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Neosho hosts benefit for Kyle and Amanda Franklin - Neosho, Mo. —  In a show of community camaraderie, an estimated 500 people turned out to support aviators Kyle and Amanda Franklin Saturday morning at Neosho’s Hugh Robinson Memorial Airport.  The Franklin Fundraiser pulled in $20,186 to go toward medical expenses for the couple who were burned when their engine caught fire over the Air Fiesta 2011 at the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport on March 12. Kyle was in the cockpit and was burned as he tried to help his wife. Amanda was on the wing when the fire started and worked her way toward the cockpit before a short landing. She took third-degree burns to 70 percent of her body and remains in critical condition in a San Antonio hospital…

Planes of Fame Air Show draws record crowd - Contra Costa Times | CHINO - The annual Planes of Fame Air Show drew thousands of people eager to learn about historic and modern aircraft Saturday. Brian E. Boyer, chairman of the museum's Board of Directors, estimated they might have attracted more visitors than in ...

Salinas' own Sean D. Tucker shows veteran pilots how to be safer in the air - www.thecalifornian.com | Over the course of his 30-plus years flying aerobatics around the globe, it would be fair to say that Sean D. Tucker has encountered his share of mid-flight emergencies…

New River Air Show gives glimpse into lives of Marines – WNCT | JACKSONVILLE, NC- Thousands of people from across the East came out to get a firsthand look at Marine Corps aircraft and at the 2011 New River Air Show. (more) JACKSONVILLE, NC- Thousands of people from across the East came out to get a first hand ...

54 Guest Fly out of Renton Airport Today  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Renton Airport does it again, thanks to incredible people with their outgoing spirits and willingness to give back to their flying community!   A special THANK YOU to our ground helpers... Lauren, Christine, Katie, Zach, Kathy, and Carolann! You were all awesome!   An EXTRA special THANK YOU to our pilots, Dale, Gary, Tom, Peter, Jay, and Rochelle. Thank you for taking our helpers flying too! Thank you Austin for coming down and giving it a try on the lake, too. Christine loved the ride… 

Texas Students Take First Place in Team America Rocketry Challenge Final Flyoff - PR Newswire | THE PLAINS, Va., May 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team from Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Tex., took first place at the ninth annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) finals Saturday afternoon, besting 99 teams from across the ...

Lindbergh 'link' between early flight, space tourism - Alamogordo Daily News | In 2004, Burt Rutan and Paul Allen won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize as the first non-governmental entity to fly to space, land, and re-launch within two weeks. The competition was based on the Orteig concept. Lindbergh, Webber said, "was a link ...

The ICON-oclast of the Air, Land, and Sea  from Flight Monkeys | With the announcement of the Sport Pilot certificate and the Light Sport Aircraft category, the FAA opened the door to innovation based on a clean sheet of paper. Perhaps no company has seized on that opportunity with the zeal that ICON has...

1940-1970s pilot photos  from Heritage flight gear / flying gear displays by Phil | More flightgear photos from the classic era of flying... when some flying was dangerous and sex safe... Fast foward 60years and sex is now dangerous and flying is much safer - who would of thought such changes!  In the early jet age, each pilot spent years to get where they were, by undergoing training….

Today in Aviation History – May 15  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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Blue Angels in El Centro - KSWT-TV | Captain John Hecker with the US Marine Core is a Blue Angel aviator of the C-130 aircraft also referred to as Fat Albert. Captain Hecker says his favorite thing about being a Blue Angel is not only flying but interacting with the public. ...

Red, white and Blue Angels; parades go green - Sun Herald | For the first time since 1978, the Blue Angels will soar above South Mississippi.  The public can view the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron Saturday and Sunday during the free air show at Keesler Air Force Base.  The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team is also on the schedule along with several other demonstration teams and aerobatics performers.
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Blue Angels Will Perform in Lynchburg Air Show - WSET | AP National/International News Entertainment News from AP Lynchburg, VA – The Blue Angels will be performing at this year's Lynchburg Air Show in May. John Barksdale, the executive director of the air show, confirmed the news to ABC-13 Friday night. ...

THE Red Arrows temporarily became the Red Noses to show their support for ... - This is Scunthorpe | More than 40 of the Red Arrows team, including pilots, engineers and ground crew, gathered in the aircraft hangar to show their support for the organisation, which helps disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa. Red 8, Flight Lieutenant David Davies, ...

Sun 'n Fun 2011 is Upon Us by Chief Monkey | The Blue Angels have Sun 'n Fun in their sights, and so does the pilot and support crew for an F-22 Raptor that will be on site for the 37th annual gathering. But as impressive as those military men, women, and machines might be – they ...

Air Show over Parque Araucano by woodward | Photos from the air show the Chilean Air Force put on today over Parque Araucano with an F16 and acrobatic planes.

Disabled pilots encouraged to join fly-in to Deniliquin - Australian Aviation | Flying charity Wheelies with Wings has invited disabled pilots and any other interested persons to attend an upcoming fly-in and information forum at Deniliquin Aero Club on March 19 and 20. Established as a not-for-profit organisation, Wheelies with ...

Close call at air show - Wairarapa Times Age | It coincided with a day of flying practice at Hood Aerodrome for recreated World War I aircraft from the Vintage Aviator, preparing for an upcoming airshow. Doug Anderson, one of the Rangiora visitors, said he had been flying for 24 years, ...

Hangar Flying! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | March 13 came in with showers and gusty winds. We were watching. Waiting. But decided the safest course of action was to keep this party inside. Jay flew a test flight with Katie and Lauren, and that was that.  Time to call her quits.  215 registered, 139 women showed up to fly... despite the weather. That speaks volumes for the interest of ...

A Birds-Eye View of Stevens Point - www.wsaw.com | To celebrate, the Stevens Point Municipal Airport was holding air rides for aspiring pilots, as well as those who had never been in a plane before in their lives.

Von Greim and Reitsch in Berlin April 1945 - War and Games | Hanna Reitsch, a daredevil pilot and friend of Hitler, was one of the last people to leave the bunker, and Berlin. She had attempted to convince Hitler to let her fly him out of Berlin, but the Fuhrer refused.  ...

Video:  B-1 Bomber Air Refueling from AIRBOYD.TV

The value of aviation from General Aviation News | GAN blogger Jamie Beckett was recently invited to speak to the East Polk Committee of 100 at their February 2011 gathering. The topic was aviation — which is right up his alley. After talking about the speech in his blog, many GAN readers asked for a video of the speech. He didn’t have one, so he worked up ...

U-2 reconnaissance aircraft deployed to aid Japan relief efforts from Air Force Link Top Stories | As Japan copes with the aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11, the United States has sent help in the form of personnel, equipment and a watchful eye in the sky: a U-2 high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron here.

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Preparations underway for Al Ain aerobatic show - Gulf Today | By a staff reporter TEAM Viper, the world's only Hawker Hunter fighter jet display squadron, has joined the impressive list of international aerobatic and ...

Happy New Year  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | How did you celebrate your New Year? December 31st, we created miracles at Renton Airport. We flew 109 women today. 45 yesterday. Add that to our previous 225--- Oh wow…

2010 Year In Review: Aerospace from Aero-News Network | Budgets, Commercial Spaceflight Dominate The Year In the aerospace world in 2010, you couldn't escape the word "budget." Sweeping changes were made in the NASA budget, which could change the course of how Americans participate in space exploration, and commercial companies made great strides in both space business and space tourism…

2010: The year in review - Anniversaries – Flightglobal | Visitors to the air tattoo enjoyed a Battle of Britain Village where re-enactors recreate the sights and sounds of England in 1940, complete with a static ...

2010 Year In Review: Gone West from Aero-News Network | ANN's Annual Review Of The Year That Was: Our Treasured Friends Who Have Gone West in 2010 Aero-News pays tribute to the following aviators -- in body and in spirit -- who slipped the surly bonds of Earth in 2010 -- some of whom were close friends, and all others our friends in spirit -- and extends our sincere sympathies to their families, and to any of our readers who also lost a loved one last year...

Amazing Predictions for Aviation! - Los Angeles Times | 1911: The Times asks pilots who are in Los Angeles for the Aviation Meet about the future of flying. The Times said: "We will see in the next few years, ...

2010 In Review - 2010 was an incredible year of change and adventure for Jane Wicker and Swing Time Wing Walking. This is a short compilation of some of the highlights from the year. Happy New Year and here's to an even more incredible 2011. Visit www.wingwalk.org for more on Jane Wicker and her airshow work.    As 2010 comes to a close I'd like to share a video of the highlights from what was an incredible and life changing year. Happy New Year to all and here's to a bigger and better 2011! 

Tuskegee pilots group gives youngsters a lift — Today's Drum ... by TD Staff | The Dodo Chapter has run the Young Eagles Program out of Gary for the last six years, said Moses Jones, a member of its New Generation Division. Aside from giving what's often the first chance kids ever have to set foot in an aircraft, ...

Air Museum Breaks Ground in Greenfield – KCBA | Work is now underway for a massive new Yanks Air Museum museum in Greenfield. The museum will be built on Highway 101 at the former Hansen Ranch. ... Salinas Valley aircraft museum taking off Monterey County Herald…

Happy New Year - More Chinese J-20 photos flooding the Internet. from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass:

Airline Operations (by aircraft) First Began Here — 97 years ago from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | New Year's Day in 1914, only tens years after the famous Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk flight, and just after morning coffee the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line commenced operations.The owner of the world's first airline, Percival Fansler, saw business potential for transporting passengers by air…

2010 Year In Review: Airlines from Aero-News Network | TSA, Mergers, Dreamliner Delays And A380 Engines Grab Headlines A fairly major controversy swirled around TSA in 2010, as people began to strongly resist the use of full body scanners and "enhanced pat-downs" at airport security. Meanwhile, after finally getting off the ground, the Dreamliner suffered a setback from an electrical fire and deliveries were pushed back again…

British Mile High Flights Grounded By CAA from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Founder Mike Crisp says his air charter's bed-laden Cessna Grand Caravan, has been grounded "because of some prudish snobbery on the part of the CAA," The CAA disagrees. Crisp's business, Mile High Flights, operated for two years out of Gloucestershire, England, giving couples (and one threesome) the opportunity to join the mile high club…

January 1 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite…

Today In Aviation History – January 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal…