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Thousands trek to Navy base for air display - Imperial Valley Press | With Air Force dog tags around his neck, Arturo Lopez Jr. ran circles around his parents, holding a bright blue toy jet in each hand. The 6-year-old El Centro resident was excited to see the Blue Angels perform Saturday after the team spent the last 10 weeks practicing in the area. He, along with his 2-year-old brother Samuel, want to be Blue Angels when they grow up....

2012 El Centro Air Show - KYMA | The Blue Angels hit the sky in the Imperial Valley for the NAF El Centro Air Show. The Blue Angels are goodwill ambassadors for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps known for their choreographed flight demonstrations and their signature four-plane Diamond Formation....

Blue Angels C-130 a trip of a lifetime - ivpress.com | I knew the minute the engines started and the doors were closed that I was going to throw up. “Here it is. Game time. What we’ve been training for,” said Capt. Ben Blanton before takeoff Saturday during the 2012 NAF El Centro Air Show. He laughed, adding that it was such a bad pep talk for the crew before its first air show of the season....

Warbird airshow's fun well-grounded | World's only flying B-29 highlight of show - clickorlando.com | The aerial displays may be the stars of this weekend’s Valiant Air Command TiCo Warbird Airshow. But the show has a strong supporting cast in the many ground displays and attractions off the runway at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville....

Wing Walker Missed Transfer Cue: NTSB from AVweb Top News | The NTSB says pilots involved in the fatal fall of a wing walker at an airshow in Michigan last August both told them he mistimed his transfer from a biplane to a helicopter. Todd Green died after falling about 150 feet during his routine at the Selfridge Air Force Base airshow on Aug. 21. He was trying to...

Dreamliner and Superjet to dominate Air Show - Express News Service | HYDERABAD: Boeing’s 787- 8 Dreamliner and Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft would be the cynosure of all eyes at the India Aviation-2012 expo, beginning here on March 14. The Dreamliner, which would be inducted into the Air India fleet soon, would be on display for three days at the biennial aero show at the Begumpet airport here....

The Patrouille de France is preparing its new air show - Translated | The Patrouille de France will soon celebrate its 60 years. On this occasion, the aerobatic team of the Air Force will change his famous show on 14 July....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Red Arrows Display Season 2012 from Flightline UK | Red 1, Squadron Leader Jim Turner has posted an update on the RAF Red Arrows Display Season 2012. It can read on the Red Arrows website. - “Following the announcement on Sunday that Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Stewart will be leaving the team, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and messages of goodwill. Kirsty completed 2 immaculate seasons with the team, performing to a level expected of any Red Arrows pilot. She leaves the team with our thanks for her dedicated service and our best wishes for her future....

Tomahawk Pilot Introducing More Women to the Joy of Flight - Newswatch 12 | TOMAHAWK - "And then he turned to me and asked if I'd like to fly. That notion had never crossed my mind." That's how pilot Dee Dreger got her start, and now she's "Flying it Forward". In honor of Women in Aviation Week, female pilots all over the world are ...

Volunteers Needed for Fly-In - The Ledger | The Lakeland Police Athletic League is looking for volunteers to help with the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-in. Anyone interested in helping, including middle and high school children who need volunteer hours, is encouraged to participate....

DVD REVIEW: Dunsfold Wings and Wheels 2011 from Flightline UK | Produced by Planes TV; available from PlanesTV.com price £16.99 DVD; £24.99 Blu-Ray | Dunsfold is one of your reviewer’s favourite airshows of the year.It is quite different from other airshows as historic cars and military vehicles are given equal billing to aviation displays....

Large Model Aircraft Are Restricted To Fly In Central London During Olympics from AvStop | The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday advised owners of large model aircraft that they will be subject to the airspace security restrictions being put in place by the Government during the London 2012 Olympic Games....

700 Aviation Museums On Line from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | We have added 700 aviation museums at www.aviationmuseum.eu . Air Parks, Aviation Theme Parks, Gate Guards, Classic Fighters, Vintage Aircraft, Aerospace Museums, Collection Lists, Photo Gallery’s, Flags and Military roundels. So far we know there is a complete overview of European museums....

Plane involved in D-Day invasion to be restored from Air Force Times| GREENWOOD, Ind. — The massive plane’s Army-green body sat hidden behind an old airport hangar, its wings and tail in pieces next to it.

Aeropark EMA 11-3-2012 from stickandrudderWTO | EMA 'Aeropark' 11-3-2012 during this mornings visit to view a Hawker Hunter or rather three of them, over another matter via meeting Ben.

Keeping history alive, accurate: Granddaughter of famous aviator recounts WWII hero in Mission - East Oregonian | Jonna Doolittle Hoppes grew up knowing her grandfather, James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, was famous. Reporters wanted to interview him, people shook his hand. But to her...

Flight 1549 copilot shares experience of Hudson River crash - Northwest Herald | The 2009 incident in which a flock of birds brought down US Airways Flight 1549 in the chilly waters of the Hudson River remains a constant reminder of the importance of aviation safety training....

Schoolboys' 100-year-old paper planes that pre-date manned flight found in eaves of chapel - Mail Online | Boys will be boys. And if this discovery is anything to go by, they don't change a bit. The mischievous antics of a class of naughty pupils have been uncovered by workers restoring a former school....

Steve on cloud nine after record plane effort - Western Morning News | A man who helped take a paper plane 17 miles above the earth has been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. Steve Daniels was part of the team which launched the paper aeroplane into space from a helium balloon at an altitude of 89,591ft above the earth's surface....