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MT Airshow Guide 2008 Now Available Online from Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry - I am pleased to announce that the 2008 Monitoring Times Airshow Guide is now available online from the MT website at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/MT_Air_Show_Guide_mar08.pdf This is an Adobe PDF file and is provided free of charge as a service to the Milcom monitoring community. As always, we appreciate any additions, changes, or confirmations of the frequencies and information present in this Guide. You, the monitoring community, are our eyes and ears at each airshow to aid in this project. So we hope you enjoy the 9th edition of the MT Milcom Airshow Guide.
http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/mt-airshow-guide-2008-now-available.html

F-22 Raptor to make European debut at RIAT from F-22 Raptor news - The Lockheed Martin/U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter will be crossing the Atlantic for the first time in July, heading for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford in the UK.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article2828.html

Blue Angels Visit Woodruff WEEK-TV, IL - By Emily West Before the Navy's Blue Angels take to the skies this weekend for the air show, they are making their rounds on the ground in Peoria. ...
http://www.week.com/news/local/17915214.html

Snowbirds Announce New Public Affairs Officer Aviation.ca, Canada - Captain Jennifer Jones, 28, of Grand-Mere, Que., was appointed as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer for the 2008 and 2009 show seasons ...
http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/5587/117/

Look Up for Fun! Central Illinois Proud, IL - WMBD/WYZZ TV – PEORIA – High-flying fun awaits at the 2008 Prairie Air Show. It all starts tomorrow at the Greater Peoria Regional Airport. ...
http://centralillinoisproud.com/content/fulltext/?cid=7264

Wingwalker steps out over Wilmington StarNewsOnline.com, NC ... the Air Force Jet Car Dragster Show, Mike Wiskus’ LUCAS Oil Pitts, the F15 Strike Eagle Demo Team and the Navy F-18 Hornet Jet Demo Team. ...
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080418/ARTICLE/652530080/1004&title=Wingwalker_steps_out_over_Wilmington

RAF squadron in final flypast The Sun, UK - By STAFF REPORTER NINE RAF jets have staged a final flypast across Scotland before their squadron is disbanded. The Tornado aircraft from RAF Leuchars 56 ...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article1060668.ece

First ‘Fly-In’ set for Saturday at North Texas Regional Airport KXII-TV, TX - The Lake Texoma Jet Center is gearing up for Saturday’s Country Cooking Fly-In. The organization wants to bring the 50-year-old tradition to Grayson County ...
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/17925184.html

McGuire Air Force Base Announces Air Expo Jakson Time, NJ - 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/2008/0418/community_news/060.html

Lakefest Regatta & Air Race & Fly-In KTEN, TX - Lake Texoma Jet Center is hosting an air race and fly-in for plane enthusiasts. Twenty-five racers will fly 100 miles from the Grayson County airport to ...
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=8195691

Minter Field Air Show To Feature B-25s TurnTo23.com, CA - BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The war birds are back in action this weekend at Minter Field in Shafter with a special tribute to the 66th anniversary of the ...
http://www.turnto23.com/news/15927359/detail.html

Pelican damages F-111 mid-flight - THIS "shredded" and incapacitated F-111 soared across southeast Queensland homes before a spectacular emergency landing at Amberley Air Base.
The jet was flying at 900m on a test bombing raid at Evans Head, northern NSW, when a pelican struck the fibreglass nose and was sucked into an engine. The two RAAF crew are being hailed heroes at the base for their skilful recovery and landing on Friday of last week.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23562771-952,00.html

B-29 Nose from Airline Pilot Central Forums by POPA - Anybody recognize this plane? I'll give you a hint: it's currently on display in the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Air & Space Museum.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/showthread.php?t=25395

Friday Fun - Red Bull Helicopter from singlepilot.net - The 2008 Red Bull Air Race Series have just gone underway last Sunday with the season-opener in Abu Dhabi, and in recent years, the Red Bull Aerobatic Helicopter has visited most of the races as well. So watch out for this customized Eurocopter BO-105 CBS 4 Twin engine helicopter that has a Rigid Rotor system (fixed rotor) why it can do aerobatics. We hope it will be present on the Budapest Race as well, following last year’s amazing and really breathtaking show. If you attend any of the races this year, try to keep your head up all the time even in between the rounds of the actual Race, to see this helicopter piloted by Chuck Aaron. one from Budapest in 2006: And the last one including Chuck’s comments live while doing the loops: You can find a lot more videos on YouTube if you like these just search for the Red Bull Helicopter and enjoy your Friday! by balint01
http://singlepilot.net/2008/04/18/friday-fun-red-bull-helicopter/

Gnat cleared for take-off Bournemouth Daily Echo, UK - By Robin Thompkins A GNAT is buzzing over Bournemouth airport after the former Red Arrows jet was cleared for take-off following a lengthy restoration. ...
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/display.var.2208217.0.gnat_cleared_for_takeoff.php

Ethanol plane will add bit of green to weekend air show StarNewsOnline.com, NC - By Amy Hotz, What: Coastal Carolina Air Show 2008, featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army’s Golden Knights Jump Team.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080418/ARTICLE/804170334/1004&title=Ethanol_plane_will_add_bit_of_green_to_weekend_air_show

Swank to play aviator New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank will play Amelia Earhart in a film about the aviation pioneer alongside Hollywood star Richard Gere. ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10504708

Dakota flies for last time over South Yorks The Star, UK - By Tony Belshaw CLASSIC aeroplane the Dakota, above, will take off from Robin Hood Airport this weekend - the last time it will ever been seen in the skies ...
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Dakota-flies-for-last-time.3993328.jp

Public Enemies Co-Producer an EAAer from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
When Bryan Carroll, co-producer for the movie, Public Enemies, found out that the Johnny Depp film about John Dillinger was going to be shot in Wisconsin, one location in particular came to mind: Oshkosh!
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-18_movie.asp

Spring Flag 2008 debrief - part 1 from singlepilot.net - The VIP / Media Day held on Apr 17 at Decimommanu airbase was the final act of the Exercise Spring Flag. The final press conference provided lots of interesting details (that will be discussed in the next days in a dedicated post); one of the most important deals with the weather conditions that affected flight operations during the whole duration of the Exercise.
http://singlepilot.net/2008/04/18/spring-flag-2008-debrief-part-1/

NASA Broadcasts Earth Views in High Definition from SPACE.com - NASA offers High Definition views of Earth from space.
http://www.space.com/news/080418-nasa-hd.html

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