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Navy Week in Chicago to include ship tours, Blue Angels performances - nwitimes.com | CHICAGO | This is Navy Week in Chicago, and visitors to Navy Pier will get an up-close look at some Navy warships. The ships are on their first scheduled cruise in the Great Lakes since 1999, and they'll be docked at Navy Pier for tours. The sailors ...

Atlantic City Airshow demonstration teams fly by own set of rules - Press of Atlantic City | Those teams, and many of the other demo teams that will perform at Friday's 10th annual Atlantic City Airshow, each have their own support manuals that dictate every step that must be taken to ensure performances go off safely and smoothly.

Huge crowds expected at Sywell Airshow this weekend - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Headlined by the Red Arrows, the event at Sywell Aerodrome on Sunday will also feature a First World War dogfight, the epochal Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and performances from several aerobatic teams. There is also an extensive static display of ...

Nevada tourism board to decide on adding state reference to Air Races name from RGJ.com | A revised name could be coming to the Reno National Championship Air Races.

Fairchild commander hopes to revive air show - The Spokesman Review | The new commander at Fairchild Air Force Base wants to expand military partnerships with Air National Guard units and, with any luck, revive the popular SkyFest air show next year. Col. Brian Newberry, starting his second week in charge of the 92nd Air ...

Model airplane show hits county - Sherwood Park News | On Saturday, the Edmonton Radio Control Society (ERCS) will hold its third annual Radio Control Air Show at Bremner Field. The show is comprised of a variety of types of model airplanes being operated by people who have devoted a great deal of their ...

Super Saturday Air Show Celebrates 70-Year Legacy Of Air Assault Division from Aero-News Network | Ft. Campbell, KY, Plays Host To 20,000 For the Event Approximately 20,000 spectators turned out Aug. 11, to watch the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell Super Saturday Air Show at Campbell Army Airfield. The Super Saturday Air Show, in conjunction with the Health and Wellness Fair, which had approximately 40,000 people in attendance, are the real eye catchers.

Your Blue Angels photos - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | Now that you are recovered from that blast of Seafair and incredible sun we would like to share your Blue Angels photos. You can Tweet your pics using the hashtag: #BlueAngelsPix or you can email them to joshuatrujillo@seattlepi.com and we will feature ...

Imagination, future soars at Abby Airshow - Abbotsford Times | M ore than 100000 faces were turned up to the blue skies in Abbotsford this weekend, squinting eyes fixed on Snowbirds, Hornets and Thunderbirds that roared past impossibly fast, unbelievably close to each other and incredibly loud. And the crowds ...

Historic B-29 now expected to arrive in Springfield at noon - Springfield News-Leader | Rain and low clouds Monday grounded the Commemorative Air Force's B-29 “Fifi” in Chicago. The flight to Springfield was scrubbed Monday afternoon when the weather failed to clear up, according to Kent Boyd, spokesman for the Springfield-Branson ...

B-29 Footage – Operation Crossroads (1941)  from AIRBOYD.TV

B-17 offering tours and a glimpse of WWII history - Philadelphia Inquirer | The B-17 was an icon of American power and the star of films such as Twelve O'Clock High and Memphis Belle. Only a few are left, and one - nicknamed "Aluminum Overcast" - has come to Trenton's airport for ground tours and flights Tuesday and ...

World War II pilot in B-17 once more - Penn Yan Chronicle-Express (blog) | Dick Gillespie's Birthday is Aug. 14. When he turned 24 in 1945, he got a special present – Victory over Japan or V-J Day. This year, as he turns 91, he got another special present – the chance to step back to his youth in 1945, to see, touch, hear ...

An ace among us - Mohave Valley News | Hurlbut's decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 17 oak leaf clusters, and Presidential Unit Citation. He was inducted into the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame Commemorative Air Force in Midland, Texas, in 2006.

Wyle Navy Flight Instructor Passes 10,000 Hour Flying Milestone from Aero-News Network  | Forty-Year Flying Veteran Counts 50 NASA Astronauts As Former Students Jerry Gallagher, a longtime flight instructor who has trained many of the U.S. Navy top pilots and even veteran NASA astronauts, has attained one of aviation's most hallowed accomplishments. Gallagher, who trains pilots for Wyle at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent Naval Air Station, flew his 10,000th hour in late June.

Monument sought for 'forgotten' aviators - The State | ... are seeking donations from private sources and a handful of Lexington County communities to put the markers at a small monument on a side road near the airport's main entrance off S.C. 302, next to one that salutes the Doolittle Raiders who trained ...

Ninety-Nines' museum, headquarters promote women in aviation history - NewsOK.com | In 1929, 86 women pilots met to form an organization that wasn't named until two years later, when 99 female pilots met again. The Ninety-Nines were born. The women, including famed pilot Amelia Earhart, banded together to promote women in the aviation ...

Flying Boats Days: the romantic days of flying the boats — by JR Hafer from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Flying Boats Days: the romantic days of flying the boats — by JR Hafer Many readers of this blog keep a special place in their hearts for the aquatic variety of aircraft whether they are seaplanes, flying boats, float planes or amphibians. And there are as many reasons for this as their are variety. They are a [...]

WARPLANES: The F-22 Can Dogfight - Strategy Page | August 14, 2012: A recent American Red Flag training exercise allowed F-22s and Typhoons (the latest European fighter) to face off. As expected, the F-22 had the advantage at long range engagements, being more difficult for the Typhoon to spot and ...

Civilian aviators land at Atterbury - DVIDS | However, due to the restricted airspace around Camp Atterbury, civilian aviators had to give the installation a wide berth. That changed, at least temporarily, as over 20 civilian aircraft and one warbird landed at Himsel Army Airfield, Aug. 11, when ...

Supersonic jet capable of reaching 7242 km/h could revolutionise air travel  - The Australian | … at five times the speed of sound. This hypersonic X-51A WaveRider jet may look like something out of a fictional TV show but could drastically cut journey times in the future. The aircraft, which belongs to the US military can ...