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An Outstanding AirVenture Week from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh  | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower met with the media Sunday afternoon, reporting a very solid convention that established a new standard for the association and what can be expected in the future.

2012 Aircraft Award Winners from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | 2012 Aircraft award winners from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Kissed by the moon? - TVR Photography.com | This is just one of those rare alignments that if I weren't there to see it, I wouldn't have believed it. The early evening moon presented a splitting obstacle for the Iron Eagles dusk performance at Airventure 2012. (photo used with permission)

World's Largest Air Show Team Showcases RV Abilities by EAA AirVenture | It is not a coincidence that the world's largest air show team flies Van's Aircraft RVs. "The RV is affordable," said founder and flight lead Mike "Kahuna" Stewart. "You couldn't find 12 T-6 guys ... to travel 100 miles to go practice ...

Aeronca donated to EAA Museum from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | OSHKOSH — An Aeronca restored by 35 students at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy and other schools in Riverside, Calif., was donated to the EAA Museum last week during AirVenture...

Photo of the Day: Two friends at AirVenture - Flight Training by jtallman | Waco and a DC-3 at Airventure 2012. ... As AirVenture 2012 draws to a close, here's a photo of a Waco and a DC-3 sharing space on the grass. Luckily, there's room for everyone at the world's biggest airshow. Photo by Al ...

"Worn Out" UCAP Daily #298-foxtrot from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon and Jack Hodgson pause at the edge of Wittman Field to catch their breath and review the recent events at AirVenture Oshkosh 2012.

Arctic Thunder air show continues to dazzle - Sacramento Bee | ... broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Arctic Thunder open house and air show continues for a second day Sunday as thousands are expected at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to catch dazzling air stunts and acrobatics....

Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show set to take off - 650 CKOM News Talk Radio | Jet engines will be roaring in the sky over Saskatoon this week for one of the finest tribute events to veterans in North America. The Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show is expected to bring about 15000 people to Auto Clearing Motor Speedway next ...

Lough Derg Airshow To Go Ahead - The Clare Herald | The organisers of an airshow planned for Lough Derg in September say the event will not affect a pair of rare white-tailed sea eagles which taken up residence on the lake. Concerns have been expressed by locals in Mountshannon in Co Clare that the ...

Cooler Than The Red Arrows: Flying With The Breitling Jet Team - Sabotage Times | Where the RAF Red Arrows are Britain's elite military flying institution and part of the establishment, the Breitling team are the flying world's mavericks. They're the Cirque de Soleil to the Red Arrows' Last Night of the Proms. “You'll experience 4 ...

aviation-photocrew.com Update from Apron 6 | Tom just updated the aviation-photocrew website with the pictures we took in Texel last year. The Mig pictures...

Tour of restored B-17 bomber brings back memories for veteran pilot from World ... - Syracuse.com | WWII Veteran Revisits Past Fred Taylor, 94, of Cazenovia toured a restored B-17 Memphis Belle on Sunday July 29, 2012. Taylor flew B-17 bombers during WWII and B-29 bombers after the war. Taylor was scheduled to take a public flight on the B-17 at...

Electric plane wins $1.35 million - Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle | "Now we are all looking forward to the future of electric aviation." Eric Raymond, e-Genius' team leader, was diplomatic in his remarks. "I'm proud that Pipistrel won," he said. "They've been a leader in getting these things into ...

Video: Electric airplane loses power, glides home - TG Daily | Nevertheless, a company known as Flight of the Century and its CEO Chip Yates recently broke the world record for speed in an electric aircraft with a Long-ESA EV flight that reached a top speed of 202.6 mph. Unfortunately, the battery packs were ...

Remains Recovered From Second World War Wreck from AVwebFlash Current Issue The remains of up to five U.S. airmen lost when their PBY Catalina sunk in Quebec's Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1942 have been recovered and sent for DNA identification. For the last three weeks the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)'s USNS Grapple has been on station off Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, a small fishing village on Quebec's north shore. Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan was a stop on the so-called "Crimson Line" supply route to Europe during the war. That's where Parks Canada employees found the Catalina intact in 2009. Because the hull...

Oops at SFO from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | San Francisco International Airport is celebrating its long and varied history with displays not only in the San Francisco Airport Museum & Library (the entire airport is considered museum display space) but in Terminal 3 as well as the International Terminal. Professional museum-grade aircraft models are on display...

Work begins this week on expansion at Paul Allen's aviation museum - HeraldNet | "It's going to attract more visitors and offer an expanded opportunity for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs from around the world, as well as the local public." In a time of continued economic recession, the museum expansion is an asset to the ...

U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II "Yellow Peril" Departs St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Visitors to the Greater St. Louis Air Space Museum at St. Louis Downtown Airport today were able to view a very special aircraft - theT-6B (BuNo 166064) "Texan II" from VT-3 "Red Knights" of NAS Whiting Field, FL for a second day. The aircraft is painted in the "Yellow Peril" Centennial of U.S. Naval Aviation paint scheme in salute to the...

Young Eagles Raffle Winners Chosen from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The names of six lucky winners of the 2012 Young Eagles Raffle were drawn Sunday afternoon at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and Kevin Keling of the Ford Motor Company announced the winners.

AOPA launches free program for kids from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched new youth membership category targeting students aged 13 through 18. AOPA AV8RS was created as part of an ongoing effort by AOPA to help develop a new generation of pilots and members, according to association officials...

Baumgartner: Will third time be the charm? - video from Spaceports | Felix Baumgartner completed a second test dive from a balloon hoisted capsule. He reached 536 mph in the freefall. His objective...