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Team RV to Make First Appearance at EAA AirVenture 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI- Team RV, the world's largest air show team that combines precision formation flying and formation aerobatics, makes its first Oshkosh appearance in 2012 when it flies during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" - which is July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh....

Air show is gift to our community - Yuma Sun | Comments are still coming in about the Marine Corps air show that took place last month. What a magnificent performance that was! More than 50000 attended and many more enjoyed it from outside MCAS. Many of us would choose it as the top performance of ...

Kirby Chambliss – Lauderdale Air Show | Kirby Chambliss has spent so much time up flying his Zivko Edge 540's he now jokes that the plane controls and wings are a mere extension of his own arms. It's second nature. The former Red Bull Air Race World Champion, ...

Air show planned to save KZN airports - Independent Online | By Sharika Regchand A string of air shows is being planned to generate funds for six KwaZulu-Natal airports which are in financial trouble. The six municipal airports are in Newcastle, Pietermaritzburg, Margate, Richards Bay, Ulundi and Durban North... 

Mission Briefing: Doolittle Raiders 70th Anniversary Flight Prepares for Departure from NYCAviation.com | The World War II B-25 bomber known as Grumpy will soon make a historic flight commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid....

Here's a rare beauty for those who are looking for a special reason to donate... from Warbird Radio's Facebook Wall | Here's a rare beauty for those who are looking for a special reason to donate $500 to the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. This is 1 of only 6 prints signed by 4 of the surviving VMF-214 "Blacksheep" from WWII....

WWII Aircraft 'Executive Sweet' to Moberly airport - Moberly Monitor Index | A B-25 World War II aircraft “Executive Sweet” has been selected as one of 25 aircraft to attend the final Doolittle Raiders Reunion. Executive Sweet will be arriving sometime between noon and 12:30 pm at Omar Bradley Airport....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Falkland’s Figurehead Roars Back To RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day by Flightline UK | The participation of the mighty Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 in Air Day 2012 is an integral part of RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day’s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Campaign. Only recently pressed into service, the Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier FRS1s spearheaded the strike force sent by the UK armed forces to the South Atlantic region and the effectiveness of their involvement was recorded and celebrated. But the Falkland Campaign also saw a fleet of five aircraft, in the twilight of their UK military careers,...

Breckenridge aviator receives final salute - ReporterNews.com | On Wednesday afternoon, Pardue, 77, crashed shortly after taking off and performing a maneuver in his 1940s Grumman F8F Bearcat in preparation for an upcoming air show. Pardue's plane is reported to have made it off the runway before hitting the ground ...

FAA: Stunt plane victim was air traffic controller - Sacramento Bee | The two were flying a single-engine Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 designed for aerobatic competitions. It's unclear if the men were performing stunts when the crashed occurred. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kinitzer told the Salinas ...

Ready for a Regional WAI Conference? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | If you are planning to participate in the AeroExpo UK at Sywell, England, in May, save May 25th and be a part of the WAI Regional Conference at AeroExpo UK.  Secure online registration for WAI members is available...

Search for Amelia Earhart intensifies as 75th anniversary of aviator’s disappearance nears - Washington Post | Jon Thompson has traveled the world collecting art and artifacts for museum exhibits, seen the remains of the Titanic on the sea floor and participated in two unsuccessful missions to find Amelia Earhart. Now 72 and battling prostate cancer, Thompson is convinced he and a team from deep-sea exploration company Nauticos will finally be successful in finding the Kansas-born aviator’s plane, which disappeared with Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan in July 1937. He’s...

Helicopter Museum to hold 30th Anniversary Falklands Weekend from HeliHub.com News | An extra special Falkland’s Conflict commemorative event is to take place at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare on 19th and 20th May as part of the national ‘Museums at Night 2012′ campaign. Visitors to the museum will be able to meet the ‘troops’ at a living history encampment and military vehicle display on site before the [...]

The Red Hawks from Featured by Russ Albertson | U.S. Navy’s Premiere Advanced Training Squadron | Lieutenant Junior Grade Wes Tanner breaks away from us landing at NAS Kingsville. (Russ Albertson)VT-21, the “Red Hawks,” is one of the US Navy’s premiere advanced training squadrons, located at NAS Kingsville in southern Texas.  Along with VT-22, this base is home to Training Air Wing 2 and provides advanced jet training for new Navy and Marine Aviators....

LSA news from Sun ’n Fun from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | Whew! It’s over. Sun ’n Fun can be the busiest six days of one’s life ­— until the next one. I wanted to skim the very top of what I found interesting at the recently concluded show. Today I'll cover airframe manufacturers and follow up this week with more...

Enter AOPA Keep Em Flying Challenge from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Last week, AOPA announced the launch of the "AOPA Keep ‘Em Flying Challenge." The new AOPA challenge was inspired by the Georgia Air Challenge, which was hosted by the Atlanta Aero Club. It had 308 participants who flew an estimated 1,500 hours from July 1, 2011, through Aug. 12, 2011.  Steve Champness, president of the Atlanta Aero Club, felt the Georgia effort could be expanded, and worked with AOPA to create the national challenge....

Street-legal aeroplane unveiled at New York Auto Show - The Independent | A small aviation company has created the first car licensed to fly as well as drive. The Transition, made by Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, features two seats, four wheels and retractable wings, and was unveiled at the New York International Auto Show ...

PAL-V flying car must have commercial version in 2014 from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS (translated) |  Dutch company seeks investors to get 15 million euros. | It is estimated that the vehicle will cost between 250,000 and 500,000 euros. | The Dutch company PAL-V broke the famous phrase of Calderon de la Barca says that "the dreams, dreams are" the fantasy come true to create a flying car, whose commercial version can go on sale in 2014. "We are looking for investors worldwide to achieve the 10 million or 15 million missing to launch the commercial version of the flying car, and we expect this to happen in 2014 ', told Efe, Robert Dingemanse, a co-founder the firm.... 
 
NASA Jumbo Jet Arrives to Ferry Shuttle Discovery to Smithsonian - Space.com | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery's chartered ride to retirement has arrived. The modified-Boeing 747, known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here Tuesday (April 10). The jumbo jetliner came in from Dryden Flight Research Center in California to ferry Discovery to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., ...

Space Shuttle Discovery will fly over Washington area April 17 – Washington Post from Planenews Aviation News by gil | Weather permitting, the craft will fly at about 1,500 feet and the local flight is scheduled to occur between 10 and 11 a.m. that day, according to NASA. The agency will also be streaming the flight. After the flyover, the aircraft will land at Dulles International Airport. The aircraft is expected to fly near a variety of landmarks,...

Virgin Galactic is coming … but how will space tourism work? - The Conversation | The idea to air-launch came from Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites. Rutan is an aerospace engineer who is well known for winning the Ansari X-Prize in 2004, when his company successfully launched SpaceShipOne: the first privately-funded ...