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M'ville air show grounded - The Daily Journal | The 2011 Wheels & Wings Airshow may be the last of its kind here, thanks to fallout from this weekend's canceled visit by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels...

Solar Impulse headlines packed Paris Air Show - Independent | The world's oldest air show returns June 20, and already the guessing game has begun as to what major airplane makers such as Airbus and Boeing have got up their sleeves...

Paris Show Promises to Show Industry in Recovery - AIN | The aerospace industry is in recovery, and if you don’t believe that come to this year’s Paris Air Show and see for yourself. That is the optimistic message from the organizers of the biennial event, which will be staged for the 49th time at Paris Le Bourget Airport from June 20 to 26...

Bournemouth Air Festival attracts major sponsorship - Daily Echo | THE Bournemouth Air Festival has attracted a major sponsor as the countdown continues to Thursday, August 18, and the start of the three-day air spectacular. National Express, the UK’s largest coach operator, announced today...

Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot - Wired | Red Bull aerobatic helicopter pilot Chuck Aaron is flying straight and level 2,000 feet above the citrus groves south of here. We're moving along at 110 knots when Aaron gives the control stick — known as a cyclic in a helicopter — a gentle pull. Suddenly we see nothing but blue sky...

Cleveland National Air Show looking for a hometown hero for a ride aboard a Thunderbird F-16 - Greenfield Reporter | CLEVELAND — The Cleveland National Air Show is looking for a hometown hero who will be selected for a ride aboard an Air Force Thunderbird jet, the first time in the event's history that such an offer has been made...

Kevin Coleman - Kevin Coleman Aerosports | Kevin Coleman is 20 years old from Coushatta, LA. Kevin is a full time college student at Louisiana Tech University where he is pursuing a degree in Business Administration. Kevin grew up going to airshows watching his father and older brother perform! Kevin soloed on his 16th birthday...

Ride in a B-29 bomber! - Cincinnati Warbirds | The Cincinnati Warbirds will be hosting the B-29 "Fifi" at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Avenue in Cincinnati, OH Friday, June 10th through Sunday June 12th, 2011...

Family's flight on B-17 evokes memories for WWII vet - AZ Central | Harold "Bunky" Snider flew more than 100 missions in a B-17 bomber during World War II, but when he was offered a chance recently to go up in one of the planes, he passed. The Phoenix man has great respect for the plane in which he logged more than 1,000 combat hours as a navigator, but having survived the war, he didn't want to push his luck at age 94...

WASPs visit N TX - Vans Air Force | During Memorial Day Weekend, the WWII WASPs (Women's Air Service Pilots) held a reunion in Sweetwater, TX, the site of their training base during WWII. The Brazos River 99s and many neighbors at Pecan Plantation in Granbury helped transport the ladies. Most of the WASPs arrived at DFW, thanks to donated tickets from AA, and were picked up by the Pecan crew and transported down to Pecan. On Friday morning the WASPs were treated to Stearman rides and Breezy rides...

Hero Pilot Is Ready for New CBS News Job - ABC | Retired pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger expects a lot more from his new job at CBS News than waiting for a plane to crash so he can be a "talking head." Sullenberger, who became a national hero two years ago when he landed a crippled U.S. Airways jet in the Hudson River and saved 155 lives...

Girls With Wings Aviation Inspiration Day - Rotor.com | Girls With Wings, Inc., announces the success of their first annual Aviation Inspiration Day, which took place May 28th, 2011, at Fleming Field in South St. Paul, MN. This day-long event, in conjunction with the Commemorative Air Force...

VIDEO: THE TUPOLEV TU-144 - Short Final | The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO name: Charger) was the first supersonic transport aircraft (SST), constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev...

VIDEO: Colour film of Great Patriotic War trophies - Vintage Aeroplane Writer | The following film is a piece of W.W.II Soviet propaganda, and as partisan as you'd expect. However it's a colour film of a remarkable array of captured German materiel, and starts with slow passes over a now fascinating collection of Luftwaffe aircraft...

VIDEO: Frecce Tricolori History - TakeOff Tube

Lauren Martino: Why I Want To Fly - Flight To Success | Lauren is another runner up in the "Why I Want To Fly" essay contest. I wish we could get her to the U.S. in July... there is another essay contest brewing for "anyone" -- yes guys, you're invited too -- who want to learn to fly. The prize? $3500 toward flight training. More news on that tomorrow...

Lean about the Space Station during Family Day at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Air Force Museum | DAYTON, Ohio -- Learn about one of the greatest engineering feats in the history of mankind - the International Space Station - through hands-on activities and demonstration stations, during Family Day from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on June 18 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force...

VIDEO: STS-134 Landing - CRUFC | Endeavour makes final landing.