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Air show pilot wants two Veterans to fly (4 am) - Las Cruces Sun-News | Texas Rob Holland and the Veteran Home Loans Air Show Team are looking to take two local veterans for the ride of their lives next week before the Amigo Airsho in El Paso. Holland and his team will be performing in the Amigo Air Show on October 22 and ...

Rob Holland Ultimate Airshows - Official Site

Imperial War Museum, Duxford: Autumn air show - Peterborough Today | Korean War-themed flying participation includes North American F-86 Sabre;·B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B; Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina; Piper L-4 Grasshopper; Douglas AD-4 Skyraider; The P-51 Mustang; Hawker Sea Fury; Douglas C-47 Skytrain and the ...

FAI awards presented at the 105th FAI General Conference in Belgrade from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | Aviation personalities were honoured yesterday night at the 2011 FAI Awards Ceremony held in Belgrade, Serbia, as part of the Opening Ceremony of the 105th FAI General Conference....

Jet Crashes At Air Show In China, One Killed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | One pilot ejected, but another crewmember of the JH-7 "Flying Leopard" jet performing in an airshow in China was killed on Friday when the aircraft nosedived into the ground and burned. The jet, operated by China's air force, was performing near the northern city of Xi'an. The pilot who ejected landed safely, suffering only minor injuries. The crash is under investigation and...

Barnstorming - The First Air Shows (Part 2) by CAF Red Tail Squadron
Last week's blog introduced some of the basics of the barnstorming era - its short history, the airplanes used, the cow windsocks. This week, we'll talk about the guys (and girls) who flew the airplanes and gave the crowds a great show every time.  Sometimes it was the accidents that made the shows memorable, but we'll (mostly) concentrate on the days when the landings equaled the take offs. Probably the most famous of the barnstormers was Charles Lindbergh  He was just 25 when he 

My friend George, the Stuka pilot from Air Facts: the journal for personal air travel by John Laming | In late 1952, the sole Royal Australian Air Force contribution to the defence of Darwin was two Wirraways, a Lincoln bomber and a Dakota. A few weeks before my first arrival at Darwin, one of the Lincoln pilots, Warrant Officer Jack Turnbull, a former Spitfire pilot, wrote off a Wirraway in a crosswind landing. The Wirraway was tricky to land in crosswinds and Jack had lost control and ground-looped seconds after touch down. He exited stage left quickly as it caught on fire....

Kawasaki Ki-100-1b – ‘necessity (who) is the mother of invention’, Plato from Shortfinals's Blog | Sometimes Plato (427 BC – 347 BC) hit the nail on the head; when he said ‘necessity (who) is the mother of invention’, he was obviously predicting what would happen to certain WW2 fighter aircraft and their engines! After the prototype Grumman F6F Hellcat flew, someone thought it would be a good idea to...

Polish Aviation Museum submitted by Bobbi Thompson | Polish Aviation Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polsliego) recently with significant funding from the EU has been nicely improved although a great number of the aircraft are still staged outside. Very much worth the visit any time you are in the area. I had to share the photos with you as I am now at a point when I really appreciate anything older than me... even the hangar these aircraft are displayed in was built in 1909.

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don’t: Stealth Weapons From Around the World from Danger Room by Adam Rawnsley | Not long ago, the U.S. was the only country in the world with aircraft that could stroll the skies without fear of being caught. Not any more. Today, militaries from around the world — including Russia and China — are...

Video Of 320# Qu8k Rocket Going To 121,000' On 4,000# of Thrust! from AirPigz | Wow. Wow! This whole video is awesome, but if move ahead to 2:57 you'll see the most amazing part. It's the outward facing cam view of the launch and the incredibly fast ascension to 121,000'. Watching the thin...

Space Shuttle Pink Slip in Hand, LA Plans 'Mother of All Parades' for Endeavour
from SPACE.com | Endeavour is gearing up for its final voyage, a trip to its retirement home at the California Science Center.