Indy Transponder 29-SEP-09 1030z

TV producer seeking story ideas for aviation show - Kansas.com
... segments include pieces about the US Air Force, Airbus, Icon Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Joe Balzer, the Tiger Moth, the Russian MiG-15, and Julie Clark. ...

SF Fleet Week 2009: Where are the best places to watch the Blue Angels? - BEAT SPECIAL REPORT Face it: you and everyone else who plans on going to this year’s Fleet Week 2009 event in San Francisco Oct. 8-13 will be jockeying — in some cases — fighting for the perfect spot to watch the Blue Angels zip through the skies of the Bay Area. BLUE ANGELS: They fly from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday Oct. 9-11. Survey flights will take place on Thurs. Oct. 8 starting at noon. Full schedule of event…

Navy Leap Frogs Perform At BMX World Cup - Aero-News Network
The US Navy's Leap Frogs precision parachute team was among the highlights of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup held at the ...

Reno Wrap-up from Air & Space Magazine

Barcelona Welcomes Red Bull Air Race With A Traditional Twist - BARCELONA, Spain
With just one week to go until the last and decisive race of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race season on Barcelona’s Front Mar&iacute...

Legendary unit received at least 47 Purple Hearts - STLtoday.com from http://www.stltoday.com/
So far, the newspaper has verified that 47 Tuskegee airmen received Purple Hearts. In addition, the newspaper identified 10 airmen who appear to have received the award, though that could not be verified with the same degree of certainty. The revelation more accurately reflects the contributions of a group already celebrated for its distinguished performance in battle and for breaking down racial barriers in the military. It also speaks to the nature of the airmen's service, which often put them in harm's way. Of the 450 Tuskegee pilots to serve overseas, dozens were killed in accidents or combat. "I feel better that the truth is out and that these poor guys did get awarded the Purple Heart," said Funderburk, former public relations director for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Sully returning to duty at US Airways, as a management pilot from Aircrew Buzz by B. N. Sullivan
Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger, III -- AKA 'Sully' -- is about to return to work at US Airways, this time as a management pilot. Capt. Sullenberger, you will recall, was the pilot in commend of US Airways Flight 1549, the Airbus A320 that successfully ditched in New York's Hudson River on January 15, 2009…

The Vulcan Bomber: Airshow season complete for XH558 by Chester
Airshow season complete for XH558. Well that's it then, after the first display at Cosford, and 25 displays, and many fly pasts at various locations later, XH558's crew can now put their feet up and rest for a few months, ...

timesofmalta.com - Dutch F16 delights the crowd from http://www.timesofmalta.com/
A highlight of the Malta International Airshow over the weekend must have been the Dutch F16 fighter plane, flying across the sky at almost supersonic speed and leaving a thunderous rumble in its wake. With a grace and skill that defied the massive machine, and, of course, gravity, Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot Ralph Aarts pirouetted, turned 360 degrees and let off flares in an 11-minute performance that caught the full attention of the hundreds of people watching the show. Painted orange, Holland's traditional colour, the F16 was hard to miss and was one of the two highlights of the 17th edition of the air show.

Rocket racers lose their 'launch pad' - New Scientist
Rocket racing is proving to be rather slow out of the blocks. The organisation behind the plan to race rocket-powered planes has lost its lease on land at ...

Rare aircraft touch down in Worcester http://bit.ly/HS9zz

Airspace violations – Episode 2 from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti
Cold Baltic Sea, hot Baltic skies (U.S. PB4Y-2 Privateer vs. Soviet La-11s) - In the years of Cold War, the usual crossroads of the International spying was the Baltic Sea, a narrow part of sea overlooking the Soviet Union, DDR and Poland for Warsaw’s Pact side, West Germany, Denmark and Norway for the NATO side and some neutral countries like Finland and Sweden.

Leading Edge Aviation Kicks off World's Best Air Show with ... PR Web
For over a dozen years, Leading Edge has used the Miramar Air Show as a world-class stage for thanking its valued customers and friends; treating them to ...

WWII-era bomber offering flights today only in Santa Maria - Santa Maria Times
The view from the tail gun of the World War II-era B-25 bomber known as the “Pacific Prowler.”//Bryan Walton/Staff The World War II-era B-25 bomber known as ...

Kissimmee museum puts WWII vet back in B-17 - Daytona Beach News-Journal
KISSIMMEE -- On the ground, a B-17 rattles and roars like a freight train -- an unsettling analogy that momentarily threatened to belie the ...

Home » Collegedale: B-17 bomber ... - Chattanooga Times Free Press
“Aluminum Overcast,” a World War II era B-17 bomber, landed this morning at the Collegedale Municipal Airport and the public will have a chance to fly in it ...

Local vet rides B-17 for first time since World War II - Chattanooga Times Free Press
It was September, 1944, and he was headed to war as a bombardier in a B-17 “Flying Fortress.” A few weeks later he was peering out of the glass bubble at ...

Our Stories - Taranaki Daily News
An aeroplane of any sort was a rare sight in the early 1930s at the back of Inglewood and the impression made on young Robin was a big one. ...

MonroeNews.com - The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI from http://www.monroenews.com/
Bill Pacitti of Monroe led the program with his narration of what it was like to go through pilot training during the war years in the Army Air Force, the predecessor to today's Air Force. He was 21 when he served as a B-17 pilot.

Amazing birdstrike at EDDL/DUS from PPRuNe Forums by B-HKD

Episode 66 – Chocolate Thunder from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks)
Dan Webb takes time off, Steve Visscher drops in, and David Vanderhoof spends the entire episode with Rob and Max as they talk aviation news and history. Steve and Grant provide another report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk, and the week’s listener mail includes a great recording of “The Top 10 Ways to Tell Your Father is an Airplane Geek.”…

Today in History - The Associated Press
... SpaceShipOne rocket plane hurtled past the edge of earth's atmosphere, completing the first stage of a quest to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. ...

On This Day in Aviation History: September 29th by Phil Derner Jr.

Victor Archer - via Facebook - Pbase is Back! You can see all my Reno National Air Race 2009 photos here: http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/reno_national_air_races_2009

Thunder Mustangs... A whole herd of them - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ - Thunder Mustangs... A whole herd of them

United States - Ohio - WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2009 - Dayton - 09/25/09 from FenceCheck Forums

United States - Nevada - National Championship Air Races & Airshow 2009 - Reno - 09/16/09 from FenceCheck Forums - The Fokker D. VIII and Dr. I complete their cross country trip from Colorado. The Fokker D. VII which also made the journey arrived earlier than these two.

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