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Blue Angels prepare for Oceana Air Show * WAVY-TV | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Oceana Air Show is back after budget cuts forced the planes to be grounded last year. The Navy's Blue Angels had to cancel a good chunk of its schedule in 2013, but not this year. 10 On Your Side stopped by to see the...

Videos | Pulling 7 Gs with the Navy's Blue Angels * The Virginian-Pilot | The Navy told me to prepare for my flight with the Blue Angels by running nightly. It takes a lot of endurance to absorb 6 or 7 Gs in the backseat of an F/A-18 Hornet, they said. Instead, I watched YouTube videos. Lots of them. Obsessively. Their...

Boy gets to take a fantastic flight at the Oregon Air Show * KPTV.com | Sean Tucker takes 11 year old essay winner for a flight

Annual air show takes to Sonoma County skies * Santa Rosa Press Democrat | It takes off vertically like a helicopter, then tilts its rotor blades to fly like a plane. Pilots do get equal billing ... Aaron is the only civilian-licensed pilot to fly an aerobatic routine in a helicopter, including back flips and 360-degree...

Bird Dogs fly in Sept. 25, Keokuk * Keokuk Gate City Daily | L-Birds will line up on the runway for a fly-in and convention Sept. 25-27 at Keokuk Municipal Airport, Lindner Field. Pilots come from around the nation and the world to participate. Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:30 am | Updated: 10:32 am...

15-aircraft flyover to precede Michigan game against Utah Saturday * The Ann Arbor News | North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell Bomber: During WWII, General Billy Mitchel led a group of 16 B-25's on the first attack of Japan after being launched from the U.S. Hornet aircraft carrier. This aircraft was named after Mitchell, and will be...

Air cadets from across the UK visit the Red Arrows to celebrate 50th display ... * Lincolnshire Echo | Air Cadets from all over the United Kingdom competed in an art competition for the Red Arrows to celebrate the 50th Display Season. Between April and August seventy six entries were received and displayed in the Red Arrows hangar for the squadron to...

Air show draws record crowd * C&G Newspapers | Among the new features at this year's Open House was the Women in Aviation booth, where many of the pilots, maintainers and other female personnel who were active in the Air Show portion made short presentations on their careers and answered...

Hinton wins Reno * AOPA Pilot | Kevin Sutterfield, an Air Force Reserve F-22 pilot, flew an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Reno. Sutterfield then changed aircraft and made his debut as a race pilot, competing in Defector, a 1942 SNJ-4 (also known as the...

A note from Thom Richard on Race Week at Reno * LiveAirShowTV | Recap of race week and weighing in on the DQ.

Daniel Chrapczynski's photos from race week * Wasabi Air Racing | Reno isn't just all Unlimited racing :-)

Timeless Voices - William Hartshorn · eaavideo.org | William Hartshorn was a P-47 pilot with the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group - the famed "Zemke's Wolfpack." He was shot down on his 26th mission on Sept. 18, 1944 during Operation Market Garden.

Let Freedom Ring aero-salute wraps Saturday * Kingsport Times News | Of courage and inspiration, the Commemorative Air Force's Red Tail Squadron offers lessons in both one of its P-51C's -- one of just four still flying in the world -- and a RISE ABOVE traveling exhibit. Both represent the courageous struggle of the...

Italian village remembers pilots of WWII B-25 bomber as heroes * Stars and Stripes | The B-25 Mitchell dubbed "Maybe" was damaged during a bombing run near Trento during World War II. Pilot Earl Remmel of Hooker, Okla., and co-pilot Leslie Speer of Jefferson, Ky., kept the plane steady long enough for the other five crew members to...

K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum keeps memories alive of Cold War era base in ... * The Republic | MARQUETTE, Michigan — Memories are being kept alive of a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Mining Journal of Marquette reports ( http://bit.ly/1uDXi1Y ) that the K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum was founded in 1993 when it...

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