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Broomfield airport's summer air show lineup unveiled - Broomfield Enterprise
The Osprey will be on display alongside numerous "aerobatic" teams. The air show is scheduled for Aug. 28 and 29 at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, ...

Air show plans come together - Stjoenews
Plans are coming together for this year's air show at Rosecrans Memorial Airport, which will happen in 3½ months. City government, the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Redevelopment Corp. and Apple Blossom Parade ...

Thunderbirds looking for area heroes - Montgomery Advertiser
The flight, which will be scheduled on or around March 25, is subject to cancellation by the Thunderbirds for any reason, including weather, operational, ...

High hopes for Airshow from OneRiot.com
The T-50 Golden Eagle will be featured in this year's Singapore Airshow. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG TIMING is everything, the saying goes.

7/12-16 Yankee Fly-in by Aviation Dayton
When: Mon Jul 12, 2010 to Fri Jul 16, 2010 | Where: Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, Dayton OH | Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: American Yankee Association will hold its 2010 international convention with aircraft gathering at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport and convention activities at the Dayton Mall Holiday Inn. The Yankee was the first in a series of two- and four-seat aircraft designed by Jim Bede for training and personal transportation.

Cargo Flight Centennial by Aviation Dayton
When: Sun Nov 7, 2010 | Where: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH | Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Centennial anniversary of the world's first cargo flight, when Wright Company pilot Phil Parmalee flew a Wright "B" Flyer from Huffman Prairie to Columbus with a bolt of silk for a Columbus department store. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. is making plans to re-enact the flight, taking off from Wright-Patterson AFB (which now includes Huffman Prairie). Details to come.

Acro Camp Announcement and Casting Call from Airspeed by Stephen Force
We've just announced Acro Camp, the new movie being put together by Airspeed. Four people from around the country come together for four days in southeast Michigan to take over a Part 61 flight school and fly aerobatics for the first time. ...

Fantasy of Flight A Favorite Haunt For Spirits? - Florida Attractions
... including the 100th Anniversary of Scouting Camporee, March 5- 7; The Blue Max: Scale Remote Controlled (R/C) Challenge and Fly-In, March 12-13; the Sun 'n Fun Splash In at Fantasy of Flight on Lakes Agnes, April 15; Extended Spring ...

Author, Pilot, Aviation Executive, to speak to Silver Wings on February 28th from Silver Wings Over Washington
Richard Kirkland was a kid who grew up in the California wine country, and flew 103 combat missions in P38s with the famous Flying Knights squadron in New Guinea during World War II. He is credited with One kill, a Zero, at about the same time that Charles Lindberg, also scored one in the same area. ...
Also visit: www.flyingknights.net/

The Red Baron Returns from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points
The Red Baron is waiting to fly across cinema screens this spring. You can see the one-minute trailer here. Will it be worth the $10.50 or whatever you are paying in your area? It looks like a must-see for pilots. It may be enough to justify the theater's small-size popcorn ($5) or large-size (financing available to qualified applicants). Here's betting he gets shot down again.

Minter Field: Where flyboys got their wings - Bakersfield Californian
... Westfahl spent 10 weeks of his 40-week aviation training course at Minter Field, the Army Air Corps' largest "basic training" base on the West Coast. After leaving Minter Field, he went on to advance training at bases in Texas, South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma. ...

A Thorn in the enemys side: The de Havilland Mosquito from Military Photos
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, uses of the Mosquito included: low to medium altitude daytime tactical bomber, high altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike and photo reconnaissance aircraft. It was also used as the basis for a single-seat heavy fighter, the de Havilland Hornet. The aircraft served with the

Senior Spotlight: Riverview resident has love of flying - Port Clinton News Herald
Bill Hays' room is filled with photos, models and sculptures of airplanes. Pictures of him flying, as well as several family photographs, adorn his windowsill, shelves and the door to his Riverview Health Care Campus room.
Flying has been one of the great loves of his life.
"The thing I wanted to do most was aviation," he said. "I got my first solo flight, I was 16 years old. I always wanted to be a pilot."
Hays, a Riverview resident for about nine months, grew up in Butler, Pa.
"It was better than I think it is now for the kids," he said. He was an only child, but it seemed he was rarely lonely because he was surrounded by friends. ...

Jessica Cox continues to be an ambassador for the disabled from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Jessica Cox, the woman pilot who must fly with her feet because she doesn't have any hands, continues to be an ambassador for the disabled.
Here's a few blog entries from others: ...

How Things Work - Afterburners from Air and Space Magazine

Solid rocket pioneer Paavo John Rahkonen dies at age 79 from Rocketry Planet
OGDEN, Utah USA — After three years of battling a rare incurable blood disease, American solid rocket propulsion pioneer Paavo John Rahkonen died December 16th, 2009. Rahkonen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 6th, 1930, the second child of Paarly Johannes Rahkonen and Linda Lujunen, Finnish nationals who immigrated to the United States from Finland. After he graduated from Bay Ridge High School in Brooklyn, his educational journey would see Rahkonen studying at the U.S.A.F. Institute of Technology as well as the University of Tennessee and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

See Antartica by Airbus A380 Super Jumbo from AVIATION-NEWS
Antarctica flights are the way to go for those curious about the Great White Wilderness, but not quite willing to drop serious cash and make the journey by sea. Croydon Travel operates Antarctica Sightseeing Flights, an Antarctica tour service that has flown some 30,000 people over Antarctica since 1994 and now offers flights on the [...]