Friday, August 26, 2011

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Blue Angels: Real stars are pilots in the war - WCSH-TV | BRUNSWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Thousands of Mainers and tourists will be heading to Brunswick this weekend for the Great State of Maine Air Show. The highlight, of course, is the return appearance of the Navy's Blue Angels precision flying team. ...

American Heroes Air Show Lands in Georgia from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Buckle up the entire family for high-flying excitement when the American Heroes Air Show, the U.S.'s premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters, returns to the community of Canton outside Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, September 10th. ...

Red Arrows decision 'on day of show' - U.TV | The appearance of the world-famous RAF team was put in doubt after one of its pilots was killed in a crash at the Bournemouth Air Festival last weekend. Flight Lieutenant Joe Egging, 33, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft came down in a field just minutes ...

Aircraft and MiG-Sparks and the ducats on the occasion of Air Show - PAP | For the first time in Poland there is a team of Swiss Air Force aerobatic "Patrouille Suisse", on six airplanes flying Northrop F-5E Tiger II, a team of Croatian Air Force and Defence "Krila Oluje" ...

Prairie Air Show not returning to Peoria airport -- for now - Peoria Journal Star | By DAVE HANEY A contract remains severed between the Peoria airport and the all-volunteer group that has brought in the likes of the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to the River City over nearly a decade. But officials from both sides say an agreement to ...

War veteran sharing history at air show in West Milford - NorthJersey.com | A B-29 navigator in the 393rd bomb squad, 509th Bomb Wing, and member of crew B-8, Widowsky will be at the Greenwood Lake Air Show this weekend. World War II veteran Jack Widowsky shares memories with Greenwood Lake Airport Manager Tim Wagner at the ...

Tuskegee Airman shares stories of training for war - The Desert Sun | A painting of Tuskegee Airman Rusty Burns, of Sun City, is displayed on a mural honoring the World War II Tuskegee Airmen at Palm Springs Air Museum. Burns was the guest speaker at an educational workshop at the museum on the World War II Tuskegee ...

EAA AirVenture 2011 Demo Air Race TBM 850 vs P-51 Mustang Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -Pembroke Pines, Florida- DAHER-SOCATA has released video highlights of the air race challenge between its TBM 850 very fast turboprop aircraft and a World War II P-51 Mustang fighter, which occurred during the 2011 EAA AirVenture aviation event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. The race was held July 29 as part of DAHER-SOCATA's celebration marking 100 years of continuous aircraft by the company and its predecessors ...

Former Air Force Two now part of AMC Museum from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Air Mobility Command Museum here has long been home to many landmarks of American avionic innovation. The retired military and civilian airframes are restored to historically accurate quality by museum volunteers and displayed for the enjoyment of several generations of patrons.  If the planes could talk, they might be asking, "Who's the new guy?" because a special Douglas-built VC-9C aircraft, formerly known as Air Force Two, joined their ranks Aug. 18.  "(The aircraft) is another gem in the crown at the AMC Museum," said Michael Leister, the director of the AMC Museum. ...

Winged Chinook — Boeing Vertol Model BV-347 walkaround -Travel for Aircraft | These images of this rare Chinook were taken April 2011 at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum* but for more photos, as well of images of the interior showing the retracted gondola, please go to this Chinook Helicopter web site**. The gondola must have been a good piece of engineering since a pilot was lowered with a set of flying controls but it must have been a risky proposition for that pilot. The gondola pilot would  ...

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