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Crash kills pilot days after local stopover in B-25 bomber - Plainview Daily Herald | Four days after stopping off at the Plainview-Hale County Airport on Aug. 9 while flying a World War II-era B-25 Mitchell bomber from Maryland to California, pilot Fred Lewis died in the crash of another airplane...

Share your memories of Paul Poberezny · General Aviation News Staff | Do you have a favorite memory of Paul Poberezny? How about a story of how this general aviation icon inspired your own flying? We are putting together a tribute to Paul in our next print issue and would like to include our readers stories and thoughts...

Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show still on despite leadership flap - Santa Cruz Sentinel | WATSONVILLE -- Long-standing friction between the nonprofit board that sponsors the Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show and the event's promoter blew up this week. Mike Hennessey, who took over the reins of the show in December, is charging the board with unethical behavior and said though he hasn't resigned, he won't be involved in the running of the event, which opens Friday evening and runs through Sunday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport...

Video: Breitling Promo For The 50th Anniversary Reno Air Races! - AirPigz | Swiss premium watch maker Breitling has been sponsoring the Reno Air Races for many years and they are more important to the success of the World's Fastest Motorsport than ever before. This video captures both the spirit of the Reno Air Races and the enthusiasm with which Breitling sponsors the event. It's all top notch!

VIDEO: Bournemouth Air Festival day one round-up - blue skies, sunshine and a ... - Bournemouth Echo | IT was a triumphant return for a full-strength Red Arrows at Bournemouth Air Festival today. The setting could not have been better for the Reds to make their return as a nine-ship formation for the first time since the tragic death of Flt Lt Jon Egging two years ago. Crowds were treated to a full-on show from the team, which dedicated its heart formation to Jon Egging’s family, as the sun shone over Bournemouth seafront....

BLADES TO SOAR ABOVE COWES - Island Echo The performance will take place at 17:30 at West Cowes Seafront on the Esplanade.

Photos: Helicopters at MAKS 2013 Air Show | English Russia

Cleveland plans air show - Bolivar Commercial - Clint Johnson will host a Runway Grand Opening Air Show on Oct. 17. "The (Cleveland Board of Aldermen) met to finalize budget amendments and to consider various proposals," said City Manager Farae Wolfe, following Tuesday’s recessed board meeting. One main topic up for discussion and approval was the funding for the Runway Grand Opening Air Show event....

Video Vault: Cleveland National Air Show 1991 and 1992 - NewsNet5.com | CLEVELAND - Due to Washington budget issues, there is no 2013 air show in Cleveland. Fear not, our Video Vault is chock full of footage from air shows past. I've chosen stories from 1991 and 1992 for this look at Cleveland National Air Shows from Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport....

B-29's return sparks another round in debate between Craddick, CAF - Midland Reporter-Telegram | The world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress, “FiFi,” returned to Midland this week to a clash over her permanent home. At issue is whether the Commemorative Air Force, which announced in May the decision to relocate only its headquarters to a larger metropolitan area, lived up to an agreement to construct a hangar to house the B-29 in exchange for donations and state and federal transportation dollars....

Tuskegee Airman Dr. Brown meets bomber pilot Roen he led to safety - The Beacon | The traveling
exhibit of the Red Tail squadron is expecting two to three thousand people to attend their exhibit this weekend, but Dr. Harold Brown of Port Clinton, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Tuskegee Airmen, didn’t expect to meet one visitor in particular. Vernon Roen, a B-24 bomber pilot, came to the Red Tail exhibit Thursday with his daughter, Nancy Dunlap. Roen and Brown have had many close encounters before, but this is the first time they have formally met. Roen was escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen three times during his service in WWII....

Sean Tucker cuts ribbon on VNY runway, Clay Lacy makes first landing · General Aviation News Staff |VAN NUYS, Calif. — More than 300 business, community and aviation industry representatives joined with Los Angeles World Airport officials to open Van Nuys Airport’s (VNY) newly improved main runway, 16R. The $20.5 million, seven-month plan to modernize the airport’s 8,000-foot primary runway marks the largest maintenance project conducted at the airport in more than 50 years...

Battle of Britain Weekend - RAF Museum London Events | 14th - 15th September 2013 | This year’s annual commemoration of Hendon’s role in the events of the Battle of Britain will take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013 at the Royal Air Force Museum London. The weekend will consist of living history displays, memorabilia, military vehicles, guided tours and live concerts...

Flyin' high: Evanston boys take flight, co-pilot stunt plane after winning essay contest BY: Deborah Demander and Bryon Glathar | ...The two youngsters were chosen in an essay contest sponsored by the Ryan J. Poe Foundation's Elevate Your Life program. Founded by the late Greg Poe, the foundation steers kids away from drugs, not by beating mantras into their brains, but by shifting their focus onto other things, such as aviation and realizing goals and dreams...