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Despite Sunday loss, air show looks ahead - Shreveport Times | Despite losing its Sunday presence to the threat of dismal weather, the 2014 Barksdale Air Force Base Defenders of Liberty Open House and Air Show ended on a hopeful note. Some 60,000 people, more or less, got on base and caught an eyeful and earful of jet sound and fury through the Air Force Thunderbirds. And they can expect more of the same next year, with Barksdale already showing up on the Navy?s Blue Angels schedule for their 2015 tour...

Barksdale Profile: A flight with the Thunderbirds - KTAL | It's a day I got to experience something few do. A ride with one of the most elite flying units in the world, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. My pilot let me call him "8". That's his aircraft number. His name is Major Mike Fisher....

Airshow performers visit Overton Brooks VA Medical Center * Barksdale AFB | Members from the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team and B-52H Stratofortress visit the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, April 24, 2014.

Thousands Attend First AOPA Regional Fly-In - aviationpros.com | FREDERICK, Md. – More than 2,500 people took part in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) 2014 regional fly-in held in San Marcos, Texas on Saturday.  This was the first of seven fly-ins AOPA will host this year. The expansive ramp at San Marcos Municipal Airport was bustling with pilots and aviation enthusiasts of all ages. They came to check out the aircraft displays and exhibitor tent, attend a seminar, enjoy a pancake breakfast served by AOPA staff and partake in a barbecue lunch that was offered free to members...

11th annual "Fly-In" Breakfast was held at the Grafton Municipal Airport - WDAZ | Grafton, ND (WDAY TV) - The city of Grafton was host to more than 300 people today for a one of a kind event. People were invited to drive, bike and fly-in for the breakfast. That's right, you heard me fly...all part of the fun at the 11th annual "fly-in" breakfast held today at the Grafton Municipal Airport...

Navy sailors to visit Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis this week - St. Louis American | ...Almost 100 public and private events are planned throughout the week, including speaking engagements with the Navy’s top admirals; jumps by the Navy parachute team, “Leap Frogs”; Navy band musical performances; and community service activities. In addition, St. Louis Navy Week will conclude with the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis festivities on Wednesday include:...

Congratulations to SFC Windmiller. This weekend he brought home 1st Place in the... · US Army Golden Knights | Congratulations to SFC Windmiller. This weekend he brought home 1st Place in the FLCPA meet #4 breaking the Georgia, US National and World record for competition speed.

Plane's wreckage found in San Pablo Bay; pilot presumed dead * Henry K. Lee and Kurtis Alexander | Search crews on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane that plunged into San Pablo Bay after it collided with a Korean War-era show plane, authorities said, as investigators began trying to figure out what went wrong....

Victoria Cross for heroic First World War pilot William Rhodes-Moorhouse, a student of Trinity College, Cambridge - Cambridge News | A pioneering aviator who launched an aircraft business in Cambridgshire before the First World War became the first airman to win the Victoria Cross exactly 99 years ago. William Rhodes-Moorhouse was posthumously awarded the country’s highest honour for bravery after carrying out a daring bombing raid in Belgium on April 26, 1915...

Tuskegee Airmen saluted in exhibit at Liberty Aviation Museum - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio – A tribute to black aviators of World War II will be featured May 13-17 when the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron and the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit come to the Liberty Aviation Museum at the Erie-Ottowa International Airport in Port Clinton...

Endeavor Awards To Honor Compassionate Volunteer Pilots with an ‘Amelia Earhart’ Adagio, the Red Bull Helicopter, Astronaut-Guided Tours and Legendary Pilots - PR Web | ...Legendary pilots and aviators from several generations will gather to celebrate these ‘gifts of flight’ that happen every day across America, including "The Pilot's Pilot" Bob Hoover, Clay Lacy, Tom Poberezny, John & Martha King, and Sean Tucker, the "Rock Star" Air Show Performer who will serve as Emcee...

Red Arrows replicas will fly during classic car show at Sherborne Castle By Western Gazette - Sherborne | ...For the first time since the show began 11 years ago replica Red Arrows planes will take to the skies as a part of the event. The remote control BA Hawk 22s replicas, measuring 113 inches in length, were built by father and son Steven and Matthew Bishop from Shropshire...

B-17G “Chuckie” To Become “Madras Maiden” * Warbirds News | “Nothing stays the same for ever”, as the saying goes, and the time has come for the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress known as “Chuckie” for over three decades to receive a new name. She will soon become “Madras Maiden”, which might take a little getting used to for some, such was “Chuckie’s” fame. The late “Doc” Hospers, who bought “Chuckie” in 1979, named her after his wife, and because of that connection the B-17 sort of took on a life of its own. This...

Whitehead House, home to aviator Gustave Whitehead, torn down in Fairfield - News 12 Connecticut | FAIRFIELD - A historic Fairfield home was demolished today despite last-minute attempts to save the nearly 100-year-old house. The house, located on Alvin Street, was once the home of Gustave Whitehead. Some aviation experts credit Whitehead as the first person to ever fly. The demolition began just minutes after supporters submitted a petition to Town Hall...

U.S. Air Force F-15C jets intercept Russian spyplane over the Baltic · David Cenciotti | According to the Latvia’s Military, the U.S. Air Force F-15C deployed to Šiauliai, Lithuania, to provide Air Policing in the Baltics region, intercepted an Il-20 spyplane....
AirPigz, Clipped Wing Cubs, And A Phoenix Rising * AirPigz | ...Clipped Wing Cub that I used to fly when I was a teen. It's the same airplane in the pic I posted when I announced the AirPigz Fequency Change. The short and random video is...

Girls urged to reach for the sky in aviation day - ABC NEWS 4 | JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- Nearly 100 middle and high school girls from area schools will visit Joint Base Charleston Tuesday to learn about job opportunities in aviation. The learning series is part of the 7th annual Women in Aviation Day....

Local astronomers will fly in NASA observatory - Mail Tribune | Dave Bloomsness, left, and Robert Black, shown in North Medford High Schoolís observatory, are among 24 educators who were selected to fly aboard NASAís Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy this week...