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Aerial acts lining up to fill in for Blue Angels at Shrinersfest - Evansville Courier & Press | EVANSVILLE — As soon as news of the Navy's Blue Angels cancellation at Shrinerfest hit, air show acts through the International Council of Air Shows responded to the empty slot, and they responded in a big way. ...

Coulter Airfield to Host Aviation Expo, Saturday, June 4 - KBTX | The R4D Navy transport plane from the Dallas Fort Worth Commemorative Air Force is also scheduled to appear. Visitors will be able to climb aboard that R4D World War II-era plane for $3 and hear and feel the rumble and roar of the plane's engines. ...
   
Director: Canton Cup cancellation painful, but necessary decision - Hometownlife.com | One bright spot was Saturday's moment of silence and military fly-over by vintage B-17 and B-25 bombers from Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, as well as a speech by Canton supervisor Phil LaJoy (the first Canton Cup director). ...

Race Week group shows off Edmonton Indy plans - Edmonton Journal | ... There will also be a procession through the city of the transport trucks that haul the race cars, as well as the last Airfest aviation show and an airliner pull put on by the Alberta Aviation Museum in the month before the race, Skermer said. ...

Restored WWII Fortress Bomber Takes Flight Again - CBS Minnesota | Sixty-five years ago B-17 flying fortress bombers flew the skies of Europe during World War II. On Memorial Day, a restored bomber called the Liberty Belle is in the Twin Cities.

Bob's big birthday present from Letters from Flyover Country | Yesterday, the Liberty Foundation brought its B-17 -- the Liberty Belle -- to Saint Paul for media flights in advance of next weekend's appearance to the general public.  I was assigned to ride the 1 p.m. flight but when I showed up with my AOPA hat, the crew asked, "are you a pilot?"  "Yes, sir," I said, thankful that they didn't ask if I was a good pilot. ...

STOLEN VALOR - TD Barnes | ... Many members of our Roadrunner association fought in World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, and the Cold War. For years on end, we worked in secrecy, leaving our homes on Monday morning and returning on Friday night, unable for almost half a century to tell our families where we’d been or what we did. Over the past few years the Roadrunners nudged the edge of the security envelope as we sought to establish the legacy of our proud U-2 Aquatone and A-12 Oxcart sacrifices and contributions to our nation’s security and survival of the Cold War. ...
   
Auto dealer donates sculpture to McAllen's airport - Monitor | Charles Clark was piloting a B-17 bomber, the World War II workhorse known as the “Flying Fortress,” when his plane was shot down over Kiel, Germany. It was his 24th mission. One more and he would have been sent home to train new pilots. ...

Latécoère 631 Flying Boat - Airboyd.tv | The Latécoère 631 was a civil transatlantic flying boat built by Latécoère, the largest ever built up to its time. The last Latécoère 631 was withdrawn from service in 1955 after ...

Mural, hall-of-fame induction imprint WWII pilot in history by Weston Phippen | Mural, hall-of-fame induction imprint WWII pilot in history, Grandson works to ensure Arthur Van Haren's place in aviation history.

Town's jet pioneer remembered in fly-past - Rugby Observer | A Gloster Meteor plane and Hunting Percival Jet Provost soared over spectators who had gathered near the Frank Whittle memorial roundabout to watch the fly past. The jet engine was developed by Sir Frank Whittle at the Ladywood Works in the town during ...

Martin 313 Submaster: 1 from The Unwanted Blog | A three-view of the Martin Model 313 “Submaster,” XP7M-1, from 1956.  This was to be an “open ocean” anti-submarine patrol plane; it would operate well out at sea, refueling and reprovisioning from ships. Sadly for fans of flying boats, the whole idea of the flying boat was falling out of favor by this point, and the role was eventually filled by the land-based Lockheed P3 Orion. ...

Plans for Concorde museum in Filton suffer funding blow - Gloucestershire Gazette | Mr Littleton said: "With the announced closure of Filton Airfield it is even more important that we have a major museum acting as a permanent legacy to celebrate a century of aviation heritage and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers ...

Breitling Jet Team and Airbus A380 Formation Flight from CRUFC

Episode 149 – Loads of Listener Mail from Airplane Geeks Podcast | We talk with Milford Shirley from FlightTime Radio about their live broadcast at the upcoming Become a Pilot Family Day and Fly-In, June 18, 2011 at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center next to Dulles International Airport. Max, Rob, Dan, and David plan to join in the show along with some other aviation podcasters.

Sunset Soiree - Santa Barbara Independent | The word disabled is a misnomer when describing Jessica Cox. Born with no arms, Cox has the most dexterous feet on the planet, and has accomplished more than most people with two arms. She's the first person to pilot a plane with her feet ...

EAA's International Young Eagles Day Free Demonstration Flights Creating the Next Generation of Aviators from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - Thousands of young people will take to the sky on Saturday, June 11, as EAA volunteers continue an outstanding aviation tradition - International Young Eagles Day.  The annual event brings together kids and pilots as part of the EAA Young Eagles program, the largest youth aviation education program ever created. Young Eagles was founded in 1992 and has provided more  ...

Starfighters to Launch Suborbital Payloads From Cape Canaveral - Parabolic Arc | Starfighters plans to use its growing fleet of F-104 fighter jets to launch payloads on suborbital flights from its base at the Kennedy Space Center. Under the plan, the Mach 2 jet would fly to an altitude of 60,000 feet and then fire off a 19-foot, 900-pound rocket with a payload attached, according to a NASA press release.  The company has recently added five Starfighters to its fleet of four aircraft, ...

Astronauts Pay Tribute to Shuttle Endeavour Ahead of Final Landing - Space.com | On the eve of the space shuttle Endeavour's last landing, its six-astronaut crew paid tribute to the storied orbiter's 19-year career. ...