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Golden Knights Make First Jumps from New Aircraft - Avionics Intelligence | The U.S. Army Parachute Team performed its first paratroop jumps Feb. 20, from a new Twin Otter aircraft procured by Army Aviation's Fixed Wing Project Office. The Army's elite parachuting team, better known as the Golden Knights, had accepted the ...

Blue Angels practice draws crowd of 6279 to Pensacola as sequestration impact ... - al.com (blog) | PENSACOLA, Florida -- A crowd of 6,279 local residents, snowbirds and spring-breakers packed into the observation area at the National Naval Aviation Museum to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels practice for the first time this season in Pensacola....

Special to Florida Weekly - Florida Weekly | Visitors to the 33rd annual Florida International Air Show will be able to witness Ms. Wicker's wing walking in person Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24. Recently named one of the 10 best air shows in the world by USA Today, the Florida International ...

Planes, Trains & Automobiles in Plant City from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | PLANT CITY, Fla. — On Saturday, March 23, the third annual Planes, Trains & Automobiles event will take place at the Plant City Airport (PCM). It’s a chance to see 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....

Navy parachute team to land at school field - U-T San Diego | The all-volunteer Parachute Team, known as Leap Frogs, will land on the field at school's stadium. During the performance, jumpers deploy their distinctive blue and gold parachutes and often activate smoke grenades during free fall flight to make it ...

Aluminum Overcast Nearly Ready for 2013 Tour from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Recent work by staff and volunteers is inching EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast ever-closer to being ready for the 2013 tour season, which opens next month, April 25, at Torrance, California's Zamperini Field.

Air show countdown - Marlborough Express | Marlborough motels and backpackers are close to bursting point for the weekend of the 2013 Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow, according to an organiser of accommodation for the event. Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre administration assistant Shona Renner ...

Air Show will attract thousands of Dominicans - Translated | Santo Domingo. - The Caribbean Air Show returns to the Dominican sky, in an original show created especially for the country, to be held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, on the Malecon of Santo Domingo.... This fourth edition of the Air Show will feature a prestigious international cast, including Rob Holland Ultimate Airshows, The 4CE Team, Bill Stein Airshow, Matt Chapman and Jack Knutson Aerobatic Airshow, among others....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Welcomes CAF B-29 and B-24 - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | (March 19, 2013) — Two of World War II's most iconic aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, will be back at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2013 as part of the Commemorative Air Force's “Ghost Squadron” at The World ...

Landing for Lunches takes off in May at Wausau Downtown Airport from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | Pilots will have an opportunity to compete in a landing contest during the month of May at the Wausau Downtown Airport (AUW) in Wisconsin. Proceeds from “Landings For Lunches” will benefit The Neighbors’ Place, a charity that provides emergency assistance, food, youth services and more to the Wausau community.  Pilots will donate one dollar and a non-perishable food item (or an additional dollar) each time they compete. Donations will be split between prize money and contributions to The Neighbors’ Place. Aviators will be able to compete as many times as they wish each day during the hour from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. while judges are present....

Videos: FedEx 727 Lands On 4,000 Foot Anchorage Runway! from AirPigz by Martt | FedEx recently donated one of their antique Boeing 727's to the University of Alaska for use at Merrill Field in Anchorage as a non-flying training tool, but Merrill Field only has a 4,000 foot runway. Well, if you know anything about the United Airlines 727 on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, you probably know that it was landed at the old Meigs Field back in 1992 on a runway that was only about 3,900 feet long!...

Air to Air photography. What equipment? from Apron 6 | In the beginning of this week I got following question via Facebook. The questions came from someone who just did her first air to air photoflight. I thought it might be interesting to write something about the equipment part. I did my very first air to air shoot in 2008 when I was photographing for [...]

RAF's first operational F-35 pilot flies first training sortie from Flightglobal Events  | The first operational UK pilot selected to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35B has performed his first training sortie in the type ...

So, farewell, then C-130E from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Pictured on the US Air Force website is service's last remaining Lockheed Martin C-130E as it prepares to fly off into the sunset from Hurlburt Field in Florida.

Paragliders Rally To Save Mountain from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A mountaintop in Utah that's a popular launch site for paraglider and hang-glider pilots is being destroyed by a mining operation, and the fliers have launched a protest. "This is a jewel, this is a famous place," said Jonathan Jeffries, a paraglider, at a recent meeting where fliers gathered to plan a mountain-saving strategy. "People come from all over the world to fly here." The site, known as Point of the Mountain, just south of Salt Lake City, is owned by a mining company, and bulldozers are now infringing on the fliers' site. The fliers have launched a web site, an online petition, and a Facebook page in an effort to organize support and preserve the mountaintop for recreation...

Jeff Bezos Recovers Apollo Saturn V F-1 Rocket Engines From Bottom of Atlantic from Spaceports | Bezos Expeditions, led by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, located and recovered remains and debris from two F-1 engines that powered Project Apollo's Saturn V rockets. They...