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Blue Angels Airshow Saturday - KXO Radio
Conditions should be excellent for this year's edition of the Naval Air Facility, El Centro Air Show. The Navies Ace flight demonstration team traditionally ...

The "Thunderbirds" fly during their acceptance show from Air-Attack.com
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" fly during their acceptance show here March 11. The Thunderbirds are scheduled to fly 73 shows throughout the U.S. and Canada this year, and will be on the road approximately 250 days from March to November. Their season ends with their homecoming show at the Nellis Open House in November. ...

Weather grounds Tico Warbird Airshow - Florida Today
Downpours and a forecast that calls for rains through the afternoon hours have forced the Valiant Air Command to cancel today's airshow. ...
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Wall of fire returns to Naval Air Facility El Centro Air Show - ivpressonline
Flames will shoot into the air at Saturday's air show as part of a pyrotechnic show.
The wall of fire, a 500-foot-long, 50- to 200-foot-tall flame, will return after not being featured in last year's air show. But it isn't the only part of the pyrotechnic show, Senior Chief Petty Officer Shawn Meyer of Naval Air Station Fallon, said.
A restored World War II plane and possibly a second will be making three passes over the air strip about 11:55 a.m., Meyer said. Each pass over the strip will have a different pyrotechnic display. ...

After 3-year absence, DM hosts air show March 20, 21 - Inside Tucson Business
... F-18 Demo Team and C-17 Demo Team, the Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue and aerobatic pilots Greg Poe, Ed Hamill, Ted Weber and the Patriots Jet Team. ...

Theme announced for Cherry Point Air Show - Jacksonville Daily News
The theme will be included on all promotional banners and publications associated with North Carolina's largest air show that will be held May 21 to 23 at ...

Air Expo 2010 cancelled-Charleston, South Carolina - Examiner.com
The Army's elite parachutists, the Black Daggers and the Navy's Blue Angels were both scheduled to perform at the air show. Charleston Air Force base is ...

At least 20 B-25 Mitchell bombers to take part in tribute to Doolittle Tokyo Raiders from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
One of the largest gatherings of B-25 Mitchell bombers since World War II is set to take place as part of a tribute to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders during their 68th reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, April 16-18.
At least 20 aircraft from across the nation are scheduled to land on the runway behind the museum on the morning of April 17. The aircraft will then be placed on static display from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., for the public to get an up-close look at each plane and meet the pilots and crews. ...

Aviation fans fly in for event - Warwick Daily News
THE skies over the Clifton area will be very active this weekend as the Darling Downs Sport Aircraft Association hosts the long running annual Fly-In at the ...

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Villagers glad to see female pilots finally honored for service in World War II - Villages Daily Sun
After picking up a "brand-new B-17 bomber" in Georgia, Morris flew the aircraft to Boston and then overseas to Labrador. Before he could make it to his ...

ICAS Perspectives - Advice for New Air Show Performers from Aero-News Network
Leading Air Show Performers Give Their Best Advice for Newcomers On December 6th through December 9th, the Paris Las Vegas Hotel hosted over 1,500 air show professionals and enthusiasts to the 2009 International Council of Air Shows Convention. Started in 1967, the annual ICAS Convention provides professionals a community forum in which to network with industry leaders, plan upcoming air shows, and offer continued support to fellow performers and representatives. ...

Air Racer Stiletto from www.aviationandspacearts.com
Number 84,Stiletto - In 1984, engine builder Dave Zueschel, with partner Dennis Schoenfelder, set out to build a highly modified P-51 racer for Dallas real estate developer Alan Preston. Dubbed Stiletto, the aircraft is created from various parts of different P-51 Mustangs as well as newly machined pieces, incorporating many unique features. To begin with, the familiar trademark belly scoop common to all Mustangs is removed, relocating the radiators to the forward edges of the wings. This echoed the changes made by Anson Johnson to his number 17 Mustang debuting at what was to be the final Cleveland Air Races that took place in 1949. ...

Pilot who died in Chandler crash praised by friends, neighbors - The Arizona Republic
Nazirudin Hirani, the pilot who died when his plane crashed Thursday at Chandler's Stellar Airpark, was generous with his time and his plane.
"He shared everything he had all the time," said a friend and airpark neighbor, Kurt Gearhart. "He was always taking people up for flights."
Gearhart, a Southwest Airlines pilot, had been a passenger in Hirani's plane as they flew Thursday morning to Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport. They had breakfast together, with several others, and Hirani insisted on buying his breakfast, Gearhart said. ...

2009 Cable Air Fair / SUSU II low pass - www.youtube.com

Co-pilot of B-17 bomber crew recalls Normandy - The Desert Sun
US Army Air Corps veteran Glen Wiesner, a co-pilot on a B-17 bomber crew, vividly recalls the day when Allied forces invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944. ...

Francis E. McGowan, WWII bomber pilot and lifetime aviator - Atlanta Journal Constitution
He first saw combat as a co-pilot aboard a B-25 medium bomber in the North African campaign but soon was piloting his own B-25. Michael McGowan of Peachtree ...

Americans may be among those in Nazi mass grave from Air Force Times - News
VIENNA — At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II.
Police Col. Rudolf Gollia, an interior ministry spokesman, said his ministry plans talks with the owners of the site to discuss exhumation, adding it was not yet clear whether the army owned the property or was renting it.
The mass graves are located in bomb craters underneath an army sports field in the southern city of Graz. Officials said they contain about 70 bodies of victims killed by the SS to eliminate witnesses to Nazi atrocities shortly before Soviet troops arrived.
The graves were identified from wartime photos, made from U.S. bombers, showing open graves and bodies. U.S. authorities made the imagery available on request of Austrian historians tasked two years ago by Defense Minister Norbert Darabos with researching documented war crimes at the site, used by the SS during World War II. ...

Airplane crash, 1925, Oil Belt Fair - Breckenridge American
The air race was all set up at the Breckenridge Landing Field in 1925, with markers established for three planes to race at a time. ...

Art contest celebrates state's first airplane - Sussex Countian
Seventeen years later, Giuseppe Bellanca reversed Delaware aviation history: he set up shop in New Castle and became one of the world's leading aircraft ...

John Lee Baker, Former AOPA Chief, Dies from AviationWeek.com Business Aviation Channel
Baker, AOPA president during 1977-1990, was a transformational leader and only the second person in that position ...

U-2 pilot named Kolligian Trophy winner from Air Force Times - News
A pilot who managed to save his plane from crashing during a training flight has been awarded the 2009 Kolligian Trophy, the Air Force Safety Center announced Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Joseph Santucci of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., was flying a U-2 at 50,000 feet on Feb. 12, 2009, when the plane pitched violently to 50 degrees nose down ...

Jack Pelton And FedEx Selected To Receive Lindbergh Foundation Awards from Aero-News Network
Pelton Wins Lindbergh Award, Corporate Award For Balance Goes To FedEx The Lindbergh Foundation announced that Jack Pelton, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cessna Aircraft Company, has been selected to receive the 2010 Lindbergh Award. The Foundation will recognize FedEx Corp. as the recipient of its Corporate Award for Balance. ...

March 12 from Cut and Paste Aviation
1953 -- Seven airmen are killed when the Avro Lincoln B2 they are flying in, RF531, is shot down by a Soviet fighter in the Berlin air corridor. The aircraft, from the RAF Central Gunnery School, was on a training flight. ...

Good Wood - Air & Space Magazine
Wooden propellers are like Louisville Sluggers: The distance. ...

Airmen celebrate National Women's History Month from Air Force Link Top Stories
They are our mothers and daughters. In many cases, they are also the ones who hold families together. They are the women of our lives and have accomplished much throughout history in addition to caring for loved ones.
President Barack Obama recently issued a proclamation declaring March as National Women's History Month, an observance that offers all Americans an opportunity to honor the accomplishments of women.
The theme for the 2010 observance is, "Writing Women Back Into History." According to the National Women's History Project Web site, the history of women is often written with invisible ink. Even when recognized in their own times, women are frequently left out of the history books. ...

Air Force Reserve to get C-17s at Wright-Patt from Air Force Link Top Stories
Air Force officials will begin next year replacing 10 C-5 Galaxy aircraft with eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff approved the change March 12.
The officials anticipate that the first four C-17s will arrive at the Air Force Reserve Command unit in fiscal 2011 after five of the C-5s are retired from service. They expect delivery of four more of newer aircraft in FY 2012 after the remaining C-5s are retired. ...

104 Hornets grounded after cracks discovered - NavyTimes.com
... at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan; five belong to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team; and 44 are in fleet replacement squadrons. ...

Eighth-grader makes first glider solo flight in Peoria - Peoria Times
Cormac Siegfried smiles after completing his solo glider flight.
Palo Alto, Calif. resident and Jordan Middle School eighth-grade student Cormac Siegfried made his first solo flight in a glider at the Pleasant Valley Airport in Peoria March 8.
For several months, he has been studying flight and taking glider instruction from his father, Rand Siegfried, a long-time pilot and flight instructor. His goal was to solo on his 14th birthday, the earliest allowed by the FAA. Weather in the Bay Area prevented him from doing much of his training there, so the family flew out to the Phoenix area in their classic Twin Beech for the last few days of practice and the ultimate test of proficiency: the solo flight on March 8, Cormac's 14th birthday.
"Cormac came through with flying colors," his father said. "He did such a great job. He is an excellent pilot."
The entire family was there to witness the ...

Fantasy of Flight to Host Blue Max Scale R/C Challenge from westgatedestinations
The Blue Max Scale R/C Challenge and Fly-In is one of several special events hosted by Fantasy of Flight, including the Sun 'n Fun Splash In at Fantasy of Flight on Lake Agnes, April 15; Mustangs & Mustangs—Legends Havin' Fun 2010 and ...