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In wake of Reno crash, feds to probe air show, race safety - USA Today | RENO, Nev. – A federal hearing will examine the safety of air races and air shows after a horrific crash killed 11 people and injured more than 70 at an event in Reno.  The hearing announced Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board is not solely related to the Sept. 16 disaster at the National Air Race Championships, but the 47-year-old competition will be included in the review, agency spokesman Terry Williams told The Associated Press....

NTSB To Investigate Air Show Safety - AVweb | The NTSB will hold a hearing next month to gather information about the safety of air races and air shows, the board said on Friday. During a one-day meeting on January 10, the board will hear from regulators, aviation organizations, industry groups, and airport authorities to learn about safety practices, procedures, and protocols. The board also will gather information about the safety regulations and oversight in the planning and execution of these events. In September, a pilot and 10 spectators were killed in an accident at the Reno Air Races, and several performers died in U.S. air show accidents over the last season....

Penny Wise/Pound Foolish??? USAF Reduces Air Show Support In 2012 - Aero-News Network | A major draw for air shows large and small is the ability for the public to see military aircraft much closer than they would probably be able to otherwise. But looming defense budget cuts may spell at least a temporary end to the displays by Air Force planes at many shows, often seen as an effective recruiting tool....

Innovators Recognized at Air & Space Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Scoop San Diego | (Mission Times Courier, San Diego, CA) - He’s a six-time World Series champion, a Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster and an integral figure in the San Diego community. Coleman’s biggest accomplishments, however, lie outside of the baseball diamond, he says. “I’ve done a lot of great things in baseball. There’s no question about that,” said Coleman, who’s served as a radio broadcaster for the Padres for nearly four decades. “But nothing surpassed that day (April 1, 1944) when I became a naval aviator and the second lieutenant in the [U.S.] Marine Corps,” he said, while boasting a smile.  Coleman isn’t the only person to have taken pride in his military feats.On Nov. 5, the San Diego Air & Space Museum recognized him, and several others, during its 48th Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, Legends of Flight, an...

Betty Haas Pfister, a Woman With Wings, Dies at 90 - New York Times | Ms. Haas Pfister, a two-time winner of the All Women's International Air Race, died on Nov. 17 at her home in Aspen, Colo., her daughter Suzanne said. She was 90. After that first flight, Suzanne Pfister said, “Mom made a deal with her father that she ...

WASP First Day Cover  - You Fly Girl | A First Day of Issue Cover or First Day Cover is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark,...

First Responder F-15 Gets New Home - PacificFlyer | More than 1,000 people attended the unveiling last month of the 9-11 First Responder F-15A at the Pacific Coast Air Museum (PCAM), the fighter aircraft that patrolled the skies over New York City after the attacks began.  This F-15, 77-0102 ("102") is now on permanent display in a one-of-a-kind exhibit at the museum, located at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. During a somber ceremony ...

Flabob Salutes Vets - PacificFlyer | In a series of touching ceremonies reminiscent of life in this country 60 years ago, Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif. honored America's veterans on Nov. 12.  Despite some early showers, thousands of people from the surrounding communities turned out to dine in a military mess tent complete with SOS (officially it's known as "creamed chip beef on toast," but if you don't know what SOS stands for, ask a vet....

9 ° THE WING AIR FORCE ONE REALITY 'IN EVOLUTION - Air Units | The 9th Wing was born February 26, 1934 at Ciampino bomber and which department has the baptism of fire fighting in Somalia in 1936. The Flag of War received the Silver Medal for Valor for the participation of the Department operations in North Africa during World War II.  The 9th is in the "framework" until September 1967, when reconstituted as a Fighter Wing Interceptors about "Carlo Romagnoli" Grazzanise (Caserta) on 1 January 1969 is called the ace Francesco Baracca, a World War II assuming, along with the 10 th Fighter Group, the "Prancing Horse" black as a symbol....

Alberta Aviation Museum fights the clock to buy fastest plane in Canada - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON - The Alberta Aviation Museum has only 10 days left to raise $47,000 for a fighter jet that’s a major part of the province’s aerospace history.  For seven years, the museum has been looking for a Starfighter F-104, the fastest plane ever operated in Canada and a key part of Edmonton’s aviation repair industry. They just found one, at a cost of $70,000, and have collected $23,000 in donations so far....

Working on Fire - Air Strike | Working on Fire recruits and trains young men and women from marginalised communities as skilled wildland fire fighters to reduce the personal and economic harm caused by unwanted wildfire. There are currently more than 4000 people deployed at over 100 WoF bases across South Africa....

APR issue V3N2 now available - The Unwanted Blog | At long last, Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N2 is now available....