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U.S. Navy Blue Angels: Panther Blue Angel takes a ride * O'Fallon Progress | Wow? was all Darcy Benway, superintendent of O?Fallon Township High School District 203, could say after she climbed out of the cockpit of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A18 Super Hornet she flew in last Thursday. ?Words can not describe the experience,? she said once her feet were back on the ground after the 45-minute flight in jet No. 7 piloted by Lt. Ryan Chamberlain...

Old Rhinebeck opening weekend features RC fly-in · General Aviation News | RHINEBECK, N.Y. — On Saturday, May 17, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome will once again open its doors to the museum. This year opening weekend will be extra special with the addition of a scale, radio-control model airplane fly-in event that will feature giant-scale models of vintage aircraft....

US Memorial Day Ceremony at USS Hornet Museum - Inquirer.net | Event honors all veterans of the US Armed Forces, 101-year-old Capt. Moon Chin who flew Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle to safety during WWII Tokyo Raid is special guest...

Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony set for Oct. 25 · General Aviation News | OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame will hold its 29th annual induction banquet Oct. 25, at the EAA Museum. Six aviators will be inducted: Brig. Gen. Peter Drahn (ret.), Vice Admiral James H. Flatley, Jr., Donald Voland, and brothers James, Ed, and Ray Knaup...

Singer Kenny Loggins to Kick Off EAA AirVenture - WBAY | ...Singer Kenny Loggins will headline the opening night concert of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. The concert is free to all people who attend the opening day of "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" on Monday, July 28....

Flying Challenge Cup Off to Great Start - Flying Magazine | It looks as though Flying's stick-and-rudder skills competition will be fiercely contested as Redbird Flight Simulations reports that more than 1,400 pilots and non-pilots have registered to compete for a free trip to Oshkosh 2014....

Spirit of St. Louis Airshow: Thursday Blue Angels Flights Through the Eyes, Mind and Camera of a Fanatic! By Leo Cachat | The excitement for this show started long ago when it was first announced. The Blue Angels were scheduled, and after a year of sequestration, all of us at The Aero Experience were really excited. We knew it was going to be a big show, and great acts were going to be there because the Spirit of St. Louis Airport was celebrating their 50th anniversary and regular shows there in years past had always had top-tier performers. As the months seemed to creep by, I kept checking the show website to see what had been added - with each addition came more anticipation...

Sun n Fun 2014 · Mark Hrutkay, Photorecon.net | Another Sun n Fun has come and gone. I’ve been a regular attendee to the show since the late 1980s. When you live in the northeast, you really need to get away from the snow and head to Florida. Once you get past 10 years old, going to see Mickey Mouse loses its appeal and you need a better destination.   Beaches get boring and that only leaves airplanes as an attraction....

Formula One: How AT&T is Taking Infiniti Red Bull Racing to Another F1 Win - TechnoBuffalo | In 2014, Formula One introduced the largest changes that the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Team has seen in the decade it has been competing in the sport. This year, teams must use 1.6-litre V6 turbo engines instead of the 2.4-litre V8 engines that were allowed in the past. Gearboxes must now have...

The Flatpack Bombers — or how the Zeppelin threat created the first air force and the first aircraft carrier by travelforaircraft | This is a wild, enlightening and incredible book. Gardiner has a wonderful ability to take a walk into the “long grass” as he calls it to find the facts and the stories mostly forgotten. In Flatpack Bombers he has a tale replete with James Bond-like daring exploits as well as incredible bravery on an almost daily basis. Gardiner blends well researched facts with...

Sun sets over Manston * Apron 6 | There’s something about Manston and sunsets...

What a selfie from the cockpit of Solo Türk, the Turkish Air Force’s F-16 solo aerobatics display team * The Aviationist | Here’s another interesting self-portrait shot by the Solo Türk of the Turkish Air Force with a GoPro camera (that you can clearly seen attached to the canopy thanks to the reflection in the pilot’s helmet visor) while “turning and burning” (diving towards the ground while releasing flares)...

Jennifer Lesher, Friday’s Fabulous Flyer * Flight To Success | What kind of person gives up a six-figure salary to follow a passion? Who would be willing to walk away from the benefits, first class tickets, insurance, and the security of a career with a company like Microsoft? Jennifer Lesher, that’s who...

New book traces people and events in Delaware’s aviation story * Dover Post | For a small state, Delaware has made some significant contributions to the story of man’s continuing quest for flight...

HASC OKs $600B in 2015 DoD Spending, nixes A-10 retirement plans - ArmyTimes.com | WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) early Thursday unanimously approved a measure that would authorize just over $600 billion in 2015 US defense spending and block plans to retire the A-10 attack plane...

Alaska Airlines Aviation Day Inspires Youths to Pursue Careers in Aviation - Wall Street Journal | SEATTLE, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 600 high school students will gather at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 10 to kick the tires and stand inside the wheel well of a 737 jet while learning about careers in aviation during the sixth annual Alaska Airlines Aviation Day. Employees from Alaska Airlines, The Boeing Co., Port of Seattle and Federal Aviation Administration will be on hand to inspire the next generation of aviators, engineers, air traffic controllers and aircraft mechanics, among other disciplines...

Smithsonian's Air & Space Asks Air Force how it would kill Gozilla - Tech Void | The revamped Godzilla is coming to theaters May 16, and we can only expect the hype to result in a summer box office success. Piggybacking off of the relevance, Smithsonian’s Air & Space museum in Washington DC took it upon itself to ask the Air Force how it would respond to the notorious fictional Kaiju, should he attack Japan or even the United States....