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National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals Class of 2014 · General Aviation News Staff | The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has revealed the names of six individuals who have been elected for enshrinement in  2014. The six will join a roster of 219 men and women air and space pioneers who have been inducted by the NAHF since its founding in 1962...

Air Force Thunderbirds: The Sound of Freedom - Huffington Post (with video) | ...This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Air Force Thunderbirds and the video below has been dedicated to all past and present Thunderbirds -- that of course includes Master Sergeant Robert Reese Hull to whom I dedicate this post...

World First Airline Flight Centennial Continues :) by travelforaircraft | We received word from Mr. William Michaels, who is the current president of the Florida Aviation Historical Society which is hosting this centennial celebration of the World's First Airline Flight. He noted the success of the anniversary day (1 January 2014) activities which notably included:...

WWII Pilot Bill Overstreet Died Over Weekend · Warbirds News | Former fighter pilot William Overstreet Jr., famous for flying beneath the arches of the Eiffel Tower while chasing a German aircraft during the war, died Sunday afternoon. He was 92. Considered by many a legend for his incredible maneuver, Overstreet’s most famous flight came while in solo pursuit of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109G flying into Nazi-occupied Paris. He maneuvered his plane beneath the arches of the Eiffel Tower, re-igniting the motivations of the French Resistance troops on the ground...

World War II POW Recalls Wartime Experiences - DVIDS | BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - Free falling 18,000 feet out of a B-17, engulfed in flames and riddled with bullet holes, was something Richard H. Hamilton never imagined he would have to do. On July 20, 1944, Hamilton and the rest of the crew of the B-17, Destiny’s Child, were shot down during their 9th mission. They were attacked by a pack of 60 Fokker-Wolf 190s and Messerschmitt 109s while over Germany. They were carrying a full bomb load, headed to Leipzig, Germany to take out a Nazi airfield...

Tallahassee man who survived B-17 crash honored for World War II service - Tallahassee Democrat | Second Lt. Paul Gordy was returning from his sixth bombing mission, over Kiel, Germany, the morning of July 29, 1943, when a German anti-aircraft shell exploded near the B-17 he was co-piloting. Shrapnel from the explosion knocked out one of the bomber's four engines, causing the aircraft to catch fire and ultimately lose control. The tail gunner was dead, and Gordy and the rest of the 10-man crew began bailing out through the bomb-bay doors, still open from their successful bomb run. The plane was going down, nose first, at better than 175 mph...

A look forward at 2014, Part 2: The GWW Air Race Classic Team - Girls with Wings | These five GWW Scholarship Winners, Najla, Amber, Susan, Caylee, and Caitlin, have teamed up to enter an airplane and crew to participate in the Air Race Classic, an historic transcontinental speed competition for women pilots....

Reno Air Races CEO Mike Houghton Departs - Flying Magazine | The National Championship Air Races, the annual pylon race outside Reno, Nevada, continues to show distress as a result of the tragic Galloping Ghost accident in 2011. The Reno Air Race Association, which organizes the daredevil show, has ousted its long-time president and CEO Mike Houghton, who has led the organization for more than 15 years.

Hopes high that restored B-29 'Doc' will fly in 2014 - Kansas.com | ... Wichita-built vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress under restoration inside a Boeing hangar may fly as soon as this summer, volunteers on the project say. The plan is to fly the historic plane to AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., in July, where the public ...

P-47 Thunderbolt Flight Exhibition and Program on the Air War Over Europe At Palm Springs Air Museum · Warbirds News | For its monthly Commemorative Program Palm Springs Air Museum along with the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation and the Houston Family Foundation present Air War Over Europe, a discussion of the progression of the massive air war that took place over Western Europe during World War Two by Jerry Sweeney and Dr. Isaac Eliachar. The event will take place January 4, 2014 at 1:00pm.Jerry Sweeney and Dr. Isaac Eliachar will discuss the progression of the massive air war that...

Museum presents ‘The Eighth Air Force’ · General Aviation News Staff | The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s Second Saturday series will present “The Eighth Air Force…Start Engines…Plus 50 Years” Jan. 11. This video, produced by the Smithsonian, is among the...

Country music star, son make memories at Murfreesboro Aviation - DNJ.com | MURFREESBORO — Most kids dream about getting their driver’s license when they turn 16, but Ted Tippin had loftier pursuits. The son of country music star and pilot Aaron Tippin, the teen completed his first solo flight Dec. 15 at Murfreesboro Aviation...

Free Whirly-Girls Memberships Available - WAI Connect Blog | The Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund is expanding its sponsorship program to include 12 initial memberships to the organization, valued at $75 each. The sponsorships are available to women with a rotorcraft-helicopter rating, who are not yet Whirly-Girls members, to join at no cost and take advantage of the organization's member benefits including participation in its scholarship program. The memberships will be awarded at...

Video: Fascinating WWII Story Of Spitfire 944 And Lieutenant John S. Blyth (Must See) - AirPigz | There are millions of fascinating stories from WWII, but not very many of them include 16mm film of actual events, and then connect directly with people involved in those events decades later. This short film is all about connecting the personal film footage shot in Great Britain during WWII by flight surgeon Jim Savage with the pilot of a photo recon Spitfire named John Blyth. Blyth had to make a gear-up landing in 1944, and his flight surgeon was on hand with his camera for the landing...

A-10, C-130 and F-16 aircraft under snowstorm at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan · David Cenciotti | First measurable snow of the 2013-2014 winter covered the U.S. aircraft based at Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2013. Snow accumulated...

Interesting Vintage Aviation Advertising - The Lexicans