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USAF Thunderbirds release 2014 show schedule · U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have finalized their 2014 show schedule. In its 61st season, the team is slated to perform 66 demonstrations at 34 locations. The flying unit, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, will perform its first public flyover of 2014 at the opening of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.,...

Kirby Chambliss names team coordinator for Red Bull Air Races · General Aviation News Staff | Debby StandeferWith an aviation career spanning over 25 years Standefer, currently working on her fixed wing rating, took a different path to the sky as a commercial Lighter Than Air Balloon pilot and instructor. She is the owner of D&D Marketing Concepts, an integrated marketing and public relations firm specializing in aviation, as well as producing airshows...

Two feared dead in South Stradbroke Island Tiger Moth crash - The Australian | ...The two-seater plane is owned by Gold Coast-based operator Tiger Moth Joy Rides, which offers scenic flights and aerobatic flights including barrel rolls, loop the loops and other manoeuvres. Spokesman Jeff Stillman told AAP the company was still trying to work what had happened....

Air races need a long-range plan to ensure event's future - Reno Gazette Journal | Mike Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association, warned last month that the organization would be unable to move ahead with the event unless it received commitments for that amount. As of Thursday, it had raised $450,000, and...

Spencer Suderman - EvanFlys

Kermit Weeks re-creates first historical commercial flight across the bay - Fantasy of Flight | Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Fantasy of Flight, will re-create Tony Jannus' first commercial flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa on New Years Day...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The Detroit Tuskegee Airmen Glider Club - The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 continued the tradition of attractive a diversity of aircraft, exhibits, pilots and visitors, and The Aero Experience will showcase many of them in the months to come.  Continuing with our themes of the Tuskegee Airmen and sailplanes from the previous several posts, we now present the Detroit Tuskegee Airmen Glider Club. The club is part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan, and...

Will Dewhurst and the Children's Dream Fund | The Blue Angels got a chance to spend a special day with 6-year-old Will Dewhurst and his family thanks to the Children's Dream Fund this week. Here are a few of the photos from their visit.

Edwin A. 'Ned' Shuman, Navy aviator and POW, dies at 82 - Washington Post | The first Sunday after they were removed from their cells, they attempted to hold a church service but were threatened with severe punishment. Seeing the men’s disappointment, then-Lt. Cmdr. Edwin A. “Ned” Shuman — a naval aviator who would spend five years as a POW and who died Dec. 3 at age 82 — stepped forward. “I want to know — person by person— if you are really committed to holding church,” he said, asking each of the other 42 men for support until he achieved a unanimous commitment...

“FIFI” Heads to Florida in February · Warbirds News | The Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI returns to Florida this February and March.FIFI will visit local airports in 10 Florida cities accompanied by  other aircraft including P-51 Mustang The Brat III the famous C-45 Expeditor ‘Bucket of Bolts’; a T-6 Texan; and a Fairchild PT-19. Additional CAF airplanes will join the tour in several cities. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout each stop.The Boeing B-29 FIFI operated by the CAF is the only one still flying in the world. It was...

He flew the longest bomber mission of WW II in a B-29 over Japan – Capt. Harold Keathley bombed Aomori in ‘Skookum’ - War Tales | It was Capt. Harold Keathley’s 33rd combat mission flying “Skookum,” a B-29 “Superfortress” over Japan loaded with incendiary bombs. The target: Aomori, located along the coast of Honshu, the northernmost main island. What made this bombing mission special was that the crew flew from Tinian Island in the Pacific to Aomori and back, a distance of 2,250 miles. The mission was billed as the longest bombing run in World War II...

Vulcan To The Sky - We all love the howl | It’s what 558 does best, her signature and lets you know she is here. But have you ever wondered why she makes that noise as the engines reach 90%? Have you ever wondered what “the howl” is doing to the airframe?

Marcel Doret and Dewoitine D1 F-Ahaz - Passion for Aviation (translated) | Above, probably D1 Dewoitine 111 F-Ahaz built in 1925 and purchased in 1929 by Marcel Doret and he used for many years until the end of 1933. This device will be removed in 1934. This is to allow his faithful mechanic to take with him as he did convert two-seater, rear post was hidden for presentations or competitions....

Udvar-Hazy Center celebrates 10 years · General Aviation News Staff | The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the only Smithsonian facility to have been built with private funds, marked 10 years of operation Dec. 15. An Open House will be held next month to commemorate the anniversary. Since it opened in conjunction with the nation’s Centennial of Flight in 2003, the center has expanded in all areas: Size, scope of collections, displays, programs and educational activities, according to officials...

Curtiss “Jenny” Plane Will Soon Be Grounded Forever - texomashomepage.com | It's a legacy that started in 1916 but will soon be coming to an end. The Curtiss Jenny plane that was tested at the old Call Field Airbase is taking it's farewell flying tour before being moved to what will soon become the Wichita Falls Regional Airport...

Historic Navy Aircraft Makes Big Move - 7 San Diego | If you spotted a vintage aircraft rolling down some of San Diego’s freeways earlier this week, you were not imagining things. It really was a historic Navy plane, making its way to its new home. Late Thursday night, a vintage Navy FJ-3 Fury aircraft made its move through the...

WWII Sunderland flying-boat raised from seabed 65ft below waves - www.dailymail.co.uk | After 73 years, the world's only Mark I Sunderland flying-boat has been found wrapped in coral and barnacles 65ft below the coast of Wales...

Canadair CL 41G Tebuan — Tudor with a bite by travelforaircraft | Canadair's CT-114 Tutor, famous for use by the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds aerobatic team, was militarized for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) as a ground attack aircraft. This aircraft was the CL 41G Tebuan (Tebuan is Malay for "Storm") with nearly two dozen manufactured. The RMAF displays...

History of aviation to be shared at weekly talks - Maidenhead Advertiser | Richard said: "Few airfields have as rich a history as White Waltham and every year new material is added to the talks." In the seventh week there will be the opportunity to visit West London Aero Club to view aircraft in their hangars. Contact 01628 ...

Axed Palmair jet makes its final landing at Bournemouth aviation museum - Daily Echo |  BOURNEMOUTH’S popular aviation museum has a new addition – of a more recent vintage. The distinctive exhibit is an old Palmair jet, a familiar sight at the airport until the carrier closed three years ago...

100th F-35 Celebrated - Code One | More than 2,000 employees and guests celebrated production of the 100th F-35 Lightning II in ceremonies at the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on 13 December 2013. The 100th aircraft, an F-35A (US Air Force serial number 11-5030), is the first of 144 F-35s scheduled for delivery to...

'Airplane Repo' Star Fights For Second Season - Aero-News Network | Poor Ratings, Accusations Of 'Fakery' Threaten The Series | One of the airplane repo men featured on the much-maligned (and deservedly so... -- ANN E-I-C) Discovery Channel series "Airplane Repo" is fighting for a second season for the show, which has had less-than-spectacular ratings and which some think is at least partially faked...

Video: Former Cosmonaut Andrei Grechko Predicts Chinese Among Mars Exploration Crew - Spaceports | Former Soviet Union cosmonaut Andrei Antonovich Grechko has spoken highly of China's progress and forecast the future of human space exploration suggesting that no one government will send humans to Mars but that humanity will be there in 10-to-15 years. The former cosmonaut predicts that Chinese will be among the international crew.

Video: Astronaut Hadfield Hopes For International Human Moon Base in Next 12-to-15 Years - Spaceports | Chris Hadfield, famous for tweeting and singing in space, thinks countries could work together with China after Beijing's mission. The Canadian astronaut told Sky News the next logical step in space exploration would be a permanent base on the Moon. "It's a demonstration of the increased capability of China" and if Beijing can team up with other countries then the "next logical step" would be a permanent base on the Moon, Hadfield went on...