Thursday, April 21, 2011

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Blue Angels slated for May performance - Crestview News Bulletin | NAS PENSACOLA --- In commemoration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation, the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform over Pensacola Bay and numerous aircraft will be on display at NAS Pensacola on May 3 and 4. ...

USN Blue Angels 2011 Schedule

Influx of spectators expected at Lynchburg Regional Airshow - Brookneal Union Star | The Lynchburg Regional Airshow, featuring the US Navy's Blue Angels and other attractions, will be held from 9 am - 5 pm on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22, at the Lynchburg Regional Airport. All aerial demonstrations are scheduled to begin at noon ...

AirFest Lineup Announced - MyStateline.com | The Army Golden Knights parachute team will be coming back... as well as the Navy's Leap Frogs... the F-18 and the F-15 flight teams. Add on nine civilian air acts... plus the ground displays... and you've got an airshow. Oman says Airfest has gotten ...

Air festival ready to fly - Yellow Advertiser | Attractions include The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Falcons Parachute Team, Typhoon, Hawk, Tucano, Tutor, Royal Navy Black Cats, Breitling Wingwalkers, P-51 Mustang, The Blades Aerobatic Team and the Gnat Pair. There will be military town ...
   
Mail reporter takes to the skies for aerobatic thrill ride over RAF Cosford - birminghammail.net | We sent our reporter to RAF Cosford with Oldbury's 888 Squadron of Cadets to be given a taste of what it's like for budding pilots' first time behind the stick Watch more videos like this at ...

Open day at airfield - Horncastle Today | A SECOND World War exhibition, flypast, classic cars, tank rides and a vintage bus tour will be featured at Metheringham Airfield's open day on Sunday, May 1. There will also be a prize draw and a performance by the Silver Sounds Band. ...

Brantford air show cancelled - Brant News | The annual air show traditionally draws tens of thousands of patrons. One of the major factors in the decision to cancel the show was the inability to book the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team and other military jets because of the poor condition of the ...

Nothing Can Stop Black Team…Not Even a Tornado! from US Army Golden Knights | As most of you probably saw on the news last week, there were several tornadoes that swept through the state of North Carolina on Saturday. Black Team happened to be doing a show close to home in Goldsboro, NC at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, about a two hour drive from the Team’s home [...]

Acronysm: KINI Fullgas - Red Bull (International) | The Flying Bulls will be performing their daring and frankly terrifying air acrobatics alongside Austria's Air Race champion Hannes Arch, who joins them in his home, um, aerospace. We thought we'd heard the last of DJ Otzi – responsible for god-awful ...

Preliminary Report Suggests Walker May Have Lost Consciousness Before Air Show Crash - FlaglerLive.com | A federal agency's preliminary investigation of the crash that claimed the life of 58-year-old Bill Walker during an air show at the Flagler County Airport in March suggests that Walker may have blacked out or had other health issues immediately before ...

Legendary Doolittle Raiders visit Offutt from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Almost 69 years to the day of their famous air raid on Japan, the five surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered together once again for their annual reunion, this year in Nebraska April 14-17.  Included in this year's schedule of events spread throughout Omaha and Lincoln was a visit to meet the men and women of Offutt Air Force Base. ...

B-17 Flying Fortress returns to Boeing, brings a friend, the "Warhawk" - Westseattleherald.com | The B-17 Flying Fortress, top, and the Curtiss P-40E, bottom, visit Boeing Field and will offer rides to the public, for a price, April 30-May 1 at Boeing Field by the Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way. Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. ...

Of watermelons, history and a dying boy's wish - Tbo.com | One newspaper story he's saved tells how Billington helped save the crew of his B-17 in 1943 after a pre-dawn bombing raid. And several newspapers reported how he helped save the pilot and co-pilot of their B-24 Liberator bomber that crashed a few ...

Final Honor Flight planned - Williston Daily Herald | A group from this part of the state will be on board, including 13 WWII veterans. They will be joined by escorts and media, with Vietnam veteran Ross Carpenter on board to deliver first-hand reports for the Northern Plains radio network. ...

Seattle 99's Celebrate Aviation HighSchool Students! from Flight To Success | Yesterday ended with: disbelief, celebration, and reality. Each event isolated, but each event sent a message.

New Installment to Timeline Website. by The GYROX Team | We are happy to announce that installment number 2 of the Gyrox Timeline is now live online. ...

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome seeks volunteers from General Aviation News | The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is seeking volunteers for its 2011 season. There is a specific need for people to serve as docents for its expanded experiential museum tour program. Some knowledge of aviation is helpful but a strong desire to work with the public, flexibility, dependability and enthusiasm are most important to do any form of volunteer work for Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, officials said. ...

Airbase Museum at Coventry Airport unveils its star attraction from Flight International | A vintage Shackleton WR963 aircraft has been restored to its natural colours for display at Coventry Airport's new Airbase Museum, and will be the top attraction when the museum opens on April 22. ...

Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase - from AVweb Top News | This week's winning photo comes from Monroe Hubbard of Frisco, TX. Click here for the rest of this week's submissions.

German electric airplane completes first flight - AOPA Pilot | Eventually it will be sold as a US light sport aircraft, when ASTM standards are completed for electric aircraft. That could take one to two years, designer Gologan said in a telephone interview from Germany. Gologan will complete German and ASTM ...

US Navy celebrates 500th Super Hornet,... - defpro | Industry partners Northrop Grumman, General Electric Aircraft Engines and Raytheon also attended the ceremony. Northrop Grumman builds the aft and center fuselage portion of the airframe and provides the ALQ-218 AEA system for the Growler, ...

On This Day in History: April 21 Record Breaking Day For Hughes in Brooklyn - Brooklyn Daily Eagle | On April 21, 1936, the eccentric aviator and movie producer Howard Hughes landed at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn after a record breaking Miami-to-New York flight of 4 hours, ...

Sporty's Presents Online Air Facts Revival from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Sporty's Pilot Shop and Richard Collins have teamed up the revive Air Facts, an aviation magazine first published by Richard's father, Leighton Collins, starting in 1938. Air Facts was a small Reader's Digest-sized publication dedicated to using personal airplanes for reliable and safe travel. ...
 
Schumer to Houston: 'We're keeping the shuttle' - WTOP | Space Shuttle Enterprise moves into The National Air & Space Museum Steven Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. in 2003. (AP) WASHINGTON - You've probably heard how the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center will get the shuttle ...


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