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Blue Angels pilots within massive gravity pull during shows - Chippewa Herald | EAU CLAIRE – If you want to know how tough the Navy's Blue Angels pilots are, consider that they don't wear pressure suits or use oxygen masks. Those things would just get in the way. So instead, they workout six days a week and condition their bodies ...

Zhuhai airshow wows public - Xinhua | BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The 2012 Airshow China has opened to the public for the second day. Tens of thousands of spectators from across the country have flocked to see the daring aerobatic performances and aviation displays. The Air Force of...

Meet Pioneer Female Aviation Entrepreneur, Sibongile Sambo - Ventures Africa | A Member Think-Tank of the World Entrepreneurship Forum (WEF), founded in France by French president, Nicolas Sakorzy and EMLYON Business School; Sambo is also part of a team establishing a South African chapter of the NGO Women in Aviation...

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“Plane flying under Eiffel Tower. a royal Canadian air... from Planeshots | “Plane flying under Eiffel Tower. a royal Canadian air force plane (de Havilland Mosquito) from the 409th squadron flies under the tower in autumn of 1944.photographer unknown...

Transportation history display to reopen in Ohio - Danbury News Times | In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, air racing planes are suspended in position for display at the Western Reserve Historical Society's Crawford Auto Aviation Collection's revamped exhibit space in Cleveland. Riggers spent today arranging the ...

Restoration of McDonnell Voodoo Display in Florissant Completed from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The McDonnell Aircraft F-101F Voodoo on display near the James J. Eagan Civic Center in Florissant, MO has been restored by a team of volunteer craftsmen and aviation historians. The aircraft...

Visit to Springfield, MO Downtown Airport Yields Special Surprise from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A recent visit to the Springfield, MO area brought The Aero Experience crew to historic Downtown Airport. We were at the airport to photograph the F-84F on display in MO ANG colors when we were privileged to visit with Mr. Bill Johnmeyer, the VP and General Manager of Springfield Flying Service. He also happens to be the owner of a beautiful Beech A45 (T-34A) Mentor, restored down to the red landing light ...

St. Louis Community College St. Louis Aerospace Institute Hosts EAA Chapter 64 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The St. Louis Aerospace Institute, a collaborative effort between St. Louis Community College, industry partners and the Department of Labor, recently hosted EAA Chapter 64 for its monthly meeting and orientation to the facility. Initially planned as a training program for prospective Boeing Company assembly workers, the program has gained additional partners and has ...

Scary C-5 Galaxy (almost hydroplaning) takeoff from a flooding runway from David Cenciotti | Hopefully, the U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy in this interesting video was eventually able to get airborne....

Young Eagles: kids experience first flight - KTXS | Several kids experienced their first flight on Saturday at Abilene Regional Airport.  It was Young Eagles Day. The Experimental Aircraft Association hosts the event ...

Aerospace Community Mourns the Loss of Rose Church, Flight Nurse to the Astronauts from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The aerospace community mourns the recent loss after a brief illness of our dear friend, Mrs. Rose Church, the "Flight Nurse to the Astronauts" during the budding Mercury and Gemini spacecraft programs at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis, MO. Starting out as an industrial nurse at McDonnell Aircraft in the early 1950s, she essentially created the job of flight nurse for the space program when McDonnell Aircraft became the prime contractor for Mercury and later Gemini spacecraft. Her work brought...

Apollo 9 astronauts honored at Balboa Park gala - North County Times | “I can't even remember if this is my spaceship,” quipped James McDivitt, who gestured toward the Apollo 9 command module on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park. The 83-year-old, who splits his time between homes in Arizona ...