Indy Transponder 14-DEC-09 1130z

Master of His Art from Aerial Sports Feed by noreply@redbull.com (Red Bull Staff) | Red Bull helicopter pilot Charles 'Chuck' Aaron has written his name into the air show performers hall of fame by winning the prestigious Art Scholl Showmanship Award.

Countdown to the inaugural Bahrain Airshow begins - Arabian Supply Chain | The first Bahrain International Airshow will open its doors on January 21, 2010, bringing a totally different trade show ...

F-111 Flypast To Mark Australian Graduation Parade - Scoop.co.nz | WHAT: Flypast by an F-111 strike aircraft during the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Graduation Parade. WHERE: ADFA, Northcott Drive, Canberra ACT. ...

Next summer's Arctic Thunder scheduled - Anchorage Daily News | It will feature precision flying performances by the Navy's Blue Angels squadron and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Elmendorf said. ...

Thunderbirds at Fairchild next July - The Spokesman Review | The Air Force's top aerial act, the Thunderbirds, will perform at Fairchild Air Force Base next July. Fairchild announced today the Thunderbirds put the ...

F-22 Demo Team May Appear at 2010 Air Show! by David P. Jordan | PEORIA – The Peoria Journal Star is reporting that the United States Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team may appear at the 2010 Prairie Air Show at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. More details will appear in ...

2010 MidFirst Ohio Balloon Challenge from AviationDayton™ Events by Aviation Dayton | When: Fri Jul 16, 2010 to Sun Jul 18, 2010,  Where: Middletown Regional Airport Event, Status: confirmed, Event Description: 8th annual MidFirst Ohio Challenge, a full festival featuring sanctioned hot air balloon competition events. Team Fastrax professional skydiving team, regional musical entertainment, classic car show, arts and crafts vendors, festival foods, tethered hot air balloon rides, airplane and helicopter rides and much more. Set in Smith Park adjoining the Middletown Regional Airport near The Great Miami River. More details: http://www.ohiochallenge.com/event

Centennial of military flight at Fort Sam Houston from AviationDayton™ Events by Aviation Dayton | When: Tue Mar 2, 2010, Where: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, Event Status: confirmed, Event Description: Wright "B" Flyer Inc. will re-enact U.S. Army Lt. Benjamin Foulois historic first flight of a Wright military airplane from a military reservation on March 2, 1910. The re-enactment will include ground handling operations of a Wright "B" Flyer replica on the Fort Sam Houston parade ground, site of the original flight, and fly-overs of another Wright "B" replica. More info: http://100yearsofmilitaryflight.org/Site/Welcome.html

Plane crash kills pilots during exercise - Independent Online | While the police say the two pilots were practising for an airshow taking place in Germiston, the managing director of Rand Airport, which organises the ...

Pilots survive high-speed drama - Dispatch Online | That's what Ewing, an aerobatic flight instructor attached to the 43 Air School in Port Alfred, told a colleague after he had managed to crash-land the ...

You can watch live as Boeing's 787 takes to the air Tuesday morning – HeraldNet | Besides the webcast, the public has a few options for watching the 787 take off at Paine Field, which will likely see a flood of aviation enthusiasts. ...

Aspiring astronauts run 'space camp on steroids' - Tampabay.com | Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson, who partnered with aviation designer Burt Rutan on the venture, hopes to begin passenger flights out of New ...

Calendar celebrates women in aviation from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | This Day in Women's Aviation, a page-a-day calendar published by Powder Puff Pilot, marks the accomplishments made by women in the world of aviation. Each page highlights an event, milestone, or triumph in the history of women in aviation.

"First" Civilian Su-27 Flanker For Sale from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The "first" civilian-operated, privately owned Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker in the world, according to the people who are trying to sell it, is fresh off its restoration, flew Dec. 10 at Rockford, Ill., and is now for sale. Pride Aircraft says the jet departed Runway 25 into a 15-knot headwind, after a 1,100-foot ground roll at Chicago Rockford International Airport. The jet flew locally for about 45 minutes in 7-degree air (14 Celsius) and performed multiple missed approaches before landing. According to the FAA's online registry, the fighter is flying on a temporary certificate issued Dec. 2, 2009, that expires Jan. 1, 2010. According to Pride, the jet is the first ever to be "licensed" in the USA and one of a pair that represents "the first and only" two privately owned Flankers (both two-seat UB models) in the world.

Video: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker — Civilian Warbird Over Illinois from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AVweb reader Scott Ross turned us on to this video of the first civilian registry SU-27 Sukhoi Flanker flying overhead ... in Rockford, Illinois. Scott tells us he "heard it banging around yesterday but didn't realize what it was. RFD's Runway 25 touchdown point is four miles from my house, and we are directly below the ILS. Wish I'd been outside when she went over.

Flying car project taking flight - Auburn Journal | The first year Bousfield said his car/plane was well received, so much so that the organizers of airventure told him his Switchblade would be a featured ...

Funeral Held For WWII Pilot 60 Years Later - WESH.com | A North American B-25 Mitchell bomber did a fly-by at the end of the funeral. Arnett's family met the crew afterward. The family members were offered to fly ...

This Week In Military/Aviation History 14 - 20 December from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Geez Folks, seven more in the bag and here we are again. I never know what I'm going to say when I sit down and start typing this intro. That's why they've been so short. So for another time I'll keep it that way. Be glad, I tend to babble when I get revved up. Pretty soon another whole year will be gone. Hard to believe huh? History marches on whether we like it or not. Speaking of history, let's get into some shall we? Yes, I think we shall. (nice segue, eh?)

On This Day in Aviation History: December 14th by Phil Derner Jr.


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