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Blue Angels Announce 2013 Team Members from US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels | The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the officers selected for the 2013 team....

Pensacola Beach Air Show - Pensacola Business Journal | Shows start at noon Friday and Saturday. Friday's show is the dress rehearsal for Saturday, but both shows feature the full performance and narration. Performance schedule will be determined at showtime. The Blues take flight at about 2 p.m. 'Fat Albert'

Strap in! Here come the Blues - Gulf Breeze News | The famous Blue Angels Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron will take to the skies over Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa Island and Pensacola Beach today, Friday and Saturday for their annual air show. U.S. Navy Blue Angels Few communities in America can ...

Wives of the Blue Angels enjoy luncheon - Pensacola Business Journal | Blue Angels' wives, others enjoy drinks, food at Crabs We Got'em on Pensacola Beach as part of Red, White and Blues Week.

Champ Bailey to fly with Thunderbirds - KKTV 11 News | Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey will participate in an F-16 ride along with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on July 23, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Air show planned on Saturday - Valley Courier | ALAMOSA—The San Luis Valley Pilots Association Fly-In and Air Show will have the skies over Southern Alamosa buzzing on Saturday morning as airplanes will be entertaining spectators at the San Luis Valley Regional Airport-Bergman Field, located at ...

Mouths agape as Arlington Fly-In pilots impress - HeraldNet | ARLINGTON -- They sat on the runway in the shade of an old World War II B-17 bomber, gazing with open mouths at the daredevil pilot's maneuvers in...

Korean Black Eagles Soar, but Not Over Farnborough - Aviation International News | The Korean T-50 jet aerobatic team has been wowing the crowds at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at Fairford this weekend. But Farnborough airshow-goers have been denied the chance to see their dynamic eight-ship display. Only a solo ...

RIAT in slowmotion from Apron 6 | I like it how all the heavy metal is turned into something relaxing.

Photorecon: Coverage of Wings Over Gillespie 2012, March Air Force Reserve Base Air Show 2012,
Planes of Fame 2012, Space Shuttle Trainer arrives in Seattle, and much more...

From Farnborough to the stars- Flightglobal | Here is one of the highlights of this year's Farnborough air show. It might just be a mock-up instead of the real prototype, but Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two stands out among the other aircraft at Farnborough's static display, offering a taste of things to come in the aerospace industry.

British Tycoon Richard Branson Steals Spotlight at Airshow from Warplanes Online Community | Richard Branson, a Bristish tycoon and founder Virgin Galactic space programme stole the spotlight at the airshow last July 11, 2012, Wednesday announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic’s first trip into space as Airbus and Boeing lengthen out more plane orders.  A full size mock-up of Branson’s SpaceShip Two (SS2) aircraft was being showcased at the biennial Farnborough airshow near London which in the event focuses on the aviation sector calendar that typically showcases planemakers Airbus and Boeing battle for orders....

Cotswold Airport crash runway partially reopens - BBC News | A spokesman for the Royal International Air Tattoo said the Bronco, which was based at Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Belgium, was a light attack and reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency ...

MiG 21 Involved In Runway Excursion In Eden Prairie, MN from Aero-News Network | Witnesses: Airplane's Drogue Chute Deployed, The Collapsed And Detached A MiG 21 has been involved in a runway excursion in Eden Prairie, MN, as the pilot was attempting to land at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM). Witnesses say the airplane's drogue chute deployed, but then collapsed and detached, so that the pilot was not able to stop before reaching the runway threshold...

The Patrouille de France fly over Paris tonight - Le Parisien | If the passage of the Patrouille de France in opening the military parade of July 14 has become a tradition, the Alphajet to fly over...

Tricolour Arrows, nine years after the expected return in Imperia - the Press | Once again the thrilling spectacle of the Tricolour Arrows is intended to make a mark in western Liguria. Not only smoking, but, as always, in the heart of thousands of people who can attend to the evolution of the MB-339 pilots...

Sun 'n Fun Fly-In Inc. Consolidates Operations from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Sun 'n Fun Fly-In Inc. announced Friday that its board of directors has voted to consolidate all operations and staff - including the Florida Air Museum (FAM) - under the leadership of Sun 'n Fun and its president/CEO, John Leenhouts...

The B-52 from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Since the day I first saw one, the solid Boeing 747 has been an airplane that lifts my spirits simply by looking at it. I don’t know exactly why I have that reaction, but I have a sneaking hunch that it just triggers my “that’s amazing” button to think that something that huge can fly. Last weekend that button was triggered again when I saw a B-52 fly for the first time.  When my son was at school at the University of North Dakota, we saw a couple of B-52s parked at the Grand Forks Air Force Base North Dakota. Even from a distance they were impressively huge but, like a lot of big airplanes, they looked ungainly just sitting there. It would be more than 20 years until I saw another one... 

MacDill Air Force Base once home to famed 'Memphis Belle' - Tampabay.com | And with next year marking the 70th anniversary of both the Memphis Belle's final mission and its assignment to MacDill, Brown said he is hoping a replica of the aircraft — the same B-17 used in the movie — can be scheduled for the 2013 MacDill Airfest.

'To Fly!': Air and Space Museum opened in 1976 with film's first screening - Washington Times | Before giving way to hang gliders, barnstorming pilots and the Navy's Blue Angels flight team, his silver balloon with the four American flags attached to the gondola has soared above the rolling green Vermont hills and churning, roaring Niagara Falls ...

I. Want. One. Boeing 787 Demo At Farnborough 2012 - Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | The youtube channel of PlanesTV has some great stuff to watch here lately, including this fabulous video of the Boeing 787 flight demonstration at Farnborough on July 9, 2012. Wow, the plastic airplane that so many loved to hate sure looked awesome when pushed a little hard. So incredibly graceful and with a quite impressive roll rate. And when she's light, she'll sure go up in a hurry if you ask her to!...

54 flying car is sold for $ 2.5 million from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS (translated) |
Transition The Taylor Aerocar N-101D is a classic car-plane, which was created in 1954 by aeronautical engineer Moulton Taylor. Almost 60 years later, the American collector Greg Herrick places the rarity for sale and who want to have the Aerocar in the garage or in-hangar - will have to pay to the tune of U.S. $ 1.25 million, which equates to about £ 2.5 million....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Farnborough 2012: “Yesterday we had Raptor salad for lunch” Typhoon pilot said after dogfighting with the F-22 at Red Flag Alaska from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Indeed, Typhoon pilots at Farnborough said that, when flying without their external fuel tanks, in the WVR (Within Visual Range) arena, the Eurofighter not only held its own, but proved to be better than the Raptor. Indeed, it looks like the F-22 tends to lose too much energy when using thust vectoring (TV): TV can be useful to enable a rapid direction change without losing sight of the adversary but, unless the Raptor can manage to immediately get in the proper position to score a kill, the energy it loses makes the then slow moving stealth combat plane quite vulnerable....

Aviation artist Sam Lyons improving from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A few days ago we reported that famed aviation artist Sam Lyons was hospitalized. Good news today from his wife Mindy that Sam is doing much better and hopes to be out of the hospital soon.

Dream Chaser Passes Nose Gear Test from Aero-News Network  | First Launch Planned For Later This Year A successful test of the nose landing gear for a full-scale Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle has been completed by developer Sierra Nevada. The completed test and an upcoming flight test are part of SNC's Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.