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2012 Reno Air Races - Sunday Report Pt 2 - LiveAirShowTV | Clips and results from the Formula One, Biplane, T-6 and Sport class Gold races at the 2012 Reno National Championship Air Races.

Reno National Championship Air Races results - The Union of Grass Valley | Expand Photo. Photo by Tim O'brien Nick Macy of Tulelake, CA turns around the pylons in "Six-Cat" while setting two new all-time AT-6 Class records at the Reno Air Races. Expand Photo. Photos by Tim O'Brien Unlimited Class Gold racers "Precious Metal",...

Steven Hinton Jr. and Team Strega win the 2012 Reno Air Races from Julie in the Sky | Steven Hinton Jr, otherwise known as Stevo and Team Strega dominated the Unlimited Gold race and flew the course in 8 minutes and 5 seconds with an average speed of 477.523 mph. Robert “Hoot” Gibson, who piloted “September Fury” finished second with a lap average of 456.74. Third place went to “Dreadnought”, piloted by Dennis [...]

Happy 91st Birthday, Paul Poberezny! from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association |
Today, September 14, marks the 91st birthday of EAA Founder and Chairman Emeritus Paul H. Poberezny. Happy birthday, Paul, from all of us whose passion for flight has been forever fueled by your lifelong efforts on behalf of aviation!

Annual Amigo Airsho prepares to take flight - KFOX El Paso | Returning performers include the U.S. Airforce Thunderbirds, the U.S. Army Golden Knight Parachute Team, and John Klatt and the Air National Guard's aerobatic team. John Mohr and his 1943 Stock Stearman PT-17, Tim Weber and his Geico MXS, and ...

West Star Aviation Air Show Back in Grand Junction - KREX News Channel 5 | Story Updated: Sep 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM MDT. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- After four years without it, aerial performers will be back in the Grand Valley and taking to the skies above the Grand Junction Regional Airport for the West Star Aviation Air Show.

Fly-In at Mansfield Airport - Wicked Local | The 2012 Mansfield Fly-In will be held at the Mansfield Municipal Airport, Fruit Street, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 30. There is free entry and parking. There will be fun for the whole family including crafts ...

Alenia Promotes C-27J At African Aerospace Show - Ottawa Citizen (blog) | At the South-African Airshow Alenia Aermacchi intends to promote the company's products in tactical transport aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft and a training for military pilots. The African market is also promising for the regional transport sector ...

Famous WWII dive bomber on display at Crossville fly-in - Crossville Chronicle | A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, one of only three still intact, and the only one still in the air, will be at the Crossville Fly-In. By and large, the aircraft that operated from U.S. Navy aircraft carriers after 1942, were markedly superior to the their ...

B-17 Flights Available to Support South Plains Honor Flight - News/Talk 790 KFYO | One of World War II's top military bombers will be available for residents across the South Plains to see next week. The B-17 bomber “Sentimental Journey” will come to the Silent Wings Museum at the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport beginning ...

Wings of Freedom Tour at Norwood Airport - Wicked Local | On display at Norwood Memorial Airport will be a B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang. These "living history" aircraft are owned and operated by the Collings Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Stow, MA. Event parking is ...

Victory shift workers helped Allies win war - Buffalo News | A recent visit to Buffalo of a P-40 Flying Tiger and the B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle helped me recall my experience of working on the victory shift. This is a term few people have heard about, especially if you were born after World War II. It ...

RAF war hero is remembered with gift from Newark Air Museum - This is Nottingham | Newark Air Museum made the poignant presentation to commemorate the life of Sergeant Norris Mervyn Harrison, who was shot down in his plane while he was returning from a bombing raid over Germany during the Second World War. ​ RAF pic. He was ...

Timeless Voices - Kenneth Hoffman by eaavideo.org | Kenneth Hoffman was a B-17 armorer-gunner with the 816th Bomb Squadron of the 483rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during World War Two. Ken flew as both a waist and tail gunner, completing 35 combat missions between July 1944 and April 1945.

Aviation Pioneer J. Herman Banning Makes Historic Cross-Country Flight On ... - News One | Eventually, an instructor and army aviator taught Banning privately at the Raymond Fisher's Flying Field school in Des Moines. Although Banning didn't complete his education, he owned and operated an auto repair shop before a bold move to Los Angeles ...

Fagen Fighter Museum Plans Grand Opening Next Weekend from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A new museum featuring some very well-known flying warbirds as well as several significant military vehicles holds its grand opening next weekend in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

Episode 215 – Tom Haines, AOPA Pilot from Airplane Geeks Podcast |  Guest Tom Haines is Editor-in-Chief and Sr. Vice President, Media for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He’s a pilot who has covered General Aviation for many years. We talk about Tom’s fantastic Self-Fly Safari in Africa through...

Orion Spacecraft Makes Virginia Air & Space Center Home - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com |  NASA and the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC) announced today that a full-scale test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft will become part of the center's permanent collection...

Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover from RGJ.com by By Ramit Plushnick-Masti Associated Press | Waving American flags and space shuttle toys, hundreds of people lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday as they watched space shuttle Endeavour touch down in Houston on its way to be permanently displayed in California...

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