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Newport native takes aviation to next level By BRANTLEY WATSON Orange County Register | Steven Hinton Jr. has become a star in one of the world’s most dangerous sports, one that no one is talking about....

Big names lined up for Vero Beach air show in October from The Kathryn Report | VERO BEACH — The organizers of a new air show for the Vero Beach Municipal Airport have reeled in some big names for the event that will take off this October. Todd Howder, president of the board of directors of the Vero Beach Air Show Inc., and his colleagues have lined up some impressive names for the Oct. 5-6 show. They include the Navy's F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration Team and the Army's...

Spread your wings at display - This is Gloucestershire | DISPLAYS of aerobatics and wing-walking will be part of an event at Gloucestershire Airport later this month. The Staverton airport will be holding a holiday, travel and leisure weekend on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20. The aim is to ...

ANN 2012 Year In Review: Gone West from Aero-News Network  | Astronauts Neil Armstrong And Sally Ride, Four Tuskegee Airmen, And 'Mama Bird' Johnson It is always appropriate to spend a few moments to remember those who were pioneers and visionaries in aviation. But some who passed this year were just men and women doing their jobs, and drawn to flying for the pure joy they could experience from it. Here is the roll call of those who have "Gone West" in 2012.

Losing an Engine Over the Alps - KMJ Now | The sun may have set on his B-17 days, but Echols continues to serve our community through volunteer work, something he's focused on since retiring from Fresno State in 1985. The next time you see him at the zoo, make sure you thank him for serving our ...

Allan Deacon 1932-1990 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | Allan Deacon was an ex Royal Navy pilot who had also flown at Boscombe Down. He was Chief Test Pilot for Shorts in Belfast until his death. He ejected from ZH203 Tucano Mk 51 off...

Sandford Bruce Fleming from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | F/O S. B. Fleming was a veteran of World War II, having flown Beaufighters with No. 58 Sqn. RAF. He was attached to the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, based at Kimpo, where he joined the 334th Sqn.,While in Korea they were given verbal instructions to complete 50 missions and return home. This was not immediately confirmed in writing, nor was the USAF informed of...

A Visit to The Tri-State Warbird Museum from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Ginger and I recently found ourselves within a few miles of The Tri-State Warbird Museum and couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit. Although we'd like to make it there more often, it seems to be about every other year or so we do. Fortunately, there is a benefit to so much time in between; the noticeable evidence of progress being made....

That time Toronto went supersonic with the Avro Arrow blogTO (blog) | But that hasn't stopped a team of enthusiasts looking. Arrow Recovery ... It was during this stage of development that the first engineless vessels were strapped to Nike rockets at Point Petre in Prince Edward County for real-world aerodynamic tests ...

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Photo allegedly shows interception of a fleeing Syrian Mig-23 by two Turkish F-4 Phantoms from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jan. 5, 2013, a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-23 whose pilot had been ordered to attack Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Upon entering Turkey’s airspace, the defecting pilot replied to the radio calls of the Turkish Air Defense controllers and requested asylum.

Gateway Area Ultralight Association Holds Carburetor Clinic from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Gateway Area Ultralight Association (GAUA) held a carburetor clinic today at St. Louis Downtown Airport. About 20 attendees, many of whom were also members of EAA Chapter 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, were on hand for a thorough tutorial on...