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Air and car show coming to Apple Valley - Victorville Daily Press | Aircraft from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino also will be on hand, featuring the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning, B-25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustang, P-40 Warhawk and Fw190. Attendees can browse booths offering information, souvenirs, food and beverages...
   
History being made & on-display at NTRA this week - KTEN | Monday, the Commemorative Air Force, or CAF, landed a B-17 and a B-25 bomber at the airport, giving vintage aircraft enthusiasts, like Carol Bell, from Gainesville, a chance to take a look and take flight. "There's something about the B-17 that I just ...

The Patrouille de France was born in Reims ... - Passion for Aviation (translated) | Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 18:30 | Audiovisual Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Centre | 20, rue de contrary, Reims | The National Association of Reserve Officers of the Air Force (ANORAA) sector 170 "Champagne-Ardennes" chaired by Captain Lawrence Marchwant the Edmond Marin la Meslée chaired by Hervé Chabaud Association, you pray for them to the honor of attending the evening they organize to celebrate: the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Patrouille de France in Reims...

Kelly Rowland To Close Out Dubai Airshow - RTT News | Kelly Rowland will close out this year's Dubai Airshow. The Airshow, which is the Middle East's leading aerospace event, takes place at Dubai World Central, a purpose-built site, from November 17 to 21 with the Grammy-winning singer performing at the ...

WWII bomber planes share their 'sentimental journey' at NTRA - KXII-TV | Commemorative Air Force B-17G Crew Chief Troy Smith said. The heavy, strategic bomber defended our nation from the sky during World War II, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft. "They're at 30,000 feet, it's 50 below zero, people are ...

Memorial set for fallen aviator - Santa Maria Times | Service for Navy Lt. Cmdr. Landon Jones to be Saturday in Lompoc | Navy Lt. Cmdr. Landon L. Jones, who died last month in a helicopter crash, will be remembered during a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lompoc Foursquare Church, 125 North C St. The church’s doors will open at 1:30 p.m. The service will also be broadcast on Live Stream online from the church website at mylfc.com. The service will feature a U.S. Navy Honor Guard along with a Navy chaplain from Coronado Island Naval Base, as well as memories by family and close friends, organizers said...

MAPS Air Museum's new memorial landmark to honor pilot and WWII veterans - Massillon Independent | Robert Withee, who flew a P-51 during World War II, was the star of the groundbreaking for a new memorial soon to be placed where the access road for MAPS Air Museum turns off state Route 241. He even signed autographs. The memorial, a landmark that ...

Redstone Report: Flying Tigers visit arsenal - WAFF | The "Flying Tigers" were the first American volunteer group for the Chinese Air Force. With the permission of Franklin D. Roosevelt, they trained Chinese pilots before WWII. Ed Stiles is now in his 90's and is one of the surviving members of the group ...

F-35 Hangar Dedicated to WWII Pilots Who Flew The P-38 · Warbirds News | Officials from Lockheed Martin dedicated a hangar to the people who built, flew and maintained the aircraft. The hangar is now home to the F-35 Lightning II, which is nicknamed after the P-38 and is assembled at the Fort Worth plant. With a shiny new F-35 as a backdrop for the ceremony, officials unveiled an artist’s rendering of the mural they plan to paint on the building’s exterior. It will feature the motto “P-38 Lightning Hangar: The Legacy Continues.”...

Remembering the VC10 - The DEW Line | Just over two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be able to hitch a ride on the last ever operational sortie flown by the RAF’s veteran Vickers VC10s; a type which had first entered use with the service in 1966...

Bombing Nazi Germany: the graphic history of the Allied air campaign that defeated Hitler in World War II by travelforaircraft |  Wayne Vansant has once again used his art to masterfully and evocatively convey emotions and context in the telling of history — this time on the subject of the Allied bombing campaign against Nazi Germany during World War II. Like his previous book — Normandy: a graphic history of D-Day the Allied invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe (reviewed in an earlier post) — Vansant delves into the widely known as well as the significant but often not discussed events. No judgements are made but no punches are pulled either. The fire bombing of cities (beginning with a German air raid) which culminated infamously with the Dresden attacks is addressed — and kudos to Vansant for illuminating post war political considerations....
   
Per Ardua Ad Astra — the RAF in Clewiston FL by travelforaircraft | Per Ardua Ad Astra — through adversity to the stars — motto of the Royal Air Force (RAF) here on a plaque in Clewiston, the small town on the west side of Florida's Lake Okeechobee? Today it is perhaps a puzzlement but back in the days of World War II the strange often made better sense than anything else. The RAF stationed the...

Roof failure at Calif. base damages airship - RGJ.com | TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A $35 million lighter-than-air dirigible was damaged and leaked helium Monday after part of a hangar roof collapsed at a former military base, authorities said...

Spreading My Wings - Flight To Success | ...I’ve dreamed about being a pilot since I was 4 years old, but I didn’t begin my life as a pilot until 2006 when I took my very first flight lesson, flying around Barbados where I live. I took my next big step when I enrolled in the Aeronautical Science program at Embry-Riddle one year later....

Flight Training Scholarship awards announced - AOPA | AOPA has announced the winners of the 2013 Flight Training Scholarships that will be awarded at AOPA Aviation Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 10 through 12.  The scholarships are awarded to student pilots working toward an...

Encouraging young women to fly - Australian Defence Magazine | The 2013 recipient of a RAAF scholarship, Larissa Stephens, said since she had completed the endorsement she has had several hours of learning at her aero club. “I am now able to instruct in formation endorsements and this scholarship has improved my ...

September 2013 Young Eagles Report: Sixty Young Eagles - EAA Chapter 242 | For our September Young Eagles event we were privileged to have as our guests the Spann Watson Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen.   Members of the chapter arranged for about 35 youth to come for young eagles flights.  They also cooked lunch for attendees and helped entertain all of our guests at the event. In addition to Tuskegee we also had several families attend...