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Blue Angels Announce New Boss For 2013-2014 - WKRG-TV | The US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the commanding officer for the 2013-14 seasons during a press conference at the National Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., May 1...

Blue Angels and blue skies today - PNJ | ...The Navy's flight demonstration squad is set to fly at 8:30 a.m. today and Wednesday at the National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd., at Pensacola Naval Air Station....

Its official..Robins Air Show breaks previous attendance records - The Warner Robins Patriot | Attendance logged in at 180000, well over the last air show's tally of 150000 back in 2009. Robins Installation Commander Mitchel Butikofer added his personal thanks – here's what he had to pass along. “Robins Air Force Base salutes the thousands of ...

Duluth Air Show Names Franken As Honorary Chair - KDAL | DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The 2012 Duluth Air Show has named US Senator from Minnesota Al Franken as honorary chair of the event. Among the attractions at the Air Show on September 22nd and 23rd are the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, a Czechoslovakian and ...

Fly past marks opening of 'showcase' visitor centre - Canada.com | And as dignitaries lined up to heap praise on the $4 million project, the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds display team swept by in nine-man diamond formation as a tribute. A tenth Snowbird plane was on site - a newly refurbished Tutor jet that has ...

Red Arrows recruitment drive - ITV News | The Red Arrows are holding trials for new recruits following the tragedies which have recently affected the squad. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging died when his plane crashed during a display in Bournemouth. Sean Cunningham was killed when he was ejected ...

B-29 'FIFI' Returns, Offers Flights at AirVenture 2012 - www.airventure.org | The Commemorative Air Force's iconic Boeing B-29 bomber 'FIFI', the world's only remaining flying example of the aircraft, will return to Oshkosh this year for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. Along with the airplane's usual appearances in static and flying displays at Oshkosh, AirVenture attendees will...

Frederick airport 'most female-friendly' - www.aopa.org | It's official: Frederick Municipal Airport, the home base of AOPA, is the most female-friendly airport in the United States. Local pilots flew 242 women and girls out of the airport on March 10 to secure the national title.

Collings Foundation Freedom Tour Making Stops All Across Southern California - Examiner.com | On the tour are two WWII heavy bombers, a B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” and the rare B-24 Liberator names “Witchcraft”. Along with the tour is another rare plane, a twin seat, twin control TP-51C “ Betty-Jane” in the older less seen Razorback body ...

Clouds, rain dampen attendance at Va. Festival of Flight - AOPA Pilot | After touring the country, the airplane will be featured at EAA AirVenture this summer, where VanGrunsven is expected to take the controls. Later this year it will go on permanent display in EAA's AirVenture Museum. Also on hand at Suffolk was a ...

Aircraft Spruce Canada 2012 Fly-in - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Aircraft Spruce Canada will be hosting its annual Super Sale & Fly-In on Saturday June 2nd from 8am-3pm at 150 Aviation Avenue on Brantford Municipal Airport. Brantford, Ontario, Canada – Aircraft Spruce Canada will be hosting their annual Super Sale ...

Indian River County Community Calendar, Updated April 30 - TCPalm | LoPresti Aviation Charity Breakfast: Speaker, Patty Wagstaff, six-time recipient of the "First Lady of Aerobatics" Betty Skelton Award. Sebastian Airport, 210 Airport Dr. East, 9-11:30 am, May 5. $8. Benefits "Because We Care" for Veterans and their ...

Citizens of London, remain calm: this is an exercise from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | It's about to get even busier in the skies over London, with a major (well, by UK standards at least) exercise to test Olympic security plans to be conducted from 2-10 May. Dubbed "Olympic Guardian", the activity will include operations with a pair of Eurofighter Typhoon interceptors from the...

F-16 Yaw Departure Flight Test Video - multiplyleadership.com | At very high angles of attack, the F-16 fuselage creates a de-stabilizing sideslip force that the aircraft rudder cannot overcome, and the aircraft departs controlled flight. Additionally, the F-16 has a...

Photo: U.S. F-22 Raptors landing at Moron airbase, Spain, on their way to the Persian Gulf from David Cenciotti | The following pictures, taken by Antonio Muñiz, show the F-22 Raptors from Holloman landing at Moron airbase, in Spain, on Apr. 17, 2012. As already explained with many exclusive details, the six 49FW F-22As were on the first leg of their scheduled deployment to the Gulf. The stealth fighters departed again for their final destination, Al Dhafra, in the UAE, on Apr. 20....

Some F-22 Fighter Pilots Don't Want to Fly Troubled $79 Billion Jets - ABC News | A "very small" number of the 200-something stealth F-22 Raptor pilots have requested to either not fly the next-generation fighters or to be reassigned altogether, Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage told reporters Monday. "Obviously it's a very sensitive ...

Here’s the (updated) shape of the badass Stealth Black Hawk chopper revealed one year ago by the Osama Bin Laden raid from David Cenciotti | As many readers of this blog already know, I’ve begun studying the possible shape of the so-called “Stealth Black Hawk” or “Silent Hawk” since the first pictures of the helicopter that had crash landed at Abbottabad, in Pakistan, during the Osama Bin Laden raid (officially named “Operation Neptune’s Spear“), appeared on line. Based on the...

This picture proves the importance of fighter jets camouflage schemes for survival from David Cenciotti | Although the majority of modern combat planes sport overall grey color schemes, there are still some scenarios where (pretty cool) camouflage color schemes are still important for survival....

EAA 822 Breaks Their Own Young Eagle Record Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Wetumpka Airport based Experiment Aircraft Association Chapter 822 continues to perfect their Annual Spring Fly In event. For over a decade, the group has focused on introducing youth to aviation with a free flight, the Young Eagles program. A kid magnet with activities that delight all ages, it is a family day at the community airport that draws hundreds from around the rural area...