Indy Transponder 9-AUG-09 1730z

Homestead Air Reserve Base air show is making return in November - Pinecrest / Bays - MiamiHerald.com
Have you missed the rocket's red glare and the furious sound of military might in Homestead?
The personnel of the 482nd Fighter Wing haven't had an opportunity to showcase their base with an open house or air show since it was blasted by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
That's about to change...

Andersen to Host Air Show Sept. 30 from www.pacificnewscenter.com
Guam - Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is hosting an open house and air show here Sept. 30, 2009. The show will feature performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds and, for the first time outside of the US, an aerial demonstration by an F-22 Raptor. More information will be posted on www.andersen.af.mil as it becomes available.
The air show will be open free of charge to the Guam community as a thank you to all whose support is absolutely essential to Team Andersen's mission success. Fun activities, delicious food and cultural displays are planned for the approximate 40,000 visitors expected to attend.

Blue Angels: Bombs Over Bellevue - The Andy Aupperlee Explosion 5000
The Blue Angels made their annual visit to Seattle last weekend as apart of the Seafair festivities. Even though this is my fourth summer in the Emerald City, I've never actually made it down to Lake Washington to watch their show. While working at Boeing Field last year, I saw the squad come in and take their customary parking space at the south end of the runway. Blue Angel fans camped out along the airfield waiting...

Blue Angels' Fat Albert carrier flies in Salinas Airshow - Santa Cruz Sentinel
The massive Blue Angels cargo carrier accelerates, and its passengers' backs are pressed firmly into their seats. Pilots Maj. Brandon Burks and Capt. ...

Video Episode - JATO Ride in Fat Albert from Airspeed
I was fortunate enough to get one of the last Jet-Assisted Take-Off ("JATO") rides in the Blue Angels' Marine-flown C-130, Fat Albert. The JATO bottles are getting more and more scarce and it's unlikely that there will be many more rides like this. ...

Lignano. Air Show is the tricolor of Arrows from Technorati
After a year of stop today is the traditional spectacle of the heavens. Opening with the paratroopers, it will be up at 18:10 hours the Pan 16, the Air show returns to the protagonist and Arrows are crazy beach LIGNANO. 16 hours. Scocca time X. It's all ready in Lignano Sabbiadoro, where the beach this afternoon will be an audience of the show waited more than ever by the fans of the National Acrobatic Patrol, which have been dry mouth in 2008, when the Arrows tricolori not performed ac...

Patrulla Águila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia from en.wikipedia.org
Patrulla Águila ("Eagle Patrol") is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force, based at San Javier airbase near La Manga, in the Murcia region of Spain. Flying 7 Casa C-101 Aviojets, they are the only team to use yellow smoke, and are also known for their formation landings.

Portugal Air Show 2009 Evora from Technorati
18 to 20 September will be days of riding a pair head to look at the sky Évora.O Portugal Air Show promises with great presence provides some of the best squads in view of the world: Patrol Aguila Spanish Air Force, Wings Portugal, Portugal rotors, Patrol of the Portuguese Air Force F16, etc ... It will be a good opportunity to see beautiful aircraft and make beautiful pictures (for those who like to photograph is always a very interesting reason to shoot)

A Pilot's Story from Fly Me Friendly by Falcon124
The latest trailer for A Pilot's Story is up on their site. All three trailers are there, so you should go over and check them out. The third trailer was first shown as part of the nightly entertainment at Oshkosh 2009 and it's wonderful.
I've been following the development of A Pilot's Story through a discussions, interviews and plugs on a number of aviation podcasts. Will Hawkins of the Pilot's Flight Podlog podcast and Rico Sharqawi have teamed up to form Wilco Films, an independent film company that, amongst other projects, is producing A Pilot's Story. ...

Oshkosh 2K9 from Patty Wagstaff
The theme of Oshkosh for me this year was "old friends." I can't remember appreciating the comfort of being with so many friends of longstanding as much as I have recently. I guess the other theme of Oshkosh was "rumours were flying!" The state of the aviation biz is so shifting and upset by the recession these days that everyone was talking about the changes. Who will survive and who won't. The aviation biz has always been survival of the fittest, but things are moving at a quicker pace than ever before. EAA is changing too ...

More OSH '09 Pix & Video from Pilots of America Message Board by Jay Honeck
I present, for your viewing pleasure, 200+ pix and several videos, all taken last week at Oshkosh Airventure 2009:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2009.htm
Included in this collection is exceedingly rare, uncut footage of Jay, Mary, and Brian Douglas singing karaoke at a semi-respectable Oshkosh bar...

Oshkosh video from Letters from Flyover Country by Bob Collins

A&S Interview: Brig. Gen. Iftach Spector - Air & Space Magazine
Brigadier General Iftach Spector is an Israel Air Force (IAF) ace with 12 kills to his credit, and an award-winning author of novels and memoirs. Until recently, though he had effectively retired from active duty, he continued to instruct flight students for the IAF. His latest book, Loud and Clear (Zenith, 2009), is both a memoir and a discussion of his views of how the Israel Defense Force, especially the Israel Air Force, fights wars. Aviation historian and author Peter B. Mersky interviewed Spector last May. Mersky's Israeli Fighter Aces (Specialty Press, 1997) was the first book-length history of this unique group of combat aviator ...

French Lessons - Air & Space Magazine
With their own country occupied by Germany, French air cadets came to Alabama to learn to fly. Vive la Dixie!

Air Show Favorites | Photo 04 from Technorati
Air Show Favorites | Photo 03 from Technorati
Air Show Favorites | Photo 02 from Technorati
This was taken from ISS as we were coming in to dock from Twitter / Astro_127
F-22 Raptor from FenceCheck Forums
A-10 Thunderbolt II / Warthog from FenceCheck Forums
The Biggest Little Airshow on Ford Island, Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor by Gr8Trips_net (Weslink Travel)
F-22 Raptor Airshow Demo at Langley Air Force Base from Technorati
MiGs! from FenceCheck Forums
James May (Top Gear) Flies in a U-2 (Great footage) from Military Photos by Zoomie
California International Airshow 2009 - Salinas - 08/08/09 from FenceCheck Forums [Hey! That's Evan!]
F-22 Raptor at Farnborough Airshow 2008 from Technorati
Foreign MIG at Air Show from Technorati
Foreign MIG at Air Show Photo 02 from Technorati
Airframe in detail 001 Mig 21 by Gary Watson