Indy Transponder 2-November 1000z

BONHOMME WINS PERTH, ARCH CROWNED CHAMPION - Britain’s Paul Bonhomme won the final race of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Perth today in style, defeating compatriot Nigel Lamb in a thrilling final over the Swan River in front of an enthusiastic crowd of over 200,000 spectators. Arch wins the 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, making him the first European to win the title. Bonhomme takes second place overall in 2008 and American Kirby Chambliss is third.

BONHOMME COMES FIRST IN PERTH
LAMB COMES 2ND IN PERTH
ARCH COMES 3RD IN PERTH

PERTH: LIVE FROM THE RACE - What a fantastic end to a fabulous 2008 World Championship. Bonhomme, the dominant pilot of the first half before getting knocked down by second-year sensation Arch in rounds 5 to 7, achieves a dazzling victory in the 8th and final race of the year. Had Arch finished 7 pegs down the ladder today in 10th rather than 3rd, Bonhomme would be celebrating the World Championship right now rather than his 4th season win. Now both Arch and Bonhomme can go home as winners.

High-flying fun: Air show wows giant crowds - The Daily Advertiser
The Sertoma Cajun Air Festival drew some of the largest crowds many could remember on Saturday, with many viewers opting to park alongside the Evangeline Thruway and Surrey Street to watch the day's activities.

No. 4 jet missing from Blue Angels - Pensacola News Journal, FL
The Blue Angels' signature "diamond" formation was reduced to a triangle Saturday at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio — the No. ...

2 team members booted from squad - San Antonio Express, TX
Several spectators at the AirFest 2008, part of a weeklong San Antonio salute to the military, said they noticed the show was down a plane, but were unfazed ...

US Navy Blue Angels Pilot Lands In Hot Water - Aero-News Network, FL
The flight demonstration team is scheduled to perform in San Antonio, TX this weekend, the Kennedy Space Center the next and will close the 2008 season with ...

Blue Angels In The Wild Blue Yonder - In 1994 I went to an airshow at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. It was then that I photographed the base commander Captain Shork next to the plane he had flown for years and I have loved as the most beautiful of all airplanes, the Intruder. Two years later I returned and because I had photographed Captain Shork, the new base commander Captain McInns gave me access to locations that I would have never dreamed of. He told me that one of the best locations to photograph the Blue Angels...

Nellis Air Show 2008 - The last time we went to the Nellis Air Show was in 2005. It’s scheduled this year to be 11/8 and 11/9. I might actually be home that weekend. I need to work if it’s there, but I’m getting real tired of this trucking stuff. Everyone is hoping things kick loose after the election. If McCain wins, everyone will breath a sigh of relief and get back to business. If the other person wins, everything will be made and shipped before taxes are raised. At least that’s one theory. November is a great...

Chico Airfest II - The last 2 years we have had Angie's folks up for the Chico Airfest airshow in September. Angie's Dad, Nate and Ella and I have gone down to the Chico Airport to watch the planes and see the all of the action. Here are some pics from the day. "Papa" and the kids enjoying the show... Nate getting to fly a small helicopter that some guy built in his garage. This year at the airshow Nate was able to sneak into the driver seat of a garbage truck... This may have been the day's highlight...

A trip to Masterton: Chippie and World War One aircraft from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney
Following on from my last post, here are the pictures of other aircraft at Masterton. Apart from pictures of two De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunks, there are a variety of World War One types. The first of those is the Fokker DR152, followed by the Fokker D.VII and lastly a type I have not yet found the details for... feel free to fill me in!

Concordes replacement will herald a return to supersonic travel - According to Miller, “Aviation progress has always been synonymous with an increase in speed. To be flying more slowly in this century than in the last …

WWII veteran gets new Purple Heart - Contra Costa Times, CA
After the theft, museum volunteers appealed to Calvert for the replacement medal. turret gunner on a B-17 bomber in World War II. ...

Guard shows stuff at Camp Robinson - The Blackhawks from Camp Robinson’s 77th Aviation Brigade all are veterans of Iraq, where they lost one helicopter in one of the worst single casualty…

Millionaires Learjet takes a starring role in 007 blockbuster - But it was a lifelong interest in aviation that led to his setting up a private airline offering exclusive charter facilities, which is how he came to the…

DAWGs in Alaska from Airline Pilot Central Forums by USMCFLYR - T-34C Turbo Mentors enroute to Fairbanks, Alaska

US Air Force Thunderbirds Display Team from Fence Check

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