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John Birch Rescued Survivors of 1942 Doolittle Tokyo Raid - John Birch Society | See the 10-minute video, The Adventures of Captain John Birch (also posted at the bottom of this article) for a brief account of John Birch's role in rescuing Doolittle's Raiders. There is further information about John Birch's rescue of Doolittle's...

Watch the skies for historic B-25 fly-in - Dayton Daily News | James Doolittle's raiders flew when they bombed Japan. Eighty men were on the mission. Five are still living. Operators of today's privately owned B-25s are flying in this week to Grimes Field at Urbana, supported by the Champaign Aviation Museum there ...

Barnstormers storming to the Midwest this year from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman | If you can get to North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Illinois this summer, you’ll have a chance to drink in some mighty nice antique aircraft and hang out with the folks who fly them. The American Barnstormers Old-Fashioned Tour is making its every-other-year appearance in August. Weather permitting, you’ll see 14 aircraft and their costumed pilots, and even purchase a ride...

Sky's the limit - Timaru Herald | SCARY: MX2 aerobatic aircraft in a "death spiral" piloted by Doug Brooker at the Warbirds over Wanaka. CLASSIC SHAPE: A Spitfire piloted by owner Doug Brooker brings down the curtain of the day's events. HIGH DANGER: Members of the New Zealand Air...

Wings of Freedom tour brings WWII vintage aircraft to French Valley airport - Valley News | The show will feature WWII vintage aircraft including a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" heavy bomber, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" heavy bomber, and a North American P-51 Mustang. Visitors will have an opportunity to learn more...

KSU Aviation Heritage Fair Moved Back to September - Patch.com | The Aviation Heritage Fair features activities for both the flight enthusiast and casual fan. Event admission and parking are free. There is a cost for airplane rides. It's an all-day event of aviation activities with a pancake breakfast,...

WWII Heritage Days Sat-Sun in PTC - The Citizen.com | A part of Peachtree City will be transported back to the 1940s this weekend for the annual World War II Heritage Days festival hosted by the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing. The ninth-annual event features battle reenactments, vintage aircraft,...

Veteran pilots to speak Tuesday at Pioneer Air Museum - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | by dermotcole Veteran pilots Al Wright and Holger Jorgensen are to share stories about the early days of Alaska aviation Tuesday at the Pioneer Air Museum in Pioneer Park. The 7 pm gathering is free and open to the public....

Tuskegee Airman to get stolen medal replaced from Air Force Times - News | GARY, Ind. — Officials are working to replace a Congressional Gold Medal stolen from the home of a 93-year-old man who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen, a unit of black fighter pilots who served during World War II...

WWII Veterans honored with flight to DC - Live 5 News | For the first time in his life the World War II veteran arrived in Washington, DC aboard South Carolina's 11th honor flight. Started in 2008, South Carolina Honor Flight is a program designed to salute veterans for all they gave to protect the country...

Dr. Charles “Rosy” Rosewall, 90 - Faribault County Register | Based in England with the 8th Air Force Division the following spring, Lt. Rosewall flew missions over Germany until his B-17 was shot down in August 1943 in the Schweinfort-Regensberg raid on a ball-bearing factory, a mission during which the 8th lost...

Dorsal defensive position of a Ju 188 from x planes | “View of the movable dorsal defensive position of a Ju 188 E-1 or F-1..The LLG 131 turret, with its kidney-shaped armour glass, was armed with an...

Kansas senator plans aviation events in Wichita - El Dorado Times | He will later address the Aero Club. The roundtable discussion is similar to others Roberts has been holding with community leaders on health care and agriculture throughout Kansas. US Sen. Pat Roberts will be meeting Wednesday with aviation industry...

Former Astronaut Eileen Collins to Speak at Bunker Hill Community College Commencement from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | BOSTON, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Eileen M. Collins, the first female commander of a NASA space shuttle mission, will speak at Bunker Hill Community College's 38th Commencement exercises on June 2, 2012.  The College expects to...

How NASA Moves Space Shuttles: The Ultimate Piggyback Ride from SPACE.com | A step-by-step guide to shuttle Discovery's last journey.