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Rockford Airfest 2013 launches stocking stuffer ticket sale - Rockford Register Star | Discounted tickets for Rockford AirFest 2013 featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be on sale through Christmas Eve. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $4 for children ages 5 -12 years until Dec. 24. Then, tickets increase to $18 for adults and $5 ...

Sywell Airshow raises a massive £50000 for charity in bumper year - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Published on Friday 14 December 2012 16:10. Organisers of this year's Sywell Airshow have announced that more than £50,000 was raised for good causes across the county. The money was handed over in a presentation ceremony on Sunday December 9 ...

Henry Ford Museum – Part 3 of 3 from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Today’s final blog entry about the Henry Ford Museum is a bit of a mixed bag. We’ll wrap up the aviation segment with the “record setters.”  We’ve already touched on Charles Lindbergh and his role as an airmail pilot. His “Wow” moment was, of course, when he flew alone non-stop from New York to Paris to win the $25,000 Orteig prize (about $335,000 in today’s dollars) and the adulation of the world. The...

The View from the Tail Turret “When Eighth Air Force... from x planes | “When Eighth Air Force gunner Art Krieger turned his camera on one of the other Consolidated B-24 Liberators in his squadron’s formation,...

Challes, with two wings of Jean-Noël Violet from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | Challes-les-Eaux is a legendary name in the world of aviation. The 8th Air travel in the world took place there in 1784 and the Savoyard town hosts since 1913 one of the most famous airfield. On the occasion of the centenary of this exceptional site, it was necessary to recall the most prestigious meetings welcoming drivers of their era, the creation of the Aero Club of Savoy in 1934, the School of Swirl Joseph Thoret pre-war, early glider flights in...

Air to Air with BBMF Spitfire from Apron 6

22 Feb 2013: Dinner with a slice of history from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...Join us at the museum for the first of our 2013 Dinner Series. Cleveland Municipal Airport has an impressive history beginning with the fact that it was the first municipally owned airport in the country and was the home of the National Air Races. It became a model for the development of airports here and abroad...

Intrepid Museum to Reopen After Sandy Damage - DNAinfo | HELL'S KITCHEN — After taking a battering during Hurricane Sandy, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will re-open in time for Christmas. Built on a decommissioned aircraft carrier docked at Pier 86, the museum suffered extensive damage when four to...

Several museum galleries to temporarily close from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Korean War, Southeast Asia War, Cold War and Missile and Space Galleries at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will temporarily close due to necessary maintenance to be performed on the A-1E Skyraider beginning on Saturday, Dec. 15...

Captain Eddie Keurtzel pilots his Fairey Firefly over the Pacific Ocean. from TVR Photography.com's Facebook Wall

Last 'film' holiday film festival at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories |Take a break from the holiday rush and bring your family and friends to the last "film" festival at the Air Force Museum's theatre from Dec. 17-31, 2012. Next year, the Air Force Museum Theatre will upgrade to a new digital system, making this year's Holiday Film Festival the last festival to use actual film.

These boots were made for walking...on the Moon! from National Air and Space Museum | The last steps on the Moon were taken in these boots. Forty years ago today, wearing these extravehicular overshoes, Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan became the...