Indy Transponder 21-April 2330z

UP, DOWN, ALL AROUND - Peoria Journal Star, IL
John Klatt, the pilot sitting behind me, pulls back on a stick. There's also a control lever in the front cockpit - where I am - that I see moving all about ...
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/041808/TRI_BGCGKD04.063.php

Airport Days taking off - Community Press & Recorder, KY
The event will include an open house, and a variety of aircraft will be on display including the historic Warbirds. Pilots, air traffic controllers and ...
http://tinyurl.com/3pb6d6

Thunderbirds arrive - WCBD-TV, SC
The Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team landed today at the base today in preparations for the Air Expo 2008 on Saturday. The team performs a mix if ...
http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/news.apx.-content-articles-CBD-2008-04-21-0026.html

Detroit officials to huddle about Red Bull Air Race - DetNews.com, MI
DETROIT -- Officials of Detroit and Windsor today are meeting with a pilot, reviewing footage and discussing other plans for the Red Bull Air Race World ...
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/METRO/804210440/1409/METRO

Air show accident kills spectator - The Copenhagen Post, Denmark
A man who remained at the Air Force's training academy in Jutland after the conclusion of an air show on 28 March was hit by the wing of a T-17 plane as it ...
http://www.cphpost.dk/get/106805.html

Wing your way to air fair this summer - News Shopper, UK
Tickets can now be bought in advance of the event at Biggin Hill Airport on June 8 and June 9, cheaper than buying on the day. The News Shopper sponsored ...
http://tinyurl.com/47b9zf

Lunken to have Airport Days - Community Press & Recorder, KY
The event will include an open house, and a variety of aircraft will be on display including the historic Warbirds. Pilots, air traffic controllers and ...
http://tinyurl.com/3h8xaq

Aero-TV: Higher, Faster and Farther With The Rocket Racing League - Aero-News Network, FL
The three big announcements at the recent Rocket Racing League Press Conference were music to the ears of ANN's Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell... as one of ...
http://tinyurl.com/4c4yrg

Hawks placed on Operational Pause - from Aviation.ca News
A fleet of 19 CT-155 Hawks have been put on operational pause at 15 Wing Moose Jaw until the investigation of a crash that sent two pilots to the hospital has been completed. Two pilots, Canadian Second Lieutenant Rock...
http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/5596/117/

So Long, Wobbly Goblin - from singlepilot.net
Today is the scheduled retirement of one of the greatest successes of the Cold War. The F-117 Nighthawk program is officially at an end and all of the aircraft are to be put in storage. Its 25+ year mission was a success and it is time for it to step down.
http://singlepilot.net/2008/04/21/so-long-wobbly-goblin/

F-111 dump and burn - bentcorner.com
I blogged the other day about an Australian F-111 taking pelican damage. While discussing the F-111 in the comment section with Schooly, I remembered seeing an Australian F-111 do a flyover on Guam where the aircrew dumped fuel out the aft end and then ignited it with the afterburners. Schooly mentioned that this is [...]
http://www.bentcorner.com/f-111-dump-and-burn/

A soaring good read - Bromsgrove Advertiser, UK
Anyone with an interest in the RAF in those days, aeroplane enthusiasts, or former servicemen and women, will be treated to an entertainingly nostalgic trip ...
http://tinyurl.com/5ydsop

Tomcat Tribute - Air & Space Magazine
The Navy's fearsome fighter retires.
Was it the size? The F-14 was big. At 65,000 fully loaded pounds, it was the heaviest fighter ever to be catapulted from an aircraft carrier.
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/16045102.html?imw=Y

Goodbye Douglas DC3 Dakota - Andy's Unofficial Blog
One of the operators, Air Atlantique, is unable to fit the emergency floor lighting and lockable cockpit, due to financial contraints. The airline's two Dakota passenger planes will complete their last European passenger flights at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 12 and 13, before being grounded on July 16.
http://compareandy.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/goodbye-douglas-dc3-dakota/

WWII vets invited to reunion in Traverse City - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI
... a 30-piece band; entertainment; and guest speaker and author Doug Stanton, who wrote "In Harm's Way" about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. ...
http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette_community_extra/2008/04/wwii_vets_invited_to_reunion_i.html