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Minot air show to feature Canadian Snowbirds - wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Canada's premier military flying team is planning a performance at a summer air show in Minot.  The Snowbirds gave an impromptu show over Minot last fall during a stop in the city, then toured flood damage and decided to return for a show this summer....

Abu Dhabi Air Expo kicks off tomorrow - khaleejtimes.com | ABU DHABI - The Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will officially launch Abu Dhabi Air Expo tomorrow at Al Bateen Executive Airport.  The expo running from 6th until 8th March, will be open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, to visitors and exhibitors to witness exhilarating performances by the UAE’s Al Fursan Aerobatic team, the Emirates Sky Diving team and daring aerobatic displays by the famous Captain Zoltan Veres, the recipient of five Guinness world records....

JATO of the day from The Original Rocket Dungeon | Fat Albert, C-130 JATOs, up close and personal.

Sun ’n Fun to feature Splash-In again this year - GAN | The Sun ’n Fun Splash-In will once again be held at Fantasy of Flight on Lake Agnes in Polk City, Florida.  The Splash-In, an event dedicated to seaplanes and float flying, is held every year as part of...

Local author discusses 8th Air Force and the 'Flying Fortress' (video) - Oneida Dispatch | Despite the most common depictions of U.S. airmen in World War II, author Cheryl Pula says members of the 8th Air Force were much younger than most think. In fact, many say they were just children. In an hour-and-a-half presentation Saturday morning at...

B-25 "Executive Sweet" low pass / Warbirds Photo Gallery - KBVP | These great aircraft were a product of some of the best aeronautical engineering minds in the world. World Wars generated the need for control over a nations airspace, aerial observation, search and rescue, fighters for defense, and bombers to bring the enemy to their knees. From...

A-26 Invader “Miss Murphy” from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | This is simple an aircraft that means business! The Douglas A-26 Invader served in WWII and some highly modified version even saw cold war action up until 1969. This twin engine, single-pilot (unique design for 1942), light attach bomber came with a solid nose (B) and glass nose (C) as you see here. Talking with a...

Headcorn airfield to celebrate 100 years of women pilots - Kent News | It’s been 100 years since the first women flew across the English Channel, and to mark a century of female flight, a Kent airport is launching a major celebration. Harriet Quimby was born in Arcadia, Michigan, in America, and played a major role in getting women in to the cockpit. The journalist became interested in flying in 1910 when she went to an airshow, and got her licence just a year later....

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport — where aviation is on display inside and out from Travel for Aircraft | In the main terminal, on the ticketing level, is a scale model of a Wright Brothers glider notable for its forward positioned horizontal stabilizer, a design element favored by the brothers as it added a bit of crash protection which they thought would have prevented some of the fatalities in designs of earlier aviation pioneers....

GK with the Leap Frogs and the Blue Angels! - Golden Knights

Honor Flight prepares for third flight, seeks WWII veterans for fourth - Gulf Five | When Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight flew its first two planeloads of World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., there were about a 100 other veterans waiting in line for the trip, said Wayne Lennep, Honor Flight vice president. With the next flight scheduled...

Halo Jump - Blades Magazine | Halo jumps makes a soldiers entry ultimately undetected. High Altitude Low Opening. In the HALO technique, the parachutist opens his parachute at a low altitude after free-falling for a period of time, while in the HAHO technique, the parachutist opens his parachute at a high altitude just a few seconds after jumping from the aircraft....

Helicopter crashes during Top Gear Korea stunt - 9 News | Heart-stopping footage has emerged showing a helicopter lose control and slam into the ground in the US during a stunt for the Korean version of Top Gear.  The retired US military helicopter, an AH1 Cobra, was being used to film a speeding Corvette in Coolidge Airport, Arizona, on March 1 when the pilot lost control at about 60m altitude, My Fox reports....

Drone crashes into SWAT team tank during police test near Houston from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | There will be no doubt many more reports like this one from Houston, the real applications for day to day Policing are a little doubtful. Search and Rescue yes, but in a fast moving chase or somewhere stealth needs to be deployed we think not. sUAS cannot stand off and loiter like their bigger cousins. In the UK Police forces have...

Students Designing Supersonic Drone from AVweb Top News | School projects don't usually have the term supersonic cruise missile in their synopses, but engineering students at the Busemann Advanced Concepts Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) are helping to design, build and commercialize a compact jet engine designed to power supersonic unmanned aerial systems. Cruise missiles are among the potential uses for the L-FX00, which their professor Ryan Starkey calls "a high-efficiency, lubrication-free turbojet engine for...

Naval Air Station Wildwood to hold aviation camp for 9- to 11-year-olds - Press of Atlantic City | Nine-to-11-year-olds interested in becoming pilots will get their first opportunity to sit in a cockpit this summer by participating in the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum's first-ever, weeklong day camp offered for children their age, to be held July 16-20 at the museum. For several years, the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum has offered a summer camp only for middle...