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Four MORE Records Set By Whiteside/Team Steadfast - AAFO | On April 23, 2012 Will Whiteside and Team Steadfast set four more Official Records for speed in two classes...The uniqueness of this aircraft and team place them in the very unusual position of...

Pilots prepare for nearby air show with Houma 'fly-over' - Houma Courier | “I got calls of aircraft on fire, but they were using smoke like you have seen in airshows. Their maneuvers seemed impressive, but they were restricted from populated areas. “They were practicing for a Destrehan 'fly-over' tribute to the few remaining ...

‘Spooky’ at Virginia Festival of Flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | An unusual AC-47D gunship of the Vietnam era, known as “Spooky,” will be part of the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight this coming weekend, April 28-29...

50th Anniversary of spacemodelling in the FAI - Special Awards Ceremony - World Air Sports Federation | National Association of Rocketry (NAR) - USA – This organisation established spacemodelling and adopted the first competition rules that became guidelines for all similar activities in the world. It has also been the organiser of two FAI World Space ...

The most interesting, dramatic (recent) helicopter pictures from all around the world from David Cenciotti | ...Marine One with U.S. President Barack Obama on board lands into the South Lawn of the White House on Apr. 18 at the end of a day trip to Ohio and Michigan....

Weiser marine named Aviator of the Year for rescue mission role - KBOI-TV | J. Eric Grunke, pictured here at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, April 24, has been named Marine Corps Aviator of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association. The MCAA gives the award to the pilot who makes the most outstanding ...

Yak-50 Engine out and crash landing from cockpit from TAKEOFF TUBE | During the recording of a watch promo commercial video this Yakovlev Yak-50 had an engine failure. The pilot was forced to perform a emergency landing. Note that Yakovlev Yak-50 manual suggests to land on grass and with the landing gear up in this condition. Good job!

Air museum on track - Northern Star | It is funded for the most part by the Evans Head Airpark which will develop the site to include a residential air park and an aviation heritage centre. "The primary objective of the association is to promote heritage aviation at the Evans Head Memorial ...

F-35 latest: refuelling tests, complete with external weapons from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | The Lockheed Martin F-35A on April 21, completed the programme's first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Test aircraft AF-4 was fitted with...

Air Zoo blasts off with summer camps from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is offering a variety of aviation and space-related camps for kids ages 4-17. Full and partial scholarships are available, museum officials note. Summer camps include...

FlightAdventures to Strabourg Entzheim from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton (translated) | FlightAdventures, a center of aviation simulation "new generation" has just moved to the Strasbourg International Airport. Exclusive and included among the levers of revitalizing the airport, the center will open to the public in May. Raring for a unique device in Europe! From Toronto (Canada), the simulator more than two tons was flown to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Technical feat, the unit was divided into four subsets to adapt its size to the size of an airplane. Delivered April 13 by truck to Strasbourg airport, it was installed, assembled and tested in 10 days, by a team of two engineers in Canada and Australia. The simulator FlightAdventures now stands at the heart of an area of ??200 m2, on the floor "business" of the airport...

Faith and Skydiving - Milam Byers | ...Then I got an invitation to an event called ‘Leap of Faith’. An event for Gold Star family members (If you don’t know what a Gold Star family is, click here. And, my personal story at Ransom here.) It’s focus would be learning how to take steps past grief and then literally ‘jumping’ into a new season of life. The best part…the Army Golden Knights would be our hosts. They are the best in the world–The Blue Angels of the skydiving world. A once in a lifetime opportunity. A story for my children. A connection to a lost brother. I couldn’t say no....

Morley parachute jumpers kee it in the family - Morley Observer | (NS) A MOTHER and daughter duo have leapt from an aeroplane at 15000ft in aid of the British Red Cross. Tracy Latham, 47, and her daughter Holly, 16, were inspired to take the plunge after visiting the Red Cross's headquarters and museum in Geneva, ...

Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Space Plane (Infographic) from SPACE.com | Sierra Nevada Corporation will use its Dream Chaser space plane to fly astronauts to the International Space Station. See how it works in this SPACE.com infographic.

SpaceX reschedules launch for May 7 from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust | A day after announcing they wouldn’t make their previously scheduled launch date of April 30, SpaceX announced it has set a new launch date of May 7 for its Dragon demonstration mission to the International Space Station. “NASA and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have approved SpaceX’s request to set May 7th as the target launch date for...