Saturday, February 2, 2013

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Russian Air Force aerobatic team to arrive in India - The Voice of Russia | The Russian Knights aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force will take part in the Aero India - 2013 exhibition, due to be held between February 6 and February 10, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. He added that five...

Photo gallery: Dismay at threat to Red Arrows. Poll: What do you think? - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The crack RAF aerobatic squad may be axed, saving £9m a year and releasing highly-skilled pilots for other duties, according to a national newspaper. Norfolk and Suffolk have long had soft spots for the team who have been the highlights of both the...

Air race winner donates scholarship, aims to increase number of women aviators - Longview News-Journal | Stagner donated the $5,000 purse money she and her partner won in a recent air race to a scholarship for LeTourneau University aviation student Whitney Brouwer. “As a female pilot, I know that aviation is a tough field for women to get into,” Stagner said.

Female wingwalkers show off their skills - Telegraph.co.uk | Team members Sarah Tanner, Danielle Hughes and Stella Guilding, perform up to 100 wingwalks a year in countries across the world, including China and Australia. "To be a wingwalker you can't be taller than 5"4 or weigh more than around eight-and-a-half...

Vintage planes evoke memories of war - Sun-Sentinel | The P-51 fighter and two bombers, a B-24 and a B-17, are icons of American ingenuity, kept in the air by the Collings Foundation, a Massachusetts nonprofit that believes history must be experienced. Ten months out of the year, they land at 110 airports...

Today, we're on the wings - Planeshots | Multiple photos of crews, etc on the wings of their aircraft.

Aviationphotography.be update from Apron 6 | Breitling Super Constellation (part II) is now online...

Texas Chapter February 2013 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News

Earl Adkisson's Atwood Hangar Donated to APM, But We Need to Move It from Antique Airfield News | The death of an airfield is never a pleasant event....

Top Gun: Mach 2 With Your Hair On Fire In IMAX 3D Feb 8-13! from AirPigz by Martt | 3D movies haven't lived up to the hype for me, but the chance to see the pop icon film Top Gun (1986) on the big screen with big sound is enough to pique my interest. The movie is actually in IMAX 3D, but I honestly don't know if that's as impressive as it sounds. But again...

In the Zero-G Cockpit - Air & Space | As the pilot of a 727 that simulates weightlessness, John Benisch is always searching for that perfect parabola.

The Untold Story: Columbia Shuttle Disaster and Mysterious 'Day 2 Object' - Space.com | A team of experts concluded that the departing piece had been lodged within the left wing by aerodynamic forces on Columbia's liftoff. It was set adrift after the orbiter reached space. The CAIB made the final conclusion that the foam-shedding incident ...



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