Indy Transponder 14-April 0732z

Rocket racers get set for August takeoff MSNBC - By Alan Boyle The Rocket Racing League says its rocket-powered race planes will take off for their first public demonstration on Aug. ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24100365/

Pilot Takes Dreamers Into the Sky The Ledger, FL - COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE PILOT KEITH WOOD of Atlanta sits in the cockpit of a World War II-era P-51D Mustang fighter plane Thursday at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In ...
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080413/NEWS/804130439/1004/news

Fly-In Has Tricks, Treats Tampa Tribune, FL - Four fighter jets, part of the Air Force Thunderbirds team, blew past them in diamond formation at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In. Keith, 3, added, "It was noisier ...
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/apr/13/me-fly-in-has-tricks-treats/

SIU Aviation Day WSIL TV, IL - CARBONDALE -- Saturday dozens of prospective aviation students took part in SIU's Aviation Day program. While some actually took to the skies, ...
http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=4607&type=top

Look! In the Sky. It’sa Rocket Racer. New York Times, United States - By JOHN SCHWARTZ The Rocket Racing League, a long-promised attempt to create a kind of Nascar of the skies, will hold its first exhibition races this year, ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/sports/othersports/14rocket.html?_r=2&ref=othersports&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Museum gets F-117 trainer from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News by pirate - An F-117 Egress Trainer and a X-40A Remote Control Cockpit Simulator is going to the New Mexico Museum of Space History. The museum plans in setting both trainers up with interactive features.
http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_8906267

Flying High on Ethanol Domestic Fuel, MO - Poe, the pilot for the only ethanol-powered aerobatic plane at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, said ethanol produces fewer harmful emissions and has a cooler-running ...
http://domesticfuel.com/2008/04/13/flying-high-on-ethanol/

Toddler Catches the Spirit from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association - His wide, blue eyes are riveted to the computer screen at EAA's Member Village, despite the bustling atmosphere all around him. Two-year-old Caleb Byers points to the screen and says, "Oshkosh," as he's done nearly every day since his parents, Steve and Cherie Byers, first played EAA's Oshkosh: The Spirit of Aviation DVD for him.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-13_toddler.asp

Burton: Sun 'n Fun 2008 Finished Strong from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association - This year's Sun 'n Fun Fly-In overcame a slow start to finish strong, said John Burton, president of the fly-in. "We had a number of challenges, beginning with the heavy rains on Sunday before the fly-in," he said.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-13_burton.asp

Thunder Over Louisville Goes Out With A Bang WLKY, KY - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fans braved chilly temperatures and streamed into Louisville to grab spots for a powerful show of pyrotechnics over the Ohio River. ...
http://www.wlky.com/news/15869314/detail.html

EAA Publications Feature Sneak Preview from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association - Here's a sneak preview of the wide variety of airplanes you will read about in EAA's publications in upcoming issues. EAA photographers Jim Koepnick and Bonnie Kratz had a very productive week, shooting air-to-air missions of 16 airplanes with Bruce Moore expertly piloting the EAA Photo 1 Cessna 210.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-13_wrapup.asp

EAA Member Village Has Successful Sun 'n Fun from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association - It's Sunday, the final day of the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland, and it's not quite as lively on the grounds thanks in part to the weather. But the preceding five warm, sunny days have been good ones for the exhibitors, including EAA and its one-stop shop at show center, Member Village.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-13_member_village.asp

Golf Ball Drop to benefit Vietnam veterans salute at air museum Liberal Southwest Daily Times, KS -This weekend and for the following three weekends, volunteers from the Mid-America Air Museum will be selling tickets in Liberal for the first annual Mid- ...
http://www.swdtimes.com/view.php?I=941

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