Indy Transponder 02-JUN-09 1000z

Air shows offer affordable fun - Chicago Tribune, United States
"Compared to other types of entertainment, air shows still represent a good value," said Bill Hamilton, general manager of the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif. "It's still a good way for families to spend the day, and it doesn't cost as much ...

2009 South Plains Air Show to feature Pearl Harbor re-enactments - LubbockOnline.com, TX
The Caprock Chapter of the Texas Air Museum, organizer of the event, will open its gates from 9 am to 4 pm so visitors from across the area can enjoy its collections. But the flying events begin at noon and continue almost non-stop through the ...

36th Annual Helen to the Atlantic hot air balloon race - Forimmediaterelease.net
(Forimmediaterelease.net) This race, the only long distance hot air balloon race in the world, begins in Helen, Georgia.

Airexpo : une fête familiale - LaDépêche.fr, France
Une image pour évoquer le rendez-vous d'Airexpo : la patrouille de France et une enfant dans les bras de son père. Dans les airs, après une trentaine de démonstrations allant de l'Airbus A 380 à la patrouille portugaise d'hélicoptères, la patrouille ...

The Urgency Behind Honor Flights - KOMU-TV, MO
Veteran, Ralph Johnson, flew 35 missions in a B-17 during the second World War, then went on to serve in Korea and Vietnam. His final mission was almost his last. "My father looking out the window of his B-17 with a hole about this big where a shell ...

Gone West: Sgt. James F. Travis Sr. from Aero-News Network
Tuskegee Airman Passes Away An original Tuskegee Airman passed away May 26th in Cleveland. Retired Sgt. James F. Travis Sr. served in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946 and became an aerial engineer, gunner and crew chief attached to the 477th Bombardment Group during World War II.

History flies in to Centennial Airport - Denver Daily News, CO
But for others, seeing the old bird again is a trip back in time — like it was for Colorado residents Joseph Clarke, a pilot of a B-17 in World War II, and Mitch Mischler, a left waist gunner in a B-17 in World War II, who each took a spin in the ...

500+ Attend Naval Aviation Museum Event - Aero-News Network, FL
The Naval Air Museum holds a variety of events throughout the year, including weekly opportunities to watch the Blue Angels practice from the stands near the Museum when they are at their home base at Pensacola Naval Air Station. ...

Museum to host D-Day celebration - LubbockOnline.com, TX
Shelly Crittendon, museum curator, said the commemorative event will include a World War II-era aircraft display with four planes, two from the Slaton Air Museum and two from the Blue Sky Air Field. There will also be appearances by the World War II ...

Gunter students tour Perrin Air Force Base Museum - North Texas e-News
By John M. Elkins, Co-founder of Perrin AFB Museum This group of students from Gunter Intermediate School enjoyed an informative field trip to the Perrin Air Force Base Museum on May 22, 2009. Students, teachers and a few parents accompanied students ...

'Rocket Club' Headed To International Show in Paris - WISC, WI
The team of four eleventh grade students from Madison West High school will travel to Paris later this month for the International Paris Air Show. The team won the right to compete in Paris after it won the National Rocketry Championship in May. ...

Asteroid named in honor of late YSU alumnus, planetarium producer - Youngstown Vindicator, OHPirko was a licensed pilot and as a local organizer of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, provided hundreds of children with their first flight, according to a university spokesman. He was also a counselor for the Astronomy ...

Consolidated Vultee “Air Tanker” from The Unwanted Blog by admin
The first “Unwanted Blog Identify This Aircraft Contest” to go without a winner had the June, 1943, design for a tanker aircraft by Consolidated Vultee as the subject. This aircraft, while similar in layout to the P-38, was an entirely different beast. A wing span of 94 feet and two P&W R-1830-C9G engines of 1250 BHP each would allow the plane to carry a useful load of up to 21,720 lbs (3620 gallons) of fuel to be transferred in flight to other aircraft, such as long range B-24 bombers. Cruising - and fueling - altitude would be 2,000 feet.The same aircraft could be reconfigured into a bulk cargo carrier with a “Pack Plane” style pod under the center section, or could carry five 4,200 pound bombs or six 3,400 pound torpedos…

Aviation Nation 2008 Photos and Video from Parrothead Jeff by Parrothead Jeff

Memorial Day from Guided by History by Charles

T-38 Talon from FenceCheck Forums

T-38 Talon from FenceCheck Forums - Sith Lord convention @ PDX!

United States - California - Legends Over Madera Air Show 2009 - Madera - 05/29/09 from FenceCheck Forums

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