About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Air show, Flypast, Australian International Airshow, Commemorative Air Force, B. H. DeLay, Aero India, Paris Air Show, Airshows Calendar 2010, List of airshows, Canadian International Air Show, Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung, Barnstorming, Wing walking, Singapore Airshow, China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, Ormer Locklear, Abbotsford International Airshow, Aerosport Airshow, Asian Aerospace, Tauranga City Airshow, Jim LeRoy, Clem Sohn, Iran Kish Air Show, Radom Air Show, Indian Civil Aviation Airshow, Lillian Boyer, Warbirds over Wanaka, Classic Fighters, MAKS Airshow, Masters of Disaster, Langkawi International Maritime and Air Show, Music in Flight, Dubai Airshow, Serbian Air Show, Charles-Leonce Brosse, Hydroaviasalon, HeliRussia, Rotorfest, Tannkosh, La Ferte-Alais air show, Sportavex, Southend Airshow, Flying Legends, Airshow pilot, Danish Air Show, Air Ambulance Show, MAPS Aero Expo. Excerpt: Flypast is a term used in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and other countries to denote ceremonial or honorific flights by groups of aircraft and, rarely, by a single aircraft. In the United States, the term flyover is used, although this carries additional meanings while flyby mostly refers to military situations. Flypasts are often tied in with Royal or state events, anniversaries, celebrations - and occasionally funerary or memorial occasions. Sometimes flypasts occur in special situations, to honour someone or to celebrate certain types of aircraft. They have affinities with parades, of which they form the aerial component. Often they occur in purely display contexts at airshows, but it is the flypasts linked with civic, ceremonial and national pride, that imprint themselves on a nation's memory. These spectacular and daring displays of military - and occasionally passenger - airc...
