Defying Sky-High Odds - CBS News, NY
Metsdorf sky jumps for the US Army, a member of its elite Golden Knights, CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports. How he - literally - landed on ...
Snowbirds attend Kapuskasing Aviation Day - Aviation.ca
After a brief few days off spent in Kenora and the Lake of the Woods region, the Snowbirds made their way to Northern Ontario for a weekday show in Kapuskasing.
Media Advisory - Canadian Forces to participate in the Québec ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada
For further information: Alexandre Munoz, (418) 550-0608; For more information on the Québec International Air Show and Canadian Forces participation you ...
"Free" Airbourne show to charge £5 - The Argus.co.uk, UK
By Jonathan Stayton An airshow marketed as the biggest free event of its type is to introduce charging. Airbourne, Eastbourne's annual air show, ...
63 years later, man meets war buddy - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
He flew 28 combat missions aboard the famous Flying Fortress... There, on the tarmac at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, he was reunited with a B-17, the iconic World War II plane in which the now 83-year-old man flew 28 bombing missions over Europe, 27 as a bombardier and one as a tail gunner. ...
War vets can hitch ride to Falls airshow with paramedic team -
St. Catharines Standard, Canada
Second World War veterans interested in aviation history are being offered free transportation by paramedics to an airshow in Niagara Falls. ...
In Memoriam - digitaldryad.blogspot.com
I saw the tape of her last few moments alive during a movie called 'Speed and Angels,' a movie that came out last year.I just finished watching it and this movie inspired me to post about her and about all the other female fighter ...
Hornet Pilot Blazed Path for Women - Military.com
Since March 2007, Joyner, 41, has led the 245 aviators, sailors and crew members who constitute the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 105. During the squadron's seven-month cruise with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Persian Gulf, the Gunslingers completed more than 1,880 combat missions, flew more than 4,950 hours and delivered 35,000 pounds of ordnance.
Pilot remains in hospital - The Lacombe Globe, Canada
Seventy-seven-year-old Herman Oostlander of Edmonton was attempting to land his homemade plane at the 45th annual Fly-in Breakfast, held at the Lacombe ...
Air combat show to feature local residents - Dayton Daily News, OH
Moga will demonstrate the capabilities of the F-22A on July 18-20 at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. "Showdown: Air Combat" features interviews with Robert L. ...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 'Keeps 'Em Flying' With Spectacular ... - AMTOnline.com, MD
The annual warbird activities include five warbirds air show performances during the week (every day except Thursday, July 31 and Sunday, August 3), ...
Victims of plane crash will not be forgotten - Port Clinton News Herald, OH
By MATT MANNING • Staff writer • June 10, 2008 GIBSONBURG -- One by one, Gibsonburg residents stepped up to a makeshift memorial for Danielle and Emily ...
WWII Vet Receives Belated Purple Heart - The Gazette, Colorado Springs,Colo.
After a 64-year wait, a World War II bomber crewman received a Purple Heart in a ceremony today at the Air Force Academy.
Vero Beach man, a WWII vet, going to Japan to honor B-29 crewmen lost in raid - TCPalm
...Yellin and other veterans of that raid, including pilots of the Japanese Zeroes, a deadly fighter plane, return to continue the tradition, which they hope will unite the people of Japan and the United States in bonds of peace. ...
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame to Honor Tuskegee Airmen - Light Flight
... During the 2008 Gala, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony will highlight the storied achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen. These outstanding African-American fighter pilots played a pivotal role in the aviation history of World War II and were instrumental in ending desegregation in the U. S. military, thus initiating historic social change to achieve racial equality in America.
Prime minister's support for Spitfire monument plan delights the Echo -
by holdthefrontpage staff
Premier Gordon Brown is backing a regional newspaper's campaign to create a landmark monument to the people who built the World War Two Spitfire fighter planes.
Vote now for your 100 GREATEST - closing date 20 June - Flight Global
It's your last chance to join the likes of NASA's Piers Sellers, Lockheed Martin's Jon Beasley, Formula One's Sir Frank Williams and Virgin Galactic's Will Whitehorn in voting for your...
Embry-Riddle Student Teams Take Top Honors in FAA Design Competition
from AMTOnline.com: Top News by rss@amtonline.com
Two student teams from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently took first-place awards in the FAA's Design Competition for Universities for their proposals on the use of alternative fuels and GPS technology at airports.
06/10/2008: Indiana National Guard Postures for Additional Flood Support
- American Forces Information Services - News Articles
The Indiana National Guard is preparing to continue a long flood fight across the southern part of the state, and Guardsmen and equipment are moving to counties in southwestern Indiana.
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