Air show begins Saturday in Charlotte County - NBC2 News | CHARLOTTE COUNTY: The 31st annual Florida International Air Show lands in Charlotte County on Saturday. Dozens of historic aircraft will be on display and there will be unique performers and exhibits. "We've done fly overs for the Indy 500 last year. ...
Air Show To Take Flight In Flagler - WESH Orlando | Thousands took in the air show last year, so event representatives said they were doubling the number of planes for this year's show. The show promises historic planes from WWII, fantastic aerobatic demonstrations and plenty of vintage andaircraft on ...
Flying High: Pilot's air show mission has special cause - The News Herald | On a piece of Greg Poe's plane is written: “Ryan's Dream.” Founded in 2007, the Ryan J. Poe Foundation was created by as a means of supporting his youth program called “Elevate Your Life.” The nationally recognized program came about as a result of ...
Copter ride is preview for air show in Punta Gorda - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | PUNTA GORDA - Back in town for an air show, helicopter pilot Roger Buis enjoyed buzzing his old neighborhood on Friday. When: Today and Sunday. Gates open at 9 am, with performances from 11 am to 3 pm Cost: $18 for adults and $5 for ...
Fly in a B-17 - Signal | By Guest Commentary The Liberty Belle, a restored WW II B-17 "flying fortress" bomber, and a rare Curtiss P-40 Warhawk will take to the skies over the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27. On those days these vintage aircraft ...
AirPower over Hampton Roads set for May 13-15 - Daily Press | Other performers include Air Combat Command's F-22 Raptor and A-10 East demonstration teams, the Disabled American Veterans B-25 bomber "Panchito," the "Red Tail" P-51 Mustang, the GEICO Skytypers and the Misty Blues All-Woman Skydiving team. ...
AirFest 2011 lineup announced - WREX-TV | ROCKFORD (WREX) - The list of scheduled performers for this year's Rockford AirFest at Chicago Rockford International Airport has been released. The show will include 14 military and civilian performers, including the headliner the US Navy Blue Angels. ...
Photo: On a wing and a prayer: Hurricane pilot Anna Walker (left) and Spitfire pilot Carolyn Grace (right) the Autumn Air Show at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford 2009 - Daily Mail [Photo Credit]
2013 change may mean return of Blue Angels - Annapolis Capital | AP VIDEO more>> The change means the Blue Angels could resume their traditional pre-commissioning Annapolis performance. But an appearance is not guaranteed, according to a flight team spokesman, because the 2013 schedule has not been made. ...
Medal presentation for Snowbird pilot for Kosovo campaign - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Times-Herald photo by Rebecca Lawrence For Snowbird pilot Maj. Ryan Stich, the current Libyan crisis brings to the forefront his own experiences when he was part of a NATO-led coalition flying bombing missions in Kosovo. He flew the F-18 during the ...
WWII pilot reunites with plane similar to one he flew - WALA-TV FOX10 | Texas Commemorative Air Force pilot Mark Allen has been flying this last-of-its-kind plane for the last five years. “This particular type, the SB2C-L Diver, flew a very, a great deal of missions over the war,” Allen said. “In fact, it sank more tonnage ...Video
WWII vets take flight back in time - Yuma Sun | Joining them on their flight aboard the B-17 bomber, called the Sentimental Journey, was fellow World War II veteran and winter visitor Tony Nader, who served aboard the USS Nevada. The plane is owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. ...
Doolittle did train at Willows airfield - Corning Observer | Doolittle led 16 B-25 bombers in an unforgettable air raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942. "The official military record of the Doolittle program is very straight forward albeit sparse in detail," said Hornet Museum historian Bob Fish, who has spent the ...
Remembering a POW who fought for our freedom - 9NEWS.com [video] | ... On Feb. 22, 1944, May and crew members of his B-17 volunteered for a mission in Nazi Germany. World War II was raging and, as a tail gunner, May was about to find himself in the fight for his life. That fight came from a squadron of German fighters. His B-17 was hit and badly damaged. May continued firing from his turret until he ran out of ammunition. As the plane was going down, May and the crew ejected. ...
11 WW2 airmen buried 68 years after Papua New Guinea plane crash - Daily Mail | By Daily Mail Reporter Eleven airmen who died after their plane crashed over Papua New Guinea during the Second World War have finally been buried with full military honours. The US servicemen took off from Port Moresby airfield on November 20, 1943, ...
Soldier killed in WWII to be buried in Ala. - Air Force Times | WEDOWEE, Ala. — A World War II airman who died during a raid on Berlin in 1944 is finally being buried. Staff Sgt. Ralph McDonald was to be buried Friday in the Wedowee community in east Alabama. McDonald, who was born in LaGrange, Ga., in 1921 and was adopted by an Alabama family, was a tail-gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, stationed in England. ...
Footage from prototype helicopters - Bell 1940s from High Power Rocketry [wVideo] | "Various model of helicopter prototypes conceived by Lawrence Dale Bell in the US from 1941 to 1945, including shots of a chilling accident happened to a test pilot during a take off attempt. He was wearing no helmet and no seat belts, so he was very lucky to survive with a broken shoulder and arm."
Parksville RC club host annual model air show - BCLocalNews | PARKSVILLE — PDQ Flyers along with the Nanaimo Modelairs return to Nanaimo North Town Center (Rutherford Mall) for their annual model air show on Saturday, March 26. Drop in and see what radio control flying is all about. PDQ Flyers takes in all ages ...
Two Local Kids Become Pilots For A Day - WJHG-TV | "It's like a dream for him today and he's been so excited. It's going to be memory, a major memory,” said Dillon's mother, Jennifer Green. This weekend more than 75000 people are expected to pour into Tyndall Air Force Base for the Air Show.
3-2-1 Blast-Off! - NBC Connecticut | If you are looking for an experience that is 'out of this world,' look no further than the Space Expo at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks this Sunday. With more than sixteen exhibits and several organizations present, ...
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson: space (+chemistry) cheerleader - Science Cheerleader | Last week, the Science Cheerleaders performed at a White House/NASA celebration of Women’s History Month. Keynote speakers included Valerie Jarrett (senior White House adviser), Lori Garver (Deputy Director of NASA who told us she, too, was once a cheerleader) and astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who recently returned from six months in space aboard the International Space Station. I cannot say enough about ...
Microsoft billionaire says space travel worth increasing price tag - MyNorthwest.com | What may happen sooner and will be substantially more affordable is the winner of Paul Allen's X-Prize, Burt Rutan and Richard Branson's Virgin Gallactic. They're already testing the thing, and selling tickets, at $200000 a pop. ...
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