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Friends remember Fred Cabanas - KeysNews.com | ... at 5 a.m. Wednesday, as tributes to the late Key West stunt pilot Fred R. "Freddy" Cabanas continued to pour in from friends and colleagues alike. The famed aerobatic aviator died in a Tuesday afternoon plane crash at a private airfield in Cozumel...

Freddy Cabanas dies in Cozumel crash from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Aerobatic pilot Fred Cabanas died Tuesday, Jan. 15, in an aviation accident near Cozumel, Mexico, according to a report in the Miami Herald. Passenger Jorge Lopez Vives, host of an extreme sports program, also died in the crash that occurred at a private airfield on the southern island of Cozumel in the state of Quintana Roo, an international tourist destination. The pair were filming a documentary to promote an airshow when the accident occurred, according to Cozumel authorities...

Ninth Annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo Takes Off from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The ninth annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is under way at the Sebring, Florida, airport with high temperatures forecasted in the upper 70s throughout the four-day event ending Sunday, January 20.

Be a Part of EAA's 60th Anniversary Celebration from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | With more than 175,000 members in 100-plus countries, there's hardly a nation on Earth where you can't find the flying, fun, and fellowship of EAA. To celebrate EAA's 60th anniversary week January 19-26, we'd like to see your photos wherever you might have your airplane or are wearing your EAA shirt, hat, or other garb.

Wings of Freedom Tour coming to Pensacola Airport - Gulf Breeze News | The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour is coming to Pensacola in March featuring the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter.

Warbirds Flypast Tomorrow - Scoop.co.nz | As a lead up to the Warbirds over Wairarapa Airshow at the weekend there will be a bit of activity over the city tomorrow (Friday). A formation comprising Mosquito (Keith Skilling), Spitfire (Gavin Trethewey) and P40 Kittyhawk (Liz Needham) plans to...

See Gabriel Villaran Surf The Skies - Red Bull UK | Watch Peruvian surfer Gabriel Villarán take the ride of his life with Red Bull Air Race champion Kirby Chambliss, as they barrel roll and turn their way up to 6G in the sky. Villarán, usually more used to the waves, was treated to a thrilling eight ...

Lack of Snow Prevents Skiplanes From Landing at Pioneer from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | At EAA's annual Skiplane Fly-In this weekend, aviation enthusiasts were priming to celebrate three events: the unique flight segment of skiplane flying, kicking off the 60th anniversary of the first-ever meeting of the Experimental Aircraft Association (January 26, 1953), and the January 24 birthday of EAA matriarch Audrey Poberezny. Oh well, two out of three ain't bad ...

Latest on airshow - This is Kent | The latest news about this year's airshow will be released to authorities and organisations at a ceremony next week. The 2013 show, which organisers promise will be "bigger and better" than last year's event, will officially be launched on Wednesday ...

Quentin Smith, Tuskegee Airman and Gary community leader, dies at 94 - Chicago Sun-Times | ...Smith was 24 when he enlisted, eventually becoming one of about 900 black pilots who trained in segregated fashion in Tuskegee, Ala., under a program started by President Franklin Roosevelt....

Aviator kept remarkable airplane alive - AOPA Pilot | Only a few hundred kits have ever made it in the air, and many of those pilots had Keith Hinshaw to thank. Bede Aircraft Inc. struck a chord, and was overwhelmed by orders soon after the tiny, single-seat BD-5 was introduced to the world at the 1970...

Warbird Heritage Foundation to Restore Newly Acquired Corsair from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan, Illinois, announced this week it had acquired the Goodyear FG-1D Corsair, BuNo. 92050, and plans a full airworthy restoration to original configuration.

Photos: U-2 Dragon Lady 'Anytime, Anyplace' - Air Combat Command | 1/17/2013 - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather Doyle, 9th Physiological Support Squadron launch and recovery technician, fits a specialized boot to U-2 pilot Capt. Travis, in preparation for a "high flight" at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013. Since its...

Air Force Year in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | A team of Air Force journalists and photographers selected the best photos from around the Air Force for the 2012 Air Force Year in Photos...

The Last Bush Pilots from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | One of the most incredible things about reading is having the ability to travel to another world, and become part of that world. But when the author has lived it and paints a picture with his words...Wow! You can't help but to be sucked in and go for the ride of your life....

January 15, 2013 Eagles' Nest from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Mike: Welcoming students to the start of the New Year at Clear Springs High School in League City is a partially constructed airplane in the center of the main hallway. Amid the school’s glass and brick, neatly laid out are the fuselage, wings and engine of a Van’s Aircraft RV-12. On top of the box containing the engine a video monitor...

January 8, 2013 Wacky Jack from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | There’s just no mistaking an old piston radial engine. It bellows a low throaty sound, admired by airplane lovers and engine geeks the world over. While standing out in an open field taking pictures of approaching airplanes at a fly-in at Fort Parker Flying Field in Groesbeck I searched the skies for the source of that sound. When the bright yellow bi-plane crossed over the trees the throaty sound ceased as the pilot throttled back the power, leaving a whining sound as air passed over the “singing wires” that aid in bracing the wings. As the...