Indy Transponder 30-SEP-09 1030z

Skies will be filled with thrills - Quay County Sun
The gates will open at 10 am The main attraction will be the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds. The Snowbirds fly nine jets at the same time and perform numerous ...

CAF Airsho Takes Off Next Weekend - NewsWest9.com
For starters, it will cost you less to get into the Airsho, just $15.00 dollars for adults and $5.00 for kids. They're also having a USO show, ...

CAF Gears Up for Annual Airsho 9/29/09 – KOSA
Midland, Texas - Organizers at the Commemorative Air Force are revving up for this year's Airsho. Set to take place October 10th and 11th, the weekend-long ...

Aviation Day at Lee County's Page Field to take off Nov. 14 - Tallahassee.com
Main attractions this year will include a North American B-25 Mitchell and a Vought F4U Corsair. The B-25 is a World War II medium bomber, which was made ...

Regina photographer Cal Fehr soars with the Snowbirds - Regina Leader-Post
Regina photographer Calvin Fehr (right) clad in military flying gear is jammed into the cockpit of a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft. ...

Dubai airshow to 'spearhead aerospace recovery' - Trade Arabia
The Italian Airforce's Frecce Tricolori and Patrouille de France aerobatic teams will display the capabilities of the Aermacchi and the Alpha Jet trainers, ...

Glacier Girl Back at Chino from P38assn by P-38
FYI, Glacier Girl is back at the Planes of Fame in Chino, CA, for some repairs and is expected to be there until the 17th, when the 475th Fighter Group is dedicating their P-38 Hangar. If you don’t know her amazing story, read about it here on the P-38 Association website, and then stop by to [...]

Historic plane makes stop at Museum of Flight – KSBY
The B-25 "Pacific Prowler" was used in World War II. It was built in the 1940s and used by the US Air Force until the late 1950s. Tuesday, residents had the ...

Catching air - Odessa American
Airpower Museum Executive Director Tami O'Bannion said the museum's involvement with the air show will increase significantly this year. ...

The Vintage Aviator 'Remembrance Day' WWI Air Show - Masterton - Eventfinder from http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/

Zooooommmm! Sport Air Racing League Completes Seventh Race For '09 - Aero-News Network
The Seventh Air Race in the National Championship Series of the Sport Air Racing League has just concluded. Twenty-three racers from as far away as Ontario ...

Aviation News :: RE: Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off California coast. from FlightAware > Discussions

200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off [Image Cache] from Gizmodo by Jesus Diaz
See those black bits scattered around this Boeing? It's just part of a massive flock of starlings hitting its fuselage and engine as it was taking off at 200mph. About two hundred birds were sucked into the turbine. According to the photographer, Juergen Kienast, the sound of the engine as it sucked the birds was defeaning: The pitch of the engine said it all. It was like sticking a bit of metal pipe into a blender. Unlike the Hudson River Airbus, however, the crew and passengers got lucky: They didn't have to do any crash landing. The birds weren't that lucky, however, some splattering against the fuselage, others getting blended into a starling purée. Sad, but better them than the 80 people on board. [Daily Mail]

Space Adventures Announces Founder of Cirque du Soleil Guy Laliberte Successfully Launched to the International Space Station from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
VIENNA, Va., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company currently providing human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, today announced that its orbital client Guy Laliberte and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS). Laliberte joins the Expedition 21 crew, which includes Russian cosmonaut Maksim Surayev and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams.

Cold War: Food for Berlin from About.com Military History
September 30, 1949 - The Berlin Airlift (right) comes to an official end. Angered by disagreements with the Western Allies regarding Germany's future, Joseph Stalin cut off their ground access to West Berlin in late June 1948. Unwilling to abandon the city, American and British forces began a massive airlift effort on June 26 to deliver food and supplies to West Berlin's citizens. Operating through the winter and spring, the airlift would see a plane landing in Berlin every 30 seconds. By the end of April the amount being delivered by air exceeded pre-blockade ground shipments. Admitting defeat, the Soviets ended the blockade on May 12, 1949. The airlift continued until September 30 to build a surplus in the city. During its operations the Berlin Airlift transported 2,326,406 tons of supplies to the city. Share your thoughts and memories on this incredible operation.

On This Day in Aviation History: September 30th by Phil Derner Jr.

Southport Air Show 2009 – The Red Arrows - So the Southport Air Show rolled around again and as per usual the usual grey cloud rolled in…the odd bit of blue sky but not much sunshine. One year we’ll get a gloriously sunny day! This set is just of the Red Arrows who were in attendance and were a very cool highlight. More to follow as I process through the week. Apologies for the layout of the post – can’t get slideshows to work at the moment, hopefully have it fixed before next post!

Airshow 2009 - Reno - 09/16/09 from FenceCheck Forums

Peterson AFB / Colorado Springs MAP, CO (KCOS) from FenceCheck Forums

United States - Ohio - WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2009 - Dayton - 09/25/09 from FenceCheck Forums - A 100 year old Le Rhone rotary engine

United States - Illinois - Air Power Over The Midwest 2009 - Scott AFB, Belleville - 09/19/09 from FenceCheck Forums - A few more visitors over the weekend...

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