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Rocket 100 Air Race [video] - AeroAustin | Although it's been a few months now since the end of the 2011 Sport Air Racing League season, I have put these videos together from the day.  The final race is always...

Honor Flight Lowcountry seeking WWII veterans for April flight - Count on News 2 | Honor Flight Lowcountry Is seeking World War Two veterans who would like to visit the World War Two Memorial on Saturday, April 21, 2012....

Dolderer hopes to "Smoke On" 2013 - Sporthelden.de | But the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is taking a break - for an indefinite period. Dolderer also affected. The team from Tannheimer MD 21 is one of the best Air Race pilots in the world. His podium finish in Barcelona in 2009, the previous ...

Balloons and more fun in Clark - Manila Standard Today | This year’s installment, the 17th edition, of the annual Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at the Clark Airfield in Angeles City from February 9 to 12 is pegged to be the biggest yet. Organizers believe that the four-day event will attract as many as 100,000 visitors, up from 80,000 last year. Aside from the hot air balloon flights,...

Norfolk plans WWII-style dogfight - Omaha.com | World War II buffs who have watched planes from that era dogfight in the movies will have the opportunity to witness the real thing this summer. Well, as close to real as possible, considering the circumstances. A P-51 Mustang fighter plane will go head to head — or wing-to-wing — with a modified Japanese Zero during the...

Screwdriver may have caused Yak 52 crash - Stuff | A plane crash that killed two well-known Manawatu men may have been caused by a loose screwdriver, the Civil Aviation Authority says.  More than 500 family and friends gathered today for the funeral of Palmerston North pilot and doctor Ralph Saxe, 51, who died in last month's crash....

Honoring the Last Doolittle Raiders - Wheeling Intelligencer | On April 17-20, they will hold a reunion in Dayton, Ohio. Events honoring the men are planned at the National Museum of the US Air Force. Officials there are hoping to find funding to fly in a few old B-25 bombers, like the raiders used, for the event....

African Americans in aviation history profiled during February - USAF | After more than a decade into the 21st century, our Air Force today is made up of a mix of ethnic backgrounds -- people who work together for common goals and missions. But throughout our history, even throughout much of the 20th century, that hasn't always been the case.  The beginning of February kicks off African American History Month, and to honor that heritage, we will profile a different man or woman each day; a different person in aviation or Air Force history who helped pave the way for the Air Force we have today....

Remembering Amelia, others - Santa Maria Times | For many people, Amelia Earhart is the take-off and landing point for their knowledge about the contribution of women to aviation.  The Ninety-Nines, an international organization of licensed women pilots, has worked for 82 years to stretch those horizons, and its Santa Maria Valley chapter is developing a park to honor women in aviation history.... 

Airborne! — 82nd Airborne Division Museum — the “All-American” - Seattle PI | One of our country’s oldest military museums, the 82nd Airborne Division Museum was established in 1945. It also has a sizeable air park and well as numerous memorials on the grounds. Named the “All-American” when members of all 48 states in the USA comprised its original ranks in 1917 their shoulder patch reflects...

Travolta jet to be on display at museum - The Warner Robins Patriot | A Gulfstream G2 jet once owned by actor John Travolta will soon become a Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit at the Museum of Aviation. Travolta donated the 12-passenger, twin-engine aircraft in honor of his son, Jett, who died accidentally in 2009. The aircraft...

The legend of Little Eagle Florian Rochat - Passionate about Aviation | After " Cougar corridor " Florian Rochat has recently published his second novel " The Legend of Little Eagle " | In 1944, a young American pilot to "crash" near Verdeil, small village in Burgundy. Touched by the German flak, he could bail out, but sacrificed himself by remaining on board the P-51 Mustang...

Skycrane - Helikopter Hysterie | Above view reminds me of Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes. In fact, I took the two photos at Pima Air and Space Museum of their Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe or Skycrane. There are more...

Finally… Podcast 14 - Flight Monkeys | There they go again. Kevin and Jamie yak it up in a style that just can’t be duplicated by normal humans. That’s the deal when these two get together to talk about whatever pops into their heads, without any restrictions at all. Luckily, they’ve both got one-track minds, so they pretty much stick to airplanes and stuff that has ...

Aviation classes for youths set to take flight by summer - Gazette.net | Kirk Spencer Jr., a freshman at Dematha High School in Hyattsville, has watched pilots perform at air shows, but two local pilots want to teach Kirk how to fly himself. Kirk, a 15-year-old Lanham resident who dreams of becoming a pilot in the Navy for a commercial airline, plans ...

Photobombing… - Apron 6 | … expert level! More about this shot at the link.

Aviator Magazine launched in Accra - Vibe Ghana | The “Aviator Magazine” was launched in Accra on Wednesday to address some of the challenges in the reportage of aviation, tourism and hospitality industry issues. Typical of these challenges is the terminologies used in the industry which may not be ...

Basing the Dream Chaser at Spaceport America - Hobbyspace | Jeff Foust gives an update on the possibility that Sierra Nevada may base the Dream Chaser in New Mexico: Is Sierra Nevada Spaceport America’s next tenant? - NewSpace Journal.  Jeff wonders what SNC would do with the Dream Chaser at...