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Air Force One lands safely after aborted attempt - Chicago Tribune | Air Force One with President Barack Obama aboard made an aborted landing attempt at the Windsor Locks, Conn., airport Wednesday before trying again and landing safely, officials said. The White House and Federal Aviation ...

Teacher orbits Lynchburg area on Blue Angels flight - New Era Progress | Shannon Beasley reached a pinnacle in her life in four seconds Wednesday afternoon, streaking from the ground to 2000 feet into blue Lynchburg skies aboard an F/A-18 Hornet combat aircraft flown by a US Navy Blue Angels pilot. ...

Local fighter jet slated for air show - Burlington Times News | A fighter jet often spotted in the skies above Burlington will be in an airshow this weekend alongside the US Navy Blue Angels. The Lynchburg Regional Airshow in Lynchburg, Va., is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Coble Trench Safety, based in ...

IMAGES: Smoke Squadron conducts presentation Uruguay - Part 1 - Cavok | The Smoke Squadron did today, 18 days, a show in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, as part of celebrations of the bicentenary of the Process of Emancipation East. The CAVOK Brazil is to the mission and brings an exclusive first images of the special mission of the Air Demonstration Squadron, the Brazilian Air Force. ...

Marine Corps honors aviation centennial with year-long celebration - Marines.mil | From Alfred A. Cunningham's first flight as a Marine aviator in 1912, to the MV-22B Osprey driven helicopter raids in today's battlespace, the Corps' air capabilities have evolved to support the individual Marine. “The Marine Corps has shown that it's ...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: FlyNavyBook.mp4 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | No one does aviation quite like the Navy and carriers are only half of the story. In this vodcast, author/photographer Erick Hilldebrandt talks about his experiences in shooting and compiling an impressive history of a century of naval aviation. ...

16th annual General Aviation Day at Paine Field this weekend - Mukilteo Beacon | The aviation ramp opens at 9 am, featuring classic military aircraft from the Flying Heritage Collection, Cascade Warbirds, and various other local aviation groups. The Flying Heritage Collection is offering half off admission prices to all General ...

Ogle County Airport Fly-in breakfast - WREX  | Ogle County Airport shows off its latest additions at a fly or drive-in breakfast. Aviation enthusiasts came in by plane or car for a hot meal and to check out the private hangers, some which were renovated last year.  ...

SAAF Air Show from Latest Vlog | I'm not going to be able to post tomorrow as I'm traveling up with Jhb for the SAAF Museum Air Show. Morne, from African Travel Channel, was there today filming the preparation for this Saturday. A crowd attendance of +/- 40, 000 people is expected to show up for what promises to be an exciting line up of  ...
   
Spectacular Airshow planned for Tramore for Summer 2012!! - Waterford Today | Plans have started to stage an Airshow in Tramore, Co.Waterford which the organisers say could attract up to 40000 spectators and generate close to €1million for the local economy. Among those behind the proposal, set for summer 2012, ...

Planes of Fame – Chino Air Show 2011 from classicwarbirds.net | The County of San Bernardino Planes of Fame Airshow is an annual event and one NEVER to be missed. Joe and I have been making this trip for the past three years and it just keeps getting better. This year was special as it was celebrating the “100th Anniversary of  U.S. Naval Aviation”. Planes of Fame in conjunction with the County of San Bernardino, did another great job bringing to the skies 40 historic aircraft. ...

WWII planes stop in Bakersfield - KGET 17 | "As the armor gunner I was designated to go out into the catwalk with the bomb bays open and manually trip the bombs out at 20000 feet above," said Williams, a WWII veteran. The B-24 was the most widely produced aircraft in history. ...

Casting Call: Looking for WWII B-24 and B-17 Crewmembers ... by Dick Eastman | The following is an excerpt from the Collings Foundation newsletter: The Collings Foundation is in the process of pitching The Last Liberator as part of a larger series to a couple major TV networks. We are looking for B-24 and B-17 ...

Mellow Yellow - Cornell's First Start - Vintage Wings of Canada | When Vintage Wings of Canada first opened its doors, it was to a new world of vintage aircraft operation and restoration. Prior to this, Ottawa and Gatineau were ostensibly barrenlands of restoration knowledge... hell, we'd have been lucky if we ever saw a single vintage aircraft pass overhead in a year. In the years since, we have seen that a determined group of volunteers lead by key experienced folks like Deryck Hickox, Andrej Janik, Guy Richard or Oscar Verdugo can strip a wreck or barely flyable aircraft down to nothing but unconnected parts and bring it back, not just to flyable condition, but to a world-class level not surpassed by anyone. And do it with joy and camaraderie.  ...

Sporty’s slates Summer Camp for Pilots from General Aviation News | While initial and recurrent training for glass cockpit and high performance aircraft is readily available, pilots of vintage aircraft often find themselves out of luck when it comes to leading edge recurrent training. This, even though their 10- to 50-year old Beech, Cessna, Piper or other aircraft still make up the majority of the general aviation fleet. Sporty’s Flight Center is filling this training void with a special recurrent training weekend, scheduled for August 11-14.  ...

An Afternoon Flight - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | What is it about these classic warbirds, the T-6 Texan that just endears them to all? Every time I’m in or working with one, it’s hard to imagine that this plane which is such a delight to be in was used to train pilots to fly fighters like the P-51. While I’ve only been in ...

Nearly 200 events will celebrate EAA's International Learn to Fly Day on May 21 - AMTOnline.com | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. On Saturday, May 21, nearly 200 events will turn dreams of flight into reality for tens of thousands of people during the second annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide ...

National Learn to Fly day from Vertical Online - News Page | LOGAN, Utah—Aviation lovers of all ages will be able to experience the joy of flying, either in the air or in a simulator, for the second annual Learn to Fly Day at Mountain Ridge Helicopters, with Leading Edge Aviation on May 21. Mountain Ridge Helicopte...

Texas School Wins World’s Largest Rocket Contest - US News | A team from Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas, a town 25 miles outside of Dallas, won a national high school rocket-building competition Saturday. Team members split $60,000 in cash and scholarships with other top 10 finalists. ...

Video: First Trailer for ABC’s New ‘Pan Am’ Series from NYCAviation.com | ABC has begun showing off the first trailer for their new drama, "Pan Am," set to premiere this fall starring Christina Ricci.

Stellar Video Of SpaceShipTwo First Feather Flight - Wow! from AirPigz | Here's an amazing video of the recent Virgin Galactic feathered re-entry glide test - your opportunity to see how well the flight went is absolutely fantastic - awesome video! Congratulations all around to Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites for their great work and such excellent results!