AirRace.com.au http://www.airrace.com.au Just another WordPress site Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:43:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Army vet leads the banished http://www.airrace.com.au/army-vet-leads-the-banished/ http://www.airrace.com.au/army-vet-leads-the-banished/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:43:55 +0000 News http://www.airrace.com.au/army-vet-leads-the-banished/ The aircraft's engine hummed. It was the same sound Hector Barajas heard on the countless aviation missions he'd taken when he served in the US Army's 82nd Airborne division. “I was ready to parachute out,” Barajas said. This time, however, he didn't …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/rosebud-up-in-the-air-about-festival/feed/ 0 Michael Brait named Airman of the Year http://www.airrace.com.au/michael-brait-named-airman-of-the-year/ http://www.airrace.com.au/michael-brait-named-airman-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:26:07 +0000 News http://www.airrace.com.au/michael-brait-named-airman-of-the-year/ As their limousine departed, Michael Brait and his four brothers looked forward to the commemoration they would attend that evening which honored members of today's United States Armed Forces. All those being recognized would be known as national …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/female-troubles-the-c5-siren/feed/ 0 UK pilot flies F-35C for first time http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-3/ http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-3/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:35 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-3/ Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Schofield on Tuesday became the United Kingdom's first military test pilot to fly the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The British defence planners initially planned to …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-3/feed/ 0 UK pilot flies F-35C for first time http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-2/ http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-2/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:35 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-2/ Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Schofield on Tuesday became the United Kingdom's first military test pilot to fly the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The British defence planners initially planned to …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time-2/feed/ 0 UK pilot flies F-35C for first time http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time/ http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:34 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time/ Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Schofield on Tuesday became the United Kingdom's first military test pilot to fly the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The British defence planners initially planned to …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/uk-pilot-flies-f-35c-for-first-time/feed/ 0 Countdown to closure as club members face worst cash crisis http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:31 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ The county branch of the Royal Air Force Association (Rafa) is based at the club in Guildhall Square and is facing the fact it may soon have nowhere to meet. Club secretary Des Arundel said the future was bleak. “I am appealing for people to use the …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/feed/ 0 Countdown to closure as club members face worst cash crisis http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:31 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ The county branch of the Royal Air Force Association (Rafa) is based at the club in Guildhall Square and is facing the fact it may soon have nowhere to meet. Club secretary Des Arundel said the future was bleak. “I am appealing for people to use the …

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]]> http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/feed/ 0 Countdown to closure as club members face worst cash crisis http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:31 +0000 Marty http://www.airrace.com.au/countdown-to-closure-as-club-members-face-worst-cash-crisis/ The county branch of the Royal Air Force Association (Rafa) is based at the club in Guildhall Square and is facing the fact it may soon have nowhere to meet. Club secretary Des Arundel said the future was bleak. “I am appealing for people to use the …

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