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Nominees Announced For Collier Trophy - AVweb | Four nominees were named last week by the National Aeronautic Association for the 2011 Robert J. Collier Trophy, which honors the "greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America." The nominees are:...

Theme for 2012 Cherry Point Air Show to get officials announcement - WNCT | On Wednesday, we'll get to officially find out this year's theme of the Cherry Point Air Show. This year's theme will be "Celebrate the Heritage." It will be announced at 10:00 a.m. aboard on base....

AIRSHOW NEWS: New Home for Typhoon Display Team at RAF Leuchars - Flightline UK | From RAF Leuchars Website: The Royal Air Force Typhoon Display Team 2012 will be based at RAF Leuchars in Scotland with the pilot and ground support team being provided by Number 6 Squadron in addition to their Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission. Typhoon’s deployment in support of the...

Mesa Takes Flight Festival highlights city’s ties to aviation - East Valley Tribune | What do a flash mob dance, flight simulators and a truck full of video games have in common?  They’re all part of Mesa Takes Flight, a celebration of aviation, aerospace and all things flight-related. It takes place Friday through Sunday at Mesa Arts Center....

RSAF aerial display at Singapore Airshow - TODAYonline | Major Yip Chiang Syn will also be making his debut as part of the aerial display team for the Singapore Airshow. "In terms of the manoeuvres that we try for the air show, it's not much different from what we do in our day-to-day flying....

Tuskegee Airman gives account of 'lucky' day - AF.mil | Famed Yankees pitcher "Lefty Gomez" once remarked "I'd rather be lucky than good," but for one Tuskegee Airman, luck and good combined to make him one of the most successful combat pilots of World War II.  During the summer of 1944, 2nd Lt. Clarence D. "Lucky" Lester was flying the P-51 Mustang over the skies of Italy's Po Valley providing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers with cover support on their way to attack airfields in southern Germany....

Video: Tuskegee Airman speaks at Devon Elementary - Mainline Media News | Devon Elementary School started Black History Month in a big way by managing to get Dr. Eugene J. Richardson Jr., a Philadelphia native resident and veteran of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, to come and speak to the first- through fourth-graders Thursday morning.

Interstate TDR-1 — the Navy’s first UAV? by travelforaircraft | "Edna III" hangs suspended from the roof of the main building in the WW II area of the National Naval Aviation Museum. She has  a clean twin piston engine design but with a cyclops-like eye and no cockpit. No cockpit?  Yes, at the time it was termed an assault drone but the...

Air museum in hunt for F-111 - Sunshine Coast Daily | THE QUEENSLAND Air Museum has just over a month to complete its submission to acquire one of the seven F-111 aircraft to be gifted by the Federal Government. Queensland Air Museum president Cliff Robinson said the government had issued requests for offer and they were in the process of compiling their submission....

Airmen halt nighttime training to aid victims - AF.mil | Combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here halted their nighttime training operations at a remote drop zone in Central Florida to transport accident victims to the hospital.  Four people were injured, one seriously, when their airboat flipped on the St. John's River, approximately 30 miles north of where the Airmen were rehearsing for war....

FLIGHT FOR CONTROL! - Flight to Success | Flight For Control is on it's way! Tonight I will receive my shipment of paperbacks, next week the hardbacks will arrive. Autographed copies can be ordered by...

Student Rocket-Builders Join Top STEM leaders at White House Science Fair - Sacramento Bee | President Obama highlighted the efforts of team members, teachers and parents from a Presidio, Texas, school that worked to raise funds to participate in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) contest in remarks at the second White House Science Fair. Lauding the initiative and creativity of all the students at the fair, the president mentioned that...

Mission: Red Bull Stratos [video] - Red Bull USA | ...Red Bull Stratos will take renowned athlete Felix Baumgartner to at least 120,000 feet above the earth, to the very edge of space. From there, he will attempt a stratospheric free fall jump - the longest in the history of man - and hopefully will become the first human to break the speed of sound with his own body. This is...

NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station - Reuters | Because of future funding uncertainties, NASA is asking its potential partners to propose how they would proceed with flat funding of $400 million a year after 2014, as well as how much they would need to get to a flight demonstration....

Single engine is stuck in a 20 m grid floor in MG - Aviation News | The aircraft was caught by one of the wheels and passengers had to be removed from...