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The 2024 Thunder over Michigan Air Show will return to Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti on Saturday and Sunday. The annual event is presented by the Wayne County Airport Authority, with a variety ...
A pilot and crew member ejected from a vintage jet that crashed at a Michigan air show on Sunday, 13 August. Officials said the pair escaped serious injury and were taken to hospital after a ...
Recently renamed the "Festival of Flight," the Oakland County International Airport's open house and air show is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 15.
August 21 – Wing walker Todd Green fell 200 feet (60 m) while attempting an aircraft transfer from a Stearman to a Hughes 369 helicopter at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Air Show in Harrison Township, Michigan. He was seriously injured and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. [149] [150] August 20 – Death of Tom Egging.
2006 USGS photo. Willow Run Airport covers 2,392 acres (968 ha) and has two runways, a continuously staffed FAA control tower, and US Customs operations. [1] It is one of two facilities operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the other being Detroit Metropolitan Airport, which replaced Willow Run as the major commercial airport for the region starting in 1958.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the only other airport participating in this program. [34] Air traffic control tower is located near the McNamara Terminal. The A concourse houses 78 gates with 12 gates used for international departures and arrivals processing. [31] The A concourse is intended for all aircraft.
But the last time that Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base hosted the Blue Angels was 2016, and the squadron’s return to the base is significant for the military community here. NAS Fort Worth ...
In 1976, the CAF sponsored an air show where a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, the pilot who flew the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima during World War II, reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (including a mock mushroom cloud). This air show prompted the Japanese government to lodge a formal complaint with the United States Embassy ...