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Toys for Tots fly-in slated for L52 · General Aviation News Staff | The fifth annual Toys for Tots Fly-In will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, at California’s Oceano Airport (L52). The fly-in will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pilots are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy. The Oceano Airport Toys for Tots event is in cooperation with the US Marine Corps...

16 Awesome Photos From The Tremendous Dubai Airshow - Business Insider | For four days last week, the aviation world's attention turned to the United Arab Emirates for the 13th edition of the biannual Dubai Airshow. This year's show was a smashing success, as airlines ordered over $206 billion worth of new planes — more ...

PAF contingent lands back after Dubai Air Show - HispanicBusiness.com | Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Contingent, Sunday, landed back at Operational Base after participating in the static as well as aerobatic segment in Dubai Air Show 2013. PAF comprised three JF-17 Thunder, Super Mushshak, pilots and technicians. For Pakistani participants it was satisfying moment when curtains were lowered for the 13th Dubai Air Show-2013, one of the biggest air shows of the world, which also included an impressive display of PAF JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft for the second time in the show....

Target smashed as £21k is raised for charities through Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | They received £7,000 each thanks to sales of the air festival brochure, which was produced by the Daily Echo and Bournemouth Tourism, and through £2,000 raised by the Patrons' Scheme, made up of businesses that support the event. Each brochure sold...

As air races deadline looms, RSCVA signals potential support from RGJ.com | The president of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority on Monday said his organization will consider upping its commitment to the Reno National Championship Air Races, following the air races' announcement last week that it must find...

Do the Reno Air Races Have a Future? - Flying Magazine | ... A letter from the Reno Air Race Association's (RARA) president and CEO Mike Houghton, posted on the Reno Air Race website, announced that the event has been in the red for three consecutive years and that the organization needs to raise $500,000 by mid-December. RARA has also been forced to make some tough decisions in the process, imposing furloughs and wage and benefit cuts, and reducing its staff from seven to five people. While the contact information on the website has not yet been changed, one of the positions that was eliminated was that of Valerie Miller-Moore, director of marketing and public relations...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Lockheed Shooting Star Jet Warbirds Keep the Excitement Alive at Daily Airshows - The Aero Experience | Airshow organizers faced the challenge of providing jet aircraft performances in the absence of the military jet teams during the 2013 airshow season, and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 was no exception.  As discussed in the previous feature, the role of jet action in the daily airshows was  filled by civilian warbird jets performing as individuals or in teams such as the Black Diamond Jet Team.  One of the most popular warbird jets on the...

Edmonton museum awaiting permission to fly old plane 33 kilometres - Calgary Herald | EDMONTON - The Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton is pleading with Transport Canada to fast-track permission to fly an old Boeing 737 to an airport in Villeneuve, just 33 kilometres away. The museum is currently located at the City Centre Airport near Edmonton's downtown...

Flying Tigers can bring Taiwan, China and US closer: Nell Calloway - WantChinaTimes | The history of the Flying Tigers — the American Volunteer Group of US pilots who came to the Republic of China's aid during World War II — can be very useful to promote multilateral understanding and friendship between China, Taiwan and the United...

Commemorating the 72nd Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor · Warbirds News | A series of events will be held at The Pacific Aviation Museum on December 7, 2013 to commemorate the 72nd Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Listings are below. December 5th – 7th Anniversary Dinner Gala: “Some Enchanted Evening,” 5:30 to 9:30pm at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. A fundraiser for the Museum...

Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, celebrates anniversary of arrival of Handley Page Victor V-bomber XL231, Lusty Lindy - The Press, York | Yesterday marked 20 years since the Handley Page Victor V-bomber XL231, or Lusty Lindy, first touched down at the Yorkshire Air Museum at 2.20pm on November 25, 1993. The Lusty Lindy was started up and made a slow taxi down the runway, before ...

Ruth Rowland Nichols | [Yesterday] in 1930 Ruth Rowland Nichols set off to make a speed record for a transcontinental crossing of the U.S. She wasn’t the first woman to fly solo across the U.S., as some sources list, but she did set the record for fastest flight time. Arriving in Burbank on December 1, Nichols set a women’s transcontinental record of 16 hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, and on her return trip she set a Los Angeles to New York City record of 13 hours, 22 minutes. Nichols fell in love with flying when her...

If you thought aircraft carriers are immune to rough seas, then watch this photo · David Cenciotti | Aircraft carriers are among the world’s most powerful and deadly weapons systems. Even if they can almost freely move across the planet’s ocean to bring their embarked Carrier Air Wing where needed, the flying activity launched by the deck of a flattop can be affected by bad weather and….rough seas...

NASA releases new video of ‘comet of the century’ as it gets set to wiz by Earth at 1.3 million km/h - National Post | For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that’s zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun. The moment of truth comes Thursday — U.S. Thanksgiving Day....