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Be a part of history: Watch Red Bull Stratos live! - Redbull.com | ...The lift-off will be the culmination of five years' intense planning, and the entire mission will be beamed live to a global audience on www.redbullstratos.com. Freefalling from 120,000 feet (or 23 miles!) Felix Baumgartner is attempting to become the first man to break the sound barrier without mechanical assistance....

Fitting finale to Imperial War Museum Duxford air show season - Haverhill Echo | One of the highlights of the Autumn Air Show will be a display by P-51Mustang Ferocious Frankie alongside Spitfire IX from the Old Flying Machine Company, presenting the might of the Merlin engine in these legendary American and British fighter aircraft...

Formation Flying from Latest Vlog | Filmed in Johannesburg earlier this year by HeliMedia at the Rand show, this video captures a formation of Harvards taxiing out and taking off to group over the city....

Airport Day 2012 this Weekend - Clarksdale Press Register | Rides on a B-25 Mitchell Bomber, similar to the one pictured above, will be available courtesy of the Missouri Wing of the Commemorative Air Force as part of the 2012 Airport Day being held Saturday at Fletcher Field.

Video: Remembering WWII - Pioneering pilot roles for women - KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News | Young is one of those pilots, and one who helped pioneer roles for women in aviation. She took her first ride in a plane when she was 14, and finally learned to fly in college. "It was the feeling of the power of the aircraft," Young says is what ...

Wings of Freedom Tour – Promoting Aviation History from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Founded in 1979 the Collings Foundation undertakes to organize and support what they describe as ‘living history’ events to encourage Americans to discover more about their heritage through the various exhibitions and events arranged by this non-profit organization. Events organized by the foundation include airshows, historical reunions, barnstorming, joint museum displays, Vietnam Memorial Flights and the ever-popular Wings of Freedom Tour which travels to numerous destinations in the United States, bringing ‘living history’ to the public....

Flying history - San Angelo Standard Times | Patrick Dove/Standard-Times A B-17G Flying Fortress, owned and operated by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, sits on the tarmac at Mathis Field Monday morning as local citizens tour the aircraft. The bomber went into service near the end ...

An aviation hero - Hawaii Reporter | When I first started in flight school, I was not a natural aviator. The instructors did a good job teaching me because I was able to graduate in the top two percent of my class." During his time as a UH-60 pilot, he generated more than 6,700 flight ...

Aircrew killed in wartime crash honoured - This is Total Essex | "The severed tail fell 300yds away, still strapped inside was the tail gunner Adams, suffering from shock and a badly lacerated leg but otherwise unhurt, the rest of the crew perished as did all those in the other B-17 flown by 2nd Lieutenant Keeley ...

'Spooktacular Aerospace Fun' during Family Day at the museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Learn fun aerospace principles through Halloween-themed activities during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Visitors are...

Museum's archive gets off to a flying start - The Press, York | A new £150,000 home for the Yorkshire Air Museum's archives, including historic documents, films and artefacts, is due to be completed next year after it is fitted out with racks and research facilities. The keys to the building have been handed over ...

Raising Money for WAI Scholarships? Follow This Lead from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | The Oshkosh chapter of Women in Aviation, International announced the top three winners of its second annual Frosting for Flight cupcake competition. Six teams competed in the Oct. 6 event, which raised funds for the chapter’s Spirit of Flight scholarship...
Sikorsky Aircraft Hosts 11th Annual Regional Boy And Girl Scouts Camp from Aero-News Network | Toured Facilities, Learned About Aerospace Careers More than 500 Boy and Girl Scouts, and their leaders, from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York pitched their tents for a three-day campout on the Sikorsky Aircraft grounds in Stratford over the weekend. As part of the campout, the scouts learned about aerospace, electricity, emergency preparedness, energy and other Merit Badge subjects....

Kids fly free at Vinton County Airport event - Vinton Courier | Kids fly free at Vinton County Airport event. The final scheduled event for 2012 at the Vinton County Airport will be Sunday, Oct. 21 when the Annual Leaf Peep/Young Eagles Day is held. During this event, sponsored by the Vinton County Pilots and ...

Podcast: Shuttle Transport Pilot from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | Space shuttle deliveries are not a simple affair from a technological, aerodynamic or security standpoint. AVweb speaks with NASA shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) pilot Bill Brockett.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Video: Dragon mission update from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Parabolic Arc reports that the Dragon CRS-1 mission is proceeding well and all systems are nominal. That's especially good news since the launch suffered an anomaly. SpaceX explains that the apparent explosion at MET of one minute and 19 seconds was in fact...