Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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SUN ’n FUN begins gearing up for this year’s show from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The SUN ‘n FUN Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers are deep in the planning stages for the 39th Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo being held April 9-14.  As an anticipated 200,000 visitors convene throughout the week on 2,200 acres dedicated to the event, the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport will become the busiest airport in the world. The SUN ‘n FUN Fly-In is Florida’s largest convention and independent studies have recently identified it as having a $64 million economic impact on the area...

Buckeye Air Fair slated for Feb. 23 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Buckeye Air Fair 2013 is slated for Feb. 23 at Buckeye Municipal Airport (BXK) in Arizona. Admission and parking is free for the show, which runs from 9 am to 3 pm.  More than 70 vendors will be at the show. There also will be vintage and modern aircraft on display, a classic car and motorcycle show, flying displays and rides for kids of all ages. There will also be science and technology exhibits with educational presentations and career discussions by colleges, universities and aviation professionals....

Granville woman to be inducted into aviation hall of fame - Glens Falls Post-Star | Silitch, 77, will be traveling to the 24th annual conference of Women In Aviation, International and will be inducted into the WAI's International Pioneer Hall of Fame. Her husband, Nicholas, will travel with her to the conference, scheduled for March...

A B-29 flies again after donors back 'Fifi' - AOPA Pilot | The last flying B-29 Superfortress is back in the air, thanks to a six-figure response to an urgent plea for donations from the Commemorative Air Force in November, after Fifi blew an engine in October. The CAF announced Jan. 24 that Fifi is back in...

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From Antique Airfield News

Area residents invited to French sister city celebration - Crestview News Bulletin | CRESTVIEW — Europe's last operational B-17 "Flying Fortress" will roar over the beaches of Noirmoutier, Crestview's sister city, as the island community pays homage to a similar bomber's crew members who crash-landed there in July 1943. A contingent...

F-35 durability testing overview from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | This brief produced by Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office highlights the trial and error process of the jet's durability testing. A lot of the problems identified are particular to the US Marine Corps' F-35B, which is perhaps not unexpected. But the other versions have some issues too...

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Even Lindbergh Got Lost - Air & Space | In the 1920’s, only one man held the key to aerial navigation. | In the year following his historic transatlantic flight to Paris, Charles Lindbergh, flying again in the Spirit of St. Louis, lost his way somewhere between Havana, Cuba, and the southwest coast of Florida. It happened in the middle of the night, and it alarmed Lindbergh enough that years later he recalled the incident in his memoir...

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