Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Indy Transponder 3-March 2350z

Preferred Seating - WNCT, NC
For the first time in its 60 year history, the featured jet performance team will be the "Canadian Forces Snowbirds". Preferred seating is limited and available in three tiers: bleacher seats, box seats and exclusive pavilion seating. ...

Snowbirds Celebration from Aviation.ca News
A special celebration coming up this summer will feature the Canadian Forces elite aerobatics team, the Snowbirds. St. John's International Airport Authority Marketing Director, Marie Manning, says the event is the Airport's commemoration of two milestones. Manning says the airshow...

NZDF - Whenuapai Air Show and Open Day from www.nzdf.mil.nz
See the Royal New Zealand Air Force in action both on the ground and in the air as Air Force Base Auckland hosts their popular air show and open day on Saturday 21 March at Whenuapai. On the ground will be displays by Air Security and the Fire-fighters along with the various trades that make up the RNZAF; while in the air, flight demonstrations will showcase the numerous roles RNZAF aircraft undertake each day. ...

Fly-in zooms into Whangarei - Northland Independent Community, New Zealand
The Northland Recreational Flying Club is hosting a 'fly-in' from Saturday, February 28 to March 1. A fly-in is when flying clubs are invited to visit another club, to meet up with flying enthusiasts, trade stories and have a look at other aircraft. ...

Show saga in court - Waikato Times, New Zealand
By AARON LEAMAN - Waikato Times The ongoing saga over the failed Wings and Wheels over Waikato air show looks set for a lengthy court sequel. Air show organiser Ken Ross pleaded not guilty in Hamilton District Court yesterday to 119 charges laid under ...

Won't be working at Avalon this time :( from Fly Me Friendly by Falcon124
Every two years the Avalon Airshow is held at Avalon Airfield (YMAV) about an hour out of Melbourne on the way to Geelong. Aircraft range from warbirds to super hornets, 747s to C17s, lighties, loonies and the tradeshow. While nothing like Oshkosh, it's still an amazing show lasting about a week and featuring a night airshow on the Friday (starts at dusk, goes into the night and typically ends with an F111 doing a 'dump & burn' and the huge wall of fire - great for killing your night vision). Watching combat jets launch at night on full afterburner is amazing (especially the F111) as is a Super Constellation taking off with the mixture full rich. ...

Airlift cancels Wings Over Pittsburgh air show - Lebanon Daily News, PA
The 911th Airlift Wing is canceling its Wings Over Pittsburgh air show for just the second time since it began in 1999. The unit plays host to the show at the US Air Force Reserve Base in Moon Township, west of the city. Airlift officials say the unit ...

California International Airshow names president, new directors - The Salinas Californian, CA
The California International Airshow has announced Ginny Brown as board president for the California International Airshow. Brown has been an Airshow volunteer since 1983 and has served on the board of directors as director of marketing since 2003. ...

Barksdale to conduct controlled airfield burn - Shreveport Times, LA
People living around Barksdale Air Force Base should not be alarmed by smoke there Wednesday, as it prepares for the coming Defenders of Liberty Air Show. The 2nd Bomb Wing's Safety and Natural Resources office will conduct the controlled burn to areas ...

Mike Goulian Gets The Edge In The Air! from Smoke-On by Tom
Checking in with Mike Goulian's Blog we see that Mike got to take his Edge 540 on it's first test flight and from what Mike has said…. things are looking good! Hit this Link and check it out! Smoke-On! Tom

Blue Angels' Crash Artifacts Discovered on Alabama Beach from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
FORT MORGAN AL- Debbie Harris, a lifelong resident of Fort Morgan, Alabama reported she knew the story of the Blue Angel pilot who crashed near her home 50 years ago. Feb. 17, on what would have been Cmdr. Robert N. Glasgow's 87th birthday, Harris discovered his dog tags in the sand outside her home. Less than three months ago, she found his small Navy fighter squadron emblem in the beach nearby according to news reports. Her search for information about the pilot took her to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola and its director, former Blue Angel and retired Navy Capt. Bob Rasmussen. ...
History comes full circle: historic airmail flight from Moose Jaw from Headline News - Canada's Air Force, National Defence
On the morning of Monday, February 23, 2009, a CT-156 Harvard II from 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Sask., touched down at Regina International Airport for an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada.

NASA - NASA Flying Wing Model Soars into National Air and Space Museum from www.nasa.gov
WASHINGTON -- A flying model NASA built to research futuristic aircraft designs will spend its future in the United States' premier air and space museum.
The 12-foot wing span blended wing body, or BWB, model, used during wind tunnel flight tests at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., is on long-term loan to the "How Things Fly" gallery at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

Blue Thunder Air Racing from www.bluethunderairracing.com
Construction progress on "Blue II" February 2009 report Last month I said that we will have the instrument panel installed, the circuit board controlling the landing gear, prop governor, and fuel valve to show you and a new deal with Hartzell to advertise. Well, two and a half out of three is not too bad. ...

BEAR CREW - 'Workin' On Their Night Moves' - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
Every 'serious' air race team maintains an ever-changing daily- 'To-Do' List of essential tasks for their crew to work-off, in an effort to stay viable as a trophy competitor, while demonstrating safe aircraft operations- both in the air & on the ground. ...

Aussie F-111s at Nellis for Red Flag exercise from Air Force Times - News
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — A crusty old chief master sergeant could be forgiven for thinking he had been transported back to the 1980s when he stepped onto the flight line here for the latest Red Flag exercise.

S71A Backbird aka Sled driver from Military Photos by timetraveller
Imo the finest built Aircraft ever created from the drawing board to become a reality when it first took to the skies it was years ahead of it's time and Powerplants that made it into the Records books those that created and built those engines .. Will forever be proud .
It may not be in Operational service anymore , but to me it's like a classic trk that never loses it's appeal .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31eEXjNAUU
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The Lady is a Pilot - McCook Daily Gazette, NE
I have long been a champion of women in aviation having taught more than several to fly. One of my past students even attained an airline pilot seat but her timing was bad and her job evaporated when the airlines curtailed after 9/11. ...

Sebring Airport Displays EAA Sweepstakes Airplane - AMTOnline.com, MD
The MC was donated to the EAA by Flight Design of Germany, and is offered as the Grand Prize for the 2009 EAA Sweepstakes, which benefits the Wisconsin organization's Young Eagles program that has introduced more than 1.4 million young people to the ...

Strong Global Aerospace Ties in Ozark Alabama Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
... DynaLantic's venture into Huey simulators finally brought the company to Ozark, which had at least three major draws. One was the aviation-rich environment. That included Fort Rucker and BellAero's U.S. Helicopter, which was remanufacturing castoff Hueys as the Huey II. For DynaLantic, sitting right across the runway of Ozark's municipal airport from U.S. Helicopter offered a huge benefit. Customers for the Huey II could train on the system and pick up their own helicopters in the same place. ...

LASP RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR AMERICA'S SMALL AVIATION ... - Helicopter Association International, VA
The LASP proposal would, for the first time ever, require security programs for thousands of privately operated general aviation aircraft and ultimately seek to combine a number of security programs currently in place for general aviation, ...
WWII ace, 87, gets out of jail after 8 years from Air Force Times - News
BARTOW, Fla. — An 87-year-old World War II hero from central Florida will be a free man for the first time in more than eight years.

Air Force One from Fence Check
Pilots in Cockpits (Military) from Fence Check
Atomic Mustangs from PPRuNe Forums by aseanaero
Red Flag 09-3 from Fence Check
The Short S.25 Sunderland flying boat from PPRuNe Forums by dicksorchard
C-133A Cargomaster / Travis AFB Air Expo 2008 from Keith Breazeal Video Productions - by keith
Tim Decker Knife Edge Pass / Travis AFB Air Expo 2008 from Keith Breazeal Video Productions - by keith
Kent Pietsch Truck Top Landing / Travis AFB Air Expo 2008 from Keith Breazeal Video Productions - by keith

Saturday, May 16, 2009 - Armed Forces Day Pancake Breakfast, Frankfort, IN from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events

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