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The Breitling Jet Team to Sanicole and Lens! from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling | B ientôt season dates and already beginning to fall. The Sept. 14 at night and on September 16 in early afternoon, the patrol will occur Sanicole , the famous Belgian rally.  On September 16, following the Breitling Jet Team will close the show great Franco-Polish which is organized by the Urban Community of Lens-Lievin, on AD Lens-Bénifontaine.  50,000 people are expected for a week of entertainment and an exceptional Airshow....

Red Arrows plan tribute fly-past - Wales Online | THE RED Arrows have been asked to perform a fly-past at a Welsh air show that is to be renamed in memory of an airport owner who was killed in a plane crash last month....

IMAX Air Racers 3D - Steven Hinton - Planes of Fame | Video:  A personal message from Planes of Fame Air Museum and Strega Air Racing pilot Steve Hinton, one of the stars of the IMAX theatre film "Air Racers 3D" narrated by Paul Walker. The film is a breathtaking exploration of the fastest race in the world combined with spectacular air show entertainment: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races....

City plans donation to air-show fund - Standard | The city is showing its support by agreeing to be a sponsor for the upcoming air show. Hill Air Force Base will hold its annual open house and air show May 26 and 27. It requested the city be part of that by sponsoring the event with a cash donation. The city council recently approved, by resolution, a donation of $2,500....

Friday, May 11, 2012 - An Evening with R.A. Bob Hoover, Let History Take Flight. A Gala Benefiting Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is pleased to announce our 2012 Spring Gala - "Let History Take Flight", An Evening with R.A. "Bob" Hoover. The evening's events will include a live and silent auction, a formal dinner catered by III Forks and a special address by "the pilots' pilot" R.A. "Bob" Hoover. Individual tickets are 150. Sponsorship packages range from 2,500 to 15,000...

Model RC airplane expo takes flight in Aurora - Fox31 Denver | Man’s fascination with flight probably started with ancient man gazing skyward and watching mysterious creatures defying gravity and soaring the heavens. Today,man is still gazing skyward. It may be a little less mysterious but it is just as fascinating. If you can’t afford a real aircraft to...

Vietnam War rescue pilot goes on to command space shuttle from Air Force Link Top Stories | African Americans blazed trails even beyond the stratosphere, as seen in the achievements of retired Col. Frederick D. Gregory, a former Air Force combat rescue pilot and NASA astronaut. After graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1964, Gregory entered pilot training and attended undergraduate helicopter training at Stead Air Force Base, Nev. He received his wings in 1965 and was assigned as an H-43 helicopter rescue pilot at Vance AFB, Okla., until May 1966....

Navy Primary Flight Training with ENS Evan Levesque – Audio Episode Show Notes from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) is a primary flight student at NAS Whiting Field near Milton, Florida.  He’s flying the mighty...

Wings Club celebrates rich history - The Gazette | Despite rocky periods, Manhattan’s one-time flyboy club has managed to maintain its relevance in aviation circles as it prepares to turn 70 | ...“Every December, we take a group of students to functions at the Wings Club, and they’ve been extremely accommodating and welcoming to us. And there’s been an emphasis lately on women in aviation.” Women were first allowed into the inner sanctum only in the early 1970s, but Herman said that their services have been increasingly recognized since then, including honouring WASPS – Women Airforce Service Pilots – who ferried all types of airplanes from factories to combat zones during the world war....

Albert Seifert, 91, worked at Boeing through seven decades - The Seattle Times | ...Albert Elmer Seifert, one of the longest-serving employees at Boeing, died Feb. 20 at the age of 91. He worked full time at the Auburn plant until two months ago...

Tuskegee Airman, 89, offers own lesson in life - The Post and Courier | ...The two boys, 13, had learned a little about the Tuskegee Airmen who performed so magnificently during World War II despite -- or perhaps because of -- endemic racism, and could not pass up the chance to meet the man who embodied this important history....

Tuskegee Airmen come to Bloom High School  - Southtown Star | Air Force veterans Louis Irons and Lawton Wilkerson never saw World War II combat. But as part of the dwindling ranks of the Tuskegee Airmen, their service to the country and its historic aviation program has been on display this month, along with others who were part of the famous unit....

Big, Bigger, Biggest. Seriously, The AN-225 is a Whopper Big Airplane from Flight Monkeys | They say everything’s bigger in Texas. Well, if Texas is in Russia, that may be true. Let us introduce you to the Antonov AN- 225. It’s bigger than a Boeing 747…by a lot. This thing’s huge. In fact, it’s so...

Boeing Marks 1st Anniversary Of KC-46A Tanker Contract Award from Aero-News Network: Military | Major Milestones Completed On Schedule As Program Prepares For Preliminary Design Review February 24th marked the first anniversary of the Boeing KC-46 Tanker program receiving a U.S. Air Force contract to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker, the KC-46A. Over the past year, the program has completed key milestones in support of the design and development phase on or ahead of schedule, and is now preparing for a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in March.

NASA Announces Time Change For Shuttle Tile Presentation To School from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News | The time for a Feb. 27 appearance by former space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin, NASA's associate administrator for education, at Bruce Monroe Elementary School at Parkview in Washington, has changed. Melvin will present a space shuttle tile to the school and speak to students at 10 a.m.