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EAA Honors Five Aviators With Hall of Fame Induction from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Experimental Aircraft Association will recognize the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators on Thursday, November 15, as it inducts them into the EAA Hall of Fame during a banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...

Variety will be in the sky at Wings Over Houston - Your Houston News | Tora! reenactment of the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor and the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Project, an interactive theatre and display featuring the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Fans of aerobatic performers will have the chance to see Sean D....

Fly-In fleet soars over Santa Rosa County - Santa Rosa Press Gazette | “It's a big job with a lot of moving parts, but we get a lot of support from the local community and the various helicopter squadrons,” said Lt. Spencer Allen, coordinator of the Fleet Fly-In. “Last year, over 250 flight students got to experience ...

Hot Air Festival in Page Expected to Give Local Economy a Lift - lakepowelllife | Hot Air Festival in Page Expected to Give Local Economy a Lift. (Page, AZ). Balloon-Meister Bryan Hill says the 10th annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Page, November 1st through November 4th, will feature 60 pilots and colorful balloons, more food ...

Aviators Lost: Mitchell, Ueltschi, and McGovern from AVwebFlash Current Issue  | Aviation's elder generation lost several luminaries recently -- Albert Lee Ueltschi, the founder of FlightSafety International; Monte Mitchell, a former president of the Aircraft Electronics Association, and George McGovern, best known for his political career, who flew a B-24 bomber during World War II. Ueltschi, who died on Oct. 18 at age 95, learned to fly at age 16. He flew the line for Pan Am, then started FlightSafety in 1951. He sold it for $1.5 billion in 1968, earning a spot on Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. Mitchell died Oct. 16 at age 83. His work "was crucial to establishing the General Aviation Revitalization Act and having the milestone legislation signed into law," said Pete Bunce, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

Museum receives $100,000 gift from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, has received a $100,000 gift from the Dorothy E. Ebersbach Revocable Trust...

Canton man displays artwork at New England Air Museum - Foothills Media Group | CANTON — Canton resident Norm Wroble will display a collection of his aviation artwork at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. Wroble, a World War II veteran who served on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp, also spent 30 years as a mechanical ...

Plane is transformed into a garden for children in Georgia from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | A Georgian took a commercial aircraft retired, a Yakovlev 42, and converted it into a garden for children in the city of Rustavi, a city in southeast Georgia, in the province of Kartli, situated 25 km southeast of the capital Tbilisi...

Local pilots volunteer to fly 400 children, camp scholarships announced - Sierra Sun | Young Eagles met with Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger at Lake Tahoe Airport on Aug. 26 for a presentation to local children. He gained fame by successfully landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, on Jan. 15, 2009...

Objects related to space exploration will be auctioned in the U.S. from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | An auctioneer in the state of New Hampshire, USA, announced that it will sell more than 600 historical items related to aviation and space exploration. Among the items offered for sale for a notebook with a list of tasks that the commander David Scott, Apollo 15, took tied to the wrist, and handwritten notes by Neil Armstrong...

Strap In! What It's Like to Fly on SpaceShipTwo - Discovery News | The six-passenger, two-pilot vehicle is based on the prize-winning SpaceShipOne prototype, which now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's Air & Space Museum. Unlike the rocket ride to space, which will come after SpaceShipTwo is released, White ...