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TORA! TORA! TORA! is coming to the Jasper Air Show - Beaumont Enterprise | Each morning of the show, Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1356 of Leesville, LA will give FREE flights to children ages 8-17 - on a first come-first serve basis - in their Young Eagles Program...

Tickets now on sale for Reno from General Aviation News | Tickets are now on sale for the 50th Annual National Championship Air Races in Reno, slated for Sept. 11-15.  You can order them online or you can call 775-972-6663. “We are excited that the Patriot Jet Team will be returning this year with their spectacular show,” officials said. “They are former Blue Angel and Thunderbird pilots so you know they will be putting on a great show. They are a six ship L-39 jet team that perform an outstanding show that will make your jaw drop. We also have David Martin, Michael Goulian and Kent Pietsch returning for our airshow....

Warbirds Weekend in Punta Gorda - WZVN-TV | Take a trip back in time this weekend. Antique airplanes from World War II will be on display at the Punta Gorda Airport for the 4th annual Warbirds Weekend. When John Makinson goes for a flight, he prefers an old warbird. "I'd rather be in one of ...

Announcing details: Warbirds, Wings & Wheels 5 - Paso Robles Press | Jim "Bones" Noteboom will show off his customs during the Warbirds, Wings & Wheels 5, slated for Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Estrella Warbirds Museum and Woodland Auto Display, 4251 Dry Creek Road. BELOW: pictures from a past ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Royal International Air Tattoo statement following US Military Budget Cuts from Flightline UK | ...I am happy to confirm that there is no reason to suggest that RIAT this year will be anything other than a great aviation spectacle; and as before, we will continue to meet the logistical costs incurred by the USAF and MoD at Fairford resulting from our activities....

Airshow axed - Yellow Advertiser | SOUTHEND Airshow has been axed by Southend Council for this year as a measure to save £10.5million. The cancellation of the airshow will save the authority £130,000. At the meeting last Thursday night members of the council agreed to put up council tax ...

Famed DC-3 Returns to the Skies - Flying Magazine | The airplane was also in the hands of Claire Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers during WWII, before returning to the United States and receiving an N-number in the late 1940s. The DC-3 then flew routes with Pan Am before being converted into an ...

From PILOTMAG's Facebook:  A Star fell from the sky today... It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Jeff Harris, whom many of you may know as being the pilot of the silver
P-38 Lightning "Honey Bunny," owned by Jack Croul of Allied Fighters in Chino. Jeff has been a friend of ours and his absence will be felt by many. He was an inspiration to everyone he met, he shared his love for aviation more passionately than most, and he will never be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family, to the P-38 National Association, with whom Jeff was extensively involved and a huge supporter of, and to all of the veterans whose lives were touched by Jeff showing up in that beautiful aircraft. We will miss you, dear friend. Blueskies and God speed. (Photo TVR Photography)

Women of Aviation Week Hits Cruising Altitude - Patch.com | ...She wanted to bring the joy of flight to other mothers, so she organized an event that is an opportunity for girls and women to learn about all facets of aviation from female pilots. ...

Women fly free - The Manitoban | She is specifically excited to learn about the processes involved, how people become pilots, and the role of women in aviation. “Airplanes and aviation have played a big role in uniting Canada by providing access to remote parts of the country as well ...

Spirit of the WASP from WINGS AND WASP by Nancy Parrish | Early in October, 2012, a World War II air-to-air B-26 tow-target pilot cut a symbolic ribbon at Wings Over the Rockies Aviation and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado. Just beyond the ribbon, high above the polished floor, overlooking the beautiful planes stretched wingtip to wingtip across the pristine hangar, is a visually stunning, factual, inspiring exhibit--a...

Bridgeton resident Jim Owens recalls time as World War II fighter pilot - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com | The next step up from a B-17. He has the 20 missions he flew listed in order on a piece of cardboard. The fifth mission was hairy. “We lost the number three engine and that created a drag,” he said. “We were in formation. I could run the other three ...

Teens charged in Tuskegee Airman's carjacking - minbcnews.com | The youths were arrested Sunday. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black combat pilots who trained in Alabama during World War II. They helped pave the way for desegregation in the U.S. military. Rutledge says he was a gunner on B-25 bomber.

New England Air Museum to Hold 2013 Space Expo on April 7 - CT Newsjunkie | New England Air Museum Photo The New England Air Museum will welcome former Space Shuttle Astronaut Jerry Ross on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the museum in Windsor Locks for their annual Space Expo. Ross was one of NASA's most experienced ...

Wings Over the Water from Hiller Aviation Museum | From the 1920s through the 1960s, the nature of both aircraft and the industry that designed and built them changed dramatically. Within the lifespan of a single career, aircraft went from wood-and-fabric contraptions such as the 1919 Vickers Vimy to shiny jets such as the Lockheed F-104 fighter and Douglas DC-8 airliner. Aircraft companies were transformed from inventors sewing fabric and shaping wood in their own barns and garages to enormous corporations led by talented engineers employing tens of thousands of people....

Youth take to skies with Civil Air Patrol from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | GEORGIA -- Six teens experienced the thrill of aviation, through orientation flights with Civil Air Patrol at Covington Municipal Airport last Thursday. The cadets flew a combined total of 6 hours in CAP’s Cessna aircraft. “It was awesome!” said cadet Justyn Patterson. “I have always wanted to fly and I am going to become a pilot!” cadet Rachel Dumas said. The cadets' big day is featured in this online version of the local newspaper, the Covington News.

CAP cadets involved in Operation Aerial Badger from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | WISCONSIN -- Wisconsin National Guard aviators and medics, along with civilian emergency management agencies, participated in a joint training natural disaster exercise spanning all of southeastern Wisconsin. For the first time in five years, civilian agencies and National Guard aviation units worked together in a joint exercise Saturday to react to a mass flooding scenario that tested the Guard’s medical evacuation capabilities. The exercise, dubbed Operation Aerial Badger, combined an array of Wisconsin medical and aviation units to include elements of the 248th Aviation Support Battalion, 112th Aviation, 135th Aviation, 238th Aviation, 135th Medical Company, and cadets from the Civil Air Patrol.

Video: Soyuz TMA-08M Crew Readied at Star City from Spaceports | Three Expedition 35/36 crew members prepare for their final exams in their Sokol launch and entry suits at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 28, U.S. time (March 29, Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft....