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Air show takes off in Brunswick - WLBZ-TV | The big stars of this show are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flying team. They gave a preview performance during the afternoon, and drew crowds all around the Brunswick Landing airport. This is the second year that the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment ...

National aerobatic champion Kirby Chambliss - Denver Post | Red bull athlete and five time U.S. national aerobatic champion Kirby Chambliss flies his Edge 540 over Broomfield while practicing for the 2012 Rocky Mountain Air Show on Thursday, August 23, 2012. The air show will take place August 24th through the ...

Skyhawks parachute team drop into air show - The Guardian Charlottetown | It was a different story Friday as the team loaded into a Hercules along with a contingent of about 15 members of the media for this year's Atlantic Canada International Air Show in Summerside. Low cloud cover kept the plane from reaching the higher ...

Air show pilots spread their wings - WBIR-TV | The air show brought in dozens of pilots from over the country including: Neal Melton and John Shoffner of East Tennessee, Aerobatic Pilot Dwayne Roberts of Grenada, Mississippi and the Team RV air show pilots. On August 18, a Live at Five crew visited ...

Restored B-17 highlights Gratiot airshow - The Morning Sun | No sound from the sky quite sounds like the roar of a 1,200-horsepower Wright Cycle engine. Four of those Studebaker-built, nine-cylinder, 1,800-cubic-inch engines propelled the B-17 bomber “Yankee Lady” through mid-Michigan's skies Friday, and the ...

Fly-in breakfast this weekend - Mt. Sterling Advocate | The Mt. Sterling-Montgomery County Airport will host its 41st annual Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast and Static Display this Saturday. The breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. and last until 11. It will include pancakes, sausage and drinks. The cost is $5 per person.

$77 million fund created for Nev. air race victims - Fox News | According to the Reno Air Racing Association Accident Compensation Fund's website, the program is designed to provide claimants prompt compensation while avoiding the costs and delays associated with lawsuits. Compensation will be based on ...

Local Man Flies with Blue Angels - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- A local Marine Corps sergeant had the once in a lifetime opportunity to fly with the world famous U.S. Navy Blue Angels during the Chicago Air and Water Show. Rockford resident Gary Haun was selected to fly in the Blue Angels C...

Kids Adventure- Labor Day Weekend at Tuskegee Fly-In from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Historic Moton Field- TUSKEGEE AL- Get ready for the third annual Kids Adventure Day at Moton Field, Tuskegee next Saturday, September 1st, 2012. Jammed packed with fun for everyone including:...

Duluth to host largest-ever air show in Minnesota - Minneapolis Star Tribune | It's safe to say that the Duluth Air Show will be once again be the largest air show in Minnesota this year, and for good reason. Muscling their way in, among other sleek and small aircraft, at the Air Show on September 22-23 will be several beefier ...

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Video: Last flying Vulcan XH558 gives impromptu flypast over King's Lynn on ... - Norwich Evening News | The aircraft was on its way from a display at Clacton Airshow to its base at Robin Hood Airport, at Doncaster. The loud low-level pass sparked a flurry of tweets, before the charity which operates the former RAF jet bomber aircraft confirmed it was ...

International and Himalayan National Paragliding Championship 2012 from 25th ... - India Education Diary | He said that the event was being organized jointly by Department of Youth Services and Sports and Tourism department, Himachal Pradesh with Technical Support of Aero Club of India (ACI) and Federation of Aeronautical International (FAI). He said that ...

Haverstraw Air Show readies radio-controlled planes - Newsday | The third annual Haverstraw Air Show returns Saturday, Aug. 25, when the Hudson Valley Radio Control Club will show off unmanned aircraft models — and even let folks in the crowd take some for a spin. Sponsored by the Town of Haverstraw, the free ...

Canadian flies the Red Tail Project P-51C Mustang - Canadian Skies | Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association pilot, Bill Shepard, is the latest aviator to be checked out on the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's P-51C Mustang, named “Tuskegee Airmen.” The aircraft, along with the “Rise Above” travelling ...

CAF museum to showcase Mustang planes and cars - Midland Reporter-Telegram | The event begins at 9 a.m. at the Commemorative Air Force, 9600 Wright Drive. Tickets are $5 per person, and children under 5 years of age are free. Retired Air Force Col. C.E. "Bud" Anderson will speak as part of the Above and Beyond Seminar Series, ...

Classic war planes in Calgary this weekend - CBC.ca | Several classic war planes are at the Calgary International Airport this weekend for the Aviation Calgary Expo. We sent a camera for a spin in one of only five operational B-17 Flying Fortresses in the world. The four-engine plane was one of the ...

Survivors remember daring raid | 2 veterans of World War II's Doolittle attack ... - Avionics Intelligence | As the first Americans to strike Japan's home islands during World War II, Cole and Thatcher found that the ack-ack-ack of the flak guns did little damage to the 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers that achieved fame as the Doolittle Raiders. It was only ...

WWII pilot takes to the sky again in B-25 bomber - KRTV Great Falls News | It's a first-time sighting for many Montanans, but it's a blast from the past for Ralph Wilcox, a World War II veteran and pilot of the B-25 bomber. He recalls what time was like while up in the air, being shot at by the enemy: "The fragments go every ...

World War II warbirds land in Wall - Asbury Park Press | Bob Fenton of Keyport talks about why he came to the plane exhibit as he stands near a World War II B-24 Liberator. Three World War II-era planes were on display at Monmouth Executive Airport as part of Wings of Freedom exhibit.

67 Years Later: Park Ridge WW2 Vet Flies Again in B-17 - Patch.com | The 90-year-old Park Ridge, IL, resident rode in the B-17 Aluminum Overcast at the Waukesha County Airport Friday during a special media flight in preparation for the Wings Over Waukesha air show this weekend. “It brought back memories,” said Karl ...

A Historic Mission to Remember from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Today 22 years ago, members of the 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squad of the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing departed Birmingham on a historic non-stop mission that would last over 15 hours to Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE. The units were activated after Iraq invaded Kuwait under Saddam Hussein on August 2, 1990...

Try These Hot Wings - Wall Street Journal | Try These Hot Wings. Aspiring aviator? Take one of History Flight's vintage warbirds for a spin, and maybe let an instructor literally throw you for a loop.

Membership is worth the ride - Daily Astorian | Vintage airplane lovers, take note: The TILLAMOOK AIR MUSEUM has a nifty promotion to attract new members, an annual membership program called “Soaring With the Warbirds” that offers A RIDE IN A WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT. Which plane you fly in ...

Wine tasting fundraiser for Women's Air & Space Museum at Burke Lakefront ... - Plain Dealer (blog) | Guests can sample wines from nine local wineries and hors d'oeuvres, listen to music and take part in an auction and raffle as they mingle with air show performers, including Jane Wicker, a wing walker/aerobatic pilot scheduled to attend. Tickets are ...

New England Air Museum to Get $500000 State Grant - Patch.com | State Representatives Peggy Sayers, D-Windsor/Windsor Locks, and Elaine O'Brien, D-East Granby/Suffield/Windsor, announced Friday that a $500,000 grant-in-aid for the New England Air Museum is expected to be approved at the next meeting of the state ...

Godspeed Endeavour! Farewell from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | On September 17, 2012, space shuttle Endeavour will depart out of Kennedy Space Center for the last time at approximately 7:30 a.m. EST. The orbiter will be placed on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, and flown to its new destination at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California...

SpaceX Clear for Commercial Operations from Spaceports | NASA has formally cleared Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) to begin making cargo runs to the international space station following the company’s completion of its $400 million Commercial Orbital Transportation Services contract agreement with the agency, reports SpaceNews.

XCOR To Build, Fly Suborbital Ships in Florida - Space News | XCOR expects to begin test flights of its two-seat Lynx Mark 1 prototype by early 2013 in Mojave and to fly in Florida a year later. “We will be permanently basing our Lynx Mark 2 production vehicle in Florida,” XCOR chief operating officer Andrew ...