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The Flying Bulls make first UK appearance at Flying Legends 2011 - Cambridge First | It was then handed over to JD Reed, an air racing enthusiast, based in Houston. With some engineering modification, design fine-tuning and bags of enthusiasm, Reed ensured that the aircraft, flown by Charlie 'Firewall' Walling, achieved 2nd place at ...

PLANS for a spectacular airshow in Cleethorpes have been grounded after it was ... - Grimsby Telegraph | Plans for a seafront "festival of flight" were first mooted last year by Cleethorpes Airshow Ltd, which said the event could bring up to 70000 visitors to the resort. News of the plans being shelved came at a meeting of North East Lincolnshire ...
   
"Wings of Freedom" tour now in Shreveport - KSLA-TV | I never really thought anything about it years ago," said former pilot and veteran William "Dub" Tooms. If you would like to fly in one of them you can schedule flights by calling 800-568-8924. You must be logged in to rate this story. ...

Classic warbirds stir memories - Shreveport Times | A B-17 and a P-51 also flew in, and the public can pay to tour the planes or fly on them. / Val Horvath Davidson/The Times The Collings Foundation B-24, B-17 and P-51 are on display at the Royal Air facility until the tour leaves at noon Friday. ...

Video: World's Fastest Helicopter Pilot from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Kevin Bredenbeck took the Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator to 250 knots and beyond last September. He spoke with AVweb about the aircraft, the program, and what it's like to go that fast in a helicopter in this interview at the 2011 HAI Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida.

Women's Aviation Week touches down in Billings - www.ktvq.com | As an Airbus, completely crewed by women, landed in Billings in celebration of the first Women's Aviation Week, several young women looked on-- women which may one day help bolster the very small number of females working in aviation. ...

VIP Discovery Flights for a little over $1/minute in. - Women of Aviation Worldwide Community | To celebrate Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, Pacific Skies Aviation invites girls and women to discover LA from the air. ...

Homemade Airplane from Latest Vlog  | ... A Kenyan IT specialist, Gabriel Nderitu, constructs a homemade airplane with help from the internet.  ...

F-35 Production Fleet Grows from Aero-News Network | Second JSF Production Jet Takes First Flight AF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, made its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant flew for 1.3 hours.

Rocket enthusiasts shoot for the moon - Vancouver Sun | The four Vancouver men, who call themselves Team Plan B, are among 29 contenders from 17 countries facing off to win the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, a competition meant to ignite commercial lunar exploration. "I'm doing this because it is ...

Shuttle Discovery's Space Finale a Bittersweet End, Astronauts Say - Space.com | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the space shuttle Discovery glided toward its final landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the astronauts and ground teams were focused on one thing: bringing the storied space plane down safely to end a successful mission.  But after landing, when the Discovery's crew emerged from the ship to be greeted by NASA's flight controllers, a gamut of emotions began to sink in.  "It's a pretty bittersweet moment," shuttle commander Steve Lindsey said as he ...[photo: nasa.gov]