Airshows

News of the death of legendary test pilot and aerobatics pioneer Bob Hoover this morning has brought grief to the aviation community. Hoover, known among his many fans as the “pilot’s pilot,” died at about 2 a.m. PT, according to reports. He was 94 years old. Hoover’s flying career began when he was a teenager. […]

Flying Aviation Expo officially welcomed attendees to a new show site for this year at the Palm Spring International Airport in Southern California. More than 30 general aviation airplanes are on display today through Saturday amid dozens of educational seminars, exhibits inside the hangars at the airport and parties in the evenings at the Palm […]

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It’ll be the most important meal of the day — and maybe even the weekend, if you’re an aerobatics fan. Attendees to Flying Aviation Expo this weekend in Palm Springs, California, will have the chance to join airshow stars Chuck Aaron, Sammy Mason, Tim Just and Judy Phelps for a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. […]

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Good weather and a beautiful setting in Arizona at the Ernest A. Love Field in Prescott, where the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has one of two main campuses, became the perfect recipe for a record-breaking AOPA Fly-In this weekend. This was the final fly-in for the year, the third year AOPA has done its regional shows. […]

The seventh Hollister Airshow at Hollister Municipal Airport in San Benito County, California, offered plenty of aviation excitement this year. The Father’s Day weekend event featured military jet fly-bys, airshow performances and aerobatic displays, highlighted by pilot Vicky Benzing in her 1940 Boeing Stearman. Check out the photos below and see what else the 2016 […]

In the past few years there has been much speculation about the future of the National Championship Air Races, held this year for the 53rd year in the desert outside Reno, Nevada, at the Reno-Stead Airport. There has been a significant drop in the number of Unlimited-Class air race airplanes that enter each year. These […]

As is generally the case, there was much excitement this weekend in Reno as the National Championship Air Races celebrated its 53rd year of races around closed pylon courses in the beautiful desert landscape north of the Reno-Stead Airport. However, unlike most years, this year’s greatest thrill did not come from the Unlimited Class. The […]

Air show performer Kyle Franklin is an extraordinary aviator in his own right, but his flying roots span three generations. As Franklin’s Family Circus neared its 50th anniversary Flying magazine featured Kyle, who continues the legacy of his father, Jimmy, and grandfather Zip. Kyle learned to fly at 8 years old and went on to […]