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Red Checkers grounded while crash investigated - Radio New Zealand
The elite Air Force aerobatics team, the Red Checkers, will not fly until the cause of Thursday's fatal crash near Ohakea is discovered. ...

PM expresses sympathy at death of Red Checkers pilot - Otago Daily Times Online News

The appointment of Giuseppe Bernardis and pride in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia - Il Giornale del Friuli Available
Was also first pilot and then commander of Arrows Tricolori ". "I'm sure - concluded Ciriani - that the qualities demonstrated by Bernardis in all its ...

Colorado air show to feature MV-22 Osprey from General Aviation News
The Colorado Sport International Air Show and Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In, slated for Aug. 28-29 at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colo., will feature the Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey among the aircraft on display. ...

Border to Border Air Show in Douglas : Airplanes Channel: Aircraft ... from airplanes.com
Air Show Hall of Fame announcer Danny Clisham will be appearing at the Border to Border Airshow. Skilled pilots who spectators can expect to see include Warren and Kent Pietsch of Pietsch Airshows and Jim Peitz Aerosports, ...

Thundering debuts at Airshow from www.straitstimes.com
AVIATION buffs will be able to catch two planes - the American A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Swiss PC-21 - in aerial action for the first time here.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the first American aircraft designed specifically to provide close air support by attacking armoured vehicles, while the PC-21 is a training aircraft acquired recently by the Republic of Singapore Air Force for use in pilot training.
Both planes are among six planes and a helicopter that will be performing aerial displays during the Singapore Airshow 2010, which will be held from Feb 2 to 7 at Changi Exhibition Centre.
The air show, in its second year, will feature ...

Saturday - Sunday, May 15-16, 2010 - Lyon County Fly - In, Silver Springs, NV from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events
The Lyon County Fly-In is about antique aircraft alongside modern military and fire-fighting planes. Meet pilots, builders, and restorers of military, antique, and ultra-light aircraft. Enjoy the "Young Eagles" program where we take young people aloft for their first off-the-ground experience. The Lyon County Fly-In offers the Young Eagles First Flight program, where youth ages 8 to 17 can

Breitling Jet Team to 'fly out of their skins' at Al Ain Aerobatic Show - AME Info
This month's Al Ain Aerobatic Show - the seventh in the annual series, will mark a closing chapter in the history of the Breitling Jet Team - the world's ...

Schneider Trophy on film from Aeroplane Monthly News
If you enjoyed Chris Starr's feature on the Rolls-Royce "R" engine for Britain's Schneider Trophy effort in February's Aeroplane magazine, you can watch some archive footage of the 1929 race here.

Nellis hosts funeral for Vietnam combat pilot - San Jose Mercury News
Sgt. Russell Martin says a fly-over by the US Air Force Thunderbirds was part of the full military honors ceremony Thursday for Maj. Russell C. Goodman. ...

Claire Walters dies at 86 from General Aviation News
Claire Walters, founder of the Palms to Pines air race, died Jan. 1. She was 86.
Walters was a long-time member of the Ninety-Nines, the international organization of women pilots. At the time of her death she was the president of the Palms chapter of the organization. Walters began her aviation career in 1941. She was a CFI and FAA Designated Examiner based out ...

Nancy Batson Crews: Alabama's First Lady of Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Now, Nancy Batson Crews: Alabama's First Lady of Flight, the biography of my friend, my mentor, my inspiration is a reality, wrote author Sarah Byrn Rickman. Ten years ago, Nancy Batson Crews challenged me to write the story of Nancy Love and the original WAFS (Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron) -- the first 28 women to fly for the Army in World War II. To help get me started, she invited the living WAFS ...

'Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved' from General Aviation News
EarhartElgen Long, a consultant on the feature film "Amelia," and co-author of the recently-released book "Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved," will be at The Museum of Flight in Seattle Jan. 23 for a lecture and book signing.
The presentation will cover the making of the movie "Amelia" and the latest information and technologies being used in the search for Earhart's Lockheed Electra, which Long believes ran out of gas over the Pacific Ocean north of the Earhart's scheduled destination on Howland Island. ...

Beary good solution - Ocala
Former B-17 pilot Welty held a Mickey Mouse, former Air Force Security Force officer Molitor waved a Power Ranger and former Army National Guard medic ...

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Presents the 2010 "Heritage Family ... - 7thSpace Interactive
On March 13, the Women in Aviation and Space day will take place at the Udvar-Hazy Center, and visitors will learn about the accomplishments of women in ...

Montgomery Wright brothers museum closer to reality - Montgomery Advertiser
Although any progress on construction is contingent on fundraising, Payne said the group hopes for a ground breaking during the Maxwell Air Show in late ...

The Pima Air Museum – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Friday from WarbirdRadio.com
FRIDAY – Join James Stemm from the Pima Air Museum on Warbird Radio LIVE at 10am (EST). James is the curator of this amazing museum and watches over all 300 plus airplanes. Find out what's new at Pima… and much more. Have a question for James? You can reach the show by using the contact [...]

Tea and sympathy for POWs - Ilford Recorder 24
They often came to watch Ilford Model Aeroplane Club members fly models at Fairlop on Sundays in 1946. Repairing bomb damage near the camp, I recall being ...

Liverpool 1910: A city on the move at start of new century - Liverpool Echo
In October 1908, the first flight from British soil took place at Farnborough when American pilot Samuel Cody flew the British army aeroplane No 1 with its ...

Cumbrian amputee claims skydiving honour - BBC
A former paratrooper who lost both legs to an IRA booby trap bomb is to be named British Skydiver of the Year.
Alistair Hodgson, 39, of Cumbria, begged comrades to shoot him as he lay in excruciating pain after stepping on the mine in Northern Ireland in 1992.
But following years of rehabilitation work he began ...

Wichita Aero Club to feature NAA president from General Aviation News
The Wichita Aero Club will launch its 2010 schedule by hosting Jonathan Gaffney, president of the National Aeronautic Association, as the guest speaker. The Jan. 19 luncheon will begin at noon at the Wichita Airport Hilton.
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is the record-keeper for United States aviation. All official records set in the air must be sanctioned by the NAA's Contest & Records department. The organization provides observers for many record attempts and compiles all the data necessary to certify records. NAA also presents awards each year, including the Robert Collier Trophy, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, and the Katherine Wright Trophy. ...

Crash victim dedicated himself to aviation - Contra Costa Times
James Frances Conroy, who loved aviation since he was a child, met Amelia Earhart.
As a young boy growing up in Knappa, Ore., James Frances Conroy's life was aviation.
"From the first newspaper article he read in the Oregonian about (Charles) Lindbergh's flight to Paris he was totally hooked," said his daughter, Jeannine Conroy Morgan.
Conroy died after being hit by a car as he crossed the street in Lakewood on Dec. 13. He was 96.
In 1927, 14-year-old Conroy had never seen a plane, ...

Space pilot jobs set to take off - BBC
Becoming the pilot of a spaceship may seem the stuff of science fiction, but it could be a regular job in just 20 years time, a report has concluded.
That is one of the findings of a government study into jobs of the future, which also suggests people will be employed to make human body parts.
It names 20 jobs that could be ...

Space Shuttle Program Commemorative Patch – Vote for your favorite! from How I Am Becoming An Astronaut
NASA has revealed the 15 patch designs that will compete to become the agency's official commemorative emblem for the end of its space shuttle program later this year. Nearly 100 designs were received in the Space Shuttle Program Commemorative Patch Contest from a wide variety of individuals, including astronauts and former and current civil servants ...

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Airplane in European Union Ready for Takeoff from Alternative Energy Newswire
Rapid 200The Italians and European Union are preparing a light 2-seat airplane for takeoff powered by hydrogen fuel cell and lithium ion batteries. I've talked about manned hydrogen fuel cell airplanes before, with and without the aid of lithium ion batteries.
The Rapid 200-FC hydrogen fuel cell manned airplane has an electric 40 kW propeller and a 20 kW hydrogen fuel cell, made by British company Intelligent Energy. The fuel cell airplane also contains a 20 kW lithium polymer battery pack to add more power for takeoffs.
The hybrid fuel cell airplane has a couple ...