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Avalon Airshow video: Air-to-air refueling - Hobsons Bay Weekly | David Bonnici films the air-to-air refueling high in the skies and talks to the pilots about the difficulties they face. An RAAF Hornet refuels off one of the airforce's KC-30 tanker fleet at the Avalon airshow. Picture: Mark Smith...

Federal cuts will not ground Stuart, Vero Beach airshows - TCPalm | Stuart Air Show organizers have some ideas to deal with the possible loss of military acts as a result of defense department cuts that may take place because of a federal budget impasse. “We are kind of blessed we are at the very end of the air show...

Air Show Will Go On Even Without Blue Angels, Promoter Reports - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY – The organizer of the OC Air Show assured the Mayor and Council this week the show will go on in June, despite the possible grounding of headlining military acts, such as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, due to the looming possibility of ...

Oregon Air Show - Website updated. Lineup posted.

RAF's Red Arrows in return to world-famous nine plane diamond formation - The Sun | But after returning to their traditional shape during training over Lincolnshire, Squadron Leader Jim Turner said: “I am hugely proud of the whole team. They have all worked hard to achieve this milestone.” The squad, based at RAF Scampton, lost two ...

History in flight: Last operational B-29 Superfortress bomber visits Mesa - Cronkite News | The bomber, along with five other historic military planes operated by the Commemorative Air Force, will be at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport through Sunday for visitors to view or fly in. A flight on the B-29 costs between $600 and $1,500, depending on ...

World War II airplanes return to Leesburg on Wings of Freedom Tour - Orlando Sentinel | On display will be some WWII giants: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" bomber, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" bomber and a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. In past years, the tour has brought out hundreds of spectators. Doug Drymon ...

History B-17 'Memphis Belle' offering flights in Atlanta - MyFox Atlanta | FOX 5 took off on a replica of the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" at DeKalb Peachtree Airport on Thursday.(photo by Chris Rosenthal/MyFoxAtlanta). FOX 5 took off on a replica of the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" at DeKalb Peachtree Airport on Thursday.

Fighters, Warbirds, and Racers - The National Air and Space Museum | Some owners of these fighters, recognizing that they were the fastest propeller-driven production aircraft to ever fly, took them air racing. They remembered the widely-popular pre-war National Air Races at Cleveland where ...

NAF El Centro 2013 Photocall Coverage - Airshowvid.com | Naval Air Facility El Centro holds a Photocall twice a year and AIRSHOWVID.COM was allowed to attend the first Photocall of 2013. El Centro is unique for it’s friendly outreach to the aviation photography community. Please enjoy our mini-documentary on our visit to NAF El Centro during Photocall 2013.

AF first female fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes from Air Force Link Top Stories | After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a few restrictions. Her first choice, the F-15 Strike Eagle, wasn't yet an option for female pilots....

Aviation for Women magazine Available Online to All in Honor of Women's History Month from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Take a peek at Aviation for Women magazine, the official publication of Women in Aviation, International, at afwdigital.org. The newest issue of the magazine is available to all this month in honor of Women's History month. If you like what you see you can join WAI with just one click and receive both printed and digital issues of the magazine all year around (and that is just one of many benefits of being a WAI member)....

Man receives Distinguished Flying Cross for raid over oil fields from War Tales by Don Moore | Almost 63 years after a bombing raid in a B-24 “Liberator” over German oil refineries in Romania, former Tech. Sgt. Jay T. Fish of Englewood received the Distinguished Flying Cross in an elaborate award ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 24 along with the other eight members of the bomber’s crew. Their story begins on [...]

Bacon Salute! 2013 AirPigz National Air & Space Museum MeetUp from AirPigz by Martt | It was about a month ago, Sunday January 27, 2013 to be exact, when this bacon salute picture was taken at the Bob Evans restaurant that's located not far from the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly Virginia... that's the newer of the National Air and Space Museum facilities. This fine group of avgeeks gathered for breakfast before we launched into the third and final day of the 2013 AirPigz Museum MeetUp. 15 people in all had attended on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday, with a core group of about 10 of us attending all three days....

Pearson Air Museum Open Again But With Less To Show - OPB News | The Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver reopened Wednesday with fewer items on display – but with no entrance fee. The museum had to close its doors three weeks ago, after a conflict with the Fort Vancouver National Trust led trust officials to remove some ...

Travel Air in Curtiss-Wright disguise by travelforaircraft | During one of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-ins, which occurred between 1983 and 1985, I photographed this ancestral aircraft using old school black-and-white techniques. As things turned out to be, today NC8878 is owned by Delta Airlines and on display in The Delta Heritage Museum in Atlanta GA where it can be seen in pristine flying condition.

Podcast: Craig Fuller on His Time as AOPA President from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | AVweb speaks with AOPA's departing president and CEO Craig Fuller about his time at the organization, his greatest challenges and achievements, the responsibility of an AOPA president to the organization's members, and where he'll go from here.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Jake Lewis from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | ...Jake Lewis is a superstar young man headed toward the sky. There is no doubt that he won't make his every dream come true. He's got what it takes to make it in his flying career ~ Passion. But there is more. Not only is he a pilot, but a fabulous writer....