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EOD plans to make a bang at upcoming air show - marines.mil | In preparation for the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show May 4 through 6, station explosive ordnance disposal Marines practiced various demolitions Feb. 16 at the Cherry Point explosive ordnance range. Standing in the cold and rain, the Marines conducted various explosive exercises ranging in method and magnitude. “Practice makes perfect,” said Gunnery Sgt. William Isele, an EOD team leader. “With the air show being a public event we don’t want to screw it up.”...

Black Team Demonstrates Diamond Tracks from US Army Golden Knights by Dan Cook | Black Team, in an effort to bring perfection to the demanding “Diamond Track,” decides to add to our growing training tool- The first person view. Attaching two small cameras to one of the jumpers, Black Team shows the sight picture of the jumpers as he performs the maneuver. The Diamond Track is performed with two jumpers, demonstrating the...

Bob Jones: Welshpool Air Show renamed in his memory - BBC | An air show is to be renamed in memory of a pilot and airport owner who was killed in a plane crash last month. Bob Jones, 60, who founded Mid Wales Airport in Welshpool, died on nearby Long Mountain along with Steven Carr, 55, from Ruthin, Denbighshire....

Air Shows Take Place All Over The World - EzineMark | Air shows are events in which pilots demonstrate their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to those watching by doing various aerobatic maneuvers.  Air shows that do not have any aerobatic displays where the planes are shown parked on the ground are called static air shows...

Volunteers Needed for 2012 Waterloo Air Show - kwnow.ca | Waterloo Air Show takes place June 2nd & 3rd, 2012 at the Region of Waterloo International Airport, 4881 Fountain St N., Breslau, ON N0B 1M0 | Have an interest in air shows, events, tourism and...

Jumping for joy with Harrier Jump Jet - Thorne and District Gazette | IT has taken a decade but Doncaster’s air museum has got its hands on one of Britain’s most iconic warplanes. The arrival of a Harrier Jump Jet at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in Lakeside is the result of a successful alliance with young air cadets from Armthorpe....

35 Squadron visit to Stellenbosch from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin | photo journal

WWII plane sets owner's heart soaring - Wanganui Chronicle | The World War II Grumman Avenger behind them will join Mr Deere's historic collection at Ohakea. The sound of another aviation era blasted the skies over RNZAF base Ohakea yesterday. It was the sound that announced the arrival of a World War II Grumman...

The Battle of Britain by Matthew Parker; Bookreview from Apron 6 | I am not a writer, thats why I usually stick with the photos and videos, but after reading “The Battle of Britain” by Matthew Parker I’m willing to make an exception. In 13 chapters all the major phases of the battle are explained. No new insights in the battle are made in this book. The author doesn’t ask any questions so he can’t make conclusions. It’s just a report of what happened. Luckily the author manages to keep it interesting by letting those talk who actually witnessed the events that unfolded in the summer of 1940. By that he...

Pilot, jet with 187th Fighter Wing overrun runway - Montgomery Advertiser | 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...

Photo: U.S. Navy Aggressor plane in a cool Soviet-Tiger color scheme from David Cenciotti | Wearing the special paint scheme that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the VMFT-401 “Snipers”, this Franken-Tiger (761586 / LS-00) plane was photographed by Tony Lovelock at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, on Jan. 26, 2012. The aircraft, along with the typical Soviet cross, sports a cool tiger rudder....

Unmanned A-10 Studied for Future Close Air Support from www.ainonline.com | Raytheon and Northrop Grumman are developing new systems and concepts for close air support using an unmanned version of the twin-engine A-10 Thunderbolt II. The companies received contracts worth $7 million each in April 2011 under phase one of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program. The goal of the PCAS program is to...

Russian Air Force Describes MiG-31 Upgrade from www.ainonline.com | Russian air force commander Gen Alexander Zelin told Russian media that a new air-to-air missile will be accepted into service shortly and “double the combat capability” of the MiG-31 interceptor. A Russian air force spokesman added that the service plans to modernize 60 aircraft to the MiG-31BM standard by 2020. The upgrade includes a new radar (believed to be the Zaslon-M capable of detecting up to 10 targets simultaneously at a range of up to 175 nm); new mission computer; and new color cockpit displays....

Flashback Fridays: Origins of the Boeing 737, Part Two from Nuts About Southwest | In the previous edition, we briefly looked at the initial 737-100 and the more successful 737-200.  However, there were still areas that needed improvement with the basic -200, and these were corrected in 1971 with the introduction of the 737-200 Advanced.  While the size and basic design remained the same, the Advanced model offered significant performance improvements, and we have some great photos from Boeing again to tell the story....

One year after defecting from Gaddafi’s regime, Libyan Air Force Mirage F1s bid farewell to Malta from David Cenciotti | Feb. 21, 2011 – Feb. 22, 2012: one year after defecting to Malta, the two Libyan Mirage F1s returned to Libya. Wearing the roundel and flag of Free Libya, the two aircraft, that had performed engine runs  in the last weeks, followed by a high speed taxi on RWY 05/23 at Malta International Airport on Monday, departed from runway 31 an...