Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Indy Transponder 6-OCT-09 0230z


Family Asks For Help To Rebuild 'Tsunami' - Aero-News Network
Flight tests and air race records indicated that Tsunami was capable of speeds in excess of 500 mph, and the airplane remains the first homebuilt air racer ...

Thunderbirds show to go on at Andersen - Stars and Stripes
With Typhoon Melor safely out of Guam's way, the US Air Force Thunderbirds will be flying over Andersen Air Force Base after all on Wednesday. ...

Thunderbirds Flyover Saipan Tuesday - Pacific News Center
Guam - The US Air Force Thunderbirds team is scheduled to perform a flyover with trailing smoke over Saipan International Airport at 2:20 pm Tuesday. ...

Thunderbirds to appear in tomorrow's air show - Pacific Daily News
A free air show that was canceled last week has been rescheduled for tomorrow, but it will be shorter ...

Air Show at MCAS Miramar Awes the Community from U.S. Navy News Headline Stories
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar opened its gates to the community to celebrate "A Salute to Teamwork," air show Oct. 2-4.


High-flying fun: Larger crowd, clearer skies, aerial displays ... - El Paso Times
The two-day air show at Biggs Army Airfield finished with strong crowds Sunday. Light showers thinned the number of spectators on Saturday. ...

Air show will fill skies with thrills - Quay County Sun
The 17th annual Tucumcari Rotary Club Air Show comes to the Tucumcari Airport with a full slate of performances and ...

Great Georgia Air Show scheduled for next weekend - The Citizen.com
Precision parachuting, gravity-defying jets, thundering jet trucks and vintage warbirds mark the 12 edition of The Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) to be held ...

Both wings and wheels go airborne at annual Eastside event - The Wenatchee World Online
"The gas-powered planes need more room," said Del Herring, who let his five-foot wingspan Mitchell B-25 bomber replica sit on display at the park while he ...

Line-up for last airshow of year - Cambridge Evening News
Duxford's Autumn Air Show on Sunday will feature an array of modern and historic aircraft. The show will include appearances by the Supermarine Spitfire IX, ...

"We must demystify the job of a fighter pilot" - FranceAntilles.fr Martinique
While Martinique is still overturned by the exploits of the Patrouille de France, Nicolas de Laguarigue and Olivier Legrand, 38 and 40 years ...

Red Bull Air Race Barcelona Video Recap 2009 from Mike Goulian Airshows by Karin
Quick video review of Michael Goulian's final 2009 Red Bull Air Race in Barcelona, October 2009.

World War II vet receives 'painting' of his plane from Diamond Pilots
John Berguson Sr., now 85, a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps, was honored recently by an artist from Frederick, Md., who sent him a 20- by 30-inch print of a computerized painting he did of Berguson's B-29 bomber flying over Iwo Jima.
Berguson, a member of a 330th B-29 bomber crew, was on his final mission June 1, 1945, shortly after his 21st birthday on April 26, when the plane took heavy artillery flak. The pilot was killed and the rest of the 10-man crew was forced to bail out over Iwo Jima, having first been led to safety by a P-61 Black Widow plane that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, Berguson said.
The artist, Dave Ails ...

"Liberty Belle" B-17 brings World War II memories to Kissimmee - WDBO Radio
The B-17 Liberty Belle roared as it ascended into the sky - just like it did more than ...

Tale of Two Plane Trips - OpEdNews
... to Wake Island in 1951 for a showdown Korean War policies with General macarthur, the general had his pilot fly in circles until Truman's plane landed. ...

Little warning before plane crash, says friend from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots
Lubbersen and Capstick started working together at Slemon Park almost 18 years ago, and Lubbersen got his first flying lesson from Capstick. On Saturday afternoon, Lubbersen was taking some people on a sightseeing tour while Capstick flew around in his small, bright-red two-seater. Lubbersen said they were flying in formation, next to each other ...

New points of view on old wings from Diamond Pilots
By Christopher Jensen
Globe Corresponden
Tucked into the open cockpit of a replica Waco biplane, cruising between the clouds and the granite of Mount Washington, I feel it could be 1935 in my lovely and ...

T-6'ing in the Adirondacks from http://www.aafo.com/
Last Friday in NY, dad and I flew with Mark Murphy in Mark and his dad, Dave, in their T-6's. I flew Mark's SNJ-5C, recently rebuilt by Midwest Texans, and Mark flew his Dad's T-6 because Dave wasn't available. My father climbed in back with me, and Mark's buddy Scott strapped in, and we went up for some fall flying! I handed my father the camera for a change, it was my turn to drive! He took all of the photo's in this post except for the first one.

Widow of Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum founder works to save husband's legacy - Metro - cleveland.com
Kay Crawford said it's unlikely she can stop the sale of 23 vehicles scheduled to be auctioned off later this week from the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, but she hopes she can prevent future sales from decimating her husband's legacy.
Crawford, who flew from Massachusetts to meet with officials from the Western Reserve Historical Society about their stewardship of the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, said she was "disappointed" with the outcome. ...

Women in Aviation sponsors industry program next month - Dayton Daily News
WEST ALEXANDRIA — Women in Aviation International is teaming with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association to create "Women's Wing," a program to ...

5 Years After SpaceShipOne: Commercial Spaceflight Ready for 'Go' - Yahoo! News
Designed by Mojave-based Burt Rutan - the lead out-of-the-box thinker of Scaled Composites and his team - and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, ...

Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums
#OSH09 - seaplanes! by futureshox (Jo Hunter)
Thunder Mustang Video Clip - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
"Bulletproof" R-2800? - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
Wingsuit flyer over Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Sunday - Windsor Star
New Jersey - Millville Warbird Airshow 2009 - Millville - 10/03/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF Leuchars Airshow 12th September 2009 from OneRiot.com



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