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The show goes on from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | Conversations drifted to tragedy in Connecticut, but the holiday season’s 25th annual Toy Parade went on as scheduled at the Spruce Creek Fly-In community in Florida. The parade boasted an...

Fargo AirSho 2013 Performer Announcement from Fargo AirSho by jimb | We are excited to announce the lineup for our 2013 Fargo AirSho....

National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of “Class of 2013” at Wright Brothers Anniversary dinner | Tuskegee Airmen mentor, Medal of Honor Army pilot, Navy “Top Gun” Shuttle astronaut, commercial aviation pioneer among four to be enshrined October 2013...

Red Arrows crash report raises concerns - Bournemouth Echo | An inquest had already decided that “G-force impairment” might have caused the 33-year-old pilot to lose control of his plane before it crashed in a field near Throop minutes after a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The latest report found ...

Top Online Stories of 2012 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | It's been a busy year at the Experimental Aircraft Association, judging by the variety and number of news stories and features that were posted on EAA.org.

Concorde engineer Sir Morien Morgan remembered on centenary - BBC News | ... in their fighting qualities by application of Morgan's ideas and suggestions." From the late 1950s onwards, continued Broadbent, Morgan "welded together a talented team and the remarkable technical success of Concorde owes much to him". Continue ...

Arcturial auctions in February 17 from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | ...Sunday, February 17, 2013 Artcurial auction offers a more Aeronautics 500 lots listed in the catalog, including a two-seater fighter VAMPIRE from 1959 estimated at between 70,000 and 90,000 euros. This aircraft was designed in England...

A Christmas Story, But Not by Charles Dickens - TIME | A Higher Call follows the war experiences of these two pilots from different nations—Charlie Brown, the American farm boy turned B-17 pilot—and Franz Stigler, the German airline pilot turned fighter pilot. Both were good men who never asked for World...

Local veteran and war hero tours Washington, DC - Island Ad-Vantages  | ...The men were fascinated by Welch’s service as a bombardier for the 8th Air Force and as a year-long POW in a German camp...

Museum Receives Portion of A. Paul Vance Memorabilia Collection from News  | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum recently received a large portion of the vast array of memorabilia from the life of renowned aviator and aerospace advocate, the Late A. Paul Vance of Fredericktown, MO. Mr. Vance’s estate generously donated historically significant items to the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and the Missouri Historical Society for future preservation and display to honor his legacy....

2012-12-19 - Aviation Archeology from Articles  | Every so often employees at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics are asked to clean house. They go through their desk drawers and file cabinets to discard old and unnecessary materials to make space for the new. This process often results in unearthing items of historical significance. This was the case in 1990 and again 2006, when concepts or advanced design drawings, reports, and other documents dating back to the 1940s and ’50s were found.

Photo: F-35B hovering in the darkness as seen through the Night Vision Goggles from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following awesome pictures show the F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft BF-4 hovering in the darkness during a night test flight at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on Dec. 13, 2012....

Sonic boom from an F-22 caused rattling sensation this morning - San Luis Obispo Tribune | UPDATE 1:14 a.m. An Edwards Air Force Base public affairs spokesman told Vandenbeg's counterparts: “We can confirm it was an F-22 flying in the Western Pacific Test Range on an authorized test flight 50 miles west of the Vandenberg coastline. Edwards ...

NORAD Shares Goodwill, Education While Tracking Santa from American Forces Information Services - News Articles | The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa as he makes his annual worldwide Christmas Eve flight to deliver toys to deserving girls and boys....

John and Martha King receive Brewer Trophy for aviation education from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) recently presented John and Martha King with the Frank G. Brewer Trophy for Aviation Education “…for their passion and dedication in making aviation knowledge more accessible to pilots worldwide by combining elegant technology with clear, fun teaching featuring courseware that simplifies complex concepts for students.”

Young Pilot Benefits from Young Eagles, CAP Programs from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Alex Agosti, EAA 1047817, of Kenai, Alaska, took advantage of two well-established youth aviation programs en route to earning his private pilot certificate on his 17th birthday this past March: the Civil Air Patrol and EAA's Young Eagles.

Sporty’s trends for 2012 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Every year, Sporty’s President Michael Wolf puts together a rundown of the trends of the year. “These trends can give us clues of what’s in store for the year to come,” he says. But before he talks about trends, he talks about the iPad: “We are going to take iPads out of the trend column and move them into the here-to-stay column. For the past...

First Winner of New Flight Scholarship Named from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | William Everett, 16, of Xenia, Ohio, received the inaugural Mitchell Cary-Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship on Monday, December 17 - exactly 109 years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight. The scholarship pays for up to $1,500 of instruction toward a sport or private pilot certificate.

Space shuttle Enterprise being repaired as museum home reopens after storm - collectSPACE.com | Visitors to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which is located at Pier 86 on Manhattan's west side, will once again be able to board the converted World War II aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Intrepid, and tour many of its maritime and aviation exhibits.

NORAD Shares Goodwill, Education While Tracking Santa from American Forces Information Services - News Articles  | The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa as he makes his annual worldwide Christmas Eve flight to deliver toys to deserving girls and boys...