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NAHF Picks Four For Class Of 2013 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) this week announced who it will welcome next October as its "incoming Enshrinee Class of 2013" and the list includes three former military pilots and a former CEO of Cessna. Captain Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson, USN (retired) has served as a fighter pilot, flight test pilot and Commander of four Space Shuttle missions. Major General Patrick H. Brady, a Vietnam combat veteran, developed foul weather and tactical techniques for helicopter air ambulance rescue in combat. The late Charles Alfred Anderson helped develop civilian pilot training and has been described as "the father of African-American aviation." He served as chief instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen. And the late Dwane L. Wallace saw Cessna Aircraft Company through some of this country's most difficult years and made major contributions beyond the company as well.

Thunderbirds to perform at SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Fla. – The United States Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds military jet team will headline next year’s SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo.  The 2013 SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo will be held April 9–14 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL)in Lakeland, Fla...

Episode 228 – How to Produce an Air Show from Airplane Geeks Podcast | David White is Air Boss for the Waterloo Ontario Air Show and a Board Member of the North East Council of Air Shows. We talk to David about what it takes to produce an air show and what the Air Boss does. Also, how the...

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Memphis Belle departing, Santa arriving at airport - Salisbury Post | Weather permitting, the B-17 bomber that portrayed the Memphis Belle in the movie of the same name is scheduled to leave the Rowan County Airport at noon Friday. The plane, famous for portraying the bomber that was first to complete 25 successful...

Profile 74: "Francie" as flown by Lt. Harold Snow from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | ...Now, have a look at the photo below. It may look like a frame from a gun camera still but it's not. The photo is actually from a Recon P-51 called an F-6 and it shows the results of an attack by a flight of 528th Mustangs (of which Hank was one). What you're seeing is in all likelihood the aftermath of the destruction of a Japanese locomotive atop a bridge that spanned a series of rice paddies. The importance of Japanese rail lines in China can't be overstated...

May Your Souls Be Free and Clear from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...José Maria Velasco Ibarra said, “Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the word, to purify their soul in the sky, and they come down to earth, only after receiving the communion of the infinite”. Clearly, aviators are...

The time of her life from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | ...“I knew from about the age of 14 that I wanted a career in aviation,” Welch recalled, but admits that she didn’t plan to go into manufacturing timepieces for pilots. According to Welch, the idea for the company got its start in 2006 when she was pursuing her private pilot ticket and discovered that no one made aviator watches sized or styled for women....

NASA Astronaut David Wolf Leaves Agency - International Business Times | NASA astronaut David Wolf has left the agency to return to private industry. Wolf is a veteran of five space shuttle flights and a long-duration mission on the Russian Space Station Mir....

SpaceShipTwo soars over Mojave space port - Bakersfield Californian | By Bill Deaver. Space Ship Two landed just before 8 a.m. at the Mojave Air & Space Port. The aircraft has been undergoing active flight-testing since 2010, having conducted 22 successful gliding flight tests as of November 2012. The flight seemed to go ...

Drone made of Lego takes flight. from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | The first images that I saw of this Lego quadrocopter frame raised a smile. On contacting Ed Scott, C#/C++ developer by day and Lego flying robot wrangler by night I was impressed. I also recognised a pattern, last week one of my sUAS was engaged in parachute dropping duties for my sons 9th birthday party. Credit must go to...