Heavy rain grounds Wings over Wairarapa pilots from tvnz.co.nz | Heavy rain has grounded all pilots taking part in Wings over Wairarapa. All air shows for today have been cancelled, but ground displays are still open to the public.
People brave rain for Wings Over Wairarapa - TVNZ | The airshow was also an opportunity to honour air veterans from WWII, including squadron leader Les Munro, who flew in the Dambusters Raid in 1943. ...
A salute for the nerves of steel - The Dominion Post | DARING YOUNG MEN: The air force's Red Checkers aerobatic team soar above the crowd. It was their first public display since being grounded a year ago. ...
Wings Over Wairarapa 2011: Post 1 – Introduction from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Yay! Another airshow to go to! Wings Oer Wairarapa is one of my favourite airshows... partly because of it's proximity to Wellington [around 1.5 hours drive or 40 minutes flight], but also because of the mix of aircraft and the friendly atmosphere. Usually the weather is very nice [often too hot]. This years show was a little different. Unfortunately the weather did not play ball, and with 9 aircraft or …
- Wings Over Wairarapa 2011: Post 2 – Harvards
- Wings Over Wairarapa 2011: Post 3 - Helicopter demonstration
PHOTO: Heroes, new citizens take part in air show - Naples Daily News | In addition to the naturalization ceremony, the American Heroes Air Show featured a traveling exhibit of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, ...
Navy Week will be run-up to air show here - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Among events scheduled for the air show weekend are performances of the Blue Angels, the US Navy flight demonstration squadron. ...
Snowbirds scramble for parts to stay in the air - Calgary Herald | The Defence Department is on the hunt to find parts for the military's aging Snowbirds acrobatic ...
2011 Fly-In Date Announcements from Antique Airfield News | Cactus Fly-In, Spokane Biplane Fly-In, National Biplane Fly-In
Lynn Tilton CEO of MD Helicopters™ to be Honored as Living Legend of Aviation from Business Aviation. Business Aviation Online Community - Home | First Woman to be Named as “Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year” | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lynn Tilton, founder and CEO of private equity firm Patriarch Partners, LLC (“Patriarch”) and industrialist will be honored as “Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year” at the 8 Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards ceremony on January 21 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Ms. Tilton is …
Sport Aviation Expo - AVweb (blog) | That's my impression of the mood at the seventh US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring which closed on Sunday. Modest though it may be, there are several reasons ...
Spring 2011 Antique Airfield Runway Issue at the Printers from Antique Airfield News | The latest issue of the Antique Airfield Runway is at the printers. Included in this expanded issue (28 pages); seven pages of color coverage of the 2010 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in, an update on the APM Restoration …
New Curtiss' for David Baumbach from Antique Airfield News
It's Over, It is Finished, The End ... and We Won!! from Antique Airfield News | What started as a simple FOIA request on 08-22-02 became a protracted legal battle that has wound it's way up through the US Supreme Court (see attached article) and back to the lower courts. But it is finally over. A summary judgment, by US District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, could foreshadow easier access to …
In `Wings of Freedom' exhibit, history soars - MiamiHerald.com | Missing in action was the B-17, which was grounded in New Smyrna Beach, because of engine trouble. Rob Collings, a pilot and the son of the founders of the ...
Florida Keys: Fly away - MiamiHerald.com | There will be flights aboard a vintage B-25H Mitchell Bomber, walk throughs on an original Eastern Air Lines DC-7 and many other warbirds and modern ...
Birmingham Aero Club Presents Awards from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGAM AL- Founded in 1932 and having over 200 members, the Birmingham Aero Club -BAC has a long history of aviation involvement in Birmingham and the state of Alabama. Steadman Acker, the club's first president along with Asa Rountree, the original vice-president, developed one of the largest and most respected annual air shows in the country, the National Air Carnival. Today the club's projects include enhancing aviators' knowledge through the Thurston W. Sumner Flight Education Program, and preserving Alabama's rich aviation history via the Southern Museum of Flight. …
Rare WWII bomber finds new home in Virginia Beach - The Virginian-Pilot | (Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot) By Marjon Rostami Hampton Roads is the new home to a rare World War II plane - a B-17 Flying Fortress named ...North Texas bids farewell to vintage warbird - WFAA | The B-17 Flying Fortress that had been part of a military aviation collection at Meacham Airport for more than three decades left for its new home in ...
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Aviation, WWII enthusiasts scramble to save nose art - NewsOK.com | By AP Leave a comment SPRINGDALE, Ark. — They were “the girls,” iconic images of wives, girlfriends, movie stars and pinups that graced the noses of ...
Hudson pilot honored by air and space museum - Hudson Hub-Times | ... is one the 100 Ohio women in air and space honored recently by the International Women's Air & Space Museum at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. ...
A daredevil pilot from land-locked Iowa launched the era of US naval aviation ... - SW Iowa News | “He was adventurous,” said Lee Ann Nelson, executive director of the Iowa Aviation Museum in Greenfield and a long-time Ely admirer. “He had to be. ...
Book review: A comprehensive look at carrier aviation during the Korean War - Bowling Green Daily News | ... “Such Men as These” provides a comprehensive look at the role of carrier aviation in the Korean War, an almost forgotten part of a forgotten war. ...
Jane Clopton - Amarillo.com | Jane worked for aircraft mechanics welding B-17 motor mounts during the war. She also worked as a bookkeeper; however, her artistic talents, ...
Today in Aviation History – January 23 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal | In 1909… The first flight of the French Ble´riot XI, one of the most successful monoplanes designed and built before World War I, is made. The Blériot XI made its first flight at Issy on January 23, 1909. This plane …
Aero Club scholarships - Carver Reporter | The Plymouth Aero Club is accepting applications for this year's aviation scholarships. The scholarships are to be used towards post-secondary education or ...
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