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Airshow Marrakech: the third edition of the International Aeronautics and Space - Translated | The International Exhibition of Aeronautics and Space returns in its third edition to restore contact between the International Aviation and the African continent. Marrakech Airshow will be held from 4 to 7 April 2012 at the military base of Royal Air Forces of Marrakech....

Proud parents look forward to Yuma Air Show - Yuma Sun | Yumans Jack and Sandra Riley will be among the tens of thousands of spectators attending this year's Yuma Air Show on March 17 at Marine Corps Air Station. While interested in seeing all the civilian aerial acrobatic shows...

2012 Vectern Dayton Air Show July 7th and 8th Show off that Cub for the 75th - Supercub Forums | ...This letter is written in follow-up to our recent meeting regarding you're having a Piper Cub 75th Anniversary display at the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show (VDAS) on July 7th and 8th. ...

Chinese Pilot Wants To Form Aerobatic Team - AVweb | Wei Chen, a Chinese citizen and Memphis resident who flew around the world in his TBM700 and became the first Chinese “earthrounder” says he wants to start the first civilian aerobatic team in his home country. Thanks to the growing number of air shows in China in recent years, aerobatic performance is in booming demand. Several western and Chinese military teams flew...

Fly Girl K.T. Budde-Jones – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday – 10am (EASTERN) | TUESDAY – Stallion 51′s own K.T. Budde-Jones joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE!  K.T.’s life reads like an adventure novel (discovered sunken treasure, pilots vintage warbirds, etc)....

Making movies in and around aircraft, both aloft and on the ground - EAA | Presenters: Steve Tupper, Producer of the Airspeed podcast and director of Acro Camp | Will Hawkins, Director of A Pilot's Story and director of photography of Acro Camp | You've seen the shaky, blurry, poorly-composed homemade airborne videos...

pink Spitfires ? True  -  Military photos | RAF conducting aerial reconnaissance, using new camouflage: pink Spitfires to blend in with clouds at...

Taking up the 'pilot maker' - Chron.com | I've punched my ticket on a commercial airliner more times than I can count. But it wasn't until I was strapped inside the claustrophobic cockpit of a World War II-era T-6 Texan, its engine buzzing like a chain saw, the smell of grease filling my nose, that I realized I'd never really "flown" before....They dared to fly

Pilot 'did things people were timid of doing' - Toronto Sun | Obituary: Warm and friendly, Hilda Mickle helped other female pilots | A pioneering pilot for women in Southwestern Ontario, Hilda Mickle was a fun-loving adventurer who mentored many female flyers. The London woman, a Cherryhill resident, died Feb. 10. She was 90. Her memory endures through a London aviation club for women and an award for Canadians in aviation, both of which she established....

They Dared to Fly - General Aviation News | For three days in early February the south hangar at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, was packed with visitors. They were seated in long rows of folding chairs, and stood on the gleaming painted hangar floor. Everyone faced the raised platform near the eastern wall, paying rapt attention to the reminiscing of three elderly gentlemen who had remarkable tales to tell....

Vought V-173 "Flying Flapjack" Rollout Photos - Antique Airfield | Here are some photos of the Vought V-173 "Flying Flapjack" that was rolled out from restoration last week. The aircraft is heading for the Frontiers of Flight museum in Dallas. The night shot is by Jay Miller. The other shots are by AAA National Director Joe Haynes who worked at Vought. A...

Dick and Shelia Russell's Continental-powered Meyers OTW - Antique Airfield | I am aware that Jim Jones and the other Greg Schildberg have brought their OTW to Antique Airfield as have I when we lived in Kansas. I have installed an engine I believe is more sustainable long term than the...

XP-82 - The Unwanted Blog | The North American Aviation P-82 was one of the stranger designs produced by the US in the years just after WWII. Originally designed as a straightforward welding of two P-51 Mustangs together to create a...

Unmanned version of A-10 on way - Outcome Magazine | Aurora Flight Sciences has been selected to work on a U.S. military project for an unmanned version of the A-10 close support aircraft. Its selection as a team member in the Persistent Close Air Support program of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was made by Raytheon, which is leading the effort....

Will Defy the laws of Gravitation - Planeshots | Under basic patents granted to W. Pitts of Los Angeles California., W.P. Kindree has developed this unique helicopter with which he hopes to take to the air shortly. The motor, not yet installed, weighs...

Sen. Joe Fain hosts Aviation High School student as page - Maple Valley Reporter | Benton Coblentz, a sophomore at Aviation High School in Des Moines, participated in the Senate Page Program during the third week of the 2012 Legislative session. Coblentz was sponsored by Sen. Joe Fain of Auburn....

'Girls Engineer it Day' set for Saturday - Savannah Now | The Coastal Empire has a number of blue-chip firms looking to fill high-paying, challenging engineering jobs — companies such as Gulfstream Aerospace, Mitsubishi, JCB and others. So why should the boys have all the fun? That’s the theory behind Saturday’s upcoming “Girls Engineer It Day,” sponsored by five professional...

More Freedom 7 stuff - Rocket Dungeon | A few graphics from: Voas, Robert B, (1962), John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7 - A Minute-by-Minute Account of America's First Orbital Space Flight, National Geographic, 792 - 827 . Poor quality, but what can ya' do?...