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NAS decorates the sky with practice air shows - PensacolaNewsJournal.com - FL
The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team will be streaking across the sky during practice air shows at Pensacola Naval Air Station. ...
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080307/LIFE/803070319/1004

Air show set for July 19-20 - Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
By Jon Seidel Post-Tribune staff writer GARY -- Preparations for Northwest Indiana's annual air show, now in its ninth year, are under way. ...
http://www.post-trib.com/news/832547,gairshow.article

Wings over South texas air show - Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
Information: Ticket prices, show announcements, performers and special events will be posted on the air show's Web site, www.wingsoversouthtexas.org http://www.caller.com/news/2008/mar/08/blue-angel/

Vintage WWII bombers set their (Norden) sights on Dallas - Pegasus News - Dallas,TX,USA
Headquartering at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, three venerable warbirds - a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24 Liberator and a B-25 Mitchell - will offer ...
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/mar/06/vintage-wwii-bombers-set-their-sights-on-dallas/

Expect noisy skies as air show nears - Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... as military and civilian aircraft flies into Mather Airport for the California Capital Airshow, Sacramento County airport officials announced Friday. ...
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/768974.html

Aviation adventures at Border to Border Airshow, March 15 - Douglas Daily Dispatch - Douglas,AZ,USA
The Border to Border Airshow takes place March 15 at the Douglas Municipal Airport in Douglas Arizona. For more information, contact Robin Brekhus at ...
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2008/03/07/news/doc47d1a79170ed9313050781.txt

McGuire Air Force Base Announces Air Expo - Jakson Time - NJ,USA
For more information, visit http://www.mcguireairexpo.info , e-mail airshow.2008@mcguire.af.mil or call the Air Expo Committee at 609-754-1919.
http://jacksontimes.micromediapubs.com/news/2008/0307/community_news/060.html

B-1 Bomber Collides Into Emergency Vehicles at Andersen Air Force Base

A B-1B bomber, tail number 86138, returning to Ellsworth Air Force Base from the Singapore Air Show collided with emergency vehicles on the taxiway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam just after 12 p.m. Friday. The aircraft had landed after declaring an in-flight emergency and the crew had exited the bomber when it rolled and hit the vehicles. It was reported that the chocks became dislodged and the plane rolled on its own.

http://www.kuam.com/news/26785.aspx

Big crowds expected at air show - Illawara Mercury - Illawarra,Australia
By SARAH ALLELY And the interest is only increasing every day, says Bob De La Hunty from the Illawarra-based Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). ...
http://illawarra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/big-crowds-expected-at-air-show/1197591.html

Avalon airport expansion hinges on Army - Geelong Advertiser - Geelong,Victoria,Australia
"There are a few hurdles but we will overcome them." Mr Fox also gave strong indication that the Australian International Airshow might remain at Avalon.
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/03/08/12009_news.html

Sky's the limit as air show takes off - Toowoomba Chronicle - Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia
Action will include pylon racers, gliders, electric planes, helicopters, warbirds, turbine jets, large scale civilian aircraft and more. ...
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3766075

2008 Maxims Casino Southend Airshow ready for take off on Sunday ... Sky Control (press release) - Bristol,UK
The 2008 Maxims Casino Southend Airshow is taking place on Sunday 25th and Bank Holiday Monday 26th May. Now in its 23rd year, the event is one of the ...
http://www.skycontrol.net/reports/2008-maxims-casino-southend-airshow-ready-for-take-off-on-sunday-25th-and-monday-26th-may/

MonteCristo Pictures Goes Live - PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
... landmark photos of the Florida state capitol in Tallahassee, FL and events like the MacDill Air Force Base AirFest featuring the US Navy Blue Angels. ...
http://www.pr.com/press-release/75461

Try this: Films take flight at air museum - The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
Columbian staff writer The Pearson Air Museum begins its film series today with a screening of “The Spirit of St. Louis.” The 1957 film, starring Jimmy ...
http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/2008/03/03082008_Try-this-Films-take-flight-at-air-museum.cfm

Rantoul seeking end to 'historic' dilemma - Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
... member wants the village to appeal to the federal government to overturn a state decision preventing the Chanute Air Museum from installing new windows. ...
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/03/06/rantoul_seeking_end_to_historic_dilemma

History takes flight on a B-17G - Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA
In 1967 the plane was retired from service and donated to the New England Air Museum. * In 1979 a tornado struck the museum and damaged the plane. ...
http://newmedia.the-signal.com/news/article/699/

Civil Air Patrol open house set for March 15 - Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... displays and information including Hawaii National Guard, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Fire Department and Naval Air Museum at Barbers Point. ...
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080308/BREAKING01/80308025/1001/BREAKING01

Airshow nominated for top award - Northumberland Gazette - UK
Organisers of Sunderland's International Airshow have expressed delight at being in the running for a prestigious tourism award. The nomination comes from ...
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/latest-north-east-news/Airshow-nominated-for-top-award.3858249.jp

Family weekend crashes and burns - Wanganui Chronicle - Wanganui,New Zealand
Meanwhile the Commerce Commission has taken court action over the stalled air show, getting a court order freezing the assets of event organiser. ...
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3766048&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

RNZAF offers free entry to base as consolation for air show fans - Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Ticket holders for a cancelled air show in Hamilton will be given free access to an air show at the Royal New Zealand Air Force base at Ohakea next weekend. ...
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200803081233/19bce17b

Elusive air show boss fronts up to Times, sponsors - Waikato Times - Waikato,New Zealand
By MARTIN TIFFANY - Waikato Times | Saturday, 08 March 2008 The organiser of the troubled Wings and Wheels Over Waikato air show says the event will now be ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4429685a6579.html

Air Force invite for disappointed ticket holders - Newstalk ZB - New Zealand
The Air Force is coming to the aid of people who bought tickets to the cancelled Hamilton air show which was due to be held at the airport this weekend. ...
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=133538

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4429802a11.html

Air show sponsors fight for $75000 - MyTown Bay of Plenty - Bay of Plenty,New Zealand
By GRAHAM SKELLERN Three Tauranga businesses fear they may have lost $75000 between them after a Waikato air show was postponed and its promoter ...
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3765965&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

Air show man rallies his troops - Waikato Times - Waikato,New Zealand
Despite being on the run and in control of millions of dollars of other people's money, Wings and Wheels Over Waikato air show organizer Ken Ross is ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4428385a6579.html

Yankee Air Museum seeks cash - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
BY KHALIL E. HACHEM Plans to rebuild the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport are cruising along, but organizers say they continue to search for ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-5/120505933919030.xml&coll=2

Community briefs - Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
EAA Sierra Chapter 403 hosts the Young Eagles Flight Program, 8:30 am Saturday, March 15. The Young Eagles Program, for children ages 8-17, offers a flight ...
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080308/COMMUNITY/435396826

Archiving Norton - Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
Friends of the late Pinky Brier -- pioneering aviatrix, WASP veteran and operator of the now-closed Tri-City Airport -- think her memorabilia should be ...
http://www.pe.com/columns/cassiemacduff/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bcass07.1374d35.html

Remembering Amelia Earhart’s Richmond visit - Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USA
... and became instrumental in the formation of an organization of women pilots providing moral support to advance the cause of women in aviation. ...
http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080307/NEWS16/80306017/1005

Money designed to help airport plan take off - Indianapolis Star - United States
... so they can finish fine-tuning the 20-year plan to renovate Indianapolis Executive Airport along Ind. 32 at the Hamilton-Boone county line. ...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080308/LOCAL0103/803080338/1015/LOCAL01