Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Indy Transponder 3-JUN-09 0300z

236 June 5th -7th: (Friday - Sunday) Indy Air Show at Mt. Comfort Airport. See the Blue Angels and watch the balloon-a-thon. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets! June 5th: (Friday) Green Market at Traders Point Creamery. From 4pm - 8pm every Friday, ...

Five World War II warbirds and the US Air Force's A-10 "Warthog" will join the Blue Angels and Golden Knights in the skies above Redding for Air Show 2009. The Exchange Club of Redding, the show's organizer, today announced ...
The Pacific Prowler, a Mitchell B-25 bomber, the plane made famous in the Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942. The bomber will also be on display on the ground. • A Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 fighter, known as the "Ace-maker" because of its pilots' successes ...
Of course, the main attraction is the Blue Angels, the elite US Navy flight demonstration squadron. The pilots haven't flown in Redding since 2000. Joining the show this year are the Golden Knights, the US Army's paratrooper group. ...

War planes of the past and aerobatics aircraft of the present will roar through the skies of southeast Lubbock County on Saturday during a four-hour run of the 2009 South Plains Air Show. The Caprock Chapter of the ...

When visitors to the airfest Air Show in Janesville, Wisconsin plunk down their money for a ticket, they're helping fund a program that helps high school students earn a pilots' license. The Wisconsin Aviation Academy is funded primarily through ...

When the Blue Angels were at last year's air show at Magic Valley Regional Airport they said they wanted to come back in about three years.

Muret. Airexpo: a family celebration - LaDĂ©pĂȘche.fr, France
An image to evoke the appointment of Airexpo the Patrouille de France and a child in the arms of his father. In the air, after a thirty demonstrations ranging from the Airbus A 380 to the Portuguese patrol helicopters, patrol ...

Celebrated as a deliverer of military supremacy, famed for the sheer power of its airshow performances and adored by its many thousands of loyal supporters, the mighty Vulcan bomber is a truly iconic and inspirational aircraft and one that – along with ...

Ahmad Zahid said that it would also be the first time that an aerobatic team from India, Sarang and Surya Kiran, who would be flying in a helicopter and a light aircraft, would participate in the exhibition. He said this time around, LIMA would also ...

17 Wing Canadian Forces Days, Southport - Portage Online, Canada
Come see the Snowbirds, CF18, vintage F-86 Sabre, and the Skyhawks perform as Canada's Centennial of Flight is celebrated. Largest event in AB, SK, & MB to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day on Sat. Gates open Sat/Sun 1000-1700; ...

Colonel M.P. Galvin will relinquish command of 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base (CFB) North Bay and the Canadian Air Defence Sector (CADS) to Colonel J.R.F. Malo. Major (retired) Tim Leslie, originally from Baysville Ontario, will conduct a fly-past during the upcoming Change of Command Ceremony. North Bayites wanting to [...]

Saturday, July 18, 2009  10am - 3pm 
Independence BiplaneFly-In

Pine Hill's fly-in breakfast Sunday - The Daily News Online, NY
The Flying Club had its first fly-in breakfast in 1964. Caldwell joined 10 years later. At his first breakfast, he walked up and asked Paul Dutcher, who was cooking eggs, if he'd like to be relieved of his job. Paul walked away and Caldwell, 77, ...

WWII battle comes to CAF…sorta - Odessa American, TX
The Allies and the Axis powers are still battling each other in the air over Europe and World War II has yet to be decided, or at least that's what the youngsters will say who are attending the Commemorative Air Force Airpower ...

Paul Bonhomme: A Way To Unwind from Smoke-On by Tom
The weekend of display flying at Southend was most entertaining… the sun shone and the crowds turned out in force and Mr Jones and I thoroughly enjoyed some formation flying over the beach. Our Sunday evening included a very civilized refreshment in Leigh-on-Sea. The fun continued during the week with some formation flying training in a pair of Mk IX [...]

Bombers, fighter tour Hillsboro - Hillsboro Argus 
Visitors get the opportunity to ride aboard the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber "Nine O Nine," the Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" Heavy Bomber, or, for a special few, the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. P-51 flights are $2200 for a ...

Folland Gnat from Shortfinals's Blog 
[photo: shortfinal's blog]
Kemble Airfield has many interesting residents. The local aviation company, Delta Jets, is better known for it's fleet of Hawker Hunters, but it also owns this Folland Gnat T.1, XP502. Currently, the Gnat is located on the old airfield 'signal square' , a relic of the early days of flying, when a pilot would join the circuit overhead, and look down at the square, to see which runway was in use (shown by means of black 'dumbell' markers) and even confirm WHERE he was (the two-letter code for Kemble, KM, is still there). XP502 is in spurious 'Red Arrows' markings, to commemorate the fact that Kemble was the home of the 'Reds' for nearly 15 years, ...

Col. Leo K. Thorsness from Air Force Link Top Stories 
Leo Thorsness earned the Medal of Honor for one of the epic solo battles of the Vietnam War, but didn't know Congress had awarded it to him until years later. The award wasn't announced publicly; as Thorsness was a prisoner of war.
He was born in February 1932 in Walnut Grove, Minn. Thorsness enlisted in the Air Force in 1951 and earned his commission three years later through the Aviation Cadet Program. His first operational flying was in F-84 Thunderstreaks with the 31st Strategic Fighter Wing in Albany, Ga. He later flew the F-100 Super Sabre before transitioning to the F-105 Thunderchief. ...

So on her birthday, this aviatrix of the past, aided by family, slowly walked to the aircraft. She had to climb and drop herself into a seat 6 feet above ground. Surely, I thought, she was going to call this off. Maybe she would be a bundle of nerves. ...

Lexy Demey, 11, a fifth-grader from Cummings Elementary School in Grandville, rides the new Space Ball attraction Monday at the Air Zoo. PORTAGE -- Inside the main hanger of the Air ...

Air Zoo to Offer Free General Admission this Summer from airzoo.org
KALAMAZOO, Mich.-As part of the Air Zoo's 30th anniversary celebration-and the 5th anniversary of opening the Main Campus-the Air Zoo will be offering free general admission through September 30....

Author to visit Kalamazoo school, hold workshop on Friday
KALAMAZOO, Mich.-This Friday, the Air Zoo will open a new traveling exhibit to the public: "In Plane View." The photography exhibit is part of the nationally-renowned National Air and Space Museum...

Another project of the association is the Young Eagles program. There young people from the age of 8 to 18 years old get a chance to discover flying by going up with one of the local pilots. "This gives them a chance to experience flying free of charge ...

Young Eagles flight school slated - Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA
The Experimental Aircraft Association will host a Young Eagles flight school from 9 am to 11 am Saturday, June 6, at the Dyersville Airport. Participants will learn how to preflight an airplane, how an airplane flies and be given an opportunity to fly. ...

The Fond du Lac Chapter of EAA will hold a Young Eagles rally on Saturday, June 6. Young Eagles rides will take place the first Saturday of each month (except August) until October, weather permitting. There will not be any rain dates. ...

... with a total of 282 seconds in zero G and Lunar gravity, while carrying the 7 year old Jules Nader as he participated in a hydrodynamics experiment designed by his brother-setting the world record for the Youngest passenger to fly in microgravity. ...

Another G1000 Training Session in the CAP C-182T Nav III from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

This weekend's plane pull fundraiser was held at Augusta Regional Airport for the Ronald McDonald House. It was certainly a team effort…hundreds trying to pull a jumbo plane! This weekend's plane pull fundraiser was held at Augusta Regional Airport for ...

The Shuttle's long journey back from Edwards from FlyerTalk Forums by SAT Lawyer
I had no idea just how taxing the Shuttle's return journey from Edwards Air Force Base back to the Kennedy Space Center was until I read about its tech stop in San Antonio (Lackland Air Force Base) today. I had always assumed that the flight from California to Florida would be a non-stop. It is anything but. NASA has an excellent blog (with pictures) chronicling the journey. 
Yesterday, the 747 carrying the Shuttle piggyback flew from Edwards to El Paso (Biggs Army Airfield). Today it resumed its journey by flying from El Paso to San Antonio. Amazing that it takes two stops to transit Texas, no? After stopping at Lackland for a few hours -- here is some video of the takeoff from Lackland today -- it's now on its way to Columbus Air Force base in Mississippi. Flight Aware is tracking its journey across the country: NASA 911.


Blue Angels Diamond Pass on Flickr - Photo Sharing! from Google 
However, a few minutes prior to this photo, Angel #4 experienced some sort of malfunction and Angel #7 was quickly launched to replace it. The speed with which this was executed is a further testament to the professionalism of these men ...

It is cool to watch from the ground, as demonstrated by the slew of boats that arrive in the harbor, the picnics that are set up and the people who watch from the rooftops.   But, by far the most ridiculously amazing account of this event is this raw footage from WITHIN THE COCKPIT: ...

ME june 2009 from FenceCheck Forums
Omaka Airshow  by (Errol Cavit)



The June edition of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features. Top stories include: 434th ARW deployment comes to a close, after hours at Grissom's fire house, snapshots from deployment training and critical days of summer. 

Treeboy paid a visit to Conner Prairie to welcome a brand new attraction that will have a lot of people flying high.

Conner Prairie balloon goes up Saturday from IndyStar.com - Top Stories
So far, no one who has ridden Conner Prairie's helium-powered balloon has cried, gotten sick or asked to descend from the 350-foot apex of the voyage.

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