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More than ever before, Blues show must go on - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels, the US Naval flight demonstration team, performs its annual Pensacola Beach Air Show on Saturday, with a full dress rehearsal on Friday. ...

People Look to the Sky During National Cherry Festival's Air Show - 9&10 News | Festival organizers say the Air Show is one of the most anticipated events in the National Cherry Festival. The Blue Angels and several other stunt pilots ...

Frecce Tricolori nel cielo di Capo d'Orlando - Hercole.it | The Tricolori " are having a party in Capo d' Orlando , near Messina. Starts today, the ' Air Show 2010 Capo d' Orlando . The " Arrows " will perform this afternoon, but yesterday they made the dress rehearsal in heaven before the Lungomare Andrea Doria and Ligabue…

United States - Iowa - Dubuque Air Show & Fireworks 2010 - Dubuque - 07/03/10
from FenceCheck Forums - Had a great time with the gang.  Never thought the B-17 could steal the show, but it did! - Heritage flight with Vlado and Dusty:

FIFI Ready To Fly, FAA Not from Pacific Flyer - The Commemorative Air Force announced in late June that the world's only flyable B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" was to return to the skies on Tuesday, June 29 at Midland, Texas. But that was before the FAA got involved. Or rather, wouldn't…

1910: When Wright plane flew in Aurora - Aurora Beacon News | This image shows the Wright Aeroplane in flight over Aurora in 1910. Twenty minutes into his flight, after soaring to the breathtaking height of 850 feet, ...

Were The Wright Brothers Wrong? from Pacific Flyer - We all know the history of the Wright Brothers and their first flight in 1903, correct? It's been drummed into us how flying successfully was their idea, due to their inspiration and their innate understanding of the four forces of flight that eventually resulted in the hallowed Wright flyer…

Aviation museums take flight in Ohio - Columbus Dispatch | While in the area, aviation buffs might also want to stop by the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, which tells the story of the Wright ...

National Aviation Hall rehires former director, seeks ways to thrive - Dayton Daily News | Ty Greenlees/Staff Photographer Ron Kaplan retuned to lead the National Aviation Hall of Fame before its big weekend, July 16-17. ...

Virgin Galactic CEO talks about company's plans - Las Cruces Sun-News | The X Prize vehicles were designed and built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, and actually made it to space. Q: Had you been following New ...

Boeing 'Speed Agile' Concept Reminds Me Of The 60's by Martt | Looking a bit B-2ish, with an added whale tail, this Boeing 'Speed Agile' concept was unearthed over at AviationWeek.com. The 'Speed Agile' term is a way of describing what the U.S. Military is looking for in a future replacement for the C-130. The idea is to have a very STOL aircraft capable of really slow flight, but also have cruise speeds above .8 Mach (possibly transonic), with take off and landing distances of 2,000 feet or less, all while being able to tote around 65,000 pounds of battle hardware. Looks like they pretty much want it all…

Speed Agile Stealth Transport concept design discovered from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass - I am researching something on future airlifters and wanted artwork on the stealthy super-STOL tactical transport Boeing windtunnel tested under the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Speed Agile program…

NASA successfully tests autonomous lunar lander navigation system, codename GENIE (video) from Engadget by Sean Hollister | Robonaut2 may have fantastic biceps, but raw muscle won't put a man humanoid on the moon -- that takes rockets. Rockets like the one in this RR-1 prototype lander, recently outfitted with a Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) system to let the craft safely descend to the lunar surface…

STS-111 UAV Airship Arrives In US from Aero-News Network | German Aircraft To Get Payload Integration Work In Maryland The newest UAV airship from the German manufacturer Sanswire has arrived in Maryland for initial inspection of the craft, and the integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies into the UAV's sensor bay.

A new twist to the KC-X competition from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm intrigued by the news that a relatively unknown US company has teamed up with Antonov of the Ukraine to offer the latter company's aircraft as a candidate for the US Air Force's KC-X competition to select a new aerial refueling tanker. There's a lot of skepticism in aviation circles about the news. Pundits have pointed out that none of the proposed Antonov models have ever been used as aerial tankers (indeed, two of the three don't yet exist!); that the US partner, US Aerospace, has never built an aircraft in its life and appears to be in financial difficulties already; and that the project appears to depend on unnamed outside investors, who may or may not materialize. Also, Antonov in the Ukraine has been struggling to find financing for its projects since the breakup of the Soviet Union. There are rumors that Russia would like to see the company either fold up entirely, or move back to Russia so that the latter nation can control its output. I'm pretty sure the last thing Russia wants is for Antonov to partner with a Western firm, and it can be expected to mount vigorous opposition…

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Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - In the 1960s as preliminary design work began on what would become the Space Shuttle, thoughts turned to ways of protecting the vehicle on its fiery re-entry into the atmosphere. The thermal protection issue was closely intertwined with what structural material to use for the spacecraft. One school of thought was based on what was used on the X-15 program- a "hot structure" that was tolerant to high temperatures. Unfortunately this meant the use of expensive and possibly rare alloys…