Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Indy Transponder 17-February 0330z


Thunder Over Louisville Will Go On - WLKY, KY
A representative of the Kentucky Derby Festival said the fireworks and air show will take place, despite the tough economy. An announcement of corporate ...
[Photo Credit from 2007 event: Gabe Racz]
Official Website: Thunder Over Louisville
BIG attractions at this year's air show! - KGNS, TX
The 11th annual WBCA Stars And Stripes Air Show Spectacular was held at the Laredo International Airport. "It's my 4th time here. 'so what's different this ...

Rockford Airfest Announcement Expected Soon - WREX-TV, IL
We're still waiting for an official announcement about Rockford airfest. Airport Director Bob O'Brien gave 13 News an update. ...

South Asia's biggest air show - ArabianBusiness.com
Members of the Indian Airforce's Sarang Helicopter aerobatics fly in formation at the Yelahanka Air Force Station during the final day of the Aero India 2009 exhibition in Bangalore.

Red Bull Air Race 2009 season - World Air Sports Federation, Switzerland
An international aerobatic competition open to solo pilots, formation teams, piston-engine, turbo-jet and jet aircraft flying to music. ...

Reno Air Racing Association - podcasts/videos from www.airrace.org
  1. Lee Behel, Sport Class President and pilot of Race 5, Lancair Legacy "Breathless", talks about the the birth of PRS, the development of the Sport Class, his airplane, and the competition for 2009.
  2. Dan talks about his journey from being a spectator at the Races to becoming a race pilot, and gives a race-by-race commentary on his 2008 Unlimited Class competition in P-51 Mustang "Ridge Runner".
Century of naval aviation marked - BBC News, UK
He said: "Naval aviation is important because of the flexibility and independence that air power gives you. "If you operate from ship you have a large ...

Freedom Honor Flight Plans Second Trip to World War II Memorial - WKBT, WI
The second flight, which will include about 100 veterans, will also be held during La Crosse's Airfest celebration, which will allow more people to share ...

Wesley L. McDonald dies at 84; 4-star Navy admiral led 1983 US ... - Los Angeles Times, CA
As a first lieutenant and naval aviator, he served aboard several aircraft carriers, including the Coral Sea, which he returned to command in 1970-71. ...

Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Cairns - Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
After some time as a consultant with Marconi, Cairns joined a small team developing an aerobatic training aircraft, the Trago Mills SAH 1. ...

AF Museum (road) trip from The PapaGolf Chronicles by DaveG
I'm sure there are valid reasons for not doing so, but I sure do wish that the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson would provide a way for pilots to fly in for a visit. Certainly that would make a bigger difference to people that live further away than the 1 + 10 drive that I have, but it would still be an infinitely cooler way to arrive. Particularly when arriving in an airplane that looks as if it would fit right in as an exhibit. It is what it is, though, so a road trip it was.
The secret to the AF museum is to get there promptly at 0900. That's not a critical success factor, of course, but it does help alleviate some of the obstructions to photography that crop up once the Cub Scout groups and families with half a dozen strollers arrive. There's an even bigger secret that I am only willing to share with you because of the limited readership here at the Chronicles. That secret is that the first thing you do when you get into the museum is to get in the line to get out of the museum. Given the counter-intuitive tenor of that advice, I will elucidate. ...

It's sky time to be Air Fair! - Ipswich Evening Star, UK
The Evening Star's Air Fair campaign seeks to protect Suffolk's tranquillity, one of the most-appreciated aspects of the unspoilt rural county, ...

International Parachuting Commission meeting 2009 - World Air Sports Federation, Switzerland
An international aerobatic competition open to solo pilots, formation teams, piston-engine, turbo-jet and jet aircraft flying to music. ...
International Parachuting Commission meeting 2009 from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI - by rh

SCAT-15F SST from The Unwanted Blog by admin
From a 1965 Boeing report to the FAA. Boeing took the general aircraft configuration produced by NASA as the "SCAT-15F-220″ and fleshed it out as a proper aircraft design. The SCAT-15F-B2 was the same design as the SCAT-15F-220 except that the fuselage was stretched to permit 215 passengers (the original seated 198). Gross weight was 430,000 pounds. The SCAT-15F-B7 was the final iteration, adding retractable canards for low speed control - the same thing was done with the Soviet Tu-144 SST, but in the Boeing design, the canard was a single-pivot wing. Cruise speed would be Mach 2.7, typical misison range 3476 nautical miles, and gross weight bumped up to 500,000 pounds, of which 226,500 pounds was fuel and 43,000 pounds was payload.

FAA says Texas fireball was meteor, not a UFO - The Associated Press
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig said the fireball seen across a wide stretch of the state Sunday morning probably was a natural ...

'Caption Contest #8 Reaches Higher - from Airpigz Blog by Martt Clupper
Ends 9PM Tuesday 2-17-09

Spitfire for sale - by WealthBulletin
Bonhams is putting up for sale one of the most iconic aircraft ever built, the Supermarine Spitfire, price tag £1.5m.

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
Red Flag 2009-02 from Fence Check
Pics of the Day - Aero India 2009 from Technorati
Some Texas racing... - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion

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