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What to expect at the South Shore Air Show - nwitimes.com | If you attend the South Shore Air Show this weekend in Gary's Marquette Park, here is everything you need to know. Where is the air show? Because of construction for a $28.2 million renovation of Marquette Park, everything has moved to the parking lot ...

Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Legendary Air Expo Roaring Into Town July 21 - Patch.com | The Air Expo team swished a three-pointer when they locked in three headline acts for this year's Air Expo – The Air Force Thunderbirds, the Army Golden Knights and the Patriots Jet Team. But the rest of the performers' lineup is a virtual “Dream Team ...

Air Capital Fly-In is Saturday in Newton - Kansas.com | Aviation writer Molly McMillin is out of the office today, so we're passing along the news about the 49th Air Capital Fly-In, which is this weekend in Newton. Saturday's events, sponsored by EAA Chapter 88, include a pancake breakfast starting at 7:30...

Arlington Fly-In's a must-see for aviation buffs - HeraldNet | The Commemorative Air Force flew its rare B-25 bomber to the Arlington Fly-In in 2011 to replace its B-17, kept in Arizona for an engine ...

Marion Airport annual fly-in breakfast a success - Marion Today.org | That's the summation of the latest annual summer Fly-In/Drive-In Marion Airport Breakfast this past Sunday, July 1, by airport co-owner Jan Walton. With hot daytime temperatures in recent days, Sunday morning proved pleasant for having an eggs, sausage...

UK'S Royal Air Tattoo More than Opening Act for Farnborough Airshow - Aviation International News | Website for publications produced by The Convention News Company, including Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, AINalerts (e-mail newsletter), aviation Convention News Daily Editions, and International Air Show Daily Editions.

Russian Aerobatics Team Suspends UK Airshow Trip Over Permits - RIA Novosti | The Russian Knights formation aerobatics team has suspended a trip to Britain to take part in the Farnborough International Air Show due to a lack of permits for taking military equipment out of the country from the Russian Federal Service for Military ...

World's air forces fly in for spectacular tattoo this weekend - Wiltshire Times | No other airshow will have such an exciting line-up as at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, on Saturday and Sunday.

Will Rogers, Wiley Post Fly-In Aug. 12 - Pryor Daily Times | Will Rogers was an actor, writer, trick roper and rancher. At the time of his death he was all these and undoubtedly the world's most avid avia.

SCCMAS Airshow 2012 - Morgan Hill Times | Watch things fly that you've never dreamed possible at the Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark Airshow 2012. From a flying doghouse, to real turbine jets, you'll see many radio controlled aircraft and more. Free Family fun on 2 days. July 7 & 8...

B-17 bomber coming to Bellingham delayed until Friday - TheNewsTribune.com | BELLINGHAM - A B-17 bomber scheduled to arrive at the Heritage Flight Museum Thursday, July 5, has been delayed a day.

Roy D. Martin from US Army Golden Knights by ddixon | CPT Roy D. Martin | It is with heartfelt sorrow that we announce that Original US Army Parachute Team member Roy Dophele Martin, the USAPT’s very first Executive Officer (1960-62), and its second commanding officer (1962-65) lost his horrific battle with cancer on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the Veterans Administration Nursing Home in Collins, Ms.

Jumping for a Purpose from Aerial Sports Feed | As part of a Wounded Warriors project -- whose
mission is to honor and empower wounded soldiers -- the Red Bull Air Force took recently-wounded veterans to new heights at Jumping for a Purpose...

Lt. Col . Horace E. Crouch served his nation and our community - Columbia Star | Crouch was a member of “The Doolittle Raiders,” the group of United States Air Force pilots and support crews who led the surprise bombing of mainland Japan on April 18, 1942, in retaliation for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1942. Lt. Col...

Sister Aviators Thankful for Their EAA Experiences, Opportunities from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Shelly and Stephanie Schaub remember watching Oshkosh-bound planes fly over their childhood home in Ripon, Wisconsin, and trying to tune into the radio airwaves to listen to the ATC chatter. Years later, the sisters are both pursuing careers in aviation and credit their love for flight to the Young Eagles program and their EAA mentor, Bob Royce.

Yankee Air Museum puts planes up for 'adoption' - Hometownlife.com | Alexander Jefferson, a Tuskegee airman, and Women in Aviation. But the pride of the museum is the Huey, set up in the hangar as it looked in service in Vietnam. The helicopter was added to the collection last year and reflects the museum's shift to ...

Volunteers help rebuild Yankee Air Museum - Hometownlife.com | Rebuilding the Yankee Air Museum has been a labor of love for the members of the Yankee Air Force. With only four paid employees, including Executive Director Kevin Walsh, much of the work is done by the volunteers who painstakingly restore aircraft, ...

Austrian Gyrocopter Makes First Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | Trixy Zero, a motorcycle-style gyrocopter, made its first flight at the airfield of Sachsen-Anhalt's provincial capital Magdeburg, Germany, on June 30, piloted by Trixy Aviation CEO and engineer Rainer Farrag.

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Commander qualifies in the F-22, confident in Raptor - Air Force Link | Air Combat Command's senior Airman completed F-22 Raptor pilot qualification recently, reinforcing his personal stake in the Air Force's efforts to identify the root cause of unexplained physiological incidents involving a small number of Raptor crews.

Turkish Armed Forces release first images of the debris of the RF-4E Phantom downed by Syria
from David Cenciotti's weblog | After announcing that the remains of the two missing aircrews were recovered from sea (that proved that the aircraft was not a drone), the Turkish Armed Forces released the first images of the debris of the RF-4E Phantom downed by Syria on Jun. 22, recovered by the NAUTILUS research vessel at a depth of 1,260 meters....

Podcast: James Fallows Goes to China from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | China Airborne, the new book by James Fallows is a journalist and pilot's journey through the complex and often contradictory quarter of the world that is modern China. Aviation and aerospace development is, by government fiat, China's next big thing. And no one can predict its success or failure, says Fallows.

SpaceShipTwo Performs Glide Test, Rocket Firing from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | Virgin Galactic reports that SpaceShipTwo (SS2) performed another successful glide flight test on June 26 - the first since integration of rocket motor systems. That same day the spaceship's engine, RocketMotorTwo (RM2), underwent a successful full-duration test fire, marking the first test flight/test firing on the same day.

America's Nerdiest Destination: Virginia's Emerging Space Coast (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | ... collection -- Space Shuttle, military jets, civilian aircraft, helicopters, memorabilia -- also houses a number of simulators for visitors, displays on the origins of powered human flight and a mock-up of an air traffic control center with ...