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Blue Angels make quick stop in Rockford | WREX-TV | Members of the Blue Angels are here Wednesday and Thursday. They're making plans for their performance at this summer's Rockford AirFest. ...

Parade lineup released - Laurinburg Exchange | "We're all excited about having the Golden Knights as the grand marshals," said Pauline Gruver, chair of the parade committee. The elite army parachutists ...

National Aviation Hall of Fame wants to hire executive director - Dayton Daily News ... organization tries to rebuild its fund-raising and strengthen its ability to preserve and promote aviation heritage, its leaders said Wednesday. ...

New Jersey man wins air show design contest - Hilton Head Island Packet | A New Jersey man edged two local artists to win a $500 cash prize in the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show Design Contest. Jim Keane of Woodbury, ...

Audrina Could Pilot Your Next Flight by Jessilyn | Hosted by the U.S. Air Force, the event consisted of an open house of the base and an exciting air show, which Audrina enjoyed so much that she wrote up a blog entry about it. Last weekend I was in Las Vegas for Aviation Nation 2010! ...

Audrina Patridge's Charitable Kmart Stop - GossipCenter.com
Of the event, Audrina wrote on her blog, "The air show was absolutely amazing! If you have never been to an air show before, go to one! ...

Farewell fly-by for F-111s - Lismore Northern Star | The flypast is part of a wider fly-by that will also take in parts of south-east Queensland before the F-111s are retired from service. ...

Goodbye HARRIER from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | 24 November 2010 marked the final flight of four Harrier GR9 jump jets from the deck of HMS Ark Royal. The ship was sailing from North Shields, North Tyneside, across the North Sea to Hamburg, Germany. The Harriers were heading 150 miles back to RAF Cottesmore, Lincolnshire, ahead of decommissioning next year as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review…

Mission accomplished: A World War II soldier's story - Polson Lake County Leader | It was about 2 am when we boarded our B-25 and got down to the business ahead. We were to bomb a German airfield near the Egyptian-Libyan border, ...

Scene | EAA B-17 Fantasy Flight Camp: One of the most famous airplanes of World War II, the B-17 Flying Fortress needs little introduction. Program participants are immersed in the history of the B-17, meet B-17 veterans, and receive a flight experience in "Aluminum Overcast." EAA grounds, Oshkosh…

HAFB has been area fixture for 70 years - Davis County Clipper | He died from injuries received in the crash of the Boeing experimental aircraft Model 299, the prototype of what would become the famous B-17 Flying ...

Winning a war - at a deadly cost from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter …One early result of these problems was the so-called 'Battle of Kansas', an all-out effort to resolve problems with early B-29's and get them into shape for combat. (A ceremony celebrating the 1,000th B-29 produced at Boeing's Wichita, Kansas factory, February 14, 1945) A good example of the operational effects of these and other problems may be found in this account of the wartime service of a B-29 pilot…

CAP celebrates anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Today the Civil Air Patrol celebrates its 69th anniversary. The all-volunteer, nonprofit organization of more than 61,000 members was founded Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to America's involvement in World War II. Read more...

Chatting with Friends Continued - Episode 25 from Mile High Flyers Podcast by DenverPilot | We continue where we left off in Episode 24 with Daren @shotgun15e, Robert @robertcigliano, and the MHF gang, Zyola (@supovadea), Mike (@Mike_Flys) minus @dhindmanjr... 'cause he's busy gettin' his Private Pilot's license! Topics: …

NASA Offers Space Shuttle Tiles To Schools And Universities from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News | As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program's history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers…

NASA Astronaut Corps May Thumb for Rides from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) With NASA's budget under pressure and the space shuttle program set to retire, even the agency's most sacred cow — the 64-member astronaut corps — isn't safe from the possibility of cuts. At the behest of the White House, the nation's top science advisors this month began a 10-month study of the appropriate "role and size" of the astronaut corps after the final shuttle mission next year…

NORAD Goes Multimedia Tracking Santa's Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE CO - For the 55th consecutive year, the men and women of the North American Aerospace Defense Command are getting ready to track Santa! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org/, went live today and features holiday games and activities that change daily. The website is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese. On Dec. 24, the website will stream videos, captured by NORAD "Santa Cams," from cities along Santa's journey…

When America Needed a Hero, Butch O'Hare Stepped Up from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the first six months of 1942 were dark days for the American public. The Japanese war machine seemed unstoppable with the fall of the Philippines, Burma and Singapore. The Dutch East Indies and the Solomons would also fall. Japanese air attacks had already taken place on Darwin, Australia. A Japanese sub even managed to surface off the coast of California and shell targets on the coastline. Rommel's Afrika Corps were pushing steadily eastward towards the Suez Canal. The German U-boat offensive in the Atlantic was taking a tremendous toll on shipping…