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National Warbird Operators Conference 2012 – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday | Bill Fisher (Executive Director, EAA Warbirds) joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE with an update on the 2012 National Warbird Operators Conference.  Tune in...

Formation flight Sunday. Starfighter runnin’ with the big dogs - Planeshots 

Nazi plane steals the show - The Marlborough Press | ...Aircraft enthusiast and Tiger Moth and Nanchang planes co-owner Mark O'Sullivan said spectators could see, hear, touch and smell the planes.  The star of the show at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre on Saturday was the Focke Wulf 190, a World War II German fighter plane, he said.  The Omaka Wings and Wheels Day had been...

New rules for pilots at airshow - Otago Daily Times | Pilots flying aircraft into Wanaka Airport for the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow have been advised by the Civil Aviation Authority to prepare for procedural changes to prevent their trips becoming a "nightmare". The CAA has produced a supplement for pilots, which specifically outlines a range of...

Cozumel Air Show Feb 5 - Lets Go PDC | Sunday, February 5: The show will take place from 10am – 5pm. The show will include parachutists, airplane stunts, ultralight planes, radio controlled planes, motorcycle stunts, exotic & sports car show, and navy exhibition.  Pilots will include...

Airshow antics will return to Central Saanich - Pennisula News Review | Victoria's Largest Little Airshow will buzz the fields of Central Saanich this summer after a one-year hiatus.  "We're back in the saddle," said organizer Mike Scholefield. "We're hoping to have a couple new novelty things, but generally it will be similar to past years."  Previous antics of the radio controlled aircraft included Snoopy atop his doghouse battling the Bloody Red Baron and a flying lawnmower....

Strega – Speed & Grace - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Nine time Reno Air Race Gold Unlimited champion, Strega with its pilot Steve Hinton is just simple spectacular to watch in action together! The first time I saw Strega screaming directly for us at Pylon 4, I had to ask just what kind of aircraft it was. With its turtle deck canopy, chopped wings and being new to racing, I had no clue it’s a race modified P-51D Mustang. Once you hear its...

North Penn Model Aviation Club to host annual Fun-Fly - Montgomery Media | Flying has captivated mankind since Icarus. For those looking to soar — or at least fly a model airplane — the Indoor Electric R/C Model Airplane Fun-Fly is for you. The North Penn High School Model Aviation Club hosts the annual event...

Flying Musicians at Heli-Expo - GAN | The Flying Musicians Association will be in Dallas for the 2012 Heli-Expo Feb. 12-14.  FMA performers will entertain at the Hilton Anatole Hotel for the exhibitor reception and prior to HAI’s “Salute to Excellence” Awards Dinner. John Zapp, co-founder of FMA, said, “Opportunities for FMA members at such a prestigious event as HAI’s Heli-Expo brings light to FMA’s mission and will no doubt encourage organizations to help us pursue our mission and goals.”...

Roy LaGrone immortalized Tuskegee Airmen through art - AF.mil | FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- "As soon as I got up there, I knew absolutely this is what I wanted to do," said Air Force pioneer Roy LaGrone of his journey from young passenger aboard a Ford Trimotor plane to original Tuskegee Airman pilot turned prolific artist.  As one of many African Americans of his era fighting against the axis overseas and against racial prejudice in the U.S. armed forces, Lagrone trail-blazed...

Tuskegee Airmen got their start in Rantoul - The (Champaign) News-Gazette | RANTOUL -- On March 22, 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron -- the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen -- was activated not in Tuskegee, Ala., but at an Army Air Corps training facility in Illinois known as Chanute Field.  The squadron made up solely...

Piece of history flies into South Florida - Miami Herald | Touch, study and even fly in one of three World War II aircrafts on display in Fort Lauderdale.

Remembering a Gaston County aviation hero | Gaston Gazette | It’s a fact that Red McCord had spent 20,000 flying hours before he died in 1969. And, he probably was up there somewhere in the clouds looking down and grinning at what he saw on Saturday, Jan. 29. It might have looked like a swarm of aging aviators as they gathered in Belmont to pay tribute to the memory of...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Makes Major Improvements to Historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 - News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum has the privilege of residing in historic 1929 Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.  The building needs constant care to remain a viable museum space, and recent improvements are going a long way to make the facility more functional and comfortable for all visitors.  Recent and...

Help the Fouga MFA to return - Xavier Cotton | The Museum of Air and Space Bourget has decided to restore its three Fouga Magister in the colors of the Patrouille de France, leading figures in the museum for over 25 years, their removal began July 4, 2011 and lasted one week. Since 1 February, the Museum of Air and Space launches a campaign for private donations...

New Nellis Aggressors F-15′s “splinter” color scheme inspired by Sukhoi Su-35S (and PAK-FA) camouflage - The Aviationist | After publishing the fist images of the F-15C 78-0509/WA-09 of the 65th AGRS (Aggressor Squadron) in a “splinter” camouflage at Red Flag 12-2, many have asked what country’s color scheme the new Nellis Eagle replicates.  Although, it’s not a...

FlightTime Radio Show PodCast Show from The FlightTime Radio Show | Charlie and Milford met at the Key Auto Remote Studio with Judy Rice of "Think Global Flight!" They had CarolAnn Garratt join in via remote link from New Zealand as she continues her "Round-the-World" flight in support of ALS Research. This is not CarolAnn's first flight around the world, either! The ladies are excited about their projects and accomplishments and love to tell their stories.

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Supprorts First Flights for Youth - News | Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum member Jerry Kaemmer flew a group of youth and adults recently, giving them a first-hand view of St. Louis aviation from a Cessna 172R Skyhawk.  In between flights, the young visitors toured the museum and ”flew” the flight simulator recently donated by...

NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut Applications - AvStop | February 5, 2012 - More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. After a thorough selection process, which includes interviews and medical examinations, nine to 15 people will be selected to become part of the 21st astronaut class....