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Gilbert Buekenberghs receives ICAS award - airhows.org.uk | During the annual Convention of the International Council of Air Shows (www.airshows.aero), which was held in Las Vegas, Gilbert Buekenberghs received the ‘special achievement award’ from ICAS ‘ President Judy Wily. This prize is awarded to exceptional personalities from the airshow world for their special contribution. Gilbert Buekenberghs receives this award because of his commitment in turning the small International Sanicole Airshow into one of the main annual European Airshows and for bringing together participants, organisers and governmental bodies from...

Whitianga Warbirds and Wheels airshow - Waikato Times |  The Whitianga airfield was buzzing with excitement - and the sound of numerous aircraft engines - on Saturday for the Warbirds and Wheels air show. Thousands descended on the venue where about 25 vintage military aircraft were on display...

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The acrobatics of the Frecce sponsored by Fastweb - Translated | TRIESTE. In times of crisis even national pride should be sponsored. The fatal hour of private funding is taken yesterday for the Arrows tricolor, which will appear in the next month in a series of commercials as spokesperson for Fastweb. The telecom operator will be the first private sponsor in the history of the aerobatic team....

The Red Arrows: Meet the team behind the team - Lincolnshire Echo | The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, are world famous but little is known about the 100 strong team behind the 11 pilots. Rachael Cousins was invited to find out more. Squadron Leader Ruth Shackleton, 37, has been the team manager for the Red Arrows since September 2012. Ruth was the first female cadet in the College Combined Cadet Force....

Wings Over North Georgia Air Show Release Info - Coosa Valley News | JLC AirShow Management makes it official, the GEICO Skytypers and Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Car teams are returning in 2014 to perform at the Wings Over North Georgia air show on October 18-19, 2014 along with the USAF Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron. The GEICO Skytypers are a squadron of six vintage World War II airplanes performing a low-level precision flight demonstration at air shows across the United States. The Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Car team celebrates their 30th year in the air show industry performing nationwide as the fastest jet dragster act accelerating from 0-400 MPH in 8.5 seconds...

What Future For The Evergreen Aviation Museum? · Warbirds News | The world-class air museum developed by Evergreen International Aviation founder Del Smith may be in for some painful losses in the wake of the apparent collapse of Smith’s network of for-profit operation.The McMinnville, Oregon, museum housing Howard Hughes’ mammoth H-4 Hercules (better known as the “Spruce Goose”) is facing financial scrutiny, and the ownership of the historic airplane is in question.First envisioned by Capt. Michael King Smith, son of Evergreen International Aviation founder Delford Smith, the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum is the realization of his dream. The museum began...

Christina Olds featured Jan 11 - Pacific Aviation Museum

Mercy Flight Southeast to raffle off flight in a P-51 · General Aviation News Staff | Stallion 51 is partnering with Mercy Flight Southeast to raffle off a chance to fly in the P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse.” Mercy Flight Southeast’s network of 650 volunteer pilots provides free air transportation to life-saving medical appointments for people who otherwise could not get there. While pilots donate their airplanes, fuel and flight hours to complete more than 3,000 flights each year, the non-profit organization relies on donations and fundraising to pay for support services and to keep passengers and pilots in the air...

XP-82 Restoration December Update · Warbirds News | Another step closer towards the completion  of the XP-82 TWIN MUSTANG #44-83887.Since January 2013 Tom and Weezie have been installing systems in the center section and both fuselages at a rapid pace. They started...

Drone from beneath the sea — reality beyond even Jules Verne’s imagination by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Navy, through the Naval Research Lab (NRL) has developed a novel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which can be launched from a submerged submarine. The Naval Research Lab (NRL) uses unfamiliar acronyms such as XFC UAS (eXperimental Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial System) to describe the drone proper and Sea Robin for the launch system. It would be more convenient if the UAV was named Sea Robin but that is not the Navy way...

Watch this: amazing Post-Cold War low pass compilation - The Aviationist | The following video shows several low passes performed by aircraft in service with the Polish Air Force. Footage was shot at Biała Podlaska airbase (in eastern Poland, near the boundary with Belarus) and the datespan is 1990-1996...

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to base at Kennedy - Spaceports | A spy plane used by the U.S. Air Force is about to get a new home: a garage at Kennedy Space Center that once housed NASA orbiters during the space shuttle era. The move was announced Friday by Boeing, the Chicago-based company that built the X-37B spy plane and is in charge of repairing the spacecraft whenever it returns to Earth, writes Mark K. Matthews, at the Orlando Sentinel...