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Monday, August 31, 2009

Alpha Jets brighten August skies - Labradorian
The dreary grey August skies were brightened briefly with the brilliant blue, white and red streaks of the Patrouille de France demonstration team as they ...
LIBIA: DISPLAY TEAM ASKED FOR OTHER COLOURS, BUT TRICOLOUR WIN - AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
... tomorrow's display flight by Italy's air-ace display team, the 'Frecce Tricolori' is to conclude with the traditional release of green, white and red

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Red Arrows for Penistone Show! - Huddersfield Examiner
After the disappointment of two-years-ago show organisers have lined up the Red Arrows to light up the skies for the show's final year before work on a new ...
Air Force Thunderbirds to return to Homestead Air Reserve base - MiamiHerald.com
Red, white and blue-painted F16s are flying into Homestead later this fall: The nationally known US Air Force Thunderbirds will appear at the Wings Over ...

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Thunderbirds are back - OregonLive.comJohn Grap/The Associated Press
Five Air Force Thunderbirds perform at an air show in Battle Creek, Mich., in July. ...
US Navy stunt team "Blue Angels" return to CNE Air Show - Eesti elu
The United States Navy Blue Angels return to the CNE to demonstrate their art after 23 years. So does the United States Air Force with their ...
A first class display by Red Arrows at Whitby Regatta - GALLERY - Whitby Today
By Staff Copy
THE Red Arrows made a resplendent return to Whitby on Regatta Monday for their first performance since 2007. Due to the low cloud base, ...
Readers just love those daring Red Arrows - South Devon Herald Express
There is also a video of the Red Arrows' Torquay display on our website, showing them at their breath-taking best. And fans of the team can still catch ...
KUAM.com - AAFB gearing up for air show by Clynt Ridgell
Andersen Air Force Base is gearing up to host an open house and air show scheduled for the end of September. The show will feature performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds and, for the first time outside of the US, ...

Monday, August 24, 2009

Golden Hawk lands in Thunder Bay - TbNewsWatch.com
He did two tours with the Snowbirds and commanded the team in 1989 and 1990. He then went into the airline industry flying commercial jets for more than 15 ...
Bournemouth Air Festival an "unprecedented success", say organisers - Bournemouth Daily Echo
It was dubbed "Power Hour" and fittingly it was the Red Arrows, along with Vulcan and the Typhoon Eurofighter, that brought things to a close, with the roar ...
"MAKS-2009 show has been a success" - RT
As well as displays of the foreign groups, such as the Frecce Tricolori and the Patrouille de France ("French Patrol") – the aerobatic team of the French ...

Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Patrouille de France in the sky of Quebec - Quebec Hebdo
As if to forgive his absence from the Air Festival of Quebec, held as part of its 400th anniversary last summer, the Patrouille de France will make a remarkable passage in the sky of the capital, next weekend .One year after the largest and last air show had collected over the City of Champlain aircraft from Great...
Plane beautiful: The day the Red Arrows were upstaged by Mother Nature - Mail Online
Their twisting aerial manoeuvres with coloured smoke trailing in the wake is not normally upstaged.But the Red Arrows's display was not the only thing to light up the sky yesterday.
Russian Knights to perform at air show despite pilot's death - RIA NovostiMOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Knights aerial display team will perform at the MAKS air show near Moscow despite the death of its commander ...
Vulcan wows thousands at "best ever" Shoreham Air Show - Mid Sussex Times
Other favourites included the Blades aerobatic display team, the wingwalkers from Team Guinot and the simulated airfield attack and Spitfire and Hurricane ...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Win a flight in an air festival stunt plane - Bournemouth Daily Echo
The Blades are an extreme and dynamic formation aerobatic team made up of former Red Arrow pilots and they will be showcasing their skills on every day of ...

Bends victim rescued during display - Eastbourne Today
Dover Coastguard received a 999 call and tasked Eastbourne Coastguard Rescue Team just before noon when the Red Arrows were starting their display. ...
Red Arrows display draws gasps from Cromer carnival crowds - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Cromer town centre was deserted on carnival day as visitors flocked to the sea front and clifftop carnival field to watch the Red Arrows tumble and turn ...
What a great time to explore your local airport, visit the air museum, and enjoy the acrobatics of the Blue Angels. Performers inlcude the Blue Angels, ...
Atlantic City Air Show Takes Off -- Today Is/Was, August 19, 2009 - Digital City
It's all topped off by an awe-inspiring performance by the USAF Thunderbirds. You may have to crane your neck a bit to see everything but it'll be well ...
Thousands pay final tribute to Russian ace pilot - RIA Novosti
Tkachenko was killed, and two other pilots injured, in a midair collision involving two Su-27 fighters on Sunday during a rehearsal for aerobatic ...
Snowbirds fly for a cause - Canada.com
Every year, she sees the Snowbirds' formations from her family home in Courtenay, where the pilots fly overhead during training. Watching the Snowbirds may ...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Atlantic City Air Show events begin today - Press of Atlantic City
Pilots from the United States Air Force Thunderbirds special demonstration team made presentations to the Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers and Big ...
Air show set to roar this weekend - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
The Thunderbirds, the internationally-famous Air Force precision flight team, will perform their demonstration of more than 40 aerial maneuvers and a ground ...

Monday, August 17, 2009

Sokoly Rossii to take part in demonstration flights during MAKS 2009 - ITAR-TASS
"The list of applications will remain unchanged, besides Russkiye Vityazi aerobatics group planes," he said. Aerobatic display in Zhukovsky will also ...
Air Force Thunderbirds among first to make test runs for Wednesday ... - Press of Atlantic City
The Air Force Thunderbird team returns to the 177th Air National Guard Fighter ...
Two Russian Knights crashed today - (aerobaticteams.net)
Russian Knights crashed today, killing team leader, 45 years old Colonel Igor Tkachenko. He had more than 1,500 hours of flying experience in attack aircraft. He was married and had a son and daughter. The two Russian Knights - Su-27 and Su-30 collided in mid-air during practice flight in preparation for the MAKS 09 airshow beginning this week...

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Snowbirds showed the city that they care - Canada.comIt has been estimated that more than 40000 people turned out to watch the Canadian Forces Snowbirds perform more than 50 manoeuvres above Nanaimo Harbour on ...
Free Air Show by US Air Force Thunderbirds at Selfridge Air Base - NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)... A-10 Tank Killers, a B-52 Bomber, a B-1 Lancer Bomber and WWII aircraft including the Yankee Air Force's B-25 Mitchell Bomber and C-47 Skytrain. ...
Blue Angels, Golden Knights drop in at Offutt - KCAU(AP) - The Navy's famed Blue Angels aerial exhibition team will soar high above the Omaha area at the end of August during the annual air show at Offutt Air ...
Ace air team prepare for carnival week - Express & Echo
THE Red Arrows will be among the attractions at this year's Dawlish Carnival Week, which gets under way this weekend. The seaside resort's annual event runs ...
Snowbird for a day – StarPhoenix
I'm flying sky high with the Snowbirds aerobatics team, which is performing this weekend at the final Cameco Canada Remembers International Air Show. ...

Friday, August 14, 2009

Falmouth Week fun and games continue after Red Arrows

Falmouth Penryn Packet - ‎Aug 13, 2009‎
Fun and games on Falmouth's Customs House Quay did not stop after the Red Arrows' dazzling display last night. A crew from Falmouth Marine Band took on the ...

Blue Angels' flight session schedule changes this week

Pensacola News Journal - ‎Aug 12, 2009‎
The Blue Angels' practice session is 9:30 am today at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an hour later than usual. The practice has been moved to allow ...

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds come to Chicago from Notes from the field? by scottfmurphy
This year the Chicago Air and Water show will play host to the United States Air Force Demonstration Squadron known as the Thunderbirds. They arrived at Gary Airport this morning – Gary is where the Air show is staged every year. They'll be taking some much needed time off while in Chicago, and will begin practicing...

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Video Episode - JATO Ride in Fat Albert from Airspeed
I was fortunate enough to get one of the last Jet-Assisted Take-Off ("JATO") rides in the Blue Angels' Marine-flown C-130, Fat Albert. The JATO bottles are getting more and more scarce and it's unlikely that there will be many more rides like this. ...
Blue Angels' Fat Albert carrier flies in Salinas Airshow - Santa Cruz Sentinel
The massive Blue Angels cargo carrier accelerates, and its passengers' backs are pressed firmly into their seats. Pilots Maj. Brandon Burks and Capt. ...

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Red Arrows fly into Cowes - Cowes Online
The Red Arrows pilots made a special trip to Cowes this morning in unusual style, being transported by helicopter and then by mini bus, ...
World's only flying Vulcan bomber joins Red Arrows over North-west - The Bolton News
One of the UK's rarest aircraft will be joining the Red Arrows to grace the skies above the North West this weekend, as part of a special aerial finale. ...
Thunderbirds testing LMN video phone from Live Media NowThis morning I spoke with Capt. Jason McCree, Thunderbird #12 about this weekends show in Youngstown ARB and next week's Chicago show...
Thunderbirds land in Vienna - Warren Tribune ChronicleThursday afternoon, the Thunderbirds team was getting ready for Thunder Over the Valley for Saturday and Sunday, scouting reference points on the ground ...

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