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Commemorative Air Force Announces Hall of Fame Inductees for 2014 - PR Web | For nearly 60 years, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has worked to preserve and honor American military aviation history. The organization’s success can only be attributed to its dedicated volunteer-members, called Colonels, who have been the foundation and the driving force to keep the organization’s mission and aircraft going strong since 1957....

Sally Ride Inducted Into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame - PR Web | [March 7], the Women in Aviation, International (WAI) inducted four new women into its International Pioneer Hall of Fame, with Sally Ride—America's first woman in space—joining Nancy Currie, Beryl Markham, and Sheila Scott as honorees. These women are ...

Celebrating Women in Aviation - abc40 | NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) — Northampton Airport celebrates women in aviation with free scenic flights from volunteer licenses pilots to girls and women. Pilots from the area came out to celebrate the cause of introducing girls to being a pilot. The goal of the event was to get at least 100 girls on a flight. Pilots say they are always looking for any excuse to fly and introduce a girl to the joys of aviation...

Pilots try for a chance to fly in Thunder Over Louisville airshow - WHAS 11.com | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Local pilots took to the skies Saturday hoping to get the chance to fly in this year's Thunder Over Louisville. Pilots practiced in vintage planes which will be used in the upcoming air show....

3 News is a Proud Sponsor of this Year's South Texas Air Show in Kingsville - KIII TV3 | KINGSVILLE (Kiii News) -They're considered the most electrifying and precise flyers around, of course we are talking about the pilots of the Blue Angels. In just three weeks from now, they'll be returning to the skies in Kingsville. It's all part of the South Texas Air show at Naval Air Station-Kingsville. They're back and better than ever!..

Aviation Day - Apron 6 | Event number 2 of this month was the Aviation day. An event held at several airfields in Belgium including Ostend, Wevelgem-Kortrijk, Deurne-Antwerpen and Brussels airport. It gives the opportunity to get to know your local airfield...

Wings of Freedom: Legendary combat pilots' endless mission - Pensacola News Journal | The volunteers who occasionally bring World War II planes on tour through Pensacola and other cities say the historic bombers and fighters may still be flying a century or more, long after hostilities ended in 1945. "There really isn't a life limit on the airplanes. You could literally fly these for another 100 years if you keep them maintained right," said Ryan Keough, flight coordinator for the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit based in Stow, Mass...

Harry Thetford: B-17 pilot lived to tell tale of ferocious aerial firefight - Greensboro News & Record | First Lt. John Koehne, a B-17 pilot, probably had a hunch the mission of April 2, 1944, would be different. In his previous combat missions, he had generally flown as co-pilot. On this mission, a less experienced replacement pilot would co-pilot Ole Mose, and Koehne would pilot...

1944 B-17 joy ride links pair - Enterprise-Record | RED BLUFF >> Records show the U.S. Army Air Force's B-17 Flying Fortress "My Baby" was shot down over occupied France Sept. 5, 1944, during a bombing run on a German chemical plant. However history is made up of more than just records. And while "My Baby" crashed in Piermont, France that day, the story of the aircraft continues through the memories of the 91st Bomb Group and those who know them. Two of those people met up in Red Bluff recently...

'Those who deny the past have no future' - People's Daily Online | The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, not far from the airport of Monroe, Louisiana, is a plain building at the first sight. However, it used to be the site of the Selman Field Army-Air Force Navigation School, which was the largest such facility in the US, offering the nation's only complete navigation course during the WWII and over 15,000 navigators graduated from here...

Dick Rutan Recalls Historic Round-the-World Flight - NASA |Nearly 27 years ago, the one-of-a-kind, purpose-built Voyager aircraft embarked on a non-stop, unrefueled flight around the world, setting a world record that remains unchallenged today. Dick Rutan, the pilot of this historic flight that departed from and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Southern California desert, recently recounted the Voyager's almost 25,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe to employees at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center...

Even Lindbergh Got Lost - Air & Space | In the year following his historic transatlantic flight to Paris, Charles Lindbergh, flying again in the Spirit of St. Louis, lost his way somewhere between Havana, Cuba, and the southwest coast of Florida. It happened in the middle of the night, and it alarmed Lindbergh enough that years later he recalled the incident in his...

RAF Museum Youth Apprentice Awarded Prize for Outstanding Service - Warbirds News | Warbirds News believes in giving notice, when it’s due, to the achievements of today’s youth in their endeavors with aviation history. It’s important to show that their hard work is noticed in a positive light, especially as this might encourage other young people to become involved as well. With that in mind, we are happy to report that Bethany Colburn, an apprentice at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, recently received recognition for her outstanding conservation work on the Dornier Do-17 project. The Rotary Club of Wolverhampton named Bethany their “Apprentice of the Year” and also presented her with the George Sidebotham Memorial Award at their annual awards evening on February 28th...

Is The Air Force's Secret Shuttle The Key To Russia-Free ISS Trips? -  Jalopnik | Ever since the US retired the Shuttle fleet, we've been bumming rides to the ISS on Russia's old reliable spacecraft, the Soyuz. Technically, this arrangement works well, but tensions with the Russians over the Ukraine, gay rights, and other issues are making the US realize that maybe it's time for a new ride...

'Airplane' Commercial Spoof Lauds Wisconsin's Summer - Aero-News Network | Robert Hays And Former Milwaukee Buck Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reprise Iconic Roles | Many of us spend some time in Wisconsin during the summer, but the state's tourism agency Travel Wisconsin would like even more people to know about what the state has to offer ... at least in the summer time...