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Applegate Fly-In - Antique Airfield News | What a fine day for a fly-in! The Sunday after the close of AirVenture finds the Applegate family, Harve, Carolyn, Matt, Taryn & Shalyn, hosting their annual Watermelon Fly-in. This year (2013) marked the 26th annual event and one would be hard pressed to have found a finer day to hold the event....

Win a chance to fly a DC-3 - General Aviation News Staff  | The Historic Flight Foundation will make 12 people “Pilots for a Day,” giving them a chance to fly a restored 1930s-era DC-3 on Tuesday, Aug. 27. To get a chance to fly the DC-3 and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Historic Flight Foundation, you have until Friday, Aug. 16, to visit the foundation’s website or Facebook page. There you will get the chance to enter a brief explanation of why you should be selected for this experience. The 12 most creative and compelling entrants will be notified by Monday, Aug. 19, foundation officials said....

World War I Replica Aerodrome Taking Form in Ohio - EAA | An Ohio EAA member is in the process of transforming an 11-acre cornfield into a World War 1 French aerodrome east of Dayton, just north of U.S. 35 on Brickel Road in a town called Jamestown. As next year marks 100 years since the outbreak of World War I, it's a timely undertaking....

Flying Tigers' remains neglected 6 years after discovery - Global Times | The graves of fallen Chinese members of the Flying Tigers, a US volunteer group that fought alongside the Chinese in Southwest China against Japanese aggressors in World War II, were abandoned in a village in southwestern Yunnan province, sparking calls for a dignified reburial....

Experience History: B-17 Flight Tour at Gerald R. Ford Airport Aug. 16-18 - HollandSentinel.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) National B-17 Flight Tour will be held in Grand Rapids, Aug. 16-18. The daily flight schedule will be at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, 5500 44th St., SE, Grand Rapids. Ground tours will be held from 2 to 5 p.m...

2013-08-10 - Ghost Rider On The Move News, Articles, and Photos From CodeOne Magazine | A historic C-130 Hercules made its final journey on 10 August, when it was moved from Dobbins ARB, Georgia, to the Marietta Museum of History’s Aviation Wing. C-130A number 3010 — known as “The Ghost Rider” — was delivered to the US Air Force in 1957. The aircraft, retired in 1995, was modified as a C-130A gunship that supported missions in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. While this Hercules has...

WWII Aircraft Arrive for Fundraiser - KDLT News | V.I.P. doesn't always mean people; in fact today some very important planes arrived at Joe Foss Field for a party. The Commemorative Air Force is raising funds and historic aircraft from around the country have shown up for support. The...

Hands-On Experience With WWII History - KELOLAND TV | SIOUX FALLS, SD - It is an opportunity to put a large piece of World War II history in the palm of your hand and that experience can happen right here in Sioux Falls. Sitting in the cockpit of historic World War II bombers is a thrill even for the most experienced of pilots....

NEWS: IWM Duxford-based Catalina takes on a round-Britain challenge - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Commemorating a 100 year old flight in the aircraft’s own 70th birthday month | On Wednesday 21 August, Catalina G-PBYA, operated by Plane Sailing Air Displays Limited and based at IWM Duxford, undertakes a remarkable aviation challenge. Honouring the daring flying expeditions of the pioneer aviators, the Catalina will undertake, in its centenary year, the 1913 Circuit of Britain flight, which was flown by pilot Harry Hawker and mechanic Harry Kauper, both Australians, in a Sopwith Waterplane...

MiG 21 at the Victory Over B-52 Museum by travelforaircraft | Located near the address of 157 Đội Cấn in the Ba Dinh District of Hanoi, Vietnam is the Museum of Victory over B-52 — Bảo Tàng Chiến Thắng B.52 when spoken in Vietnamese. It is the location where most of the wreckage of the B-52D Stratofortress with the call sign "Rose 01" fell during the first evening of Operation Linebacker II — with two of the crew killed and four captured....

GA rally held in New Mexico · General Aviation News Staff  | ALBUQUERQUE — Governor Susana Martinez, U.S. Senator Tom Udall and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry joined the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and hundreds of manufacturing workers, local officials, business leaders and aviation enthusiasts at Cutter Aviation for a general aviation (GA) jobs rally Tuesday....