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Lee Lauderback to be inducted into EAA Hall of Fame · General Aviation News Staff | EAA Warbirds of America has chosen Stallion 51′s Lee Lauderback as its 2013 inductee into the 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame. Lauderback was selected by the Warbirds Nominating Committee and approved by the board of directors during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Thursday, Nov. 14, at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...

Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade Posted by CNN's Laura Koran and Ashley Killough | ...Most of the veterans who arrived at the World War II Memorial came courtesy of nonprofit programs, including Honor Flight Network, that transport the aging men and women to Washington. Johnson, the spokeswoman for the National Mall and Parks, said the memorial hosts Honor Flight visitors every day...

Shutdown: AF vet, 88, can’t see WWII plane he flew - WHIO | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The 88-year-old patriarch of the McGrain family wanted to see the plane he flew as a bombardier/navigator in the European Theatre of World War II, but he isn’t going to be able to do so...

CAP to perform critical missions during shutdown · General Aviation News Staff | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — The Civil Air Patrol will continue to perform emergency and disaster response missions authorized by the Air Force during the federal government shutdown. CAP annually participates in 90% of America’s inland search and rescue missions. CAP saved 32 lives in 2012 while conducting 700 search and rescue missions, nine of which were attributed to the expertise of CAP’s cell phone forensics and radar experts...

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The 2013 Chennault International Airshow Was A Huge Success [Video] - 107jamz.com | The 2013 Chennault International Airshow was a two day event and kicked off Saturday September 28th.  My family and I got a chance to go Sunday and in spite of the overcast, thousands still came out to enjoy the impressive show.  Performing a series of precision formation aerobatic maneuvers, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team performance was unbelievable.  The incredibale team was flying World War II North American Advanced Trainers and made loops, rolls and more look easy.  Here’s a look at a couple of videos posted by some of the spectators....

Thousands turn out for first day of Chennault Airshow (WITH VIDEO AND PHOTOS) By Taylor Prejean / Special to the American Press | Thousands of people looked on Saturday as world-renowned aerial performers tore up the skies over Lake Charles at the Chennault International Airshow — the first such event in the area in more than 15 years and the only airshow in Louisiana this year...

Monocoupe Fly-In Brings Variety of Aircraft to Creve Coeur Airport This Weekend By Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience | The Monocoupe Club Fly-In, held every other year, was again hosted by Creve Coeur Airport in St. Louis County this weekend.  The event strives to unite Monocoupe owners from around the country at this Midwest Aviation event, located amid the award-winning antique aircraft collection of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum.  The Monocoupe series was...

St. Louis Regional Airport Fly-In Brings Host of Aircraft and Surprise Visit by Canadian Forces Snowbirds Pilots By Leo Cachat, The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience was once again privileged to be on site for the annual St. Louis Regional Airport Fly In and Car Show.  Mark Nankivil and Leo Cachat were on the ramp covering the day's activities - and what a busy day it was. The ramp was filled with aircraft of the past like the Stearman (five on hand), the T-6 Texan from Smartt Field, a Nanchang CJ-6, a T-34 Mentor, a Navion, a SF-260, several RV's, a Lancair, and other general aviation aircraft. The car show had well over 100 beautifully restored cars, and some that were not but interesting all the same...

A Whole new Show: 2013 Miramar Air Show - DVIDS | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., has opened its doors every year to the San Diego Community for its world famous air show. This year they celebrate 100 years of the Marine Air Ground Task Force. Although there will be no military aircraft flying, many new additions have been made to this year’s lineup, including some of the best civilian pilots in the world...

More planes, more family fun - Paso Robles Press | PASO ROBLES - Silver wings, humming engines and whirling propellers will entice aviation enthusiasts to the Warbirds Over Paso Air Show slated for Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport. About 6,000 to 7,000 people are expected to attend the 2013 show, which includes warbird flight demonstrations, aerobatic displays and the opportunity to take a high-flying flight above oak-studded hills...

33rd Annual End of the Season Stearman Fly-In - KATC Lafayette News | The 33rd annual End of the Season Stearman Fly-In takes to the air Friday, October 4th and Saturday, October 5th as more than 40 classically restored World War II Stearman airplanes converge at the Jennings Airport...

Airport hosting fly-in, open house - Franklin County Times | The Russellville Municipal Airport will host “Barnstormers Day” on Saturday, Oct. 12, which will be a fly-in open house for pilots and other members of the community. The event will start at 10 a.m. and end by 5 p.m., but guests are welcome to come earlier...

Precision even on the runway as Red Arrows display season closes - This is Lincolnshire | A stunning photograph has captured the precision of Lincolnshire's Red Arrows display team even when they are taxying on the runway...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Duxford Autumn Air Show – Celebrating 40 years of IWM Duxford air shows - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Not only does the Autumn Air Show (Sunday 13 October) close this year’s flying season but it also marks 40 years since the first air show was staged at IWM Duxford. We’ve a huge number of aircraft taking part in the celebrations, including many of the types that were present at that very first air show on 14 October 1973. The Royal Navy Historic Flight’s (RNHF) Fairey Swordfish appeared at that first air show and, forty years on,the same aircraft flies at this year’s Autumn Air Show. The...

Flight aboard B-17 offers opportunity to explore - Aiken Standard | COLUMBIA — Aboard the Liberty Foundation’s B-17, “The Movie” Memphis Belle, it’s not a sit back and relax while eating a bag of peanuts kind of trip. “As soon as we break (away from the) ground, you guys can unbuckle and run around and play,” said Ray Fowler, the foundation’s chief pilot, before a flight for the media on Monday afternoon...

The Man Who’s Flown Everything - Air & Space Magazine | An hour before the doors of the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center opened to visitors, the vast, multi-level space was filled with a theatrical pre-curtain hush. Only a few docents were here, getting reacquainted with the 170-some air- and spacecraft on display, machines that had made some of the most important history of the last hundred years. The docents were there to tell their stories. So was the man I'd traveled to Chantilly, Virginia, to meet: Robert "Hoot" Gibson. Hoot (the nickname originated with cowboy movie star Edmund "Hoot" Gibson) knew many of these flying machines personally. From light piston aircraft to thundering World War II fighters to supersonic jets to the space shuttle, Gibson had flown them—111 types so far...

Steve Dean, Aviator, Speaks to Pi Nu Sorority - Gilmer Mirror | Capt. (Ret.) Steve Dean, Flight of the Phoenix Museum and a retired Air Force pilot, was the speaker Sept. 23 at the Beta Sigma Phi’s Pi Nu Chapter at Hadden’s. Focal point of the presentation was a replica of the Lockheed SR71 flown by Gilmer native, Col. Bobby “Fox” Stephens, one of America’s foremost test pilots who broke the long-time Soviet speed and altitude record in 1965...

ANN’s Glen Moyer Marks 23rd Year at Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Aero-News Network | ...The 42nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta launches its 9-day run on Saturday, October 5, 2013 with the theme “Enchanted Sunrise” and ANN’s Glen Moyer will be there at the center of all the action. Each morning from Saturday, October 5th through Sunday, October 13th, as many as 750 colorful floating orbs will dot the sky above Albuquerque, New Mexico thrilling hundreds of thousands of spectators over the nine-day event. For the 23rd year, ANN’s Glen Moyer will team with the event’s co-founder and former State Senator, Tom Rutherford, as public address MCs to describe all of the action during the larger-than-life lighter-than-air fantasy. From the enchanting Dawn Patrols to the awe inspiring mass ascensions to the dramatic competition flights, and the fairy tale imagery of the Special Shapes Rodeo, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is an aviation event like no other in the world. And the...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Receives Grant from Ameren Illinois for Installation of New Archive System - The Aero Experience | Ameren Illinois presented the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport, with a $15,000 check to fund the installation of a new archive computer system.  Richard Mark, President and CEO of Ameren Illinois, visited the museum today to deliver the award to museum representatives at a ceremony held in the flight simulator bay of the nationally-registered historic hangar.  Following the grant presentation, Mr. Mark was given a ride in the McDonnell Aircraft factory cart once used by company founder James S. McDonnell to drive President John F. Kennedy on his factory tour in 1962...

Avenger torpedo bomber takes flight - Sandusky Register | When retired airline pilot Charlie Cartledge bought his World War II vintage TBF Avenger torpedo bomber in 1999, it was missing a few important parts, namely an engine and cockpit instruments. The wings needed to be rebuilt, too, and attached to the fuselage. It took 14 years of work, but the plane finally became flyable a few weeks ago. On Aug. 14, Cartledge took to the air with his plane for the first time, in Wadsworth...

Recovering a Dornier 217.ZA in a French Cave · Warbirds News | On September the 21, 2013 the BBC’s website published an interesting article written by Chris Bockman ,an independent TV reporter and producer based in the French city of Toulouse, covering the recovery of German Dornier 217.ZA.The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful version of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: “flying pencil”)...

Meier Motors to Resume Jerry Yagen’s Messerschmitt Bf109 G2-4 · Warbirds News | As indicated few days ago on the company’s website ,the restoration to flying conditions of the Messerschmitt Bf109 G2-4 commissioned by famed warbird collector Jerry Yagen, will restart immediately. On the company’s Facebook page the following comment was reported: “Work on the Messerschmitt Bf109 G4 is going on. Jerry Yagen gave us order to continue the project. We are very happy with that decision and we are going on with high priority to get the fighter airborne.”...

Tanks for the memories - Flight Image of the Day | Nice shot here from the Air Tanker Consortium of one of its Royal Air Force Airbus A330-derived Voyager tanker/transports refueling a Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon. The pic was released on the back of the completion of 350 contacts since June, part of a rapid build-up of capability in the Voyager programme in support of air defence and air transport roles.

Alaina, 2012 GWW Scholarship Winner, West Point Cadet and more! - Girls With Wings | ...Hi ladies and gentlemen! I was one of the Girls With Wings scholarship recipients a few years ago, and I just wanted to show you the incredible opportunities this organization gives to others. When I was in high school, I earned my sport license, and then with the help of GWW, I went on to earn my private license. I currently attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, and because I love aviation, I tried out for the flying team. There were a LOT of people interested in joining the team; however, because I was already a private pilot and had so many hours, I scored an interview and an opportunity to fly. This past weekend I went up, demonstrated what I knew, and earned a slot to compete in the regional competition this October...

Cygnus Cargo Freighter Begins Unloading @ISS - Spaceports | The International Space Station crew began unloading the cargo and science experiments from the Cygnus spacecraft which will remain docked to station until Tuesday, October 22, 2013...

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2013 Leesburg Airshow - Leesburg Today | More than 7,000 people attended the Leesburg Airshow Saturday. The tarmac at Leesburg Executive Airport was filled to aircraft on display, hotrods and classic cars and lots and lots of people looking up to the sky was stunt pilots showed off their talents...

Copperstate prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News Staff | CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since 1971, Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo has been a great place to see a diverse blend of aircraft in action, attend informative workshops, and check out the latest aviation products. It has grown by about 10% a year since it was established. In 2013 it attracted more than 500 aircraft and 5,100 attendees from 10 countries and 39 states. Now in its 41st year, the 2013 fly-in is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa Grande, Ariz...

6th Annual Wings & Wheels festival set Oct. 4-5 in Georgetown - Cape Gazette | The 6th Annual Wings & Wheels - a Georgetown Fall Festival returns to Sussex County the first weekend of October, and organizers have landed one of the country’s few remaining, truly historic figures from World War II as a special guest. Not only will the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, the Delaware Aviation Foundation and the Wheels that Heal Car Club host the fly in of vintage planes and classic car show Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, a member of the Doolittle Raiders who was a co-pilot for Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, the legendary Doolittle Raiders leader during the historic April 1942 bombing of Japan, is also on the radar screen for the Oct. 4-5 Wings & Wheels event at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown...

Hemet-Ryan Air Show is back! - Palm Springs Life | November of 2013 marks the return of the Hemet-Ryan Air Show. The biennial event is scheduled to land at the Hemet-Ryan Airport on Saturday, November 2nd, from 9am to 3pm. The air show is hosted by Riverside County’s Economic Development Agency and the City of Hemet and is free to the community...

100th Schneider Trophy race cancelled - Channel Television | Alderney's 17th air racing event got underway this weekend, attracting pilots from as far afield as Malta. 17 pilots and navigation teams took part in the event but due to bad weather conditions the main race of the weekend was cancelled. Alderney was...

Castiglione del Lago, Umbria air show Sunday: return the Arrows tricolor with Zoppitelli - Translated | The history of aviation in Umbria is made of a few "chapters" but all exceptional. Marco Zoppitelli is one of these. The captain of the Air Force pilot was the first and so far the only driver to belong to the Umbrian Arrows tricolor. After 8 years of service, will conclude in Umbria his last season in the aerobatic team....

Bournemouth Air Festival photo competition 2013: see the winning pictures - Bournemouth Echo | THESE are the winning shots of the 2013 Daily Echo and Castle Camera Bournemouth Air Festival photo-graphic competition. The contest had more than 600 entries and the standard this year was heralded as the best-ever by the judges, who remarked on...

Air Races spark warm family memories for Reno woman - Reno Gazette Journal | Her late father, J. Carroll Cone, was both a legend and a maverick, helping write aviation history, including air racing long before it came to Reno. “It's such a neat story,” Cone-Lewis said, clutching a photo of her father as air racing planes...

Pilot struck, killed by helicopter blade at Pennsylvania fair | (CNN) -- A veteran helicopter pilot giving rides at a Pennsylvania town fair was killed after he was hit by the chopper's spinning rotor. Carl R. Enlow, 69, landed the helicopter at the Bloomsburg Fair grounds Friday to re-fuel and to allow a relief pilot to take over....

Hot Air Festival folds after two years - Van Wert independent | While there have some successes with a two-year-old revival of the former Hot Air Affair hot air balloon festival, those successes are not enough to have a third edition of the festival, organizers say. “The two-year effort at attempting to revive the...

Celebrating the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen - Northdallasgazette | On October 16th and continuing through to October 19, 2013, The Commemorative Air Force will present “Operation Rise Above” , an exhibit that pays tribute to the heroics of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, WWII Black pilots who fought racism at home while conquering fascism abroad. Sponsored by UPS and hosted by the Frontiers of Flight Museum this exciting exhibit features the P51-C Mustang – Red Tail Airplane, symbolic of the Airmen and a 30 minute film documentary highlighting the history of the Airmen...

'Mr. Pocahontas' dies at 74 - The Packer | ...From 2003 on, he lived in Janesville, Wis. An aviation and airshow enthusiast, he was director of operations for the Southern Wisconsin AirFest in 2003 and 2004. Gauldin was also a contributing writer for the Atlantic Flyer and other aviation publications, as well as a member of the World War II Warbirds...

Sextants and Sonnets - Vintage Wings of Canada | When my father, F/L John W. (Jack) Chalmers wrote his memoirs as an RCAF navigator instructor, it was appropriate that he include some of his poetry that was inspired by his service in uniform during the Second World War. But the memoirs were never published. After he died in April 1998, I began going through his papers and books to see what should be saved and what could be given away or disposed of in other ways. Jack had been a writer and editor all his adult life. Even though writing was never a full-time job for him, he published some 25 books as author or editor. The books ranged from school textbooks for English courses to historical fiction for young readers, from commissioned histories to an atlas, from anthologies to biographies. Among Dad’s papers were several unpublished manuscripts...

Lt. j.g. Bill Timmis got Navy Cross for sinking Japanese battleship - War Tales | Fleet Admiral William “Bull” Halsey sailed into the sea of Japan, between the Japanese home islands and the Chinese mainland, with Task Group 38.3 consisting of five aircraft carriers, two battleships, four light cruisers and a group of destroyers. It was July 20, 1945, less than a month before the Emperor of Japan surrendered unconditionally to...

It’s Moving Day For The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair · Warbirds News | On Oct. 12 the Museum of Flight based in Seattle, WA makes big changes to the Great Gallery. The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair will be moved out of its corner spot in the Great Gallery to a new home at the Museum’s Restoration Center. Replacing it will be the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, and joining it in the gallery’s row of Golden Age of Aviation aircraft will be Stinson Model O. The gallery will be open on moving day, so come watch the activities...

Commemorative Air Force weighs move from West Texas, maybe to Dallas area - Dallas Morning News | The purpose was to restore and preserve “warbirds,” or vintage military aircraft. The fleet consisted of nine planes. New home: CAF moved to larger quarters in Harlingen in 1968, then to Midland in 1991. In 2002, the name was changed to Commemorative...

Local Pilot Knows Missing Russian Bomber's Location - Sewardcity News | Lucky Wilson, a longtime Alaska pilot and Healy Helicopter warrant officer in Vietnam, who owns the aircraft storage hanger at Seward Airport, says he knows where the famed Russian bomber plane, missing since August of 1937 can be found. He saw the historic bomber in 1978, a couple of miles east of Oliktok Point off Alaska’s Arctic Ocean Coast while overflying the area on a clear, sunny day. It was shining through the shallow water in which it was submerged. He could tell it was Russian by its curved wing tip, and its engine pod. American bombers have rounded wing tips, Wilson said...

Above & Beyond: I Have a Flameout - Air & Space Magazine | In the U.S. Air Force, learning to fly the high-altitude U-2C reconnaissance airplane was a rare experience. No two-place trainer existed for the U-2 student in the 1960s. With its spectacular 80-foot wingspan, removable outrigger “pogo” wheels under the wings, tandem main landing gear, wing skids at the wingtips, and a powerful Pratt & Whitney J75 jet engine in a relatively slim fuselage, the U-2 was a handful. And every flight was solo...

The Luftwaffe in 1961 by Howard “Scrappy” Johnson, Part 1 · Warbirds News | Few days ago we have published an introductory article about Howard “Scrappy” Johnson (here). Scrappy  an article about the Luftwaffe  in 1961 when he was an advisor to the West German Air Force,  Scrappy wrote this article with the hope that it would get published on an American magazine.But that didn’t happen. The reader’s Digest, New York New York, Real Letter,Brand & Brand Letter one by one they turn him down. So here it is as it was written in 1961...

Grunt’s eye in the sky - Travel for Aircraft | AeroVironment RQ-11A Raven Ravens are small, simple, quiet and effective which make them perfect for ground based units. Flying control is either active line-of-sight as far as six to ten kilometers or autonomously with the use of pre-programmed GPS waypoints. The RQ-11 is hand launched, a person simply throws it...

BASE Jumper Fatally Injured On Mt. St. Helena - Aero-News Network | Survived Long Enough To Activate An ELT, Call His Wife An experienced BASE jumper appears to have struck a rock outcropping on Mt. St. Helena in northern California resulting in his fatal injury...

Aero Club's 75th anniversary approaches - ABC Local | From October 18 to 20, Mr Rice's memories of "Smithy" visiting the Silver City will come flooding back when he takes part in the Broken Hill Aero Club's 75th anniversary fly-in. "There was an air pageant in 1937 which was attended by flyboys from all...

Disney’s ‘Planes’ lands on DVD, Blu-Ray · General Aviation News Staff | Disney’s “Planes” lands in homes and mass retailers nationwide on Nov. 19. The underdog story about a crop dusting plane named Dusty with sky-high dreams touches down on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand featuring several bonus features...

Youth fly free with Young Eagles program - Waukegan Journal | Young Eagles, a program by the Experimental Aircraft Association, gives kids the absolutely free opportunity to experience flying in small aircraft with local pilots. Sixty-seven kids from Gurnee, Waukegan, Round Lake and North Chicago families flew ...

Young Eagles to fly Saturday at Martin Airfield - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | COLLEGE PLACE — Youngsters wanting to experience the thrill of flight will have their chance Saturday at Martin Airfield. The Young Eagles program (www.youngeagles.org) will sponsor free flights for youths age 8 to 17 throughout the day. Flights will ...

Young Eagles program offering free airplane rides for kids at Boire Field in ... - Nashua Telegraph | The Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles will be offering kids free airplane rides at Boire Field next Saturday. The free introductory flights, with a licensed pilot, will be free, available to kids 8-17 years old and will run from 10 a.m...

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Video: Voodoo 9-15-13 Sunday Gold Race from Michael Luvara | Race 5, Voodoo's Reno 2013 Sunday Gold Race Cockpit footage with telemetry overlay. True airspeed (TAS) is on right right vertical column. GPS speed/altitude/course top left. RPM middle left, G force botto left. Note: GPS speed will have some anomalies at greater than 3 g's. Top speed was on the entry to the course. Anything higher than 510mph ground speed on the course is likely high.

2013 National Championship Air Races, Reno, review by AirShowsReview | 2013 National Championship Air Races review by ASR Media. 2013 marked the 50th time the races have been held in Reno, Nevada, read our review

California Dreamin’ · General Aviation News Staff | California Dreamin’, the California Pilots Association (CalPilots) Annual Meeting, is coming to the San Luis Jet Center (KSBP), Oct. 18-19. Beginning Friday evening, $5 wine tasting will be offered by Tolosa Winery. In addition, there is a Beach Burger Fry, provided by The Central Coast Smokers. Speakers for the evening will be Judy Phelps, 2011 National CFI of the Year, and Jamie Beckett, who writes the Politics for Pilots column for General Aviation News. After dark, Shane Wallace will light up his hot air balloon for an evening balloon glow. Later, dance to The San Luis Jazz Band, led by CalPilots Vice President Mitch Latting. Rumor has it, Jamie Beckett will be up on stage sitting in with the band. Tickets for the Beach Burger Fry and Dance are $15...

Another Successful Event - NORDO News | The Buzz About Beez event(Sept. 14th), unique in the world of aviation, was a success. Created by Gingeras a way to promote aviation and another of her interests, bees, the gathering left us with intriguing results. It was a mix of two different types of flying machines and their keepers’ enthusiasm to keep them in the air....

The 18th Hole - NORDO News | No, this isn't about a sport that only takes one ball. This is about the hole that was left on the 18th. The 18th what, you ask. Today, the last Saturday of September, would have been the 18th Annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In if we had held it. And judging by some of the conversations I've had over the past few days, not having it has left a hole in quite a few lives. That's nice to be told and sad to hear....

B-25 “Yellow Rose” Getting a New Paint Job · Warbirds News | Last Thursday The -25  “Yellow Rose” of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing was flown to Waco for the new paint job. Once there a crew of  workers from the Centex Wing) took the control surfaces off so the paint can be stripped from the rest of the plane beginning Monday. Then the new paint will be applied. Accordingly to the Wing  by the end of September Yellow Rose will be sporting a new outfit.

Jim McKee: Evelyn 'Sharpie' Sharp, arguably Nebraska’s most famous aviator - Journal Star | Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp attended high school in Ord and though her entire career as a pilot lasted less than a decade, she became one of the most famous aviators in the state and was well-known over the entire country....

Your Next Airplane Could Be a MIG 21UM · Warbirds News | Former Eastern block airplanes have been available on the market for quite few years now. We have typically seen L-29s, L-39s, Mig-17s however Mig 21s are  more difficult to find one the market, especially the UM version. The Mig 21 is the most built jet ever. Fast, small, agile dependable and above all simple, it could be turned out in prodigious numbers, and was. It flooded the skies above Europe, Asia, Africa, and even Central America with literally thousands of modern, deadly fighters. It has flown in more wars than any other airplane in the world. An estimated 10,000 (some sources state as much as 13,000 copies) of them have been produced by the Soviet Union, it’s allies and (without license) China...

Continuing a family tradition · General Aviation News Staff | Fast forward to this year’s Oshkosh and Inhofe, a regular at Oshkosh no matter what is going on in Washington, D.C., keeps looking at his watch. He’s waiting for the arrival of the family’s Grumman, this time piloted by his grandson, Cole, who soloed just three weeks before the big show. In the family tradition, Cole was taught to fly by his father at Riverside Airport in Tulsa...

Is this the end for the Martin Mars? - Bayou Renaissance Man | Readers may be familiar with the Martin Mars, the largest flying-boats ever built in the USA.  The prototype first flew in 1942.  Only seven were produced, the last of which is still flying as a water-bomber in Canada....

In Pictures: Sukhoi SU-30SM - The Lexicans | The Sukhoi SU-30SM is the latest variant of the SU-30 itself a multi-role version if the iconic SU-27 Flanker fighter. These pics were taken around the MAKS 2014 air show and complied over at English Russia.

Photo gallery: Thousands turn out to pay tribute to Wing Commander Ken Wallis at Old Buckenham airfield - Dominic Bareham | Thousands turned out to pay tribute to legendary aviator Wing Commander Ken Wallis, as the record-breaking autogyro pilot was given a fitting send-off at a Norfolk airfield. A 2,000-strong crowd, 1,500 more than expected, thronged Old Buckenham airfield on Sunday to see displays of autogyros and fixed wing aircraft and hear moving tributes to the James Bond stuntman from fellow aviation enthusuiasts and his family...

Airshow Photography a Beginners Guide - Camera Settings - Shooting Technique - Tips and Tricks | Aircrafts are symbols of speed and beauty; they are products of cutting-edge technology in stylish designs and most advanced features. The purrrrrrring sound produced by these metal birds raises adrenalin levels to new highs and people clamor with awe. Citizens feel; it not as a mere aircraft that flies but the prestige of their nation that flies sky high! When the show is over the spectators are as tired as the pilots who flew the crafts!...

Instructors Or Students... - Flight To Success | ...Is it the instructor or the student that creates the successful outcome of learning how to fly? This is a great question. And not everyone connects in the same way,...

Cygnus Docked w/International Space Station - Spaceports | Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, today announced that its Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and approach maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS) and was grappled and berthed with the station by the Expedition 37 astronaut crew earlier this morning. The docking also marks the second commercial spaceflight firm with the capability to place supplies and cargo in orbit with precision. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX was the first firm to...

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2013 Reno Air Race Unlimited Pics & 5 Time Unlimited Gold Winner Steven Hinton Jr - Warbirdbabe Blog | Cool pictures, taken by Tatsuo “Ken” Sakurai and myself, of a few beautiful aircraft flying on Saturday, and, Sunday’s final Unlimited Gold race with winner Steven Hinton Jr., his family, crew and friends and the coveted silver winner’s trophy – in his hands...

Warbirds Over Wanaka, Ticket Sales up 20% - Warbirds News | Ticket sales for next year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow are up by twenty percent, compared to the same period prior to the 2012 airshow, according to event manager Mandy Deans. Ms Deans suggested more people were pre-purchasing tickets because the airshow is always kept interesting with new acts and that it boded well for a strongly supported airshow.   There was no chance of tickets selling out for the Easter Holiday event as there was ample space and infrastructure for accommodating large crowds at Wanaka Airport...

Georgia Model Aviators to Demonstrate Hobby at Open House & Air Show - patch.com | Members of the Georgia Model Aviators club say that many people who drive by their 66-acre property on Old Federal Road in Ball Ground think the men on the field are just “playing with toys”. That’s one misconception they hope to correct during their annual Open House & Air Show this weekend...

Going After New Records and New Adventures · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Already holder of all the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) world records for light electric aircraft, Jean-Luc Soullier of AeroSkyLux has announced his latest endeavor, the Etlantic Project.  Since he achieved these records in a microlight MC-30 with a Lynch-type Electravia motor, he has searched for a higher-performance airplane and power system....

Three of four surviving Flying Tigers, who trained Chinese pilots in WWII, in Huntsville for reunion - al.com | Sitting in a wheelchair just outside a hangar at Redstone Arsenal, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sargent Charles "Chuck" Baisden leaned in and looked closely at the computer monitor on the table in front of him. He listened intently as he heard how the high-tech system was used to help pilots navigate and land....

Flying Tigers Reunite on Arsenal for Celebration - WHNT.com | REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) – Three of the four surviving members of the Flying Tigers, the 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese air force, will participate in an event recognizing the Army Aviation Association of America Fixed Wing Unit of the Year at Redstone Army Air Field on Friday, September 27...

Howard “Scrappy” Johnson,The Fighter Pilot · Warbirds News | During my research for a book about the pilots who flew F-104 Starfighter I had the privilege to meet Howard  C. “Scrappy” Johnson in his house in South Florida. After the visit we became  “email-friends” which is the modern version of the more traditional “penfriends”. Scrappy Johnson is an aviator whose amazing career is chronicled in this fast-paced—sometimes raucous, sometimes sobering, but always exciting—larger-than-life story that reads like fiction. He has served as a fighter pilot flying over 7,000 hours in fifteen different fighter planes during his career...

[Video] Enjoy a guided tour into the cockpit of an SR-71 Blackbird - The Aviationist | The following video will provide a tour of both the front cockpit and the RSO (Reconnaissance System Operator) of an SR-71 Blackbird simulator at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field, in Dallas, Texas. What makes the documentary almost unique is the guide: Richard Graham, a former Blackbird pilot. The simulator was...

Mr. Arango’s Aeroplanes - Air & Space Magazine | It’s a windless morning near the California town of Paso Robles, all birdsong and stillness—until an airplane shatters the calm with the startling brrruuuppp…brruuppp of its rotary engine. A Sopwith Camel crosses the fence and seems to pause, kestrel-like, before alighting on the grass. Rocking on the uneven ground, it taxis to the hangar, where, as soon as the propeller stops, a crewman places an oil tray beneath its nose and begins to wipe down its dripping cowl. The pilot extricates himself from the tiny cockpit and hops to the ground...

I Remember Meigs · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | Meigs. I remember Meigs. It was a magical place. To many it represented aviation. Others hated it because it did. For me it was a location. Location, location, location. That’s what they say in the real estate business. It also rolls off the tongues of barnstormers. Flying from airport to airport eats up too much time and money. Find a spot full of tourist next to an airport that isn’t already served by some guy who’s trying to lose money and you’ve found a great spot. That’s what Meigs was to me...

Air France, the legend legends - Xavier Cotton, Passion for Aviation (translated) | Through a unique iconography overwhelmingly unique, rediscover the aesthetics, history and progress of Air France. Organized in chronological chapters major precursors to clusters and alliances of companies, this album is a photographic journey through the styles, methods, technologies and ...

A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 3 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 3 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...

Susan's Post as a Girls With Wings Scholarship Winner! - Life on the Road as a Pilot | Susan's post as a Girls With Wings Additional Scholarship Winner: Susan's lessons have been funded in part by the generous donations that people have made to Girls With Wings. Additional Awards were designated to four individuals that showed great promise and dedication. We therefore offered them $250 to help in funding at least a small portion of their flight training...

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Thank you FenceCheck!  This weekend's air shows:

9/28/13 |	Sywell Classic Piston & Props 2013
9/28/13 |	Chennault International Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Cancelled - Festa al Cel 2013
9/28/13 |	Wichita Flight Festival 2013
9/28/13 |	Cancelled - Naval Base Ventura County Air Show 2013
9/28/13 |	Malta International Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Leesburg Airshow 2013
9/28/13 |	Aviation Celebration at Millville Airport 2013
9/28/13 |	Wood Fabric and Tailwheel Fly-In 2013
9/28/13 |	Heart of Texas Airshow 2013
9/29/13 |	JPO BA-709 Cognac 2013

Air show stunt pilot gives Action News 5 reporter the controls - WMCTV | MEMPHIS, TN - It's one of the most talked about events in the Mid-South: the Memphis Air Show. And Action News 5's Lauren Squires got a sneak peek of the planes, stunts, and she even got to take the controls herself...

Wichita Flight Festival offers pyrotechnics and planes By Denise Neil, The Wichita Eagle | The annual Wichita Flight Festival scheduled for Saturday and Sept. 29 at Jabara Airport is a collection of entertainment that will allow fans of flight to relive the attack on Pearl Harbor, take a helicopter ride, feast on fried pickles and watch a jet-powered school bus hit speeds of 367 mph. The event, which is put on by the city of Wichita, also will include...

Preview: Sywell Pistons and Props festival, 28-29 September - Honest John | The best classic cars and 'planes will gather in Northamptonshire for the inaugural Sywell Classic – Pistons and Props motoring festival, to be held at Northamptonshire’s Sywell Aerodrome on 28-29 September. The new event combines all aspects of vintage lifestyle and entertainment, this two-day event promises to appeal to lovers of nostalgia....

Red Arrows return - Malta Independent |  The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, have returned to Malta’s air show this year after they were forced to cancel their appearance last year due to technical problems. Six of the jets had developed problems in their oxygen systems which had made it difficult for the pilots to breathe and therefore the aircraft had been grounded in Sardinia to undergo repairs....

Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show Tickets · Warbirds News | The tickets for the Autumn Air Show advance booking will be close on Monday 30 September. The Air Show is Sunday October,13 2013. This year the museum celebrates 40 years of air shows at IWM Duxford. The flying display features an incredible number of  aircraft from across those 40 years,including the B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B, North American Harvard, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, North American P-51 Mustang, Royal Navy Historic Flight Fairey Swordfish and, of course, numerous Supermarine Spitfires. Click HERE for the full list of performers...

Alfred “Al” Taddeo, Last of the ‘First Blues’ · Warbirds News | Alfred ” Al” Taddeo, last surviving original Blue Angels team member, passed away Aug. 16 at a care facility in Newport Coast, Calif. at the age of 94 . Taddeo was born in Portland, Ore. from Italian immigrants in June 1919 and grew up there. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and...

Hoot" Gibson and 232 via LiveAirShowTV | Here's what happened to Hoot in 232 at Reno. Thanks Mark Mark Magin!

Oshkosh 2013 Highlight Reel · eaavideo.org | What was your favorite memory of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013? Chances are you’ll see it in our just-completed Oshkosh highlights video. We guarantee you’ll watch it more than once.

German Gliders in World War II - Travel for Aircraft | The Luftwaffe and the Wehrmacht employed gliders for assault and supply during World War II — more so than the other countries involved in the war since gliders had the sole ability of airborne insertion and silent assaults which could deliver sections of troops at a time. Gliders had the advantage of eliminating much of the time paratroopers had to...

Creation of £75,000 Wargaming.net Interpretation Zone for Dornier 17 at RAF Museum · Warbirds News | In June the world witnessed the successful project to raise the only known German Dornier Do-17 bomber, from the waters of the Goodwin Sands, three miles off the coast of England. From October 16th the general public will be able to experience a dynamic new exhibition at its Cosford site which will explore the background of this legendary aircraft and its recovery. The creation of the ‘Wargaming.net Interpretation Zone’ has been funded by Wargaming, an award winning global game publisher and developer...

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will close if government shuts down by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 9/26/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- With the possibility of a federal government shutdown, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force may close temporarily beginning Oct. 1, 2013. All museum events and activities would be discontinued until an appropriation bill or continuing resolution is enacted. We remain hopeful...

A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 2 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 2 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...

William Shatner Declines Flight On Virgin Galactic - Aero-News Network | Captain Kirk And Sir Richard Branson Tell Different Stories As To Why | The actor who so boldly went to far-flung planets and battled Klingons and Romulans firmly grounded on a sound stage in California has declined an opportunity to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ... but actor William Shatner and Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson tell very different stories as to why the actor won't be taking a sub-orbital flight...

Cygnus set to dock with ISS on Sunday - Spaceports | Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA are currently discussing the best rendezvous opportunity with the International Space Station, with the current trajectory plan supporting Sunday morning, September 29, 2013 as the next opportunity to rendezvous with and approach the ISS. This schedule is still subject to final review and approval by the NASA and Orbital teams...

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Holland Wins Second Straight Unlimited Title - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Rob Holland successfully defended his Unlimited Power national championship at the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas, which runs through Friday. Second place went to Jeff Boerboon and third to Nick Timofeev...

The Heart Of Texas Airshow debuts Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | WACO, Texas — The Heart of Texas Airshow will make its debut Saturday, Sept. 28, at Texas State Technical College Waco Airport (CNW), featuring aerobatic performances, jet cars, warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. The first airshow to take place in Waco in seven years, The Heart of Texas Airshow includes appearances by Justin Lewis and his FLS Microjet, the world’s smallest jet, like that seen in the James Bond movie; Michael Kennedy’s pre-World War II Vultee BT-13 Valiant; a variety of aircraft from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, including a P-51 Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and helicopter, as well as the B-25 Bomber “Devil Dog” and the Douglas C47 “Bluebonnet Belle.”...

Mustangs, Rainbows & Lightning / Earth to Sky Gallery - Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | A group of photographers had a scheduled photo shoot at the Reno Air Races on Saturday the 14th of September. The timing was for sunset, but the weather was not looking good. This was our third attempt due to rain in the evening. We dashed to the flight line as the crews moved the P-51 Mustangs into position. Lightning was already moving into the area and...

Competition Flying – Reno Air Races 2013 - Global Aviation Resource | The 50th running of the Reno Air Races took place from 11-15 September in Reno, Nevada.  Rob Edgcumbe was there for GAR and provides a look at how this landmark passed off and who proved to be the quickest in the “World’s Fastest Motorsport.”...

The QED Has Flown! - NORDO News | That's all I know.  I just read an email that if flew this evening and am now anxiously waiting and looking for photos or video.  News of the first flight is exciting and I'm sure Jim's family, and the extended build family, are very thrilled and sentimental tonight.  Congratulations to everyone involved...

South Carolina RC Clubs Offer Radio Controlled Aircraft Air Show - Aero-News Network | Three Clubs Join Forces To Present Event Free To The Public | On Saturday, November 2nd starting at 1100 EDT the Blue Ridge Radio Control Club (BRRC), Western Carolina Radio Control Club (WCRC) and Firetower Fliers will be performing at a free-to-attend Radio Controlled (RC) Aircraft Show at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina...

Breezy Co-Creator Carl Unger Passes Away - EAA News | September 26, 2013 - Carl Unger, whose unique Breezy aircraft provided many thousands of flights to people over the past half-century, passed away Tuesday, September 24, at his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was 82....

Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” - Warbirds News | The Restorers is a documentary film about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect from the graves of history. If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012.  Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the film. Adam  and Kara produced the documentary film  with 8 short stories about people restoring planes...

A slice of aviation heaven in Illinois· Meg Godlewski, General Aviation News | This summer marked my 13th AirVenture. After a few years of going to the big show, I noticed that whenever I encountered someone with a particularly unusual or well-kept airplane, the names Bel Air Estates and Poplar Grove Airport (C77) in Illinois were attached to them. The privately-owned, public use airport came first, says Steve Thomas, whose father Dick established the airport in 1972 after retiring from dairy farming....

WWII Triple Ace to speak October 8, 2013 - Indianapolis Aero Club | Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson will be our featured speaker for our October 8 meeting...

Warbird Pilots Step in to Honor Fallen Airmen - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Retired naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Sean "Flopper" Cushing pulls up in his L-39 during Monday's missing man flight over Arlington National Cemetery....

The Hump - The Lexicans | We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the history of the Battle of Okinawa, which my father-in-law participated in, and today I received an e-mail about the incredible losses suffered in the air wars over Europe and the Pacific, and the heartbreaking losses in…the United States. The U.S. lost 14 or 15,000 aircraft alone in training in the United States, and at least 22,000 operationally in the war overseas...

Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the Mother Country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...

Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013 · Warbirds News | This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many  museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the  Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day “in the spirit of Smithsonian Museums,” which offer free admission every day. It calls the event Museum Day Live!, and this year it falls on Saturday, Sept. 28...

McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin Wind Tunnel Model Dedicated at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - airandspacemuseum.org | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum dedicated a one-sixth scale restored wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter during a mid-day ceremony held at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.  The museum hosted a group of retired McDonnell Aircraft employees and guests in the hangar following a luncheon held at the airport’s nearby Spinners restaurant.  Prior to the arrival of the invited guests, museum members set up several displays featuring wind tunnel model parts from various known and unknown aircraft projects in addition to the Goblin model, which was kept under wraps until later in the program.  Here we present an illustrated recap of today’s event...

OK, that's low! - Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip is of an Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules making a (very) low pass over observers on the runway at that country's Marambio Base in the Antarctic.

A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 1 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 1 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...

The Hadfield Effect - Vintage Wings of Canada By Dave O'Malley | I often shake my head today at the voyeuristic and Pavlovian attention certain, shall we say, “celebrities” get for doing so very little. In the worst case scenarios, you have those plasticized human products such as Paris Hilton, Snookie of Jersey Shore and Kim Kardashian, who have about as much humanity as a computer generated avatar. The phrase “Famous for being famous.” seems to be uttered by the very people who follow every titillating move of these humanoid confections and never once does it seem ironic to them....

Build A Plane to present Teachers’ Day at NBAA · General Aviation News Staff | For the first time, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host a Build A Plane Teachers’ Day at its annual convention next month in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace, the Teacher’s Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Oct. 24, the third day of this year’s convention...

EAA Member's 400th Young Eagle Flown Is Extra Special - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Fran Uliano, EAA 237515, flew his 400th Young Eagle, Abigail Murphy, on September 14, and he said it was the passenger, not the milestone, that made the flight one of his most memorable. Abigail's mother, Carol, called Uliano to ask about the EAA Chapter 27 (Meridian, Connecticut) Young Eagles rally scheduled for October 12. Carol told Fran that she planned to bring all three of her children for flights, with Abby, 9, being the youngest...

SpaceX to launch Sunday from Vandenberg - Spaceports | Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch its first-ever SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 from the Vandenberg Air Firce Base in California Sunday, September 29, 2013 with a targeted launch window beginning at 9 a.m. PDT or 12:00 noon EDT. USAF Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority...