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EAA Young Eagles Program Gives Provides Look at Aviation Careers in New Video Series - Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Ten-part video series premieres at EAA AirVenture- EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH - A new video series showing the wide variety of careers the aviation industry offers will debut at EAA AirVenture, which runs from July 29 - Aug. 4. The series was created in partnership with the EAA Young Eagles, the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Foundation and LiveAirShowTV....

EAA Airventure is almost upon us · Julie In The Sky | EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2013 WELCOMES BACK COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE ‘GHOST SQUADRON’ B-29 AND B-24! | Historic World War II aircraft to participate throughout week at Oshkosh EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. Two of World War II’s most iconic aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, will be back at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2013 as part of the Commemorative Air Force’s “Ghost Squadron” at The World Greatest Aviation Celebration....

Sing With Chicago at AirVenture and Help Fight Cancer< - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | July 23, 2013 - When the legendary band Chicago hits the stage on opening day, one person will have an opportunity of a lifetime - to Sing With Chicago on stage during the concert. Chicago is again partnering with the American Cancer Society to raise funds and awareness in the fight to end breast cancer. Sing With Chicago is an online charity auction that gives music lovers the chance to win the ultimate VIP fan experience and sing their hit song "If You Leave Me Now" live on stage with the band....

Archer flown on autogas makes its way to Oshkosh · General Aviation News Staff | A Piper Archer, powered by a 180-horsepower Lycoming O-360 fueled with Airworthy AutoGas 93 Premium unleaded, was successfully flown from Vero Beach, Florida — Piper Aircraft’s home base — to Oshkosh, Wis., and will be on display at Airventure next week....

Vintage planes shown off at Flathead air show - KPAX-TV | KALISPELL - Budget cuts couldn't ground aviation enthusiasts as members of the Flathead Chamber of Commerce banded together with the help of the community and some high-ranking U.S. Air Force members to put on an unforgettable show in the skies above Flathead Lake. Five vintage planes put on a show for the Flathead in lieu of the Thunderbird's air show in Kalispell, which was cancelled due to federal sequestration cuts...

Wing-Walking is her passion - Translated | Peggy Krainz from South Baden is one of ten stunt women who walk on wings of flying aircraft in the world. On weekends she shows off her stunning show at the Flugtag flight sports club in Kelheim Hienheim.

“Mormon Mustang” to perform P-51 Fly By - Idaho State Journal | “Mormon Mustang” to perform P-51 Fly By at 13th Annual POW*MIA Awareness Rally and Motorcycle Rodeos “Tribute Ceremony” | In December of 2006, the Mormon Mustang experienced a forced landing on the highway median in Rexburg following an engine failure. John Bagley walked away with minor injuries from a very damaged P-51 Mustang. We are very thankful that John walked away from this one. The Mormon Mustang has been rebuilt and is again airworthy...

Comox air show ready for take-off - Campbell River Mirror | Tickets to the 2013 Comox Armed Forces Day and Air Show are available to the public at www.comoxairshow.ca and Thrifty Foods. Tickets will also be available at the CFB Comox CANEX retail store in the coming weeks. Advance ticket prices are $20 for adults, $10 for Youth and Seniors and $5 for Veterans (with certificate of service) and Cadets in uniform. On the day of the Air Show, tickets will be $25 for adults. Ticket prices for Youth, Seniors and Veterans remain the same on Air Show day....

Volunteer Call 2013  - Vintage Wings of Canada | This September 14-15, Vintage Wings of Canada will host the Wings over Gatineau-Ottawa en vol air show at the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport. We need your help to make it safe, enjoyable and memorable for the many thousands of spectators we expect. Our team of dedicated volunteers work hard to make Vintage Wings the most friendly, best run and most knowledgeable outfits in the historic aircraft world and this extends to our premier event....

Slow Motion Video Captures Coastguard SAR Demo at Bray Air Show - Afloat | Irish Coastguard | The Irish Coast Guard recorded its busiest year in 2012 since its formation, working with the RNLI, CRBI and the other first response agencies; the Coast Guard has been involved with nearly 2000 incidents nationally. The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) makes up one arm of the Irish Maritime Safety Services, the other being the Irish Maritime Safety Directorate. Both arms are poised to merge into a reformatted agency for all maritime safety matters....

Aviation Week: Tour and fly in Historic Aircrafts from World War II By: Jasmyne Humble [w/video] - | Chicago Rockford International Airport- The B-29 is the last remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world! Along with the rare B-24 Liberator, a P-51 Mustang and other historic World War II military airplanes, the aircraft will be on display for cockpit tours and rides....

Video: Record Setting Electric Airplane Preparing For 250 MPH Flight - Wired | Electric vehicle pioneer Chip Yates is back in the air with his record-setting airplane. He spent much of the past year testing his electric Long-EZ for a series of flights this summer, and in the process broke his own speed records, all while testing new equipment for his grand plan of flying across the Atlantic in an electrified plane....

Short Decks and Swordfish - Air & Space Magazine | Barely two hours after Great Britain declared war on Germany at the start of World War II, a U-boat torpedoed the British ocean liner SS Athenia, killing more than 60 of the 1,500 aboard and beginning the long, harrowing Battle of the Atlantic. From that sinking on September 3, 1939, until three weeks before the German surrender in May 1945, the U-boats struck. The worst year was 1942, when more than 1,000 Allied ships were lost, along with their cargoes of fuel, food, and materiel on which Britain depended for survival. The British had a shocking answer to the submarine menace: a 1934 open-cockpit biplane with fixed landing gear and a cruise speed of around 100 mph. The bigger shock: It worked....