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Menifee Parachutists to Drop in on Riverside Air Show - Patch.com | Parachute jumps, wing-walking stunts and aerobatics displays will be featured Saturday in Riverside Municipal Airport's 21st annual Air Show. More than 90,000 people are expected to turn out for the event, which gets under way at 9:30 a.m. with the ...

What will the military's aerial-demonstration teams do with air shows cancelled? - Washington Post (blog) | So what will the Thunderbirds, the Blue Angels, and the Golden Knights do while not performing aerial acrobatics? Members of the Air Force Thunderbirds will recruit at high schools and universities, increase community outreach efforts and continue ...

"Thunder day" at air museum - The Northern Echo | Historic aircraft will be competing to show just how much noise they can make at Sunday's event at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York. The morning will see the SE5a Second World War bi-plane fighter and the De Havilland Devon twin-prop ...

Video: Oshkosh, You Gotta Be Here! by eaavideo.org | Get your AirVenture 2013 tickets at a reduced price and make your plans to join us for the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration! Tickets, camping, B-17, and Tri-Motor rides are now available online.

AIRSHOW NEWS: Historic Eagle Squadron Flypast at Duxford Spring Air Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Spring Air Show takes place on the 70th anniversary of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting RAF Duxford to welcome the 78th Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces to Great Britain...

Harvard at Omaka from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The airshow at Omaka attracted a number of North American Harvards, I recall mention of 13 on the airfield....

Retired Astronaut and AMA Ambassador Hoot Gibson to speak at Champaign Aviation Museum - AMA Clubs Blog | Academy of Model Aeronautics national ambassador Hoot Gibson will be a guest of honor and speaker at the Champaign Aviation Museum on April 13. Gibson, who has launched off an aircraft carrier more than 300 times and flown into space five times, will be speaking during the museum’s first fundraising gala dinner, at 5:30...

B-17 Los Angeles City Limits [updated]  - Posted By: Scott Harrison  LA Times | During World War II, at least three aircraft were named Los Angeles City Limits – two B-17s and a P-47. In addition, the Los Angeles Times ran stories in 1942 and 1943 on Los Angeles city limits signs seen around the world....

Cache of rescued letters tells a New Orleans aviator's adventures in World War II - NOLA.com | A trove of letters that was nearly thrown away traces the World War II exploits of a New Orleans aviator who was killed in action weeks after learning he had become a father. Second Lt. Francis Cervantes' letters to his mother have been given to The ...

One Story, Two Museums: A Century of Alaska Aviation - Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum | In early 2010, I received an e-mail out of the blue from Julie Decker, the chief curator of the Anchorage Museum, asking if I would be interested in co-curating an exhibition on flight and Alaska. Her idea was to bring together...

Air Force Reserve celebrates 65 years of historic service - Minuteman | This included the legendary Jimmy Doolittle who was ordered to active duty to work in Detroit to convert automobile manufacturing plants into aircraft factories and later went on to lead "Doolittle's Raiders," the first American bombing attack on the ...

First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours from Air Force Link Top Stories | Since the first B-2 Spirit arrived here in July 1996, its stealthiness and massive firepower have been used in missions around the world....

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.

DOD identifies pilot killed in F-16 crash from Air Force Link Top Stories | Department of Defense officials announced today the death of an Airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

A/F-X from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | This is a picture of an old Lockheed Martin concept for the A/F-X, which the US Navy once hoped would replace its Grumman A-6 Intruders and F-14 Tomcats following the A-12 debacle and US Air Force hoped would replace the F-15E, F-111 and F117.

Video: Seven Seven Seven - Up Close And Beautiful from AirPigz by Martt

Flight school flies away with five world titles from Toriaflies |Victoria, Texas – Calhoun Air Center was awarded five world titles from Women OfAviation Worldwide on Wednesday, April 4th. The flight school received...

SpaceShipTwo's nitrous venting tested in-flight - Gizmag | Chief Pilot David Mackay manned the controls of the WhiteKnightTwo carrier craft, launching from the Mojave Air & Space Port. Former NASA and military test pilot Mark "Forger" Stucky, now of Scaled Composites, piloted SpaceShipTwo itself. This was also ...