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As part of Wickenby Aerodrome’s 70th Birthday Airshow, the Lincolnshire-based historic airfield located in Langworth, near Lincoln has a limited number of wing walker training flights available during both the Airshow weekend (16-17th June) and the following weekend (23rd-24th June). Wickenby Airshow is offering the unique opportunity to train with Aerobatic Tactics’ experienced air display [...]

Aerobatic performers from U.S., Canada and Brazil coming to Wisconsin Air show stars from the U.S. and from around the world will dazzle audiences as part of the daily performance lineup at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 23-29 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, joining homebuilts, vintage aircraft, warbirds, ultralights and other airplanes at what's called "The World's [...]

South African Aerobatic Champion Nigel Hopkins will be the highlight of the Swaziland Airshow set for Saturday. The event will take place at the Matsapha International Airport from 10am to 5pm. The Airshow has for the past years been one of the most anticipated events in Swaziland; bringing aerobatic and aircraft displays from across the [...]

Look up in the sky: it’s the Snowbirds, CF-18s, Joint Forces, Harvards and more. The “top guns” will put on an adrenaline-pumping exhibition of aerobatics and powered flight over the skies of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. on June 2 and 3, 2012. The Waterloo Air Show had its start four years ago as volunteers created an annual [...]

Jersey Skylands Aerobatic Championship Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford is hosting the third annual Jersey Skylands Aerobatic Championship this weekend from May 18 to 20. This is not an air show. Awards include first through fifth overall standings in all categories, such as highest scoring first time Sportsman, Grass Roots Medal, ACA American Champion [...]

Aerobatic stuntman Chuck Aaron pilots a Red Bull helicopter, performing barrel rolls and flying upside-down, on Wednesday. Aaron was entertaining helicopter pilots, who were in town for the Naval Helicopter Association convention and watching from the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk. Source: Stephen M. Katz http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/helicopter-does-barrel-rolls-over-elizabeth-river

If you happen to see the Aerostars formation aerobatic team whipping their precision aircraft around the skies over Wittman Regional Airport this weekend, relax. Airventure has not been moved up three months. Instead, the three-man team will fly its entire performance at dawn and dusk for “The Aviators,” a magazine-style TV program airing on PBS. [...]

"Are you ready?" they asked. "Oh, yeah!" I said, quasi-confidently as I tried to keep my voice from crackling while the crew outfitted me with a parachute and strapped me into the seat. "Don't touch this lever, that button or that strap," they said. "Unless the pilot tells you to bail -- then pull this, [...]