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Collier Trophy Nominees Announced from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Seven aviation and aerospace projects have been named as contenders for the 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the National Aeronautic Association announced this week. The nominees are: the Gulfstream G650; Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team; Lockheed Martin's autonomous K-Max helicopter; the NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity project; the NASA/JPL Voyager Interstellar Mission project; the U.S. Air Force MC-12 Project Liberty, which converted a King Air to military use as a crewed surveillance aircraft; and the NASA/JPL Dawn mission, which sent a spacecraft to investigate two dwarf planets to learn about the early history of our solar system.
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Blue Angels members fly in for air show meeting - Ventura County Star | Photo by Andrea Howry / Lighthouse Lt. Cmdr. Michael Cheng, formerly the deputy air operations officer at Naval Base Ventura County and now No. 8 on the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, recently returned to the base for an air show planning ...

Aero India air show gets under way in Bangalore - video - The Guardian | The ninth Aero India show, claimed by the organisers to be the biggest air show in Asia, gets under way on Tuesday in Bangalore. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, chief scientific adviser to India's defence ministry, says the event showcases India's defence and...

Take to the Skies AirFest gets ready to launch in Durant - Durant Daily Democrat | There will also be an Aerobatic Air Racing Challenge. Woman against Woman … Julia Wood faces Kate Kyer (both are airline captains). Man against Man, and here's where the skill comes in … Husband against Wife … Julia against husband Tony Wood.

Blue Ridge Air Show Preparations Are Underway - WHAG | Even though the 167th Airlift Wing will not be hosting the open house and have a slightly lesser role during the air show, Nic Diehl from the Thunder Board says it's still expected to be a great event. "Well it's the same runway but people watching the ...

Fly-In Announcement: Flabob Flying Circus 2013 from Antique Airfield News | The Flabob Flying Circus is going to be September 26-29, 2013...

NHANG participates in Ilopango Air show in El Salvador - DVIDS | ILOPANGO, EL SALVADOR -- Airmen from the New Hampshire Air National Guard joined personnel from various United States federal agencies at the Ilopango Air Show here, January 26th and 27th. Participating in the weekend's events were New...

Sudden move for Vancouver air museum - The Seattle Times | Employees and volunteers of the Pearson Air Museum moved planes and exhibits out of their hangar Tuesday in Vancouver. They told The Columbian (http://bit.ly/Yaq8Ea) they were given short notice by the National Park Service, which owns the hangar and ...

Outstanding Images - 2013 from Articles | An annual collection of recent and stunning photos of Lockheed Martin aircraft.

Len Rulason's Progress on Monocoupe N501W from Antique Airfield News  | Len Rulason sent an update on Monocoupe N501W:

Photorecon attends Red Flag 13-2 from photorecon.net by Douglas Aguillard | Out in the Nevada desert, just outside of Las Vegas sits Nellis Air Force base and its different live fire training areas, called the Nellis Range Complex. The Nellis Range complex is located northwest of Las Vegas and covers an area of 60 nautical miles (111 km) by 100 nautical miles (190 km), approximately half the area of Switzerland....

Blimps To Hover In DC Airspace from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two large tethered helium blimps carrying surveillance gear will be deployed for testing by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, somewhere near Washington, D.C.'s airspace by the end of September, Reuters reported this week. The blimps, each of them about 243 feet long, can reach altitudes up to 10,000 feet and stay aloft for up to 30 days at a time. They will carry radar and other surveillance gear that enables them to detect ground targets, manned and unmanned aircraft, boats, and cruise missiles at distances up to 340 miles. They cost about $450 million for the pair.

First F-35A four-ship flies over Eglin from Air Force Link Top Stories | Increasing capability is becoming routine for the F-35 Lightning II team.  The 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit produced a four-turn-four for the 58th Fighter Squadron flying Jan 31. "The pilots flew four F-35As in the morning and...