Indy Transponder 24-APR-10 2000z

Rocket Racing League - Become A Fan Of The Future! by Martt
If you thought the Rocket Racing League had quietly gone the way of the buffalo, you might wanna take notice of their big demonstration debut that takes place today!
The QuickTrip sponsored Air and Rocket Racing Show is taking place at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum on the Tulsa International Airport.  It's a full event with traditional airshow that will also include a Rocket Racing demo.
The demo is being broadcast live at livestream.com/rocketracing starting ...

Tulsa rocket racing exhibition - virtual sky gate demo from RLV and Space Transport News
The live webcast streaming of the Rocket Racing exhibition at the Tulsa Air show has been going on for the past hour. The X-Racers are about to do their exhibition flights.  ...

Ethanol Rocket Racers Take to the Skies from domesticfuel.com
The Rocket Racing League is taking back the skies. The five-year old league which has launched a campaign to become "NASCAR with rockets" is planning the final details on a demonstration of its X-Racer planes next week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While these "rockets" will have a sleeker look and more crowd appeal, they will continue to run on the same fuel – ethanol. The demonstration is set for April 24 at the QuikTrip Air and Rocket Racing Show and this will be the first paying audience to see them fly ...

Barksdale AFB Air Show a go despite early morning weather watches today - Examiner.com
The mission of the air show is to showcase the home of the B-52, grant access to tour the military installation, view military, and aerobatic performers, ...

Fighter Friday: P-39 Airacobra from I Love Planes
Today's late Fighter Friday features the P-39 Airacobra. This fighter plane has a V-12 engine, mounted mid way down the body of the plane. The pilot actually sits in front of the engine. In front of the pilot, is a canon that shoots on the centerline, through the propeller. ...

Probe Into Pilatus PC-7 Aircraft Crash Almost Complete: RMAF Chief - Bernama
Investigation into the Pilatus PC-7 Mark II aircraft which crashed in the jungle near the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) sports complex in Sintok in which a pilot died on March 25 is almost completed. ...
   
Couple of c-notes gets you a ride in a B-17 over Seattle this weekend - TheNewsTribune.com
It may not be enemy terrority over Europe, but you can take to the skies over Seattle this weekend in a B-17 similar to ones used in World War II bombing ...

Veteran relives his bombing missions during WWII - La Crosse Tribune
And the date marked his only injury during World War II when a B-17 made a rough landing on an English airstrip. Remembrances such as these have helped ...

Emergency landing for 'antique' aircraft - ABC News
Police have praised a West Australian pilot who successfully landed his aircraft near Port Pirie in the mid-north of South Australia after the engine cut out. ...

April 24 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1917 -- Lt. Col. William Billy  Mitchell becomes the first U.S. Army officer to fly over German lines. ...

Civil Air Patrol hosts search and rescue exercise in Lake Charles - WAFB
The Lake Charles Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hosted search and rescue exercises Saturday at the Lake Charles Regional Airport.  Both air and ground teams searched for different staged emergencies such as downed aircraft, missing persons, and various photo imagery missions throughout Southwest Louisiana.  Organizers of the missions said the exercises ...

P-40 gets a little TLC from Warbirds Online
Gloster Gladiator from Planeshots
Got rocketbelt? DRB does from The Original Rocket Dungeon