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Reno Air Races face steep curve on NTSB proposals - KUSI | He said the Air Racing Association is awaiting a separate report by the end of the month from a four-member panel of pilots and regulators established in January to look at event safety. "We'd be foolish not to listen to (the NTSB) if they've found ...

RARA says one NTSB recommendation may make things worse - KRNV My News 4 | The President and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association, Mike Houghton, says RARA already working on implementing many of the recommendations presented by the NTSB Tuesday. But Houghton told News 4 one of those suggestions might actually make things ...

Jessica James Rides Along With the Blue Angels - KIII TV3 | They're a huge draw to Kingsville every time they come to town and already the Blue Angels are here in the Coastal Bend practicing for what is sure to be an amazing show. Jessica James is one of the lucky ones who had a chance to suit up and actually ...

'Thunder and Lightning' Coming to DM - Arizona Public Media | The Thunder and Lightning Airshow at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is this weekend, two days full of high-flying acrobatics. The feature act is the US Air Force Thunderbirds aerial acrobatic team, which arrived in town Wednesday afternoon...

2nd MAW pilot to fly local Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer - DVIDS | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC — An AV-8B Harrier pilot from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing will carry Medal of Honor recipient and native Kentuckian, Sgt. Dakota Meyer, through the sky above the Thunder Over Louisville air show, April 21, ...

Nato Tiger Meet from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | The Tiger Meet started out as a social meeting and progressed to it's current 8 day exercise where missions are flown. Tigers featured prominently , from aircraft with tiger markings, flight suits in tiger markings...

Air show this weekend at radio controlled flying club in Land O'Lakes - Tampabay.com | This Saturday and Sunday the gates will be unlocked at 6 am for pilot setup and the field will open to the public as the Bay City Flyers will host an air show attracting more than 50 pilots from across the Southeast. The Bay City Flyers ask for a $3 ...

Vintage Doolittle Raid Newsreel from eaavideo.org | As AirVenture 2012 prepares to pay tribute to The Greatest Generation in the Air, a look-back at some vintage World War 2 news reel footage describing the Doolittle Raid launched from the decks of the United States Aircraft Carrier Hornet.

B-25 'Executive Sweet' to Omar Bradley airport - Moberly Monitor Index | By Connie Duvall Community Development Director Tom Sanders informs the public to turn at Aviator Lane Thursday to view the B-25 Executive Sweet aircraft at the main entrance at Moberly's Ormar Bradly Airport will be closed due to construction.

Fantasy of Flight: WWII bomber crew members to appear - Orlando Sentinel | “Unspoken Valor: The Bomber Crews of World War II” features veterans who worked on giant aircraft such as the B-25 Mitchell, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator. Guests will interact with the airmen in Q&A sessions, which will be followed ...

John de Havilland 1918-1943 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | John de Havilland was a little under 25 years of age when he was killed during a test flight of a de Havilland Mosquito Mark VI, flying with flight test observer John H. F. Scrope, he collided in the vicinity of...

100 WWII Veterans Travel To Washington, D.C. On Honor Flight - News Channel 7 | 7 On Your Side's Robert Kittle was along for the ride as Honor Flight South Caroling flew veterans to Washington DC to see the World War II Memorial. (more) The Honor Flight group left early Wednesday from Columbia for the one-day journey....

Spiders on a Plane from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | SOPs, checklists and emergency procedures cannot prepare an arachnophobic jet team pilot for the eventuality of a big, hairy, scary tarantula dangling over his lap during a five-plane, line-abreast roll. By Rob Mitchell So there I was – on my way to the legendary Route 66 and to Tucumcari, New Mexico for their annual mid-week air show. The Tucumcari Air Show is a highly celebrated event during the fall, so popular in...

US Air Force to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the B-52 from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The US Air Force's Global Strike Command is planning on commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress on 15 April. The original event happened on 15 April, 1952, when the YB-52 prototype took to the air over Seattle, Washington...

MV-22 Osprey crashes in Morroco - two dead from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | A New River-based MV-22 Osprey crashed Wednesday during a military exercise resulting in the death of two of the four military personnel on the aircraft, according to military officials. The MV-22 Osprey was assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, according to a commander’s release....

Hunting P-84 Jet Provost T3A from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin | I had the awesome privilege of doing an air to air sortie with this aircraft, the only one of its kind in South Africa. Here’s a bit history on her and below are the images from the shoot. Hunting Percival Jet Provost T3 XM470 entered RAF service in June 1960. It’s first posting was to No.6 Flying Training School (6FTS) at RAF Acklington, becoming aircraft ’28′. Following a period of service with 1FTS at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, XM470 was moved to RAF Syerston in early 1966, where it...

Images of Light and Lift - Air to Air Photography from Another Time by Dan Linn | On numerous occasions Scott Germain has graciously allowed us to repost his awesome photography on this blog.  His Warbird photography has captured attention worldwide but one of my personal favorites is the Staggerwing photo above...

Aviation High School Alumna Selected for Prestigious Teaching Fellowship - Highline Times | Keiko Hiranaka, a 2008 graduate of Aviation High School in Des Moines, has been selected for a fellowship through the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. Keiko will graduate this spring with a joint degree in mathematics and computer science from ...

Bryan 5th Graders Learn About Aviation at Air Fair - KBTX | Coulter Airfield hosted the annual Noel Foundation Air Fair Wednesday morning as 80 fifth graders from Bryan ISD got some hands on lessons about math and science. Students got a chance to talk to pilots, engineers, and college students about ...

NASA Astronaut to Speak at International Aviation Symposium from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | NASA astronaut Randolph Bresnik will deliver the keynote address at the 46th International Aviation Snow Symposium luncheon on Tuesday, April 17, at the Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St. in Buffalo, N.Y. The luncheon begins at...

1st Man in Space: Film, Parties & Twitter Event to Honor Yuri Gagarin Thursday from SPACE.com | See what Yuri Gagarin saw and hear his mission audio track in a commemorative video.