Thursday, September 3, 2009

Indy Transponder 2-SEP-09 2315z


WWII bombers to visit NAS Wildwood for 13th annual AirFest - Shore News Today
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum and The Collings Foundation have extended AirFest and The Wings of Freedom Tour for 2009. ...

Sidney Airshow Preps - KXNet.com North Dakota News
We have Warren and Kent Pietsch of Minot, Jim Pietz of South Dakota, John Moore, Gene Soucy, and all these guys are recognized airshow performers and it's ...

Indiana Warbird Campaign 2009 - Academy of Model Aeronautics
WHEN: 9am-5pm, Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5; Air Show, noon, September 5
WHERE: International Aeromodeling Center, Academy of Model Aeronautics, 5151 E. Memorial Drive, Muncie, Indiana
CONTACT: Chris Brooks, APR, Public Relations Manager, cbrooks@modelaircraft.org 765-287-1256, ext. 276
M U N C I E – More than 200 model aircraft, some with wingspans exceeding 10 feet, will be on display and in action during the Indiana Warbird Campaign "fly in" September 4-5, 9am each day, at the International Aeromodeling Center's 1000-acre airfield in Muncie.
The aviation-loving public of all ages is encouraged to attend this fun and educational event for just $3 a carload, with proceeds going to support the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie and the Wilbur Wright Birthplace Museum in New Castle. Lawn chairs and sunscreen are recommended



Commercial airshow in Homestead viewed as global draw - Miami Today
By 2012, South Florida might have its own commercial air show at Homestead Air Force Base similar to those held outside of Paris at ...

Seoul Air Show to Open Next Month - Korea Times
About 30000 military chiefs, procurement officials and representatives from defense companies will take part in the Seoul Air Show, the office said, ...

Wings & Wheels celebrates 'record' event - Get Surrey
Extraordinary aerobatic displays were staged by The Blades, The Red Bull matadors and the two Team Guinot Wingwalker 'aerobabes', who performed handstands ...

Distinguished Aviator Inducted into Wall of Fame - Aviation.ca
Rosella Bjornson, has also been inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame and Women in Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame. Ms. Bjornson holds the prestige of ...

Bob Hoover is keynote speaker for #EAA Halls of Fame induction banquet in Oshkosh 10/16. More info & online ticket form coming soon. by EAAupdate (Dick Knapinski)

Flying machine made Toronto splash - Toronto Star
"It was like trying to fly in an ink pot," he later told a Star reporter. After only a few seconds in the air, he nosed the plane down a few metres to pick ...

Free open house at Palm Springs Air Museum to honor end of WWII - The Desert Sun
The Palm Springs Air Museum will offer free admission on Saturday, Sept. 12, at an open house held to commemorate the end of World War II. ...

B-25D 'Grumpy' Retraces WWII Flight Path. from Planenews Aviation News Portal
The route across Canada and the North Atlantic that World War II ferry pilots used to supply the Allies with aircraft and supplies is active once again: A B-25D Mitchell restored to airworthy condition in Duxford, England, is retracing the North Atlantic Air Ferry Route to arrive at its new home in Everett, Wash...

Snowbirds make day memorable - Chatham Daily News
The 13-year-old Gregory Drive Public School student helped give his fellow classmates a thrill when the Snowbirds precision flying team accepted his ...

No 'Early Release' for Libyan Aircraft from Wired: Danger Room
libyanc130Eight Libyan aircraft have spent more than 30 years trapped in the United States, and there's no sign the aircraft are getting out anytime soon.
Libya bought eight C-130 cargo aircraft back in the 1970s, but as relations between the United States and Libya deteriorated, the U.S. government put a hold on the arms sales, including the C-130s. Since that time, the aircraft have been rusting away under the Georgia sun. ...




SPC #031-Podapalooza 2009, Part I from The Student Pilot Cast by Bill Williams
Hello, everyone! Here is the first part of the audio from Podapalooza 2009 from Airventure in Oshkosh, July 31st, 2009. This part contains the audio from the show that was broadcast live on EAA Radio. After the radio station had to cut away, we continued Podapalooza and I will bring you that audio in the next episode. By then, I'm hoping to have my Remos flight video completed, and I will release that shortly thereafter. Here are a couple of photos from this years show. ...

"Must See" Aviation Museums from Things with Wings by Jennifer Michels
An offer from Amazon.com just hit my Google alerts, advertising a book by John Purner titled Best Aviation Attractions, which happens to be published by the same owner of AviationWeek, McGraw-Hill Publishing.
I flipped through the list, and was surprised to see that I could count on one hand the ones I had been to. (The book includes air shows and other events, not just museums).
But there are two that I have never forgotten which didn't make the list. One is Thunder City in Cape Town, South Africa, and the other is the National Norwegian Aviation Museum, or Norsk Luftfartsmuseum. ...

50yr-old Chinese woman planning to pull a plane with her pigtail! - Thaindian.com
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): A Chinese woman, who is in her early 50s, has made plans to pull a plane using just her pigtail, after she used it to pull five ...

SoCal Fires Bring Out Aviation Photographers from PropBlast by mjg
Here is a link to a thread in the Aviation Photographers of Southern California thread on Firefighting Aircraft pictures. Here are some of my favs…

For nostalgia from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin
Since the airplane will hopefully never look like this again, seemed like a good excuse to break out an old favorite that featured the tin cowl.

A nice video about the former F/A18, now Red Bull Air Race pilot @MattHallRacing
by redbullairrace (Red Bull Air Race)

Air Show 2009 Radom (Poland), August 29-30 from Military Photos by Toniak
Two more black SF-260EA by David Cenciotti

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