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Lakeland Sun 'n Fun Fly-in goers watching the weather, memories of 2011 storm ... - ABC Action News | LAKELAND - The memories of the tornadic activity that swept through the Sun 'n Fun air show are never far too off whenever the weather gets a little cloudy. Pilot Mike Zidziunas still remembers when hail and high winds pelted the Lakeland Regional ...

Breezy day at Sun 'n Fun Splash-In - AOPA Pilot | The skies were blue, the air hot but not steamy—a perfect day for the Sun 'n Fun Splash-In except for one thing: the wind. Some 35 varieties of seaplanes flew in for the day to participate in the grapefruit bomb drop and spot landing contests, and to ...

At Sun 'n Fun, the secret pilots of World War II - MyFox Tampa Bay | The secret is out, and a group of women, mostly in their 90s now, have gone from unknown to wildly popular. They are the "WASPs": Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II. Back in the early 40s, the government started their unit as an experiment ...

The EAA AirVenture Cup Race Continues Into Its 16th Year from Aero-News Network | Race Once Again Has The 'Full Support' Of EAA The EAA AirVenture Cup Race will continue racing in 2013 with the full support and involvement of EAA. Race volunteers and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton met earlier this year to coordinate details of the race and establish guidelines for the EAA event. Race officials are still determining the course for this year's event, but plan to hold the race on Sunday, July 28, in advance of EAA AirVenture.

Lifeflight Open Day on 14 April from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | I know this is very late notice, but I've just found out [maybe I've been living in a cave??] that the Lifeflight Open Day is on tomorrow, Sunday 14 April, from 10am to 2pm. The open day is held at their Wellington airport base, on the Lyall Bay side of the airport. I will probably be there in the afternoon and hope to have a few pictures to share.

10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show from Nov 30 - Khaleej Times | The 10th Al Ain Aerobatic Show, one of the emirate's longest running and established family events, will return to the skies over Abu Dhabi's 'Oasis City' this year from November 30 to December 2. “The show has been timed to run up to and across ...

Warrior Poet' Pilot Honored At Fort Rosecrans - 10 News | Caroll LeFon Flew In Navy, Commanded Top Gun School In Fallon, Nev. | ...A flyover of FA-18s from nearby Naval Air Station North Island as well as a uniformed sailor who played taps completed the formal ceremony for Caroll LeFon...

The Airs: Jacques Henri Lartigue and the beginnings of aviation from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Wednesday, April 24 to Sunday, July 28, Issy-les-Moulineaux unveils an exhibition a great photographer, Jacques Henri Lartigue. Fascinated by the beginnings of aviation, he came to Issy between 1907 and 1912 to photograph the bold and dramatic performances that are held....

Pax River museum on hold over dispute with contractor - Baltimore Sun | "Now we're waiting for it to happen," said Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association board president Ed Forsman, a retired Navy test pilot. "The purpose of the museum is to show what happened here." The 21,000-square-foot museum is being built on ...

Virgin SpaceShipTwo aces 2nd flight test - Bakersfield Californian | Virgin SpaceShipTwo aces 2nd flight test. By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN. MOJAVE AIR & SPACE PORT -- History continues to be made in the skies above the Mojave Desert. According to a series of Twitter posts and a late-afternoon news release, ...

SpaceShipTwo advancing to powered flight from Spaceports | According to a series of Twitter posts and a late-afternoon news release, Virgin Galactic on Friday chalked up yet another successful test flight of SpaceShipTwo "Enterprise" at the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California....