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Kyle Franklin, One Year Later - from AVweb Top News | Amanda Younkin Franklin died from injuries she sustained in a crash with her husband Kyle Franklin nearly one year ago, and at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun fly-in we had the opportunity to ask Kyle how he's doing. Kyle was at the back of the airshow performers' hangar when AVweb's Glenn Pew found him. The two spoke for about half an hour. Kyle still wears the...

SUN 'n FUN offers family thrills in Lakeland, aviation style - ABC Action News | The SUN 'n FUN campus showcase a world-class concentration of vintage, warbird, homebuilt, factory built, rotorcraft, ultralight, light sport, hot air balloon, aerobatic and current military aircraft that add to the memorable experiences for SUN ʼn FUN ...

AOPA Live at Sun 'n Fun 2012 - Final report from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | AOPA Live at Sun 'n Fun 2012 - Final report thumbnail Wrap up report from Sun 'n Fun 2012, including a B-29 flight with a WASP that flew the Super Fortress during the war, new inititatives from AOPA to improve GA, and an autopilot that won't let you stall...

"High Winds" UCAP #278-foxtrot from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Saturday Morning, March 31. UCAP Daily. Jack and Dave recount the past 24 hours at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Recorded March 31, 2012.

Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show brings in 75000 on first day (photos) - al.com (blog) | The US Navy Blue Angels perform a demonstration at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport during the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show on March 31, 2012. (Chris Pow / al.com) 2012 Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show gallery ...

Tuscaloosa air show brings back memories for Tuskegee Airmen - Tuscaloosa News | 7An estimated 75000 people attended this year's show, headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team. But as Carter and Richardson can attest to, the show contained much more, including the P-51 Mustangs, demonstrations by the US Army ...

RIVERSIDE: Cloud cover can't stop air show - Press-Enterprise | BY JERRY SOIFER The first jet flying in the 20th Riverside Air Show on Saturday never left the ground. Cloud cover was 800 feet at the time the air show was scheduled to start, postponing all flights and skydiving. The only planes in the air were the ...

RIVERSIDE: Friends and family greet pilot - Press-Enterprise | Mike McKee on Friday after he flew an A-10 Thunderbolt II jet fighter into the Riverside Municipal Airport for display at the Riverside Airshow, which was held Saturday. More than 20 friends and relatives including Mike's first flight instructor, ...

Aerobatics display team to perform in the skies above Hatfield - Times 24 | For organisers of the classical picnic proms have confirmed The Blades Aerobatic Display Team will also make an appearance in the skies above Hatfield Park on Saturday, July 21. The 12th annual Battle Proms picnic and firework concert will once again ...

Refunds for Air Show ticket holders - Newstalk ZB | State Highways One and Three were heavily congested as people tried to make their way to the air show today, which saw some people face delays of three or four hours. Some people were so put off by the congestion, they just decided to go home...

People Travel in From Across the U.S. for Acclaimed Night Air Show - The Ledger | For Steve Bruss, his wife and three boys, the night air show was the reason they traveled all the way from Minneapolis, Minn., to Central Florida. "We've seen the night air show at Oshkosh (Wis.), so we've seen [a night air show] before and some of the ...

The Isle of Wight's annual White Air festival - Adventure Blog | White Air – the pumping adrenaline, the reverence of one's peers and the feat of putting one over nature that's what feels about this fest. Says Phil Maynard who had a shot at understanding the extreme sports culture. Being a...

Flying museum landing in Chandler for Airport Dayz - East Valley Tribune | Sentimental Journey, a B-17G WWII bomber owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will be on display at the Chandler Airport this month during Chandler Airport Dayz. Flights: B-17 — $425 per person; SNJ — $325; PT-17 — $175; L-16 —$95.

Alaska Aviation Museum Hall of Fame inducts new pioneers - Examiner.com | A gatherthing or Alaska's most famous and well known aviation families met in Anchorage the evening of March 22, 2012 to honor the efforts of pioneer aviators. This year's Alaska Aviation Museum Aviation Hall of Fame recipients are AA Bennett, ...

Joseph Earl Regan, 88 - Kitsap Sun | He was assigned to the ball turret and on his 15th mission, February 3rd, 1945, Joe's B-17, "BIG DOG," was hit by an 88mm Anti Aircraft round and the entire crew bailed out. Joe was captured was a POW for the next 3 months. He was liberated from Stalag ...

Double Double - The Story of the Zwillingsbiber Beaver - Vintage Wings of Canada | On Wednesday, August 11th, 1954, a tired looking and disheveled Dieter Zwillingsbiber, wearing the same overcoat as he did when he was captured in 1945, was shoved out of a drab green army van in the town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in East Germany. Waiting at the gate of the former Heinkel Flugzeugwerke factory were four former German POW Camp guards under guard by American MPs, all looking terrified and ashen in the early morning mist. This was the very spot, where nearly a decade before, Zwillingsbiber had surrendered to advance units of the Soviet Red Army, sent to capture technologies, intellectual properties and aerospace talent. Instead, they captured Zwillingsbiber....

Amandine, a fighter pilot - The Union | Become a fighter pilot is part of its ongoing skyline. Also no shortage does not go on the BA 112 "Marine Commandant-the-Meslée" where she met then Captain Virginie Guyot, future leader of the Patrouille de France...

Photos: Teterboro aviation museum opens cockpits of vintage planes, trucks - NJ.com | The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey opened its cockpit doors on Saturday to give visitors a view from behind the controls of historic aircraft. As modern planes from Teterboro Airport flew overhead, ...

Old engine starts for Malev anniversary from Roger-Wilco by steve | The party took place at the outdoor aviation museum near Budapest Ferihegy airport and one of the special treats was the coming to life, after more than 20 years of silence, of the left engine on one of the exhibits, an IL-14 in the original Malev livery....

Hangar 10 faces demolition after 84 years of history - Tulsa World | Tom Clark, president and owner of Tulsair Beechcraft, said it is unsettling to watch two structures fall that are landmarks in the city's aviation heritage and a part of his family's history. "It's very emotional, but reality is reality," Clark said....

'Fly Navy' sign becomes instant landmark - U-T San Diego | The commander of all Navy air forces, a three-star admiral called the “air boss,” has his office at North Island. And the base also is home to the majority of West Coast helicopter squadrons, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier...

Cessna Employees Rally And Raise Funds For Wounded Veterans Mission from AvStop | Cessna Aircraft donated $25,000 on behalf of Cessna employees to benefit the Veterans Airlift Command at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Florida. The Veterans Airlift Command (VAC) is a nonprofit organization that provides free transportation for injured veterans. Cessna has designated a Citation Mustang, named "American...

MAPS program brings aviation history to life for students - Canton Repository | Ronald Armitage leads a group of Canton South students on a tour of MAPS Air Museum Thursday morning. By Gary Brown “You guys are the first of 1000 kids who are going to go through here,” said Kim Kovesci, executive director of MAPS Air Museum at...

Youth serves the future of the Commemorative Air Force - AOPA Pilot | A new generation is blazing a trail into history, and securing the future of the Commemorative Air Force. The organization, founded in 1957 by Lloyd P. Nolen and a small band of ex-military aviators, is reshaping an image of a group once ...

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