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Goulian Announces Goodyear Will Co-Sponsor 2012 Air Show Season - Goulian Aerosports | Goulian Aerosports has announced that Goodyear Aviation will join Whelen Engineering as co-title sponsor of Goulian’s 2012 air show season.  “We’re honored and thrilled to have Goodyear Aviation join our family of sponsor partners,” said Mike Goulian, who also serves as Goulian Aerosports’ president...

Goodyear Advantage Tour Prepares to Take Flight - Aviation Pros | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is proud to announce the Goodyear Advantage Tour, which will visit select U.S. air shows throughout 2012.  Goodyear will sponsor the Advantage Tour in conjunction with Mike Goulian Aerosports and Aviall Services Inc., one of the world’s largest providers of...

Thunderbird F-16 soars over beach - Local 10 | FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Look skyward around 11:30 a.m. on Friday and you’ll see the first Thunderbird F-16 to fly over Fort Lauderdale Beach in almost five years. Capt. Michael “Drago” Fisher, Thunderbird #8, the team’s advance pilot and narrator, and his...

Blue Angels Seek Officer Applicants - navy.mil | U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, encourages Navy and Marine Corps officers to apply for the 2013 team and follow-on seasons. The Blue Angels team is seeking two Navy or Marine Corps F/A-18 demonstration pilots, a flight surgeon and one naval flight officer for the events coordinator position, for the 2013 and follows-on seasons. The team is also seeking one Marine Corps C-130 demonstration pilot, a public affairs officer and a maintenance officer for the 2014 and follow-on seasons....

Blue Angels Announce Enlisted Opportunities for the 2013 Team - navy.mil | EL CENTRO, Calif. (NNS) -- The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, encourage qualified Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel to apply for the 2013 and follow-on seasons....

McGuire air show is back - My Central Jersey | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will host its first open house and air show in four years on May 12-13, featuring performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds flying team and the Army Golden Knights parachute team. Once a tradition at McGuire Air Force Base,...

Albenga is preparing to host the Tricolour Arrows, and to pay the bill - Translated | To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Air Show 2002, to September, the date can | The City of Albenga is preparing to host the Tricolour Arrows in 2012. At exactly ten years from the historic Albenga Air Show, which took over one hundred thousand people in the city 13-14-15 September 2002 to attend the exhibition of the National Aerobatic Team...

Warbird University - No Frills - Vintage Wings of Canada | Are you the kind of person that just wants the sweet, sweet marshmallow inside a Chocolate Whippet, but not all that fancy-pants chocolate on the outside? Maybe you're the one who might say “Don't sugar coat it Doc, give it to me straight up. How long do I have to live?”.  Or perhaps you have said to yourself, “I don't need a degree, I just need the knowledge, so why don't they let me audit Oxford University”? Maybe you, like me, throw dimes around like they were manhole covers and can't see paying for the frills, just the thrills of being present at the world's most talked about warbird technical training events - the Warbird U Technical Ground Schools from Vintage Wings of Canada....

Women pilots were war's unsung heroes - Bakersfield.com | ...Judd, who now lives in Rancho Cucamonga, was one of 17 WASPs based at Minter Field when the organization was deactivated on Dec. 20, 1944. Her appearance at Saturday's dinner will be the first time she has returned to Minter Field, which was a training base for World War II pilots....

Body of WWII RAF ace finally found - The Telegraph | The body of a lost airman who won 'ace' status, was awarded a gallantry medal, shot down twice and then killed in his first week of war has been found after 71 years.

Memorial service to B-17G 42-31322 19th February 2012 - USAAF-ETO | There will be a Memorial service to the crew of B-17G-10-BO 42-31322 'Mi Amigo' from the 305th BG (H) based at...

New England Air Museum Providing Special Programs Next Week - Patch | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks is running five days of special activities during February break. The schedule is as follows:...

Spitfire bid could take off with backing - montrosereview.co.uk | A CAMPAIGN to bring a replica Spitfire to Montrose has been given a funding boost by Angus Council. The Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre will next year mark the centenary of RAF Montrose’s foundation and has launched a £50,000 campaign to buy and install the full-size aircraft as the museum’s gate guardian....

We Want to See Your Vintage Photos - AVweb | Hearty thanks to everyone who saw our editor's footnote in a recent installment of "Picture of the Week" noting that we haven't seen many vintage submissions lately — and made time to send us some! We don't have...

Icon Aircraft Receives First Ever Spin Resistant Seal of Approval - Autopia | Icon aircraft has made aviation history before even finishing the final design of its first airplane. The company achieved the significant milestone in the development of its A5 amphibious light sport aircraft with a new wing design aimed at significantly improving the safety of the airplane. The company recently...