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Happy Birthday Dad!
August 28, 2012 10:22 amToday is my father’s birthday and to celebrate, and since he was air crew on Skywarriors in VQ squadrons during the 70s, here is a picture of an A-3 Skywarrior from VQ-1 over the South China Seas.
A-3 Skywarrior of VQ-1 over the South China seas. USN Photo
Strumovik flies in the USA!
August 9, 2012 10:39 am
Flying Heritage Collection flew its new IL-2 for the first time in the United States today! It was flown by Steve Hinton and has to put on a few hours of flight testing for the FAA before its public debut on September 15.
Report and picture by WIX member Jason Fortenbacher
Saab Gripen Demo – Farnborough 2012
July 12, 2012 12:36 pmSource: airboyd.tv
Warbird Of The Day
July 2, 2012 4:11 pm
TP-51C MUSTANG/42-103293/Betty Jane
(Photograph by Bill Scheuerman)
Flying Legends Air Show 2012 Trailer
June 29, 2012 11:52 amI’ve never seen a trailer for an airshow but this one makes me think all airshows should make one.
This is a trailer for the 2012 Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, UK. The show will be held on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July, for more information and to buy tickets go to www.fighter-collection.com
Planes Of Fame SBD Dauntless flight wth tail camera
June 28, 2012 12:18 pmThis video shows an interesting angle of the Planes Of Fame SBD Dauntless/Bu. 28536, The music is so-so but you can’t help but like the view.
Source: Planes Of Fame Museum
Groundswell of opposition halts bid to ground warbirds
May 4, 2012 8:19 pmBy Jim Moore @ aopa.org
The nation’s airworthy warbirds have survived, for now, another attempt to knock them out of the sky.
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), co-chairman of the House GA Caucus, worked with AOPA, EAA, and many other organizations to rally opposition to a potential amendment that would have banned the transfer of military aircraft to civilian operators who planned to fly them. The amendment would have jeopardized existing agreements and grounded all American warbirds.
Don’t Mess With Texas….
February 24, 2012 1:08 pmIn 1991 the Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force) partnered with the Don’t Mess With Texas Campaign to create an Anti-Littering Commercial.
Watch the making of video after the jump
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Spitfire P9374 takes to the air – September 2011
January 29, 2012 2:45 pmWarbird Registry Profile: Spitfire P9374
