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Updates from Sun 'n Fun 2011 - EAA | Long lines were reported this morning at the gates of the Sun ’n Fun Fly-In after a major storm yesterday caused widespread damage to aircraft, exhibits, and tents at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Florida...

High Winds Damage 69 Airplanes, Several Buildings at Sun 'n Fun - The Ledger | LAKELAND | Destruction at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in South Lakeland was the most visual evidence of the tornadoes that tore through Polk County about noon Thursday. At least seven people were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with minor injuries...

NWS: Tornado Likely Hit Sun 'n Fun - AVweb | "It looks like there was a small tornado" among the straight-line winds and downbursts that hit Sun 'n Fun on Thursday, a National Weather Service spokesman told AVweb on Friday morning...

AOPA renews platinum-level sponsorship for Sun ’n Fun 2012 - AOPA | In the wake of a powerful storm that swept through the grounds of the Sun ’n Fun fly-in, AOPA President Craig Fuller on April 1 announced that the association has signed on to be the Platinum Sponsor of Sun ’n Fun for 2012...

UPDATE: Spangdahlem A-10 crashes - U.S. Air Force | SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed about 3:57 p.m. local time April 1 north of the city of Wittlich, Germany...

A-10 Thunderbolt Crashes in Germany - Wired | Bad news for the A-10: a Thunderbolt belonging the 52nd Fighter Wing crashed over Germany on Friday. Flying from Spangdahlem Air Base, the Thunderbolt was on a training mission when unspecified conditions brought it down.

Want to know who'll be flying at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival? - Daily Echo | IT'S back and bigger than ever. That was the promise from Bournemouth Air Festival bosses as they launched the 2011 event this morning. Favourites like the Red Arrows will return, alongside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...

April edition of the Heartland Warrior now available - Grissom Air Reserve Base | The April issue of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom and the U.S. Air Force...

Todays Photos - Friday, 1st April - Non-prank version - MilitaryPhotos.net | I'll start a new thread for the daily pix...

Richard Branson purchases Pluto with hope to reinstate it as planet - Flight Global | British billionaire Sir Richard Branson is hoping to set a can-do example for "struggling entrepreneurs facing setbacks" by purchasing Pluto, his Virgin company has today announced...

Strange But True Aviation News - Aviation Week | British Airways has some explaining to do.  A pregnant woman took exception to British Airways' attempt to downgrade her from business class to coach after the airline allegedly...

UAV crashes at Edwards AFB - Air Force Dad | A Global Observer unmanned aircraft crashed at approximately 2:30 a.m., April 1, near the southwest corner of Rogers Dry Lakebed...

Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Announces Finalists for 2011 grants - Vertical mag | Lakeland, FL. -- March 31, 2011 -- The Lightspeed Aviation Foundation has announced the names of 20 charities, selected from hundreds of nominees, that will benefit from grants to be awarded this year. The Foundation is in its second year of partnering with the pilot community to identify worthy causes, give pilots a voice in who they will support and make a lasting difference...

"Vintage" Airliners - MRC Aviation | The following images represent what could be deemed "vintage" airliner action at Auckland Airport on 31 March.