Monday, January 5, 2009

Indy Transponder 5-January 2230z


Blue Angels In Town! - KYMA, AZ
Now they've given him a new assignment -- flying with the Blue Angels. McWherter will be the "Boss." The job will last for 27 months -- and is a task that ...

Air show in Tiruchi on February 3 from www.myairlinecareer.com
Suryakiran, the aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force, will stage an air show at the Tiruchi airport on February 3. The team, based at Bidar in Karnataka, will perform in the city for the first time.
A fleet of nine Surya Kiran aircraft will take part in the 45-minute show. The show will feature the team's standard formation and manoeuvres such as loops and barrel roll. There may be minor changes, depending on the weather condition. The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. to avoid disruption of the commercial air traffic at the airport.

WWII Heritage Days -- Peachtree City, GA from www.s118392501.onlinehome.us
Experience the sights and sounds of World War II when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts the fourth annual WWII Heritage Days April 18-19, 2009. The event will be held 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at The Historical Airpower Facility, Falcon Field, and will bring together re-enactors, vehicles, vintage aircraft and exhibits as a living history experience for the entire family.

VETS CAST WARY EYE ON 2009 ROOKIES from Red Bull Air Race News
The veterans of the Red Bull Air Race have been keeping a wary eye on the promising crop of four rookies joining the World Championship in 2009 and it is unlikely any of the heralded batch of newcomers will be getting as many tips as Austria's Hannes Arch received from the experienced pilots in his first season – before turning around beating them all a year later in his second campaign in 2008.

Kirby Chambliss wants title back in 2009 from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen
American Kirby Chambliss re-established himself as a title contender for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2008, winning two of the eight races and finishing 3rd overall. It was a strong comeback for the 2006 World Champion, who after dominating the field that year had then failed to win a single race in [...]

Extra excitement to race over Wairarapa - Stuff.co.nz
Organisers of Wings Over Wairarapa say the arrival of air racing - popular in the United States and Europe - will add excitement for the 30000 people expected at the two-day event.

Finding Good News at OSH from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler
...Across the field from the EAA AirVenture grounds, on the eastern perimeter, is Basler Turbo Conversions. For nearly a decade I've driven buy it, and in passing it recently, it struck me that I know nothing more about it than it has converted the DC-3 into the Pratt & Whitney-Canada PT-6-powered BT-67 since 1990...

DVD Review: 'The Gathering Commemorative Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
September 27 through 30, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio a historical event happened called the Gathering of Mustangs & Legends- the Final Roundup. The location, Rickenbacker Field-celebrating a 65th Anniversary, transformed to host the largest number of P-51 Mustangs and celebration of legendary Aces possibly since WW II. It had been 65 years since the last combat mission of the P-51.
A mammoth undertaking, successfully produced by the Gathering Foundation, Event Staff and Volunteers drew over 100,000 visitors from the US and around the world. Efforts to capture this historic event also drew the world's finest media professionals. Still receiving accolades and highly awarded, "The Gathering" will not soon be forgotten. ...

Snowfall Snaps Wing Off Rare Vintage Plane from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Click for more photosIt outlasted the Second World War and survived 40 years on the bottom of the Pacific but a heavy snowfall has felled the last remaining Handley Page Hampden bomber. Volunteers at the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, British Columbia, are appealing for help to put the little-known but historically significant aircraft back together again after snow broke the left wing off the twin-engine bomber. Like many small museums, the facility has to store some of its collection outside and that's not normally a problem in the usually temperate coastal area of B.C. But this year the area has been slammed with half a dozen snowstorms and, while museum volunteers did their best to clear the snow, an especially big dump on Dec. 26 was too much for the Hampden.
Snow Collapses One-of-a-Kind Vintage Bomber from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast

World War I: Airco DH.2 from About.com Military History
Developed in 1915, the Airco DH.2 (right) was one of the first effective British fighters of World War I. Designed by Geoffrey de Havilland, the DH.2 was a response...

Any time is a good time to visit San Diego - San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA
Appealing to families with older children, the Air & Space Museum is much more than a time capsule of aircraft and space memorabilia. ...

The Turtle Lady was also a plane lady from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
... Ila became the first licensed native Iowa female pilot at age 25, in . At the invitation of her friend Amelia Earhart, Loetscher was one of the 99 charter members of The Ninety-Nines. Also a noted advocate for the care and preservation of sea turtles, this aviation pioneer was inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991. ...

Women Who Fly from www.airspacemag.com
Everyone's heard of Amelia Earhart. But how about Patricia Jenkins, a pilot who uses her helicopter to herd cattle? Or Suzanne Asbury-Oliver, a skywriter for the Pepsi-Cola Company? Or Florence Parlett, an airport operator in tiny Edgewater, Maryland?

Navy To Review Case Of Missing Gulf War Pilot from Aviation & Aerospace News
18 Years Later, His Family Refuses To Give Up Hopes That He's Alive A hearing to be held by a Navy review board on Monday (today) may result in a...

Warhawk Air Museum plane used in Tom Cruise movie - Idaho Statesman
NAMPA, Idaho - A World War II plane usually on display at the Warhawk Air Museum in southwest Idaho can be seen in action in the Tom Cruise movie "Valkyrie.

Young volunteer flies to the rescue with Civil Air Patrol - Spartanburg Herald Journal,SC
A Florida pastor and his son were missing after a plane crash. Austin was part of a three-man Civil Air Patrol team coupled with two local firefighters. ...

Evans airport future up in the air - Lismore Northern Star, Australia
Most spectators at the Great Eastern Fly-In over the weekend were oblivious to the battle raging about them over the future of the Evans Head Memorial ...

Farmers win thousands in compensation over low-flying aircraft - Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
... out £42000 in compensation to a free range egg farmer in Staffordshire after the noise from the Red Arrows frightened chickens into laying fewer eggs. ...

Video of the Week: Canyonlands Flying in a Piper Cherokee from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Did someone say "backcountry flying"? It doesn't get more majestic than this video AVweb reader Alan Loehr pointed out to us recently. Sit back and enjoy several of Arizona and Utah's most breath-taking sites, seen through the canopy of a Piper Cherokee 140 and edited together into a couple of minutes...

Hog Wild About Anything That Flies! - iNewsWire
Flight Line internet Radio is always on the lookout for those that have compelling aviation content and Airpigz.com is a new blog with podcast's that are not only educational but entertaining at the same time. We are going to air excerpts of their podcasts and the full version will be found on Airpigz.com says FLiR Director of Marketing Don Costanza. We are fortunate to be able to share an excerpt from their very first podcast featuring an interview with John Roncz, world-famous airfoil designer. For the full 34 minute interview go to Airpigz.com.

Space odyssey: Former astronaut Steve Hawley, now a KU professor ... - Lawrence Journal World, KS
Also, you see a lot of water, particularly if you fly in orbits like I did which are oriented closer to the Earth's equator. The Earth doesn't look like ...

Milestones of Flight: 1/5 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
Milestones of Flight: 1/4 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

This Week In Military/Aviation History 5 - 11 January from Warbirds Online

C-47 air to air from Fence Check
Best Pictures of the 2008 Airshow Season from Fence Check
Bob and Barbara, founding members of the Section 3 family - flickr.com
The K-Max helicopter and the wrecking ball from Unusual Attitude by Kieran Daly
Canadian Forces Snowbirds - Toronto Air Show - CIAS 2008 - Asterpix Interactive Video
Awesome F/A-18 SuperHornet Demo from Military Photos by livingwarbirds
Sixteen Year Old Wins Alaska's 'Paint the Plane' Contest from Jeffrey Sigmon's Aviation Blog

Friends remember local Warsaw pilot killed in plane crash - WSBT-TV, IN
(Photo provided) By WSBT News1 WARSAW -- We now know the names of the Warsaw couple involved in a fatal plane crash in Tennessee Saturday. ...

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