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More than 50,000 Expected at 2012 Bahrain International Airshow - PRNewswire | With 40 sold-out corporate chalets, Bahraini officials are expecting a record number of attendees at the three-day Bahrain International Airshow, which begins today at Sakhir Air Base.  "We have had a tremendous response and there is a lot of interest from the public as thousands of tickets have already been sold," Civil Aviation Affairs Under-Secretary Captain Abdulrahman Al Goud said. ...

"Sebring 2012 Preview" UCAP #270-alpha from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | The boys gather on the day before the start of the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo to compare notes on what we'll see at the show. Recorded Jan 18, 2012

Airport Authority Planning for October Air Show - Patch | The Paulding County Airport Authority and the Industrial Building Authority held first regular meetings for 2012 Wednesday morning.  Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport officials are ...

Editorial: This is a big year for Cherry Point - Havelock News | ...But 2012 is also a milestone year for the base, too, one that is well worth celebrating. Those celebrations start later this month with the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation gala scheduled for Jan. 27 at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center. This annual fundraiser will be a bit different than in years past, as it will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the base as well as the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps aviation....

Only Airworthy B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" to Journey to Florida for the Spring

'Flying Wild Alaska' pilot to join Fly It Forward event from Toriaflies | Flying Wild Alaska’s Sarah Fraher will join the festivities at the 2012 Women Fly It Forward event to be held on March 10 at Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Md. The event is one of numerous activities that will take place at airports around the world during the week of March 5 through 11 in...

SARAH FRAHER | Pilot / Bethel | Discovery.com | Sarah grew up an Air Force brat and became the first pilot in her family. She moved to Alaska in 2002 to attend the University of Alaska, Anchorage where she quickly developed an addiction to adrenaline, usually dispensed in the form of Ice Climbing...

Six Nebraskans flew with legendary WWII unit featured in new film - Nebraska Radio Network | The movie “Red Tails” opens tomorrow, telling the story of the historic all-black unit of World War Two fighter pilots called the Tuskegee Airmen.  A half-dozen Nebraska men flew with that remarkable unit.  Historian Michael Kates says their heroics in aerial combat were amazing, flying single-man fighters to escort and protect large bombers....

Veterans featured in 'Red Tails' film to be recognized at premier - WXIX | Heilbrun flew an Army Air Forces B-17 and Leahr was a Tuskegee Airman who flew B-51 fighter planes. The pair was awarded the Harvard Foundation Medal for their distinguished military service and unprecedented contributions to improve intercultural and ...

New exhibit looks at home-front war effort - Gannett | ...But there are lesser-known figures, like Ruth Wellman (later Kellar), who was on active duty with the Coast Guard Women's Reserves, and John Schmidt, a torpedo bomber with the Navy late in the war. Ruth Kellar passed away late last year, having settled in Minnesota; Schmidt, 85, is going strong as the head of the museum's maintenance crew....

Congrats to our N Flight Cam winner! - Flying with Amelia | Thank you to everyone who entered to win the N Flight Cam! Mitch Ellis is the winner this time, but stick around because we are going to give another away soon! You all have made this blog a fun, inspiring place to talk aviation and it’s about to get much more exciting! We are beginning to plan the the transatlantic flight and it feels good to get started. Anyone know which airport is in the photo? It’s one of our stops along the route! ...

Thrilled to fly again - vimeo.com | Tammy Duckworth was a Blackhawk helicopter pilot flying a mission near Bagdad when her aircraft was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. She lost both legs in the crash. She is learning to fly again with small airplanes and says the sky is where she feels...

John Richard Sacker - Philly Burbs | ...John enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940. He was present at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 as a member of the Signal Corps. During World War II, John joined the Army Air Corps and piloted B-25's in over 70 combat missions over North Africa and Italy, and participated in the Anzio Beachhead. During...

Another Tailhook scandal... - PJ Star | No, it’s not that Tailhook scandal which derailed the careers of many a Naval Aviator and made the Navy look really bad. No, this is the F-35C’s inability to land on a carrier like it was designed. A bit of background. The DOD wants...

School stirs up interest in science - Arizona Daily Star | ...The Honeywell presentation featured a friction lesson aboard a hovercraft. Employees from Honeywell brought two of the vehicles to Science Day. "It was really, really fun because you can spin in circles," fourth-grader Zaaron Santa Cruz said....

Demonstration and Testing of Argus One Unmanned Airship Begins at Nevada Test Site By Andy Choi | World Surveillance Group, a developer and provider of aerospace communications products including lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs has successfully completed the initial demonstration of the Argus One UAV to the US Department of Defense (DoD). ...