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Blue Angels practice in Pensacola is a big draw even on a random Tuesday * al.com | "It won't be that crowded," I thought as I drove toward Naval Air Station Pensacola to watch another Blue Angels practice. "It's a random Tuesday with 90-degree temperatures and Florida humidity. There's no autograph signing today, the pilots have been...

Cindy May Johnson from East Kentucky Broadcasting Jumps?· US Army Golden Knights Cindy May Johnson from East Kentucky Broadcasting jumps from an airplane, the Golden Knights UV-18A Twin Otter to be exact. She exited the airplane from 13,0...

Fly-in to take over West Branch airport June 21 * Ogemaw County Herald | WEST BRANCH — The Experimental Aircraft Association's 14th annual fly-in will bring food, fun and festivities for all ages to the West Branch Community Airport from 8 a.m. until noon June 21. According to Dennis Weiss, president of the EAA Chapter...

Vulcan XH558 confirmed for Goodwood Festival of Speed * Doncaster Today | Within a week of her return to flight, XH558 was displaying at Welshpool and RAF Cosford. Later this month she will be delivering her all-new display routine at the Weston-super-Mare Air Festival (Somerset), Scarborough Armed Forces Day...

'Air Race Classic' to put Kirksville Regional Airport on the map * KTVO | An air race coming up a year from now will put Kirksville Regional Airport on the map. The 39th Annual 'Air Race Classic' will have pilots making their way to Kirksville in 2015. The Classic is a transcontinental race for female pilots, originally...

Purdue Students Fly Race Across The Country  By Network Indiana | A pair of Purdue aviation students are racing across the country. Pilot Rachel Borsa and co-pilot Haley Myers are competing in the annual Air Race Classic, a race limited to female pilots....

British F-35 Pilot Hugh Nichols | Royal International Air Tattoo · globalaviationreport | This July, the F-35B Lightening II will be making its first appearance in Great Britain at the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough International Air Show. For British visitors to the event, it should be quite a show! Below... 

Ohio Air News 259 * Charles Johnson | Ohio Aerobatic Open, IAC Open East Aerobatics Championships, Bellefontaine, OH

Flying Legends Warbirds by JetAviator7 | If you like airplanes then you probably love the Supermarine Spitfire! Anyone who has ever thought about World War II and the Battle of Britain surely knows about the legendary Spitfire and the men who flew them. As a pilot I have always loved the sound of those Rolls-Royce Merlin engines with their distinct sound....

Defense cuts crimping air shows and other community events * Navy Times | Everyone in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is still buzzing about the Navy Blue Angels’ performance at the big air show June 1. But at this time last year, organizers were wondering if there would even be an air show. And while this year’s air show season kicks off with reports of record attendance so far, many still worry about the future of one of America’s oldest entertainment industries even as it tries to evolve in a new era of military cutbacks.For good reason....

Larry Rhodes of Venice was gunner on B-29 bomber flying over Tokyo during WW II · Don Moore, War Tales | Larry Rhodes of Venice grew up in Far Rockaway, N.Y. Just out of high school in 1941 he went to work for Republic Aviation building P-47 “Thunderbolt” fighter planes on Long Island, N.Y. for World War II. “My dad had a very serious heart attack in ’41, so I had to stay home the first…

RAAF Wagga Wagga Gate Guardians and Heritage Center · WarbirdsNews | Stationed near the front gate at RAAF Wagga Wagga, the Royal Australian Air Force’s base at Forest Hill in New South Wales are five retired Australian military aircraft. They are on public display in honor of the men and women of the RAAF, and to inspire community interest in their heritage. They...

AirplaneGeeks 303 – Become a Pilot Day 2014 · maxflight  | Recorded at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum during the 10th annual Become a Pilot Family Day and Aviation Display. This annual event at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located in Chantilly, Virginia offers not only the Museum’s amazing exhibits, but also about 50 vintage, recreational, and home-built aircraft flown in for one day only. This year, United brought in a Boeing 777 that was open for a tour....

Sally Ride: First U.S. Woman in Space, and More by The National Air and Space Museum | Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. As she became the first American woman in space in June 1983, Sally Ride’s presence on Challenger for the seventh space shuttle mission truly was a ride into history...