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FA-18D crashes at Virginia, Beach VA from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - The Navy confirms that a two seat F/A 18D jet has crashed in Virgnia Beach Friday afternoon.  Grazia Moyers, spokeswoman for the Virginia Beach Police Department, said just before 12:30 p.m. what police believe is a military aircraft has gone down...

Navy F/A-18D crashes into Va. apartment complex
from Air Force Times - News by Staff writer
An F/A-18D Hornet from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., crashed Friday into a two-story apartment building in nearby Virginia Beach...

Blue Angel Practice at the National Naval Aviation Museum - WKRG-TV | The Blue Angels are back in Pensacola for their practice sessions and you are invited. Practices begin at 8:30 am** and last about an hour. Admission to practice is FREE and open to the public. In addition, following most of the Wednesday practices, ...

U.S. Navy Commemorates Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - Sacramento Bee | A series of public events will continue in additional cities across the nation this year, featuring Sailors and Marines, US Navy & international warships, the Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team, as well as equipment and static displays...

A look at Lakeland's annual Sun 'n Fun event - Orlando Attractions Magazine (blog)
By Jane Dunkelberger The 38th Annual Sun 'n Fun expo took place last week at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The annual event is sort of like a spring break festival and air show for pilots and airplane enthousists. There were many food choices, ...

the Blue Diamonds, circa 1960 (via) from x planes

Catch "The Restorers" Tomorrow!! - Hemlock Films | Tomorrow Hemlock Films will kick off our theatrical tour of The Restorers - They Were All Volunteers.  Starting in St. Paul, MN, The Restorers will screen at the Minnesota CAF’s home base. Then the tour moves on to Cleveland, Ohio to screen at the Capitol Theater....

Warbirds take to the skies at aircraft event - Daily News - Galveston County | By TJ Aulds TEXAS CITY — B-17 bombers, Mustang P17s and other forms of military aircraft will make sorties in the skies Saturday over Texas City. No it's not an invasion, rather members of the Texas City RC Club are showing off their skills flying ...

Tens of thousands expected for Warbirds airshow - 3News NZ | By Dave Goosselink Perfect flying and viewing conditions are forecast for this year's Warbirds over Wanaka airshow, and tens of thousands of people are expected to fill the Central Otago airfield over the weekend. One plane that will feature in the ...

Veteran takes flight in his stride - Otago Daily Times | He has rarely travelled in one and had never been to an airshow before visiting the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow yesterday. The only time he sorely missed the presence of an aircraft in his life - specifically an air force - was when he ...

Red Arrows return for Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Air Show - This is Somerset | The Red Arrows will return to Weston-super-Mare this summer at the resort's annual air show. The Royal Air Force aerobatic team will perform on day one of the two-day show, which is being organised by the owners of the resort's Grand Pier and takes ...

Red Arrows to return to town - Weston & Somerset Mercury | During the Grand Pier air show, the world's only aerobatic formation wing-walking team, the Breitling Wing Walkers, will perform a breathtaking sequence of acrobatic manoeuvres and handstands while strapped to the top wings of the team's beautiful ...

Model airshow at aviation museum - Louth Leader | THE Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is set to give aircraft enthusiasts a special treat this Easter - when it hosts a Large Model Airshow. The event is set to run on Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 9. And the amazing models on display at the ...

Breckenridge plane crash preliminary report to be released next week - ReporterNews.com | By Denise Blaz Findings so far about the cause of a Breckenridge plane crash Wednesday that claimed the life of 77-year-old pilot Howard Pardue will be released early next week, a National Transportation and Safety Board investigator said Thursday...

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

WWII veterans share history and now a friendship - HeraldNet | Nugent followed Unruh on Wednesday afternoon into a small room filled with his personal collection of World War II memorabilia. Nugent, 88, said he became a B-17 pilot after enlisting in the United States Army Air Forces in November 1942...

Is the hunt for Amelia Earhart finally over? - Ottawa Citizen | In 1937, the world's most famous female aviator vanished while flying around the globe. Now, a new search hopes to prove that she survived a crash-landing, only to die on an island within reach of rescue. By Charles Bremner, The Times, London April 6, ...

USAF Museum trip — a friend’s impression by travelforaircraft | It is good to have friends and I have always believed that much of a person’s value can be assayed in the quality of their friends. I have a few of the 24k quality and one of them is Jayne Davis who traveled to Dayton Ohio to be in a wedding. Either in spite of, or because of, the hubbub leading to that eventful day she asked there were any photos she could take for me in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. What a gift :) This museum has added many exhibits since I was there two years ago and prime among those were the additions of three early “Key Hole” spy satellites: the KH-7 Gambit I, the KH-8 Gambit 3 and the KH-9 Hexagon....

Jeremy Carlisle from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Jeremy Carlisle—someone I’m proud to call my friend—has reached out on numerous occasions and touched my world with his kind words, and stories he’s shared through glimpses into the window of his life. Sometimes I wonder if he’s a pilot with wings of an angel. As a vocational trainer for adults on the Autism Spectrum, caring is what he does for a living—when he’s not flying that is...

Another excerpt from Cloud Cuckooland, by Harald Penrose. In... from x planes | In the chapter “A Forgotten Air”, Penrose includes an account of a flight by early aviators Graham Gilmour and Eric Gordon England, in a Bristol Boxkite over Wiltshire on 12th April 1911. Penrose revels in this account of the flight from the pilot’s perspectivse, and then crosses into personal recollection after the pilots have stopped to “ask for directions”:...

Skydiving grandad takes to new heights - Bexley Times | “I have promised my family that I will save up to do a wing walk,” he said. The grandfather of two has volunteered at the hospice for 15 years since retiring. After a long career first in the navy then with the police he wanted to continue doing ...

Student soars, credits mentors for successes - Indiana Statesman | By Jessica Squires Kay Brown poses with her mentor, Melanie Abel, both members of Indiana State's Air Race Classic Team (Photo submitted by Melanie Abel). Junior professional aviation flight technician and aviation management Kay Brown plans on passing...

Terrafugia Soars with Mass Interest at the NY Auto Show - CleanTechnica | You want to be in the air flying straight to your destination, avoiding traffic and the restriction of following a roadway while enjoying the view from the air. If it were only an electric aircraft … it could also be whisper silent...

Air Museum hosts annual Space Expo - Reminder Newspapers | At the New England Air Museum, the history of local connections to significant air and space achievements are highlighted and documented. During the museum's annual Space Expo on April 1, NASA astronaut and test pilot Rick Searfoss enthralled a ...