Saturday, April 18, 2009

Indy Transponder 17-APR-09 2350z

High Flying Fun at Cecil Field Airshow This Weekend - First Coast News, FL
Pilot Tim Williams, with the Red Thunder team, says the airshow participants are like family and want to support one of their own. "All the performers are donating their time and effort for Alan. Hopefully he'll get well and be back in the cockpit soon ...

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Record Crowd Expected At This Weekend's Air Show - KRIS-TV, TX
The military describes the Angels as the finest flight demonstration squadron on Earth. Officer Brett Dawson says the Angels won't fly until sometime in the afternoon, but they're just part of the air show. There will be about 13 different acts flying, ...

Jet set on display - Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX
The South Texas Shootout Air Show, featuring the US Navys Blue Angels, will soar above Naval Air Station Corpus Christi on Saturday and Sunday. The gates open at 9 am and the air show will be from 10 am to 4 pm each day. About 180000 people attended ...
Thunder on the air - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
WHAS-TV is the official Thunder television station and will have exclusive broadcasts from the air show to the fireworks, including the official fireworks soundtrack. ...

Sound man for Thunder - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Hettinger is owner of Visual Presentations Inc., which, among other things, produces Thunder Over Louisville. He may be the visionary behind Thunder, but it is Cambron, vice president of operations at Visual Presentations, who makes sure everyone hears ...

Famed pilot ready to rip the sky at Chapala Air Show - Guadalajara Reporter
CHAPALA - Thrill seekers should make a beeline for the lakefront malecon on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 to get a heavy dose of adrenaline at the Chapala Air Show 2009. The two-day event, scheduled 3 to 6 pm on both dates, will star American ...

Patriots take flight - Appeal-Democrat, CA
On Thursday, his civilian work with the Patriots jet aerobatic team brought him to Lincoln to perform in advance of the Beale Air Force Base's 2009 Air Show and Open House. Counsell was tasked with flying unseasoned civilian guests through a short ...

Lindbergh Foundation to Premier New Film at Sun 'n Fun - AMTOnline.com, MD
The film documents the training of 12 Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) pilots by Lindbergh Foundation volunteers, Patty Wagstaff, Rich Sugden, and Lindbergh Board members John and Martha King and Knox Bridges. Accompanying the Foundation on this trip was ...

Iran to Stage Largest Air Show Tomorrow - Fars News Agency, Iran
Tens of fighter jets due to take part in the Saturday air show completed their last exercise sorties in the presence of senior Army commanders at Tehran's Air Base 1 on Thursday. Squadrons of F4, F5, F7, F14, Saeqeh (Thunderbolt), ...

World's Top 15 Air Race Pilots Begin Battle - Khaleej Times
ABU DHABI - Thousands of people from different nationalities converged on the corniche on Friday to watch 15 world-renowned pilots compete in the opening of the Air Race World Championship. Onlookers filled the corniche up to the breakwaters on both ...

ARCH WINS FIRST POINT IN ABU DHABI QUALIFYING from Red Bull Air Race News
Austria’s Hannes Arch collected the first point of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship by recording the fastest time in Qualifying on Friday ahead of Saturday’s season-opener in Abu Dhabi. The defending champion beat Britain’s Paul Bonhomme into second and France’s Nicolas Ivanoff to third in a thrill-filled Qualifying battle over the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf.

TALK OF THE TARMAC from Red Bull Air Race News
Hannes Arch (1st) threw down the gauntlet against a trio of challengers hot on his heels with a sizzling time in Qualifying 2, jumping up from fifth to first by flying nearly six seconds faster. Even though most pilots fly a bit more cautiously in the first Quali session to ensure a top 10 spot and automatic passage to race day, Arch’s massive improvement from Q1 to Q2 raised a lot of eyebrows. “I’m sure everyone else was holding back in the first run to make sure they Qualified,” he said.
Air show brings B-17 to Chandler airport - East Valley Tribune, AZ
“Chandler Airport Dazs,” hosted by the Chandler Airport Alliance and the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing, will also educate the public about the types of aircraft and businesses that operate at the airport, according to the city's Web site. ...

Seeing history head-on: 'Wings of Freedom Tour' salutes World War ... - El Paso Times, TX
The planes are a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang fighter. It has been 63 years since Juan Provencio flew in a B-17. He arrived with the tour earlier this week, flying in from Lubbock. "My first mission was in September 1943," ...

Doolittle Raiders take to the sky - The State, SC
Surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders had an opportunity Thursday to fly in vintage planes. All users: If you have not already done so, Click "Record a Comment" to begin. Next, click "Allow" to use your camera. Click on the blue "gear" icon in the ...

Letter: Doolittle raid, April 18, 1942 - New Richmond News, WI
On April 18, 1942, four months and 11 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 16 US Army Air Forces B-25 “Billy Mitchell” bombers took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to strike Tokyo, Japan. ...

Wendover expert restores a Spitfire - Aylesbury Today, UK
Mr Tuplin, who lives in Wendover with his wife Nikky, has flown a host of warbirds in his time and even owns a Chipmunk, but he reserved the highest praise for the Spitfire. Such was the quality of the work carried out by Mr Tuplin and his company, ...

Aviation Heritage Park Grand Opening - Bowling Green Daily News, United States
About 100 spectators and guests converged inside Basil Griffin Park as members of the community and Aviation Heritage Park board gathered to dedicate the site on Three Springs Road. “It exceeded all of my expectations in every single way. ...

Charm still soars at the Museum of Flight - TheNewsTribune.com
“You can't walk through there without seeing kids pointing at something,” said Hagedorn, who came to the museum after serving 19 years at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC “It's such an unusual site.

Air & Space Center offers free admission - Daily Press, VA
Admission to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton will be free Sunday through Thursday as part of the annual Air Force Week celebration. Currently, the space center is hosting the exhibit "Risk," which explores the decision making and science ...

4 Wing’s Sky Lancers from Headline News - Canada's Air Force, National Defence
Some people know history through books; others, through experience. Bryan Cousineau belongs to the latter category. His uncle, Ed Welters, was a pilot with the Sky Lancers-predecessors to the modern-day aerial demonstration team Snowbirds-in the 1950s.

174th Fighter Wing helps open new Yankee Stadium from National Guard - Top News
Four F-16 C Fighting Falcons from the 174th Fighter Wing performed the flyover for the first ballgame ever played in the new Yankee Stadium during opening ceremonies held today...

A-10 flyby for private pilot video from Military Photos by B25Hmitchell
**EDIT This is not my video, I found it on youtube**
"Wife and I were flying in our RV-8 in a nearby Military Operation Area and got jumped by a couple A-10's. We invited them to do the intercept so even though we were expecting it, we didn't know from which direction and what they were going to do. They had as much fun as we did. I unfortunately didn't get it all on tape. We had our dogs with us on our laps while this was going on! Must have looked funny from their perspective. "

Arty's Ultimate Ultralight Adventure from AviationBull
Some pilots might look at the Maxair Drifter and ask, "where's the rest?" Others take one look and see a front-row ticket to fun and adventure. I think I fall into that second group and I'm pretty sure that Arty Trost does too. The AOPA pointed me to a recent article about Arty making a stop in Beaumont Texas recently. An ultralight (E-LSA) flying around Texas..."so what" you ask? Well, she started in Oregon...she's flying to Sun 'n Fun and then she's flying home. What a great aviation adventure to undertake!

First Flight in the Super Decathlon from Airspeed by Stephen Force
Okay, there’s aerobatics. Then there’s aerobatics in the American Champion Super Decathlon. Holy crap!
I’ve been flying the Citabria Aurora at Sutton Aviation since last April. No flies on the Citabria and I really like that airplane. 118 hp and great flight characteristics. But the Super-D has 180 hp, about 2.5-ft shorter wings, inverted fuel and oil systems, and a constant speed prop.

Young Eagles program to fly local kids for free - LubbockOnline.com, TX
Following the flights on April 25, guest passengers will be given Young Eagles certificates, and their names will be entered into the World's Largest Logbook at Oshkosh. Each flight will be in an airplane registered by the FAA, and no aerobatic or ...

First Air Force Indy car gets ready to race from Air Force Link Top Stories
The first Air Force-themed Indy race car debuts April 19 at Long Beach, Calif., courtesy of Luczo Dragon Racing, owners of race car no. 2.
Luczo Dragon Racing, corporately-sponsored by Seagate Corporation, will display the Air Force symbol during the 2009 race season, including the Indy 500.
"The Air Force jumped on the opportunity to promote the service and gave permission to the race team to place the Air Force symbol on the Indy car, related team uniforms, pit equipment, team signage, T-shirts, hats and die-cast cars," said Jessica O'Haver, chief of the Air Force Trademark & Licensing Office.
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VFA-31 Tomcatters from FenceCheck Forums
AERO '2009 - Airshow Galerie Online





Aviation event offers pancakes, chance to soak professors - Purdue Exponent
Thanks to their second annual Pancake Fly-in/Drive-in, though, the students of Purdue's Aviation Organizations can make this claim. The event will include a pancake breakfast, prepared by students in the aviation organizations. ...



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