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Parachutist dies at Florida air show - CNN | A parachutist fell to his death Saturday when his parachute failed to deploy during an air show north of Tampa, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. The man, Mark Curto, 62, had jumped from a biplane and died on the scene, sheriff's spokeswoman Melanie Snow said. The pilot landed safely....

Blue Angels, military outreach back on - UT San Diego | The Pentagon on Friday said it will reinstate the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flying teams, port visits, service weeks and band appearances, but at 45 percent of what the public outreach effort used to be....

Fly Pass Creates Double Excitement For Al Ain Aerobatic Show - zawya.com | 10th Edition Al Ain Aerobatic Show Tickets Go On Sale | Abu Dhabi, UAE. October 19, 2013: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), which is organising the UAE National Day weekend Al Ain Aerobatic Show, has launched a two-for-one 'FLY PASS' advantage deal which delivers entry to the 10th anniversary show and exciting benefits at four key attractions in the emirate's heritage heartland. "The pass is designed to give visitors even more reasons to spend the November 30th-December 2nd National Day weekend in Al Ain," explained Sultan Al Muhairi, General Co-ordinator for Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2013. "We are looking to encourage visitors to stay longer in our Oasis City and discover some of its year-round attractions and to make it as affordable and compelling as possible."...

Black Iron Birds In the Sky - English Russia | Aerobatic team “Rus” was formed in 1987. It still consists of highly professional pilots, each of them has flight experience of about 2500 hours on various planes. Inside this post you may see some photos of the team’s display at MAKS 2013 air show...

2014 Event - Mojave Experimental Fly-in | April 19-20, 2014... Concept: A gathering of the leading Experimenters currently involved in GA.  The event opens Saturday with a mid-day fly-in from 10 to 2.  After the heat of the day has passed there will be a dinner starting at 6 with awards and a speaker.  Then early morning on Sunday we gather at the airport for the departure of the show aircraft...

Strega Canopy Nomination - Mojave Experimental Fly-in | Award Nomination... Description:  During qualifying for the 2013 National Championship Air Races Matt Jackson and Strega suffered an inflight structural failure of the canopy.  The canopy shattered and departed the aircraft during flight.  In order to remain in contention for the trophy a new canopy had to be installed before Friday’s heat race.  This required sourcing a new canopy, trimming and fitting that new canopy and installing it in the existing canopy frame on a significantly abbreviated schedule away from their home shops...

60 years of the Patrouille de France - Translated | Wednesday was held last demonstration of the season for the Patrouille de France, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary....

Dream to turn Red Arrows' home into world attraction - thisislincolnshire.co.uk | Artist's impressions of a major new tourist attraction at the home of the Red Arrows have been released. Hangars at RAF Scampton would be converted as part of a multi-million pound project which could attract 200,000 people from around the world every year...

Outback aviation royalty celebrated By John Casey - Mulitplatform Journlaist | From state of the art aerial medical simulators to Warbirds and ancient flying machines of yesteryear, The Aero Club of Broken Hill and Royal Flying Doctor Service joint birthday party had it all...

Pushing 80, veteran aviator Pete Michaud nowhere near ready to quit - brownwoodtx.com | Maybe he'd utter the philosophical sayings of an elder statesman. Maybe he'd say it's time to think about retirement ― after all, he will celebrate his 80th birthday in February....

World War II vets share B-17 memories in Savannah - savannahnow.com | They stood quietly beneath the right wing of an airplane nearly identical to the bombers they flew as young Army officers some 70 years ago over Germany and France....

November luncheon to honor World War II veterans - Fox Houston | HOUSTON (FOX 26) -John Bixby's earns a living flying for an airline,  but he lives to fly this WWII training aircraft called an AT-6. "It's a handful. It was a handful to learn because of what it is. It's a quirky old war bird," he says. The plane belongs to the West Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. The organization is dedicated to preserving military aviation, especially World War II aviation...

Boeing F-15SA Makes Second, Longer Flight From St. Louis - The Aero Experience | The Boeing F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle flew again Friday on a two-hour test flight, taking off solo from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and later returning to land accompanied by an L-39 chase plane from Air USA.  This is the second in a series of test flights that will involve three aircraft through October before resuming at Edwards AFB, CA.  The updated fly-by-wire control system continues to...

Landmark Aviation to present donation to Able Flight at NBAA - General Aviation News | Landmark Aviation will present a donation check to nonprofit organization Able Flight during the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 2013 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas. The presentation ceremony will take place at Landmark Aviation’s NBAA exhibition booth N4515 on Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. The $8,444.90 donation is a portion of fuel sales collected through a Landmark Aviation partnership with Jet Aviation, Inc....

Dr Sky interviews Captain Mark Kelly - Photorecon.net | Attending the Reno Air Races is a great experience! I also had the opportunity to interview former Astronaut Mark Kelly. He has a rich history in aviation and space flight. Captain Kelly was kind to give me this interesting interview, on his time in space and the future of space travel...

Neil Armstrong’s Champ - Photorecon.net | In 1946, a 16 year old Neil Armstrong was landing an Aeronca Champ in a field in Ohio. He probably looked out the side window and saw a bright red sun rapidly descending in the western sky, illuminating some grain bins. That was the same humble beginning that most pilots have, a little experience behind them and a lot of...

The Save The Voodoo006 Campaign · Warbirds News | Earlier this year the Jet Aircraft Museum in London Ontario was awarded the opportunity to save a CF-101 Voodoo jet that is currently located in Cornwallis Nova Scotia. The retired Canadian Air Force jet represents a important time in Canada’s jet heritage and the Save Voodoo 006 project has been raising funds to save this unique jet. Voodoo #006 was one of two of the last in service CF-101 Voodoos in 1987. On April 19, 1987, Voodoo #101006, made the world’s last Voodoo flight, going to CFB Chatham, NB. The aircraft was then moved to its current resting and display place in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia at the Cornwallis Military Museum. However...

Flight of the Intruder - Air & Space Magazine | Their assignment, 45 years ago: Drop mines over Vietnam, something no jet had ever done....

This Helmet is a Technological Wonder for F-35 Fighter Jets - Motley Fool | A few months ago, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC  ) delivered its 500th AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) sensor to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT  ) for integration into the F-35 Lightning II aircraft....

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn man arrested for flying drone over Manhattan - ABC News |  NEW YORK (WABC) -- He's a musician from Brooklyn but he has struck a wrong note with the NYPD who tracked him down after our story aired and charged the inexperienced, drone operator with reckless endangerment. It's his own video that helped the NYPD nail David Zablidowsky . The 34-year-old musician from Brooklyn is clearly seen at the controls of the drone. The 34-year-old musician from Brooklyn is clearly seen at the controls of the drone....

ABC Developing 'Astronaut Wives Club' TV Series - mashable.com | A best-selling book about the women behind America's original astronauts is now being adapted for television by the co-creator of Gossip Girl. ABC has given the go for producer Stephanie Savage to pen a limited drama series based on author Lily Koppel's The Astronaut Wives Club, the entertainment news site Deadline Hollywood broke Wednesday. The TV show is reportedly being fast-tracked, possibly for summer 2014....

Virgin Galactic Wants To Do Moon Cruises, Replace The Concorde For Terrestrial Travel - Tech Crunch | Virgin Galactic is starting off sending a small group of billionaires into space, which is pretty cool… if you’re a billionaire. But the startup’s (yes, it’s a startup, even with Richard Branson at the helm) Commercial Director Stephen Attenborough took the stage at Wired 2013 in London today to talk a bit more about what the space travel company wants to do beyond billionaires. Hint: It could save the cruise business...