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Thunderbirds May Not Fly at AF Academy Graduation - Military.com | AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Air Force Academy seniors may be tossing their hats into an empty sky when they graduate next May because the budget battle in Washington has grounded the Thunderbirds demonstration team. The signature moment of the ...

Mike and Sally to bring their N26MS Long EZ from Mojave Experimental Fly-In by Mojave FlyIn | ... Between this famous EZ and Dick Rutan's "Old Blue," there are some 9,000 Long EZ flight hours...

NEWS: Newark Air Museum 40th Anniversary Gala – Sunday 14th April from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | To celebrate 40 years of being open to the public the Newark Air Museum is hosting a Gala Day on Sunday 14th April 2013. This will take place at its site in eastern Nottinghamshire, close to the county border with Lincolnshire and throughout the day visitors will be able to visit at the special discounted admission rate of £4.00 per person....

'Women of Aviation' program planned - The Daily Times | WINTERSVILLE - Pier Aviation and local aviatrix Natalie Campana are teaming up to get young people interested in flying with a special "Women of Aviation" program from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Airpark. The free program includes a ...

Alberta’s Women of Aviation from Aviation.ca News by Thomas Hinderks | ...Since Katherine Stinson’s first Edmonton aerobatic demonstrations in 1916 through to today’s women pilots flying as airline pilots and instructors, around the world women have been part of Alberta leading the way in aviation....

At The Author's Table from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Every year WAI hosts an author's table in the Author's Corner of the WAI Merchandise Area located inside the Conference Exhibit Hall...

Tuskegee Nat'l Historic Site - Environs from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | The parking lot at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (NHS) is poised above still-active Moton Field in Tuskegee,
Alabama. Moton Field is where the pilots who would become known at Tuskegee Airmen took primary flight training. This quasi-birds' eye view is a great way to get oriented to the buildings that house the history....

For WWII airman, it was love at first flight - Amarillo.com | Eight decades later, his Amarillo house looks more like the Texas Air & Space Museum where Rude, 88, works two days a week. Detailed paintings and framed pictures of vintage World War II planes cover wall after wall. Every one, he said, has a story.

Englewood man flew B-17 bomber missions over Berlin from War Tales by Don Moore | The six missions Lt. Fred Hocker flew over Berlin with the crew of a B-17 bomber called “Fightin’-Bitin” were the very worst of the 23 combat missions he made as a navigator in the 306 Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War II. Stationed in Bedford, England, about 45 miles north of London, Hocker [...]

1st Lt. Tom Rebel survived a B-24 ‘Liberator’ mid-air collision during WW II from War Tales by Don Moore | Tom Rebel of Burnt Store Isles, south of Punta Gorda, Fla. said, “I wanted to be a bomber pilot. I wanted to fly the biggest thing they had.” He ended up piloting a four-engine B-29 “Superfortress,” the largest bomber mass-produced in the United States during World War II. Like everyone else who took Army Air [...]

Tiger Two from Apron 6 | Tigers: day two. Today the French Rafale in a very bright color scheme landing at Kleine Brogel. This sure was a great experience. We had the chance to stand quite close to the runway and I got to use a very good 400mm lens instead of the very crappy 70-300mm I used back then. Unfortunately [...]

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View the slideshow.

Denise Stecconi from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt  | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | Denise Stecconi discovered later in life that she wanted to fly.... And she is making that happen. Be prepared to read what can happen when you sit in a small plane and are invited to fly. It can turn your life upside down, and rock your world....

Poll: Would You Ride The 787 On Its First Return-To-Service Flight? from AirPigz by Martt | The nightmare for the Dreamliner may be soon ending. From what I've seen, Boeing has a fix in mind for the battery overheat problem and is looking to the FAA to approve it and release the airplane back into service....