Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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“Airshow China” debuts in Zhuhai - Macau Daily Times | The Breitling Jet Team, the only private aerobatics team in the world - whose members are retired pilots from the French Air Force and the French “Patrouille de France” Aerobatics Team - will make its debut in China in a seven-jet formation. This team ...

Breitling Jet Team makes test flight before opening of Airshow China 2012 - People's Daily Online | 11, 2012, before the opening of the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2012 on Tuesday. The Breitling Jet team, Europe's largest civilian aerobatic display team, will present wonderful performance ...

Russian Knights aerobatic team performs in China - The Voice of Russia | On Tuesday, five Su-27 fighter jets from the Russian Knights aerobatic team have performed a demonstration flight at an international air show in Zhuhai, China. The world's leading aircraft producers, including a spate of aircraft-manufacturing ...

China-made private plane debuts at Airshow 2012 - Global Times | More than a century after aviator Feng Ru from Guangdong Province flew the country's first aircraft in 1909, the province presented Monday its first independently designed aircraft in the lead up to Airshow China 2012, which kicks off in Zhuhai Tuesday.

Mike to fly with the 'Knights of the Sky' - This is Leicestershire | An RAF engineer is set to take his place among the "Knights of the Sky" after landing his dream job with the Red Arrows aerobatic team. Sergeant Mike Poultney, from Melton, will spend next summer high in the clouds with the world-famous flyers, as one ...

Flying Fortress rumbles into Pensacola for fundraising excursions - Pensacola News Journal | Built toward the end of World War II, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that's visiting Pensacola today never saw combat, but it stirs the imagination and recalls images of many an action-packed movie scene. The 17-ton, four-engine bomber is among only ...

WWII B-17 Bomber Takes to the Skies in Tallahassee - WCTV | She doesn't fly solo, though, as you'll always see her with her friends Sally and Virginia; the two guns located on the B-17's sides. The Belle is part of the Liberty Foundation's Salute to Veterans tour, and on Monday, 90 year old WWII pilot Albert ...

World War II showcase with vintage video featured at Fargo Air Museum tonight - WDAY | The speech at the Fargo Air Museum will be delivered by Kay Nehring, whose father Charles shot this video while serving in the South Pacific in 1944. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - You can catch a fascinating World War II showcase on this day after Veteran's Day.

Tuskegee's Own Airman- Col Herbert Carter- Gone West from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | TUSKEGEE ALABAMA- The surviving member of the City of Tuskegee's "First Family" passed away last Thursday after a brief hospital stay. Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter, an original WW II Tuskegee Airman, died at 95 years old. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 68 years, Alabama's First Black Lady pilot, Mildred Hemmonds Carter last year. The couple was revered by their historic community....

Stateside: The men with the bomber planes and the man with the camera - Michigan Radio | I got through the training when I was 19 and after I finished the navigation school, they sent me to Texas and I met my B-17 crew. Then we went to Nebraska and they gave us a brand new plane and said, 'I want you to take it to England,'” said Rosnyai.

Veteran's Day: What I Never Told You - Galesburg Register-Mail (blog) | Candy Kyler Brown retraced her father's World War II footsteps when Staff Sergeant John Roland Kyler, at age 20, parachuted from the skies after his B-17 was gunned down, and was taken prisoner by the German army. The author shares her journey from ...

World War II showcase with vintage video featured at Fargo Air Museum tonight - WDAY | The speech at the Fargo Air Museum will be delivered by Kay Nehring, whose father Charles shot this video while serving in the South Pacific in 1944. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - You can catch a fascinating World War II showcase on this day after Veteran's Day.

Video: Actual Footage From The 1935 National Air Races In Cleveland from AirPigz by Martt | This video tells some of the story of the 1935 National Air Races held in Cleveland Ohio where 65,000 people gathered to watch the daring men and their flying machines. I find it pretty amazing that there is quite a lot of actual film footage from this race this video! 1935 was an interesting year for the races as the designer of the aircraft that won the Bendix cross-country race (from Burbank California to Cleveland) as well as the two closed course races was the same man, Benny Howard. This was the first year for Howard's DGA-6 Mister Mulligan,...

New museum opens to tour aviation heritage - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Page 1 of 1. VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Walk through the front door of the Southern Heritage Foundation Air Museum and step into history. Wander through the displays of model aircraft, photos of Mississippi pilots and learn some of the state's and the ...

Carvair N89FA from Another Time by Dan Linn | A couple months back I was itching to find a unique subject to shoot with my new camera, a Canon 60D. With any new camera there is a learning curve so I have been shooting airplanes, cars, scenery and my niece and nephews soccer games! So one Saturday morning I flew the 170 up to KGLE, Gainesville, Texas airport to...

Wichita Aero Club hears tales of Air Force One - Wichita Business Journal (blog) | Steve Wade, site leader of Boeing's local defense facility, introduced Monday's speaker at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon as a “great storyteller with a great story.” Retired Col. Mark Tillman of the U.S. Air Force more than lived up to that billing ...

A Woman's Flight and Plight in Life Offers Inspiration to Readers - PR Web (press release) | She is currently preparing to participate in the Air Race Classic, a women's transcontinental air race. This is her story.

Cluster Balloonist Plans Atlantic Ocean Crossing from Aero-News Network | Lifeboat Gondola Will Be Suspended By 365 Helium Balloons The lawn-chair "Cluster Balloonist" who flew his unusual aircraft across the English Channel has his sights set on a more ambitious project ... a trip across the Atlantic Ocean.

Red Bull Stratos Documentary from Latest Vlog | Here it is! The full 1 hour & 28 minute documentary on Felix Baumgartner & Red Bull Stratos. Love the fact that's it online and free to anyone with a decent broadband connection. Enjoy!

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