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Qatar's first Turkish festival to include air show, musical acts - Doha News | A four-day festival celebrating Turkish culture will kick off at Qatar’s Katara Cultural Village on Wednesday, April 9. Features include a food court with Turkish fare, games for children, a storyteller, ballet and folk dance performances and concerts....

Midwest Airshow Season Coverage Begins with Thunder Over Louisville Next Weekend * The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience Midwest airshow and aviation event season coverage will begin next weekend with Thunder Over Louisville.  The airshow will feature the USAF F-22A Demo Team from Langley AFB, VA and the USN Blue Angels Flight demonstration Squadron.  We are...

Snowbirds flying back to Comox Valley - Comox Vallety Record | It's that time of the year again. The Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demonstrations Team will begin preparations for the 2014 air show season when they arrive in Comox to finalize their annual training. The Snowbirds are scheduled to arrive April 17, with the CF-18 scheduled for April 24....

There's Something In the Air: Midwest Airport Fun Days Offers a Variety of Aerial Adventures * The Aero Experience | This new Midwest Aviation event offers free, family-friendly fun to the public with our thriving aviation community!  Produced by the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Ideal Aviation, EAA Chapter 64 and The Aero Experience, Midwest Airport Fun Days will provide an opportunity for our visitors to experience aviation first-hand and have a lot of fun at the same time...

The thrill of the chase with Chambliss in Texas - Red Bull (International) | What's the legal top speed on a Texas highway? The cops say 85mph, and that's just on one stretch that boasts the highest limit in the USA… but Red Bull Air Race veteran Kirby Chambliss has other ideas about top speed, in the 250mph bracket...

Former RMAF pilot to compete in 2014 Red Bull Air Race - The Malaysian Insider | Malaysian pilot Datuk Halim Othman will pilot the Extra E-330LX aircraft provided by Red Bull Air Race. – Pic courtesy of Redbullairrace.com, April 7, 2014. Malaysian pilot Datuk Halim Othman will pilot the Extra E-330LX aircraft provided by Red Bull Air Race. – Pic courtesy of Redbullairrace.com, April 7, 2014. Malaysia has achieved a historical milestone after pilot Datuk Halim Othman (pic) was awarded the opportunity to race on home soil in the 2014 Red Bull Air Race....

UCAP353E "Big Finish" * Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jack, Jeb and Dave are joined by UCAP pal Turbo Eddie to wrap up this year's Sun 'n Fun Fly-in as the Blue Angels fly overhead. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.

Flying in the Hunter Valley Fiesta: another ballooning article * Fly Me Friendly | Back in October 2013, Kitt & I went to the Hunter Valley Balloon Fiesta north of Sydney where I flew VH-BRR (a Kavanagh E-120) and we got to experience the food, beers & views of the Hunter region....

World War II veteran revisits his warbirds - Beaumont Enterprise | SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Ludwig Havlak's mind was made up before stepping foot on the runway. The first thing the 92-year-old World War II veteran intended to do upon laying eyes on the last B-24J heavy bomber still whizzing through 21st century skies was kiss the hulking Army-green aircraft. Havlak, a Rowena native, flew the first of his 43 Pacific Theater missions nearly 70 years ago when he manned two guns in a B-24's bottom turret...

Tulsa Air & Space Museum Cuts Ribbon Opening Its Newest Exhibit - news9.com KWTV | TULSA, Oklahoma -The Tulsa Air and Space Museum at Tulsa International Airport cut the ribbon on its newest exhibit Monday morning. The exhibit is an American Airlines MD-80 aircraft. The airline donated the retired plane in 2010....

House that Howard Hughes famously crashed into may become a landmark - Chron.com | ...In 1946, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes crashed a prototype reconnaissance plane into a residence that was built in 1926 by master architect Wallace Neff. Hughes was attempting to land on a nearby golf course green but came up short by 300 feet. The Los Angeles Conservancy reported in late 2013 that the 6,246 square-foot house had been slated for demolition by its new owners. The Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission began drawing up paperwork in October to have it designated as a local landmark soon after...

War bird nesting at Nut Tree Airport in preparation for future air museum * The Reporter | ...More than likely because they've got an impressive warbird, a World War II B-25 Mitchell nicknamed "Tondelayo," nesting just inside the Copart hangar that's drawn dozens of visitors over the past week. The hope is that more will come once word of the 70-year-old plane, which still goes airborne, spreads, and visions of a world class air and space museum become reality....

Eduard set for Zvezda Bf 109F * Let Let Let - Warplanes | For the many years behind us, Eduard has delivered so many products related to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and I think that without it, the world market would be far poorer. Their ranges are wide, from detail sets, Brassin conversion sets up to the complete kits. What will be presented here is the upgrade etched set for the Zvezda kit of Bf 109F in 1/72 scale...

Pilot talks to students about chasing dreams - The Singleton Argus | IT took two years of planning and non-stop ups and downs for Ryan Campbell to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo....

'Women Soar You Soar' Helps High School-age Girls Discover Aviation at EAA® AirVenture® OSHKOSH - aviationpros.com | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — (April 7, 2014) — EAA’s Women Soar You Soar program, which allows 100 high school-age girls discover more about aviation and all its possibilities from aviators, engineers and leaders during EAA® AirVenture® OshkoshTM, is scheduled for July 28-31 and now open for registration....