Indy Transponder 07-SEP-09 1330z

Army's Golden Knights catch some air - News-Herald.com
And for members of the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, it seems the only part of sitting near an open door so high in the air that never gets old. ...

Downtown comes to life with soaring crowds at Air Show and Taste ... - WKYC-TV
CLEVELAND -- A big crowd of 38000 people took in the Cleveland National Air Show Sunday from inside Burke Lakefront Airport. "In an average year, ...

PICTURE PERFECT TORONTO – AirShowBuzz.tv
Thousands of air show fans crammed the Canadian National Exhibition on a picture perfect day to watch the USN Blue Angels, the Snowbirds, The Horsemen, the F-22 Demo and so much more. The 60th anniversary of the Toronto show also marked the 100th anniversary of Canadian flight. See What ASB Members Had to Say

Wingwalkers performing at the International Air Show in Portrush ... - Belfast Telegraph
Thousands of people lined the headlands of the North Coast at the weekend for the thrilling spectacle of the Northern Ireland International Air Show. ...

Wales National Air Show is a soaring £2m success - South Wales Evening Post
SWANSEA'S economy received a £2 million boost in just two days when the city hosted the national airshow. When the Red Arrows flew into the city in July ...

Classic air show a crowd thriller - Cambridge Evening News
More than 17500 aviation fans turned out for a packed programme of stunts on Saturday, culminating in a dazzling show by the Red Arrows. ...

Drive in, Ride in, Fly in - Across the countryside at some of our nation’s smaller towns, grass-roots airports become a hub of activity during the summer months. Sure, the big air shows like the EAA Annual Convention at Oshkosh, the Dayton Airshow, and similar venues are great for the family. But the local airport is the best place to get up close and personal, like the Red Stewart Airfield in Waynesville, Ohio, and the Tail Dragger Fly-in. A tail dragger is an airplane with a wheel on it’s …

Duxford Airshow - I flew in to the Duxford Airshow on Saturday. (See our Duxford airport review.) I’ve always wanted to fly into a show since I was a kid and I used to visit the Farnborough Airshow (by road). The museum is tremendous and the air show was fantastic. We saw a Typhoon, various aerobatic displays, a [...]

Airship Ventures Invites Pilots-For-A-Day from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Click for more photosFor pilots, just going for a sightseeing flight along the California coast in Airship Ventures' new Zeppelin NT is nice enough -- but wouldn't it be even better if you could take a turn flying it, and learn about how all the systems work? Pilots kept asking for a chance to sit in the cockpit, says Airship Ventures' spokeswoman Elaine Jumes, but they couldn't allow that while other passengers were on board. So, as AVweb reported last month the company now offers a special day of flying just for pilots, when each one gets a chance not only to maneuver the ship in flight but also to shoot a couple of touch-and-goes. The day-long course starts with a four-hour ground school where experienced pilots explain all the unique systems that make the airship fly, from ballonets to control the pressure inside the gas bag to the three swiveling engines that provide propulsion and control. The airship, which was built at the Zeppelin factory in Germany, has an inner structure built of carbon fiber, fly-by-wire flight systems, and a full electronic panel with sidestick controllers -- and no rudder pedals. Last Friday, Airship Ventures invited AVweb along for the pilot experience. Click here for a photo gallery and more details about the program — and watch for a video of our Zeppelin adventure, coming your way soon.

Berlin Airlift 60th anniversary observed by Janice Wood
The 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, when Allied forces flew thousands of tons of food to a city isolated by Soviet forces, will be observed this Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-7, with the arrival of a C-54 transport plane that helped save the people of Berlin from starvation at the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y…

Museum, schools integrate for history's sake - The Daily News of Newburyport
... including the USS Arizona, attacked and sunk in Pearl Harbor; the USS Indianapolis, sunk with more than 800 crew members perishing; the PT 109, ...

Passing Of Tuskegee Airman Raises Questions from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Robert A. Decatur, who in 1944 was a Tuskegee cadet, served as one of the roughly 960 black pilots who escorted all-white bomber crews over Europe ... or not, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Decatur passed away last month and the Internet offers multiple sources (his obituary, as published in the Sentinel, among them) that detail his long, distinguished and honorable career. But the Sentinel now says it's all a fabrication and a product of Decatur's own embellishments that ranged over decades. The Sentinel says it has records that show Decatur did not complete pilot training at Tuskegee, did not graduate from the Tuskegee flight school program and did not fly in combat with Tuskegee airmen. The man who went on to become Judge Decatur and a civil rights activist may not have been a "judge" at all, the Sentinel suggests. For his war record, at least one Tuskegee Airmen interviewed by the Sentinel takes issue with what the Sentinel says is Decatur's own account and at least one member of Decatur's own family appears to have questions.

Girls With Wings Scholarship from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Girls With Wings is devoted to introducing young women to role models in aviation-related occupations and it's currently seeking scholarship applicants to show their motivation, inspirations and future plans in essay form. The scholarship winner must not yet have received her private pilot's license, must be female, and will be sent a check to be used toward flying lessons at the flight school of her choice. Last year's winner, then-20-year-old Amy Blechman, a student studying aviation management with a pro-pilot minor, wrote a winning essay of less than 800 words. This year's winner will get a flight training boost of up to $1000 made up of donations matched (up to $150) by "K. Jones," according to the Girls With Wings Web site. The funds are made up of donations, and at the time of this writing the pool was $625. There are some requirements for the winner, who will be notified Dec. 1, 2009.

A new use for all those air show T-shirts by Janice Wood
At the Cecil Field Airshow 2009 in Jacksonville, Fla., a quilt was displayed as an auction item to benefit the Alan Henley Foundation, formed after Henley, the flight leader of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, was injured in a fall in his home. The April show was organized by his many friends in the air show community, raising more than $130,000 to help Henley and his family with their medical bills and living expenses.

On This Day in Aviation History: September 7th by Matt Molnar
--1909: The U.S. Army’s 1st “aerodrome”, an airfield or airport, is established in College Park, Maryland.
--1942: First flight of the Consolidated C-32 Dominator heavy bomber. Because first deliveries would not occur until 1945, the aircraft’s impact in World War II was minimal. Production was halted with the 118th copy. Sadly, there no C-32 airframes remaining.
--1997: First flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place over Georgia.

Video: Boeing 747-200F vs Porsche 911 GT3 in a drag race from Flight International by Stuart Clarke
Although not in one of my all time must see races (number one at the moment would be Usain Bolt against a Cheetah vs a Sea Lion in a 100 metre dash) this one was certainly entertaining. Organised by the Changi Airport Group to celebrate the start of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix season, the event involved the Porsche 911 being positioned 200 metres behind the jetliner in a 1.7km race. You can probably guess who wins...

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