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The aviation community remembers Bob Odegaard - WDAY | Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- It shocked the aviation community -- the creator of the Fargo air-museum and air-show, dies in a plane crash. The famed pilot is 66-year-old Bob Odegaard.

Bob Odegaard – A Tribute to a World Class Builder, Pilot and a Friend from Photorecon by Joe Kates | Robert Odegaard was born and raised in Kindred, North Dakota. Bob’s love for aviation started as a child on the family farm where he would watch DC-3s fly overhead. Bob founded and operated Odegaard Aviation, a fixed-base operation and aerial spray firm. He was airport manager for the Kindred airport and was instrumental in building the airpark next to the...

A memorial to a truly great aviator, Bob Odegaard from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | I've only met Bob Odegaard one time, but that's all it took to know this was one of the aviation family's most accomplished aviators. We all should strive to be the kind of pilot he was, a humble but focused man who never met another pilot who was not his instant friend. And on Friday, September 7, 2012, in a crash as he practiced for an air show in Valley City, ND, the life of this wonderful pilot and generous human being was cut short at the young age of 66....

Mechanics of the Blues: The Navy flying squad's elite ground team - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels ground team is so big that new technicians like Jennifer Baatstad never have to look far for help on a maintenance problem. Her colleagues include: • Crew chiefs: Fifteen maintenance technicians who are assigned directly to various pilots.

Jacksonville Air Show - Today's THV | JACKSONVILLE Ark.; (KTHV)--A big production in Jacksonville this weekend, it's the Air Show at the Little Rock Air Force Base. Hundreds of thousands of people coming out to see the show, it only happens once every two years. This year the blue angels ...

'Bird strike' cuts Red Arrows short - U.TV | As the annual airshow got underway at West Bay on Saturday, he said: "The Portrush Air Show gives us a good opportunity to test the capability of using unmanned drones for aerial reconnaissance during large scale incidents. "For the first time ever we ...

Tupelo airshow brings together the young and old - WTVA | Tupelo airshow brings together the young and old. Video; Images. Aviation history on display at air show. Aviation Expo

Video: Mixmaster P-51 'Precious Metal' Looking Very Precious! (Air To Air) from AirPigz by Martt | Here's a great video (with some awesome stills thrown in) of Thom Richard and Precious Metal stopping off for some camera time with Scott Slocum. Precious Metal is now at Reno preparing for racing next week after a year of several improvements including an amazing prop upgrade. Given that this P-51 is powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon and spins two counter-rotating props, and upgraded prop is a pretty big deal!...

All Women Air Race Classic - 2012 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy GaleYou'll have to go to Youtube via a computer to see this video of  All Women Air Race Classic - 2012

Italian couple attends first Stearman Fly-In - Galesburg Register-Mail | Simona Balestri, 44, left, and Piero Angiolillo, 52, both of Italy, embrace as they laugh outside of the National Stearman headquarters office Friday as they tour the facilities, mingle with fellow Stearman pilots and wait for planes to fly at the ...

The return of the tricolor arrows in the sky of the Riviera di Ponente on 15 and 16 September - PuntoAlbenga | ALBENGA - The skies of the Riviera di Ponente are again ready to tinged with green, white and red with the Frecce Tricolori. Albenga and Imperia, in fact, started the countdown to the highly anticipated "Air show" to be held on 15 and ...

Wambach to fly in an F-15 - KRTV Great Falls News | She's won gold medals and played for world cup titles and on Tuesday, Abby Wambach will receive another thrill as she flies in an F-15...

Vintage WWII planes visit Connecticut on history tour - Examiner.com | "Nine-O-Nine" is the massive B-17 Flying Fortress on the tour. It has a 103-foot wingspan and is outfitted with four machine gun positions, including two "ball turrets" where gunners sat inside a glass ball and fired at enemy planes. The Flying ...

Life-long passion takes Clearfield man to the skies - Clearfield Progress | Piper hired the trio while business was booming in 1946, Berry said, and their motivation for working there was an employees-only aviation club. "It took a couple of weeks but we got into the club," said Berry. "They had a big hangar and an office area.

Yves Rossy: Jetman flies with Spitfire MH434 in Switzerland - Daily Mail | ... time to flight and experimented with all its forms', creating a harness with inflatable wing panels that he subsequently developed into a rigid wing with four engines. Spitfire pilot Lamb is well known for flying in the Red Bull Air Race World ...

Shuttle Endeavour to get one last piggyback ride across US - NBCNews.com | NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will embark on a three-day journey by air this month that will take it from coast to coast on a mission to become a museum display. The space agency on Friday revealed Endeavour's final flight plan, announcing the route ...