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The Blue Angels' new 'Boss' is living his childhood dream - Pensacola News Journal | Greg McWherter, left, welcomes Cmdr. Tom Frosch, center, as the next commanding officer of the Blue Angels following the announcement at the Nation Naval Aviation Museum by Rear Adm. Bill Sizemore, right, Tuesday afternoon...

Skytypers will spread word during air expo - Sumter Item | Even if you don't make it out to the Shaw Air Expo this weekend, it'll be hard to miss the message that the GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team is in town. Those at Shaw Air Force Base for this weekend's Shaw Air Expo and as far away as 15 miles will be able ...

Planes of Fame Air Show This Weekend - ChinoHills.com | Planes of Fame Air Museum, in conjunction with the County of San Bernardino, is proud to present "Air Show 2012: Turning the Tide". The public is invited to Air Show 2012 to commemorate this historical turning point defined by key events in WWII...

Ticket giveaway: Indianapolis Air Show - Indianapolis Business Journal | The Indianapolis Air Show takes over the Indianapolis Regional Airport June 23-24 and you can take the family—or a couple of friends—by winning one of two four-packs of tickets in this week's contest. All you have to do is enter here and name your ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: French Navy Rafale M Solo Display for Yeovilton from Flightline UK | An aircraft at the cutting edge of naval airpower will return to RNAS Yeovilton for its annual Air Day on 23 June. Living up to its name, the Dassault Rafale (‘Squall’, or ‘Hurricane’) will tear through the skies over this key Royal Naval Air Station. The Dassault Rafale M is the French Navy’s most modern frontline fighter and it’s no stranger to Air Day, examples having attended the show on several previous occasions. However, this will be the first time it will...

Third annual Barnstormers' Air Festival set for Saturday - Jennings Daily News | As part of that day, EAA Chapter 541 will sponsor the Third Annual Barnstormer's Air Festival from 9 am to 4 pm at the Jennings Airport Saturday, May 5. For the complete story and more local news, please subscribe to Jennings Daily News by clicking ...

ARROWS TRICOLORI kick off the 2012 season with the usual PERFORMANCE OF A FACE May 1 from Aviation-Report.com (translated) | tricolor arrows acrobatic kick off the 2012 season rivoltoIeri May 1, 2012, as usual the Tricolour Arrows have started the 2012 season acrobatics. More than 4000 people attended the event from the air base Addressed (UD) based in 313 Squadron aerobatic team. At the end of the exhibition the Chief of Staff of the Air Force in January Bernardis,...

Soaring with the Snowbirds - Canadian Skies | Twenty-five years after he first flew the Tutor, Canadian Skies' test pilot, Rob Erdos, tries out for the Snowbirds. Wednesday May 2nd 2012 - Story by Robert Erdos | Photos by Capt. JF Dupont & 2LT. Olivier Gallant In February 2012, Canadian Skies' ...

Snowbird Tudor soaring permanently over Vancouver Island Visitor Centre - Comox Vallety Record | A SNOWBIRD TUDOR is hoisted gingerly atop a support pole for permanent display at the Vancouver Island Visitor Centre. By Erin Haluschak - Comox Valley Record It was up, up and away for a Snowbird Tudor jet Friday morning, although this particular ...

Moody, Valdosta relocate historic landmark from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Moody crash recovery units responded to downtown, Valdosta April 24 to 25, to recover an aircraft that has been a historic landmark in town since the early 1960s. The F-86L Sabre, which has been on display for decades at the corner of Ashley Street and Woodrow Wilson Drive, will undergo an extensive refurbishment before being put on permanent display at George W. Bush Air Park at Moody Field....

le Strutteur from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | It is great to hear that the remarkable French Memorial Flight association have flown their rare Sopwith 1&1/2 Strutter.  It's a magnificent restoration (though nothing less is expected from these craftsmen) and bears what is one of the most eye-catching schemes from any era of aviation...

Four Typhoons fly in for Olympic exercise - Uxbridge Gazette | FOUR Typhoon interceptor aircraft flew in to RAF Northolt this morning (Wednesday) in preparation for the Olympic Games. The aircraft arrived from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, swooping in low over Ruislip Gardens at about 11.40am...

Sound of jets practising over Comox Valley 'way beyond normal' - Comox Vallety Record | Floyd Trotter explained he, along with his wife and neighbours are concerned with noise produced by the plane, which is training with the Snowbirds for the next week. "I measured the noise outside and it registered at 115 decibels," Trotter explained.

Win a private display from the Trig aerobatic team at your home airfield! - Pilot Web | ...The challenge: To mark the launch of Trig’s new compact 8.33kHz VHF radio, we are inviting you to fly either 8.3 miles, 83 miles or even 830 miles from your home base, (you decide) and take a winning photograph that will be novel, engaging or plain impressive and wow the judges. We hope you’ll have fun planning your flight and taking part....

Deaf, Blind Students Take Flight - Twin Falls Times-News | For four years, the 'Young Eagles' program has given students from the Gooding school a new perspective of their homes. Students from ISDB in Gooding flew on EAA 'Young Eagles' flights on Monday. GOODING • Nestled in the back seat of a small plane, ...

Soyuz spacecraft’s search and rescue helicopters from David Cenciotti | Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft with Expedition 30 crew members landed at Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Apr. 27, 2012, when the capsule brought Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin back to Earth from more than five months on the International Space Station....

Aviation group given talk on Allied raid anniversary - Horncastle News | AVIATION Heritage Lincolnshire (AHL) has hosted a 70th anniversary talk about the Augsburg raid. The talk was held at the Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa, 70 years to the day after the daring low level daylight bombing raid on the MAN diesel factory in ...