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Pilot killed in W.Va. air show crash - CBS News | MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The pilot of a post-World War II plane died Saturday after crashing into a runway and bursting into flames, the second deadly air show crash in 24 hours.  The West Virginia Air National Guard said that no spectators were injured and that the crash site was far away from anyone at the show. Still, air show officials posted a notice on their website encouraging those who witnessed the crash to seek support if they felt viewing it had been traumatic. ... Officials have not released the pilot's name. The fixed-wing, single-engine T-28 plane is registered to John Mangan of Concord, N.C., and was built in 1958, according to a Federal Aviation Administration registry. ... The plane was part of the T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team, which performs at air shows around the country.  The team is known as the Trojan Horsemen and ...

Air show underway in Ocean City - Newsworks.org | Very rarely do most people get the chance to see a Mitchell World War II B 25 Bomber in person, but today, visitors to the Jersey Shore will get to see the historic plane first-hand. The 26th annual Ocean City Airport Festival is ...

Local official: Crowd safety a top priority at air shows and races - WSOC | ... The air show is slated for November. The event normally draws 30,000 to 40,000 spectators to the Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport to watch the planes do stunts.  "A lot of them will do flybys across the runway or tilt their wing, or you'll have them do loop to loops or other maneuvers," said Hovanec.  During the interview he told us that an air race and an air show are very different events. ...

Big Bird Fly-In set for Sept. 18 - Pekin Daily Times | The 31st annual Big Bird Fly-In, presented by Pekin RC Club, is planned for Sunday, Sept. 18, at Everett McKinley Dirksen Park, 3901 E. Edgewater Drive (north side of Route 98, two miles east of Route 29). The event will feature only the ...

Annual Fly-In to host aircraft of all types - AugustaGazette.com | The annual Fall Fly-In/Drive-In will be held next Saturday, Sept. 24th at the Augusta Municipal Airport. Lots of planes and visitors are expected. Augusta's Kansas Museum of Military History will also host an open house the same day. ...
 Stunt aces to take to the skies - Peterlee Mail | Pupils of Howletch Primary School wave to the Red Arrows who flew over their school on the way home from the Great North Run, thanks to local pilot Glenn King. YOUNGSTERS will get their own fly-past when the Red Arrows soar over their schools. ...

Sion Airshow 2011 - from AirSpace | Already trhree days here - and not so many words. Let the pictures speak

Red Arrows cancel Dartmouth and Torbay regatta flights - BBC News | The RAF's Red Arrows display team is unlikely to appear at two Devon regattas following the death of one of its pilots. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, was killed when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed after a display at Bournemouth Air Festival on Saturday. ...

Stunt pilot's Euro challenge - Weston & Somerset Mercury | But, unlike those state-sponsored teams, Team GBR is made up of civilian pilots who fund their flying themselves. David said: “Having the support of the British Aerobatic Association is vital to us, but we need more support from a key sponsor to show ...

Women take wing for a centenary - This is Cornwall | A CENTURY of female aviation in Britain has been celebrated with a weekend at Bodmin Airfield which saw more than 100 women take to the skies.

Man restores WWII-era P-51s - The Salinas Californian | Their vehicle for this journey across time is the legendary World War II-era P-51 Mustang, considered as perhaps the best US fighter to take on Hitler's Luftwaffe. "We've spent as long as three years on a single airplane," said Teeters, a Salinas-area ...

Old jet fighters find a home at Waterloo airport - The Record | BRESLAU — Turbo Tarling’s long distance love affair is as strong as ever after five decades.  The northern Alberta resident comes to the airports in Waterloo Region and London several times a year to rendezvous with his sweetheart, a sleek Cold War era training jet saved from the scrap heap. ...

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British Airways people and planes over the last 90 years from Aviation news - Planegrazy  | Here’s something special for you to take a look. Hit play and watch this amazing video about British Airways. I looked at it dozens of times and I have to say ...