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Navy would ground Blue Angels under sequestration - Dayton Business Journal | The Blue Angels, frequent aerial performers at the Dayton Air Show, will be grounded and cancel performances at 30 shows this year if sequestration takes hold. The U.S. Navy is expected to save $20 million by the move, but it also will curtail one of ...
Navy to cancel 30 Blue Angels shows if sequestration goes ahead - Business Journal

Air show featuring the Thunderbirds planned for June to mark Myrtle Beach's ... - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | The event is free, and spectators should plan to watch from the sand near the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park for the best view of the air show. The vendors, music and presentations will take place near the boardwalk at the former Pavilion...

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Snowbirds back for Airdrie Air Show - Airdrie Echo | The Canadian Forces' Snowbirds, a world-renowned nine-plane aerobatic team, will make their third appearance at the Airdrie Air Show in July.

Blue Peter action girl joins Red Arrows flypast - Sleaford Today | Blue Peter presenter and action girl Helen Skelton took to the skies over Sleaford with the Red Arrows this week for a Red Nose Day Challenge. The dare-devil presenter went on the ride of her life which saw her fly with the RAF's aerobatic display team ...

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Wagstaff joins Excalibur 421 team from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | PASO ROBLES, Calif. — Aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff has joined the Excalibur 421 team. She will be the demonstration pilot and also will be responsible for overseeing the transition training program. The Excalibur 421 features a remanufactured Cessna 421 airframe upgraded with...

CAFE Symposium, Solar Impulse Visit Set For Spring from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Solar Impulse team in Switzerland has confirmed they will bring their one-of-a-kind aircraft to the U.S. in the next few weeks, after carefully disassembling it and shipping it in the belly of a cargo airplane. The solar airplane will be reassembled in California, probably in one of the large hangars at Moffett Field, home to NASA and Google, just south of San Francisco. That process is expected to take several weeks, then some test flights will...

Seasoned pilot spreads wings - inmycommunity | Mr Gonsall said the flying experience provided at Warbirds WA aims to duplicate the missions he and Mr Macneal flew in Air Force squadrons in the 1970s and '80s. Warbirds WA operates from Murrayfield Airport, near Mandurah, all year round. For more ...

Tuskegee Airman Luther McIlwain dies - Eagle-Tribune | Friends and relatives are invited to attend a wake from 4-7 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Dewhirst Funeral Home, 80 Broadway in Methuen. A funeral service will immediately follow. McIlwain was a Second Lieutenant with the 477th B-25 Bomber group.

A legacy of valor: McConnell Reserve unit honors WWII veteran, Air Force heritage - DVIDS | According to newspaper records, Marlin enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943 and soon thereafter was sent overseas to England where he served as a tail gunner on a B-17 flying fortress. He and his aircrew were part of a massive Allied offensive...

Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind. “Indian Ocean Tradewind”,... from Planeshots | Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind. “Indian Ocean Tradewind”, a Navy Convair R3Y2 with powerful Turbo-Prop engines, was one of the...

Book: Topgun Days from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | With the movie Top Gun back in theaters, the timing of Dave “Bio” Baranek’s book titled, Topgun Days, is appropriate. The subtitle says it all… “Dogfighting, cheating death, and Hollywood glory as one of America’s Best Fighter Jocks.”  Baranek was a Top Gun instructor when...

Awesome US Navy F/A-18F video, enjoy it while it lasts. from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Check out this awesome video from the cockpit of a VFA-103 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet flying off the deck of USS Dwight D Eisenhower. This video was produced by Carrier Strike Group 8 during the summer of 2012. But if the dire predictions of what might happen under sequestration come to fruition, we may not see many more videos like this in the near future....

Sold, Crated, and Shipped from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | In recent months, with nearly every pilot I know, I have discussed and lamented the mass exodus of our vintage aircraft treasures to Europe. If you’ve been paying attention, the wave of exports is obvious. Amazingly though, whenever I bring it up the most common reaction among antiquers is an acute lack of concern. To me this speaks volumes about the vintage community and our country as a whole....