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Catch Santa's Fly-In at Truckee Tahoe Airport - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee Tahoe Airport has been notified Santa will fly in to the airport on Saturday, Dec. 14, in a special plane scheduled to land around 10 a.m. “I am always excited every year to see Santa’s special airplane,” said Kevin Smith, general manager of the Truckee Tahoe Airport. “We’re so glad he is going to make a stop in Truckee. Santa and his airplane are always welcome at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. We look forward to seeing him again this year. ”...

Rudolph to lead the red Yak attack - Sunshine Coast Daily |  RUDOLPH the red-nosed Yak had a little more get up and go than his namesake, when Santa Claus hopped into the cockpit. Performing some fancy flying over Caloundra, Santa had a taste of what was to come on New Year's Eve....

Air Guard denied request to fly over Pearl Harbor - Hawaii News Now | HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The missing man flyover at Pearl Harbor is a tradition USS Arizona and National Park Service historian Daniel Martinez has witnessed every December 7 since 1985. "When you see that aircraft apart in that missing man formation, every one of us individualize what that means," he said....

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino marks Pearl Harbor anniversary - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | CHINO >> Norval Heath remembers eating breakfast the Sunday morning minutes before the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Even decades later, the 95-year-old still recalls walking outside a Wheeler Army Airfield hanger to see the red round “rising suns” on the side of Japanese planes as they began their surprise military invasion on Dec. 7, 1941, that launched the United States into World War II....

Pearl Harbor 72 years after…………………… * Photorecon.net, Beau Goff | Today, this lagoon harbor on Oahu, Hawaii is quiet. Navy ships float lazily at their moorings, a few sailors moving about on deck. All of the ships here have significance, but there are two that stand above all others. Beneath the waves and warm tropical waters, rests the U.S.S. Arizona. Already well known throughout the world, 1,177 American souls still reside inside the hull, now their tomb. The white memorial built above the ship is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. They come to pay their respects, reflect and give thanks...

Markham's remarkable landing in Baleine remembered. - Cape Breton Post | Markham began the journey on Friday, Sept. 4, 1936, departing the Abingdon Aerodome in England for the Floyd Bennet Field in New York City. Completing the journey would put her in the record books as the first woman to solo pilot the dangerous westward route from England to North America. But on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 1936, residents of Baleine watched as The Messenger circled the cove and descended into the bog beyond their homes....

Aviatrix a true heroine - Northland Independent Community | Throughout history women have achieved great things and remain forever etched in the pages of history. New Zealand aviator Jean Batten was one of those amazing women who dared to be different and challenge what life had to offer her....

Then & Now: World War II: Denny Fordyce flew bomber missions over the Pacific - Massillon Independent | Lt. Denny Fordyce Jr., who lives in Massillon, flew 57 combat missions during World War II as his B-25 outfit helped blast open a path for advancing Allied ground troops in the southwest Pacific. email · print. By Gary Brown GateHouse Ohio Media...

Taiwan Exhibit Commemorates Flying Tigers Squadron - WAR History Online | The Flying Tigers, formally known as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), was a WWII air squadron composed of US pilots from the USAAF (United States’ Army Air Forces), USN (Navy) and the USMC (Marine Corps) along with Chinese airmen. The said military unit, headed by US Captain Claire Chennault, was instrumental in China’s defense against Japanese assault during the said war...

Warhawk Air Museum: great look at history - Idaho Press-Tribune | ...What started out as a small airplane hangar in Caldwell nearly 25 years ago, has grown into the 40,000-square-foot building in Nampa today. Just this past year, the museum saw visitors from all over the world including Zimbabwe, Damascus, and Singapore...