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LSA Pylon Races Planned Beginning In January - Aero-News Network | Single-Type Aircraft Will Compete Around A Closed Course The company that builds a line of high-performance LSA compliant aircraft has established the Sport Pilot Air Races (SPAR), which is set to debut in January of next year...

Tuskegee Airman Charles C. I. Williams has died - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Charles C. I. Williams, one of the oldest remaining members of the historic squadron, has died. He was 96. His death was confirmed Monday evening by Edward Morast, Ohio Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen president. Morast said Williams was a true American hero who deserved every honor he received....

TF-51D Galveston Gal Lost · Mark Hrutkay, Photorecon | About noon on October 23, 2013, TF-51D N4151D Serial 44-73458 of the Lone Star Flight Museum crashed into a bay near Houston Texas. It had been on a pleasure flight taking a British tourist for a ride. Both the pilot and passenger were lost. This Mustang had been operated by the Canadians as RCAF 9294 until 1959 when it was...

World War II aircraft roar into Shelby County for the weekend (gallery, video) - The Birmingham News - al.com | "They had a little bit of everything," he said, listing aircraft including the P-38, P-51, B-24, B-25 and C-47 that he flew. His time in the South Pacific included eight combat missions. Sitting in the Shelby County Airport terminal, Cruse said his ...

Pilots train for Red Bull Air Race - Olney Enterprise | That's all because aerobatic pilots from around the world have converged on the Olney Municipal Airport for a week-long training camp for the 2014 Red Bull Air Race. The pilots will be moving out over the weekend, but you can get the full scoop in next ...

National Championship Air Races 2013 - Photorecon | The period beginning in the early 1930′s and culminating in the late 1940′s saw the most dramatic advancement of the aircraft in history. At the hands of designers and engineers such as Dutch Kindelberger, Lee Atwood, Don Berlin, Howard Hughes, Kelly Johnson and Willie Messerschmitt, aircraft matured from wire and strut braced designs to streamlined performance machines. Early in this...

Rosie the Riveter on the Liberator Line - www.youtube.com | Henry Ford's historic WWII plant, home of Rosie the Riveter and the B-24 Liberator bomber, and later GM's Powertrain powerhouse, is an important piece of our...

Women Take Flight at New England museum · General Aviation News Staff | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The New England Air Museum will host its ninth annual Women Take Flight event on Sunday, Nov. 3. The program features women who have pioneered new careers for women in aviation and aerospace engineering...

A revisit on All Things Aero of the F-117 Silver Stealth Celebration. Good times! · TVR Photography.com | A revisit on All Things Aero of the F-117 Silver Stealth Celebration. Good times!

Finding History on eBay by The National Air and Space Museum | One question I’m often asked as a curator is, “do you ever find anything interesting for the museum on eBay?” The answer is yes. This is the story of a particularly interesting find. When developing the aviation component of the museum’s “Time and Navigation” exhibit, I wanted to showcase the role of navigational radar in World War II. The use of radar as a navigational aid affected people as no other navigational technology had done previously. The way the radar operator saw the world through his scope had enormous consequences...

The First World War Uncovered Special Interest Day at IWM Duxford - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The First World War Uncovered looks at different aspects of the Great War with three authoritative speakers. Dr Geoff Hales looks at the career of Captain W E Johns, a bomber pilot in the Royal Flying Corps who was most famous for his fictional aviation character, Major James Bigglesworth, known to many childhood fans as Biggles...

Connie III · Apron 6 | It’s Friday, so here some more pictures from the Connie flight. The first one shows the Connie flying above the...

Wreckage of American WWII bomber found in Yangtze River - CCTV | ... inscribed with the bomber's serial number and date of manufacture --- February 15, 1943. A US scholar says the plane was a B-25 bomber from the "Flying Tiger" squadron, a special unit of US military pilots tasked with training Chinese pilots in air ...

The Jet Age Museum Opened Its Doors · Warbirds News | The Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire,UK opened to the public in late August 2013,Warbirds News contributor Geoff Jones sent us an update on the new hangar built for the museum. In the the above picture the cockpit of the AVRO VULCAN B2 XM569 looks like is noticeably sticking out of the building. In reality...

Happy Birthday To The P-51 Mustang · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang flew for the first time seventy-three years ago today. One of the truly great fighters of World War II, the P-51 was...

Frosting for Flight winners named · General Aviation News Staff | The Oshkosh Women in Aviation Chapter has named the top three winners for its Frosting for Flight cupcake competition. First place went to “Team Sweet Treats,” Laura Redeker and Tiffany Schmidt. Their Feed the Animals/Zookeeper theme and Double Chocolate Panda Bear cupcakes with cream cheese frosting were a hit with the judges and the attendees. They also won the crowd favorite judging....