Air Shows & Events

Given the ongoing pre-Christmas sales, it has been difficult to avoid ananalogous view of this year’s attack-delayed convention of the National BusinessAviation Association: deeply discounted, like so much holiday merchandise. Many within the aviation community discounted the potential value of the 54thannual meeting after NBAA postponed its original September 18-20 dates inthe aftermath of the […]

Each year, September brings aviation fans the National Championship Air Races, staged at Reno/Stead Airport in Reno, Nev. This year, the racing was schedule to start next Thursday, September 13. Unfortunately for race fans, national security concerns which, at this writing, have grounded VFR Part 91 flight operations also spelled the end of this year’s […]

Each year, September brings aviation fans the National Championship Air Races, staged at Reno/Stead Airport in Reno, Nev. This year, the racing was schedule to start next Thursday, September 13. Unfortunately for race fans, national security concerns which, at this writing, have grounded VFR Part 91 flight operations also spelled the end of this year’s […]

Part One of AVweb‘s exclusive coverage of the National Championship Air Races at Reno includes some discussion of the goings-on within the unlimited racing community, plus some great images of the planes – including the jets – that had been slated to race this year. Part Two rounds out AVweb‘s coverage with a discussion of […]

Editor’s Note: This column should be printed out and posted on airport bulletin boards everywhere now and again next July. After getting back from Oshkosh I unpacked the airplane, put it away and walked into the pilot’s lounge here at the virtual airport to see what had happened while I was gone. One of the […]

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“Ramming speed, Mr. Christian!” This future aviator is checking out one of the many aircraft displays that EAA has at KidVenture. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better

“AND REMEMBER…NO SPITTING OVER THE SIDE!” These hot-air balloons offered Young Eagles flights for free near KidVenture this morning. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better

“…reported today it was not a UFO, but a balloon…” This is actually an interesting balloon. This experimental category balloon is filled with helium. The pilot dumps sand overboard to climb, and vents helium from a valve to descent. This balloon, flown by pilot Richard Abruzzo of New Mexico, recently set a duration record for […]