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Aerial extravaganza to benefit Wounded Warriors - Inside Nova | The Manassas Regional Airport is plan­ning to ring in the spring with a free, high­speed, high performance and high flying open house experience for the entire family. The event will be May 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. when the tarmac will be packed with adrenaline-fueled family fun, including vintage warbirds...

Black Team and Boy Scouts Take Over Galena, IL - Golden Knights | Black Team made two jumps in Galena, IL for the 57th Annual Boy Scout Pilgrimage on Saturday despite breezy conditions and overcast skies. The jumps, which were made into the football field of Galena High School, were the pinnacle of two years of planning and fundraisers by the town of Galena and the Boy Scouts of America...

Red Barons in action - Ft Pierce Florida - AirShowBuzz | One great photo!

'Mission: Hangar Dance' achieved - Southwest Review | St. Paul - Put on your favorite 1940s fashion and be prepared to dance the night away May 21. Thanks to a helpful airport neighbor, the Commemorative Air Force- Minnesota wing will host its annual big-band hangar dance after all...

B-17 and P-40 flying, on display in Salt Lake City through May 8 - Deseret News | SALT LAKE CITY — James Dean Hill flew 25 missions as a B-17 pilot during World War II, including the last bombing run the 8th Air Force flew as the war in Europe was winding down. On Monday, for only the second time since the war ended, an 88-year-old Hill climbed along the catwalk through the bomb bay and into the cockpit of a vintage B-17 as it circled the skies above the Salt Lake valley...

High-flying honour for down-to-earth Markham guy - York Region | A multi-talented Markham resident dedicated to Canadian aviation history and passionate about art has earned a place among distinguished achievers. William J. (Bill) Wheeler will be inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame at a gala dinner and ceremony on May 26...

Irish Air Corps Chipmunk - PPRuNe | G-ARGG been beautifully re-skinned and re-painted (7 big pix)

21,000 Attend Annual Alaska Aviation Trade Show - Kathryn Report | (with video) The event helps get the industry up to speed with the latest technology as well as hosts safety conferences for pilots. Thousands of pilots and aviation enthusiasts were in town over the weekend to take part in the state's largest aviation trade show...

Pelton retires from Cessna - Kansas.com | Jack Pelton, who took over as chief executive of Cessna Aircraft Co. on the heels of a recession and steered it to periods of record-breaking growth, retired from the business jet manufacturer Monday after nearly 11 years there...

This as an invitation to attend/participate in an absolutely fantastic AFA Great Lakes Regional Symposium - Montgomery Aviation | The date for our regional symposium is Friday and Saturday May 20 and 21, 2011. The location is Grissom Air Reserve Base, located approximately 60 miles due north of Indianapolis, off  US 31...

So what is this? - PPRuNe | Hey guys I found a nice pic on the internet the other day and was wondering what kind of flight vehicle this is.

Photo: Four New Airbus A380s in Production, Taken from the Air - Airline Reporter | What a great areal shot. Here you have four Airbus A380s at Toulouse, France. They will be delivered to Qantas, Emirates, Korean Air and China Southern.

Let's Go Flying With Fred Pfeiffer! - KRTV | (with video) Baby boomers are beginning to retire in large numbers, and commercial pilots are required to stop flying commercially at the age of 65. That means in the coming few years there will be a need for more commercial pilots...

Two Events Commemorate 50th Anniversary of U.S. Human Spaceflight - NASA | WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. manned spaceflight during two events this week around the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Television will carry both events live...