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Snowbirds jet damaged in landing - CBC.ca | A formation of the Snowbirds in flight is seen in this file photo. (Department of National Defence) A Tutor jet, part of the military's Snowbirds aerobatic flying team, was damaged during a landing at 15 Wing Moose Jaw Tuesday afternoon. ...

International airshow unveiled in Australia - People's Daily Online | An international airshow exposition is on display in Victoria Australia, rallying the world's state-of-art aircrafts including the Stealth F-22 Raptor Fighter. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition 2011 commenced on ...

Raptors roar at Avalon - Geelong Advertiser | The same aerial qualities made two red-hot Raptors conspicuous attractions on the tarmac at Avalon's Australian International Airshow yesterday. The sharp and lean single-seat craft became the focus of countless photographs and an unprecedented ...
   
Warplanes on display above city this week - Arizona Daily Star | The annual Heritage Flight Conference - a refresher course of sorts for pilots on this year's air show circuit - takes place this weekend at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Changes in jet noise levels and flight activity will be evident now until next ...

Minneola mayor jumps for troops, brother - Orlando Sentinel | Minneola Mayor Pat Kelley, bottom, does a tandem skydive jump with the famed US Army Golden Knights at Homestead Air Force Base in Homestead. (Courtesy of Pat Kelley / March 2, 2011) Minneola Mayor Pat Kelley, bottom parachutist, (above) participated ...

Karlene Petitt aims to inspire 2,000 girls and women - Women of Aviation Worldwide Community | During WOAW week, Delta Air Lines A330 pilot, Karlene Petitt aims to motivate and inspire 2,000 girls and women to consider the many careers that the aviation industry has to offer them.

Legislation Introduced To Honor CAP World War II Veterans from Aero-News Network | Would Award A Congressional Gold Medal To The Auxiliary Vets Bipartisan legislation has just been introduced in the 112th Congress to honor World War II members of Civil Air Patrol. ...

Great Reno Balloon Race organizers to offer preferred parking from Latest news updates from RGJ.com | Organizers of the Great Reno Balloon Race are readying plans to open 150 parking spaces a balloon’s length or two away from the action for a $20 fee.

Flying Gypsies from General Aviation News by Dennis Parks | Dennis Parks is Curator Emeritus of Seattle’s Museum of Flight.  Ever since the conception of the light airplane in the 1920s, the magnitude of flights achieved by pilots using light planes never ceases to surprise, especially when used for around-the-word tours. Such trips would seem to be in the provenance of larger, higher-powered aircraft, not small, low-powered aircraft. ...

Super Cat from Travel for Aircraft | The Catalina has been written about in this web log* but this aircraft is a bit different. It is painted all in black and sits awaiting a court decision regarding ownership though it is kept in good condition. There is an excellent article written by ...

Chocks away for aviators - Portsmouth News | The year is probably 1913, the year the newspaper announced a £5000 prize to the first aviator to successfully fly around the British coastline. The proposed route ran 1600 miles, starting at Cowes before heading east along the south coast, ...

Today in Aviation History – March 2 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1918… Lloyd Andrews Hamilton becomes the first American to receive a commission in the British Royal Flying Corps when he is assigned as lieutenant with No. 3 squadron in France. ...

Ground Control Print Show from Crosswind Images: Recently Added Galleries and Collections | The images in this gallery are currently on display at Ground Control in Goodyear, Arizona through the end of April, 2011.  If you've seen the prints at Ground Control but ...

Video: ICON A5 Light Sport Aircraft from Latest Vlog | Will 2011 be the year of the flying car? It could be with stories being published on aviation websites such as Aviation Central where they recently covered a story on the Terrafugia Transition! (Also featured on SFTV here.)  Joanne Colan from the TV program "Dean of Invention" takes us down to California we she carries out her feature story on the ICON A5.

X-37 ready for another go? from Black Horizon | Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 2, 2011 The 45th Space Wing is set to launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 4, 2011. The rocket will carry an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test ...

Social Media Savvy Astronaut to Host DC Tweetup from AllTwitter | He was the first person to check-in from space. He’s posted pictures of the earth as seen from the International Space Station on his Twitter account. And with almost 100,000 followers, he’s the most popular astronaut on Twitter. NASA’s Doug Wheelock will be ...