Saturday, May 7, 2011

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Manassas Airshow Ready for Take-Off, Are You? - Patch.com | Airplanes are receiving their final polishings as the Wings, Wheels, & Warriors Manassas Airshow prepares for take-off this Saturday. The highly anticipated charity event will have spectators on the edge of ...

Thousands land in Temple for Central Texas Airshow - YNN Austin | The Central Texas Airshow celebrated its 25th year with demonstrations that included a B-2 Stealth Bomber, an F-16 Falcon and an authentically restored World War II bomber. For many people, it's the closest they'll get to such powerful planes. ...

Vintage plane lifts vet's spirit to sky - Austin News | GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) - When Stanley Dale got back from a 13-month overseas hitch with the US Marine corps at the end of World War II, he didn't spend a lot of time and energy dwelling on his duties on board a B-25 bomber in the south Pacific. ...

F-16 joining airshow lineup - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - The Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow got a little louder this week as officials announced the addition of the Viper East F-16 Demo team to the lineup of this year's event. Viper East is part of the 20th Fighter Wing located at Shaw Air ...

Riverside Air Show A Winner  from Pacific Flyer | Despite a partially gray overcast, the enthusiastic volunteers who stage the annual Riverside, Calif. airshow in late March pulled off their annual aerial extravaganza for the 19th time and it was a treat for airplane-starved eyes…

Barnstormers Festival zooms into Jennings (5/6) : Headline News - JENNINGS — Area youth will get a bird's-eye view of the city Saturday with free flights offered by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 541 during the second annual Barnstormers Air Festival at the Jennings Airport. ...

Special B-17 flight over Temple with WWII veteran - KCEN-TV | I had the amazing privilege of being a passenger on B-17 World War II bomber with a very special flight veteran. His name is Red Griffin and he walked me back in time to his days as a teen service member. The year: 1943. ...

Museum takes flight - The Barrie Examiner | He is invested as a fellow of 16 Wing Borden and is a familiar face around the Air Annex of the Base Borden Military Museum, where the display about his career is located among some items from Canada's rich aviation history. The tribute to Middlemiss ...

WWII-era military planes land in O.C. – OCRegister | Scores of local residents turned out Friday for the arrival of three vintage military planes, which will be at the runway-adjacent Lyon Air Museum through Monday for tours and public flights. A man rides atop the Collins B-24 Liberator pulls in at John ...

Ghost Calendars Win Award  from Pacific Flyer | Phil Makanna’s famous “Ghost” calendar has just received international acclaim by winning this year’s International Calendar Competition…

Aviation Stories for May 6, 2011  from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy 


Today in Aviation History – May 7  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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