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Hollywood Honors Bob Hoover - Flying Magazine | The documentary highlights a few of these pilots, including several test pilots, USAF Major General Scott Hanson and another legendary airshow pilot, Sean Tucker. In addition to former astronaut Eugene Cernan, who spoke eloquently about Hoover, ...
Aviation honors RA 'Bob' Hoover - AOPA Pilot | Speakers such as U.S. Air Force General Lloyd "Fig" Newton, Harrison Ford, Sean D. Tucker, and Herb Kelleher spoke eloquently of Hoover's unswerving willingness to pass on knowledge learned during his many years flying and willingness to mentor other ...
Canadian Pilot Pete McCleod Set to Compete in 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championships - SYS-CON Media (press release) | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(Marketwired - February 25, 2014) - 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 ...
Rolling Thunder helps many area causes - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | ... says the chapter raises money for area Helping Hand organizations, Help 4 Kids Backpack Buddies and the North Strand Housing Shelter, as well as veterans groups including Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans Welcome Home and Resource ...
Girls and women invited to take to the skies above Langley - Langley Times | Brazier is bringing The Sky's No Limit - Girls Fly Too, a free event in celebration of women in aviation to the Langley Regional Airport on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. both days. Women and girls of all ages who have...
Lehigh Valley Airshow may return this year - The Express-Times | Airport officials originally intended to wait two years after the 2013 Lehigh Valley Airshow — the first at the airport since 1997 — to organize another, but have decided to push up the timeline a year because of strong interest, LVIA Executive...
Officials consider adding air show at Warren County airport - Glens Falls Post-Star | QUEENSBURY -- Warren County officials are exploring the idea of bringing an air show to the county airport, a show that would be the first air show at the airport since a near-disaster during one in 1997. The county's airport manager, Ross Dubarry...
Red Arrows display team set to fly at Rhyl Air Show - News North Wales | In the shape of a Union flag, the striking new tail design reflects the Best of British and emphasises the Red Arrows' role as ambassadors for the United Kingdom and as the public face of the Royal Air Force." For more information and updates about the...
Airshow to move to Melbourne airport - Florida Today | Lilley said he has planned the airshow acts around the schedules of commercial flights coming into Melbourne the days of the airshow. A representative of the Federal Aviation Administration told the airport board he had worked with Lilley to create a...
New military aircraft demonstration announced for 2014 Thunder Over Louisville - WAVE | "Thunder Over Louisville and the Kentucky Derby Festival have always enjoyed great support from all branches of the military," said Mike Berry, KDF President and CEO. "We're thrilled that more military will be able to participate in the 25th Thunder...
Photos: Vintage B-17 'Flying Fortress' returns for flights from PDK - Reporter Newspapers | Albert McMahan had no doubt about how it felt to climb into a B-17 for a ride decades after he served as a gunner on one of the planes during World War II. “It was wonderful. Absolutely,” the 93-year-old veteran said. “At one time I was flying in that ...
B-17 ” Lacey Lady” Update · WarbirdsNews | Warbirds News received a brief update from the B-17 Alliance Group on progress with the restoration of their B-17G “Lacey Lady”. During a recent work party, volunteers stripped the fabric off the Flying Fortress’s rudder and elevators, which revealed a remarkably well preserved set of control surfaces. The team also...
B-17 Flying Fortress 'The Movie Memphis Belle' takes to the skies again with Second World War veterans on board - Daily Mail | They served in three wars, became known as Flying Fortresses because of their awesome fire-power, and during the Second World War they dropped more bombs than all other US army aircraft combined. Packed with high-explosives and bristling with heavy...
RAF BBMF To Host Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster During Visit To England - Flightline UK From Royal Air Force Website | The last two Lancaster bombers still flying in the world will come together in a series of events this summer, in a meeting unlikely to happen ever again. The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAF BBMF) based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire will welcome the arrival of a very special guest during August 2014 when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) fly their prized Avro Lancaster to the UK for a month long visit....
A Mustang Named “Pecos Bill” - Warbirds News | “Pecos Bill” is a name that would have been familiar to many in the 1940s. It was the name of a popular, but fictional cartoon cowboy of the old west, created by the writer Edward O’Reilly in the 1920s. Supposedly raised by coyotes, the famous cowboy hailed from Pecos, Texas, hence his name. It was the sort of moniker that could easily translate to a young pilot and his steed in wartime, especially if that steed was a P-51D Mustang....
Air Force F-22 Raptor team to perform during Thunder air show - WLKY Louisville | The Air Force F-22 Raptor demonstration team will perform during the air show. They last took part in Thunder in 2012. The stealth fighter jet team joins the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as part of the air show. Thunder Over Louisville is April 12....
Learn history, flight at WWII aviation museum - Colorado Springs Business Journal | The B-25 bomber (above), designed to carry 4,000 pounds of bombs, is best remembered for its use by Jimmy Doolittle and his Tokyo Raiders in April 1942, America's response to Pearl Harbor. This B-25J was delivered in 1945; it did not serve overseas but ...
Access the Avro Vulcan - RAF Museum London Events | Sit in the pilots seat of the magnificent Avro Vulcan
Free Family Day focuses on lighter-than-air flight - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Visitors of all ages can learn about balloon travel and the properties of air during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Storytime" begins at 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the Early Years Gallery. Preschool and primary-grade children are
invited to sit under the wings of airplanes where they can listen to stories about aviation and do a craft project...BAE Systems Support Museum Transformation · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE -The Royal Air Force Museum has officially announced a major partnership with BAE Systems who have pledged to support the transformation of the Museum at both its Cosford and London sites, in advance of the Centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018. The announcement was made at the official unveiling of the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstrator exhibition at RAF Museum Cosford. The event was attended by The Chairman and Trustees of the RAF Museum and Directors of BAE Systems with key partners, contributors and invited guests. The new exhibition celebrates the ground-breaking achievements of this unique aircraft through the use of previously unseen video footage, interactive kiosks and images...
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