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Indianapolis Air Show | The Executive Committee of the Indianapolis Air Show has decided not to produce an event in 2014 and thereafter. We appreciate the support the Air Show has received over the past 16 years however current circumstances indicate that it is impracticable to produce future Air Shows.

OUHSD 2013 Hall of Fame: Samuel Broadnax's dreams of flying made him one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen - ChicoER | OROVILLE — Samuel L. Broadnax is one of three people being inducted posthumously into the Oroville Union High School District Hall of Fame on Sept. 28. He attended Oroville High School from 1941-1944. Two months into his senior year, he left to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and become one of a unique group of fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen...

Daring duty from the skies: 'Doolittle Raider' recalls historic attack on Japan - Auburn Reporter | Daring duty from the skies: 'Doolittle Raider' recalls historic attack on Japan. Edward Saylor, one of only four remaining 'Doolittle Raiders,' visits Auburn to talk about the World War II bomber mission...

R.I. Aviation Hall of Fame to honor CAP's Blackman - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | RHODE ISLAND -- The Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame will induct five new members at its annual dinner in Cranston on Nov. 8. The five inductees (all deceased) include Lt. Col. Richard Warren Blackman, who made a major contribution to aviation in Rhode Island through his lengthy service with Civil Air Patrol. Blackman, who died earlier this year, joined the 102nd Composite Squadron of CAP’s Rhode Island Wing, and by 1980 he was heavily involved in Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency training, search and rescue missions and radio communications monitoring. Blackman often served as mission commander on the wing’s many search and rescue missions in the 1980s and ’90s – most notably the search for John F. Kennedy Jr.’s downed aircraft.

Jan Bartelski - Telegraph.co.uk | ...Travelling via Romania and Greece, Bartelski eventually arrived in England and enlisted in the RAF, completing his training in Medicine Hat, Canada... Jan Bartelski did wartime service with Coastal Command, flying Wellingtons over the Atlantic...

The Wings Museum Bell P-63C Kingcobra Restoration · Warbirds News | The UK based Wings Museum is restoring a P-63C Kingcobra, the restoration is based around the substantial remains of 43-11137. Accordingly to Aaron Simmons ,Wings Museum volunteer and Licenced Aircraft Technician, the aircraft maintains approximately 85% of its original structure...

Bloch MB-152 du GCII/1  - Passion for Aviation | Jacques Hemet shared with us once again a picture of excellent quality after a negative 6X6 from his personal collection with a mission to identify drivers to the Bloch 152. After a short survey of experts aéroforum, among other responses Alain Coste and Dan Gilberti ( http://www.histavia21.net/ ) came to enlighten us...

When Will Connecticut Admit Their Mistake? - NORDO News - Aviation Unedited | If you read NORDO News, you know about the recent fight to right a major wrong in Connecticut. Wait, I just realized I need to be very specific.  I'm talking about the bill the Governor of Connecticut signed decreeing Gustave Whitehead as the first in flight despite absolutely ZERO credible evidence of such a thing...

Navy unmanned helicopter begins flying - Examiner.com | The MQ-8C industry team is led by Northrop Grumman and also includes Bell Helicopter, Rolls-Royce, Summit Aviation, Cubic Corp., General Electric Aviation, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Honeywell...