Sunday, January 29, 2012

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Aerobatic pilot Michael Goulian to perform at air show - Rome News Tribune | Wings Over North Georgia Air Show officials announced Friday that world-class civilian aerobatic performer Michael Goulian has been confirmed to perform Sept. 28-30 at the 2012 Wings Over North Georgia Air Show at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome.... [Mike Goulian's Official website]

Airshow: Explosive first day action - Sun Live [Video]| It was a day of spins, dive bombs and thunderous sounds in the skies above Tauranga as more than 60 military aircraft took to the sky to perform at the Tauranga City Airshow.  With perfectly blue skies and just enough breeze to keep people cool, the biannual airshow proved its worth as one of New Zealand’s biggest airshows....

Air show attracts area law enforcement agencies - WINK News | Every day Steve Winters goes to work prepared to transport life-threatening medical cases at a moments notice.  "There's a perception that a medical helicopter is an ambulance with a rotor and it's so much more than that," he said.  Lee County EMS and nearly 20 other publicly funded agencies landed a spot at the air show to show off their choppers....

President of Amigo Airsho board of directors named - El Paso Times | Scott Butler has been elected president of the 2012 Amigo Airsho board of directors.  "I am extremely excited about the caliber of the board as well as the development of a fantastic 2012 performer lineup," said Butler, who has volunteered for the Amigo Airsho for seven years....

Artist Tim Ward to create memorial to Red Arrow Jon Egging - Bournemouth Echo | THE family of Red Arrow pilot Flt Lt Jon Egging, who was tragically killed during last year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, have chosen an artist to create a memorial in his name.  Artist and designer Tim Ward was selected from a shortlist of three and will produce a memorial for...

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New Aviation Museum Open At Kluk - airliners.net | Charlie Pyles and his group Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society have opened a museum inside Lunken Airport Terminal at Cincinnati KLUK. Lunken was at one time, one of the busiest municipal airports in the USA and was home to Embry Riddle Airlines and it may be said that American Airlines also started there....

Tuskegee Airman enjoys belated acclaim - The News Messenger | CATAWBA ISLAND -- For George Lucas, the release of "Red Tails," a big-budget action movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, was the culmination of 23 years' work to see a pet project come to the big screen.  Harold Brown -- who was part of the all-black squadron of fighter pilots that escorted bombers on raids over Europe in World War II -- it's the latest in a goodwill tour he and other airmen have taken....

Tuskegee Airman Remembers Service - KMJ Now | Higginbotham trained many of those pilots at Tuskegee, and he eventually became a B-25 bomber pilot. One incident the film didn't have time to examine is the "Freeman Field Mutiny," when Higginbotham and 103 others refused to sign orders barring blacks ...

B-17 Shot Down By Northrop F-89 Scorpion (1956) - Airboyd.tv | Film of rocket testing in Florida.

Families of missing service members gather in Tampa - TBO.com | ...Lindauer, 86, is hoping the moment of discomfort might end a lifetime of mystery.  On May 3, 1944, his uncle Joe Lindauer's B-17 Flying Fortress disappeared after a bombing raid on Hamburg, Germany. No one saw the bomber go down and for more than six decades, Lindauer, a St. Petersburg resident, has wondered and worried about the fate of his uncle and crewmates....

FlightTime Radio Show 211 from The FlightTime Radio Show | Charlie made it to the Key Auto Studio in Jacksonville, Milford was out of town again this week too! He was at the Kay Larkin Airport in Palatka, Florida for the Kay Larkin Fly-In. It was an incredibly beautiful day and there was a huge turnout for the Fly-In. Milford had Gene, Pilot of one of the Aero Shell Aerobatic Team as guest to talk about how the team was formed and flying in the T-6 Texan formation during the airshow.

T-38 Flyover for Day of Remembrance - YouTube | NASA pilots perform the "Missing Man" formation during a T-38 flyover at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 26 to commemorate the men and women lost in the agency's space exploration program.

Teens Put Lego Man in 'Space' (Actually Stratosphere) - Space.com | That's one giant leap for Lego. Two Canadian highschoolers have wowed the Web with their video of a Lego toy taking a balloon ride to near-space.  The video, made by Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, shows a tiny Lego man holding a Canadian flag with...

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