Indy Transponder 28-DEC-09 1130z

A New Pilot Shares Aviation with Millions from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler | Flipping through the channels the other day I paused on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show because the guest, Zach Braff of Scrubs fame, said a word that caught my ear, "Cirrus." It seems he's a new pilot, and to appear on the show, which is taped in California, he flew himself across the nation from his home in New York, and the audience cheered and applauded this announcement…

Reaching for the skies... Gulf Daily News - Tom Hanratty | BAHRAIN is all geared up to host the country's first international air show, being held later next ...

AirFest to feature Thunderbirds - - BusinessRockford.com by Thomas V. Bona | "I don't want people to think they've seen the Thunderbirds before and they don't have to come," said Bob O'Brien, executive director of Chicago Rockford International Airport. "It will be different in a very exciting and quantifiable ...

Michigan Hellcat raised from Aeroplane Monthly News | Combat-veteran Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat was raised from the bed of Lake Michigan on November 30, nearly 65 years after it was lost during a training flight.

Confiscated Skyraider Still In Limbo After 6 Months from Aero-News Network | Baffled Warbird Owner Feels Targeted By Customs A Douglas AD-4N Skyraider was seized in May of 2009 on charges that the owner failed to file appropriate paperwork.

Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum Opens New Exhibt from Aviation News by Aviation_News_Expert_Adam_Badger | The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum "Air Zoo" in Protage, Michigan (6151 Portage Road) opens a new art exhibit called "The Spirit of Flight: The History of Aviation through Art" that showcases aircraft and aircraft carriers from the early beginnings to the modern airplanes of today. The exhibit, is located in the Main Campus' Traveling Exhibit Hall that features more than 50 prints and posters. Official Site: http://www.airzoo.org/

Aero-TV: Doorway to Aviation – Academy of Model Aeronautics at AOPA from Aero-News Network | The AMA Joins the AOPA for the Promotion of General Aviation During the "Golden Age of Aviation," the nation's youth idolized such industry leaders as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. As enthusiasm for aviation grew, small-scale aircraft building boomed in popularity, becoming both a fashionable hobby as well as an educational tool for the expanding career field.

This Week In Military/Aviation History 28 - 31 December from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Hello Folks, the magic seven have passed and like usual here I am. Christmas has passed also and a brand new year is just around the corner. I hope you Folks got what you wanted from jolly ol' St. Nick. I got a nice WWI flight sim to spend the new year with. This time next year I hope to be an experienced pilot who can fly over "No-man's land" without getting his butt shot out of the sky in a heartbeat. We'll see, won't we? On behalf of the 1941 Historical Aircraft Museum and myself, may you all have a safe and Happy New Year. In the meantime shall we  delve into some serious history? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.

On This Day in Aviation History: December 28th by Phil Derner Jr. | United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in Oregon in 1978, Airborne Transport DC-3 disappears enroute to Miami in 1948 and Israeli commandos launch a surprise attack on Beirut Airport in 1968…

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