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Seth Wescott takes spin around Maine in US Air Force Thunderbird - Bangor Daily News | Seth Wescott (left) of Carrabassett, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboardcross, prepares for an hourlong flight with a pilot from the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force's precision flying team. The two took off from Brunswick on Thursday, Aug ...

Look! Up in the sky! It's an air show rehearsal - Press Herald | Staff Writer. BRUNSWICK – With a location just off the end of the main runway at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, it would seem Ken Burton's Fat Boy Drive-In is strategically located to cash in on the Great State of Maine Air Show every August...

Martinsburg Air Base prepares for open house, show - West Virginia Public Broadcasting | Wells said the Spanish Air Force used the planes until the early 1970's. “One of the best known things of the Bucker Jungmeister is in 1936 it was part of the Berlin Olympic Games and they flew Jungmeisters as an aerobatic portion of the Olympics,” he ...

See WWII 'War Birds' at New Garden air show - Daily Local News | The event, which has become a Chester County tradition, expanded from a one-day to a two-day show last year and changed its name from the Colonial Flying Corps Museum Air Show to the Festival of Flight Air & Car Show. More changes happened this ...

Iconic Snowbirds land in Charlottetown - The Guardian Charlottetown | This weekend Wiebe will join eight other Snowbirds pilots in his squadron as he takes that love to the air in CT-114 Tutor jet number four at the Atlantic Canada International Air Show in Summerside. Wiebe is in his eighth year flying with the ...

Airplanes to perform overhead show Saturday - Daily Eastern News | The 11th Coles County Airshow will take place at noon Saturday at the Coles County Airport. Airport Manager Andrew Fearn said at least six groups will perform in almost an hour-and-a-half-long show. The show will feature Susan Dacy and her plane Big ...

'Reds' supporters are on an anniversary high - This is Gloucestershire | We've twinned with supporter groups in Rome supporting the Frecce Tricolori and America, supporting the US Navy's Blue Angels. "For me, there's no other aerobatic team like the Reds in the world. It's the best of British – from the aircrafts to the way ...

Thunder Over The Coconino VIII from Planes Of Fame News | Grand Canyon's Valle Airport Fly-In and Car Show, August 25, 2012.

The Patrouille de France in Angerville - kartcom | The Patrouille de France in Angerville. Patrouille de France.jpg. 8 Alpha Jet Patrol France are expected in the sky Angerville at 11:40 Sunday, 26 August 2012 at the opening of the final stages of the U18 World Championship CIK-FIA.

The ace aerobatics in the sky Trestraou - Ouest-France | The Patrouille de France returns to its air show this weekend in Lannion, Brittany. Last year, 90,000 people came to watch the eight pilots aboard their Alphajets. Entrapment, plume, acrobatics ... This weekend Trestraou ...

From the Commemorative Air Force: August 2012 Flyer Now Available | This month's edition is a little longer but there is a great article from Mr. Clyde Hussey, the Radio Operator on the B-29, "Horrible Monster".  Clyde was a special guest at our Radio Dedication Ceremony on June 30th....

WWII vet takes a flight over memory lane - The Virginian-Pilot | Harriet and Joseph Collector of Virginia Beach ride in the radio compartment of the Memphis Belle, a World War II-era B-17, as the plane nears a landing at Chesapeake Regional Airport on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Collector, 88, was in the Army and served ...

Great story... from TVR Photography.com's Facebook Wall |Charlie Brown was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 379th Bomber Group at Kimbolton, England. His B-17 was called 'Ye Old Pub' and was in a terrible state, having been hit by flak and fighters. The compass was damaged and they were flying deeper over enemy territory instead of heading home to Kimbolton. After flying the B-17 over an enemy airfield, a German pilot named Franz Stigler was ordered to take off and shoot down the B-17. When he got near the B-17, he could not believe his eyes. In his words, he 'had never seen a plane in such a bad state'. The tail and rear section was severely damaged, and the tail gunner wounded....

Round the World, Part 1  -  juliefilucci.com | In April 1921, the Douglas Aircraft Company's predecessor, the Davis-Douglas Company, won its first order from the Navy for the DT, a torpedo-carrying airplane based in some part on the original Cloudster design. From one great design springs another--hallmark to the success of the DC line in later years, and no more true than in the aircraft that followed the DT...

Speedy Sir Chris travels at twice the speed of sound in supersonic jet - Hello! | Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy took to the Scottish skies on Wednesday in a Royal Air Force Typhoon. Leaving his bike behind, Sir Chris joined Six Squadron and boarded the aircraft during a visit to RAF Leuchars in Fife.

Alliance recognizes Grimes Field, museum and foundation - Urbana Daily Citizen | Volunteers in Urbana were honored for their work associated with the gathering of B-25's and the 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Assisting Tony Perfilio, chair of the National Aviation Heritage ...

Face of Defense: Apache Pilot Fulfills Lifelong Dream - US Department of Defense | Although Chief Warrant Officer 2 Laura Tanski first “slipped the surly bonds of Earth” as an Army aviator two years ago, she has been living in the clouds for most of her life.  “For as long as I can remember, my room was filled with airplanes and helicopters,” Tanski, an Apache helicopter pilot with the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, said recently. “I have always loved aviation, and I knew since I was a kid that I was going to fly.”...