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JF-17 Thunder steals the show in China - The News International | The Air Show is being participated by professionals and representatives of Aviation Industry from China as well as professionals from all over the world. For participation in the Air Show, three 'JF-17 Thunder' aircraft of Pakistan Air Force were flown ...

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Navy Blue Angels Land At Rockford Airport - MyStateline.com | They were slated to headline last year's Airfest show, but pulled out for safety reasons. Lt. Ryan Chamberlain says that won't happen again. "They'll have a excessive training regiment out in El Centro, CA. It started in Pensacola right now. They'll do ...

Hellenic Air Force Open days from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photos taken at one of a number of Hellenic AF bases to celebrate 100 years of the Greek Air Force. Photos from Member Stamatis Alipasalis...

Donations given from air show earnings - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High School and the Krempels Center, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of people living with brain injury, each recently received $14,000 donations from the proceeds of the 2012 Service Credit Union ...

Frecce Tricolori in Acireale, in a collection of postcards  - Giornale di Sicilia | ACIREALE. The performance of the Frecce Tricolori last June 10 becomes a real collection of autographed postcards. To deliver it into the hands of the mayor Nino Garozzo were members of the 52 club Frecce Tricolori of Acireale, which ...

HD Video: Ride Along With Matt Younkin In The Airshow Twin Beech! from AirPigz by Martt | Here's a truly fabulous video uploaded a couple days ago to the Learn To Fly Canada youtube page that features an interview with pilot Matt Younkin, his crew chief Jeff Gibbs and then the most exciting part is the ride with Matt from the cockpit (and a few other HD cameras) as he performed his first ever airshow in Canada back in June at the 2012 Hamilton Airshow in Mount Hope, Ontario. The video runs a little over 28 minutes in all, so if you're in a hurry skip up to the 11:30 mark where you'll pick up with Matt making the long taxi out to get in position for takeoff. You'll notice on...

Aero-TV: EAA’s Jack Pelton – ‘Everything’s Going to Be OK’ from Aero-News Network | Building A New Future For The EAA... One Issue At A Time With only a couple of weeks in pocket, directing the reorganization of the EAA in the wake of the departure of Rod Hightower, ti seems that we can't get enough info from new Boss, Jack Pelton. Sitting next to a well-placed Stearman on the floor of the NBAA convention, ANN caught up with Jack to get a little more info as Jack adjusted to the realities of heading the evolving organization. Jack seems comfortable with his new role and is not the least bit intimidated about lies ahead... and at the same time, seems all too aware that there is some repair work to do before EAA can get past current difficulties and start building a new future.

B-17 Takes Off from Dothan Airport - WTVY, Dothan | Dothan, AL - After a month in the Wiregrass, one World War II aircraft is back home. The B-17 stopped in Dothan at the beginning of October for a coming home tour. Now it's done for the season, and the Experimental Aircraft Association flew it back to ...

Spitfire Memorial Unveiled In Britain from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A small town in Lancashire unveiled a memorial to the Supermarine Spitfire over the weekend, to commemorate a fundraising effort during World War II when residents donated about $8,000 to buy an airplane for the Royal Air Force. The stainless-steel sculpture features a one-twelfth-size Spitfire with a wingspan of about 12 feet. It flies at the top of a soaring pedestal, erected on a traffic island in Darwen, "on The Green, near the White Lion Pub," according to the Lancashire Telegraph....

Blackburn R-1 Blackburn I from Planeshots

Oh, what a night! from Randy Tinseth |There was history in the air last night, as the first families of aviation gathered to salute Bill Boeing, Jr. on his 90th birthday. The Boeing, Wright, Douglas, and Kindelberger families gathered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, along with hundreds of invited guests. Members of the McDonnell family, while not physically present, sent well wishes...

B-29 FIFI 'Honor the Legacy' - YouTube | FIFI stands as the last flying B-29 in history. She stands as a testament to the men and women who gave so much for our country. Please support the...

Piper Celebrates 75-Year Milestone with Company Fly-In - Flying Magazine | Piper celebrated its 75th anniversary over the weekend with a fly-in that drew Piper airplanes from every era to the company's headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida. Several hundred people came out to the event to pay tribute to the storied manufacturer ...

Disney Award for HOAC! from Planes Of Fame News |  Special thanks to Nancy Sukurai of Disney who presented a Disney Volunteers Grant Award of $5000 to Brian Boyer, General Manager of Planes of Fame to help advance
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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger — proving that area rulesby travelforaircraft | Convair brought the F-102 Delta DAgger, a revolutionary jet powered and missile armed interceptor to the U.S. Air Force (USAF), during the days of the Cold War when superpowers had plans to send heavy bombers on nuclear strike missions. The USAF desired supersonic aircraft armed with bomber killing missiles, at the time, so that the interceptor aircraft could cover large areas of responsibility quickly with their speed and just as quickly shoot down intruding bombers...

The Firebird grows larger from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Last year I wrote about a new Northrop Grumman optionally-piloted surveillance aircraft, dubbed the 'Firebird'. The prototype was a single-seat aircraft, but a new version (shown below - photograph courtesy of Northrop Grumman) has since been developed with two seats. According to Aviation Week, it made its first flight on November 12th...