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Trojan Horsemen Pilot Jack "Flash" Mangan Killed in Saturday Crash Performed at Scott AFB Airshow in 2008 from The Aero Experience | John W. Mangan II, Trojan Horsemen Alternate Wing pilot, was killed yesterday at a performance at the Blue Ridge Airshow at the Martinsburg Air National Guard base in West Virginia.  His Trojan Horsemen biography mentions that Mangan was a graduate of the USAF Academy, spent 13 years active duty as an ...

Son: W.Va. air show pilot put safety first - msnbc.com | The pilot of a post-World War II plane that crashed into a runway and exploded during a West Virginia air show was a passionate flyer and Air Force veteran who always put safety first, the man's son said Sunday.  ...

140581 – T-28C by warbirdcentral | ... In Memory of  Jack “Flash“ Mangan ...

Local air show announcer talks Reno ... -  Fox19 News

Former Snowbirds lead interviewed by CTV - CTV News

Heavy Metal Jet Team - Memphis Air Show FB | Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the Airshow this weekend! A special thanks to all of our sponsors, vendors, & volunteers. Without the community's support the Airshow wouldn't be possible. We hope everyone enjoyed the show & are as excited as we are about being able to benefit 3 amazing United Way agencies!!!!

Ocean City Airshow Brings Pilots, Families and Spectators Together - Patch.com | Flying in Ocean City's Aerobatic Airshow is demanding, but then so is watching the almost three-hour performance from the ground while knowing your spouse is screaming by overhead, sometimes upside down, at speeds approaching 400 ...

EAA 1929 Ford Trimotor Event Will Offer Something for Everyone September 22-25 from The Aero Experience

Stearman C3B at the Poplar Grove Airport - YouTube | Rich Davidson flies Ron Alexander's rare 1928 Stearman C3B at the Poplar Grove Airport....we had a Blast!

Pensacola Beach. Blue Angels Air Show by jojojoana | EXCITED!! That was the word when LY told me that we are going to see the Blue Angels perform. I’ve heard SO much about them, especially LY had sent me photos of him going to the air shows and all in the past. ...

2011 Dayton Air Show by Fr. Ted | ... And there is a fair amount of patriotism and pride in being American. ... [pictured left]

Warbird Central:  More classic warbird pictures posted

Pilot: Nicholas Jorgensen was flying the plane on a training mission when it ... - Daily Mail | Over the weekend, a team of aeroplane experts and archaeologists uncovered the remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress which crashed on a site near Blakesley on October 11, 1944. Among the hundreds of finds the group discovered were numerous bullets, ...
   
Prisoner of War recaps service, life after war - Dothan Eagle | His hands shake a little when he gets ahead of himself and misses some of the details about his 21st mission, when the B-17 “Silver Dollar” in which he was flying was shot down over Berlin. But the tears don't start falling until he remembers being ...

Formation flight Sunday from Planeshots | More here: Vulcans, and more ...

The importance of Close Air Support from Defence Aviation | Close air support is an air operation executed against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces. To carry out a successful CAS mission, air force needs to maintain tactical air superiority over the area of operation or complete air supremacy over hostile territory. A CAS aircraft may either be a fixed wing aircraft or a rotary wing aircraft. The most modern ground attack aircrafts   ...

F-104G Starfighter former Taiwan Air Force is almost ready to fly in the U.S. - Cavok | The Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum , located in Hillsboro, Oregon, in 2006 acquired a former Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, which had been disabled Air Force Taiwan. The museum's staff moved the fighter aircraft for the U.S., and then were initiated to bring the aircraft to flight condition. ...

Catalina seaplane case for Rathmines - Newcastle Herald | A RESTORED Catalina seaplane is planned to be displayed at an open-air museum at the former Rathmines RAAF seaplane base. Lake Macquarie City Council has completed a $60000 feasibility study, which found a ...

The De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron – a bigger, better Dove from Shortfinals's Blog | When the Brabazon Committee published its recommendations for the shape of British post-WW2 civil aviation, they envisaged a small ‘feeder liner’ to service the needs of ‘hub and spoke’ airports; the winning design for the Type VB class of aircraft turned out to be the De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove, an eight-seater, powered by two De Havilland Gipsy Queen engines, which first few in September, 1945. There seemed to be a natural market for a ‘stretched Dove’, to act as a small airliner...

Rough Riders - Air & Space | Five bushplanes and the places only they can fly.

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and Gateway Eagles Team Up to Inspire Youth to Pursue Math & Science Through Aviation from The Aero Experience | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum teamed up with Gateway Eagles of St. Louis to provide a flight experience for about 100 children and teens this weekend.  The Gateway Eagles, an organization that serves the minority community of St. Louis to encourage the pursuit of careers in aviation and related  ...

Fly-in breakfast raises funds for scholarship - Northern Star Online | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) refused to let Sunday's rain spoil its fly-in breakfast. As is "aviation tradition," EAA Chapter 241 President Dan Thurnau and Vice President Kevin Frank, along with other EAA members and their children, ...

Night Rocket Launch at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout - Arizona Reporter | The Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) is excited to announce that it will hold its annual October Night Launchin conjunction with the 2011 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout on Saturday, October 8th, from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at the TIMPA(Tucson ...