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Could this be Amelia Earhart's plane? New underwater video reveals evidence ... - Daily Mail | Researchers may have come one step closer toward solving the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance after announcing the discovery of what could be remnants of the famed aviator's plane. The debris located off Nikumaroro island in the southwestern ...

Roaring and soaring air show thrill throngs in Atlantic City - Cherry Hill Courier Post | And whatever comes after that doesn't even begin to describe the roar of an Air Force Thunderbird jet flying about 50 feet over your head. Makes you jump loud. The highlight of the annual Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show, the F-16 fighter jets didn ...

Video and photos: An estimated crowd of over 700000 turns out for the Atlantic ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | The Atlantic City Airshow celebrated its 10th anniversary in grand style by putting an aerial spectacle that is second to none. From the US Army Golden Knights Parachute team, who always open the show, to the USAF Thunderbirds closing, Thunder Over The ...

Chicago-area natives keep Air & Water Show running smoothly - Chicago Tribune | The morning of an air show, Vania Reid starts the rumbling of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet engines. She listens and looks for problems, for leaks and cracks. When she gives the go-ahead, pilots take off for a test run. When they return, she inspects ...

Flying at 700 mph over Sonoma County: 'It is a blast' - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Spencer Suderman of Camarillo performs tail slides in his aerobatic biplane, the Meteor Pitts, during practice Friday for the Wings Over Wine Country air show this weekend at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.

Greenwood Lake Air Show Brings Back the Basics August 18th-19th at NYCAviation - www.nycaviation.com | Despite funding and fiscal cutbacks within the aviation community, the original airshow model has taken flight over the past two years and will be doing so...

Vintage WWII Aircraft Visited St. Charles Area - Patch.com | “The Commemorative Air Force was delighted to return to DuPage this year with FIFI,” said Gerald Oliver of the Commemorative Air Force's B-29 Team. “The turnout exceeded our expectations and we thank our gracious hosts for allowing us to display this ...

Top name acts to perform at Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | This year's Bournemouth Air Festival is just around the corner and the official brochure is now on sale, with organisers once again aiming to raise tens of thousands of pounds for charities. Last year a wristband was given away with the brochure for ...

The "Flying Donkeys" on stage at Lignano  - Il Messaggero Veneto  | PORDENONE. There will also be a "signature" of Lignano Sabbiadoro Pordenone skies, tomorrow, during the air show that will be completed by the Tricolour Arrows. A will perform the aerobatic team of the "flying donkeys", the flying donkeys, three ultralights ...

Air show spotlights Brazil's booming general aviation sector - Economic Times | SAO PAULO: A major air show in Sao Paulo this week turned the spotlight on the robust health of Brazil's general aviation market, which is thriving despite the global economic slowdown. General aviation, which makes up the majority of the world's air ...

Snowbirds Prepare To Retire CT-114 Tutor from AVwebFlash Current Issue |  The Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatics team have flown the CT-114 Tutor since 1971 and now, according to documents obtained by Canada's The Citizen, they are in the early stages of finding replacement aircraft. Amid tight budgeting guidelines and looming modernization costs across the whole of the Canadian Forces, authorities are prepared to spend $755 million for a new Snowbirds jet fleet. Tutors have been in the Canadian Forces inventory since the 1960's and the Snowbirds currently operate 11 of them. Nine fly formation maneuvers when two solo aircraft are included. Two jets are kept available as spares. It is not yet clear if the military will be replacing all of the aircraft to create a fleet of equal number. But the current Tutors are scheduled to retire by year end 2020.

Veteran of World War II air combat arrives Monday - Helena Independent Record | A nonprofit group, the Commemorative Air Force, is bringing the plane, “Maid in the Shade,” which was restored in 2009 after a 28-year effort. The plane flew 15 missions out of Corsica in World War II before returning to the United States, flying in ...

Knight Twister Visits Antique Airfield from Antique Airfield News | Over the last 40 plus years, there have been any number of different antiques, classics, warbirds, and homebuilts grace the grass here at Antique Airfield. Usually the occasion of a first arrival by a rare, unusual , hot, heavy or some combination thereof aircraft will get the whole crew out of the office and hangars to watch. Then there are those extremely rare occasions when such arrivals go unnoticed...

Door on the Restoration Center from Antique Airfield News | Today the Schweiss Bi-fold 12’x 40’ hangar door was erected and is in the process of being tied into the structure of the Restoration Center. Other work today included completion of the framing for the structure that ties the Restoration Center to the APM storage hangar...

The CH-47 Chinook - 50 years in service from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Last year we commemorated half a century since the first flight of the prototype of what was to become the CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter. Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the entry into service of the first production CH-47...

Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? 1928 Fairey Long-Range Monoplane from AirPigz by Martt | ...If you've been paying close attention to this fairly new poll feature I call 'Awesome or Ugly?' you'll have noticed that this is only the third posting, but the second one to include an airplane built by Fairey. That's purely a coincidence. I will add however that the trend so far has been for me to post airplanes that I think lean well over on the 'awesome' side of the fence. That may change in the future, but for now that trend continues as I think this 1928 Fairey Long-Range Monoplane is extremely awesome...