Indy Transponder: Indy Transponder 4-January

Remembering lost fliers - 2007
By Mike Souders
Steve Hilligoss, founder of Indianapolis Air Show, June 22, 2007. Tributes here, and here. John McKittrick, a well respected aviator. He bought a P-51 and was getting himself ready to race the pylons. AAFO posts, Related post. ... http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/remembering-lost-fliers-2007/

Late Pilot Named To North Dakota Aviation Hall Of Fame
Aero-News Network - FL,USA
As ANN reported, Beck was killed July 27, when his P-51A touched wingtips with a second aircraft on landing, following a simulated air race demonstration at ... http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=5851cae2-8bc6-4119-b844-92798463a28c

Airman bails out, joins Army Golden Knights
ArmyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
A parachuting enthusiast, LaRoche has the distinction of being the first airman to join the Army’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team. ... http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/military_golden_knights_071231w/

Aviation Nation Foundation, in association with Lee Production Services, has completed and is now shipping Aviation Nation 2007 DVDs. This 2 disc set, features almost 2 hours of flying from the air show in November. Disc One contains all of the military reenactments, and civilian aerobatic acts. Disc Two contains the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration. Go to: http://aviationnation.org/07/video/dvd.html to order your copy. Be sure to select International shipping if you live outside of the US. We will be shipping PAL DVDs by the January 7th.

January Newsletter, National Museum of the United States Air Force • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071231-013.pdf

EAAers Launch New Aviation Radio Show on January 5

This weekend marks the debut of a new general aviation radio show created by two members of EAA Chapter 193 in Jacksonville, Florida. http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-01-03_radio.asp http://www.flighttimeradio.com/

IWASM Reflects On 2007 Achievements, Looks Ahead To 2008
Aero-News Network - FL,USA
"Rock 'N Barrel Rolls" was full of artifacts of famous women aerobatic pilots, from Ruth Law to Patty Wagstaff. Education was a major focus at IWASM with ... http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=99a96f07-217b-4488-ade5-60c94af31d46

Elmendorf air show dates announced
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Elmendorf Air Force Base announced the dates and the featured entertainers for its giant air show Wednesday. The two day event will happen June 28 and 29 ... http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=7570433

ICAS President John Cudahy Weighs In On 2007
Aero-News Network - FL,USA
In 2008, the International Council of Air Shows will also be focusing on issues related to air show sustainability. The long-term survival of individual air ... http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=47322045-4f74-4f5e-b8b7-6916bf8208a8

Mark you Calendar Now for Tyndall's Gulf Coast Salute
WJHG-TV - Panama City,FL,USA
Tyndall Air Force Base’s annual Gulf Coast Salute Open House and Air Show is scheduled for March 29. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds, ... http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/12945297.html

Air show isn't pointless "celebration of the instruments of war"
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Re the Tuesday letter, "No more air show": I do agree that McDonald's could spend its $3 million on something like cancer, but I am insulted by the remark, ... http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-brmail872sbdec30,0,561269.story

World’s oldest plane to make regional debut at Al Ain Airshow
ArabianBusiness.com (press release) - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
The largest ever Al Ain International Aerobatics Championship - the curtain raiser to the global air sports calendar, which runs in the ‘Garden City' of Al ... http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_pressreleases&view=detail&pr_id=10591&Itemid=77&ln=en

Vintage airplane open to viewing at Sky Harbour
Goderich Signal-Star - Ontario, Canada
Lee Lauderback, once operated Stallion 51, a company that rebuilds vintage aircraft and runs a flying school for warbirds in Kissimmee, Florida. ... http://www.goderichsignalstar.com/News/364951.html

P-39 Found in Russia

These are some good pictures and history of the aircraft - very unusual for an aircraft lost for so long. This is a P-39 that was recently recovered from a lake in Russia. The aircraft went down in WWII and the pilot's remains were still in the cockpit. Also in the cockpit was a can of lend lease cooked pork lard, onions, salt and spices - the lend lease version of SPAM http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p39/index.htm

Organizer bids farewell to Air Tattoo
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
THE man who helped put the Royal' into the Royal International Air Tattoo is preparing to take off after 11 years with the airshow. ... http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1934867.0.organiser_bids_farewell_to_air_tattoo.php

BAE in talks for joint venture in India
Independent - London,England,UK
The Hawk, used for pilot training by the Royal Air Force and by the Red Arrows aerobatic flying team, is already made under an agreement with BAE by the ... http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3301064.ece

Essential Heritage Flight
By Rob Wetterholt Jr.
Flying on the right side of the F-15E is Ed Shipley in his beautiful North American F-86 Sabre of Korean War fame. On the left side of the Strike Eagle is Dale "Snort" Snodgrass in a North American P-51D Mustang. ... http://gunfighter157.livejournal.com/1851.html

Farnborough South?
AVweb - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief India’s aviation ministry is teaming with Farnborough International, the company that organizes the famous air show in ... http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/FarnboroughSouth_196867-1.html

Gassaway, airport operator, dead at 83
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
Through Young Eagles, regular flight instruction and an Aviation Explorers Boy Scout post he established at the airport, Mr. Gassaway is believed to have ... http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/12/31/1231gassaway.html

A preliminary listing of UK airshow dates for 2008 has been added: http://www.aeroflight.co.uk /shows/showdate.htm

The page listing world air show events also now includes initial dates for 2008: http://www.aeroflight.co.uk /shows/showdate-world.htm

A year in review
Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton - Dayton,OH,USA
The United States Air Force 60th anniversary was also celebrated at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Many visitors enjoyed the annual area festivals and ... http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=6&ArticleID=146275

Inaugural Air Show Okayed For OC In June
The Dispatch - Ocean City,MD,USA
By Ali Baker, Staff Writer OCEAN CITY – The first Ocean City Air Show will be flying into Ocean City this June, and although the event will be occurring ... http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/article.php?cid=30&id=2282

Warbirds show will return in 2010
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
By MARJORIE COOK WARBIRDS Over Wanaka organisers have shot down rumours that this year’s event will be the last. Planning for WOW 2010 starts at the end of ... http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2008,01,04,14,01400,b5d0ae3b008f7503ed19bfef23b73877&sect=2

Thunderbirds coming back to Alaska for statehood party
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
The event, featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds, is scheduled for June 28-29. It will celebrate Alaska's 50th year of statehood. ... http://www.adn.com/anchorage/story/253289.html

Major Defense Contract for Allison to be Announced

U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) on Friday will announce a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for Allison Transmission’s Plant 14 in Indianapolis. The plant makes transmissions for armored military vehicles and employs more than 250 workers. http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=27141

Purdue Helping to Develop Advanced Aircraft Engines

Purdue University engineers are using the university's quiet wind tunnel to conduct experiments to yield critical data for designing an advanced aircraft called the X-51A, powered by engines called scramjets. The Purdue wind tunnel is the only wind tunnel capable of running quietly at hypersonic speeds, which is critical for collecting data to show precisely how air flows over a vehicle's surface in flight. http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=27113

Purdue Wind Tunnel Key For 'Hypersonic Vehicles,' Future Space Planes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The vehicle is scheduled to fly in a series of tests by 2009. The project is part of an effort to build future missiles six times faster than today's cruise ... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080102134113.htm

ISSUES IN '08: Airport issue lingers
Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
A private Indianapolis-based company, Aerofinity, drafted a report about what an airport would look like in southern Madison County. ... http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_365213151.html