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Angels in the sky - BSU Daily News | From wing-walkers to F/A-18 jets, the 15th Annual Indianapolis Air Show was filled with stunts that made many observers weak in the knees at Mount Comfort Airport on Saturday. The day started off with the flights of remote controlled model airplanes, many of which were scale models of planes used in combat. The controls were even more difficult than those of typical planes, due to being outside the aircraft, announcer Rob Reider said...

PHOTO GALLERY: Indianapolis Air Show - BSU Daily News

Air show soars in Jacksonville - Biz Journals | The homecoming of American Idol finalist and Garner native Scotty McCreery was the big news in the Triangle this past weekend. But down east, in Jacksonville, a different group of well-known Americans – the U.S. Marines – were putting on a special show of their own...

ST. AUGUSTINE AIR SHOW - St Augustine | May 28-29: Northeast Florida Regional Airport will be the site of the St Augustine Air Show on Memorial Day weekend. 
Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. each day at the airport, 4900 U.S. 1 North...

Blaine Aviation Days! May 21 & 22, 2011 - Midwest Flyer | BLAINE, MINN. – Kids, parents and aviation enthusiasts young and old are encouraged to attend “Blaine Aviation Days” at Anoka County-Blaine Airport, May 21 and 22, 2011. This is a great opportunity for members of Scouts, 4-H, the YMCA and other youth groups to explore aviation as a career or hobby. It is also an opportunity for adults to find out more about flight training and aircraft ownership, and experience flight in a variety of aircraft...

Father, son and daughter deploy to Iraq as Apache pilots - Warplanes | Having an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilot for your dad is pretty cool. Even cooler is being an Apache pilot and having two of your children follow in your footsteps to become pilots, too...

VIDEO: B-25 Honors Doolittle Raider With Fly-Over At Arlington National Cemetery - Warbird Radio |  The last living Command Pilot of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Colonel William Bower, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on May 16th 2011.  B-25 owner / operator Larry Kelley piloted “Panchito” over the ceremony as tribute to Col. Bower and all the Doolittle Raiders.  The video above shows his approach to the cemetery...

Book about the Vulcan released ahead of Shoreham Airshow - Shoreham Herald | UK -- THE history of one of the world’s most distinctive aircraft, the AVRO Vulcan XH558, is celebrated in a new book. Written by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, 50 Years of Vulcan XH558, has been published to celebrate her 50th year...

The Air Force suspended its aircraft festival - Clarin | Argentina -- Had for years as "open day" of the Air Force and in the last three had climbed to megafestival, with a record of 800 thousand people in 2010, to the point that accompany the international nature had taken it renamed "Argentina Air Fest Moron...

Burton moves next door to head Air Museum - Newschief | Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In President John Burton won't need much fuel to fly over to his new job next month - he will be heading up the Florida Air Museum right next door. He put in a long run at Sun ‘n Fun for 12 years, but said he's psyched about his new position...

Movie Monday - May 16 - Saving the B-29 Kee Bird - Flight Blogger | Aviation restoration projects may be commonplace in this industry, but they are never unimpressive when those passionate enough to attempt the undertaking seek to bring a flying machine to museum quality. It's even more impressive when an aircraft is restored to flying condition...

Local man helped plan operation to rescue POWs from North Vietnam - LVRJ | When John Gargus helped plan the historic but un­successful raid to rescue U.S. prisoners of war from the infamous Son Tay compound in North Vietnam, radar-evading warplanes and stealth helicopters weren't among his options. Forty-one years ago, aircraft that delivered Special Forces soldiers to reach their target deep behind enemy lines had to fly below the radar...

Winners announced for national writing competition award from National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Air Force Museum | Tad M. Staller Jr., Robert M. Harris and Jeremy Lund were announced as the first, second and third place winners, respectively, of the Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, sponsored by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio...

Air pioneer Kittinger brings thrill of flight to kids - Aviation Dayton | National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee Joe Kittinger brought the thrill of flight to kids today with a visit to Valley View Middle School that included lofting several students and teacher Jill Weaver in a tethered balloon...

WAI Photographer Tells How to Take That Perfect Air Show Photograph - WAI Show Daily | At Women in Aviation Conferences, and as a professional photographer on the job, I"m often asked questions about how to make better pictures.  Having often considered this, I thought I might offer a few tips that will make your photographs "better."  When it comes to creating an image, I'm not an overly technical photographer myself...

Chanute Museum curator delves into history of city, air base - News Gazette | Mark D. Hanson, curator of the Chanute Air Museum, thought he knew quite a bit about the history of the Air Force base that called Rantoul home for about three-quarters of a century. He was surprised, though, when he began delving into the past for a book he planned to write about the former base and Rantoul...

Video: Shuttle Launch Triple Play As Endeavour Makes Final Flight - Martt | The bittersweet days of the Space Shuttle program resurfaced in a big way this morning as Endeavour lifted off on her final mission. For mission details, check out the NASA STS-134 overview page, and you might also like this NASA Endeavour tribute image gallery...