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Acro Camp Sneak Peek - When IPs Attack - via Acro Camp FB | A quick clip from the upcoming film, Acro Camp. | Acro Camp IP Barry Sutton is known for rewarding a maneuver well-performed by taking the controls and following on with a few additional maneuvers. Here, Paul Berliner completes a loop and Barry adds a roll and a big wingover.

WAI Announces Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees for 2012 - Helicopter Association International | Air Racers, a WASP, the first woman aeronautical engineer and one of the first women airplane mechanics for the United States Navy will all soon be inducted into Women in Aviation, International's Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be honored at ...

Week One Nears an End for Black Team from US Army Golden Knights by Dan Cook | As the first week of winter training nears an end, Black Team’s newer jumpers begin to show some major improvements in several aspects. The first week of Winter Training hones in the concepts of target accuracy and narration, while allowing the newer members to intigrate into their respective Team’s daily activities. As the Team continues [...]

Zanesville man overcame societal issues, found success as Tuskegee Airman - Zanesville Times Recorder | He trained in the P-17 biplane, the AT-6 and the twin-engine B-25 bomber. His was just the third class to train specifically for the B-25. He said although there was "quite a bit of prejudice" in the South, the northern air bases were the worst, ...

Review: 'Red Tails'  - CNN | It's been 26 years since "Top Gun," but the dogfights in that absurdly entertaining Reagan-era classic have lost none of their speed-demon zap. That said, "Top Gun" lets you know that you're basically watching a videogame with actors. Not so with "Red Tails," a lavishly square historical drama about...

Wings from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | With all of the well-deserved fabulousity attending the opening of the Red Tails movie today (whoo-hoo!!!), I got to thinking about the first American movie that featured aviation – 1927’s silent film Wings. It was the first movie to win the “best picture” Oscar (although it wasn’t called that yet) and the only silent film to do so. It is one of my personal “Top 25” movies and I try to watch it whenever it is on cable TV. (Updated DVD and Blu-ray editions are supposedly coming out next week.)...

Beechcraft King Air 65-90 from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall by National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | The first Beechcraft King Air flew on this day in 1964. After the prototype completed a 230-hour test program, the design received its type certificate on May 27, 1964. The first production aircraft deliveries began in late 1964. The Museum's Beechcraft King Air 65-90 is on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

Pilot's-Eye View of the War in the Air - New York Times | Those close-ups of Arlen (who had learned to fly in the Canadian Royal Flying Corps), Rogers (who learned to fly during the production) and their comrades are gripping because they are unshakably, unmistakably real: actors filming their own ...

F-35's first night flight from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | It's exceptionally cheesy, it's very Top Gun, but hell, it's Friday - here's a shot of the Lockheed Martin on its first night flight.

Week on the web from Flightglobal by Barbara Cockburn | ...Our Image of the Day blog featured a shot of Greek air force Northrop Grumman F-16s, Israeli air force Boeing F-15s and an Israeli Boeing 707 tanker flying in the Middle Eastern nation in November (above) (credit IAF Magazine).
Five Greek F-16s took part in a five-day exercise that included practice dogfights.

A Wonderful Week at Oshkosh - AOPA Pilot | (Although the sponsoring organization, the Experimental Aircraft Association, calls it AirVenture, everyone calls it Oshkosh.) First, there were planes, planes and more planes. People come to see the planes, and there were thousands of planes. ...

Tom Poberezny joins board of advisors - Corporate Jet Investor | In 1975, he became Chairman of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, developing a strategy that made "Oshkosh" a global event. While serving as President of EAA, Mr. Poberezny developed and implemented numerous programs that have had a major impact on aviation, ...

"That's a Real P-51!" UCAP #270-bravo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jeb, Jack and James Wyndbrant chat about their visit to the 2012 Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo. Recorded Jan 19, 2012