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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Indy Transponder 24-JAN-10 0300z

Bahrain International Air-show witnesses huge crowd - TopNews Arab Emirates
A large number of spectators including military and civilian leaders turned up at the first day of International Airshow currently undergoing in the small ...

Bahrain International Airshow - The Photo Forum

International News brief - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Up, up and away A family watches from a desert ridge as a Gulf Air passenger jet leads France's famous display team, Patrouille de France, on Friday during ...

NAS Kingsville 2010 air show will feature Emerson Drive concert - Kingsville Record
Naval Air Station Kingsville has added another feature to the 2010 "Wings Over South Texas" air show. Grammy-nominated Emerson Drive will headline a free ...

Airshow in Akron, Colorado from OneRiot.com
You might be surprised to find out that the little town of Akron, Colorado (population 1,700) just 50 miles east of Denver is starting to become a...

Spitfire Display at the Thundersprint by Flightline UK
Spitfire fans will have the chance to see this magnificent aircraft display in a unique setting right on the edge of Northwich, Cheshire, on Sunday May 9.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire will perform in one of the most evocative settings in the world. Displaying right on the edge of this pretty market town, the Spitfire gives a true feeling of what it must have been like to see these iconic aircraft in action 70 years ago. The Thundersprint's arena setting captures ...

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Events set for Doolittle Tokyo Raiders reunion - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton
The public opportunity to interact with the Doolittle Raiders will be only at one of the three autograph sessions, April 16-18. There is a limit of one item ...

Engineer drafted to Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor - The Desert Sun
Halperin, who started flying in 1939 and got his pilot's license in 1950, is the author of the book "The Sky's No Limit — Round the World Air Race: 1994. ...

Allied Fighters Volume 1 Issue 3
"Dottie Mae" restoration update, Richard T Whitcomb remembered, Project Mustang returns to AF and more

The Bombing of Germany Introduction - WGBH American Experience
... American airmen participated in the raids on Hamburg by targeting military sites. Flying in daylight to improve accuracy and reduce civilian losses, the Americans did the best they could to hit a shipyard and an engine factory despite visibility heavily degraded by smoke from the RAF's fires. In October, the Americans' faith in the daylight bombing strategy began to waiver after several air assaults deep into German territory resulted in the loss of more than 200 bombers and hundreds of American airmen. ...

PBS Program on 8th Air Force and Air War Feb 8 from Remembering World War Two Airmen
A program about the air war over Europe airs February 8, 2010.

The Gift of Art - Air and Space Magazine
A recent donation by Michael and Maureen Harrigan helps the Museum fulfill its mission.

'Space Diver' Attempt Planned from Spaceports
[video] Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt a 'space dive' to seek to top the nearly 50-year-old record for the highest jump this year, becoming the first person to go supersonic in freefall using a helium balloon. ...

Skydivers in 'Largest Wingsuit Formation Dive' - telegraph
Almost 70 skydivers took part in the 'Largest Wingsuit Formation Dive' in US history, after spending months perfecting the stunt.
The 68 skydivers had to qualify in order to be part of the jump over Lake Elsinore, California.
Wearing a variety of brightly coloured wingsuits the intrepid participants successfully achieved the unlinked, slot-specific formation required for the US record. ...