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Bahrain EDB sponsors air show - Trade Arabia | The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) has announced its sponsorship of the third biannual Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS), which opens tomorrow (January 16) at the Sakhir Air Base. The event, organised by the Ministry of Transportation and Royal Bahrain Air Force, under supervision of HM the King’s personal representative and head of the Supreme Organising Committee of BIAS, Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is set to be the biggest yet, offering a combination of exclusive networking and investment opportunities for global and regional businesses and exciting sights for families and aviation enthusiasts...

Bahrain International Air Show - DVIDS | MANAMA, Bahrain - An U.S. Air Force C130J Super Hercules from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia arrived at Sakhir Airbase Manama, Bahrain, to participate in the 2014 Bahrain International Air Show, Jan. 14, 2014. “We’re very happy to be here,” said Capt. Brendon Duffy, 737th EAS C130J pilot and aircraft commander...

Blue Angels Name New Honorary by Rob Reider | ...On Friday, January 10th, the newest Honorary Blue Angel was named. The team flew to Houston, Texas and presented him with the Crest, the Team Challenge Coin (with the inscription “Once a Blue Angel, Always a Blue Angel”), a Cadillac (the beautifully framed litho of the annual team photograph, signed by all the officers, and including two team coins), and Honorary certificate. It was presented to the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Blue Angel Honorary #48. In addition to the "normal" gifts, President Bush also received a new leather flight jacket with his wings, a leather Crest, and leather Presidential seal....

Rob Reider 2014 Schedule - Rob has announced his 2014 dates!

Blue Angels not coming to Cherry Point air show - New Bern Sun Journal | Though the Cherry Point Air Show may be back on again, the late start has apparently cost the show its usual marquee performers — The Blue Angels. “The Blue Angels will definitely not be here,” said Beth McKenzie, marketing director for Marine Corps Community Services, which organizes the show. “We are currently trying to get another jet team.” McKenzie said that the...

2014 Pease air show grounded - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — Organizers of the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show announced Wednesday that they will not hold the show this year as planned. The decision to cancel the event, which was slated to be held sometime this summer at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, was made because organizers experienced difficulty securing a major jet demonstration team to headline the show....

Red Arrows inquest: ground crew manager had major concerns over equipment, training and manpower - Lincolnshire Echo | A former Red Arrows ground crew trades manager says his “heart sunk” on his first day in the job because he received no formal training on Hawk aircraft. Chief Technician Norman Briggs was giving evidence into the death of Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham, who died on November 8, 2011....

Reno Air Races 2013 SLIDESHOW | A pictorial view of the Reno Air Races 2013.

Lightning strikes… - Apron 6 | … it’s tail! Another photo from the little incident with the Red Bull Lightning at Hahnweide....

Ten Minute Triumph Over Tyranny - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...The Bristol Beaufighter, sometimes referred to as a fuselage in hot pursuit of a pair of engines, was a magnificently powerful and rugged aircraft, much loved by its pilots and navigators. Unlike the de Havilland Mosquito, which would also play a similar anti-shipping and interdiction role, the Beaufighter could not be called pretty. It had, however, a beauty born of function. This aircraft would be the technology upon which Joubert would hinge his daring and risky plan to disrupt Nazi confidence and a daily parade of haughtiness in Paris....

Scottish Aviation Pioneer — STOL superb in the nick of time by travelforaircraft | Scottish Aviation produced this unheralded yet spectacularly performing utility aircraft with admirable STOL (short take off and landing) ability. Perhaps because it earned its reputation in conflict areas that weren't the headline news of the day (though notable all the same) the Pioneer could use an airstrip hardly longer than a rugby field or soccer pitch — and often was called upon to do so. Unusually large flaps...

Warrant Officer Jim Stivers flew Hueys, Sky Cranes and Chinooks for 33 years - War Tales | Warrant Officer 5th Class Jim Stivers of North Port flew Army Hueys, Sky Crane and Chinook helicopters starting in Vietnam and for the next three decades. He eventually became an instructor pilot who checked out helicopters pilots around the world...

French Rafale fighter jets operate from U.S. aircraft carrier - The Aviationist | Although it is not the first time this happens, French warplanes seldom operate from U.S. flatops. For this reasons, the images in this posts are particularly rare...

North Oaks man remembers his harrowing service in WWII - Press Pubs |  If spending five terrifying minutes in a burning, crippled B-17 bomber at 25,000 feet over Nazi Germany could be considered lucky, North Oaks resident Roger Rand considers himself a very lucky man....

Video: Husband's ring returned to widow after 70 years - Ninemsn | Betty McAleenan, now 94, gave her husband, Staff Sergeant Robert Greebull, a high school ring when he deployed in 1942. After flying 38 successful missions across the South Pacific in his B-17 bomber, Staff Sgt Greebull's plane went down over Papua New Guinea on his 39th mission in 1944...

Happy Birthday To The Beech Model 18 · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | Seventy-seven years ago today, the Beech Model 18 took flight for the first time.  Manufactured until 1970, the “Twin Beech” was in production longer than any similar platform.  The aircraft established itself as a rugged light transport and many military and civilian models were designed.  With...

Video: Flying And The American Businessman - Circa 1953 (Better Back Then?) - AirPigz | ...Interestingly, the Piper Tri-Pacer seen in this film is a strong reminder to me that the tricycle gear airplane was quickly becoming mainstream in general and business aviation in the early 50's, and in my mind, it's been a long slow slide downhill ever since....