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Wasilla air show rescheduled for Saturday - Frontiersman.com | WASILLA — An air show in celebration of the centennial of flight in Alaska has been rescheduled for Saturday. A number of local pilots will participate in the show from 1 to 3 p.m., July 27 at Wasilla Airport. ...

Air show photo contest taking off - Hillsboro Tribune | For the third year in a row, the Oregon International Air Show in Hillsboro will host a photography contest and will launch the first annual “Instagram Photo Contest.” This year's contest invites contestants to submit their best photos from the 2013 ...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Gene Soucy and the Showcat - The aero Experience | The airshows at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 attracted the top talent in the industry, including Gene Soucy. Soucy is a legend in aerobatics, having joined the U.S. Aerobatic Team at age 22, assisting the team in winning its first World Title. He became three-time U.S. and Canadian National Champion, and began his airshow career in 1968. Soucy flew Pitts S-1S, BD-4, Bellanca Decathlon, Piper Cub and Cessna 150 before the current Showcat (modified Grumman Ag-Cat) and Extra 300S. He has flown with the...

CAF B-25 honors sacrifices - The Star Press | MUNCIE — If pilot Russ Gilmore hadn’t pointed it out you probably wouldn’t have seen it, and even if you had, you surely wouldn’t have known its significance.Scrawled in indelible marker on the olive drab interior of a bomb-bay door on the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber named Maid In the Shade, was the signature of David Thatcher....

Locals take off with World War II B-17 Bomber - Northern Star Online | It’s your turn to be mistaken for the man of steel (or a bird), DeKalbians. Locals will be able to take off in a World War II B-17 bomber alongside pilot Jim Kimmel and his co-pilot for the area, Fred DeWitt, of Sycamore, until Sunday. Kimmel and the crew tour the Midwest with the bomber, flying, giving cockpit tours and selling souvenirs as part of a Commemorative Air Force tour....

Chance to ride WWII plane in Frederick - The Lawton Constitution | FREDERICK The public will get a chance to view and fly in two different World War II era aircraft Saturday at the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team's Summer 2013 Open Hangar Day and Fly-In. This event will be at the historic Frederick Army Airfield section of the Frederick Regional Airport, southeast of the city, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Airborne Demonstration Team is extending a special invitation to all veterans of World War II to attend....

Restoration of crashed Grumman C-1A Trader “Miss Belle” Nears Completion - Warbirds News | It took nearly 10 years, but it looks like the restoration of the Grumman C-1A Trader, “Miss Belle,” owned by Trader Air of Topeka, Kansas might be done in time for the plane to make the trip to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture 2013....

My Favorite SR-71 Story · Bill Brandt, The Lexicans | As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I’m most often asked is “How fast would that SR-71 fly?” I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It’s an interesting question, given the aircraft’s proclivity for speed, but the really isn’t one number to give, as the jet would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it too. It was common to see 35 miles a minute....

The best aviation books - 80 years since the first solo flight - ABC Online (blog) | Every Tuesday fortnight, we talk about the best in books with the help of Katie Woods from the State Library of Queensland. And today's theme is aviation as it's 80 years since American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world. Katie's list today is from The Royal Aeronautical Society which has listed its top flying books:...

St. Ignatius celebration capped off by 'fly-in' - KPAX-TV | The Young Eagles program offered free rides for kids interested in flight. It's a program run by the Experimental Aircraft Association. Meanwhile, Civil Air Patrol cadets from Kalispell, Plains and Butte spent the weekend training and helping with the ...