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Warbirds Over Addison 2013 | Warbirds Over Addison will be featuring two of the best warbird pilots in the industry, Warren Pietch flying the Texas Flying Legends Zero and Greg Shelton flying his FM2 Wildcat...

Air show makes spectacular return - Press-Enterprise | Following a two year absence, the Redlands air show returned Saturday, May 18, with a multitude of death defying acts. Hangar 24, a popular Redlands craft brewery, resurrected the show, combining it with its fifth anniversary celebration. All proceeds...

With Offutt Air Show Grounded, Helicopter Day Takes Off - WOWT | It'll be a disappointing summer for air show lovers since the Offutt Air Show was canceled because of the sequestration, but the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland helped fill that void a little Saturday with Helicopter Day. It's a sight many...

Thunder Over Michigan | Added to an already great lineup! The de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito is the only airworthy Mosquito in the world! Watch as this wooden machine buzzes through Michigan's sky in a very rare performance!

Plenty To Do On Father's Day Weekend in VenturaCountyWest - Ventura County Star | For dads who love airplanes and history, the Commemorative Air Force Museum at the Camarillo Airport features vintage aircraft and an extensive collection of World War II memorabilia--from guns and ammo to military uniforms. The museum offers flights...

Who Else Wants To Fly Upside Down? - All Things Aviation | ...Some pilots are born to fly upside down, and among those elite pilots is one Sean D. Tucker....

B-17 in Bend on Tuesday - Bend Bulletin | The Bend chapter of the Experimental Aviation Association is hosting a visit from a B-17 bomber Tuesday. The restored B-17G Flying Fortress is one of only 13 of its kind still flying, according to the EAA. B-17s were widely used as bombers in Europe...

Flight to the past: B-17 bomber visits Eugene - The Register-Guard | Nearly seven decades after he bailed out of a B-17 bomber over Europe during World War II, Alton Andrews sits in the nose of a restored Flying Fortress on a brief flight Friday afternoon over Eugene. The 91-year-old veteran of 11 missions was a...

Vulcan XH558 | We have a successful take-off for the first flight of the year. Well done to the engineering team and thanks to everyone who volunteered and donated to make it possible. The aircrew...

Seen from the inside: stunning Lancaster’s on-board video shows aerial gunner’s view of Derwent Dam flypast from David Cenciotti's weblog | On May 16-17, UK’s Royal Air Force celebrates the 70th anniversary of one its most famous raid in RAF history: the Dams raid conducted by 617 Squadron. The “Dambusters”, half of those never returned from the raids, were honoured with a dramatic tribute...

Smithsonian Air and Space Giving Away Part of its Collection By WarbirdsUpdate | Lest there be an uproar, we’ll state it upfront: The popular items the public loves to visit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C. are not being given away. So there’s no SR-71 Blackbird or Space Shuttle in the offing, but there are a number of items that the museum considers surplus to the museum’s objectives or goals and they are getting rid of them in a process called “deaccessioning” in the museum field which the Smithsonian engages in periodically...

Goodyear's Drake becomes a MAPS Air Museum exhibit - Canton Repository | Now the last surviving Goodyear Drake teaches, too, as a new permanent exhibit at MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport. The recently restored plane — repainted in its original yellow and blue Goodyear colors — will be dedicated at 1 p.m. today...

The Aero Experience Road Trip: TWA Is Focus of Two Museums in Kansas City from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | It's the start of Road Trip season, and The Aero Experience set out today to make some new friends at two museums in Kansas City, MO that focus on the history of TWA - the former Trans World Airlines....
The Plane With No Name - Air and Space Smithsonian | IT BEGINS WITH THE PUSH, USUALLY AT, say, 20,000 feet and maybe 50 miles from the target. The pilot runs through a checklist with the right-seater, then throws a switch on the left side of his flight control panel, engaging the terrain-following radar....

British Astronaut Assigned 2015 ISS Stay from Spaceports | Britain's first official astronaut, Major Tim Peake, 41, has been selected to fly on a five-month mission on the International Space Station in 2015, it is believed. The go-ahead for the flight will be seen as a major boost for the UK's space industry. Peake graduated as a...

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Indy 500 flyover to feature six World War II-era planes - Fox 59 | A North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engine medium bomber will be joined in formation by five North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft in the flyover that will appear above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the conclusion of the national anthem. The... Photo via Airpigz

Note: We'll see a B-25 today at The Preakness also! DAV Flight Team and Panchito for this event.

2013 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger :30 TV | Here is the 2013 :30 TV spot for the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger. The show will feature more than 15 world-class performers...

California Capital Airshow to Continue Despite Sequestration - KTXL | The Capital City Air Show at Mather Field is different than other air shows around the country – you can get up close to the technology, see it and feel it. About 100,000 people come every year. But this year, because of some belt-tightening in ...

Rocky Mountain Airshow 2013 features rocket launch, B-29 Flying Fortress and ... - The Denver Channel | Also new this year is a Jet Glider and Wing Walking team. The Rocky Mountain Airshow rocket launch will take place on Saturday, Aug. 17 – the first ever sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Interns at United Launch Alliance (ULA) in ...

The Patrouille de France celebrates 60 years - The Journal of Aviation | To announce the presentation of the third patrol squadron flying four F-84G, commentator Jacques Noetinger says "ladies and gentlemen, the Patrouille de France." This date marks the beginning of the career that we call...

Full line-up of 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show revealed - shropshirelive.com | Aerobatic displays will be sure to get the adrenaline pumping as a number of teams, including the popular RV8tors and The Blades, show off their dare-devil flying skills and demonstrate the ultimate example of accuracy and agility. Air Show spokesman...

Incredible ghostly image created by Russia's Red Arrows as they fire flares ... - Daily Mail | Looming out of the sky, its wings outstretched in the glare of the sun's rays, it looked like there was an angel watching over Russia. But as quickly as it appeared, the angel began to fade away. It wasn't a hallucination - it was the latest stunt from...

Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013 - Onet.pl | Nearly one hundred companies participating in the seventh International Exhibition "Everything for Aviation" Air Fair 2013, which began on Friday in Bydgoszcz. The attraction for visitors are airplanes and helicopters of the Air Force and Navy, and light aircraft ...

Last flying B-29 Superfortress makes stop in Birmingham for flights and tours ... - The Birmingham News - al.com | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham Aero Club is hosting a visit by the Commemorative Air Force's AirPower Tour at Kaiser Aircraft Industries ramp at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport May 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th. There will be 6 ...

Hey batter, batter... Look up! from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Take you’re midnight train to Georgia and come see us in Atlanta! The RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is making tracks to Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. Thanks to the good folks at KIA, we’ll be there Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day....

WWII Spitfires set to swoop over Dublin - Irish Examiner | A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast. More than 30 different types of aircraft, including military, vintage and large commercial carriers, will fly as low as...

Piece of WWII to come to Canton - Canton Daily Ledger | Conrad has been a pilot since 1985 and a member of the commemorative air force since 2001. He said the commemorative air force does 18 to 20 shows a year. One of his favorite parts of participating in events such as the Fly-in Drive-in is interacting...

Aviation and Aerospace Foundation gives top honours to six Canadian women - Canadian Skies | The national award program was established in 2009 to recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of women in aviation and aerospace in Canada. Since its inception, the program has grown from one to six separate award categories that now ...

Carbon air vets, public have a chance to experience a B-17 - Price Sun Advocate | That was the last time Sersland flew in an airplane until Monday, when he had an opportunity to fly in a B-17 Flying Fortress. Sersland, who now lives in Layton, is a World War II veteran and was a waist gunner on a B-17 bomber. He was a member of the ...

A Classy Organization Steps Up to Let The Oregon Duck Find His Wings from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | ...The classy professionalism of EAA was on full display at the Eugene Airport today as the association brought their immaculate B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast to the Willamette Valley for a stop on their 2013 Experience History tour. It was apparent to this writer that their devotion to keeping vintage airplanes and history alive while simultaneously exciting the public about airplanes is a thing of beauty to behold....

Harry Stenger's Inland Sport from Antique Airfield News | Mike Araldi also sent us some photos from Harry Stenger's shop in Bartow, FL, where Harry is rebuilding an Inland Sport W-500. Harry is currently rebuilding the Inland's Warner 145 engine and expects to be flying in 4 to 6 months.

Chandler Scout's Eagle history project aids Mesa air museum - AZCentral.com - Arizona Republic | The Chandler boy, 15, found both at Mesa's Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, which is displaying his research on the history of 80 model aircraft from World War I to the present. “I wanted to find an Eagle project that I felt...

Pilot survives small plane crash in Lynden neighborhood - KOMO | ...The single-engine Tiger Moth biplane is registered to Vern Swanson of Bellingham. Baar did not confirm if Swanson was the pilot at the controls...

Concrete (RC) Airplane 'Flies' (With Video) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology said earlier this month that students there had created and flown a small remote control aircraft made of concrete, but their level of success may be open to interpretation. The aircraft had a wingspan of 40 inches and weighed 18 pounds. A news release from the school notes...

Last Mercury Space Program Flight Remembered by McDonnell Aircraft Teammates from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The 50th anniversary of the last Mercury spacecraft flight was commemorated yesterday with a panel discussion hosted by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society at its monthly meeting at Creve Coeur Airport. Mercury Atlas 9, with...

Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests - Space.com | "Other flight tests will follow to validate the aerodynamic data used to control the vehicle in the atmosphere when it returns from space," Voss added. "This is a huge step forward for the SNC and NASA teams towards providing our nation with safe and ...

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Dark Clouds Hang Over Air Shows After Budget Cuts - ABC News | "This is as American as apple pie," said Sean Tucker, another top aerobatic pilot, from Salinas, Calif. "It's the Indianapolis 500, the Fourth of July, and 'Top Gun' rolled into one." Air shows pump about $1.5 billion into the economy and draw nearly ...

Red Arrows back with nine-plane displays after safety sign-off - The Independent | Sir Stephen said: "The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have designed a display of precision formation flying that encapsulates the agility and demonstrates the pure flying qualities required in the Royal Air Force. "The Reds are an...

Facebook campaign 'not enough to save airshow' - This is Kent | THE setting up of a Save Folkestone Airshow Facebook page, liked by hundreds of people within hours, is not enough for this year's event to proceed, organisers have confirmed. The page was created on Saturday, the day after the news of the cancellation...

Last flying B-29 bomber stops in Birmingham - WBRC.com - WBRC | The B-29 along with a lot of other warbirds will be available for rides and tours through Sunday evening. The aircraft are owned by the Commemorative Air Force in Addison, TX. Follow the signs at Birmingham Airport to Kaiser Aircraft Industries. For...

Evans Elementary Fun Fly day | Our second trip to Evans Elementary with the Evans Flyers and Rotors and Props members in attendance. Kids earned points for good behavior and those that reached at least 50 points in the month got to attend. 300+ students over TWO sessions!

Dambusters memorial from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | With the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid - Operation Chastise - here's a couple of pictures to commemorate the event. First up is this shot of an Avro Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight taken by AirSpace user Sunshine Band. More...

Warriors of the Night Disc 2 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Warriors of the Night Disc 2 Warriors of the Night Disc 2, 2003, DVD, 90 minutes Warriors of the Night is a three DVD set produced by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum – the mission of which is to keep history relevant by maintaining aircraft and flying them. The museum has a number of aircraft and…

Final Hog Sortie in Europe. from The Lexicans | The Cold War ended more than 20 years ago and things like this still make me realize just how much things have changed....

Video: Spend Some Quality Time With The X-47B (Carrier Suitability Testing) from AirPigz by Martt | The video of the X-47B making the first-ever unmanned-aircraft launch from an aircraft carrier a few days was very impressive, but the one above, released a few days ago by Northrop Grumman, is also great because it gives you a much more in-depth look at both the X-47B itself and the rock-solid flying characteristics of this amazing unmanned aircraft. It's a compilation of the work done this Spring conducting the 'carrier suitability testing'....

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.

More about the Mythbuster's third JATO rocket car episode from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford | I just noticed that the TRF thread on the episode has been joined by Rick Maschek, who was involved with the making of the rocket motors. He has two Facebook albums that are viewable: Building the motors; and, on the playa. In the thread, he confirms what I thought I had observed - that 38mm motors were used to ignite the P motors...

Cadet surprises date, also a cadet, with helicopter ride to prom from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | MICHIGAN – Civil Air Patrol Cadet 2nd Lt. John Garcia of the Livonia Thunderbolt Cadet Squadron had a surprise for his prom date and girlfriend of two years, Juliette Lundberg, a cadet second lieutenant in the Kalamazoo Cadet Squadron. Garcia is...

Seminar set for women weighing aviation careers - Toledo Blade | Shelby Beauregard, a licensed pilot and member of Women in Aviation International, will discuss various aspects of becoming a career pilot and answer questions about the aviation industry. Attendees also can 'fly' in a full-motion flight simulator and...

Get lost in space Saturday at Virginia Air & Space Center's first Sci-Fi Fest - Daily Press | The arrival of a new "Star Trek" movie provided a launch pad for a new event at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. Sci-Fi Fest is a one-day gathering of the intergalactic clans that seeks to spotlight both cutting-edge science and way-out ...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Armed Forces Weekend with IASAR

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Wings and helicopters fly at Strategic Air & Space Musem - Lincoln Journal Star | Then come to the Strategic Air & Space Museum on Saturday for "Wings Under the Wings," a wing-tasting event featuring helicopters. Sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings in association with the Nebraska Restaurant Association, the event is open to the public.

Snowbirds welcome Memorial Cup to Saskatoon - Star Phoenix - StarPhoenix | Fans of the Saskatoon Blades and other Canadian Hockey League teams gathered at the Vimy Memorial in Kiwanis Park Thursday to kick off the Memorial Cup tournament and watch the iconic Canadian Forces aerobatics squad, the Snowbirds, fly by...

Wyalkatchem Fly-In & Sausage Sizzle by Bunbury Aero Club | Pilots, aviation enthusiasts and friends are invited to take part in the Wyalkatchem Fly-In & Sausage Sizzle on the morning of May 19th, giving our community the opportunity to find out about aviation from local and visiting pilots. No formal flying program, but plenty of opportunity for aviating and sight-seeing....

Biggin Hill Air Show set for take off - This is Kent | ...During nearly five decades the summer crowd-pleaser became one of the largest civilian airshows in the world and the biggest privately organised in Europe, attracting 70,000 visitors at its height....

Team Pancho Barnes from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer(s) | Katja Jourdan and Amanda Suter | Beauty, brains and they fly too! These ladies are not your ordinary run of the mill college students. Times are a changing, and there is no limit for women who fly...

Bikes, blues and women in flight - The City Wire | In honor of Fayetteville being the finish line for the 2013 Air Race Classic, the Fayetteville Underground is holding a National Juried Art Exhibition themed “Women Take Flight” in the month of June. Artists – professional or otherwise – over the age...

Spectacular to pay tribute to fallen aviator - Toowoomba Chronicle | AN AERIAL salute to the life's work of fallen aviator Terry Kronk will be a bittersweet moment for organisers of the Emu Gully Air and Land Spectacular. Mr Kronk, who co-founded the event with Barry Rodgers, died after crashing his P-51 Mustang replica ...

Lancaster bomber to join International Air Tattoo in Dambusters salute - Quedgeley People | To celebrate, organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford have arranged for a BBMF Lancaster bomber - one of the only two in the world still airworthy - to fly alongside a Tornado from the 617 Squadron in remembrance of the ...

Dambusters Commemoration – Plus 1 from The Lexicans | There was a couple of excellent programmes on the BBC last night, paying tribute to the Dambusters raid of 617 Squadron seventy years ago. There were two surviving crew members present at the sunset ceremony at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire which was broadcast live.

'Save the bomber plant': Yankee Air Museum raising funds to acquire part of ... - Detroit Free Press | The massive Willow Run factory in Ypsilanti Township faces likely destruction, but backers of a plan to preserve part of it to expand the neighboring Yankee Air Museum launched a campaign Thursday to raise $5 million. The “Save the Bomber Plant” ...

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Hats off to the US Coast Guard from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've always had a lot of respect for the men and women of the US Coast Guard. Not only do they do their best to secure our maritime commerce, they put their lives on the line to rescue those who are in trouble or in danger, despite risks to themselves which are sometimes very great. As their unofficial motto puts it, "You have to go out. You don't have to come back."...

Summer Camp Options Abound For Youngsters - WOWT | It's part of Robotics Camp and Hannah Luebbe of the Strategic Air & Space Museum said, "It's great fun and in addition to we also have Astronaut Academy, and our The Skies The Limit Camp features essentially anything that flies. That includes hot air ...

Virgin Galactic Has Hired Its Pilots from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and a former NASA space shuttle commander have been hired to fly space tourists in Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, the company has announced....

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Air shows suffer due to sequestration, Hondo Fly-in expected to draw crowd - Bandera County Courier | Hondo's own Commemorative Air Force Tex Hill Wing is named for famous AVG ace David "Tex" Hill. Special recognition will be given to all military veterans and active duty personnel. The Air Force Band of the West will provide music for the opening and...

Briefs: Hollister Air Show approaches, VFW needs volunteers and more - Hollister Free Lance | HOLLISTER – The Hollister Airshow will be May 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hollister Municipal Airport. See thrilling aerobatic maneuvers in the sky and motorcycle demonstrations. Tickets are available at the airport manager's office at 90 ...

Fulton flying club to host Fly-in Sunday - Canton Daily Ledger | he Fly-in Drive-in will include a car display and plane rides as well as an appearance of the 1944 B25J Mitchell Bomber form the Commemorative Air Force-Missouri Wing. The Bomber will land at 8 a.m. and will be available for rides for people of all age...

Planes of Fame To Host ‘Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft’ Living History Event - Warbird Radio | Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) is presenting its monthly Living History Event Day this Saturday May 18th 2013. From 10am-12pm the event ‘Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft’ will take place. Aviation historians and modeler builders Charlie Isaacs and Kevin Thompson will provide an overview of Italian military aircraft through the years. A first for the...

First-ever display by the Eagle Squadron opens the Spring Air Show from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Spring Air Show (Sunday 26 May) commences its flying programme in superb style with the first-ever display of the Eagle Squadron, a historic four-ship comprising a Hawker Hurricane, upermarine Spitfire, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and North American P-51 Mustang. P-51C Mustang Princess Elizabeth was shipped over from the USA specifically for the Spring Air Show....

Stearman Flight Formation Clinic Held at Creve Coeur Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Last Saturday was a busy day for The Aero Experience. While Carmelo Turdo was at Air Associates of Missouri covering Cessna Demo Day, Fred Harl and I were covering the Bonne Terre Community Airport ribbon cutting ceremony. After each event we converged upon Creve Coeur Airport as we received information that there was going to be a clinic on formation flying in the classic Stearman biplane. Of the 12 Stearman...

The Allen Airways Fly In San Diego May 10-11, 2013 from Photorecon by Douglas Aguillard | Now I have always been a huge fan of aviation, but more towards the planes of the second World War and after, so when I got a call on a Thursday night from a fellow Photorecon photojournalist, about covering a story for him, I was a little apprehensive, as the story was about a group of Boeing/Sterman owner’s who would...

Warbirds invitations go out - Otago Daily Times | Reporting to the annual meeting of the Warbirds Over Wanaka Community Trust this week, general manager Ed Taylor said he had contacted the air forces of Australia, France, Singapore and the United States about the Easter 2014 show but had yet to hear ...

Memphis Belle Anniversaires Highlight Aircraft’s Famous Past - Warbird Radio | The National Museum of the United States Air Forces reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend. Seventy years ago, the B-17F Memphis Belle was flying over the skies of Europe on bombing missions during World War II. Today, the famed aircraft is undergoing restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....

Captain William Stewart "Bud" Orr, USN (Ret.) and co-author Fran E. Orr from What is Silver Wings Over Washington? by Ron David | ...Please join us to welcome our eclectic and entertaining Speakers Captain William Stewart "Bud" Orr, USN (Ret.) and his charming and beautiful co-author Fran E. Orr...

Documentary on Cliff Robertson underway from General Aviation News | Academy Award winner Cliff Robertson was a talented actor and a skilled and accomplished aviator and no doubt both will be featured prominently in a planned documentary to honor him....

Orville Wright letter to be auctioned off from General Aviation News | One of aviation’s greatest storylines comes to life during Swann Auction Galleries’ Autographs Sale on May 23. On Nov. 10, 1921, Orville Wright sent a typed, signed letter to the publisher of Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, in response to the controversy surrounding the Langley vs. Wright flight...

The Aviators adds Joe Ellis to Season 4 cast from General Aviation News | The international docuseries “The Aviators,” which can be seen weekly on most public television stations across the U.S., will add airline captain and professional musician Joe Ellis to the cast for Season 4 as one of the program’s hosts.

Chapter to Finish Fallen Member's Plane from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A special project is occurring at the EAA Chapter 79 hangar on Spokane, Washington's Felts Field. About a dozen chapter members are working to complete panel work on the RV-8 owned by a fellow member, United States Air Force Capt. Tyler Voss, who was tragically killed along with two other airmen when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed on May 3 in Kyrgyzstan.

A Morning visit to MCAS Yuma. from Photorecon by Douglas Aguillard | On May 9th, the United States Marine Corps invited a select few members of the media to the Air Station for an “Open House” of the new faculties that have been built on the base for the latest Marine Corps addition to it’s aviation wing, the Joint Strike Fighter, a.k.a, the F-35B Lightning II, made by Lockheed. Photorecon.net was represented...

SolarWorld e-One is an Electric Plane with Over 600 Miles of Range - Inside EVs - InsideEVs | How is it that electric aircraft can stay airborne for 1000 km and as long 8 hours at a speed of roughly 75 mph? According to the manufacturer, it's possible because the SolarWorld e-One requires only 2.5 kW of power while in flight. When the sun is ...

Jackie Chan shows off his Embraer Legacy 650 from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | ...We taxied past the RAF’s famous Red Arrows display team on our way out of Farnborough. Since everyone on board was an aviation enthusiast this was a nice treat. They even park neatly....

Young Eagles rally at Fallbrook Airpark includes 1000th flight - Village News Network | FALLBROOK – During the Young Eagles rally held at Fallbrook Airpark on Saturday, April 27, the 1,000th youngster was flown out of Fallbrook Air Park. The Young Eagle was Dacy Denton, 8, of Fallbrook, and the pilot was Don Evans, also of Fallbrook.