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Miami-Dade wants the mother of all aerospace trade shows - In Tuesday's State of the County address, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez indicated he would not take "no" for an answer for plans to bring an international aerospace tradeshow to the Homestead Air Reserve Base. "We'll continue to work to get the federal support we need to land that show," Gimenez told a full audience inside the county commission chambers. County elected officials have continued to work on plans to bring a version of the venerable Paris Air Show to the HARB despite a rejection letter from the Secretary of the Air Force last summer....

Volunteers Needed at Sinful Sundays from Nordo News | Started in 2004 as a destination for a Sunday flight, the Sinful Sunday events have grown over the years from a few visiting friends to an average of 100 planes on good weather days. At last year's August event, we realized that if it were not for our family members and their friends, we would have needed to cancel the event because no one else was here to 'work' when things started to get into full swing.  Most of you have come to know Rich's Mom, Betty, and Ginger's parents, Wayne and Donna, as they are at most of the airport events.  You will also find them working hard and donating funds and items to ensure that everyone has a great time during all the events.  But, did you know that none of them are pilots?  And, did you realize that they travel around 200 miles, one way, just to be here and often return to their homes on the same day?...

2012 Nat'l General Aviation Award Winners Named from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | LONGMONT, Colorado - In each of the past 49 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and safety for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety....

Discover the excitement of aviation at EAA's Family Flight Fest - The Northwestern | Kick off springtime by discovering the exciting world of aviation with an interactive, educational family experience at EAAs Family Flight Fest, scheduled for Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25, at EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, the...

Taylor 150 Air Race April 14, 2012 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | The race is open for entries and I just entered but names are not showing up in the "Who's In" link yet. The course looks especially clean and should be fast with simple turns ...

Texoma 100 Air Race, March 31, 2012 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | Pat Purcell is organizing this race and she always comes up with more than the average collection of awards and for everyone goodies (T-shirts, decals, etc.). The entry list is the largest so far and the...

Women Fly it Forward - Frederick, MD Stats from Toriaflies | A lot of people have been asking me the specifics on the event, like the number of planes, how many ground volunteers, how many women are registered, and so on.  So I thought I would share a few of those tidbits with you tonight!...

Students learn about WWII from a man who lived it - ABC News 4 | Students learn about many different jobs at Career Day, but one speaker at a local elementary school stood out among the rest. A World War II veteran shared his story with the kids at Belle Hall Elementary Tuesday. 91-year-old Sgt.. Arthur Cobert flew with the Flying Tigers.  He vividly remembers one bombing run....

Tuskegee Airmen part of web program at Phoenixville High - The Mercury | Seventy years ago, “Coach” Roscoe Draper and Major John Harrison could not have imagined they’d be the revered guests of Phoenixville Area High School in a presentation honoring history’s Tuskegee Airmen. Seventy years ago, Draper and Harrison were being rejected at almost every turn....

First to Mach 2 — Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket from Travel for Aircraft | An evolution of the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, the Skyrocket was made to burn. It was swept winged, rocket powered and carried aloft by a mothership — all significant differences from the Skystreak. It was the second Skyrocket airframe which was the first aircraft to obtain Mach 2, albeit in a slight dive, and happening on 20 November 1953....

Episode 187 – Ducky Does Airplanes from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest David Allen produces the great video podcast Other People’s Airplanes, where he takes you with him on flights in, well, other people’s airplanes. He also co-hosts the popular Pilot’s Flight PodLog, a hangar flying podcast....

The new M-346 advanced jet trainer in Republic of Singapore Air Force (vintage) color scheme February 26, 2012 by David Cenciotti | Although the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) stand at the recent Singapore Air Show showcased a scale model of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master in an two-tone grey color scheme, the are rumors that the actual livery of the first M-346A could be similar to the orange and white one of the old Siai S211s. Therefore, after publishing the....

Delivering The Incredible by Randy Tinseth | It’s hard to believe just a little over a year has gone by since the 747-8 Intercontinental made her world debut. I took my son to the premiere event in our Everett factory to see the new Queen of the Skies decked out in a gorgeous sunrise livery. It was a day we’ll both remember....