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Tusker Air Show Festival – 2013, Dec 14-15 2013 @ Wilson Airport | Building on a rich tradition from Kenya’s first air show in Kitale in 1956, through the Caltex Air Shows of the mid 1990’s, to the largest public show in 2002 with more than fifteen thousand spectators; the 2013 Kenya Air Show Festival will be an impressive showcase of achievement by our aviators and aviation industry over the last fifty years....

Blue Angels to fly at Star-Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore next September - Captial Gazette | BALTIMORE — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will perform at an air show next fall during a celebration of the 200th birthday of the national anthem....

Blue Angels, T-birds book OC returns - Delmarva Now | OCEAN CITY — The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels military jet demonstration teams are scheduled to headline the OC Air Show in 2014 and 2015...

USAF Thunderbirds set to return to Daytona 500 for fly-over - Motorsport.com | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, known worldwide for their precision aerobatics, will return to Daytona International Speedway to perform the flyover for the prestigious 56th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season opener on Sunday, Feb. 23...

Luke Air Force Base to hold popular air show - azcentral.com | Luke Air Force Base will revive its popular air show and open house on March 15 and 16, following the cancellation of the event last March because of sequestration budget cuts, base officials said Monday...

Season Review 2013 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The 2013 airshow season was certainly a varied one in many different ways. One major plus over 2012 was prolonged periods of good weather that stretched across much of the display season. For many events like Cosford and Yeovilton it has been a long time since they enjoyed such wonderful weather. The weather also brought out the crowds with many events recording record attendances which are so important to securing the future of events though it also brought some traffic problems too!...

Retired Area 51 commander, U-2 pilot Slater dies at 91 - Las Vegas Review-Journal | ...A World War II fighter pilot, he was joint Air Force-CIA commander at the classified Area 51 installation along the dry Groom Lake bed, 90 miles north of Las Vegas from 1964 to 1968. That was during the heyday of the supersonic A-12 Oxcart spy plane program....

Osprey arrival at Air Force museum canceled - Dayton Daily News | The arrival of a CV-22 Osprey at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday morning has been scrubbed because of weather concerns, a museum spokeswoman said late Tuesday afternoon. A rescheduled date has not been set, according to Diana Bachert, a museum spokeswoman...

Female WWII Pilot Attends Announcement of New Air Museum - KIII TV3 | INGLESIDE (Kiii News) -A new hangar and museum will soon be built in Ingleside. It was announced Monday at a ceremony at the McCampbell-Porter Airport. The brand new hangar and air museum is expected to be completed by April of 2014. On hand for Monday's announcement was the legendary World War II pilot and instructor, Maxine Flournoy...

LGB businesses hosts Veterans Airlift Command fundraiser · General Aviation News Staff | LONG BEACH, Calif. — Aeroplex Aviation, in partnership with Signature Flight Support, will host a holiday fundraiser Dec. 11 at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) to benefit Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation to wounded warriors, veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots...

Libya a no-go for Curtis-Taylor and her Stearman - defenceWeb | Annette Porter, producer of the documentary following Tracey Curtis-Taylor on her epic flight from Cape Town to Goodwood in England, reports that with the exception of Libya, the intrepid aviatrix has been able to faithfully follow the flight path of Mary Heath...

Flyboy folklore - Issaquah Press | ...To help supplement the account of his career, McKee turns the pages of a memory book any museum would pine for. McKee filled its pages with personal snapshots, aerial military photographs and original copies of V-mails and Western Union telegraphs. Of particular note in his memory book are his diary entries recounting each of the 23 missions he flew. The first was aboard a B-26 Martin Marauder, the target a railroad bridge near Piazolla in northern Italy. The rest of the missions were then aboard the B-25 Billy Mitchell....

Fleet Air Arm Museum calls for help to decipher Japanese Kamikaze bomber - Culture24 | In advance of their forthcoming exhibition about the Pacific War of World War II, curators at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, near Yeovilton in Somerset, have been taking a closer look at one of their rarest aircraft. The Japanese Ohka 2 is a specially-built rocket-powered kamikaze aircraft used towards the end of the war against the US Navy...

The T-33A “Shooting Star” Of Oak Meadow Park In Los Gatos, Ca · Warbirds News | ...This USAF Lockheed T-33A “Shooting Star” ,Serial Number 53-5421,it is on loan to the Town of Los Gatos by the United and it is located in the Oak Meadow Park. The aircraft has been in the playground area since July, 1974. It was manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank, California and delivered to the USAF in December, 1954.The two-seat T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualifies to fly propeller-driven aircraft. As one...

How the Mig-31 repelled the SR-71 Blackbird from Soviet skies - The Aviationist | Even if no SR-71 was lost due to hostile actions during the entire Blackbird career, the Mach 3+ capable spyplane faced an adversary that could effectively intercept it: the MiG-31 Foxhound. The SR-71 impressive mission record was reached thanks to some unique features of its airframe, such as its ability to fly at more than three and a half times the speed of sound at 88,000 feet, its small (for the time) Radar Cross Section (RCS) and its sophisticated electronic countermeasures (ECM)....

Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum — “Where it all begins” by travelforaircraft | The Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diranja Malaysia in Malay) offers a museum, near the equator, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur which is free to visit and worth the trip though a bit of planning is required...

Flying Musicians to perform at Kitty Hawk · General Aviation News Staff | The Flying Musicians Association will participate in the 110th Anniversary of Powered Flight celebration at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 16 and 17. Members will provide music, staff an information booth, and present a presentation of why nearly 50$ of pilots are musicians with “Symphony in the Sky: The Correlation between Aviation and Music.”...

It was a good day - Apron 6 | I had a great day yesterday. The day started with the preparation of the Skyvan. Around noon we were ready for take off for a photoflight to Midden Zeeland (The Netherlands). First the Extra 300 joined up for some aerobatics behind the Skyvan and after that we had the Bronco of the Bronco Demo Team coming from the UK. It also headed to Zeeland where it will be repainted. The second leg was...

Helicopter creates rain of flares at dusk to fight winter depression in Denmark By David Cenciotti | The Royal Danish Air Force operates a fleet of six EH-101 Merlin (military version of the AgustaWestland AW.101) helicopters, for Search And Rescue tasks. According to the Flyvevåbnet Facebook page, few days ago, one of them made an impressive display for a very unique reason: after receiving several inquiries by Danish people concerned by the fact that December darkness could negatively affect everyday life the RDAF decided to try to fight this scourge, bringing a little extra light by means of a Merlin releasing flares...

Santa Express 2013 - Flight To Success | Where a whole bunch of Delta employees bring holiday cheer to kids who need a smile and some extra love this holiday season. Pictures speak louder than words ...Enjoy!

Dayton film producer buys a UAV - sUAS News | A Dayton film producer has purchased a helicopter. A very small one. Niche Productions said Tuesday it will take possession of a “Black Armored Drone” with a gimbal, or pivot mechanism, manufactured by Intuitive Aerial, of Sweden....

Birthday boy flies solo - Timaru Herald |  Tom Thorne celebrated his 16th birthday yesterday in a way few others have. The Waimate lad flew solo for the first time, in a Piper Tomahawk at the South Canterbury Aero Club. His interest in aviation began at the age of 12 when he was introduced to flying model aeroplanes. He began flying lessons at 14 and has been anxiously awaiting his 16th birthday, the age he could legally fly solo....

Indy Transponder 04-DEC-2013 1730z

Spectacular aerobatic display at Skydive Dubai - Emirates 24/7 | Officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows represent the United Kingdom and have been thrilling crowds, at home and overseas, since the 1960s. As ambassadors for the UK, the Red Arrows showcase the excellence of the Royal ...

Red Bull Air Race World Championship Tickets Now on Sale - Marketwired | SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 3, 2013) - Tickets for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship season are now on sale, as the world's fastest motorsport series returns to the skies at exciting new locations around the world after a three-year break.

Blue Angels to return to Seafair air shows in 2014, 2015 - KIRO Seattle | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels, which were unable to appear at this year's Seafair weekend, will be back for the annual August air shows in 2014 and 2015. The squadron canceled appearances across the country this year because of government budget cuts.

POF’s Living History Event: Attack On Pearl Harbor · WarbirdsNews | As reported on Planes of Fame Air Museum’s website on December 7,2013 the museum, for its monthly Living History Event, will feature ‘Attack on Pearl Harbor’. The Japanese Imperial Navy Aichi D3A ‘Val’ (movie conversion) and the D4Y3 ‘Judy’ Suisei Yokosuka dive bombers will be featured and discussed. Dan King is the featured speaker, author of ‘The Last Zero Fighter’. Dan is a WWII Pacific war historian who reads, write and speak Japanese.His original...

CAF High Sky Wing Hosts Toys for Tots Fly-in on December 7 - Newsday | The CAF High Sky Wing and the CAF Airpower Museum will host the 7th annual Toys for Tots donation drive on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 9 a.m.. Midland, Texas (PRWEB) December 03, 2013. The CAF High Sky Wing and the CAF Airpower...

Airport holding cookie fly-in - Daily Journal Online | The Bonne Terre Airport will hold a Sugar Rush Fly-In and Cookie Exchange from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the airport, located at 7444 Williams Road in Bonne Terre. Prizes will be awarded for the yummiest, prettiest and most unique cookies plus the ...

Coast Guard Searches for Aviator, Cumming Native, 70 Years After Crash - Patch.com | The body of a Cumming native and U.S. Coast Guard aviator who died during World War II attempting a rescue has never been found. But more than 70 years later, the remains of Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Bottoms may be recovered and returned to ...

Santa Rosa to donate Korean War memorial to air museum - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Santa Rosa has agreed to donate a long-ignored Korean War memorial to the Pacific Coast Air Museum. The plaque honors the efforts of the U.S. Navy's Carrier Air Group Two, which operated at the Santa Rosa Auxiliary Landing Field in southwest of the ...

The Hunt For the Spitfires In Burma Continues · Warbirds News | This morning we have received an email from Vincent Miles, a manager with Claridon Group Ltd, with the following title “CLARIDON GROUP SAVE THE SPITFIRE PROJECT IN BURMA”. No need to say that this got our attention and put all the things we have planned for the day in the back burner. We called Vincent to get more information about this news...

Replica WWII glider becomes casualty of air museum split - Iosco County News Herald | The Waco CG-4A combat glider, constructed by Bill Erb for the past 20 years, will be relocated from the Wurtsmith Air Museum in Oscoda to the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren this spring....

Patuxent naval air museum due date now 2015 - So Md News | A new contractor is on the verge of resuming construction of a new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitor Center. The Maryland State Highway Administration has given its approval of a new contract, and the St. Mary's County commissioners approved...

Vickers Vulture II — film star by travelforaircraft | This aircraft looked familiar though for an unknown reason but in researching the aircraft on this Wikipedia page it was learned that this the aircraft type used (as a set and as a model) in the 1977 adventure film, The People That Time Forgot. But the Vulture II registered as G-EBHO was more than a mythical aircraft in a film, it was used in a world circumnavigating attempt which began in 1924 at Calshot in the UK...

SR-71 Blackbird was so fast it outran every missile, Mig fighter jet encountered over enemy territory - The Aviationist | Even if the development of the hypersonic strike aircraft dubbed SR-72 has been recently announced, its predecessor, the iconic Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird, remains one of the fastest planes ever flown operationally...

The Pentagon's New Top Woman Inspired Kelly McGillis' Top Gun Role - Gawker | Christine Fox is set to become the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Department of Defense tomorrow. She is unquestionably uber-qualified—and what's more, her review of Maverick's flight performance was spot on. Fox is slated to act as deputy secretary of defense, the No. 2 role at the Pentagon, until a permanent successor to the outgoing Ashton Carter is named. It's the culmination of a long and respected career as a naval analyst. But Foreign Policy's profile of Fox this morning reminded readers of another entry on her CV: She was the inspiration for Charlie, the tough-talking ground instructor who fell for Tom Cruise in Top Gun....

I'm A Fan Of Amelia Rose Earhart! (Watch Her TEDx Speech To Learn Why) - AirPigz |  I hope the people who found it necessary to beat up on Amelia Rose Earhart back in August, when it surfaced that she's not actually related to the Emelia Earhart aviator of the 1930's, know enough today to feel bad for the things they said... if they don't (maybe you're one of them?) then this video, recorded back in October at a Denver TEDx event, should do the trick. She's done an excellent job here explaining the past, the present, and the future.

Video: Russian Mig-31 Foxhound as you’ve never seen it (using GoPro cameras) - The Aviationist | One of those videos that don’t need much comments. This is what happens wen you couple some Russian Air Force Mig-31s and GoPro cameras mounted in various positions on the Mach 2.83 Foxhound.

Scholarships available for women, youth, aerobatic students - AOPA Pilot | ... aviation industry to make you aware of opportunities for financial help. Scholarship applications have opened for women considering careers in corporate aviation, youths wanting to learn to fly or study aviation, and those interested in learning ...