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EDITOR’S BLOG: The cancellation of Festa al Cel 2013 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | I was saddened to hear of late cancellation of Barcelona’s Festa al Cel event last week, particularly as Flightline UK was due to cover the event for a third time after two very enjoyable trips in 2010 and 2011. Despite Spain’s difficulties, Festa al Cel had weathered a difficult year in 2012 and was looking forward to producing what promised to be a very exciting line-up this year featuring Patrulla Aguila, the Turkish Air Force F-16C SoloTurk as well as a superb mix of civilian displays from across Spain and Europe. Sadly the tale of the event’s cancellation has very little to with the usual struggle for money which blights many airshows. Instead the airshow has been a victim of some very unusual bureaucracy on the part of the Spanish Airport operators...

Variety of aircraft Can Be Found In the Air at Creve Coeur Airport By Leo Cachat, The Aero Experience | Saturday, September 14th, provided some great weather to get out and see what might be in the air, and there is no better place to do just that then Creve Coeur Airport. In past visits, I was surprised by what I caught flying and this Saturday was no different. Here is a look at some of the action: a Schaub EAA P-2 Biplane, Great Lakes 2T-1A, Piper Cherokees, a Sonex, Taylorcraft, Hatz CB-1, a couple of Stearman, SNJ-5 Texan, Swift, Carbon Cub, Chipmunk, Fairchild 24R-46, a Robinson R-44 helicopter, a couple Yak-52's, Piper Aztec and some RV's. If the weather is nice and you like aviation, a visit to Creve Coeur Airport never disappoints!...

Local Fire Departments Train for Aircraft Accident Response and Rescue at Spirit of St. Louis Airport By Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience | Local fire fighters and emergency medical staff from the Monarch, Metro West, Cottleville and Pattonville Fire Protection Districts participated in a simulated aircraft fire and rescue exercise today on the Air Associates of Missouri ramp at Spirit of St. Louis Airport.  According to the training staff, the exercise is an annual  requirement for...

Variety of Light Sport Aircraft Displayed at Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo Part 3 - The Aero Experience | The recent Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo, recently held at Mount Vernon Outland Airport in central Illinois, featured a variety of light sport aircraft representing the major manufacturers from around the world.  The aircraft were...
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Variety of Aircraft Fill the Skies During Air Associates of Kansas Airport Fun Day By Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience |  Airport Fun Day, held Saturday at Johnson County Executive Airport near Olathe, Kansas, brought local families and aviators together to celebrate the miracle of flight in this great Midwest Aviation community...

Museum announced fourth annual student writing competition - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 9/20/2013 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will hold its fourth annual Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, providing students the opportunity to develop positive academic and character qualities and to showcase their writing talents while vying for scholarship funds...

The Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra Being Towed Out of The Hangar - Warbirds News | For the first time in 17 years the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra was towed out of the hangar. Throughout its life, The Dixie Wing’s P-63 has served many different roles, from test aircraft to air show performer.  It was built in the winter of 1944, bearing the Bell construction number 33-11, for model 33, aircraft 11.  It rolled out of the Bell plant in Niagara Falls on 24 February 1944, where it was formally accepted by the United States Army Air Force as a P-63A-6 and given serial number 42-68941...

Video: Historic Flights And Events From The Metropolitan Oakland International Airport - Airboyd.TV

Buy Your Plane at Penney’s - Air & Space | For a few magical years, it looked like every family would own an airplane.

Top Space Saves - Air & Space Magazine | Robotic spacecraft have traveled the solar system for more than 50 years, exploring places astronauts can still only dream of visiting. But with no human aboard, when something goes wrong, it’s up to ground control to pinpoint the problem—and fix it from millions of miles away...