Indy Transponder 13-DEC-09 1900z

Decision to postpone Rotorua air show heartbreak - Scoop.co.nz
The organisers of today's [Saturday] Let's Go Rotorua Lakefront Air Show say it was a heartbreaking decision to cancel the show but in the ...

Weather takes wings out of Big Whoop event - Victoria Advocate
Brinkman said everyone was in good spirits, even though the 11 people who purchased rides on a B-25 had to wait another day to fly in the World War II ...

Shop's fighter-shaped pancakes a tribute to 'Blue Impulse' team's 50th anniversary - Mainichi Daily News
... commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Blue Impulse aerobatics team next year. Named after the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's aerobatic flight ...

Air festival's boost for town recognised - TheAdvertiser24
The Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival has won three awards at the Waveney Chamber of Commerce Awards in recognition of the part the popular event has played ...

Bishop of Lincoln in wing-walk challenge - This is Scunthorpe
THE Bishop of Lincoln will be closer to God when he carries out his latest daredevil stunt of wing-walking. The brave reverend is planning to take to the ...

Wasabi interview on Airsports.tv by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin
Thank you Nigel Boettiger and Jeff Zaltman!

Wichita Aero Club top management panel to be simulcast
You're a SUPERSTAR thanks for letting us know the Aero Club top management panel is simulcast. Been trying to figure out how to see it from afar. With Cessna's Pelton, Hawker/Beech's Boisture, Learjet's Coleal, Boeing's Strode, ...

Search for Spitfire spares - National - NZ Herald News
The owner of a rare Spitfire damaged in a landing mishap in Auckland last week has begun a hunt for spare parts which may take him to the other side of the world. Doug Brooker's two-seater Mark IX Spitfire tipped on to its nose, damaging its four-bladed wooden propeller and parts of its undercarriage. The aircraft is believed to be worth about $3 million.

World War II Airman Buried 65 Years Later - Central Florida News 13
On Saturday, he finally got a chance to salute the soldier who delivered him a folded flag, as a B-25 bomber flew by commemorating the last flight home. ...

Air Corps pilot helped on first-time combat flights - The Desert Sun
On the way back to the air base, enemy fire knocked out three of the four engines of the B-17. "I came back with only one engine they (the crew) wanted to ...

Aggressor pilots: Paid to play the villain - AirForceTimes.com
Units, even ones close by like the two F-22 squadrons based here, want to train more with the aggressors. "We are lucky because the 18th is right here, ...

Scots pilot glides way to speed record in Argentina by Diamond Pilots
John Williams, whose achievements in the skies above Argentina have propelled him into an elite global group.
A daredevil Scottish ­glider pilot has fulfilled his ambition to make a 1500km (982-mile) flight over the Andes – and accidentally set a new world speed record in the process. Fife-based John Williams clocked a top speed of almost 112mph during the St Andrew's Day flight, beating his personal best and toppling the previous record in the same breath. ...

X-51A WaveRider gets first ride aboard B-52 from AVIATION-NEWS
The X-51A Waverider was carried aloft for the first time Dec. 9 by an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 Stratofortress over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The test was a key milestone in preparation for the X-51 to light its supersonic combustion ramjet engine and propel the WaverRider at hypersonic speed for [...]

Connecticut Students Set for Cosmic Conversation with Space Station Commander - Media Newswire
The education downlink will take place from 12:50 pm to 1:10 pm EST from the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. ...

Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceShipTwo, plans commercial space flights in 2011 from Engadget
We've been waiting an awful long time for this day to come, and now we're doing our darndest to rush away 2010. Today, Sir Richard Branson officially took the wraps off of a spacecraft that we initially peeked back in June of 2008: the SpaceShipTwo. Designed to hold six passengers and two pilots, this magnificent craft will reportedly be ready to ship wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011. Reportedly

Virgin Galactic SpaceShip VSS Enterprise RollOut from Planenews Aviation News Portal
Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo to the world at Mojave Spaceport, California.

Briefs: Rutan in FT; They call the wind Mojave; Ubiquitous spaceflight from RLV and Space Transport News
A profile of Burt Rutan and his space ambitions: Man in the News: Burt Rutan, rocket man - Financial Times (via spacetoday.net).
Burt is thinking not just about about getting to orbit after SS2: ...

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo: the video unveiling from Engadget by Darren Murph

NASA to offer new prizes for space-related inventions - VentureBeat
Inspired by the then-imminent conclusion of the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for Suborbital Spaceflight, the program was designed to offer a series of ...

Full Week Space Prize Roundup from Space Prizes

NearSpace touring from RLV and Space Transport News

Episode 76 – Flight Testing With James from Airplane Geeks Podcast
Our guest this episode is life-long test pilot James Patton. He was the Chief Test Pilot & Head of Flight Ops at NASA Langley, a naval aviator, an FAA test pilot, and an expert at spin testing. Jim was just inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame.

B-1B portraits from The Unwanted Blog by admin
Video Of Chinese Rocket Swooshing By Commercial Aeroplane - Gizmodo Australia
Pictures: UPDATE more of the Airbus A400M in flight by PlaneTalking


For a job well done from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.
Brig. Gen. Dean Despinoy, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, presents a coin to Maj. Becky Fox, 434th Communications Squadron commander, in recognition of her efforts during a recent operational readiness exercise. The presentation was made during the December wing commander's call.

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