Indy Transponder 22-December 1100z

White Knight Two Makes Virgin Flight Video link from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Mojave Airport, from Space.com- Designed by Scaled Composites, the huge and unique White Knight Two mothership rolled down the runway and muscled itself into the air today using four Pratt and Whitney PW308A turbofan engines according to space.com. The White Knight Two flew for about an hour, departing the runway at roughly 8:17 a.m. PT, safely touching down at the Mojave airport at approximately 9:17 a.m. PT. The carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made its maiden test flight Sunday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

SpaceShipTwo Mothership Makes Maiden Flight from Slashdot by kdawson
RobGoldsmith writes "Earlier this week images were appearing on the Net showing the WhiteKnightTwo craft doing some tests in Mojave. The earliest tests showed perhaps two of the engines being used, while a later test showed all the engines working and some further testing. Today the four Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A engines finally carried the craft into the air. The maiden flight of the WhiteKnightTwo lasted just shy of one hour and happened today at around 08:15 local time, at Mojave air and spaceport. Rumors suggest that a Beechcraft King Air was used for a chase plane. The craft will be used to position Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo craft to fly into space; this is estimated to happen around 2010."

SpaceShipTwo’s carrier makes first flight - MSNBC
He is brother of Burt Rutan, chief technology officer and chairman emeritus of Scaled Composites. "It all went well ... all the big things worked well," ...

WhiteKnightTwo Makes Its Maiden Flight - Aero-News Network, FL
Peter Diamandis, whose X-Prize revolution sparked the fever that created SpaceShipOne and led to the develop of this airframe as the launch platform for ...

SpaceShipTwo Carrier Craft Makes Successful First Flight from SPACE.com
A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made took off on its maiden test flight today at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

Space Tourism Aircraft Makes Maiden Test Flight – FOXNews
He is brother of Burt Rutan, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman Emeritus of Scaled Composites. "It all went well...all the big things worked well," Rutan ...

Blue Angels to return to Beaufort air show two years after fatal crash - Beaufort Gazette, SC
The air show, formally titled "Blues over Beaufort," also will feature performances by Patty Wagstaff, a three-time US Aerobatics Champion, ...

Volunteers building a WWI biplane in the Yankee Air Museum - Detroit Free Press, United States
He and about a dozen other retirees gather a few times a week in a small section of the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, their wrinkled hands nimbly shaping ...

SPITFIRE TAKES FIRST FLIGHT IN PHILLY – AirShowBuzz.com
After a long restoration, ocean crossing and re-assembly, the Spitfire now owned by ASB partner, Jim Beasley took flight amid frigid temperatures and freshly fallen snow. See Photos of the First Flight

Milestones of Flight: 12/21 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

This week in Military/Aviation History 22-28 December from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.

Weekend Wings #30: Carrier aviation in the US Navy, today and tomorrow from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter
Carrier-based aviation in the US Navy finds itself in a difficult position today concerning its overall strategy, and even its very reason for being. This Weekend Wings will examine some of the issues involved, and look at how the USN is addressing them. However, before doing so, we must examine the environment within which their aircraft carriers will operate…

Grassroots Aviation Educational Program Needs Some Seed Funding - Build A Plane is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that aims to promote aviation by allowing young people to help rebuild existing aircraft. The organization...

Middle school students soar like young eagles - Los Angeles Times, CA
Members of the Experimental Aircraft Assn. promote interest in aviation through a program that demonstrates the joy of flying. By Dan Weikel It wasn't the ...

Wisconsin aviation art contest open to students - Sheboygan Press, WI
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Aeronautics has announced an Aviation Art Contest for students ages 6-17. ...

Flight Instructor, 21, Has Already Flown Far - Tampa Tribune, FL
By Cheryl Bentley The Suncoast News Glenn Guerette pauses in front of the Light-Sport Aircraft, a red airplane used as a trainer for private pilots, ...

Wings Over Wairarapa 09 - The biennial Wings Over Wairarapa airshow is to be held at Masterton [Hood] Aerodrome on 17 & 18 January 2009 [this happens to be the Wellington Anniversary Day holiday]!I went to this show last time it was held 2 years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I'd certainly recommend it this time around!I've had a look at the website [http://www.wings.org.nz/] and it looks like a very exciting show is planned. In addition to a range of World War One, World War Two and inter-war aircraft, there will…

Canadian and American crews work together at Exercise Green Flag from Aviation & Aerospace News Updated Constantly
Canadian Air Force personnel from 8 Wing Trenton, Ont. and United States Air Force personnel trained side by side during Exercise Green Flag - in an annual tactical airlift training...

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