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Space pioneer Sally Ride among presidential honorees - USA Today | ...Sally Ride, who lost a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer in July 2012 at age 61, made history in 1983 as the first American female astronaut to join a spaceflight aboard Challenger. Ride's mother, Joyce, 90, and sister Karen "Bear" Ride, 60, will be present for the medal ceremony...

Doolittle Raiders named 2013 recipient of the Omar N. Bradley 'Spirit of Independence Award' - KMSS TV33 | Shreveport, LA (KMSS) — AdvoCare V100 Bowl officials are pleased to announce The Doolittle Raiders as the recipient of the 2013 Omar N. Bradley “Spirit of Independence Award.” After the Empire of Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in 1941, Lieutenant Colonel James “Jimmy” Doolittle led a group of 79 other volunteers on a secret and dangerous retaliatory mission against the Japanese. The men did not know the details of their mission until they were aboard the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Hornet...

Dubai's a different challenge: Red Arrows - gulfnews.com | Dubai: So what’s it like to be in the British Royal Air Force (RAF)’s aerobatic team that boasts 4,500 fly-pasts in 54 countries since 1965? “Incredible,” said the display pilots. And what’s it like to fly over the Dubai skies in 2013? “Different,” came the answer...

Unleashed Beluga Mod Nomination · Mojave FlyIn | Argument: The Beluga Belly mod to the wing body fillet is a first for the Lancair 360 design. Tom McNerney is pushing the boundaries of mods that have been done to this design and seems to be having a blast doing the work and sharing it (link). Tom's website chronicles the...

RAF Museum Hopes to Display P-40 Found in the Sahara - EAA | November 20, 2013 - The Royal Air Force Curtiss P-40 fighter from World War II discovered in the Sahara Desert in May 2012 has been retrieved and secured at an undisclosed location, according to a report from the Royal Air Force Museum...

New HBO series on Mighty Eighth Air Force cost 500 Million dollars! - warhistoryonline.com | More lights, camera, and action slated for the Coastal Empire.  Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg confirm the production of a 10 hour HBO series on the Mighty Eighth Air Force.   Look inside the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler and behind the military history are countless stories of bravery, courage, and a brotherhood that runs through their veins....

The Jet that Shocked the West - Air & Space Magazine | The Korean conflict was less than six months old on the morning of November 30, 1950, when a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress, attacking an air base in North Korea, was lightly damaged by a fighter that overtook the bomber too fast for the attacker to be identified, much less for the Superfort’s gunner to fix it in the sights of his gun’s tracking system. Straight-wing Lockheed F-80 jets escorting the bomber made a token pursuit, but the accelerating fighter rapidly shrank to a dot, then disappeared...

Russia’s Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Jet has got a new paint scheme. Inspired by sharks? - The Aviationist | Sukhoi has just released images of Russia’s 5th generation stealth fighter plane, the T-50 (PAK FA – Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii—Future Tactical Air System), wearing a new color scheme that seems to have replaced the previous splinter livery...

Project TeenFlight RV-12 Finds a Home Nearby - EAA | November 20, 2013 - If you attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, you might have seen the newly completed Van's RV-12 parked prominently near Homebuilders Headquarters. The airplane was assembled by a group of teenagers from Oregon through the local Airway Science for Kids program in conjunction with Project Teen Flight...

Video chronicles Build A Plane contest · General Aviation News Staff | The General Aviation Manufacturers Association just released a 5-minute video on its Build A Plane STEM competition this summer — eight high school students building two airplanes in two weeks. It follows the competition from the announcement of the winners to first flight and beyond...