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Massive air show coming to Utah's Hill Air Force Base - Salt Lake Tribune | Among the events will be a "heritage" flight to show the evolution of air power. Capt. Garrett "Mace" Dover of the 388th Fighter Wing at HAFB will pilot an F-16 Fighting Falcon alongside civilian pilot Greg Anders in a P-51 Mustang.

Tukwila skies a bit louder because of visiting aircraft - Tukwila Reporter | Residents should be aware that these aircraft are sanctioned by permits from the Federal Aviation Administration and are intended for the enjoyment of pilots, fans of aviation history and the general public. The King County International Airport is an...

Fly into the Valley of Speed for Memorial Day Weekend from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | 3D Entertainment Distribution announced today that its new theatrical release, Air Racers 3D, narrated by actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise), will be opening at additional IMAX theatres this Friday, including at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Washington, DC), National Museum of the United States Air Force (Dayton, Ohio), USS Lexington Museum on the Bay (Corpus Christi, Texas), Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum (McMinnville, Oregon) and the New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamogordo, New Mexico), before launching at COSI, The Center of Science & Industry (Columbus, Ohio) on June 9....

Last B-29 aloft - Charlotte Observer | By Mark Washburn On exhibit this weekend at the Carolinas Aviation Museum are three World War II-era planes: A B-29 Superfortress, a B-24 bomber and a P-51 fighter plane operated by the Commemorative Air Force. Carolinas Aviation Museum is at 4672...

FAA to Review Living History Flight Experience-Exemptions for Passenger Carrying Operations Policy from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The FAA has historically found an overwhelming public interest in preserving United States aviation history, including former military aircraft transferred to private individuals or organizations for the purpose of restoring and flying these aircraft. The FAA has further determined that, with appropriate conditions and limitations imposed for public safety purposes, access to these aircraft can include allowing the public to experience flight. Because the regulations (14 CFR) do not otherwise allow such operations, the FAA established through its mid-1990s Living History Flight Experience (LHFE) policy that exemptions are an...

Historic Aircraft Community Fears Further FAA Restrictions from Aero-News Network | Why Does The FAA Seem SO Intent on Shutting Down Historic Aircraft Flight Operations? ANN is monitoring the reactions that have been piling up this week to recent FAA statements, memorandums and discussions concerning the future of operating historic aircraft in the USA. With public meetings coming up in just a month, the temperature of the community that embraces, restores, operates, instructs in, and maintains these aircraft is about as distrustful of the FAA's intent and goodwill as we have ever seen it... and for potentially good reason. An increasingly risk/work adverse mindset in certain divisions of the FAA is creating a huge need for proactive effort on their part in order to make that these extraordinary historic aircraft remain airworthy and flying... an effort that is clearly being thwarted by senior people within the FAA.

P-40 And Flying Fortress Lend Lease (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

B1-B Lancer from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The B1-B Lancer, an amazing looking aircraft serving an unique role in our Air Force. First flight in ’74, introduction in ’86, it’s first air combat was in Operation Desert Fox in ’98. Finding a role today for this...

Prudenville vet served with Flying Tigers in China - Houghton Lake resorter | Joining the US Army Air Corps in 1943 at the age of 27, Calkins became a part of one of the most celebrated air units in World War II, the Flying Tigers. You must be an online subscriber to view this story. The full version of this story will be...

On this day: Darwin applauds record flight - Australian Geographic | (Credit: Getty) AFTER 19 DAYS of flying 26-year-old British aviatrix Amy Johnson touched down in Darwin to world acclaim, claiming the title of first female to fly solo from England to Australia. Born on 1 July 1903 in Hull, England, Amy completed a...

Charles E. Taylor…Who is he? from General Aviation News by Dale Forton | Born on May 24, 1868, Charles E. Taylor grew into a career as a machinist. In the 1890s he settled in Ohio with his wife who had friends there. In 1901 two brothers who owned a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, decided they needed someone they could trust to run their shop as they went off on crazy adventures in North Carolina. By 1903 the the Wright brothers had involved their "Foreman Machinist" in their...

Question of the Week: When Is a Stunt Too Reckless? from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Gary Connery made the record books on Tuesday by jumping out of an airplane and landing unscathed without a parachute. Did that cross some hypothetical line between legitimacy and lunacy?Plus: Last week, we asked AVweb readers what they thought of Virgin Atlantic's decision to allow limited cell phone calls on trans-Atlantic flights; click through for the breakdown of answers.

For the love of pilots from General Aviation News by Deb McFarland | In my experience, airports fall into two categories. There are those that are all business, a sterile environment where pilots and passengers pass through for a time, leaving none of themselves or their experiences behind. These are efficient patches of asphalt that are necessary in modern times, and it is not the function or responsibility of these facilities to inspire. Then there are the other places, those half-forgotten patches of grass or concrete where a middle-aged housewife with gray hair or a gangly teenaged boy whose arms have not quite come to terms with his legs are encouraged to follow a desire to...

Video: In Record-Breaking Parachuteless Skydive, Man Jumps 2,400 Feet Into a Pile of Boxes from POPSCI | Gary Connery broke the record today for skydiving sans parachute and also, presumably, took home a gold medal in being a badass. But that wasn't all: The 42-year-old father-stuntman-crazy-person gave Newton's First Law one more slap in the face by diving from 2,400 feet above Buckinghamshire, England, and straight into 18,600 cardboard boxes....

HD Video: UK Wingsuit Flyer Lands Without Deploying Parachute... On Cardboard Box Runway from AirPigz by Martt | To be honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to post anything about the successful wingsuit jump accomplished earlier today by Gary Connery in Henley, England. But after seeing him speak about the jump immediately after (as this video shows), I decided that his effort was not driven by runaway ego and excessive pride. I can certainly respect that, and his accomplishment...

Solar Impulse takes off tomorrow to Morocco from Aeronautique.ma by Aeronautique.ma | Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar experimental aircraft, will begin tomorrow Thursday its first intercontinental flight from Switzerland to Morocco, is a...

Film student turns camera on 'flying car' - Folsom Telegraph | Individuals interviewed in the film include aircraft designer Burt Rutan and air-show pilot Julie Clark, of Cameron Park. Filmmakers Hardie and Konstantin Brazhnik are currently seeking financial sponsors to complete the film. To donate to the project,...

F-35B First Flight at Eglin from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | An F-35B Lightning II made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base Tuesday, two months after 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing officially introduced the Marine Corps' fifth generation fighter to the world at the 33rd Fighter Wing. "Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 has had an exciting year with the arrival of our first three...