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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will return to Wichita in September - The Wichita Eagle | Circle your calendar for the last weekend in September – the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are coming back to Wichita after a two-year absence. They will be at McConnell Air Force Base Sept. 29-30....

International Learn to Fly Day, 2012 - EAA Video | Share the Spirit…take someone flying on International Learn to Fly Day, May 19, 2012. For more information, go to www.LearnToFly.org

Air Force joins celebrations - The Royal New Zealand Air Force aerobatic and precision flying team the Red Checkers will take part in the traditional Waitangi Day commemorations at the Treaty Grounds on Monday....

Boundary Bay Airshow returns - South Delta Leader | After taking a hiatus in 2011 due to construction of the 80th Street Overpass, the Boundary Bay Airport Airshow is set to return this summer. On Monday (Jan. 16) Delta Council approved Alpha Aviation's request to host the 2012 Boundary Bay Airshow with a beer and/or wine garden on July 28....

Red Tail Stories - Air Space | I would like to think that I’ve always known the inspirational story of the Tuskegee Airmen—the groundbreaking pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group.  (The first African American military aviators in the racially segregated armed forces during World War II, whose bravery both in the air and on the air field lead to Truman signing Executive Order 9981 desegregating the armed forces in 1948)....

Montebello 2012 - Vintage Wings of Canada | Last year at the Challenger Owners Association annual ski-plane rendezvous at the historic Chateau Montebello resort hotel on the frozen shores of the Ottawa River, Vintage Wings of Canada launched the 2011 Yellow Wings trans-Canada Tour with our first-ever winter mission. Last year, we tried it with only our de Havilland Tiger Moth, and the ...

Amelia Earhart on First Day Covers - You Fly Girl | Amelia Earhart was the first pilot - of either sex - on a US stamp. | She was honored on the 8 cent airmail stamp in 1963. Truth be told - it really is an awful stamp. It's got her whole body, standing in front of the wing of her plane...a drawing of a photograph of her in that pose. And its just awful. Show us a confident woman leaning against her propeller, or full-face laughing at us as she's about to soar into the air... but this stamp? Ugh....

WWII Congressional Gold Medal female pilot from York remembered  - York Daily Record | ...The short biography of Burchard would describe the daughter of a well-known York businessman, a woman who went on to serve as a pilot during World War II and earn, decades later, a congressional honor. A woman who became a doctor when women doctors were rare. It would only tell part of the story....

Flight #93 Pilot's Widow Releases Memoir for Black History Month - PR Newswire | Author Melodie Homer will release her book From Where I Stand: Flight #93 Pilot's Widow Sets the Record Straight this month which honors her husband and his pivotal role in the events of September 11, 2001. LeRoy W. Homer Jr. was the first officer and co-pilot of United Flight #93 en route to San Francisco on the morning of September 11, 2001. The flight was diverted to Washington, DC before crashing into a deserted field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Had it not been for the heroic efforts of crew members including LeRoy, the plane would have crashed into its intended target–the U.S. Capitol - destroying more lives and the symbol of a nation united....

A6M Zero - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Even those who aren’t into aviation have heard of the Japanese Zero. The A6M was Japanese long-range fighter that at the beginning of the war provide Japan with an aerial edge. It’s speed...

Ohio structure with ties to Wright brothers' bicycle shop labeled nuisance, may be demolished - Chicago Tribune | An Ohio structure containing remnants of a two-story building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents' efforts to preserve it. Orville and Wilbur Wright, who became famous for...

Sharing Airspace with Drones - Max Trescott | The 145-page FAA reauthorization bill just passed by the House and the Senate contains dozens of directives from Congress to the FAA. One of them, which forces the FAA to speed up the introduction of...

Kids free for Summer - General Aviation News | Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has announced its “Kids Free for Summer” promotion. With every paid adult admission, one child ages 4 through 12 gets free admission to the museum June through August. Children under 4 are always free....

EAA scholarships, internships available - General Aviation News | The deadline is rapidly approaching to take advantage of several EAA scholarship and internship opportunities for youth interested in pursuing aviation careers.  The EAA Scholarship and Internship program encourages, recognizes, and supports excellence among EAA members who are studying the...

Roger Boisjoly, Engineer Who Warned of Challenger Shuttle Disaster, Dies at 73 - Space.com | Roger Boisjoly, an aerospace engineer who warned that tragedy could result if NASA's space shuttle Challenger launched in cold weather, has died at the age of 73. Boisjoly's warnings went unheeded,...

Janice Voss, veteran of 5 space shuttle flights, dies at 55 - MSNBC | Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.  "Just got the very sad news that U.S. astronaut Janice Voss passed away last night," the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization representing more than 350 individuals who have flown in space, wrote on Facebook. "Our thoughts go out to her family and friends."...