Thursday, June 11, 2009

Indy Transponder 11-JUN-09 2230z

Snowbirds create airport gridlock (25 photos) - SooToday.com
The turnout for last night's once-in-a-lifetime air show was, well, once-in-a-lifetime. Wings Over Sault Ste. Marie was a resounding success ...

Atlantic Ocean Waters Closed For Ocean City Air Show - WBAL Radio
The Maryland Natural Resources Police and the United States Coast Guard will close an area in the Atlantic Ocean during the Ocean City Air Show this weekend ...

Air Show flies high over Ocean City - Bethany Beach Wave
The air show will feature US Air Force Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, an AV-8B Harrier Demo, a F-18 Hornet demo, the US Navy Seal Leap Frogs, ...

About the Portland International Jetport from www.portlandjetport.org
The Annual Transportation Show will be held on June 13th & 14th at the Portland International Jetport—follow the signs from the Jetport entrance to the event area. The show is free to the public.
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
We will have lots of exciting events along with displays of numerous modern and historical aircraft, experimental aircraft, military aircraft, trucks, buses, and all kinds of vehicles, both historical and modern.
On Saturday morning at approximately 9 a.m. the MS Society of Maine will have their annual "Plane Pull". Teams of 20 people will pull a full size BOEING 727--can you imagine pulling a 145,000 pound plane and helping the MS Society of Maine at the same time?
Other interesting events will include a flying team featuring the Romanian YAK team and the Chuting Eagles, the USA Powered Parachute Demonstration Team.
Great family fun with lots to see--all for free

Getting cultured and moving planes - MaineToday.com, ME
Staring at 9 am today, teams representing friends, families and local companies will be at the Portland International Jetport for the MS Plane Pull. And, yes, they will be pulling a plane. Said plabe is in fact a 145000-pound Boeing 727 that will be ...

Special AFB fly-in invitation thrills three local pilots - Grant Tribune Sentinel
Local Experimental Aircraft Association members Robert Bounds, Dick Dudden and Leon Kumor flew to the Dakota Thunder Fly In at Ellsworth Air Force Base in ...

Air show returns to old air base - Times Daily
For the first time in 16 years, the air show will return to Lawrence County. "These events are very popular and we're expecting a huge crowd, ...

High-flying weekend - Appeal-Democrat
In the sky will be performances from the Reno Racers aerobatic formation act, the Flying Aeros from Canada, Red S2B Pitts pilot Tim Decker, a T-33 Shooting ...

Paris Air Show 2009 -- Let the fun begin! from AirSpace by Maverick
Paris Air Show is this year celebrating its 100th year and Flightglobal and AirSpace will be there in force to bring you the latest news and images from the event.
In preparation for this year's show we already have two Paris galleries, one showcasing the significant history of the show in our archive gallery and the other showing over 170 images from 2007's show.
Excitingly, this year for the first time we are also giving you the chance to get your Paris pictures into Flight International magazine. For the chance to get your Paris images profiled, simply upload them to this gallery (click on the upload button on the bottom right of this page) and we will choose the best images for the 30th June issue of the magazine. (closing date is the 22nd June, the Judges' decision is final).
As well as images, we will also have plenty of Paris chatter, including the aircraft that are attending and the yearly orders race debate.

Italian Air Force in Turin for the "World Air Games 2009" - Avionews
The 'Wag' include all air sports (acrobatics, gliding, helicopters, sky-diving, hang-gliding, paragliding, balloons, model aeroplane making, ...

KZN air show moves off-shore - The Times
The annual Margate air show will be held off-shore this year in celebration of the resort town's centenary year, South Coast Tourism said today.

RAF Marham flypast for The Queen's Birthday - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The flypast, which will take place at 1pm on Saturday, is made up of 29 aircraft, from a second world war Spitfire to modern multi-role Typhoon fighters. ...

Armed Forces Day (UK) - Info / Events / Competitions from PPRuNe Forums
The first Armed Forces Day, 27 June 2009, is an opportunity for the nation to show its support for the men and women of our Armed Forces – past, present and future.
Across the country people are getting involved: communities are holding local events, businesses are showing their support through promotional offers, and to kick off proceedings, local authorities are holding flag-raising ceremonies at 1030 on 22 June. ...

PICTURES & VIDEO: Organisers report 'roaring' ticket sales for RIAT 2009 from Flightglobal Events
Next month's Royal International Air Tattoo is enjoying a surge in ticket sales, bucking the economic downturn ...

The Horsemen Cometh... from PPRuNe Forums by dead_pan
...to Duxford this July, apparently.
The Horsemen Flight Team
Not sure why there are only three of 'em. Perhaps War was otherwise engaged?

Elder Bush ready for latest skydive - Bizjournals.com
Bush will leap out of an aircraft with the US Army's Golden Knights parachute team in the skies above Kennebunkport, Maine, joined by Robin Meade, ...

US team to recover WWII bomber from Pacific lagoon from Military Photos by Fade
Jun 11 09:58 AM US/Eastern
A team of US salvagers is preparing to recover a rare World War II US naval torpedo bomber which has lain submerged in a Marshall Islands lagoon since 1942. The bomber is one of two TDB Devastator planes ditched in Jaluit Atoll during an attack on Japanese forces in early 1942, said Van T. Hunn, a retired US Air Force officer heading The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) team.
"There is not one of these planes above water or in a museum anywhere," said Hunn.
TIGHAR has flown in engineering and marine archaeology experts to assess options for safely recovering one of the two bombers. ...

Can air museum dream still take off? - The Gazette
THE dream of bringing a First World War airfield back to life is hanging in the balance. Russell Savory, co-owner of Stow Maries airfield, said he will need ...

Wasabi Air Racing
We are a Formula One class race team based out of Mojave, California. We race at the Reno Championship Air Races in Nevada. Mojave is the best place on the planet to build and modify a race plane, and we are very lucky to have some of the best support in the business.

Chris Webb has a sticker! by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin
Chris Webb of http://www.christopherwebbfilms.com/ is freaking awesome. Check out his website and his documentary Air Racer.

High school forum looks at WWII ship - Richmond County Daily Journal
The heart of the program was the story of the USS Indianapolis. Katelyn Warmuth introduced the audience to the Indianapolis by explaining her construction ...

My full indy photos are uploaded, as well as the Hopper and B-25 flight photos. - Airshowstuff
F-15 Silent Eagle: The Movie from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
Future Pilots Go to Airshows! from Patty Wagstaff
Edwards AFB Airshow (45 photos) from Izismile.com

from Twitter / myTransponder
myTransponder: Retweeting @FirebirdSWM: Check out the video I made of the 2009 @IndyAirShow! http://bit.ly/vlHMn (good use of Moby)

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