Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Kessler air show to feature Blue Angels - WDAM-TV | BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The Keesler Air Force Base will host the Angels Over the Bay air show and Open House on March 19 and 20, 2011. The show coincides with Kessler's 70 year history. This year the show will feature The Blue Angels. ...
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Blue Angels Practice Resumes March 16 - Pensacola with Kids | The Blue Angels will resume their practices on March 16.  Practices are held most Tuesdays and Wednesdays on the flight line behind the National Aviation Museum.  Practices begin at 8:30am.  Admission to the Blue Angels practice is free and it is open to the public.  It is located on NAS Pensacola so when you are on base, be sure to abide by the signs and rules. ...

Air show lineup announced - Hamilton Spectator | After a 10-year hiatus, the Hamilton Air Show is returning to John C. Munro Airport this summer. Good news for aviation aficionados – the Hamilton Air Show is back and boasting a strong lineup. Returning after a 10-year-hiatus, the two-day show will ...

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New Garden Air Show tickets on sale online - The Unionville Times | The air show will also feature numerous warbirds that will grace the skies each afternoon. These warbirds will include the Confederate Air Force Dixie Wing's P-51 Mustang and Dan Dameo in the P-40 Warhawk. The event also brings a world-class car show ...

Cosford air show line-up starts to take shape - shropshirelive.com | And the jaw-dropping aerobatic teams will be back – with a few new acts to add to the entertainment. Bill Hartree, flying display director, said: “We will see the Blades back in the air, the RAF Falcons, the Royal Navy Black Cats and of course the ...

Wings of Freedom Tour - KXII-TV | Fisher did 35 missions over Germany and spent most of his years of service in the b-17 flying fortress. "Its still the prettiest airplane that God every made and its technically so superior to anything else that anybody else had it came home," said ...

Do you like old warplanes? You can look at some for $12, ride in one for $425 ... - Dallas Morning News | On display will be a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber (above), a B-24 Liberator bomber, and a P-51 Mustang fighter (below). According to the tour's promoters, the B-17 is one of only 11 remaining in flying condition in the United States. ...

Supporters of The Immokalee Foundation are flying high - Naples Daily News | Among those who purchased rides on the fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” and the North American Dual Control P-51 Mustang “Betty Jane” are passionate supporters of The Immokalee Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides ...

Rare First World War plane being restored at RAF Cosford - shropshirestar.com | Restoration teams at RAF Museum Cosford have been working tirelessly on the old plane for months and RAF bosses say a piece of aviation history has been rescued from the scrapheap. Conservation manager Tim Wallis said the museum was holding a behind ...

Tulare County Fair returning with aviation theme - Fresno Business Journal | The 2011 edition of the Tulare County Fair will celebrate “Just Plane Fun” with an aviation theme. The fair will take place Sept. 14 through 18 at 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Tulare. “Spring is a great time to announce our theme because the ...

Volunteers at Arlington Airport share their love of flight with more than 150 women, girls - Arlington Times | Heavy rain and cloud-covered skies limited their flying hours, but it didn’t keep more than 150 women and girls from flying at the Arlington Airport.  Out of the Blue Aviation recruited a dozen area pilots to take aspiring female aviators of all ages into the air on March 12, when the foul weather wasn’t lowering their flight ceiling too much. ...

Gloster Meteor F 8 from Planeshots

Hurricane vs Bf 110 from Let Let Let - Warplanes | Osprey Duel series of publications are focused on the war time account and machines engaged in combat against each other. This approach required a lot of documents and reports analyses and any publication from this series is worth of great attention. Duel no. 29 have for subject fights encountered between Hawker Hurricane Mk.I and Messerschmitt Bf 110. ...

Aviation Heritage: C-46 Commando by Chris | Aviation Heritage. Thanks for visiting! Most images are clickable for larger versions. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. C-46 Commando. Always overshadowed by its C-47 stablemate, the C-46 was actually more technically advanced in many ways than ...

David F. Lawler — Rochester - Post-Bulletin
As a gunner, his B17 was shot down during his 35th mission over Germany. He was captured and became a prisoner of war. He was later liberated from the POW camp and returned to Rochester. He married LaRayne Holmes in Oakland, Calif., on Jan. 3, 1947. ...

xplanes: The Northrop XB-35 flying wing bomber, with B-17 (via) from Planeshots

Sikorsky X2 Technology™ Demonstrator Wins Prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy - PRNewswire |The Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. X2 Technology™ demonstrator team has been named the winner of the 2010 Robert J. Collier Trophy, ...

C-17 Loads Los Angeles Fire And Rescue Team And Supplies For Japan - http://airboyd.tv Courtesy: 4th Combat Camera Squadron, Video by Senior Master Sgt. David Smith C-17A, tail number 900060 from 4th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base McChord, Washington arrives at March ARB, California to upload 11 pallets of equipment and 3 personnel from Los Angeles Fire and Rescue Team. Aircraft departs and flys direct to Misawa AB, Japan in support of relief efforts for earthquake disaster in Japan. 

Help For Aviators Helping In Japan from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Relief organizations and business aircraft operators working in the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami need to navigate a maze of airspace restrictions and airport closures, a challenge that is made a little easier with a list of resources and updates compiled this week by the National Business Aviation Association. Tokyo International Airport is closed to general aviation traffic until Friday, but many other airports are open, NBAA said.  ...

British Airways and Comic Relief 'Flying Start' - Gig in the Sky Highlights - YouTube | On Saturday March 12, 2011 we set a new Guinness World Records title for 'Highest stand up comedy gig in the world', with comedians Dara O Briain, Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson. ...

"Congressional Urgings" UCAP #226 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

Young Eagles tour takes off from General Aviation News | Jeff Skiles, one of the cockpit crew who safety landed a disabled US Airways airliner on the Hudson River in January 2009, will use his flying skills in the EAA’s sweepstakes plane, a Cessna Skycatcher, to inspire young people this month during a flight tour. Skiles, who with “Miracle on the Hudson” captain Sully Sullenberger serves as Young Eagles co-chairmen, will make four stops en route to the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., which will be held March 29-April 3. During each stop, he will fly young people as part of the Young Eagles program during flight rallies set up by EAA chapters in each community. ...

Astronauts Photograph Japan Quake and Tsunami Aftermath from Space from SPACE.com | Astronauts in space have snapped photos of the devastation from Japan earthquake and tsunami.

Endeavour Readies for Launch from Warplanes Online Community | On Mar. 11, shuttle Endeavour reached the launch pad for preparations to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station during the STS-134 mission. ...

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