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US Air Force Thunderbirds to highlight Luke AFB open house next month - The Republic | GLENDALE, Arizona — Luke Air Force Base officials say the Thunderbird aerial demonstration team will be the final act at Luke's "Lightning in the Desert" open house. The Thunderbirds will perform in their F-16 fighters as the final act of each of the two days of the open house next month. Other aircraft doing flying performances include a tilt-rotor Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, F-16s from Luke and vintage aircraft including a World War II-era P-51 Mustang and a Korean war-era F-86. More than 40 aircraft are set for ground display....

Hoomanawanui set to fly with US Navy Blue Angels - Patriots.com | EL CENTRO, Calif., February 19, 2014 – On Monday, March 3, New England Patriots' Tight End Michael Hoomanawanui and St. Louis Rams' Punter Johnny Hekker will take to the skies as guest riders with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Hoomanawanui and Hekker were nominated for these prestigious flights by the Blue Angels crew of the Navy due to their leadership, positivity, and impact in their respective communities....

Wings of Freedom Tour to bring vintage aircraft to Gulf Shores - Gulf Coast News Today | GULF SHORES, AL - In honor of our WWII Veterans the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour brings extremely rare bomber and fighter aircraft for local living history display as part of 110-city nationwide tour. The tour will land in Gulf Shores on March 3-5 for tours and viewing at the Jack Edwards National Airport. WWII vets can tour the aircraft for free...

Legendary aircraft to touch down in Leesburg - Daily Commercial | Some of history’s most legendary aircraft will visit Leesburg International Airport on Monday for the first stop of the 2014 Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour. This is almost a repeat performance for people who missed another vintage airplane event, the national Wings of Freedom tour, that came to the airport last month...

Air Race F1 Inaugural International Air Race in Lleida, Catalunya Spain - aviationpros.com | London and Spain-based international air race organisers Air Race F1 has today announced the launch of a new series of international Formula 1 Class air racing competitions. The first event will take place at Lleida-Alguaire Airport, near Barcelona in ...

AirplaneGeeks 287 – Mary Kirby and the Runway Girl Network | Mary Kirby’s new Runway Girl Network is an online framework “where air transport intelligence meets the passenger experience.” We talk with Mary about aircraft interiors, inflight connectivity driving operational benefits, airline seat size from a safety standpoint, and other topics that impact the passenger experience...

Aero history project takes off - Goulburn Post | CROOKWELL man Austin Cummins is collecting any information he can on the history of the Goulburn Aero Club. Mr Cummins first joined the Goulburn Aero Club in 1961 and is an honorary life member...

CH-53E Super Stallion — present and future by travelforaircraft | The largest helicopter in U.S. military service is the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion — a CH-53 Sea Stallion on steroids with an added third engine, a larger rotor blade system with additional rotor blade and a tilted-by-20° vertical fin/tail rotor (which provides a bit of lift while in a hover). It is much more powerful than the CH-53 Sea Stallion and...

Ferrari Is The World’s Most Powerful Brand · Warbirds News | ...Not many people know this, but on June 17th, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, an ace in the Italian Air Force and a national hero during World War I....

These photos prove F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat could take off and land with folded wings - The Aviationist | You won’t believe it but U.S. Navy legendary planes (F-4, F-8 and F-14) could fly with folded wings, asymmetric configurations.

[Video] All kinds of planes recovering at Nellis Air Force Base after Red Flag mission - The Aviationist

Super Hornet fights for survival - The DEW Line | Rejections by India and more recently Brazil – combined with the looming end to a multi-year procurement deal for the US Navy – mean that the pressure is mounting on Boeing to secure extra orders for its versatile Super Hornet. As things stand, the last F/A-18E/F or EA-18G Growler will roll off the line in St Louis, Missouri before the end of 2016, with the...

My first published hot air ballooning article: Getting to 20- Fly Me Friendly | My first article about flying hot air balloons was published back in September last year (2013). It appeared in Volume 35, Issue 3 of Aeronotes, the official journal of the Australian Ballooning Federation...

Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos Space Jump Lives Again - Jaunted | ...Think back to October 2012, when it seemed like the entire world was tuned into the live feed of Baumgartner's 127,852 feet jump from a the capsule, attached to a stratospheric balloon. He broke two world records (highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight) in the team's quest to "improve scientific understanding of how the body copes with the extreme conditions near space" and advance aerospace safety. ..