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Sun 'n Fun Fly-in takes off in Lakeland - WTSP 10 News | LAKELAND, Florida -- The Sun 'n Fun
Fly-in takes off in Lakeland Tuesday. The six-day air show, now in its 39th year, typically draws some 200,000 people. But it was just a few weeks ago, that the big event was almost grounded. Sequestration threatened...

A New Sun 'n Fun Opens in Lakeland from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The 2013 Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo is underway in Lakeland, Florida, proclaiming the new theme, 'Where aviation begins ... and never ends!'

"Airplanes. Airplanes!" UCAP # 324 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Guest James Wynbrandt. From the deck of Sun 'n Fun Radio Dave, James and Jack talk about the first day of the 2013 fly-in, the highlights seen so far, and what to expect the rest of the week....

Snowbirds to Fly May 22 - The Roundup | The Sidney-Richland Airport will be hosting an open house which will offer a free air show on May 22. Starting off the 2013 season, the Canadian Snowbirds, an aircraft demonstration team, will be performing their air formations in Sidney as a “mack up ...

Buck Lee wants to buy air show - Pensacola News Journal | The air show would cost $200,000. I know I can raise $200,000 in a heart beat.” The Navy is stopping short of totally dashing Lee's dream. Santa Rosa Island is not the only community asking if it can pay the Navy to have the Blues fly, said Lt. Aaron ...

Two Aviation Legends Speak At Wilson Air Center Wednesday - The Chattanoogan | Wilson Air Center-Chattanooga will host two aviation legends, R.A. “Bob” Hoover and Sean Tucker, Wednesday at 7 p.m. The event will be held at Wilson Air Center located on the Chattanooga Airport at 932 Jubilee Dr. Mr. Hoover, best known for his civil ...

Video: FIFI B-29 Ride Over Southern California - Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | Youtuber octane130 has posted a fabulous collection of warbird videos over the last several years and this one of a recent ride in the B-29 FIFI over southern California is extra special. The views from inside looking out are fantastic! And while...

Thunder Day at Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | Sunday's event featured the starting up of the engines of four of its aircraft. The aircraft included the De Havilland Devon twin-prop, which was once used to transport Lord Mountbatten and dates back to 1947. Also fired up were an Royal Aircraft ...

Hawthorne Global New Orleans Hosts Commemorative Air Force and its WW II B-17 ... - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | The Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit educational association, is dedicated to honoring American Military Aviation through flight, exhibition and remembrance with a flying museum of classic military aircraft. It has over 9,000 members and a fleet...

B-17 Bomber In The Skies Over Fresno - CBS 47 | The B-17 Flying Fortress "Movie Memphis Belle" had heads turning all around Fresno today. The B-17 Bomber helped the U.S. win WWII, and one of the last of the legendary aircraft was in the skies above the valley Tuesday. Around 13,000 were built, only ...

Last of the Helldivers: Aircraft a Popular Attraction in the Warbird Area of Expo - The Ledger | A Commemorative Air Force member bought it in 1972. In 1982, the airplane appeared to meet its doom. It crashed in an emergency landing in South Texas, Short said, breaking into three pieces. The pilot luckily stayed in one piece. Before the almost ...

Preview: AERO Friedrichshafen 2013 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Old airplanes with new facelifts, all-new airplanes, a new area focused on avionics, and more will be the features of the 21st AERO Friedrichshafen 2013, Europe's largest European light aviation and GA air show.

Meet Our Prescott Air Race Classic Team - Horizons | There is a race that happens every year where the competition is as tough as it gets in any motor sport. This race is called the Air Race Classic. The first race took place in 1929. Back then the race was called the Women’s Air Derby and had a field of 20 women pilots competing, including Amelia Earhart....

1st Lt. Rex Wilkinson bombed Ploiesti oil refineries and almost lost his B-24 bomber from War Tales by Don Moore | 1st Lt. Rex Wilkinson flew a shiny, silver B-24 “Liberator” bomber he named “Alberta K,” for his wife, from a base at Stornara, Italy on 51 combat missions in 1944 as part of the 745th Squadron, 456 Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. His first mission as pilot was a seven hour flight to Bucharest, Romania [...]

Waterloo sailor did a lot for Doolittle - WCF Courier | ...The John Deere retiree and father of 10, who will turn 93 on June 5, was a flight deck crew member on the Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet when 16 American bombers, led by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, bombed Tokyo. The Hornet, accompanied by a Navy task force, carried the bombers through hostile and turbulent waters, close enough to launch the attack....

Rodman H. Williams - The Albany Herald | During WWII he joined the US Army Air Corp in 1942, proudly and courageously serving in the 38th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force in Port Moresby, New Guinea flying modified B-25 Mitchells. He served 20 years in the US Air Force as a transportation officer....

Podcast: SocialFlight Brings Pilots Together from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Anyone looking for an excuse to fly might want to look up SocialFlight. AVweb's Mary Grady found out about the rapid growth of the site from SocialFlight's Jeff Simon at Sun 'n Fun 2013.This podcast is brought to you by Sennheiser, Bendix/King by Honeywell, Garmin, and Lightspeed Aviation.

Winners announced for annual student artwork competition from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently announced the winners of the 30th Annual Student Aviation Art Competition and Exhibition....

Event connects students to aviation and aerospace - KOLO | The 5th Annual Pathways to Aviation is a program of the Reno Air Racing Foundation (RARF) and the University of Nevada, Reno Raggio Research Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to develop the next generation of ...

St. Louis Downtown Airport Hosts Annual Youth Gateway to Aviation Day from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | St. Louis Downtown Airport hosted the annual Youth Gateway to Aviation Day Saturday sponsored by EAA Chapter 64, the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology (of St. Louis University), the Boeing Company, Wicks Aircraft and Motorsports and other aviation service providers. The event...