Airport's Fly-In/Drive-In this weekend - Leavenworth Times | The Fly-In is for local pilots and car enthusiasts alike. There will be car judging for the car show and trophy's for the winners in each class. Aviation gasoline will be discounted 50 cents for the event, making Augusta's fuel the cheapest in the region...
2012 Sea & Sky Spectacular - Florida Times-Union | F/A-18C Hornets assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, fly in formation over packed beaches in Jacksonville, Florida during the 2012 Sea & Sky Spectacular. This free event will feature a dynamic over-the-ocean sky ...
Organizer calls inaugural Paulding air show 'phenomenal' - NeighborNewspapers.com | “This was our gift to do something uniquely special for our air show,” said the pilot, “showing the history of military aviation.” The formation's first pass was dedicated to Paulding County Airport Authority Chairman Calvin Thompson, who is struggling ...
Tour vintage warplanes at the Greenville Downtown Airport - Spartanburg Herald Journal | Tour vintage warplanes at the Greenville Downtown Airport. People look over a B-17 bomber on Oct. 22 
Memphis Belle to take to the Jacksonville skies next week - First Coast News | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- If you look to the Jacksonville skies November 3 and 4 and see a WWII B-17 Flying Fortress it isn't a figment of your imagination. The movie "Memphis Belle," a restored B-17 will be on the First Coast as part of its first national ...
Heritage Flight Flyover To Kick Off The Start Of The 2012 Formula 1 Us Grand Prix - PaddockTalk | The modern-day aircraft flying in the Heritage Flight will be the F-16 Fighting Falcon. A highly maneuverable, compact, multi-role fighter that is proven in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. In an air-to-surface role, the F-16 can fly more ...
Texas Chapter 2012 Fly-In Winners from Antique Airfield News | Here are the award winners from 
Skagit Aero's Blog: Pietenpol Sky Scout Progress from Antique Airfield News | ...Our Pietenpol Sky Scout has been a background project for a few years now, but has received some regular attention the past few months. We’ve made some progress with the landing gear including acquiring some new covers for the spoke wheels. We have some new springs on the way and once we get the tires installed and the tail skid, we will have to check the airplane on the ground to make sure the gear provides the proper attitude...
Meet the young ringleaders - Marketing Week | A flypast by the Red Arrows, young men dressed as World War Two fighter pilots jumping into the cockpit of Spitfires and a frighteningly modern F-16 fighter jet are all part of the excitement at a local air show - one of the most popular family leisure ...
Dubai Helicopter Show to take place 0n 6-8 November - Arabian Aerospace | Dubai Helicopter Show 2012 will play host to global giants in the helicopter industry under the show's military, homeland security, civil defense, air medical and rescue sectors...
Pelton: EAA Will Keep On Course from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The departure of Rod Hightower on Monday from the helm of EAA doesn't signal any major change in the direction of the organization, chairman of the board Jack Pelton told AVweb on Wednesday. "This all happened kind of quickly and unexpectedly," Pelton said. "We're still focused on our core mission, which is supporting our EAA membership, volunteers, and employees." He said he will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of the organization, and no timeline has been set for finding Hightower's replacement. "Transitions are never easy," he said. "My real goal here is to keep everybody on the track that we've been on… and get the day-to-day stuff done while we focus on getting to an air show in July."
Daughter’s Book on Transport Pilot’s WWII Experience Earns Author the 10th Annual Combs Gates Award - NAHF | Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees will present $20,000 prize to Regina Wirtanen Buker at NBAA Convention on October 31 (Dayton, OH – October 24, 2012) The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) today announced the recipient of its 10th Annual Combs Gates Award will be first-time author, Regina Wirtanen Buker, of Baltimore, Maryland. Buker is [...]
Timeless Voices - Gaillard Peck, Jr. from eaavideo.org | Gaillard Peck served as a USAF fighter pilot from 1962 to 1988. He flew combat missions in F-4s with the 433rd TFS during the Vietnam War and later became the co-founder of the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, flying and training in Soviet MiGs.
Able Flight calls on pilots to participate in ‘#Giving Tuesday’ from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Everyone knows about Black Friday, that frenzied national day of shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Now there's an alternative: It's "#GivingTuesday", the first-ever national day of giving, slated for Tuesday, Nov. 27. To fund a new flight scholarship for people with disabilities, Able Flight is asking 400 pilots (or family and friends of pilots) to donate $25 each. As of now, the organization is approaching 70 pledges, and needs 330 more to reach its goal...
Skydive Team 2012 - Wolfgang Swoopstyle from Aerial Sports Feed | Red Bull Sky Dive Team have been having fun at the Wolfgangsee lake in Austria...
The Lockheed Martin X-55 Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft by themavf14d | You may look at the LM X-55 and think ho-hum and say, “It looks just like a Fairchild Dornier 328JET.” It certainly does and is, in fact, based on that design. The X-55 certainly lacks the implied glamour of an exotic configuration like the X-3 or X-29 experimental airplanes. Don’t let that fool you. Despite the yeoman-like appearance the X-55...
VIDEO: Antonov An-24 uses all its skills on extreme takeoff from Flight International by Stuart Clarke | This video shows a spectacular takeoff of a UTair Antonov An-24, from what can only be described as a testing landscape.
Here is why U.S. Air Force real Flying Saucer never did make it to operational service from David Cenciotti's weblog | Even if newly declassified documents concerning the U.S. flying saucer projects 
Austrian announces 'retirement' after jumping from the stratosphere from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | Felix Baumgartner reached speeds of 373 m / s at 39 km jump. | The Austrian Felix Baumgartner, the only paratrooper who managed to break the sound barrier in free fall, announced on Tuesday (23) that is abandoning the extreme sports. "I officially chamber," he said during a meeting with the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, who talked about the jump, on October 14, a record high of more than 39,000 meters in the sky of New Mexico ( USA). Ban told Baumgartner that watched the jump live, as millions of people on television, and called the "bravest man in the world."...
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It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro (Alex) Maclean, who has died today at the age of 41 following a fatal accident in his native Spain while carrying out aerobatic training for an Air Show. Our thoughts are with his wife Emma and their two children aged 7 and 12. The entire Red Bull Air Race community and the aerobatic fraternity have lost one of their most vibrant and passionate characters. Alex’s significant contribution to the growth and development of the Red Bull Air Race over the past six years and to aviation in general will be remembered forever by those who shared this journey with him. ...
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Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean dies in training crash - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Alejandro Maclean of Spain flies during Round 6, training day 1 of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Aug. 5, 2010, in Lausitz, Germany. ...
Oregon Air Show Set to Open - KBND
The Air Show, besides being one of the largest air shows on the west coast, is a nonprofit organization, which has donated more than a million dollars to ...
Air Show newbie is primed for heavy Gs - OregonLive.com
... is either not human, or may be just downright crazy, says Michael Wiskus, who makes his first appearance at the Oregon International Air Show, Aug. ...
Air show takes to the skies over Atlantic City Aug. 25 - Shore News Today
The team is due to perform at 1:45 pm Photo submitted ATLANTIC CITY – The US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army Golden Knights parachute team will once ...
Point Mugu Airshow - Ventura County Star
He told me it was because "the Blue Angels refuse to ever come back to this base." He was surrounded by autograph hounds, so I could not ask anything ...
Want Some Air Show Tickets?…Guess The Common Thread - WDOK.com
I'll play three songs at 1pm that share a Common Thread. It could have something to do with the title, the song, the genre or maybe the artist's name.  Guess today's Common Thread and win tickets for the Cleveland National Airshow at ...
Ocean Museum celebrates centennial of Wright brothers' air show - Trading Markets
The public can see an exhibit setting the stage for the air show and then the story of the meet at the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, 703 Deal Road. ...
Applegate Fly-In from Antique Airfield News
For many aviation enthusiasts, the year revolves around the week of AirVenture in Oshkosh. The anticipation leading up to that week is much like we felt about Christmas when we were youngsters. After that week, there is naturally the realization that Oshkosh is over with for another year. This condition, Post-Oshkosh Blues, can be quite depressing. For those of us located in The Midwest, we have a remedy ...
Snowbirds stop briefly in Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds team returned home to 15 Wing Moose Jaw this week for a brief 48 hour stay. The show season isn't over yet as celebrations ...
Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival donations down for 2010 - BBC News
The air festival costs in excess of £300000 to run, with other sources of income including local business support, 'friends of the air festival' and park ...
Excitement building for Bournemouth Air Festival's Thursday start - Bournemouth Echo
As the sun sets, Hunter jet Miss Deme-anour, the Red Devils parachute team, the Swift glider and the Cap 232 aerobatic aircraft – piloted by Gerald Cooper, ...
The Patrouille de France for a show from heaven - Provence
He was involved in a moment of brilliance, the time that the eight aircraft of the Patrouille de France swallow handfuls of seconds in a fortnight ...
Tampere Air Show 2010 - Stereo Finland
Tampere was a lucky city this year to have a main Finnish aviation event of the year – International Air Show 2010. The event was held in Pirkkala airport this weekend – 14 and 15th of August. According to the press, about 36 000 people ...
From the Commemorative Air Force website: “Due to mechanical issues in Engine #2. FIFI will not be ready in time to attend the Colorado Sports International Airshow on Aug. 28 & 29 in Denver, Colo. The CAF’s B-24 Liberator ‘Ol 927 will be attending in place of the B-29. The B-24 ‘Ol 927 is one of only two flying B-24 Liberators in the world.”
WWII Aircraft Recovery Effort Continues - 10News
More than 65 years after it crashed in Otay Lakes, a vintage World War II aircraft could soon see daylight again.
Former Navy Capt. Bob Rasmussen is overseeing a project that he only dreamed of. He's the director of the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Fla.
"There are only three or four SB2C Helldivers in existence anywhere and this is one of them," said Rasmussen.
Thousands were made in World War II, but after the war, the Navy got rid of them. ...
Warren Township pioneer lands in NJ Aviation Hall of Fame - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Aviatrix Aline Rhonie would have been 101 this week, and though her trailblazing story has seldom been told in the nearly five decades since her death, ...
Battle of Britain 2010 - Old Warden - 08/14/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Two seater Hurricane from PPRuNe Forums
We've all seen two seater Spitfires but this is the first time I've seen a two- seater Hurricane.
The caption says that it was a unique two-seat trainer, painted yellow and sold to Persia.
(The article also mentions a Hurricane that had a jettisonable upper wing that was towed by a Lancaster and flew "piggy-back" on top of a B 24 Liberator) !
Chanute museum members prepared to install new board - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
RANTOUL – Chanute Air Museum members expect to elect a new board of directors at an emergency meeting Saturday, after nearly the entire board resigned last ...
Arthur L Vikse - The Coloradoan
Art then completed 6 months of twin engine pilot training in a B-25 bomber at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas. Art then received his commission and Pilot's ...
On Wednesday, July 21, 2010 I had the extreme pleasure of getting to go along on a KC-135 refueling flight operated by the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, which is part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing, based at the Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru, Indiana. That puts Grissom ARB is about 60 miles straight north of Indianapolis, and about 50 miles south-southwest of where I'm at in Warsaw, Indiana. It was a special 'social media' flight that gave me and other folks from outlets like Indy Transponder, Flight Line Internet Radio, My Sky Mom, myTransponder and more, the opportunity to see an air refueling mission up close and personal. Wow! I must say it was an awesome experience! ...
Our thoughts on the same ride!
The Future of Vintage Aircraft Operation and Restoration from Another Time
A few years from now will we still see vintage aircraft flying through the skies? What does the future hold!?
Many issues come to mind in looking to the future of vintage aircraft operation and restoration. Issues related to engine parts, airframe parts, fuel, and the costs of all of those items rolled into what we will call "operational costs" for this article. Who has the skills and tools to restore and maintain vintage aircraft? Are the skills to fly these aircraft being taught to new pilots today? Then, what could be done to generate an interest in flying? What needs ...
Aviators mourn loss of five Maine pilots over past month - The Portland Press Herald
Although the string of accidents is unusual, it is unclear whether the crash rate has risen.
Maine's aviation community has lost five pilots in the past four weeks in an unusual string of small-plane crashes.
The three fatal accidents happened in different parts of the state, under different circumstances. But collectively, the losses are a blow to the state's small cadre of fliers, many of whom lost close friends or mentors. ...
August 17 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1955 -- Twelve F-84F Thunderstreaks fighter-bomber aircraft flew nonstop 5,118 miles from London, to Austin, Texas, in 10 hours, 43 minutes to set distance and time records for a mass flight. ...
It's probably what incited me to phone owner Arnold Klappe to find out more about his company.
What I discovered is it was an ultra-light flying school providing lessons for those interested in becoming pilots.
I was graciously invited to visit and learn about flying, and take a ride up.
I was a bit hesitant. ...
Why Aurora Flight Sciences is still bitter about X-55 from The DEW Line
During a wide-ranging interview last week with Aurora Flight Sciences chief executive officer and founder John Langford, a single question set off a long and provocative monologue by the MIT-trained aerodynamicist and UAV pioneer that ripped into the heart of the ongoing debate about how the Department of Defense streamlines and reforms the industrial base. ...
A4H Member flies "Coach" on ZERO-G from Astronauts for Hire
A4H member and ZERO-G Coach Todd Romberger flew aboard Zero Gravity Corporation’s G-FORCE ONE aircraft out of Dallas, TX last weekend with John Carmack and members of the Armadillo Aerospace team. ...
Gar Travis Photography from FenceCheck Forums
Video: The maiden voyage of the world's only glass-bottomed hot air balloon from Theo Spark
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