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Seething Airfield Charity Air Day 2009
Taking place on Saturday 5 September 2009, this popular event is as much about families having fun, as it is about the aircraft on display. The Seething Airfield Tower Museum has played a major ...
The Great New England Air Show This September
The Westover Air Force Reserve Base is the largest of its kind in the country and is home to the 439th Airlift Wing, which is an Air Force Reserve Command unit. Here the staff operates sixteen ...
Airlines Celebrate 60 Years of Transatlantic Flights to NYC
Air France and KLM are jointly celebrating their 60th anniversary of flight service from Europe to New York City. On May 21, 1946 KLM flew from Amsterdam to New York with 44 passengers. Air ...
World’s Fastest Helicopter Tested By United Tech
United Technologies Corp is already the second-largest helicopter maker in the world so it comes as no surprise that they have been hard at work creating what is being hailed as the world’s ...
Aviation in the Film Industry
Have you ever wondered how film crews manage to capture footage inside the cabin and cockpit of an airplane, where space is often very limited? Or how they film those airport terminal and runway ...
Ultralight Aircraft Safety Concerns Raised
A series of recent crashes in southwest Florida involving ultralight aircraft has highlighted the risks of operating these non-standard, unregulated aircraft - for the pilot, and people on the ...
Virginia Regional Festival of Flight
The Virginia Regional Festival of Flight will feature two days of family flight and aircraft. New to the event is the Parade of Flight, which will include antiques, experimental aircraft and ...
Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet Debuts At Oshkosh
The long awaited Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet made its much anticipated public debut at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The aircraft jetted in with a high-speed pass before ...
Experimental Aircraft Research
A look at the evolution of aviation reveals that many times it was flight enthusiasts and amateurs who led the way in developing foundations on which improvements could be made to transform and ...
New Garmin® Synthetic Vision System Receives Certification
Garmin International Inc. has proudly announced that it has received FAA supplemental type certification for the new Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVTâ„¢). The new technology is designed ...
2008 Aircraft Interiors Expo
The Aircraft Interiors Expo is considered to be the largest exhibition in the world that is exclusively devoted to interior design and cabin systems engineering for airplanes. The 2007 event ...
Looking Back at the Farnborough Air Show
Despite rising fuel prices and crashing economies, the Farnborough Air Show in England enjoyed a massive turn-out. There was the usual collection of aircraft manufactures, shareholders, ...