Blue Angels landing in Fargo again in 2013 - DL-online | FARGO – The Blue Angels will be back in 2013. That was some of the good news Fargo AirSho co-chairman Dick Walstad received while 
attending the International Council of Air Shows last week in Las Vegas. Walstad said the Blue Angels have penciled Fargo into their schedule on Aug. 10-11, 2013....
flying santa claus from Planeshots
An Example of Citizen-Soldier - Metro News |Members of the 130th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard are heavy hearted this Christmas season amid news one of their own has been lost. Michael Lakin, a pilot with the Air Guard, was killed in a Thursday plane crash in Ohio. Lakin was flying a small craft and doing aerobatic stunts for a recertification. An investigation into the crash is underway. "His missions required him sometimes to go to places you needed high level skills to fly," said Lt. Colonel David Lester of the West Virginia Air Guard. "The work he did on the weekends with these acrobatic air shows was amazing. His love for flying was never in doubt. If you were to say somebody passed away doing what they love, that was the case with Michael."...
Wings Over Wine Country Air Show - Holiday Stocking Stuffers | "Dec. 23: Santa Rosa, CA - Tickets for the 2012 Wings Over Wine Country Air Show to be held August 18-19, 2012 at the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport are on sale now just in time for the holidays. Let the Pacific Coast Air Museum be your Santa's Helper with a variety of exciting and fun air show ticket packages. Click here for details. Holiday packages will be on sale through Christmas and New Years for your convenience. See http://www.facebook.com/wingsoverwinecountry for more information."
Tricolour Arrows, the "diamond" enters a new pilot / Video - Translated | The Tricolour Arrows 
presented Aimed at the airport in the town of Codroipo (Udine) training with which they will fly in 2012, and the poster for the new year. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Lant, Commander of the Tricolour Arrows, after presenting the activities carried out during 2011, pointed out the numerous commitments of solidarity involving men in uniform....
Convening an air show - Translated | First in a series of three major air shows in the metropolis, that of Rochefort - St. Agnant takes place on the air base 721, 28 and May 29 These two exceptional days of presentation of the Air Force are placed under the leadership of Air Vice (CPN), Christophe Motte....
122nd revives air show, set for Labor Day - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | FORT WAYNE – The 122nd Fighter Wing is taking the lead to bring the first air show to the city in nearly 13 years when it invades Fort Wayne International Airport on Labor Day weekend. The aviation showcase of both civilian and military displays is...
Museum of Flight B-29 - Planeshots 
December Round-up 2011 - Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe | Here we are again! For the second year running I have found myself in an unavoidable position of preparing Roxy for another long winter 'rest' period. I have recently returned (during November) to Tsuruoka and Shonai Airport to perform some ongoing (and annual) maintenance tasks on Roxy - background jobs that need to be done to every aircraft in order to keep it fit and healthy. Performing these works, on a UK...
On This Day: First Non-Stop Around-the-World Flight Completed - Finding Dulcinea | On Dec. 23, 1986, the Rutan Voyager aircraft, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling....
Leg 1 D.C. to Denver: If the key fits, turn it and see where it takes you from Amelia Earhart | ...They are small but important. When this set of keys is grasped by the eager hands of a pilot, they are electric. These keys are never apathetically, absent-mindedly picked up. They are always held tight, with authority, by a knowing hand, who plans to fly....
The Making of the last movie! - Apache Roll | A llez, the making of the images are as beautiful as the film itself, so we do not deny it! "Too Late Baby" second! ...
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- MAAG's Blog: MAAG Christmas Party
All systems go: Santa passes tests with flying colours from Aviation.ca News | Transport Canada is pleased to announce that Santa has passed all his required pre-flight tests and is ready to make his deliveries again this year. Despite a flurry of last-minute activity to make sure all of his seriously fun cargo...
How big-hearted French pilots made 200 toys for British children in just three ... - Daily Mail | The detailed photographs have been unearthed by researchers at the Yorkshire Air Museum and reveal an amazing World War Two story of generosity. In December 1944, a generous French Air Force sous lieutenant was inspired to give something back to the ...
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.Norman Thomas "Pep" Petrocine - Estes Park Trail-Gazette | After Army Air Corps training in Yuma, Ariz., Pep became a B-17 pilot, flying 35 combat missions out of England with the 8th Air Force. 1st/Lt. Petrocine was awarded the prestigious Distinguishd Flying Cross for one of these missions....
Airman survived POW camp - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Robert Pelletier served as a navigator on a B-17 when he fought in World War II. By ROBERT PELLETIER After Robert Pelletier enlisted in the service as a civilian pilot in 1942, he was soon assigned to the 385th bomb group of the Eighth Air Force. ...
The Shepherd - a Canadian Christmas Classic - Vintage Wings of Canada | Back we go to a night
not long ago. A night like twenty others. It's Christmas Eve and though just early evening, the dim light of winter is long receded, replaced by the orange vapour darkness of an urban night. Outside my house a Canadian hibernal front descends like a northern spirit to hush the city under a blanket of snow. Pressing my forehead against the windowpane, I feel the cold scrabbling at the glass and hear the faint swish of a trillion snowflakes crashing onto Adelaide Street. High above the walk, veils of snow sift across the streetlight's reach. It’s a Christmas Eve most see only in greeting cards and the cinema. It’s a Canadian Silent Night. On nights like this I am envious of no one....The Flying Winnebago - Air & Space Smithsonian | For some reason the heli-camper never really caught on.
Today in Aviation History – December 23 - CRUFC
Astoria and Newport angling to land Tillamook Air Museum - OregonLive.com | Tillamook Air Museum says it has one of the "top five privately owned aircraft collections in the nation," but the cavernous hangar it occupies is bigger than it needs and other ...
Navy helicopter from Fallon crashes in the Sierra and all walk away - RGJ | FALLON (AP) — All five members of a Navy helicopter crew from Nevada are reported to be okay after crashing during a training mission on the edge of the Sierra. The MH60S helicopter based at the Naval Air Station in Fallon went down Thursday morning near the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif....
Friday Fabulous Flyer: Aisling Tarpey - Flight to success | ....This year my holiday wish is that
Aisling will find the means to achieve her dream of becoming a pilot. She is one dedicated young lady who is focused and flying open throttle toward her dreams. I know she will achieve whatever she sets her heart to... and her heart is in the sky. ...Future drone pilots may fly four warplanes at once - Reuters India | But the human aspect of UAV deployment is stronger than in the past," said a person familiar with the new initiative. Most current drones are flown either manually from a desk, often thousands of miles away, or via parameters programmed before a flight ...
European Astroanut André Kuipers Dubbed "The Space-Flying Dutchman" - Spaceports | European astronaut André Kuipers is on his second voyage to the International Space Station to begin a nearly six month stay as a part of the six-member crew of Expedition 30....
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