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Hundreds Honor Life of R.A. Bob Hoover

At an event hosted at Clay Lacy Aviation’s brand new facility at the Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, California, a crowd of hundreds of aviation enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the life of famed military, test and airshow pilot R. A. Bob Hoover. Masters of ceremonies Sean D. Tucker and Danny Clisham encouraged the crowd […]

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Flying Aviation Expo Opens in Sunny Palm Springs

Flying Aviation Expo officially welcomed attendees to a new show site for this year at the Palm Spring International Airport in Southern California. More than 30 general aviation airplanes are on display today through Saturday amid dozens of educational seminars, exhibits inside the hangars at the airport and parties in the evenings at the Palm […]

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Big Updates on B-29 Doc Project

The volunteers that have been hard at work restoring Doc, a Superfortress that was one of eight B-29s named after characters in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, didn’t quite get the airplane flying by AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as the group had hoped. But Doc’s Friends, the organization that is spearheading the restoration, says […]

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Top 100 Warbirds

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Memphis Belle Gets a Facelift

A new look has been bestowed upon the Memphis Belle (The Movie), the B-17 Flying Fortress used as the platform for the 1990 movie Memphis Belle, a fictionalized depiction of the airplane’s final mission. The B-17 is still in service and is operated by the Liberty Foundation, which uses the airplane to educate the public […]

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Four to Enter Aviation Hall of Fame Next Year

Four illustrious pilots will be enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) for 2013. The inductees include Charles Alfred Anderson; Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady; Captain Robert “Hoot” Gibson; and Dwane Wallace, who will be honored at a black tie dinner. Anderson and Wallace will be inducted posthumously. Charles Anderson is called “the father […]

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NAA Names 2012 Distinguished Statesmen Recipients

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced the recipients of this year’s Wesley L. McDonald Elder Statesman of Aviation Awards. This year’s recipients include Keith Ferris, Dick Koenig, Christopher Kraft, Henry Ogrodzinski and Dr. Irving Statler. The group will be honored at the NAA Fall Awards Banquet on Tuesday, November 13, at the Crystal Gateway […]

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Doolittle Raid Reunion to Celebrate Veterans of Historic Mission

Seventy years after the Doolittle Raiders took off from the USS Hornet in B-25s for the first air strike of World War II on the Japanese mainland, the five remaining Doolittle Raiders are coming together to commemorate their historic mission and share their stories with the public. The reunion will take place April 17-20 at […]

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