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Centennial of Flight air show a 'fantastic success' - Prince Albert Daily Herald | “We're all starting to get caught up on our sleep, and we're feeling good,” event co-ordinator Tim Munro said. And they have good reason to be in high spirits. The air show has been deemed a wild success, with attendance somewhere in the neighbourhood ...

Blue Angels Practice in August - WKRG-TV | The Blue Angels will be back home in Pensacola soon and their next practices this month are scheduled for August 8*, 9, 14, 15*, 21, 22*. The Blue Angels perform practice air shows over NAS Pensacola most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 8:30 a.m....

Random photo of the week: the Blue Angels - Sequim Gazette | Anyway, here's a pic my father got last week from near the top of the Columbia Tower. Yep, those are the Blue Angels practicing for SeaFair. Sweet. advertisement: NissanLeaf · advertisement: LesSchwabbrakecheck · advertisement: Arnolds furniture May 15...

Green Speed Cup – Year Two, Day Two from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | The Green Speed Cup is a closed circuit race similar to the Green Flight Challenge, but with a more free-style approach to how each team flies the course. As reported yesterday, the first day’s competition was won by Markus Scherdel, test pilot for Solar Impulse...

Model air show to benefit MDA - Houston Chronicle | A mini air show will be conducted from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring miniature aircraft that club members fly. Features will include aerobatic flying, jet models that can reach speeds up to 200 mph and large quarter-scale Piper Cubs that fly along at ...

Grants help San Diego Air & Space Museum increase its online collection - San Diego Source | The San Diego Air & Space Museum’s Library & Archives received two grants to improve online access to its extensive collection.  The museum, which houses the third largest collection of aviation-related research material in the United States...

My first Oshkosh from General Aviation News | “Silver and white Cirrus, right side of the runway.” As I taxied my aircraft through the chaos at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) on the last day of AirVenture, it was hard to believe that only one week ago I had arrived at the big show for the first time....

August 7, 2012 AirVenture Cup from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Linda: Growing up in corn country – central Indiana – I ate enough corn by the time I was five to last a life time, but my recent trip to palatial corn town Mitchell, South Dakota pretty much knocked Indiana’s reputation down a notch. More than just a place for harvest celebration,...

Lubbock's aviation heritage preceded World War II - LubbockOnline.com | He related the tenuous history of Lubbock's aviation Tuesday to members of the Texas Aviation Heritage Foundation who had met at Hillcrest Country Club for their Summer Membership Luncheon and to recognize Dr. John A. Buesseler for his work in ...

The Dragon Lady quietly comes by travelforaircraft  | Lockheed's titan of aeronautical design
Lawrence "Kelly" Johnson's team at the secretive Skunk Works developed the U-2 in a fantastically short time. The U.S. Air Force required a new reconnaissance aircraft which used height and speed as its main defence against interception by fighter or missile — and in a hurry. Cold War Bloc and USSR military bases, missile installations and deployments had to constantly monitored, especially urgent given the invasions Hungary and Czechoslovakia....

Hanging Out in a Bubble with the Space Shuttle 'Enterprise' - Jaunted | Well, she's not really our baby but that of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum aircraft carrier docked on the west side of Manhattan. $30 per adult ($28 if bought online) is the admission price to enter the Intrepid Museum and also the Space Shuttle ...