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Cotswold Airport closed for plane crash investigation - BBC News | The Bronco aircraft, which crash-landed at Kemble on Tuesday, had been part of a static display at an air tattoo at Fairford at the weekend. The 47-year-old pilot from Belgium suffered serious burns and is being treated at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital....

AIRSHOW-Dreamliner undamaged in minor air show drama - Reuters | FARNBOROUGH, England, July 11 (Reuters) - Fire trucks rushedto the aid of Boeing's Dreamliner jet, the star draw atthe Farnborough Airshow, on Wednesday, livening up what has sofar been a quiet event...

Farnborough Airshow: Branson's Virgin Galactic 'spaceship' in UK debut - Telegraph.co.uk | Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow, Sir Richard said Virgin Galactic wants to “revolutionise the way we get to space” and that he and his children will be the first passengers when the space tourism programme begins. The rockets on Virgin Galactic's ...

Farnborough's Rich Aviation Heritage Marks Another Centenary - Aviation International News | The Black Sheds, the row of elderly aircraft hangars situated at the eastern edge of the Farnborough airfield, close to the runway’s final approach, have been an iconic feature at every airshow held at this historic Hampshire location. But the protected Listed Grade 2 structures have been standing there for a lot longer. In fact, they originally housed some of the earliest British military aircraft as squadrons were formed during the years that led up to World War I....

Farnborough 2012: Inside the cockpit of the U.S. MV-22 Osprey, C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III from David Cenciotti's weblog | The three largest U.S. military planes on display at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 are the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, the C-130 Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster III airlifters....

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing test pilots narrate, discuss 787 flying display from Flightblogger by Stephen Trimble | Boeing's return to the flying display circuit after a 28-year hiatus provided several crowd-pleasing moments, but that was not originally the airframer's plan. Boeing actually had intended to show off little more than two sedate fly-pasts. The steep-climbing, 2g banking, touch-and-go routine only evolved because of local restrictions on the 787's overflight footprint...

Farnborough Finale for the 787 from Randy's Journal by Randy Tinseth | Day 3 of the Farnborough Airshow ended with the final performance of the 787 for Qatar Airways. My congratulations to our great Boeing pilots, Captains Mike Bryan and Randy Neville, for putting on 3 performances none of us will soon forget— and to the entire 787 team for building such an incredible product....

Korean War veterans honoured at Air Tattoo - This is Gloucestershire | WHEN Gloucester men Denis Grogan and Tom Clough fought in the Korean War in the 1950s, little did they expect they would be thanked in person at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo.While...

Farnborough 2012: New James Bond film’s helicopter scenes leaked to Youtube from David Cenciotti's weblog | Scenes from next James Bond’s “Skyfall” movie have leaked on Youtube.  Although the footages and images were actually uploaded on the Internet in March 2012, the news has spread during the Farnborough International Airshow 2012 as the “giant” helicopter flying around Hankley Common, near Elstead, in Surrey, is an AgustaWestland AW101...

You Fly, Girl: What to see at Oshkosh this July - You Fly, Girl | Twenty years after unassembled pieces of Glacier Girl first came to AirVenture for public viewing, another aircraft in need of restoration is expected to arrive at Oshkosh - a Second World War Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive ...

EAA offers B-17 Bomber flights - 77Square.com | Merwyn Sorensen served at a U.S. Army Air Forces base in Germany at the close of World War II, but B-17 bombers were not based there. A story on page A6 of Wednesday's State Journal had incorrect information. “You could see everything,” Sorensen said ...

Volunteers help keep Oshkosh aircraft convention aloft - Chicago Tribune | Volunteers are what give a lift to the Oshkosh air show.

Nellis Airman awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with valor from Air Force Link Top Stories | Staff Sgt. Justin Tite, 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron aerial gunner, received the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross with valor here, July 9.  Maj. Gen. Bill Hyatt, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, presented the decoration to Tite during a ceremony with friends, family and members of the Nellis rescue community present.  On April 23, 2011, Tite was an aerial gunner aboard the lead HH-60 helicopter in a two-aircraft flight, call sign Pedro 83...

F-22 pilot in Hawaii briefly has oxygen deficit - msnbc.com | The Hawaii Air National Guard said Tuesday one of its pilots briefly experienced an oxygen deficit while flying an F-22 stealth fighter last week.

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Two aviation programs offered - The Sheboygan Press | The one-day program includes several area female pilots discussing the opportunities for women in aviation. There will also be a tour of the airport facilities and operations. Depending on the weather, introductory flights through the Experimental ...

Colorado Aviation Week raises thousands for scholarships from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) is reporting that, by every measure, "Colorado Aviation Week" was a huge success. "We are very pleased with the turn-out of the events held during 'Colorado Aviation Week'," stated Brittany Davies, chairwoman of CABA. "We achieved our goal of community outreach and exceeded our expectations with respect to money raised for scholarships."...

Wing-walking! - Goole Today | A BRAVE 64-year-old woman from Hambleton is doing a wing-walk for charity this Sunday.

NFL: Reggie Bush gets his wings in Salzburg from Aerial Sports Feed | American football star Reggie Bush of the Miami Dolphins kicked off his European vacation by stopping off in Salzburg, Austria for a flight in an Edge 450 piloted by Red Bull Air Race champion Hannes Arch...

Valery Rozov's BASE jump from Ushba | Photostory from Aerial Sports Feed | On July 6, Russian climber and B.A.S.E. jumper Valery Rozov completed an incredible jump from Ushba Mountain in Svaneti, Georgia – the symbol of Svaneti and one of the most beautiful mountains in Caucasus. This was the first ever B.A.S.E. jump in the big mountains of Caucasus, Georgia.

Young Eagles Rally to take flight in LITH - Northwest Herald | EAA Chapter 790 provides Young Eagles rides for children ages 8 to 17. The pilots donate their time, fuel and aircraft to introduce a new generation to aviation. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who will need to sign a waiver ...

Kids soar at aviation camp - WFMZ Allentown | You can't exactly shoot for the stars at one particular summer camp, but the clouds are a different story.

Branson gets kids on board for first space flight - San Francisco Chronicle | Seen in between the wings of the Virgin Galatica VSS Enterprise, the Blades aerobatics team fly in display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 9, 2012. Photo: Sang Tan / AP. Seen in between the wings of the ...

Virgin SpaceShipTwo To Launch Before 2013 - Brevard Times | The carrier craft ("WhiteKnightTwo") and space vehicle ("SpaceShipTwo") were both custom-designed by Scaled Composites and closely based on Scaled's legendary SpaceShipOne, the Burt Rutan-designed vehicle that in 2004 claimed the $10 million ...

NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission — Where Are They Now? from SPACE.com | A look at what has become of those involved in NASA's final space shuttle mission.