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Visit the Goulian Team at Sun ‘n Fun 2012 from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin | Join us at the end of March in Lakeland, FL at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In. You can meet the Goulian Aerosports team at our tractor-trailer display all week (see map below)! Don’t miss out on some fun give-a-ways:  Whelen will be raffling off their state-of-the-art LED landing light...

Sun 'n Fun Ready For Early Start - AVweb | This year's Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo will launch on Tuesday, March 27, less than two weeks away, turning the small airport in Lakeland, Fla., into one of the busiest fields in the world. The show is earlier than usual this year, as organizers try to avoid conflicts with other events, especially the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany, which attracts many of the same general aviation exhibitors. Starting next...

Pilot Killed In Turkish Fighter Jet Crash - RTT News | ...The jet belonging to the Air Force aerobatic team crashed on a factory site, about 2,000 kilometers from its take-off point....

It was very sad to hear of an accident yesterday that claimed the life of Türk Y... from PlanesTV.com's Facebook Wall by PlanesTV.com | It was very sad to hear of an accident yesterday that claimed the life of Türk Yıldızları(Turkish Stars) pilot, Captain Ümit ÖZER. Our condolences go to his friends, family and team mates....

Tico Warbird Airshow from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team by DAV Flight Team | The DAV Flight Team kicked off the 2012 airshow season at the TICO Warbird Airshow in Titusville, FL last weekend. Thousands came out to...

Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 - Planes, Trains Automobiles, Plant City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | PLANES, TRAINS AUTOMOBILES IN PLANT CITY IN MARCH Free Day of Activities Planned for Whole Family PLANT CITY, Fla. - Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the second annual Planes, Trains Automobiles event will take place at the Plant City Airport. It's a chance to see real airplanes, remote control planes, model trains in operation and on exhibit, and classic and exotic car displays. Antique railroad maintenance...

The Red Steel Jet Team Releases its Inaugural Air Show Schedule - PRWeb | The Red Steel Jet Team is a combination of the fastest supersonic civilian-owned jet aircraft, the Mig-23, and the sleek aerodynamic L-39. The Red Steel Jet Team will visit 10 cities in its inaugural season....

10th Air Show Pilot Mountain - Passionate about Aviation (translated) | On March 17, 2012 Dévoluy takes off! It is now more than 10 years that the mountain pilots gather each winter on altisurface Superdévoluy to share a nice moment and tell the stories of the blue. Originally created to...

Air show season is all ready to fly - Oxford Times | THE air show season is set to take off in Abingdon. The 13th annual Abingdon Air & Country Show will take place on Sunday, May 6, at the Dalton Barracks airfield. The charity event is one of the first big airshows of the year....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Il Frecce Tricolori to perform at RAF Waddington International Airshow from Flightline UK | The skies above RAF Waddington’s International Airshow will see the addition of red, white and green smoke trails as the event welcomes the return of the Italian Air Force’s famous display team, the Frecce Tricolori, their last appearance was in 2004.   The airshow held over the 30th June and 1st July 2012 will see Italy’s spectacular military display team take to the skies to perform their polished routine with true Italian style....

El Centro Airshow 2012 from PHXspotters by Felipe Garcia | The show opened with the Navy Leapfrogs parachuting team, launching out of one of their C-2 Greyhounds, followed by the National Anthem and some civilian performers, including Tim Weber. A different civilian performer was a jet-powered International Transtar 4300, which fired up the afterburners on the runway while one of the Pitts was flying over. Then it was time for...

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92 - Rafu | ...Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army with the hope of serving in the Army Air Corps, but like many other Japanese American GIs, was sent to Camp Grant in Rockford, Ill., to be in the Medical Corps. For two years he doggedly pursued his goal, but was denied the opportunity for reassignment until Dec. 31, 1943, when he was finally accepted into the Army Air Corps....

Pilot reunites with Skyhawk fighter bomber - Auckland stuff.co.nz | And from today the public can get up close with an impressive piece of aviation history. The jet fighter had been in storage at the RNZAF base at Woodbourne and arrived at Ardmore last week in bits. The air force's fleet of 17 Skyhawks and 17 Aermacchi...

Jimmy Stewart taught Englewood man how to fly from War Tales by Don Moore | Jimmy Stewart taught former 2nd Lt. Nick Radosevich of Englewood, Fla. how to fly a B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II. The movie star must have done a good job, because the 21-year-old student-pilot flew 32 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe with the 8th Air Force. Included in his missions were the first...

Fairchild’s C-123 Provider — a walkaround the early reciprocating version from Travel for Aircraft | Fairchild’s design originated with the Chase Aircraft Company as an assault glider (the XCG-20), á lá Luftwaffe designs in WW II. Providers soon earned a reputation for ruggedness and ability to fly in and out of unprepared landing strips. Small aircraft and helicopters may keep things running at a remote location (outpost or firebase) but cargo aircraft are what determine the success, ultimately, since big boxy heavy things are needed. The C-123 fit the bill for the USAF....

A Tale of Two Waco RNFs from Antique Airfield News | This story was sent in by Andy Heins and Susan Theodorelos, in Dayton, Ohio. Andy runs the National Waco Club. In late May of 2006, I received a call from Mr. Bob Cardin, caretaker of the famous P-38 "Glacier Girl", owned by the late Roy Shoffner. Bob expalined that the Shoffner family had a 1931 Waco RNF that they wanted to sell and...

Photo: F-35B with weapons bay doors open from David Cenciotti | As flight testing continues, Lockheed Martin released new images of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. After the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with external stores, and the F-35 B flying for the first time with external weapons, including a never seen before white 25 mm gun pod on the...

The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | I work behind the scenes as part of a team of museum specialists supporting the upcoming exhibit Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There opening in March, 2013. I am the person who shepherds the objects themselves through the process. I photograph them, take their measurements, build specialized containers for them, bring them to their...

Delta jet rolls off runway - video.msnbc.msn.com | Video on msnbc.com: The airline is investigating after the plane’s brakes failed at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Felix Baumgartner, in a training jump for Red Bull Stratos.... from Bonjour BlueSky

The Site: Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos team searched for an appropriate location to send Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space from via a high-altitude balloon, ultimately choosing Roswell, New Mexico as its launch

Just for luck from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick During the Shuttle Program, Snoopy was the...