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After sequester, Thunderbirds anxious to soar in Vegas - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | March 9 is the Thunderbirds' next flyover on their home turf — or in their home skies — at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But it's not the next time that some people will see them in the air. The Thunderbirds have a full season of events planned this year...

USMC Harrier joins Air Show lineup - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Marines will be landing at the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show. A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier will show off its gravity-defying vertical flight capability, Air Show official announced Thursday. “Given the reduced military...

Windermere Air Festival ready for take-off once again - The Westmorland Gazette | Windermere Air Festival, cancelled in 2011, could make a spectacular two-day comeback in the last weekend of September with a Royal Marine display, food festival and firework extravaganza over the water. “We're in basic talks with other parties and we...

Photos: Team Six - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | With March on the horizon and only one month left in our Annual Certification Cycle, Team Six continues to rack up the safe flight hours and total lifts to altitude supporting all of the Golden Knights demonstrators. Things have been very exciting here in Homestead!  We conducted night operations on the 13th beginning at 0100 and jumping through sunrise.  Jumping at night is always very exciting as we get to watch the demonstrators leave our aircraft into the dark of night and ignite pyrotechnics as they fall through the sky...

CF-18 Demo Schedule has been posted.

Cirrus backs Michael Goulian in Red Bull Air Race World Championship - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal | Cirrus is supporting Team Goulian, the Red Bull Air Race Championship team led by air racer and aerobatic pilot Michael Goulian. He'll fly in a Zivko Edge 540. Cirrus Aircraft will support a pilot and his team in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship....

The Tale of a Zero Fighter – by Ron Cole - Warbirds News | Acclaimed digital artist, Ron Cole, recently submitted a story to Wardbirds News about his work with a certain Mitsubishi A6M restoration project. Ron is well known for his fabulous commissioned digital paintings of historic aircraft, and he received a request from Legend Flyers to create an image of the A6M3 they are rebuilding to flying condition. Here is Ron’s story of this remarkable aircraft, and of the beautiful painting he created showing it in the battle field...

NAS Lemoore pilots working to build Navy aviator memorial - Hanford Sentinel | NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE — People don’t often think about the dangers a Navy pilot faces each day until something goes wrong. Two pilots stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore hope to change that by building a memorial dedicated to Navy aviators who have lost their lives while stationed in Lemoore...

BELLEVILLE: Yankee Air Museum hosting presentation USS Samuel B. Roberts - Heritage Newspapers | BELLEVILLE — This month's Historic Presentation Night from the Yankee Air Museum features author and historian John Wukovits discussing his latest book, “For Crew and Country: The Inspirational True Story of Sacrifice and Bravery Aboard the USS...

Aviation Archeology Symposium – “Before It’s Too Late” - Warbirds News | Warbirds News has learned that the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington will be holding be holding a two-day symposium on aviation archeology over the weekend of March 15th/16th. Titled “Before It’s Too Late”, this conference is bound to be a fascinating experience as it will cover every aspect of the emerging science from the countless hours of detailed research often involved in locating the wreck, to the frequently adventurous tales of recovery or indeed the preservation of the crash-site. The weekend will bring together some of the foremost authorities in the field from Taras Lyssenko, well-known salvor of sunken warbirds, to noted author and researcher, Nick Veronico. Go beyond the break to find out more…

Aviation Photography Workshop Series Returns to Atlanta - aviationpros.com | March 28-30 at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) - Dixie Wing's hangar at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, GA, workshop participants from all walks of life and all levels of photography skill will have the chance to make these kinds of iconic...

The story of the first U-2 spy missions over Soviet Union - The Aviationist | According to documents released last year, the first four “Dragon Lady” planes destined to launch spy missions over Soviet Union were deployed to RAF Lakenheath on Apr. 29, 1956 under the cover story that a Lockheed-developed aircraft would be flown by the USAF Air Weather Service to study high-altitude weather phenomena such as the jet stream and cosmic ray effects up to 55,000 feet.

Five Came Back - Christian Science Monitor | Filming from the belly of a B-25 bomber for a follow-up documentary, Wyler suffered severe damage to his ears and was left almost completely deaf. Stevens was still in Europe when the Nuremberg Trials began; his mission had changed from filming combat...

The 727 that Vanished By Tim Wright, Air & Space Magazine | A case pursued by the FBI, the CIA, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security, CENTCOM, and the sister of Ben Padilla.

Young Eagles take flight at Clearwater Airpark Flight Rally - Clearwater Gazette | CLEARWATER — Area youngsters between the ages 8 and 17 will take to the skies on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon as the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 282 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Clearwater Airpark, 1000 N. Hercules Ave.