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THE WAIT IS OVER - from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin | All of the teams arrived in Abu Dhabi with renewed hopes for a successful 2010 season. All of the teams spent the winter months trying to find ways to make their plane and their team more competitive. For some teams, that meant aerodynamic modifications to make the airplane "slicker"…

Thunder in the Valley Air Show canceled for first time due to weather - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | Rain and cloudy skies overshadowed the annual Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Sunday, marking the first ...

Black Daggers to drop in for Eglin Air Show - The Northwest Florida Daily News ... stunt pilot Kent Pietsch; the B-25 "Special Delivery"; a John Bostick aerial acrobatics show; the Red Bull Helicopter and Skydiving Team; Tora, Tora, ...

AirPigz Podcast #9: U-2 Spy Plane Pilot Colonel Lars Hoffman by Martt -  Lars Hoffman is the husband of Jill Rutan Hoffman who I interviewed in podcast #6, and he's an experienced U-2 pilot.  Lars shares a lot of really interesting details on what it's like flying the U-2 at altitudes up to 70,000 feet.  The challenges of flying that high for both the airplane and the human body are significant, and we talk about a lot of them.  You might be surprised like I was at many of the very unique characteristics of the U-2... it's a pretty fascinating operation…

A Ride on the V-22 from Air & Space Magazine

Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums - So Hot they even called the Fire Department

Symposium on the Wright Brothers and Aviation in Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MONTGOMERY AL-The public is invited to engage in conversation with notable aviation and history scholars as we commemorate a century of flight in Alabama on Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama…

Museum Of Flight Presents A Panel Of World War II Veteran Pilots from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | The Museum of Flight is home to the American Fighter Aces Association, an organization formed by true American heroes spanning from WWI through the Vietnam conflict. Several times a year, the Museum hosts a panel of these veteran pilots, whose historical actions helped to protect American freedoms during times of conflict…

USAAF Station 345 Goxhill. Ghost-field visit/blog/report. from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | After reading about the Americans stay at Goxhill in Sid Finns book, 'The Lincolnshire air war' many years ago, I've wanted to see for myself and explore this 'ghostfield' for sometime, and I got my chance this weekend, whilst, on my way to Pocklington and Elvington in Yorkshire. Reached, best off the A15 via Barrow-on-Humber, it's a case of going through Barrow-on Humber village, until you see the 'Goxhill' 2 miles sign, and making a right-turn down a cart-track- wide lane untill you come to a 'T-Junction' a which point you come face to face, with an airfield defence 'bunker/pill-box' type thing, at the junction. And to your right is the 'Goxhill memorial', taking care to park across the road from the memorial, as someone has gone to great lengths to plant spring-bulbs, in the forground of the memorial. Please show respect !! it costs nothing…

This Week In Military/Aviation History 22-28 March from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | As you Folks may know, I moderate the Website Message Board for the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group which is located in Geneseo, New York. Our newest project is the reassembly to static condition of an A-20 Havoc which was provided to us from the Military Restoration Aircraft Company. Here are two links to photos of the reassembly (copy them to your browser please) along with the Warbird Registry link for the aircraft. The first is from 3/17 and the second from 3/20. As you can see it is in the early stages but coming along quickly…

On This Day in Aviation History: March 22nd | NYCAviation.com ...  by admin - On This Day in Aviation History: March 22nd | NYCAviation.com … Posted by admin On March - 22 - 2010. Ten crashes in today's history, including USAir Flight 405 at LGA, the intense fire of Philippine Airlines Flight 137, The An-225 sets ...