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Heads up: Valkaria Air Fest is Saturday - Florida Today | The Mavericks, one of the few civilian aerobatic formation teams, were crowd pleasers at last year's Valkaria Air Fest. / Malcolm Denemark, 2010 FLORIDA TODAY file Flying in: Admission is free for anyone arriving in an experimental (home built), ...

Last P-3C of the Heritage Paint Project by U.S. Naval Air Forces | We're painting her like an EP-3B of the late 60s. Expect her to be finished Saturday. After this, just two more planes to paint. (rd)

VIDEO: Training Winter of the Blue Angels in California from CavokBlog (translated) | A new video, about 12 minutes, made in El Centro, California, on February 15, shows more scenes of winter training Demonstration Squadron of the U.S. Navy, the Blue Angels, who are preparing for 2011 season , which begins on March 12 at its headquarters in El Centro winter. There will be over 20 performances a year.

The 150 years of United Italy - riviera24 (translated)| Sanremo - The aerobatic team paraded on the occasion of the laying of a wreath on the monument to the fallen, the Gardens Ruffini, the presence of Minister of Defense Ignazio La Russa and the Minister of Youth, Giorgia Meloni. Also - The striking video of a reader of our Tricolour Arrows Sanremo ...

Classic Aero-TV: Flying The F-86 Sabre-Jet -- Captain 'Snort' At Oshkosh 2010 from Aero-News Network | Legendary Fighter Looks Good Wherever It Flies! ALL eyes craned skyward as the sound the F-86 became audible... and the only person enjoying it more had to be the guy on the stick... Captain Dale "Snort" Snodgrass. The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was one of this nation's best known and much favored transonic jet fighters. Best known for its astounding ability to take down MiG 15s in the Korean war, the bird developed an almost mythical rep among the pilots who flew it.

Military Aviation: Billy Mitchell Dies from About.com Military History | February 19, 1936 - Military aviation pioneer Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell (right) dies in New York City. The son a weathy senator from Wisconsin, Mitchell entered the US Army in ...

Gone West: Eurocopter test pilot Jean Boulet from Aero-News Network | First To Fly The Puma, Gazelle, SE3000, And Other Helicopters ANN has learned that Eurocopter test pilot Jean Boulet passed away earlier this week at the age of 90. In a statement released to the media, the company paid tribute to Boulet's "legendary piloting skills and passion for flying established the Group's place in the history of rotorcraft."

AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE EARMARKED FOR EVANS HEAD - NBN
Evans Head could soon be home to the aviation equivalent of the Stockman’s Hall of Fame. A consortium is hoping to secure a decommissioned Caribou and a F111 for a proposed aviation heritage centre at the aerodrome. ...

The Lion That Never Roared - Air & Space | CANCELLED: Israel's Arieh Fighter. It was the Israel Aircraft Industries’ most ambitious project: to design and develop a world-class fighter aircraft from scratch. The Arieh project, as it was known, was a concept design for a warplane on a par with the leading fighters of the day: the McDonnell Douglas F-15 and General Dynamics F-16. Starting in late 1974, a small team of engineers at IAI toiled away on Arieh (“lion” in Hebrew), throwing around buzzwords like “digital fly-by-wire flight control system” and ...

g Force from Latest Vlog | I'm sure many of you watching this video have seen it somewhere on the internet before. "Steve are you with me?" is the opening question the pilot of this F-18 asks this reporter as he tags along for this sortie. ...

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Chris Findley from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer ... A secret about most general aviation instructors... most are on a mission to build hours. But when you can find an instructor like Chris, who is there because he love to teach, you've found yourself someone special. They're more than an instructor, they're a mentor. They have a passion for what they do, and will do anything they can to help you reach your goals. ...

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