WWII bomber jacket rescued from Goodwill, returned to 90-year-old vet

By Jennifer Hlad, Stars and Stripes | @jhlad Robert Arand enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 as an aviation cadet. He went to training in 1943 and by February 1945, he was hea
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The Restorers, new Aviation Restoration TV series being filmed

[hr4] The latest sizzle reel for the new program series “The Restorers.” Now filming nationwide to bring you the stories of antique aircraft restorers and of aviation h
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Follow the Solar Impulse Flight Across The United States

Solar Impulse is an innovative project leveraging technological prowess and the spirit of adventure by means of an airplane. Launched in 2003, it completed the world’s first solar 
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Cessna Citation Sovereign First Flight

Cessna’s new Citation Sovereign recently made its first production flight. Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced the program last year. The fl
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Ghostly Plane Wrecks Found in Remote, Exotic Locations

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SpaceShipTwo First Powered Supersonic Flight

[hr4] Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar InvestmentsPJC, completed the first rocket-powered f
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2012 Camarillo Airshow Footage

By Neil Pugh I visited the Camarillo Airshow in 2012 as part of the 67th Checkertail Clan Reunion. While there I shot some of the aerial flyby’s along with taxiing of the WW2
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Checkertails Part 1 – a Documentary by Neil ‘Mysticpuma’ Pugh

Part 1 of a two-part Documentary on the famous 325th Fighter Group, known during the War and since as “The Checkertail Clan”. Filmed over a 3-year period and including
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Checkertails Part 2 – The Legend of the 325th Fighter Group

Using interviews (audio and video), filmed over 5-years and on three different cameras across the United States, this film tells the story of the men who served and fought with the
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Boeing Museum of Flight offers B-17 Ground School

From May 17-19, 2013, The Boeing Museum of Flight will be offering a unique, 2-day course centered around the iconic World War II bomber, the Boeing B-17. This course will familiar
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