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Back in the air: Thunderbirds plan 66 shows in 2014 - AirForceTimes.com | The Thunderbirds, grounded last spring by sequester-driven budget cuts, will be back in the air in 2014. The Thunderbirds schedule will begin New Year?s Day with a flyover at the Rose Bowl Parade in Los Angeles, followed by a year of airshows and flyovers across the country. In December, the team announced a schedule of 66 demonstrations at 34 locations this year, its 61st season...

Time-Lapse Video Of The Seat and Canopy Refitting On Vulcan XH558 · Warbirds News | The recent newsletter we received from the Vulcan XH558 organization pointed out that the team is ahead in the schedule as they strive to complete the winter service in good time to allow the wing modification work to begin in earnest from the middle of January. Last week both ejection seats and the canopy were delivered enabling the aircraft to be put up on jacks a good two working weeks ahead of plan. The time saved will...

Handley Page Victor | The Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company. It was the third and final of the "V bombers" which...

Airliners In Slow Motion... Artsy Video From Simon Lowe (Must See) - AirPigz | It's another great airliner video from Simon Lowe's youtube channel and it's got just the right amount of art, music, and airplanes. This is definitely a good one for 1080p HD and full screen...

Air Force warns: We could start running out of pilots - News Tribune |  The Air Force is flying into gale force winds as commercial airlines start a hiring spree while military aviators struggle with low morale due to cutbacks and idle jets. And the Air Force may see a shortage as pilots vote with their feet. Over the next year, the commercial airline industry is going to begin hiring tens of thousands of new pilots as aging flyers retire and the industry regains its economic footing. That could put...

'NORAD Tracks Santa' Program Says 2013 Was A Record-Breaker - Aero-News Network | Over 117,000 Calls From Kids Along with Nearly 10,000 Emails | The North American Aerospace Defense Command's NORAD Tracks Santa Program exceeded its own records in the number of calls, emails and social media followers this year...

Space shuttle Discovery ready for voyage to museum - Beatrice Daily Sun | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete. At daybreak Tuesday, the oldest of NASA's retired shuttle fleet left its home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time, riding on top a modified jumbo jet. Its destination: the Smithsonian Institution's hangar outside Washington, D.C...

NASA Employees Receive Presidential Early Career Awards - Aero-News Network | President Obama named five NASA researchers Monday as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients, and 97 other federal researchers, will receive their awards in a ceremony early next year in Washington. The PECASE awards represent the...