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Singapore Airshow 2014: Spectacular Photos From The Rehearsals and The Opening Day [PICTURES] - International Business Times | The Singapore Airshow opened on Tuesday and will run for five days until February the 15th. The event promises to see a rekindling of the rivalry between The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and the EADS-owned Airbus (EPA:AIR) to scoop up the large orders for aircraft that are typically announced at major airshows. This year will also...

Video from the Singapore Air Show - Rt.com

The Jupiters Fly Here Above Regional Politics - Aviation International News | They’re still here! The Indonesian Air Force Jupiter aerobatic team’s appearance has survived the current diplomatic spat between Singapore and Indonesia, caused by Jakarta’s naming of a new warship for two marines who bombed an Orchard Road building here in 1965. The pair were tracked down, put on trial and executed by Singapore, which is upset by the naming. Indonesia said that the Ministry of Defence here withdrew invitations to more than 100 of its military officers, to attend the airshow...

Finding time for a Yak By SAM NORRIS | A new war bird has the flying community abuzz at Maitland Aerodrome and promises to give enthusiasts the ride of a lifetime. The sky blue and white plane is a 1991 Soviet built Yak 52 developed for combat training....

Breitling Wingwalkers, based in Cirencester, on the lookout for new recruits - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | ANYONE looking to swap their humdrum office job for something with a little more adrenaline will be interested in an opening that has just come on to the Cirencester job market....

B-17 Bomber visit up in the air - Manisteenews | MANISTEE COUNTY — B-17 bomber the Yankee Lady could return to Manistee for a Fourth of July weekend visit during Manistee National Forest Festival, but only if funds can be raised. Past visits from the B-17, also known as the Flying Fortress, have been free of charge to the Manistee County Blacker Airport, but this […]

A Survivor's Heart By Laurie Snyder | ... "Our plane got two engines knocked out after we dropped our bombs" on Leipzig, said Staff Sgt. Ken Fritts in "One Story of a B-17 Aircraft Combat Crew - WWII," a memoir penned by the plane's pilot, Lt. Jack Frederick. A third lost power on the way home. "We had a choice: ditch that B-17 in the North Sea or bail out" over Holland. "The Nazis were shooting at us in our parachutes as we were floating down. I landed on my back in a farmer's garden. ... As I hit the road I looked up and here comes a Hitler Youth in uniform on a bicycle carrying a sub-machine gun."...

Prowler Arrives at Flying Leathernecks Museum · Warbirds News | The Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California has just taken delivery of a Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronics warfare aircraft. Based upon the airframe of the now-retired A-6 Intruder, the Prowler started service in the early 1970’s and is still active in small numbers with both Marine Corps and Navy squadrons. The introduction of the Boeing EA-18G Growler (a modified version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet), has seen Prowlers slowly being retired as their successor enters service in greater numbers. A few Prowlers have made it to museums....

Big German WW I Floatplanes by travelforaircraft | Among the first strategic bombers were the WW I vintage Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge aircraft but three were built as the Zeppelin-Staaken 8301 floatplane to serve with the Kaiserliche Marine and painted in the lozenge pattern of the time. This family of aircraft...

30 years later, hall-of-fame pilot is back in the skies - Lincoln Journal Star | ...This January, shortly after signing up for her first flight lesson in three decades, 75-year-old Evelyn Sedivy Cowing was inducted into the Nebraska Aviation Hall of Fame. This summer, she will attempt the transcontinental 2014 Air Race Classic with 71-year-old pilot Diane Bartels...

Google Wins Right To Lease Moffett Field, Will Restore Hangar One - Tech Crunch | Google’s executives have long operated their fleet of private jets out of NASA’s Moffett Field thanks to a long-standing deal with the U.S. government, but it looks like Google is ready to expand its presence at the Silicon Valley airfield. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and NASA today announced that Planetary Ventures LLC, a shell company Google occasionally uses for its real-estate deals, has been selected as the preferred lessee for Moffett Field and Hangar One...

Aviation Photography Workshop Series Returns to Atlanta - PR Web | Photographs of aircraft and their crewmembers from the Second World War have served to inspire several generations of photographers, becoming icons for both portrait and aviation photographers worldwide. Camera technology has advanced dramatically, along with the digital post-processing tools that allow photographers to both emulate and improve upon the images that inspire them. With this in mind, 3G Aviation Media (http://www.3gaviationmedia.com) conducts workshops that teach photographers the organizational skills to set up a dramatic photo shoot, along with the technical skills to capture, edit and craft spectacular images of classic aircraft....