Monday, June 6, 2011

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The Rockford Airfest Wraps it's 2011 Show - MyStateline.com | All kinds of aircraft have been impressing spectators all weekend at the 2011 Rockford Airfest, bringing out tens of thousands of people to check out the show. Aircraft dotted the sky all weekend at the Rockford Airfest. "Love it, it's amazing! ...

Air Show returns to Rifle - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | Stunt pilot Gary Ward of Denver puts his airplane through its paces while practicing for the Garfield County Airshow in 2008. The airshow will return this year after taking last year off. RIFLE, Colorado — Mark your summer calendars this year for the ...

Weather helps future of Manty air show - Fox11online.com | MANITOWOC - One thing can often make or break an outdoor Wisconsin event and it is no different for the Thunder on the Lakeshore air show. “We try to make it when the weather is nice,” said Roger Rothmund of Manitowoc. ...

Fighter, test pilot to give free lecture in Hampton - The Virginian-Pilot | A free talk titled "Tigers, Spiders and Raptors: One Test Pilot's Story" will be presented at 7:30 pm Tuesday at the Virginia Air & Space Center. The speaker will be Alfred "Paul" Metz, vice president and chief test pilot for ...

Air show raises money for Kosair Children's Hospital - Louisville Courier-Journal |  Mike Barbee, left, held the remote as Scot Heller worked on a radio-controlled airplane at the 13th annual Wings for Kids Charity Airshow to benefit the Kosair Children's Hospital Foundation. (Kylene Lloyd, The Courier-Journal) June 5, ...

Fun in the air, on the ground - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | TUNKHANNOCK -- The Skyhaven Airport's bi-annual Fly-In Breakfast and Craft Show on Sunday offered visitors entertainment in the air and on the ground in an event that raises funds for the local facility. ...

Ballooning Connecticut - Patch.com | In June, Goshen hosts a hot air festival in and in August Bristol holds its own balloon festival. In Fairfield, A Yankee Balloon's owner and operator Bill Colyer takes people high over Litchfield Hills, Central Connecticut, and the Housatonic and ...

Fearless airman braved the Himalayas to support troops fighting Japan - Globe and Mail | Because of his service, the Flying Tigers named him an honorary member, according to Hinderks. In 1997, Mah was finally officially honoured for his service by the US government, receiving the US Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. ...

WWII veteran talks about being a B-24 nose gunner - Dodge City Daily Globe | In a World War II photo provided by Charles Ware, Ware, front, third from the left, is pictured with his B-24 bomber crew during World War II. Ware served as a nose gunner on B-24 Liberator airplanes during the latter part of World War II. ...

Spitfire flypast coming to RAF High Wycombe - Bucks Free Press | RAF HIGH Wycombe will host a low-level flypast and short display from a Supermarine Spitfire on the evening on Thursday. The flypast will be the climax of a reception hosted by the Station Commander, Group Captain Mark Heffron, ...

B-17 set to fly over Longmont on Monday - Longmont Daily Times-Call | The Liberty Belle, a World War II era B-17 bomber, makes a pass over Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield in April 2007. A B-17 will be making a flyover at Vance Brand Airport on Monday, June 6, 2011. LONGMONT -- A B-17 "Flying Fortress" ...


A Cessna lady of the night — an O-2 Skymaster walkaround  from Travel for Aircraft | During the Vietnam War the U.S. Air Force quickly realized a need to upgrade from the O-1 Bird Dog for Forward Air Control (FAC) missions, especially the need for twin engines since much of the mission time would be within range of small arms fire as well as anti-aircraft artillery (AAA)…

Kentucky Aerospace Organizations Sponsor Wing Design Competition  from Aero-News Network | Student Teams Challenged To Design Most Efficient Wing Possible More than 125 students, faculty and volunteers from across Kentucky participated in the 2011 Wing Design Competition sponsored by the Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education, NASA Kentucky, and the University of Kentucky College of Engineering in Nicholasville, KY on May 24…

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