Monday, March 14, 2011

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Blue Angels Returning Home - WKRG-TV | by Blue Angels PENSACOLA, FL - The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, are returning to Naval Air Station Pensacola Monday following their annual 10-week winter training cycle at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif. ...

EOD's 'Wall of Fire' Impresses Crowd at NAF El Centro Air Show - Navy Compass | The two EOD units created three separate explosive acts including the “Wall of Fire,” one of the main highlights of the air show. This was the second year Sailors from EODMU 11 participated in the event. “This is a culmination of months of planning, ...

Aerial salutes to diggers - Bundaberg NewsMail | A T-28 Trojan prepares to take off at the 2009 Wide Bay Australia International Airshow. This year's Anzac Day services will see flypasts by the Trojan. ANZAC Day services around the Bundaberg region this year will be enlivened by aerial salutes and ...

Former pilot reminisces about WWII service  from Aviation eBrief  | Former World War II pilot Nell Stevenson Bright reminisced about her experience with the Women Air Force Service Pilots.  -More

Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow 2011 - Airplanes Channel: Aircraft ... - The Omaka Classic Fighters is considered one of the most interesting an innovative airshows in the world. Visitors to the event will be able to watch history performed live as the Allies take on the offensive during the two World Wars. ...

F16 jet hits building during Japan Tsunami  from Military Photos by DefenceTalk.com by The Watcher:

Video of Japanese fighter jet base swamped by tsunami [Video]  from Jalopnik by Ray Wert | Earlier this morning, we showed you an amazing photo of a swamped Japanese F-2A fighter jet. Now there's video of the damage done to it — and 17 others — at its air base. More »

U-2s deployed over Japan  from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- As Japan copes with the aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11, the United States has sent help in the form of personnel, equipment and a watchful eye in the sky -- a U-2 "Dragonlady" from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron here…

Coming Soon: General Aviation in China  from Jetwhine by Robert Mark | Every time I hear someone use the words general aviation and China in the same sentence, I can’t help but think back a few years ago to the early days of the Cessna 162 Skycatcher.  Remember the bombshell announcement, when Cessna told the world the only way they could bring the little bird to market at an affordable price was to let the folks in China build the parts with Cessna re-assembling in the United States? I doubt the sting of the return slap Cessna received from much of the Wichita labor community has been forgotten…

Patents Reveal Boeing Low-Noise Ideas  from Things with Wings by Graham Warwick | Don't hold your breath for Boeing to launch this design as a replacement for the 737...

NASA Launches New Website, Celebrates Women's Contributions To Science And Exploration  from NASA Breaking News | NASA will debut its new Women@NASA website during a Women's History Month event at the agency's Headquarters in Washington at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 16…

Why Helicopters Are So Slow  from Aviation Blogs by flyer98 | The most powerful helicopters in the world max out around at 170 or maybe 180 knots of airspeed. These can be multi-million dollar machines with two, or even three, of the most powerful turbine engines available. Why are the fastest helicopters slower than some of the quickest piston single airplanes?

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