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Airshow Report: Wings Over Houston 2013 · Warbirds News | Every year the airshow season goes by faster and faster. The anxiety in the winter months of waiting for the next one to start is almost enough to drive any enthusiast mad. The Wings over Houston Airshow is the last big airshow in North America and following up right after the Midland Airshow just makes it that much more exciting....

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Scenes from Wings Over Houston Airshow · General Aviation News Staff | Thanks to contributing writer Robert Jaques, who sent in these photos from the Wings Over Houston Airshow, held Oct. 26-27 at Ellington Airport (EFD). Bob’s next assignment is covering the last toast of the Doolittle Raiders, so look for that story and photos in an upcoming post.Click to view slideshow.

Landing of B-17 at Rowan County Airport sparks interest - Salisbury Post | JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST The EAA's world War II B-17 bomber "Aluminum Ovrecast" arrived at the Rowan County Airport on Monday for a week stay. Several people gather at the airport to watch the large 4 propeller engine aircraft land and park...

Czech Mate Wing Nomination - Mojave Experimental Fly-in | Description:  In April of 2010 Don "Bucky" Dawson posted some pictures titled "Air Racer Airframe & Wing Stress clues..." (link).  A fantastic example of the small community that is air racing those pictures triggered an inspection of the airframe, then a teardown, and eventual rebuild.  What other corner of aviation has a team of photographers there when the...

Open house a hit with youth, parents - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | WISCONSIN -- Sauk Prairie Middle School student Matthew Basken got the experience of sitting in a real F-16 cockpit turned roving flight simulator Tuesday. His mom, Amy Basken, looked on as the youngster took off down the virtual runway. The two attended an open house held by the Col. Sac Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol. Find out more about the Baraboo-based squadron and see photos from the open house in this article posted by the News Republic.

Family with CAP ties donates 175 aircraft models to Air University - Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | ALABAMA -- An Air Force family’s impressive collection of aircraft models soon will be on display in various buildings across Maxwell Air Force Base, including Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters. The collection of 175 wooden, hand-painted aircraft models, collected by retired Air Force Cols. Bob and Rob Ditch, arrived at Maxwell in September. “Collecting these aircraft was a...
   
Flight Museum Lands in Port of Skagit - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | BURLINGTON -- The Port of Skagit will be the new home to a museum featuring historic aircraft and space exploration artifacts, as Bellingham's Heritage Flight Museum announced Thursday it will move into a two-bay hangar it bought at the port this ...

Winlock woman makes unique entrance as homecoming queen in Florida - Longview Daily News | In June, the licensed pilot competed in the 2013 Air Race Classic — a four-day, 2,128-mile race across the U.S.. “My friends and I joked about me skydiving into my own graduation-commissioning with my cap and gown on, but obviously, it wouldn't be too ...

Disney salutes National Aviation History Month · General Aviation News Staff | This November, Disney salutes National Aviation History Month, a month-long celebration of U.S. aviation’s storied past, with the release of the family adventure “PLANES” on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand on Nov. 19, and through educational partnerships with aviation museums across the country...

Texas Children's Choir Commemorates WWII Hero - Texas Public Radio | The Commemorative Air Force is providing a C-47 like what Halvorson flew, as well as a B17 for the event. "He'll be flying in the C-47 and dropping over 2,000 candies with little parachutes to the children who are participating in the activities ...

Math's Alive at Strategic Air & Space Museum - Lincoln Journal Star | One of the most interactive math exhibitions to ever tour, MathAlive! is designed to spark the imagination and to reveal not only math at work, but also its endless possibilities. Primarily designed for grades 3-8, the 5,000-square-foot exhibit brings ...

Video Shows Harrowing Mid-Air Crash - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Incredible video of Saturday's midair collision in Superior, Wisconsin, appeared on NBC News Monday and the Today show Tuesday morning, showing how extremely fortunate the nine sky divers and two pilots are to be alive today. The video footage, whose rights were acquired by NBC, shows a Cessna 185 carrying five sky divers colliding with the top of a Cessna 182, which had four jumpers on board, at about 12,000 feet altitude. The collision caused the 182's right wing to separate and catch fire.

Lockheed’s SR-72: the need for speed · Craig Hoyle, The DEW Line | Lockheed Martin’s ever-secretive Skunk Works unit has broken cover, revealing its concept for a Mach 6-capable successor to the US Air Force’s long-retired SR-71 Blackbird, and claiming “speed is the new stealth”....

Dream Chaser Took Data Before Mishap By Frank Morring, Jr., Guy Norris - Aviation Week & Space Technology | A last-minute mechanical failure that sent the Dream Chaser atmospheric test article skidding into the desert sand at Edwards AFB, Calif., with one wheel up may not disqualify Sierra Nevada Corp. from collecting its final $8 million milestone payment under a NASA Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Space Act agreement....