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Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show - Bay News 9 | Thunderbirds returning for Sun-N-Fun show. polk-county-default. Last Updated: Thursday, January 03, 2013, 10:15 AM. POLK COUNTY --. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to the Sun-N-Fun Fly-In this year in Polk County. The planes will be ...

Matt Hall to kick off fly in - Northern Star | AUSTRALIA'S Top Gun stunt pilot Matt Hall will help kick off this year's Great Eastern Fly-In when he delivers a P-51 Mustang aircraft to Evans Head tomorrow afternoon. After a two year hiatus organiser Gai Taylor said conditions looked ideal for the...

Dracula prepares for Franklin's Flying Circus debut - AOPA Pilot | “I did that show last year and it's a great show that's right before Sun 'n Fun,” he said. “It gives me time to learn to fly the aircraft and see its capabilities.” The new Dracula show will keep with the Franklin tradition, he said. “It will have the ...

Civil Air Patrol to open trading at New York Stock Exchange from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | {well, past tense now} A delegation from Civil Air Patrol will ring the opening bell Friday at the New York Stock Exchange. Led by CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, a group of about 20 CAP representatives, including cadets, will be on the stock exchange podium at 9:30 a.m. EST to officially start trading....

The Airplane Book: Wood preserves dad's WWII photos, history - douglascountysentinel | On board the B-17 bomber planes he flew as part of the 97th Bombardment Group, Grady took photos of bombs descending toward their targets – a Daimler-Benz car plant that made tanks during the war and an exploding train carrying German ammunition ...

Tinker to Evers to Chassis - New York Times | The father of Gary Alcarese, a fellow mechanic, was a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot down by the Germans over Denmark during World War II. Alcarese's father was the only survivor on the plane and became a prisoner of war. Christopher Tinker...

Pilot Remembered as Accomplished, Patriot from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | MONTGOMERY AL- Jack Thompson was laid to rest today. He passed away at home on December 28, 2012, a week before his 86th birthday. Born in Birmingham, he was a long time resident of Montgomery. A US Navy veteran of three wars, his dream of military flying came true much later with Air America. He became known as Captain Jack while in Viet Nam. He took leave from his job flying with Alabama Fish and Game and Gov. Wallace in 1966 to fly for Air America...

“Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British... from Planeshots | “Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British Malaya were tested and evaluated by Japanese naval aviators under close supervision of RAF officers from...

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: Black and white photos show ... - Daily Mail | He is credited as one of the inventors of wing walking, which he used to make repairs to his plane mid-flight. But his was another aviation career cut tragically short. In 1920, he died during a movie shoot when the pilot of the plane he was in was ...

New Book Details History of Idaho's Backcountry Airstrips - Twin Falls Times-News | A key figure in Twin Falls' aviation history makes an appearance in Holm's account of a crew who bailed out of a B-17 bomber during World War II over the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Charles Reeder — who in 1941 started Reeder Flying Service in ...

Video: Watch Wingsuit Flyers Hover Within Feet of Glider Airplanes from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Skydive Team constantly pushes the realms of possibility for its spectacular wingsuit and skydiving projects; their latest involves a daring pursuit and formation flight with two Blanix...

Castle Air Museum works to restore T-37 - ABC30.com | When their work is complete, the plane will go on display at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater. The aircraft was the main training jet for U.S. Air Force pilots from the 1950's until it was discontinued about five years ago. The restoration process is...

Museum announces 2013 educational programs from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | A variety of free and low-cost educational programs at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, will help parents, students and educators find fun and exciting learning opportunities focusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as social studies, literature and art....

Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids Released from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Teaching the Aviators Model Code of Conduct to Kids, an abridged and simplified explanation of the Aviators Model Code of Conduct (AMCC), was released today by the project’s Permanent Editorial Board. Written for use in the classroom with language appropriate for children, the document exposes young students to important values shared by safe and successful aviators...

Kennedy Space Center looking to lease or sale launch facilities prior to end of 2013 from Spaceports | NASA is advertizing a long list of Kennedy Space Center facilities and equipment as available for use, lease or, in some cases, outright purchase by the right business. Among them: Launch Pad 39A, where shuttles were launched; space in the Vehicle Assembly Building, the iconic 526-foot-tall structure first used to assemble Saturn V-Apollo rockets; the Orbiter Processing Facilities, essentially huge garages where the shuttles were maintained; Hangar N and its high-tech test equipment; the launch-control center; and...