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Airshow roars and soars * Valley Courier | The Valley sky was all abuzz Saturday morning courtesy of the SLV Pilot's Association Fly In and Air Show, which was chock-full of aerial feats and entertained locals and visitors alike at the SLV Regional Airport. The Renegades perform very...

Photos: The World in Photos (July 14) * StarPhoenix | Alpha Jets of the French Air Force, La Patrouille de France, releasing trails of blue, white and red smoke, the colors of the French national flag, fly over the Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) in Paris during the annual Bastille Day military parade...

Frecce Tricolori awarded the 2014 Refit * the Friuli (translated) | The event was attended by the Eurofighter, C-27J, the AMX and Tornado Flight Test Unit Practice Mare also accompanied on this occasion by the Frecce Tricolori, which ended on Sunday, in the presence of...

USNA Midshipman Jumps With Leap Frogs * DoD Live | How do you commute to work or school? Maybe you drive your own car, or hop on the Metro/subway, or perhaps you prefer to wait it out in a “slug line” for access to the fast and easy carpool lane. Whatever your modus operandi is for commuting, I bet you...

B-17 flies over Louisville for its 71st anniversary * WHAS 11.com | Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - A restored World War II B-17 Flying Fortress flew over downtown Louisville on July 14, and WHAS11 reporters had a chance to ride inside the aircraft! The B-17, also known as the Memphis Belle, celebrates the 71st anniversary...

Kelsey Starks, dad ride in restored B-17 Bomber at Clark Co. airport * WHAS11 | Take a historic ride on board a restored World War ll B-17 flying fortress! The B-17, also known as the Memphis Belle, is celebrating the 71st anniversary of the Belle's historic last mission...

B-17 'Memphis Belle' brings back memories for WWII veterans * The Courier-Journal | On Monday, the Liberty Foundation's 2014 Salute to Veterans tour brought the Boeing B-17 "Memphis Belle" — used in the 1990 movie of the same name — to the Clark County Airport in Southern Indiana. The original plane that flew in World War II is at...

B-17 “Lacey Lady” Ready For Another “Flight” · Warbirds News | The B-17 Alliance Group has just released the following:”We are excited to announce that we are ready to lower the Lacey Lady B-17 44-85790. The lowering crew will arrive onsite the week of August 11th to begin preparations for the lowering. The lowering will occur later that week. As soon as the crew has given us the green light that they are ready to lower we will announce that day here.” The organization, based in Aurora, Oregon is working to preserve the famous Gas Station Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (s/n 44-85790) known as “Lacey Lady”.

Antique Airfield
John Desmond's Vega Project
Interstates at Whiteman Airport
Kevin Brown's Interstate Cadet Video
Two More Interstates for the Fly-In
Youngest Pilot Award at the AAA Fly-In

Blackburn Buccaneer · Let Let Let - Warplanes | From the early days of aviation it was clearly known that low level attack could be very efficient and several aircraft types were developed with low level attack capabilities. One of these was the Blackburn Buccaneer which was the first jet aircraft specifically designed for flying very low under the...

Naval air museum marks major construction milestone * Bay Net | It's been a long haul for its supporters, but visible signs of the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum are now showing up just outside the base's Gate 1. And in a significant milestone, a “Topping Off” ceremony was held Monday to mark the final truss...

Ford Mustang featuring F-35 theme to be showcased at EAA AirVenture * WorldCarFans.com | Ford will be exhibiting at this year's EAA AirVenture a one-off 2015 Mustang featuring a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II theme. In recent years, Ford has created a tradition from preparing special aviation-themed models to showcase at the...

The Aero Experience
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Douglas Aircraft
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Grumman Iron Works 
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The North American B-25 Mitchell

The Women Pilots of Air Journey’s RTW  * AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points  | Of the nine pilots flying the current legs of Air Journey’s around the world (RTW) voyage, two are women. One, Laura Azara, plans to file for a record flight: the youngest female pilot to complete an around the world trip in an unmodified airplane–a Pilatus PC-12NG....

Virginia Air & Space Center exhibits to showcase NASA Langley technology efforts * Greenfield Daily Reporter | HAMPTON, Virginia — Visitors to the Virginia Air & Space Center can see the technology development efforts of NASA's Langley Research Center. More than two dozen exhibits of cutting-edge technology developed by Langley will be on display Tuesday at ...