Friday, March 27, 2009

Indy Transponder 27-MAR-09 0230z


MacDill AirFest Promises Heavy Traffic As Well As Fun - Tampa Tribune, FL
By RICH SHOPES | The Tampa Tribune TAMPA - AirFest is flying into town this weekend, which means potential traffic headaches in South Tampa. Previous air shows had Dale Mabry Highway and MacDill Avenue turned into parking lots. ...
[Photo via MacDill Air Fest website]

Airfest returns to MacDill Air Force Base - MyFox Tampa Bay, FL
TAMPA - The ever-popular MacDill Airfest roars back into the skies over MacDill Air Force Base this weekend. The airshow returns March 28 and 29, with the Air Force's Thunderbirds returning as the highlighting act. As with previous years, ...

Riverside Air Show - Riverside
The City of Riverside proudly presents the Riverside Airport Open House & Airshow 2009! March 28, 2009

Tyndall air show decision to be made by Saturday morning - The News Herald, FL
By JONAS HOGG / News Herald Writer TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — Tyndall officials are keeping a watchful eye on the weather in anticipation of the 2009 Gulf Coast Salute air show. The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday calls for showers and ...

Air Force Week to include Thunderbirds show - Salt Lake Tribune, United States
While most of the smaller events will take place in Salt Lake City, the biggest spectacle will be at Hill Air Force Base, where officials have planned a two-day open house and air show that will include the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration ...

Cecil Field AirShow will go 'to the ozone layer' from jacksonville.com
Patty Wagstaff sounded pretty excited Monday when talking about the aerobatics she'll display at the Cecil Field AirShow next month.
Twists and dives and whirls - it's the sort of display that made Wagstaff the first woman to win the title of U.S. national aerobatic champion, a prize she won three times.
But there was a tinge of sadness in her voice, too, when talking about the show. Wagstaff and the three dozen other scheduled performers won't be showing up simply to wow the crowd.
They'll also be performing to raise money for the Alan Henley Trust Fund, benefiting an aviator who was paralyzed last year. ...

Take a Ride in Historic CAF Warbirds at Sun 'N Fun 2009 - AMTOnline.com, MD
MIDLAND, TX – Get your hands on history with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) at Sun''N Fun Fly-In 2009 when you take a ride in one of the CAF's vintage warbirds. Historic aircraft from the CAF fleet will be on display and available for rides at Sun ...

Air show is back on this summer. July 25-26 by racerrick (Rick Stratton)

Tanks, choppers trump Snowbirds' jets - Toronto Star, Canada
OTTAWA–New planes for the iconic Snowbirds air demonstration team are less important than tanks, helicopters and bomb-proof road clearing equipment in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says. "We have a lot of equipment priorities," MacKay said ...
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Red Bull Air Race - A Look at the Competitors - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada
Rakhmanin aims to have flown 25 hours on the MXS-R by the first round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Yet to take a place on the podium, the pensive Russian could well be building up to a breakthrough performance in 2009 if his assessment ...

Red Bull Air Race Newsroom: RUSSIAN ROULETTE from Smoke-On by Tom
THE smell of fear will be in the air this season as Russian pilot Sergey Rakhmanin unveils his all-new 350hp MXS-R race plane in Abu Dhabi on 17-18 April. Already revered by his fellow competitors for his considerable flying achievements gained in his pre-racing career, this potentially unstoppable combination of man and machine could see [...]

Dubai Retail to host 'Red Bull Air Village' at The Walk in ... - AME Info, United Arab Emirates
It will display various Red Bull Air Race exhibits including a 4x4x6 metre plane, a mock up of the Abu Dhabi Air Race track, a photo gallery displaying 30 of the most impressive photos taken from all over the Red Bull air races worldwide, ...

San Diego Bay Cleared for Landing as the Red Bull Air Race Returns ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)
SANTA MONICA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/26/09 -- The planes are tuned up, the pylons are on their way, and the best pilots in the world are strengthening their resolve as the Red Bull Air Race World Championship prepares to head back to San Diego on May ...

Red Bull Air Race Rolls Into San Diego For Third Year from Smoke-On by Tom
SANTA MONICA, CA–(Marketwire - March 26, 2009) - The planes are tuned up, the pylons are on their way, and the best pilots in the world are strengthening their resolve as the Red Bull Air Race World Championship prepares to head back to San Diego on May 9 and 10. With over 120,000 [...]

Red Bull wants to see your wings - UNLV The Rebel Yell, NV
The aerobatic competition was the final event of the evening and featured special guest judges from pilots in the US Thunderbirds. "This is a nice break from what we do," Tech Sgt. Randy Redman said. "As for the competition, we are looking for equal ...

On this day in 1994: Eurofighter Typhoon performed its first flight in Germany from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
On this day 15 years ago the Eurofighter Typhoon performed it's first flight. Flight at the time recorded the news as a picture story.

Air 11: Inside the 11 News chopper - KHOU, TX
Quick enough to zip the 50 miles from downtown Houston to Galveston Island in less than 20 minutes. News helicopters usually fly at an altitude of 500 to 1000 feet off the ground. But AIR 11 has a service ceiling of 16000 feet. ...

Parachute jumping from inside a C-130J
from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti
Stefano Romito (who I met for the first time during a flight inside a P-180 of the 71° Gruppo - his previous unit), a C-130J pilot of the 46^ Brigata Aerea of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) based in Pisa, sent me the following pictures he took during a paradropping mission with the Folgore. The picture show the parachute jumping from a different perspective: not, as usual, from the outside, but from the inside of the aircraft fuselage. The Folgore Parachute Brigade is the largest paratroopers unit of the Esercito Italiano (Italian Army, ItAy) made of 6 battalion-sized Regiments based in Livorno and stationed in Livorno, Pistoia, Siena, Pisa and Legnago (Verona), including also the Pisa Parachute Training Centre. Being on the same place of the C-130J and C-27J of the 46^ Air Brigade, the Folgore often trains together with the Italian transport aircraft jumping inside one of the dropping zones next to Pisa. ...

Take a Ride in Historic CAF Warbirds at Sun 'N Fun 2009 - AMTOnline.com, MD
MIDLAND, TX – Get your hands on history with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) at Sun''N Fun Fly-In 2009 when you take a ride in one of the CAF's vintage warbirds. Historic aircraft from the CAF fleet will be on display and available for rides at Sun ...

B-17 Prepares for Salute to Veterans Tour from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Final preparations are being made for the EAA B-17 Aluminum Overcast's 2009 Salute to Veterans Tour, which kicks off its spring-summer leg April 3-5 at Chino, California. Each year the Flying Fortress - one of only a handful still flying - serves as an ardent aviation ambassador and a reminder of the commitment and sacrifice made by our nation's military during World War II.

B-17 flies through Fresno- KSEE, CA
... you may see something a little out of the ordinary. A B-17 Flying Fortress from World War II is flying high over the area and offering rides for the public. the B-17 Liberty Belle will be taking off from Scott Aircraft at the Fresno Airport.

Watch: Sky Cobras Precision Flight Demonstration Team - WJHG-TV, FL
The Sky Soldiers is composed of an elite group of decorated, veteran military aviators and ground support personnel who have served their country. Many have combat experience from Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...

Space Isn't Just For Astronauts Anymore from The Aviation Nation by Annie Jacobsen
Space isn't just for astronauts anymore. Private citizen, current billionaire and former Microsoft Word developer Charles Simonyi has made his second trip into space — a record for a non-astronaut. Simonyi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian-made Soyuz-TMA spacecraft, headed for the International Space Station. ...

Billionaire Lifts Off on Second Space Trip from SPACE.com
An astronaut, a cosmonaut and the first repeat space tourist lifted off toward the International Space Station today.

Indiana may open lakes to public seaplane access from AOPA News
After a decade of advocacy, and with support from pilots and nonpilots alike, Indiana is showing signs it may open five lakes to public seaplane access.

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