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 'Angels Over the Bay' will celebrate Keesler's 70 years - SunHerald.com | BILOXI -- With a month to go, the lineup of performers and aircraft is growing for the Angels Over the Bay Air Show at Keesler Air Force Base. The event poster released Wednesday captures the essence of the March ...

Wings over Wairarapa expects 50000 - The Dominion Post | One of the biggest airshows in New Zealand and Australia, held every two years, it includes displays from the Red Checkers, air force Hercules and Iroquois helicopters, and three Czech Albatross jets among the Tiger Moths, topdresser planes, ...

Galloping Ghost Gear Test from www.aafo.com | Attached is a link to 10 minutes of video I shot on the ramp when Jimmy was making a few high speed passes to make sure the gear doors were staying properly closed at speed. ...

Video of Cona Fly by from photorecon.net

NAS North Island Events Begin Centennial of Naval Aviation Celebration from The Aero Experience | Special thanks to Mark Nankivil of the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum for attending the festivities and providing these awesome photos!

75 years since the first official Ansett flight - ABC Local | Bill Sharp is looking at the replica of the first official Ansett plane and wondering how it ever flew - it certainly doesn't look like the most stable aeroplane with its exposed engine and wires running down the side of the wooden body, ...

Celebrating African-Americans in aviation - 9NEWS.com
DENVER - When many people think about the role of African- American pilots in aviation history they often think of the famous Tuskegee Airmen. A new display at the Wings over the Rockies Museum in Lowry shows visitors there's much more to that history. ...

Up Close With a Navy Blue Angel - Best Military Surplus | In an earlier article, I said I’d be giving you a taste of what the Oshkosh 2010 airshow was like, so here’s a little more, this one about a Blue Angel aircraft. The Blue Angels are the US Navy’s official flight demonstration squadron.  They perform maneuvers for audiences across the globe, and are perhaps the most famous flight demonstration team in the world.  The team has been in existence since 1946 and has performed almost every year since its inception..  ...

IMAGES: T-28 Trojan Aircraft lands in Brasilia - CAVOK (translated)
Power of 1425 horsepower, top speed 550 km / h, ability to operate rocket launchers, machine guns and light bombs. These are some characteristics of a distinguished visitor received this afternoon in Brasilia Air Base. The T-28 Trojan airplane landed in the unit after a trip of almost 25 days. The aircraft was conducted in Chicago, United States, by two civilian pilots and aviation enthusiasts. The crew were ...

Shusui interceptor restored by Mitsubishi - War and Game | THE FIVE-YEAR RESTORATION of a Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui has recently been completed by engineers at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Plant at Komaki Minami near Nagoya. Reports Giuseppe Picarelfa.  The J8M1, based on the Messerschmitt Me 163, was a last-ditch Japanese attempt to produce an interceptor to counter the Boeing B-29 raids towards the end of the war. The restored machine is the only example existing in Japan. ...
   
Dogfighting with frickin' laser beams! - Las Vegas Weekly | The Extra330LC aerobatic airplane, used by Air Combat Ace, sits on the tarmac before flight time, Thurs. Feb 10th 2011 “I have the aircraft” is a phrase I never thought I'd say, but last week I sat in the front of an Extra 330LC aircraft thousands of ...
   
Pilot And Passenger Still Hospitalized After Vintage Plane Crash - Indiana's NewsCenter
Americus, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Snider High School graduate remains hospitalized with fellow Purdue student after crashing a World War II era plane in a wooded area Tuesday afternoon. The plane had been loaned to 22-year-old ...

The Ground-Breaking Boeing Condor UAV from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In the 1960s as the technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) progressed, the USAF initiated two programs that would provide unmanned analogues to the premier airborne reconnaissance aircraft of the day, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and the U-2. Both aircraft had their strengths and weaknesses and the USAF hoped to expand upon their capabilities with adjunct UAV reconnaissance aircraft. The companion program to the SR-71 Blackbird originated from the ...

RV-7 Aerobatic Video from VAF Forums
   
Commemorative Air Force a Finalist in Dont Mess With Texas Ad Contest 2/16/11 - KOSA | The “Commemorative Air Force” advertisement is facing off against the “Talking Longhorn” ad to see which ad will win the statewide contest. The 6-week challenge started with 38 commercials from 1986 through 2010 urging Texans not to litter. ...

Super Guppy Fuselage Cross Section... It's Umm, Really Big! from AirPigz |  A total of eight Guppy aircraft were built by Aero Spacelines in the 1960's to haul oversized cargo, including many large parts related to the Apollo space program. In fact, those specific parts were the inspiration for airplanes that could relatively affordably transport pieces that were huge in size but not really all that heavy. The Pregnant Guppy, the Mini Guppy, as well as the Super Guppy that's seen here at Edwards Air Force base in 2000 were ...

Aviation charter school seeking renewal, improving test scores - Oakland Tribune | Oakland Aviation High School has overcome many challenges in its five years of existence. After hiring a principal and finding another school building last year, the school has new issues to address -- renewing its charter ...

Virginia Commercial Human Space Flight Revenue Measure Passes House 89 to 8 from Spaceports | On a vote of 89 to 8, the Virginia House of Delegates, followed the Senate (40 to 0), in sending to Governor Robert McDonnell a measure to earmark any human space flight or human space flight training  ...