Saturday, January 23, 2010

Indy Transponder 23-JAN-10 0030z


Eurofighter Shines at Bahrain International Airshow - defpro
The Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the world's most advanced multi-role combat aircraft and will be on of the star attractions ...

Windsor locks in Red Bull air races for two years - Windsor Star
American Kirby Chambliss whizzes past the Detroit skyline while competing in the 2009 ...

Airmen support inaugural Bahrain International ... - AirForceDad
More than 100 Airmen from across the Air Force traveled to the small island-nation of Bahrain in the Middle East to represent U.S. military forces at the Bahrain International Airshow Jan. 21. The show is the first of its kind for the ...

'Defenders' Act As Guardians, Ambassadors During Bahrain International Airshow - Systems
Aircraft and aircrews take center stage at airshows as people admire the modern aviation technology in today's fighters, transports, ...

Massimo Tammaro tomorrow to Albenga - The Ponente
Saturday, January 23 Lieutenant Colonel Massimo Tammaro, unforgettable Commander Arrows Tricolori, will pay an official visit to Albenga, ...

Documentary: The patrol of France, by Vincent Perrot - Le Blog TV News
After publishing a book on the Patrouille de France aerobatic 2008, he invites us to share the lives of eight pilots of the prestigious ...

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Day in history, Jan. 22 - Post-Bulletin
Edna Gardner, Chatfield's flying nurse, won first prize in the women's air race held in Miami and was awarded $250. The previous year, Gardner won a race at ...

WWII veterans gather, share stories - THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
...Don Cotner arrived at the Casa in his well preserved Army Air Corps uniform – it still fit. He told how he was a flight engineer on a B-29 that flew 33 bombing missions over Japan, seeking to end the war. His plane never got shot down, but "we never came back without having holes in the airplane," he recalled.
Cotner's wife Jean worked in a bomber plant in Tulsa, Okla.
Ron Lissner was a B-17 pilot with the Air Force, flying out of England on "shuttle bombing" missions – dropping explosives over Germany, landing in Russia, refueling, reloading with weapons and bombing Germany again on the way back to England. ...

Walter G. Dermatis - Lake Placid News
He was a Master Army Aviator and an aviation instructor and examiner. A veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, he retired as a lieutenant colonel. ...

Reliving Houdini's historic high point, all 30 metres of it - The Age
Mr Minns said the idea of being a pioneer aviator appealed to Houdini, so he brought with him a Voisin biplane he had bought in France and flown in Hamburg, ...

82-year-old aviator gets high school diploma - KVAL
Marshfield teacher Jeff Eberwein teaches an aviation history course at the high school, inspired by Long and his adventures. He and his students worked ...

Board seeks to institute museum - Amarillo.com
Board members of the Texas Air & Space Museum went public Thursday with their efforts to create a renowned facility. "We have a board with a strong interest ...

What is Red Bull Stratos? - Red Bull
The 40-year-old Austrian will shatter numerous world records which have stood for over half a century when he undertakes a stratospheric high-altitude helium balloon flight in a capsule to more than 120,000 feet.
At this level, wearing a specially modified full-pressure suit and helmet, parachute, and chest pack with data recorders, Baumgartner will jump and bid to become the first person in history to break the speed of sound with the human body.
Roughly 35 seconds into his freefall, Baumgartner is expected to break the speed of sound. He will then parachute to earth where he will be met by a retrieval team, after which descent of the capsule and balloon will be triggered remotely. ...

Baumgartner: Life on the Edge from Aerial Sports Feed
At Red Bull Stratos, Felix Baumgartner will attempt a freefall jump from the edge of space, reaching supersonic speeds as he breaks the limits of human endurance. [video]

Happy 40th Birthday To The Boeing 747 from Flying With Fish
22/1/2010 - Happy 40th Birthday To The Boeing 747
Forty years ago today history was made as the iconic Boeing 747 took to the skies for its first revenue passenger flight.
While Pan Am had intended for the first Boeing 747 revenue passenger flight to be on the 21st of January, an engine overheating delayed the flight by a few hours, making the first flight the today.
One day late, but still an important moment in airline and aircraft history, ...

Puffin: the one-person electric aircraft (w/ Video) - PhysOrg.com
NASA engineers have designed an extremely quiet one-person electrically powered aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a ...

High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA from NASA Breaking News
NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet.

34 People on US Airways Express Jet in West Virginia Love EMAS from The Cranky Flier
How many of you know what EMAS is? I can guarantee that the 34 people on a US Airways Express jet in Charleston West Virginia now are intimately familiar with it. It prevented them from plunging off a mountain. This mountain. Seriously. ...

Terrafugia Uses Dassault Systèmes to Create Street-Legal Aeroplane - NETCOMPOSITES
Terrafugia's Transition is a two-seater vehicle made from carbon composites that is designed to run as both a car and aeroplane. The first working prototype ...

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