Friday, March 19, 2010

Indy Transponder 19-MAR-10 1030z


Modern, vintage aircraft team up in Lemoore exercise - Fresno Bee | A training exercise Thursday afternoon at the Lemoore Naval Air Station paired modern aircraft with World War II-era warbirds to prepare for joint maneuvers ...

'Wings Over South Texas' coming to NAS-Kingsville - Nueces County Record Star | But we've also got some exciting new acts this year like the Commemorative Air Force's "Tora, Tora, Tora," and aerobatic performer Jack Knutson, ...

Hall of Fame - Odessa American | "We realized at last year's Airsho that we needed something to highlight our own history," she said. The banquet, set for 7 pm Saturday, is scheduled for ...

PR: Flying Musicians to Land at Music and Aviation Events from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Fort Worth, Texas – March 18, 2010: The Flying Musicians Association, Inc., a non-profit organization, will land at several well-known music venues this spring: MerleFest in April and the Kerrville (TX) Folk Festival in May/June. Both are well-established, with over 70,000 patrons. In addition, FMA has committed to the celebrations at the Cowtown Warbird Roundup (Ft. Worth, May 22-23) and the DFW Summer Balloon Classic & Airfest (June 11-13)…

Spill threatens Estonian capital's water - Cargo plane makes emergency landing on frozen lake from Diamond Pilots by Kathryn | TALLINN, Estonia - A cargo plane made an emergency landing Thursday on the frozen surface of a lake outside Estonia's capital, spilling 1.5 tons of fuel that risked polluting the city's main source of drinking water, authorities said. The DHL-chartered Antonov AN26 turboprop was forced to belly-land on the ice of Lake Ulemiste next to Tallinn due to landing gear and engine problems, Economy Ministry spokesman Kalev Vapper said. One of the six crew members — all Polish — suffered minor injuries. The plane carried 3 tons of engine fuel and about half of it leaked onto the ice from its fuel tanks, rescue board spokesman Teet Pille said. The other half was being pumped out of the aircraft. Read More

Author speaks about the Wright brothers' time in the Capital City - Montgomery Advertiser | Singleton, the author of "Images of Aviation: Montgomery Aviation," spiced up his talk with photographs showing some of the pilots being trained in ...

Flying light for Manning - Manning River Times | The members of the Manning River Aero Club will test their skills during the two day event that includes many elements of flying. ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - The CIM-10/IM-99 Bomarc was one of the first very long range surface to air missiles to go into service, becoming operational with NORAD for the air defense of North America in 1959. Housed in a rectangular semi-hardened shelter, on receiving the launch order the shelter's roof would slide open and the Bomarc would be raised into the vertical launch position. An Aerojet General LR59 liquid-fueled booster rocket would accelerate the Bomarc to over Mach 2.5 and 60,000 feet when the twin Marquardt RJ43 ramjets took over to propel the missile to over 200 miles out from launch where its 10-kiloton W40 nuclear warhead would destroy the target bombers…

Female aviation pioneer flies into stamp exhibition - Paul Fraser Collectibles | But collectors of aviation memorabilia may be interested to see this rare philatelic specimen bearing the likeness of Harriet Quimby, the early American ...

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