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Open house and air show sparks inspiration in local community - McGuire Air Force Base | by Airman 1st Class Ryan Throneberry 5/13/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ -- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst opened its doors to the public for the first day of a two-day open house and air show here May 12...

Bunbury skies to be filled with air aerobatics - Bunbury Mail | BUNBURY will be treated to an exciting air show as the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes make their way across the country for the Perth Air Show. The Roulettes will conduct a 10 minute formation aerobatic display opposite Bicentennial Park tomorrow ...

Volunteers Needed For Thunder Over the Boardwalk - Atlantic City Weekly | You can be part of the action when the Atlantic City Airshow “Thunder over the Boardwalk” roars into Atlantic City on Friday, Aug. 17, from 10am-3pm. A variety of volunteer positions are available the day the airshow takes place. If you are a fan, ...

P-51 Soars Gloriously Than Ever Through Team Strega - P51 Models | ...Meet Team Strega and its glorious P-51 aircraft named “Strega.” Strega is a highly modified P-51 Mustang, and a nine-time Reno National Unlimited Gold Class Champion...

Warplanes will be joined by hundreds of classic cars this weekend in Paso. - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | Within the walls of the Estrella Warbird Museum are massive momentos of the prices paid, the people and pieces of history lost, and those what made it out. "That's a 1942 Harley Davidson motorcycle that the Harley Davidson people made 25 or 30 thousand...

Lack of air show funds means veterans' parade cut - Waterloo Record | Veterans are upset that the Waterloo Air Show has cut their parade from the schedule and isn't offering a tent for veterans either. Stan Guthrie, the former president of the Waterloo branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and a veteran ...

Authentic B-17 'Yankee Lady' To Visit Pellston Airport - St. Ignace News | The “Yankee Lady,” the Yankee Air Museum's restored World War II B- 17, will visit Pellston Regional Airport during the grand opening for the airport's new facility for rescue and snow removal equipment, which is Saturday, June 9....

Brand spanking new Coast Guard C-130J performing sensor tests.... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | Brand spanking new Coast Guard C-130J performing sensor tests. Not sure what that entails but it sure looks cool! Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City C130J in flight over...

Final Flight - Don S. Bryan from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | ...We were at a Georgia airport where the Veterans had gathered to see P-51 Mustangs decorated in their signature blue-nosed markings.  Like many of these events, a crowd of "groupies" showed up, hoping for autographs and handshakes...and Don loved to play along....

China touched by Calloway - Monroe News Star | Some of China's top military personnel requested the meeting with Calloway and other members of the Flying Tigers. The 13-member Chinese delegation included Gen. Liang Guanglie, state councillor and minister of national defense for the People's ...

Rescue Pilots to be Presented Distinguished Flying Crosses - US Department of Defense | Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz will present two Distinguished Flying Cross medals with valor, each, to Maj. John B. Creel and to Col. Christopher Barnett during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, May 18, 2012, at 11 a.m EDT in the Airman’s Hall on the 4th floor, A-ring, apex of Corridors 9 and 10.  Both officers will receive the medals for two separate engagements during which they had to fly through firefights and a blinding sandstorm to evacuate critical casualties while simultaneously protecting U.S. and Afghan forces on the ground...

When is a Hellcat not a Hellcat and how can I get one? by travelforaircraft | I walked into the Wings Over Miami Air Museum not long ago. I drop in when I get the chance as the museum displays, temporarily stores and restores aircraft — more often than not something new is there. I walked in to specifically see the Demoiselle replica modern. I saw it and photographed it, then — hold on!..

Panetta orders restrictions for F-22 flights - msnbc.com |Cnbc's Jane Wells reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered flight restrictions on the F-22 jet, due to continued oxygen supply problems in the jet.

Florida Antique Biplane Association and Florida Cub Flyers May Newsletters from Antique Airfield News

Eighty-one year old aerial flour bomber - Bay Post/Moruya Examiner | BY JOSH GIDNEY Eighty-one-year-old Elizabeth Gallagher, of Malua Bay, was given a unique Mother's Day present by her daughter Fran Devonald on Sunday – the opportunity to flour bomb a target from an aeroplane during Moruya Aero Club's Open Day....

Episode 197 – APG Listeners Rock from Airplane Geeks Podcast | ...We cover such topics as long, long takeoff rolls, pilots who seee UFOs, and airbags in A320 seat belts. We have...

Stuck Mic #24! from Toriaflies | If you haven't noticed, episode #24 of the Stuck Mic AvCast is out.  We’re back in action this episode with comments on the Cessna 421 crash in Florida, unmanned aircraft systems, Carl’s interest in model airplanes and rocketry, flying at non-towered airports, the definition of an airport non-movement area with a quiz included, references to Pontiac, MI KPTK airport, the sleeping tower...

International Learn To Fly Day event to take place locally - Petoskey News-Review | A Young Eagles Flight Rally will also take place during the event. Area youth ages 8-17 will have the chance to take to the skies in an attempt to get young people interested in aviation. Experimental Aviation Association members will fly area youth on ...

X-47B gears up for summer milestones from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | In recent months, Pax River personnel may have noticed a new, uniquely shaped tailless aircraft on the runway, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D). “This summer will be full of activity as the team braces for X-47B’s first flight here and arrival of the second X-47B air vehicle from...