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Wife pays tribute to Red Arrows pilot - TelegraphTV | Dr Emma Egging says her husband Jon was the best friend and husband I could ever have wished for. Flight Lieutenant Egging died when his plane crashed while he was performing with the RAF's Red Arrows stunt team in Dorset on Saturday. ...

Vintage War Planes Returning to Pittsfield Airport - iBerkshires.com | PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In what may be their final appearance in the Berkshires, the Collings Foundation will be bringing back its warbirds to Pittsfield Municipal Airport in early October.  Among the vintage World War II planes are B-17 and B-24 bombers and a P-51 Mustang.  The Florida-based foundation confirmed ...

Wings Over Waukesha is This Weekend - Patch.com | Fully-restored World War II era B-25 “Mitchell” bomber among attractions at Crites Field on Saturday and Sunday for airshow. By Sarah Millard If you start noticing more planes landing at Crites Field at the Waukesha County Airport, there's a good ...

Annual Evanston airshow will fly high Aug. 27 - Uinta County Herald | \The Evanston/Uinta County Airport management board will host its 19th annual air show during Saturday's airport day Aug. 27. The day kicks off at 7 am with a pancake breakfast provided by Boy Scout troop 911. This is the 14th year for the Scouts to ...

2011 Air Show brings the heat - OregonLive.com | By Kurt Eckert, The Hillsboro Argus Michal Thompson / The ArgusThe six L-39 jets of the civilian-flown Patriots Jet Team leave a graceful arch of smoke in red, white and blue at the 2011 Oregon International Air Show. Buoyed by the first 90-plus ...

The Rick Mercer Report from Windsor International Air Show | Rick Mercer will be taping segments of CBC's Rick Mercer Report September 10 & 11 at the Windsor International Air Show. ...

Surrey airshow tribute to killed Red Arrows pilot - BBC News | Organisers of an airshow which was due to host the Red Arrows are to hold a minute's silence as a tribute to the pilot who was killed. The fleet, which has been grounded, was to perform at the Wings and Wheels airshow at Dunsfold Park in Surrey. ...

Red Arrows confirm absence from Clacton Air Show - BBC News | Organisers of an air show in Essex have confirmed the Red Arrows will not be taking part at this week's event. The aerial display team was due to perform at the 20th Clacton Air Show on Thursday and Friday. However the fleet's Hawk T1 jets have been ...

Ohio Air News #163 - Charles Johnson | Pictures from the 9th Jet World Masters @ the National Museum of The U.S. Air Force, July 24 - August 6, 2011 

Gripen & De Havilland Vampire from Latest Vlog | Here is a rare piece of footage filmed by Morne at AFB Zwartkop featuring the SAAB JAS-39 Gripen and De Havilland Vampire in formation.

Victory for Martin Sonka at the 2011 Riga FAI Elite Aerobatic Formula from FAI Aerobatics Commission - CIVA | Nine of the best aerobatic pilots in the world competed in Latvia this weekend for the 2011 Riga FAI Elite Aerobatic Formula organised by renowned Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys. The skills and manoeuvres of the pilots wowed the large crowd gathered in the centre of Riga to admire the competition taking place over the Dauguva river.  ...

Parachuting competitions in Kikinda: Day 1 from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | Day 1 - 21st August ... began with wheels off at 8.0 a.m. Weather conditions are good with big blue skies and wind speeds averaging 3 mps. The Drop Zone at Kikinda is very pretty, situated in rural farm land and surrounded by sunflowers. ...

Canopy Piloting events in Klatovy: Day 2 from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | Tuesday 23rd August  7.35 am Well, here we are on day one of the Canopy Piloting European Championships and World Cup here in Klatovy. Another clear morning with light winds to welcome the first round of the Distance Event. The plan is to finish two rounds of Distance and then move to one of the other events ...

Remembering those magnificent men in their flying machines - Eastwood Advertiser | Campbell-Black was joint winner of the Midenhall-Melbourne Air Race in 1935 and he was also a very well-connected socialite. It was through Campbell-Black that the Prince of Wales learned about Firbeck and would fly in for a visit in his Dragon ...

Museum of Flying prepares for flight - Santa Monica Daily Press | The Museum of Flying will once again open its doors at an undetermined date in November, according to museum officials.  "We are excited that the museum will once again be able to preserve and present the history of aviation and inspire children to excel in academics with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics," Museum Chairman David G. Price said. ...

Argus 292/Fernfeuer - german pre war UAVs from Military Photos | Argus 292, a small radio controlled reconaissance drone developed by Argus in 1939. It could carry one or two cameras, but was apparently only used ...

Voices from the DC-3 a Delightful Surprise from Jetwhine | DC-3H_HiResThroughout its life, now 75 years and counting, millions of words have been written about the iconic DC-3/C-47/R4D/Dakota. I’ve written some of them, and read most of them. So I cracked the cover on Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3 with some trepidation. At best I expected to read stories I already knew told with new words, but the ...

RAF Museum American Foundation Apprentice Exchange 2011 – Laura’s Diary episode 2 from Michael Beetham Conservation Centre - Royal Air Force Museum | ... Today we were working with John Sessions and his people at the Historic Flight Foundation.  The chief mechanic, Greg, was doing compression checks in the engines of a B-25, so we were in charge of finding the ‘sweet spot’ for the propellers and holding them in that position when the pressure was being applied. ...

August 23, 2011 The only way to fly from Ely Air Lines | Mike: Just the little unpainted Grumman Cheetah and me, winging our way back from Indianapolis following The Indy Air Race; she may be an ugly duckling now, but after a new paint job, er, make-over, she will be stunning.  ...

August 23 – This Day In Aviation History - Aviation Articles

Pan Am TV series takes you back to when flying was the fun part of travel from Flightglobal | Pan-Am-abc.jpgRemember when you could smoke in the aircraft cabin? Remember when the cockpit door was always open and you could request to go and have a chat with the pilot? Remember when ...