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Rich, Dee Gibson to Receive Bill Barber Award

July 1st, 2011
Rich and Dee Gibson have been named 2011 recipients of the prestigious Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. The award presentation will be made on Monday, July 25 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during EAA’s ... See More

Kaminski Passes

June 29th, 2011
Commander Robert “Gus” Kaminksi, officer in charge of the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs, passed away earlier this month. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Kaminski became a SEAL in in August of ... See More

Beardsley Family Schedules Remembrance Celebration

June 29th, 2011
BEARDSLEY FAMILY SCHEDULES REMEMBRANCE CELEBRATION The family of Bill “Big B” Beardsley would like to invite the air show community to a remembrance celebration honoring Big B on Saturday, July ... See More

Jacquie B Okay After Engine Failure

June 28th, 2011
Jacquie Warda had an engine failure over southeast Oregon while flying home from an air show in Idaho. Her plane was destroyed during the forced landing, but Jacquie B escaped with bad bruises and ... See More

Pilot Killed in Polish Air Show Accident

June 19th, 2011
(Based on a wire report from the Associated Press) An air show pilot flying a Christian Eagle biplane was killed in an accident that occurred on Saturday, June 18 while he was flying aerobatics at an ... See More

Bill “Big B” Beardsley Passes

June 14th, 2011
Bill “Big B” Beardsley passed away early on the morning of Saturday, June 11 at his home in Arizona following a long battle with cancer that he chose to keep confidential. His wife, Teresa, his ... See More

B-17 Liberty Belle Burns after Forced Landing, No Serious Injuries

June 13th, 2011
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the B-17 “Liberty Belle” crashed and burned at approximately 9:30 a.m. CDT on Monday, June 13, in a cornfield near Aurora Airport in Illinois, about 50 miles ... See More

Amanda Franklin Passes

May 28th, 2011
After battling courageously for two and a half months to recover from the burn injuries she suffered in a March 12 accident in Brownsville, Texas, Amanda Franklin passed away at approximately 10:00 ... See More

Boss Koss Relieved of Duty as Blues Commanding Officer

May 24th, 2011
Commander Dave Koss was voluntarily relieved of duty as commanding officer of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels on Friday following a “lower-than-normal” maneuver at the Lynchburg (Virginia) Regional Air ... See More

ICAS Foundation Seeks Hall of Fame Nominations

April 28th, 2011
The ICAS Foundation is seeking nominations for its Air Show Hall of Fame. New inductees will be recognized during the 2011 ICAS Convention, December 4-7 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Air Show Hall of ... See More

ICAS is on Facebook

April 19th, 2011
Although we are, admittedly, still getting the hang of it, ICAS now has a presence on Facebook. Our new “organization” page has its own page which you can visit by clicking here. We will post news ... See More

ICAS Survey Indicates Air Show Ticket Prices Have Increased

April 13th, 2011
A just completed survey of ICAS event organizers indicates that air show admission ticket prices have increased significantly since members were last surveyed in the spring of 2008. Based on the ... See More