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Veterans, new recruits among crowd at Great State of Maine Air Show - Bangor Daily News | Thunderbirds practice for the Great State of Maine Air Show in Brunswick on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The air show, organized by civilian operators of the Brunswick Naval Air Station, got under way with a full day of flying Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at ...

GALLERY: Winston-Salem Air Show photos from Sunday, August 26 - Winston-Salem Journal | Sgt John Lopez of the US Army Golden Knights prepares for his jump on Sunday, August 25, 2012 above the Winston-Salem Air Show in Winston-Salem, N.C. The United States Army Parachute Team, more commonly known as the Golden Knights, performed ...

Aviation fans on cloud 9 at Oakland Co. air show - The Detroit News | Susan Dacy flies a Super Stearman biplane called “Big Red” on Sunday at the Oakland County International Airport in Pontiac during the annual open house and air show. ) Waterford Township — Steve Scarpelli remembers growing up playing baseball at ...

Offutt air show: Behind the scenes and up in the air - Omaha World-Herald | He good-naturedly answered questions, made sure things were running smoothly and helped the pilots with anything they needed — even if it was only a bottle of water — to have a safe, fun air show. “You try to plan for A to double-Z,” said Burger, ...

Lake in the Sky Airshow South Lake Tahoe - Chasing Clouds | Chasing Clouds had the privilege of visiting the South Lake Tahoe Airshow on Saturday the 25th. It was a great showing and will be looking forward to going next year!

Air show wows appreciative Summerside crowd - Journal Pioneer | Pat Robichaud and a pal travelled from Moncton, N.B., for the event, which included almost 60-minute long daily performances by the Blue Angels, the death defying aerobatics by the Canadian Forces parachute team, the Skyhawks, and the awe-inspiring ...

Heritage Days in Sainte-Maure de Touraine from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | HERITAGE DAYS | 15 and 16 September 2012 | At Sainte-Maure de Touraine |  In the next European Heritage Days on 15 and 16 September, the town Sainte-Maure de Touraine in Indre-et-Loire to mobilize and welcomes you to the theme of the centenary of maneuvers West 1912, which took place in Touraine....

Aircraft visit seeks veterans - Meriden Record-Journal | The Collings Foundation is seeking veterans who flew or maintained the B-17 Flying Fortress, consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang planes during World War II to share their stories when the aircraft visit Waterbury-Oxford Airport ...

Wings of Freedom Fly Over Seaside Heights - Toms River News | As hundreds waited for the final installment of this year's Radio Disney stage show on the boardwalk, the B-17 circled overhead, giving the public a rare glimpse of one of the key aircraft that help lift the United States to victory in World War II ...

Hall of Fame names inaugural class from Australian Aviation Magazine | The Australian Aviation Hall of Fame will induct an inaugural class of nine aviators at its first annual gala dinner in Wagga Wagga on ...

Survivors remember daring raid | 2 veterans of World War II's Doolittle attack ... - Avionics Intelligence | "When we were approaching Tokyo, there was a lot of anti-aircraft fire, but it wasn't accurate because they didn't have much experience," Thatcher told a large crowd Wednesday at Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture. Thatcher and Cole are ...

Red Tails Art Exhibit Opens at Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation opened an art exhibit this weekend honoring the service of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous "Red Tails" of World War II. The artist, Mr. William Curtis, was on hand to explain the images on the various panels that tell the story of the African-American 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group....

Pacific Northwest Blakesburg Caravan Converges on Spokane from Antique Airfield News | Nine antiques and classics from all over western Washington and Oregon converged at Felts Field, Spokane, WA to join up with folks from Spokane heading to Blakesburg. Departures came out of Evergreen Skyranch and Auburn Muni near Seattle, Camas, WA near Portland, and Hood River, OR....

Pearson lands on historic list - The Columbian | Columbian files A statue of Carlton Foster Bond, commanding officer of Pearson Field in the 1930's, greets visitors to the Pearson Air Museum at Pearson Field. After serving pilots for more than a century, Vancouver's Pearson Field will officially be ...

De Havilland Venom Engine Trials from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Some nice video (and sound!) of yet to be registered Venom ZK-VNM at Ardmore late last week.....

DC-3 Amphibian by travelforaircraft | I saw these photo
while reviewing the Florida Memory, and what a suprise!  I had not been aware of a floatborne DC-3 other than a C-47 project in WW II, so running across these photos was a pleasant moment....

Million dollar baby lands at air museum - The Bay of Plenty Times | Million dollar baby lands at air museum. James Fuller | Monday, August 27, 2012 10:23. Classic Flyers' CEO Andrew Gormlie with the latest acquisition, a retired RNZAF Macchi. Mark McKeown. Related. Fighter finds new home in aviation museum · Skyhawk ...

Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting August 30 Will Feature Quadalcanal Veteran from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo |Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting on August 30 | The Missouri Aviation Historical Society is a group of folks with a love of aircraft, and we are striving to locate and document the rich aviation history that has been a part of the great state of Missouri for the past century. From Benoist to Zenith, the aviation industry in the "Show Me" state has always been at the forefront of technology, and has created some of the...

Cancelled: Princess, Dethroned - Air & Space | A British aircraft company could not give up the ship. | For flying boats, The 1930s were the glory years. Pan Am was sending its big Sikorskys and Martins, and ultimately the Boeing 314 Clippers, across the Pacific and down to South America. The British had linked their African, Middle Eastern, Indian, and Australasian holdings with a series of Empire Flying Boats operating from the Solent, a wide, sheltered strait off the south coast of England...

The Ultimate Fighter? - Air & Space | With the F-35, Lockheed Martin takes a turn trying to make one combat plane that can do everything.

Scholarship Winner Alyssa Mae's Application Essay from Life on the Road as a Pilot | We are so excited to present to you the application essays from the two Girls With Wings Summer Scholarship Winners!  The Girls With Wings Scholarship Program provides funds for flight training to selected individuals with a willingness to be superlative GWW role models. Winners show potential to continue her interaction with the GWW organization, via the website and events, so she can assist GWW in encouraging more young girls to have an interest in aviation. Part of the obligation for being awarded the scholarship is to submit at least one picture and an associated journal entry once a month for three months to the Girls With Wings blog to share with others her training, as well as email a final essay summarizing how the scholarship helped her, what she learned and her intent to continue her work as a role model and volunteer for the Girls With Wings, Inc., organization.  Alyssa Mae is the recipient of our $500 Dreams Take Flight Training Scholarship....

The Aviators: Season 3 - Sept. 17th

Neil Armstrong Archive Footage - AirBoyd.tv

Ohioans remember Armstrong as quiet presence in region - Dayton Daily News | Chris Burton, executive director of the Armstrong Air & Space museum in Wapakoneta, recalled Neil Armstrong as a man who publicly spoke only when he thought it was necessary and was always involved with encouraging children's interests in engineering ...

Space Shuttle Enterprise Unveiled At Intrepid Museum from Airboyd