Memorial Day 2014 - Honoring those who gave all

Many times, it's the stories of those that survived that help us appreciate the incredible sacrifices of those in uniform...

Memorial Day * Warbirds News | Today is a national holiday here in the United States, Memorial Day in fact. Today is the day we celebrate the lives lost in our name on the battlefield, and the countless casualties which followed in its aftermath. For many, sadly, it has simply become a day off work to relax around the barbecue, or at the beach or swimming pool with family and friends. The first warm days are finally here after a long and dreary winter, so it’s only natural to want to shrug off the chill, and embrace the sunshine for a while. And these are good things. We must embrace life. However, we must also pause to reflect with thanks upon the ultimate sacrifices made by so many … far too many … that we might enjoy our future days in peace. Nor should we forget the families those brave men and women left behind either. For them there will be no easy days ahead....

'Doolittle Raiders' receive Congressional Gold Medal - Washington Post  | The weather over Arlington National Cemetery was sunny and clear, similar to the day in 1942 when Richard Cole helped change the course of American history as one of James H. Doolittle’s “Raiders” during World War II. As he stood before the grave of his former commander, the 98-year-old ex-pilot who helped stage a daring attack on Japan that lifted American spirits at a crucial time said the memory is bittersweet....

Doolittle Raiders and Fighter Aces Honored - Military.com | ...Obama's signing awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the 80 volunteers who formed the Raiders and to the more than 1,400 pilots from World War I through the Vietnam War who became Aces....

Tuskegee Airmen meet B-17 bomber pilot their unit escorted during famous WWII mission - Daily Journal | BIG FLATS, New York — A Memorial Day weekend gathering of some of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen has reunited them with a World War II bomber pilot their unit escorted on a famous mission over Germany. The Buffalo News reports (http://bit.ly/1olQpSd) that 95-year-old Bill Strapko of North Tonawanda, New York, was invited to Saturday's Return of the Red Tails celebration at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Big Flats, near Elmira...

WWII vet remembers flying B-17 bombers - The Herald-Times | Don Duncan, 92, remembers his time flying missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII. He and his two brothers, 91 and 94 and living in California, served in combat roles during the war and returned home uninjured...

Old Glory Honor Flight to make return trip to Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Appleton Post Crescent  | Appleton’s Randy Howell can’t find the words to describe the solemnity surrounding the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Last year’s Gold Ribbon Honor Flight, originating from Oshkosh, marked a second visit to the memorial for the Vietnam War veteran. It was the first time he examined the 58,000-plus names that are etched in its reflective, black stone walls. On Howell’s first visit, he froze at a distance and sent his wife to take photos....

Big Country Squadron Commemorative Air Force Hosts Annual Memorial Service - Big Country Homepage | Veterans and Others Shared Their Stories At The 28th Annual Memorial Service At Elmdale Baptist Church. Elmdale Baptist Church hosted the 28th annual memorial worship service conducted by the Big Country Squadron Commemorative Air Force. Many veterans shared stories, songs, and other memories of their time serving. There were over a hundred people from different branches and organizations in attendance....

Sgt. Dick Samuelson of Tangerine Woods kept the B-24s flying over Germany · Don Moore, War Tales | Dick Samuelson of Tangerine Woods in Englewood, Fla. admits “I was no big war hero.” He joined the Army Air Corps during the last 18 months of World War II after graduating from high school in Brockton, Mass. Following basic training he went to radar technician and long range navigation school. Then he was sent to Europe...

McCandless brothers, heroes gave their lives in service - Pittsburgh Post Gazette  | When comedian Bob Hope told a joke on his radio program about Col. William H. Councill's record-setting jet flight, his family realized the veteran pilot was at least temporarily famous. "Bob Hope said when my father's plane flew by a bird, it was going so fast that it blew all the bird's feathers off," Frances Councill recalled in a recent phone interview.  William H. Councill, who grew up in the Ingomar portion of McCandless, set a transcontinental speed record on Jan. 26, 1946, flying from Los Angeles to New York at an average of almost 600 mph. He was piloting a Lockheed P-80 "Shooting Star" jet, and his record stood for eight years....

Capt. Johnson: the Piper Cub beat the Germans – As a military plane it had no equal, he says · Don Moore, War Tales | The Piper Cub, used as an artillery spotter plane, did more to defeat the German Army in World War II then any other American airplane, according to Capt. John Johnson.  “The Air Force just went over and dropped bombs on German cities, but the Army’s Piper Cub observer planes spotted enemy positions for American artillery that tore up the German artillery and troops,” he said. “These Cubs did more damage to the Germany Army than our bombers and fighters.”...

Navy Blue Fighter Pilot - Episode Two * Vintage Wings of Canada | In many respects the initial experiences of Victorious’ fighter wing with the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet was a matter of one step forward, two steps back. They arrived brimming with confidence from their success with the Home Fleet, but after a few months in the new theatre concerns arose as to whether they were truly prepared to attack the strongly defended targets on the strike program. As much as anything...

World War II Navy veteran takes flight in B-25 at air show - Chronicle-Telegram | ELYRIA — The Discover Aviation Air Show was billed as one where youngsters could come within touching distance of fighter jets and war planes while turning their eyes to the skies as aerial acrobats performed death-defying stunts. But the real wonder took place on the ground....

Today Show * Women have long contributed to American military service. In honor of Memorial Day, the Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation compiled photos that highlight those who bravely dedicated themselves to America’s defense.

Former "Rosie the Riveter" revisits B-17 history - KTVB | BOISE -- A WWII-era "Rosie the Riveter" got to see a plane like the ones she worked on many years ago. The front lines in WWII were overseas, but there was a massive movement stateside to help in the war effort. Women like Charlotte Ford helped out by building and fixing planes as riveters....

Michael P. Anderson Memorial Statue by travelforaircraft | Michael Anderson is missed in Spokane Washington which he chose as his hometown. He led a distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force as well as NASA before dying with his crew while on duty aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in the skies over Dallas TX on mission STS 107....

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Today, we honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice!

Happy Memorial Day from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | In memory of all those who gave their lives for the freedoms that we embrace...

Cross-Country Trek Honoring Our Fallen from photorecon.net by Joe Kates | While attending the F-35B media day at MCAS Yuma on 5-9-2013, Photorecon had the distinct honor to meet Joe “Tiger” Patrick II .Patrick a veteran of Desert Storm embarked on a journey to to honor the men and women who have lost their lives during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. His trek started April 27th 2013 on Coronado beach San Diego, CA carrying...

A Small Miracle - - Memorial Day 2013 - Wings & Wasp | ...When my first ‘WASP on the Web’ pages were published in 1996, they included an ‘Above and Beyond’ section-- with graphics and information on each of the thirty-eight WASP and trainees who were killed during WWII. Unfortunately, there were very few pictures of the trainees that had been killed, and some of the graphics were, at best, only sketches of their faces....

Salute to Veterans Corporation Features Special Airshow for Veterans from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Salute to Veterans Corporation provided an opportunity for military veterans to enjoy their own airshow Friday morning prior to this weekend's public activities. Veterans were brought to the ramp to view the aircraft as they taxied out and performed their aerobatic routines. They were also...

Air show, unaffected by budget cuts, attracts newcomers- Columbia Missourian | COLUMBIA — Despite national budget cuts that grounded demonstration teams in air shows across the country, the 25th annual Salute to Veterans air show went "fabulously" without any cancellations, Chairwoman Mary McCleary Posner said. The automatic ...

60000 turn out for blustery Jones Beach air show - Newsday | Pilots at the Bethpage Air Show in Jones Beach took to the skies Sunday, pulling off rolls and back flips to a delighted but much lighter-than-normal crowd. About 60,000 people braved cold, blustery conditions Sunday, a day after the air show's opening...

120,000 people gathered for the meeting of the Patrouille de France - Translated | A total of 120,000 people visited the air base Salon this Sunday to watch the meeting of 60 of the Patrouille de France. Our slideshow.

Slideshow: Snowbirds in action - Winnipeg Free Press | Winnipeg Free Press Multimedia Editor Melissa Tait got a chance to ride shotgun with the Canadian Forces' Snowbirds on Saturday, May 25. Video here!

Solar Impulse at DFW - Flickr Photo Album | Another look at the empennage/aft fuselage and the right inboard nacelle. The people there give you an idea of scale....

Tuskegee Fly-In Honors Airmen, 'A Tremendous Example For Our Youth' - Huffington Post | As people gathered for the 46th annual Tuskegee Fly-in Saturday, many gathered to pay tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen and their place in history. For retired Col. R.J. Lewis, who hosted the daylong event, it is important to remember the men and what...

Vintage planes replace military jets at Indy 500 - Sacramento Bee | Sunday's flyover included a B-25 Mitchell twin-engine bomber and five T-6 Texan trainers. The aircraft were provided by the Cincinnati Warbirds EAA Squadron 18 and the Tri-State Warbird Museum. B-25s were used for four months after the Dec. 7, 1941...

EAA's Aluminum Overcast: This Flying Fortress Still Has a VeryImportant Mission from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | As I write this post over the Memorial Day weekend, it seems fitting to re-visit last weekend, when EAA's immaculate B-17G-VE Aluminum Overcast visited my home field of Mahlon Sweet Field in Eugene, Oregon. Even though this airplane was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps on May 18, 1945 - too late to see action in World War II - the airplane still serves the memory of those courageous veterans who gave their life so I could sit here enjoying the freedoms we Americans often take for granted....

Legendary B-17 takes flight in ABQ - KASA | The commemorative air force Arizona wing is taking civilians up in a legendary B-17 Flying Fortress at Double Eagle 2 Airport titled Sentimental Journey. The bomber was the workhorse of the army air force during the war. ”The B-17 is pretty well known...

The Eagle Squadron commemorative flypast from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | On Monday 27 May, the Eagle Squadron will carry out a commemorative formation flypast of American Second World War airfields to honour the American airmen who died whilst fighting for their country from British soil....

• The Eagle Squadron and Red Arrows Flypast Duxford 2013 - PlanesTV

Air show to include exciting line-up June 8-9 - newszap.com | The beachfront air show, now in its sixth year, offers aircraft demonstrations, low-altitude flyovers, parachute jump teams and civilian aerobatic performances, all for free from the beach and boardwalk in the resort town. Added to the already exciting ...

A Personal Plea to Putin from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | As the months have rolled by, Norman, still ensconced in Shonai Airport, Japan, where Roxy has been housed since July 2011, has been resolutely trying to gain permission to enter Russian airspace to continue his record breaking circumnavigation of the globe in an autogyro/gyrocopter.
At every step he has been hampered by bureaucracy, secrecy and at times deaf ears. Frustration is now Norman's middle name....

EAA asked to cover some costs for AirVenture controllers from General Aviation News | Even after the Congress enacted legislation that enabled the FAA to fully fund air traffic services, the agency is asking the Experimental Aircraft Association to cover some of the costs for its AirVenture operations, including air traffic controllers’ travel, per diems, and overtime, which had traditionally been covered by the FAA.

Vet continues to teach at Air Museum - The Desert Sun | A group of John Glenn Middle School students surrounded Palm Springs Air Museum historian Bob Andrade this past Wednesday as the 80-year-old vet demonstrated how to operate the flight simulators in the museum's library. He patiently explained the...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Teams With St. Louis Biplane Rides to Offer Waco Flights Over St. Louis from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum will again host a 1941 Waco UPF-7 open-cockpit biplane available for flights around the St. Louis area this summer. The aircraft, flown by...

RAF Museum Readies For Restoration Of German WWII Aircraft from Aero-News Network | Specialized Equipment Developed For The Effort A team of restoration experts is currently hard at work preparing to salvage a unique World War II aircraft from the floor of the English Channel. Using cutting edge restoration techniques within a purpose-built polytunnel from First Tunnels, the team hopes to have the rare Dornier 17 ready for exhibition within two years.

Survivor, rescuer reunite at Maine B-52 crash site - The Edwardsville Intelligencer | Eugene Slabinski, left, 83, of Hanover Township, Pa., sits with Gerald Alder, 81, of Davis, Calif., in Greenville, Maine, at a 50th anniversary remembrance of a B-52 crash in January 1963 on Elephant Mountain, Maine. Slabinski, an Air Force medic...

Rescuer meets pilot he saved 34 years later By Jeremy Schwartz | Peninsula Daily News | PORT ANGELES — After more than a quarter-century, Don Zozosky of Port Angeles finally got to shake the hand of the man he helped locate bobbing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. “It's kind of funny this all happening on Memorial Day weekend,” said Zozosky, who spent four years of active service in the Air Force and is now a retired postal worker....

New stunning Mig-29 Fulcrums paintjobs are several years old from David Cenciotti's weblog | Just a couple of days ago, Polish mainstream TV station, TVN, noticed that Polish Fulcrums have special paint schemes. Unfortunately, they are one year late…or in fact four years late....

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Bethpage Air Show Honors Hurricane Heroes - Patch.com | The Skytypers Airshow Team performs precision flight maneuvers at select air shows across the U.S., including this weekend's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach. The GEICO Skytypers also "write" computer-generated messages in smoke at an altitude of ...

Memorial Day Weekend events include parade, air show, mass parachute jump - Columbia Missourian | COLUMBIA — Starting Saturday, the city will be in full swing with a Memorial Day weekend celebration. The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation is sponsoring its 25th annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow at the Columbia Regional...

Champion aerobatic pilot to wow crowds at Truckee air fair - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Melissa Pemberton, 28, is a champion aerobatic pilot who, with her husband Rex, will be giving spectators the show of a lifetime at the second annual Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival. They will also open the event when Rex parachutes onto the...

Airport exhibits about African-Americans in WW2 - KTBS | The Commemorative Air Force of Midland, Texas, is showing a restored P-51 Mustang fighter like those flown by the "Red Tail Squadron" and a movie about the airmen. Also at the airport are the National World War II Museum's Redball Express exhibit about...

Canadian Snowbirds Soar Over the Bakken - KFYR-TV | The Canadian Snowbirds left the Sidney, Montana audience amazed last night, with an aerial display for the ages. "Very tight formations and extremely interesting to watch. Very fun, great show", said Tom Williams, a Sidney resident. Jordan Dickson came...
 
Snowbirds coming to Southport - Portage Daily Graphic | Flight enthusiasts will get a chance to watch the Canadian Forces Snowbirds take to the skies over Southport on Friday afternoon as they practice. The free event will be taking place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on May 24.

The detailed program of 60 of the Patrouille de France  - AeroBuzz.fr | The Patrouille de France celebrates its 60th anniversary on Sunday, May 26, 2013 Air Base Salon de Provence. She has organized an air show 6:00 which reads detailed program ... The oracles predicted the worst of the Provence...

The Frecce Tricolori in Vasto: the event program  - Vasto 24 | "Waiting for the Frecce Tricolori" - Screening of films about the Frecce Tricolori with gadgets for children. June 7 - Cupello. Prize-giving by the committee in charge of the drawing competition which was attended elementary schools in the area.

Memorial Day at Grissom Air Museum - Kokomo Perspective | “Grissom Air Museum exists to honor the men and women who have served or are serving our nation as well as to share their stories with the public,” said museum director Jim Price. “Memorial Day was created to honor the incredible sacrifices Americans...

Honor veterans at the Yankee Air Museum - AnnArbor.com | The Yankee Air Museum will be open to the public on Monday to honor those veterans who put their life on the line for our country. The event will include a pancake breakfast, which is free for veterans. There will also be a memorial ceremony and blood...

Air Museum in Geneseo changes its name - News 10NBC | There are some changes coming to the Air Museum in Geneseo. The museum, which is right now known as the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, will now be known as the National Warplane Museum. Officials say the name change will help to boost area tourism...

Soaring to new heights - Voxy | The New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation fosters friendship amongst women interested in aviation. Founded in 1959, NZAWA includes women from all kinds of aviation-related interests and careers, including recreational pilots through to captains ...

The Pilots of Mount McKinley - Air & Space magazine | For 50 years, the world has reached the mountain on airplanes from one small town.

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Air Force leaders send Memorial Day message from Air Force Link Top Stories | Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III send the following Memorial Day message to Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families: Memorial Day provides an opportunity to reflect upon the sacrifices of our nation's uniformed service members, particularly the more than one million Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who gave their "last full measure of devotion" to preserve the freedoms we cherish. Many of us can envision a specific individual -- a relative, friend, or coworker -- who has paid the ultimate price in defense of America. Take a moment -- right now -- and think of that person and their family ... thank them for giving their all....

Volunteers take over for grounded Thunderbirds - AirForceTimes.com | The group of volunteer pilots will bring two P-51 Mustangs, one each of a P-40K Warhawk, FG-1D Corsair, TBM-3E Avenger, B-25 Mitchell, Japanese Zero and FM-2P Wildcat for the Academy flyover, Voelkel said. The Thunderbids have not logged a flight ...

Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach - Newsday | Remember those old movies where the supporting player steps in for the star and saves the show? With popular U.S. military performers such as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds absent from this year's air show lineup, the onus is ...

Tuskegee to host annual Memorial Day Fly-In at Moton Field this weekend - Opelika Auburn News | The city of Tuskegee will host its annual Memorial Day Fly-In at Moton Field Saturday starting at 10 a.m. The day will feature a host of events, such as fly-overs, music, food vendors and tributes, with a commemorative parade at 9 a.m. at the square in ...

Annual Memorial Day Flower Drop Honors Veterans in Palm Springs California ... - PR Web | However, the highlight of the Memorial Day celebrational remembrances will be a vintage B-25 Mitchell bomber dropping 3000 red and white carnations across the tarmac in memory of those who gave their lives for freedom and liberty. The Palm Springs...

Today's schedule: Speed Street ... and a B-29 - Charlotte Observer | That includes the arrival of a World War II-era B-29 Superfortress plane as part of the Commemorative Air Force tour. The B-29 and other planes in the tour are scheduled to fly over Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to the start of Sunday's Coca-Cola 600...

Blue Angels to lead Fiesta Parade - Pensacola News Journal | “The Blue Angels are very excited to participate in this year's Pen Air Federal Credit Union Fiesta Day Parade,” said Tom Frosch, the Blue Angels commanding officer in a news release from the Fiesta of Five Flags. “Due to the cancelation of our 2013...

Experience the Spring Air Show in American style from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | We’re now only days away from the Spring Air Show (Sunday 26 May), where we’ll be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the American air forces arriving at RAF Duxford in the Second World War.  Commencing at 2pm, the flying programme presents a wide range of historic American aircraft, including the first-ever display by the Eagle Squadron, which will open the flying display...

Thanks for supporting the Fly-In - Lake Gaston Gazette Observer | As chair of the board of directors of the Wings and Wheels Fly-In nonprofit event on 11 May at the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport, thank you Lake Gaston Gazette-Observer for promoting the first event in the Lake Gaston Fabulous 50 Splash and ...

Females encouraged to apply at annual Fly-In - Statesman | ...As a mom, my favorite part of the day’s activities was when my 11-year old daughter, Melea, was able to learn more about aviation through the Young Eagles Ground School training. She learned about thrust, air patterns, controlling aircraft wings, coordinates and the various parts of the aircraft, including the vital instrument panel. When the class time was complete, she and three of her school friends were grouped together to participate in the flight portion of the class. Jeffrey Weiss, who had flown in from Houston, was kind enough to take the kids up in his Beechcraft Baron 58 for a sky tour....

Solar plane sets record for crossing the U.S. from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | The Solar Impulse, the first manned plane flying day and night exclusively with solar energy hit, on Thursday, a new record by completing the second leg of their journey by the United States. We traveled 1541 km, the longest distance ever accomplished by a solar plane.

Fokker Four Formation Oostwold Airshow 2013 from TAKEOFF TUBE | The Fokker S-11 'Instructor' is a training aircraft designed in the 50s for basic pilot training. The plane...

American Airpower Museum: A surprise donation this week via a local fishing vessel. Found in their net was what we are about 99% sure is a B-24 main gear aseembly. Found far off Long Island's South Shore we now are wondering where is the rest of the plane? As far as we know there are no records of a mishap from either the Air Corps or Navy in the area. The Mystery begins!

Art exhibit highlighting Tuskegee Airmen opens May 24
from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | An exhibit featuring artwork that highlights the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II will open May 24 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....

Texas Air and Space Museum acquires property for relocation - Amarillo.com | Ron Fernuik, right, teaches Brennan Hearn, 8, a second-grade student from Whittier Elementary School, how to fly Friday during a class tour of the Texas Air & Space Museum. Back | Next. James Holt displays a NASA Flight Suit Friday for second-grade ...

Pa. senator praises passage of bill to honor Civil Air Patrol from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol  | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., on Wednesday praised Senate passage of a bipartisan bill he cosponsored honoring the dedication and sacrifices made by members of Civil Air Patrol during World War II. The Congressional Gold Medal legislation passed the Senate unanimously. “Civil Air Patrol members risked their lives to serve our country during World War II, and 64 of them died in their efforts to protect freedom. As a pilot and Civil Air Patrol member, I am pleased to join my Senate colleagues in supporting this honor for these brave and distinguished Americans,” said Toomey.

Sightings: Marine Super Stallion Makes Stop at St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Earlier this month a U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion stopped at St. Louis Downtown Airport on its way back to its base in the northeast. The weather closed in, and shortly after takeoff it returned to wait out the storms another day. The crew...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo to Launch Christmas Day 2013 from Spaceport America from Spaceports | Virgin Group billionaire Sir Richard Branson, in remarks last week during a trip to Dubai, said the first public Virgin Galactic flight would happen December 25, 2013 according to The National, a publication in the United Arab Emirates suggesting he'd be on the inaugural space tourism flight, along with family members from Spaceport America in New Mexico....

Memorial Day wrap up - Honoring those who served

Memorial Day Musings of an Aging Patriot - PolicyMic | As it turns out, I was able to do so by attending an air show at Hill Air Force Base where I was privileged to watch the Thunderbirds perform. On the way up, I was in the company of my brother who is a believer in things like chemtrails in the sky and ...

Podcast: Warbird Radio – Remembering The Fallen – Memorial Day 2012 from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | MONDAY – Warbird Radio.com wishes to thank all those who have died in service of the United States of America.  This Memorial Day help us keep their stories and their families in our prayers.  Our regularly scheduled programming will begin again on Tuesday morning.  We hope you enjoy your holiday…and spend some time reflecting on...

Memories of brother who died in Doolittle Raid vivid after 70 years - Mason City Globe Gazette | Then 80 brave men took off from the USS Hornet, a Navy carrier, in 16 B-25B bombers in a surprise attack on Japanese main islands and cities, according to the Doolittle Raiders website. They were originally supposed to launch on April 19,...

Thousands of Flowers Fall on Palm Springs - KMIR-TV | The carnation drop at the Palm Springs Air Museum has become a tradition here in the valley on Memorial Day to remember and pay tribute to our brave soldiers. Crowds gathered beneath the Palm Springs sunshine for a day of remembrance.

B-17 fighter 'Sentimental Journey' soars over Memorial Day week in Visalia - Visalia Times-Delta | 10:43 pm Visitors tour "Sentimental Journey," a World War II-era B-17 from the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, at the Visalia Airport on Sunday. Ron Holman Jerry Berger, 3, Angalina Berger, 8, Vivian Berger, 13, and their mother...

Memorial Day special: Former WWII POW reflects on surviving - Bay News 9 | Hernando Beach's Sanford Walke was captured by German soldiers during World War II when his B-17 bomber went down in France. At one point, he and his fellow prisoners were forced to march 530 miles. By Ferdinand Zogbaum, Reporter With a model of a B-17...

In Huntsville church service, World War II veterans recount harrowing days ... - al.com (blog) | The accounts included landing on Utah Beach on D-Day, flying bombing missions over Japan, being trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines, training as an Army nurse and working on a jammed gun in a freezing B-17 surrounded by German fighter planes...

World War II Fighter Pilot Recalls Dangers Escorting Allied Bombers - The B-Town Blog | We were talking before our flight aboard the Aluminum Overcast – the Experimental Aviation Association's vintage B-17 that recently visited the Museum of Flight – from Boeing Field last week. A P-51 fighter pilot, Hauff escorted B-17 “Flying... 

B-17 WWII veteran reunites with bomber plane - Midland Reporter-Telegram | At last year's AirSho, Campbell rode in a B-17, his first time in one of the warbirds since his last mission on Feb. 9, 1945. He took a seat in the bombardier's chair because he said he never got to sit there before and saw the view of the Midland...

The Vanishing Generation - WGRZ-TV | Robert Kelly was shot down in a B-17 bomber while doing reconnaissance for D-Day in 1944. Jerry was just two. "My brother who was five does remember him a little bit, but I didn't..." He pauses to regain composure. "But I never knew him. Yeah. 

Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives - Memorial Day 2012 from AirPigz by Martt | This video from last year shows a level of dedication and gratitude that all of us Americans should have for those who have given their life in service to the United States of America. Memorial Day shouldn't be about... 

LUCKY CHARM: Hillier survives leading 37 missions in 'The Widowmaker' - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman | That Frank Hillier returned from 37 missions leading runs of B-26s “is truly amazing,” said his son, speaking from his home in California, where he maintains the Hillier Air Museum. Included with the eight aircraft that rotate on display,... 

Two former big leaguers paid ultimate sacrifice - MLB.com | The navigator on a B-25 that crashed on takeoff in Raleigh, NC, Gedeon was thrown from the plane before it crashed. He returned to the wreckage to rescue his crewmates, despite three broken ribs, and suffered severe burns that required skin grafts.

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Blue Angels Return to Florida for Training Following Commanders Resignation (With Video) - WKZO | BATTLE CREEK --  The Blue Angels were scheduled to headline in Battle Creek on the 4th of July, but that may be in jeopardy. They were booked to return to the Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival in Battle Creek in about a month...

Despite weather, second Hollister Airshow dazzles crowds - Hollister Free Lance | Vietnam Veteran Vince Luna said it was great to hear so many people at the second annual Hollister Airshow thank those who risked their lives. "It's good that Hollister has an event like this that celebrates what Memorial Day is all about," he said Sunday, day two of the event...

Black Cats in action at RAF Cosford air show - Birmingham Mail | CROWDS at the RAF Cosford Air Show on June 12 will get to see the Royal Navy helicopter display team in action. Lieutenant Chris Chambers, last years No 2 Black Cat Pilot, has assumed the role as the Lead Pilot for 2011 and will be joined by Lieutenant Dave Fleming and Lieutenant Mike Curd...

First Scottish display for craft at airshow - Scotsman | Tickets have gone on sale for the National Museum of Flight Airshow at East Fortune near Edinburgh on Saturday 23 July. This year's Airshow display will include aircraft that have never been displayed in Scotland before and a further four that are new to the National Museum of Flight. Around 10,000 visitors are expected...

Glitch doesn't deter crowd from enjoying Flower Drop - My Desert | Patriotic colors fly at the Memorial Day Flower Drop at Palm Springs Air Museum. The event included music, the “missing man” formation by four T-34s and a flower drop. “Your heart just swells up,” when the flowers are dropped, said Palm Springs resident Kathleen Schultz, who wore a T-shirt that read, “Freedom is not Free” to her 10th Flower Drop...

Air Force Veteran Recalls WW2 Service - My Fox Atlanta | An 86-year old Air Force veteran spent this Memorial Day remembering his service during World War II. Marion Smith of northeast Atlanta had quite a story. He pointed to a photo of a B-17 bomber he flew in during World War II...

Fond du Lac pilot among first on Memorial day honor roll - FDL Reporter | DETROIT, MICH. — Though he is now mostly forgotten due to the passage of time, a former Fond du Lac resident was among the first to have his name added to the honor roll for the holiday we now call Memorial Day. Army pilot 2nd Lt. John Patton Boyle died in an aircraft crash as the United States was preparing to enter World War I...

The Vanishing Generation (with VIDEO) - WGRZ | Buffalo businessman Jerry Kelly never heard his father tell war stories. Lt. Col. Robert Kelly was shot down in a B-17 bomber while doing reconnaissance for D-Day in 1944. Jerry was just two. "My brother who was five does remember him a little bit, but I didn't..." He pauses to regain composure. "But I never knew him. Yeah."...

Aviation a long tradition for Wharton family - IV Press | If Donald Lee Wharton IV ever becomes an Air Force aviator, it’s likely the result of planes and military service being in his blood. On his father’s side, his grandfather Donald Lee Wharton Jr. was a captain for American Airlines...

EAA AIRVENTURE—HERE I COME! - AOPA Blog | Rain, rain, rain…and more rain. Only a very few brief windows for flying. I try to keep myself from severe flying withdrawal by reading anything to do with flying and watching movies featuring great flying. Then the phone rings. A good friend of mine in Tennessee has bought a Maxair Drifter...

"Immagini di volo" exhibition at "Caproni" museum in Trento (Italy) - Avio News | It is called "Immagini di volo" ("Images of flight") the photographic exhibition that showed, on Sunday, May 29, from 10:00 am, a glance to Andrea Pozza's shootings, an expert author of air photography. The exhibition’s opening happened together with the previous presentation of the homonymous photographic book published by the Air Museum...

Stolen Valor (with VIDEO) - TD Barnes | Memorial Day 2011, a day for remembering the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform. For many of us who listened to Coast-to-Coast radio last night, it is a day that we Roadrunners of Groom Lake, a.k.a. Area 51 realize that our valor has been stolen by an author who refuses...

Caption Contest #58 Winner - Early Burt Rutan? - Martt | It was the avgeek and caption expert 'Race 5' that came thru once again with this brilliant caption for the 5 person hang glider in contest #58. It's a truly inspired piece of work. So, it's another bacon sandwhich at OSH11 for Race 5! And, just in case you don't get it... Burt Rutan's first really big success in the airplane design biz back in the mid 70's was called the VariEze...

Pentagon Looks to Double Its Unmanned Air Force - Wired | Think the U.S. military has a lot of drones now? Just you wait. The Pentagon has just released its 30-year plan for buying and developing warplanes. And in a development that should come as no surprise, the future the military anticipates for its Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps air fleets — together numbering more than 5,500 warplanes — is more robotic than ever...

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Photos: Air Show Flying Machines - Massapequa Patch | Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air was another incredible success this weekend as more than 100,000 people flocked to Jones Beach for each session. The aircraft at this annual event are spectacular, and the spectacle is breathtaking. Many representatives of  the U.S. Armed Forces were on hand as well...

Photos: Home Base at the Air Show - Farmingdale Patch | A look at the Bethpage Air Show weekend events from its launching grounds in Farmingdale...

Updated: Thousands turn out for Southend Air Festival - Echo-News | BARREL rolls, nosedives and loop-the-loops became familiar sights in the skies above Southend as aviation fans lapped up two days of aeronautical stunts and displays. The 2011 Southend Airshow attracted about 300,000 people to the town’s seafront to watch the spectacular sights overhead on Saturday and yesterday...

Honor Flight | For the WWII Vets (with VIDEO) - OkcHomeSellers | We need to honor the World War II vets. Unfortunately, we are losing them at a rate of 1,000 per day. My dad was one of those vets and great Americans, but unfortunately I lost him in 1964. I miss hearing his stories of the war in the Pacific, specifically Guadalcanal, where he served in the Navy Seabees. He had an influence on me that has lasted a lifetime...

WWII pilot, POW finds joy in life - The Spectrum | ST GEORGE - At 95 years old, Harold "Bud" Cannon is enjoying his life too much to stop for Memorial Day observances. "I usually don't participate," said the retired Army Air Corps bomber pilot and World War II prisoner of war. "I hold back and be quiet."...

History comes alive; WWII vet honored in Missoula - KAJ18 | MISSOULA- The Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History honored a handful of former pilots and ground personnel on Sunday to kick off their Memorial Day celebrations, and one of the men they honored is a 94-year-old combat pilot from World War II...

Last shall be first: World War II POW to lead 91st annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade - Missoulian | Chuck Duus has always considered himself a lucky man. As an 18-year-old, Duus' luck held for 16 bombing missions as a tail gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress that struck deep over German territory in World War II...

Memorial Day Memories: Tosa Veterans Recall Service in WWII - Wauwatosa Patch | Some 16 million Americans served in World War II. Most of them were very young men and women when they entered their country’s service in the largest conflict the world has ever seen. We are now entering the year that, on Dec. 7, will mark the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into that war...

Inside a Flying Fortress - Air & Space | Compared with the B-29, the B-17’s navigation equipment was basic. The navigator’s principle tools were the air position indicator (an electromechanical dead reckoning computer), a drift sight, and an astrodome to take sextant sightings...

American good deed remembered -- and appreciated -- 70 years later - Star Advertiser | Military Appreciation Month in Hawaii seems the perfect time to recount a recent experience that defines military appreciation. As an American with a busy international travel schedule, I'm often drawn reluctantly into political discussions with citizens of countries I am visiting...

Aviation Inspiration Day Recap - Life on the Road as a Pilot | Last Saturday, May 28th, was the first ever Aviation Inspiration Day - a joint effort between Girls With Wings, Inc., and the Commemorative Air Force - Minnesota Wing, led by Squadron Commander Col. Amy Lauria. Amy and I had talked at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh about "someday" coordinating an event at the CAF museum... 

Love of aviation led to illustrious career - Winnipeg Free Press | George Elliott is being remembered as an icon in Manitoba's aviation history. Elliott, who was general manager of Winnipeg International Airport and later the executive director of the Western Canada Aviation Museum, died suddenly on Thursday of a heart attack...


Still Time to Register - Big Muddy Air Race | We will be taking registrations right to the end. Claude Hendrickson just entered with his beautiful P-51, Sarah Jean, so I just had to post this photo from the Texoma race...

“Piston” pack reaches 5,000 feet - AOPA Blog | The Martin Jetpack, really a piston-engine pack powered by a derivative of a Mercury motorboat engine, has reached 5,000 feet above New Zealand with a mannikin simulating the pilot. It should be ready for delivery, the company says, in 18 months...

Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday - NASA | Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Endeavour lands Wednesday, it will have spent 299 days in space and traveled more than 122.8 million miles during its 25 flights. It launched on its first mission on May 7, 1992...

Endeavour is Coming Home: Amazing Photos From the Shuttle’s Last Voyage - Mashable | NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at 11:55 p.m. ET Sunday, embarking on its last voyage towards home. After undocking, Endeavour flew around the station at distances of about 450 to 650 feet, with crew members taking videos and photos of the station...

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Blue Angels' safety review won't affect plans to honor them in Dayton - Dayton Daily News | The Navy Blue Angels flying team has canceled several air show performances during a safety review of a potentially dangerous mistake during a recent flight, but it won't affect plans ...

Blue Angels cancel Rockford performance - Chicago Tribune | The US Navy Blue Angels have canceled their headline performance at an upcoming northern Illinois air show as they continue a safety review. The Navy's air demonstration team announced Saturday it won't perform at the annual Rockford ...

Air Force leaders issue Memorial Day message from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. | Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz send the following Memorial Day message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families:  As we pause this Memorial Day to honor those who have died in service of our great nation, it also is useful to reflect on what this day of remembrance reveals about the character of our nation and its people. History records that Maj. Gen. John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, formally designated May 30th, 1868, as a day to decorate the graves of the fallen. ...

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Memorial Day air show at Jones Beach, Long Island thrills thousands - Examiner.com | Tens of thousands thronged to Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, for the 8th Annual Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show, May 28 and May 29, to honor those who have given their lives in service, as well as veterans and troops still serving. ...

1st Annual Hawai’i Airshow Invitational Finally Gets Off the Ground (w/video) - Big Island News Center | Hundreds gathered for the 1st Annual Hawai’i Airshow Invitational at Kona International Airport on Saturday. The dream child of Terri Thomas, this show had its beginning in 2003 when Thomas asked Hilo airport manager if she could have an air show. Research and development began immediately, but, ultimately, Thomas determined that the Kona International Airport would provide a better location ...

Monticello Airport, IN Open House 2011 Photo Review - Warbirds and Airshows | Warbirds at White County Airport - May 28-29, 2011 (Photos taken Saturday May 28) | This was the second open house at the Monticello airport, with the first being held in 2009 to celebrate the opening of the new terminal at the airport.  In spite of the rain and clouds there was an excellent crowd that came out to see the aircraft on display on Saturday.  Sunday should be even better as the sun decided to come out for one of its rare appearances this spring. ...

Vulcan stars in little and large airshow: Falklands bomber takes to the skies ... - Daily Mail | It is an image that aviation fans will treasure: the sight of the last airworthy Vulcan bomber flying over a huge Victor tanker aircraft. The two jets operated in tandem during the Cold War and Falklands when the Victor, ...

Terre Haute 2011 - Warbirds and Airshows | This Airport Open House was held on another overcast and rainy day that has been the norm for the state of Indiana in the months of April and May.  Despite this there was an excellent turnout for the event by the local citizens to visit their airport and view not only the warbirds below but see the local aircraft that were put on display by their owners to assist the effort.  The Missouri Wing of the CAF was giving rides in "Show Me" which provided the heavy metal flying that was complemented by several local Cessna trainers that were giving rides and taking passengers up to drop "Flour Bombs" on the marked target.  It was a great way to spend part of or an entire day at the Terre Haute Airport. ...

Sarin Witchayakul a top rookie aerobatic pilot - The Daily Telegraph | Screen Grab Shot from GoPro of Aerobatics pilot Sarin Witchayakul preparing to fly a Pitts Special biplane at Action Aerobatics at Maitland Airport in the Hunter Valley. Picture: Liam Driver Source: The Daily Telegraph FORMER air hostess Sarin ...

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From Vietnam to Blue Angels, retired admiral at home in sky - The Daily News Journal | Taylor served in the US Navy for 34 years, flying 170 missions as a fighter pilot and later becoming the boss of the Blue Angels. / Taylor Loyal/DNJ Family: Wife of 53 years, Annette; daughter, Tracy Condy; sons, Todd and Jim (both deceased); brothers, ...

Former bomber pilot does his bit on Memorial Day - Jackson County Floridan | These are some of the medals Albert Lane earned during his time in service as a B-17 bomber pilot. – Deborah Buckhalter/Floridan An artist in Italy drew this caricature for bomber pilot Albert J. Lane while Lane was stationed there ...

HH-60 crews rescue Army pilot, fallen comrade - Air Force News | This rescue mission had it all: an urgent call to pluck downed Army pilots from enemy territory, a firefight that wounded the flight engineer and forced a return to Bagram Airfield, and five pararescuemen left behind on the ground for nearly six hours.  In the end, no one was left behind. ...

Tupolev Bear at Ukraine State Aviation Museum by Wayan Vota | Today we went to the Ukraine State Aviation Museum and checked out the best in Soviet era planes and helicopters. My highlight was this quad turboprop Bear. --

Weekend Warships 3: Submarines - is the old becoming new again? - Bayou Renaissance Man | ... She experimented with carrying two Sopwith Schneider (two-seat) or Baby (single-seat) floatplanes on her foredeck, launching them to intercept Zeppelins as they approached the English coast.  The tests were successful, but were not further developed for operational use, because in rough seas the planes would break free from the deck and be destroyed. Also, of course, the submarine could not ...

Legal claims filed in Cottonwood Airfest balloon collision - Verde Independent | The City is once again planning its third air related activity, recently dubbed a "fly-in." The Airport Administration and the city are considering hiring a specialist or "air boss" to administer the 2011 show rather than handle all details themselves.

Kiwi Invented Jetpack Reaches New Heights from Planenews Aviation News | Christchurch inventor Glenn Martin has finally turned science fiction into reality, with a contraption that's got the whole world talking. Up until now his experimental Jetpack has only ever ground-hopped, but his flying machine has finally soared 5000 feet above sea level, albeit with a crash test dummy in the pilot's position. ...

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Seven decades of flying - AF.mil | Retired Col. Clarence Parker has flown aircraft for more than 70 years. He was an instructor pilot and flew missions during World War II, the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Colonel Parker decided to hang up his wings by flying his final flight May 20, 2011, at the Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Ga.

VIDEO: Backstage... and Inside the 'Driver's Seat' With the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach - Wantagh Patch | Patch Personality Stacey Sweet gets up close and personal with some of the planes, places and people behind the high flying Bethpage Air Show (May 28-29)

Huge crowds expected at NY's Jones Beach air show - WSJ | Warthogs, Hornets and dozens of other aircraft will fill the skies over New York's Jones Beach this weekend for an annual Memorial Day Weekend air show. Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected at the Long Island seaside for the event on Saturday and Sunday...

Southend Air Festival set to attract thousands to town - BBC | The air show, which has traditionally been held on the Spring Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday, has moved dates this year to the Saturday and Sunday. The event is recognised as one of the largest free air shows in Europe...

On the wings of freedom - Philly Burbs | This Memorial Day, Gill is looking forward to the holiday as a chance to spend a little time near home. Now a naval aviator, Lt. Gill will pilot his Orion P3-C from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to Millville Airport with a pit stop at Whidbey Island, Wash., to participate in the Millville Wheels and Wings Air Show...

Ashe Air Show to Take-off June 11: Inaugural Showcase to Benefit Habit for Humanity - Mountain Times | Even though organizers can not tell you exactly when the last  time a daredevil of the sky attempted a barrel roll or any other aerobatic maneuver in Ashe County, they can tell you it's been too long. So when local airplane aficionados set out to stir interest for a High Country barnstorming show that would also put on display relics from the golden age of aviation...

Honoring another of ‘The Greatest Generation' - The Morehead News | This is the story of a humble man with a gentle heart who trained as a warrior for World War II but ended up serving as a humanitarian. Fortunately for him and his B-17 crew members, the war in Europe ended just as they arrived in England...

Titusville's Warbird Museum unveils new hangar for Vietnam aircraft (with VIDEO) - Florida Today | TITUSVILLE — An F-8 Crusader sits behind the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, glistening under the hot sun. The first military aircraft to go 1,000 mph was vital for the Navy and Marines during the Vietnam War but now is awaiting a permanent home. Starting this weekend, the Vietnam-era warplane will have that new home, as the museum unveils its new 28,000-square-foot hangar...

Flashback Fridays: More of Southwest before June 18, 1971 - Nuts About Southwest | Anyone who has studied the history of Southwest knows the many legal obstacles we had to overcome just to start service.  But there were other hurdles to overcome before Southwest could fly, and many of those “loose ends” were being tied up 40 years ago in the days before June 18, 1971...

Top Five Interesting Aviation Stories - Aviation Queen | Ah, we all lived to tell the tales of another week in the wild and wonderful world of aviation.  I had so many choices for this week’s top five it was hard to decide. So here goes!...

Strange But True Aviation News - Aviation Week | Girlfriend, that manicure is da BOMB!!  Faye Sinclair got a surprise as she went through security at Memphis International Airport.  She was stopped by TSA screeners after ha hand scan found traces of explosives were found, reports WMC-TV. Turns out Sinclair's fresh manicure was the culprit....

Christine Hollingsworth Friday’s Fabulous Flyer! - Flight To Success | And fabulous this lady she is. She flew into my life on December 5th 2010, which also happens to be her birthday, when she joined us at our first Fly it Forward event in December. She was down at the dock flying in our famous Beaver… while a birthday cake awaited up at BEFA headquarters. Yes… she got a piece. 173 women flew that day...

Plane makes successful restaurant in Switzerland - Desastres Aereos News | A somewhat curious restaurant's doing a great success in Switzerland. The difference? He was raised in a Soviet aircraft of the 1950s, serving meals with all the luxury of time, ranging from armchairs tight beats up on his elbows...

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Annapolis Reacts to Canceled Air Shows - Greater Annapolis, MD Patch | Melissa Cooper of Hillsmere said she and her family were already suffering from "Blue Angel-itis" even before they heard the news Monday about that the popular Navy flight demonstration team canceled their Annapolis practice and performance for this week.  The Coopers were planning on going to the show, but had to scrap their plans.  "We were especially excited about this year’s show since the show for next year has been cancelled," she said in an email. ...

Tom Brokaw to host AMC’s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend - Television Blog | AMC’s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend, a special programming event in celebration and remembrance of America’s bravest servicemen and women is set to air Friday through Monday.  Tom Brokaw serves as host for the event, which features an AMC original short documentary series entitled “A Path to Honor,” produced by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Moll; sit-down interviews with Brokaw and war veterans; video messages from soldiers overseas; as well as iconic war films, according to a news release. ...

Photos: SAAF Museum Airshow – Swartkops AFB from Airstrike Aviation Photography | The SAAF Museum Airshow was held at Swartkops Air Force Base on the 21st of May 2011.
   
Flying on the 'Aluminum Overcast' - Seattle Post Intelligencer | WWII era B-17 aircraft named the "Aluminum Overcast," takes off from Boeing Field. On Monday, the Experimental Aircraft Association offered scenic flights to local journalists from the Museum of Flight. Public flights and tours of the aircraft will be ...
   
Former pilot named National Aviation Hall of Fame's executive director - Dayton Daily News | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Chris Grazel, a former Navy aviator and commercial airline pilot and executive, has been hired as executive director of the National Aviation Hall of ...

Rare warplanes to be at CB airport Saturday to give paid flights to public - SW Iowa News | A puff of smoke, the turn of four gigantic propellers, a creaky sway from side to side, and the lumbering Liberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17 “flying fortress” bomber, ...

WWII vets taken back in time at Stage Door Canteen - Fox Toledo | ... Static displays of World War II aircraft, including a B-25 bomber and P-26 Peashooter, a M3 A1 Stuart Light Tank, Jeep Willys jeeps, and models of several naval vessels were scattered throughout the hanger. ...

Everyone Has a Story: Millville Army Airfield Museum to honor late Atlantic City High School graduate Saturday - Press of Atlantic City | Mary Ellen Dowling was a teenager when big brother John J. Born was flying bombing missions for the U.S. Navy over Vietnam. When the 1963 Atlantic City High School graduate visited her in 2009, she took him to the Millville Army Airfield Museum to see a Douglas A-4F Skyhawk, the kind of plane he flew on 230 missions during two tours aboard the USS Hancock in the Gulf of Tonkin. ...

Photos of the Day: Engineers Build a 1911 Plane & 1885 Benz - Product Design & Development | By AP Aviator and engineer Laszlo Revy stands next to his 1911 "Kvasz" working replica, the first Hungarian built airplane, during an airshow in Dunakeszi, a suburb of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, May 21, 2011. Revy spent four years rebuilding the ...

Jet Air president Timmons tapped for aviation honor - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail | Harrel W. Timmons, president of Jet Air Inc., will be inducted this week into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. ...

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Eurocopter X3 Compound Helo Reaches 232 Knots from www.ainonline.com | Eurocopter’s compound helicopter demonstrator, the X3, recently reached 232 ktas, which is above the stated goal of 220 knots. This speed was maintained “for several minutes” in “stable, level flight.” The aircraft had ...

USMC Ospreys and Amphibs Getting ‘History’ Close-up from Defense Tech | The History Channel and film director Peter Berg – “Friday Night Lights,” “The Kingdom” – are calling lights, camera and action at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as part of a documentary called “Superpower,” according to the Marine Corps. ...

Photo essay: Refueling the fight from Air Force Link Top Stories | Airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron participate in multiple air refueling missions here May 8, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  View the slideshow.

Today in Aviation History – May 24 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club

Free Airplane Rides for Youth Memorial Day Weekend Shelby County Airport from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AL - Members of Experimental Aircraft Association, EAA, Chapter 825 at the Shelby County Airport will offer free airplanes to youth on Saturday May 28, 2011.  As part of the Young Eagles Program, youth between the ages of  8-17 years of age will have an opportunity to experience the thrill of flight and an introduction to aviation education. ...
   
Special Go Figure event at Children's Museum to feature Indiana State pilots ... - Indiana State University | ISU flying instructor Melanie Abel and student Kay Brown also will attend the Send-Off, which occurs shortly before they leave to participate in the Air Race Classic, which will begin June 21. The Go Figure program, an initiative created in conjunction ...

4-Year-Old to Become 'Pilot for a Day' with N.D. Air National Guard - DVIDS | A visit to the Fargo Air Museum during lunch will include a pizza party. The “Pilot for a Day” program honors a child who is fighting or has overcome a life-threatening illness or condition. The first event took place in 2005, but the program needed to ...

NASA Art Exhibit Opens At National Air And Space Museum from AVIATION-NEWS | WASHINGTON — You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator ...

Soyuz TMA-20 successfully lands in Kazakhstan from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | Russian spacecraft with three astronauts on board spent 159 days in space.  The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-20 with three crew aboard, landed smoothly on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 22h27 local time (23h27 GMT), after a voyage of five months, the American Space Agency (NASA) in statement.  The Soyuz TMA-20 manned by Dmitri Kondratiev (Russian and shuttle commander), Catherine Coleman (American) and Paolo Nespoli (Italy), was launched into space on December 15 from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. ...