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Navy team joins air show - Parkersburg News | PARKERSBURG - The US Navy's F-18 East Coast demonstration team has committed to be at the 2010 air show in October at the Mid-Ohio Valley ...

Man, 79, says he's Lindbergh's 'baby' - Contra Costa Times | Most people accept that Charles Lindbergh Jr., the first son of the famous aviator, was kidnapped and killed before turning 2 in 1932. ...

Notable Activity :: RE: Antonov An-225 at MIA Today from FlightAware > Discussions | These are my photo but you will excuse me for scaling them down to 600 pix. Plus I was on the outer side of the fence... Check out the last one. 747s carry space shuttles, AN-225s carry 747s!

Women pilots forming Ninety-Nines chapter - Parkersburg News | The group also works to preserve the history of women in aviation. "I am in awe of women in aviation," Rusche said. "They have held a big part of history, ...

Winged Victory: Interview with Angela Masson from thethunderchild.com | Angela set a record as the youngest woman to ever cross the country solo, when she participated in the 1972 Powder Puff Derby. She was the second to fly as a Captain by American Airlines. She flew as Captain for over 20 years, and was the first female Chief Pilot for American Airlines, retiring in 2007.

Air Tattoo Blog: Participation List underway! by Chester | Air Tattoo Blog. The World's Largest Military Airshow takes place next July at RAF Fairford, and join me as the countdown starts to RIAT 2010. From the Vulcan bomber to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, next year's event promises ...

GI native member of Thunderbirds - Grand Island Independent | "I travel with the team to every event and air show," he said. "During our 57th demonstration season this year, we will perform 73 shows across the United ...

Historic WWII plane at Cavanaugh Flight Museum with Tuskegee Airmen on Feb. 25 - Pegasus News | An extensive restoration of the plane was completed in 2001 by members of the Commemorative Air Force's "Red Tail Project Team." It was flown at various air ...

Tuskegee Airman laid to rest from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil | Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen, was laid to rest in a ceremony held Feb. 12 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Active-duty members, retirees and their families gathered at Colonel Archer's final resting place to pay their respects. Among those in attendance were Tess Spooner, a member of the Air Force Arlington wives as well as wife of retired Maj. Gen. Richard E. Spooner and close friend of Colonel Archer. more...

CAF hopes to raise money for new wing headquarters in Brownsville - Brownsville Herald | ... International Airport near the terminal building is a glittering little gem of aviation history: the Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing. ...

Blog Update - 20January to 12February from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Good Evening Everyone! Over the last few weeks I have collected up information for these posts, but also have had little time to devote to this update. We've been meeting with city and state officials during our attempts to upgrade our facility. Things are going well, and I suspect we will see movement starting in May and June with physical work being performed on the hangar! We're also starting to come to a close with our maintenance season. This means time will have to be spent finishing up inspections, repairs and projects that could impede flight of the aircraft. That shouldn't be a problem however, as work has been going very smoothly. We have a number of people who have dedicated themselves to the cause of maintaining the aircraft, and they have done a terrific job!...

Around the Hangar from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Maintenance season continues at the Hangar. Nothing too out of the norm has taken place, except for various new aircraft projects and hangar cleanup. Here are a few shots of what has gone on, and what to expect in the very near future…

Scholarship Opportunity from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame (MAHoF) is pleased to announce the availability of two scholarships to be awarded at the Annual MAHoF Induction Banquet. These scholarships will be awarded to individuals who are pursuing a career in the aviation industry. Each scholarship is $500…

A Hop Over to Harker's from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Our B-25 projects are coming along. Everything we are working on has a manual, diagram or drawing to reference. But being able to look at, touch and measure that same project that is already completed takes hours, even days, off of a project. I had a co-worker who called it "Going to school" on another aircraft. What luck it is that C&P Aviation in Anoka county has not one, but TWO B-25s! Both are in flying condition, though there are many differences between the two. "Lady Luck" is a glass nose configuration, and the interior is focused on comfort. It's a transport vehicle with a warbird exterior... very nice for getting around! "Betty's Dream", a hard-nosed B-25, is as detailed on the inside as it is outside. This was our classroom for the day! It was an experience to walk around the C&P facility. Projects included a from-scratch roadster, the F-82 Twin Mustang, rare PT and L-bird aircraft, vintage motorcycles and cars. Their massive hangars contained the two B-25s, a private jet, a Cessna 182 on Floats, a Cessna 172, an L-13, a T-6 and a Grumman Albatross!
A special Thank You to John Roxbury who answered all of our questions, and allowed us free access to the hangar and aircraft!..

Black Widow from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | The P-61 Black Widow was a night fighter designed at the end of WWII. It's massive weapon load and radar made it a formidable combat machine. It is claimed that the last kill of WWII was made by a P-61. Now, only 4 remain, none of them flying. The Chinese have one that is structurally unsound resting on the lawn at a museum, the Air Force Museum has one and the Air and Space Museum has one. The last was recovered by the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a non-profit in Reading, PA. It was resting on a mountainside in New Guinea. It's taken a number of years to get to this point, but their goal is to make it airworthy. Personally, I can't wait!

Next Step, Flight! from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Congratulations to Crew Chief Doug Olson and the entire PT-22 crew! On Wednesday the 10th of February an FAA Inspector stopped by to look over the PT-22. Upon completing his inspection, we were issued a Standard Category Airworthiness Certificate. This is needed to legally be able to operate the aircraft, and to give rides if we choose to.(

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - The first serious proposal to use air-to-air refueling in a combat mission came in early 1942 just weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States wanted to strike back as expeditiously possible at Japan and early efforts focused on the US Army Air Corps inviting the British firm Flight Refueling Ltd to send some engineering staff to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, to discuss converting the Consolidated B-24 Liberator into a tanker and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress into a receiver aircraft. The USAAC (soon to become the US Army Air Forces) ordered on set of inflight refueling equipment similar to what Flight Refueling used in its 1939 trans-Atlantic trials…

Arado Ar 234 - The worlds first Operational Jet Bomber from Military Photos by time traveler | Does anyone know how many were shot down ... by Allied Aircraft in Combat ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JsVXr2KAo

Episode 25: Fan Boys from Plane Crazy Down Under by Grant (Falcon124) | Yes, Steve & Grant are Fan Boys (big Fan Boys, in fact :) and this episode we demonstrate it once again by interviewing Matt Hall and hanging out with some more fans at the Flight Experience Melbourne Facebook fan page open night in their 737 flight simulator. Seems we're not the only ones who think a publically accessible 737 simulator is a great thing :) Here's how this episode flows: