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Crowds flock to Singapore Air Show - Today Online | SINGAPORE - The week-long Singapore Airshow opened its doors today to the public and thousands of aviation enthusiasts from the world over, came in droves to the event site at the Changi Exhibition Centre. From as early as 8am, visitors hopped onto shuttle buses at Changi Airport to make their way to the airshow....

Incredible aerial acrobatics at the Airshow - Asia One | Watch daredevil pilots show off their precision flying skills at the Singapore Airshow 2012, featuring aircraft from all over the world. Vistors will be treated to an aerial display which includes highlights such as the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-15SG and F-16C and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) MiG-29N aerial display team the "Smokey Bandits". ...

Memorial designs for Red Arrow Jon Egging ‘uplifting' - Bournemouth Echo | THE widow and the mother of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging have spoken of their hopes for a “positive, uplifting and inspiring” memorial to him. Flight Lieutenant Egging died at the age of 33 after he...

Knight Replaces Eickhoff On Sun ‘N Fun Board - Midwest Flyer | LAKELAND, FLA. – The Sun ‘n Fun Board of Directors elected Bob Knight, president of Knight Industrial Equipment, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., as its chairman at their January 2012 board meeting. The chairmanship was vacated with the retirement of Bill Eickhoff, who served...

Officials: Planning on schedule for Reno air races - Sheboygan Press | RENO, Nev. (WTW) — Despite the deadly crash that marred last year's event, officials say planning for the Reno National Championship Air Races is on schedule pending approval of permits....

Dayton competing for aviation hall of fame dinner - Springfield News Sun | DAYTON — Other cities are competing to be host sites for the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s annual enshrinement ceremony, long an annual event in Dayton, the organization’s board chairman said Friday. The hall of fame’s board hopes to decide by ...

St. Louis Aviation Community Mourns the Passing of Rick Albrecht - The Aero Experience | Regretfully, we announce the passing of Rick Albrecht (January 21, 1934 - February 5, 2012) after a long illness. We express our sympathies to his wife Gen and family. Rick donated his body to science so there will not be any visitation...

Tuskegee Airmen thrill history buffs, movie fans at Pueblo appearance - Chieftain | Sixty years ago, they were arrested by military police when they walked into white-only officers' clubs, but Friday, there were lines of people asking for their autographs at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum....

Former Dothan resident featured in documentary - Dothan Eagle | A newly-released documentary, “World's Smallest Airport: The True Story of the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus, 1945-1950,” will be shown on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Landmark Park. The film begins at 2 p.m. in the Stokes Activity Barn. The film is free with paid admission to the park. The film features the flying stunts of Grady Thrasher Jr. and his brothers...

WWII comes alive - Pasco News | ZEPHYRHILLS --The Zephyrhills Airport is no stranger to war and the military. Back in the World War II days, it was home to the 10th fighter squadron which was training for the D-Day invasion. This weekend it will be the site of renewed, but simulated, combat between U.S. and German armed forces at the Sixth Annual Bivouac & Barracks re-enactment and fundraiser....

Museum Receives Spirit of St. Louis Cockpit Exhibit - Museum News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport, received a Spirit of St. Louis cockpit exhibit on loan from the Missouri Historical Society this week. The cockpit was part of the Lindbergh collection at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, and...

Airplane graveyards - Bayou Renaissance Man | Environmental Graffiti has an excellent photo gallery of what it calls the '10 Most Incredible Airplane Graveyards on Earth'. Here are a few examples to whet your appetite....

Airspeed LPA Part 2 – Military Pilot-Speak – Audio Episode Show Notes - Airspeed | We all admire military pilots. They’re some of the best in the world at what they do. And there are many reasons for that. They’re talented to begin with. They’re highly trained. And they have built up around themselves a culture that preserves the mystique and morale associated with military aviation. That culture is...

Fly in a de Havilland Beaver to experience a hard-working piece of aviation history - The Oregonian | Warren LaFave with his 1957 de Havilland Beaver at the Moose Ponds, the headwaters of the Nahanni River.  If you're flying in to the Alaskan or Canadian bush to start any kind of wilderness adventure and you have a chance to ride in a hard-working piece of aviation history with a certain no-frills, 1940s-style glamour, take it. Be excited...

Sonic Booms Come From F-22 Raptors - 9 news | You know those loud, sonic booms that rattle your windows from time to time? They're going to happen more often. Today, Newschannel 9 learned where those booms are coming from. "When they go off it's loud, it shakes the house," said Bob Bradley, who lives in Alamogordo, NM....

John Glenn relives space orbit first 50 years on - BBC | John Glenn has found himself in the spotlight once again, 50 years after he became the first American to orbit the Earth. At an event to mark the anniversary of his historic space flight, Glenn addressed employees at Kennedy Space Center in Florida....

NASA Premier: Friendship 7 50th Anniversary - Spaceports | NASA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of John Glenn's orbital space flight. Glenn's flight ushered in a new era for space travel in this premier on NASA-TV the evening of Feb. 16, 2012. John Glenn, America's first astronaut to orbit Earth, launched aboard...