Indy Transponder 5-May 2355z

Offutt To Host Air Force Week; Air Show - KETV.com, NE
Highlighting the event will be the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show on the 16th and 17th. It will be the biggest open house ever staged at ...
http://www.ketv.com/entertainment/16167398/detail.html

'Wings Over Pittsburgh' Flys High This Weekend - KDKA, PA
The Canadian Forces 432 Demonstration Squadron, Snowbirds will being flying high above the event. The Snowbirds, whose jets reach speeds of up to 470 miles ...
http://kdka.com/local/Wings.Over.Pittsburgh.2.716122.html

Fliers abuzz as race looms - with videos and photo gallery - Livingston Daily, MI
A reception in Brighton Township resident Todd Trainer's private hangar next to his home for the upcoming Red Bull Air Race drew in a crowd of local pilots, ...
http://tinyurl.com/6z2z9r

Brit Bonhomme Beats Mangold in San Diego - Buzzle, CA
... came to a head in San Diego today as Bonhomme claimed his second win of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series season in front of 63000 spectators. ...
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/193541.html

Framed Red Arrows picture to take pride of place at Magpie Cafe - Whitby Today, UK
Andrew Watt handed over a framed picture of the Red Arrows team enjoying fish and chips at the Magpie Cafe to owner Ian Robson. ...
http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Red-letter-day-for-Magpie.4050332.jp

The Collings Foundation Open House: "Wheels & Wings; Great and Small" [via]
Display will include: Aircraft: TBM Avenger, Wright "Vin Fiz" replica, 1909 Bleriot, Fokker DR-I replica, PT-17 Stearman, Cessna UC-78 Bobcat, North American AT-6 Texan, Fiesler Fi-156 Storch, and a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. ...
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_openhouse2008.htm

Fatal plane crash in Americus - WFXL Fox 31, GA
All three men were in Americus for the southeastern Electric Airshow. FAA officials will eventually make a determination as to what caused the crash.
http://www.wfxl.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=130351

'Today Show' to feature Space Command Airmen, mission - Air Force Link Top Stories
NBC's "Today Show" is set to broadcast live May 6 from a wing in Air Force Space Command as part of their "Access Granted" series, which puts cameras in high-security places. ...
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123097205

Swiss F-5 Replacement Status - Ares
The Swiss government says it’s preparing site visits at Dassault, EADS, and Saab as part of its competition to find a suitable replacement for some of its F-5 Tigers.
http://tinyurl.com/5zf8r7

Weekend Wings #17: First non-stop trans-Atlantic flight - Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter
They were attracted by the £10,000 prize (about $50,000 at then-current exchange rates, and worth about twenty times that today) offered by Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail newspaper in England, for the first trans-Atlantic flight.
http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2008/05/weekend-wings-17-first-non-stop-trans.html

10 Great Pilots
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/16044372.html?imw=Y

Community Conversations: Spaceport Sheboygan ready to welcome students - Sheboygan Press, WI
The accredited science classes are tried and true programming and backed by the Cosmosphere's affiliation with the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. ...
http://tinyurl.com/6fc6fq

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