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NAF El Centro Air Show this weekend - KYMA | In just a few days, the Blue Angels will perform their amazing stunts and maneuvers at the NAF El Centro Air Show. Flying in FA18 Hornets is a dream for many, but Wednesday it became a reality for News 11's Rachel Elzufon. “Imagine this, the plane ...

Vintage aircraft land in Gulfport - SunHerald.com | The featured aircraft are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24J Liberator and a North American P-51 Mustang. Once the planes had landed, people were able to get an up-close look at them, inside and out. Walking through the cramped fuselage of the ...

Vaiden Field and MMI Flying Tigers Host 4th Annual Fly In from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MARION AL- On Saturday, April 14th, 2012, Vaiden Field Airport (A08), in conjunction with Marion Military Institute will host the 4th Annual Vaiden Field Fly-in.  The Vaiden Fly-in, inspired by University of Alabama Honors College student Bethany McAleer of Birmingham, as a community development project in 2008-2009, has become a capstone for advertising and public awareness for this rapidly expanding rural airport. ...

Gary Setzer - AAFO | We lost an incredible crew member and fan of air racing recently. ...Gary crewed on the Lickety Split AT-6 crew with...

Great North West Air Race | ...his year GNAR will be launching out of Ephrata (KEPH) for a 170 nautical mile round robin cross country race across scenic Eastern Washington...


It’s a Woman’s World Up There – So Let’s Give a Big Cheer! from Flight Monkeys | Last week we were all excited about doing a podcast with Lynda Meeks, the founder and driving force behind Girls with Wings. This week we find the 2012 International Women in Aviation Conference going on in Dallas, Texas. Sure, it’s a total coincidence. There’s nobody here in the office smart enough, or sufficiently crafty to pull off a journalistic two-step like that. So we’re just going to leave it at that. Two great organizations focused on women’s involvement in aviation just happen to show up on our blog in close succession....

International Women’s day special: China’s Air Force first six JH-7 female fighter pilots pose for photo from David Cenciotti | According to a Xinhua News Agency article the first six “”loyal and fearless” female pilots flying with the Xian JH-7 fighter bomber have just finished the training required to perform all-weather air-to-ground missions and are now able to attack and destroy targets located on unfamiliar ground, hidden by fog, using precision munitions....

Former Tuskegee Airman talks “Red Tails” inspiration - The Crimson White | Social prejudice and individual determination were the focus of conversation for Col. Herbert Carter, an original member of the 99th Squadron and the Tuskegee Airmen, on Wednesday in the Ferguson Center Theatre.  The Black Faculty and Staff Association of the University of Alabama hosted the event “An Evening with a Red Tail” that addressed the physical, psychological and social obstacles the Tuskegee Airmen faced during the 1940s....

Lightning strikes again from Apron 6 | Yet another Lightning shot, but this plane looks way to cool in it’s shiny RedB...

Prayers For Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon and For the Lefon Family from Parrothead Jeff | I heard that there was a horrible possibility last night.  I found out this morning that it wasn’t just a possibility anymore.  It was a fact. A wife had lost her husband.  Daughters and a son had lost their father.  A nation had lost a patriot, warrior, and leader.  I had lost a friend and inspiration.  The world had lost a good man....

Aviation museum upgrades digital presence with monitors, touch screens - Dothan Eagle | The interaction the family had on Wednesday is what museum officials hope to enhance with additional technology at the museum, including interactive touch screen stations that guide patrons through past and current aviation history....

Kansas Aviation Museum to dedicate new archive center - from Kansas.com | The Kansas Aviation Museum will host a ceremony today to dedicate a new 6,500-square-foot archive center, which will house the most sensitive pieces of the museum’s artifacts collection. “This is a huge milestone for the museum,” said Lon Smith, Kansas Aviation Museum executive director. He said the museum has been...

The B-17G – Grace Under Fire from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Working on an article on WWII bomber training and talking with one of those pilots, it’s just hard to imagine being 21yrs old flying this amazing machine! Lone Star Flight Museum’s B-17G “Thunderbird” is an amazing example of the power those “kids” piloted. This pilot, Ben, two days after...

Sundance Flying Club - An Affordable Idea for Recreational Flyers from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | GADSDEN AL- How many times have you looked up to see a private plane roar through the sky above you and think, "Man, if only...!" Well, three local Gadsden pilots have come up with an idea to help realize your dreams for affordable flying with the inception of the Sun Dance Flying Club. The heart of the Sun Dance Flying Club project is to provide...

Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport Threatened With Closure
from Aero-News Network | Ninety-Year-Old Facility A Victim Of The Economy Cincinnati officials say they are likely to close Blue Ash Airport (KSIZ) and transfer the resources to the operation of Lunken Airport (KLUK), also known as Cincinnati Municipal, another GA facility in the area...

Microsoft flight from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | February 29, 2012, the new game flight simulator Microsoft Flight is released worldwide. The basic version of Flight is completely free and you can download (1.5 GB) games on the site of Microsoft:  link.  The following aircraft are available for free in the basic version, the Icon A5 amphibious aircraft and beautiful, if you...