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Pilots Thrill Special Audience - Fort Smith Times Record | Samuel White, 9, of Fort Smith talks with Msgt Kimberley Harrison with the Thunderbirds during the practice session Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, at the Fort Smith Regional Airport. Samuel, with Make-A-Wish, received a special Thunderbird pin and a souvenir ...

Air Show still a place of fascination - Coast News | The Marines had opened up their base for the 2011 MCAS Miramar Air Show media day. “It's an opportunity we give to our media partners to come out…and get up and actually fly with some of our civilian performers,” said Sgt. Sean P. McGinty, ...

Meet the Blue Angels - Hanford Sentinel | All those attending will be able to rub elbows with the Blue Angels while they're in town for the Central Valley NAS Lemoore Air Show. The evening will include a tri-tip dinner from 6 pm to 9 pm and dancing from 9 pm to midnight. ...

AEROBATICS, WARBIRDS, WING WALKERS SOAR OVER SKIES OF APPLE VALLEY - Military & Aerospace Electronics | With classic warbirds, aircraft aerobatics and military aircraft, this year's Apple Valley Airshow will take place on Oct. 8, 2011. The airshow will feature renowned Red Bull air race champion Mike Mangold in his L-29 Jet, Rob Harrison "The Tumbling ...

5th Special Forces Group celebration a big success - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle | There have been many milestones observed by Green Berets of the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) over its relatively short, but storied history, but many pale in comparison to the milestone celebrated here last week.  Past and present members of the 5th SFG (A) commemorated the 50th anniversary of the unit's activation, which originally took place Sept. 21, 1961, at Ft. Bragg, N.C. The week-long reunion allowed  ...

SANDF parachutists hurt in mass jump - News24 | Johannesburg - Fourteen parachutists were injured during a mass jump at an airshow at the Waterkloof Air Force base on Saturday, the SA National Defence Force said. Spokesperson Colonel Petrus Motlhabane said he could not give more details. ...  [Emblem via Wikipedia]

Largest-scale flypast planned for centennial Oct. 10 National Day - eTaiwan News | The roughly four-minute event, part of a centennial National Day military parade, will be the largest-scale warplane flypast ever staged in Taiwan, MND officials said. The military aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters and transports, ...

One-man show by award-winning Newnan artist opens today - Newnan Times-Herald | His artwork has illustrated such magazines as Aviation History and Military History, among others. Professional recognition and accolades for his artwork include winning First Place-Military from Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine for his ...

Expansion now open at the Air Zoo - WWMT | It features new and current exhibits, aircraft and space artifacts, as well as an additional exhibit about women in aviation. "The Air Zoo now has even more rich and historic experiences for guests to enjoy," said Bob Ellis, Air Zoo president and CEO. ...

Airventure 2011 by Tyson V. Rininger from Tyson Rininger | F/A-18F SuperHornet from VFA-122 sports a 'Digi-Cam' paint scheme. Here the SuperHornet approaches the speed of sound creating a vapor cone around the aircraft.

More pics from Ardmore from Making a Kiwi Fly by Flyinkiwi

Profile 59 - "Miss America" as crewed by Howard Jensen and Ken Tesch from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Posted above is my update to Howard's B-24.  Give me a week and she'll be done.  I learned something new about B-24s that caused a chain reaction that will boggle your brain - regardless if you care about WW2 bombers or not.  It started with learning that "Miss America" was actually a product of The Ford Motor Company.  See that demarcation between the upper "olive drab" color and the light gray on the bomber's bottom?  That's the clue.  The bombers built by Consolidated Aircraft were painted with a straight line. Ford went wavy. ...

Rivet Haste: Rebirth of the USAF at the end of Vietnam from Tails Through Time by JP Santiago | Heritage Flight F-4E Phantom painted in Vietnam-era colors.  In several prior postings I had talked about how the United States set about improving the performance of its fighter pilots over the skies of Vietnam. The first one dealt with the testing and analysis of MiG fighters that had been obtained secretly by the United States and the second posting covered the origins of Red Flag, the exercises in Nevada that gave pilots valuable experience under simulated combat conditions. The Navy also instituted ...

Armless pilot uplifts spirit of disabled persons - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation | Jessica Cox who is a motivational speaker has done a lot to uplift the spirit of disabled persons. She told GBC's Radio Ghana that her motivation for flying a plane came from fear, that is, the fear of flying. Ms Cox said she does not want to see ...

FlightTime Radio Show 194 - from The FlightTime Radio Show | Milford and Charlie were in the studio today talking with Scott Wick of Wick's Aircraft Supply. Scott talked about how they got started and even about the project that he is helping Burt Rutan out with!

Virgin Galactic’s upcoming spaceflight plans from Personal Spaceflight | Virgin Galactic president and CEO George Whitesides offered Saturday some clarity on the company’s plans to move ahead with the next phase of test flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle. Speaking at the 100 Year Starship Study Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Whitesides noted that SpaceShipTwo has not ...

Ultra-light crashes into Ferris wheel in Australia from PhotoBlog | People look at an ultra-light Cheetah S200 airplane stuck in a Ferris wheel after it crashed into the fairground attraction following takeoff from a nearby airstrip in Taree, New South Wales, on October 1, 2011. The plane left dangling from the structure trapped its pilot and passenger inside. Two children, a boy and a girl, who were on the ride at the time of the accident were rescued unharmed, police said.  ...