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Blue Angels, hydros get ready for Seafair - The Seattle Times | There's no mistaking the roar of the Blues, the team of Boeing F/A 18 U.S. Navy fliers here for Seafair's biggest party, the Hydroplane Races and Air Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Though this is Seattle and cloudy, rainy August weekends have been ...

Oregon Air Show just days away - kgw.com | “It's always the same reaction, I can't believe an airplane will do that we always get that all the time and I love that reaction,” Wiskus said. Organizers were expecting 100000 people at the air show, which starts Friday and runs through the weekend ...

Thunder Over Michigan returns with 'magnificent' Sea Harrier F/A2 jet - The Detroit News | Iconic fighter planes from World War II and the Korean War, plus a rare war bird that behaves like a helicopter, will highlight the Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport this weekend. Nearly two dozen P-51 Mustangs, the propeller-driven ...

Washington County Fair and Oregon International Air Show scheduled for same ... - OregonLive.com | The Washington County Fair and the Oregon International Air Show, two of the largest annual events in the county and both held in Hillsboro, will take place during the same weekend next July. It is unclear how long coordinators have known about the ...

The Great New England Air Show comes to Westover Air Reserve Base - WWLP 22News | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - It's been four years since the Great New England Air Show came to Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee. You can already see signs on the highway to expect delays for this weekend's air show. People told 22News that won't ...

Eyes on the skies for spectacular - Blackpool Gazette | STUNNING aerobatic displays and daring feats of bravery will be on display as thousands of visitors look skyward for the 2012 Blackpool Air Show. The free event on August 12, which takes place over Blackpool Promenade between South and Central piers, ...

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Cannes AirShow Draws Business Aviation - Aviation International News | Despite its billing as a general aviation gathering, the event now fields a strong showing by business aviation exhibitors. Dassault was there with a Falcon 2000LX and Hawker Beechcraft with a King Air 350i and C90GTx. Several other manufacturers...

Airborne-Oshkosh Day 4 Redux: Huerta Evades, Eclipse Serves Vets, WAI Grows from Aero-News Network  | Oshkosh Day Four Coverage -- Part Four Of Five Part Hightower Interview, Part 145 Chat With AEA's Ric Peri Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta made his first official appearance in the top job on Thursday, making a speech at Forum Pavillion 7 and answering questions from the audience. While the administrator was well received, the forum was not particularly well attended, with only about a third of the seats in the pavillion filled. Huerta’s speech sounded familiar themes of safety and the promise of NextGen and ADS-B. Many of his answers to questions were short on specifics, though questions that were deferred to staffers who had traveled with Huerta to Wisconsin concerning Blue Ash Airport in Cincinnati and one about FAA written exams got more concrete responses...

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WW II Mechanic Reunites With B-24 For Special Flight - Journal & Topics Newspapers Online | The bomber aircraft itself is less iconic than its B-17 counterpart, which is also showcased by the foundation, but it remains a true asset in American history. The B-24 was the most produced bomber, it was faster, had more range and a heavier bomb ...

Ninety-Nines Install New International President from Aero-News Network  | Martha Phillips, 71, Now Leading The Organization The Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women licensed pilots, recently installed 71-year-old Martha Phillips of Newbury Park, CA as its latest International President. The 5,000 member organization in headquartered in Oklahoma City. Its first president was Amelia Earhart.

Grissom Reserve Base to dedicate new control tower - WALA-TV FOX10 | GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. (AP) — Grissom Air Reserve Base will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to mark the completion of a new $7.4 million air traffic control tower. Construction began in March 2011 on the new tower. It replaces one built ...

Luke Air Force Base chosen as F-35 training center | City of Glendale officials say the move means good news for the West Valley economy.

Remote-control plane clubs soar in Chicago area - Chicago Tribune | Greg Stevens, president of the Suburban Aero Club of Chicago, said remote-control flying remains so popular in communities near him in Tinley Park that two years ago the Cook County Forest Preserve District gave the group a field. Located in the Tinley ...