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Canadian team joins Bethpage Air Show lineup - Newsday - Newsday | It's official: The Royal Canadian Air Force F-18 Demonstration Team will headline the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park on Memorial Day weekend. The lineup of performers for the annual air show was formally announced Wednesday by the ...

Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach Announces 2013 All-Star Lineup; Many ... - Long Island Exchange | (Bethpage, NY) - Bethpage Federal Credit Union, New York State's largest credit union, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, are pleased to announce the lineup for the 10th Anniversary 2013 Bethpage Air Show at ...

Miller: Air show this weekend - Opelika Auburn News | I am so excited about this weekend! The long awaited Auburn-Opelika Air Show is finally here. The 2013 Class of Leadership Lee County has tirelessly worked on this event. The air show will take place at the newly renovated Auburn University Regional ...

Headliner at Virginia Festival of Flight was the weather from General Aviation News | By DEWITT WHITTINGTON  | SUFFOLK, Va. — After a year of planning, the weather along the Mid-East Coast had the last laugh this past weekend. Saturday, May 4, dawned, barely, with a 1,000-foot ceiling and a blustery 15 to 25 mph wind. Dozens of excited volunteers, including a large contingent of Civil Air Patrol cadets, eagerly awaited an anticipated flood of attending aircraft for the Virginia Festival of Flight, which never materialized....

Wings and Wheels Fly-in promises all types of aerial fun - Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald | The North Carolina Forestry Service plans to use its A-Star helicopter to demonstrate how they can drop 750 gallons of water at a time to put out fires at this weekend's annual Wings and Wheels Fly-in.

Annual fly-in to benefit area veterans' groups - Warren Record | The kickoff event for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lake Gaston, the Fabulous 50 Splash, the Fly-In promotes aviation while providing a venue for classic cars and motorcycles to be shown, with underlying goals of honoring military veterans ...

Fly-In Saturday features vintage planes in Smithville - Austin American-Statesman | World War II and more modern planes, flying simulations, games for kids and great food make the annual Smithville (84R) Fly-In this Saturday, May 11, a sure bet at Smithville Crawford Municipal Airport. The airport is next to the intersection of Texas ...

Pancake Breakfast at Dupont-Lapeer Airport May 19, pint-sized plane debuts to delight kids | Fun at the airport! It’s the annual Pancake Breakfast and Fly-In at Dupont-Lapeer Airport in Mayfield Township. Mark the date: Saturday, May 19 from 7 to 11 a.m. The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, 1303, and Lapeer Aviation Inc. host the event. It’s a great time to get over to the airport, fill your tummy, and check out the planes. And this year, there’s some cool new fun for the kids....

World’s Only Flying deHavilland Mosquito Takes Flight In USA! (Video & Photos) - Warbird Radio | Earlier this week the Military Aviation Museum’s deHavilland Mosquito took flight near Virginia Beach, Virginia. We started covering this particular airplane’s journey to flight over three years ago. Our original interview with restorer Glyn Powell will be rebroadcast later this month. Additionally, WRL listener and friend Jon Brawner (Fighter Factory Team Member) reports the first flight had no squaks and went great. Our congratulations to the team at Fighter Factory and all who were involved on this incredible project....

Hero who makes Biggles look like a wimp: He's flown more planes than anyone else in history - and took 2,000 Nazis prisoner single-handed. And now, at 94, he's telling his breathtaking story - Mail Online | ...He was the first man to fly a jet on and off an aircraft carrier. He has set aviation records that will almost certainly never be broken and is revered as one of the greatest test pilots of all time...

World War II POWs share memories at museum dedication - SuburbanJournals | I lost about 50 pounds by the time we were liberated, and I was pretty thin as a civilian.” Rodgers spent 21 months at Stalag 17-B. He was a gunner in a B-25 when it was shot down during a raid over Germany. He has stories about being hungry and scared.

Castle Air Museum ready to roll out its 56th plane - Merced Sun-Star | ATWATER -- One of the biggest planes to ever fly off an aircraft carrier is getting a second life at Castle Air Museum. Volunteers will roll out a Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior today, making it the 56th plane to be displayed at the museum. The aircraft made ...

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Exploring the ‘Despicablimp’ from General Aviation News | In a blog post, Ray Robinson, West Coast/International Sales Manager at GlobalAir.com, tells of the recent visit to Bowman Field Airport (LOU) in Kentucky of the “Despicablimp,” which is traveling across the nation promoting the summer release of “Despicable Me 2”, the animated movie starring...

FLY Energy Bar Dips A Toe In The Water (Golden Age Of Air Racing Too!) from AirPigz by Martt | ... I'll be using custom artwork based on amazing race aircraft from the 20's and 30's like the Gee Bee R-1, Hughes H-1 and the Curtiss RC3 to encourage people to see how eating a FLY bar will help them feel like they're able to spread their wings and do their own flying thru the day....

Young Eagles Rally to give kids the chance to fly - Jennings Daily News | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has designated May 18, 2013, as its “Learn to Fly Day” and to help celebrate that day, EAA Chapter 541 will sponsor a Young Eagles Rally at the Jennings Airport. During the free event, pilots will volunteer ...

Children interested in learning to fly invited to Young Eagles program - Thecountypress | MAYFIELD TWP — Local children who are interested in flying might want to look into the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program. The EAA program starts with a 20- minute flight for kids who are interested in learning more about aviation.

SpaceShipTwo designer checks out 1950's Convair seaplane - U-T San Diego | Aerospace engineer Burt Rutan, designer of SpaceShipTwo, made a surprise visit to the San Diego Air & Space Museum late last week, shortly after his innovative spacecraft was test flown at the Mojave spaceport. Rutan, who met with museum head James ...

HondaJet Certification Delayed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Honda Aircraft Co. confirmed this week it will delay until late 2014 its certification effort for the HondaJet light business jet to accommodate more testing for the aircraft's GE Honda Aero engines. The company announced last October that...