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Collings Foundation Launches Wings of Freedom Tour – Warbird Radio LIVE! | WEDNESDAY – The Collings Foundation launches their Wings of Freedom Tour for 2012. Tune in for all details...

Honoring Tuskegee Airmen - KOLO | RENO, NV - Our Story, Inc (www.ourstoryinc.com) in association with the Nevada National Air Guard will be hosting three documented Tuskegee Airmen on January 20, 2012, in celebration as the George Lucas film “Red Tails” debuts in movie houses across the nation. CM Sgt Lenard Yates, SM Sgt George Porter and SM Sgt Walter M. Suggs and escorts will be presenting a short program about their experiences as Tuskegee Airmen at the Nevada National Guard, 1776 National Guard Way, Reno, at 11:30 a.m. This is a unique opportunity to meet and greet participants in several historic events....

Tyler Perry’s Support For Red Tails (Open Letter) - DMVculture | I thought that as black people in Hollywood, this is just our reality, but I quickly realized that this is not racism. What made me realize this is I had a conversation with Mr. Star Wars himself, George Lucas, and he was telling me that he was having the same problem with Red Tails. ... So George decided to take a huge risk by entirely funding the movie and releasing it himself. What a guy! For him to believe so strongly in this story is amazing....

Making history come alive - Red Wing Republican Eagle | BAY CITY — You could say they are the ultimate teaching tools — a flying P-51C Mustang fighter built in 1944 and a graphics-covered semi-trailer housing an IMAX-type curved movie screen and seating for 30....

Golden Knights have arrived in Homestead Florida for Winter Training! - US Army Golden Knights | The Golden Knights have arrived in Homestead Florida for Winter Training. This is the time for the graduates of the 2011 Assessment and Selection program to stand up and be seen as part of the team. Both the Black Team and Gold Team received three new demonstrators this year, the “New Guys”. This is the time of year for “New Guys” to learn from the “Old Guys” and for the “Old Guys” to refresh their skills after the long break...

Reno Air Race officials to discuss event with special committee on Thursday - RGJ | Officials with the Reno Air Racing Association will give an overview Thursday of the National Championship Air Races and its contributions to the Reno economy to a special Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority committee that will help decide whether to give the group a special event license for this year’s event. The association has...

Great Georgia Airshow cancels 2012 edition - AJC | The Great Georgia Airshow, the annual fall event at Peachtree City’s Falcon Field, has been put on hiatus for 2012, Channel 2 Action News reported. In a prepared statement posted on the air show's Facebook page, organizers promised that the show, held every year in October, would return in 2013....

LSA Expo Launches Thursday - AVweb | The eighth annual event for light sport aircraft, the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, will be held Thursday through Sunday this week in Sebring, Fla. The event features demo flights, educational forums, social events, and aircraft displays. Under new management this year, the show is...

Russian Knights display in return to international skies - Cavok | After a long break in their presentations abroad, the Russian group of high-flying Russian Knights will present its newest program of aerial acrobatics in international show BIAS 2012, to be held from 19 to 21 days in the city of Manama in Bahrain....

Great Paper Airplane Project at the Pima Air and Space Museum - Fox11 Az | TUCSON, Ariz. -- Paper airplanes took flight Saturday at the Pima, Air and Space Museum. It was all part of the great paper airplane fly-off. Hundreds of children launched their paper airplanes to see whos flew the farthest....

Airplane Geeks - Episode 181 - Craig Fuller from AOPA - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Craig Fuller is President and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). We talk about the U.S. Government proposal to...

JSC donates Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer - The Orginal Rocket Dungeon | It appears NASA JSC is donating another Shuttle training resource....