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Video: USAF Major Ellison Talks Thunderbirds Flyover & Frank’s F-16 Excursion - KTLA | Jessica Holmes and Frank Buckley were live from the Tournament of Roses House in Pasadena. They sat down with U.S. Air Force Major Ellison to talk all things Thunderbirds and Frank’s behind-the-scenes look onboard an airborne F-16 fighter jet.

Sean Tucker energizes Endeavor Award · General Aviation News Staff | 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...

On again: Cherry Point Air Show set for May 16-18 - New Bern Sun Journal | CHERRY POINT — Marine officials have done an about face on their planned cancellation of the Cherry Point Air Show. The Marine Corps air station announced earlier this month that budget constraints had forced base officials to ground plans for the popular open house. Now, they are doing a 180, saying the air show will go forward for three days — May 16-18, 2014...

The Future of the Reno Air Races… - The Pylon Place | *** Since this column was written, Mike Houghton, the President of RARA has been let go. The Board of Directors will be taking over the day to day operations. We plan to continue coverage of the Future of Air Racing. Keep the faith, fans.  Since the Galloping Ghost crash of 2011, the Air Races have been plagued with financial concerns and rumors about closing the doors. In the last few months, Mike Houghton, RARA President, has been talking about this year’s event being in jeopardy if $500,000 was not raised by December 15th. Just in the nick of time, we were told the event is back on. This leaves many people wondering about the long term viability – and if this will continue to be a year to year endeavor...

Replica Benoist Flying Boat Not Ready For 100th Anniversary Flight - Aero-News Network | Builders Said They 'Just Ran Out Of Time' | They just ran out of time. A group building a replica of the Benoist XIV Flying Boat for a re-enactment of the first scheduled "airline" flight on January 1st was not able to get the airplane ready for the flight Wednesday morning, so a Hoffman X-4 mullet skiff was scheduled to make the flight instead...

Doolittle Raider to Airmen: Training is key to mission success - Air Force Global Strike Command | While the U.S. Air Force is often celebrated for its use of technology and reliance on hardware, a Doolittle Raider's visit to Barksdale Dec. 30 re-enforced that the Service's true strength stems from well-trained, innovative Airmen working jointly....

Woman with CAP ties proved females could hack it in space - CAP Volunteer Now | FLORIDA -- Mary Manilla survived the jolting rigors of introductory astronaut training in 1959, but was too far ahead of her time to make the leap into space. Even so, in a revelation induced by stifling experimental solitude and ultimately reinforced by photos of Earth from orbit, the history-making Sarasota resident says the experience changed her life forever. “Since then, I’ve never been afraid of death,” says the...

“Aviation In The Movies” For POF’s Living History Event · Warbirds News | The Planes of Fame Air Museum is starting the new year with an interesting topic for its monthly Living History Event.The subject for the January 4 event is ‘Aviation in the Movies’, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. The featured speaker will be Mark Carlson, author of Flying On Film: A Century of Aviation in the Movies, 1912-2012, who will also be selling and signing his books.  Joining him will be Robert J. Friend, Lt. Col. USAF Ret., former Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot in WWII...

New England Air Museum to Hold First Open Cockpit Day 0n Sunday, January 19 · Warbirds News | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. will hold its next Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, January 19. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators.The aircraft to be open include the famous P-47 Thunderbolt of WWII, the North American F-100 Super Sabre, a DC-3 airliner, several helicopters and more...

New Yorker buys unique inverted Jenny stamp · General Aviation News Staff | WAVERLY, NY — Ask Art Van Riper where Santa lives and he’ll tell you it’s the Waverly, N.Y., Post Office where he got something to make it the best Christmas ever. Mrs. Claus — a.k.a. retail associate Betty Gable — sold him one of only 100 unique stamp sheets produced to replicate the excitement behind finding the most publicized stamp error in U.S. history — the 1918 Inverted Jenny stamp...

"Spirit of Washington" rises from the ashes - Milcom Monitoring Post | WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Like the mythical Phoenix, the "Spirit of Washington" has risen from the ashes, ready to strike anywhere, anytime. The "Spirit of Washington" participated in its first training mission at Whiteman Air Force Base, Dec. 16, after an engine fire in 2010 nearly destroyed the aircraft. After three years and nine months in maintenance, the aircraft was restored to full mission-ready status...

Heavy Metal: last missions of the AC-130H Spectre gunship over Afghanistan - The Aviationist | According to the U.S. Air Force Central Command, the one below has been their viewer’s favorite in 2013. It shows the last days of the AC-130H Spectre gunship in its last combat deployment with the 16th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron, after more than forty year career dating back to the Vietnam war...

Start 2014 By Going Deep Into The Last Space Shuttle Launch (STS-135 Video) - AirPigz | Well here we are turning another number over on our way toward the end of time. I hope your new year is off to a good start... or should I say a good launch? As a unique way to fight the gravity of the day, I'm sharing a video I found this morning on youtube that's full of fabulous views of Atlantis on her final flight, STS-135, the Shuttle-era-ending journey into the lesser heavens back in July of 2011. You'll notice that some of the sequences are also from STS-134, Endeavour's last flight...

Rocket Engines and Retired Shuttles: 2013, the Year in Space History Artifacts - Space.com | The year 2013 has left its mark on space exploration history, but it was also a banner year for space artifacts from decades past. The prior 12 months saw a new type of U.S. commercial cargo spacecraft resupply the International Space Station, the first Canadian astronaut to command a space mission, the first Indian interplanetary probe lift off for Mars and the first Chinese moon landing...