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Airshow one of 'world's greatest' - Marlborough Express | (68 picture gallery!) The Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow has grown to be one of the world's great air spectacles, Kiwi film-maker Sir Peter Jackson says. Sir Peter is the chairman of the trust which owns many of the exhibits at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre...

Mighty show over Omaka - National | Kiwi film-maker Peter Jackson was one the thousands treated to a classic World War I dogfight above Omaka Airfield at the weekend that could be the largest since the end of the Great War. The 14 planes, including seven Fokker triplanes – The Magnificent Seven, took to the air along with another seven Allied and German WWI fighters in a mock dogfight at the Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow on Saturday...

No room for error - Marlborough Express | The bright yellow planes bank right in tight formation, streaking above the parade of graduating airmen at Woodbourne Air Base. The gesture takes less than 30 seconds, however planning the fly-over has taken most of the morning for the Royal New Zealand Air Force's Red Checkers aerobatic team...

Rep. Giffords cleared to attend shuttle launch - CNN | Astronaut Mark Kelly visits U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords twice a day, witnessing and aiding her recovery from a devastating bullet wound suffered nearly four months ago. Friday, the Arizona congresswoman will witness her husband's own inspiring moment: Commanding the space shuttle Endeavour on its last launch...

NASA Honors Pioneer Astronaut Alan Shepard With Moon Rock - Avstop | NASA will posthumously honor Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first American astronaut in space who later walked on the moon, with an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program. Shepard's family members will accept the award on his behalf during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 28, at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, located at 74 Greenbury Point Road in Annapolis, Md...

Indian Probe Nets 19 Fake Pilots - AVweb | So far 19 airline pilots, including six captains, have been fired as a result of a government investigation into India's corruption-plagued aviation oversight system and the probe is only half complete. The Indian government is trying to restore confidence in its burgeoning air transport sector with the probe, which has uncovered widespread bribery, cheating and falsification in pilot testing and records...

Formation flight Sunday. Wellingtons - Planeshots

Second Runner Up for April 25, 2011 - Airfighters | 1990's

Third Runner Up for April 25, 2011 - Airfighters | Live fire exercise.