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Snowbirds Arrive for 2012 Training - CTV Vancouver Island | COMOX – Pilots and technicians associated with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team touched down at 19 Wing Comox this afternoon in preparation for their 2012 spring training session. The team is based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan but travel to the Comox ...

VIDEO: Vulcan takes test flight in Lincolnshire to prepare for 60th anniversary - This is Lincolnshire | Vulcan XH558 is the only complex ex-RAF aircraft now in civilian hands and its team have been working tirelessly to renew its permit to fly which has come just in time for a flypast at Newark Air Museum on Saturday. The Vulcan will make a guest ...

Aircraft association hosts bomber tours - Napa Valley Register | “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, will descend upon Napa beginning on May 4 as part of its 2012 “Salute to Veterans” national tour. Flight and ground tours will be available at Napa County Airport May ...

Working on the line. C-54s from Planeshots

Pitts Special – Stuart Saward from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin | Aircraft: ZU-PIG Pitts Special S1-11B | Pilot: Stuart Saward

Silk from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...This week marked the 93rd anniversary of the first parachute jump with the chute deployed by a ripcord.  The inventor was also the tester, which makes sense when you think about it. Leslie L. “Skyhigh” Irvin was in control and remained in free fall until he decided to pull the cord and open the chute.  Prior to this historic jump in 1919 over McCook Field in Ohio, a parachute was ... The Mustang and RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit are at the FREE (love that!) Robins Air Force Base Air Show in Warner Robins, GA.  Brad Lang, the Squadron leader, is this week’s pilot...

WWII pilot's remains return to southern Illinois - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune | LOUIS (WTW) — The remains of a World War II pilot killed in a midair collision during training over England finally returned to his southern Illinois hometown Thursday, ending a decades-old mystery that might never have been solved had a group not ...

The Honourable Laurie Hawn Attends Launch of the Vintage Wings of Canada ... - MarketWatch | "Our Government congratulates the organization's members and volunteers on their activities and initiatives, which serve to inspire new generations to discover our aviation heritage." "Our Government is proud to be associated with Vintage Wings of ...

General Atomics Aeronautical MQ-1L Predator No. 3034 — first to strike after 9-11 from Travel for Aircraft | The General Atomics Aeronautical MQ-1L Predator has been flying since 1995 and is a generation beyond the UAVs of the 1980s. This is the first UAV to fly armed and the first to strike for the United States after 9-11. It is a large and powerful craft in its own right with a four cylinder reciprocating pusher engine of 115 hp (86kW) and borne aloft on a 48.7 foot (14.8m) wing. The Predator’s armament of as many as four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles marks it as an attack aircraft, perhaps UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) would be more accurate as a ...

Heinkel HE-219 found in Denmark - politiken.dk | A rare World War II German night-fighter has been recovered in Denmark

Special Tails from Apron 6 | I came across some special tails while editing the Melsbroek opendoor album. So I decided to...

On the day of the air force is measured with the Mini Cooper Robinson helicopter - Pilsner journal (translated) | Peggy Krainz acrobat performs extreme creations on the wings of the aircraft. This year will perform at an airshow in Plasy Author: J. Novotny Plasy - Dancer on the wings of Boeing, Vaclav Pech duel racer behind the wheel of the helicopter Robinson 44 and many ...

Raptors in the Sandbox from Ares by Amy Butler | As tensions between Iran and the U.S. and Israel continue to mount over the former’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technologies, the U.S. has quietly begun a deployment of its premier stealthy fighter, the twin-engine F-22, to the nearby United Arab Emirates...

Preview: Last Raptor to be delivered next Wednesday from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Next Wednesday on 2 May, the US Air Force will formally take delivery of the last F-22 Raptor from Lockheed Martin. Amongst the delegation attending the ceremonies will be 3d Wing commander Col Dirk Smith, 525th Fighter Squadron commander Lt Col Paul "Max" Moga and Lt Col Dave "Piff" Piffarerio--commander of the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Fighter Squadron...

Kadena F-15 video from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | This video commemorates the 67th Fighter Squadron winning the Raytheon Trophy--which is awarded to the best air superiority fighter squadron in a given year. 2011 in this case. The 67th is part of the 18th Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Matt Molloy. Molloy used to command 1st Fighter Wing until the middle of lastyear...

Video: Clayton's Story from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | Clayton's Story thumbnail The story of a pilot who overcame adversity to find new freedom in flying...

End of an Era: World's Last Continental Aircraft Gets United Makeover from ... - Albany Times Union | “We're honored to be a part of this historic moment as we say goodbye to one of the oldest and most celebrated brands in aviation history,” said Mike Manclark, President and CEO, LEAS. “Since before WWII, Continental has been a part of the American ...

Space Academy takes flight - Delmarva Now | ... science-and math-loving campers the opportunity to go behind the scenes at NASA Wallops Flight Facility to see firsthand the fascinating work that goes on there, as well as to learn about robotics and rocketry in a hands-on way in a laboratory...

NASA Astronaut To Visit Roxborough Schools For Space Day from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | NASA astronaut James Dutton, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, will relive his spaceflight experience for two Roxborough schools during their Space Day events on May 2 and May 4...

How Nerds Named NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise from SPACE.com | Trekkies convinced president Ford to change the name of the first space shuttle.