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Victoria pilots win Air Race Claccic - Victoria Advocate | After an incredible journey spanning four days, eight states and 2862 miles, Diana Stanger and Victoria Holt, are flying back to the Crossroads with new ...

Purdue women's team completes air race competition - WLFI.com | The Purdue Women's Air Race Classic team returned to the Purdue airport Monday morning, after finishing first in one leg of a cross country air competition...

JU flying teams complete air race - Florida Times-Union | Arlington breaking news, crime, videos and photos including Regency Square Mall, East Arlington, University Park and Jacksonville University...

Air Race Classic lands at Sporty’s from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | More than 100 air race pilots competing in the 36th annual Air Race Classic descended on the Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport in Ohio last week, after flying a 2,330 nm cross-country course in four days. Starting on June 19, the aircraft left Lake Havasu, Arizona, on a course that would take them east, north, and finally southeast to Sporty’s...

AIRSHOW NEWS: The Russians are coming to Farnborough from Flightline UK | Airshow organisers Farnborough International Ltd are pleased to confirm that two of the Russian Knights’ Su-27s will be appearing at the Farnborough International Airshow. With just three weeks to go until the public weekend, this news is a great addition to an amazing five hour flying spectacular taking place on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July 2012...

International Air Day 2012: Poignant day as RNAS Yeovilton ... - This is Somerset | ... the RAF's Red Arrows, Tornado and visiting Saudi Arabian Hawk display team ... 42 destroyer sunk in an attack by two Argentine Sky Hawks on May 25, 1982...

Boeing to Fly 787 at UK Air Show - Wall Street Journal | Boeing will end a 28-year absence from the flying display at the Farnborough International Air Show next month, showcasing the 787 Dreamliner in a push to ...

Russian aviation revived with aerial acrobatics festival - The Voice of Russia | The Third World Aerial Aerobatic Yak 52 Championship has kicked off at FINAM airport in the village of Bolshoe Gryzlovo in the Moscow Region. Participants ...

Legends News Day #1 from Classic Aviation Worldwide | It has been reported via TFC Diary that the Sikorsky S.38 has arrived today at Duxford IWM. Red Bull's P-38 Lightning made an unexpected landing at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, due to bad weather. Talk from the airfield suggests it will remain hangared there for maintenance rather than Duxford as originally planned. The Corsair has not made the journey owing to reported engine problems...

Country star Phil Vassar to perform at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Award-winning country music star and songwriter Phil Vassar joins the marquee musical lineup slated for EAA AirVenture 2012 as the grand finale of a day-long salute to veterans on Friday, July 27. The 60th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) in Oshkosh...

Radio controlled planes - The Advertiser News South | ANDOVER — On June 23 and 24, the skies were busier than usual above Trinca Airport as the Top O' New Jersey R/C club held the Warbirds Fun Fly.The...

Flying Forks Fly-In set for Amanda this weekend - Lancaster Eagle Gazette | LANCASTER — Have you ever dreamed of flying a jet airplane?

Air show - Rensselaer Adventures | On Saturday I had a non-Rensselaer adventure--I attended the Indianapolis Air Show east of Indianapolis. I had attended this event previously because my son works in the aerospace industry and not only loves planes but also knows a lot about them, especially the engines. We got there early and...

CoolPix - Air Racer: 3 Blade Rare Bear At The Phoenix 500 In 1995! (+ Video) from AirPigz by Martt |  If there was one event I could make you go to this year it would be the Reno Air Races. And while this CoolPix is actually an old film image of Rare Bear I captured at the 1995 Phoenix 500 air race, I've posted it now to point to the fascinating race history an airplane like Rare Bear has. At Reno this year there will be a mix of aircraft that have years and years of race experience along with some airplanes (and pilots) that are experiencing air racing for their first time ever. But interestingly, the most important thing to be at Reno in...

Round the World Air Race – Geneva to Helsinki - Tailwinds blog | The first leg of the air race was from Geneva, Switzerland to Helsinki, Finland, a distance of 1,237 miles. Other air races that I had participated in were strictly VFR and you could set your time to fly anywhere from sunrise to sunset. This gave the pilots flexibility to decide when to fly and at the desired flight level to get the best tailwinds. In the Round the World Race each aircraft was assigned a take-off time which began...

Wabash Valley Soaring Association Hosts Vintage/Classic Sailplane Regatta at Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport, IL from The Aero Experience By Mark Nankivil | The Wabash Valley Soaring Association hosted their annual Vintage/Classic Sailplane Regatta at their home field on the Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport outside Lawrenceville, IL. The club is heavily into vintage and classic sailplanes and many members are part of the Vintage Sailplane Association....

Swift Museum Foundation National Fly-In Held at Creve Coeur Airport from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Swift Museum Foundation National Fly-In was held this weekend at Creve Coeur Airport, home of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, in west St. Louis County.  Over 50 Swifts, including a rare T-35 Buckaroo, were on hand over the four-day event.  Members flew their aircraft locally and...

EAA Chapter 64 and Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Host Tuskegee Airman and Youth for Flights from News | EAA Chapter 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum hosted about 50 teenagers and adults this weekend to introduce them to the joy of flight.  The group is associated with the Tuskegee Airmen, and special guest Dr. Granville C. Coggs from the San Antonio Chapter flew with Mr. Joe Wapelhorst in his T-34...

WWII Tour Flight Honors Veterans - KOKI FOX 23 | World War II Veterans honored with tour flight in a fully restored B-17 Bomber. ... The Experimental Aircraft Association's fully restored World War II B-17 bomber ...

WWII vets of Florence County not forgotten - WMBF | Airmen like Rocky Gannon, who qualified in the B-17 just in time for Hitler's suicide and the German surrender, who then trained in the B-29, just in time for the ...

Museum showcases historical address from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Connecticut Air & Space Center is presenting an educational display of historical artifacts and photos that tell the history of 550 Main Street in Stratford, Conn. The buildings at 550 Main Street saw Igor Sikorsky develop his seaplane business, which help fund his invention the helicopter. It saw World War II on the...

The Luftwaffe Seenotdienst: The First Air Rescue Units from Tails Through Time by JP Santiago | Since the beginnings of military aviation air rescue operations had taken place, but the operations were quite ad hoc and improvised in most situations. That would change with the rise of the Luftwaffe which would be publicly acknowledged for the first time by Hermann Goering in 1935. As the Luftwaffe needed to expand rapidly as part of...

The Shuttle ‘has wings’ with the public, why not GA? from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | East Coast folks and TV viewers everywhere flocked to watch the Space Shuttles fly into Washington and New York recently. Some Washington friends took the day off. AAA even published safety tips to avoid distraction if you saw a Shuttle overhead while driving. The public was fascinated. So why is our flying now so seemingly passé? Discovery was the first operational shuttle to retire, symbolizing the end of the...

Latest news about the Turkish F-4 shot down by Syria: still conflicting versions. New detail: rescue plane came under fire too. from David Cenciotti's weblog | According to the Turkish media outlet Hurriyet Daily News, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has shown photos of two pairs of boots that belonged to the two missing pilots on board the RF-4E shot down by Syria on Jun. 22. Erdogan had called a meeting with his political opposition leaders to discuss the situation and it was during this meeting that the photograph was shown...