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Wing-walker's memorial embedded in air show - Columbus Dispatch | Jane Wicker, 44, was killed last month along with pilot Charlie Schwenker in a horrifying crash as she performed on the wing of her Aurora biplane at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. In full view of thousands of spectators, the Aurora slammed into the ...

Celebrating the life of Jane Wicker - WDTN | Wicker and her pilot Charles Schwenker were killed in a plane crash at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in June. Wicker joined the Flying Circus after responding to an ad for a wing walker in 1990. Her fiance Rock Skowbo spoke at the memorial and wrote a ...

City asks Pentagon to save Miramar Air Show - fox5sandiego.com | SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday calling on the Defense Department to support the Miramar Air Show this fall. Dozens of air shows have been scrubbed around the country this year, the result of automatic federal spending cuts from sequestration....

Air & Space show gets Melbourne's green light - Florida Today | The inaugural Melbourne Air & Space Show has been cleared for takeoff.Tuesday night, the Melbourne City Council unanimously endorsed the Nov. 2-3 free-admission air show, which drew hundreds of thousands of spectators to Cocoa Beach the past four years....

Westmoreland County Air Show planners eye 2014 edition - Tribune-Review | As the summer passes without a Westmoreland County Air Show this year, officials are beginning the preliminary planning to stage the two-day event at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in 2014. “Of course, we have to look at our finances, if we can afford ...

Timeless Voices - Paul Poberezny Part 2 - eaavideo.org

Spitfire Hunter to Continue Search for Buried Planes on Two Fronts · Warbirds News | After coming up empty last year, Spitfire hunter David Cundall claims that he is now 90% certain he has located the buried Spitfires for which he has been searching, and now partnered with new investors will return to unearth the planes in January 2014. This latest dig will take place a year after a failed excavation attempt last January which was halted by the Burmese Government after the discovery of underground infrastructure connected to Yangon International Airport, the former site of the Royal Air Force’s Mingaladon airfield....

To Remember... - Fairfield Sun Times | ...Thunderheads could build to forty thousand feet over the range with winds that could “tear the wings off a P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter.” On an April 1944 bombing mission over Hollandia twenty-two planes returning to base hit a massive storm front they could not penetrate and dispersed widely to get around it. Sixteen landed safely at three different air fields and six others crashed or collided with other planes trying to land. The 38th lost thirty-seven planes to weather during all its operations....

Yankee Air Museum fights to save Willow Run Bomber Plant - AOPA Pilot | The plant, home to the original Rosie The Riveter, built nearly 9,000 B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II, said Ray Hunter, chairman of the Yankee Air Museum. “At the peak of production, the plant had more than 40,000 workers making one bomber ...

Midland releases statement on CAF - Odessa American | After a number of questions flew about regarding the announced move of the Commemorative Air Force headquarters, the city of Midland has responded with some doubt. The Odessa American requested comment on June 25 from the city of Midland regarding the contract between the CAF and Midland and received an official statement Tuesday....

Disney’s ‘Planes’ Ready for Takeoff in New Posters - DisneyMoviesList.com | The late takeoff film Disney is planning to release to theaters, Planes, is set to hit the big screen in just a few more weeks....

D23 Expo Attendees to Be Among the First to See the Film in 3D with Special Appearances from Select Filmmakers and Stars - Daily Finance | D23 Expo attendees will be among the first to see Disney's Planes on its opening day. An action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure from Disneytoon Studios, Disney's Planes will take flight in theaters nationwide August 9, but D23 Expo guests will see this special 3D presentation featuring an introduction by some very special guests....

For your viewing pleasure… · General Aviation News Staff | Blogger Ben Visser forwards this link to “a great collection” of aviation-related videos. Beware — there are a lot of videos and you could find yourself whiling away more than a few hours …

WARPLANES: Why Pilots Prefer The F-35 - Strategy Page | July 10, 2013: American fighter pilots (air force, navy and marine) are largely in agreement that, while the F-22 is a superior air-to-air fighter, the new F-35 is a better, if still flawed, all-round combat aircraft. A lot of this has to do with technology. The F-35 is a more recent aircraft, entering service a dozen years later than the F-22. Fighter pilots, who tend to be keen connoisseurs of aviation technology (many being university trained in aviation tech) note that the F-35 is actually using a new generation of tech as much of the F-22 stuff dates back to the 1980s and 1990s. This accounts for some of the tech updates the F-22 has received since it entered service in 2005. But the basic design and composition of the F-35 is a generation ahead of the F-22. As a result the F-35 is cheaper, more effective (in terms of tech), easier to maintain and designed as a fighter-bomber...

Aviator to Become Commander of Camp Pendleton, MCI-West - Patch.com | A Marine aviator with combat and humanitarian relief experience will take the reigns on Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps installations in the West. Brig Gen. John W. Bullard, Jr. will replace Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese as the commander of Marine ...

Space Shuttle Enterprises re-enters public sphere - amNY | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will reopen the Space Shuttle Enterprise to the public Wednesday, eight months after its home was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The museum, at Pier 86, lets visitors view the Enterprise, NASA's first space shuttle,...

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