Indy Transponder 2-June 0045z

Rob Harrison update - airshowbuzz
[From Rob's wife]Rob and I would like to thank everyone for these kind words and wishes. Rob is doing better each day. He would like to post and reply to the messages. He said in a few days.
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3501&view=findpost&p=61022

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Red Bull Air Races -
There is a lot of news for this event - it will be on its own post shortly!
-Mike

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Air Force Thunderbirds headline free Air Expo - Philadelphia Inquirer, PA 2008
The US Air Force Thunderbirds will amaze with aerial maneuvers both days over the Burlington County base. Visitors will see lots of other planes and ...
http://tinyurl.com/3shvun

McGuire air show barely gets off the ground - Asbury Park Press, NJ
The soldiers were among 38 others in the Army's Fastrax parachute demonstration unit, which was performing at the air show. The soldiers, whose names were ...
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/NEWS03/80601001

Weather threat cancels first day of air show - phillyBurbs.com, PA
Organizers first suspended the show about 11 am with the hope of opening the base and resuming the air show later. With a continued threat of severe ...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06012008-1542242.html

Annual air show flies economy this year - San Diego Union Tribune, United States
By Maureen Magee RAMONA – Rising fuel costs are to blame for a scaled-back aerobatic display at the annual Ramona Air Show this year. ...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080601-9999-1m1ramona.html

Vintage planes touch down - Daily Democrat, CA
By LUKE GIANNI An assortment of WWII aircraft will be stopping in Yolo County including a P-51, B-17, B-24 and this B-25. (Matthew Henderson/Democrat) Iris ...
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_9446295

Doolittle Raider Recurrency Training - DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
Everyone needs to get current every once in awhile, even Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot, Richard E. Cole, below at the controls of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. Air Force Link has the story (although I’m convinced they have Mr. Cole’s name wrong, listing it as “Robert” - there was no “Robert” Cole on the Doolittle raid, but Richard E. Cole was Doolittle’s co-pilot, and this image looks like others I’ve found of him)
http://www.dailyaviator.com/?p=1782

Doolittle Raiders return to Eglin - Air Force Link Top Stories
Hundreds of people and seven Doolittle Raiders assembled to witness three B-25 Mitchell bombers perform a reenactment of the war heroes' historic training mission at Duke Field here, May 31.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123100937

Warbird enthusiast named as crash victim - ABC Online, Australia
The Australian Warbirds Association has confirmed that one of its members was killed in a plane crash on the state's south coast yesterday. ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/01/2261589.htm

Dead stunt crash pilot named - Daily Telegraph, Australia
A PILOT killed in a NSW south coast plane crash while performing aerobatics was a "good-hearted fella", a spokesman for the Australian Warbirds Association ...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23792152-5001021,00.html

Berlin Air Show a Success, Organizers Say - Deutsche Welle, Germany
The prestigious Berlin Air Show (ILA) attracted around 250000 visitors over its six days and contracts worth some five billion euros ($7.8 billion) were ...
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3376616,00.html

Evergreen Aviation Museum welcomes Titan II exhibit - WilliametteLive.com, OR
By Sheldon Traver Now, a fully assembled Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile is nearly ready for public viewing at the Evergreen Aviation and Space ...
http://willamettelive.com/story/Evergreen_Aviation_Museum_welcomes_Titan_II_exhibit137.html

Skydivers survive Spanish crash - from Radar Vector - Civil Aviation News
Nine skydivers leaped to safety from a Pilatus PC-6 which crashed after losing a wing on Friday. The incident happened near Lillo in the province of Toledo, Spain. The crash killed the pilot and a skydiver sitting in the co-pilot seat.
http://www.radarvector.com/2008/06/skydivers-survive-spanish-crash.html

Photos -

• CHAMBLISS - RACE DAY 1 JUNE, DETROIT - Red Bull Air Race Photos
• Graduation Day! - DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
• National Aviation Museum in Kiev(Kyiv) - Military Photos by bogdan45
• Things could only get better- PPRuNe Forums

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