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Hundreds Pay Final Tribute to Amanda Franklin from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family members of Amanda Younkin Franklin gathered at First Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 7, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to celebrate her life, which ended far too soon at the age of 25 following her 10-week struggle to recover from severe injuries sustained in a March plane crash at the Air Fiesta air show in Brownsville, Texas.

Sad Day for the Bomber Boys from J Clark | Monday, June 13, 2011, will remain a sad day for the warbird community.  A vintage warrior made her final landing in a cornfield near Chicago.  After the landing, all seven aboard the airplane were able to make good their escapes, with only one suffering injury during the egress.  Many warbird enthusiasts and different companies restored this airplane to appear as the B-17G Flying ....

Crews removing WWII plane wreckage - ABC7Chicago.com | The World War II plane was in town for an air show. The control tower tapes from that emergency landing have been released. Inside the cockpit, the crew could not determine where smoke was coming from. The pilot of a chase plane then spotted flames ...

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The Horsemen Update: Breaking News from Fargo AirSho | The Horsemen have announced that for the 2011 air show season they will fly different historic warbirds at select air show sites.  To celebrate the 100th anniversary of US Naval aviation, The Horsemen will fly their three-ship routine with a WWII Corsair as lead aircraft and two F8F Bearcats on the wing.  The Horsemen are proud to be sponsored by AirShowBuzz.com, aviation’s leading social website. ASB features state-of-the-art ...

June 14, 2011 Big Muddy Inspiration from Ely Air Lines | Linda: One week to go to the start of the 2011 Air Race Classic. A recent email sent by ARC officials included the reminder of our responsibility as ambassadors.  This year the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama has created an impressive program to broaden horizons of children served by the Clubs. Adopt-a-Pilot will match youngsters with pilots; the goal being to encourage them to think large, and never think anything is unreachable because of economic or family circumstances.  Most of these children haven’t been exposed to aviation. Inger Anderson, Director of Operations of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama, is the coordinator of this program. She and other  ...

Jesolo Air Extreme 2011 airshow from David Cenciotti | After publishing a post about the Thunderbirds condensation clouds induced by high-G maneuvers and high-AOAs (Angle Of Attack) during and a post about the rehearsals, below you can find some more pictures about the Jesolo Air Extreme 2011 airshow, taken on Jun. 12, 2011. ...

Ely, Frankowski fly in 34th Annual Air Race Classic (ARC), all-women trans ... - Liberty Vindicator | Elizabeth Frankowski and Linda Street-Ely of Liberty will be flying a Cessna Skylane 182L in the 34th Annual Air Race Classic (ARC), all-women trans-continental air race, which will take place June 21-24, 2011. This year's 2722-statute-mile race will ...

P-51D Mustang with Unusual Drop Tanks from Military Photos | Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on a P-51D Mustang which was tested with a pair of unusual streamlined 150 gallon ferry tanks at Eglin Field, Florida in 1944-45: ...

Pilot Recounts Taming World’s Fastest Helicopter via Autopia | Kevin Bredenbeck is more comfortable in a flight suit than a tuxedo, more at ease in the cockpit than on stage. But there he was last month at a black-tie event in Washington D.C. with his colleagues from Sikorsky Aircraft to receive the Collier Trophy, the aerospace industry’s most prestigious award. ...

One of Us: Jacksonville radio hosts love to share their joy of flying - jacksonville.com | Milford Shirley and Charlie Willwerth are evangelists of the sky.  On Saturday, they'll be preaching the joy of flying from one of aviation's great temples when they broadcast their weekly radio show, "FlightTime Radio," from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  That's a break from routine for the pair of flying enthusiasts, who usually do their weekly radio show from the studios of Jacksonville's WBOB 600 AM. ...

Wichita pilot's milestone birthday has its ups and downs — 50 of them from Wright Squawks | James Oliphant loves Kansas.  The Wichitan wanted to do something special this year as the state celebrates its 150th anniversary and he observes his own 50th.  He's a pilot.  So he came up with the idea of flying to 50 Kansas airports  ...

Warbirdz Magazine March 2011 Now Available for iPad - prMac | Warbirdz.net has supplied a place on the internet for those who enjoy military aircraft and warbirds to gather since 2002 where they can show off their images and chat about warbirds and military aircraft. The idea for our Warbirdz magazine was born ...

FlightTime Radio Show Goes to Washington | June 18th, 2011, we will broadcast Live from the Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum for their National Learn to Fly day!

Wings Over Houston Airshow Scholarship in the field of Aviation and Aeronautics, USA - college-university-scholarship.com | Undergraduate Scholarship funded by Wings Over Houston Airshow USA students who have completed their second year of study in aviation or a related field, USA  ...

More Than Just Kid Stuff from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A group of aviation enthusiasts in Oregon recently celebrated completion of an airplane project built by a group of teenagers over the previous year and a half.

Teens soar at 11th-annual aviation camp from Air Force Link Top Stories | Thirty-six teens from around the Air Force participated in the 11th-annual Teen Aviation Camp here June 4 through 8.  All of the 16- and 17-year old campers come from Air Force families and have parents who are active duty, retirees, reservists, or members of the Air National Guard.  Teens and their families only have to pay for the cost of transportation to the Academy. The camp and its activities are free. The Air Force Services Agency sponsors and organizes the camp. ...

EAA Young Eagles FREE Fly Welcomed 60 Area Children - NewsoftheNorth.Net | The EAA Young Eagles, the Northwoods Aviation Association, the Friends of the Tomahawk Airport and the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport welcomed 60 area youth on Saturday for the local celebration of the national Young Eagles Day. ...

Die Smiling on This Hoverbike from Autopia by Wired UK | An Australian chap named Chris Malloy has built a hoverbike from motorbike parts, and he claims it can fly at 173 mph at an altitude of 10,000 feet. ...

Burt Rutan Wows Spokane Crowd from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Felts Field in Spokane, Washington, home airport to EAA Chapter 79, is one of the coolest airports around and last weekend proved why. A veritable "candy store" for aviation enthusiasts included an open hangar event that drew 10,000 people, a Grassroots Pilots Tour stop with EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower, EAA's B-17 tour with Aluminum Overcast, and lots of great vintage airplanes, flying and on display. ...