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Thunderbirds for 2012, Blue Angels for 2013 OC Air Shows - WBOC | OCEAN CITY, Md.- The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will return for the 2012 OC Air Show, according to organizers.  The next high-flying demonstration is scheduled for June 9-10, which coincides with "Senior Week" in Worcester County....

Pulling G's over the Blue Langkawi Sky - New Straits Times | IT was something I had been waiting for, for a long, long time. This year was the sixth time I had covered the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition (Lima) and I had all the while wanted to be able to fly in one of the aircraft on aerial display. This year, I got my chance, thanks to a lucky draw during a media luncheon hosted by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.  I wouldn't be flying in a jet, as I had always dreamed about. Instead, it would be a little German-made prop plane, the Extra 300L, which has a top speed of 220 knots.... 

Toys For Tots Event Takes Flight at the CAF - News West 9 | MIDLAND- The Commemorative Air Force Museum held a Toy Fly-In on Saturday.  Pilot-to-be Nacoma Sauls attended the event. After just a short flying lesson, the boy was ready to get his wings.  Sauls tells us, "You can do spins and circles in the sky and you think you're so cool in the air. It feels like you're flying like a bird."  For the event, the Commemorative Air Force Museum, Experimental Aircraft Association and the Amateur Modelers came together under one roof.  Steve Clinton with the Experimental Aircraft Association says, "We have....

4195: The Final F-22 Raptor YouTube.com (via ASB) | Commemorating the production of the final F-22 Raptor, number 4195, with a look a back from the people behind the development of the aircraft.

Blue Angel F/A-18B Hornet Is Placed on Display at St. Louis Science Center By Carmelo Turdo | The James S. McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center has placed on display a U.S. Navy F/A-18B Hornet formerly used by the Blue Angels aerial demonstration team.  Blue Angel No.7 is the two-seat Hornet flown by 2008 Team Narrator Lt. Frank Weisser and Events Coordinator Lt. Dan McShane.  The acquisition of the aircraft was coordinated by... 

Avro CF-100 Canuck — Canada’s first and Canada’s last - Travel for Aircraft  A.V. Roe and Company, Avro, gave the world many fine aircraft. Not the least of these aircraft are the Lancaster and Vulcan with their Canadian subsidiary assisting in the manufacturing of many of the aircraft, especially in WW II.  The Canuck is historic for its trend setting, serving as an integral part of the new defense system called NORAD in the 1950s, and was designed for a single purpose — as an interceptor to vie against strategic bombers flying over the Arctic from Russia to targets in Canada and the USA. Flying at high sonic...

Final Flight Col. “Gimo” Yang - Roadrunners Internationale | With deep regret I again must inform you of the passing of one of our Roadrunner members. Departing on his final flight, Colonel 'Gimo' Yang, former pilot and commander of The Black Cat Squadron on Taiwan, died at his home here in Las Vegas yesterday. Yang was one of the first six Chinese pilots chosen for U-2 training at Del Rio to fly for the CAF in Taiwan. Prior to that Yang was flying RF-84 photorecon missions at low-level over the mainland from Taiwan. At Taiwan, he then served in Project Tackle, a joint CIA U-2 operation....

We Remember- USAF Heritage Flight - Airshowbuzz | Country music recording artist performed his song "We Remember" live at the ICAS Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. He produced this video to be projected on the screens behind him while he sang. We hope that you'll share this link widely with friends and family who appreciate America's aviation legacy and all that our country's airborne warriors have done to defend our country. And, of course, many thanks to Dwayne O'Brien for both performing his wonderful song and producing this moving video.

Tuskegee Airmen Open Fantasy Of Flight's 'Legends & Legacies' Series - Aero-News Net | Fantasy of Flight in central Florida plans to celebrate Black History Month in February 2012 in a memorable way by kicking off its Fourth Annual Legends & Legacies Symposium Series with a visit from famed World War II heroes, the Tuskegee Airmen. There will also be a student essay contest honoring the aviators' leadership, excellence, advocacy and determination (LEAD)....During this three-day event called "They Dared to Fly," the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first African-America military aviators, will relate their personal experiences of what it was like to serve as a pilot in the military during segregated America. The pilots will share stories about...

Courtney Carroll and Footprints in the Sky - Ely Air Lines | Many kind hearted souls have jumped at the chance to help Courtney Carroll. Prayer, support, encouragement, and assistance have come from people in many industries. A benefit last year in The Woodlands raised money to help offset medical costs not covered by insurance, and as Courtney prepares for her third kidney transplant at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore the costs continue to be incurred, and so does the help....

CF-18s airworthy 'til end of decade: Lt-Gen. - Toronto Sun | OTTAWA - Canada's recently upgraded Hornet fighter jets will keep their sting for longer than many expect.  Lt-Gen. Andre Deschamps said the Royal Canadian Air Force is ready to keep flying the 30-year-old fighter planes for almost another decade.  "We are confident that we will be able to maintain our current commitments all the way to 2020 with the current fleet of F-18s," said Deschamps in testimony to the Commons defence committee Tuesday....

Paul Allen-backed Stratolaunch Systems promises flexible, low-cost access to space - Engadget | When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan and private spaceflight proponent Elon Musk team up on something, folks are bound to pay attention -- especially when they're promising nothing short of a "revolution in space transportation." At the center of that ambitious goal is a new company backed by Allen, Stratolaunch Systems, and a massive new aircraft to be designed and built by Rutan's Scaled Composites. If all goes as planned, it will be the size of two 747s (with a wingspan...