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Catch Santa's Fly-In at Truckee Tahoe Airport - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee Tahoe Airport has been notified Santa will fly in to the airport on Saturday, Dec. 14, in a special plane scheduled to land around 10 a.m. “I am always excited every year to see Santa’s special airplane,” said Kevin Smith, general manager of the Truckee Tahoe Airport. “We’re so glad he is going to make a stop in Truckee. Santa and his airplane are always welcome at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. We look forward to seeing him again this year. ”...

Rudolph to lead the red Yak attack - Sunshine Coast Daily |  RUDOLPH the red-nosed Yak had a little more get up and go than his namesake, when Santa Claus hopped into the cockpit. Performing some fancy flying over Caloundra, Santa had a taste of what was to come on New Year's Eve....

Air Guard denied request to fly over Pearl Harbor - Hawaii News Now | HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The missing man flyover at Pearl Harbor is a tradition USS Arizona and National Park Service historian Daniel Martinez has witnessed every December 7 since 1985. "When you see that aircraft apart in that missing man formation, every one of us individualize what that means," he said....

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino marks Pearl Harbor anniversary - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | CHINO >> Norval Heath remembers eating breakfast the Sunday morning minutes before the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Even decades later, the 95-year-old still recalls walking outside a Wheeler Army Airfield hanger to see the red round “rising suns” on the side of Japanese planes as they began their surprise military invasion on Dec. 7, 1941, that launched the United States into World War II....

Pearl Harbor 72 years after…………………… * Photorecon.net, Beau Goff | Today, this lagoon harbor on Oahu, Hawaii is quiet. Navy ships float lazily at their moorings, a few sailors moving about on deck. All of the ships here have significance, but there are two that stand above all others. Beneath the waves and warm tropical waters, rests the U.S.S. Arizona. Already well known throughout the world, 1,177 American souls still reside inside the hull, now their tomb. The white memorial built above the ship is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. They come to pay their respects, reflect and give thanks...

Markham's remarkable landing in Baleine remembered. - Cape Breton Post | Markham began the journey on Friday, Sept. 4, 1936, departing the Abingdon Aerodome in England for the Floyd Bennet Field in New York City. Completing the journey would put her in the record books as the first woman to solo pilot the dangerous westward route from England to North America. But on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 1936, residents of Baleine watched as The Messenger circled the cove and descended into the bog beyond their homes....

Aviatrix a true heroine - Northland Independent Community | Throughout history women have achieved great things and remain forever etched in the pages of history. New Zealand aviator Jean Batten was one of those amazing women who dared to be different and challenge what life had to offer her....

Then & Now: World War II: Denny Fordyce flew bomber missions over the Pacific - Massillon Independent | Lt. Denny Fordyce Jr., who lives in Massillon, flew 57 combat missions during World War II as his B-25 outfit helped blast open a path for advancing Allied ground troops in the southwest Pacific. email · print. By Gary Brown GateHouse Ohio Media...

Taiwan Exhibit Commemorates Flying Tigers Squadron - WAR History Online | The Flying Tigers, formally known as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), was a WWII air squadron composed of US pilots from the USAAF (United States’ Army Air Forces), USN (Navy) and the USMC (Marine Corps) along with Chinese airmen. The said military unit, headed by US Captain Claire Chennault, was instrumental in China’s defense against Japanese assault during the said war...

Warhawk Air Museum: great look at history - Idaho Press-Tribune | ...What started out as a small airplane hangar in Caldwell nearly 25 years ago, has grown into the 40,000-square-foot building in Nampa today. Just this past year, the museum saw visitors from all over the world including Zimbabwe, Damascus, and Singapore...

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Rare Pearl Harbor warplane returning to U.S. - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | It was a workhorse for American and Allied air forces early in the war, and it was the same plane flown by the famed Flying Tigers, the name given to the American squadron that fought for China against Japan before American entered the war. The only ...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Pearl Harbor Attack Commemorated by Tora! Tora! Tora! Team - The Aero Experience | December 7, known in the United States as Pearl Harbor Day,  presents another opportunity to pause and remember those who perished in the attack on U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and other south Pacific military installations by the Imperial Japanese Navy.  The importance of this event cannot be understated, as it brought the United States into World War II through direct attack on her territory and changed the course of history....

Some of the most interesting images of Pearl Harbor Attack · David Cenciotti | On Sunday Dec. 7, 1941, 72 years ago today, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaii, causing the death of 2,402 Americans, wounding 1,282 others, sinking four warships and damaging many others....

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US Air Force Thunderbirds Release 2014 Schedule - Milcom Monitoring Post | The Thunderbirds have the privilege and responsibility to perform for people all around the world, displaying the pride, precision and professionalism of American Airmen. In every hour-long demonstration, the team combines years of training and experience with an attitude of excellence to showcase what the Air Force is all about....

Thunderbirds will soar over 2014 AFA graduation - Colorado Springs Gazette | The Thunderbirds will return to the skies over the Air Force Academy this spring for the class of 2014's graduation ceremony, officials announced Friday. The May 28 appearance will be the demonstration team's only one in Colorado. The team of F-16s was...

Cherry Point Air Show canceled amid budget pinch - Jacksonville Daily News | The Cherry Point Air Show will not get off the ground next year, according to the air station’s commander. Col. Chris Pappas III, commanding officer at Cherry Point, announced late Friday the cancellation of the biennial event, citing reductions in the base budget...

In pictures: Red Arrows tour of Middle East - BBC News | In pictures: Red Arrows tour of Middle East. Red Arrows flying over the Sheraton hotel in Doha The Red Arrows have completed a tour of the Middle East, which included displays in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Red Arrows performing in Kuwait...

'SKY FIESTA' 2013 - The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka | CAC's objectives are to celebrate the 101st year of Sri Lankan aviation industry, celebrate the World Civil Aviation day, gather all the aviation lovers in to a one place and enhance the Aviation subject and also their Ceylon Aviation Club etc. A large ...

Tusker Air Show Festival set to take flight December 14 - Capital FM Kenya | ... Flying School. The two day event, which is also part of the Kenya @ 50 celebrations is sponsored by Kenya Breweries Limited's (KBL) flagship brand Tusker Lager and hosted by the Aero Club of East Africa through its sports wing Aerosports Limited ...

In the reference Thunderbirds - Apache Roll (Translated) | Jacques and Luke went to Las Vegas to attend the International Council of Airshow (ICAS). This convention is held each year all the participants of airshows, they are organizers, drivers and commentators, but it is also an opportunity to meet patrols such as the Blue Angels, the Snowbirds including Thunderbirds, of again allowed to fly and our pilots were able to admire from training....

Unlimited air racer 'Furias' qual with crash landing, Reno 2012 - YouTube | This video is from 2012 when team Furias finished their several year resto/rebuild work and arrived on the ramp at Reno with this beautiful, freshly painted beast of an airplane. This was one of the most heavily modified super Sea Fury's to ever grace the ramp at Reno, she sported a...

Antique Airplane Association Celebrates Diamond Jubilee at Blakesburg Fly-In, Part Three - The Aero Experience By Fred Harl | The Antique Aircraft Association celebrated its Silver Jubilee at this year's Blakesburg Fly-In August 28-September 2.  The Antique Aircraft Association, founded in 1953, now has over twenty chapters and maintains affiliations with many type clubs representing aircraft like those featured here.  The Airpower Museum gas also been established to preserve the heritage of the Golden Age of Aviation for current and future generations to appreciate...

Stallion 51's Lee Lauderback inducted into EAA Warbird Hall of Fame · General Aviation News Staff | Lee Lauderback of Stallion 51 at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida, was recently inducted into the EAA Warbird Hall of Fame earlier this month. Lauderback, who has been flying since 1966, is president, CEO and founder of Stallion 51 Corp., regarded as a leader in Mustang flights and training. Lauderback has been the...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Bellanca Transitions Into the Modern Age - The Aero Experience | Visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh may encounter nearly any major U.S. and many foreign-made civilian aircraft types, and the 2013 event fulfilled this expectation well.  One unexpected find, a rare Bellanca T250 Aries (Model 51, number 3 of 4 produced), owned by Jim Rhoades of Livermore, California, was photographed by contributor Fred Harl as it taxied in the grass early in the week.   However, that is just the beginning of our story....

Video Of The Reggiane Re.2000 “Falco” Recovery · Warbirds News | After just three days of planning  in the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4, 2013 , the Company Micoperi proceeded to recover the wreckage of the fighter of the Regia Aeronautica Reggiane Re.2000 sank off Porto Venere (La Spezia – Italy) April 16, 1943.The aircraft , supported by a special frame was then placed on a barge , made ??available by the Italian Navy , for subsequent transfer to the base of Air Force logistic center  Cadimare , where technicians of the Italian Air Force museum will immediately work  ??the first steps of desalination.  Here is the video of the recovery and interviews with the nephew of the pilot Luigi Guerrieri...

Flying through the glass ceiling: Saluting Britain's intrepid female aviators - The Independent | It's not just about tackling the physical challenges, or for the love of vintage aircraft – she's also celebrating and highlighting a pioneering female aviator. For Curtis-Taylor is not the first woman to make this journey; in 1928, Lady Mary Heath completed the task in the same kind of plane. She was the first pilot – male or female – to fly solo from Cape Town to Britain, a feat which attracted media interest around the world, much of it fascinated by the fact that it was a pair of delicate lady-hands on the controls....

Plane becomes canvas at Pima Air & Space Museum - Tuscon News Now | TUCSON (Tucson News Now) - It might not fly anymore, but an old plane is soaring with imagination. The Pima Air & Space Museum is unveiling of a Lockheed Jetstar used as a canvas by contemporary artist KennyScharf, entitled "Back To Supersonica." "Back to Supersonica" joins two other"Round Trip: Art from the Bone Yard Project" painted planes...

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Wacky Jet Waco Revealed at ICAS - Flying Magazine | An unconventional biplane emerged at the International Council of Air Shows in Las Vegas this week. John Klatt Airshows and Jack Link's Beef Jerky announced they have teamed up to create an airplane named the Screamin' Sasquatch — a twin-engine-powered 1929 Taperwing Waco that will be featured as part of the 2014 John Klatt Airshows...

AirVenture Included on Initial Air Force Thunderbirds Schedule - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, one of the world's premier military jet teams, has scheduled an appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as part of its 2014 flying schedule. The 62nd annual EAA fly-in convention is scheduled for July 28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Airshow will fly back to Rochester airport - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | An annual airshow canceled this year because of federal budget cuts will return to Greater Rochester International Airport next summer, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced Friday. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which appeared at the airshow in 2005 and 2008, will return Aug. 16 and 17 next year...

Air show and Thunderbirds returning to Waterloo - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO | Thunder will roll again in the Cedar Valley. An air show is scheduled Aug. 23.24 at the Waterloo Regional Airport. And like the inaugural event in 2011, the event will feature the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds. "This is a major feat. This is a great coup," organizer Chris Harshbarger said...

OC Air Show nabs Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, for 2014-15 - Bethany Beach Wave | OCEAN CITY — The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels military jet demonstration teams are scheduled to headline the OC Air Show in 2014 and 2015...

Jets to race at Warbirds - Otago Daily Times | Warbirds Over Wanaka is planning to run one of the fastest motor racing events in the world at its international airshow next Easter. Six jet aircraft, travelling about 640kmh, will go head-to-head around big inflated pylons on an 8km triangular course in the Upper Clutha Valley...

Santa fly-in set Saturday at Bill Jarrett Ford - Highlands Today | AVON PARK - Bill Jarrett Ford will host its 5th annual Santa Fly-In, holiday customer appreciation event, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the dealership, 1305 US 27 N., Avon Park. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by helicopter...

Antique Airplane Association Celebrates Diamond Jubilee at Blakesburg Fly-In, Part One - The Aero Experience | The Antique Aircraft Association celebrated its Silver Jubilee at this year's Blakesburg Fly-In August 28-September 2.  The Antique Aircraft Association, founded in 1953, now has over twenty chapters and maintains affiliations with many type clubs representing aircraft like those featured here... Part 2 here...

RAAF airshow announced to commemorate the Centenary of Military Aviation - Australian Aviation | To celebrate the centenary of military aviation in Australia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Darren Chester and Deputy Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies have launched the Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow to be held at Point Cook, RAAF Williams, near Melbourne on March 1....

Before Brown Arch, The Blue Arch At Oshkosh 1971 - Nostalgic Picture! * AirPigz | This pic from my old picture album is what I remember the main gate to the flightline at Oshkosh looking like back in the really old days. 1971 was the second year for Oshkosh (before that the event was in Rockford, IL) and for the first many years of the week-long fly-in and convention, access to the flightline was restricted to keep the general public away from the airplanes. That's why an 'entrance' was needed there in the first place...

REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR: Woodlands veterans remember Pearl Harbor - Your Houston News | THE WOODLANDS — Ahead of Saturday’s anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, VFW Post #12024 remembered those lost on the infamous day 72 years ago that would abruptly launch the United States into World War II. As “Taps” reverie echoed in the background, Post veterans ceremoniously laid a wreath at the base of the American flag during an emotion-filled candlelight ceremony at South County Community Center on Thursday...

New Mission For The F-104 Starfighter - Warbirds News | Florida based Starfighters Aerospace has been know for years to make hundred of thousand F-104 Starfighter fans around the world happy for keeping this beautiful jet in the air. Many aviation enthusiast had witness the “The Missile With a Man In It” flying in American air shows for years. Recently the company has worked hard to move  away from the air show circuit in order to focus on offering its services to the  commercial space flight context. In fact Starfighters Aerospace is now able to provide services to a broad range of clients that go from  University projects/experiments to complex Engineering R&D scenarios or DoD supporting missions. A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky....

Interview with the Project Lead of The People’s Mosquito by travelforaircraft | John Lilley is the Project Lead of The People's Mosquito and has helped immeasurably to form a capable group of experts to guide the project to completion — to build a flying replica of a de Havilland Mosquito. John is enthusiastic and eloquent also speaking (and writing) using the King's English. He easily agreed to be interviewed — his responses to the queries are written in italics...

Brad Pitt buys WWII Spitfire airplane for $3.3 million: report - nydailynews.com | What's that in the sky? It may just be Brad Pitt after the leading man reportedly bagged himself a World War II-era Spitfire plane. The 49-year-old actor was so inspired by his latest movie, World War II flick "Fury," that he purchased one of the fighter planes used by the Royal Air Force in battle, the Irish Examiner reported. And they don't come cheap: Pitt supposedly paid $3.3 million for the aircraft...

Avialogs.com, The Largest Online Aviation Library Partners Up With Warbirds News · Warbirds News | Avialogs.com,the largest online aviation library available today online, is partnering up with Wabirdsnews.com .Avialogs is an online aviation library. It was started in 2010 by Benoit De Mulder as a personal project to become a non- profit organization based in Canada. Benoit is a French aviation enthusiast and private pilot living in Canada.The goal of Avialogs and its founder  is to promote conservation of aviation related literature and documents while making it available as electronic media....

Last 'new' Phantom returns to service - The Northwest Florida Daily News | TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron received the last of the “new” QF-4 aerial targets as the Vietnam-era aircraft landed here Nov. 19. The QF-4, Aircraft 68-0599, spent more than 20 years in the Air Force “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., before being brought back to life for one last mission...

The Navy Just Launched a Drone from a Submarine—While Underwater - Gizmodo | If you thought launching a drone from an aircraft carrier was impressive, you're going to be blown away by this: After six years of development, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has successfully launched a drone from a submerged submarine...

AV Week reveal new large flying wing the RQ180 - Milcom Monitoring Post, By Amy Butler and Bill Sweetman, sUAS News | A large, classified unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency. Defense and intelligence officials say...

[Photo] Man-carrying, under-wing pods capable of being fitted to fighter jets and helicopters By David Cenciotti | It’s almost impossible to imagine the self discipline required to be stuck inside one of those for long periods of time but, believe it or not, Exint pods, man-carrying pods designed to be carried by fast jets and choppers exist...

Aditya Palnitkar - Friday's Fabulous Flyer * Flight To Success | 15-year-old Aditya was born in Mountain View California and currently lives in Pune India (Two and a half hours from Mumbai) with his mother, father and younger brother. His 14-year-old brother doesn't have the same interest in aviation as Aditya.  But big brother is working on him. Aditya said, "I am always in the process of trying to make him appreciate the fascinating world of aviation."...

Eagle steals camera - Bayou Renaissance Man | I was amused by this video footage from a camera set up by game rangers on a meat trap near the Margaret River, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, to photograph crocodiles....

Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit - Fox News | The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives....

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Harry S. Truman Supports Dubai Airshow - Military.com | The reception, attended by approximately 750 guests, marked the opening of the 2013 Dubai Airshow and is considered by many to be the premier aviation and air industry event in the Middle East region. Distinguished guests included the Honorable Michael ...

Kansas City Air Show will return in 2015 with the US Navy Blue Angels - Kansas City Star | The show will be headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team and will include other military and civilian performers and ground displays. The Mid-America Youth Aviation Association will organize and manage the event. The Blue Angels had...

Stuart Air Show in running to feature military acts next year - Stuart News | He also applied for the Air Force to fly F-22 Raptors at next year's show, but he said officials won't know if the Stuart Air Show will get them until mid-February. Fortunately, smaller air shows that can't support the Marine Corps and Navy's Blue ...

Aviation Day at Naranja Park - Explorer News | The model aircraft show features many typer of aircraft including warbirds, fan jets, helicopters and multi-rotors, 3D and aerobatics, gliders, bomb and parachute drops. Representatives from the Experimental Aircraft Association and local hobby shops ...

British Aerobatic team the Red Arrows visits Jordan - Ammon News | AMMONNEWS - The Royal Air Force's iconic and world renowned aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, will touch down in Jordan on the 3rd and 4th December as part of a major Middle East tour. The team, which has flown in front of thousands of people in the ...

Red Bull race tickets on sale - AOPA Pilot | American pilots Michael Goulian and Kirby Chambliss will be racing over home turf in September and October 2014 as the Red Bull Air Race World Championship season resumes after a three-year layoff, and tickets are now on sale. The Texas Motor...

Santa to Fly in to Owls Head Museum This Sunday - Freepress Online | Santa to Fly in to Owls Head Museum This Sunday. Santa arrives in the museum's 1979 Piper Super Cub. Museum visitors await Santa's arrival by air. Owls Head Transportation Museum will hold its annual holiday celebration, including ...

Museum hosts Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day · General Aviation News Staff | SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight will honor the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. Museum Curator Dan Hagedorn and American Fighter Aces Association Administrative Director JD Wyneken will provide an overview of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack and highlight the aviation-specific issues of that day. From 3:30 to 5 p.m., the museum will stream memorial events live from the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii...

World Record-Setting Aviator Julian Nott to Speak at Anacapa School - Noozhawk | Nott is the first balloonist ever to receive the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club, previously awarded to only 34 luminaries such as the Wright Brothers, C.S. Rolls (founder of Rolls Royce Motors) and Neil Armstrong. He has received numerous other ...

NAS Museum To Unveil F6F3 Hellcat crashed in Lake Michigan · Warbirds News | In November 2009 more than 60 years after it went crashing into Lake Michigan, a Navy F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was lifted from the water of lake Michigan. The aircraft recovery  was paid for by the chief executive officer of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Andy Taylor. He requested the recovery to honor his father, a...

Reggiane Re.2000 Falco Recovered From Italian Waters · WarbirdsNews | The “Falco” ( Italian for hawk) has come to light: yesterday the mission to recover the fighter Re.2000 was successfully completed. The  Reggiane’s fighter  had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943. The operation was carried out for free by the...

Flying club raises money for Honor Flight · General Aviation News Staff | The Bakersfield Flying Club has raised more than $3,000 for Honor Flight Kern County in Calif. The month-long fundraiser includes a Christmas party raffle, with prizes ranging from three hours of instruction in the club’s Redbird FMX motion simulator to a Foreflight-equipped iPad Mini, Garmin navigational watch, and a noise-cancelling headset...

Museum to break ground at airport - Aransas Pass Progress | Col. Pearson Knolle, unit Leader of the Maxine Flournoy Third Coast Squadran of the Commemorative Air Force announced last week that the organization will hold a groundbreaking ceremony and event December 9 at 10:30 a.m., at the site of their new ...

Stallion 51 to host Photography Workshop · General Aviation News Staff | 3G Aviation Media and Stallion 51 Flight Operations will partner for an aviation photography workshop Jan. 24-26 at Stallion 51's facilities at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida...

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Hill selected to receive first operational F-35A aircraft - Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | After a four-year process, Air Force officials have named Hill Air Force Base the new home for the Air Force's first operational F-35A Lightning IIs. Multiple locations' operational considerations, installation attributes, economic, and environmental factors were all factors that led to the final decision...

What It Was Really Like To Fly During The Golden Age Of Travel - Co.Design | Comparatively, the average person in the 1950s would pay up to 5% of his yearly salary for a chance to fly. "Varying on the route, it was four to five times as expensive to fly in the Golden Age," de Syon says. "If you were a secretary, it might cost ...

Video: What Happened to Comet ISON? - Spaceports | In full view of the NASA ESA solar physics fleet, Comet ISON disintegrated when it flew through the Sun's atmosphere on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013. Researchers are still marveling at the images and the scientific data they contain.

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Spectacular aerobatic display at Skydive Dubai - Emirates 24/7 | Officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows represent the United Kingdom and have been thrilling crowds, at home and overseas, since the 1960s. As ambassadors for the UK, the Red Arrows showcase the excellence of the Royal ...

Red Bull Air Race World Championship Tickets Now on Sale - Marketwired | SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 3, 2013) - Tickets for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship season are now on sale, as the world's fastest motorsport series returns to the skies at exciting new locations around the world after a three-year break.

Blue Angels to return to Seafair air shows in 2014, 2015 - KIRO Seattle | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels, which were unable to appear at this year's Seafair weekend, will be back for the annual August air shows in 2014 and 2015. The squadron canceled appearances across the country this year because of government budget cuts.

POF’s Living History Event: Attack On Pearl Harbor · WarbirdsNews | As reported on Planes of Fame Air Museum’s website on December 7,2013 the museum, for its monthly Living History Event, will feature ‘Attack on Pearl Harbor’. The Japanese Imperial Navy Aichi D3A ‘Val’ (movie conversion) and the D4Y3 ‘Judy’ Suisei Yokosuka dive bombers will be featured and discussed. Dan King is the featured speaker, author of ‘The Last Zero Fighter’. Dan is a WWII Pacific war historian who reads, write and speak Japanese.His original...

CAF High Sky Wing Hosts Toys for Tots Fly-in on December 7 - Newsday | The CAF High Sky Wing and the CAF Airpower Museum will host the 7th annual Toys for Tots donation drive on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 9 a.m.. Midland, Texas (PRWEB) December 03, 2013. The CAF High Sky Wing and the CAF Airpower...

Airport holding cookie fly-in - Daily Journal Online | The Bonne Terre Airport will hold a Sugar Rush Fly-In and Cookie Exchange from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the airport, located at 7444 Williams Road in Bonne Terre. Prizes will be awarded for the yummiest, prettiest and most unique cookies plus the ...

Coast Guard Searches for Aviator, Cumming Native, 70 Years After Crash - Patch.com | The body of a Cumming native and U.S. Coast Guard aviator who died during World War II attempting a rescue has never been found. But more than 70 years later, the remains of Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Bottoms may be recovered and returned to ...

Santa Rosa to donate Korean War memorial to air museum - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Santa Rosa has agreed to donate a long-ignored Korean War memorial to the Pacific Coast Air Museum. The plaque honors the efforts of the U.S. Navy's Carrier Air Group Two, which operated at the Santa Rosa Auxiliary Landing Field in southwest of the ...

The Hunt For the Spitfires In Burma Continues · Warbirds News | This morning we have received an email from Vincent Miles, a manager with Claridon Group Ltd, with the following title “CLARIDON GROUP SAVE THE SPITFIRE PROJECT IN BURMA”. No need to say that this got our attention and put all the things we have planned for the day in the back burner. We called Vincent to get more information about this news...

Replica WWII glider becomes casualty of air museum split - Iosco County News Herald | The Waco CG-4A combat glider, constructed by Bill Erb for the past 20 years, will be relocated from the Wurtsmith Air Museum in Oscoda to the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren this spring....

Patuxent naval air museum due date now 2015 - So Md News | A new contractor is on the verge of resuming construction of a new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitor Center. The Maryland State Highway Administration has given its approval of a new contract, and the St. Mary's County commissioners approved...

Vickers Vulture II — film star by travelforaircraft | This aircraft looked familiar though for an unknown reason but in researching the aircraft on this Wikipedia page it was learned that this the aircraft type used (as a set and as a model) in the 1977 adventure film, The People That Time Forgot. But the Vulture II registered as G-EBHO was more than a mythical aircraft in a film, it was used in a world circumnavigating attempt which began in 1924 at Calshot in the UK...

SR-71 Blackbird was so fast it outran every missile, Mig fighter jet encountered over enemy territory - The Aviationist | Even if the development of the hypersonic strike aircraft dubbed SR-72 has been recently announced, its predecessor, the iconic Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird, remains one of the fastest planes ever flown operationally...

The Pentagon's New Top Woman Inspired Kelly McGillis' Top Gun Role - Gawker | Christine Fox is set to become the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Department of Defense tomorrow. She is unquestionably uber-qualified—and what's more, her review of Maverick's flight performance was spot on. Fox is slated to act as deputy secretary of defense, the No. 2 role at the Pentagon, until a permanent successor to the outgoing Ashton Carter is named. It's the culmination of a long and respected career as a naval analyst. But Foreign Policy's profile of Fox this morning reminded readers of another entry on her CV: She was the inspiration for Charlie, the tough-talking ground instructor who fell for Tom Cruise in Top Gun....

I'm A Fan Of Amelia Rose Earhart! (Watch Her TEDx Speech To Learn Why) - AirPigz |  I hope the people who found it necessary to beat up on Amelia Rose Earhart back in August, when it surfaced that she's not actually related to the Emelia Earhart aviator of the 1930's, know enough today to feel bad for the things they said... if they don't (maybe you're one of them?) then this video, recorded back in October at a Denver TEDx event, should do the trick. She's done an excellent job here explaining the past, the present, and the future.

Video: Russian Mig-31 Foxhound as you’ve never seen it (using GoPro cameras) - The Aviationist | One of those videos that don’t need much comments. This is what happens wen you couple some Russian Air Force Mig-31s and GoPro cameras mounted in various positions on the Mach 2.83 Foxhound.

Scholarships available for women, youth, aerobatic students - AOPA Pilot | ... aviation industry to make you aware of opportunities for financial help. Scholarship applications have opened for women considering careers in corporate aviation, youths wanting to learn to fly or study aviation, and those interested in learning ...

Wings of Dreams: December Fly-In Breakfast

Fly-In/Cruise-In Breakfast    Saturday, December 7, 2013 8 am - 10:00 am    Keystone Heights Airport, Florida (42J) Former Keystone Army Airfield - WWII Air Base    "The tragic lessons of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 should encourage us to never again allow complacency to prevail so that it endangers our very existence as a free nation."  Bob Gasche, WWII combat veteran and Iwo Jima survivor PEARL HARBOR DAY COMMEMORATION  "Air raid Pearl Harbor - this is no drill." The Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration will include playing the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack radio announcement and a reading of "Remember the 'day of infamy,' written by WWII veteran Bob Gasche, who served with the Marines in the Pacific Theater and saw the American flag raised over Iwo Jima. This "Fly Into History" program will begin at 9 am.     -  Classic cars on display    -  Next Fly-In Breakfast - TBA  -  Tours of museum and historic space artifacts       after fly-in breakfast   -  NEW EVENT!      Star Party - December 7     Stargazing from 7 - 9 pm - Free admission,     donations appreciated PILOT INFORMATION    Elevation: 196 ft. - Pattern Altitude 1196 Frequencies: CTAF/UNICOM - 122.7 WX AWOS-3 - 124.275 (352-473-8273  Airport Office: 352-473-0031 http://www.keystoneairport.com/ http://www.airnav.com/airport/42J   "Solar System Adventures!"    Wings of Dreams concluded its first after-school STEM program for middle school students, funded by a NASA mini-grant.    The program, taught by volunteer Dr. Francisco Reyes, was Wings of Dreams first collabortive project with the UF Department of Astronomy public outreach. We thank Dr. Reyes and the UF astronomy department for helping launch this important educational initiative.    More educational programs will be offered in 2014, available to students in a multi-county area. Topics will include astronomy & space exploration, aeronautics & aviation, rocketry, early aviation pioneers, and WWII history.    For more information, contact Susan King, 352-256-8037  or susan@wingsofdreams.org    "Solar System Adventures" photos by Trace Choulat  December Fly-In Sponsored by:    Johnny's Bar-B-Q & Catering    CB Isaac Realty - Ronald Blake, Broker -  Becky Carter, Realtor -  Judie Palmer,Realtor    Airport facility usage fee for Wings of Dreams Fly-In donated by Ron Blake     Express Air Flight School - Capt. Bob Oehl, ATP/CFII    - Photos by Trace Choulat    - Website Support by      Unicorn Web    Development    BREAKFAST BUFFET    Menu Eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, biscuits, fruit, juice, coffee $7 per person $4 per child (9 & under) Free breakfast for WWII and Korean War veterans First come, first served . All proceeds to benefit Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum FOR MORE INFORMATION flyin@wingsofdreams.org www.wingsofdreams.org Call:  352-256-8037 Download Fly-In Flyer      Download Wings of Dreams Overview       Executive Director Bob Oehl and Managing Director Susan King watch the loading of the final and largest component of the Hubble mockup - the aft shroud - by Wings of Dreams logistics officer and director Greg Asley in the storage area of the Sonny Carter Traning Facility at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.    Hubble  Mockup Delivered! The last and most identifiable component of the Hubble Space Telescope Mockup was transported from the Houston to Keystone Airport on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.    The loading, transport and  delivery of the entire Hubble Mockup was made possible by Wings of Dreams team members Greg Ashley, Adam Ashley, Travis Ashley, Wes Hoy, Bob Oehl and Susan King, and transport partners Davis Express and Star Intermodal.     The Hubble mockup (shown in NASA photo below) was used in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to prepare astronauts for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions.

Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum | 7100 Airport Road | Starke | FL | 32091

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Extreme Makeover from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | Big things are happening to the location formerly known as the Ultralight Area at the SUN ’n FUN grounds on the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida. First, the area will now permanently be known by its longtime affectionate name: Paradise City. Once a place of...

Bangalore all set to host largest air show in Asia - Deccan Herald | Aero India, the largest air show in Asia and one of the world's most important military aviation exhibitions, is all set to kick-start at Yelahanka Air Force Station here, from February 6 to 11. This biennial air show and aviation exhibition organised ...

Plans lift-off for Bob Jones Memorial Air Show in Welshpool - Powys County Times | PLANS for the second Bob Jones Memorial Air Show were launched on Friday at a special event in Welshpool Town Hall. The show was renamed last year in memory of Welshpool Airport owner Bob Jones, who was killed in a plane crash in January 2012.

Precision airshow announced for castle concert - Kent Online | The open-air evening in July will see The Blades bring their airbourne display to the skies above Kent. Formed of former Red Arrows pilots, The Blades are known for skilful displays of close formation aerobatics. The team features some of the UK's most ...

The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Not normally done, all convention proceeds after expenses from that gathering were directed to the participating warbird operators in the form of extraordinary ground support, and deeply discounted fuel for their planes. “This concept is markedly ...

Warbird Gathering Set For Topeka During AirVenture - AVweb | A non-profit group is organizing what it hopes will be a major warbird event. The Gathering of Warbirds and Legends will be held at Forbes Field in Topeka, KS from Aug. 1-4 and is inviting warbird owners and operators to reserve one of 65 "slots" to ...

Air Show Organizers and Fans Fear Pentagon Cuts from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Speculation about cutbacks to public air shows put on by the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights paratroopers spread as the Pentagon looks for ways to trim $450 billion over the next decade. The popular military promotional demonstrations that account for tens of millions of dollars, a small fraction of the Pentagon's $926 billion annual budget, could be curtailed...

Government deny Red Arrows' axe - ITV News | The Government has insisted that the world famous Red Arrows will not be grounded as part of a new round of defence cuts. Reports in today's press claims the iconic RAF display team, which is based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, could be axed as part ...

Pearl Harbor Flight Recalls Uncle's USS Arizona Death - Businessweek | I was hooking up with an outfit called Pacific Warbirds that takes tourists on thrill rides aboard a vintage SNJ-5 airplane. I would fly over Pearl Harbor on the single-prop aircraft at the same altitude as the Japanese pilots did 71 years ago when ...

B-24 bomber badly shot up on flight over Berlin from War Tales by Don Moore | Buried in a box of old pictures and military records tucked away in a chest of drawers in Vincent Durand’s Port Charlotte, Fla. home is a medal from long ago. The bronze medal with its four-bladed airplane propeller was attached to a red, white and blue ribbon — The Distinguished Flying Cross. The 83-year-old former [...]

Women Aviators Focus of 'History Alive' Lecture - Patch.com | See the attached photograph of McCrae in uniform; the latter is now in the San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park. Bevil researches and documents historic aviation crash sites in California State Parks. One, a World War II bomber crash site in ...

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum presents the 2013 “Heritage ... - PR NewsChannel | Also March 23, the “Women in Aviation and Space Day” will take place at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Visitors will learn about the accomplishments of women in aviation, science and aerospace. Families can enjoy guest speakers, hands-on activities, a ...

Great Lakes (By Waco Classic) New Paint Scheme Design Contest! (Ends 2-17-13) from AirPigz by Martt | You don't have to know me very well to know I'm a big fan of paint scheme design contests, and while we wait to see who the winner is of the race P-51 Precious Metal paint contest (winner to be announced 2-9-13) we now have another one to...

The Pan Am Flying Clipper that never was — Sikorsky’s VS-44 by travelforaircraft | Juan Trippe bought Sikorsky S-38 and S-40 aircraft for Pan American Airways (PAA) routes in South America as well as the S-42 to survey routes for what would become the famed Flying Clippers. But Sikorsky could not increase the size of their flying boat designs quickly enough for Trippe's expansion plans and so he purchased the Martin M-130 flying boat for his first flying clippers. Like Sikorsky, Martin also could not evolve the size of the design with enough speed....

From Russia with love (but they'll make your eyes hurt) from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I like Russian Helicopters, no, really I do, but however good they are, they certainly aren't easy on the eye. OK, you can forgive the Mil Mi-28 - it's not meant to be pretty, it's just meant to say 'Go away. Now.' to whoever is at...

Flying Car from apron6 | Why would you buy a flying car if you can take your car with you in your plane. That is what the Skyvan Crew must have thought. They simply take their car with them. Getting it in the skyvan is a rather tricky job. It really is a matter of good aim. I had seen [...]

"Tangental Line" UCAP #317 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Polk County Florida pal Jamie Beckett joins us this time. A video of a biplane buzzing pedestrians on the runway... Some interesting, but oddball aircraft we'd fly... Jamie tells us about an innovative new model for aviation education and flight training... And whiskey-tango-foxtrot on the Boeing 787 problems. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded February 1, 2013.

EAA 1358 New Flight Simulator for Young Eagles from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DOTHAN AL- The Wiregrass EAA Chapter 1358 recently flew its first Young Eagle in their new Redbird TD 2 Flight Simulator located at AeroOne at Dothan Regional Airport. The Young Eagle program is an Experimental Aircraft Association, EAA, initiative to introduce youth ages 8 through 17 to the world of flight using general aviation aircraft...

Air Museum goes to moon with NASA exhibit - Hometownlife.com | Rachel Krumwiede, director of education at the Yankee Air Museum, shows off the space suit worn by astronaut Jack Lousma as part of a 1973 mission to the Sky Lab. / Stephen Cantrell | staff photographer ...

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NORAD Provides Website, Apps To Track Santa - from Aero-News Network | Annual Holiday Countdown Underway By The North American Aerospace Defense Command Children of all ages will be able to track Santa Claus on his annual journey, thanks to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The "NORAD Tracks Santa" website is up and running. The site features a holiday countdown, games and daily activities, video messages from students around the world and more, officials said.

Greg Koontz Air Shows and ICI Aviation Insurance Team Up for 2013 Season from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Greg Koontz Air Shows and ICI Aviation Insurance have teamed up for the upcoming 2013 Air Show Season. Greg Koontz has performed in over 350 air shows since 1974. He wows spectators with outside loops, vertical rolls, snaps, tumbles and inverted passes in his Super Decathlon. He and "The Alabama Boys" also entertain air show audiences as the hapless, farmer and somewhat unwilling "student pilot" Clem Cleaver in his zany "first lesson" J-3 Cub Comedy Act....

Living History Flying Day - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | On Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 10:00am to 12:00 noon, Planes of Fame Air Museum hosts its monthly Living History Flying Day. Museum doors open at 9:00am. The theme for January 5 is the “Luftwaffe vs. the 8th Air Force”, featuring the Focke-Wulf Fw 190...

RAF’s Tornado Role Demo Team to return to the UK airshow scene in 2013 from David Cenciotti's weblog | The RAF has recently announced that its highly acclaimed Tornado Role Demo Display Team is to return to the UK Air Show circuit for 2013. The two-ship display team using radio callsigns Poker 1 and Poker 2 provides a display that shows the British public the RAF’s frontline...

Searching for a Christmas present? The 2013 air show season is ready for take off - Saffron Walden Reporter | Shows include the spring event, called 'Remembering the Mighty Eighth', on Sunday May 26, the popular Flying Legends Air Show (July 13&14), the Duxford Air Show (September 7&8) and the Autumn Air Show (Sunday October 13). IWM Duxford is the ...

Sad news from South Africa, the C-47 support aircraft for the Silver Falcons aer... from AirShowMedia.net's Facebook Wall | Sad news from South Africa, the C-47 support aircraft for the Silver Falcons aerobatic team crashed Wednesday killing all 11 on board. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this horrible tragedy. -Jim

Honor Flight Documentary Opens Dec 7 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2005, nearly 60 years after the War.

Holiday shopping at the Museum Store from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Shopping online for holiday gifts? Check out the Museum Store online and give the gift that gives twice!   The Museum store carries unique and interesting aviation-themed merchandise, and 100% of the proceeds directly support the many fine programs and events offered at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force -- from educational programs and lectures to special events such as the Doolittle Raiders Reunion....

The Doolittle Raid on Japan - Ag Journal | Doolittle had gained his fame as a flyer by the records he had set in air race competitions and distance flying. He had three degrees in Aeronautical Engineering - a BA from the University of California Berkeley and an MS and PhD from M.I.T. Doolittle ...

Pearl Harbor Day Recovery: One Wildcat from AVwebFlash Current Issue | An FM-2 Wildcat that rolled off the deck of a ship on December 28, 1944, after suffering an engine failure during take-off was plucked from Waukegan Harbor on Lake Michigan in Illinois, Friday, reportedly thanks to a donation from 78-year-old pilot Charles Greenhill. The aircraft's pilot, William Edward Forbes, was rescued when the aircraft went into the water more than 60 years ago. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 85. Now, local enthusiasts hope to use the aircraft to encourage development of a museum at a former Naval Air Station museum in nearby Glenview, Ill.. But before that, the aircraft will be headed to Greenhill's hangar in Kenosha, Wisc., if only temporarily.

Flight museum expects to leave Bellingham over disputed lease - Bellingham Herald | B-17 Bomber+. People line up for a chance to tour the B-17 bomber, Sentimental Journey, as it visits Heritage Flight Museum in Bellingham from July 6 to July 9. The museum and plane will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday and will make only ...

Millville Air Museum dedicates wing to chairman - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com | A new section of the Millville Army Air Field Museum has been named to honor Hugh McElroy. ... The museum was founded at the airport in 1983 with the mission to help preserve U.S. aviation history, especially the role the Millville Airport has played ...

Tora! Tora! Tora! (トラトラ虎) from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Tora! Tora! Tora! (トラトラ虎) This is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor which occurred on 7 December 1941. The attack was part of Japan’s strategy to become the preeminent colonial power in Asia and proved the supremacy of the aircraft carrier over the battleship (though some battleship supremacists influenced both the Imperial Japanese Navy [...]

Commemorating Pearl Harbor Day: CAF's Tora! Tora! Tora! Team from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo 

Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting December 20 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo

John D. Silva dies at 92; introduced news helicopter - Los Angeles Times | "I never thought about being a pioneer," Silva told Air & Space magazine in 2009. "All I ever wanted to do was get us there and get the picture — before the competition got it." Silva is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Steinkraus-Silva; daughters ...

Dakota from Apron 6 | One of the two Dakota’s that visited us during the Photoflying days. It should have been 1 Dak and the Breitling Super Constellation, but than the Connie cancelled. Breitling decided to send us their Dakota instead…


Skinning the right wing from The EAA Zenith Project by ChadJensen | Skinning the wings is not something I thought we would be doing before Christmas! But because the team skills have built quickly, and we have consistent participation each and every session, being ahead of schedule by a good margin is the result....

See the Apollo 8 mission and learn more from the astronaut who lived it - The Seattle Times | The Heritage Flight Museum website includes information on visiting the museum Anders founded at the Bellingham International Airport. The site includes flight schedules for the museum's historic war birds, some of which Anders still flies. Anders says ...

Video: We are all children of Apollo! from Spaceports

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Pearl Harbor: Air Force legacy on day that would 'live in infamy' from Air Force Link Top Stories  | "It was the first time I had ever seen a plunging dive bomber and it was an awesome sight. Nothing in warfare is more frightening," said Pvt. Wilfred D. Burke, 72d Pursuit Squadron, Wheeler Field, whose experience in the attacks on Pearl Harbor are recorded in "7 December 1941: The Air Force Story" compiled by the Pacific Air Forces Office of History....

71 years later, SJ veterans recall Pearl Harbor attack - Cherry Hill Courier Post | A documentary about the Flying Tigers in which he is featured will be shown. Several years ago, the pilot donated dozens of personal artifacts to the historical society in Burlington City, including his uniform, flight logs and numerous instruments he...

Condor Squadron flyover marks Pearl Harbor losses - Los Angeles Daily News | On Saturday, they will fly a memorial to the late airman Mike Pupich, who owned the "Heavenly Body" B-25 bomber. On Sunday, they will fly over the Chatsworth Christmas parade, their 42-foot wings casting shadows over Santa Claus. "It's really all about ...

Editorial: Never forget Dec. 7, 1941 - Pensacola News Journal | The group included Richard “Dick” Cole, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who flew as Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot in the “Doolittle Raiders” during their April 18, 1942, raid on Tokyo. That mission provided a morale boost in the United States ...

Whiting: Veterans, museum keep alive warfare's reality - OCRegister | We are gathered at the Lyon Air Museum, named after William Lyon, the developer and retired Air Force major general. The museum's two-year anniversary is Dec. 10, Monday, and since it opened, tens of thousands of guests have visited – and learned...

Pearl Harbor: The Tale of the Sundays - Christian Post | Lawrence Sykora was a youthful radio operator and turret gunner on a B-24 part of Major General Claire Lee Chennault's "Flying Tigers." Appendicitis had earlier saved Sykora from being dispatched with his original crew to Europe, where it had been shot ...

Gallery: Pearl Harbor historical photos from RGJ.com  | Today marks the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II. Take a look back at historical photos from the attack.

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Blue Angels Scout Ocean City In Advance Of 2013 Air Show - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY -- In preparation for their first-ever official appearance in Ocean City next summer, members of the Navy's Blue Angel jet demonstration team visited the resort Friday to meet with officials and get a lay of the land. “We haven't been here ...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Blue Angels Leader F/A-18C Hornet from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron leader's plane was on display early in the week near the "heavies," the C-17 and Orbis International DC-10. The legacy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet was at the time assigned to...

Honor Flight Tapped for Spirit of Aviation Award from National Aviation Hall of Fame from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | Honor Flight Network that flies veterans to Washington, D.C., from throughout the nation to tour monuments and memorials in the nation's capital was chosen for the Milton Caniff "Spirit of Aviation" award, the Aviation Hall of Fame has announced....

Henry Ford Museum - Part 2 of 3 from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog by CAF Red Tail Squadron | We continue our tour of the Heroes Of The Sky Exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan with some practical aviation – airmail. Regularly scheduled U.S. airmail flights started in 1918 and routes were regularly added (and shut down) throughout the next decade....

Aviation hero speaks with Soldiers - Dothan Eagle | William S. Reeder Jr., Ph.D (history and anthropology), an Aviator who was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese during his second tour to Vietnam and spent almost a year as a prisoner of war, spoke to the Aviators in the Seneff Building Nov.

Sonex Aircraft, LLC Featured on Hit Television Show "The Aviators" from Sonex Aircraft, LLC and AeroConversions Press Releases | Sonex Aircraft, LLC is excited to announce that the company and its products are featured in the hit television series, "The Aviators." The segment airs in episode 12 of the show's 3rd season, which is now available for purchase on iTunes!

Melissa Huffman from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | A couple weeks ago, Melissa and I connected on Facebook. She had sent me a message that she was a new student pilot who had started flying in September at Virgil Grissom Municipal Airport in Bedford, IN. ...

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Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View the slideshow.

Social media followers given the chance for NASA UAS insight. from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. Social media users may apply for credentials to meet scientists and learn how they study the Earth using specialized science instruments on a unique fleet of aircraft. Three major Earth science missions that will be airborne studying air...