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Relic of Antarctica's first plane found on ice-edge – Reuters CAPE DENISON, Antarctica (Reuters) - An Antarctic expedition has found what it believes to be remains of the first aeroplane brought to the frozen continent ...

Flight treasure collection to be split up - Columbus Dispatch "I sill feel responsible to the thousands of donors, the hundreds of volunteers and the people that aren't with us anymore," Arledge said. "The air museum ...

Blue Angels Heading to El Centro from Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry From Dan and the Milcom newsgroup: The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels - will arrive at Naval Air Facility El Centro Sunday, January 3, 2010. The Blue Angels F-18 Hornets are expected to arrive at the El Centro base at 4:00 p.m. Sunday , January 3, 2010. While in the Imperial Valley, the teams winter home, they will complete at least 120 training flights during their 10-week stay. The training will end with the Blue Angels first airshow of the 2010 season on March 13, 2010 at Naval Air Facility El Centro. The teams schedule continues through November when they wind up at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida the weekend of November 12 and 13, 2010. Fat Albert, the Blue Angels C-130, is expected to arrive at NAF El Centro Sunday at about 5:30 p.m. with 15 maintenance personnel and equipment. The remainder of the maintenance and support personnel will arrive on a C-9 transport aircraft at an undetermined time.

Blimp pilots get into the games, too – ESPN A few years back, he was in the Thunderbirds and rode in F-16s going 500 mph. Elizabeth Merrill/ESPN.com Brian Cutler is a blimp pilot in training. ...

Thunderbird flying team to be at next year's Amigo Airsho - El ... by Ed Shugert / El Paso Times EL PASO -- The US Air Force Thunderbird precision flying team will perform at next year s Amigo Airsho at Biggs Army Airfield.

Air Tattoo to mark NATO Anniversary - Flightline UK – UK Airshow News by Flightline UK Organisers of this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire are planning to continue their strong links with NATO by staging celebrations marking the organisation's 60th anniversary. ...

2009 Review: 6 Air Shows on 3 Continents from Flight International by Will Horton 2009 saw the Flightglobal team cover six international air shows on three continents. At the start of the year was the Avalon Air Show outside Melbourne, Australia. At the show we found out Australia was interested in more C-130s, amongst other news and an update on the F-35 and Wedgetail (the latter delivered last month). The show saw a range of military aircraft as well as two of the newest commercial jets in Australia: the Qantas A380 and V Australia B777-300ER…

Events that shaped our county, our lives - Bakersfield Californian Burt Rutan made history when his SpaceShipOne successfully flew a human to space and back twice, earning his team the $10 million Ansari X Prize. ...

Veterans Airlift Command by Veterans Airlift As 2009 comes to an end, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the year and thank those who have made this effort/enterprise a success. Looking back, I believe this was the year (our third full year in existence) that we became "established". We reached a milestone of 1400 volunteer pilots and aircraft owners on our volunteer roles and increased our flights by 50% over the previous year (again)…

Jet to land at vet museum - al.com from http://www.al.com/ Navy craft from Korean, Vietnam eras now waits in lot off South Parkway The trip has taken three years, but this week an old,weather-beaten Navy jet, without wings or tail, finallyarrived safely in Huntsville. The plane is a single-engine TF9J Cougar, built by Grummanand used primarily as a carrier-based fighter/trainer in thelate 1950s and early '60s.

Flying Above the Glass Ceiling - A book review from Life on the Road as a Pilot by admin@girlswithwings.com (Lynda) I was asked to read the book Flying Above the Glass Ceiling and give the author my comments. I always feel under such pressure to do this (what to say if I don't like it?), especially since I'm writing my own book and know that you just can't please everyone. If I'm willing to blog about it, my feelings about the book must be ones I would like to pass along...

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Is it airshow time yet????? - by timuss Over Christmas i have been sorting the hundreds of pictures that i took last year, at various airshows and i thought i'd post a few here. Comments.

Explore Aviation History on Alabama's Aviation Trail from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News From cotton fields to rocket launches, Alabama's rich aviation tradition includes chapters from the Wright Brothers early years to the past and future of space exploration. Amidst a rich history in Alabama, aviation is boldly in the forefront…

Introductions : Wright Bros Flying School Trainer, 1914 from The Biplane Forum You have been very helpful, Xavier, thanks for your kind response. You might enjoy this picture of my grandfather during one of his classes (either part of the $8 session, or he's flying very low):

One Reason We Own Airplanes:The Quest for the Perfect $100 Hamburger from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel From the very first days after we are awarded your Private Pilot's license, many pilots devote their flying "careers" to one thing, the search for food that you can fly to.

Astronauts Ring in New Year From Space from SPACE.com Five astronauts are celebrating the dawn of 2010 the only way they can- locked inside a space station 220 miles above the planet.