Sunday, March 27, 2011

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Pilot killed in Florida air show crash - CNN International | By the CNN Wire staff (CNN) -- A pilot performing stunts in an east Florida air show died in a fiery crash Saturday when the Russian military plane he was flying broke from formation and plummeted to the ground, officials said. No one else was injured, ...

YAK 52 Down In Flagler County, FL  from Aero-News Network | Pilot Fatally Injured During Airshow Performance A Yak 52 that was performing in the annual "Wings Over Flagler" airshow at Flagler County Airport in Florida went down shortly after takeoff Saturday afternoon. The pilot was fatally injured in the accident…

Local Pilot Killed In Air Show Crash - WSMV Nashville | A local pilot was killed Saturday afternoon when the plane he was flying in an air show went down unexpectedly. Thousands of people were watching from the airport viewing area when the accident happened at the Wings Over Flagler fly-in air show in Palm ...

Airshow wows the crowd KYMA | The 49th Annual Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Airshow flew into town celebrating 100 years of naval aviation. Spectators had the chance to see everything from fighter planes to jet cars and helicopters to a wall of fire. Captain Staci Reidinger of MCAS ...

Flight with the Thunderbirds - WMBB-TV | Some of their training for the air show comes from combat. Many have combat background and the selection process is rigorous. But any member of the 60 person team will tell you, the group functions to spread the word of just what the Air Force is all ...

ANNUAL Air Show plays it cool - Press-Enterprise | Temperatures were chilly and attendance dipped from last year, but no one complained as the 19th annual Riverside Air Show and Open House went off without incident Saturday at the Riverside Municipal Airport. ...

Beale sprucing up base for Air Show on April 30 and May 1 - Appeal-Democrat | Beale Air Force Base commanders and officers joined other base personnel in volunteering to spruce up the base, including outside the main gate, in preparation for the 2011 Air Show on April 30 and May 1. About 70 volunteers pitched in to remove trash ...

Texas First Lady Unhurt in Plane Fire - MyFox Dallas | ENCINAL, Texas - There were scary moments for Texas First Lady Anita Perry Saturday afternoon when a World War II era plane (B-25) she was riding in caught fire. Officials from Governor Rick Perry's office say Anita Perry was attending a small air show in ...

Rare Airship Artifacts Go To Women's Air And Space Museum  from Aero-News Network | Items Detail Flights Taken By Women Early In Aviation History A number of artifacts documenting Clara Adam's travels have recently been donated to the International Women's Air & Space Museum…

The cargo airship - moving closer to reality?  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I mentioned some months ago that Northrop Grumman had been awarded a contract by the US Army to develop the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) airship for surveillance purposes. Lockheed Martin, which had developed the P-791 concept 'hybrid airship' (combining lifting gas with an aerodynamically-shaped outer skin, providing further lift), lost this competition: but it's not letting that slow it down. Flight Global reports

Inspiring kids to take to the sky WIS | He is part of a program called "Young Eagles". The group is making stops on their way from Wisconsin to Florida. At each stop, young children get to take a ride in the sky for free. "Kids don't have access to aviation now like they did when I was young ...  and more »


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