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Robins air show 'mushrooming' into one of best in the nation by Gene Rector | A declining defense budget could turn out to be a boost to Robins Air Force Base this year ... at least for the base's April 28 and 29 air show and open house.  In an information session Monday afternoon for community members, base officials said so many air shows have been cancelled this year across the country that the local extravaganza is "mushrooming into one of the biggest events of the year."  The free local event is already featuring the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, the Defense Department's oldest aerobatic unit....

‘Patriot Wing’ C-5 cargo jet grabs spotlight at Patriots-Ravens game - Military Times | When most people think of aircraft flyovers at sporting events, they think of swift jets. It’s the Blue Angels, maybe, or some other fighter squadron providing the thunder....

Wings of Freedom: The Planes Are at Winter Haven Airport Through Wednesday - The Ledger | Amam Parek, 11, crawls through the bomb bay of the B-17 Nine O Nine on Monday afternoon at Winter Haven Airport. By Ryan E. Little WINTER HAVEN | Charter planes usually aren't so bumpy — and they don't have .50-caliber guns sticking out of most...

Restored bomber gives Winter Haven veterans chance to fly - Tbo.com | His last time aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress was during WW II. Touchet, now 89 and living in Winter Haven, flew in B-17s over Germany as an Army Air Force photographer. On most of the missions, Touchet said, the Luftwaffe, or German air force, ...

B-17 Forced Landing - x planes | Click link to see what happened next

RED TAILS ACTORS FLY IN MUSTANGS - ASB Video | Description: More than three years ago, Ed Shipley drove Red Tails Director Anthony Hemingway to Chino, CA where he joined the newly selected actors for the Lucas Film on the Tuskegee airmen. It was day of dreams, brotherhood and the beginning of an adventure. For ASB, it was another remarkable step in the long movie-making process that started at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends years earlier.

Acro Camp - FB Fan Page | Acro Camp IP Don Weaver demonstrated a two-turn spin for camper Jim Rodriguez on the way back in from the practice area. Great morning light and precise flying!
— with Jim Rodriguez and Don Weaver.

Historic DC-3 joins snowbirds for winter months in Stuart - TC Palm | STUART — If you have looked up in the sky recently or been out to Stuart Witham Airport, you may have seen a very unusual sight amid the countless light planes and sleek corporate jets that inhabit our local airport and airspace. Among the retirees, business moguls and celebrities that call Martin County home for the winter, there is one new resident that has appeared on film and TV and at airports all over the country that few have heard about. The oldest flying DC-3 in the world,...

F-35A JSF Night Flight - Defense Talk

Divers find WWII bomber off Swedish coast - The Local.se | Swedish divers have discovered what is believed to be the remains of a WWII Halifax bomber plane in the waters off the coast of southern Sweden. “When we got down there we expected it to be a rock, but as we pulled off the seaweed we saw that it was ...

The Hurricane Hunters - Air & Space Smithsonian | When Atlantic storms threaten, NOAA pilots answer the call. | Captain Randy TeBeest took command of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa, Florida in July 2011. The center, on MacDill Air Force Base, is home to most of NOAA’s 11 research aircraft, including the agency’s WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV “hurricane hunter” airplanes. A career aviator, TeBeest was interviewed in September by Executive Editor Paul Hoversten....

Controversy at the Northwest Florida Airport — but not its F-15 Eagle by travelforaircraft | From the 22 January 2012 edition of The Walton Sun I read the story of the recent settlement in a years long dispute regarding the upgrade construction of the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport. Fortunately, the F-15 Eagle (made by McDonnell-Douglas which has been absorbed by Boeing) is standing proud in front of the terminal there....

Stealth Star from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | Below are the full frame photos I took of the Stealth Star "Penetrator" down at Torrance Airport / Zamperini Field a few months back. I finally had the time to read through the website (see links below). The owner of the Stealth Star is Robert Laura. If you read through the web presence, you can get a pretty good feel for the project. To summarize it, the Penetrator is a converted UH-1 Huey with a...

Literary Excellence from Flight Monkeys | Kevin Garrison is a visionary humorist who is just cranky enough to be taken seriously. He’s the alpha-male in an industry swarming in alpha-males. We have made it a policy to purchase and read every word he writes, partly because we really enjoy a good chuckle, and partly because he has a tendency to toss out so many random bits of insightful brilliance that are so profound we’ve almost covered the office refrigerator with his clippings....

A vision for a new frontier purpose for American spaceflight - The Space Review | ...One of the most important leadership roles for the United States is in the field of human space exploration, where the old way of doing things has nearly crippled our leadership there as well. Defining ourselves as a people, as a nation, with a purpose is the common ground we must reestablish right now in order to truly recover and restore the United States as the leader of the free world, on this planet and beyond....

Astronaut Application Deadline Approaching from Aero-News Network | Over 3,000 Potential Spacefarers Have Applied For The Next Class Individuals interested in becoming America's future space explorers have until Friday to submit their applications. The deadline to apply for NASA's next astronaut class is Jan. 27. The agency typically receives as many as 3,500 applicants for each astronaut class. Thus far, NASA says it has received more than 3,000 applications since November for this class.