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Two Salukis to join the Blue Angels - The Southern | CARBONDALE — Two SIU aviation alumni will be part of the famed Blue Angels flight demonstration team for the next two show seasons. Navy Lt. Ryan Chamberlain of Bloomington and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Declan Hartney of Limerick, Ireland, are part of the elite ...

Possible name change for National Championship Air Races - KRNV My News 4 | Reno Air Racing Association President and CEO Mike Houghton tells News 4 the National Championship Air Races could have a new name this year, but what that name will be is up to Nevada Commission on Tourism. The state's $600000 sponsorship sent...

Abbotsford Air Show celebrates 50 years of aeronautic thrills - Vancouver Sun | This is a special year for the popular air show — it celebrates half a century of thrilling spectators with daring displays of aerial mastery and showcasing the latest in aeronautical technology and classic planes from the distant and not-so-distant ...

President Putin to Attend Air Force Centenary Air Show - RIA Novosti | Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend on Saturday a spectacular air show near Moscow marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force, the Kremlin's press service said. The two-day event, which will be open to public on Sunday, comprises a ...

Week of the Eagles MWR and VFW Air Show sneak peek - Clarksville Online | Fort Campbell KY, 101st Airborne Division Fort Campbell, KY – On Friday afternoon, August 10th, local media were invited out to Campbell Army Air Field to watch the rehearsal for the Week of the Eagles MWR and VFW Air Show. Clarksville Online was on ...

Letter of Thanks: Magic Valley Air Show Successful Thanks to Months of Hard ... - Twin Falls Times-News | If you recently attended the Magic Valley Air Show, you were most likely mesmerized with the incredible flight skills and amazed with the beautiful static displays. What you didn't see was the eight months of planning and excellent multi-agency ...

The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team from Sunderland airshow |The RAF Falcon are based at No 1 Parachute training school at RAF Brize Norton. At The Airshow they parachuted onto targets on the beach. The weather could have been a bit warmer today and visibility was not too good...

The Black Cats from Sunderland airshow | The Black Cats Helicopter display team do uncanny things with these Lynx helicopters. Flying backwards is strange to watch.They are from RNAS Yeovilton...

City Weighs Red Bull Race Costs - Windsor Star | Cost is the major hurdle for Windsor sponsoring the return of the Red Bull air races to the waterfront in 2014, one of several international events Mayor Eddie Francis continues to pursue. The mayor pulled another of one of his unannounced overnight ...

Fly-in today in Prineville - Bend Bulletin | The public is invited to a free fly-in at the Prineville Airport today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Prineville Airport and Experimental Aircraft Association, will include a pancake breakfast, aircraft displays, a flight simulator ...

B-17 bomber buzzes around Valley skies - KLEW | The B-17 was made in 1944 and introduced at the end of the war. This specific plane was used mainly for mapping research and later on in World War II for rescue, which is why it's still in such good condition. Captain Roberts said their non-profit ...

Veteran's Memorial Commemoration and Warbird fly-in - DVIDS | Also taking place Aug. 11 will be the Warbirds Salute to soldiers fly-in beginning at 11 a.m. at Himsel Army Airfield on Camp Atterbury. The event includes the World War II aircraft on display. Members of the community and media are welcome to attend ...

Images: Photo Contest Finalists - Chicago Daily Herald | Flyby of T-6 World War II airplanes during the AirVenture 2012 Oshkosh air show on July 27. Ted Kowalik of Hanover Park. A deer relaxes amid the summer wildflowers on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park in Washington on July 31. Matt Dempsey of ...

Restoration Center Above-ground Construction from Antique Airfield News  | After a long wait the above ground construction of the APM Restoration Center is finally underway...

Silent Falcon solar-powered UAV gets launched - Ubergizmo | Silent Falcon UAS Technologies officially announced the Silent Falcon solar electric unmanned aerial system (UAS) at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference in Las Vegas early this week. Silent Falcon is the result of the company’s collaboration with Bye Aerospace to build a small tactical UAS that’s portable for long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Silent Falcon uses thin film photo voltaic (TFPV) solar energy collection and lithium polymer batteries for energy storage, providing long-range flight endurance of up to 14 hours....

A new airship takes to the skies from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The US Air Force recently cancelled its proposed Blue Devil II persistent surveillance airship project, but the US Army is pressing ahead with its plans for a similar vehicle. The prototype of the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, or LEMV, flew for the first time on August 7th. Ares reports:...

Army's all-seeing, super blimp makes debut flight - security.blogs.cnn.com | CNN\'s Security Clearance examines national and global security, terrorism and intelligence, as well as the economic, military, political and diplomatic effects of it around the globe -- and how it impacts daily life.

Local Young Eagles Flight Rally scheduled for this weekend - Wicked Local | Anyone between 8 and 17 years old will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon, as EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield, 302 Boxboro Road, Stow. Registration takes place next to ...

NASA Morpheus Lander Flight Test Fails from Aero-News Network | Prototype Low-Cost Lander Crashed And Burned In First Autonomous Flight Test While NASA celebrates the success of the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, another program suffered a setback Thursday when the Morpheus Lander prototype crashed and burned only a few seconds after lifting off on its first autonomous test flight. In a video release, NASA said that "during the free flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the vehicle lifted off the ground and then experienced a hardware component failure. This failure prevented the vehicle from maintaining stable flight. "No one was injured and the resulting fire was extinguished...