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A Celebration of Pride, Patriotism as Pilots Prepare for California Capital Airshow * Fox 40 | Out of the pages of the history books, now sitting at Mather Field. “You can look in a book and learn about history, but it really opens the door to people, to see them flying, and watch them go through the sky,” Steven Hinton, with Planes of Fame, said. And soon, many planes will be soaring over Sacramento County for the California Capital Airshow....

Jefferson County Air Festival Takes Off from Festus, MO Airport September 7 · The Aero Experience

Airshow hailed as the greatest ever - The Argus | Shoreham Airshow organisers have hailed the event as the greatest in their history. The skies above the town were filled with aircraft spanning the last 100 years, with everything from World War One biplanes to the Eurofighter Typhoon....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Jersey International Air Display 2014 * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Jersey International Air Display is taking place on Thursday 11 September 2014. There will be static displays at Jersey airport on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and a rotary wing static display on either the Lower Park or Peoples Park in St Helier adjacent to where the flying display is taking place over the Bay of St Aubins The air display is organised by a not for profit company which has two objectives: supporting British Military Charities and supporting tourism in Jersey. The dedicated Service Charity for 2014 is Help for Heroes...

Pilot Michael Goulian talks tech in Red Bull Air Race planes - TechnologyTell | You think your car is loaded with high-performance tech? It’s got nothing on the Edge 540 airplane flown by pilot Michael Goulian in the Red Bull Air Race series....

Fort Bend Radio Control Club holds annual model air show - Your Houston News | All sizes of model aircrafts took to the skies over Rosenberg this past Saturday, as the Fort Bend Radio Control Club held its annual Model Air Show and Model Aircraft Fly-in. Though its venue has changed overtime, the club’s yearly ‘fly-a-thon’ been has attracting model aircraft hobbyists from around the county for 16 years running....

The R/C Scale Builder Show – Dino DiGiorgio / Meister Scale * WarbirdRadio.com | WARBIRD RADIO – Join Mike Chilson and friends Tuesday, September 2nd at 9:00pm ET as the RC Scale Builder Show returns LIVE. This episode show our guest will be Dino DiGiorgio, owner of Meister Scale and lots of other info from the world of R/C Scale Building. The program starts at 9pm (EST) and your partisipation is encouraged. To join in on the conversation just use the contact info below. Thanks for listening!

Visiting B-17 'Flying Fortress' carries load of history - Roanoke Times  | Top turret gunner and flight engineer James Litchford spoke no German but he understood that the bayonet prodding his back meant to keep moving. Litchford and others in the crew of his B-17 bomber had survived the crash landing in Belgium in January 1945 and then split up to try to make their way back to Allied-held territory...

Inspire students and youth with our innovative educational materials! * Red Tail Squadron | In our regular CAF Red Tail Squadron blog posts, you’ve read about the exciting and inspiring impact our P-51C Mustang and our RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit can have on audiences all over the country. But did you know that we can bring this same zeal for history and aviation straight to your classroom or youth group?...

XP-82 Twin Mustang – August 2014 Restoration Update * Warbirds News | ...August was an incredible month for accomplishments at the XP-82 restoration shop!...

These real-life Rosie the Riveters changed the face of labor - The Week Magazine | When America entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, it did so fully, committing all of its assets. As the men stepped into battle across Europe and in the Pacific theater, women entered the workforce, occupying the roles of their husbands, brothers, and sons....

Greatest Russian Inventions from English Russia: 200 years ago people still did not have electricity, good vehicles, television, mobile phones, Internet and other things we cannot do without today. Some of the most significant inventions were made by Russians, and here they are… Gleb Kotelnikov is…

Become a living room fighter pilot with life-sized cardboard cockpit - CNET | We don't all have dads who build us spacecraft simulators, but if you've ever envisioned yourself in the cockpit while playing Digital Combat Simulator, you may soon have an easy way of building your own. Jet fighter enthusiast and games developer Lukas Homola, based in the Czech Republic, has designed a full-scale cockpit replica that anyone can easily build -- out of cardboard...

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