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SUN n FUN Is StormReady - Alabama Aviator | Lakeland, FL - Recognizing the need for guidelines dealing with weather operations, the National Weather Service designed the StormReady program to help cities, counties, towns and events implement procedures to reduce the potential for disastrous weather-related consequences....

Lau: Singapore Is One of Top-Three Air Shows - AIN online | The Singapore Airshow will retain its world top-three ranking with a 2012 event that will be bigger than any of its predecessors, according to show organizers Experia Events. Covered exhibit space for this year’s show total 50,000 sq m–5 percent bigger than in 2010. Outdoor space spanning 100,000 sq m has been filled with more than 65 aircraft–up from around 50 two years ago....

M-346 on Schedule for Singapore - AIN online | ...Taking part in the air show are two M-346s of the Italian air force, which designates its machines T-346. The Aeronautica Militare Italiano became the first customer for the aircraft when it signed for six in late 2009. The air force officially accepted its first aircraft on November 15 last year, and a second followed shortly after. The pair was initially assigned to the air force flight test center at Pratica di Mare, near Rome. All six will have been delivered by the end of the year....

Golden Knights Video - SSG Rich Sloan shows you what the Diamond Track looks like from his point of view.

'Symbol of hope' to be erected at Robins air show and at museum - The Warner Robins Patriot | ...Now, everyone who visits the April 28-29 Air Show and Open House at Robins Air Force Base will pass through a replica of that tent. Eventually, the real canvas structure -- shipped here from Iraq -- will be on display at the Museum of Aviation...

COME FLY WITH BEN IN 2012 by Gerald Ferreira | On Thursday 21 June 2012 BEN the automotive industry charity launches its Summer Ball in conjunction with The Blades who are among the world’s best aerobatic pilots at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire....

2K U-2 Pilot - Code One | The thirtieth pilot in the fifty-seven year history of the U-2 Dragon Lady high altitude reconnaissance aircraft reached the 2,000 flight hour milestone during a flight over Southwest Asia on 10 February 2012. The pilot, flying from...

Charles Allen Crain: Our Tuskegee Airman (Part I) by Gary Thomas | Mr. Jeff Girres recently posted on our “Chillicothe, Missouri Remember When” Facebook Page a strong endorsement of the George Lucas movie (Red Tails) based upon the exploits of, and in tribute to, the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. This led to an immediate discussion of Chillicothe’s own Charles Crain, one of the last Tuskegee Airmen. It is obvious that he is loved and respected by his hometown. All that knew...

Vin Fiz flying replica at the Hiller Aviation Museum - Travel for Aircraft | Dans SMith has been building flying replicas of Vin Fiz, perhaps up to four. His efforts are recorder, with many photos, here , and my thanks to those of the 456th Fighter Interceptor Squadron web site for reporting their story....

The P-40 Warhawk Looked Great, But Fell Just Short of Greatness - Defense Media Network | The P-40 Warhawk was among the most widely seen and used fighters of World War II, yet it’s often overshadowed in modern-day literature by readily recognized names like Lightning, Thunderbolt and Mustang. One reason the P-40 may have been largely dismissed in the history books: It looked better than it performed...

Spirit of '45 flies into San Diego - SDDT | ... The San Diego Air & Space Museum is a proud partner of "Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive" and on Saturday night, the museum will host a Spirit of '45 Awards and Celebration Dinner in Balboa Park. San Diego's own Jerry Coleman is the honorary chairman for the event. Coleman is well-known as a Padres announcer for 40 years. He was World Series MVP for the New York Yankees and played on numerous championship Yankee teams in the '50s. Coleman was also a Marine pilot during World War II, flying the SBD Dauntless and the F-4U Corsair during the Korean War. Lt. Col. Coleman is the only major league baseball player to fly combat missions in two wars....

Historical highlights, A place in history: Maricopa once on the frontline of a new frontier - Maricopa Monitor | One year prior to Arizona’s statehood, in 1911, Maricopa was part of aviation history. Almost eight years after the Wright brothers completed the first successful human flight in world history (Dec. 17, 1903), an ambitious young aviator named Cal Rodgers, flying a plane built by the Wright brothers, made the first transcontinental flight across the United States....

5/26/1928-Rockford, IL - x planes | Robert Myers of Rockford, IL, has invented an ornithopter, which he designed after an intensive study of heavy birds in flight,...

A fascinating piece of aviation and military history - Bayou Renaissance Man | Thanks to an e-mail from a reader who wishes to remain anonymous, I was led to a 35-minute propaganda/documentary film called 'The Last Bomb'. It was shot in 1945 by US Army Air Force personnel, and shows a raid on Japan by B-29 Superfortress aircraft based in the Mariana Islands. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the same year, in the category 'Best Documentary Feature', but did not win the Oscar....

Episode 185 - Richard Aboulafia Returns - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Richard Aboulafia is Vice President of Analysis with the Teal Group. We talk about the A380 and B787, program breakeven vs. recurrent...

Barry author puts focus on 70 years of Cardiff Airport at Rhoose - Barry & District News | Geoff Jones spent 18 months writing ‘Cardiff Airport at Rhoose: 70 Years of Aviation History’, and is hoping the book will prove popular among aviation enthusiasts and people with an interest in the history of the local airport. "I grew up on Pontypridd Road and the airport was almost in our back yard," he said....

Obama to visit 787 factory - Aviation Week | As he tours the country talking about jobs, taxes and the federal budget, President Obama will visit one of the biggest export shops in the country Friday – Boeing’s widebody factory in Everett, Wash....

Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights - NASA | More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels like to float in space as they participated in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston last week. The teachers flew aboard an aircraft that flies parabolic flight paths, which create brief periods of weightlessness. It is a key component of NASA's astronaut training protocol. The teachers were selected for the flights through NASA's Teaching from Space and Explorer School Programs...