Sunday, September 13, 2009

Indy Transponder 13-SEP-09 1030z

Red Arrows 2010 line up announced by Flightline UK
The 2010 Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team has been announced. The positions for next year are: Red 1 - Squadron Leader Ben Murphy…

Zach Hatch, Hometown Hero, Rides With Thunderbird 7 – NewsBlaze
The first-ever Airshow "Hometown Heroes" rides are part of Air Force Week in Sacramento, that culminates with the two-day airshow at Mather Airport, ...

The airplane ride of my life - Lahontan Valley News
Drew Hess a hug after her cockpit ride on Fat Albert, the Blue Angels' support aircraft during the NAS Fallon Airshow. The most exhilarating nine minutes of ...

Spectators impressed with Fallon Air Show - Lahontan Valley News
Fallon resident James Bake said this was his first air show, adding he enjoyed every moment of it. The 18-year-old lifelong resident said he never ...

Snowbirds big draw at Yarmouth airshow - TheChronicleHerald.ca
It's in Yarmouth today to finish the weekend at the Nova Scotia International Air Show. "The crowd was huge," said Greg ...

FLYING HIGH: Families enjoy variety at air show - Winston-Salem Journal
The B-1 bomber made an impressive noise when it flew over the folks attending yesterday's Winston-Salem Air Show at Smith ...

More vendors, acts draw onlookers to successful air show - Farmington Daily Times
Amanda Younkin-Franklin and her husband Kyle Franklin demonstrate a maneuver called "The captain" at The Rotary Air Show Plus at Four Corners Regional ...

Friends pay tribute to pilot Vicki Cruse at Santa Paula Airport - Ventura County Star
Planes fly in the missing pilot formation in honor of the US national aerobatic championship pilot Vicki Cruse who was killed at World Aerobatic ...

Sidney Airshow Preview KXNet.com North Dakota News – KXMC
On September 26th and 27th, the Sidney, Montana Airshow will feature dozens of aerial demonstrations, including wing walking, skydiving, and many mid-air ...


Red Bull Air Race 2009 returns to Barcelona – Paradizo
Roll out the Red Carpet with Barcelona's premier concierge service at the upcoming Red Bull Air Race World Championship this October. The heart-stopping air ...

Groups cross-promote a busy weekend of activities - Record-Searchlight
And air show scheduling depends on when headlining acts like the Blue Angels are available, Wagner said. The Blue Angels dropped Redding from its tight ...

Flight Museum cleanup to be measured in years - Galveston County Daily News
Ten planes, including a B-17 Flying Fortress, a Douglas DC-3 and a B-25 Mitchell bomber were flown to four airports across Texas a couple days before Ike's ...

International Women's Air And Space Museum Hosts Air Race Lecture - Aero-News Network
... will be sharing the history of Amelia Earhart and other women pilots in the air races at the International Women's Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, ...

B-17 Pilot journal from ExpressJet Forum
http://downloads.hyperscale.com/guides/B17log.pdf - Interesting read for those interested in WWII. Enjoy!

The Pilotcast - The show for Pilots, by Pilots: Pilotcast #070 - Oshkosh Aviation Podapalooza 2009 - Aviation Podcast for Pilots, by Pilots - 2009.07.31 from Blogging Pilots
Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike with Aviation Podcasters from around the country at Aviation Podapalooza 2009 at EAA AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh, WI. Recorded Friday, Ju

Armadillo Aerospace did it! from RLV and Space Transport News
I see that the judges have now officially confirmed that
Armadillo Aerospace completed both flights within the rules. Congratulations again to the Armadillo team on a tremendous accomplishment! Masten Space and Unreasonable Rocket will still have their chances to take away the prize by October 31st but at least we know for sure that there will be a first place winner for Level II this year. Can't find any videos yet of the flights but more pictures have been posted:

/-- Twitpic.com/photos/jeff_foust

/-- Will Pomerantz Picasa Gallery

/-- NGLLC09

Update: Jeff Foust has posted a nice set of pictures on Flickr: Armadillo Aerospace LLC Level 2 flight attempt 2009 Sept 12


Armadillo flight video from RLV and Space Transport News
Jeff Foust has posted a video of the first flight of the Armadillo Scorpius (Super MOD) vehicle. The vehicle looks really rock steady and smooth from beginning to end, especially compared to the flights I saw in person at the previous NG-LLC events.

Photos from Armadillo’s Saturday flights from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust
Armadillo managed to beat the weather and any technical gremlins on Saturday with a pair of successful Level 2 flights, ensuring that they at least qualify for the prize. (Because of the nature of the competition, they won’t know until the end of October, when the competition season closes, if in fact they have won first prize in Level 2 of the Lunar Lander Challenge.) Below is a collection of photos with highlights of the day, from the long wait in Armadillo’s hangar for the rain to clear to the flights and the celebration afterwards.

Armadillo Level 2 Flight 1 from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust
Here’s a video I shot of Armadillo’s first leg of the Level 2 flight on Saturday. This was shot from a distance of about 1,500 feet from the pads, the designated safety boundary. This is considerably closer than the distance the public and media witnessed similar LLC flights in past years.

Dramatic photos from Caddo Mills from RLV and Space Transport News
I know the rain was annoying for those involved in the event and nearly stopped the whole show, but it sure led to some outrageously cool pictures, especially in
this set by Will Pomerantz. For example…

On This Day in Aviation History: September 13th by Phil Derner Jr.

United States - Ohio - WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 009 - Dayton - 09/25/09 from FenceCheck Forums
WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2009, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 09/25/09 - 09/27/09
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/wwiflyin.asp

United States - Nevada - NAS Fallon Airshow 2009 - NAS Fallon - 09/11/09 from FenceCheck Forums

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