Breitling Jet Team to Fly in the U.S. for First Time - Warbirds News | Warbirds News has just learned 
that the world famous Breitling Jet Team will be touring the United States in 2015, marking their first ever visit to North America. The Breitling Jet Team is the largest professional civilian jet aerobatics squad in the world, and features seven high performance Aero L-39C Albatros ex-military trainers. Their fabulous display routine is well known and respected at air shows in Europe, and it will be a thrill to have them perform for a whole new audience....
Marine Corps Air Station -Yuma Puts on Yuma Air Show - KAWC | Arizona Edition - This weekend, the skies of Yuma fill with the sights and sounds of U.S. military might and aviation heroics. The Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s annual Yuma Airshow is one of the biggest events of the year, bringing tens of thousands of residents and visitors through the gates of one of the busiest Marine air bases in the country. KAWC’s Kim Johnson spoke with...
Watch: High-flying over Amelia Island - upside down in the Breitling aerobatic plane By Dan Scanlan | David Martin is a championship-winning aerobatic pilot who tackles air shows and competitions in his sleek red and yellow Extra 300 2-seat airplanes. He also flies air shows over the annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, the 19th iteration of which just wrapped on Amelia Island....
Turnout strong at 'Fly it Forward' events - AOPA | AOPA regional managers were among the many pilots worldwide who participated in well-attended “Fly it Forward “ events that gave women and girls their first taste of aviation during Women of Aviation Worldwide Week March 3 through 9....
B-29 Airplane's Story Unfolding at Lakeland Linder Airport - The Ledger | LAKELAND | After a two-hour wait in the sun, Yoshitaka Hamada grabbed his camera bag and set up his equipment Tuesday on the tarmac of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport as the B-29 Superfortress rolled in....
Today Airman Charles Anderson, Sr. is Honored With a United States Postal Stamp - Warbirds News | The first-ever U.S. postal stamp specifically honoring the Tuskegee Airmen will be issued today. The stamp features Charles Alfred Anderson, Sr., regarded as the “father” of black aviation. According to the US Postal Service regional spokesman Ray V. Daiutolo Sr., Anderson was selected because he was “a pioneer in aviation who played a crucial role during World War II in training the 
nation’s first black military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen.”...
Tuskegee Airman immortalized on a stamp - GA news | Referred to as the Father of Black Aviation, Chief Flight Instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen, C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson, has been immortalized on a stamp. The dedication ceremony was held March 13 at Bryn Mawr College’s McPherson Auditorium in Pennsyvlania....
Timeless Voices - Philip Savides Featured - EAA Video | Philip Savides (1920-2007) flew 101 combat missions as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the 313th Fighter Squadron of the 50th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force during WWII.
Aerospace Community Mourns the Passing of Jack Krings - The Aero Experience | Jack Krings took his last flight on Friday, March 7, 2014. Just as he lived his life, Jack fought complications from Myelodysplastic Syndrome with dignity, courage and tenacity. His life was one of accomplishment, service to his country and love of his family....
B-29 ‘DOC’ Restoration Update - Warbirds News | This is just a brief report, but Warbirds News is pleased to note that the restoration team working in Wichita, Kansas on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” is making a full-court press to get the aircraft ready for its first flight this summer, hopefully in June. As can be seen in the image above, all of the engines are nearly ready to install, with one already mounted on the port wing. This engine is presently in the process of having its exhaust system installed....
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – February Update - Warbirds News
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Sisters capture Civil Air Patrol's highest honor - CAP Volunteer Now | ALABAMA -- When it comes to leadership, strength and smarts, the Guthrie girls have got it. Lightning struck Civil Air Patrol's Redstone Composite Squadron – twice – when cadets Catherine Guthrie and Holly Guthrie earned the highest cadet honor, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award in January. The likelihood of a cadet achieving the honor is only two out of every 1,000...
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