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Alan Crawford, one of our favorite air racers and a good guy to boot, needs your prayers * LiveAirShowTv | (Local News)

Soaring on wings of a Falcon with Air Force Thunderbirds * Examiner | Climbing aboard a sleek Air Force fighter jet and launching into the deep blue sky can make one either grin or become ill -- for this aerospace journalist punching that sky in an aerobatic jet was an incredible feeling...

Big crowds for Wings Over North Georgia AirShow * WRGA Rome's Newstalk | Although we don't have an exact head count, it appears as though this year's Wings Over North Georgia AirShow may be biggest ever. Buses shuttled people to and from the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport from State Mutual Stadium almost non-stop...

Aviation buffs out in full force for 'Wings Over Harnett' air show * Fayetteville Observer | Burns, who is the Harnett County manager, did a tandem jump with the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team during a "Wings Over Harnett" air show at the Harnett Regional Jetport. "It was awesome," said Burns, minutes after landing with his tandem...

Hundreds turn out for first fly-in at Meriden-Markham airport * Meriden Record-Journal | MERIDEN — Hundreds gathered at Meriden-Markham Airport Saturday to participate in the inaugural fly-in that featured a variety of airplanes and helicopters. The event is the first of its kind at the city's airport and was organized as a fundraiser...

'Warbirds,' vintage cars draw thousands to Nut Tree Airport * TheReporter.Com | It was a daylong event for families and aircraft buffs alike — or just the plain curious — who wanted to see up close any number of vintage military aircraft, aka "warbirds," in working condition, with a chance to chat with pilots. And in Solano...

Annual “Oscar Night of Aviation” shines spotlight on six new National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees by Ron Kaplan | On October 4th the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) hosted its 52nd Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony in Dayton, Ohio. Long known as the Oscar Night of Aviation, this year marked the first time the welcome receptions (two) were held in the NAHF Learning Center and the National Museum of the U.S. Force WWII Gallery, and the formal dinner and ceremony in the museum’s spectacular Modern Flight Gallery...

Winners of the 2014 FAI Awards and FAI-Breitling Award Announced * World Air Sports Federation | ... General Aviation, having served as President of the Spanish General Aviation Commission for 13 years (1990 - 2003), Vice-president of the Royal Spanish Aeronautical Federation for the same period and Bureau member of the Royal Aero Club of Spain...

Former Golden Knights inducted into National Skydiving Hall of Fame * Fayetteville Observer | Three men with ties to the U.S. Army Parachute Team's Golden Knights were among five skydivers inducted into the National Skydiving Hall of Fame last weekend. Former Golden Knights Jerry Bourquin and Chris Needels as well as honorary Golden Knight...

Even An Air Race Gone Bad Is Still A Good Air Race * Paul Thompson | The Red Bull Air Race World Championship is the aviation equivalent to Formula One car racing. The international tour, rock-star pilots, epic venues and groupie fans are all part of the scene. And even when something like the weather spoils a competition, there is still plenty to see and enjoy....

I survived a flight with the Red Bull Air Race * The Verge | “You’ll be flying in the front seat,” I was told on a clear, sunny morning in Las Vegas. My pilot Petr Kopfstein — who was about to hold my stomach (and my life) in his hands — said it with an easy smile, so I responded with a laugh. I thought he was joking. He wasn’t....

Texas Flying Legends Museum: Living History through Pilots and Planes * Press Release | HOUSTON, TX (October 16, 2014) – For the fifth year, The Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) announces that it will participate in the 30th Annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Wings Over Houston Airshow on November 1 - 2, 2014. Ellington Field gates will open at 8:00 am with the flying scheduled to begin around 10:00 am. Tickets are required and can be purchased at www.WingsOverHouston.com or at the gate, closing at 6:00pm...

Rare 1918 biplane to land at Pearson Air Museum - The Columbian | Pearson Air Museum has acquired an extremely rare 1918 DeHavilland DH-4B airplane. Aircraft restorer Mark Smith can define just how rare this Liberty biplane restoration is: "It's probably going to be the next-to-last one done by anybody," he said...

Viewpoint: How WW1 changed aviation forever * BBC | When the world went to war in 1914 the Wright Brothers had only made the world's first powered flight little over a decade before. But the remarkable advances made in aviation during World War One are still at the core of air power today, says Dr Peter Gray...

PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM’s 4th Annual Family-friendly Night of Fright · WarbirdsNews * The Pima Air & Space Museum announces its fourth annual “Night of Fright” on Fri., Oct. 24th from 5 to 9pm (with the last admission at 8pm)...

A (literal) blast from the past * Bayou Renaissance Man | ...Seven decades after thousands of "balloon bombs" were let loose by the Imperial Japanese Army to wreak havoc on their enemies across the Pacific, two forestry workers found one half-buried in the mountains of eastern British Columbia...

Inflatable Spacecraft Aeroshell Tech for Atmospheric Entry * Kathy Barnstorff, NASA Langley Research Center | For most of us it's hard to imagine that something that is inflated can survive the high heat and friction of space travel, especially atmospheric entry...

 
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