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Lima 2011 hits record high - New Straits Times | ...The crowd-puller was undoubtedly the aerobatics of the fighter jets and attack helicopters by the national aerobatics team Krisakti, and formation flying by four of the Royal Malaysian Air Force's MiG-29N Fulcrums....

Budget cuts hit San Antonio air show - SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS | SAN ANTONIO - The Air Force has some bad news for thousands of folks who've long been thrilled at the sight of jets roaring low in formation over throngs at San Antonio air shows.  Thanks to budget cuts, the town often called Military City, U.S.A. will have air shows every other year starting in 2013. The move, revealed by Joint Base San Antonio, came...

Singapore Airshow to return in 2012 - travelbite.co.uk | Travellers considering a trip to Singapore next year can schedule their break to coincide with a major event that will be returning to the Asian city-state.  The Singapore Airshow 2012 will run from February 14th to 19th, with the first four days reserved for trade visitors and the final two days open to the public.  Held every two years, the show is a major draw for the destination and attracts visitors from all over the world....

Pilots fly in for school assembly at Malcolm Sargent Primary School - Stamford Mercury | A TEAM of former Red Arrows pilots visited a Stamford school to share their tales from the skies.  Three members of the Blades Aerobatic Team spent time with the children at Malcolm Sargent Primary School on Monday last week....

The Red Tails – Their Contribution Remembered - Moose Peterson | The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, known also as the Red Tails is being told to a new generation as the movie Red Tails is about to be released. Few in this day and age know what it took to become a fighter pilot in WWII. For African-Americans, the challenge in honestly hard to comprehend as they not only had...

Brantly B-2 March 1960 - Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | This photo of a Brantly B-2B is from March 1959 or March 1960, depending on which one of the dates given is correct, front or back. The Brantly B-2B was designed by Newby Odell Brantly and featured a 180hp fuel-injected...

Video: America's First Jet Flight, October 1942 - Aircraft Owner

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Receives Restored F-4 Phantom Cockpit on Loan - Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum has received a restored F-4 Phantom II cockpit on loan through the spring of 2012.  The owner, Joe Steimann, restored the cockpit and nose section of the aircraft to resemble F-4E s/n. 68-0338 flown by the 131st TFW,  Missouri Air National Guard, formerly based in St. Louis.  The cockpit is actually from a German F-4F...

Wings of Denial — the Alabama Air National Guard’s covert role at the Bay of Pigs — book review - Travel for Aircraft | I first became curious about the link relating the Alabama Air National Guard and the Bay of Pigs battle when I saw the badge pictured below on the stele of the Bay of Pigs Invasion Memorial located at the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport. Select the Bay of Pigs category selection to see the posts on this memorial, its aircraft and record of people who served as well as perished....

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"Eagle Flight" Launches in January - AVweb | EAA will roll out its new Young Eagles-style familiarization program for adults in January. In a year-end interview, EAA President Rod Hightower said the program, named Eagle Flight, will fly its first adult pilot wannabe in March. The name was presumably chosen from submissions by EAA members after the program was announced during EAA AirVenture last year. Hightower said that about a third of the 15,000 newly licensed pilots in 2010 were older than 34 and Eagle Flight aims to tap into the latent desires of many potential new pilots....

Swansea student is flying ace - News Wales | A team fromSwansea University's Aerospace Engineering department won the competition in 2008 and last year the judges couldn't separate the top two designs, resulting in a tie between Ohio's University of Dayton's electric aircraft and the team from ...

Monday Motivation: Decide and Get It! - Flight to Success | Last Friday Jun Nishioka flew in to Seattle to stay with us for four days, on his way to Vero Beach Florida to become a pilot.  Despite the Japanese government not allowing him to attend their aviation program of his eyesight not being 20/20 without corrected lenses, Jun is still pursuing his dream to fly....

Fulfilling dreams with Able Flight - GAN | Teaching someone to fly is always a challenge. Now imagine that the person you are teaching is disabled.  It happens every day, thanks to Able Flight, a non-profit organization founded in 2006 by Charles Stites, a pilot who believes that the life-changing experience of learning to fly is best shared, which is why he created an organization to award scholarships to help people with disabilities pursue flight training....

Aviation enthusiasts help West Melbourne school's club gear up - Florida Today | When Ulreen Jones and Theresa Castle decided to start an Aviation Club for students at Educational Horizons Charter School, the two women knew the kid-magnet nature of airplanes would make it an easy sell.  But still they were amazed at the overwhelming response from students at the West Melbourne school....