Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Indy Transponder 19-AUG-09 1030z

National Aviation Day at Wright Brothers National Memorial, North ... - Examiner.com
"Wednesday, August 19, 2009 will be a Family Fun Day as the National Park Service celebrates National Aviation Day and Orville Wright's 138th birthday. ...


Atlantic City prepares for half-million-plus air show spectators - Press of Atlantic City
The USAF Thunderbirds arrive over the beach Tuesday during ...


Aerial thrill show - Press of Atlantic City - Juliet Fletcher
Viewers in wheelchairs can watch from a special area at the pavilion at Montpelier Avenue and the Boardwalk during the Airshow.


A THUNDERBIRD "SURPRISE" IN ATLANTIC CITY?
www.ASB.tv
According to an Atlantic City press release, the USAF Thunderbirds alluded to "secret" flight maneuvers along the Boardwalk that will offer more passes from opposite directions than in previous performances.
See What People Are Saying - Traffic Alert

Record crowds at Airbourne 2009 - Hastings Observer
... class flying programme included a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Guinot wingwalkers, the Tigers Parachute Display Team and the popular Red Arrows. ...


Air show, Renaissance Festival, 'School Days' highlight weekend fun - The Detroit News
For modern-day fun, crane your neck upward and watch The Thunderbirds at the Selfridge Air Show. "Life in a Log Cabin" and "School Days": There are events ...


Boy attempts wing-walking record - BBC News
An eight-year-old boy is hoping to become the youngest person in the world to 'wing-walk' when he takes to the wing of his grandfather's biplane. ...


Snowbirds fly for a cause - Canada.com
Every year, she sees the Snowbirds' formations from her family home in Courtenay, where the pilots fly overhead during training. Watching the Snowbirds may ...


Another attempt at air show considered – StarPhoenix
A final Cameco Canada Remembers International Air Show in Saskatoon may get off the ground after all, even though a weekend of rain kept all but a few ...


Airshow Ticket Policy Released - Saskatoonhomepage.ca
Organizers of the airshow have come up with an offer for those who purchased tickets to attend the show and couldn't because of the Saturday cancellation ...


More AirVenture/Oshkosh news from A Pilot's Story Production News by wilcofilmshighdefvideo
Prior to the start of the week long AirVenture event at Oshkosh, we had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Tom Poberezny, EAA’s president to capture on film his own passion for flight and the Young Eagles program. The interview tool place inside the EAA museum. Mr. Poberezny was very gracious with his time and provided us with an excellent interview and great sound bites…


The Magician of Mojave from Air & Space Magazine

Pilot Steve wings his way around town's air history - The Star
... in the history books too, especially because it was the site of the Kings Cup Air Race for three years during the 1980s as part of its show weekend. ...


WWII buff and vet take 'Sentimental Journey' aboard a B-17 - Lynnwood Enterprise
A serious World War II buff, Grimsley won a ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on Monday. “It's like winning the lottery for me. ...


Historic plane to become Wichita monument - Posted by Janice Wood
At Westport Airport on Wichita’s west side (better known to some as Dead Cow International), airport owner Earl V. Long III is touching up an old flying friend, according to a recent AP story in USA Today. Long was hired to turn the retired plane, a Twin Beech Model 18, into a public aviation monument. Long is a former owner of the plane, and his story is intertwined with its history, the AP reports. Read the full story
here.

Minnesota's oldest aircraft needs a new home - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The 98-year-old Steco Aerohydroplane, housed for nearly a century in a Chicago garage and then at the American Wings Air Museum in Blaine, must find a new ...


Air museum pieces together historic planes - Chicago Daily Herald
Aviation enthusiasts at Air Classics Museum in Sugar Grove were delighted last month to receive four fiberglass ...


Goodyear will retire its rubber museum - Akron Beacon Journal
The museum's F-4U Corsair fuselage will go to the Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport. Goodyear's Airship Operations ...


On This Day in Aviation History: August 19th by Matt Molnar
Orville Wright is born in Dayton, Ohio…

Old foes united again from Ares by Guy Norris
Legend Flyers’ recently completed Messerschmitt Me 262 replica “Gelbe 5” was displayed on the ramp at Paine Field in Washington earlier this week and Liz Matzelle was there to capture the scene. The replica is fitted with 24 55mm R4M Orkan (Tornado) folding fin missiles mounted on wooden racks beneath the wings. Each rack holds twelve missiles which, when used in anger during the last few months of WWII, fired off the wing at speeds up to 1,700 ft/sec…

If your aircraft has wheels don't for get to check the brakes are off before landing from PPRuNe Forums by amostcivilpilot

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