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Day flying machines first came to town - The Herald | Now, 100 years on, the Lanark Air Show Committee is to commemorate the event at its modern equivalent in Perth this summer, on June 5 and 6, as well as with ...

T-50, PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter vs F-22 Raptor from Military Pictures by The Watcher | Description: The T-50's specifications and performance compared to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor

Sunday Buzz Sunday Buzz: 787 coming to theaters this summer - Seattle Times | The film, called "Legends of Flight," covers the Boeing Model 75 wooden biplane trainer, the Constellation — even the A380 — before turning to the ...

Piston power on display in Chino - The last piston-engine combat aircraft, the Douglas AD Skyraider, will be the subject of a lecture hosted by the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino on March 6. The lecture begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a flight demonstration of a restored Skyraider. Organizers of the event say the Skyraider was conceived during World War II as a plane which could be based on an aircraft carrier and be used to dive-bomb the enemy.

Tauranga airshow photos from Flying for Dummies by Chris Nielsen | I've been a little slack in posting about our Tauranga airshow trip. Suffice it to say it was a nice flight there and back, and a very well run airshow. Here's a few photos of the show…

DC-3 P2-001 on the move! from PPRuNe Forums by Rojer Wilco | Some of you may know of DC-3 P2-001, which has sat sadly at Warnavale for many years after diverting there on her delivery flight from PNG. I saw her being loaded onto a truck today bound for a private collector in Molong, NSW (info from the truck driver).

Pilot reunited with plane 65 years after Iwo Jima By Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel | A veteran from Milwaukee took a trip back in time last week on a plane he once flew during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Thomas Rozga, 87, was the commanding officer of a squadron of L-5Bs, also called Flying Jeeps and Stinsons, while serving with a U.S. Marine Corps observation unit in the Pacific. Also called "grasshoppers," the two-seat aircraft were constructed primarily of steel tubing and plywood and covered in fabric. The unarmed planes could land and take off easily from small airfields with short runways and were used to find enemy positions that would be radioed back to advancing troops. Part of Rozga's mission was to build and run a landing strip on the island that larger planes could use as a way stop. He said he remembers the first pilot of a B-29 bomber that radioed in, saying he needed to either land at Rozga's airstrip or crash into the Pacific Ocean. "He said 'I'd rather take my chances with you,'" Rozga said. "He and his men lived to fight again." Rozga, a 1st lieutenant, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for flying an L-5B on a night mission over Iwo Jima, something considered a suicide mission at the time.

Cheap, fun thrills with the Collier Model Aeronautic Club - Naples Daily News | The skies above a field in rural Collier County went to the model airplanes this weekend for the 10th Annual Collier Model Aeronautic Club's Air Show. ...

History is up in the air - THE history of Australian military aviation will take to the skies over Point Cook next weekend when the RAAF showcases its collection as well as privately owned historic aircraft from around the country…

This Week In Military/Aviation History 22-28 February from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Hello Folks, seven down, a lot to go, I hope. Well, I'll try and keep this short as you may know I tend to get blabby once I get rollin'. It seems as of late for some ungodly reason my Spring Fever is starting to overpower my Cabin Fever. Silly as it sounds. It's not even the end of February and living all my life in the Northeast near enough to Lake Ontario to get the full benefit of Lake-effect snow, I know better, or at least I should. I guess missing out on all the fun that the Mid-Atlantic had recently has given me a false sense of security and optimism. I hope I'm not setting myself up for a big letdown. Guess we'll have to wait and see, won't we? Well, shall we take our weekly trip down History Lane? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.