FIFI, the World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress, Returns to the Sky - DigitalJournal.com | The Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, FIFI – the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world – returned to the sky Saturday, January 13 and flew to her home base in Addison, Texas. The flight crew ...
Blue Angels featured at Wings over Wayne Air Show from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — The Wings Over Wayne Air Show at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, N.C., takes off May 18-19. The airshow will salute our service men and women around the globe, past and present. Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, Base Commander and first female fighter pilot in the U.S., plans to pay tribute to Operation Homecoming 1973, during its 40th anniversary, when North Vietnam released American POWs from captivity.
Video: Kirby Chambliss' plane airlifted out of crash site.
South Shore CVA takes first for Air Show Poster - nwitimes.com | The ICAS Marketing Awards recognize outstanding achievement in event, product and service promotion by air shows, air show performers and air show support service providers. The South Shore Air Show's 2013 dates are July 12 through 14, again on the ...
Sebring LSA Expo wraps up successful weekend from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | SEBRING, Florida —The ninth annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo wrapped up a successful weekend of activities supporting general aviation and the Light-Sport Aircraft industry Sunday, Jan. 20. Expo officials estimate the weekend’s attendance will exceed last year’s record attendance of 16,000....
60 Years of EAA: Leading in a New Era (1998-2012) from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA approached its 50th anniversary and the 21st century still firmly connected to its original mission of personal sport aviation, but the organization saw its role expanding as well. The needs of EAA members and the aviation community brought more demands on the organization, which had grown to include more than 160,000 members by 1998.
Great cockpit/show footage of the Trojan Phlyers at the Bluebonnet Airshow 2012 from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith
Wings of Freedom event brings memories to life - Bradenton Herald | "The purpose is to organize and support a living history event that enables Americans to learn about our heritage and history through a direct experience," said Hunter Chaney, director of marketing for the foundation. "Aviation has been one of the most ...
Classic warbirds on display in Sarasota - WWSB ABC 7 | Two World War II bombers -- a B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-24 Liberator -- and the most dominant fighter plane of the second world war, the P-51 Mustang are all on display. Organizers of the tour say these planes are not just cool to look at, they also ...
World War II bomber brings back memories for veterans - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | As he climbed aboard the B-17, Matney was thinking about June 11, 1944, when his B-24 Liberator bomber caught fire and he frantically fought to escape the flames “by exiting the plane through an opening in the wheel well. One of my crewmates also tried ...
Airmen savor a history come full circle - Philadelphia Inquirer | A trainer of B-25 bomber pilots, the 89-year-old former New York City employee received a written reprimand and three officers faced courts-martial. Transposing that day with the inauguration of the nation's first African American president, Lawrence ...
Flying Tigers Fighter Pilots TV Series In The Works - Cinema Blend | Former HBO Films President Colin Callender is looking to bring the story of America's team of ace fighter pilots, The Flying Tigers, to television. His production company, Playground Entertainment, has announced plans for a ten-part miniseries that ...
Great News - Rare Airplanes Grounded from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...Today, while reading an article in the latest Vintage Magazine about a Buhl Airsedan, I found something that is getting to be all too familiar; the celebration of the permanent grounding of vintage aircraft....
All clear for takeoff: Rantoul air museum renaissance makes it worth another visit - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette | Claude Crenshaw, is "the belle of the ball" at the newly revived Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, said curator Mark Hanson. The elegant and deadly 1945 model's restoration will be finished soon after years of work. Some minor paint work will have to wait ...
Photos: Sweden arrives for RED FLAG 13-2 from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines
Chinook once again takes to Canadian Skies from Aviation.ca News by Lieutenant-Colonel Duart Townsend and Colonel (retired) Lorne Rodenbush | It has been 21 years since the distinctive ‘wokka-wokka’ sound of Canadian Chinooks was last heard in Canadian skies.
EAA Staff Zenith 750 Build Project: Video Update #3 from eaavideo.org | In our third video update of the EAA staff Zenith 750 project, Homebuilders Community Manager Chad Jensen takes a walk around the workbench to talk with EAA Online Community Manager Hal Bryan about his first build experience...
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