Thursday, June 19, 2008

Indy Transponder 19-June 2230z

Stockholm Not On - Red Bull Air Race News
Red Bull Air Race regrets to announce that the race in Stockholm, scheduled for 5 & 6 July, will not take place. A late change to the location of the race area in Stockholm impacted the Red Bull Air Race flight operations thus compromising the safety and quality of the race. Despite all efforts to ensure the race
would go ahead, Red Bull Air Race has made the decision to withdraw the application. ...

RED BULL CANCELS STOCKHOLM RACE - PilotWeb, UK
THE fourth round of this year's Red Bull Air Race scheduled for 5-6 July in Stockholm has been cancelled due to a potential compromise of flight operations ...

Stunt Pilot Gives Sneak Peak to Air Show - KTVL, OR
Major John Klatt of the Air National Guard flies fighter jets for his day job. For fun he takes to the skies in a much smaller aircraft. ...

History in the air, on the ground - TheNewsTribune.com, WA
Visitors to the airport can tour the B-17, the B-24 Liberator, the B-25 Mitchell and the P-51 Mustang.
Flights aboard the planes, which tour the country to ...

Restored World War II aircraft on display - Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA
Bob Sellers, with the Great Plains Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, said the organization's Gunfighter P-51 Mustang is a $1.5 million plane. ...


Out & About in Kent - PNW Local News, WA
... Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber; Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber; North American B-25 Mitchell WWII Medium Bomber; and P-51 Mustang. ...

Canadian dead in stunt plane crash in Lithuania - CTV.ca, Canada
AP VILNIUS, Lithuania -- A Canadian citizen has died after a two-seat stunt plane piloted by a Spaniard
crashed in Lithuania. Police say 72-year-old Verne ...

Plane refurbishing on schedule - WLUC TV6, MI
Volunteers from the Sawyer Heritage Air Museum say the F-101 Voo-Doo is coming along right on
schedule. They've just finished sanding the plane, ...

Dad's visit to Salem prompts a joint trip down memory lane - Statesman Journal, OR
My one big regret about the Salem visit is that we missed the B-25 that had been on display at the Salem Airport. My dad was a navigator on a B-24, ...


Air show's Corsair tells the story of Canada's naval fighter pilots - Ottawa Citizen, Canada
When the Vintage Wings Heritage Flight is introduced at the Ottawa Air Show on June 28, one of the Second World War fighters will attract special attention. ...


Orillia native to do flyover this afternoon - Orillia Packet & Times, Canada
The Snowbirds are putting on a show at Canadian Forces Base Borden this weekend. They're flying to Orillia today and will be based at the Lake Simcoe ...


Spitfire fly-past was highlight of tractor show - Redditch Standard, UK
A NOSTALGIC fly-past by Spitfires and Harriers was the highlight of the North Worcestershire Vintage Tractor and Engine Club's full-throttle weekendin ...


Earhart Crosses the Atlantic - NASA, DC
Earhart continually promoted women in aviation and in 1928 was invited to be the first women to fly across the Atlantic. Accompanying pilots Wilmer Stultz ...

Teens tackle airplane-building challenge - WISH - Local News
They will spend the next year giving up weekends, and any extra time, to work on the plane. They say the job requires a lot of patience.


'The Demon Barber' returns to haunt audiences - Englewood Herald, CO
WW II buffs will want to attend "USS Indianapolis...Still at Sea...Sunk July 20, 1945." Paul Murphy will share this story from a book called "Only 317 ...

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Boeing B-52 & B-17 Formation










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