Indy Transponder 6-MAY-09 1030z

Sean Tucker Talks About Weekend Precautionary Landing from Aero-News Network
Impending Fuel Exhaustion Compelled Him To "Land While I Was Still In Control" There is a pretty darned good reason that Sean Tucker is one of the nation's most revered and respected airshow pilots -- and anyone who has seen him fly knows exactly why... the man is one of the best pilots in the biz... period.

Aaron Tippin to rock BAFB at air show Sunday - Shreveport Times, LA - Jane Bokun
By Jane Bokun • janebokun@gannett.com • May 6, 2009 It is certainly fitting that country music star Aaron Tippin will be performing at the Barksdale Air Force Base Defender of Liberty Air Show at 11:30 am Sunday. "To perform for our military and ...

Marines prepare for upcoming Beaufort Air Show - Hilton Head Island Packet, SC - Patrick Donohue
The show, formally titled "Blues Over Beaufort," also will feature performances by Patty Wagstaff, a three-time US aerobatics champion, and Jurgis Kairys, winner of the European Championship and World Grand Prix of Aerobatics.

Thunderbird pilot shares joy of flying with students - Macon Telegraph, GA - Jake Jacobs
Goodman, along with his crew chief, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pennington, took time from their duties as members of the Thunderbirds flying team to talk with Warner Robins High students Friday morning, a day before the air show at Robins Air Force Base. ...

General Walter Natynczyk flies with the Snowbirds - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada - Robert Bottrill
Chief of the Defence Staff, General Walter Natynczyk, took some time out of his busy schedule to fly with Canadian Forces's aerial demonstration team, the Snowbirds, during his visit to 19 Wing Comox, BC, on April 24, 2009. The Snowbirds, based at 15 ...

Wootton tennis coach to fly with Blue Angels - Business Gazette, MD - Jennifer Beekman
The Blue Angels are the US Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron. Cresham's flight, which she was awarded by the Department of the Navy for being a "key influencer of young Americans in our community," will take off from Patuxent Air Base at 10:30 am It ...

Lightbody to Fly with Blue Angels - OurSports Central (press release), WI
Other aerobatic performers include the Air Force Reserve's Ed Hamill, Greg Poe, the E Team Skydivers, Vintage Warbirds, and a Sunday Mother's Day concert from Aaron Tippin. The event features free admission, free parking, and a free shuttle service ...

TIME FOR TAKE-OFF! - Gulf Weekly, Bahrain - Liz O'Reilly
By LIZ O'REILLY THE first Bahrain International Airshow will take place at the Royal Airfield at Sakhir in January and it is hoped the event will establish the island as a hub for the Middle Eastern aviation industry. The deal to establish the event on ...

SERIOUSLY SECRETIVE STUFF - Adrian Judd, the Technical Director of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, is not the sort of English gentlemen who gets easily excited. A down-to-earth man who literally has a “nuts and bolts” job making sure the race planes are uncompromisingly safe, Judd is the epitome of serenity and remains absolutely unflappable even when some of the pilots might be uttering unprintable language after being told a certain new modification to their plane will not be allowed.

TEAM ABU DHABI GOES WEST IN USA DEBUT - Eye of Dubai (press release), United Arab EmiratesFollowing his stunning debut triumph in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship's season-opening round in Abu Dhabi city, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Austrian ace and Team Abu Dhabi icon Hannes Arch heads to North America this weekend for ...

Advocate for Park statue recreates aviator's flight - Otago Daily Times, New Zealand
Sir Keith carried out the 3025km flight to demonstrate aviation's future potential, and the flight has been recreated by supporters of the World War 1 air ace, who also played a key role in the Battle of Britain. Mr Smith told The Scotsman newspaper ...

Under the Hood of a Wright Flyer from Air & Space Magazine

Breitling Colt Ocean - TrustedWatch.de, GermanyFor more than 44 years the “Golden Knights” have been wowing audiences at air shows, competitions and most recently, with high profile tandems. The two demonstration teams travel all over the country performing aerial demonstrations at air shows and ...

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