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WWII plane lands safely - WALA-TV FOX10 | A World War II era plane on tour in Mobile, Alabama had some problems with its landing gear this afternoon. And one local Mobilian aboard the plane got the ride of his life. The Cavanaugh Flight Museum (Dallas, TX) says it costs about $2000 ...

Rare sights for plane spotters take to the skies - Manawatu Standard | There will be a chance for the New Zealand public to see the newly-acquired NH90 helicopters at Ohakea Air Force Base next month as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force air show. There will also be Australian air force fighter jets, ...

Flying NZ National championships: The Wings Trophy competition, the weather, the PM and some other general views from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | As I mentioned in an earlier post, the weather was very interesting. It varied between windy and calm, wet and dry, overcast and patches of blue... each day... Thankfully it was all good on Saturday for the Trans Tasman Wings Trophy competition. The Wings Trophy is a competition between New Zealand and Australia and held in each country on alternating years. This year was New Zealand's turn to host it, and, to cut a long story short, our team retained the title! Well done guys!..

Flying NZ National championships: Even more aircraft from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | Photos

Veterans and others flock to see old warbirds - WINK | PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - More than 40 old warbirds took the skies in Charlotte County this weekend as part of a show at the Charlotte County Airport. "It brings back memories and the sad part is, it brings back memories of friends they lost," said Jim "Zack" Olzacki, President of Charlotte County based Florida Warbirds, who put on the air show....

Speed: 500 MPH. Altitude: 50 Feet. Feeling: Amazing - Pilot Magazin (translated) | From the tiny Formula 1 class racers that lap the short course at more than 250 mph to the anything-goes unlimited class where pilots go more than 500 mph just 50 feet off the ground, going fast is the only goal. The 47th annual National Championship Air Races kick into high gear this weekend at Stead Field outside Reno, Nevada. The event started in 1964 when World War II pilot Bill Stead organized a race in the high desert of Nevada, resurrecting a sport that had largely gone missing since the last of the great Cleveland air races in 1949....
 
Miniature air show in the desert southwest - KSWT 13 | Experienced remote control pilots from across the nation came out this weekend to show off their skills at the Fly Yuma 2012 Model Airplane Air Show. "Were just going up and doing dead stick landings and trying to see how long we can stay up and glide without using our engines. Who ever has the longest time wins," says Julian Bustil....

Solar Impulse Tests Pilot Endurance - AVweb | The pilot of Solar Impulse spent 72 hours pretending to fly an electric airplane around the world last week and it appears human frailties can be accommodated through good management during the real event. Andre Borschberg was in a faithful mockup of the cabin of the aircraft that will make the circumnavigation attempt and after three days and three nights of flying the delicate craft alone he...

Ohio museum restoring famed plane 'Memphis Belle' - Dayton Daily News | Crews in Ohio are working to restore a famed B-17 bomber from World War II, scraping paint and bending metal to bring back the beauty of the Memphis Belle. The storied aircraft flew 25 crucial missions over Europe during the war, a rare accomplishment at the time. Now the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton is preparing the plane for display in its World War II Gallery, tentatively scheduled for 2014....

Formation flight Sunday. P-12Bs from Planeshots

Duncan Receives Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award from State Aviation Journal by Kim Stevens | In 1981 Robert Duncan took over the reigns of what had already become a thriving aviation business in Lincoln, Nebraska and continued to build on the hard work and success his father had already accomplished. Duncan proceeded to guide the family-owned business through some tough economic times and build it, into what is today, the largest family-owned maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the world,  providing complete acquisition sales and support services for business aircraft....

Shenyang J-16 Silent Flanker Chinese Intermediate Stealth Fighter from Defence Aviation | China is developing a heavily modified variant of the J-11B code name J-16 Silent Flanker. It features stealth design like internal weapons bays, stealth-optimized engine intakes, and canted vertical fins. It’s the race of the stealth fighters, the United States, Russia, India, Japan, India, China everyone seems to want to have a bite at it. China is trying hard to modernize and fill in their need for fourth generation fighters, meanwhile working very hard every way possible to develop it’s Fifth generation fighter capability. One such attempt is with a heavily modified and reversed engineered Sukhoi Su-27 code named Flanker by the NATO....