Indy Transponder 10-November 1320z

Stuart's VNA Air Show may have seen 'biggest turnout yet' - TCPalm
By Monique Mattiace STUART - The last day of the Visiting Nurse Association Air Show may have set an attendance record, so save the date for next year's show as organizers plan to bring it back in 2009. The parking lot at Witham Field filled to ...

At air show, cars create havoc - Florida Today
"They can put a man on the moon, but they can't park people for an air show," Jane Benner, 36, said. Her family was turned away from Saturday's second annual Space & Air Show after spending 41/2 hours driving from Orlando and sitting in traffic.

Bombed B-17 returned to base - Statesman Journal, OR
The gnarled mass of metal, wire and instruments on the nose of this B-17 Flying Fortress is a staggering sight. Photographs show a machine gun dangling limp ...

Fallen comrades never forgotten - Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY
He could wriggle his 5-foot 10-inch, 130-pound frame around equipment and against metal walls into the ball turret of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. ...

It's down the hatch, then up in the sky: Hanover man's recycling ... - Dailyrecord.com, NJ
He said he once flew at the end of the war in a B-17. The big bomber was then being used to move troops and goods around, its war days ended. ...

Volunteers meticulously resurrect World War I fighter plane - Mirror, MI
When they complete the project, expected to take two more years, the plane will not only be on display at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in ...

Aircraft displays hero's history from www.pnj.com
... The Dauntless was there when America struck back in the islands of the South Pacific, returning through the mountains and diving so fast on Japanese ships that it nearly crashed. At the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Dauntless saw half of its squadron shot from the sky but pressed on, dropping bombs and sputtering home with more than 200 bullet holes in its skin. ...

Video of Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat N909TC from Military Photos by livingwarbirds
A clips of the Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat shot last summer in Camarillo CA.
Living Warbirds: Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat
Comments/suggestions welcome.
I'll post more as I edit and upload the videos.

Vietnam War: F-8 Crusader - "The Last Gunfighter" from About.com Military History
Designed in the 1950s, the Vought F-8 Crusader (right) was the last American fighter designed with guns as its principle weapon. Developed by John Russell Clark, the F-8 possessed...

Aviation heritage centre looking for a home - The Chronicle Journal, Canada
By PETER BURKOWSKI For the past several years, aviation enthusiasts in the region have been working to create the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage ...

Lasting tribute to vets - StarPhoenix, Canada
Towstego's research has been aided immeasurably by the Canada Remembers Airshow, a gathering place for veterans. "We just kind of have an unspoken pact that ...

RAF Tornadoes fly-past in Remembrance Day ceremony - Times of Malta, Malta
An air of reverence prevailed around the War Memorial in Floriana as war veterans assembled to pay tribute to the fallen of the two world wars on ...

Win an RAF VIP day out - Weston & Somerset Mercury, UK
RESIDENTS who were wowed by the Red Arrows during summer will now have the chance to meet team behind the aerobatics. Two lucky people could win an ...

Mike’s Mystery Machine. # 05. 2008 from AeroHub by admin
... I have selected a fairly easy one for # 05. Whilst some of you will recognise it at a glance, most younger folk will not, as it stems from the early 1920s. I was tempted to include it in our “The World’s Most Ludicrous Aircraft” series as it was a total failure in its intended role. But, on reflection, I did not; as powered heavier-than-air flight was still in its infancy with much to learn; particularly about the crucial importance of drag reduction if aeroplanes were ever to achieve long range with useful payloads. A few designers were already pushing in that direction, but many were not and persisted with strutted and wire-braced biplanes until well into the 1930s. ...

Veterans Day: What did you do during the war? - ireport
... Fighter Squadron from scratch in the United Kingdom, I served on the 12th AF Demo Team, USAF Thunderbirds and the US Navy Blue Angels (Exchange Program) ...

This Week In Military/Aviation History 10 - 16 November
from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.

Apollo 8 Astronauts Landing At The Newseum On November 13 from Aero-News Network
Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Historic Mission The Newseum announced this weekend the crew of Apollo 8 -- mission commander Frank Borman, command module pilot James Lovell and lunar module pilot William Anders -- will reunite in a special public program marking the 40th anniversary of their historic mission on December 21-27, 1968. The program will take place on Thursday, November 13, at 1:30 p.m. in the Newseum's Knight TV Studio.

New Mexico Spaceport Plans Continue, Despite Vote Outcome - DailyTech, IL
Spaceport America is working with Lockheed Martin, Virgin Galactic, ROcket Racing, Micogravity Enterprise and other aerospace companies as it moves forward. ...

Aviation Nation 2008 from Fence Check

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