Thursday, May 22, 2008

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Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Military Heroes at Arlington National CemeteryArlington National Cemetery.
via Front Page
A patriotic ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s military members is scheduled for May 26th at 11 a.m. in ...
http://tinyurl.com/3jdseb

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Blue Angels Performing at Annapolis - Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform a variety of high-speed, aerobatic precision-maneuvers above the Severn River Wednesday, May 21 during the Naval Academy’s Commissioning Week. Viewing areas for the show will include Ingram Field, portions of Farragut Field and Hospital Point on the Naval Academy grounds. These events are free and open to the public. ...
http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/blue-angels-performing-at-annapolis.html

Academy grads play key roles for Blue Angels - Annapolis Capital, MD
By EARL KELLY, Staff Writer Two members of the Blue Angels stood under a tent at the Naval Academy yesterday, watching the rain fall and wondering if the ...
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/05_21-40/NAV

Air show a chance to bring ND military home - Jamestown Sun, ND
As well as a day of aerial performances, the James-town Air Fest June 28, which kicks off James-town’s 125th Anniversary Celebration, ...
http://www.jamestownsun.com/articles/index.cfm?id=66470&section=News

Milcom Airshow Report Fort Smith Arkansas - Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry
The US Air Force Thunderbirds performed at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on May 17-18 and one of our milcom field reporters, Mark Shadwick, files the following frequency report. Thanks a million Mark, we appreciate you sharing your airshow experience with all our Milcom Monitoring Post readers.
http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/milcom-airshow-report-fort-smith.html

Stormy weather clears the area in time for the 2008 Fairhope Air Show - Gulf Coast Newspapers, AL
The C-17 cargo plane was the behemoth of the static displays at the 3rd Annual Fairhope Air Show Saturday at the HL “Sonny” Callahan Airport. ...
http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2008/05/21/local_news/doc48331e67d7cf2618373834.txt

Malmstrom recognized with Canada's top military honor - Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Airman 1st Class Emerald Ralston )
Canadian Forces and the Malmstrom Air Force Base members gathered here May 17 to recognize the actions of the base community in the wake of a fatal aircraft accident during an open house practice May 18, 2007. ...Canadian Forces Capt. Shawn McCaughey, a Snowbirds aerial demonstration team pilot, was killed when his aircraft went down at Malmstrom AFB. ...
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123099623

Motor Racing In 3D — Red-Bull Style from Google- Reno air races
Unlike the legendary Reno Air Races, in which aircraft battle wing-to-wing around a huge oval course at maximum speed (in the top Unlimited class, Reno racers approach 500 mph — often just 50 feet off the ground), the Red Bull series is ...
http://www.nioz.net/others/motor-racing-in-3d-red-bull-style-2.html

Red Arrows moving to new RAF base - BBC News, UK - 12 hours ago
The Red Arrows acrobatic aerial team is moving to a new RAF base in Lincolnshire, the BBC has learned. The county council has confirmed the team's base will move to another base in the county...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/7412074.stm
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Otter to be showcased at Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UK
... the extreme temperatures of the Antarctic will be showcased in the relative warmth of the Cotswolds at the Royal International Air Tattoo this summer. ...
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/display.var.2286133.0.otter_to_be_showcased_at_air_tattoo.php

Biggin Hill Competition - News Shopper, UK
THE 2008 International Air Fair at Biggin Hill Airport will provide top flight, spectacular entertainment for all the family on June 7 and June 8. ...
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/competitions.var.2266968.0.0.php

Daredevil Tom on award shortlist - ic Solihull.co.uk, UK
The extraordinary 87-year-old with a reputation for enjoying wing walking and aerobatic flying has been shortlisted for Live Younger Personality of the Year ...
http://tinyurl.com/4vh9j8

Snow Birds to fly in Aug. 27 - Welland Tribune, Canada
Welland city councillors weren't happy about being asked to pitch in thousands more than neighbouring municipalities for a Snow Birds visit. ...
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1035561

Yak52 training day (Air to Air) - EHLE, the Netherlands ‘08from Technorati Search for: Airshow 24 t/m 29 April Yak52 training days Wings over Holland/Lelystad (EHLE) airport the Netherlands. Information about the RedYak. The Redyak 52 is an unique display in The Netherlands. The only one based in Holland (Lelystad, EHLE) used for airshow demo’s. It was build in june 1996 as a military basic trainer, primary area of use in the former Eastern-block countries, however, in the last 15 years very much appreciated in ‘the west’. It is still in production and recently bought by the Tjech ai...
http://www.henktito.com/protito/archives/110

Racing the Clock to Bring Back the Intrepid - New York Times, United States
... its home pier spiraled past $100 million, almost double the original estimate, said Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. ...
http://tinyurl.com/3eumqp

Evergreen Space Museum Launches June 6 - Helicopter Association International, VA
... of which are in the museum’s permanent collection and others that will be loaned to the museum by he Kansas Cosmosphere and National Air & Space Museum. ...
http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=58793

Wynonna concert to go global - Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK
The show is scheduled to take place at 7 pm June 27 as part of Arctic Thunder, Elmendorf Air Force Base's annual air show and open house and the kickoff ...
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/412557.html

Alaska aviator and historian dies - Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK
Randy Acord stands with a Wien Air Alaska poster in the Interior and Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation Air Museum in Pioneer Park in 2003. ...
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/newsreader/story/412794.html

Soaring Slideshow from Planenews Aviation News Portal
Photographer Glenn Holden, AOPA member 2236667, first soloed in 1986. He currently holds single-engine airplane and commercial glider pilot certificates. He began flying cross-country in gliders in 1998 and in soaring competitions in 1999. When not flying his glider or a club Aeronca Champ, he mixes his passion for flight with a love of photography. Holden photographed the Region 5 North Soaring Championships in Perry, S.C., April 21 through 26. More than 75 aircraft and 150 people participated in the weeklong event...
http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9403

Mother of twins conquers her fear of flying from AOPA News
Every mother with young children is desperate for it--a little "me time" to focus on her own needs. But when Melissa Williams-Brown, mother of three-year-old twin boys, decided to do something for herself, she was looking for what would become one of the proudest moments of her life.
http://www.aopa.org/training/articles/2008/080521mother.html

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