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Famed US Air Force Thunderbirds coming to Kalispell - KPAX-TV | KALISPELL - The famed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are coming to Kalispell, with the elite flying team slated to perform July 20th and July 1st with one of Flathead Valley's very own. Captain Jason Curtis graduated from Flathead High School and has been...

Thunderbirds returning to W.Va. air show; 2013 event to be held in May - The Herald-Mail | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are returning to the Thunder over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show, which will be held May 11 and 12, organizers announced Tuesday. Hosted by the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, the...

Blue Angels to soar over Smyrna in 2014 - The Daily News Journal | Historically, the airport has only put on the Great Tennessee Air Show when it could secure the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or the Blue Angels. While the air show has been the signature event in Smyrna for more than 40 years, isn't always held annually.

New Aerobatic Instructor Scholarship Announced from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Las Vegas NV- During the 47th Annual International Council of Air Shows convention, Greg Koontz announced a new scholarship coming in 2013. Certified Flight Instructors will soon be able to hone their aerobatic training skills with the best...

Wings Over Vermont air show coming in August - vtdigger.org | Essex Junction, Vermont, December 11, 2012: The Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation, Inc, is thrilled to announce the return of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds as the featured performer when the Wings over Vermont Air Show, presented ...

Airshow veterans to perform for the last time at Avalon - The Australian Eye News | The pair have been popular individual performers at the Australian International Airshow for many years, and for Avalon2013, will join together to perform a spectacular opening to the flying display. Chris Sperou says it will be hard to say goodbye to ...

Emerald aviator now a national champion - Central Queensland news  | IF COMPETING at your first Australian Scale Aerobatics Championships wasn't pressure enough, throw in a huge storm with hail like you've never seen, and it makes for a memorable debut....

Air show to be 2013 highlight - Daily Inter Lake | The skies over the Flathead Valley will be crisscrossed by fighter jets next summer in the form of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The elite demonstration squadron will be the centerpiece of the Mountain Madness 2013 Air Show at Glacier Park...

Red Arrows: Managing the risks - BBC News | The deaths of Flt Lt Jon Egging and Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, in two separate incidents, sent shockwaves through the display team and led to one of its newest members moving to a ground-based role. Before 2011 the Red Arrows had lost six team members...

B-29 FIFI Faces Long Winter of Repairs from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is facing a winter of repairs on its crown-jewel aircraft, the B-29 FIFI, after the airplane's No. 2 engine suffered damage on its last air show flight of the season.

SlickHutto Takes A Spin Back In The Video Saddle... 2012 Fort Worth Air Show from AirPigz by Martt | This video is from Sunday October 7th at the 2012 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show. It wasn't the most beautiful day for video, but as you can sure see it was a great airshow. And while...

Snakes on a (vintage) plane from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | ...Most people are accustomed to seeing fake snakes used to keep birds from roosting on aircraft, but they also work for humans, Johnson notes....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: KC-135 Tanker From Wisconsin ANG from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th ARW, Wisconsin ANG based at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base in Milwaukee was another "heavy" on hand at this year's...

Alabama Ninety Nines to Host Annual Amelia Earhart Luncheon from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Alabama Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots) and the Birmingham Zonta Club (International Organization of Executive and Professional Women) are hosting their annual Amelia Earhart Luncheon on Saturday 11:00am, January 19, 2013 at the Birmingham YWCA. Amelia Earhart was a Zontian and was the first president of the Ninety-Nines. Clubs from all over the world honor her trailblazing spirit every January....

Maj. Gen. Richard Carr flew F-4s and F-16 fighters in war and peace from War Tales by Don Moore | Retired Maj. Gen. Richard Carr of Burnt Store Isles was among the U.S. Air Force Academy’s first graduates in 1959. He spent much of his 35-year military career preparing to fight a war with the Soviet Union that never happened. In 1962, he was involved in the “Cuban Missile Crisis.” “I flew an Air Force [...]

Grumman F-14A Tomcat. “U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcats... from Planeshots

Alberta Book Launch from Aviation.ca News by Alberta Aviation Museum

Don Brosnan from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Refurb of the Month: Lyle Holbo's 180C Cherokee from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Fresh off the factory floor, a modest airplane like a Piper Archer may be better built, but its basic performance has been baked into the airframe for years. That's why a project like Lyle Holbo's 1965 Cherokee 180C, our refurbed airplane of the month, will keep pace with an airplane 40 years newer.

Google: Felix Baumgartner was no. 6 trending person in 2012
from Aerial Sports Feed | According to the search engine, "Fearless Felix," who broke the speed of sound in free fall, was one of the most intriguing people in 2012....

Video: Last lift-off from the Moon 14 Dec. 1972 from Spaceports | Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt successfully lifted off from the lunar surface in the ascent stage of the Lunar Module on December 14, 1972 at 5:55 PM EST marking the last time humans were on the surface of the Moon. After a...