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2013 Stuart Air Show Performers - Official Website | ... 24th Annual Stuart Air Show promises several new and exciting attractions. Fly in a Warbird, Balloon, or Chopper! See a Balloon Glow! See Aerial Stunts from our seven new performers and five returning crowd favorites!...

AF Bands, Thunderbirds Resume Outreach Operations - Military.com | ...Funeral flyovers are not affected by this plan and will continue to be coordinated through normal procedures.  For the Thunderbirds, a full season will consist of 34 shows divided between civilian and military events, while the Wings of Blue Jump Team will participate in up to 33 shows, including Air Force Academy football games. Schedules are expected to be confirmed in December...

GALLERY: Aircraft flock to fly-in - UP to 50 aircraft took advantage of the brilliant weather to arrive in Gloucester for the fly-in last weekend.  Pilots travelled from as far south as Wollongong and north to Coffs Harbour for the event in all manner of aircraft...

EAA Honors Five Aviators With Hall of Fame Induction on Nov. 14 - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News | In addition, Judy Mueller of Random Lake, Wis., will receive the Henry Kimberly Spirit of Leadership Award for her efforts on behalf of EAA and the local community. Mueller has long been involved as a volunteer in AirVenture activities, including as a ...

A true airpower giant By Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff | WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- We lost another Air Force hero this week. Brig. Gen. James Robinson “Robbie” Risner was part of that legendary group who served in three wars, built an Air Force, and gave us an enduring example of courage and mission success...

Timeline Photos: In a Celebration honoring our Tuskegee Airmen the First Top Guns ... | In a Celebration honoring our Tuskegee Airmen the First Top Guns and the unveiling of Detroit’s own replica of the “United States Air Force Fighter Gunnery Award” Trophy. The history of this fighter gunnery competition is told in “The Last Hurrah” by Harry T. Stewart, Jr. who was one of the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group participating in the competition...

Photos: Up close and personal with a World War II bomber - Jacksonville Business Journal | The Liberty Foundation's B-17 "Memphis Belle" is seen at the Cecil Airport on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The B-17 was at the airport for the media demonstration on Monday. The public demonstration will be available on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 at the airport.

‘Hexacopter’ flying camera makes BBC News debut - sUAS News | ...Sixteen years later, the farmer in the field bit has not changed, but the kit – my goodness. Well, have a look at the film. I have just become the first BBC reporter to use a “hexacopter”...

Students check out record plane - Parkes Champion-Post | Everything is in place for an Australian record to be established at the Parkes Airport this Saturday. Veteran Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot, Ron Watts will undertake the huge task of the most flights by one pilot in one day - a staggering 140! Ron held the original record, set two years ago, of 102 flights. That was set to celebrate 60 years of MAF operations in PNG. It has since been surpassed by Tim Howes, 27, with 122 flights. Ron, 64, a grandfather of six, is attempting to go even better...

Video: SNC Dream Chaser 'Space Shuttle' Free-Flight Test: Successful, With A Problem - AirPigz | This just released video shows the first free-flight test of the Sierra Nevada Corporation 'Dream Chaser' spaceplane on Saturday October 26, 2013. While the Dream Chaser will have the capability to carry up to seven crew members, this flight test was carried out with no one onboard using the automated flight control system. The video shows the lifting body space-shuttle-like vehicle being released from the Erikson Air-Crane helicopter and then flying extremely stable and right on glide path thru the short flight (less than one minute) and includes the approach to runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base...