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DiMatteo Named EAA Vice President of AirVenture Features and Attractions - EAA | Jim DiMatteo, a decorated U.S. naval aviator who has served in several aviation leadership positions, is joining EAA as vice president, AirVenture features and attractions. In that role, DiMatteo will be responsible for developing and coordinating the programs for the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in, "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration."...

Valkaria AirFest to be held Saturday - Florida Today | The Valkaria AirFest 2012 on Saturday at the Valkaria Airport will feature among others, performances by Patty Wagstaff, the first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic champion.  It also will feature Corkey Fornof...

Sultan of Brunei visits Singapore Airshow 2012 - Asia One | The Sultan of Brunei, His Majesty Hassanal Bolkiah, visted Singapore today to attend the Singapore Airshow 2012. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen received the Sultan at the Changi Exhibition Centre and accompanied him on a tour of the exhibits at the Airshow....

Internation edge to air force's Ohakea air show - Waatea News | Modern day aircraft from six nations will join Mustangs and Spitfires of the past at the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 75th Anniversary Air Show next month. Major international Air Forces including the French Armed Forces of New Caledonia;...

Blue Angel #7 stops in Amarillo from Black Horizon | The two seat Blue Angle Number 7 (sporting an unpainted right tail) stopped to refuel in Amarillo today. I manged to just make...

Reno Air Racing Association welcomes aviation expert Michael Stollings to board By ThisIsReno | With nearly four decades of extensive military and commercial flight experience, Michael Stollings is the newest member to join the Reno Air Racing Association Board of Directors. Stollings’ knowledge in aviation safety and flight operations will contribute to the overall growth, safety and success of the National Championship Air Races....

Event CEO expects to get air race permits - lvrj | The head of the Reno Air Races Association said Thursday he expects to secure the required $100 million in insurance and all the permits needed to run the 50th annual national championships in September despite a deadly plane crash at the event last year....

Reno Races IMAX Film Coming To U.S. from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Air Racers 3D, a 40-minute-long IMAX film about the Reno National Championship Air Races, will be coming to U.S. theaters in April, the filmmakers said recently. It's the first film about the races ever shot completely in 3D, and "unprecedented access" to the course was...

Air Racers 3D - Official Website

Fourth Annual International Skiplane Fly-In This Weekend from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | This Sunday, February 19, marks a truly unique winter flying event - the International Lake Memphremagog Ski Fly Meet, held on frozen Lake Memphremagog situated along the United States/Canadian border in both Vermont and Quebec.

Video: WWII pilot meets a local Tuskegee Airman that escorted him to safety - WHAS11 | Both veterans are from Kentuckiana and both came face to face for the first time on Thursday.

Calloway to attend confab honoring Chennault, others - The News Star | Chennault Aviation and Military Museum director Nell Calloway travels Thursday to San Diego to participate in the National Spirit of '45 leaders' conference where a number of World War II heroes will be honored.  Calloway will host...

P-51D “Stang” - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | When you look at Odegaard’s P-51D “Stang,” you would have no clue it is made from parts from 20 different Mustangs. “I traded for most of the parts to build “Stang” Ode told me. As a kid, he was told he would never be able to fly so went west from his home in ND to...

Arthur's airfield museum dream gears up for take off - Mercury | PLANS to build a museum commemorating a Second World War airfield are nearing takeoff thanks to the family of a late supporter of the project....

F-16s intercept plane flying near Marine One from Air Force Times - News | WASHINGTON — Two Air Force F-16 fighters intercepted a privately owned Cessna airplane that entered the same Los Angeles airspace as Marine One on Thursday, the helicopter that was ferrying President Obama...

B-1 Nellis Red Flag 12-2 - AirBoyt.tv | and more Red Flag...

Onex Single-Place, Folding-Wing Sport Aircraft Receives FAA NKET Approval; Onex Kits and Accessories Fully Developed from Sonex Aircraft, LLC and AeroConversions Press Releases | Sonex Aircraft, LLC is excited to announce that the FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) has approved and published amateur building checklists for the new Onex Single-Place, Folding-Wing Sport Pilot Aircraft. Sonex Aircraft is also...

A Middle School Perspective on Aviation - JetWhine | A judge for “What’s Your Story,” the Wittman Regional Airport writing contest for those in grades 3-12 in Oshkosh-area schools, I feel compelled to share some observations gleaned from the entries I’ve just read. As our future, I found their participation in and perspective on aviation enlightening....

Shuttle Mock-up on the move - The Original Rocket Dungeon | I got this photo as part of a slide-show provided via a private email list. Evidently, the Space Shuttle Mock-up is being  moved from the KSC Visitors Center to Space Center Houston.   It will travel to JSC by barge into Clear Lake and be offloaded onto...