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USAF Thunderbird Takes Home Town Hero for Flight  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News - MONTGOMERY AL-  A Montgomery-area teacher was honored with a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flight as part of its Hometown Hero program today. Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Maxwell Air Force Base "Thunder Over Alabama" weekend airshow brought the Thunderbirds to town. Michael Gross, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science at Auburn University Montgomery, was chosen from dozens of people nominated to fly with the Thunderbirds as a Hometown Hero…

Saturday air show info - Yuma Sun | Planning to attend the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show on Saturday? There will be three separate entrances available. If arriving from County 14th ...

Look up, Riverside is having an air show - Press-Enterprise | Gillespie will land at March Air Reserve Base on Friday, take part in a Riverside rehearsal, fly to Yuma, Ariz., for an air show Saturday morning, ...

Airshow takes to the sky Saturday - InlandSoCal.com | Look up: The 18th annual Riverside Airshow is back 9 am to 4 pm Saturday with activities for the whole family. The day will be filled with ...

Wings Over South Texas Air Show - KIII TV3 | A great lineup is planned including the Blue Angels, Viper East, and the Golden Knights, and world aerobatic champion Rob Holland. ...

Red Arrows roar home for Whitby Regatta - Whitby Today | THE Red Arrows will roar back into Whitby for this year's regatta, the Whitby Gazette can exclusively reveal. The 170th Whitby Regatta will ...

Abu Dhabi Red Bull Air Race weekend kicks off - ArabianBusiness.com | The Red Bull Air Race returns to Abu Dhabi this weekend to begin another world championship season, with fifteen pilots hurtling around a four-mile track in ...

Abu Dhabi Training Recap from Kirby Chambliss » Feed by JocelynTC4 | The past few days have been a struggle for all members of Team Chambliss as we work to sort out our position in the Red Bull Air Race. The plan going into this season was to have a new engine but unfortunately approval paperwork held up that process so we're still running last year's engine. The new one is ready to go and as long as all documents are signed off on, it will be installed just prior to the Perth race…

Red Bull Air Race 2010 World Championship opens in Abu Dhabi by micosantos | Abu Dhabi has been a popular fixture on the Red Bull Air Race calendar ever since the World Championship officially began in 2005. The warm temperatures and famous winds which can change direction abruptly during the course of the day ...

Teams put faith in radical mods from Air Race News Watch by editorsdttp@gmail.com | Principal photography presents a video featuring stunning air-to-air shoots of Red Bull Air Race pilot Nigel Lamb and his MXS-R race plane. The photo shoot took place over Lake Tahoe (California) in...

Sywell Airshow 2010 - Displays - With approximately three hours of varied flying the Sywell Airshow 2010 will offer something for everyone! F - Flypast; D - Display; S - Static…

Rare aircraft on way to Wellington - Scoop.co.nz | A Catalina flying boat, P40 Kittyhawk and Chinese Nanchang training aeroplane are taking to the skies around Wellington. The three aircraft are among a ...

Air-worthy WWII planes in town today - Herald Zeitung | But on Thursday afternoon, the former Army Air Corps second lieutenant and B-17 copilot got the chance when the "Wings of Freedom Tour" landed at the New ...

Wellington Aero Club Holds 80th Anniversary Open Day – Voxy | There'll also be aerobatic displays, Learn to Fly seminars, plus spot prizes of free trial flights, and coffee! The content of this field is kept private ...

Helldiver Wreckage Discovered in Oregon Woods from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Wreckage of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver single-engine dive bomber has been discovered in privately owned woods near Rockaway Beach, Oregon, but its origins and crew remain to be identified. The World War II-era aircraft's wreckage was originally spotted by employees of a logging company on March 18. The wreckage covers approximately 200 yards and early responders did report the possibility of human remains at the site. Among the more clearly identifiable aircraft debris at the site are a wing, the tail section, and landing gear. Officials have not found any unexploded ordnance mixed in with the wreckage but are attempting to secure the site while the investigation continues. Navy personnel, in coordination with Oregon State Police and the county Sheriff's office are working together on the investigation. The team has sought input from the Joint Prisoner of War / Missing In Action Accounting Command in Honolulu…

WWII Navy plane crash discovered in Coast forest - kgw.com | TILLAMOOK, Ore. -- A World War II-era US Navy plane has been uncovered in a forest along the Oregon Coast. Loggers made the discovery on ...

Flight program looking to get students off ground | The DE by Derek Robbins | Zwego will be taking place in the 34th Annual Air Race Classic on June 22. The race covers 2157 miles starting in Ft. Myers, Fla., and ending in Frederick, Md. Derek Robbins can be reached at drobbins@dailyegyptian.com or. 536-3311 ext. ...

Interview with an Osprey Pilot from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | AVweb gets a pilot's perspective on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor from active United States Marine Corps Osprey pilot Major Wes Spaid, stationed at MCAS New River, Jacksonville, NC. Please forgive the keyboard tapping you may hear at times during the conversation — we assume it came from the public relations officer who monitored our phone interview.

Retro Design Contest! Draw A 4-Engine Prop Airliner Circa 1949 - Ends 4.8.10  by Martt | Calling all dreamers!  You've got 2 weeks to draw up the perfect 4-engine (piston) airliner for today, as tho it was 1949 all over again.  All it takes is one simple drawing to enter, and then a poll after the deadline will determine the winner!  (full rules below)…

Eve Carries Enterprise for First Time from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull... by Jason | I must be delirious from lack of sleep lately, because I missed a really exciting milestone in the development of commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites and the EAA are proudly announcing the first captive carry flight of space ship two, the VSS Enterprise, by her mothership, Eve…

Cessna's First Lady Rose Pelton Talks about Learning to Fly in Her SkyCatcher from Max Trescott on General Aviation by Max Trescott | Rose Pelton, wife of Cessna Aircraft CEO Jack Pelton is effervescent when she talks about getting a pilot certificate in her new Cessna 162 SkyCatcher. As she stood next to what was literally "her" aircraft on display at the Sebring LSA Expo, she explained to me the N450RP registration number on the aircraft. The RP portion was obviously her initials. The "450" she explained was "for my 50th birthday." Personally, I think she got the registration number 10 years earlier than she needs it, but regardless she shows that empty nesters interested in aviation can get started learning to fly…

US Air Force from Military Photos by hjhof | I looked for a USAF thread and used the search box and could not find one but if there already is one just let me know. Thanks…

Cool video about YAAHAB (yet another amateur high altitude balloon) from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick

On This Day in Aviation History: March 26th by Phil Derner Jr. - Happy Birthday to the late Swissair! Austrian Airlines starts international service again, Pace Airlines is founded, AirTran 356 emergency landing at LGA, Arrow Air DC-10 drops some engine parts, Singapore Airlines hijacking, Explorer III launches, Comair's 89-day strike begins, and much more.