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Duluth Airshow Announces Airforce Heritage Flight - Northland's NewsCenter | By KBJR News 1 Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - A tribute to generations of the Air Force will take to the skies at this year's Duluth Airshow in September. The Heritage Flight features a state of the art fighter and a vintage fighter flying ...
   
VIDEO: Fly high at the Wings, Wheels and Warriors airshow - Inside NoVA | InsideNioVA Managing Editor Steve Pendlebury flies with Team Oracle's Brian Norris to watch aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker practice for the Manassas air show on May 12. (more) Aerobatic flying star Sean Tucker gives a thumbs up as he prepares for a...

Aerial acrobatics fly into Metroplex - Celina Record | A major airshow, Take to the Skies AirFest, is about to take over the Metroplex during Memorial Day weekend, May 26-27. The event will begin both days at 10 am at Mesquite Metro Airport, 1340 Airport Blvd. The...

Military to boost presence at air show - Waterloo Record | WATERLOO REGION — The Snowbirds won't be the only military act at this year's Waterloo Air Show. Joining the headlining troop this year are the Canadian Forces CF-18 demonstration team and — for the first time — the parachute team, the SkyHawks...

Screech skydives with the Golden Knights - Washington Post | By Sarah Kogod Nationals mascot Screech tweeted these pics of himself skydiving Thursday with the US Army's Golden Knights. This excursion could have gone wrong in so many ways (note the Golden Knight holding Screech's head on), so I'm glad the lovable ...

Warbirds flying high - Fraser Coast Chronicle | Warwick Henry is ready to show off his Stinson Sentinel at the Wings, Warbirds and Wheels air show in Maryborough. WARPLANES will swoop on the Maryborough aerodrome this weekend for the Wings, Warbirds and Wheels spectacular. The two-day air show, ...

The Patrouille de France celebrates Joan of Arc - CommentCaMarche.net | In Orleans, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc and the traditional holiday of the same name, the Patrouille de France this weekend will illuminate the sky with aerobatics. Throughout this year, ... 

EAA Statement Sparks Concerns from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AirVenture Cup race
organizers are seeking to clarify a communication they received Thursday from EAA that they say could put the future of the race in question. An e-mail sent Thursday from Chad Jensen, EAA...

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Timeless Voices - Evelyn Bryan Johnson from eaavideo.org | Evelyn "Mama Bird" Bryan Johnson passed away on May 10, 2012 at the age of 102. She started flying in 1944 and stopped flying at age 96 in 2005, having logged 57,635.4 flying hours. She was the oldest flight instructor in the world at the time.

B-17 pilot honored for World War II heroics — 67 years later - Chicago Daily Herald | By Marie Wilson That youthful feeling of invincibility was part of what helped Elmer Wulf, Hugh “Robbie” Robinson and their crew survive a Valentine's Day, 1945, assault on their B-17 bomber and an emergency landing in rugged terrain during World War ...

Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum holds Volunteer Recognition - Savannah Morning News | The Museum recognized the one hundred and twenty B-17 City of Savannah's Restoration Crew members. Native Texan, Tommy Garcia, a nationally recognized warbird professional was among the volunteers that were present at the event...

P-40 Discovered After 70 Years from AVwebFlash Current Issue | An early model RAF Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk (Warhawk) wearing markings from the 260 Squadron and likely lost in 1942 was found last month largely in tact in western Egypt's Al Wadi al Jadid desert. The aircraft has been photographed sitting on its belly with the canopy nearly closed. It is suspected to be that of...

Podcast: OpenAirplane Reinvents Aircraft Rentals from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | AVweb speaks to OpenAirplane's Rod Rakic for more details about his company's plan to make renting aircraft easier and more affordable for pilots — and more profitable for aircraft owners.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Great time-lapse photography from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Readers may be familiar with the annual Great Reno Balloon Race, which is held over three days each September.  (The event's Web site provides more details.)  The good people of...

Soumya Saklani from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Originally from India, Soumya began moving about since 1997 to destinations such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. In 2009 he became a ‘Singaporean’ but in 2010 moved and made his home in Ghana....

“Daredevil aviatrix Gladys Ingle is seen here as she... from x planes

Tinker B-1 program awarded James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence award from Air Force Link Top Stories | The B-1 System Program Office from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., earned an Air Staff-level award recognizing the Air Force Materiel Command program office with the most improved aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness performance....

Young Eagles fly up, up and away - Fruita Times | After weeks of planning for a “Young Eagles Day” by the EAA members at their regular monthly hangar meetings for this special day, it was finally here. And the weather was fantastic. No wind, warm sunshine and Colorado blue skies.

The latest tech in meteorite hunting: zeppelins from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Space.com has an interesting photo essay on the hunt for meteorites generated by the April 22nd daytime fireball that thrilled Western Nevada and California.  What I found most interesting was the research aircraft!

Shuttle astronaut at Armstrong Museum Sunday - LimaOhio.com | Gregory H. Johnson will be at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum from 1 to 2 pm Sunday preparing for his appearance at this year's Summer Moon Festival in July. Col. Johnson, who piloted the space shuttle Endeavour on two missions, will autograph awards ...

Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies from RGJ.com | Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89...