Indy Transponder 13-JUN-09 1230z

You Expect Big Things at Airventure... from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel
There really is no way to describe EAA's annual Airventure show to non-flyers because telling them about endless rows of every kind of aircraft ever manufactured on display means nothing…

Unlucky... lucky: Peter Besenyei's Emergency Landing - Red Bull Air Race News... As I touched down, Matthias reported that Peter was out and waving that he was OK. It was the end of a short-lived crisis. Peter was in an identical machine to mine and, knowing it’s sleek construction, I could not (and still cannot) shake off my incredulity that he could get himself out of an inverted MXS-R unassisted in about 60 seconds. Peter Besenyei had just added ‘Houdini contortionist’ to his list of enviable achievements! ...

STEPHEN COLBERT FLIES HIGH WITH TBIRDS - Pseudo political pundit and comedian Stephen Colbert "auditions" for the USAF's Thunderbirds and chats with the Commander Leader of the team before taking a ride. Watch this Hilarious Clip

Women’s Air Race draws Colorado pilots By Tom Norton
A couple of Colorado pilots are preparing to compete in their first air race as the 2009 women’s transcontinental Air Race Classic comes to Denver. According to a June 11 news release, Marijke Unger of Longmont and Kara Pruitt of Broomfield will taxi up to the hold line at Centennial Airport on June 23 for this year’s competition, which marks the 80th anniversary of women’s air racing. The two will compete in Unger’s 1976 Bellanca Citabria-a two-seat, aerobatic, fabric-covered aircraft with a 150-hp engine, joining 33 other teams scheduled to fly the 2715-mile route over 4 days, with Atlantic, Iowa as their final destination. Read More→

NEW HORSEMEN COMETH EPISODE! "MAX" MOGA FLIES THE TERRIBLE TEXAN – AirShowBuzz.com
The Horsemen fly the mighty Mustang, but the team's formation flying actually began with the T-6 Texan back in the nineties. The Texan is also known as the "pilot maker" and has humbled everyone on the Horsemen team. Watch as former F-22 demo pilot, Lt. Col. Paul "Max" Moga tries his hands and feet at the controls. Watch Max Fly The Terrible Texan

D-Day in Tauranga from Flying for Dummies by Chris Nielsen
Went to D-Day in Tauranga with one of the lads last weekend, highly enjoyed myself! Similar to last year's effort, they had recreations on the ground and in the air, plus "handling displays" from the various choppers that were just awesome! Yaks and Harvards did excellent aerial displays, the only issues were the Yak that had an engine failure the day before and landed in the golf course, and the ME108 which caught fire once it landed and parked up. Nothing major, thankfully…

24th Annual Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Fly-In - Featuring the PA-11 Cub Special and the PA-38 Tomahawk. Educational forums, static displays, food vendors, exhibitors, flying contests, poker run, local fly-out destinations, camping, live entertainment, movies, airplane rides, and lots of antique and classic airplanes on display. Piper Aviation Museum located on the airport. Piper Memorial Airport, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (LHV), June 17-20, 2009.

Get a free 2009 PowderPuff pilot calendar with purchase of 2010 version! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Just visited the Powder Puff pilot website and see that they are offering the 2010 page a day calendar. If you purchase it now, you also get a 2009 calendar free. that's a pretty good deal. Lots of good info on a page by page basis. http://www.powderpuffpilot.com/products/calendar.aspx#

North American Aviation Tri-Service V/STOL from The Unwanted Blog by admin
An irritatingly undated brochure (seems to be from 1961 based on a schedule) details a tilt-wing concept that NAA tried to sell to the military for an all-singing, all-dancing aircraft. Roles included:

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