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What makes a good airshow or fly-in? · General Aviation News Staff | For the month of February, we are going to focus on airshows and fly-ins, so we wanted to ask our readers “What makes a good airshow or fly-in?” What are...

Air Force Thunderbirds to visit Columbus Air Force Base in April - Jackson Clarion Ledger | The U.S. Air Force's best flying maneuvers will be on display in Columbus in April when the Thunderbirds are featured in an air show at Columbus Air Force Base. The air show will be part of an open house that will be free to the public...

Wounded Warrior Project to get cut of air show tickets - Tribune-Review | Gabe Monzo, Arnold Palmer Regional Airport's executive director said on Saturday that $1 of each ticket sold for the Westmoreland County Air Show will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. The show is scheduled for June 7 and 8 at the airport in...

The FAA Has Competition In The Airshow Control Tower Business - Aero-News Network | AirBoss Inc. Operates The Control Tower At U.S. Sport Aviation Expo By Earl Downs | Sometimes an air event simply needs air traffic control for safety, but the current policy of the FAA to levy hefty fees to provide services has left air event producers in a quandary. This year’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo found an answer to this dilemma, and that answer is named AirBoss, Inc...

The aviation adventure Pointe de Caux - Translated | The "The aviation adventure Pointe de Caux" exhibition is presented by the association " Friends of Priory Museum of Harfleur . "We fly in 16 panels, more than 200 year history of flight in the region. It all began in 1784 with trials of small balloons of 3.30 m in height. At the end of the nineteenth century, several human flights in spherical already...

'Flyboys' soar with vintage P-40 Warhawk - U-T San Diego | SAN DIEGO ? During World War II, young Americans in P-40 Warhawks battled Japanese Zeros. Seventy years later, young San Diegans have prepared a P-40 to fight a new enemy: historical amnesia. “One of the problems we have with World War II is passing on that knowledge to the next generation,” said Coleman Warner of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. “Projects like this P-40 really help in connecting the dots between generations.”...

Museum: Iconic Spruce Goose is safe - CNN | Here's the story: In 1992, Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, struck a half-million-dollar deal with Aero Club of Southern California to buy the legendary plane. Lyon -- who represents Aero Club -- is now negotiating the plane ...

Exposure: Boulogne-Billancourt to conquer the sky - Passion for Aviation (translated) | The city of Boulogne-Billancourt, under the leadership of Pierre Christophe Baguet, Mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt and Isaure de Beauval, Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture, presents the MA-30/Musée of the Thirties and in the nave of Landowski the space an exhibition on the theme of aviation, 29 January to 29 June 2014. This heritage exhibition presents a human and industrial adventure unusual held in Boulogne-Billancourt even from the early 20th century to the post-war the history of pioneers, entrepreneurs and industrialists of the balloon and aviation....

An Outright Amazing "DC-3" Rescue · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | While perusing the online world for the latest flash in aviation's pan, I stumbled upon something unbelievable yet true.  Eyes wide open and jaw hanging, I was amazed when I saw it.  This Antarctic recovery of a "Turbine 3", which technically is way off the mark but we all know that's what it is, is nothing short of awe inspiring.  If you...

I'm Sorry, I Wasn't Able to Save It · Rich Davidson NORDO News | Last year it came to my attention the last Stearman built was being restored by the United States Air Force Museum. While in a rush to get it done for black history month and a Tuskegee Airmen Display, they were pushing through the restoration at a pretty good pace when they discovered the writing above....

Last Hunter Languishes At Swansea · Warbirds News | This Hawker Hunter T.7 XL612, which was the last Hunter operational with the Royal Air Force, making its last service flight on August 10, 2001, is languishing out-doors in the middle of Swansea (Fairwood Common) airport, UK. It was flown for the first time on...

Airbus' Beluga: Inside the world's strangest-looking airplane - CNN |  If you ever find yourself in the French city of Toulouse, you might just see one of the oddest-looking aircraft in the world. Popularly known as the "Beluga," because of its strong resemblance to the white Arctic whale, the Airbus A300-600ST (ST stands for Super Transporter) is unique not only in appearance, but also for the essential role it performs in European aviation...

GG's intro to aerobatics - Albatros L39 | 'Global Girl' having fun flying an Albatros L-39 during her aerobatic lesson in Virginia Beach...

Rockwell’s HiMAT RPRV-870 (part 1) - The Lexicans | Rockwell International’s RPRV-870 (Remote Piloted Research Vehicle) HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) was a joint USAF/NASA program to develop advanced technology for future fighter aircraft. There were 2 aircraft flown for a total of 26 flights. The 0.44 scale RPVs tested advanced technology concepts like composite and metallic structures, digital integrated propulsion control, and ground and airborne relaxed stability digital fly-by-wire....

Fantastic video brings you aboard low-level flying French Navy warplanes - The Aviationist | The American aicraft carrier USS Truman is currently closely co-operating with French Carrier Charles De Gaulle in the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet AOR (Area of Responsibility – Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean). But, whereas you can find plenty of material about all the U.S. flattops, images and videos shot by French naval aviators are a bit rarer...

Beechcraft celebrates 50th anniversary of King Air’s first flight · General Aviation News Staff | WICHITA, Kan. – Beechcraft Corp. today recognized the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the King Air Model 90 with several three-ship passes of the company’s current production King Air models over its home airfield, Beech Field, in Wichita, as employees and guests watched....