Friday, July 3, 2009

Indy Transponder 3-JUL-09 0300z

Snowbirds share in excitement of unique 'Canadian moment' - Ottawa Citizen
Chris Hadfield, an astronaut with the Canada Space Agency, who flew the Hawk One -- a fully refurbished RCAF F-86 Sabre 5 -- with the Snowbirds to celebrate ...

Thunderbird makes emergency landing at Quad City Airport - WQAD
The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft. ...

Thunderbirds slightly behind schedule for arrival - Battle Creek Enquirer
The US Air Force Thunderbirds will be arriving at Western Michigan University's College of Aviation at 4:30 pm today, 40 minutes later than when they were ...

Battle Creek 2009 - Arrival from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
Hello, Battle Creek! Rain and general malaise last night on the way here. Again! Must be a theme developing each year.
But a reasonably nice morning. No balloon launch, though. The winds are fine, but ceilings were pretty low at 6:00 when I showed up at the airport. The word had apparently already gone out to the balloonists because nobody was there around briefing time. Normally, if there's going to be a launch, the place is full of hyper-caffeinated balloon crews with trailers. ...

Flyover Part Of Fly-In Activities - Trenton Republican Times
As part of the fly-in planned on Saturday at Trenton Municipal Airport, there will be a flyover of a C-130 cargo plane. According to City Administrator ...

Champaign County communities plan to have a blast this weekend - Urbana Daily Citizen
Planes featured in the museum will be a B-25, C-47, A-26 and a replica of a Model B Wright Flyer, which made a commercial flight in 1911. ...

Classic aircraft replicas mark air display first with return to ... - The Star
Items have been wheeled out at Doncaster Racecourse courtesy of the Yorkshire Air Museum, for an exhibition being held for hundreds of school pupils across ...

Airshow dropping into Mid Wales for the day - Powys County Times
Following on from the success of last year's event, this year's show is set to feature helicopter rides, air displays, static aircraft on ...

Clacton: Air show prepares for take off - Clactonan Gazette
Organisers said a whole host of aircraft have signed up to take part in the show this year – including the Red Arrows, who have confirmed they will be ...

Horseheads native pilots F-16 at Binghamton Air Show - Elmira Star-Gazette
David Graham, originally from Horseheads, will be part of the 2009 Greater Binghamton Airshow at the Binghamton airport. Graham, a graduate of Horseheads ...

"CIELI D'OTRANTO": TORNANO A VOLARE LE FRECCE TRICOLORI - Lecceprima.it - quotidiano online di Lecce e del Salento, Italy
Nella città dei Martiri il gradito ritorno delle Frecce Tricolori per uno spettacolo atteso. Ieri, la presentazione dell'evento nel castello di Otranto: previste per l'occasione particolari misure Presentata ieri ad Otranto, in una conferenza stampa ...

Flying fancy again - Belleville Intelligencer
Flying the F-86 Sabre-- the same plane now on display in West Zwicks Island Park -- they were a predecessor to the Snowbirds. ...

Fly-in breakfasts: Planes and pancakes. - Examiner.com
While this alone can be thrilling, every once-in-a-while, someone gets the idea to have a Fly-in breakfast. To most non-pilots, the first thing they hear ...

Fly-In Breakfast in Arnprior - myFM Radio News
Get ready to walk, bike, drive, or fly in for some breakfast at the Arnprior airport. The fly-in breakfast, which has been a tradition for over 20 years, ...

Women of the Air Race Classic visit area from www.spartaexpositor.com
Thirty-two teams of women flyers trimmed their flaps over White County last week when Upper Cumberland Regional Airport served as a checkpoint for the 80th Annual Air Race Classic, which tested pilot's abilities and their planes performance.
"The race is all women," said Terry Carbonell, a race participant and secretary of the organization's Board of Directors. "And you have to have at least a pilot and a co-pilot. You can take extra crew members. But the pilot or the co-pilot, one of the two, has to have 500 hours pilot-in-command or instrument rating. So you have to have some experience." ...

AirRace Classic Recap from The Girls With Wings Blog
Please allow me just one more post about the AirRace. I referred to the generosity and camaraderie that I saw on the race in earlier posts and just wanted to share more about that with you.
My biggest reason for doing this post is because I intend to become much more involved with the race in years to come. I have been donating items for the silent auction for a while, but I should have had Girls With Wings tracking the teams throughout the races so that we can better celebrate the uniqueness of this annual event. I would also like to see a lot more attention from the general public (and of course the aviation enthusiasts) focused on the annual races. Oh, and I'd also like to run it again! Anyone else need a co-pilot? ...

2 local women among WASPs to receive congressional medal - Camp Verde Bugle
After graduating in November, then attending B-25 flight school, she was assigned to the Sixth Tow Target Squadron at Biggs Field, Texas. ...

High-Flying Duo Takes Home Gold - ABC News
Burris, alongside her co-pilot Erin Recke from Bellingham, Wash., took home first prize last week in the Air Race Classic, an annual cross-country race open ...

Fly-in Drive-in at the Ogle County airport July 4 - Ogle County News
The annual Drive-In Fly-In Breakfast starts at 7:00 am on Saturday, July 4 and runs until noon. The whole family can enjoy the freedom of American general ...

2009 Air Race Classic complete; local woman among contestants - Liberty Vindicator
Celebrating 80 years of women's air racing, the only all-women transcontinental air race has logged another race for the record books. ...

Saturday's happenings from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing
Try as I might, it is impossible for me to gather pictures of everything happening at the hangar on a work day. I do my best, but always appreciate help from anyone with a camera! Thanks to Earl Teporten for select pictures. We continue to see what a dedicated group of people can accomplish and it is amazing!

Hump Day Exploits from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing

Refueler Returns Home - WBNG-TV
By WBNG News A Marathon man will help the Blue Angels fly home after this weekend's air show. Air Force Staff Sergeant Daniel McCrillis landed at the ...

Golden Knights to Jump at B-Mets Game July 3 - OurSports Central (press release)
In conjunction with the pre-game dramatics the Commander of the Blue Angels, the US Navy's flight demonstration team, will throw out the ceremonial first ...

WASP Awarded Congressional Gold Medal for Service from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
WASHINGTON (from AFNS) -- A dedicated group of patriotic female pilots were recognized by President Barack Obama July 1 at the White House for their invaluable service to the nation more than 60 years ago.
Women's Airforce Service Pilots Elaine Danforth Harmon, Bernice Falk Haydu and Lorraine H. Rodgers were joined by five female current Air Force pilots in the White House Oval Office to witness the president sign into law a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the WASP. ...


Don't Miss Moose's Images from the Reno Air Races from Google Blog Search: Reno air races by unknown
Now that I'm back from my workshop, I'm catching up on reading my favorite blogs, and I saw over at Moose Peterson's "Moose New Blog" (link), that he attended the practice sessions for the Reno Air Races (along with a group of 25 ...

Sergey Rakhmanin: A Russian On The Rise from Red Bull Red Bull Air Race
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Everyone always knew it was only a question getting the right plane before Russia's Sergey Rakhmanin would begin to give the top pilots in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship a run for their money. The two-time FAI World Aerobatic Champion (2003, 2005) came to the Red ...

World War II vets share wartime stories with Charleston Airmen from AF.mil Photos
Capt. Ryan Daugherty explains the inner workings of a C-17 Globemaster III to a group of World War II veterans June 29 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The veterans were pilots and ground crewmembers from the 493rd Fighter Squadron. Captain Daugherty is a pilot with the 16th Airlift Squadron. ...

Jerry Huben's 68-year career in aviation comes in for a landing - Los Angeles Times
The restaurant, which is part aviation museum with airplanes from the region's heyday on display around its grounds, was an ideal setting to honor Huben -- a living aviation history book. Huben's nearly seven-decade career spanned the evolution of ...

Special Exhibit Opens at Air Force Museum - Mix 97 News
Canada's National Air Force Museum, on RCAF Road, now stands as the country's largest air museum, with over 40 thousand visitors a year.

Father, son spruce up an Angel's wings - EastBayRI.com
It was a true labor of love, with the object of their project's affection being Mike Gershon, a Blue Angels pilot who died in an air show collision with ...

Wrangling over wreckage - National Post
He says salvagers usually recover these items and sell them on the lucrative warbirds' market to private collectors or museums far away from where they ...

July 2008 - In production and coming very soon! from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob
July's Pacific Wings will be 1 week late due to Paris Air Show commitments. Apologies to readers for the delay.

Pilot's biggest thrill is taking children aloft - Ocala
These passengers - kids in the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program - appreciate the trip much more. "I'd take the kids every time," he ...

SpaceShip Two rocket motor testing revealed from Flightglobal Events
Virgin Galactic is testing a range of fuels for its SpaceShip Two rocket motor with an eye on "whole life issues"...

ID this aircraft: contest with a difference from The Unwanted Blog by admin
OK, this contest is a bit different. For starters, the winnings: $150 worth of APR and/or Drawings & Documents downloads. Rather higher than usual. Secondly: no time limit. Thirdly: I have no friggen' clue what the hell this is.
So the rules are simple: tell me what the hell this is. It was a display model that was auctioned off online some years back, with, IIRC, some reference to it being an X-15 related design. In order to win, you have to not only tell me what it is… you have to back it up. Scans or photocopies of official reports, diagrams, artwork, whatever, that spell it out. The first person to do so wins. ...

F-22 Raptor from FenceCheck Forums
Ultra New XtremeAir Sbach 300 from FenceCheck Forums
Ultra New Sbach 300 from FenceCheck Forums
Raptor Pr0n from Neptunus Lex by lex
Rhode Island - Rhode Island Open House & Air Show 2009 - Quonset ANGB, North Kin from FenceCheck Forums

At 84, USS Indy survivor attests to God's grace - BP News
Harrell and his USS Indianapolis shipmates weren't wanting to make history in such a way that summer in the final weeks of World War II, but they did. ...




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