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Reporter is strapped in for an air ride on a wing and a prayer - Herald Sun | The Herald Sun's Aaron Langmaid completes a wingwalk with the Breitling Wingwalkers ahead of the Avalon Airshow. Aaron Langmaid surveys the sky and land during his wing-walk. Picture: Alex Coppel Source: Herald Sun. Aaron Langmaid is buffeted by ...

On board with the Wingwalkers (02:06)
The Age | RAW VISION - Age reporter Nino Bucci takes a flight on a Breitling wingwalker, which will be performing during the Australian International Airshow....

Folkestone Airshow 2013: Hunt for volunteers takes off - Kent News | The hunt for volunteers to help run this summer's Folkestone Airshow takes off next week with a special meeting open to anyone wishing to assist during the event. The open meeting takes place at Folkestone Town Hall on March 5, from 6-7pm. The aim is ...

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Valiant Air Command partner to offer ultimate aviation combo package featuring the USAF Thunderbirds - ITCM | Package includes admission to the 36th Annual TiCo Warbird AirShow March 22-24, 2013 and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex | Valiant Air Command and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex have partnered to offer a special ticket package in celebration of the 36th Annual TiCo Warbird AirShow, March 22-24, 2013. The Ultimate Aviation Combo package includes a one day admission to the TiCo Warbird AirShow and a one day admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex valid March 22-24, 2013....

Blue Angels RI Show Could Fall Victim to Defense Cuts - WLNE-TV (ABC6) | Automatic spending cuts by the Pentagon may affect a summer tradition here in Rhode Island. Congress and the White House face a huge deadline, March 1st. It could lead to a "no show" by one of the most popular attractions of the air show. The Blue ...

Federal budget cuts will mean no Airfest, civilian furloughs at MacDill - Tampabay.com | TAMPA — With federal budget cuts looming, MacDill Air Force Base is bracing for the possibility of civilian employee furloughs and the cancellation of Airfest. There are about 3,000 civilian employees at MacDill. Most of those workers could be ...

Sequestration could affect St. Cloud air show - St. Cloud Times | “We intend to do our air show in July with or without the Blue Angels,” said David Trehey, Scout Executive at the Central Minnesota Council of the Boy Scouts of America, organizers of the show. An impressive civilian acrobatic lineup also is planned ...

Planes, Trains & Automobiles In Plant City from Aero-News Network | Community Event Features A Variety Of Aircraft For Public Viewing Plant City Airport is hosting its third annual "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" event Saturday, March 23, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event's organizers say it's a chance to see real airplanes, remote control planes, helicopters, model trains in operation and on exhibit, and classic and exotic car displays. Antique railroad maintenance equipment, train artifacts and memorabilia will be on site for guests to explore.

Rare Boeing B-29 Superfortress used during WWII lands in Phoenix - AZFamily | Other World War II aircraft that will be featured on the tour include the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the P-51 Mustang, a C-45 Expeditor, a Navy SNJ (T-6 Texan), and a Navy N2S (PT-17 Stearman). Phoenix is one of 11 stops on the CAF AirPower History ...

RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit Honoring Tuskegee Airmen Coming To The ...
Daily Markets  | The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will host the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit honoring the Tuskegee Airmen Feb. 26 – March 2....

Of the 1,279,634 Reasons I Love EAA Airventure Oshkosh, This is my Top 10! from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | As this piece is being written, the official Hamilton Countdown to Oshkosh clock shows 154:08:15:58. To someone like me who lives to make his next trip to this part of Wisconsin in late July, that is about 154 days, eight hours, fifteen minutes and fifty-seven seconds too long of a wait. I want to be there right now....

Jetman Rossy Confirms School Plans from AVwebFlash Current Issue | As AVweb reported recently, Yves Rossy, who flies a unique jet-powered strap-on glider, apparently has plans to teach his skills to others, and last week, a reporter at EpicTV.com followed up to learn more about the Jetman's plans. Rossy confirmed that he is planning to open a flight school, which would accept as students only experienced skydivers who also have experience flying either airplanes or wingsuits...

CAP to get recognition from WW II from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | First it was the Tuskegee Airmen who, after waiting 51 years after World War II, got their just recognition with a Congressional Gold Medal. Then it was the Women Airforce Service Pilots who got the medal four years later. Now, there is an effort to honor the founders of the Civil Air Patrol with the medal, and thus all who flew with the CAP during the war. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has launched a bill to honor 60,000 civilians–men and women...

Frank McClean: Forgotten pioneer of the sky - BBC News | McClean, born in England to well-to-do Irish parents in 1876, was a pioneer aviator and something of a daredevil. Through a combination of unstoppable enthusiasm and access to ample funds, he became a driving force in the development of flying, having ...

Bellingham's Lyle Jansma showcases classic cockpits in 360-degree apps - Bellingham Herald | Photographer Lyle Jansma with a Douglas Skyraider warplane at the Heritage Flight Museum at the Bellingham International Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 20. 2013. Jansma created an app that shows the viewer a 360 degree view of the cockpit of the Skyraider ...

John M. 'Jack' Conroy 1920-1979 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | Born in Buffalo, NY in 1920 and later attended high school in Sand Springs, OK. Upon graduation he hitched a ride on a freight train to Hollywood, CA, where he landed bit parts in movies during the years of 1937-1940 under the screen name of Michael Conroy, since John Conroy was taken.In 1940, against the advice of his agent who said "the big parts are coming", he hopped a freighter to Honolulu, HI, where he learned to fly and made his first solo flight in 1940. He was working at Pearl Harbor as a civilian digging underground fuel tanks on Sunday 7th December 1941.After witnessing the Japanese attack he immediately enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He was part of the 379th bombardment group of the Eight Air Force, out of Kimbolton, England during WWII. In 1942, just months past his 21st birthday, became a 2nd Lieutenant, pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress and put in charge of a 9-man crew....

Podcast: Anchorage Museum Celebrates Alaskan Flight Centennial from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | It was 10 years after the Wright brothers' first flight before the first airplane arrived in Alaska, but aviation soon transformed the way of life in the state and today remains essential to the economy. A new exhibit at the Anchorage Museum explores the those 100 years of history. AVweb's Mary Grady talked with Julie Decker, chief curator of the museum, for more details.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

How the “Black Jet” became the “Gray Dragon”: the story of the only gray F-117 stealth plane
from David Cenciotti's weblog | The Lockheed F-117A was not only the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, but also one of the most secret plane ever developed.  Conceived for night secret missions, the “Nighthawk” was restricted to fly only with darkness. In fact, in each operation from “Just Cause” in 1989 to “Iraqi Freedom” in 2003, the F-117s only flew after sunset....

Europe's Transall turns 50 from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Thanks to my Air & Cosmos buddy Guillaume Steuer for reminding me that today is the 50th anniversary of the Transall's first flight.  The phrase "venerable" probably doesn't do justice to the European-designed transport, which remains in use with the air forces of France, Germany and Turkey, and which is most prominently currently supporting France's Operation Serval campaign in Mali. Its duties...

Video: San Gabriel Valley RC group takes flying mini planes to great heights - Pasadena Star News | SOUTH EL MONTE - Pilots from Southern California and the international community were in town this week to test their flying abilities and zoom their radio-controlled aircraft above the skies of the Whittier Narrows in anticipation of a pylon race taking place this weekend....

Who Knew? The Pope Has A Pilot's License from Aero-News Network | But The Holy See Never Learned To Drive A Car The retirement of Pope Benedict XVI came as a surprise to Catholics around the world, and his retirement ceremony will likely be full of pomp and circumstance, broadcast live around the world. But it's less well known that when the Pope flies off into retirement aboard the papal helicopter ... he wouldn't necessarily have to be sitting in the back waving. He could be up front in the cockpit flying the aircraft himself.

Space quest for female aviator - Southern Star Newspaper | READERS of The Southern Star are being asked to lend their support to an aviator who wants to become the first Irish woman to fly in space on the Lynx X-COR Sub Orbital Spacecraft. From an early age, Mags O'Sullivan, who manages the Aqua Dome in ...