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Bethpage Air Show coming to Jones Beach - Newsday | Remember those old movies where the supporting player steps in for the star and saves the show? With popular U.S. military performers such as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds absent from this year's air show lineup, the onus is ...

No-shows won't ground air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | Although the USAF Thunderbirds will not fly this summer in Battle Creek the Field of Flight will have 50 hot air balloons, like these from 2012, and several civilian air show performers. / Trace Christenson/The Enquirer...

Hollister Airshow's fourth takeoff set for the weekend - Hollister Free Lance | The fourth annual Hollister Airshow is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Hollister Municipal Airport, with gates opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 4 p.m. The aerial performances will begin at 11 a.m., with a flag jump to the National Anthem. One of the ...

RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day wins a Bronze Award at the 2013 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence Ceremony from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day has won a Bronze Award in the Tourism Experience of the Year category at the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013 Ceremony...

Llandudno Air Show hoping to bring in the crowds - with event timetable - Daily Post North Wales | Mostyn's chief executive Edward Hiller explained: “The estate is funding the air show, which will be free to the public, because we want to celebrate and support Blind Veterans UK, who have moved into the town, and also the RAF Benevolent Fund, both ...

Past president of SUN ’n FUN passes from General Aviation News | Lyle Flagg, a SUN ‘n FUN pioneer, board member and volunteer, passed away Tuesday, May 21, in Brandon, Fla. He was 85. Born Jan. 13, 1928, in Fayette, Maine, he was a Navy veteran of World War II and received his bachelors and masters degrees from University of Maine....

Solar Impulse Tries for Absolute World Distance Record from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean
Sigler | Starting with a pre-dawn blessing by a native American chief in Phoenix, Arizona and ending with a press conference in Texas, which included a charming interview between Bertrand Piccard and a young Dallas boy who would have to wait until fall to tell his elementary school mates about his inspiring meeting, Solar Impulse achieved a potential world distance record for solar-powered aircraft....

Warbirds mark Allied landing - Auckland stuff.co.nz | It's holding an open day on June 2 to mark the anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy during World War II. The day will have something for the whole family including static displays of aircraft, cars and farm machinery, display flights and a...

Spartan 7W Executive 1939 - NC17634 from Antique Airfield News | Jim Savage put a video together of photos and in-flight footage of his 1939 Spartan Executive, based in western Pennsylvania.

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Honored at AIAA St. Louis Section Awards Banquet from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum was honored tonight at the annual AIAA St. Louis Section Honors and Awards Banquet held at the Engineers Club of St. Louis. The museum was presented with the Civic Service Award in recognition of its work preserving St. Louis aerospace history and promoting aerospace education to this generation of youth. Mark Nankivil, President of the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, accepted the award and...

Aviation exhibit to close Saturday - Douglas Daily Dispatch | However, 20 young women did just that by eagerly signing on for the 1929 first Women's National Air Race. These pilots pushed themselves, the planes and each other to the limits as well as changed the public's perception of flying and challenged ...

Awesome video shows B-52 bombers during a MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off) from David Cenciotti's weblog | It must have been a smokey morning at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, when the following video was filmed. Ten B-52H bombers take off during a Minimum Intervall Take Off (MITO) exercise, conducted to test the Stratofortresses’ ability to respond to threats at a moment’s notice.

Senate passes CAP Congressional Gold Medal bill from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – A bill to honor Civil Air Patrol’s World War II veterans with a Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. Senate Monday night under unanimous consent after gaining the necessary co-sponsors needed for consideration...

EAA Staff Helps Celebrate International Learn to Fly Day from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA staff members were at various locations throughout the Midwest last weekend as part of the annual International Learn to Fly Day festivities. EAA members invited local residents to discover more about flying, including through EAA Eagle Flight experiences in their own areas.