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National Naval Aviation Museum Welcomes Excitement over the Last Weeks of its Blue Angels Winter Promotion - PR Web (press release) | The National Naval Aviation Museum, located in the northwestern coastal region of Pensacola, Florida, counts down the final days of offering the Blue Angels Winter Special. The special package includes a ticket to the Blue Angel themed attractions located at the Museum including the Blue Angels 4D Experience, a ride with the Blues in a...

Aeroshell team, Franklin and Younkin headline show - Brownsville Herald | Air Fiesta will feature additional aerobatic performers as well, plus flying by the Commemorative Air Force's own fleet of vintage aircraft. The CAF's RGV Wing, based at the Brownsville airport, puts on the air show every year strictly with volunteers.

Plane Amazing: Air Fiesta attracts large crowd - Valley morning Star | Hundreds of attendees passed through the Commemorative Air Force Museum during the afternoon and took in the show while meeting pilots and posing for photos with aircraft. For the Canales family, Air Fiesta has been a fixture in two generations of...

B-29 and other historic aircraft to visit Bradenton-Sarasota - Bradenton Herald | MANATEE -- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will host several historic aircraft Feb. 27-March 2, including a B-29 Superfortress, a Curtis SB2C Helldiver, a C-45 Expediter "Bucket of Bolts," a PT-17 Stearman, and a Model 4 Stearman Speedmail.

Let the Sparks Fly - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Golden Knights Annual Certification CycleAs the Gold Demonstration Team works their way into the second month of the Golden Knights Annual Certification Cycle, the resolute focus on the team remains with safety, target accuracy, and perfecting the show to bring to the public.  After a strenuous first few weeks of five to eight jumps a day, Gold Team has found its rhythm and is working together like a well oiled machine. 

Red Bull Air Race aces back in action in Abu Dhabi - Times of Oman | ...The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies on February 28 and March 1 with a triumphant return to Abu Dhabi for the seventh season opener over the sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf. Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain, who won the last race in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will be...

Isle of Man gives Red Arrows stamp of approval - Isle of Man Today | The Red Arrows is the public face of the Royal Air Force and have thrilled thousands of and spectators with displays around the globe, including the Isle of Man, where they often appear in TT Week. Maxine Cannon, general manager Isle of Man Stamps and...

Red Arrows team leader hopes ageing jets will be replaced with new version of the Hawk - Grimsby Telegraph | The leader of the Red Arrows helped select a new tailfin design to celebrate their 50th display season – and then called for the RAF to look at replacing the ageing jets with a new version of the Hawk. Squadron leader Jim Turner, also known as Red One...

Last Flying RNZAF Dakota at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014 - Warbirds News | The Warbirds Over Wanaka air show, in Wanaka, New Zealand will be rumbling to life this Easter weekend, from the 18th through 20th of April. The biennial event is famous the world over for its gathering of rare warbirds, and fabulous set-piece events set against the stunning backdrop of some of New Zealand’s finest mountain scenery. Amongst the Spitfires, Kittyhawks and Mustangs that will surely be attending this year’s air show will be the familiar, and yet increasingly rare site of a Douglas C-47B Dakota. This particular Dakota is even more special though, as it is the last of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s WWII fleet still flying and operating as a commercial aircraft. And what’s more, it will be selling rides to enthusiasts over the air show days....

New England Air Museum to Hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16 - WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16th. On that day visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to nine vintage airplanes including two supersonic jet fighters, the Vietnam era Huey helicopter, the WWII P-47 Thunderbolt, the Vintage DC-3 airliner, and more.A special feature of the day will be a program on the Museum’s WWII Goodyear blimp car which is in its final stages of restoration.  U.S. Navy blimps played a pivotal role in patrolling the U.S. East and Gulf coasts searching for German U-boats and in escorting North Atlantic ship convoys....

Twirly Birds to hold annual meeting · General Aviation News Staff | DALLAS — International helicopter pilot organization, Twirly Birds, will again hold its annual membership meeting in conjunction with the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 25. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the Anaheim Marriott Marquis Ballroom Northeast....

Crew 713: The Story of a WWII Liberator Crew - Warbirds News | Warbirds News, while often focused on the current state of vintage military aircraft, is also keen to share stories concerning the people involved with those aircraft whether in the present, or the past. We have here a terrific article written by Brendan McNally about a documentary film currently in production concerning a specific WWII bomber crew: Crew 713, the men who flew the B-24 Liberator known as Irishman’s Shanty....

Last Call for Lancasters - Vintage Wings of Canada | As the Second World War wound down in Europe, the Allied powers, which had previously been focused on the destruction of Hitler’s Nazi-run Germany, began to think about the battle to come in and around Japan. The United States was largely responsible for offensive aerial attacks on the Japanese home islands, though the Royal Navy and the aerial arms of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Canada were engaging the collapsing enemy in his many empirical outposts from Burma to Palembang to New Britain...

Naval Air Station Pensacola – A Pictorial History - Warbirds News | Warbirds News likes to support authors with new books which might appeal to our aviation-minded audience. One such book which crossed our desk recently is “Naval Air Station Pensacola”, by mother and son team Maureen Keillor and Chief Richard Keillor. The book, one of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Aviation Series, is a pictorial history of NAS Pensacola from its humble beginnings in January 1914 as the US Navy’s very first commissioned air station to the present day. The photographs are thoroughly engaging, and well captioned. Some of the topics covered includethrilling...

The Last of Tu 144 Planes - English Russia | ...The first Tu-144 that performed a flight with an RD-36-51A engine was plane No 03-1 – it happened in November 30, 1974. In June 1976 the plane performed a long-distance flight for 6200 km with a load of five tons and it was subsequently decided to continue development of this model....

Alouette III — French design in helicopters by travelforaircraft | Nearly 1440 of these helicopters were built by Aérospatiale over a 25 year period ending in 1985 — and another 500 license built in four countries other than France. It is a light helicopter which can work at high altitudes...

New space shuttle exhibit opens at Air Force museum · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio — National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will be cleared for liftoff when the museum’s new Space Shuttle Exhibit opens to the public on Feb. 26. The exhibit, which features NASA’s first Crew Compartment Trainer, allows visitors to experience the size and shape of an actual space shuttle orbiter by entering the payload bay and looking into the flight deck and mid-deck levels....

Museum to host Space Expo · General Aviation News Staff | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual SPACE EXPO March 30. More than 15 exhibitors from across New England will participate in the event, including UTC Aerospace, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Aldrich Astronomical Society, FlisKits, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, the CATO Rocketry Club, NASA, the Clay Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Mars Foundation, US Space Camp, and Robotics First....

Astronaut to be guest speaker at Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame · General Aviation News Staff | WETASKIWIN, Alberta, Canada  — Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be the guest speaker at the 41st annual induction ceremony of Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. The former commander of the International Space Station, Expedition 35, Hadfield spent six months in Earth orbit. The Hall will induct four new members at the gala, to be held May 29 in Westjet Airlines’ Campus facility at Calgary International Airport....