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Rockford Airfest officials keep fingers crossed for good weather - Rockford Register Star | Brian Norris of Spruce Creek, Fla., puts on his helmet while getting ready for a test flight after some repairs in a team Oracle stunt plane Thursday, June 2, 2011, before AirFest at the Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford. ...

Day trip: Air show weekend in Ocean City - Baltimore Sun | the Geico Skytypers pass over the airport, painting the sky before their final approach to Ocean City Municipal Airport to participate in the OC Air Show. What: The F-22 Raptor and AV-8B Harrier demo teams share the skies at the OC Air Show this summer ...

As June arrives, so do the Alaska fly-in breakfasts - Alaska Dispatch | This weekend will be one of the “flyingest” weekends of the summer with the 20th Annual Federal Aviation Administration pancake breakfast in Palmer, and a fly-in breakfast, poker run, and barbecue at the 11th annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair. ...

Fast Five - Aviation Week | Regarded by many as the finest, most exciting aerobatic pilot in the world, Tucker, a Southern California native, attended the University of Santa Cruz for two years following junior college majoring in sociology while “trying to figure out what I ...

Pilot project: New airport hosts inaugural fly-in - Times Record | BRUNSWICK — Base redevelopment officials hope the first annual International Fly-In event scheduled for Saturday will help elevate the fledgling Brunswick Executive Airport's status as a destination landing spot for ...

Thanks to Our Supporters from Nordo News | Those of you who receive the world famous Lee Bottom Flying Field calendar know that every Winter we send them out as an airport fundraiser.  And with each passing year, despite the economic ups and downs, you continue to send the donations that make the difference between keeping the airport alive and not.  Your patronage and support has directly contributed to keeping this beautiful corner of the aviation world alive and you should be proud of that.  Thank you. ...

WWII veteran talks about serving in the Air Force as a B-24 nose gunner in Europe - The Republic | In a World War II photo provided by Charles Ware, Ware, front, third from the left, is pictured with his B-24 bonber crew during World War II. Ware served as a nose gunner on B-24 Liberator airplanes during the latter part of World War II. ...

More Than 20 WASPs Show for Homecoming at Avenger Field from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The National WASP World War II Museum held its annual WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) homecoming at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, to honor more than 1,000 women who trained at the field during WWII. [logo via b29.org]

NAS Meridian Holds Battle of Midway Commemoration from U.S. Navy News Headline Stories | Naval Air Station Meridian personnel paid tribute to one of the most significant events in naval history – the Battle of Midway during a commemoration ceremony, June 3.

Decisive Victory from Neptunus Lex  | This weekend, 69 years ago.

June 2011 Roadrunner News - Roadrunners of Groom Lake |  Miscellaneous news: Read about Sam Pizzo’s colorful military career shared with a devoted wife ...  * * *  For the past several months we Roadrunners anxiously awaited the publishing of a book being authored by Annie Jacobsen who had previously written an interesting article for the LA Times titled The Road to Area 51. The book being published by Little Brown publishers became embargoed, preventing us from knowing even the title, much less the contents until the book was released on 17 May 2011. Along the way, author Jacobsen morphed from author to investigative journalist to reporter and in the final chapter, activist. Instead of being a book depicting the great legacy of the Roadrunners, the following is typical of what one sees advertised in the media and during a search on the Internet. ...

Longtime Homebuilder Mickey Whittenburg to Receive EAA's Tony Bingelis Award from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Mickey Whittenburg of Kiln, Mississippi, will receive the Experimental Aircraft Association's 2011 Tony Bingelis Award recognizing contributions to EAA and the aviation community.

Supporters of aviation heritage centre get peek at progress - TbNewsWatch.com | Supporters of the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre got a chance last night to see the progress in bringing the idea to life. Organizers held their annual general meeting at the centre on Waterloo Street. ...

Cessna celebrates 100th anniversary of Clyde Cessna's first airplane - Kansas.com | Cessna, who by 1911 had moved to Enid, Okla., bought a Bleriot XI fuselage from the Queen Aeroplane Co. of New York City, after watching a traveling air demonstration in Oklahoma City. Cessna and his brother added an engine and propeller, ...

Is The George Lucas Produced WWII Film 'Red Tails' Coming In January 2012? - Indie Wire | With production beginning in the spring of 2009, it's now two years since the George Lucas produced WWII film “Red Tails” first started rolling but it now appears to be headed to the finish line. Last week it was revealed that Terrence Blanchard had ...

“My First Helicopter Night Flight Hooked Me Forever!” from FWHIhelicopters.com | My first Night Helicopter Training Flight I had early in my Helicopter Pilot Training hooked me on helicopters forever!  When I first got there that night, I remember exactly what my instructor said. “We can go out at work in the pattern, or if you want we could fly downtown!” Well I knew what that meant, DOWNTOWN CHICAGO!  ...

June 11 is EAA International Young Eagles Day from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | 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.

Get Ready for the Last Space Shuttle Launch in July from The Aero Experience 

Space Shuttle Sonic Booms Lead to Burglary Spree Arrests - Space.com | ... will find a home at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC; Atlantis will be displayed at the visitor center at Kennedy Space Center; and the test vehicle Enterprise will be moved to the Intrepid Air & Space Museum in New York City. ...

Video: Amateur-Built Danish 'Non-Profit Rocket' Blasts Off from the Baltic Sea - POPSCI | Just one day later than expected--and that’s pretty good for a rocket launch--Copenhagen Suborbitals’ “non-profit rocket” successfully launched from its catamaran launch platform in the Baltic Sea today, notching a major milestone for the organization that plans to eventually send an amateur-built manned rocket into suborbital space. ...

Danish Amateurs Launch Homemade Rocket, Aim for Future Spaceflight from SPACE.com | A homemade Danish rocket blasted off today, marking the first test flight of a system designed to launch people to suborbital space on the cheap.

Homemade rocket launched in Denmark, part of human spaceflight plans from PhotoBlog 

Atlantis - The last Roll Out from Military Photos