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60th Anniversary of the USAF Thunderbirds the Subject of Community College Class from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | "History of the USAF Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron-- Their 60th Anniversary"  | Do you enjoy air shows and flying? Have you been among the 450 million people around the world who've witnessed the thrilling Thunderbirds performances? The Thunderbirds flew their debut exhibition in early June 1953 using the Republic F-84G Thunderjet. Sixty years later they are now flying the sleek Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon jet. Come spend an evening commemorating the 60th anniversary of our "Ambassadors in Blue" and...

Airshow returns to Skagit Regional Airport from General Aviation News | Burlington, Wash. — Four years after the last airshow and fly-in at Skagit Regional Airport (BVS), Skagit Flight Fest 2013 is cleared for takeoff. The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 7 and, keeping with tradition, admission is free....

Remote Controlled Air Show At Yeovilton - Heart | The international RC Air Show which showcases the best radio controlled flying displays from around the world will return to the Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton on May Bank Holiday weekend {26th and 27th}. Radio controlled stunt pilots including World ...

Planes Of Fame Airshow 2013 from Photorecon by Brandi Lewis | Chino, Ca.- Despite the recent Sequestration Budget Cuts, Chino’s Planes of Fame Museum hosted a historical 2013 air show on May 4th and 5th. With the featuring of five of only seven airworthy P-38 Lightnings in the world today, this show did not disappoint the 35,000 people that helped celebrate aviation history. The attendees were not only treated to the..

PHOTOS: Warbirds, Wings and Wheels 5 - Paso Robles Press | People packed the grounds of the Warbirds, Wings and Wheels 5 — the fifth annual car show and open house family fun day — on Saturday at the Estrella Warbird Museum and Woodland Auto Display, 4251 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles. It was the fifth ...

WWII 'Memphis Belle' B-17 bomber offering rides - ABC 4 | WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A rare piece of World War II history is in West Jordan for a week. One of the remaining 13 flyable B-17 bombers is at the South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan. It will be available for public rides and tours.

John Day 1944 - 2013 - The Great War Display Team | ...His next personal project, in partnership
with Bob Gauld-Galliers, was to build their lovely Warner Scarab powered Nieuport 17 and in 1998 they started displaying this aircraft with the Great War Display Team. Finding the Team was short of German aircraft John reconfigured the Fly Baby to look like a Junkers CLI. John's bug for building aircraft now became a bug for building World War 1 aircraft and he then built a Fokker Dr1 Dreidekker, also powered by a Warner Scarab radial, completing this in 2006....

Starfighter lands at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor from General Aviation News | Honolulu, HI — The Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, Serial No. 56-817, arrived at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor May 9, joining the museum’s expanding collection. The Starfighter is on long-term loan from...

Flying Tiger 3rd Squadron Veteran honored at Lovinggood Middle School - Marietta Daily Journal | Eighth-grade symphonic band member Jordan Keith also read a report he compiled on the history of the Flying Tigers, explaining how the group of about 300 were the first American volunteers sent over to China, comprised of pilots from the Army, Navy and ...

Historic aircraft back flying in Itanagar, SP, after being rescued from NEWS ABOUT AVIATION AVIATION NEWS (translated) | ...Delighted with the planes passing through the sky when I was young, the retired Italian Pietro Loporchio decided to leave the routine business who lived in Italy for a pilot venture in Brazil. Today, aged 74, is dedicated to art Loporchio to reform rare and old planes, the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The goal is to assemble the retiree a museum to tell the story of aviation in Brazil, showing the new generations the spell that has the 'flying objects'....

English Electric Lightning from The Lexicans | An old film, just discovered on YouTube, for those aviation lovers who love to peek into the past. This is a `terribly British` documentary that I found thoroughly enjoyable....

New York declares May Aviation Appreciation Month from General Aviation News | Citing more than $50 billion in annual economic benefit and jobs for almost 400,000 New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared May 2013 “Aviation Appreciation Month” in the Empire State...

The perils of bush flying in Africa from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...Sometimes bush pilots 'get lucky' (sort of), and find a semi-prepared strip waiting for them....

Young Eagles flight rally scheduled for Saturday -- adults welcome - Petoskey News-Review | HARBOR SPRINGS — Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, May 18, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1087 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Harbor Springs Airport.

40 Years Ago Today: Skylab, America's first space station, was launched into ... from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall ... Earth orbit. Until February 1974, it was occupied by three different three-man crews who spent 28, 59, and 84 days, respectively, living and working in space and using Skylab as a research laboratory.
The orbital workshop was the...