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Great New England Air Show returns to Westover Air Reserve Base this summer - MASS Live | WESTOVER – Aerial performers including a U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet demonstration team and a civilian group piloting Russian MIG 23s will be featured when the Great New England Air Show returns to Westover Air Reserve Base in August....

A prestigious pilot calls the south metro home - Star Tribune | Julie Clark, who was among the earliest female commercial airline pilots, is now a famed air show performer....

Editor’s Blog: Team Viper and French Air Force Alpha Jet Solo stand down - Flightline UK | The last week has seen news that two major European displays will not be gracing airshows in 2012.  Team Viper announced via it’s facebook site that it was not continuing into 2012. Ever since it’s inception on the BAC Strikemaster in 2009, Viper have been a impressive addition to the display circuit.The team performed at major events throughout Europe such as the...

Shoreham Airshow Blog: Starting to think aviation! - Flightline UK | The first full week of January brings the second Airshow committee meeting. The Christmas and New Year festivities mean there’s a bit of a lull in progress, though the Website team have managed to get the ticket sales under way as well as get all the forms for traders, charities and the executive marquee on-line....

Defying gravity in a stunt plane - Sunshine Coast Daily | THEY told me it was going to be gentle.  I would like to propose the words terrifying, exhilarating and even breathtaking instead.  Flipping upside down, rolling around and plummeting towards the Earth from 2000 feet above ground wasn't my definition of gentle when I climbed aboard the Russian built Yak 52 yesterday....

NCOs of the U.S. Army Parachute Team: Knights of the Sky - U.S. Army Golden Knights | FORT BLISS, Texas (Jan. 13, 2012) -- The Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the Golden Knights perform across the United States in recruiting efforts for the Navy, Air Force and Army, respectively. But only one such demonstration team relies solely on their noncommissioned officers, or NCOs, to demonstrate professionalism, compete internationally and jump out of airplanes with VIPs strapped to them....

The polished wing of a fighter By Elliot Seguin | The mission was simple, bounce the Tiger down to Chino to spend the afternoon with a couple friends from Allied Fighters and some steaks.  Jennifer had arranged it all, and distracted by work I hadn’t...

The B-2 Spirit is always a flyover favorite! - You Like Airplanes, too? | A U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber aircraft performs a flyover of the 98th Rose Bowl, Jan. 2, 2012...

Tribute to Arizona’s Tuskegee Airmen - The Voice of Tucson | Shortly after Thurston Gaines was drafted in April 1943, his military career took off.  He excelled in flight school, becoming one of America’s first Black combat-pilot fighters. He moved quickly into combat missions, which he executed in multiple European countries. And he survived two jails and a prison camp as a German prisoner-of-war.  But when asked to name his biggest military accomplishment, Gaines’ answer is modest....

Area’s black WWII pilots part of Tuskegee Airmen legacy - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Everyday, a tri-motor airplane flew over 11-year-old Charles “C.I.” Williams’ Lima home.  “It was a mail plane,” said Williams, now 95 and living in Dayton. “I vowed then, 1927, I was going to be a pilot.”...

World War II aviator receives his wings 67 years late - KOMO News | NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — Sequim’s Elbridge “Gock” Gockerell finally has his aviation flight wings.  They were about 67 years late, but he’s OK with that.  “It was just an oversight by the Navy, but they made good on it,” said Gockerell, 87, who received his wings Monday....

History of FW Aviation: 1st News Sunday - WANE | FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Roger Myers, World War II veteran and author of the recently released book “Fort Wayne Aviation: Baer Field and Beyond” will be autographing copies of his new work at the Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) gift shop on on Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m....

Cape May County Aviation Museum to target Canadians in 2012 marketing campaign - NJ.com | LOWER TWP. — Naval Air Station (NAS) Wildwood Aviation Museum will receive $20,000 funding for marketing in 2012 through a grant from the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel & Tourism.  The Aviation Museum will provide a 25 percent match for the grant with its own funds.  The marketing plan will blend the museum’s general marketing strategies targeting Mid-Atlantic ...

Museum Visitor Raves About Experience, Writes Open Letter of Appreciation - Museum News | ...To meet a Steward or Guide at any Museum, is the best, because you get the story behind the tangible evidence and remnants of “Pinnacle Moments in Time and History” that hold the fabrics of the Character Traits, Life’s Work and Accomplishments left behind by “The People that Lived it, Made it Possible, and then Left it here for us to see, learn from and appreciate, for what it was, and what it helped to accomplish”.  But to have the Good Fortune of Meeting 3 of the key...

Museum of Aviation Race Has Record Turnout - 13WMAZ | Hundreds pounded the pavement Saturday morning to raise money for the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins.  Organizers say more than 1,500 people registered for the 16th annual event which included a marathon, a half marathon, and a 5K run or walk....

Profile 63 - "369" as flown by Robert Mason | Update time, and here she is so far.  Robert Mason's UH-1D "Slick" as he flew in Vietnam.  What a crazy machine.  I'm re-reading Bob's book, "Chickenhawk" to get into the era-vibe and I was struck by the part where he describes training to fly helicopters. It seems like every aspect of its flight is a circus act - like the guy on the unicycle, juggling hammers and balancing a monkey on a pole...

Former Fairbanksan Lillian Crosson witnessed aviation history before achieving success as Seattle travel agent - News Miner | A former Alaskan who was one of the last links to the early days of Alaska aviation history has died in a Seattle suburb at 103.  Lillian Crosson Frizzell, who was born in Seattle on March 9, 1908, was the widow of pioneer aviator Joe Crosson and a good friend of Crosson's sister, Marvel Crosson, one of the leading female pilots of the 1920s. Marvel died in a plane crash in 1929, while Joe achieved fame for his exploits establishing air routes in Alaska and his participation in polar exploration....

Yesterday's Promo Video - Toriaflies | Yesterday, Len from The Pilot Report, stopped by FDK to film a promo video for Women Fly it Forward.  I can't wait to see how it turns out!  Thanks to Len for...

The Perfect RC Wife - YouTube | My wife provides a few short lessons on how to be the perfect RC wife....

Berlin Siege (1948) - Airboyd.tv | Universal Newsreels The World Crisis – Berlin: While the Western Allies increase their aerial shuttle into Berlin, Russia’s refusal to negotiate leaves issue in doubt. The threat of a show-down brings the world close to war. East Anglia: Landing on fields used by our 8th Air Force during the war, sixty Superforts arrive on training...

Video: Ranger Barricade - Neptunus Lex | Bug Roach was the Landing Signal Officer.  I met him, a few times. Delightfully informal, a perpetual...

"Magic Hand" - UCAP #268 | Flying Sharks... Lots of Off Field Landings... A bunch of frugal airplanes... and a flock of B-52s. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded Jan 12, 2012. Guest Bios Announcer: Randa Dufault. Guest Disclaimer Announcer: Michael Clark.

Rocketing toward success - Virgin Islands Daily News | ST. CROIX - The Elena Christian Junior High School Rocket Club achieved liftoff on Friday.  After accepting a HOVENSA donation of approximately $3,500 for equipment and supplies on Friday, Rocket Club members made their way to a nearby soccer field, where they tested fired a rocket that made its way 841 feet into the sky.  "You inspire me," HOVENSA spokesman David Roznowski told the members of the club....

Video: Soviet lunar landing - High Power Rocketry 

Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell Touts Growing Commercial Space Industry at Wallops Island - Spacesports | "Growing commercial space industry at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore" of Virgina were amoung the remarks of Virginia's Governor Robert F. McDonnell in his 2012 State of the Commonwealth address to state legislators and the citizens of the state....