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Rio De Janeiro To Take Part In The 2010 Red Bull Air Race - AvStop Aviation News | March 2, 2010 - The Red Bull Air Race is returning to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil in 2010, exactly three years after one million spectators ...

Change to Snowbirds schedule - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | The Snowbirds aerobatic team has pushed its show schedule back a week to allow for changes within the team to consolidate. The acceptance show, which is not ...

Shoreham Airshow Official Website Launched from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | We have great pleasure in launching the new look Shoreham Airshow Website. We've worked with James George, another volunteer at the airshow, to revamp the entire website with a new format and plenty of new images from the show. The new site features a brand new news page which will run several articles throughout the build up to the show as well as after it. We have also launched a brand new Facebook Fan Page and Twitter Feed for the airshow which we hope to use to keep everyone updated with the latest happenings as well as plans for some live blogging from the Show in August. Shoreham Airshow 2010 will be held over the weekend 21st-22nd August, and tickets will be on sale from the website later this month.

 NEW RUSSIAN PLANE TO RIVAL F-22 from Aviation by K.P. | January 29th this year, the PAK FA, developed by the Russian aircraft manufacturer, made its first flight. This plane is a fifth generation fighter that is said to be able to rival the much coveted F-22 and F-35. Like its Western counterparts, the PAK FA, or T-50, has stealth capabilities, the ability to supercruise (which is sustained supersonic flight), and even have an "artificial intelect". "http://www.zeenews.com/news589876.html"…

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | TUESDAY – Don't miss this show!!  Major site news will be announced tomorrow morning on Warbird Radio LIVE at 10am (EST).  Matt's back from his Texas tour with lots of news plus "The Big Announcement".  To call in and join the conversation just use the contact info below.  Thanks for listening. STUDIO LINE:  478.787.4768 SKYPE:  warbirdradio EMAIL:  matt@warbirdradio.com

Army, Air Force to celebrate 100 years of military aviation from http://www.af.mil/ | Lt. Benjamin Foulois piloted the first military airplane, the Signal Corps Aircraft Number One, into the air for seven and a half minutes at Fort Sam Houston March 2, 1910. March 2, a reenactment by an authentic-looking Wright "B" Flyer will mark the 100th anniversary of Foulois' historic flight. A ceremony will take place from 8:30-11:30 a.m., at Fort Sam Houston's MacArthur Parade Field, not far from the original launch point 100 years ago…

Purdue archives open display on Earhart as part of women's history month - Fox 59 | By AP WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Documents, photographs and other items exploring the life of aviator Amelia Earhart gave gone on public display at Purdue ...

Can One Airplane Make a Huge Difference in Our GA Community? Yes, but Only if He's Painted Bright Yellow and Smiles a Lot! from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | One by one, nine busloads of school kids ramble out of Wheaton, MN, aimed at a small airport just southwest of town. As the first bus full of curious children gets close to their destination, eyes widen inside the bus as the "Smile in the Sky" comes into view. It doesn't take long for those small faces to break out in grins, smiles and laughter. As the very same time, dreams are being born, and the hearts of these kids are soon melted like the frozen Northern tundra on a hot spring afternoon…

Wings Of Ice: The Mystery Of The Polar Air Race by Jeff Maynard (9781741669343) | Angus and Robertson from http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/ | With the rise of aviation at the beginning of the twentieth century, daring men were finally able to explore the Earth's final frontiers - the Arctic and Antarctic wildernesses. Hoping to resurrect his fading career, the legendary Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen desperately wanted to fly over the North Pole. American naval commander Richard Byrd was determined to beat Amundsen to the prize. An Australian adventurer, George Hubert Wilkins, also joined the competition, initiating a rivalry with Byrd that would last years and take them to the ends of the Earth. The world watched in fascination as the air race to the North Pole escalated, until in May 1926 Byrd claimed to have reached it in his Fokker Trimotor, the Josephine Ford. But did he really succeed? In 1928, while Amundsen was involved in the bitter dispute that would cost him

A fun weekend of ski flying from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Reader Blake Hermel sent us some photos of a gathering this weekend of a group of ski pilots from Mankato, Minn., who got together to "put on some mileage." "We headed for Hayward, Wis., to see the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race, and followed it up by spending Sunday flying around the Mankato area," he said. "I think Sunday was the best day of ski flying I have ever had." We hope you enjoy his photos as much as we did!...

Historic B-17 flies into Long Beach - Long Beach Press-Telegram | At bottom, Al Olivari, left, and Art Sherman share memories of B-17 service. Boeing produced more than 12732 B-17s between 1935 and 1945, with 4735 lost in ...

Female Pilots To Celebrate Centennial By "Paying It Forward" from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Around the world, women plan to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first time a woman earned a pilot certificate by taking a woman or girl for her first flight in a general-aviation aircraft during the week of March 6 to 12. Raymonde De Laroche, a French balloonist, learned to fly a fixed-wing aircraft and was the first woman to receive a pilot certificate, on March 8, 1910. So far, pilots from the U.S., France, Spain, Mongolia, and many other countries have signed up to participate in what they hope will be a world-record-setting event. The Ninety-Nines, Women in Aviation International, the International Society of Woman Airline Pilots, EAA, and other groups have signed on to help with the effort. "Nothing can inspire a woman to learn to fly more than meeting a woman who became a pilot," say the organizers of the Centennial of Women Pilots. Women who want to participate in the record attempt must pre-register at the group's Web site.

Air Show Fundraiser Volunteers Needed : AFSA Chapter 554 by Mrs. Dawn Hallman | Our chapter is looking for volunteers to man the AFSA 554 booth at the Eglin Air Show on April 10th & 11th. If you are interested in helping out please e-mail Mrs Dawn Hallman or MSgt Lisa McCarthy. ...

Col. Richard Graham USAF Retd visit. from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | On sunday the 28th of febuary, myself and Kaye, made the 2 hour trip to Duxford in driving rain/sleet and windy conditions. We had been looking forward to this trip for what seemed like 'ages' to come along. Anyway we arrived at Duxford around 10.15 ish and met 'stickandrudder' Chris Reynolds in the 'Mess', then we walked over to the Marshall auditorium, where there was nearly a 'full-house'. Col.Richard Graham, had given a talk at Duxford before, but we could hardly hear him in the AAM hangar last time, but this time, the venue was far better for viewing and to listern…

February 2009 - Meeting Summary from IndyAeroClub.org by Indianapolis Aero Club | Braving the weather for the February meeting was very rewarding as we heard Dick Curtis tell us some of his experiences flying P-51 Mustangs during World War II.  Mr. Curtis had all of our attention as he talked about the strafing runs he was assigned to.  He also shared that the Tusakagee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group were just down the road from where he was stationed in Italy.   While sharing some somber moments that only those who have experienced in WWII can really share, he also had us laughing as he shared his great sense of humor (none of us are convinced the designers of the P-51 meant for the scoop to be used corn harvesting!)…

Birds Eye of the "Boneyard" from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull... by Ted | Google and Bing both have some great high-res shots of the Davis-Monthan AFB "Boneyard." High enough to actually identify most of the models and even check to make sure we're still complying with the START treaty by lopping the wings off of B-52's (check the lower right hand corner). AMARG, the group responsible for the facility, boasts an inventory of over 4,400 aircraft. The F-4's alone are supposedly worth around $27Billion, or at least that's what was paid for them... I wonder if they'd mind me pulling the ole flatbed up and absconding with a couple of the T-38's they've got just sitting around?

Melbourne/Essendon 25 February 2010 from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The following, in no order at all, are a few images taken at Essendon 25Feb…

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Throughout World War 2 the standard practice of all of the major powers both Allied and Axis in introducing a new combat aircraft into operational use was that use in combat followed an extensive flight test and pre-production development period. One of rare exceptions to this established practice came with the Nakajima Ki-44 which was christened "Shoki" (Demon) by its pilots. And it wasn't on account of its performance against Allied aircraft- the first pilots to fly the Shoki in combat gave it that name out of disdain for an aircraft that represented a new philosophy in fighter aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force…