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Navy celebrates Centennial of Naval Aviation with open house and parade of flight  - YouTube | [B Roll Footage] SAN DIEGO (Feb. 12, 2011) Aircraft fly over San Diego Bay and the Coronado Bridge during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lowell Whitman/Released)

Aero India 2011 sizzles with 50000 viewers on Day 4 from Defence Aviation | Aero India 2011 has gained a tremendous response with record number of people coming to witness this air extravaganza. The aircraft’s and their spectacular manoeuvrings were the cynosure of all eyes at the Aero India show  which was opened for public viewing today. The crowd was eager to have a first hands on experience of flying displays from top-notch aerobatic teams like ‘Surya Kiran’, ‘Sarang’ and ‘Red Bull’. ...

Thousands flock in as air show opens to public - Yahind.com | Bangalore, Feb 12 (IANS) AeroIndia Saturday became a grand public event with thousands of people, young and old, flocking to the venue to witness scintillating.

Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor flies in F-16 at air show - Prokerala News | Bollywood hero Shahid Kapoor Saturday flew in an American F-16 fighter at the AeroIndia 2011 military-cum-civil aviation trade expo on the outskirts of this aerospace hub.  “It was a thrilling experience, which will help me in the role as a fighter pilot in my forthcoming film 'Mausam',” a beaming Kapoor told reporters after a 40-minute sortie at the Indian Air Force (IAF) air base near Yelahanka, about 20 km from the city.  The F-16IN Super Viper was flown by Lockheed Martin's test pilot Paul 'Bear' Randall on  ...

Vulcan set to fly at Cosford Airshow 2011 by Flightline UK | The only Vulcan aircraft left flying in the world will be setting hearts racing at this year’s Cosford Air Show, bosses revealed today.  The iconic aircraft, which is one of the most popular examples of British aerospace engineering, is lined up to take to the skies at the air show on June 12 at RAF Cosford on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.  In 2010 more than a million people watched the last airworthy Avro Vulcan fly and its appearance at the Midlands air extravaganza is set to attract thousands of people from all over the country. ...

Welshpool Air Show axed - shropshirestar.com | Welshpool Air Show has been axed this year because of a lack of cash to bring the Red Arrows display team to the event. Organisers said that they had failed ...

Italians fit out flying machines for our magnificent men - The National | ... out the UAE's first aerobatic team to create a troupe of flying aces similar to Britain's Red Arrows, the US Blue Angels and Italy's Frecce Tricolori. ...

Fingers in the Airport Fence Entwined from Airspeed | In the Fall of 2007, I began writing a ballad to fill out a book that I was in the process of finishing up. I had been inspired in the mid 1990s by a ballad written by folk singer Mike Agranoff called The Ballad of the Sandman. You might have heard Sandman once or twice here on Airspeed. It’s the story of the apocryphal  ...
   
Women Soar expands to four days, shifts to AirVenture's final weekend - Oshkosh Northwestern | With the program shifting dates in 2011, attendees will also experience a variety of exciting AirVenture attractions taking place on the final weekend ...

All female pilot group encourages women to take to the sky - KTRE | The times have changed, as there are a number of growing opportunities for women in aviation. "More and more women are becoming pilots, flying for the ...

World War II: Dresden Destroyed from About.com Military History | February 13-15, 1945 - Allied aircraft conduct the Bombing of Dresden. Though checked at the Battle of the Bulge in the west and with the Soviets pressing hard on the Eastern Front, the Third Reich continued to mount a stubborn defense in early 1945. As the two fronts began to near, the Western Allies began to consider plans for using strategic bombing to assist the Soviet advance. After  ...

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Bodenbach, 65th anniversary - Journal Times | Bodenbach, 89, served three years in the US Air Force as crew chief on a B-17 from 1942 to 1945. The couple met at a USO dance in Sioux City, Iowa, ...

RAF Museum Conservation Blog from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | The Royal Air Force Museum have an excellent blog developing on their website, here. The introduction, back in 2010, by Tim Wallis – Manager of Conservation, said: ...

Obituary – Mary Elizabeth (Chance) VanScyoc from Roger-Wilco | The lady recognized by most accounts as the first woman controller in the US has passed away.

U.S. Navy Test Pilot Completes First F-35C Flight from AVIATION-NEWS  | The carrier variant of the F-35 (CF-1) Joint Strike Fighter flew for the first time with a Navy test pilot at the controls Feb. 11. Taking off at 2:06 p.m., Lt Cmdr. Eric “Magic” Buus flew the F-35C for approximately two hours. Buus’ first flight in the CF-1 checked the [...] 

Pilot drops bombs near Nellis during emergency from Air Force Times - News | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot dropped two 500-pound bombs on restricted military land in southern Nevada after an engine malfunctioned in the fighter jet, forcing an emergency landing.

Superduperjumbo - Air and Space Magazine | Double the size of an Airbus A380? No problem, aerodynamicists say.

TweetUp: Sunday 3pm at the Future of Flight — Join Us? from Airline Reporter | Come see a Dreamlifter up close at the Future of Flight.  With the unveiling of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, some of your favorite aviation journalists are all in  ...

Model rockets in Millville: Class helps fuel passion for innovation - Record-Searchlight | By Kibkabe Araya Millville School students look to the sky as members of the model rocketry class launch a model rocket Friday at the school. ...