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Fact or fable: hunt is on for buried Spitfires - The Australian   | IT'S the Lasseter's Reef of warbirds -- a rumoured stash of mint-condition Spitfires hidden underground in rural Queensland.   Many have searched for the legendary British fighters, reportedly still in their crates and hidden since the end of the World War II around the Queensland town of Oakey, but so far nobody has been able to lay claim to what would be a multi-million-dollar find.  They are the remnants of 656 Mark V and Mark VIII Spitfires that were delivered to the RAAF during the war.  RAAF records show that …

CLAYTON > Fair and air show money given to charities - St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Dick Hrabko, who had served as the air show's president for many years, attended Wednesday's event. "The air show made money every year and never had a ...

Living Legends Honors Outstanding Individuals  from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | EAA Chairman of the Board Tom Poberezny and his wife Sharon were in California last weekend to participate in the 8th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. There are 70 "Living Legends of Aviation," who have been recognized for their outstanding achievements to aviation. …

Authors convene at 2011 WAI Conference -   from GA News | Aviation authors and their devoted readers will get a chance to talk during the 22nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which will be held Feb. 24-26, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. “Both the authors and our ...

Women of Aviation Worldwide Community | Want to fly?  | Would you like to know what it feels like to fly in an airplane? During Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, pilots around the world are offering to take girls and women, who have never flown in a small airplane, on a short flight. To …

Balancing Excitement and Risk - Aviation Blogs  from www.flightschoollist.com   | Last week, I had my first introduction to the Lancair 360. And it was quite a flight. In the left seat was Ultimate Air Race and stunt pilot Dave Riggs. We met up with two other 360 pilots for some formation flying and air race practice.  If you haven’t heard about Ultimate Air Race Championship (UARC), you’re probably not alone. The race had its inauguration in China last fall with more than 500,000 spectators and 850 Million television viewers. A combination of the Red Bull Air Races and the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev., UARC is a low altitude, high-speed, semi-aerobatic race with several aircraft duking it out on a tight pylon course. …

Rare flight for A-26 at Lyon Air Museum  from General Aviation News |   The Douglas A-26 Invader “Feeding Frenzy” attack bomber aircraft, a highlight of Lyon Air Museum’s collection, will rumble out of the museum’s hangar at John Wayne Airport in Southern California, roar down the runway and take to the air at  noon on “A-26 Day,” Sat., Feb. 12, weather permitting.  …

Great old photo of a Vought F4U Corsair shortly before catching...  from You like airplanes, too?

C. R. Smith Museum celebrates 100 years of black aviation  from General Aviation News | American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum hosts a “Celebration of 100 Years of Black Aviation” with special presentations by Donald Elder, an original member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, and C. B. Rice, a historian and author. The Jan. 29 event at the Dallas-area museum is a kick-off for Black History Month in February.  …

Little Boy and The Story of the First Atomic Bomb  from Aviation Earth   | 65 years ago, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress helped bring the Second World War to an end with a stunning blow. Its ‘Little Boy’ cargo would show man at his most destructive. The physicist Albert Einstein first hinted at the potential use of atomic weapons in a letter (co-drafted with Hungarian physicist, Leó Szilárd) to the [...]

“With no self-starting apparatus on the Nick, two men...  from x planes  | … This version in the photograph is carrying a nose-mounted 37mm Type 98 tank gun. Although the Nick was only able to accommodate 16 rounds and fire at a rate of about 3 rounds per minute, it became a lethal weapon in the hands of several Japanese pilots when faced with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress over Japan. In the words of Isamu Kashiide: …

Video: Nimrod Destruction on BBC  | The seventh 'Most watched/listened' story on the BBC website right now is Nimrod scrapping condemned as 'barbaric vandalism' with graphic shots of Nimrod airframes literally smashed up.  Along with the top story is running an interview with Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason (retired) who wrote a letter to the Telegraph with five other ex-defense chiefs: Nimrod decision 'leaves gaps in UK defence'.

"Pilot" stories come to life in digital edition - Aviation eBrief  | Vote on the quirkiest airport in the United States, fly through Canada on an arctic adventure, and see what it's like to loop and roll your way to becoming a better pilot. The interactive polls and video content are embedded in the new digital edition of "AOPA Pilot." Watch the videos and take the polls and …

Force Recon Marines perform parachute training with SEALs, pararescuemen – Military Photos

Photo essay: Whiteman's T-38 Talons get ready for flight   from Air Force Link Top Stories |  Crew chiefs and maintainers perform final preflight checks on the T-38 Talon high-altitude supersonic trainer here Jan. 26. The T-38 is used by pilots to conduct sorties and accumulate flight hours and training time.  View the slideshow.

T-38 Talons ready for flight  from AF.mil Photos  | Maintainers and crew chiefs prepare several T-38 Talons for takeoff Jan. 26, 2011, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

Airspeed: Flying the Black Rocket: The Northrop T-38 Talon from airspeedonline.blogspot.com | I've loved the Northrop T-38 for years. Born in the cauldron of the F-5 Freedom Fighter program in the late 1950s, it has since trained more than 50,000 military jet pilots throughout the world. It's sleek and pointy and fast (Mach 1.3 capable). It's the advanced jet trainer for the US Air Force. And it's also the companion trainer for many of the Air Force's most amazing aircraft…

Here's to many more: Woman's 103rd birthday celebrated up in the air - Redding Record Searchlight  | A Redding woman and her son celebrated her 103rd birthday Wednesday with a flight over the city.  Marion Paul and her 73-year-old son, Wayne, were treated to a helicopter ride around Redding as part of her birthday celebration. …

Remembering Challenger - 25 years later  from The Original Rocket Dungeon

Day of Remembrance  from RLV and Space Transport News   | Today is the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire and tomorrow will be the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Next Tuesday, February 1st, will mark eight years since the loss of Columbia. NASA has set January 27th each year as the official Day of Remembrance for these tragedies as well as for the loss of other astronauts who died in the course of their work.  …

Will Human Spaceflight Ever Truly Be Safe?  from SPACE.com   | The dangers of human spaceflight takes center stage this week, but just how risky is flying in space?

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