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Navy targets War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations with PR blitz to improve ... - Washington Post | “We've been working on this for a long time,” Adm. John Harvey, commander of US Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, said last fall in announcing that the Blue Angels would perform in Virginia as part of the commemoration ceremonies....

Passengers Feel Zero Gravity on C-130 Ride - KEYC TV | For many people the highlight of this weekend's Air Spectacular will be the Blue Angels....But it takes a lot more than the 6 pilots and their jets to make it all happen including the c-130 carrier. For many people the highlight of this weekend's Air ...

Reporter Brian Shane tells of Thunderbirds' twists and turns - Delmarva Now | They will headline the OC Air Show, which kicks off today. / JOHN MILLEKER JR. IMAGE Reporter Brian Shane took a ride Friday with the Air Force Thunderbirds. The jet demo team performed at the 2012 OC Air Show...

Aerobatic Pilot, Musician To Perform At Shriners Fest - Tristatehomepage.com | Eyewitness News talks to Tim Weber -- the aerobatic pilot for team Geico who is also known for his musical talent. Tim Weber's passion for flying started when he was a little boy. He says he would bike to Turf Soaring School in Phoenix to stare at the...

Gary preparing for air show amid bustling lakefront construction - nwitimes.com | The 2012 South Shore Air Show will see many changes with Marquette Park construction, but one defining change to the weekend event is the addition of Beach Bash for Regional Charities, a charity event for local nonprofits. In years past, a VIP party...

Prairie Air Show awaits new date - Bloomington Pantagraph | PEORIA — Prairie Air Show 2012, originally scheduled for this weekend on the downtown Peoria riverfront, has been postponed. According to a statement issued Friday: “Prairie Air Show directors and city officials are continuing their negotiations and ...

Kingdon Airport hosts Wings 'N' Wheels RC Air Show - Lodi News-Sentinel | Wings 'N' Wheels, featuring and remote controlled airplanes and a classic car show, will be held this weekend at Kingdon Airport in Lodi. There will also be a bonfire on Saturday and camping is permitted free of charge. General aviation fly-in,...

Model airplane clubs to be featured at air show - Parkersburg News | A well-known act is preparing for another performance at the 2012 Air Show at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport in October. "The three local model airplane...

Hail storm grounds WWII B-17 bomber - Blue Springs Examiner | By The Examiner staff - localnews@examiner.net A freak hail storm in Colorado this week has forced postponement of the return of a restored World War II-era B-17 bomber. “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, ...

Team Working to get Aluminum Overcast Back in the Air After Freak Hailstorm from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | An impressive display of teamwork is occurring this weekend in Denver, Colorado, to get EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast back in the air after a surprise storm on Wednesday night pelted the airplane and temporarily grounded it.

Crew takes Sentimental Journey in Yuba County - Appeal-Democrat | For those who peer inside the bomber at this weekend's Golden West Regional Fly-in & Air Show at Yuba County Airport, those aspects might make a packed Southwest flight seem like a Lear jet cruise by comparison. But the pilots and service crew who take...

T-6 from Apron 6 | Today part 2 in the Orange Lion serie. After photographing the preflight routine of the Yak I went to the T-6, my photoship. The T-6 is not only a beautiful plane but’s is also an amazing photoship. The backseat can...

Marine killed in crash in WWII to come home - Quad City Times | The remains of the B-25 bomber co-pilot from Moline will be buried Thursday at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Any service medals he was awarded and his Marine officer's uniform will be interred with him...

D-Day commemorations offer troops a glimpse at past - The Fort Gordon Signal | Afterward, Charles Rivkin, US Ambassador to France, jumped with the Golden Knights, the US Army's parachute team. Then spectators, dignitaries, soldiers and veterans gathered on the grassy slope nearby for a series of commemorative speeches and wreath ...

An Allusion-Acrostic for Aviators from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | ...Davis is of another generation. However, his grandfather flew B-24 Liberators in WWII. Included in his logbook is the second run over Ploesti. Mr. Davis clearly knows of what he writes, and he has a real feel for the individuals who lived through the events that have come to be seen as the most astoundingly dramatic examples of aerial combat in human history. We’re very glad he sent his work our way....

Pilot killed in gyroplane crash - The Augusta Chronicle | The Fly-In, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association's Chapter 172, attracts small planes, ultralights, paraplanes and other aircraft like the gyroplane. Also known as gyrocopters, gyroplanes are small aircraft that use an unpowered rotor for...

Amelia Earhart: Artifacts reveal aviation pioneer didn't 'disappear' over Pacific - Alaska Dispatch | For decades, pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart was said to have “disappeared” over the Pacific on her quest to circle the globe along a 29000-mile equatorial route. Now, new information gives a clearer picture of what happened 75 years ago to Ms. Earhart ...

Non-Profit Girls With Wings Soars North With Support from Alaska's Famous ... - PR Web | The goal of Girls With Wings is to use women in aviation to inspire girls to achieve their full potential by understanding that anything is possible through hard work, commitment to education, and a tireless pursuit of personal achievement...

Phantom Phorever!!! Wittmund hosts last F-4 Spotter Day. For real Phantom Phreaks from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jun. 5, Wittmund airbase, home of Germany’s last operational F-4 Phantoms the Jadgdeschwader (JG) 71 “Richthofen”, hosted a Spotter Day. Possibly the last one before the entire fleet is eventually retired next year. Unfortunately, the Spotter Day didn’t feature any flying activity, and the venerable “Rhinos” were only in static display...

These people really love to fly - CNN | ...Searching online later for more about their aircraft, she learned that Lockheed Martin was inviting Twitter users to apply to attend a ceremony marking the delivery of the last F-22 Raptor to the U.S. Air Force. Carson had only been Tweeting for about a year when her application was accepted to the Lockheed Martin "Tweet Up," which brought Twitter users together in May to tour the Georgia facility, meet and greet F-22 pilots, have free lunch and Tweet about the experience. "I really felt connected to my father by going to this Air Force ceremony," said Carson, who traces her love of flying to her late father, who was a bomber pilot in World War II...

Just can't wait to kiss the ground...- Sheila Kumar | I have signed up for a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, Turkey. This is a weak giving-in to people who'd been there, done that and raved about the experience. But, and this is a big but, there was a question uppermost in my mind. Was it safe? I am determined to ask this pertinent Q before I set foot in the balloon....

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Youth Fly High in Royal Eagles Program - ChrisD.ca | The youth between the ages of eight and 17 from Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. and Ma Mawi Chi Itata Centre will get to fly, many for the first time in their life, in a small aircraft as part of the international Young Eagles program. Other activities, such as...

NASA ventures to Mack Benn - Suffolk News-Herald | Jolley was offered the Young Eagles flight by pilot Donald Bagwell of the Tidewater Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen. “He can expect to have to fly the aircraft,” Bagwell said. “When we're clear of the ground, I'm going to raise my hands and say, ...

Chinese Move Shenzhou-9 to Launch Pad from Spaceports | China will launch three Taikonauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday, June 9, 2012. The Shenzhou-9 was moved to a launch platform Saturday to allow scientists to conduct tests before the mid-June flight, Xinhua news agency...