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2014 NAS Jax Air Show Web site unveiled * Florida Times-Union | Pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Barrel Roll Break maneuver on April 25 during the Fort Worth Air Power Expo at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. The NAS Jacksonville Air Show...

Blue Angels continue to inspire * Beatrice Daily Sun | Vintage planes joined modern fighter jets: P-38 Lightnings that flew combat missions in World War II, P-51 Mustangs that fought in the skies during the Korean War—even an F-22 Raptor, a major player in our Air Force today. Most covered their ears as...

The Atlantic City Airshow - Thunder Over the Boardwalk * 6abc.com | This year's Atlantic City Airshow has the military teams back in action. Demonstrations and flybys will include performances by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, and other civilian acts. See the full Atlantic City...

Snowbirds ready for high-flying spectacle over Okanagan Lake today * InfoTel News Ltd | Boaters will be required to stay out of areas marked by buoys or the Snowbirds won't fly. Boat launches will be closed from 2-6 p.m. on Water Street, Queensway and Sutherland Bay. Someone will be waiting at the Cook Street boat launch from 2-5 p.m. to...

Frecce Tricolori, changes to traffic. Saturday athletes access to Beach Run  * news Rimini | Frecce Tricolori, changes to traffic. Saturday athletes access to Beach Run. Bellaria prepares to host the exhibition of aerobatic team Frecce Tricolori. Saturday there will be the dress rehearsal of the show on Sunday, the...

Thousands of Sywell Airshow tickets sell out in advance due to 'unprecedented ... * Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Organisers of Sywell Airshow have announced that tickets have now sold out for the event next month. Thousands of tickets have now been sold ahead of Sywell Airshow on August 17. A spokesman said: “Due to unprecedented demand the Sywell Airshow,...

Red Arrows recruits: Three new pilots to join RAF acrobatic team * BBC News | Flt Lt Bowden, who is from Newport, Wales, and has completed two tours of Afghanistan, said: "I have always had a passion for pure flying and the Red Arrows hold the top trump card in that arena." He said he had dreamed of joining the Red Arrows "since...

Kalispell Airshow Announces Full Lineup * ABC FOX MONTANA | The Mountain Madness Airshow takes place August 30 and 31 at the Glacier Park International Airport. ABC Fox Montana will even take you up in the air with one of the pilots, and show you what it's like flying some of the Thunderbirds' insane choreography.

World Hot Air Balloon Championship welcomed to Brazil * Breaking Travel News | Approximately 35,000 people passed through the Rio Claro Aero Club on Sunday 20th July to see the World Hot Air Balloon Championship. The huge success on the first weekend of the competition, with a massive presence of Rio Clarenses and visitors from...

Port Clinton's Liberty Aviation Museum, historic Ford Tri-Motor highlight aviation history in a boater's town * cleveland.com | Port Clinton, Ohio – This town is perhaps best known for its prime location on the Lake Erie shore, a frequent destination for boaters. But not too long ago, it was known for another mode of transportation – air travel....

Last crew member of Enola Gay dies in Georgia * WTHR | ATLANTA (AP) - The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in Georgia. Theodore VanKirk, also known as "Dutch," died Monday of natural causes at the retirement home where he lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia, his son Tom VanKirk said. He was 93....

World War II veteran recalls his 17 missions over Germany * DenPubs | It tours the country as part of the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum based in Mesa, Arizona. It and several other World War II planes tour the country keeping the memory of the war and those who fought it alive. Morrow was one of those people.

Portage World War II veteran's flight over Kalamazoo area brings back memories ... * Mlive Kalamazoo | Smith is emotional about his World War II service. While a Navy radioman serving in Samar in the Philippine Islands, he took the last known radio message of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis before it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945.

Former Red Arrows pilot speaks at Winchester conference * Hampshire Chronicle | A WINCHESTER hotel was the scene of a business management conference which welcomed a former Red Arrows pilot as one of its speakers. Simon Meade OBE, former leader of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team and chief operations officer of a front-line...

PBY-Naval Air Museum meets wide approval at grand opening * Whidbey News-Times | Richards joined base commander Mike Nortier and other top brass from the nearby naval air station at the grand opening of the PBY-Naval Air Museum at its new location on Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor Friday afternoon. Following an outdoor ceremony that...

Yankee Air Museum to honor visionaries at annual gala * Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum will host its fifth annual Gala on Saturday, Nov. 8, in the midst of historical planes and artifacts at Willow Run Airport. And, for the first time, as part of a long-term strategy, the museum will devote its premier event to...

A-10 Hawg’s New Role As a Storm Chasing Aircraft. ·The Lexicans As retirement looms for the USAF’s A-10 Hawg, the National Science Foundation and Zivko Aeronautics have teamed up in a $13 million dollar project to convert one aircraft into a platform to deploy sensors in thunderstorms....

When Los Angeles Was Test-Bombed, They Decided To Throw A Party * Esther Inglis-Arkell | In the early 1900s, airplanes were a novelty and a spectacle, but some people were already thinking of what other uses could be made of them. This is why there were thousands of people in Los Angeles running out into the streets to be "bombed." Roy Knabenshue had both a name and life that sound like they were made up for a comic book. He was known as the "King of the Air," and earned that title by being first through the door throughout much of the history of aviation. Born in 1876, he started out by giving people hot air balloon flights at county fairs....

WAI scholarships exceed half-million dollars * BlueSky Executive Aviation News | In further news, Women in Aviation, International has announced that the association's successful 'Bring Your Daughter to the Conference Day' held for the past three years during WAI's annual conference has been expanded and rebranded to include an...

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