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Exclusive Alpine Air Show features a MiG - Jackson Hole News&Guide | The public is invited to view a brief air show at 6 p.m. today by parking along the Palisades Reservoir road near Alpine’s airport. As the Alpine Airport gears up for the Young President’s Organization’s aviation network’s inaugural Fly-In Conference, several warbirds, including a MiG-17, Hawker Sea Fury, F4U Corsair and an Aero L39 Albatros, will perform aerial acrobatics for 30 minutes today....

Wings ready to soar over Washington County by Doug Burkhardt | For three days this month, the skies above Hillsboro will be filled with daredevil pilots and precision flying maneuvers as the annual Oregon International Air Show lands at the Hillsboro Airport for the 27th year in a row. This year’s festival faced a critical moment of doubt in February when it appeared the headlining act — the Canadian Forces Snowbirds — would not be able to attend due to budget constraints. As a result, there was serious discussion of cancelling this year’s festival...

Watch Red Bull Air Race live from Dallas - Red Bull (International) | They say everything is bigger in Texas, and with current leader Hannes Arch holding a slender advantage of just two points over British rival Paul Bonhomme, this weekend's showdown at Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas could well prove to be the biggest factor in deciding the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship....

Air show to feature P-51D fighter plane - Lifestyle/Valley Scene | The seventh annual Virginia Air Show returns to the Front Royal-Warren County Airport on Saturday, and will offer a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for certain car owners, according to organizers. In a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang, the air show will roll out the sports car's namesake, the P-51D Mustang fighter plane....

2014 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – Each fall most of us remember to set our clocks back an hour as daylight savings time comes to an end. However, this fall there will be a special opportunity to turn the clock back a whole century to the opening salvos of World War One. The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio is hosting the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous over the weekend of September 27th/28th; a historical aviation event unlike any other. If vintage aircraft are what you enjoy, then this show is bound to impress. It will feature reproduction full-scale and 7/8-scale aircraft such as the Nieuport 28, SE-5 and Fokker Dr.I triplane, with pilots launching and landing their aircraft on the field behind the museum. Visitors will be able to speak to the pilots and get an up-close look at their steeds. Computer-based aircraft simulators will be available for those who want a more in-depth experience of flying a WWI aircraft....

Air show is community success story - Daily Inter Lake | The visceral roars of the F-16s and the artistic smoke patterns in the sky are gone, but it’s a sure bet most people’s memories of Mountain Madness will linger for a while. The 2014 Mountain Madness Air Show enthralled 25,000 people last weekend at Glacier Park International Airport.

See restored B-17 in Tulsa - KRMG | World War II flying fortresses will be in Tulsa today through this weekend through the work of Commemorative Air Force out of Texas. Two B-17's will be available for the public to get an upclose look at starting at noon today. Of the original 12,731 B-17's built, only 9 are still able to fly today....

The Last Top Gun * Warbirds News | Each time Dan Zimberoff fired up an F-14 Tomcat perched on the deck of an aircraft carrier, he knew that flying a fighter jet demanded a level of brashness and rock star-esque aplomb. He never forgot that he was part of an all-male team that was the envy of many – a culture that has now crashed and burned like the fiery mishaps he witnessed too many times over his distinguished career.Zimberoff now practices law and, acutely aware of the military’s growing use of drones and embracement of women and openly gay pilots, is proud to have been a part of a fraternity that no longer exists. His novel, ‘The Last Top Gun: A Story Of The Last Generation Of Navy Fighter Jocks’, depicts this changing culture and gives readers an opportunity to don their flight suits for an inside look at how life as a navy fighter pilot used to be before political correctness took over the military....

Blue Skies and Tailwinds to In Flight USA Writer Charlie Briggs | On Tuesday, Aug. 26, during the In Flight production week, we learned that our newest writer died suddenly. Charlie Briggs, 84, joined our monthly staff of writers in January of this year. His mission was to bring “real-world” experiences to our pages, reflective of the thousands of aircraft owners and flyers who simply lived with an airplane as a permanent family member. Charlie was a pilot for more than 65 years, having a career that included ranching, agricultural services and consulting, computer technologies and business concept development. On our pages, Charlie reminisced about his life in the sky and in so doing touched many hundreds of our readers who reacted with “something like that happened to me…” or “ha, you think that story was funny, I can top it!” Overall, in eight short months, Charlie charmed his way into the hearts of his In Flight family… staff and readers alike....

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