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Vintage warbirds highlighted in Houston airshow - Xinhua | HOUSTON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 29th Wings Over Houston Airshow featuring vintage warbirds livened up the sky above the Ellington Airport in Houston on Saturday, amazing spectators with thrilling aerobatics and demonstrations. The annual event was...

Great Friends, Below Average Weather  - NORDO News | Thanks to the folks at Silo Field for a great event despite the weather. Although there was some confusion on my part about the correct day, I somehow managed to get there via a passenger seat in my brother’s car. And as usual, it was a great time.If you’ve never been to Silo Field, you’re missing out. Being a private strip, the casual invitations...

Artist and astronaut honored at convention - AOPA Pilot | A panel of luminaries, led by renowned aerobatic and airshow pilot Sean D. Tucker, complimented the space traveler for his pioneering spirit, reverence, and never-ending drive to support manned space flight and encourage kids to do their best. R.A ...

YPSILIANTI TOWNSHIP: Yankee Air Musuem to attempt world record for most ... - Heritage Newspapers | The Yankee Air Museum will attempt to set a world record for the largest number of Rosie the Riveters in one place on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. The world record is a way for the museum to bring more awareness to its campaign to save the former...

Yankee Air Museum receives additional deadline extension to raise $2M to buy ex-bomber plant - MLive.com | The Yankee Air Museum now has until May 1, 2014 to raise $8 million to save a portion the former Willow Run Bomber Plant, officials announced Saturday. "We've made enough progress and announced some big grants today and now that RACER knows...

The Niagara Aerospace Museum and its Bell P-39Q Recovery and Preservation · Warbirds News |
This amazing Bell P-39Q was located at the bottom of Lake Mart-Yavr within the Russian Arctic Circle in the summer of 2004. As with other recoveries over the years, it was discovered by a fisherman who saw the silt covered outline through the crystal clear water. 

The P-39Q sat on the bottom of a shallow lake at a depth of 5m, covered and buried up to the top of the propeller spinner in fine silt. Covered in silt, no markings were initially visible but after a little...

X-47B unmanned aircraft now on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum - Gulf News Today | Pensacola, Fla. –As part of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Museum is proud to present the Navy’s latest in aerospace technology, a full-scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system. The X-47B was originally scheduled to be part of the Museum’s 50th anniversary which was postponed due to the government shutdown....

It Looks Fun But How Can I know For Sure? - NORDO News | Every now and then something comes along that makes you sit up and take notice. The Double Ender is one of those things. Created not by using anything new but with great effort to pick and chose the methods and mechanisms that would best achieve the desired outcome, it is a real looker. But, how does it perform?

Air Associates of Missouri Provides Spirited Fun at Haunted Hangar  - The Aero Experience | Air Associates of Missouri, the premier St. Louis area Cessna Pilot Center, provided some spirited fun today at the annual Haunted Hangar open house event at their Spirit of St. Louis Airport facility. Visitors were treated to aircraft displays from Cessna Aircraft Company: Citation Mustang, T182 Turbo Skylane, 162 Skycatcher and 172S Skyhawks used in daily training and aircraft rental. Air Associates of Missouri staff were on...

Kids in Santa Maria paint Cessna airplane to raise awareness about addiction - KSBY | ...On Saturday, a group of local young artists met up at the Santa Maria Airport to paint a 2000 Cessna 182R. It's all because of an organization called SafeLaunch. They're trying to raise awareness about addiction through art. They recruited kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Maria for Saturday's painting....

Dream Chaser Suffers Landing Gear Failure After First Flight - Aero News Network | Left Main Gear Failure Mars Otherwise Stunning Flight Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser lifting body spacecraft conducted its maiden flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center last Saturday. However, mechanical failure during landing resulted in it flipping over on the runway. SNC’s Dream Chaser is one of three vehicles selected by NASA for their Commercial Crew Development Program. The Dream Chaser carries on a developmental history of lifting body aircraft that started in the mid 1950’s, but was abandoned during the race for the moon for the simpler space capsule and parachute combination.