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Saudi Hawks Soar To Al Ain With New Awe-Inspiring Routines - PressReleaseNetwork.com | “The Saudi Hawks have proven to be one of the big draws to the Al Ain Aerobatic Show, and this year will be no exception,” said Faisal Al Sheikh, ...

Photos: Air Show at JASDF Gifu Airbase

Vintage aircraft display Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Marco Airport - Marco Island Sun Times
On display are the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII heavy bomber, consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII heavy bomber, and P-51 Mustang ...

How to Vote for CAF Awards 1/28/11- KOSA
Right now, the CAF which has participated in the 1991 with the B-17 Sentimental Journey has fallen into 6th place. To vote for the CAF commercial, ...

wings and women - HeraldNet | The B-25 Mitchell is a medium-sized bomber nicknamed Grumpy because the nose art was the likeness of one of the seven dwarfs from Disney's “Snow White,” ...

Before The Wright Flyer (via Rulers of Sky!)  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | Man had always dreamed of flying in the sky like birds, so did the Wright Brothers. As we all know they are responsible for making a machine – the wright flyer – which, what we today know as an aircraft. But before Wright Brothers made their marvelous invention in 1903, their were several attempts made towards developing a stable, controlled and true "flying machines". History tells that many centuries before, attempts were made to fulfill man's … Read More

The ramming unit of the 4th Sentai from x planes | As the raids over Japan continued, Special Attack sections were formed within some fighter units, with the sole purpose of air-to-air ramming of B-29s. The art on the nose depicts the silhouette of a B-29, and tearing through one of the wings is the unit’s name: “Kaiten Tai”, which translates to “quaking the heavens”.  Although these men expected to die, nothing was certain in war. In February 1945, the Japanese military …

Overdue respect - Jerusalem Post | Americans returning from the fighting in Israel in 1948 and 1949 often did not speak about their activities for fear of being prosecuted for serving in a foreign army. It even took a presidential pardon in December 2008 from outgoing president George W. Bush to erase the stigma of a jail sentence for Charles Winters, who served 18 months in prison for selling three surplus B-17 bombers to Israel. Winters, a Christian, was the only American actually jailed for such activities. ...

The lion that never roared from fox2magazine |  It was the most ambitious project of the Israel Aircraft Industries: to design and develop a world class fighter from the beginning. The project »Arieh«, as it was known, was a plan for a military plane on a par with the top fighters of the era: the McDonnell Douglas F -15 and General Dynamics F -16.  Starting in late 1974, a small group of engineers worked on the IAI Arieh …

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Challenger Astronaut Ronald E. McNair's Legacy Honored - ABC News | A physicist recognized nationally for his work in the field of laser physics who was also notable for being the second African American to fly in space, ...
More Challenger Tributes are here.


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