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Blue Angels close season with Pensacola show - Miami Herald | PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Thousands of people came to watch the Navy's Blue Angels close out their season over the Veterans Day weekend with a show in the Florida Panhandle.  The Pensacola News Journal ( http://on.pnj.com/t5qfPO) reports that 101,000 people watched the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show on Saturday at Pensacola Naval Air Station.  The six-jet team's dress rehearsal on Friday drew about 85,000 people....

Want To Take A Ride In A Blue Angel Fighter Jet? - Radio Sophie | It sounds fun and I think I would love to do it. This reporter had the opportunity to do a ride along and he may not volunteer next time. Listen to the pilot check in with him....

UAE's aerobatic team puts on flawless show - Gulf News | Dubai: Al Fursan — The Knights, the UAE's new aerobatic team, put on a colourful first performance during the airshow.  Seven knights representing the seven emirates, dressed in black, delivered a flawless 22-minute display, the longest during the airshow.  "All seven black and gold-coloured planes executed manoeuvres so smoothly, and yet at a speed that left most spectators gasping and yet in awe," said a spectator.  They drew the UAE flag in the sky as the countdown for the celebrations of the 40th UAE National Day continues....

Russia demonstrates its best combat aircraft at Dubai airshow - Ria Novosti | Russia will demonstrate its most advanced combat aircraft and air defense systems at a major airshow in the Middle East, which started on Sunday.  The Dubai Airshow will be held on November 13-17 in the United Arab Emirates. The Airport Expo complex in Dubai is expected to host about 1,000 exhibitors from 50 countries which will showcase their products to more than 55,000 guests and visitors....

Formation flight Sunday. Phantom IIs - Planeshots |

Plant City Marine pilot gets his wings - TBO | Marine Lt. Jarod Dicks, who grew up in Plant City, recently received his wings as a Naval Aviator.  His father, former Mayor John Dicks, pinned his wings on at a recent ceremony at the Centennial of Naval Aviation Air Show in Oceana, Va.  His mother, John's wife Sharon, was also on hand for the ceremony....

Sea Hurricane Mk Ib, Old Warden – the Royal Navy’s first 300mph fighter - Short Finals | Sidney Camm was an absolute genius – no ands, ifs, or buts, the man simply was. He specialised in designing fighter aircraft, and produced some of the most elegant and amazingly beautiful aircraft, ever. Think of the original Hawker Fury of the 1930s, and you will get a flavour of his greatness. The immediate successor to the Fury...

Veterans Day 11-11-11 - Another Time | Thank you to all the Veterans for your service to your country!

Kicking fear in the face and getting REAL about my plan - Amelia Earhart | I am compelled to write this blog because of an amazing experience I had on Saturday afternoon. Let’s jump right in. In the past several weeks since announcing my goal of completing the Oakland to Miami flight I have been experiencing bouts of fear. Fear that the planning was too much for me to handle, fear of unknown variables about the flight, fear that some puzzle piece would go missing and I would be left with an uncompleted goal. This wasn’t the kind of fear that kept me up at night or stopped my in my tracks, this was the kind of fear that was just strong enough to dull my usual panache-y ways and keep my mind from focusing on what was really calling me to complete such a grand adventure. This fear was a pesky itch that I just couldn’t scratch....

Aussie Airplanista: Great Food and Scenery at Mungo Lodge - Airplanista Aviation Blog | Having mentioned Mungo Lodge in her last article for Airplanista, Kathy Mexted decided to go and check it out for herself. She found a great airstrip, beautiful accommodation and the best roast duck in Australia....

U.S. To Buy Decommissioned British Harrier Jets - Defense News | WASHINGTON and LONDON - Britain has agreed to sell all of its 74 decommissioned Harrier jump jets, along with engines and spare parts, to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps - a move expected to help the Marines operate Harriers into the mid-2020s and provide extra planes to replace aging two-seat F-18D Hornet strike fighters....

Tony Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer at the helm of the following Top Gun - Translated | The rumors are rife in Hollywood. If we know that for a year after the famous "Top Gun" is preparing, we learn a little more now. At the helm of this film, Tony Scott, director of the film already in 1986. At his side Jerry Bruckheimer...

Burt Rutan gets Flightglobal award - Hobbyspace | Flightglobal's Lifetime Achievement Award for bringing to life some of the world's most unique and innovative aircraft...

Soyuz TMA-22 Crew Cleared for Launch Tonight from Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Spaceports | Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin appeared before the Russian State Commission on November 12, 2011, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The commission gave its final...