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Blue Angels to perform this weekend at Fort Worth Naval Air Station - Dallas Morning News | The Blue Angels are the Navy's premiere flight demonstration team. The air station is on the west side of Fort Worth, north of Interstate 30 just inside the Jim Wright Freeway (Loop 820 West). ... 

Pilot Greg Poe talks about this weekend's Air Show at ILM - WWAY NewsChannel 3 | Pilot Greg Poe, who will be flying an Ethanol-Powered Fagen MXS and MX2 this weekend at the Coastal Carolina Air Show at ILM, sat down with Marcy this morning to talk flying and the causes he champions. Disclaimer: Comments posted on this, ... Photo via Greg Poe Airshows

Win tickets to this weekend's Coastal Carolina Air Show! - WWAY NewsChannel 3 | The first five people who become a new WWAY Twitter Follower and message us with their email address will win two tickets to this weekend's Coastal Carolina Air Show at ILM. The tickets are good for either Saturday or Sunday. ...

Upcoming Airshows and Events in Central Queensland - Whitsunday Airport Grand Airshow - cqplanespotting | The Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour (near Airlie Beach) is celebrating 50 years with the 2011 Grand Airshow to be held on Sunday 1 May.  There will be air displays by the RAAF Roulettes, MaxxG Aerobatics, Dwyer Aviation, Skydive Airlie Beach and CHC Helicopters. Local radio station, HOT FM will be broadcasting live. There will also be scenic joyflights available, as well as plenty of other entertainment and plenty of food stalls. There is also a huge static display giving you a chance to get up close and personal with aircraft and pilots. ...

VIDEO: Report "On Wings of Smoke" from CavokBlog | The staff of the Smoke Squadron released an interesting video of a report made by the newspaper The Valley, where three journalists participated actively in the daily routine of the Air Demonstration Squadron. The video above, very interesting, is the first of seven chapters on various video and images, which can be seen on the site of the newspaper The Valley .
   
69th Anniversary of WWII Doolittle Raid this Saturday - Pleasanton Weekly | Jurika provided a great deal of assistance to the Doolittle Raiders as they were enroute across the Pacifc Ocean onboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8 in 1942. I took my grandkids when they were 13-14. They loved it and it was good for them to ...

Air show adds to Palace balcony show - Toronto Star | Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are seen here in a flypast at the 2006 Farnborough International Airshow. The planes are part of the flypast for the royal wedding. ...
   
Iran to Display Strategic Aircraft in Air Show Next Week - Fars News Agency | Lieutenant Commander of Iranian Air Force for Operation General Seyed Mohammad Alavi told FNA here on Wednesday that several squadrons of IRIAF fighter jets will stage an air show during the annual parades next Monday. "Of course, strategic aircraft, ...

AirVenture's Showcase Ramp is Now 'ConocoPhillips Plaza' from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | ConocoPhillips, an integrated energy company with interests around the world, has reached a multi-year agreement to be the presenting sponsor of AirVenture's "West Ramp" marquee attraction area, which will now be known as ConocoPhillips Plaza.

WW II aviator recalls those perilous times - Smith Mountain Eagle | A dapper young soldier with impeccably trimmed moustache, blue eyes glinting with wit, and closely cropped hair luminous with Brylcreem peers out from a photo snapped during the tumult of World War II, ...

Fly boy turns back the clock - Strathspey Herald | The veteran was taken to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre by three of his grown-up children who had organised the surprise trip along with a family reunion. The day out was part of a double-whammy of delights for the former provost, ...

Former WASP pilot reminisces about World War II from Aviation eBrief | Alma Fornal, 90, reminisces about her service with the Women's Air Service Pilots program during World War II.  ...

70-year-old warplane prepares for next mission - KSDK | St. Louis (KSDK) -- Members of the Commemorative Air Force are in the final stages of preparing a 70-year-old warplane for its next mission. And the mission has a tie to a former St. Louis aviation legend. The Show Me! ...

Bird Dog from Featured | The Bird Dog before our flight at John Wayne. (Russ Albertson)Amazingly, aerial reconnaissance has been in use long before the invention of the airplane.  Tethered hot air balloons were used in the late 1700s to spot enemy troops and this same method was used in 1863 during the Civil War.  ...

World War II festival brings history to life - NeighborNewspapers.com | As they have done for the last eight years, the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing has prepared a weekend full of historical and educational events for the community to celebrate the World War II era. The World War II Heritage Days ...

AMA 75th Anniversary Event from ama75.com | Fun flying day and night.  Pilots receive a commemorative t-shirt.  Take home a free 75th Anniversary program.  Fly for a chance to win $75 every hour of open flying.  Enjoy the 85th National Aeromodeling Championships (NATs) which
will be taking place on site.  Vendors will be available.  Special exhibits and flying demonstrations. Special guests and speakers. Special dinners and banquets. and more…

Skydiving World Record from Airsports.TV's Blog | 168 skydivers represented 30 countries and 22 states to set the Texas record for the largest skydiving formation in state history.The skydivers gathered together at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, practiced for almost a week and overcame
cloudy weather conditions Sunday to hold the formation for four full seconds. The group jumped from an altitude of 18,000 feet. ...

William Shatner talks space shuttle from Boeing and Aerospace News | In case you missed the William Shatner-narrated space shuttle video that NASA showed Tuesday in announcing who would get retired orbiters, here you go. Read more aerospace news. Visit seattlepi.com’s home page for more Seattle news. ...

Vintage Soviet Space Capsule Sold for Record $2.9 Million - from SPACE.com |The Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule launched in 1961 sold for nearly $2.9 million in a Sotheby's auction.

30 Years Ago: 1st Shuttle Astronauts Photograph Earth's Cradle of Civilization from SPACE.com | The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were part of the first views of Earth by space shuttle astronauts.