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Waddington air show set for take-off - Sleaford Today | One of this year's star attractions at Waddington Air Show, the USAF Thunderbirds display team. CELEBRITY maths boffin Carol Vorderman will be one of the star attractions in a new RAF On Air multi-media area at the RAF Waddington Air Show on Sunday. ...
   
RAF Woodvale set for birthday spectacle - Southport Visiter | AEROBATIC displays, fireworks and a Spitfire will entertain crowds when RAF Woodvale opens its doors to the public this Sunday (July 3). Fun, games and lots of planes will be on offer for families to enjoy as the station celebrates its 70th anniversary ...

Vaulting Championship of France 2011 - Aviation Enthusiast | Aerodrome Darois Dijon-France hosts the championship aerobatic  Monday June 27 to Sunday, July 3.  The French Federation of Aerospace , the Aero Club of the Gold Coast in partnership with InnovAero and Dijon Vaulting are the organizers of the Championnat de France aerobatic 2011. It will close Sunday, July 3, 2011 by a large air show for free. ...

Aircraft enthusiasts hope to fly history into the lake area - Lakenewsonline.com | With glory and acclaim surrounding the B-25's success in the Doolittle Raid, thousands of the B-25 bombers went into production filling the skies during World War II. Today, there are fewer than 100 still around, with only 20 operable. ...

Tuskegee Airman: 1944 from Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
   
WWII recruit was gunning for action - ReporterHerald.com | He flew 30 official missions as a waist gunner in a B-17 with the 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomber Group of the 15th Air Force. Henry, born and raised in Rocky Ford, entered the Army shortly after he graduated from high school. ...

Pasco man plans to fly in B-17 for 1st time since 1944 - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | Vincent DeLiso, 86, of Pasco recalls with vivid detail his experiences as a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber with the 303rd Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force in England during World War II. DeLiso was at the Tri-Cities ...

Strange world - BBC News | It was the beginning of one of the strangest incidents of WWII. The pilot was 23-year-old Roland "Bud" Wolfe, an RAF officer from 133 "Eagle" Squadron, a unit entirely composed of Americans. Bud himself was from Nebraska, one of a number of Americans ...

Nimrod aircraft in final flight - BBC News | The R1 model, used for reconnaissance and gathering electronic intelligence, made a flypast at RAF Waddington. Chief of the Air Staff Sir Stephen Dalton attended the retirement ceremony and there was also a parade. Three new Rivet-Joint aircraft will ...

The Concorde Of The Future: Paris To Japan In Just 2.5 Hours, Emissions Free - from Aviation Blogs | Biofuel-powered passenger aircraft are becoming more and more common. But what if you mashed that up with a rocket engine? That’s essentially what the Zero Emission Hypersonic Transport (Zehst) project by European defense manufacturer EADS is all about. Zehst could be the rocketplane that flies our kids around the world in the same [...]

Thousands of live WW2 rounds dug up in Donegal after 1941 Spitfire crash - thejournal.ie | THE ARMY BOMB disposal team has made safe six World War II era machine guns dug out of a bog in Co. Donegal. A large quantity of ammunition was also found at the site on the Inisowen Peninsula, the site of the crash of an RAF Spitfire. ...

AOPA president at Wichita Aero Club from General Aviation News | The Wichita Aero Club's July luncheon features Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President Craig Fuller as the speaker.

“Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft being manufactured,... from x planes | From World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War, part 2 of a  ...

Astronauts Evacuate to Soyuz Spacecraft as Junk Nearly Hits International Space Station [Space] from Gizmodo | Astronauts on board the International Space Station had to rush into two docked Soyuz spaceships as space debris nearly missed their homebase, passing just 250 meters (820 feet) from it. In space, that's a pretty close call. ...

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Biplane pilot survives E. Oregon crash - Sacramento Bee | The Harney County sheriff's office says a biplane flown by a California aerobatic pilot crashed in the remote high desert southwest of Burns, Ore., but she escaped serious injury. The sheriff's office says 58-year-old Jacquie Warda was able to ...

Where's Huell? ( June 27-July 2)  KCET | Friday- July 1, 7:30pm: Blue Angels- They're one of the most famous air squadrons in the world -- serving as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors not only for our Navy, but for our country. We're talking about the Blue Angels who, ...

Get thee to Oshkosh - AOPA Pilot | I'm talking to those of you who, for whatever reason, haven't made it it to Airventure yet, or (because you spent your formative aviation years in a bunker) don't know what it is. AirVenture is one of the biggest airshows in the world, ...

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford low pass  from Planeshots: 

Topgun Days — book review  from Travel for Aircraft | This  book by Dave Baranek is a delightfully and easily read book taking the reader through the career of this naval aviator — a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) on Grumman F-14 Tomcats. The perspective from a RIO is a different from a pilot’s, naturally, making this book worth a read…

The final Space Shuttle launch - who's going?  from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | You may recall me mentioning a couple weeks ago that Gina and I were considering going down to Florida to see the final Shuttle launch. Well the cards aligned and I managed to fight my way through massive server overload (as you may imagine, the tickets are in slightly high demand) and snag us Causeway tickets to see Atlantis blast off into space for the last time on July 8th. Sooo... we're heading down south in about two weeks…

Museum to raffle off vintage 172  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Houston’s 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport will give away a vintage 1957 Cessna 172 in a live raffle drawing on July 16. The drawing will be the culmination of a year-long fundraiser and will be the museum’s fourth airplane give away. Continue Reading »

The Hunting Percival Pembroke, and the importance of communications! Welcome to Post # 300  from Shortfinals's Blog | The Farnborough Air Display is always a showcase for new and interesting aircraft types. The 1953 event was a noteworthy one; there was a splendid display by the Westland Wyvern TF.2 naval turboprop fighter, and a fantastic finale by a formation of two Avro Vulcans and four Avro 707 test aircraft. In between, another, less spectacular, display was given by the Hunting Percival C.66 Pembroke, appearing as an RAF C. Mk 1, ‘WV701′ . This 10 seat aircraft - 2 crew, 8 passengers – had been developed from the earlier Percival Prince feeder-liner, and was powered by two 560 hp Alvis Leonides 127 radial engines…

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Blue Angels to take "Flight Over the Falls" - Beartooth NBC | Malmstrom Air Force Base's open house, July 30th and 31st, includes performances by the Blue Angels. "Flight Over the Falls" is a free event hosted by the base and supported by the Montana Air National Guard in Great ...

Details released for Great Falls Air Show - KXLH Helena News | The highlight of the two-day event will be aerial performances by the US Navy Blue Angels. All of these performances will be featured July 30 and 31. A Blue Angels flight demostration exhibits choreographed refinements of skill possessed by all naval ...

Guard: Air show victim of its own success - Turn to 10.com | The Rhode Island National Guard Air Show announces they are closing their parking lots to attendees after they reached capacity. (more) By NBC 10 News Officials with the Rhode Island Air National Guard said Monday they partly blame the weather and the ...

Air Race Classic Finishes in Mobile Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | After four days of air racing competition over a 2,300 nautical course, the 35th year of women's air race classic landed at the final destination, Brookley Aeroplex, Mobile, Alabama, last Friday. Women pilots from ...
Weather Shortens Air Race Classic
Results here.

Air Venture Update: Oshkosh Here We Come from Nuts About Southwest | [video] We are about a month away from opening day at one of the world’s great aviation events, Air Venture 2011 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  What could be better than warm Midwest summer days, cool summer nights, and airplanes from sunrise to sunset?  ...

Snowbirds returning to Sarnia June 29 - Petrolia Topic | The Huron Flight Centre is hosting a free Canadian Snowbirds Aerobatic Show June 29 above Canatara Park's waterfront. The 6:45 pm show features the Snowbirds 431 squadron and is being held to honour the Canadian military. Dinner with the Snowbirds is ...

Armed forces display - News of the World | ... The spectacle ended with a flypast by the Red Arrows, leaving trails of red, white and blue jet smoke lingering over the city.  ...

Three more reasons why the Paris Air Show rocked - Run Way Girl 

WAI Loses a Cherished Member of its Board from WAI Connect Blog | It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of Major General Ted Mallory, ...

"Playing Dave's Game" UCAP #240 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Amy Laboda joins the boys in the virtual hangar this week. Alt titles: "The Heart of the Biscuit" "UCAP Jeopardy" "The Immortal AD" "Not Hal Holbrook"

European Vacation - Randy's Journal | When two of the stars of the Paris Air Show left Le Bourget last week, they still had some stops to make in Europe. And let me tell you, they got the rock star treatment.
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All-Electric Airliner Could Take to the Skies by 2035 - Reuters | By Cleantechnica at Cleantechnica Last week's Paris Air Show highlighted a number of innovations in aviation, but none "electrified" show-goers like EADS' VoltAir airliner concept. The VoltAir concept is aimed relatively near future, ...

Oakland’s history in the air on display at aviation museum - Oakland North | The Short Solent Mark III flying boat was once owned by Howard Hughes. It appeared in the first Indiana Jones movie (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”). During its heyday, the late 1940s, the plane would fly passengers from Southampton, England, to Johannesburg, South Africa roundtrip for $1,400—the modern-day equivalent of $35,000.  There are three of these flying boats left in the world. One of them ...

World War II veteran Matt Lamer shares B-17 bombing memories - Waynesboro Record Herald | Lamer was a gunner and flew with the 425 Bomb Group on a B-17. His program was part of a slate of activities in Blue Ridge Summit that also included living history programs at the Battle of Monterey Pass site and a trolley tour of local historic ...

A Challenge From Brazil - The Speedy Record Setting CEA-308 | from Airpigz | Here's an article by my friend Elliot Seguin, a project engineer and flight test engineer at Scaled Composites. It's on the Brazilian CEA-308 aircraft and the world records it set in December 2010 in the class ...

Tanker's first flight over top of the world marks new era in efficiency from Air Force Link Top Stories | The U.S. Air Force has gone to the ends of the earth to support operations in Afghanistan.  A KC-135 Stratotanker flew north until it started flying south June 21 an 22, cutting a new pathway over the Arctic Circle and the North Pole between Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.  It was the first time an Air Force air refueling tanker has ever flown this route. ...

Dakota Norway arrives at DX! from Classic Aviation Worldwide | ... Dakota Norway's immaculate DC-3 ...

White Knight in patent form from The Unwanted Blog | Patent drawings (design patent D612,791) for the Scaled Composites “White Knight carried aircraft, part of SpaceShipTwo.

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Air Race Classic:  Results for the Air Race Classic 2011 have now been posted to the Race website, top of the home page.

Vintage craft thrill airshow visitors - St. Thomas Times-Journal | The Second World War Lancaster bomber, only one of two flying in the world today, made a spectacular return to St. Thomas over the weekend, starring in the Great Lakes International Air Show. The RAF heavy bomber, ...
    
Hundreds attend Dawn Patrol - Sturgis Journal | “In all, I think we had at least 45 aircraft fly in.” VanMeter said this year's event had a much better reception that in 2010. Last year, the weather was rainy and not very good for an outdoor event. Last year, only a handful of aircraft participated ...

Team Osprey to appear at Swansea Airshow - News Wales | Swansea pilots will be wowing their home crowd when the Wales National Air show takes to the skies next month. Team Osprey will be showing off their special skills above Swansea Bay during the event organised by Swansea Council which take place on July ...

Bear in Breitling Jet Team! - Apache Rolle | ... The Bear is a mascot that will live for two years of adventures by air, sea and land. At the end of his adventures, it will be auctioned with flight logs, civil and military, his album photos and memories to help the White Butterflies and injured. Its Catherine Maunoury Godmother and Godfather as Albert Uderzo and many friends you can find on his blog LOURSBOOK.com ...

A day in the life of an aeronautic enthusiast at air show at Le Bourget - The Observers | Aeronautic enthusiasts gathered in the Paris suburb of Le Bourget over the weekend to check out the industry's latest offer at the 49th International Paris Air Show. The week-long professional event opened to the public on Friday to the great ...

Dassault Aviation at Paris Air Show 2011 from Defence Aviation | The International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget hosted more than 2,100 international exhibitors for the first time in its history, from 20 to 26 June. With its 28 international pavilions, 140 aircraft the International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget offered its 138,000 professional  ...

Week on the web  from Flightglobal | Korean Air A380.jpg Our iFlight interactive magazines were a centrepiece of our Paris Air Show coverage. Anchored by Mary Kirby, AKA Runway Girl, each told the big stories in punchy video presentations.

The Challenge from Let's Go Flying | I’ve written before about the fact that aviation provides challenges worthy of any level of skill.  And I thought that now might be a good time to check back in from my wanderings on the frontiers and tell you that – yeah – it’s still true. ...

Doug Rodenbaugh survived 61 missions - Baxter Bulletin | The job of upper turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator with the Flying Tigers is not a job a fellow can ease his way into. On his first day of work, Dec. 12, 1943, Doug Rodenbaugh, now 91, of Mountain Home, had to bail out ...

Roy Hinklin's Rearwin Cloudster Donated to APM from Antique Airfield News | A few months ago AAA member Roy Hinklin of Somerset, KY informed us of his intentions to donate his Rearwin Cloudster, N44533, to the APM.  ...

Short Take: Trip Report of International Flight of Eastern Air Lines DC-7 from Airline Reporter  | ... So what does one do when they have a fully restored DC-7 and want to take it for a spin?  ...

G-WOCO - a 'glass' cockpit in a biplane? by shortfinals | Seen against the grass of Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire, with a line of Auster aircraft from the 1940s and 50s behind it, you could be forgiven if you thought that G-WOCO was one of the classic biplanes produced by the WACO Aircraft Company (originally started by George Weaver) in the 1930s. In fact, there were only 18 of the original WACO YMF biplanes built – with one going to the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co (HOWCO). in 1934 – so the chances of coming across an example at a UK flying event would be rather slim. No, this is one of the 100-plus new-built WACO YMF-5C and -5D produced since 1986 by the WACO Classic Aircraft Corporation of Battle Creek, Michigan. ...

10 Airships of the Present Day — and Near Future [Video] from io9 | Airships, the silent, futuristic vessels that float through the skies of alternate histories and ecotopias, aren't just the stuff of science fiction. Here are ten airship that exist today, or are under development for ...

'Arthritic aviator' wins a flying scholarship to the US - BBC News | She been selected by Purdue University in Indiana and plans to post her progress on her arthritic aviator website. The six-week course is being funded by the Red Arrows Charitable Trust, through Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. ...

Rockwall-Heath School from USA is 2011 International Schools Rocket Champion - PR Newswire | The 2011 Paris Airshow played host today (Friday) to the annual international schools rocketry challenge between the national champions of France, the United Kingdom and the United States. ...

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From ICAS - Jacquie Warda had an engine failure over southeast Oregon while flying home from an air show in Idaho. Her plane was destroyed during the forced landing, but Jacquie B escaped with bad bruises and some scary memories. She'll be sore for a few weeks, but, on behalf of the entire air show community, we're very glad it was not worse than that.

Two Kansas planes finish Air Race Classic - Topeka Capital Journal | THE AIR RACE CLASSIC: This is the 34th flying of the Air Classic, which started in 1929 when Kansas flier Amelia Earhart took third place. This year's race includes 45 planes. By Steve Fry Pilots Megan Henderson and Nicole Lordemann had just landed ...

Cross Country Part IV  from Life on the Road as a Pilot by admin@girlswithwings.com (Lynda)  I believe I can wrap up this adventure with this last installment. Having never been a woman of few words, I know I'm dragging out this experience but it's been great for me to reinforce all that I've learned. So where was I....?  Oh, yeah, Oklahoma. After another very short night's sleep it was time to continue on to the Air Race Classic Terminus in Mobile, AL. I called the weather briefers again and received the news that the way was MOSTLY clear, except for a couple of isolated thunderstorms along our route and some low ceilings about 2/3 of the way to our destination…

Air Race Classic team hits turbulence  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | GAN contributing writer Amelia Reiheld is participating in the Air Race Classic with partner Linda Keller. Unfortunately, the pair have run into some mechanical issues deep in the heart of Texas. Here’s their latest blog post: Gusty hot wind and remarkable hospitality are the things that will stick in our minds about today's adventures so far…

Museum hosts the last Airfest - MetroNews Canada | Alberta Aviation Museum executive director Thomas Hinderks said the rezoning of the airport means the museum will not be able to bring major aircrafts, like the Hawk One, to the show. “It's unfortunate, especially when you see the hawk,” Hinderks said. ...

WWII Bomber Pilot Honored With Legion of Honor Medal - Wheeling News Register | Instead, the Army Air Corps put him into a B-26 - a medium-range bomber that replaced the B-25. O'Shaughnessy, 88, of Wheeling went on to fly 68 missions during the war, helping to liberate Europe and defeat the Nazis. In recognition of his work with ...

Burt Rutan’s Race to Space — book review  from Travel for Aircraft | This is not only a book about Burt Rutan’s successful quest into space, it encompasses the aeronautical legacy Burt Rutan. Simply put, it all appears to be here in 160 pages (including index), explained in a clear writing style accompanied by photos as well as illustrations. The appendix summarizes most of Rutan’s designs. One book cannot cover them all, as I learned in Lineman’s book, since almost every idea that was created from Rutan’s immensely fertile mind was assigned a project number — but there are an incredible 84 entries nonetheless…

Lockheed F-94 Starfire  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the United States Air Force’s first operational jet-powered all-weather interceptor aircraft. It was a development by Lockheed of the twin-seat T-33 Shooting Star trainer aircraft...

Solar Impulse Shines in a Grand Finale  from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Nature’s vagaries threatened Solar Impulse’s planned flight all week at the 2011 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Field, but the clouds parted company, the sun shone brilliantly, and the giant airplane delighted the huge crowd with its extremely slow pass down the main runway…

Embry-Riddle offers new degree program - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Open to US citizens who have a basic background in math and physics, this new program will help meet the growing demand for skilled unmanned aircraft system pilots and operators. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or remotely piloted aircraft, are becoming ...

Did they think this all the way through?  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I note that the fuselage of the Airbus that crashed into the Hudson River in January 2009 has arrived at the Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Airport, NC. It was greeted by two fire trucks making an arch of water with their pressure jets.  Er . . . was this really a good idea? I mean . . . remember how this whole thing started?...

LA FERTE ALAIS 2011

Our friend Frederic in France submitted the following, and we are happy to share his photos with our readers.  Thank you Frederic!

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After two months of sunny weather, in april and may with no airshow, it was very logical that rain came back in june, when air shows are begining...
Well at least I've had good time with my friends!

During afternoon, wind have falled so this beautifull Bleriot XI was able to fly. (picture 1)

As this beautifull Fokker DR1. (picture 2)

The big surprise was this rare P-40B from Stephen Grey's Fighter Collection. (picture 3)

Main theme of air show was hundred years of Morane Saulnier, so we had opportunity to see various aircrafts from this old company.

MS 138 (picture 4)

MS 406 (picture 5)

MS 760 paris (picture 6)

Ferte Alais team decided also to evoke Pearl Harbour attack with aircraft involved in pacific war (or dressed like airplanes involved in pacific war).

TORA TORA TORA for this T6/Zero (picture 7)

Air attack on ferte Alais airfield! (picture 8)

P-40N take off (picture 9)

And no french navy never fight with japanese fleet! (picture 10)

Can you imagine a war bird airshow without somr T-6? (picture 11, 12 and 13)

It's easy to make smoke circles with a cigar, it's a little more complicated with a Sea-Fury! (picture 14 and 15)

Big frog, a french team will compete  for air races at Reno in 2011 (picture 16).

Highly involved in a very different air show other Libya French air force and french navy have neverthless display one Super Etendard and two Rafale (picture 17, 18 and 19).

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