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Tricolour Arrows, training 2012 - Italy News (translate.google.com) | Pending presented the official program of events, which take part in the aerobatic team, while we mention the formation that will fly in 2012. Presented by Lieutenant...

Black Diamond Jet Team Teaser | Video of the Day! Who wants to go fly some jets? We do! from GoPro's Facebook Wall by GoPro

AIRSHOW NEWS: Top Award for RAF Waddington International Airshow from Flightline UK | The Royal British Legion (RBL), which provides support to serving and ex-Service personnel and their families, has awarded RAF Waddington Airshow its Courtesy Cup for 2012. RAF Waddington received the prestigious accolade from the Lincolnshire Branch of the RBL following its efforts to promote and raise the profile of the charity during its annual International Airshow....

Axe hanging over Welshpool Air Show - shropshirestar.com | Welshpool Air Show could be axed this year because of a lack of air displays, it emerged today. Organisers said they would do all they could to save the event because they wanted to hold it in memory of Mid Wales Airport owner Bob Jones....

Air show cancelled - The Star Phoenix | Saskatoon's long-running but financially inconsistent Canada Remembers International Air Show has been cancelled this year, say organizers. The event lost more than $166,000 last year, according to organizers at Credit Union Centre (CUC). It lost money in some past years while earning a profit in other years, but it did manage to raise more than $400,000 for local charities since the first show in 1995....

Doolittle Raiders banquet sold-out - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -Tickets for the April 19 luncheon and banquet and April 20 luncheon with the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders during their upcoming reunion have been sold-out. Those who mailed in order forms that were not able to be processed will be notified by phone and their payment will be returned. These special activities...

Can you spare some gas money for the B-25s/Doolittle Reunion?

Homestead invaded by UFO? Nope just the Golden Knights - USAGK [video] | Gold-Team-Night-Mass,-Photo-by-SSG-Chris-AcevedoOn 16 February, the Golden Knights conducted night jumps as part of the annual winter training. As usual the Team sparks calls to the local authorities and news channels, this year was no different. Most people are asleep at 3a.m but not the Team. Our day starts off with night jumps from 4500 feet stack outs. The Team’s work their way up to normal jump altitude of 13,500 feet and conduct mass jumps at night with pyrotechnics. And, this is...

Reno Air Race Plans Progressing On Pace from Aero-News Network | But Officials Are Concerned Liability Insurance May Be Much Higher Than In The Past Officials for the Reno National Championship Air Races are making progress with plans for the 2012 event, thought permits for the races have not yet been issued. In a meeting with the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, Mike Houghton, president of the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) told the airport officials that planning had to be done prior to the release of the NTSB probable cause report...

Paul Walker to Narrate New IMAX 3D Theatre Film | 3D Entertainment Distribution announced today that actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers) will narrate Air Racers 3D, the first-ever IMAX 3D theatre film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. With stunning aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course...


Museum to celebrate Women’s History Month - General Aviation News | In 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license. On Saturday, March 10, the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, will celebrate her achievements at the museum’s seventh annual free family day. The event is open to the public and will take place from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m....

The Flightglobal Achievement Awards are back – and better than ever - Flightglobal | ...In last year’s awards, which culminated in a ceremony at the 2011 Dubai Airshow, Emirates president Tim Clark, BEA AF447 investigation team, Sikorsky’s X2 pilot Kevin Bredenbeck and airline pioneer Burt Rutan were named the Leader, Innovator, Aviator and Lifetime Achievement award-winners respectively....

One Century Ago: Pioneer Aviator Astonishes Thousands in Tarrytown - Patch | ...The plane sped off across the river, and the crowd gasped as they saw the wheels leave the ice and lift up into the air. At the height of about 50 feet Hadley turned the plane toward Irvington. Koenig, in his automobile, started after him and the two machines raced neck and neck to Helen Gould’s dock and back. Hadley’s aeroplane won the race by a mere 50 feet, and on landing he was immediately surrounded by a huge mob of admiring spectators, all desperate to congratulate the pilot on his victory....

Wings With Memories from Aero-News Network | First-Hand Account Of A Flight Aboard A Consolidated B-24 Liberator Frequent ANN contributor David Juwel had the opportunity recently to take a flight in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, which remains the sole flying example of a B-24 Liberator left in the world. The aircraft is operated by The Collings Foundation. He offers a first-hand account.

DC7 waiting in El Berriel - Passion for Aviation | South of Gran Canaria is next to Bahia Feliz is the airfield called "El Berriel" (GCLB) On a hill near the entrance of the aerodrome is exposed since 1976 a DC-7C Seven Seas produced by four- Douglas. Here is some information on this aircraft from the book Swedish...

Hanwell woman aims to solve WW2 mystery - Ealing Gazette | ON the night of April 8, 1942, a young pilot named James Linehan took off from RAF Feltwell in a Wellington bomber, bound for a raid on Hamburg. He never returned. Listed as missing, presumed dead, even his final resting place is a mystery, but...

Cockpit fogging led F-16 off Wis. runway - The Northwestern | ...A fighter pilot whose cockpit became engulfed in fog briefly experienced vertigo and considered ejecting during a Wisconsin air show when he lost visibility, but ultimately decided to land because he was worried about the safety of hundreds of spectators, according to a report released Tuesday. The F-16C Falcon landed safely at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis., in July without anyone getting hurt, but not before...

Sikorsky S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" Tour to Honor Military Heroes in Thailand from PR Newswire | Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" (LOH) helicopter will visit Thailand this week as part of its world tour, continuing to demonstrate the aircraft's capability to customers while saluting first responders in the Asia...

Aerobatic pilot amazed at outcome of midair collision - News10.net | CAMERON PARK, CA - Veteran aerobatic pilot Julie Clark is the former owner of the plane involved in a midair collison Sunday night. She calls it "remarkable" that the two pilots survived. The accident involving a Robinson R-22 helicopter and Beechcraft ...

F-22 crew chiefs ORE, real-world ready - DVIDS | At Holloman, the 49th Wing’s mission is to fly, fight and win by forward deploying when called upon to support ongoing combat operations with combat-ready airmen; training aircrews and support personnel of remotely piloted aircraft to be mission ready for immediate combat action; and training, equipping and certifying F-22 Raptor forces in order to...

Vote looming on land purchase for aviation industrial park - The Northwestern | If there’s one thing supporters and opponents of a proposal to purchase more than 80 acres of land to create an aviation industrial park adjacent to Wittman Regional Airport can agree on, it’s that the Feb. 28 vote on the matter is long overdue....

Video: Radar Track Of Traffic Inbound, Then Outbound At Super Bowl - Cool! from AirPigz | Super Bowl XLVI was a money droppin' party for a lot of jet-setters, and this video shows the track of those jets (and yeah, probably some prop jobs too) both into and then out of Indianapolis on Sunday February 5, 2012. It's a pretty stunning amount of traffic that...

Fedex Joins Aviation Green Alliance As A Founding Member from AvStop | Just a few days following the 110th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s birth, the Lindbergh Foundation announced that FedEx Corp. has joined the Aviation Green Alliance as a Founding Member. “We are thrilled that FedEx Corp. will be memorialized as one of our elite group of Aviation Green Alliance Founding Members,” said Lindbergh Foundation...

African-American astronaut gave ultimate sacrifice during space shuttle mission from Air Force Link Top Stories | Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson was one of only a handful of African-American astronauts and was one of the seven crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it exploded on re-entry just 16 minutes before its scheduled touchdown Feb. 1, 2003. His accomplishments were numerous, and he showed that nothing should get in the way of a person's goals, including their race....

Astronaut Mark Kelly to Publish a Picture Book With Simon & Schuster's Paula Wiseman Books from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | Astronaut Mark Kelly has signed with Paula Wiseman Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, to publish Mousetronaut: A Partially True Story, a picture book. Mark Kelly was a captain in the United States Navy when he...

Red Bull Stratos: Meet the team from Aerial Sports Feed | Red Bull Stratos will see Felix Baumgartner heading into Earth's Stratosphere, while back on the ground, Felix's life will be in the hands of a team of experts. Find out more about the team here...

John Glenn Calls Historic Flight Best Day from AviationWeek.com Space Channel | Glenn, 90, told an audience in Columbus the flight was the result of “more than two years of training and working with a marvelous team.”

John Glenn's Spaceflight Was Filled With Unknowns from History News Network | When John Glenn blasted off inside his Mercury capsule 50 years ago on Monday to become the first American in orbit, not everyone breathed a sigh of relief that the country had finally matched the Soviet Union's technology. Doctors were worried that Glenn, a 40-year-old Marine Corps pilot, might not be able to see in space....