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Pilots Set to Soar at 2011 Florida International Air Show - Pilots Set to Soar at 2011 Florida International Air Show. The 2011 Florida International Air Show returns to the skies on March 26-27 in Punta Gorda, Florida at the Charlotte County Airport. You can expect death-defying feats, ...

New Home For Cameco Canada Remembers Air Show - Saskatoonhomepage.ca | The Canada Remembers International Air Show had its last show in the summer of 2009, but it can no longer be held at the airport because of expansion. In it's final year, it ended up indoors because of inclement weather. Brian Swidrovich, with Credit ...

Women in Aerospace, Canada: International Women's Day Celebration from Aviation.ca News | TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2011) - In recognition of the worldwide celebration of International Women's Day, Bombardier Aerospace will host Women in Aerospace (WIA) Canada and over 100 guests to recognize Diversity & Women in Leadership in...

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Duxford set to celebrate the Spitfire's first flight - Cambridge News | The famous aeroplane began its operational life at Duxford and the Imperial War Museum, which now occupies the historic site, is holding a special air show in celebration later this year. The Supermarine Spitfire prototype made its first test flight, ...

A Spitfire entertains the crowd at the Illawarra Air Show  by juniorwi | Air Force supports Wings Over Illawarra Air Show on Sunday, 27 February at Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park, NSW. Air Force supports this major regional event with a handling display by an F/A-18 Hornet and the Air Force Balloon. ...

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Taking Great Pictures at Airshows  by PerfectPicture | Hi All, Can anybody please advise what is the best camera equipment to take to this weekend Avalon Airshow!? Also best shooting modes and camera settings to use with the 10-22mm, 24-105L & the 100-400mm L IS USM lens as well.

TheAviatorsTV: Episode 13 now available for viewing at http://www.theaviators.tv

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Al Ain Air show opening postponed yet again - Emirates 24/7 | Adverse weather conditions cited as reason for the second delay.  It seems Mother Nature is playing cruel tricks on the aerobatic stunt pilots once again, who were to take to the skies today for the annual Al Ain Aerobatic Show later today.  After the show being postponed by a day already, the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and the UAE Armed Forces have decided to delay takeoff by yet another day, citing bad weather conditions. So the three-day air spectacle, which was originally set to fly on February 2, will now gain altitude on February 4. ...

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2010 Year In Review from www.timadamsphotography.com | Stunning slide show. 9 min. 

Honoring Mildred Carter - from WAI Connect Blog | Reprinted from AOPA Aviation eBrief | Alabama Pilot Mildred Carter was honored for her achievement as the first black woman to receive a pilot's license in Alabama in 1941. Carter worked as a clerk at the Tuskegee Army Airfield and took flying lessons in her free time. "She was a pioneer in her own right," said Roosevelt Lewis, a retired Air Force colonel. Read the full article here in the ...

The Golden Age of Flying - Planes, Flying and Aviation from www.aviationearth.com | When Charles Lindbergh lifted off from Roosevelt Field, New York, on 20th January 1927, he effectively ushered in the ‘golden age of flying’. It wouldn’t end until 1939.  The interwar period is considered to be the era when aviation enjoyed its greatest development. From the barnstorming air shows of the US, to professional air races tearing across the world; there was no limit to the achievements made possible by powered flight. Charles Lindbergh’s feat was just one of a number of aviation firsts which took place between the wars. Numerous others would follow; with Amelia Earhart acquiring fifteen. ...

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Enola Gay from All Things Aviation | As pilots we all love to see photographs of airplanes, in particular those aircraft which are part of history. If you have any interest in historical aircraft at all you surely know about the famous B-29 the “Enola Gay” dropped the first atom bomb on Japan on August 6th 1945. The aircraft got it’s name [...]

The bombardier's view - The News-Press | Air Force B-17: The Air Force B-17. a WWll flying fortress, is on display at Page Field in Fort Myers until Friday. (Video: Marc Beaudin/news-press.com) ...

R4-B Hoverfly at WPAFB from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | This is a Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly developed by Igor straight from his famous VS-300 experimental helicopter. The R-4 is the world's first production helicopter and also the US Army Air Force's first service helicopter. The prototype, the XR-4, flew for the first time on ...

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The Bell X-1 Patent from The Unwanted Blog | Filed in 1945, granted and published in 1946, this design patent issued to the Bell Aircraft Company revealed the basic design of the X-1 supersonic aircraft almost ten months prior to the X-1 breaking the sound barrier. ...

A brief history of human flight - airBaltic Wingtips | The “Cayley medallion” marks one of the first great turning points in aviation history, but it is far from displaying all of Cayley's achievements in the development of aeronautics. He was a true pioneer, working on the problem of ...

Today in Aviation History – February 3 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 

RAF Harrier Jump Jet In Online Auction - Sky News | Chris Wilson is a former RAF mechanic who once worked with the legendary Red Arrows aerobatic display team. After leaving the air force, he set up a company ...

SCAA connects children to aviation through art in Myrtle Beach - South Carolina Now
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Shuttle Discovery Returns To Launch Pad, Slated for Feb. 24 Launch from Warplanes Online Community  | Space shuttle Discovery was returned to Launch Pad 39A yesterday, Feb. 1, in preparation for a targeted Feb. 24 launch of the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station, the final planned flight for this orbiter. ...

 

 

Florida International Air Show to Host Doolittle Reunion

PUNTA GORDA, FL. The 31st Annual Florida International Air Show (Mar 25‐26) will be hosting a historic reunion between three surviving Doolittle Tokyo Raiders and special guests representing the People’s Republic of China.

On April 18th 1942, sixteen North American B‐25B twin engine bombers and eighty U.S. Army Air Corps airmen, took off from an aircraft carrier (USS Hornet) in the Pacific, with a top secret mission to bomb military and industrial installations in and around Tokyo. This was the very first strike on the Empire of Japan, one hundred and thirty three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Although no planes were lost over Japan, fifteen planes made it safely over China, fuel loss and bad weather forced all crews to crash land or bail out. One plane made it to USSR and landed. Three Raiders were killed on bail out, eight were captured by the pursing Japanese Army and sixty four crew members were saved by National Chinese who risked their lives moving the Raiders to safety throughout territories occupied by the Japanese militia. The Chinese people including many soldiers of the National Chinese militia paid the ultimate sacrifice for aiding these crew members. It was estimated that over 250,000 men women and children were slaughtered by the pursing Japanese Army for their valiant efforts to protect and save the American fliers from being taken prisoner or being killed.

For the first time in sixty nine years, three Doolittle Tokyo Raiders - Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, plane number one and Doolittle’s co‐pilot, Major Thomas C. Griffin the navigator on plane number nine and S/Sgt David J. Thatcher, engineer/gunner on plane number seven ( featured in the book and movie of the same name “ 30 Seconds Over Tokyo”,) will be reunited with members of a Chinese delegation sent by the Ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. to represent the Chinese Government and the people of China. For the Raiders, this reunion will demonstrate the ongoing respect and lasting friendship they hold for people of China for their bravery and the sacrifices they made saving the lives of sixty four Raider crew members.

The Chinese people have always praised the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders for their timely mission to help destroy their common enemy at that time, the Empire of Japan.

About the Florida International Air Show:
The Florida International Air Show (FIAS) organization is a Florida “not for profit” corporation and staffed entirely by volunteers. Their mission is to present a yearly Air Show focused on providing wholesome family entertainment, is educational for all attendees in the areas of aviation and space, presents a forum for military and commercial flight demonstrations, and offers a friendly environment for military recruiting. Income from gate receipts, sponsors and other income generating events contribute to producing each annual Air Show. Monies in excess of this requirement are distributed to local working charities. www.FloridaAirShow.com. The bomber that was made famous on the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, the North American B-25 affectionately known as the “Mitchell” will be performing and on display.

About the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders:
Seventy nine young American aviators and their leader Lt. Colonel, James H. Doolittle took part in the historic and dangerous mission. Today, there are five surviving Raiders, including the last surviving Raider of eight who were captured by the Japanese. These men continue to attend special events including their annual reunion held every April in a major City. This year they will be guests of the City of Omaha, April 14th through the 18th. See Doolittle official website for more information.
www.DoolittleTokyoRaiders.com & www.doolittleraider.com

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Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Aviation history is often a study in technology as well as events but sometimes the really fascinating parts concern the personalities and how personal traits shaped major decisions that impacted the course of history. One of the those personalities was C. Edward Acker, one of the airline industry's CEOs during the chaotic deregulation period in the United States in the 1980s. If there was one quote that summed up the titanic personality of this Texan, it was something he himself once said: "Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope."…

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UPS Seeking Unique Ways to Reduce Pilots From Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Commercial pilots have long known of UPS's affinity for hiring Air Force pilots.  Business leaders have long known of UPS's ability to cut costs to the bone.  Now though, a convergence of issues has UPS scrambling to keep its preference for the Air Force while at the same time reducing costs.  Their proposed solution is something long predicted but ignored by the masses…

Win A Round Trip Reservation To The Moon from The Unwanted Blog by admin | I'm currently reading "Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson in the April, 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. I'm only a few pages in, but something about it seems vaguely familiar… humans have travelled to a distant gas giant; there they find a world with a toxic atmosphere, so one human, who is confined to a wheelchair, hooks himself up to a machine that reads his mind and projects his senses down to the planet, where he inhabits a blue-skinned alien. When the alien body is tired, he unplugs from it and the alien goes to sleep, and he come sback to his wheelchair-bound human body…

Ryanair to reduce cabin crew headcount in vending machine rollout from AirSpace by Contrails | Ryanair is about to launch another world first on Europe's travelling public. In a bid to improve the carrier's revenue stream from the so called discretionary spend by passengers, aircraft are to be fitted with self service vending machines…

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Harrier coming to Florida Air Show

THE HARRIER:  A VERTICAL TAKE OFF JET IS COMING TO THE FLORIDA AIR SHOW

It's a jet, but it can take off without a runway, and it can hover like a helicopter.  And it will be making an appearance at Florida Air Shows 30^th anniversary event in April.  The Harrier, originally a British designed attack aircraft, was modified by Boeing for the United States Marine Corp. The jet uses unique rotating thrust fans that lift the aircraft and then rotate to a normal flight configuration in a matter of seconds. The show's Air Boss, Bob Hall, says, "This aircraft will give show attendees a unique and exciting performance that hasn't been seen here for well over a decade.  Plus, a second Harrier will be on static display on the tarmac for a closer look at this amazing aircraft."

The Harrier aircraft became the first USMC aircraft to be deployed in Gulf for Operation Desert in 1991. It has also seen action in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

This year is the 30^th Anniversary for the Florida Air Show. The April 10^th and 11^th show is one of the Top Twenty Tourism events in Florida this year.  The show is a Southwest Florida charity event.  Click and print tickets are now available on the shows web site at www.floridaairshow.com.  

For more information contact Skip Hapner at 865 466-8785