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New Smyrna Beach Sky Fest performer flies in memory of wife - news-journalonline.com | When Kyle Franklin performs at the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest this weekend, he'll be flying in the memory of his wife and former pilot, Amanda Franklin. A few weeks before he was scheduled to perform in New Smyrna Beach last year, Franklin and his wife were performing their signature wing-walking routine at an air show in Texas when their plane's engine lost power and crashed. The fire that erupted caused life-threatening injuries and burns to both pilots....

Florida International Air Show in SWFL - WZVN-TV | Starting Saturday, you can catch some of the coolest sights in Southwest Florida's skies as the Florida International Air Show kicks off this weekend at the Punta Gorda Airport....

Florida air show packs punch for lovers of aviation - aviationpros.com | "In my 24 years here, this air show has by far the largest show schedule I have ever got into," said air boss Bob Hall, adding that fans will be "wowed" by the large and loud Super Hornets. The air show is scheduled for 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and ...

Robins April air show schedule to offer jammed array of flights, exhibits - The Warner Robins Patriot | Patty Wagstaff will return with a low-level, competition-style aerobatic demonstration. She is a six-time winner of the "First Lady of Aerobatics" Betty Skelton Award. She will be joined by the Commemorative Red Tails Squadron, the Liberty Jump Team, ...

A major air show in Bromont - Regional portal - Granby | Bromont the show will be attended by Pete McLeod, the first Canadian (and the youngest driver) to join the Red Bull Air Race. The chairman of the board of Bromont airport, is excited about this new show....

Air Show Adds US Navy Hornet Demo Team - The Dispatch | The Black Diamond Jet Team will be a new performance coming to Ocean City in 2012 as well as Mike Goulian, a former Red Bull air racer, and the aerobatic team Mike Wiskus and the Lucas Oil Pitts. Returning this year will be the GEICO Skytypers, ...

Air show aces prepare for takeoff in Flagler - Daytona Beach News-Journal | It's big and it's bad and it will be parked at the Flagler County Airport this weekend for tours during the Wings Over Flagler air show. The US Air Force C-130 Hercules, weighing in at about 100000 pounds, ...

Planes take to sky for Parafield Airshow - News Review Messenger | TAKE OFF: Tammy Augostin with one of the planes that will be flown at the Parafield Airshow. Picture: Noelle Bobrige REPLICA Spitfires, helicopters and antique aircraft will take to the skies this Sunday (March 25) for the Parafield Airshow...

Air show organizers buoyed by weather outlook - Brownsville Herald | “We think there's a lot of excitement out there about the air show with the weather looking beautiful for the weekend — and the fact that the last few weeks have been terrible weather-wise,” he said. “I think people are going to be excited about ...

Red Arrows set to return to blockbuster 2012 Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | COMING soon to a seafront near you ... a blockbusting line-up for this year's Bournemouth Air Festival was last night announced at a spectacular launch event. A thrilling twilight display just off Bournemouth Pier by the SWIP team twister duo gave an ...

Arrows tricolor return to furrow the sky Timpa of Acireale - BlogSicilia.it (Translated) | March 23, 2012 - After the show, 2 and 3 June in Rome and the first international exhibition of Bodo in Norway, the Tricolour Arrows will return to Sicily for a unique exhibition has already been defined: one that will hold the National Aerobatic ...

World War II aircraft on display at San Marcos Muni - San Marcos Mercury | World War II-era aircraft, including a rare Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and other bombers and fighters, will be on display at the San Marcos Municipal Airport March 26 through March 28. The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour says the B-17 is ...

Hightower makes mark on EAA management - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Jim DiMatteo has been hired as vice president for AirVenture and Miracle on the Hudson co-pilot Jeff Skiles has joined the organization as vice president of chapters and youth education. "Our chapters and youth education (leaders) reported three layers ...

SNF Tornado Husky Update - AOPA Pilot | But returning to Lakeland, Florida, where it was tossed about by the infamous Sun 'n Fun tornado in 2011 (and earned its “tougher than a tornado” monicker) was perhaps the most challenging outing from a weather standpoint. The 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-In ...

Shorpy.com Image: Intrepid Aviators Circa 1911 - Hang On! from AirPigz by Martt | When you click the image above you'll get a big hi-res version over at shorpy.com, and it'll give you a really up close view of these two intrepid aviators believed to be somewhere near Washington D.C. and around the year 1911. The expressions on their faces are really interesting to me, along with the idea that there doesn't appear to be seat belts of any kind installed! I've never studied the issue of aircraft seat belts, but I believe it was pretty common in that era to simply trust in the idea of 'hang on'....

8 Crazy Amelia Earhart Theories - msnbc.com By Jake Heller | The search for Amelia Earhart has been given new wings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement that new evidence may help to solve the mystery behind the famed American aviatrix's disappearance. An enhanced photo taken by ...

The Women’s RAF - airspacemag.com | In World War II Britain, a new group of pilots answered the call to serve. | Years ahead of the United States in recruiting women to fly military aircraft from factory to base, the United Kingdom was also—decades later—a year ahead in awarding them medals for their efforts. When the accolades finally came, government officials in both countries called their missions crucial to achieving victory in World War II....

Short Hills woman featured in book Military Fly Moms - NJ.com | During Operation Desert Storm, Major Marie T. Rossi-Cayton, the first woman pilot in US history to fly in combat, died when her helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia in 1991. Various organizations, such as the WASP and Women Military Aviators, ...

Jenny Gao: Friday Fabulous Flyer from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Jenny Gao has been an Aviation High School Student and actively involved in her school’s ASB, Speech & Debate teams, and Science Olympiad team. She enjoys playing and listening to music, and has played the piano for her entire life. She also plays the violin and is in the Renton Youth Symphony Orchestra....

I Flew the U-2 - AirSpaceMag.com | One of Lockheed’s former chief test pilots for high altitude reconnaissance describes the joys and terrors of the U-2. | Marine Corps Reserve Major General Kenneth Weir (ret.) flew U-2s as a Lockheed test pilot between 1966 and 1993. A Marine aviator and graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School, Weir accumulated more than 19,500 hours in more than 200 types and models of aircraft....

RAF Cranwell base visit 23-3-2012 Part one - stickandrudderWTO | On the 23-3-2012 at 09.30hrs GMT  we all linked-up, at the sports stadium carpark at RAF Cranwell Lincolnshire for the day's base tour. This tour was a joint-venture between RAF Cranwell and North Kelveston district council who are based in Sleaford. Ft.Lt Andrew Graves or 'Digger' took us around the place of which included the flightline of which 54 (R) squadron could be seen with their Beechcraft aircraft doing day to day stuff. We were allowed to go on the the flightline and also look inside one of...

USAF fields first upgraded F-22 Raptors - Flightglobal | The US Air Force has begun to deploy Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors upgraded with enhanced air-to-ground strike capabilities to the operational fleet, starting with the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. "The 525th Fighter Squadron ...

Early Gunship — Spooky, the Douglas AC-47 from Travel for Aircraft | During the Vietnam War seemed to teem with strike aircraft ranging from helicopter gunships to strategic bombers. It was an asymmetric war fought against an opponent who often could afford to sit and out wait attacking aircraft loiter time and most likely to assault at night — especially the remote fire bases. Service men modified the noble C-47 Skytrain so that it could be a platform which could carry ammunition and fuel enough to stay on station for hours. Armed with three 7.62mm Miniguns that could be selected to fire at either 4000 or 6000 round per minute there was enough weight of fire to place a round every few feet over the area of a football field within three seconds. But those are numbers. The result meant that attacks could be broken and troop concentrations disrupted which was a welcome relief from the outnumbered fire base under siege or the patrolling infantry unit desperately trying to break contact. Carrying nearly four dozen flares a Spooky could also deny the nig ht, further taking initiative away from attacking forces....

45-foot-long paper airplane soars over Arizona desert - Fox News | Pima Air & Space Museum launches one of the world's largest paper airplanes across desert near Tucson, Arizona to ignite youth interest in aviation and engineering.Pima Air & Space Museum The giant paper airplane was dubbed Arturo's Desert Eagle after ...

Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun (March 23, 1912-June 16, 1977), one of the most famous rocketeers and advocates of spaceflight that ever lived. Accordingly, it is an appropriate time to reflect on his remarkable life and career. A longstanding “space cadet,” von Braun was an early member of the “Verein fur Raumschiffahrt” (Society for Spaceship Travel, or VfR). Although spaceflight aficionados and technicians had organized at other times and in other places, the VfR emerged soon after its founding on July 5, 1927 as a leading group that both advocated for spaceflight and worked to build rockets. Growing up in the VfR, Wernher von Braun became the quintessential and movingly eloquent advocate for the dream of spaceflight and a leading architect of its technical development....