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Tillsonburg ready to welcome the Snowbirds - London Free Press | The Royal Canadian Air Force's 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Snowbirds, will touch down in Oxford County Wednesday. The Tillsonburg Regional Airport will host the Snowbirds as they put on one of their world-renowned shows...

US military missing in action this Air Show - Toronto Star | This year, however, the Canadian International Air Show's aerobatic stunts will be left to the Canadians, after budget constraints forced the United States Air Force to halt funding for nearly all of its air demonstration teams. Where organizers have ...

Warm weather, clear skies for weekend's air show - Register Pajaronian | Visitors heading to the 48th annual Watsonville Fly-in and Air Show should expect clear skies with low clouds clearing up by late morning or early afternoon, Cross said. Thousands of people will descend about the Watsonville Airport from Friday to ...

Wild West Air Fest highlights Labor Day weekend in Steamboat - Steamboat Pilot & Today | This weekend, Stout will be in Steamboat talking about Colorado's aviation history and other interesting airplane tales during the eighth annual Wild West Air Fest at Steamboat Springs Airport. “I think it's a great way for families to get introduced ...

Air show skydivers will jump into PV-Assumption football game - Quad City Times | Fans attending Thursday's high school football game between the Pleasant Valley Spartans and the Assumption Knights will get a taste of the Quad-City Air Show during the pre-game festivities. Ken Hopper, president of the Quad-City Air Show, has ...

Fundraiser pre-airshow dinner and concert for Wounded Warrior Project - News Sentinel | Fort Wayne Air Show, Sept. 1-2, will hold a fundraiser pre-show dinner and concert, Friday, to assist service members who have been injured in the line of duty. All proceeds from the dinner and concert will be donated to the nonprofit organization ...

40000-plus attended air show at former Navy base - Boston.com | Steve Levesque from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority says attendance tracked closely with expectations for the second show since the closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station. Last year, about 25,000 people attended the first post-Navy air ...

Video: Winston Salem Air Show Highlights from PARADISE AIRSHOWS

Come along and enjoy the Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | Families from Bournemouth and the surrounding area looking for free entertainment in the last week of the school holidays are being invited to join in the fun at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival . The event – with the strapline “by the sea and ...

An In-depth Interview with Farnborough International Airshow's Operations ... - Event Industry News | The Farnborough International Airshow attracts exhibitors and visitors from across the globe, bringing together the cream of the commercial aerospace and defence industries and showcasing the newest and most groundbreaking developments in aviation ...

Deteriorated parts blamed for Reno crash from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that deteriorated locknut inserts found in Jimmy Leeward's P-51D that crashed during the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, allowed the trim tab attachment screws to become loose, and even initiated fatigue cracking in one screw. This condition, which resulted in reduced stiffness in the elevator trim system, ultimately led to aerodynamic flutter at racing speed that broke the trim tab linkages, resulting in a loss of controllability and the eventual crash, NTSB officials said...

Fort Bend Radio Control Club fly-in benefits MDA each year - Houston Chronicle | When Lin Moore was growing up in North Carolina, he'd take things apart in an attempt to understand how they worked. He couldn't always put them back together, which frustrated his parents. "They understood, I guess - they let me live," he joked...

World War II translator honored for service with Flying Tigers - Scoop.it | But the 90-year-old American citizen — one of the last remaining members of the original Flying Tigers still living today — said the evening was beyond his imagination. Former Veterans Administration Secretary Jim Nicholson ...

A legend of air  - South West (translated)  | Despite its immense experience in the Patrouille de France or as an airline pilot, he remains humble in front of a camera that "can always go lollipop." The difficulties in the control were just perfect for prof ...

Northwest Flight to Blakesburg: The Low and Slow Contingent from Antique Airfield News | While the antique biplanes get most of the attention, I think the Cubs and a Stearman in our group that are flying low and slow are possibly having more fun.  Today most of the group flew from Bozeman, MT to Spearfish, SD, with a few folks peeling off to fly a northerly route via Miles City, MT and over to Pierre, SD....

Presidential TFR Still Predicted for Saturday September 1 in Des Moines from Antique Airfield News | The Tuesday Presidential TFR for Des Moines is complete and has been taken down.  Although there is no TFR NOTAM posted for Saturday September 1 as of Tuesday evening, the news reports and Obama campaign website still say a Presidential visit will be occurring in Des Moines Saturday September 1. We will post the NOTAM as soon as it becomes available....

Going Commando — Curtiss C-46 walkaround by travelforaircraft | Curtiss-Wright took the success of the Douglas DC-3 and mixed it with the innovation of the Boeing B-307 Stratocruiser to make the first pressurized cargo aircraft. Though not pressurized in the production version it was the largest twin engine aircraft at the time and could deliver a heavy load to distant unimproved airfields....

Video: Over The Alps With No Engine, Whatcha Gonna Do? Enjoy The Ride : ) from AirPigz by Martt | Soaring is still relatively unknown to the average avgeek... I wish I knew what to do to change that. Sailplanes are a fantastic and exhilarating way to fly, and flying some of them over the Alps as this video shows makes for an incredibly amazing adventure. One thing you sure don't need for this adventure is an engine!...

AF C-130 firefighting efforts reach milestone from Air Force Link Top Stories | Air Force Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s reached a major mission milestone Aug. 24 by dropping the 2 millionth gallon of retardant for the season. MAFFS 5, assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here, dropped the record-breaking gallon during its third sortie of the day battling the Halstead fire north of Stanley, Idaho....

NASA's Moonwalking Apollo Astronauts: Where Are They Now? - Space.com | He retired as a brigadier general from the Air Force, and left NASA in 1970 to work for the U.S. State Department, and then to become the director of the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. In 1980, Collins left the Smithsonian, joining the LTV ...