Saturday, August 23, 2008

Indy Transponder 23-August 1000z


WWII fighter brought back to life for another flight overseas - Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
BRECKENRIDGE — For more than three years, the P-38L Lightning has been sitting in a nondescript hangar, slowly being brought back to life bolt by bolt. Just one of six still flying, ...
Note: There is video as well, with great sound of the start up at the end. We try not to comment on the news, but this one deserves some praise. This was Lefty Gardner's air racer, White Lightnin'. It is wonderful to see this one flying again!

VIEW FROM THE SKY EAGLE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS WILDRIDE - Kansas.com, KS
On Friday I took a seat in an AT-6 Texan so that members of the AeroShell Aerobatic team -- in town to perform at the Wichita Flight Festival -- could show ...

Thunder Over Michigan 2008 - Part 2 from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor

WWII vet relishes one more trip to the cockpit - Lancaster Newspapers, PA
Stephen Arnold, of Seattle, Wash., cleans a B-17 after it arrived at Lancaster Airport on Friday. It had been 65 years since he last negotiated the tiny ...

Take flight at airport open house - St. Charles Journal, MO
The airport services the Commemorative Air Force, the Experimental Aircraft Association, Skylink Aviation and St. Charles Flying Service. ...

Ready to take flight - Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada
Canadian Forces Snowbirds technicians are the people behind the pilots responsible for keeping the aircraft running. Cpl. Eric Beauchesne, an aviation ...

Snowbirds, Ground Displays Part of Armed Forces Day - 650 CKOM News Talk Radio, Canada
The Snowbirds and other aerial demonstrations are part of the event. But Clow says it's so much more than an air show, with all of the branches of the ...

US air power on display - Cambridge Evening News, UK
THE shock and awe of US air power flew into Duxford yesterday for the museum's American Air Day. Thousands of enthusiasts flocked to the Cambridgeshire ...

Peter wings it for airshow - West Sussex Today, UK
SHOREHAM RNLI coxswain Peter Huxtable went wingwalking over the lifeboat station to help publish the forthcoming airshow. PLans for this year's Shoreham ...

Crash jet was to join Red Arrows - BBC News, UK
A Hawk jet that crashed at an RAF base in Lincolnshire on Wednesday was on its way to join the Red Arrows, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. ...

US National Hot Air Balloon Championship Coming Next Week from Aero-News Network
50 Of Nation's Top Pilots To Compete Over Anderson, SC The Balloon Federation of America tells ANN that 50 of the nation's top hot air balloon pilots will color the skies above Anderson County, SC beginning Tuesday, August 26 as the Balloon Federation of America launches the 2008 US National Hot Air Balloon Championship.

Orion Parachute Test Goes... Ah, Not Well from Aero-News Network
Yep, They're Gonna NEED To Fix This A preliminary test of the parachute system designed to softly return NASA's upcoming Crew Exploration Vehicle to Earth failed in spectacular fashion last month, resulting in an Orion-sized dent in the Arizona desert landscape

Museum praise for guest book artist - WalesOnline, United Kingdom
As well as its museum in Lambeth, it also includes a museum in Manchester, Europe's leading air museum at Duxford, the Churchill war rooms in London and the ...

Savethegirls.org from Gedop Aviation Blog by admin
World Largest Collection of World War II aircraft nose art.

Air show attracts 120000 people - East Anglian Daily Times, UK
THE Clacton Air Show drew to a close yesterday after two days of entertainment witnessed by 120000 people. Organisers were breathing a sigh of relief last ...

Daily Planner: August 23 - Enterprise-Record, CA
CHICO AIR MUSEUM: 10 am-4 pm 170 Convair Ave. Free admission; donations appreciated. Noel Wheeler, 345-6468. Weekly. RAINBOW OF KIDS CLUB: 10 am-1 pm ...

Young Eagles Fundraiser Yields Record Haul from Aviation & Aerospace News
The EAA's major annual fundraiser included the participation of Harrison Ford, John Travolta and Arnold Palmer and yielded $2.88 million, with proceeds to benefit EAA's programs "to inspire youth, provide...

Lake Co. briefs - Chicago Daily Herald, IL
The Sky Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which first went into service in 1917, will hold a motorcade along Route 173, which was recently named the ...

Custody for air show bomb hoaxer - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK
Details of how close a bomb hoax was to sparking the evacuation of nearly a quarter of a million people from the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival emerged for ...

From the Fans

Wings Of Freedom Is More Than An Airshow from Technorati
Many know that last weekend Frederick was host to an airshow because they saw and heard the planes, even if they didn't attend the show itself.

OT | Kansas City Air Show This Weekend from Technorati
... Anyway, today around lunch some planes were practicing for the Air Show in Kansas City and we got some awesome shots. If you are in town and the weather is acceptable, I would suggest this event. It looks like it is going to be awesome. Here are some shots I took with the D300. ...


This Weekend's Pics! August 23 & 24, 2008 from Military Photos by Supplanter
Thunderbirds AC Air Show 2008 from FriendFeed
put airshow pics up via Twitter
208 Sqn Hawk from RAF Valley in action from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
My husband guilted me into updating. from Google Blog Search: "Rocket Racing" by bmax67

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