Sunday, May 17, 2009

Indy Transponder 17-MAY-09 0400z


While the Air Show is not new to Beaufort—this year does stand out in a way. By Holly Bounds You might have seen the sign outside the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort that reads, "The Sound You Hear is the Sound of Freedom. ...

Blue Angels fly high before thousands of spectators on first day ... - Hilton Head Island Packet, SC
Cameras of all sizes snapped away as pilots of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron --the Blue Angels -- strode across the tarmac at MCAS Beaufort and climbed into their F-18 Hornets. "They're the coolest pilots in the world," said Rebecca Blindster ...

Blue Angels return to Beaufort Air Show - WTOC, GA
By Don Logana - bio | email BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - The Beaufort community is still trying to come to terms with what happened, two years after a Blue Angels jet crashed during the Beaufort Air Show. This weekend, the Blue Angels return to Beaufort. ...

The world renown U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, roared into the skies over Maryland and Washington, D.C. today, in preparation for Armed Forces Day and the 57th Annual Joint Services Open House Air Show, at Andrews Air Force Base. ...
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - Washington Post, United States
Before the weather broke, much of the fascination was with planes on display, including a replica of the famed Memphis Belle, a historic B-17 Flying Fortress used in bombing raids over Germany during World War II. "It just amazes me that something that ...

2009 Joint Service Open House Andrews AFB from Technorati 

Weather does not dampen fun at air show - New Bern Sun Journal, NC
Some people made a whole day of the show, waiting for its main act, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. The Snowbirds' show was delayed a bit by the weather, as pilots watched the clouds and the wind.
As part of the Memorial Day weekend air show slated for Jones Beach, Republic Airport, Farmingdale, will be hosting the United States Air Force precision demonstration team, the Thunderbirds and their Canadian counterparts, the Snowbirds. ...

Grounded in these precepts, I visited the first-ever Warbirds Over the Beach air show Saturday to fulfill a dream and fly in a World War II aircraft - with the appropriate mix of dives and spins.

Séjour de Rêve au Cap Vert from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling by Grifil
(Translated w/google translator) Created in 1981 by Jacques Bothelin the APACHE ROLL, symbol of the APACHE-BREITLING Patrol, is for one of its pilots to perform barrel rolls around the other team flying in close formation. 
This "Weblog" given the same name is intended to let us know, through information and anecdote, the life of that patrol throughout the years and make homage to and a friendly team, known for its professionalism.
Welcome to APACHE ROLL!

The inaugural Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) - which is to be held at the Sakhir airbase in Bahrain, 21-23 January 2010 - will offer an ideal launch pad into the region for companies within the business aviation sector. ...

... Airman Meyers , a 34th Fighter Squadron crew chief and Washington native, went to air shows as a kid, but it was the pilot in one show that drove him to the military. 
"I had seen air stunts before, but that was the first time I saw an F-16 demo. I became completely fascinated. The pilot was incredible and even had a cool name that I couldn't forget," he said. 
The name he was speaking of is Lt. Col. Kurt "Huevos" Gallegos, who at the time of the air show was the captain of the Viper West F-16 demonstration team at Hill Air Force Base. ...

Helo's for the Royal Navy's 100 years of flight celebration staged via RAF Northholt, London, before joining fixed wing craft and formating for a flyby of HMS Illustrious at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich on the river Thames. A very grey and windy day in London, ...

C.E. "Bud" Anderson is one of my all time heroes.  He's a triple ace with 16¼ kills over Germany.  I've read his book "To Fly and Fight" twice, seen him countless times on the TV show "Dogfights" and also on "Showdown: Air Combat".  I was kind of nervous ...

Blue skies for Amy Adams - Daily Telegraph, Australia
DESPITE her fear of flying, Amy Adams has nailed the role of pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart in her latest film that is sure to make her Hollywood's next big thing. WITH her natural elegance and peppy charm, it's easy to see why ...

Members everywhere from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Tom Haines
... In a minute Captain Granville D. Lasseter II stepped out, his giant hand absorbing mine in a handshake. "I have a beautifully restored 1968 Piper Super Cub and I want to take more kids for rides. Any advice on how I can do that?" he asked, going on to explain that he lives in a fly-in community near Houston. The Cub is his "around the patch" airplane. An early Cessna 210 is his traveling machine. Standing there in his crisp Southwest uniform, it was clear right away that Lasseter loves to fly. ...

Like some kind of cross between NASCAR and Evel Knievel, Eric Scott of Jet Pack International recently set a new speed record for jetpacks: A surprisingly-fast 61 MPH.
The jetpack in question only has enough fuel (mostly hydrogen peroxide converted to water) for about 30-40 seconds of flight, so even though he claims the jetpack achieves about 800 horsepower, he only gets up to 61 MPH. Still, that's far faster than we would have thought, given Mark's experience, but evidently this is an entirely different kind of jetpack.  ...

Model aircraft enthusiast turns crimebuster - Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
By Sam Rodrigues A MODEL aeroplane equipped with a camera attached with a rubber band has inadvertently captured graffiti artists at work, leading to their arrest. The aerial surveillance was carried out over the Aldinga Bay Surf life Saving Club in ...

2 jobs in two states from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

Chino/Steadfast from www.aafo.com - A quick shot of Will getting Steadfast ready to head to Chino this afternoon
STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit from A Welsh View by Robert Gale


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