Sunday, April 10, 2011

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Sea of spectators takes in thrills at air show - Caller.com | CORPUS CHRISTI — Diego Salazar, 6, swooshed a toy Blue Angels jet Saturday through the air as he darted around his family making engine noises at the 2011 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Air Show. "I need it 'cause my brother's in the Navy," Diego, of Beeville, said. "It's going by my bed."...

VIDEO: Bluebonnet Air Show - KXAN | Jacqueline Ingles takes us for a look inside this annual airshow.

Golden Knights set to perform Sunday if wind permits - Caller.com | (With Video) CORPUS CHRISTI — Leaping from airplanes is risky business. For the military it’s protocol for unloading troops. For the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team it’s show time. Not at Saturday’s Corpus Christi Air Show, but they hope to jump Sunday, weather permitting...

Sun 'n Fun 2011 Aircraft Judging Awards - EAA |  Sun 'n Fun aircraft award winners:

WWII vet gets to fly in B-17 bomber over Flagstaff - Chicago Tribune | FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Joe Leben remembers flying over the Atlantic in a B-17 bomber during World War II on his 22nd birthday. Now at age 89, he found himself inside another "Flying Fortress" -- this one flying over Flagstaff...

Frederick Tops Female Flight Drive - AVweb | Frederick Airport in Maryland, home airport of AOPA, earned another distinction during Women of Aviation World Week in March. A total of 22 pilots gave free introductory flights to 185 girls and women to claim the title of Most Female Pilot Friendly Airport in the World...

The Amazing Story Of How The Windshield Blew Out Of This Jet And The Pilot Almost Got Sucked Out - Business insider | In the wake of last weekend's Southwest Airlines incident, in which a 5-foot hole blew open in the roof of a 737 and forced an emergency landing, other tales of "explosive decompression" are being recalled...

Missionary pilots share stories, backcountry flying tips - AOPA | Something didn’t seem right. Glen Ferguson had just departed a Brazilian airstrip to fly to a remote village and pick up a young missionary family. The aircraft performed normally. The engine instruments checked out...

VIDEO: Silver Spur3 - Student Rocket (Wow!) - High Power Rocketry | "It features an all carbon fiber motor case, ablative fin leading edges, and a titanium nose cone tip. Flying on an O5000, it flew to about 50000 ft and reached a maximum speed of about Mach 3.3."...

'Name The Plane' - ID Make And Model For Free Bacon! (4.9.11) - AirPigz | Finally! Here's another Name The Plane game for y'all to see who can fetch up a bacon sandwich at Oshkosh 2011 by using their sharp aircraft ID skills. All you gotta do is be the first person to ID both MAKE and MODEL of this aircraft...


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