Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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Air show set for October in Paulding - MDJ Online | Salute America 2012, an air show organized by the Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, is set for Oct. 20 and planning is in full tilt.  The airport is off of Highway 278, west of Dallas.  The Paulding County Airport Authority met in December and began delegating duties for organizing the air show....

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Event Listings Singapore Airshow 2012 - E-Travel | Singapore Airshow 2012 will be held at the purpose-built Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC), located 20 minutes from the Central Business District and 10 minutes from Changi Airport. CEC offers a 40,000sqm fully air-conditioned exhibition hall and 100,000sqm of outdoor static aircraft display area next to the hall and chalets. The daily aerial display is held along a...

The Amazing Oracle Challenger III by Sean Tucker from TAKEOFF TUBE

Pilot takes flying feats to new heights - Fort Murray Today By Carol Christian | A professional pilot — he flies for Syncrude Canada — Michael Plouffe has now also entered the world of competitive aerobatics with success.  In his first foray into aerobatics in September, he took first place in the pri­mary class after completing a...

Left Alive to Die: The Story of Blue Angels Leader CAPT Harley Hall ~ Book Review  - Dragonflies 'n Daydreams | ...Susan Keen, whose physician husband once served alongside Harley as Hall commanded the celebrated Navy's Blue Angels flight-demonstration team, masterfully and heartwrenchingly profiles Harley, last American pilot shot down before the cease fire.... 

Above. Beyond. from Guided by History by Charles Riggs | ...At least two of these heroes—Col. George S. Roberts and Col. James Walker—are part of Wells Fargo history as well. Roberts and Walker joined Wells Fargo after their storied military careers ended, and served as two of our first Personal Bankers.  Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama was the center of training for African American military aviators in World War II. Tuskegee trainees were under severe pressure to prove themselves....

Amelia Earhart Stops in Austin | PFLUGERVILLE, TX – JANUARY 2, 2012 – When was the last time anyone was able to say: Oh, I got to meet Amelia Earhart the other day? Well a few folks in Austin, Texas got that opportunity as Denver’s 9News morning traffic reporter Amelia Earhart made an overnight stop at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Amelia is retracing her namesake’s Oakland to Miami flight from 1937. LiveAirShowTV was on hand as she landed and interviewed her to get the inside story on what the flight is all about....

Video: Clipped Wing Cub - Possibly The World's Greatest Airplane! - AirPigz | This video of Brendan O'Brien (O'Brien's Flying Circus) at the Rougham (England) Airshow in 2010 gives you an idea of why I believe the Clipped Wing Cub is possibly the world's greatest airplane. On just 100hp...

January 3, 2012 The Incredible Life of Gary Baker - Ely Air Lines | ...Gary was also a pilot. He flew, among other things, a DC-3 airliner and later became a Boeing 727 captain. He may have told me once but I don’t recall the airline, just the funny stories he told of airline life. One of those was when he was captain on the DC-3. Someone brought a cat on board and somehow, in the middle of a thunderstorm, the sweet little fur ball got loose and tore through the cabin, invading the...

New P-51D Mustang in the Netherlands - Let Let Let – Warplanes | The Dutch Stichting Vroege Vogels SVV (Foundation Early Birds) acquired already in 1993 the P-51D ‘Miss Ashley’ from the United States. Here, it was used for a number of years in the unlimited class of the famous air races at Reno. The Mustang originates from 1946 and flew at the U.S. Air Force until 1957....

Aviation pioneer's family speaks about her life and accomplishments - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Much has been said and documented about late Las Vegas businesswoman and aviation pioneer Florence Murphy.  But it was her family that had more to say about the first Nevada woman to receive a commercial pilot's license and the first woman in the United States to serve as a vice president of a regularly scheduled airline....

Rare WWII Wreck Found Off Florida Coast - AVweb | A group of divers accidentally found the mostly intact wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft lying upside down on the sandy sea bottom off Jupiter, Fla., late last month. The airplane has been tentatively identified as a relatively rare Curtiss Helldiver SB2C. "There is only one left in the world that flies," said Randy Jordan, the dive-boat operator who found the wreck,...

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