Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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Spectators, participants give high marks to Thunder in the Valley Air Show - WCF Courier | Organizers of the Thunder in the Valley Air Show hoped to entertain and inspire. They hit the mark with at least one young man. Brady Maurer, 13, was up against the barrier Sunday, a few yards from passing aircraft. He was able to collect autographs from pilots and smell the fumes. It still wasn't close enough.  "I just want to fly a plane," Maurer said.  He especially liked Matt Younkin's twin-engine ...

Unique Helicopter Airshow Returns To Georgia - Aero News Network | American Heroes Air Show Includes Citizenship Ceremony | The American Heroes Air Show calls itself the US's premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters. The show returns to Canton, Georgia, outside Atlanta, on Saturday, September 10th.  Event Director Mike Grier, a sergeant with Cherokee County Sheriff, invites families to get an up-close look at these go-fast, high-tech aircraft and learn how their crews are on the front lines every day of homeland security, national defense and public service.  The admission-free event invites helicopters from local, regional, state and ...

Cedar Valley Air Show in Waterloo - KCRG | This story is inappropriate and should be flagged for moderation. Please choose from one of the following options: Don't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Don't attack someone personally. ...

Air Festival photo competition: winners revealed - Bournemouth Echo | We received more than 500 entries this year for the contest, run with the backing of Castle Cameras. The winner of the adult category was Melvin Bourne, from New Milton, for this stunning shot of one of the Breitling Wingwalkers ...

Director and founder of the airshow CIAF Ales Cabicar - Translated | On Friday 2 September 2011 will be from 10:00 am guest "Péháčka" director and founder of the airshow CIAF Cabicar Ales. The largest military air show here, United International Air Fest (CIAF) will be held at Hradec Kralove airport the first weekend in September.  ...

Red Arrows resume training days after death of pilot Jon Egging - Mirror.co.uk | THE Red Arrows yesterday resumed practising air display routines for the first time since the death of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. Residents near the team's RAF base welcomed the jets home as they filled the ...

From Evan Flys - Hi all my aviation friends! I have some new cool stuff to share with you.
First, here are new photos of my friend Eddie Andreini's P-51 Mustang "Primo Branco". My dad took all the photos.  Here's a video my dad also did.  We went to the Wings Over Wine Country Air Show and here are my photos. The sun was in our eyes and I did the best I could.  And a very cool video my dad did.  (He's very happy with this one).  Finally, here's what my dad did for me and two friends for my birthday. VideoPhotos.  Evan

World War II Avenger provided ride of a lifetime - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Pilot Brad Deckert, front, of Eureka, Ill., rides along as a crew member tows Deckert's Grumman TBM Avenger Model 3E to the runway for a media flight during the Thunder in the Valley air show at the Waterloo Regional Airport in Waterloo, Iowa, ...

World War II bombers touch down in Nampa - Northwest Cable News | The B-25 Mitchell 'Maid in the Shade' was made in 1943 and fought in 18 combat missions. The B-17 Flying Fortress 'Sentimental Journey' was built in 1945 and used as a rescue plane. Both have been completely restored in order to travel all around the ...

Reporter, father take memorable ride in B-17 - Carlisle Sentinel | Crew Chief Milt Kramlick of the Experimental Aircraft Association gazes out the cockpit of the B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" during take-off on a flight from Capital City Airport Monday. As part of the B-17's tour stop at Capital City Airport, ...

Sixty-six years later, a military funeral - Delaware County Daily Times | Flak damaged Lt. Harry Dietzler's B-25 bomber on his 20th mission in 1945. The bombardier/navigator of a B-25 in the 42nd Bombardment, 100th Bomb Group of the 13th Air Force, flying in a damaged plane was nothing new for Lt. Dietzler. ...

A Geneva woman's search for the uncle she never knew - York News-Times | Stanley, a B-17 pilot with the 15th Air Force based out of Foggia, Italy, was on a mission to bomb a Messerschmitt factory in Austria when his plane was shot down by enemy fire. Of the 10 crewmembers on the plane, five bailed out and became prisoners ...

Super Women Aviators Hosted by Ninety Nines - from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Top women aviators celebrated during AirVenture at the Ninety Nines hospitality tent included Vicki Sherman, Melissa Pemberton and Patricia Mawuli-Nyekodzi, who spoke at that gathering. A place where Ninety Nines renew friendships and call home, the tent is a member communication hub. ...

Father-son part of elite team that detailed AF One & WWII B-29 - Upper Rogue Independent | When they were chosen for an elite team of 40 of the world's finest automotive detailers to travel to Seattle's Museum of Flight where they would detail the original presidential jet plane known as SAM 970 – Air Force One; and a rare WWII B29 ...

CAF B-29 "Fifi" Gallery Added from Randy Rothhaar Photography | A gallery dedicated to the only airworthy B-29 Superfortress "Fifi" was added to the site today. "Fifi" was shot at the Deer Valley Airport after a two week hunt across Arizona which was complicated by weather delaying her travels.  ...

Amelia Earhart Photo Collection from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale

Scholarships For Aviation Enthusiasts - College For Free | AERO Club of New England – The Aero Club of New England scholarships are awarded annually and recipients are selected on the basis of merit and need. ACONE's growing scholarship program provides a wonderful way ...

Astronauts Offer Space Artifacts In Online Charity Auction from Aero-News Network | Variety Of Items Up For Bids Through September 3rd Bidding is open in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) Fall Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia, which opened online Friday. Bidders have the chance to own relics from over five decades of mankind's journey into the unknown, including autographed items from legends like astronauts Buzz Aldrin and John Glenn.

NASA: International Space Station May Be Evacuated by Late November - The Ledger | Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week's Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.
Facts.  One or two unmanned Soyuz launches are on tap for October, one commercial and the other another space station supply run. Those would serve as important test flights.  Until officials figure out what went wrong with Russia's essential Soyuz rockets, there will be no way to ...

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