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Geneseo Show In New York Worth Waiting For

Story and Photos
By Jack Watson
For the aviation enthusiast, the annual 1941 Historical Aircraft Group (HAG)  airshow in Geneseo, N.Y. is a fixture.
For the warbird enthusiast more specifically, it’s a bold mark on the most prominent wall calendar in the house. This year’s theme of “A warbird gathering” being very vague, opened the door to all [...]

New documentary examines, what does it all mean?

The Nature of Existence
A film by Roger Nygard
It’s not in our mission statement to ever approach the subject of God, existence, faith, beliefs or anything to do with religion.
Nevertheless, the producers of this documentary sent us a promotional DVD of a new film made by Roger Nygard, whose previous work was about that subculture who [...]

This Rapide Deserves Respect

Built for the military in 1944 as a Dominie Mk.1 s/n NR683, this de Havilland D.H. 89A Mk.4 Dragon Rapide later saw service as part of the British European Airways making flights between England and Ireland.
It continued its commercial career with Fairey Air Surveys and G.R.M. Airwork (Precise Surveys Limited). The Rapide was shipped to [...]

Flying Car Gets New Design

The builder of the new flying car, Terrafugia, unveiled the latest version of its “roadable aircraft” at EAA’s Oshkosh convention.
The new design includes several structural changes aimed at improving the roadable aircraft’s safety and flying characteristics, a spokesman said.
Terrafugia said it expects to fly the new version to next year’s convention in Oshkosh. The new [...]

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    Bombshell Beauty – August 2010

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    Scott Slocum is the photographer for a popular series of aviation calendars with beautiful models decorating photogenic aircraft. Every year he prints a "My Bombshells" calendar which has proven to be very popular.
    See http://www.mybombshells.com for that [...]

  • Checkpoints

    NOTICE: We only list airshows and fly-ins who send us their information. All dates are tentative depending on weather, mechanical problems, etc. Call before spending time or money.
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    Aug. 14-15: Santa Paula, Calif. Air Show, 80th anniversary benefit for SP Police & fire and Av. Museum of Santa Paula. See [...]

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