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Thunderbirds, Snowbirds to Headline Alliance Air Show - 5NBCDFW | Unprecedented two jet team lineup in 2012 | This October's Alliance Air Show will host two jet teams, a rarity, made up of the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. "While air shows throughout North America jockey to secure one of the three U.S. or Canadian military jet teams, it is almost unheard of for a show to receive commitments from more than one team for the same year, and there are...

2012 USAF THUNDERBIRDS SCHEDULE

World's air forces to feature at Ohakea - Voxy News  | Australian Air Force fighter jets, French and US military transport and patrol aircraft and New Zealand's newest helicopters are among the aircraft that will join warbirds of yesteryear at the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Air Show next month. The RNZAF today released a detailed list of participating aircraft...
 
This is How Terrifying It is to Fly in an Airplane Stunt Team [Video] from Gizmodo | When man created GoPro cameras, this is what he intended them to be used for. This video shows the amazing Black Diamond Jet Team in training—and if you're scared of flying, it might be best not to watch it...

From Fighter Jets to Spitfires at Ohakea Air Show - Scoop | Australian Air Force fighter jets, French and US military transport and patrol aircraft and New Zealand’s newest helicopters are among the aircraft that will join warbirds of yesteryear at the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Air Show next month....

Aerobatic exhibition excites Kampala socialites - Daily Monitor | No one would ever think that hanging out for Aerobatic displays would create another mode of entertainment until I visited Kampala Aero club and flight training centre at Kajjansi. The centre was celebrating its 15th anniversary and staged an air show ...

Board to discuss support for air show - Santa Maria Times | The Santa Maria Public Airport District Board of Directors will discuss its support for 2012 Thunder Over the Valley Air Show when it meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the airport administration building board room. The board will consider issuing a permit for the air show, scheduled for Aug. 24 to 26, and financial support of the event, General Manager Chris Hastert said...

Exhibition and air show going green - By: Yolandi Booyens | This year’s Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition and air show, AAD2012, is going green with the implementation of a digital greening project to decrease the show’s carbon footprint. AAD2012 will be held at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Centurion from September 19 to 23. This showcase of...

Museum of Flying takes off at new Santa Monica Airport location - Marina del Rey Argonaut | For nearly half a century, the Santa Monica Airport was the home base of the Douglas Aircraft Company, which produced some of the most revolutionary aircraft in aviation history. As such, the airport has had ties to some monumental...

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The pigeon that saved a World War II bomber crew - BBC News | On 23 February 1942, a badly damaged RAF bomber ditched into the North Sea. The crew were returning from a mission over Norway, but their Beaufort Bomber had been hit by enemy fire and crashed into the sea more than 100 miles from home. Struggling in freezing waters - unable to radio an accurate position back to base - the four men faced a cold and lonely death. But as the aircraft went down, the crew had managed to salvage their secret weapon - a carrier pigeon. The blue chequered hen bird, called Winkie, was set free in the hope...

Ian Weaver from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...January 10, 1996, Ian Weaver’s day started like every other. As a Navigator Instructor he was to be number two, of a three aircraft formation, on an air-combat mission. They briefed prior to the flight and planned to reach 15,000 feet. They had just begun an exercise where one jet was to be the enemy and tried to shoot down the other two, and they transitioned to the exercise area. Airborne and contact with the ‘bounce’ aircraft made, the engagement commenced. But due to an error in judgment, Ian’s jet and the enemy aircraft collided....

Never seen before F-35′s centerline gun pod unveiled from David Cenciotti | This image was posted on the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) few hours after I published the F-35 progress report with all the 2012′s updates. On Feb. 22, six days after the first F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) had flown with external stores, even the STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, flew for the first time with external weapons....

Podcast: Pipistrel's Taurus G4 from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Pipistrel's Taurus G4, which won last year's Green Flight Challenge, was recently nominated for this year's Collier Trophy. AVweb's Mary Grady talks with Tine Tomazic of Pipistrel to learn more about this unique aircraft and the company's future plans.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

9-year-old becomes Air Guard’s latest 'Pilot for a Day' - DVIDS | “I can see by your smile that you’re pretty excited,” 1st Lt. Andy Teigen said to Jack Gellner, 9, this morning as he sat in his new flight suit awaiting to be promoted to an honorary general in the North Dakota Air National Guard. That smile never faded as the hours ticked away during his time as a “Pilot for a Day.”...

Why do NASA launch times depend on lighting conditions? - airspacemag.com | It's all about the solar beta angle. | While it was a hydrogen leak on the pad that forced NASA to scrub the launch of space shuttle mission STS-127 on June 17, one main reason the agency had to wait several weeks to try again was something called a “solar beta angle cut-out.” Solar what? Before sending a shuttle aloft, mission planners carefully calculate...