe with respect to the museums who want, and may get, a shuttle,” said Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance, a Dayton-based ...

Shuttle hopefulls to gather as winners named (Dayton Daily News)  Seattle Post Intelligencer | “On the day of the shuttle announcement, Dayton will be the center of the universe with respect to the museums who want, and may get, a shuttle,” Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance, which is promoting the ...

Internet poll wouldn't give Seattle a shuttle, so far - Seattle Post Intelligencer ... Adler Planetarium, in Chicago (6 percent), the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio (4 percent), Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, in McMinnville, Ore. (2 percent), March Field Air Museum, in Riverside, Calif. ...

The Mojave Launch Lab  from Air & Space Magazine 

Meanwhile, at Stately Ward Manor..."  - Last year, I was made aware of a cool web site for the geek in all of us, The Sci Fi Air Show. A passion project of Hollywood visual effects supervisor Bill George, the site is played straight and presented in a "real world" style, offering up air show-type pics of some of the coolest space vehicles from science fiction film and television. In addition to providing "histories" for the vehicles in question, pictures show visitors walking in and around such craft as the Eagle from Space: 1999, climbing up to check the cockpit of a Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper, touring the Orion space plane from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and even checking out the "Flying Sub" from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea…

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Learn, connect with AOPA at Sun 'n Fun - AOPA | Going to the Sun ‘n Fun Expo and International Fly-in in Lakeland, Fla., March 29 through April 3? Don’t miss out on the educational seminars, events, prizes, and new products AOPA has to offer. The association is once again the platinum-level sponsor of Sun ‘n Fun. Attendees can stop by the tent to get...

Superfortress to visit EAA this summer - WLUK | OSHKOSH, Wis. - The world's only airworthy B-29 "Superfortress" is making a visit to Oshkosh this summer. The Boeing bomber will appear at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture convention. The B-29 "Superfortress," is perhaps best known for dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945...

23rd Annual memorial Day Salute to Veterans Corporation Announces Air Show Performers - The Aero Experience | Columbia, MO: The Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to be our guests at the 23rd Annual FREE Salute to Veterans Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-29, 2011, from 9:30am to 3:30pm, at Columbia Regional Airport...

Salute Signs Off - WMBB News | Tyndall AFB, Fla: The Gulf Coast Salute Air Show is officially over as senior officials and event planners make a final crowd count. Tyndall Air Force Base will be fully operational Monday, but the sights and sounds of the weekend will still linger in Bay County...

Just a couple of winning Pictures - Windsor Int'l Airshow | Just a few of the great pics we have been sent on the 2010 air show. We have so many to go through from a lot of spectators that we are just going to have to give away quite a few tickets. They ranged from just aircraft to happy families sitting inside with their kids in the pilots' seat. Thanks to everyone who sent us pictures. It kept my email full. 2011 just got a little more exciting...

Listen To 484 MPH Strega Speed! Awesome 21 Second Video! - AirPigz | If you listen to this short but awesome video of the highly modified P-51 Strega qualifying at Reno in 2010, and the sound of 484 mph makes your head tingle, or the hair on your neck stand up, or your salivary glands overproduce (or all three)...

Rolls-Royce develops LiftSystem for the F35-B Joint Strike Fighter - The Engineer UK | When, in December, Britain’s Harrier jets landed at RAF Cottesmore for the final time, the sombre mood weighed on all those present. In a ritual known as the ’walk of honour’, the pilots disembarked from their aircraft and walked away without taking a single look back...

Formation flight Sunday - F-89s | Planeshots

'Miracle on Hudson' co-pilot helps children in New Smyrna Beach - Central Florida News | The co-pilot who helped land a passenger plane on the Hudson River was in New Smyrna Beach, sharing his knowledge of aviation with local children. But the event became even more meaningful, when a survivor of flight 1549 showed up for lessons, with his son. Jeff Skiles was the co-pilot during a plane crash that's come to be known as the Miracle on the Hudson...

Museum exhibit traces Nev. ties to space program - Victoria Advocate | A northern Nevada museum is launching a new exhibit about rockets and the role area residents have played in space exploration. The Sparks in Space exhibit at the Sparks Heritage Museum was developed with the help of the Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada and a group of Sparks High School astronomy students...

Space Expo held in Windsor Lock - WWLP | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut held their annual space expo Sunday. More than 15 exhibitors, from across New England, brought their space expertise to entertain and educate those who attended the expo. Visitors also got to meet a real astronaut and...

HDR really brings out the nitty-gritty - You like airplanes, too? | HDR really brings out the nitty-gritty in the inner workings of this Airbus 319/320’s wing and spoilers. 

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More Noise!  from Windsor International Air Show 2011 by Sounds of Freedom III - Windsor will be hosting the CF-18 Hornet Demo Team once again! | The Demo pilot for this year is Capt Erick O’Connor of 409 Squadron in Cold Lake Alberta. The theme for this years Demo team is “Supporting Military Families”.  The Windsor Air Show is grateful to the Canadian DND and the Canadian Air Force as the sky over Windsor is filling up with the best an air show has to offer.  See you soon!

Spitfire’s 75th anniversary in Southampton  from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | A Spitfire has been flown over Southampton in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the first test flight of the world famous aircraft in the city. | Carolyn Grace, 58, thought to be the world’s only female Spitfire pilot, gave the public a view of her plane over Southampton Water. She flew the Spitfire around a lap of Southampton International Airport to recreate the test flight…

Warbirds seek new nest - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - The Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum is eager to move to the new airport and play a significant role in the 2012 Blue Angels-headlined Thunder Over Utah air show. Cost constraints might keep that from happening. The museum, which opened ...

Current and Previous Issues - AirshowStuff Magazine  by Ryan Sundheimer: 

Bournemouth air festival gets high praise - Bournemouth Echo | Representatives from the festival have just returned from the annual European Airshow Convention, organised by the European Airshow Council and attended by more than 200 movers and shakers in the world of air shows. ...

PILOTS AROUND THE WORLD GET READY TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN OF AVIATION WORLDWIDE WEEK  from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | While fields such as medicine, law, and business has seen a steady increase in women participation (most of these fields enjoy close to 50% participation today), aviation has not generated such progress. The participation of women in the aviation industry has been steady at approximately 6% for decades in most countries.  March 8, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day…

Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week Has Begun! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Today I'm taking my annual checkride. It may be an annual event, but a first for me on the A330. What a great day for a checkride... the first day of  Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week... and a great day to celebrate. If all goes well, tonight I'll be climbing into my bed around midnight and then you can find me hitchhiking to Billings Montana tomorrow around noon…

12 March in Cleveland, OH at the International Women's Air and Space Museum  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | The International Women's Air and Space Museum is easily accessible in Cleveland, right on the main drag as you come into town.  The Museum is located in the terminal building at Burke Lakefront Airport right on Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. We are located near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as the Great Lakes Science Center, the Steamship William G. Mather, and the U.S.S. Cod Submarine…

Remembrance: Kelsey Ann Meyer - Patch.com | She was a member of Alpha Eta Rho International Aviation Fraternity and Women in Aviation. Kelsey was a fan of the Oakland Athletics and cherished her Barry Zito autographed jersey. She was looking forward to wearing it to the A's v. ...

Everest ambition wins sponsorship - Australian Geographic | Nancy-Bird Walton was a pioneering Australian aviatrix, the first woman to work in commercial aviation in Australia and the pioneer of an air ambulance service for remote areas of Australia. The Nancy-Bird Walton sponsorship aims to be remindful of ...

Pictures: End of a long legacy at Woodford aerodrome - Manchester Evening News | In July 1909, Roe's triplane flew 100ft at Lea Marshes, Essex, making Roe the first Englishman to fly an all-British aeroplane. A Roe family meeting was convened and it was decided that AV should make a go of aircraft production under his brother's ...

Up in Real Life  from The Awesomer | For the upcoming How Hard Can it Be?, Nat Geo decided to recreate Carl’s flying house from Pixar’s Up, sending a lightweight house attached to 300 balloons 10,000 feet into the sky. More pics here.

Space Shuttle 1981-2011  from Air & Space Magazine

Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace to fly scientists into space - DefenceWeb | It was designed by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites of Mojave, California. Rutan is tasked with developing the suborbital vehicle as well as its WhiteKnightTwo mothership. SpaceShipTwo has space for six passengers and two ...

AgustaWestland and BA609 - Bell Finally Ready to Sell?  from Business Aviation Now by Graham Warwick | Bell Helicopter has agreed to sell its share in the BA609 civil tiltrotor to AgustaWestland, the Italian helicopter manufacturer's CEO Giuseppe Orsi said here at Heli-Expo on Mar. 5, writes ShowNews' John Morris…

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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 ...

September 10 & 11 2011 from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom III ~ Work is progressing on the 2011 show and tickets will be offered soon with some really great early bird deals.  The confirmed line up as of today; Snowbirds, Mike Goulian, Pete McLeod, Jacquie B, Neal Darnell (Jet Truck), Firecat, Hawk One… We're awaiting more confirmations and acts as we get them. Many more are lined up with conversations ongoing.We're looking to keep it interesting and still have the familiar Sounds of Freedom theme. We'll be setting up the new website soon with updated information. Stay Tuned

Extreme Air Combat Adventure From Fighter Combat International Voted Top 21 ... - PR Web | This rare fighter pilot for a day opportunity is provided by Fighter Combat International, a company based in Mesa, Arizona, that specializes in aerobatic ...

Hawker Sea Harriers say farewell in poignant flypast over Imperial War Museum ... - Culture24 | By Culture24 Staff | 12 December 2010 A formation of four Harrier aircraft performed a flypast over Imperial War Museum Duxford last week in what is likely ...

Australian pilot saved by manure manoeuvre - Monsters and Critics.com | 'The council had shifted it to the edge of the runway, and the aeroplane finished up in that,' Buckley told national broadcaster ABC on Monday…

China fighter jet clones and longer range missiles and nuclear powered missile ... - Next Big Future | China is offering the JF-17 for $10 million less than Russia's $30 million MiG-29. China is 8-10 years from making a F22 like stealth fighter.

Volunteer Flights Save Lives Statewide from Aviation Blogs by flyer98 | When it comes to serving and protecting people, Ken Calman is a tried and true veteran with more than two decades of hands-on experience with the Phoenix Police Department. As a retired uniformed patrol…

Lost Bet Puts Richard Branson In Heels from Aviation Blogs by Av8tor | The two men laid the wager over whose Formula One team would place higher in this year's rankings. Although both teams had zero points, Mr Fernandes's Lotus F1 team was placed ahead of Sir Richard's Virgin Racing by virtue of its better race finishing positions…

When science meets fiction - Irish Medical Times | A round-the-world flight without fuel would write a new page of aviation history. But the project is not just a quest for extreme technological performance ...

Joseph W. Cunningham - Martinsburg Journal | He was associated with the Flying Tigers in the China Burma Theater. He was a design engineer for Goddard Space Flight Center, and one of Mr. Cunningham's ...

The Reverse Lend-Lease of the Bristol Beaufighter from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | When the attack on Pearl Harbor brought about the entry of the United States in the Second World War, not one single aircraft was in operational use that was capable of night fighting let alone equipped with an airborne intercept radar. The US military, however, had long been cognizant of the need for a night capability and ten months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor had already awarded a contract to Northrop for the prototype XP-61A Black Widow night fighters…

Restoring a special B-17 from General Aviation News By BILL WALKER |The man was in his 80s, too frail to lift himself through the door of the iconic aircraft being restored in the gallery of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Ga. "What if he hurt himself?" someone asked. "The museum might be liable," someone else worried out loud. "Well, this guy's getting in that airplane," a third person said firmly and the man was gently lifted in as his daughter watched quietly…

The Juan T. Trippe by Joe Clark | These days, if you don't know who Juan T. Trippe is, the old airplane guys can almost excuse you because we are now moving so far down the timeline away from the glorious days of airline travel. This was a time when Pan American World Airways ruled the skies. For those who don't know of Mr. Trippe, he is the man who created the airline…

Profile 44 - Harold Thune's F6F from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Last month, I announced to my wife, "No more airplanes for a long while." Funny how things work because the ears of Fate must have remembered a comment I made to Steve Heffernan, a historian at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, FL…

Neil Armstrong e-Mails of 1st Moon Walk from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) The first human to step foot on the surface of the Moon tells NPR blogger Robert Krulwich why he (Neil Armstrong) and Buzz Aldrin walked such a modest distance of less than one hundred yards distance from their lunar lander on the Moon back in July 1969 in an unusual response well worth the reading…

The Buzz: Aviation and Aerospace News With MySkyMom from Ask My Sky Mom by Danielle Gibeault | The SpaceX Dragon made history as the first private company space launch and retrieval, Continental Airlines found guilty in 2001 Concorde crash, more!...

Dragon Success and Atlantis Engines – SpacePod 2010.12.13 from Spacevidcast by bencredible | The end is in sight for the Space Shuttle while the future of SpaceX is looking bright. I'm Benjamin Higginbotham and this is your SpacePod for December 13th, 2010. The big news this last week was that Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX has become the first company in the world to have a spacecraft launch, orbit the Earth, re-enter our atmosphere and be safely recovered. Until now only 3 countries have been able to accomplish this: the US, Russia and China. Here's a quick review of the launch itself just in case you missed it

BEST OF THE BEST: shuttle compilation from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Photographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every mission. Motion and Still images enable Shuttle engineers to visually identify off-nominal events and conditions requiring corrective action to ensure mission safety and success. This imagery also provides highly inspirational and educational insight to those outside the NASA family…

"'Throttle?' We Just Ring Down To The Engineer!" from The Adventures of Roberta X by Roberta X | The Dornier Do-X; an airplane that did not have a cockpit so much as it had a bridge:




And, yes, they really did have an engineer standing watch over the dozen temperamental engines and working the (so to speak) gas pedal: