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Blue Angels Wrap Final Show Of Shortened Season In Key West - CBS Local | The Blue Angels' website schedule shows some air performances already canceled. Even though Congress has agreed on a plan to finance the government for the rest of the fiscal year, it is unclear whether the Angels shows will continue, Navy officials said.

Thunderbirds' next-to-last show thrills crowds at TiCo - Florida Today | TITUSVILLE — Spectators squeezed close to the runway at Space Coast Regional Airport to watch the Air Force Thunderbirds perform Saturday....

Angel Flight Events from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Angel Flights West is returning the GIFT to all those pilots who give, and to those pilots who want to learn more about their profession and stay connected to the breath of their industry. The Museum of Flight in Seattle is hosting this great opportunity and we hope you can all make it....

Big Interview: RIAT chief executive Tim Prince - Swindon Advertiser | Tim Prince OBE, 64, is chief executive of Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises and of the Royal International Air Tattoo. He helped to found the tattoo, which supports the trust. He is married to Penny and lives in Stroud. The couple have two ...

AIR TATTOO UNVEILS SHOW MAKEOVER from Royal International Air Tattoo News | This summer will see the Royal International Air Tattoo unveil a package of initiatives designed to make the world's greatest airshow even more enjoyable for the thousands of people who flock to the Cotswolds each year for this unique celebration of aviation.

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCEMENTS  from Royal International Air Tattoo News  | Today (Monday, March 25) sees the launch of the Air Tattoo's 'Magnificent Seven' Easter Egg-stravaganza of Aircraft.

RAF Cosford Air Show to pay tribute to historic aircraft - shropshirelive.com | March 25th, 2013 0 Comments shropshirelive.com. The RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show has confirmed the attendance of the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to the event on Sunday 9th June. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is ...

Eyes on the skies for warbirds - Nelson Mail | Nelson pilot Bill Reid will spearhead a fly-past of warbirds over the region tomorrow as a forerunner to this weekend's Classic Fighters spectacle in Marlborough. The formation will include the Reid Avro Anson plus two Nanchangs, which will take off ...

Preserving history - Marlborough Express | The sounds, smells and visual aerial antics of old planes will fill the skies above Blenheim at Easter for the seventh Classic Fighters Omaka airshow. It will be the sixth time pilot Tim Sullivan has flown at the Omaka event. He flies at Warbirds over ...

Looking for the Final WAI Conference Statistics? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | You can find the final 24th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference statistics...

Bronco Fan Day from Apron 6 | I had a great afternoon yesterday at the airfield of Wevelgem. The Bronco Demoteam held it’s second Bronco Fan Day. Last year the event was held at the airfield of Moorsele, but due to Tony’s crash last summer the Bronco couldn’t be flown so they held it at the ‘home of the bronco’. Same like [...]

Big Posters for The People’s Mosquito Projectby travelforaircraft | The People’s Mosquito Project — a recognized charity dedicated to the building of a de Havilland Mosquito from original forms. Yes, one has recently been restored and is privately owned by a person with an excellent reputation — but this Mossie will be donated to a public trust and flying. Quite the exciting, rare and exciting enterprise! Founding member Nick Horrox has lent his inspired illustrative talents "personalizing" (his term) famous posters from WW II....

Restoring the last surviving RAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Aces Flying High | In Werribee a town in Victoria is a very unique piece of Australian military history. The restoration of the last remaining Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator (and the only one in the southern hemisphere) is taking place there in an old air force hangar. The B-24 was a large (wingspan 33.5 metres/110 feet and length 20.7 metres/68 feet) 4 engined long-range heavy bomber with a 4 ton bomb load designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego, California. It was used by the Allies in both the European and Pacific theatres of World War Two for bombing, maritime patrol and transport duties....

Texan disguised as an RAF Harvard by travelforaircraft | This aircraft, flown by what is now known as the Commemorative Air Force, was photographed at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-in in the late early 1980s. Isn't it a wonderful departure from the norm in its WW II Royal Air Force (RAF) livery....

Getting There: Female pilot reflects on hard-won career - Spokesman-Review | ...A statue of O’Neill is on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. O’Neill tells her story in a 2005 book, “Flying Tigress.” In 1978, she became a founding member of the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, a group of the 21 female pilots in the U.S. at the time....

NOSTALGIA: Bognor's magnificent men and their flying machines - Crawley Observer | Made in 1965 it is centred on a London-Paris air race set in 1910. Few though will be aware that 100 years ago, Bognor was visited by some of the country's aviation pioneers in their amazing bi-planes. A remarkable collection of documents and ...

Magnificent flying men of Mid Sussex - Mid Sussex Times | He said: “In May 1911 Howard Pixton, winner of the Schneider Trophy in 1914, landed close to Oakwood House in his Avro Type D aeroplane when returning from Shoreham after participating in a Brooklands to Shoreham air race. “The next day another ...

CoolPix: Closer Than You've Ever Been To The B-17 Yankee Lady! from AirPigz by Martt | ...I admit that this ultra-close view is a little odd, but I thought being pulled in really close on the prop hub of the B-17 Yankee Lady (which I also got an amazing ride in back in 2010) was a nifty view of both the head on that bolt and the other aircraft parked on what we used to call AeroShell Square at Oshkosh...

Next Generation Of Goodyear Blimps Is Under Construction from Aero-News Network | Final Assembly Of The Airship Will Be Near Akron, OH Construction of the first of a new generation of Goodyear blimps is underway. Goodyear eventually plans to replace its entire fleet of iconic airships. The new Zeppelin LZ N07-101 airship, manufactured by Germany's ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, will be assembled at Goodyear's Wingfoot Lake Hangar near Akron, Ohio.

Aviation academy's mission is kids - Janesville Gazette | "Aviation is expensive, and we can't do it with pancake breakfasts and $10 raffle tickets," said Morgan, the academy's president and the executive director of the Southern Wisconsin AirFest, which was developed first and foremost to benefit the academy.