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Thunderbirds and thunderstorms: Keep your eye on the sky this weekend - Sun-Sentinel | Kevin Sullivan, the West Palm Beach-based air boss, said the show could be halted if the cloud cover becomes too low or visibility too poor. "If there is rain of a significant nature, we will delay the show until it's clear," he said...

CBS4 Rides Along On A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird - CBS Miami | CBS4's Vanessa Borge gets the ride of her life during a ride-along with a member of the elite U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team, the headline act at this weekend's Lauderdale Air Show...

F-22 Demo Team talks about weekend show - The Warner Robins Patriot | The f-22 Raptor. Two F-22s landed at Robins yesterday after a brief display of the speed and maneuverability of the high-tech aircraft. Various community dignitaries were on-hand to see the aircraft and speak with the men who pilot them...

'All you need to know' for this weekend's Robins AFB Open House and Air Show - The Warner Robins Patriot | by Gene Rector Here's what you need to know about this weekend's Robins Air Force Base Open House and Air Show. First, it will be a spectacular feast of sight, sound and patriotism … a chance to roam the flight line, rest in the shade of a massive C-5 ...

Planes of Fame Airshow Preview from Photorecon | On May 5th and 6th, the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino California is going to open its hangar doors and roll out some of the finest examples of restored aircraft in flying condition from years past.  This year’s airshow honors the turning of the tide in the Pacific in 1942.  The airshow [...]

Peoria air show won't happen in early June, if at all - Peoria Journal Star | By JOHN SHARP There will be no PNC Air Show along the Peoria riverfront in early June, as originally planned. It could be another week before an announcement of an alternative date is made or if the show will be canceled this summer...

Win a seat at Tennessee Air Show - Murfreesboro Post | NASHVILLE - Social Flights, the fastest-growing, web-based private aviation network in the US, is holding a drawing for two sets of tickets for two to The Great Tennessee Air Show. The Great Tennessee Air Show runs May 12-13 at the Smyrna Airport in ...

United we fall: US Army parachute team thrives on heights and violent speeds - ReporterNews.com | Set to perform today at the Dyess Big Country AirFest, this elite group of parachute performers went into the skies above Abilene on Friday to rehearse their routine. As they plummet toward the earth, group members interlock in elaborate formations ...

RNZAF celebrates 75th anniversary - Stuff | Swords were drawn and bayonets fixed as the ceremonial flags flew high through the streets of Auckland this morning as the Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated their 75th anniversary....

Hot-air balloon festival canceled - Andrews Journal |  The Up, Up in the Air Fair scheduled for Saturday, June 2, will be put off for another year to give the Andrews Chamber of Commerce more time and better financial footing to ...

B-25 crowd helps area businesses - Springfield News Sun | The event saw 20 B-25 Mitchell bombers and their crews fly into the city to honor the Doolittle Raiders. The 12000 visitors didn't include hundreds of additional visitors who stood outside the air field as the bombers departed for a ceremony at the ...

Vintage Wings of Canada launches flight season - Canadian Skies | The organization brings together aviators and aviation enthusiasts, who maintain a fleet and participate in flight activities and the promotion of Canada's aviation heritage. It offers educational programs and guided tours (by reservation only) of its ...

Pearse's first attempt to fly 'was in 1909' - Stuff.co.nz | The would-be aviator's attempts to fly in 1909-10 came to nothing and newspapers at the time said Pearse struggled to accomplish anything other than short hops into the air. Martyn notes that Pearse bought a farm near Milton, south of Dunedin, ...

Bristol Aero Collection: Storage sought - BBC News | The exhibits charting 100 years of the city's aviation history must leave the hangar where they are currently displayed in November, when the lease runs out. The exhibition closes to the public on 28 May to give a working party six months to pack it ...

Planning continues for new USAF Airman Heritage Museum from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Efforts are underway to expand the Air Force’s enlisted heritage museum here. The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation plans to modernize the USAF Airman Heritage Museum with a new facility to be located on what is becoming Lackland AFB’s Heritage Campus. The site location, at the North end of the [...]

Podcast: 'Hell Above Earth' from AVweb Top News | A new nonfiction book by Stephen Frater unearths a twisting tale about a B-17 bomber pilot of German descent who flew for the U.S. in World War II, the co-pilot under secret orders from the FBI to kill him, and the lasting friendship they shared despite all the intrigue. Frater spoke with AVweb's Mary Grady about how he tracked down the story.

British Invasion from Randy's Journal | ...All of our Dream Tour stops have been wildly popular, but seeing the passion for the airplane here in Britain for myself was something special....

Waterway to open early for historic aircraft - Schenectady Gazette | State Canal Corp. officials will be opening the locks along the Mohawk three days early so the Skyknight and two other historic warbirds can pass through the system en route to their final home at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville...

Final Langley F-22 arrives in Virginia from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Here is tail number 10-4194, the penultimate Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor built for the US Air Force arriving at Joint Base Langley-Eustis near Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was flown in from the...

50 Ways to Space Out - airspacemag.com | Looking for ways to celebrate a half century of spaceflight? Here's fifty of 'em.

Sonic Cruiser returns, quietly from Flightblogger by Stephen Trimble | You thought the Sonic Cruiser was dead -- sacrificed more than nine years ago for the 787-yielding Super Efficient. Maybe you also thought Boeing was never really...

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USS Intrepid Hit By Norwegian Star Before Space Shuttle Enterprise Flyover - Huffington Post | "This morning at approximately 8:30 am, a Norwegian Cruise ship grazed Pier 86, the home of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, as it was turning to pull into Pier 88," an Intrepid staffer confirmed in an e-mail to DNAinfo.com....