Friday, June 3, 2011

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Area pilot will fly Warthog at air show - HTR News | MANITOWOC — Maj. Matt Clausen, who grew up in Green Bay and graduated from Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton, will be at the Thunder on the Lakeshore air show Saturday and Sunday at the Manitowoc County Airport...

Rockford AirFest Big Boost for Local Economy - My State Line | The sky will soon buzz with sounds of jets and acrobatic planes drawing tens of thousands to the Rockford airport, all of whom will be spending money in the Stateline...

Aviation whiz pilots Gillespie air show - Sign On San Diego | This time each year at the El Cajon airfield, Merritt is the lead maintenance officer and all-around hanger jockey for Wings Over Gillespie, the air show that takes off at 9 a.m. Saturday and runs through Sunday...

Ellsworth hosting Dakota Thunder - Rapid City Journal | The Ellsworth Air Force Base flightline will be buzzing with a variety of military and civilian aerobatic teams in the skies over the base, as well as numerous ground acts and static displays on Saturday, June 4, during Dakota Thunder 2011...

Choppers, planes to fill weekend sky - Blue Ridge Now | The sky over Hendersonville will buzz with planes and helicopters as pilots take off at the 2011 Western North Carolina Air Fair on Saturday and Sunday...

Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow line-up - BBC | The Red Arrows and the Breitling Wingwalkers are two of the attractions set to appear at this year's Eastbourne International Airshow. At the launch event, the line-up of displays for the show which runs between 11 and 14 August was announced...

Leuchars Air Show now 'more crucial than ever' - The Courier UK | No matter the outcome, the base is preparing to welcome over 40,000 visitors on September 10 for Scotland's second largest non-sporting event and the only remaining Battle of Britain air show...

What's happening today: First Friday concert, auto deals and aerobatics - RN-T | Rome, GA. The Southeast Aerobatic Open continues today. The event is slated to take place through Saturday at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. The event is free. No coolers or pets will be allowed. Viewers are urged to bring a chair and sunscreen...

Classical music meets aerobatics - Grantham Journal UK | AN event which mixes classical music with historical airplanes is coming to Belton House tomorrow (Saturday). Always popular, the Spitfire Prom is truly breathtaking, combining world famous musicians with a thrilling aerobatic display...

WWII aircraft to be displayed at Visalia airport - Visalia Times-Delta | Flight enthusiasts can get close to two restored World War II aircraft at the Visalia Municipal Airport next week. A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell will be on display at the airport from noon to 6 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday...

B-17 'Aluminum Overcast' headed to Davenport - QC Online | B-17 'Aluminum Overcast' headed to Davenport during EAA'S 2011 National 'Salute to Veterans' tour. 'Mission' flights, ground tours in historic WWII bomber available July 8-10...

VIDEO: Pilot lands plane on moving trailer at Cotswold Airshow - BBC | Pilot Brendan O'Brien successfully managed to land his aircraft on a moving trailer in a stunt which helped launch the 2011 Cotswold Airshow...

Father, son die in plane crash - Kormorant | South Africa -- The community of The Coves and Hartbeespoort was shocked by the tragic death of well known pilot and dearly loved resident George Brink (41) and his father Wally (68) who both died when their plane flew into a power line near Koster on Saturday morning...

Woman to return Vietnam POW bracelet to family of soldier - The Republic | MATTOON, Ill. — Lisa Hamblen was only 11 years old when she promised to honor an American aviator imprisoned in North Vietnam. Metal prisoner of war bracelets were a personal way of honoring American military personnel held captive or unaccounted for during the Vietnam War...

Historian pens book about Iola World War II veteran - Wausau Daily Herald | Lee Nelson, 89, has lived in the same house on State Street in Iola since his birth in 1921, and he said everyone seems to know him. He was the face of the Scandinavia Telephone Co. for more than 35 years, from the late 1940s through the mid-1980s...

Exclusive Area 51 Pictures: Secret Plane Crash Revealed - National Geographic | Suspended upside down, a titanium A-12 spy-plane prototype is prepped for radar testing at Area 51 in the late 1950s. After a rash of declassifications, details of Cold War workings at the Nevada base, which to this day does not officially exist, are coming to light—including never before released images of an A-12 crash and its cover-up...

Daniel Schumann - Flight To Success | Daniel is just 19 years old, but you would never guess it. His life is on the fast track to make his commercial aviation dreams come true.  He currently attends University Of North Dakota, UND, has his Commercial SEL/MEL Instrument, and will be graduating next year with his CFI/CFII and a four year degree...

From F-86 to F-22, NASA Presents 1 Test Pilot's Story - NASA | On Tuesday, June 7, at NASA's Langley Research Center here, Alfred "Paul" Metz will present "Tigers, Spiders and Raptors: One Test Pilot's Story," at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center. Metz will discuss how three fighter jet aircraft revolutionized aviation in the last two decades of the Twentieth Century...

It's Time to Revisit the Open Letter Written by Armstrong, Lovell and Cernan Regarding the End of the Space Shuttle Program - The Aero Experience | Below is the open letter to NASA written by Neil Armstrong and also endorsed by James Lovell and Gene Cernan: The United States entered into the challenge of space exploration under President Eisenhower’s first term, however, it was the Soviet Union who excelled in those early years...

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