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Sri Lanka air force jets crash during air show rehearsal (1st Lead) - Monsters and Critics.com | Colombo - Two fighter jets crashed on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Tuesday after a mid-air collision during rehearsal for an air force celebration, the military said. One of the pilots was killed in the crash in the Yakkala area, 30 kilometres ...

Opening of the Australian International Air Show - Scoop.co.nz | I also acknowledge and thank the sponsors of the Air Show. It is a pleasure to join you for the official opening of the Australian International Air Show and Trade Exposition. This year's Air Show also coincides with the celebration of 90 years since ...

RAAF celebrates 90th birthday at airshow - Ninemsn | The Australian International Airshow is one of the world's largest and most important aviation and aerospace forums, ranking alongside similar events in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This year's airshow, which began at Avalon south of Melbourne on ...

RSAF takes part in Australian Airshow - Straits Times | THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is participating in the 10th Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, also known as the Avalon Airshow. This year's airshow also celebrates the 90th anniversary of ...

Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! from Warplanes Online Community |
Relieve the glory of aviation by joining our Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! This March, Warplanes is doing a Facebook Photo Contest where lucky aviation fans get to win five scale ...
   
2 Utahns honored for WWII heroism - Deseret News | The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that Sersland was a B-17 aerial gunner for 35 bombing raids over enemy-occupied Europe from October 1944 to March 1945. The Daily Herald of Provo reports Allan was the co-pilot of a B-24 that was shot down on Sept ...
   
Michael J. Vadella Jr - Evening Observer | He was a WW II veteran serving in the Army Air Corps as a B17 bombardier. For over 40 years, Mike was employed in the ice cream industry with Dunkirk Ice Cream, Louden Hill and Dolly Madison. He was the father of three children, Mike's oldest daughter ...

News and notes — Christchurch II from Travel for Aircraft  | A bit of good news — the director of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Mrs. Thérèse Angelo, replied to my inquiry as to the heath of the museum staff and the museum. Here is what she wrote: ...

Bell AH-1S Cobra Front View from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | There are about 1676 horsepower between the R22 from a few days back and today's Bell AH-1S Cobra. I took this picture in early January at the Pima Air and Space Museum. We're looking at a true front view of this helicopter, which I took  ...

A piece of aviation history is rediscovered from Bayou Renaissance Man | The BBC reports that the dilapidated wreckage of a World War I seaplane lighter has been discovered in England. ...

Today in Aviation History – March 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1912… Capt. Albert Berry makes the first parachute descent from a powered airplane in America when he jumps from a Benoist aircraft that is being flown by the company pilot, Anthony Jannus. The aircraft is flying at a height of 1,500 ft. over Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and Berry uses a static line parachute. ...

New Facebook Page For Gyrox from The GYROX Team | Anybody who is active on Facebook will know that there is a limit to how many friends you may have on one account. At the moment this stands at 5,000 and Norman’s Facebook page is rapidly approaching that cut-off number. Therefore we are happy to announce that Norman and the Gyrox experience now have their own Facebook Page which you can find [here] … This type of page allows for an unlimited number of followers ...

Two Flying Tigers movies in the works from  Flying Tigers News | Two movies about the Flying Tigers are in the works, according to Deadline.com, with John Woo and Terence Chang getting off the tarmac first with their saga. But New Regency, 20th Century Fox, and Tom Cruise are still fighting the good ...

Black Ops 'Dark Deltoid' VTOL Caught Flying In Texas Hangar from AirPigz w Video | It's hard to believe something so small, light, and inexpensive could look so stinkin' cool in the air, but this little Dark Deltoid RC model is all that and more. I've seen a lot of nifty RC ideas in the last couple years, but nothing makes me wanna get active again more than this little thing. And no, it's not really 'black ops' material, and technically the building isn't really a hangar, except for when a group of electric modelers take over and bring their airplanes inside. ...

Skylab – the early days part 2 from The Unwanted Blog | Artwork of more or less this configuration was shown previously; here are a few simple diagrams. This wet-lab Apollo Applications Program orbiting workshop was the clear antecedant of Skylab, with obvious differences, most obviously the solar panel configuration. ...