Saturday, January 3, 2009

Indy Transponder 3-January 0200z

Pilot/Actor John Travolta Suffers Tragic Loss Of Son, Jett from Aero-News Network
One Of Aviation World's Most Notable Flyers Loses 16 Year Old Son After Seizure While there is not a lot of information available, Aero-News has learned that a tragedy has befallen a member of the aviation community with the horrific news that Pilot/Actor John Travolta's son, Jett (16) was pronounced dead after extensive efforts to revive him following a seizure. ...
[We at the Indy Transponder add our heart felt condolences to Mr. Travolta's family]
The stories that defined 2008 in the Northland - Budgeteer, MN
Canadian Snowbirds • Kicking off the tourist season was a demonstration from the world-famous Canadian Forces Snowbirds over the open waters of Lake ...

Visitors to Air Tattoo can now park on airbase itself - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UK
By Andy Woolfoot » VISITORS to this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford will be allowed to park on the airbase for the first time since ...

Wings Over Wairarapa News, 3rd January 2009 from AeroHub by admin
With only a couple of weeks to go until the show you should now be firming up your travel and accommodation plans so that you can come and join us for some great aviation action on the 17th and 18th. ...
The newest spectacular in the aviation world is air racing incorporating stunting and aerobatics. Not before seen in New Zealand, and a highlight of Trust House Wings Over Wairarapa 2009, all the elements of this phenomenon will come to the Hood Aerodrome in Masterton for the January 17 and 18 show. With the throb of radial engines, colourful aircraft and thrills that make this such a crowd pleaser contestants will face off in
similarly specced aircraft around a timed course, winner takes all…
http://www.wings.org.nz/press/081210.shtml

Idaho Air Guard wins Hawgsmoke 2008 from National Guard - Top News
The 190th Fighter Squadron from the Idaho Air National Guard was named the top team for Hawgsmoke 2008 here Oct. 17 after three days of competition among 14 A-10 Thunderbolt II squadrons from across the Air Force...

Flying in WWII bomber or vintage plane, HOW? - from www.pilotsofamerica.com
Some good links in this thread for those interested in catching a ride in a vintage airplane or warbird.

Exhibit listings - Ventura County Star, CA
WORLD WAR II AVIATION MUSEUM: The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has hangars devoted to preserving, maintaining, displaying and ...

Astronaut Peggy Whitson to Speak at WAI Conference from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Peggy Whitson, called NASA's most experienced astronaut with 377 days in space, will be a keynote speaker on Saturday, February 28, 2009, at WAI's 20th Anniversary conference in Atlanta.
... With the theme "A New Approach to Your Tomorrow," the WAI Conference will also include a private tour and reception at the world-famous Georgia Aquarium, seminars, workshops, networking events, speakers, and commercial exhibit area. The Conference concludes on Saturday evening, February 28 with WAI's traditional banquet where many scholarships are awarded and the 2009 group of Aviation Pioneers is inducted into WAI's Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame. The closing banquet is sponsored by UPS. ...

Daddy Dolls make connection for boys at Christmas time - Bradenton Herald, United States
... former Sarasota High quarterback and B-17 pilot who flew 26 bombing missions over Europe during WWII, is 91 years young. n And Dr. Willis Harris, ...

'Stranny' comes home | The Maple Leaf - Vol. 11, No. 42 | National Defence and the Canadian Forces from www.forces.gc.ca
... The Stranny was a twin-engine, biplane, generalreconnaissance flying boat that carried a crew of six. Its armament comprised three Lewis machine-guns in the bow, dorsal and tail turrets and a maximum bomb-load of 454 kilograms. Through service ranging from antisubmarine warfare to search and rescue, the aircraft earned a reputation for ruggedness and reliability. ...

Second World War veteran reunited with crash landing plane from www.telegraph.co.uk
He said of being reunited with the plane, registration number P1344: "I did not know it until now that the Russians had found my plane and salvaged it. When I was invited to see it, it brought back so many memories."
A spokesman for the RAF Museum in Cosford described the renovation project as "a mammoth task."

Is the Movie Top Gun Beneficial or Total Crap? from Aviation Entertainment by Roger Dodger

Milestones of Flight: 1/2 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

Asterpix Interactive Videos for the day
Soldiers from 4 Ind. Guard units heading overseas from WTHR
About 75 members of an aviation unit based in Shelbyville will deploy to Iraq this month, one of four Indiana National Guard units headed there or to Afghanistan.

A Year in review from Northwest Flying Photography Blog by roymcm
Fogged in today from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

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