Friday, March 18, 2011

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Luke AFB celebrates 70 years, displays more than 80 aircraft from Warplanes Online Community | The largest F-16 pilot training base in the world, Luke will welcome around 200,000 civilians Saturday and Sunday during the Luke Days 70 Years of Thunder open house and air show.  “This is a chance for taxpayers to see what they’re paying for,” said Col. Robert McCutchen, the open house director. “And it’s our opportunity to showcase the world’s greatest air force. The public can see the ...
   
Armed Forces Day line-up revealed - Scotsman | A ROYAL Mile parade, a party in Holyrood Park and a spectacular Red Arrows air display over Leith are just a few of the highlights of Edinburgh's Armed Forces Day, the Evening News can reveal today. Thousands of servicemen and women ...

The Tricolour Arrows mark the celebrations of 150 years of the Unification of Italy - via Translator | ... The ceremonies started from 09:00 this morning when the President visited the Altar of the Fatherland to lay wreaths to the fallen of all wars. Spectacular was the passage of that Tricolor Arrows, synchronized to the second, they vibrated the hearts of those present. The tricolor smoke covered the sky of Rome, and filled my heart with emotions who try to see the Italian flag. The Arrows have been applauded by the audience today than in the past (video below). ...

The Keesler series - SunHerald.com | Our stories come ahead of this weekend's Angels Over the Bay air show when the base will celebrate the milestone. Today, we look at the close relationship between the base and South Mississippi, and the shared benefits for Biloxi and the Air Force. ...

Flying Musicians Association to Hold Nightly AirVenture MusicJams from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Passions for music and flying will unite at AirVenture 2011 as the Flying Musicians Association (FMA) hosts nightly "FMA AirVenture MusicJams" Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29. The organization invites flying musicians and music lovers to converge on Forum Building No. 9 in the Honda Forums Plaza every night from 7-10 p.m.

Find AirVenture Housing Through VisitOshkosh.com from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Visitors to AirVenture who opt to stay outside of Camp Scholler can find the accommodations suited for them through the official EAA AirVenture housing bureau, the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau, and its new website, www.VisitOshkosh.com.

Temple: Your Chance To Help An Air Show Take Flight - KWTX | The 25th anniversary Central Texas Airshow isn't till May, but the planning to take flight has already begun. If you're interested in being a part, join them at the volunteer meeting this Sunday, March 20th, to learn more. ...

AIR TATTOO PROVES IT HAS THE X FACTOR from Royal International Air Tattoo News
The Air Tattoo will prove it has the X Factor this summer when it stages a performance by one of the talent show's most successful stars Alexandra Burke.

Former Lindbergh plane at Lambert to be restored - STLtoday.com | A 1934 Moncoupe D-145 that once was owned by famed aviator Charles Lindbergh will be removed from Terminal 1 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport tonight. The plane belongs to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park and hangs near the security ...

F6F-5 Hellcat – one tough fighter! - Short Finals | The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation had a reputation for building incredibly sturdy naval aircraft, so much so that their Bethpage, Long Island factory was known as ‘the Ironworks’. The company had designed a portly monoplane fighter for the US Navy, called the F4F Wildcat. It could not match the chief Japanese fighter, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in terms of firepower, top speed or manoeuverability, but  ...

Top 5: the men who broke all the limits in their need for speed - The National | Cpt Eddie Rickenbacker, an American aviator, was awarded a Medal of Honor for his service in World War I as commanding officer of the 94th Aero Pursuit Sqaudron. AP Photo (1930) Graham Hill of Britain smiles after the Grand Prix in the western French ...

I will always be grateful for your courageous action from Letters of Note | On December 23rd of 1946, five months after the plane crash that almost killed him, world-famous aviator and movie producer Howard Hughes wrote the following heartfelt letter of thanks to the man who saved his life: U.S. Marine William Lloyd Durkin. During its maiden flight in July of the that year his ...

Former RAF pilot who still lives life in the (very) fast lane - The National | His weekend activity involves doing stunts in the sort of aircraft used for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship race in Abu Dhabi. Despite his pastime and the fact he also competes in a sledge on the Cresta Run in St Moritz, Switzerland, ...

C-130 Training Simulator Makes its Move to Base from Warplanes Online Community | Now that the nearly 700,000-square-foot complex that will house the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and their USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has been completed here, equipment is being moved in – including the first of two Lockheed C-130 trainers that will be used by the school. ...

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Donnie Morris and Sgt. Baron... from You like airplanes, too?
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Donnie Morris and Sgt. Baron Morales observe as Lt. John Allison, assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the “Blue Angels,” maneuvers his F/A-18A Hornet into position behind the Blue Angel’s C-130 Hercules transport, “Fat Albert”, during a photography mission near El Centro, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Saul McSween (RELEASED) 

"That's Professor Global Hawk" - Air & Space Magazine | A remote-piloted warrior starts flying for science.

C-17A's commence Japan Quake - Tsunami relief flights from Aero Pacific Flightlines | Following a long history of disaster relief missions, Boeing C-17 cargo jets from across the globe are descending on Japan to aid in the aftermath of a 9.0 earthquake that killed thousands. ...

Airbus Fly Your Ideas contest attracts over 300 teams worldwide comprising students of 75 nationalities from Airbus | Best ideas for greener aviation in the running to win €30,000.  Over 2,600 students have registered for the second Airbus Fly Your Ideas (FYI) university contest which challenges students from all around the world to develop new ideas for a greener aviation industry. Students of 75 nationalities made up the 315 teams which entered in round 1. This is a 40 percent increase in the number of teams compared to FYI 2009. Of these 315 teams representing 287 universities, 84 teams have been selected to advance to round 2 with a chance to participate in the final at the International Paris Airshow-Le Bourget in France.  ...

Astronauts Offer 'Space' in Charity Auction from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) online Spring Semi-Annual Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia, which opens Friday, March 18, is offering bidders the chance to own rare relics that flew in outer-space and even to ...

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