A Cormorant flying through the sky met an early demise Tuesday when it was hit by a Naval Academy Blue Angel F/A-18 E Hornet traveling at least 120 mph during a flight rehearsal.
Look, up in the sky It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a whole lotta planes descending on Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity for the 75th Anniversary Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland County Airshow on Saturday and Sunday. The show gets underway at 10:15 each day, with The Heroes
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1940s
At the end of World War II, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Chester W. Nimitz ordered the formation of a flight demonstration team to keep the public interested in naval aviation.
In a short three months, the Navy Flight Exhibition Team performed its first flight demonstration June 15, 1946, at their home base, Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. Lt. Cmdr. Roy âButchâ Voris led the team and flew the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat.
The new Navy Flight Exhibition team was only the second formal flying demonstration team to have been created in the world, since the Patrouille de France formed in 1931.
The Duluth Airshow is seeking is seeking community organizations to work during the event in exchange for funding to help support those organizations (civic group, nonprofit, school organization, sports team, etc.) who help out.
Organizers say that each year the Duluth Airshow provides around $50,000 to local organizations who help volunteer at the event. Those who volunteer help fill a variety of roles from parking, tickets, and concessions.
All volunteers need to be aged 16 and up. While there is work that is needed to be done, they will have the chance to see the Duluth Airshow while also being provided beverages, lunch and a t-shirt.