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'Rock Star' Air Show Performer Sean Tucker Energizes Endeavor Awards - PR Web |  The 1st Annual Endeavor Awards welcomes popular air show performer Sean Tucker to the Host Committee of the gala event. Tucker joins another legendary aviator Clay Lacy; Endeavour Astronaut Scott Parazynski and his fellow astronauts; and, Hollywood luminaries, Robert Zemeckis and Ed Asner as they honor the true heroes of flying, the individuals and organizations who have demonstrated their commitment to Public Benefit Aviation....

Airshow Highlights 2013 - TakeOffTube.com | Many thanks to all pilots, friends, spotters and towercrew for a lovely aviation year 2013! Whish you all a brilliant and healthy 2014!...

Benoist XVII replica ready to leave the hangar and fly by travelforaircraft | Flight 2014 of the Florida Aviation Historical Society — the flying re-enactment of the World's first airline flight on a regular schedule — is slated for January 1st on the centennial of that progressive flight by pilot Tony Jannus in his Benoist XIV Air Boat. The flying replica was...

Team Hopes To Fly Benoist Seaplane Reproduction January 1- Aero-News Network | It is said that the modern airline was born in Florida on January 1, 1914, when a company called the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line flying a Benoist XIV seaplane flew one passenger at a time between the two cities for five dollars each way. It was the first scheduled passenger service. On January 1st 2014, a team from the central Florida aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight hopes to recreate those flights on the first flight's 100th anniversary...

Happy Birthday To The North American Aviation FJ-2 Fury · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The North American Aviation FJ-2 Fury flew for the first time sixty-two years ago today.  The FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury aircraft were navalized versions of the F-86 Sabre with the primary differences between the FJ-2 and the -3 being the powerplants.  A single-seat carrier-based fighter, the swept-wing Fury became one of the Navy’s first fighters to carry missiles and served widely in the 1950s.  All 200 FJ-2s were delivered to Marine Corps fighter units from January 1954, with the FJ-3 going to the Navy beginning in 1955...

C-17 Globemaster III - CNET | After two decades, the US Air Force has reached the saturation point with its big C-17 Globemaster aircraft. C-17 builder Boeing earlier this month delivered its 223rd and final Globemaster to the Air Force...

Rest assured, Mackay’s Tiger Moths are safe and sound - The Morning Bulletin | THE Mackay community can rest assured the region's two Tiger Moths are in tip-top condition, despite a fatal crash in the south...

Herven Exum, Tuskegee Airman - Washington Post | ..A Tuskegee airman, Exum was among a now-dwindling generation of African American men who made history with their prowess in flight. Almost 1,000 black men trained to be pilots through the Tuskegee program during World War II. Exum, who died Aug. 18 at age 91 at the Washington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was one of the last living. According to estimates from Tuskegee veterans groups, fewer than 100 remain...

Wings of Rescue airlifts 500 dogs - General Aviation News | More than 500 shelter dogs enjoyed a true Christmas Miracle at the Third Annual Wings of Rescue Holiday Airlift as they were whisked away to 11 cities in the Pacific Northwest aboard 14 flights leaving Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in Southern California...

This Flying Ambulance May Save Wounded Soldiers From Certain Death - Gizmodo | The AirMule, as its called by its creator, Dr. Rafi Yoeli, CEO of Urban Aeronautics, is a VTOL UAV measuring 20 feet long, over 6 feet wide, and weighing one ton. It rides atop a pair of ducted fans powered by a Turbomeca Ariel jet engine — similar to Germany’s “flying Jeep” concept from the 1950's. The AirMule is directed and controlled via via a series of 200 directional air flaps and can fly both remotely or autonomously while carrying up to 880 pounds of cargo...

Spacewalkers Complete Installation Of Ammonia Pump Module - Aero-News Network | Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins completed a second spacewalk to install a spare ammonia pump module on Christmas Eve. The U.S. Quest airlock began repressurization at 1423 EDT Tuesday signaling the official end of their spacewalk...