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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Snowbirds Aerobatic Team Returns To Upstate - WYFF4.com
The Snowbirds make up the Canadian Forces Precision Aerobatic Team. People at the Anderson Regional Airport were so excited to see the snowbirds that some ...
Stunning look behind scenes of county's icon aerobatic team - Lincolnshire Echo
... Jamie Hunter (36) spent more than a year chronicling the flying aces and compiling Red Arrows - The Royal Airforce Aerobatic Team in Action. ...
Dakota Thunder Day 2 and the Thunderbirds - Dakota Voice
The thrill of the afternoon, however, was the Thunderbirds, the Air Force stunt team. The Thunderbirds and their specially-painted F-16s were graceful from ...
Thunder's roar 'awesome,' 'sweet' - Rapid City Journal, SD
Nearby, his 7-year-old brother gave a shy glance his direction and continued playing with a toy plane as they eagerly waited for the performance of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team. The Thomas family drove six hours ...
Local pilot makes "big" stop at home before turning in Blue Angel ... - WREX-TV, IL
From high speed maneuvers to graceful gliding, for the past three years, Major Drew Hess has been the "flying" force behind the US Navy's demonstration squad, better known as the Blue Angels. But soon this Rockford native's journey will come to an end. ...
TC grad on Blue Angels team - Shelbyville News, IN
When the vaunted Blue Angels flight squadron make their appearance at the annual Indianapolis Air Show at Mount Comfort Airport next weekend, the first crewman to pop out of a plane and step to the ground will be familiar to Fairland-area residents. ...
Blue Angels enlist the help of Rock County law enforcement - Janesville Gazette, WI -By TED SULLIVAN
One of the blue angels landing on Thursday for the Southern WIsconsin AIrFEST at the Southern WIsconsin Regional Airport. One of the blue angels parking in front of the terminal after it had landed on ...

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Air Show Promises Thrills - and Traffic - Rochester R News, NY
Ten to 20000 people are expected to pack Ontario Beach park this weekend to see the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and Army Golden Knights Parachute Team in action. Having that many people in one place could cause some traffic problems, if people aren't ...
Blue Angels highlight high-flying weekend in Janesville - WREX-TV, IL
Expert pilots Greg Poe, Patty Wagstaff, Susan Dacy and Mike Wiskus will all perform their routines. Other main acts include the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the Navy Leap Frog Parachute Team, P-51D Mustang Demo, C-47D Skytrain Flybys, ...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Turkish Stars at Bulgaria Airshow BIAF 2009 photo report. (aerobaticteams.net)
Turkish Stars perform a great air display at May 23 and 24 in Bulgaria airshow. First day of the show they perform in seven-ship formation while engine failure stops one of the planes. At the second day Turkish Stars displayed in eight-ship formation. Ongound photos here and aerial photos here.
Money woes force Navy flying team to practice less - MiamiHerald.com, FL
The US Navy is cutting the practice schedule of its elite Blue Angels flight demonstration team to save money, the military announced Wednesday. The six F/A 18 Hornets will no longer streak over the skies of Pensacola in their signature formations on ...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Free Snowbirds show in Greenwood, Wednesday May 20 - Nova News Now, Canada
Starting 6:30 pm, Canada's Snowbirds will take to the skies for 28 explosive minutes of aerobatic artistry, followed by a powerful solo performance by the "Century Hornet" CF-18 fighter-jet and a chance for your Future Flyer to meet and talk with the ...
Snowbirds cool wheels at Worcester Airport - Worcester Telegram, MA By Bob Kievra TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER
A Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane and crew unload at the Worcester Regional Airport yesterday where the team spent part of the afternoon en route to Nova Scotia. The aerobatics team consists of nine ...
Remnants of a Blue Angels crash pop up 50 years later - OCRegister, Ca
A few hours later, Navy pilot Robert Nicholls Glasgow, 36, climbed into the cockpit of an F-11 Tiger for his first flight as commander of the Blue Angels. Some 30 miles west of Naval Air Station Pensacola, in Florida, he practiced a loop, ...
Blue Angels will practice at NAS Tuesday & Wednesday mornings - Mullet Wrapper, FL
The highest maneuver performed in an air show is the vertical rolls performed by the Opposing Solo, up to 15000 feet and the lowest maneuver performed in an air show is the Sneak Pass, performed by the Lead Solo at 50 feet. ...
Blue Angels Practice Session Makes for a Spectacular Show - News Channel 8, DCANNAPOLIS, Md
For the United States Navy Precision Flying Team, Tuesday was a day for practice over the US Naval Academy. On the ground in-the-know spectators said the more freewheeling dress rehearsal is just good as Wednesday's actual show. ...
PC-7-Team and Patrouille Suisse are prepared - NZZ Online (via Google Translator)
Less gigs in Switzerland in 2009 The two aerobatic teams of the Swiss Air Force joined in the summer depending on four occasions at home on. That's half as often as last year. Scheduled Flight in Thun, Bern and Geneva, the organizers have canceled, not least because of the increasing flood of conditions by the regulator

Monday, May 18, 2009

Rain cancels Blue Angel's finale at Beaufort Air Show - Hilton Head Island Packet, SC By JULIANN VACHON
Heavy rain and thunderstorms brought Beaufort's 2009 Air Show to a wet end Sunday about 20 minutes before the elite Blue Angels were scheduled to perform their final round of flying maneuvers. Event organizers at Marine Corps Air ...
A Salute to Tradition - Annapolis Capital, MD
Commissioning Week happens the same way each year - the Blue Angels fly in on Tuesday, they do their flight demonstration on Wednesday, graduation is Friday. Even the rain plan stays the same from year to year. After more than two decades of Navy life, ...

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Baltimore homeschool field trip of the week - see the Blue Angels ... - Examiner.com
Last year, we went to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis to see the Blue Angels fly. The Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, are famous around the world for their precision in-air maneuvers and high-speed fly-bys. ...
Air Show Teams to Begin Practice at Republic Airport May 19 - Farmingdale Observer, NY
As part of the Memorial Day weekend air show slated for Jones Beach, Republic Airport, Farmingdale, will be hosting the United States Air Force precision demonstration team, the Thunderbirds and their Canadian counterparts, the Snowbirds. ...
Thunderbirds Roar Over U.S. Capitol by Jennings David L
The world renown U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, roared into the skies over Maryland and Washington, D.C. today, in preparation for Armed Forces Day and the 57th Annual Joint Services Open House Air Show, at Andrews Air Force Base. ...
Blue Angels return to Beaufort Air Show - WTOC, GA By Don Logana
The Beaufort community is still trying to come to terms with what happened, two years after a Blue Angels jet crashed during the Beaufort Air Show. This weekend, the Blue Angels return to Beaufort. ...
Beaufort Air Show this Weekend, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis Remembered - WSAV-TV, GA
While the Air Show is not new to Beaufort—this year does stand out in a way. By Holly Bounds You might have seen the sign outside the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort that reads, "The Sound You Hear is the Sound of Freedom. ...
Blue Angels fly high before thousands of spectators on first day - Hilton Head Island Packet, SC
Cameras of all sizes snapped away as pilots of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron --the Blue Angels -- strode across the tarmac at MCAS Beaufort and climbed into their F-18 Hornets. "They're the coolest pilots in the world," said Rebecca Blindster ...

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Blue Angels and airshow cancelled - Examiner.com
For those of us looking forward to a summer weekend air show on June 13 & 14 and the rare appearance by the Navy's Blue Angels, this comes as a large disappointment. The following is from a press release on the cancellation of the Front Range Airport ...
Jets to Perform Flyover at Andrews Air Force Base - Washington Post, United States US
Air Force fighter planes will fly over Andrews Air Force Base this afternoon in an aerial demonstration to kick off the 2009 Joint Service Open House Air Show. The red-white-and-blue F-16 Falcons, known as the Thunderbirds, ...
Blue Angels to perform over the Severn River Tuesday and Wednesday - Annapolis Capital, MD
The US Navy's Blue Angels will perform a variety of high-speed, aerobatic precision-maneuvers above the Severn River next Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the Naval Academy's Commissioning Week. Viewing areas for the show will include Ingram Field, ...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fighter pilot Kirsty Moore becomes first woman to join Red Arrows
Times Online - ‎May 12, 2009‎
A woman pilot has been selected to join the Red Arrows for the first time. Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore will start training with the aerobatic display ...
Red Arrows with first female pilot nex season. - aerobaticteams.net
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Red Arrows announced that a female pilot is one of two candidates selected to join the world-famous ‘Diamond Nine’ for the 2010 display season.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Blue Angels looking forward to safe show in Beaufort this weekend - Hilton Head Island Packet, SC - By JULIANN VACHON
The leader of the Blue Angels said his squad is better prepared and better trained than it was when it last performed in Beaufort two years ago. And that is a direct result of the lessons learned from the tragic end to the Blue ...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

"Joy"riding with the USAF Thunderbirds - Ozarks First, MO
I got to ride with the Thunderbirds prior to the start of the Branson Air Show, to celebrate the opening of the new Branson Airport. Prior to the flight I had to send in a detailed application and take a physical with a doctor's note. ...

Friday, May 8, 2009

'Bugs to Meet Canadian Snowbirds Pilots - OurSports Central (press release), WI
Other aerobatic performers include the Air Force Reserve's Ed Hamill, Greg Poe, the E Team Skydivers, Vintage Warbirds, and a Sunday Mother's Day concert from Aaron Tippin. The event features free admission, free parking, and a free shuttle service ...
Locals fly with the Blue Angels - KTBS, LA
KTBS 3's Sherri Talley was also there as an alternate rider with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. During the air show this weekend, in a maneuver called the Diamond Pass, the jets will fly in formation as little as 18" apart. ...
Branson air show: Where the sky's the limit - News-Leader.com, MO - Jaime Baranyai,
Hear the roar of US Air Force Thunderbirds, watch world-famous pilots perform aerial acrobatics and get up close to military aircraft this weekend at the first Branson Air Show...

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Patrouille de France 2009 dates - aerobaticteams.net
Finaly Patrouille de France 2009 schedule is published. In September and Octomber they will tour in Brazil...
Marines prepare for upcoming Beaufort Air Show
Hilton Head Island Packet
The air show will be the first at MCAS Beaufort since April 2007, when a Blue Angel pilot, Lt. Comm. Kevin Davis, was killed when his F-18 Hornet crashed ...
DIA disruption grounds local Blue Angels air show -
The Aurora Sentinel By DAVE PERRY AURORA
An air show starring the Blue Angels slated for next month to showcase the 25th anniversary of Front Range Airport has been canceled ...
Blue Angels and Snowbirds live at LiveAirshowTV - aerobaticteams.net
The Live Airshow TV website will broadcast live via Internet the Barksdale AFB 2009 Defenders of Liberty Airshow on 9, 10 May, which incude Blue Angels and Snowbirds aerobatic teams...
Canadian Armed Forces vice-chief consider future of Snowbirds - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Armed Forces vice-chief defence (VCD) staff is in the process of going through documents pertaining to a Joint Capability Review Board (JCRB) endorsement of a plan to extend the current use of CT-114 Tutor jets for Snowbirds purposes until 2020. ...
Thunderbird Jet Arrives for Branson Air Show - Ozarks First, MO
The first US Air Force Thunderbird plane arrived in Branson on Wednesday afternoon. The rest of the team will arrive on Thursday. They'll be showing their tricks this weekend in Branson's first air show...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Hawk One Highlights Armed Forces Day 2009 - Discover Moose Jaw, Canada
The former Snowbird lead, who now flies with Westjet, explains that the Sabre will fly with the Snowbirds all across Canada this summer, "Almost every weekend major show that the Snowbirds does we'll be plugged in with them. So, what you saw today was ...

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Air Force threatens to axe Snowbirds - The Gazette (Montreal)
The Air Force is warning it won't have any choice but to shutdown the Snowbirds aerobatic team if the ...

Friday, May 1, 2009

S. Korean Aerobatic Team to Debut T-50s - DefenseNews.com
The new T-50s will make the Black Eagles one of the few air force aerobatic teams to use indigenously designed and manufactured supersonic aircraft, the service said in a news release. Since its 2006 arrival, the T-50, South Korea's first indigenous ...
Snowbirds Hit The Skies - Discover Moose Jaw, Canada
The Snowbirds are back at 15 Wing Moose Jaw after completing their spring training in BC. Team Lead, Major Chris Bard and the rest of the team will take to the skies tomorrow to officially kick off the 2009 air show season, "It was a great training ...
N'Awlins Air Show opens Friday with Navy Blue Angels headlining - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LAby Paul Purpura,
The Times-Picayune Greg Poe will be among the civilian and military pilots flying this weekend at the N'Awlins Air Show at the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse. • When: Saturday and Sunday. Gates open 7 am, ...

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