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Salinas Airshow receives marketing awards - The Salinas Californian | The California International Airshow Salinas was recognized at the industry's annual conference for its marketing efforts for its 2009 show. ...

WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderThunderbirds return for Rockford Airfest - WREX-TV | The Thunderbirds will join other military acts like the Leap Frog Parachute team and the Army's Golden Knights Parachuters. ...

Golden Knights coming to 2010 Beach Fest - Sun-Sentinel.com | Advance tickets are on sale for the 2010 Air Lauderdale Beach Fest – at half price – and the US Army's Golden Knights parachute team has confirmed it will ...

Le Spectacle aérien de Québec revit - Québec Hebdo | Des pilotes émérites tels Bill Leff, Dan Buchanan, Skip Stewart et Patty Wagstaff seront également de la fête. Outre les aviateurs, le festival présentera ...

Spectacle aérien de retour en 2010 - Le Journal de Québec | Parmi les autres vedettes déjà annoncées, on retrouve Bill Leff, Skip Stewart, Patty Wagstaff, Dan Buchanan et April Zalesky.

Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Derek Kaufman) | Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force officials and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, changed the world. The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., by Orville and Wilbur Wright. "We cannot envision the problems they faced," said Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson, keynote speaker for the annual First Flight ceremony. "What a life they had." more...

Wright Brothers from AF.mil Photos | After donning a costume reminiscent of the turn of the century, Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson tells the story of Dayton, Ohio's most famous inventors, Wilbur and Orville Wright, during a ceremony Dec. 17, 2009, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The general was keynote speaker for a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Brig. Gen. Sampson is mobilization assistant to the commander of Aeronautical Systems Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White) Download Full Image

Wright Brothers from AF.mil Photos | Members of the Wright family and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, placed a wreath at the Wright Brothers Memorial Dec. 17, 2009, during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Amanda Wright Lane, great grand-niece of the brothers and Stephen Wright, great grand-nephew, pose with Col. Brad Spacy (left) and Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson. Colonel Spacy is 88th Air Base Wing commander and General Sampson is mobilization assistant to the commander of Aeronautical Systems Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White) Download Full Image

Wright Brothers from AF.mil Photos | A 6-ship formation of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aero Club aircraft performs a flyover Dec. 17, 2009, during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Flight lead was retired Lt. Col. R. Kevin Adams, the Aero Club's safety officer and formation flight program manager. The event took place over the Wright Brothers Memorial, part of the Dayton Aviation National Historical Park. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White) Download Full Image

Wright Brothers from AF.mil Photos | Col. Brad Spacy and Stephen Wright place a wreath at the Wright Brothers Memorial overlooking Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Dec. 17, 2009, during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Mr. Wright is the Wright brothers' great grand-nephew and Colonel Spacy is 88th Air Base Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White) Download Full Image

Blog Update - 05December to 18December from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Good Afternoon Everyone!These blog updates seem to have fallen into a pattern of every other week. I think we can expect that from now on with the slower winter season coming in to play. The last time I posted, we had just removed the B-25's right engine and hoisted the new engine off of its stand…

Operation Ordnance! from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | The history behind "Miss Mitchell" and the quality of her restoration and maintenance are a source of pride for members of the Minnesota Wing, so when we see something that isn't perfect, we tend to look at ways of improving that imperfection. Recently a couple of members have gotten together and begun focusing on restoring "Miss Mitchell"'s Ordnance delivery systems...

Saying Goodbye.... from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | We are around some of the greatest machines of all time and can really begin to take it for granted. We are lucky enough to be involved with aircraft that shaped our childhood dreams, something that becomes more and more rare in this time. When we start to take things for granted, we tend to think they will always be there... Well a one-of-a-kind machine will be leaving our quiet little airport to be auctioned by Barrett-Jackson in January. The Hamilton Metalplane has been a piece of Minnesota history for many years... we will be sorry to see it go, but wish Gary Lysdale the Best of Luck in getting a good price!..

Another B-25... from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Alan Miller, 'Miss Mitchell' pilot, sent out an e-mail this morning with a link to this video. 'Grumpy' has made the trip from England to Bellingham, Washington. It is a 'D' model, versus ours being a 'J' model... take note of the turret being behind the bomb bay…

World War II Vet Receives Special Gift – WSMV | Retired Lieutenant Colonel Jacob McClenny flew B-17's in World War II. One of his most treasured possessions was a special walking cane that featured ...

Bill Lear, Jr. Dead At 81  from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Bill Lear, son of William P. Lear, legendary designer and developer of the Learjet business jet, died at the age of 81 Dec. 14, reports the East Volusia News. Lear Jr.'s life is detailed in his autobiography, "Fly Fast...Sin Boldly -- Flying, Spying and Surviving." Spanning a lifetime of aviation, Lear began flying at age 15. In 1946, then 17-year-old Lear Jr. borrowed $1250 from his father, purchased a brand new Lockheed P-38 from the War Assets Administration and soon became the youngest pilot to race the aircraft in the Bendix Trophy races. He never graduated high school, but eventually worked as president of Learjet International. He served three years of active duty with the United States Air Force in Germany and wrote later that he was also involved in covert gun running designed to undermine Soviet activities during the Cold War. Most recently before his death, Lear blogged on current political issues. In 2006, he passed judgment on the very light jets of the day in an early AVweb podcast

Boeing's Future Finally Takes Flight as the Lucky Few Report the News Live from KPAE from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | As I watched Tuesday's webcast of the long-awaited first flight of Boeing's groovy 787 Dreamliner, I also had the #787FF Twitter feed up on my second display. It was an exhilarating news event when Paine Tower made the call "Boeing zero-zero-one heavy experimental, runway 34L cleared for takeoff." As the 787's gear lifted from the runway, Boeing's video team had a camera at the opposite end of the runway, down low, to further add drama to the liftoff of ZA001. It was breathtaking!..

Microsoft Licenses Flight Simulator Technology To Flight1 from TechCrunch by Leena Rao | On the heels of the whole Plurk fiasco, Microsoft has struck a deal to license its visual simulation technology to Flight1 Aviation Technologies, According to a release, Microsoft will be licensing its ESP v1.0 object code, which will let the flight technology company create detailed, customized flight safety, flight training and strategic solutions for its customers…

Friday Fun Day #FFD: Top Space Events of 2009 from The Launch Pad by Stiles | The space team at X PRIZE came to the realization this week that the end of 2009 approaching at light speed! At lunch the other day, as our team ruminated on some of the major space happenings in oh-nine, we realized that it was a pretty cool year for space. It was full of exciting events and big changes. So we decided to pick up a video camera and record a quick recap of our favorite space moments of 2009…

New SU-27 warbird! First filght! from FenceCheck Forums

yaa employing advanced "Scimitar" blade technology from PPRuNe Forums by Flaxton Flyer

To 100k pt. 2 from High Power Rocketry by R2K


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