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Blue Angels pilots, Shriners review plans for summer performance - Evansville Courier & Press | EVANSVILLE — A Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet, part of the Navy's Blue Angels demonstration squadron, touched down in Evansville Friday morning for a brief visit in preparation for the team's appearance here during the annual Hadi ShrinersFest next ...

City lauds Estrella Warbirds, approves 2013 date - Paso Robles Press | PASO ROBLES — Citing the resounding success of the Estrella Warbirds' annual Airport Day in 2012, city officials have given the green light to the group in 2013. Following post-event discussions with city staff and Warbirds organizers, an agreement ...

Exchange of gifts from Apache Roll, patrolling blog by Breitling Grifil | Gift exchange between the Breitling Jet Team and the Chinese National Patrol with the prospect of sharing many events throughout the year 2013.

Leap Frogs Showcase Skills at Two Florida Shows - Military.com | 9-11, jumping not only at the Underwater Demolition Team/SEa, Air, Land commando (UDT/SEAL) Muster at the UDT/SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, but also appearing at the Stuart Air Show in Stuart. The five-man jump team made five performances over the ...

Black Team Visits Columbia Children’s Hospital from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | We are always honored to connect the Amercian people to America’s Army. Today we were privideged to spend time with some amazing children and their familes at the Children’s Hospital in Columbia, MO. Shortly after arriving in town we went to the stadium to survey for tomorrow evening’s jump into the University of Missouri vs. Syracuse football game. Immediately following the visit to the stadium the team was proud to be a part of a heartwarming visit to the Children’s Hospital....

Loss of the Twinkie to Affect Aviation? from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | If you haven’t heard by now, there’s bad news on the horizon for one of Lee Bottom Flying Field’s most famous events, Sinful Sundays. Despite the events popularity, a key component of the fun just became endangered. Therefore, whether you're in the "Yeah I've been" or the "I've always wanted to go" category, keep reading to see how the Hostess shutdown could affect aviation...

Mustang Days return to Vacaville's Nut Tree Airport Daily Republic by Ian Thompson | Some of the Mustangs expected to be on display at the event will be restored to their World War II condition while others will be racing aircraft that attended the Reno Air Races...

AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Cosford to mark Aviation milestones from Flightline UK | The 75th anniversary of RAF Cosford will be one of three special milestones marked at the RAF Cosford Air Show in June 2013. | The announcement was made by Air Show Chairman Wing Commander Mike Wilson at the launch of next year’s event, which will take place on Sunday, June 9.  Also being celebrated will be the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire entering RAF service and the 40th anniversary of the Jaguar aircraft....

EAA Video - Profiles of the five Hall of Fame inductees for this year.

Awesome giant C-5 Galaxy near tailstrike take off at Oshkosh 2012 from David Cenciotti | Taken by Lucas Ryan last August during the 2012 EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the following picture proves that, under certain circumstances, a big cargo plane as the C-5 Galaxy, can be cool and (somehow) maneuverable, just like a fighter jet....

Airship Ventures Closes from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Mountain View, Calif.-based Airship Ventures has grounded its zeppelin and will most likely dismantle it and send it back to Germany where it was built. Since 2007 the company, based at historic airship base Moffett Field, has offered trips, rides, promotions and anything else it could think of to keep the aircraft, named Eureka, afloat but it always lacked the one thing that would guarantee survival, particularly in turbulent economic times: consistent corporate sponsorship. "I've looked at the numbers, and for the price of a one-minute Super Bowl ad, a Fortune 500 company could sponsor the airship for a year," CEO Brian Hall told the San Jose Mercury News He pegged the cost at $5 million to $6 million. "You'd think that would be a slam dunk, right?"

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Support an airfield – a letter from Graham Orphan from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor | ...There is an airfield that could use your help, right now, to assist against just such a predator. The historic Sonoma Valley Airport, perhaps better known as Schellville in northern California, is one of those ‘aviation Nirvana’ centres that has evolved over many decades to become a mecca for heritage aviation. Dozens of vintage and warbird aircraft owners and restorers have gravitated towards this wonderful old fashioned airfield which is...

My avi-year's 04 HHA RAF Scampton from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | When I was a member of the 'Tiger Squadron' of the OFMC, we got the chance to visit the 'Jet' arm of the OFMC up at RAF Scampton. Tucked away in one of the original hangars at Scampton, we came across various ex Swiss Hawker Hunters, and an ex GAF SU 22 fighter, and the great sight of a Blackburn Buccaneer once again. Now in the case of the Buccaneer, this was being made 'airworthy' like the SU. 22 and was waiting the CAA 'approval' at the time. It's only in the last few years, that this has been 'granted' by the CAA, but has yet, apart from ground running, this aircraft has not flown. It could be that, HHA are awaiting a big contract with the MoD for...

Aviator loses his pilot's license again - Los Angeles Times | David G. Riggs, a local aviator whose flight privileges were revoked after he buzzed the Santa Monica Pier in 2008, lost his pilot's license again this week for illegally selling rides to the public in a Soviet-era military jet. The enforcement action ...

Aviation adventures included on Extreme Bucket List - AOPA Pilot | s modified Boeing 727-200, known as the vomit comet; working with Zenith Aircraft's Sebastian Heintz to build and fly your own airplane; and wing walking in England. Conklin emphasizes flying experiences not just because of his love for the industry ...

Area Students Take Flight With New Program - Jamestown Post Journal | The Fly to Learn program was brought to the Jamestown area through a collaboration between the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum and Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds initiative. The initiative, which seeks to address America's declining ...