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2012 Florida International Air Show: Excitement and charity - Examiner.com | Children stood wide-eyed as the US Navy Blue Angels fired up their engines and a high-pitched whine filled the air. As the team began to taxi their F/A 18 Hornets toward the runway, hot exhaust blew through the crowd of spectators. “Wow!...

167th Airlift Wing gives update on 2012 open house, air show - Martinsburg Journal | Finagin will demonstrate the aerobatic capabilities of the Pitts S2C, a light, highly maneuverable aerobatic bi-plane designed for air show performances. Wells will perform twice each day. One performance will be in a Bucker Jungmeister,...

“The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2... from Planeshots | “The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2 (BuNo 9269) was converted and fitted with a hand-operated retractable landing gear, designated XF11C-3. 27 production models were delivered starting in October 1934...

City's high flyers entertain the lunchtime crowds - New Zealand Herald | A thrilling display of flying entertained the lunchtime crowd above Tauranga's downtown waterfront when the RNZAF's Red Checkers once again showed why they are New Zealand's elite aerobatic team. Flying wing tip to wing tip and trailing ...

Rare P-51C Mustang and RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit Honoring Tuskegee Airmen to Appear at the Carolinas Aviation Museum from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will host the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P51-C Mustang honoring the Tuskegee Airmen April 11-14....

German 240-Way Record Attempt from Bonjour BlueSky | German 240-Way Record Attempt, ,they came close, however did not...

RNZAF 75th Anniversary from PPRuNe Forums

Veterans group helps heroes get their due - Fayetteville Observer | Another veteran who sought the foundation's help was Vincent Fonke of Fayetteville, a B-17 pilot and German prisoner of war, who received his awards more than 60 years after the war's end. Fonke received the Distinguished Flying Cross and POW medal....

Are You Ready to Mentor? Women Soar is Ready for You! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Now in its 8th year, Women Soar You Soar is an EAA program to encourage girls in 9th grade to 12th grade that an aviation career is for them. The program takes place during EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh) from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29, 2012.  WomenSoar You Soar Chairwoman Debby Rihn-Harvey says...

Woman Pilots: Doris Abbate from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Doris Abbate had an infant and three toddlers at home when she soloed in 1959. This was on Long Island at Zahns Airport, Amityville. She flew in a J3 Piper Cub. She earned her license in her own Tripacer, 8801C, followed by her commercial, instrument and instrument ground instructor ratings....

To Dream the Absolutely Possible Dream from Flight Monkeys | If manned flight is the culmination of mankind’s collective dreams, and there is certainly significant evidence that it is, the today’s official launch of Sun ‘n Fun 2012 is the realization of those dreams for hundreds of thousands of...

Seattle Fun from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Last week I arrived in the jumpseat of Alaska Airlines after an 0200 wake up, a sim session, and a canceled flight. Despite landing 2 hours later than my house guest, we hit the ground running. A meeting at Aviation High School for the Fly It Forward event, an early dinner at Anthony's Home Port. Then the fun began....

1929 Ford Tri-Motor a blast from aviation past - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | The Experimental Aviation Association's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor tour stopped at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Monday, Mar. 26th. The EAS is offering ride in the vintage aircraft through Mar. 28th. The aircraft, nicknamed the "Tin Goose" was ...

Three rescued after balloon gets trapped in power lines from Pilot News Magazine  | A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire, trapping a woman and two men 15m in the air. The balloon’s canopy wrapped round live cables just after 18:00 BST on Sunday, at Bozeat near Wellingborough. Firefighters had to wait about four hours before receiving confirmation the power was off and beginning the rescue....

Vintage Flying in Australia from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Some of you may remember our story from a few years back about running into Roy and Primrose Fox at Oshkosh. Hailing from Australia, and possessing wonderful personalities, we quickly took a liking to them. Roy and Primrose were there because Roy had brought his Comper Swift and Klemm to the show and I couldn’t believe our luck of running into them....

Wingtip To Canopy – The Blue Angels from AIRBOYD.TV

Largest-ever paper aeroplane launches in Arizona - Wired.co.uk | By Duncan Geere The world's largest paper aeroplane has been launched at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona, measuring 13 metres from tip to tail. The plane, which weighs 363kg and has a wingspan of 7.3 metres, flew for close to 10 seconds at...

Back when NASA use to do stuff from Military Photos by C.Puffs | Was looking through my space pics and saw this one. Kinda depressing. There's 3 X-15s, the HL-10, the M2-F2, the M2-F1, and an F-5 Skylancer in this pic. (Amongst others.)

Video: NASA Launches a Rapid Fire Five-Rocket Barrage to the Very Edge of Space from POPSCI | After a couple of delays, NASA finally launched its five-rocket barrage into the upper atmosphere this morning in an attempt to study the winds at the very edge of space. The ATREX (Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment) mission successfully lobbed all five rockets into space from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with 80 seconds of separation between each rocket, creating a dazzling display of fireworks for anyone who happened to be awake and watching on the East Coast at 4:58 a.m....

"Space Heroes" Named in South Carolina from Spaceports | Passion, honor, and perseverance launched three South Carolina natives into history books and into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. "Space Heroes" chronicles the...