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Kokomo Air Show Moves Forward Despite Cuts - Inside INdiana Business | The annual Wings and Wheels airshow in Kokomo will take place this year despite recent sequestration cuts that have forced the cancelation of similar events. Organizers say they are still looking for sponsorship to help cover fuel and attraction costs ...

Chinook to Showcase New Manoeuvres at Wings & Wheels from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Not seen at the airshow since 2008, Wings & Wheels is delighted to confirm the Chinook helicopter will be gracing the skies above Dunsfold Aerodrome once again on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August. The Chinook, now synonymous with combat operations in Afghanistan, will have its power and manoeuvrability demonstrated by members of the display team which is made up of personnel from 18 and 27 Squadrons from RAF Odiham... 

The Alberta International Airshow will be held once every two years - globalnews.ca | Changes are coming to the Alberta International Airshow. Officials announced Wednesday the Airshow, which takes place at the Lethbridge County Airport, will happen once every two years. Airshow President, Brent Botfield says it was a difficult decision. 

The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane has set off on the second leg of its trans... from Pilot News Magazine's Facebook Wall | ...its trans-American journey. It took off at 04:47 local time (12:47 BST) from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas. The craft will also stop over in St Louis and Washington DC before heading to New York in early July....

Want to See History? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to Be at Balboa Park Wednesday - Patch.com | Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will meet with fans at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Wednesday. Aldrin will sign copies of his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, along with co-author Leonard David,...

The Mighty B-52 – The WIX Warbird Show – Episode 90 - WARBIRD RADIO | It’s B-52 time!  Join Zane Adams as he visits the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base for this episode of the WIX Warbird Show.  Be sure and look through the PHOTO TOUR

Another Biplane Returns to the Air - Nordo News | Not that long ago, we discussed some of the interesting vintage aircraft projects getting close to returning to the air.  Among those planes was a WACO owned by Steven and Tina Thomas of Poplar Grove.  It is now our pleasure to share the news it has flown.  The video below, produced by Steve, does a nice job of documenting the journey.

Amelia Earhart Lands In Ireland - All Things Aviation | It’s 1932 and Amelia Earhart has just completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman, exactly 5 years to the day Linbergh did it. Ms. Earhart departed Newfoundland flying to Europe some 2,000 miles away and landed in a field in Ireland in slightly less than 15 hours....

Spit Bits from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave  | In 1944, a slow-moving, rust-stained freighter, perhaps of the Empire class, braved the cold, dark and U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic Ocean amongst dozens of other ships, some of which would not make it. As she steamed relentlessly towards England, she carried in her belly nearly 2,000 tons of bauxite ore from South America, likely bound for aluminum smelters in Scotland. That ore, which existed for eons deep in the ground in perhaps British Guiana, would be transformed into aluminum ingots, and these would then be milled into thin sheets of the finest aircraft grade aluminum in the Commonwealth. These sheets would come by train or...

Museum Receives “Operation Sun-Run” McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo Print Collection from News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum received a collection of limited edition prints depicting the McDonnell Aircraft RF-101C Voodoo flown by then U.S. Air Force Captain Ray Schrecengost on “Operation Sun-Run,” a successful bid to establish three transcontinental speed records. The prints were...

Nevada Governor Proclaims June Aviation Appreciation Month - SAJ | Governor Sandoval, in recognizing the important role that aviation as a whole plays in the economy of Nevada, issued aproclamation stating June as Aviation Appreciation Month. A recent report prepared for the Airports Council International-North America says Nevada airports are better...

Still Time to Apply for EAA/Ninety-Nines Flight Training Scholarship from EAA | What's your price for flight? For some deserving young women between the ages of 16 and 20, it could be nothing, as EAA and the Ninety-Nines continue to accept applications for the Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship, which can cover training costs through the first solo flight.

‘Airpark’ aims to connect kids with aviators from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Getting the next generation of aviators inspired to fly and out to the airport is the focus of Tony Pfau, Stephen McKissen and a group of student filmmakers. “The show will be a family oriented TV show to attract youth to aviation,” said Pfau in an email to General Aviation News.

Drones used to save rhinos from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Rhino poaching is a big deal in Africa. Drones are a big (and getting bigger) deal everywhere. Anton Kieser is using helicopter drones to try to save the African rhino from poachers.

Free flights for youth to be offered on International Young Eagle's Day - Bay Net | The EAA Aviation Foundation's Young Eagles program has introduced young people to the world of flight since its founding on July 31, 1992. The program recorded one million Young Eagles flown by Dec. 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright ...

X-47B carrier ops video from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | The Navy just made the first catapult launch of an unmanned X-47B from a carrier at sea; then did a touch-and-go on the deck a few days later (May 14 and 17). Frederick A. Johnsen of Airailimages.com put together a short video using U.S. Navy imagery.

Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone? - Air & Space magazine | Michele Kocen is good at math. She is also very good at computer programming, trajectory analysis, and rendezvous navigation. Add these talents to her 25 years of experience in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and you have the ideal engineer for a human spaceflight program....