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Last Chance to Register for Southwest Council of Air Shows Conference | 2014 SWCAS Conference on Feb. 7-8 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA | Register Now – Conference fee is only $160 per person and includes: Hosted Friday night reception, Hosted breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday; Discount on 2014 SWCAS dues when paying with conference - www.swcas.org

VIDEO: Blue Angels welcomed at Naval Air Facility El Centro for winter training - Imperial Valley Press | The Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration team, arrived back at Naval Air Facility El Centro on Thursday for winter training...

All-star lineup at Women in Aviation Conference - General Aviation News | Speakers for the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which takes place from March 6-8, 2014, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., include astronauts to the FAA administrator....

Air Show Attracts World's Smallest Jet - Laredo Sun | LAREDO, TX. – FLS Microjet Airshow will be performing at the WBCA Stars & Stripes Airshow Spectacular Feb. 16, 2014. Bring friends and family so they can see the “Worlds Smallest Jet” built and flown by pilot Justin “Shmed” Lewis. Born in Texas and raised in Virginia, Justin started flying at age 14, and received his pilot’s license at 17. In 1999, he graduated from the...

Yuma Air Show in need of volunteers By James Gilbert, Yuma Sun Staff Writer | The 2014 Yuma Air Show is looking for a few good men and women to help in several areas throughout the daylong event. Volunteers need to be available for a minimum of 8 hours...

RAF 'missed 19 chances' to spot unsafe ejector seat which killed Red Arrows pilot when he triggered it on the runway - Daily Mail | RAF personnel missed 19 chances to spot that an ejection seat, which killed a Red Arrows pilot when it accidentally activated was in an unsafe position, an inquest has heard...

EAA Family Loses Two Memorable People - EAA |  In the past week, two people closely linked with EAA's history and growth passed away and are being mourned by the EAA family. Leo Kohn (EAA 4), one of EAA's founding members, died on Friday, January 17, at the age of 87. Leo had the foresight to take photos at EAA's first meeting in Milwaukee on January 26, 1953, and soon became EAA's first official photographer.... Henry Ogrodzinski (EAA 127183), the president/CEO of the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO), passed away on Wednesday, January 22, at age 65 after a battle with cancer....

Nevada State Balloon Champion Series kicks off this weekend from RGJ.com | Balloon racers will have the chance to vie for a trophy in the inaugural Nevada State Balloon Championship Series, the state announced this week.

New England Air Museum Restoration of Only Surviving CBY-3 “Loadmaster” · WarbirdsNews | The CBY-3 was the last of about twelve lifting body aircraft of various designs to be built and flown. It was constructed at the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. in Montreal in 1945 and successfully flew as a cargo transport in Canada, South America and the United States until the early 1960’s. Commercial orders were not forthcoming however, as war surplus cargo aircraft were available in large numbers and the “lifting body” was viewed as radical for its time...

Cold War Gallery and Berlin Airlift exhibit updated on museum's virtual tour - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The popular virtual tour of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has been updated to reflect new aircraft and exhibits in the museum's Cold War Gallery. This 360-degree, in-depth look gives online visitors the chance to "walk through" the museum galleries as they learn about more than 100 years of military aviation history...

Grandson of Enola Gay pilot nominated for first star - AirForceTimes.com | Col. Paul Tibbets IV, grandson of the pilot who flew the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb, has been nominated to get his first star, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Thursday. Currently deputy director of operations at Global Strike Command headquarters, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Tibbets is one of the few Air Force pilots who has flown the three bombers...

All hail J! · Craig Hoyle, The DEW Line | Nine months ago, a freak hailstorm caused a fair level of carnage at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, when it battered a large number of coalition aircraft with golf ball-sized pellets. Many details of the incident have still yet to emerge, but the UK has provided a first estimate of the likely repair bill after this act of nature....

Dream Chaser to go on orbit in 2016? - Spaceports | Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces that it has confirmed that the first orbital flight of its Dream Chaser® Space System will occur on November 1, 2016. Dream Chaser will be brought to orbit on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that is being built in Decatur, Alabama and will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Cosmosphere slates open house · General Aviation News Staff | HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will hold it second annual Open House, Sunday, Feb. 9, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. “There are people in Hutchinson, Wichita and the surrounding communities who have either never been to the Cosmosphere, or who haven’t been in many years,” said Richard Hollowell, Cosmosphere Chief Executive Officer. “We’re opening the doors to say, ‘Please come check us out!’ We’ve got something here for everyone to enjoy, and we’d like to show you what we’re all about.”...