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Blue Angels practices to resume March 27 - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels will not practice over Pensacola Naval Air Station today, a news release said. The team is expected to return to regular, scheduled practice demonstrations, which are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, starting at 8:30 am March 27...

Air races make plans to go ahead in September after tragic crash in last event - Bellingham Herald | Despite the deaths of 11 people, federal investigations and lawsuits seeking millions of dollars, organizers of the Reno air races are moving ahead with plans to hold the event again in September. Emails announcing ticket sales for the 49th annual ...

Questions Remain But Reno Air Race Tickets Go On Sale - KOLO | Investigations continue into last year's tragic crash, but Reno Air Race organizers are moving ahead with plans for this year's races. Tuesday they announced that tickets are now on sale. The announcement, in fact, comes as no surprise...

Fastest aircraft to jet in for this year's tattoo - This Is Wiltshire | TWO of the world's most potent fast jets are among a stellar line-up of RAF aircraft joining celebrations marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo. As well as displays by the RAF's frontline fighting force,...

Explore the world of our Tricolour Arrows - Associated Press (translated) | Skills and passion for flying are transformed into a spectacle of breathtaking performances Tricolour Arrows. Looking Air Force Base (UD), which since the twenties houses the training center of National Aerobatic ...

Podcast: Team Oracle’s Brian Norris – Warbird Radio | Safety Month continues on Warbird Radio LIVE with Team Oracle’s go to maintenance chief Brian Norris.  Tune in this Wednesday morning at 10am (EASTERN) and find out what it takes to keep one of the most recognizable air show flying machines operating safely.  For more information on Team Oracle just click on the...

Surprise planned for launch of Bournemouth Air Festival 2012 - Bournemouth Echo | BOURNEMOUTH Air Festival 2012 season officially kicks off tomorrow with a launch event that promises a surprise or two. Details of the launch at the pier are under wraps, but even those without an invite could see something special...

Red Checkers take to Auckland skies - The Aucklander | All eyes to the skies on Sunday, when the Air Force Red Checkers perform an aerobatic display over the Auckland Waterfront as part of its national tour to celebrate the RNZAF'S 75th jubilee. The Red Checkers' display will take place weather permitting...

World's Largest Aviation Maintenance Event, Aviation Week's MRO Americas, to ... - Sacramento Bee | By Aviation Week NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Week will present three co-located events, the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) Americas Conference & Exhibition, MRO Military, and Engine MRO Forum, on April 2-5,...

Sun 'n Fun Pays Tornado Cleanup Bills - Flying Magazine | By Stephen Pope / Published: Mar 20, 2012 Organizers of the annual Sun 'n Fun fly-in in Lakeland, Florida, say they have paid a substantial outstanding balance relating to last year's tornado, which tore through the show grounds and damaged dozens of...

Photo may be key to finding what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart - Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City | By Brad Lendon (CNN) — Investigators think they've uncovered a key clue that will lead them to solve the mystery of what happened to legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on a trans-Pacific flight 75 years ago...

Wright Bros. replica plane donated - WDTN | You'll see the 1902 glider in the main lobby at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park on South Williams Street. Officials at he WACO Aircraft Museum in Troy donated it. The original glider was the third one used by Orville and Wilbur at ...

'Tin Goose' bringing early airline history to SRQ - Bradenton Herald | 21, 1929, and was sold to Pitcairn Aviation's passenger division, Eastern Air Transport, which would become Eastern Airlines, according to the AirVenture Museum website. In 1930, the plane, NC8407, was leased to Cubana Airlines, and started service ...

Later Gunship — “First Lady” — the first C-130A, one of the first seven AC-130A modifications and more from Travel for Aircraft | The C-130 Spectre is the latest of a series of cargo aircraft converted to war wagons by the U.S. Air Force. Beginning with the relatively simple AC-47 Spooky (also know as Puff, the Magic Dragon) armed with three 7.62mm Miniguns which were aimed essentially with iron sights, through the AC-119 Shadow/Stinger until we reach the venerated AC-130 Spectre. This AC-130A seen below is an early variant with modern Spectres more heavily armed as well as more technologically sophisticated. But there was plenty of sophistication to this now retired gunship with various radars, searchlights, MAD gear and computer assisted aiming.

U.S. F-16 crashes in South Korea; pilot safe from Air Force Times - News | SEOUL, South Korea — The Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet crashed in central South Korea but its pilot ejected safely.

Areo club event a huge success - Busselton Dunsborough Mail | MORE than 2500 people took the opportunity to see a wide range of aircraft at Busselton Aero Club's Aerofest. Around 90 aircraft were on display at the Busselton Regional Airport. They ranged from a vintage DH Foxmoth to the most modern light aircraft ...

Black Crosses Off My Wingtips by I.F. Kennedy from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | Air combat is an important part of 20th-century air combat. The air force really started to have a major impact on the outcome of wars during the Second World War. InBlack Crosses Off My Wingtip, I.F. “Hap” Kennedy shares...

Human Birdwings from Military Photos | ...Something Leonardo DaVinci, my grandfather and I dreamed of for a long time. But this summer I decided to really start building it. ...

“Yes we can”: KC-767 refueling another KC-767 from David Cenciotti | Some of the readers of this blog have noticed that the text “Yes we can”, the catchphrase used by Barack Obama in his concession speech on Jan. 8, 2008, is written on the nose of the last KC-767A tanker (the MM62228/14-03) delivered to the Italian Air Force...

Ghosts of Gemini - Air & Space Magazine | Forgotten photos show the human face of NASA's early astronaut program.