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Texas Flying Legends Museum - Saint Barths Airshow 2011 - Cockpit Cameras | Come fly with the Texas Flying Legends Museum as they do low passes over the St Barths airport and SY Marie at the 2011 St Barths Bucket Regetta. Pilots are: Warren Pietsch - P-40K, Robert Odegaard - FG-1D and Casey Odegaard - P-51D.

Whitsunday Airport 50th Birthday from the Whitsunday Islands and Coast: Whitsundays Airshow |
Whitsunday Airport celebrated its 50th Birthday in style on Sunday May 1, 2011.

Ride in a B-29 bomber! from www.cincinnatiwarbirds.org | The Cincinnati Warbirds will be hosting the B-29 "Fifi" at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Avenue in Cincinnati, OH Friday, June 10th through Sunday June 12th, 2011. The objectives of the B-29 display are to honor the veterans whose sacrifices paid for our freedom, and to preserve this part of our heritage by keeping these warbirds flying. Ground tours and rides will be available for a monetary donation. (See the CAF website for details) Your donation will support the continuing operation of this airplane so that future generations can share this experience.  ...

Upside-down helicopter ride from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | Nothing in my flying experience prepared me for flying with Red Bull’s Chuck Aaron, the only helicopter pilot approved by the FAA for low-level aerobatic helicopter demonstrations.  Our short flight on Friday, April 29, included loops and rolls — familiar maneuvers in fixed-wing aircraft — but totally foreign in a helicopter. ...

Naval Aviation Day at Museum of Flight from General Aviation News | The Museum of Flight in Seattle launches its celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 100th year of aviation May 14 with a full day of special activities sponsored by Honeywell. Events include lectures, a panel discussion with World War II navy fighter aces, vintage navy aircraft flights and fly-in displays. ...

Korean War veterans join others on Honor Flight - The Coloradoan | Deppe, who will turn 89 on May 11, was one of hundreds of WWII and Korean War veterans who gathered Sunday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Loveland to take part in the sixth running of the Honor Flight of Northern Colorado. ...

Dale to honor WWII veteran, grandfather with memorial flight - Community Impact Newspaper | The B-25 is known as the Devil Dog and is preserved and maintained locally by the Devil Dog Squadron, a volunteer organization of the Commemorative Air Force. The plane is hangered at the Georgetown Airport. The event is open to the public. ...

Vietnam War helicopter pilots reunite in Slidell after more than 40 years - NOLA.com | Andrew Hover doesn’t talk about his experiences as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during Vietnam.
   
Registration for AFA's 2011 Air and Space Conference & Technology Exposition ... - Air Force Magazine | Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association today announced the 2011 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition, to be held September 19 - 21, 2011, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on the Potomac, in National Harbor, ...

Wei Chen - Around the World Flight for Hope -- MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Mr. Wei Chen is a Memphis business man and adventurer who will be the first Chinese Citizen to fly around the world in a single-engine plane. Mr. Chen intends to spread his message of kindness, opportunity and hope and as an unofficial ambassador of Memphis, Tennessee to China and the world. Mr. Chen hopes to raise over $250,000 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital through his journey. He will encourage youth to greatness by sharing his personal story of giving and inspiration on stops along the way. ...

'Synergy' Project Revealed - EAA News | Unveiled Friday, April 30, at the CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium, the double-box tailed Synergy aircraft is a potential breakthrough in aircraft design. View the photo gallery. April 29, 2011 — It's not very often that a true ...

WWII Time Portal: Classic US Aviation Articles from ASB.tv | What if you woke up one morning, sat down for breakfast and coffee, got out the newspaper, and realized that the newspaper was dated in the early 1940s?  Now that would be odd!  However, if that sounds appealing and you don’t mind reading on your computer screen, we’ve got you covered for the next several days!  This is not your typical World War II history lesson.  This is World War II as it appeared in newspapers throughout the United States.  We searched online at NewspaperARCHIVE and compiled some of the most impressive aviation-related articles from the World War Two era.  Enjoy! ...

Jet trainer added to aviation museum - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star became the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor's 28th aircraft last week after it was transferred from Honolulu Community College to Hangar 79 on Ford Island. ...

Castle set to show off Navy jet - Modesto Bee | ATWATER -- As a restoration team towed Castle Air Museum's recently refurbished RF-8 Crusader out of its hangar, Navy veteran Denny Baker, wearing his flight jacket with a patch on the back reading "Unarmed and ...

From Spitfires To Mosquitoes - Military & Aerospace Electronics | In January 1940, the first eight British women were admitted, and by 1942, American aviatrix Jackie Cochran was actively seeking American women to join the ranks in England. The ATA served as the blueprint for Cochran's (and Nancy Love's) later ...

Flying dangerously over the Hump - The Times of India | GUWAHATI: The hilly and thickly-forested northeast that forms the eastern flank of the Himalaya has always been pilots' nightmare since WWII.  According to aviation experts, the hilly terrain, coupled with sudden change in weather pattern, has always been a big challenge for pilots flying in the region. Incidentally, the erratic weather system and terrain have brought down many aircraft and choppers in the past in the region.

Grissom boom operator spends 10K hours in flight from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. | The average worker on a Monday through Friday schedule will work 260 days each year. During those days, the average employee spends 8 hours working.  Using those numbers, one of Grissom's in-flight refueling technicians has spent almost five years working at over 30,000 feet. ...

1 May 2011 Newsletter - Roadrunners Internationale

Today in Aviation History – May 2- CRUFC

REPORT: RQ-170 spied over Osama bin Laden's bed last night from The DEW Line | The National Journal's Marc Ambinder got the scoop about 1am this morning, when he tweeted: "US Joint Special Operations Command SMU -- from DEVGRU (Navy SEALs), did the shooting. RQ-170 drone overhead. JSOC spotters on ground."  In confirmed, this would be the first operation directly linked to the secretive RQ-170. Although the USAF has acknowledged its existence, it has never released an official photo. The UAS has been glimpsed only through a series of photos released by spotters around the US airfield at Kandahar, Afghanistan.   ...

Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger Test Flight (1942) from AIRBOYD.TV

Maine Pilot Wins Alaskan Airplane from Aviation Blogs | May Day for Maine pilot James Schoenmann ended in a way that he never expected. Schoenmann received a telephone call from Alaska Airmen’s Association President Adam White informing him that he had won the grand prize in the association’s fundraising raffle, a refurbished and highly modified Piper Super Cub valued  ...

One Plane. One Rope. One Great Cause. The ALS Ontario Plane Pull to Help Those ... - SYS-CON Media | The ALS Ontario Plane Pull is an opportunity for corporate and community organizations to lend their support by entering teams of ten people to undertake challenging and entertaining pulls of a Bombardier Q400 NextGen airliner. ...

Endeavour’s Last Mission Delayed from Warplanes Online Community | NASA announced that Space shuttle Endeavour’s final launch has been delayed until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment.

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Your ticket to the 2011 Beaufort Air Show - Hilton Head Island Packet | The 2011 Beaufort Air Show will be held Saturday and Sunday. Gates at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort open at 9 am and the show begins at 11 am Spectators are encouraged to arrive early and allow time for parking and lines at ...

Thursday's news briefs - Hilton Head Island Packet | The air show will feature performances by the Blue Angels and is expected to draw more than 100000 people to the air station this weekend, according to organizers. The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn will present a program on South Carolina's ...

Red Arrows to return - Whitby Today | THE WORLD-FAMOUS Red Arrows will once again tear across the sky as part of Whitby's Regatta celebrations in August. This year's display will take place on 15 August, almost 37 years to the day since the RAF's iconic acrobatic team first graced Whitby ...

Red Arrows flying back to Southport Air Show - Maghull & Aintree Star | THE famous Red Arrows have been confirmed to appear on both days at this year's Southport Air Show. In 2011 the air show marks its 20th anniversary and is taking place earlier in the year on July 23 and 24. The date coincides with the start of the ...

Record number of advance tickets sales for RAF Waddington International Air show - This is Lincolnshire | VISITORS to this year's RAF Waddington International Air Show are being urged to buy their tickets in advance because sales have already reached record highs. Organisers of the annual event, set to take place at the base on July 2 and 3, say they have ...

Air Show grounded – Brantford Expositor - More than $400000 in air show proceeds has been raised over the past 11 years for charities within the community. Aviation enthusiasts are reminded that both Hamilton and St. Thomas are hosting air shows in June, followed by Waterloo, …

Air show set to wow big crowd - Mackay Daily Mercury | THE Whitsunday Airport is celebrating 50 years in operation with a jam-packed air show which is expected to draw large crowds on Sunday. Visitors will see amazing sky-high entertainment including the Airforce Roulettes, MaxxG Aerobatics and a skydive ...

Boscobel air show pulls hundreds to St Mary - Jamaica Observer | HUNDREDS of aviation enthusiasts turned out for the inaugural Boscobel Jamaica air show in St Mary on the weekend. The two-day show, which was hosted by the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre (CATC) in collaboration with the Airports Authority of ...

100 years since the first flight demonstration in Edmonton - iNews880.com | Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the first public demonstration of powered flight in Edmonton. It took place back on April 28th, 1911 at the Edmonton Spring Horse Show. As people looked up in amazement from the Edmonton Exhibition Grounds ...

Crusader expands Castle museum's Navy fleet - Merced Sun-Star | ATWATER — As a restoration team towed Castle Air Museum's recently refurbished RF-8 Crusader out of its hangar, Navy veteran Denny Baker stood by and watched, wearing his flight jacket with a patch on the back reading "Unarmed and ...

Microsoft and EffectiveUI Mix Silverlight, HTML5 to Deliver Navy`s Blue Angels ... – eWeek | EffectiveUI, with the help of Microsoft, launched a new website for the Navy's Blue Angels flight squadron using Silverlight, HTML5 and other popular web technologies. Who said using Microsoft's Silverlight or HTML5 was an either/or decision? ...

U.S. Navy Aircraft History: The Blue Angels Aircraft  by Tailspin | 1949-1950, F9F-2: The Blue Angels entered the jet age with the Grumman F9F-2 Panther. They initially thought that removing the Panther's tip tanks would provide better visibility for close formation flying as well as reduce weight. ...

1977 Video Footage Of The YC-14 And YC-15 - Makes Me Happy!  by Martt - You know, I can't really say why I have such a fondness for the ole Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15... but I do. I was a teen when these advanced STOL military lifter prototypes were developed and I followed their progress fairly closely at the time…

Radio control air show Saturday - Monroe News Star | Flying will be continuous throughout the day with special demonstrations throughout the day featuring aerobatic flying, helicopters and aerial combat. Adults and children will enjoy watching the airplanes and helicopter. ...

'Space Tourism Turns Ten' - Miles O'Brien  from RLV and Space Transport News | Miles O'Brien reports on "on the 10th anniversary of Dennis Tito's historic flight to the International Space Station, ushering in the era of space tourism."

The shuttle program counts down 'til the end - Scientific American | Next year it'll be off to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of. The collective journalist storyline has already coalesced around how everyone feels about the end of the space shuttle program ...

How schoolkids gave the Endeavour its name - msnbc.com | Of all NASA's space shuttles to fly in orbit, only Endeavour — the youngest in the fleet — received its name in the most unusual way:

For the love of flight go to this regional festival - The Virginian-Pilot | The most notable addition to this year's list of events: On Sunday, weather permitting, children ages 8 through 17 can become Young Eagles by taking a free flight in light airplanes provided by Experimental Aircraft Association pilots. ...

Pixie MacLeod-hodgson freestyling from Bonjour BlueSky: 

Today in Aviation History – April 28  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal