Weekend Wings Over North Georgia air show set to go - Rome News Tribune | The buzzing of planes and the roar of jets will fill the skies over Floyd County this weekend as the Wings of North Georgia Air Show returns to Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. After attracting thousands of aviation enthusiasts and curious spectators at the inaugural show in September 2012, JLC Airshow Management is...
Red Bull Posts Schedule For 2014 Air Race Series - Aero-News Network | Events To Be Held Worldwide Beginning In Abu Dhabi In March The schedule has been posted for the Red Bull Air Races for the 2014 season, with events being held from the Middle East to the U.S. and China. 
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Photo Gallery - Crosswind Images | The 2013 edition of the world's greatest aviation event!
Atlantic Flyer interview with Evan Flies - Wasabi Air Racing | Evan (of Evan Flies) and I did this interview a few years back. It ran in the Atlantic Flyer during the build up to this years races. Check it out! (link)
AOPA Summit: AOPA recognizes first AOPA-AbleFlight scholarship recipient · General Aviation News Staff | FORT WORTH, Texas — The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) celebrated the achievements of U.S. Marine Lt. Andrew Kinard upon the successful completion of flight training as AOPA’s 2013 Aviation Summit opened here Thursday. Kinard learned to fly after having lost both legs while serving in Iraq. He took flight training through Able Flight, a non-profit program that...
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- Iowa Aviation Museum Expansion Plans Video
- Coverage on the 2013 Fly-In in GA News
- Texas Chapter and Northwest Missouri Chapter Newsletters
Goodyear Blimp Becomes 'Snow Bird,' Flies South For The Winter - Aero-News Network | 'Spirit Of Goodyear' Retiring To The Sunshine State, Construction Of New Goodyear NT Airship On Schedule Like many Ohioans, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Akron-based blimp, the Spirit of Goodyear, has become a "Snow Bird" and is leaving northeast Ohio's snow and cold for a retirement in the sunshine and warmth of Florida. The blimp, which has been based at the company's Wingfoot Lake Hangar since its christening 13 years ago, will join The Spirit of Innovation and operate from the company's Pompano Beach, FL airship base this winter...
Female F-22 pioneer lauds Air Force's progress - Politico | Ask Col. Dawn Dunlop about her background, and she ticks through her accomplishments in the simplest and most matter-of-fact way. “I was the first female Air Force fighter pilot in Europe. I was the first F-22 pilot. I was the first test wing commander ...
Fortress Rabaul: the Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942–April 1943 by travelforaircraft | ...Gamble also describes in detail how skip bombing evolved and the role of Major General George Kenney in this as well as gunship development. Famous for skip bombing the B-25 Mitchell bombers under Kenney's command were also famous for being the first gunships with several 0.50 caliber machine guns in the nose (for starters) — according to Kenney's recollection of events. Well, not quite, as Gamble corrects this common misunderstanding (one of many by Kenney) with the observation of the work of a self-taught engineer, Major Paul "Pappy" Gunn, who months before modified A-20 Havocs to carry several nose-mounted machine guns to begin the hugely successful, as well as spectacularly dangerous, low level bombing and strafing attacks....
How Things Work: Ejection Seats - Air & Space magazine | LAST DECEMBER, WHEN AN airman on a mission to Afghanistan initiated the ejection sequence on a B-1 bomber that was going down over the Indian Ocean, all four crew members blew out of the airplane in less time than it takes you to read this paragraph. They ejected at four different times and at four different angles so they wouldn’t hit each other while clearing an airplane that, crippled by “multiple malfunctions,” was going more than 600 mph at 15,000 feet....
Erik Lindbergh predicts electric business jet future - Corporate Jet Investor | Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles, discusses electric aircraft, his involvement with Air Charter Service and what he remembers of his grandfather. Erik Lindbergh steps off a business jet. A question Corporate Jet Investor often asks aviation ...
Wingsuit flyer Victor Kovats dies after cliff crash horror - www.cnn.com | The body of a Hungarian daredevil "wingsuit flyer" has been found a day after he plunged into a remote valley in northwestern
China during a practice flight ahead of the World Championships.Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at 88 - CNN | ...Carpenter was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts chosen by NASA. He was a backup pilot for John Glenn in the preparation for America's first manned orbital space flight in February 1962....
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