Indy Transponder 19-May 1648z

Record crowd sees Angels fly By Tom Ramstack Washington Times, DC - By Tom Ramstack Jets of the Navy Blue Angels stunt-flying team sit on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base yesterday before their air show. ...
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080519/METRO/813353700/1004

Cherokee Flying Club Hosts Fly-in Breakfast KMEG 14, IA - The oldest flying club in Iowa hosted their annual fly-in breakfast Sunday. The breakfast has been held almost every year for the last 60 years. ...
http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=8344361&nav=menu609_2_4

Video of the Week: P-51 Mustang Emergency Landing from AVwebFlash Current Issue - We watch a lot of flying videos in the course of a week, but left to our own devices, we would still miss some of the best. Thankfully, AVweb readers like Robert Reid are there to send us links when they find great videos around the web. Here's one Robert recommended to us that shows a top-notch team handling a P-51 emergency landing. The Mustang's landing gear won't drop, and the ground team has scrambled to make sure everything goes off as safely as possible. (Click through to watch.)
http://tinyurl.com/5xlat7

North Carolina Students Win National Team America Rocketry Challenge FOXBusiness - The next stop for the winning team is a trip to the Farnborough International Airshow and a fly-off against the winners of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry ...
http://tinyurl.com/424s9p

Fort Smith Air Show - Thunderbirds from Technorati
http://stevecreek.com/fort-smith-air-show-thunderbirds/

Record crowd sees Angels fly Washington Times, DC - By Tom Ramstack Jets of the Navy Blue Angels stunt-flying team sit on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base yesterday before their air show. ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080519/METRO/813353700/1004

Local vets greet Flying Thunder Kingman Daily Miner, AZ - A Huey helicopter owned by Wings & Rotors Air Museum in Murrieta, Calif., landed to refuel just before 9:30 am Co-pilot Randy Zahn said the chopper was ...
http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=15656

West looks to Cherie Blair for smoke ban appeal Morning Advertiser, UK - The petition asking for the Red Arrows to take part in the 2012 Olympics has 388053 votes, and has gained over 45000 in the last month. ...
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/thread/3090/32586/West-looks-to-Cherie-Blair-for-smoke-ban-appeal.aspx

Jelly Belly plane a Malmstrom show stopper KPAX-TV, MT - Kent Pietsch is the pilot of the Jelly Belly, and he's been entertaining crowds since 1973 with an act that includes aerobatics and a comedy routine. ...
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=8345117

Enjoy Lakes air show in style NW Evening Mail, UK - IF you fancy enjoying Windermere’s annual air show in style this year, a hotel is offering a Red Arrow Lunch. Linthwaite House Hotel is to serve the special ...
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=834764

Donations nearly double Hagerstown Aviation Museum collection Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - By HEATHER KEELS (heather.keels@herald-mail.com) HAGERSTOWN - The Hagerstown Aviation Museum on Sunday announced the recent donations of two aviation ...
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=194229&format=html

Chance to remember history big part of open house Great Falls Tribune, MT - Sure, the main draw for most attending Malmstrom Air Force Base's open house on Sunday was the Canadian Snowbirds aerial demonstration. ...
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/805190309/1002

Off we go into the wild blue yonder.... Speed and Angels by Jacki - And, of course, the highlight of the day was seeing the Blue Angels. And they also made quite an impression on Emma. She's now obsessed with jets. We bought her two toy jets and since then she flies them all over the house. ...
http://jackidyrholm.blogspot.com/2008/05/off-we-go-into-wild-blue-yonder.html

HISTORY LESSONS: The Spirit of St. Louis Worcester Telegram, MA ... which is now on display in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC The plane is made of canvas, and looks so small, so primitive and so ...
http://www.telegram.com/article/20080518/NEWS/805180598/1052

NASA TV Airs High-Def Day in the Life of a Space Station Astronaut from NASA Breaking News - NASA Television will provide a high-definition glimpse of life in space with a special Video File to be broadcast beginning May 22.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08100_reisman_video_file.html

When landing a plane resembles a demolition derby from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter - I was amazed (and amused) to see reports of one light aircraft landing on top of one another near Dallas, TX
http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-landing-plane-resembles-demolition.html

Photos: Lyon County Fly-in, Nevada, Chino.

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