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Angels Over the Bay Air Show is Saturday and Sunday - SunHerald.com | The skies will be busy over Biloxi on Saturday and Sunday as Keesler Air Force Base presents the Angels Over the Bay Air Show and Open House to celebrate the base's 70th anniversary. During the free air show, the public is invited to watch the Navy's ...

Seymour Johnson Air Show in Goldsboro salutes NC’s “Unwavering Support,” April 16 & 17 from Wings Over Wayne |Goldsboro, N.C. - Commanders of Seymour Johnson AFB expressed appreciation to North Carolina for ‘unwavering support’ as Colonels Patrick Doherty and Shawn Pederson extended invitations to attend an extraordinary air show - Wings Over Wayne County – April 16-17. This rare assembly of aerial and ground attractions includes the Air Force Thunderbirds, Seymour Johnson’s F15-E Strike Eagle Demo Team, the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the F-22 Raptor, Tora! Tora! Tora! WWII reenactment, the MIG 17, F-4, A-10, P-51, and many more technological marvels for a fascinating weekend of family exploration and fun.   ...

Snowbirds flock to Rupert's skies this summer - Muskeg News | “The Canadian Forces Snowbirds demonstration is viewed as an excellent way for the military to show its support for the city through this popular Canadian icon.” Velasco explained that, in 2007, then-mayor Herb Pond sent a letter to the chief of ...

Singing star Alexandra Burke lands at Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | THE Royal International Air Tattoo has landed one of X Factor's biggest star's this summer as Alexandra Burke will perform live at the show. Visitors to the Fairford show on Sunday, July 17 will be able to enjoy lunchtime entertainment ...

NAF El Centro Air Show 2011 [w photos] from photorecon.net | The 2011 United States Air Show season kicked off this last Saturday down at Naval Air Station El Centro. Performers included The Blue Angels, Viper West F-16 team, Navy VAF-122 F-18 team, and other civilian performers. There were many classic war birds on static display. Thousands came out to kick off the new season. Following [...]

Pietsch to take flight - Minot Daily News | The four planes in the St. Maarten trip and possibly two other planes will be on display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot when it opens May 14. The planes will remain there for about two months. ...

Pipers, planes and putt-putts - ABC Local | The RACV 'Fly the Flag' tour will be stopping off in Echuca on March 30 with local car enthusiasts looking forward to more than 200 vintage vehicles being on show. And for those who enjoy a faster mode of transport, the Airshow is set for April 3.

Take a Ride in a B-25 from Air & Space Magazine

Tuskegee Airmen subject of two novels from General Aviation News | Thanks to reader John Bradberry, who told us about author John Gibson, who recently appeared at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Library to discuss his two novels, “A Sparrow Has Wings” and “Higher Heights.” The fictional accounts are historically correct, and deal with the historic Tuskegee Airman, according to the author, who told those attending his lecture that he felt the Tuskegee Airmen had never received credit for their historic service, so the focus of his work has been giving these brave men recognition. Both of Gibson’s books are available at Amazon.com

Volunteer organization Aviation Trail Inc. to honor member - Dayton Daily News | Aviation Trail Inc., a volunteer organization that promotes aviation heritage, plans to honor one of its own members, Stephen P. Brown, for years of work on aviation preservation projects. Brown helped to develop and complete the Aviation ...

Allied Aircraft in Korea from Military Photos | Bombers, fighters, carrier ops and more.

RIVERSIDE: Docent brings history to life at aircraft museum - InlandSoCal.com | March Field Air Museum docent Bob Mauger likes to tell stories. And he has a lot of them. As a volunteer at the Riverside museum for about 10 years, he's had many visitors listen to his tales -- which are well researched and sometimes ...

Jack Harmon Rhew - LubbockOnline.com | During WWII, Jack was a Flight Engineer and top turret gunner on a B17 bomber that flew out of Horham, England. As a Staff Sgt., he earned the Distinguished Unit Badge with two oak leaf clusters, good conduct medal, European campaign medal and WWII ...

Airfield walk- RAF Newton, Nottingham 17-3-2011 by Gary Watson | Whilst in the area on work matters, and having the 'box-brownie with me for that purpose, I stopped-off by the roadside at Newton, Nottinghamshire, to view the former RAF Newton, where many years ago, I flew from during my ATC days with 209 West Bridgeford squadron, back in the good-old days. This afternoon, thanks to the grass-runway,now being a public right of way, and home to several hundred Derby County fans ...

Open Cockpit Sundays at the Air Museum; Spanish guitar at Joregensen; Art ... - Patch.com | On March 20, you can sit behind the controls or experience simulated flight at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The museum's Open Cockpit Sundays allow visitors to climb into the pilot's seat of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion ...

Viggen at Lelystad from Let Let Let - Warplanes | The Saab 37 Viggen was a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range fighter and attack aircraft, manufactured between 1970 and 1990. Several variants were produced to perform the roles of all-weather fighter-interceptor, ground attack and photo-reconnaissance, as well as a two-seat trainer. The AJ 37 was designed to carry two RB 04E anti-ship missiles on the inboard wing pylons with an optional third  ...

the Northrop YB-49 from x planes

A history of Predator from the ultimate insider from The DEW Line | On 3 March, the US Air Force accepted the last MQ-1B Predator (shown above) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., closing the book on a paradigm-breaking 16-year run.  Frank Pace was one of the original employees of Abe Karem's Leading Systems, which designed Amber for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the early 1980s. The Amber was modified to become the GNAT 750, which was modified to become the Predator after Leading Systems went bankrupt and its assets were acquired by Neil Blue's General Atomics.   ...

Pilot AMX Italian Air Force is the first Italian to fly an A-10C Thunderbolt II from CavokBlog | Captain Maurizio De Guida, AMX pilot of Italian Air Force, became the first Italian rider to fly an aircraft A-10C Thunderbolt II U.S. Air Force. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green / US Air Force)  Captain Maurizio De Guida grew up in Italy at the head of the runway at Capodichino International Airport of Naples, and saw the aircraft coming in for landing daily. Now he is one of three pilots in the U.S. exchange and the first Italian to fly an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft made for a similar function, but much larger, the AMX, the aircraft that he flies in Italy. ...

Must Have Book: American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II by Gerald Balzer from The Aero Experience

The Nano Hummingbird: Even James Bond Would Be Jealous from ASB.tv | There may be a new species of bird flying around in the near future.  However, this one runs on batteries and bares no scientific name.  It is the Nano Hummingbird, a pocket-sized drone developed by the Monrovia firm AeroVironment Inc. for the Pentagon that would even make James Bond jealous. ...

Lt. Col. Herbert W. (Bill) Powley, 2010 Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year from AVWeb Podcast | The annual Crossfield educator award honors teachers who inspire kids to learn about aviation. Lt. Col. Herbert W. Powley was chosen for introducing more than 4,000 students to flying over 19 years, producing on average eight first solos and two new pilots every year. He talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about his project, how it got started, how he keeps it going, and what the Crossfield award meant to him.

Air Force pioneer speaks at women's conference from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force pioneer, who is now serving as the top-ranked woman in the Air Force, shared lessons learned during her 34-year career March 16 with more than 170 Airmen at the Joint Women's Leadership Symposium here. ...

Women's History Month: DM honors women warriors from Air Combat Command | Airmen at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., kicked off the beginning of Women's History Month by hosting a question and answer panel of female military members on base March 7.  The seven distinguished guests shared a wealth of information and experiences from wars both past and present. These women are legends and heroes to many. They are battle hardened combat vets that experienced the worst that humanity had to offer, and helped pave the way for women in the military. Some of them fought in World War II, while others are still in active duty and continue to fight in current military conflicts. ...

NASA Launches Website to Honor Women in Space from SPACE.com
NASA marked women's history month yesterday (March 16) with a new website devoted to women at the space agency.

Women in Space, Then & Now: Q&A With Space History Curator Margaret Weitekamp - Space.com | And there have been women in aviation since then. In terms of spaceflight, especially in the space shuttle era, women have been an active part of that, both behind the scenes and as astronauts. Astronauts become the public face of spaceflight that ...

First spacecraft to orbit Mercury already has postage stamp - collectSPACE.com | Giancola, who is known for his book cover illustrations for science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, worked on the stamp under the direction of Phil Jordan, a former art director for Smithsonian AIr & Space magazine. ...