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The actions of Ardmore Flying School's new owners have shocked New Zealand's pilots association.

Last Flight of the Silver Stars Last Flight of the Silver Stars By Jim Bates On a crisp, but CAVU, Friday morning in December the last two working Canadair Silver Stars in the United States conducted their final “official” flight before retirement.  (The National Research Council Canada (NRC) still operates Canadair built T-33 C-FSKH for various flight test programs.)  The flight, done to commemorate the Silver Star’s long careers with Boeing, departed Boeing Field on December 4, 2020, to make a formation fly-past of Paine Field before returning back to Boeing Field. Boeing started op...

Two of Poland’s best-loved cartoon characters, Kajko i Kokosz, are getting their own show. Animation lovers will soon get a new treat courtesy of Netflix, when the adaptation of Janusz Christa’s classic comic book Kajko i Kokosz is released some time next year. The comics, published between 1972 and 1991, star the titular two Slavic warriors and depict their medieval battles against dragons, witches, and evil knights. Often compared with Asterix and Obelix, Kajko i Kokosz stories always, in addition to fantasy battles, featured tongue-in-cheek references to the vagaries of everyday life...

Life, haven't you? >> that's right. >> his service to his country began in 1951. >> i used to say i wanted to fly airplanes. you don't do that except in the military. >> over the course of his 29 year career with the united states air force, johnson did a whole lot more than just fly air planes. after 62 combat missions in korea, he helped the airport trust the effects of nuclear explosion on planes by flying right into them. >> i flew through an air burst. no big deal. >> johnson was selected to fly lead solo with the elite air force thunder birds. >> i heard a story about maybe flying too fa...

>> guess what you? you might be chosen to be the new head of the faa. time for our monumental hour. our favorite part of the show, a person who might be deserving of more recognition. >> in this case, a pilot. >> today, aviation pioneer bessie coleman, world's first civilian licensed african-american pilot. in 1920, she taught herself french and went to paris to learn how to fly. there is no u.s. flight school would take her. >> crazy. >> after coming along, staging the first public flight by an african-american woman in 1922. >> bessie went on to tour the count country performing in dozens of...