Indy Transponder 21-January 1130z

Thunderbird #8 To Fly Over Ocean City For Planning Mission - Aero-News Network, FL
Just six weeks after the announcement the US Air Force Thunderbirds will perform at the OC Air Show, the first Thunderbird jet will appear over the skies of ...

Aviation trade show to lift off - Joplin Globe, MO
Stockam said the event will replace Airfest, which had been held every other year at the end of June. The most recent Airfest, in 2007, lost $25000 when the ...

Anticipation Building for Exciting Event - Discover Moose Jaw, Canada
The show is free and includes a performances from the Snowbirds and the CF-18 Hornet Demonstration. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see Army, ...

15 Wing’s Armed Forces Day hopes to be a spectacle of thunder and fire - Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada
“(Armed Forces Day) will be on May 2, the day after the Snowbirds’ acceptance show and we hope it will be an uncharacteristically warm day,” said Lt.-Col. ...

Slayton Airfest Organizers Almost Ready To Announce Event's Return ... - 1410 WIZM, WI
THEY'RE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE PERFORMERS YET, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE DEKE SLAYTON AIRFEST EXPECT TO HAVE A SHOW THIS SUMMER IN LA CROSSE. ...

AirFest volunteers to meet - WCLO, WI
Event originator and organizer, Tom Morgan, invites anyone interested in working prior to, and during Air-Fest, to come to a meeting at the airport ...

Tom Cruise To Star In 'Top Gun 2: Hudson River Boogaloo'? - Celebuzz, CA
Back in 1994, Tommy Boy got his pilot's license to match his aviator sunglasses from Top Gun because he's such an enthusiast of flying.

AOPA Scrubs Frederick Fly-In from AVwebBiz Current Issue
AOPA has scrubbed its annual fly-in at its headquarters in Frederick, Md., in favor of more outreach at flying events and some non-aviation events in the coming year. In a story on its Web site the organization says the shift is in keeping with its Let's Go Flying promotion encouraging people to discover flying. "The association will bring the excitement of GA flying to new venues throughout the year," the AOPA story reads.

Tucson Air Show 2009 - No Tucson Air Show for 2009 The website providing information for the Tucson Davis Monthan Air Show is only showing 2 words “Nothing Here”. It isn’t that the site is gone. The site is still there. The web address is working. It gives us all hope there will be “Something Here” in the future. But the only thing showing are those two words “Nothing Here“. I’ve searched the web for information about air shows in Tucson for 2009. It seems appropriate to say: Nothing Here When I wrote about the...

IAF pilot killed as aircraft crashes in Karnataka - Thaindian.com, Thailand - 2 hours agoThe aircraft, part of the IAF Surya Kiran Aerobatic Formation Team (SKAT), was on a routine flight when the incident happened at 8.45 am in Bidar, ...

IAF pilot killed in mid-air crash in Bidar - Nhatky.in, India - 19 minutes agoSurya Kiran is an aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force. The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) was formed in 1996 to serve as the ...

World War II airplanes on display - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
The tour features the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang at Venice Aviation Services, 224 Airport Ave. The B-17 is one of only nine in ...

Tuskegee Airmen reflect on Obama inauguration from Air Force Times - News WASHINGTON — Watching as Barack Obama became America’s first black president, members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country’s first group of black military pilots and crew, had the same feeling: They never expected it would happen, but they sure are glad they lived long enough to see it.

Tuskegee airman comes to Washington to witness historic inauguration - Catholic News Service, DC
Deacon Richardson served with the Tuskegee Airmen not as an aviator or mechanic, but as an entertainer. "I was part of 'Operation Happiness,'" Deacon ...

Adventurer Steve Fossett Set More Than 100 World Records in Five ... - Voice of America
... hot-air balloon. He also started setting sailing speed and distance records. He set a total of twenty-one world sailing records.

KEEPING THE SECRETS UNDER WRAPS - When former Formula One driver Gerhard Berger paid a visit to his Austrian compatriot Hannes Arch on the tarmac before the Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi last year, Berger expressed his amazement at the camaraderie, at how the rival pilots casually dropped into each other’s hangar. Secrecy, fear of espionage and intense rivalries make such pit lane contacts verboten in F1, Berger said. Pilots still drop by uninvited to each other’s hangars but an increasing shroud of secrecy definitely developed in the course of the last year.

Superjumbo flyover for late pioneering Australian aviator – AFP
SYDNEY (AFP) — Pioneering Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton, who first flew in a tiny Gypsy Moth aircraft, was honoured with a state funeral and a ...

Trio take to the sky to honour Nancy-Bird - The Canberra Times
THREE Hunter aircraft enthusiasts will pay tribute to late female aviation pioneer Nancy-Bird Walton when they fly Tiger Moths over Sydney Harbour and her wake at Sydney Royal Golf Course today.

It’s time to fire up the barbie - Great Lakes Advocate, Australia
... Club invites people to visit the flag raising ceremony in Hawks Nest Park where there will be children’s races and karaoke, plus a flypast by the RAAF. ...

How Air Force One Works from HowStuffWorks Daily Feed
When the president goes anywhere by plane, he travels in the most amazing private jet in the world -- a flying White House complete with a gym!

President Obama’s First Air Force Flight from The PlaneMadness Podcast by towertalk@planemadness.com (Capt'n Chris)
This is footage of President Obama’s very first Air Force flight. It was shot exclusively by National Geographic on January 4th as the then President-Elect was flying from his home town of Chicago to Washington D.C. It is part of the “On Board Air Force One“ series, set to air January 25th at 8 PM/9 PM ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel.

A Bird’s Eye View Of The Inauguration (First Satellite Image) from TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld

California Dreaming from Neptunus Lex by lex
So, anyway, I’ve been doing the due diligence on getting that tailwheel endorsement, just for the novelty that’s in it. Reached out to a local businessman on the recommendation of an occasional reader. On the phone the entrepreneur sounded like he was maybe 10 years old. His chief pilot being maybe younger…

Them on Us: Picture perfect; medalling musher; high-flying hero ... - Planet Jackson Hole, WY
Ford has been the chairman of the Young Eagles program of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) since 2004. The program helps get children interested ...

A century of aviation to be marked at museum - Winnipeg Sun
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL, SUN MEDIA Western Canada Aviation Museum executive director Shirley Render looks at a mannequin of an Air Canada flight attendant outside a Vickers Viscount. The museum is celebrating 100 years of powered flight.

Virgin Galactic Newsletter January 2009 - Space Fellowship, UK
... a succession of rocket motor fires brought the project one step closer to Richard Branson and Burt Rutan’s dream of making space accessible to everyone. ...

Last Three F-16s leave Michigan Behind from Ohio Area MilCom by Mark Meece
Monday January 12th saw the last three F-16s of the 127th FW of the Michigan Air National Guard at Selfridge AFB leave Michigan behind for their new home at Fort Wayne, Indiana and the 122th FW of the Indiana Air National Guard. The 127th FW is changing to the A-10 as the fleet from Battle Creek, MI move to over to Selfridge…

Van Gilder Aviation Photography, Jan. 10-11, 2009- Cable Airshow- from http://www.vg-photo.com/
The34th annual Cable Airshow was held on January 10-11, 2009. This is afun show that is a great way to kick off another airshow season. Thisyear, Rob Harrison was welcomed back to airshow performing and wewelcomed newcomer Martin Kennedy. Doug Jardine and Dr. D. also flewgreat aerobatic routines. The Just In Time Skydivers performed 4 jumpsfor the show and the warbirds also flew to the delight of young andold. There were plenty of classic and vintage cars there as well thatperformed the car parade each day. Mother nature was kind again to theairshow this year.

Aircraft Photography - Red, White and Blue from Serious Amateur Photography by Jeff Lynch
Just another image I captured last October at the Wings Over Houston air show. Its another wonderful example of how well the EOS 40D performs in a variety of situations, especially when paired with a lens like the EF 300 f/4 L IS USM. Enjoy!

Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion - Tigercat Trio Air2Air: Prints Available from http://www.aafo.com/
We've promised and finally have David Leininger's shots from the "Here Kitty Kitty" flight at RENO this year offered for sale.. Dave has offered several other shots that he has managed to create with his hard efforts over the past year. All prints are of the highest quality, lab created, professional studio prints. -Enjoy-

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