Indy Transponder 24-DEC-09 1130z

Christmas Eve 1944 from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor | The date was December 24th, 1944-Christmas Eve. The 453rd Bomb Group was playing host to more than 1,250 British children who ranged in age from four to fourteen-many orphaned by the London Blitz. Someone had the idea of making toys for the children of Paris, children who had never experienced the joy and excitement of a child's Christmas. The idea spread very quickly between the officers and airmen; even the neighboring children began donating their own toys or made new ones. Wooden toys, rag dolls, and thousands of Christmas cards were given with cheerful abandon to the young French allies…

John Wayne Airport now home to vintage military aircraft - Los Angeles Times | A North American B-25, 16 of which bombed Tokyo in 1942 -- the first US strike on Japanese soil. A DC-3, which dropped members of the Army's 101st Airborne ...

Famous Air Daredevil Nearly Beat Roy Jones To Ketchikan in 1921 – SitNews | In 1919, he was flying out of Salt Lake City and had gained enough notoriety to be a "headliner" at the first air show in the then desert village of Las ...

The Kathryn Report: Blue Angels will return to Tuscaloosa in 2010 by Diamond Pilots | "It is rare for a non-military based community to host the Blue Angels and Golden Knights in consecutive years," Mayor Walt Maddox said. "This opportunity is a direct result of the community's enthusiastic support and hospitality. ...

Historic Inn Burns in Bloomsburg - WNEP-TV | The current owner flew with the Navy's Blue Angels, and the inn's Web site invited visitors to see his collection of memorabilia. ...

The Kathryn Report: Crashed Spitfire out of Rotorua air show by Diamond Pilots | Events & Venues Rotorua general manager Peter McLeod said he was disappointed that the Spitfire would no longer be part of Rotorua's air show to celebrate the start of the city's trans-Tasman service but he was relieved to learn that ...

Show Preview - Singapore Airshow 2010 by unknown | And in a further boost to local tourism the Salthill Airshow, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors to the seaside resort in previous years, looks set to make a return in 2010. The organisers of the Powerboat World Championships ...

Balloonist ready for the open skies - Irish Times | A member of the The Irish Ballooning Association and the National Aero Club of Ireland, he has been "flying without wings", as he puts it, since 1977. ...

Photo essay: Santa, friends welcome C-17 from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Senior Airman Katie Gieratz) | Three 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron leaders became visitors from the North Pole for a day and marshalled a C-17 Globemaster on the flightline here Dec. 22.  The squadron held a fundraiser to chose which person would dress as Santa, a reindeer or an elf. Maj. Aaron Sasson, the operations officer, was Santa; Maj. Jonathan Downing, the commander, became a reindeer and the superintendent, Chief Master Sgt.  Derrell Wells, was the elf.  View the slideshow.

Pablo Fernicola from FenceCheck Forums - A few F-15 shots


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