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Air show promises a great day out - Oxford Mail | Already confirmed for this year are the stunt women of the Breitling Wingwalkers, who strap themselves to biplanes during aerobatic displays involving loops, rolls and fly upside down. Organiser Colin Smith said: “The show supports a great cause, and ...

Fly-in raises $5000 for rescue chopper - Gloucester Advocate | Jan. 15, 2013, midnight. Judy, Skip and Garry Gilroy at the fly-in day. A FUNDRAISER held as part of the Gloucester Aero Club fly-in on the weekend of November 10 and 11 last year raised more than $5000 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

Alabama Early Air Show Outlook 2013 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News Not only does Alabama have a great mix of Air Show entertainment this season, there are some choice events including jet teams close by. This year is just cranking up with lots of reasons to get out and fly...

Heli-Expo 2013 from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Promoted as the World’s Largest Helicopter Trade Show and Exposition, Heli-Expo 2013 will take place on March 5-7, 2013. The expo...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Air Force Big Iron from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | You can expect just about any aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and U.S. Air Force big iron cargo planes were on hand for public tours. A C-5B Galexy from the 312th Airlift Squadron from Travis AFB, CA served as the...

‘Miracle on the Hudson’ copilot visits Carolinas Aviation Museum as anniversary nears from The Kathryn Report | CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four years ago, Capt. Sully Sullenberger landed U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.On Monday, his copilot, Jeff Skiles, was at the Carolinas Aviation Museum.“Everybody on board that aircraft has some memory of where they were standing, where they were sitting, so it's always going to be impactful to come back here," Skiles said.Four years later and more than...

Lecture to focus on contributions of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | For many, the words "special ops" immediately evoke thoughts of elite military personnel serving courageously throughout history, but until the 21st century, Special Operations was not considered a core mission for the U.S. Air Force. Herbert A. Mason Jr. will discuss the evolution of these forces when he presents "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Development of Air and Space Power, 1942 to 2012" at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force...

New WWII Museum pavilion open to the public - WWL First News | "It's 96-feet tall and it houses six iconic World War II aircraft, including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 'My Gal Sal'," says Clem Goldberger, Marketing Vice President with the museum. Other items inside the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center ...

Veteran, World War II historian dies at 89 - Gainesville Sun | As a World War II B-17 pilot and first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Newman served in the 15th Air Force, 99th Bomb Group and 347th Bomb Squadron. He flew 50 combat missions during the war out of Italy and after the war ended in Europe flew 15...

Search Crew Finds World War II Plane That Crashed in Greenland - New York Times | Lieutenant Pritchard, the pilot, and Petty Officer Bottoms, the radio operator, were returning from the crash site of an Army Air Force B-17, where they picked up Corporal Howarth, the B-17's radio operator. The Coast Guard said the men were trying to...

World War II vet from North Mankato made vets' issues a priority - Mankato Free Press  | NORTH MANKATO — Lyle Pearson Sr. had great war-time stories to tell: A B-17 bomber pilot in World War II, he flew 50 combat missions until being shot down over Italy in 1944 and held as a prisoner of war until 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished...

"Spirit of Alliance" Northrop T-38 Talon from Uploads from The Chicken Works | One of my favorite "warbirds" (though technically not since the Northrop T-38 Talon is still in operational service with the USAF and other nations as well as NASA) is the "Spirit of Alliance" owned by Perot's son, H. Ross Perot, Jr, who was an Air Force pilot in his past career before he became a successful real estate developer (he was the driving force behind the development of the Alliance Airport). He has it based...

The beginning from Apron 6 | While searching on Airliners.net for some air to air photo’s, I came across Eric’s picture from my first Skyvan flight (the second flight in total if I remember well). It brought back so many memories. The guy on the left; thats me. A little bit scared but also very happy and lucky for sure. I [...]

Brothers have reunion at 23,000 feet from Air Force Link Top Stories | There are many predictable things about deployments, but for one Airman, the unpredictable happened. He didn't expect a family reunion, but got one - at 23,000 feet in the air two days before Christmas...

Gunship guru saves $14 million from Air Force Link Top Stories | Walter, a Air Force Special Operation Command Strike Requirements Branch program analyst, has a long history of brainstorming money-saving ideas and seeing them to fruition. A tip from the U.S. Army Ammunition Program Office led Walter to a valuable supply of modified 40 mm M2 A1 gun parts used on the AC-130 gunship, which netted an Air Force savings of more than $14 million...

That must have been hard on those tires! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Here's a video clip of an Antonov An-124, the largest jet transport in the world in normal commercial service (surpassed only by a single example of the An-225, its larger brother). It's landing at...

Aviation Stamps from the Congo by travelforaircraft | Giel Sweertvaegher and Bob Vellemen are the people behind the Apron 6 blog which is about the joy of aviation as these two experience and share with us. Apron 6 is populated with excellent original photos and inspired bits of prose. Recently...

Museum's Education Division participates in community STEM event from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Every year, in February, the museum's education staff participates in a very special program known as TechFest. This two-day event is sponsored by the Affiliate Societies Council of Dayton, Ohio and is a free family fun opportunity that stresses education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Its goal is to excite and motivate students to pursue education and careers in these important fields...