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Eyes to the skies for Air & Water Show test flights - WGNtv.com | The military heroes of the sky say people like O'Malley are also key to keeping America safe. "While we're deployed around the globe, they're the ones that are keeping our families and friends safe," said Captain Greg McWherter of the U.S. Navy Blue ...

This is the weekend for the airshow - The West Milford Messenger | The engines of flying machines of the era will go from rumble to roar, as some of the best air show performers take to the sky. There will be the T6 Formation, Jane Wicker the Wing Walker and the featured performers Gary Ward, and the Twin Tigers ...

The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (via) from x planes

Blades wow crowds of 25000 in Falmouth - DCA (press release) | The Blades are a leading display team of former Red Arrows pilots renowned worldwide for flying precision close formation aerobatics to the highest level, within a dynamic and cutting edge display. Some of the country's most experienced display pilots ...

Replacement Snowbirds aircraft to cost $755 million - Ottawa Citizen | The aerobatic aviation team is seen as a key public relations tool for the military. But some in the Canadian Forces have privately questioned spending money on the Snowbirds since it does not directly contribute combat capabilities to the air force.

Sky's the limit at Chilliwack Flight Fest - Chilliwack Progress | Mayor Sharon Gaetz prepares to go on an aerobatic flight with Dave Mathieson at the Chilliwack Airport on Wednesday morning. 'Super Dave', as he is know, will be performing during this weekend's Flight Fest.

Rocky Mountain Airshow takes off next week from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Rocky Mountain Airshow, set for Aug. 24-26, at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colorado, promises to be bigger than ever this year with the addition of hot air balloons and the expansion of the kid-friendly Adventure Zone...

Stallion 51 celebrates silver anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | As Lee Lauderback taxied to the Warbird Ramp on opening day of this year's SUN ’n FUN, a group of students immediately began pointing at his P-51 “Crazy Horse” and waving to him. He waved back with a big smile on his face. It's a reaction he's used to getting. “Everybody recognizes the P-51,” he said. “It's an amazing airplane.” And even after 25 years of heading up Stallion 51, his company at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida that offers training and rides in the P-51, Lauderback is still that 10-year-old boy who saw Bob Hoover flying a P-51. “I thought, 'wow, that is so cool,'” he remembered. “I am truly blessed to get to fly one every day.” And he shares that blessing with his customers, who travel from all over the world for the chance to fly — not just ride — in a Mustang.

Air Racers 3D to fly high in Reno theaters from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | 3D Entertainment Distribution has inked an agreement to present "Air Racers 3D," in Reno exclusively at Cinemark Century Theatres from Sept. 7-20. The two-week theatrical engagement will coincide with the 2012 National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport, which will see the young star of the 3D film, pilot Steven Hinton, in competition for the fourth consecutive time...

Peek Inside Rare WWII Bomber 'Aluminum Overcast' [VIDEO] - New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio | TRENTON - A rare B-17 bomber made a stop at the Trenton Mercer Airport Monday during a national “Salute to Veterans” tour and members of the public were able to get an inside look at the fully-restored war plane. The Experimental Aircraft Association's ...

B-17 tour lands at Lewis University Airport, honors veterans of WWII - The Bugle | Try, if you can, to imagine yourself on the battlefields of Europe in the opening months of 1942. If you were a German soldier or industrial worker at that time, there would have been few sights more frightening than that of an approaching B-17 bomber...

Tuskegee Airmen to be remembered in traveling Brunswick exhibit - Press Herald | Suzanne Krauss, Deputy Air Show Director, said the exhibit is sponsored by the Commemorative Air Force “Red Tail Squadron” whose pilots and planes will perform during the three-day-long airshow. The traveling exhibit, which is housed inside a ...

WWII P-51 Pilot and Author, Richard K. Curtis to be Guest Speaker at Indiana Warbird Campaign. - - Indiana Warbird Campaign |  Richard K. Curtis, a WWII P-51 fighter pilot, retired IUPUI School of Liberal Arts professor and author of “Dumb But Lucky!”, is set to be this year’s special guest speaker on Saturday, September 1st at 7:00 p.m. You can...

Podcast: Justin Peterson – The Warbird Rescue Show - www.warbirdradio.com | WARBIRD RADIO – Join the Warbird Rescue crew for a very special guest. Justin Peterson, a 12 year old student in Washington state who studies World War II history has raised over $26,000 to send WWII veterans to Washington D.C. All this has been made possible by the Memorial Flight Program to ens...

Loring Military Heritage Center’s unique memorabilia to be reunion attraction - Bangor Daily News | Loring Air Force Base was a mysterious place in 1991 when Matt Cole of Washburn was an Eagle Scout. He always looked forward to the annual Boy Scout Winterama campouts on the base, one of the few times civilians were allowed through the patrolled gates that limited access to the Strategic Air Command facility in Limestone...

Davis D-1 Restoration from Another Time by Dan Linn | Terry Wallace ... just rolled out the completed restoration of another Davis D-1, NC15785...

Avro Anson MKI maiden flight July 2012, Nelson, New Zealand. from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | We stumbled across this little gem and thought it well worth sharing.

Boeing Marks 50 Years of Delivering Chinook Helicopters - pilotnewsmag.com | As Boeing [NYSE: BA] marks the 50th anniversary of delivering the first H-47 Chinook military helicopter, the company is nearing completion of a $130 million renovation of its production line near Philadelphia that will help it meet global demand for the latest model, the CH-47F. “The Chinook has...

Last of Their Kind - Airspacemag.com | Airplanes without equal at the National Air and Space Museum.

“A member of the 439th Troop Carrier looks over a captured... from x planes | "...captured German Junkers Piggy Back Plane..."

EAA Young Eagles Take Flight, 2012 Northeast LSA Expo, and BBQ with WWII ... - Londonderry News | From 9am to 1pm, the EAA Young Eagles will take flight at Lawrence Municipal Airport in North Andover, MA. From 9am – 4pm the 2012 Northeast LSA Expo(Light Sport Aircraft) will also be at Lawrence Municipal Airport. Finally, at 5pm an all you can eat ...

Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), re-purposed from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | During the Shuttle program, the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) was used for training purposes and to integrate changes to hardware and flight software into the orbiters...

Historic Images: Two Space Shuttles Together - Universe Today | This event took place today at the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in April, 2012 as space shuttle Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA's shuttle fleet, met up with its prototype sister, Enterprise as they switch spots ...