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Happy Memorial Day from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | In memory of all those who gave their lives for the freedoms that we embrace...
Cross-Country Trek Honoring Our Fallen from photorecon.net by Joe Kates | While attending the F-35B media day at MCAS Yuma on 5-9-2013, Photorecon had the distinct honor to meet Joe “Tiger” Patrick II .Patrick a veteran of Desert Storm embarked on a journey to to honor the men and women who have lost their lives during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. His trek started April 27th 2013 on Coronado beach San Diego, CA carrying...
A Small Miracle - - Memorial Day 2013 - Wings & Wasp | ...When my first ‘WASP on the Web’ pages were published in 1996, they included an ‘Above and Beyond’ section-- with graphics and information on each of the thirty-eight WASP and trainees who were killed during WWII. Unfortunately, there were very few pictures of the trainees that had been killed, and some of the graphics were, at best, only sketches of their faces....
Salute to Veterans Corporation Features Special Airshow for Veterans from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Salute to Veterans Corporation provided an opportunity for military veterans to enjoy their own airshow Friday morning prior to this weekend's public activities. Veterans were brought to the ramp to view the aircraft as they taxied out and performed their aerobatic routines. They were also...
Air show, unaffected by budget cuts, attracts newcomers- Columbia Missourian | COLUMBIA — Despite national budget cuts that grounded demonstration teams in air shows across the country, the 25th annual Salute to Veterans air show went "fabulously" without any cancellations, Chairwoman Mary McCleary Posner said. The automatic ...
60000 turn out for blustery Jones Beach air show - Newsday | Pilots at the Bethpage Air Show in Jones Beach took to the skies Sunday, pulling off rolls and back flips to a delighted but much lighter-than-normal crowd. About 60,000 people braved cold, blustery conditions Sunday, a day after the air
show's opening... 120,000 people gathered for the meeting of the Patrouille de France - Translated | A total of 120,000 people visited the air base Salon this Sunday to watch the meeting of 60 of the Patrouille de France. Our slideshow.
Slideshow: Snowbirds in action - Winnipeg Free Press | Winnipeg Free Press Multimedia Editor Melissa Tait got a chance to ride shotgun with the Canadian Forces' Snowbirds on Saturday, May 25. Video here!
Solar Impulse at DFW - Flickr Photo Album | Another look at the empennage/aft fuselage and the
right inboard nacelle. The people there give you an idea of scale....Vintage planes replace military jets at Indy 500 - Sacramento Bee | Sunday's flyover included a B-25 Mitchell twin-engine bomber and five T-6 Texan trainers. The aircraft were provided by the Cincinnati Warbirds EAA Squadron 18 and the Tri-State Warbird Museum. B-25s were used for four months after the Dec. 7, 1941...
to re-visit last weekend, when EAA's immaculate B-17G-VE Aluminum Overcast visited my home field of Mahlon Sweet Field in Eugene, Oregon. Even though this airplane was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps on May 18, 1945 - too late to see action in World War II - the airplane still serves the memory of those courageous veterans who gave their life so I could sit here enjoying the freedoms we Americans often take for granted....Legendary B-17 takes flight in ABQ - KASA | The commemorative air force Arizona wing is taking civilians up in a legendary B-17 Flying Fortress at Double Eagle 2 Airport titled Sentimental Journey. The bomber was the workhorse of the army air force during the war. ”The B-17 is pretty well known...
The Eagle Squadron commemorative flypast from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | On Monday 27 May, the Eagle Squadron will carry out a commemorative formation flypast of American Second World War airfields to honour the American airmen who died whilst fighting for their country from British soil....
Air show to include exciting line-up June 8-9 - newszap.com | The beachfront air show, now in its sixth year, offers aircraft demonstrations, low-altitude flyovers, parachute jump teams and civilian aerobatic performances, all for free from the beach and boardwalk in the resort town. Added to the already exciting ...
A Personal Plea to Putin from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | As the months have rolled by, Norman, still ensconced in Shonai Airport, Japan, where Roxy has been housed since July 2011, has been resolutely trying to gain permission to enter Russian airspace to continue his record breaking circumnavigation of the globe in an autogyro/gyrocopter.
At every step he has been hampered by bureaucracy, secrecy and at times deaf ears. Frustration is now Norman's middle name....
EAA asked to cover some costs for AirVenture controllers from General Aviation News | Even after the Congress enacted legislation that enabled the FAA to fully fund air traffic services, the agency is asking the Experimental Aircraft Association to cover some of the costs for its AirVenture operations, including air traffic controllers’ travel, per diems, and overtime, which had traditionally been covered by the FAA.
Vet continues to teach at Air Museum - The Desert Sun | A group of John Glenn Middle School students surrounded Palm Springs Air Museum historian Bob Andrade this past Wednesday as the 80-year-old vet demonstrated how to operate the flight simulators in the museum's library. He patiently explained the...
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