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Thunderbirds roar into Brevard County - Florida Today | The Thunderbirds also will fly over Disney's Magic Kingdom at 3 pm today. The day at Disney will end with Patrick's honor guard participating in the Flag ...

Cocoa Beach Air Show prepares to soar - Central Florida News 13 | Members of the 920th Rescue Wing will be showcasing their skills in the Cocoa Beach Air Show. The Air Force's Pave Hawk helicopter ...

The Pylon Place - October 2010 - The Pylon Place - In Flight USA - That is how I felt after the Reno Air Races of 2010 came to a close. Mother Nature took the wind out of our sails and threw it back at us, with a vengeance. All of the preparation and handwringing ended, not with a crescendo – but with a whimper and ... An engine with a giant gaping hole, a prop hub with three stubs where blades used to be and a cowl with a section missing. The GP-5, which was met with such fan fair, made metal half way through the week and was a scratch. ...

Reno Air Races Section 3, the place to be | Flickr - Photo Sharing! by nobody@flickr.com (numnuts) If you end up at the Reno Air Races, you've got to pay these guys a visit, buy an orange t-shirt and you're a membership to the most exclusive and entertaining family this side of Mars, Section 3.

Journey with Reese Maleah KaiJin: Little Rock Air Show by Monica | A few weekends ago (October 9, I believe), we went to the local airshow at the Little Rock Air Force Base. It was the first one since the one I went to in 10th grade (I'm a sophomore in college now), which was the first one I went to. ...

What I Do: I teach aerobatics - Wisconsin State Journal | Mike Love is a flight instructor who specializes in aerobatic training. He works out of Morey Airplane Co. at the Middleton Airport…

  Spaceport America Runway Dedication from The Launch Pad by Nicole Jordan ( Nicky J Rocket Girl) Last Friday I had the pleasure to attend the Spaceport America Runway Dedication. To begin with, this was an amazing trip for me as I had not been back in New Mexico since my days at the X PRIZE Cup and the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X Challenge. The truth is that all the hard work that took place during those years opened the doors to what today is the Spaceport America. It was absolutely amazing to finally stand on the grounds of the Spaceport, look around and realize how much has New Mexico accomplish since then. The building and the runway were truly stunning…

Copperstate a grassroots fly-in from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | It is easy to get caught up in the business side of flying. The future of fuel, security directives, regulations, Congress, and the economy tend to stress a great many pilots out. An antidote to that stress is an old-fashioned fly-in. The 37th annual Copperstate Fly-In, held Oct. 21-23 at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), fills the prescription. Read more...

Lend-Lease P-39Q Aircobra, Recovered from Russian Lake, Returns to New York for Restoration from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | A P-39Q-15BE, serial number 44-2911, has been sent to the Niagara Aerospace Museum (NAM) for restoration.  The aircraft, crew - Lt. Ivan Ivanovich Baranovsky (22), and vital log books were discovered by divers from UK Warbird Finders in 2004 in Lake Mart-Yavr, Russia, and were acquired by NAM in 2008.  Ironically, the museum now resides within the building that housed the factory in which the aircraft was originally built.  The story of the aircraft and its current restoration can be found at the EAA Spirit of Aviation page: http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-10-21_p-39.asp.

Spitfire roundabout at Southampton Airport wins place in calendar - This Is Hampshire.net "The structure is a stunning tribute to commemorate our strong aviation heritage." The steel and aluminium blue structure modelled from the original 1930s ...

In Fort Lauderdale, rides available on vintage bomber - Sun-Sentinel | Want to see what it's like to fly in a World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress? For $430, you can take a 30-minute hop in the ...

World War II bombers, 'little friend,' expected this afternoon - Greenville News | Landing on the tarmac this afternoon will be two heavy bombers — the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator. Arriving along with them is a P-51 Mustang, ...

Newsmaker: Frank A. Kravetz - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Kravetz was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps and a gunner on B-17 bombers. He was taken prisoner after his B-17 was shot down. ...

So, The Air Force Wants A C-130 Replacement By 2024 from Defense Tech by John | Props to Steve Trimble over at Flight Global for again noticing a new development on the air warfare side of things that might have otherwise slipped through the cracks; the U.S. Air Force is kicking off its effort to ID a potential replacement for the seemingly ageless C-130.  He posted the skinny on his blog, The Dew Line, last Friday…

T-38's for F-22 aggressor training at Langley? - F-16.net | So we've heard that Langley will be getting some T-38's for aggressor and pilot proficiency from Holloman. Since Holloman is loosing all its raptors, ...

 View/Download Previous Issues of Airplanista Magazine from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | October, 2010 issue: Girls With Wings, Are You an Airplanista?- Interview with Chris Batchellor, High Hot One- by Nathan Carriker, Extreme Multitasking: Inside a Class Delta Tower, Short Story: Through Eagers Eyes - Chapter 1   View this issue | Download this issue (PDF)

VIDEO -15 years of Colombian Army Aviation- from Military Photos by Santana | Excelent video. The Colombian Army Aviation who celebrates 15 years of operation. Today its a New Army Division…

Seattle Public Library programs launch National Aviation Month - Seattle Times | Seattle Public Library celebrates National Aviation Month with a screening of the documentary "Flyabout" and a discussion of the book "Flygirl. ...

Seals OK, NASA elects to fly Nov. 1 - Florida Today | Stott is one of only three former KSC workers to ascend to the NASA astronaut corps and fly in space. The Discovery astronauts will fly to KSC on Thursday…

Astronauts4Hire offers limited time high profile Sponsorship Special by brian | Tampa, Florida – For a limited time, Astronauts4Hire is offering a Sponsorship Special leading up to its inaugural mission testing the world's first beer brewed specifically for drinking in space. During this promotion, sponsors contributing $1,000 or more will receive a shoulder logo on the flight suit worn by the Astronaut4Hire researcher during the historic flight. Sponsors of $5,000 or more will receive a logo on the chest of the flight suit and mention in all future press releases regarding the flight. With the high level of media attention expected, sponsors will gain extensive exposure to national and international audiences…

In-flight Mozart Concert on KLM 747 from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | Reported by Will Horton on September 1 on http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ Extracted verbatim - Do you fancy in-flight entertainment that's classier than a pillow fight? Well then how about some Mozart? In the video below the Amsterdam Sinfonietta performs on board a KLM 747 flight to Shanghai, as best I can work out from the Dutch info.

More luxury jets from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Last year I wrote about luxury private jets on two
occasions. Now a series of photographs in the Daily Telegraph shows more of the interiors of these private airliners, and what money can buy when money's no object. Here are three examples…

The Birth of the Gulfstream Series of Aircraft from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Before the Second World War, Grumman Aircraft had a partnership with New York-based Gillies Aviation to market and sell the company's line of amphibian aircraft. One Gillies' salesmen, a pilot named Henry Schiebel, eventually came to work for Grumman during the war as a company test pilot…