Blue Angels, Black Diamond Jets, and other aerial acts make practice runs for this weekend's Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show.

The Blue Angels, Black Diamond Jets and several other aerial acts that will perform in this weekend's Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show made their final practice runs on Friday. 

 A crowd of several hundred spectactors were onhand at Portsmouth International Airport to them then demonstrate the performances they will present on Saturday and Sunday. Air Show Director Greg Osborn said Friday's turnout is nothing compared to the crowds he expects to see this weekend.

Osborn said his staff of 400 people and 1,500 volunteers who have worked so hard to get everything read expect as many as 60,000 people from all over New England and elsewhere will come to the air show.

Osborn said the Navy's Blue Angels are always a big draw, especially when this may be the last year in the foreseeable future they will be able to perform in Portsmouth.

What follows is a video that shows a small sample of what air show goers can expect to see on Saturday and Sunday.

Watch Video:   http://portsmouth-nh.patch.com/articles/air-show-acts-fine-tune-shows-video#video-10490171 
 

Of Gabriel Nderitu: A little more work he could see his dreams take flight

 

This is a story of one man with a an unquenchable quest to fly. Gabriel Nderitu has fabricated a craft, which is almost hitting the skies. He finally ran some tests on a real airstrip. And as Rose Wangui reports, he is very optimistic. 

 

Residents of Kambirwa village in Murang’a east district were treated to a rare sight when an innovator sought to test his craft at the proposed Kambirwa airstrip. After three years spent building his own craft Gabriel Nderitu ferried it to Murang’a for a flight test….. While the craft did not get off the ground, Nderitu is confident that with a little more work he could see his dreams take flight.

Greenville, South Carolina: AeroCab expands aircraft

GREENVILLE, S.C. — AeroCab, LLC — based at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (KGSP) — continues to expand their aircraft charter services with the addition of a Learjet 35. The Learjet 35 is the second aircraft to be added to the AeroCab fleet in the past 30 days. 

With the addition of the Learjet 35, AeroCab’s private charter and aircraft management fleet now totals seven aircraft in the Upstate SC region, which includes: a Cirrus SR-22, Pilatus PC-12, Citation V, Citation Bravo, Beechjet 400, and a Hawker 800.

The Learjet 35 seats eight passengers and includes a full entertainment system with DVD/CD and Airshow in-flight information system, a forward refreshment galley, a full enclosed lavatory, and aft locker storage with cabin access.

In addition to aircraft charter services, AeroCab is pleased to announce the establishment of Aero Flight Solutions, a Domestic and International Flight Planning Services Company, co-located with AeroCab at the GSP airport. Aero Flight Solutions provides full 24-hour service to help clients with efficient and optimized flight plans, flight following, and concierge services.

Working collectively at the GSP airport, Aero Flight Solutions and AeroCab have expanded their employee base to 23 people.

AeroCab specializes in on-demand travel with charter coordinators and flight operations available 24/7/365. AeroCab’s experienced team of incredible pilots and crew members provide the highest level of service, both in the air and on the ground. AeroCab operates in strict accordance with FAA flight standards to ensure maximum safety and security.

To learn more about AeroCab or to book a charter reservation visit www.flyaerocab.com or call 864-416-0065.

To learn more about Aero Flight Solutions visit www.aeroflightsolutions.com or call 864-416-0041

Source:  http://data.greenvilleonline.com

Service Credit Union's Boston-Portsmouth Air Show: Seacoast traffic warning - Air show may cause weekend driving delays

PORTSMOUTH — Seacoast residents planning on traveling anywhere this weekend — both in and around town, as well as out of the state — will need to plan ahead and give themselves plenty of time because of the Service Credit Union's Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this weekend.

According to Bill Boynton of the N.H. Department of Transportation's Public Information Office, although no significant traffic measures have been established, planning and coordination with turnpike officials should help keep traffic moving as efficiently as possible. Boynton explained electronic messages such as 'DO NOT PULL OVER TO VIEW AIR SHOW' and 'REMAIN ON ROAD' typically send messages that motorists adhere to.

Although he couldn't speculate on how heavy the traffic or the amount of time expected for delays will be, Boynton did acknowledge there will be considerable traffic on both Saturday and Sunday.

"The Air Show is obviously going to generate a lot of traffic, people should realize this and give themselves extra time depending on where they need to go," said Boynton.

Read more here:  http://www.fosters.com

Pilot Jason Flood returns to the skies for Wildwood, New Jersey, competition less than a year after nearly dying in banner plane crash

Jason Flood, 21 who crashed his plane last year, poses in front of his airplane in Hammonton, New Jersey

 

 By WALLACE MCKELVEY, Press of Atlantic City

Until last August, the only thing miraculous about Jason Flood was his youth — the young pilot flew alongside men more than twice his age.

But after a banner plane crash left him critically injured in a medically-induced coma, no one imagined he would be here, competing at the Wildwoods AcroBlast Competition that begins today.

But today Flood, 21, will go through his usual pre-flight routines this morning. He will walk around the plane, checking the aelerons and the propeller. He will walk through his routine — the dips and rolls and inverses — on the ground before taking off from Cape May County Airport.

Jason Flood was trying to pick up a banner from a grassy airfield when his single-engine airplane crashed into an area of dense brush in Egg Harbor Township. Responders spent 40 minutes freeing the bloodied pilot from the wreckage. Eventually, he was flown to Cooper Medical Center, where a series of surgeries mended his broken bones and a torn aorta, and ultimately saved his life.

While family and friends remained hopeful the aerobat would return to the skies, Jason’s recovery was a dim hope in the weeks and months that followed.

“What if I never fly again?” Flood asked his father after he awoke and the tracheostomy tube had been removed.

Read more here:  http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com

Taking the message sky high

You’re stuck in traffic. Or lying on the beach gazing up at a blue sky. Perhaps you’re hiking on Table Mountain or hanging out at a pavement café in Parkhurst. A small plane flies overhead, quite low in the sky. It’s pulling a massive banner. You crane your neck to read what it says…

And that’s the rub: did you get the message? Did it stay with you? Did the company paying for advertising on a sky-high banner get what it was looking for?

Thomas Kritzer, from Sky Messaging, believes this particular out of home advertising media delivers major impact – and he can prove it. “Results hinge entirely on the message that clients choose to fly. We can positively demonstrate the recall rate that banners have achieved in the past, which is a result of the brand itself and/or of the message that is being displayed, that has been proven to be around 27% over 50 flight hours and as high as 48% over 100 flight hours. In one instance we even had 89% of all sampled respondents recall a banner that flew for only 10 hours!” he says.

Read more here:   http://themediaonline.co.za/2012/06/taking-the-message-sky-high/