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188th Expects Huge Air Show - Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
By Scott Smith Some shocking shows will take the
Fort Smith Air Show past the jet stream May 17-18, officials said. Expected to draw 200000 area residents ...
http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/03/17/week_in_review/news/saturday/news01.txt

Military Channel films at Langley for upcoming episode - Air Force Link - Washington,DC,USA
The episode, which is part of the series "Showdown: Air Combat," will focus on the F-22 Raptor and its capabilities. The 10-segment series will highlight ...
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123090516

Dade may partner with Homestead base for air show - Miami Herald Mon, 17 Mar 2008 7:09 AM PDT
Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis C. Moss won approval allowing the county to investigate partnering with Homestead Air Reserve Base to stage an air show in November.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/neighbors/story/457722.html

McGuire air show takes off May 31 - Asbury Park Press Mon, 17 Mar 2008 1:15 AM PDT
McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE: May 31 and June 1 are the designated dates for this year's Air Expo, a free show that will feature live aerial performances and on-the-ground static aircraft displays.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080317/NEWS03/803170378

Thunderbird Air Show - KSAN/KLST San Angelo Sat, 15 Mar 2008 8:48 PM PDT
If were outside Saturday you probably saw the city of
San Angelo ’s guests. Many people spent the day watching the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly high in the sky. It was nice day outside for the high flying action of the six F-16 thunderbirds. "Its great, the weather great, planes are fantastic."

http://conchovalleyhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=5277

Military clings to beloved air tanker - Salt Lake Tribune - United States
"They're going to be flying these until 2040," Cline said as he completed a post-flight checklist after the Blue Angels rendezvous. ...
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8609572

Utah Air National Guard helps fuel Blue Angels - ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
That’s exactly what members of the Utah Air National Guard and the Blue Angels teamed up to do on Monday. And they let a few lucky guests watch. ...
http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=44f178c5-e315-400d-9f87-73aa8adfb948

Brand loyalty flies the friendly skies - Salt Lake Tribune - United States
That includes Utah Air National Guard pilot Dan Kemp, 41, who was in the cockpit this morning as his Stratotanker crew refueled the Navy's famed Blue Angels ...
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8606755

UNI flight students have heads in the clouds, feet on the ground
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
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Staff Writer CEDAR FALLS --- Manoj Balachandran's cousin in India flies light combat planes in an exhibition team similar to the Air Force Blue Angels. ...
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/03/17/news/metro/10184207.txt

Hundreds flock to air show - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Sat, 15 Mar 2008 4:46 PM PDT
Hundreds of people gathered at the
Columbus Metropolitan Airport Saturday morning, their heads craned toward a cloudy sky. They were waiting for a sunny sky. Weather at the first day of the 11th annual Thunder in the Valley Air Show was overcast and windy, but the skies cleared in the afternoon in time for the first aerobatic plane to take off a little after 1 p.m. While many event-goers may ...

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/breaking_news/story/273043.html

US Army buys three new Twin Otters - Aviation.ca - Canada
Viking Air Limited has won a $14.3 million contract to supply three new DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft to the US Army Golden Knights parachute team, ...
http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/5444/117/

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/03/18/222343/viking-twin-otters-for-us-armys-golden-knights-parachute.html

Getting the jump on team building - Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The cable giant partnered with the US Army Parachute Team, known as the "Golden Knights," who've performed at air shows and other events for decades. ...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0318biz-buzz0318.html

Air show looks like a smooth takeoff to organizers - The San Angelo Standard-Times Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:40 PM PDT
You think you pay a lot for gas? Try paying more than $5 per gallon. For 40,000 gallons of fuel

http://gosanangelo.com/news/2008/mar/15/air-show-looks-like-a-smooth-takeoff-to/?partner=yahoo_headlines

The Countdown to the 2008 AirFEST Begins

With just more than sixty days until the first scheduled arrivals for the 2008 ABC Supply Company Southern Wisconsin AirFEST, the countdown has begun for a spectacular event to feature the finest in both military and civilian performers and aircraft. An exciting year for AirFEST, 2008 marks the first time appearance of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Jet Team, and the F-15 Eagle as part of the featured event line-up!

http://www.swairfest.org/

Blue Angels Help with Birth - WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Jennifer Rogers News Producer People living along the
Florida panhandle are probably pretty familiar with the sounds of the Navy's Blue Angels' jets. ...
http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/blue_angels_help_with_birth/11566/

Renovation takes flight at WWII air museum - DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP -- Nearly a year has passed since
Yankee Air Museum got moving on a 20-year, $100 million restoration project at Willow Run Airport, ...
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/METRO01/803180380/1410/METRO01

Pilot Eric Benson will demonstrate F-14 at air museum - Sequoyah County Times - Sallisaw,OK,USA
Capt. Eric Benson, a originally of Sallisaw and retired Oceana Naval Air Station's base commander, will be teaching twists and turns at the Tulsa Air and ...
http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/articles/2008/03/17/news/front9b.txt

U.Va. ROTC pitch takes to the skies over Charlottesville - Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Ten U.Va. students, faculty and administrators selected from a pool of volunteers parachuted last week with the elite Golden Knights. ...
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--u.va.-skydive0316mar16,0,4718753.story

KAI to Sell Supersonic Trainers for Air Force Aerobatics Team - Korea Times - South Korea
The company did not disclose how many planes it will deliver to the air show team because of the Air Force's policy, but it is estimated to be around 10 ...
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/03/123_20848.html

Air show cancels two events due to high winds - Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
RANCHO CORDOVA – High winds Sunday forced cancellation of two demonstrations at the California Capital Airshow at
Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova....
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/790880.html

California Capital Airshow Runs Smoothly Thanks to Efforts of ... Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
But there is at least one thing almost any parent and any kid will love equally -- an airshow. Tickets are generally cheap, all manner of gigantic aircraft ...
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/275131

Pensioner inspired by Red Arrows - BBC News - UK
An office worker inspired to take up flying after watching the Red Arrows is thought to have become the oldest woman in the
UK to get a pilot's licence. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7300775.stm

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/03/17/old-aged-pilot-86908-20353636/

Las Cruces City Council to mull affordable, housing committee - Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA
The contemplated extension for Rocket Racing League would give the company additional time to identify specific employers who would locate in the league's ...
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8589905?source=most_emailed

Air Force fires up for thrills - Manawatu Standard - Palmerston North,New Zealand
"Some people came down from Hamilton which missed out on an
air show and others came up from Wellington." The next open day is likely to be at Whenuapai in ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4442457a6003.html

WAI 2008: Sherry Avery -- Above the Dinosaurs - Aero-News Network - FL,USA
Avery spoke at the General Session on Friday at the
Women in Aviation Conference. As with the other speakers, the message contained thoughts to help in the ...
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=dc28bdf3-9e99-4ad5-90e0-55ed20633c42

Air show glamour still pulls them - Manawatu Standard - Palmerston North,New Zealand
Decades ago there were air shows that featured the same F1-11s, plus American F-15 fighter jets, plus the trainer jets, and plus an aerobatics team made up ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4445316a24663.html

Mesa airfield event gives opportunity to swing through time - ASU Web Devil - Tempe,AZ,USA
The
Air Museum, located on Greenfield Road and McKinley Street, is an attraction in itself. It features mostly 1930s and '40s-era historic warplanes, ...
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2008/03/17/style/704130

Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow - Wanaka Airport - Drivesouth - Dunedin,Otago,New Zealand
By Catherine Wellington on
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 International Warbird, civil and military aircraft conduct practice displays in preparation for the following ...
http://www.drivesouth.co.nz/event/5210/warbirds-over-wanaka-international-airshow-wanaka-airport

30000 flock to Ohakea - Manawatu Standard - Palmerston North,New Zealand
Among the aircraft on display were vintage warbirds and training aircraft along with F-111 bombers from the Australian Air Force and a Singaporean C130 ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4444106a20379.html

Star honoring local Doolittle Raider rises in mystery
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
A facility at Grissom Air Reserve Base in
Bunker Hill is named after him, but it’sa good bet practically no one knows a Fort Wayne native was involved in ...
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/LOCAL0201/803160315/1002/LOCAL

Indiana: Sending Tech Messages - Business Facilities - USA
The company will invest more than $2 million to locate its new facilities in 34000 square feet of an existing space at the
Mount Comfort Industrial Park. ...
http://www.businessfacilities.com/bf_08_02_news2.php

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