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• Flight Tracking Made Easy

  Technology has made it very easy to track an airplane’s progress as it departs one airport and travels to another. Whether it’s you on board or a loved one, it’s comforting to know the ...

• 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 ...

• Thunder on the Lakeshore 2013

  One of the featured acts of Thunder on the Lakeshore 2013 is the Detroit chapter of the Tuskeegee Airmen of WWII flying their motor-gliders and an historic T34 aircraft...

• Airplanes: Glassy Water Landings

  We haven’t had much of a summer in this northern country. The leaves are already changing and I can count on two hands the number of calm, warm days we’ve had since spring. For the ...

• Rockford Airfest 2010

  The Rockford Airfest 2010 will be taking place from the 31st of July to 1 August 2010, at the Rockford International Airport, near Chicago. The festival will fill the skies overhead with ...

• Waterloo Air Show 2013

  Highlights of the program for the Waterloo Air Show include performances by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, CF-18 Demonstration Team Jet Aircraft Museum T-33 "Mako Shark", Jane Wicker Wing ...

• 2012 Indianapolis Air Show

  The 2012 Indianapolis Air Show will be a memorable event with many talented performers taking to the air to astound the crowds. Catch the following in action: USAF Thunderbirds, Tim Weber ...

• Proposed Heathrow Expansion Debated

  As the call for the expansion of London Heathrow Airport grows more insistent, with high-profile entrepreneur Richard Branson adding his voice to the debate, resident groups that will be ...

• EU Emissions Trading Scheme Boosts Biofuels

  Launched in 2005 as a measure to combat climate change, the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was the world’s first large scale emissions trading scheme using a market-based ...

• First Fuel Cell Powered Flight

  Up until now aircraft making use of fuel cells have not been powered exclusively by this power source. But that all changed on the September 30, 2008, at the Stuttgart airport where the German ...

• Abbotsford Airshow 2014

  Performers at the 2014 Abbotsford Airshow include the Canadian Forces Snowbirds; the Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team; the Canadian Forces Parachute Team...

• Supersonic Jet Market Booming

  They may be well beyond the scope of the average businessman, but supersonic business jets are fast becoming hot property. With the ever-increasing demand for fast business jets, the market for ...