Friday, March 12, 2010

Indy Transponder 12-MAR-10 0430z


Pilot dies in plane crash at small Ariz. airport - The Associated Press
A World War II-era plane crashed Thursday while attempting to land at a small suburban Phoenix airport, killing the pilot and starting a ...


Annual air show boasts aerobatics, vintage aircraft - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (photo: Team Chaos)
Other featured acts include Team Chaos Extreme Air Shows, Flash Fire Jet Truck, Bearfeet Aerobatics, Gary Ward Air Shows, Paradise Aerobatics and the Tiger ...

Charleston AFB cancels scheduled air show from Air Force Times - News
Officials at a South Carolina Air Force base have canceled plans for their air show due to an increased work load on behalf of troops in Afghanistan.
Air Force spokeswoman Trisha Gallaway said on Thursday members of the 437th Airlift Wing from Charleston Air Force Base are flying repeated cargo and passenger airlift missions because of President Barack Obama's orders sending 30,000 additional troops to the region.
Base commander Col. Martha Meeker says such work must take priority, even though the air show is a boon to military recruiting and enjoyed by the Charleston community.
Gallaway says officials are working to schedule another Air Expo sometime in the coming year or early 2012.

SNOWBIRDS TO PERFORM OVER ROYAL ROADS - C-FAX 1070
THE EVER POPULAR SNOWBIRDS AEROBATIC TEAM IS COMING BACK TO VICTORIA THIS SUMMER. THE DATE IS SATURDAY, JUNE 12. THE EVENT IS THE INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW ...

Red Arrows Display Dates 2010 by Flightline UK
The Red Arrows have released their display dates for the 2010 season. Thet can be found at either :-
http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/displayinfo/displaydates.cfm
or on Flightline UK at:-
http://www.airshows.org.uk/ukmilitary/red-arrows.html

Motors TV with the Patrouille de France! - Motors TV, Rally (Google Translator)
In April, Vincent Perrot offers a number exclusive Vincent Restrictions on the Patrouille de France and its new leader, Commander Virginie Guyot.
2010 was an exceptional year for the Patrouille de France for the first time in its history, it is directed by a young woman of 33, who is also the first woman fighter pilot in the world to take this position.
Vincent Perrot has obtained a waiver to participate in a flight training period and allows viewers to Motors TV to experience the daily life of the Patrouille de France for a week at very fast pace. Conduct of briefings, special relationships with mechanics, flight, Vincent lifts the veil on the lives of the elite Air Force ...

Sydney racing for air time in Red Bull Air Race - Daily Telegraph
Newcastle pilot Matt Hall flies his race plane over Sydney as he promotes the Red Bull Air Race / Pic: AP Source: The Daily Telegraph MAGNIFICENT men in ...

Hall gives Australia taste of new season with Sydney warm-up from www.redbullairrace.com
SYDNEY, Australia – Matt Hall gave Australians a thrilling taste of what's in store for the 2010 season with a dazzling display of his Red Bull Air Race aerial skills over Sydney Harbour that was broadcast live on Australian television just two weeks before the 2010 season opener in Abu Dhabi. Hall, who shattered all records for a rookie in his first season last year with a sensational third place overall, warmed up for the new season by flying at speeds up to 400 km/h over the Parramatta River ...

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Event to honor Oshkosh aviation legend SJ Wittman - Oshkosh Northwestern
Chapter 252 will host a Young Eagles Flight Rally. Volunteer pilots will explain how their airplanes work, and how safety is their prime concern before ...

SJ 'Steve' Wittman - WAF
... Steve would compete in his first air race in 1926 at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin event. He came in second place flying a Standard J-1. This was the beginning of an air race career that would span more than six decades. Wittman competed in and won or placed in more closed course races than anyone in the history of air racing.
Steve became the manager at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin airport in 1931. He held that position until 1969 and would eventually have the facility named after him. While managing the airport he ran an FBO – Wittman Flying Service – a business that he would operate until 1957 when he sold it to Warren Basler. ...

'Aluminum Overcast' travels to Phoenix from General Aviation News
EAA's B-17 bomber "Aluminum Overcast" will be flying missions at the Deer Valley Airport (DVT) in Phoenix, April 2-4, at a tour stop hosted by EAA Warbirds Squadron 20.
The B-17 will make its first tour stop of the year at Deer Valley Airport before going on to visit more than 30 cities during the 2010 campaign. ...

See WWII planes at Ellington Airport - Ultimate Clear Lake
Vintage: A B-17, B-24 and P-51 flying in formation. Collins Foundation photo.Vintage airplane buffs can get a close-up look at a B-17 Flying Fortress, ...

Long before the Sebring LSA Expo… from General Aviation News
Before Sebring, Florida, was known for auto racing and the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, thousands of young men swarmed to the airport at the bequest of Uncle Sam.
From 1942 to 1946, the Army Air Corps used the field we know as Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) as a training facility for multi-engine bomber crews. At that time the airport had four runways. After the war, part of the airport property was converted into the Sebring International Raceway. As time passed, still more land was handed off for non-military industrial and commercial use. ...

Here' Video of the WASP Congressional Medal Ceremony from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Three weeks ago....the planning to get as many surviving WASP as possible to the ceremony [Women in Aviation, International appealed to its members to help send the Womens Air Force Service Pilots from WWII to Washington, D.C. March 10, where they will be accepting their Congressional Gold Medal at the Capitol. AirTran Airways (corporate member) stepped up with airfare for every WASP and a companion. And WAI members ....

Jack Pelton and FedEx Selected to Receive Lindbergh Award and Corporate Award ... - AMTOnline.com
The 2010 Lindbergh Award Celebration at Sun 'n Fun will include a reception, live auction, dinner along with presentations by Mr. Pelton and Michael L. ...

Yorkshire Air Museum Launches Extraordinary New Exhibition for 2010 - Driffield Today
The internationally renowned Yorkshire Air Museum and Europe's Allied Air Forces Memorial, launches its major new exhibition on Tuesday 30th March 2010 ...

Silent Wings land at Museum of Flight from General Aviation News
The member clubs of the Seattle Glider Council will present a glimpse into the world of silent flight at Soaring Expo 2010, slated for March 20-21 at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. On special display this year is the "Perlan Glider," (pictured) which the late aviator/explorer Steve Fossett and test pilot Einar Enevoldson flew over Argentina to set a world altitude record for gliders — 50,671 ft. — in 2006. ...

That magnificent man in his flying machine - Larne Today
LARNE man Norman Surplus hopes to fly in to the record books by flying round the world in a James Bond-type gyrocopter. ...


69 FS reactivates at Luke from F-22 Raptor news
March 9, 2010 (by TSgt. Susan Stout) - The pilots of the 301st Fighter Squadron changed their patch during a ceremony March 5 which marks the end of almost a decade of Tuskegee heritage at Luke AFB.
In March 2000, the 301st Fighter Squadron was reactivated in the 944th Fighter Wing and 64 Air Force Reserve Command pilots integrated with the 56th Operations Group fighter squadrons providing instruction to teach and graduate the Combat Air Forces newest F-16 pilots.
Almost three years ago, Headquarters Air Force decided to preserve the Tuskegee Airmen heritage with the newly-standing up Air Force Reserve associate F-22 Raptor squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The 301st FS will stand up during a ceremony at Holloman in April.
"It has been a tremendous privilege to be associated with the Tuskegee Airmen and to have but a small part in the hallowed history of the 301st Fighter Squadron," said ...

On a wing and a prayer - Daily Commercial
CLERMONT -- After a gloomy Tuesday, the pilots were ready to fly again.
It was the Seminole Lake Gliderport's 20th annual Senior Soaring Championships and by Wednesday morning more than 60 crews had prepared their gliders for flight.
"Most of the guys competing have a romance with aviation and with flying. You combine those together, add a glider, and you've got a great combination. Soaring is the ultimate," the gliderport's co-owner Knut Kjenslie said.
Clermont's gliderport hosted the national competition, the first of the season. ...

Net Videos: Luftwaffe Night Fighters, B-58 MITO Test, WW2 CV Action, B-17s to Russia from Military Photos
Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In Big March 2010 Newsletter | Hello World War 2 & jet aircraft fans ---
You're invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com for this month's sortie of five exciting aviation documentary films playing over the Internet. This month we have two Premiers and all five films have been remastered for better web streaming. ("The Fighting Lady" looks Great!) ...

An E-2C Hawkeye and F/A-18s fly in formation - Navy.mil
"Zakharov, Igor Mikhaylovich - graduate of the Barnaul... from x planes

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