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Taking flight with the Thunderbirds - Sumter Item | Michael "Drago" Fisher, a member of the Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron, on Thursday at Shaw Air Force Base. McCormac spent about an hour flying in an F-16 experiencing many of the maneuvers the Thunderbirds will perform this weekend as part of ...

Red Arrows over Red Square: Display jets to fly over Moscow for the first time - Mirror.co.uk | Red Arrows jets are set to fly over Red Square for the first time as relations between the UK and Russia start to thaw. The deal comes even though RAF Tornadoes scramble monthly to chase Russian Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 Bear bombers out of UK air ...

HAPO Announces Air Show Lineup - Water Follies | As the Official Sponsor of Summer® , HAPO Community Credit Union is excited to present the following entertainment acts for the 2012 Over-the-River Air Show: Misty Blues, All Woman Skydiving Team; Lucas Oil Bi-Plane; Acemaker, T-33 ...

QC Air Show May Become A Free Event - KWQC 6 | Now officials of the Quad City Air Show want to make it free to get in. This announcement comes in the midst of a conflict over money for the air show. Last week KWQC reported that Davenport's Airport Commission wants to nearly triple the rent for the ...

Students tidy up air show grounds - News-Press Now | Students and teachers from the Colgan Alternative Resource Center helped the Missouri Air National Guard clean up Monday after the Sound of Speed Airshow. The activity was part of the United Way's BEST Program, said Jodi Bloemker, the agency's ...

AirShow Saturday May 5th at the Airport - Sand Lake Community | 2012 GREAT ALASKA AVIATION GATHERING Saturday May 5th 9am to 5pm FEDEX Maintenance Hanger Over 275, aviation only exhibitors featuring the latest techno...

2012 Planes of Fame Airshow from Randy Rothhaar Photography | Home from a great weekend shooting the 2012 Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, CA and looking forward to June and a trip to the airshow in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

It's all over! The Planes of Fame 2012 Airshow. ~ Inventor Tales | That's because this weekend was the Planes of Fame airshow in Chino, Ca. It was a great weekend of volunteer work, that was exhausting, and exhilarating all at the same time. So for your enjoyment, (if you'd like), here are a ...

May 8, 2012 A special jump from Ely Air Lines | We heard some great stories over the weekend and they’re the kind too good not to share. The first is but another example of the generous nature we find often within the aviation community....

Flying Fortress makes annual stop in Hayward - San Jose Mercury News | A B-25 pilot, Kimber and his crew had specialized in blowing up bridges at the mountainous border between Italy and Germany during the last months of the war. His flying career over, Kimber was headed home to work at a poultry breeding business founded ...

The Hendon Model Show from RAF Museum London News | FREE MODEL SHOW Sunday 20th May On Sunday 20th May the Royal Air Force Museum London will be hosting the 4th annual Hendon Model Show. This is a free model show for enthusiasts and members of the public with a programme that includes static model displays, interactive activities, plus competition classes for all models. Classes include: Aircraft 1/72nd and smaller; 1/48th and smaller; and 1/32nd and larger. Military Vehicles: 1/48th and smaller; and 1/35th and larger. Plus figures, dioramas, marine craft, Space and Sci-Fi, Vehicles, Scratchbuilt and Junior...

Jimmy Doolittle, The Curtiss R3C-2 And The Schneider Trophy Air Race (1925) from AirPigz by Martt | The same Jimmy Doolittle that led the raid on Tokyo in 1942 (that we just remembered with the 70th reunion) also won the Schneider Cup air race in this Curtiss R3C-2 about 17 years earlier. He was an amazing man and pilot living in an amazing era... an era that I admit I wish I had been born to live in. Aviation from the 20's thru the 50's evolved in way that I honestly find hard to believe. And seeing airplanes like this Curtiss R3C-2 stirs my emotions in a way that honestly that no airplane designed in the 60 years can do. So many of the aircraft designed and built in the 20's and 30's have something that I believe is very, very special deep in their DNA. It's a Rocketeer quality of design and construction that today's aluminum or composite flying machines can't come close to touching. You may not agree, but to me, THOSE were the days!...

World War II veteran Robert Pospisil remembers those who 'paid the price' with ... - Orlando Sentinel | Pospisil was a gunner on a B-17 that flew out of Ridgewell, England. When the war in Europe ended, Pospisil was with his bomber group "waiting to come home." "Of course, we were all concerned whether we'd be sent to the Pacific theater," he added...

“A UNIQUE programme is being arranged for a meeting which... from x planes  | “A UNIQUE programme is being arranged for a meeting which is to take place at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, on Thursday, Sept. 26th. There will be the usual exhibition flights from 3 o’clock - weather permitting - of course; and at 7.30 p.m will commence the first illuminated flying fête....

“Hester performing a night flight over Ocean Park,... from x planes | more

Restored Avro Anson bomber ready to fly - Stuff.co.nz | There's also international interest in the plane – it's the only airworthy-certified Avro Anson Mark 1 in the world, and is destined for appearances at Warbirds Over Wanaka and other airshows as they come around, including at Omaka in Marlborough...

Douglas C-47/DC-3 “Cheeky Charlie” - pacificaviationmuseum.org | Douglas C-47/DC-3 “Cheeky Charley” Twin-engine Military Transport and Cargo Aircraft with a Crew of Three Key Points The C-47 “Gooney Bird” was a military version of the Douglas DC-3, which entered service in 1936. The DC-3 is one of the …

Pristine Spitfires Found in Burma from Ares by Christina Mackenzie | This story is not about JSF, or Rafale or Typhoon or Gripen but about one of the world's legendary planes: the Spitfire, a large number of which – up to 120 – were found in almost pristine condition in Burma last February and are now going to be returned to the UK....

demons: Soviet Yak-9 fighters escorting a A-20 Boston bomber... from Planeshots

Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting Set for May 16 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Missouri Aviation Historical Society is a group of folks with a love of aircraft, and we are striving to record and document the rich aviation history that has been a part of the great state of Missouri for the past century. From Benoist to Zenith, the aviation industry in the "Show Me" state has always been at the forefront of...

Cessna Demo Day and Civil Air Patrol Aircraft Display Hosted by Air Associates at Spirit of St. Louis Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | Air Associates of Missouri hosted Cessna Demo Day to encourage interest in pilot training and general aviation.  As a Cessna Pilot Center, Air Associates offers the most modern equipment and training methods...

Book Club... Flight For Control from Flight To Success | Last night I hosted a book club meeting in my home with my eldest daughter and her group. Yes... Flight For Control is for everyone!

Skydivers Jump From Cessna After Power Loss from Aero-News Network | Pilot Makes Dead Stick Landing In Field Normally passengers stay with the airplane during a loss of power incident, but on Saturday in Hoke County, NC the rules were rewritten. Around noon a Cessna 206 (similar airplane pictured) took off with four jumpers aboard heading out to a parachute demonstration in Fayetteville. The plane experienced a power loss climbing through 1,100 feet which prompted the skydivers to exit the aircraft.