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Make-A-Wish children get up close with Thunderbirds - The WSU Sign Post  | With more than 400,000 attendants and participants at the air show, several Make-A-Wish children and their families got the opportunity to experience an exclusive Thunderbirds “Practice Show” earlier in the week....

Knights Open Six Hours at the Glen * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Gold Demonstration Team spent the weekend in the beautiful state of New York. The team had the honor of jumping into Watkins Glen International where they led off the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen event. This was the fifth annual Military and Veterans Appreciation event that was held in conjunction with the races. After a successful jump onto the race track, the Golden Knights met with many Veterans and families at a recruiting booth set up next to the track....

Air Show attendance sees huge increase over last year * Dayton Daily News | Attendance at the Vectren Dayton Air Show soared nearly threefold after last year's unusually low turnout, an air show official said Monday. About 65,000 people showed up at the Dayton International Airport for the weekend event the Blue Angels ...

Thousands flock to 'Warriors Over the Wasatch' air show - The WSU Sign Post | With a squadron of six Thunderbirds lining the runway, Utah’s “Warriors Over the Wasatch” air show welcomed an estimated 400,000 spectators to Hill Air Force Base this past weekend.

The Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In – How Can You Help? · NORDO News | If you are willing to volunteer during the fly-in or help in the weeks leading up to it, please send us an email by clicking here. Put FLY-IN VOLUNTEER in the subject line. This is important for getting the ball rolling on the event. Sometime in the last half of July we...

Warwick airport hosts 'Electric Fun Fly' * The Warwick Advertiser | According to Carlos Molina, president of the organization, the recent popularity of radio controlled electric aircraft models, which can now achieve a duration of flight comparable to their gas powered counterparts, is made possible by the advancement...

From Fabric to Fly by Wire – The Evolution of Naval Air Power represented at Air Day * Flightline UK | From fabric and wires to fly-by-wire, almost 100 years of Carrier Aviation will be represented at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on Saturday 26 July. With the Royal Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier being named on 4 July and edging closer into service, types as diverse as the WW1-era Sopwith Triplane, the cutting-edge Dassault Rafale and the Wildcat HM2 will highlight naval airpower, past, present and future, at the show.

Fair St. Louis Air Show 2014 - Gone But Not Forgotten - Part One: Warbirds · The Aero Experience | As we head towards the 4th of July, I thought it would be a good time to celebrate America's Independence with a look back at what had become a traditional Midwest airshow: Fair St. Louis. This year it was decided that the airshow would not take place due to the change in venue for the fair. Construction on the Gateway Arch grounds has forced the fair to move to Forest Park in the heart of St. Louis, and the airshow...

11 photos: Memphis Belle B-17 flies over Des Moines - DesMoinesRegister.com | Kim Hartshorn of the Carlisle Citizen takes pictures out the top of the Memphis Belle B-17 during a media flight Monday June 30, 2014, over Des Moines, Iowa. The Liberty Foundation 2014 Salute to Veterans tour will have public flights and tours of the historic aricraft July 6, 2014, at the Des Moines International Airport, Signature Aviation. This Memphis Belle B-17 has been painted to match the famous World War II Memphis Belle that flew countless missions with the 91st bomb group of the 8th Airforce.

World War II bomber stored in Marion - Herald & Review | MARION - A rare World War II bomber landed at Williamson County Airport Monday afternoon. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Diamond Lil" landed about 1 p.m. Monday before a large crowd at the Marion based airport. Mark Bybee, president of EAA Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 277 in Carbondale, said there are two of the B-24 planes left in existence and the plane is part of the Commemorative Air Force museum....

Piece of metal may offer clue to disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane - Miami-Dade | The photo is, mostly, unremarkable. It shows an airplane looming darkly on a runway at Miami Municipal Airport in the spectral shadows just before dawn — probably a test as the photographer waited for the money shot moments later, when the aircraft would lift off with famed aviator Amelia Ear…

Amelia Rose Earhart * Keep an eye on this FB page on July 2. On the anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, Amelia Rose Earhart has something special planned.... Oh! You might want to keep an eye on her progress as she re-traces the legendary flight path as well... In progress!

Profile 88: JUST STARTED—The A-4C as flown by Paul Galanti · JSM | ...Have a look at the pencil-sketch at the very top of this post. It's an A-4C Skyhawk that was shot down during a mission over North Vietnam on June 17, 1966. Her pilot, Paul Galanti, would become a POW for just shy of seven years...

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LiveLeak.com - Sopwith Triplane Crashes at Airshow | A replica Sopwith Triplane had an unfortunate accident while landing at Old Warden Aerodrome during 2014's Military Pageant Air Show during the weekend. Pilot Dodge Bailey was unhurt in the low speed crash, and it is expected the aircraft will be repaired and back in the air as soon as possible. The footage shows the approach too low, and he clips a fence on the landing strip.

Flight Gloster Meteor in Bone (Algeria) * Translated | Assigned to Bone (Algeria), Michel Quillien was fabricated to night fighter squadron ECN 1/71 sponsored by the 30th Fighter Wing (based in Reims) had the opportunity to make its first test flight on one of...

Illinois National Guard Troops Welcomed Home at Mount Vernon Outland Airport: Highlights · The Aero Experience | Members of the IL Army National Guard were welcomed back at Mount Vernon Outland Airport upon their return from a training deployment last Thursday. The troops arrived in three Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft flown by the IL Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, IL (two flights with each aircraft). Airport Manager Chris Collins assembled a...

Pilots asked to comment on Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 · General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus and certified flight instructor with more than 11,000 hours, has released the outline for the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (PBOR2) and is asking the aviation community to submit comments for the final Senate legislation....

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The Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In is Back  * NORDO News - Aviation Unedited · Rich Davidson | The Wood, Fabric & Tailwheels Fly-In is back. Many of you have been asking about it for months and up till now all we could say is we’d get back to you. Well, this is us getting back to you. The Lee Bottom Fly-In is a go for this year and the dates are September 19-21; that’s a Friday through Sunday. Now, before some of you start sending angry emails because of the date and the rest of you begin asking questions, let me try to address them first....

PHOTOS: Tinker Air Force Base Air Show * KOCO | Last weekend, Tinker Air Force Base held its air show. Viewer Jeff Halasz sent us these photos. He's a retired Airman and an amateur photographer from Midwest City.

45th Annual Cracker Fly-in set for Sat. - Access North Georgia  | GAINESVILLE - The Gainesville-based Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 611 will host its 45th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 5 in Gainesville at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport...

Typhoon and Spitfire D-Day Flypast at The Royal Air Tattoo  · WarbirdsNews | On Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July we also have a special flypast to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day when an RAF Typhoon from 29(R) Squadron and a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will fly together, both in their D-Day markings. Another flypast is scheduled to commemorate the British aerobatic team Red Arrows.The Patrouille de France, Frecce Tricolori, Patrouille Suisse and the Breitling Jet Team will all take part in this tribute to...

Boeing P-26 Peashooter Heads To Duxford for Flying Legends · WarbirdsNews | The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is sending their Boeing P-26A Peashooter to England this July to take part in the Flying Legends air show over the weekend of July 12th/13th at Duxford, in Cambridgeshire. This ulra-rare fighter plane is one of only two originals in existence, and the only one flying....

Air Show San Diego 2014 - Photorecon.net · Steve Lewis | On Saturday and Sunday, June 7th and 8th, the San Diego Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, ‘Air Group One’, held their 19th annual airshow at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Ca. The show (formerly known as “Wings Over Gillespie”) has been renamed “AirShow San Diego”. This years show commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-DAY. The star of the show was the C-53 Skytrooper known as “D-Day Doll”, which actually flew 3 missions in the invasion of Normandy....

ERAU Team Takes Top Collegiate Honors In Women's Air Race Classic * Aero-News Network | Daytona Beach Campus Students Also Finished Second Overall | Pilot Val Mehanja and co-pilot Nancy Snyder from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, FL campus took first place in the collegiate division of this year’s women’s Air Race Classic, besting 11 other university teams. Mehanja and Snyder also finished second overall out of 50 teams from across the country in the 2,338-nautical-mile race that concluded last Saturday in New Cumberland, PA...

World War II aircraft to land in Marion * By Scott Fitzgerald | MARION -- One of the world's oldest flying bombers is coming to Southern Illinois. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Diamond Lil" will land sometime between 10:30 a.m. and noon Monday at Williamson County Regional Airport.  Free tours will be offered throughout the day as people will be allowed inside the aircraft....

A conversation with Jack Pelton * Kansas.com | As child, former Cessna Aircraft chairman and CEO Jack Pelton attended the country's largest aviation event – AirVenture Oshkosh – with his dad. It was through his father that he got interested in the aviation industry. “My dad was always an aviation...

‘No Guts, No Glory’: 334th FS honors legendary fighter pilot * seymourjohnson.af.mil |The Air Force is no stranger to excellence. It is a virtue engrained into the service's core values and is an integral part of each Airman's life. According to those who knew and served with, Maj. Gen. Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a former Air Force ace pilot, he exemplified excellence during his service....

Aviator hall gets remodel - Paris News | Nine years after it was first begun, a display of military aviator pride has received a face lift. In 2005, Capt. Jack Ashmore, a member of Cox Field’s airport advisory board, envisioned converting the airport’s conference room into something akin to a museum, showcasing photographs and memorabilia from military pilots with local connections...

An Electric Altitude Record in Short Sleeves · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Gary Davis of Greenville, South Carolina set a world altitude record for electric trikes, about the simplest of powered flying machines. His flight to 4,790 feet above mean sea level (under 4,000 feet above ground level) exceeded his hope to reach at least 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) and puts him and power system provider Randall Fishman in the record books, at least when the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) ratifies the numbers....

Palm Springs Air Museum Announces New Development Manager · WarbirdsNews | Palm Springs, CA: After eight months of lengthy interviews, the Executive Board of the Palm Springs Air Museum is pleased to announce Victoria Cracknell as the museum’s new Development Manager. Board Chairman Dan Gilbertson said “As a non-profit organization, our dedicated staff must wear many hats and Victoria’s multi-skill-sets definitely fit our requirements; it’s the Board’s pleasure to welcome her into the family of the Palm Springs Air Museum.”...

The F-106 which almost got away with it by travelforaircraft | The F-106A on exhibit in the Heritage Hill Air Park of the McChord Air Museum was originally assigned to Major Joseph "Joe" Rodgers for a speed record attempt. As so often happens with complicated aircraft it was grounded at the last moment so Maj. Rogers simply hopped into another F-106, setting a still standing record of 1529.29 mph (2446.864kph) — impressively, though set in 1959 the record stands for a single engine aircraft.... 

Illinois National Guard Troops Welcomed Home at Mount Vernon Outland Airport · Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience  | Members of the IL Army National Guard were welcomed back from a training deployment at Mount Vernon Outland Airport Thursday. The troops arrived in six C-130H Hercules transport aircraft flown by the IL Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, IL. Airport Manager Chris Collins assembled a great team of staff and volunteers to safely direct and park the aircraft. The troops were greeted at the terminal by a unit of Young Marines and ushered to waiting coaches for the remainder of the trip. The Aero Experience was on site to capture the arrivals, and we can now share some of the photos here... 

Eyes On the Sky: Six Tips For Photographing An Air Show ... · Andrea Nay | The 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show has one more day left, and — weather permitting — you might find yourself there with your eyes on the sky and a cell phone in hand. I’ve covered the show for Tipp News Daily several times, and I’ve had a chance to photograph the Blue Angels three different years. Would you like a few tips for stopping time and snapping some fantastic memories?...

Sun N Fun pilots to participate in 'Fly In' to Grand Bahama and Bimini | PLANTATION, Florida -- For decades aviators have loved flying over the pristine waters and clear skies of The Islands Of The Bahamas, and June 25-29, 2014, some twenty-five pilots of Sun N Fun, led by Captain Mike Zidziunas, The Bahamas’ Flying Ambassador, will navigate the skies of Grand Bahama and Bimini. The Fly-In is a...

F-35A Flights at Eglin Suspended After Fighter Catches Fire * Aviation International News | The grounding will not affect the imminent departure of four F-35Bs to the UK, where they will appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and the Farnborough Air Show. The aircraft are set to fly direct from NAS Patuxent River, MD to RAF...

Irena Raymond on Flying the Sunseeker Duo · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | A few days after posting the entry on the Raymond’s first cross country flight in their new solar-powered Sunseeker Duo, your editor received followups from Irena and Eric. First, Irena shares her impressions of what sounds like a beautiful flight....

NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility Operations Highlights · WarbirdsNews | You got to Love YouTube! Here is a great find, this videos show the historical archive film footage from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility. Part 1 shows the1940′s experimental aircraft including the Northrop YB-49 flying wing and the X-series research aircraft on the ground and in flight, including scenes of Chuck Yeager’s record breaking X-1 flight and the X-15 space plane.Parasail & lifting body experiments.... 

Phantom Eye - Boeing | Let's learn about a surveillance plane that can stay aloft for 4 days.

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Capital air show takes steps to ensure visitors' safety - Sacramento Bee | Up to 150000 visitors are expected to converge on Mather Airport this weekend for the California Capital Airshow, the show's executive director Darcy Brewer said, over two days of "thrills, chills and jaw-dropping excitement...

Urbana fly-in aims to draw 400 planes - Springfield News Sun | URBANA — The Mid Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI) was initially designed to appeal to aviation enthusiasts and pilots interested in experimental aircraft. While it's been a success in the ...

RAF Tornado jet flypast tribute - BBC News | The Lancashire-built Tornado GR4 jet plane is to perform a special flypast on Tuesday afternoon to mark one million flying hours. The aircraft has been involved in operations across the world including Iraq, Afghanistan and recently Libya. ...

Collings Foundation Mission Briefing - 09/05/11  from collingsfoundation.org | The Messerschmitt Me 262 "White 1" is continuing flight test and pilot training out of Sanders Aeronautics in California. Everything is progressing quite well and look forward to the possibility of adding it to the 2012 national Wings of Freedom tour. We will post most up-to-date information as it comes in.  To see a video of the 262 during a 100% test run click here...

WAC Day5-6  from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | Day 5 we  had a few raindrops and we stopped flying for it to clear.   That afternoon we got one flight in and then it stormed, shutting everything down.   Everyone pitched in to secure aircraft and tents and no damage was done, but no more flying took place.   At this point we were only halfway through the third group of pilots.  Yesterday briefing was slid until 1030 due forecast unsuitable weather early, but of course it was fine!   Then we flew the two warm-up pilots, one competition flight, and then the judges video camera broke… 

The Fly-In - If You've Ever Wanted to Attend, Make Plans Now  from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | You just had a long holiday weekend; now what? The best flying weather has arrived, temperatures have cooled, and humidity is waning. What’s a pilot to do fresh off a Labor Day Weekend? Our suggestion, plan your trip to the 15th Annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In. It’s less than three weeks away. Whadayasay? Will you be here?  For many people east of the Rockies, the Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In is the last big hurrah of the season. We hope you can make it. If you’re planning to attend, there are a few things to keep in mind…

Arrival Procedures Are Now Online  from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Although having received only a slight change, the newly revised arrival procedure suggestions for the 15th Annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In have been posted on our website…  If you've never been to this event please take time to print these off and review them.  You'll be glad you did.  They make operating in and out of the event much easier.  If you are a veteran of the event, please take time to review them as there are a few small changes such as the initial arrival fix…

Monocoupe Montage  from Antique Airfield News  | Monocoupes were the featured aircraft at this year's fly-in, and there was an excellent turn out. Here's a montage of scenes around the 'Coupes. Photos by Gilles Auliard and Don Thun… 

Charles Lindbergh Won the Prize, but Did His Rival Get There First? - Wall Street Journal| PARIS—Right after his historic, 33-hour trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927, Charles Lindbergh asked whether there was news of French aviator Charles Nungesser. French aviator Charles Nungesser was Charles ...

The Great Arctic Air Adventure... The Film  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | “Take the worlds northernmost skies and explore the planet’s “last imaginary place”—The enigmatic Arctic. The Great Arctic Air Adventure is the story of Seattle’s Mark Schoening and Doug DeVries, who piloted their de Havilland Beaver seaplanes around Canada via the famed Northwest Passage. Over six weeks of battling miserable weather, frozen tundra and inaccessible terrain in one of the least populated places on earth, the pair builds a lasting bond and discovers that in the unyielding Arctic, adaptation is key.” Run Time 01:18:55

All-girl rocket team from Seabrook one of top 100 in nation - Your Houston News | Seabrook Intermediate has an all-girl rocket team that was chosen to compete in the National Team America Rocketry Challenge as one of the top 100 teams in the nation. The Seabrook Intermediate Rocket Team (TARC), a group of 10 seventh graders, ...

Today in Aviation History – September 6  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Call for Fly-In Photos  from Antique Airfield News | Another year come and gone at Blakesburg, and it was a good year with more than 320 airplanes - official count to come soon. Several days of very hot gave way to rain showers Saturday afternoon, but the showers lifted leaving cooler temps and beautiful CAVU air and sunsets Saturday and Sunday. The flying was good Thursday and Friday, and it became glorious on Saturday and Sunday evening…