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HANNES ARCH WINS ABU DHABI RACE - Hannes Arch of Austria won the first Red Bull Air Race World Championship race of the year in Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a thrilling victory over Britain’s Paul Bonhomme on a sizzling hot day in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The defending world champion saved his best for last, blazing to victory with a record-breaking time of 1:24.60 that was an amazing 0.89 seconds ahead of Bonhomme.

Arch Grabs First Championship Point of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race - Aviation.ca, CanadaAustria's Hannes Arch won the first point of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship with the fastest time in Qualifying on Friday ahead of Saturday's race in Abu Dhabi. The defending champion opened the throttle and clocked a blazing time of ...

Michael Goulian Blog Update: Only One Way To Go from Smoke-On by Tom
Well, Abu Dhabi is over and the #99 Team is happy with that. We found out at this race that our aerodynamic strategy was far from correct for the race format for this season…Read Full Entry

Red Arrows is men-only - Mirror.co.uk, UK
The female Top Gun pilot hoping to break into the Red Arrows has had her dreams grounded. She was on the shortlist of nine hoping to fill one of the three vacancies in the raf's world-famous acrobatics team. But a fresh line-up of 10 pilots was ...

Lindbergh Foundation To Premier New Film from Aero-News Network
"Over Africa! Low and Slow With The Kenya Wildlife Service" The Lindbergh Foundation is pleased to announce the premier of its new film, Over Africa! Low and Slow with the Kenya Wildlife Service, at next week's Lakeland Fly-In. The film will debut Tuesday, April 21, at the AOPA Pavilion.

Oldest women pilot organization to host historic air race in Frederick - Frederick News Post, MD"With only about 14 percent of female pilots, it presents a good opportunity to promote women in aviation." Logistics and the race's economic and cultural impact on the Frederick area were discussed at the recent meeting. "There will be direct benefits ...

Doolittle's Raiders tradition was a gift from Tucson - Arizona Daily Star, AZ
Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the Doolittle Raiders were about to fly into the history books. The mission, which would become famous as “30 seconds over Tokyo,” was the United States response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ...

Branson Airport from An Aviator's Blog. by Andrew
In three weeks airport history will be made. On May 11, 2009 Branson Airport is slated to open. In the three days before the opening the airport will host an air show with appearances from: USAF Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Manfred Radius, Patty Wagstaff, and John Klatt. Still you may be wondering [...]

Flying Legends Air Show 09 Trailer - Author: FlyingMachinesTV http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=FlyingMachinesTV

Flying in style with the Patriots Jet Demonstration Team - Lincoln News Messenger, CA
The Patriots are a jet demonstration team similar to the military's Blue Angels and Thunderbirds that has been in operation for seven years, said Jeff “Mojo” Jess, master of jet operations for the Patriots. I zipped into a flight suit and stepped out ...

Vietnam War pilots become fast friends decades later - Tampabay.com, FL
The organizers of the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland helped pay for the trip. Last Tuesday, two days shy of the 37th anniversary of their four-minute dogfight, Hong My came to Bowling Green with his son. They will fly into Tampa on Tuesday for events at ...

London airport lands museum to stow and show vintage jets - London Free Press
He said fees paid to appear at various air shows shouldn't cover only the costs of doing so, but should also raise money that can be set aside to upgrade the museum and help fund further acquisitions. The first air show the museum's jets will fly to is ...

Heritage Flight Museum hosts monthly open house - Bellingham Herald, WABELLINGHAM - The Heritage Flight Museum will be having its monthly open house from noon to 4 pm Saturday, April 18, at 4165 Mitchell Way. If it's dry outside and not too windy, the Museum's Boeing Stearman will take to the skies after a few years of ...

F-22 CF-18 collision causes $1 million damage from Military Photos by Canadian Sig
F-22 taxiway collision causes $1 million damage By Stephen Trimble - A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor has sustained more than $1 million in damage after colliding with another aircraft parked on a taxiway. A spokesman at Tyndall AFB, Florida, where the incident last week occurred, confirmed the F-22A struck a Canada's Air Force Boeing CF-18. Despite a $1 million repair bill, the collision was a relatively minor, low-speed event, the spokesman says. Details of the damage are being withheld pending the results of a safety investigation. The USAF defines a Class A safety mishap as any incident resulting in death or disabling injury to people or more than $1 million worth of damage to the aircraft. Meanwhile, the RCAF has also dispatched a safety investigation team to Tyndall, says a spokesman for the 1st Canadian Air Division. The spokesman was unable to immediately provide details about the damage sustained by the parked CF-18. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...on-damage.html

Purdue archive opens - Journal and Courier, IN
Sammie Morris, head of archives and special collections, said her favorite item is a diary by aviatrix Amelia Earhart, written as she made her solo flight across the Atlantic. The document is part of the world's largest compilation of Earhart papers ...

All our yesterdays - The last Coventry airshow. from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson

23rd AFB Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland from FenceCheck Forums

United States - California - Beale AFB Open House 2009 - Beale AFB, Marysville - 04/18/09 from FenceCheck Forums

VNY- Van Nuys from FenceCheck Forums

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