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Air Race F1 launches inaugural international air race in Lleida, Spain - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | The first event will take place at Lleida-Alguaire Airport, near Barcelona in Spain, on 1st June when it will showcase the skills of the world's premier Formula 1 air racing pilots and their high-performance planes. This inaugural race will be the ...

2014 National Flying Competitions a Blazing Success | The 2014 RNZAC National Flying Competitions were hosted by the Tauranga Aero Club in February. Good weather, a great turnout from clubs all over New Zealand, excellent organisation by the RNZAC executive, and and army of volunteers made this a successful weekend. The...

HELI-EXPO 2014 - WAI Connect Blog | If you'll be in Anaheim, California this week for HAI's annual HELI-EXPO be sure to stop by Booth 5613 to meet Aviation for Women editor Kelly Nelson, and...

Canada Remembers air show cancelled - Star Phoenix | There will be no Canada Remembers our Heroes air show in Saskatoon this year, but organizers are still planning an event to honour veterans this summer....

F-22 Raptor coming to Duluth Airshow - Budgeteer | Organizers of the Duluth Airshow announced Thursday that a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft will take part in this year's event. By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune. U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor. image. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor ...

Museum of Aviation's First Director Dies at 87 - WAI Connect Blog | Peggy Young, 87,  the first director of the Museum of Aviation, died January 24 in Alexandria, Virginia, after suffering a stroke. Peggy became the first director of the Museum of Aviation Heritage, Exhibit and Education Center in 1988. According to her obituary, under her direction the museum, which began with $20 in private funds, two airplanes, a 43-acre site and a great idea, grew into the "Crown Jewel of Middle Georgia." When Peggy retired in 1997 the Peggy B. Young Education Center was dedicated in the Century of Flight Hangar....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Goulian Aerosports - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 continues with a photo essay of aerobatic superstar performer (Extra 330C) and Red Bull racer (Edge 540) Michael Goulian.  His aerial performance is honed to a sharp edge, featuring...

Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, The Greatest Stick and Rudder Man, is Honored in Hollywood by The National Air and Space Museum | On the evening of Friday, February 21, friends of legendary pilot Bob Hoover will gather with him at Paramount Studios Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate his “Lifetime of Achievement.”  We doubt this Red Carpet event will make Access Hollywood but of course that is not the point.  Instead, these friends will gather to honor an exceptional man with extraordinary flying skills and, hopefully, to hear Bob tell a few more of his incredible stories...

Pancake breakfast to celebrate 109th birthday of aviation legend - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Wittman was active in air racing through most of his aviation career; from the Thompson Trophy Races of the 1930s to the EAA supported Lowers, Baker, Falk efficiency races in the 1980s. In January of 1932 Wittman won the Colonel Green Trophy in Florida ...

Future of Flight to celebrate women in aviation - Edmonds Beacon | Patricia Beckman was honored in 2010 by the Women in Aviation, International Pioneer Hall of Fame, for being the first woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F-15 and the first American woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F/A-18. Loraine Bratset...

Venice man served as Navy aviator for 30 years - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | George L. Ayers of Racine, Wis., was a naval aviator for 30 years, serving during World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to F4U Corsair training before qualifying for carrier operations on the ...

Museum Receives Several High-Profile Aviation Artifacts | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum recently received several high-profile aviation artifacts to add to its already impressive collection at its location in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.  The museum has been preserving and exhibiting local aviation history for over 30 years, and continues to attract donations from across the region.  The museum receives hundreds of items each year of all types relating to St. Louis and Metro East Illinois aviation.  Additionally, the museum has a world-class archive of media relating to aviation history throughout the world that is regularly used by researchers in their books and professional journal articles.  Recent donations include:...

New season of 'Aviators' on Discovery Turbo - Best Media Info | Get behind-the-scenes look at the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, USAF Thunderbirds, and their F-16s. Find out about Fifi, the infamous B-29 bomber from WWII, through the different crew positions of this historic aircraft. The series also ...

Two Antonov AN-124-100 "Ruslans" on the ground at Long Beach Airport - Aero Pacific Flightlines

Exercise Red Flag from Nellis AFB in high-res (82 Photos) - The Brigade

Stunning Combat Artwork Reveals WWII Fighting That Will Never Be Seen Again - Business Insider Australia | The U.S. B-25 Bomber was the first medium sized bomber to successfully take off from a carrier, allowing the U.S. to carry out bombing runs on mainland Japan. 'Can't talk now, gotta shoot' -- was Capt. Bud Anderson's famous radio response after ...

Big cat saves lives - Flight Image of the Day | Belatedly spotted on the Rex picture agency site is this wonderful shot of a French Search and Rescue helicopter – an Aerospatiale SA330 Puma no less – on a mission to rescue seamen from the stricken Spanish freighter Luno on 5 February near Bayonne, France.

Through Eager Eyes - Chapter 2: Machines That Fly * Airplanista Aviation Blog | Full of Wonder and Innocence, a Young Girl Romances the Sky

Getting to the Heart of Future Cygnus Payload Return from the International Space Station? - Spaceports | Chris Bergin at NASA Spaceflight.com has noted that the recently released NASA Commercial Resupply2 (CRS2) RFP document includes a provision that the Agency is looking at a requirement that would result in the return/disposal of up to 14,250 to 16,750 kg of pressurized cargo and the disposal of 1,500 to 4,000 kg of unpressurized cargo per year...