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Stars & Stripes Air Show Spectacular - Texas A&M International Bridge | If you love to be in the air and enjoy the city view from the sky, this is the show that you should not miss. The Star and Stripes Air Show Spectacular was held on Sunday Feb. 17 as part of the WBCA Celebration at the Laredo International Airport...

Wichita Flight Festival gets ready for 2013 - KWCH | The headline act of the air shows will be TORA TORA TORA, the Commemorative Air Force's recreation of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This year, organizers also added a poster contest. The contest is open to anyone 18 and older. People taking part ...

Biplane Race #17 to attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In | ...I just got an email from Eric Zine and Rich Chadwick of biplane race #17 "Sunny Side Up". They plan to bring their modified Pitts to the event next month....
Super Salto to attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In

Deadline approaching to register for Air Race Classic from General Aviation News | Entries for the 2013 Air Race Classic started coming in at noon on Jan. 2, when entries for this year’s race were opened. Over the past two months, 80% of the available racer slots have been claimed. Entries will be accepted until April 1, but the opportunity may not last that long, if all 55 race team slots are filled before then....

Red Arrows return for Air Show! - Coleraine Times | Picture by: Senior Aircraftsman Daniel Herrick LBIPP RAF (Phot) Pictured: The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) "The Red Arrows" display at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington air show on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of July. The annual RAF ...

Red Arrows back at Weymouth Carnival - but funds needed to pay for event - Dorset Echo | THE Red Arrows look set to return to Weymouth Carnival. The world-famous RAF aerobatic team has published its display programme for 2013 and Weymouth Carnival on Wednesday, August 21 is listed. The 'Reds' were unable to perform at the carnival last ...

Last airworthy B-29 bomber lands at Camarillo - San Jose Mercury News | It will be part of a three-day exhibition at the airport's Commemorative Air Force Museum. Then the propeller-driven plane will be flown to Burbank for a weekend show at Bob Hope Airport. Only a few B-29 Superfortress bombers remain from a U.S. fleet ...

Tentative B-29 “FIFI” Tour to Visit Birmingham from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The CAF, only Flying Fortress B-29, Fi Fi is "penciled in" to visit the Birmingham Airport on May 16-19, 2013. Planning the event is the Birmingham Aero Club who is hopeful the spring schedule will be confirmed soon to include Birmingham....

"Memphis Belle" B-17 Bomber Visits Gillespie Field - San Diego 6 | EL CAJON - A piece of living history from World War II arrived Monday at Gillespie Field. A B-17 "Flying Fortress" was the primary bomber responsible for bombing Nazi targets in Europe. Douglas Dowell shares his days as a B-17 Flight Engineer ...

B-17 bomber on display in El Cajon - U-T San Diego | EL CAJON — If anyone spots a World War II-era Boeing B-17 bomber flying low in skies over the San Diego area this week, do not be alarmed. Memphis Belle, the plane that starred in a 1990 film by the same name, landed at Gillespie Field on Monday and ...

A life in flight for first woman 'Thunderbirds' pilot from Air Force Link Top Stories | Since 1953, the Air Force's air demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, have captivated spectators across the world and showed its audiences what the Air Force's aircraft are capable of. For two years, Lt.Col. Nicole Malachowski surprised audiences not just in the air, but especially when she stepped out of the cockpit of the fighter jet as the first woman to be accepted for a seat on the Air Force's premier show team....

Royal Canadian Inspiration from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | I don’t remember if my path was decided that day or whether it took me some time to think about it but I asked lots of questions and soon learned that young boys were eligible to join the Air Cadets when they turned 13 and that the best of them would get the chance to become pilots with free training. From that point on I counted down the years, months and days until I would be 13 and old enough to sign up. My affiliation with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets goes back to 1964/65 when I was about seven years old. We lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and my father was a member of the Halifax Flying Club. At that time the club was located on Lake William in Dartmouth where the members flew Piper J3 Cubs on floats. Dad had always had an interest in aviation and obtained his...

Local two-star general dies - Dayton Daily News | Born in Pennsylvania, Cochran flew two combat tours of Europe in World War II — one as a copilot in the B-25 Mitchell and one in the P-51 Mustang. After the war, he earned a degree in pharmacy from Ohio State University and moved to Springfield in ...

WWII veterans receive French honors - San Antonio Express | Roy Loyless jumped from a flaming B-17 in subfreezing weather over Germany nearly 70 years ago, only to begin a nine-month ordeal as a prisoner of war. Memories of other young men in the 91st Bomb Group, which lost 13 of 37 planes on that Nov. 2, 1944 ...

Florida Cub Flyers March 2013 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News
Ken-Royce Engine Handbook Now Available on AntiqueAirfield.com from Antique Airfield News
Greg Wilson's Champ on Skis from Antique Airfield News

The Man Who Invented the Predator - Air & Space Magazine | Before he designed the world’s most feared drone, Abraham Karem was just trying to get a robot to stay in the air.

Col Tilton Laid to Rest at Arlington from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. - Col. John Tilton, a former member Civil Air Patrol's Board of Governors and former commander of the organization's Southeast Region and Alabama Wing, was laid to rest with full honors March 1 at Arlington National Cemetery....

The secrets behind an air-to-air photo shoot from General Aviation News | KISSIMMEE, Fla. — For the photographer on an air-to-air photo mission, there is one simple goal: Getting a great shot. For the pilots involved in the formation shoot, the prime directive is safety. To accomplish both, planning is the key....

Hawaii governor declares ‘Year of General Aviation’ from General Aviation News | Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has declared 2013 the “Year of General Aviation.”  In Hawaii, general aviation contributes more than $412 million into the economy every year and aviation supports more than 58,000 jobs. Across the country, general aviation has an economic impact of $150 billion annually and supports 1.2 million jobs....

New Bach Book Celebrates Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Author Richard Bach, known for his stories about flying and most famous for the classic Jonathan Livingston Seagull, this week published a new book about a cross-country flight in his seaplane, Travels with Puff, A Gentle Game of Life and Death. "Could be that non-flyers would be startled at the trip, but the book was written for flyers, and for me," Bach told AVweb in an email interview on Tuesday. The book, illustrated with photographs by fellow traveler Dan Nickens, describes how he learned to fly the SeaRey amphibian in Florida then flew it back to his home near Seattle. The story captures the adventure of facing new challenges, exploring new landscapes, and making new friends along the way....