California International Airshow Salinas celebrates the wild blue yonder this weekend · By WILL HOUSTON Herald Correspondent | If British Airways is all that comes to mind when you think of international airplanes, it's time you vamp up your expectations by going to the 32nd annual 
Photos: California International Airshow Salinas- The Herald | Dramatic Weather emerges during the California International Airshow Salinas on Saturday September 21, 2013.
FAA shuts down Aerial Cavalcade at Flabob Flying Circus but the Fly-in Goes On! - Antique Airfield News | ...The good news is that the fly-in is still on and we're expecting a great turn out. Lots of great antiques and classics parked for your viewing pleasure. There will be plenty of flying going on too, just normal airport operations instead of an organized aerial demonstration. The airspace will not be closed and we'll be open all day for arrivals, departures and all other normal airport operations...
EAA Aviation Adventure Fall/Winter Speaker Series Begins Next Week | Learn about unique and historic aviation experiences is a series of free presentations at EAA's Aviation Adventure fall-winter speaker series, which begins next week at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All presentations are also followed by a "beyond the ropes" museum tour.
Tullo and the Giant - Air & Space Magazine | For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green. | Frank Tullo has never forgotten his first day as a captain. He was 25 years old and flying from Korat Royal Thai Air Base, one of two F-105 bases in Thailand. News of his promotion had come through late the evening before, and he had sewn a pair of shiny new captain's bars on his flightsuit. He was wearing those bars when North Vietnamese gunners on the outskirts of Hanoi shot him down....
The First Test Pilots - Air & Space Magazine | Not long after ex-World War I aviator John Macready left his California ranch at the age of 54 to serve again in World War II, he was checked out in one of the B-17 bombers he’d soon be flying over North Africa. A young lieutenant, eager to tout the modern, high-altitude capability of the Flying Fortress, pointed out the supercharger that made such missions possible. “Know anything about these, sir?” he asked the veteran of the Great War. Today, Sally Macready Wallace chuckles at the irony: “Daddy just looked at him and said, ‘Yes Lieutenant, I believe I do.’ ”...
Flying The Focke Wulf FW-190 · Warbirds News | As we recently reported, Jerry Yagen, owner of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is selling off part of his collection. The Focke Wulf Fw 190 is one of them as we reported here. Few days ago Ray Fowler actually delivered the Fw-190 to its new owner, The Tillamook Air Museum. The flight took few days and a eleven stops but the airplane was finally delivered to the museum....
The Replica of The Legendary Avro Arrow Will Be Moved Into a Storage Facility · Warbirds News | The Avro Arrow (CF-105) was an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all-weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by A.V. Roe of Canada until the government’s controversial cancellation of the project in 1959. The controversy engendered by the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians, political observers and industry pundits. Many thought that this decision effectively put Avro out of business and its highly skilled engineering and production personnel scattered...
Restoration: Vought V-173 from AirSpaceMag.com | The two propeller shaft fairings emerging on either side of the round fuselage give the Vought V-173 a creepy sea-creature look. You wonder if designer Charles H. Zimmerman, an aerodynamicist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, had studied manta rays before attempting to design an airplane that could take off almost vertically from a Navy ship....
B-36 moves the XB-58 by travelforaircraft | Convair easily transported an XB-58 airframe by air from Ft. Worth TX to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for testing with the use of a modified B-36 Peacemaker bomber (also made by Convair). The left and right inboard engined had their propellers removed, along with the bomb bay doors since they did not clear the wings of the XB-58 which was mounted...
Have you sent your photo in yet for The Photo Issue? · General Aviation News Staff | Airplanes are among the most photogenic beings on — or above — earth. Have you taken a picture you are particularly proud of? Would you like to share it with our 92,000 monthly print readers? If so, send it to Janice Wood with image details by Oct. 14.
History of Laconia Airport featured in exhibit · General Aviation News Staff By Carol Lee Anderson | NEW HAMPSHIRE – Two significant histories in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire came together for the month of September at the Belknap Mill, a fully restored, early American textile mill located in Laconia. The mill once played a part in the development of the Industrial Revolution and is the nation’s oldest unaltered textile mill. Today it serves the community as a cultural arts center and museum, hosting monthly exhibits throughout the year...
Daily 49er : In case you missed the Airshow… · Danielle Carson | The Red Bull Flugtag drew masses 
Cygnus Docking to ISS Delayed 48-hours - Spaceports |The docking of the new space freighter Cygnus ORB-D1 with the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least 48 hours due to a software glitch, Orbital Sciences Corp. has noted. Orbital Sciences has confirmed that “at around 1:30 a.m. EDT, Sunday, September 22, 2013 its Cygnus spacecraft established direct data contact with the International Space Station (ISS) and found that some of the data received had values that it did not expect, causing Cygnus to reject the data. This mandated an interruption of the approach sequence. Orbital has subsequently found the causes of this discrepancy and is developing a software fix."
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Competing for a Cause- Race 99 “Margaret June” - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | RENO NV- Kent Cassels of Kissimmee, FL flew his aircraft, Margaret June -Race 99- in the 2013 National Championship Air Races in Reno, in support of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, SOWF...
Celebration in the Pits for T-6 Racers - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | RENO NV- During the 50th Reno Air Race, one big change in leaders came Thursday in the T-6 Gold Heat. Leader Nick Macy was piloting "Six-Cat," and right after the start of the race on the first turn, had a mayday. His engine had seized but with some great flying skill, he pulled up and then came in deadstick for a perfect landing. Unfortunately though, he is out of the race putting Dennis Buehn in #43 in the number one spot...
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Body of US stunt pilot recovered in China - www.bbc.co.uk | The body of an American stunt pilot whose aircraft crashed into a lake in China is found after a three-day search, Chinese state media report.
The Long Sad, Tragic Story Is Over: David Riggs' Remains ID'ed - Aero-News Network | Wayward Pilot, With Multiple Convictions, Confirmed As Dead | Opinion, Analysis and Observation by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell | After years of holding our breath and dreading the beating the aviation world was taking over the crimes and mis-deeds of one of the most dreadful aviators in the world, we can sadly confirm that the potential for future damage and death is finally over...
National Naval Aviation Museum 50th Anniversary Celebration - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | 
Flying in the "Tin Goose" - Toriaflies | I've loved the Ford Trimotor since I first saw one displayed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. That Trimotor was the first plane to fly over the South Pole and I loved how it shined and how its three radial motors stood out making themselves known. Built not far from where I grew up, 199 Ford Trimotors were manufactured there between 1925 and 1933 and immediately became a popular purchase for airlines flying from coast to coast...
P-61 Black Widow Footage…In Color! - The Lexicans | From the video description over at Liveleak.com: For aviation history fans. Very rare color P-61 night fighter footage shot at the end of World War II. From the 422nd NFS operating out of Florennes, Belgium, an up close look at...
In 1961 a B-52 Bomber Broke Up In Mid-Air Almost Causing a Nuclear Holocaust In The US By Warbirds News | As reported on the online version of the British newspaper, The Guardian ,in 1961 the U.S. came close to a nuclear holocaust in North Carolina. Only a low voltage switch prevented a nuclear device, the hydrogen Mark 39 dropped by mistake,to exploded near Goldsboro, NC. Details were reveled by document obtained by investigative journalist Eric Schlosser on the basis of the Freedom of Information Act is published yesterday in The Guardian. The bomb would have been 260 times more powerful than the one that destroyed Hiroshima at the end of World War II...
History of B-17E and XC-108A Desert Rat - Aero Vintage | B-17E s/n 41-2595 was the 203rd B-17E built by Boeing at Seattle, and was delivered to the AAF on April 14, 1942. It was immediately placed into the training role, being first assigned to the 97th Bomb Group at MacDill Field, near Tampa, Florida. The 97th BG had been...
Amicale du Super Constellation - Open Days - 28 & 29 September 2013 · Xavier Cotton, Passion for Aviation (translated) | The Amicale du Super Constellation holds Open Days on 28 and 29 September 2013. | This is an opportunity for the public to (re) discover the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation C, the most beautiful airliner piston engine ever built. Plants out of Burbank, CA in November 1953, the F-BGNJ is still last copy in "good condition" existing in France...
Will it Fly? Home - A documentary about the reproduction of New Zealand's first aeroplane built... www.willitflymovie.com | New Zealand, first flight, aeroplane, documentary, film, television production, Ivan Mudrovcich, engineering. Visit willitflymovie.com
Sad news here in Long Beach as Boeing announces closure of C-17A production in 2015 - Aero Pacific Flightlines | The C-17 Globemaster III plant, California’s last remaining aircraft manufacturing facility, will shutter in two years, affecting 2,200 Boeing Co. employees based in Long Beach and Huntington Beach and thousands of workers and suppliers nationwide, company officials announced Wednesday...
HOW ONE GOOD DEED LED TO ANOTHER Yesterday I was up in San Francisco interviewing an extraordinary guy named Glen Davis. Glen, who is a photographer by trade, learned to pilot an airplane when he was 18. In 2006, he literally took Jessica under his wing and began teaching her to fly. It was an act of faith, and a lot of people who knew Glen thought he was being foolhardy to take on a student who — well, you know the story, she had no arms! Even Glen's insurance company balked when they heard he was working with Jessica, insisting that they'd only insure his plane for half its value if there was an accident. But Glen didn't mind about his insurance company, or about the comments from anyone else. I couldn't for the life of me picture what would have given him so much faith in Jessica, and it turns out there's a story there...
Flying high! Ayesha Aziz set to become first Kashmiri woman pilot - You Fly, Girl | From India Today: A 17-year-old Kashmiri girl studying in a Mumbai school is all set to become a commercial pilot. She alward has a student pilot licence by Bombay Flying Club. Ayesha Aziz, whose parents are from Khawaja Bagh in Baramulla, said she always dreamt of flying an airplane...
The final essay of a 2013 Spring Scholarship Program: Najla Dorsey! - Life on the Road as a Pilot | In our better-late-than-never and don't-ever-give-up category, we present the final essay of a 2013 Spring Scholarship Program: Najla Dorsey! Due to some family and personal issues she's had to take a bit of a break from flying but we hope to see her up in the air again soon...
Commercial Cygnus set to dock with ISS - Spaceports | After a flawless launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on the Eastern Shore of Virginia mid-day Wednesday Sept. 18, 2013, the spacecraft Cygnus has continued to close in on the International Space Station (ISS), performing the final maneuvers on Sunday before being berthed at the station.
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EDITOR’S BLOG: The cancellation of Festa al Cel 2013 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | I was saddened to hear of late cancellation of Barcelona’s Festa al Cel event last week, particularly as 
Flightline UK was due to cover the event for a third time after two very enjoyable trips in 2010 and 2011. Despite Spain’s difficulties, Festa al Cel had weathered a difficult year in 2012 and was looking forward to producing what promised to be a very exciting line-up this year featuring Patrulla Aguila, the Turkish Air Force F-16C SoloTurk as well as a superb mix of civilian displays from across Spain and Europe. Sadly the tale of the event’s cancellation has very little to with the usual struggle for money which blights many airshows. Instead the airshow has been a victim of some very unusual bureaucracy on the part of the Spanish Airport operators...
Variety of aircraft Can Be Found In the Air at Creve Coeur Airport By Leo Cachat, The Aero Experience | Saturday, September 14th, provided some great weather to get out and see what might be in the air, and there is no better place to do just that then Creve Coeur Airport. In past visits, I was surprised by what I caught flying and this Saturday was no different. Here is a look at some of the action: a Schaub EAA P-2 Biplane, Great Lakes 2T-1A, Piper Cherokees, a Sonex, Taylorcraft, Hatz CB-1, a couple of Stearman, SNJ-5 Texan, Swift, Carbon Cub, Chipmunk, Fairchild 24R-46, a Robinson R-44 helicopter, a couple Yak-52's, Piper Aztec and some RV's. If the weather is nice and you like aviation, a visit to Creve Coeur Airport never disappoints!...
Local Fire Departments Train for Aircraft Accident Response and Rescue at Spirit of St. Louis Airport By Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience | Local fire fighters and emergency medical staff from the Monarch, Metro West, Cottleville and Pattonville Fire Protection Districts participated in a simulated aircraft fire and rescue exercise today on the Air Associates of Missouri ramp at Spirit of St. Louis Airport. According to the training staff, the exercise is an annual requirement for...
Variety of Light Sport Aircraft Displayed at Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo Part 3 - The Aero Experience | The recent Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo, recently held at Mount Vernon Outland Airport in central Illinois, featured a variety of light sport aircraft representing the major manufacturers from around the world. The aircraft were...
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Variety of Aircraft Fill the Skies During Air Associates of Kansas Airport Fun Day By Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience | Airport Fun Day, held Saturday at Johnson County Executive Airport near Olathe, Kansas, brought local families and aviators together to celebrate the miracle of flight in this great Midwest Aviation community...
Museum announced fourth annual student writing competition - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 9/20/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will hold its fourth annual Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, providing students the opportunity to develop positive academic and character qualities and to showcase their writing talents while vying for scholarship funds...
The Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra Being Towed Out of The Hangar - Warbirds News | For the first time in 17 years the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra was towed out of the hangar. Throughout its life, The Dixie Wing’s P-63 has served many different roles, from test aircraft to air show performer. It was built in the winter of 1944, bearing the Bell construction number 33-11, for model 33, aircraft 11. It rolled out of the Bell plant in Niagara Falls on 24 February 1944, where it was formally accepted by the United States Army Air Force as a P-63A-6 and given serial number 42-68941...
Video: Historic Flights And Events From The Metropolitan Oakland International Airport - Airboyd.TV
Buy Your Plane at Penney’s - Air & Space | For a few magical years, it looked like every family would own an airplane.
Top Space Saves - Air & Space Magazine | Robotic spacecraft have traveled the solar system for more than 50 years, exploring places astronauts can still only dream of visiting. But with no human aboard, when something goes wrong, it’s up to ground control to pinpoint the problem—and fix it from millions of miles away...
Last Chance to Register to Fly-In for the Big Show!
Established in 2004, the California Capital Airshow has become one of the largest and highly- respected shows in the nation. As part of its community relations, the non-profit organization has awarded over 80 scholarships to deserving students from our region with an interest in aviation, aerospace, aeronautics and related fields. For more information about the California Capital Airshow, presented by Sacramento County, please visit www.californiacapitalairshow.com.
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Steven Hinton wins Reno Gold Number Five in 5…… · Joe Kates, Photorecon.net | September 15th, 2013. Piloting the highly modified P-51 Mustang Race #5 “Voodoo”, Hinton completed all 8 laps of the Breitling Gold race with an average lap time of 07:59.313 and a top speed of 482.074 mph. The win was a bitter sweet moment for team owner Bob Button and crew. After years of chasing Reno Gold this was to be the year the stars aligned for Button and Voodoo. All of us at Photorecon would like to congratulate the Voodoo team on a well-deserved win and for making “Purple the New Red”.
CoolPix: Midnight Miss III Up-Close As She Wins T-6 Gold At Reno 2013 - AirPigz | Way back in 
National Naval Aviation Museum Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary - Aero-News Network | The Public Is Invited To Visit The Museum, Located In Pensacola, FL, And Join The Celebration | The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation invites the public to visit the Naval Aviation Museum in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The Foundation plans three days of special events and aircraft displays on Oct. 3, 4 and 5, culminating with a black-tie 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, Oct. 5. Visitors are invited to enjoy special 50th anniversary menu at the Cubi Point Café, and shop for limited-edition anniversary items at the Flight Deck Museum Store. The foundation says it is an opportunity to be part of history and celebrate this community treasure, the National Naval Aviation Museum...
New England Air Museum to Host Open Cockpit Day and Great New England RC Swap Meet on October 13th By Warbirds News | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, will be holding two special events on Sunday, October 13th; their fall Open Cockpit Day and the Second Annual Great New England RC Swap Meet. Visitors will be allowed to climb in to some of the Museum’s vintage warbirds and see the latest and greatest in radio controlled model aircraft...
Flying The North American Harvard Mk II - Warbirds News | Skipper Hyle ever since he used the hear his grandfather talk about flying from his early days with Eastern Air Lines wanted to own a prop airplane. He instructed for a while, then join the USAF, and now flies for the airlines. Skipper also holds a type rating in the P-51 Mustang which flies regularly with the CAF Dixie Wing...
Hidden Thespian Skytrain - Travel for Aircraft | Though not secret to students and staff of the G-Star School of the Arts there is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain otherwise hidden to most of the world — except through film and production which is the school’s specialty. These images were taken on a Sunday, explaining the absence of people in them, and the solitude allowed for a bit of observation...
Elephant walk turns into ‘Freedom Launch’ · Dominic Perry, Flight Image of the Day This shot of some of its biggest aircraft comes from the US Air Force. It shows a 22-aircraft “freedom launch” on 11 September at Travis AFB in California. It says: “Seven Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs and 11 KC-10 Extenders alongside four Lockheed Martin C-5B Galaxies from the 60th Air Mobility Wing lined up in what is historically referred to as an “elephant walk,” then launched consecutively over 36 minutes to take part in Air Mobility Command missions. The first plane in the lineup, a C-17, launched at 8:46 a.m., the same time terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City 12 years earlier.”
New Book Cover My Odyssey to Area 51 by Area 51 veteran Barnes · tdbarnes My Odyssey to Area 51 by Area 51 veteran Thornton D. Barnes now enhanced with new book cover and additional photos is now available in paperback and e-book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CreateSpace, Smashwords, iTunes, Kobo, and Sony, both nationally and internationally. Available on Kindle, Nook, iPhones, iPads, computers, and almost all ebook readers.
A Reunion 10 Years In The Making - Aero-News Network | Jetblue Pilot Inspires Student To Seek Career In Aviation | Ten years ago, JetBlue Airways Captain Eric Scott invited a young traveler to visit the cockpit and unknowingly changed this boy's life. Elijah Hedrington was just five years old, traveling to Burlington, VT as part of the Fresh Air Fund. This program provides free summer experiences to New York City children from low-income communities. Elijah's escort happened to be Sheila Donnell, a JetBlue Inflight crewmember who volunteers for the program. On this flight, Sheila introduced Elijah to Capt. Scott. Capt. Scott invited Elijah into the cockpit...
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U.S. Nationals Set to Begin in Texas Sunday - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | This Sunday, September 22, marks the start of the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships at the North Texas Regional Airport in Sherman/Denison, Texas. With 110 preregistered pilots - a banner year - this year's competition will be a full category deciding Nationals champions in Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, and Unlimited categories.
Vero Beach Air Show | Vero Beach Air Show, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and the Indian
River, Treasure Coast and Vero Beach Exchange Clubs, along with
the IRC Veterans Council are extremely proud and excited to announce the
resurrection of the Vero Beach Air Show, at the City of Vero Beach
Municipal Airport, Vero Beach, Florida, after a 16 year hiatus. The
excitement begins with back-to-back shows scheduled for October 5-6,
2013, and then again on May 10-11, 2014....SalinasAirshow Ca-International This year’s California International Airshow will feature three of the most highly recognized and award-winning aerobatic pilots! Local favorite, Sean D. Tucker, Sean has been named as one of the Living Legends in Aviation, National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Crystal Eagle Award, the General Charles E. Yeager International Aeronautical Achievement Award, inductee at the 2001 USAF Gathering of Eagles, and named as one of the Living Legends of Flight...
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"Planes Change: The Pilot Stays The Same" | Witness the power of the Heritage Flight experience through the eyes of USAF pilot Maj. Henry "Schadow" Schantz as he wields today's premiere fighter, the F-22 Raptor...
Timeless Voices - Anthony Alaimo · eaavideo.org | Anthony Alaimo (1920-2009) was a B-26 pilot with the 450th Bomb Squadron of the 322nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War II. He was shot down on his first mission and became a prisoner of war in the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp.
Vintage Engine Parts Desperately Needed - NORDO News | Our friends, the Pembertons of Spokane, are in need of your help. Last year they finished the restoration of a beautiful Waco EQC-6 powered by a Wright 760-E2. As usual it is a piece of vintage artwork. Unfortunately, problems with the powerplant have kept it grounded. This is why they need your help...
Vintage Aircraft Owners Prepare - NORDO News | As we've recently noted, the FAA seems hell bent on over-using AD's to the point of including statistically normal occurrences. One can only assume it is either another way for them to remove old planes from the air or to remove anything from the air of which they have no knowledge. Whatever the case, it has become a serious problem for aircraft owners. Now we have an accident that could affect many different vintage airplanes if the CAA (Canadian Aviation Authority) decides to go after it, the FAA follows suit, and our groups aren't prepared to fight back....
EAA Aviation Adventure Fall/Winter Speaker Series Begins Next Week - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Learn about unique and historic aviation experiences is a series of free presentations at EAA's Aviation Adventure fall-winter speaker series, which begins next week at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All presentations are also followed by a "beyond the ropes" museum tour.
The First In-Flight Movies Had a Live Orchestra · Matt Novak on Paleofuture, shared by Brian Barrett to Gizmodo | Soaring through the clouds in 1925, passengers on an Imperial Airways flight traveling over Germany were treated to a brand new novelty—one of the first in-flight movies. Even more astounding? The film had live orchestral accompaniment. But not in the way you're probably thinking...
Florida college to offer masters degree in drone warfare - sUAS News | Secured inside a room you need a U.S. passport to enter is a modern arcade of war machines. ‘It looks like a gamer’s paradise: A comfortable tan leather captain’s chair sits behind four computer monitors, an airplane joystick with a…
