Sunday, May 9, 2010

Indy Transponder 09-MAY-10 1030z


Air show sees large turnout, better traffic - Tuscaloosa News | And the Blue Angels were spectacular, as usual. The first day of the two-day 2010 Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show went off without a hitch Saturday, ...

Dates fixed for the next Bahrain International Airshow – CharterX | It is our wish that the Airshow should grow in stature with more iconic international companies to be invited and to improve the facilities and offerings of ...

Wing walker: pilot realizes dream outside cockpit - Neosho Daily News | My dad (Bobby Younkin) was an air show pilot for many years and I always wanted to and begged him to let me. And he said, 'first of all, my airplane will ...

Lend a hand: Air show effort in search of volunteers - St. Cloud Times | Great Minnesota Air Show: The Great Minnesota Air Show is looking for volunteers to help Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27. ...

No airshow is complete without Princess Leia and stormtrooper
- No airshow is complete without Princess Leia and stormtroopers. Tuscairshow10

Team Charley: Annual Inspection and Flight Planning
by Team Charley | The race was renamed the All Women Transcontinetal Air Race (AWTAR) Derby in the 1940's and is currently called the Air Race Classic. 2010 marks the 34th all women's transcontinental air race…

The Crew of US Airways Flight 1549 to be Presented with the ... by nasmblog - New IMAX film starts June 9: "Legends of Flight" - from early aircraft to today's Boeing's 787 Dreamliner & Airbus 380: http://ow.ly/1Ilfc 14 hours ago; SPACE DAY is tomorrow! Meet astronauts, listen to live feed from Int'l Space ...

Liberty Belle B-17 Chief Pilot Ray Fowler – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday
from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | MONDAY – Liberty Foundation Chief Pilot Ray Fowler joins us with a tour update for their B-17 Liberty Belle!  Hear the latest news about their tour stop in Denver, Colorado and much more.  For more information on the Liberty Foundation just use the QUICK LINK posted below.  Call in and join the conversation at 10am…

Flight crew plans hangar dance - SW Iowa News | A local team that is gearing up for the national Air Race Classic this summer will hold a hangar ...

This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien - May 7, 2010 from RLV and Space Transport News - Here is the latest episode of Spaceflight Now's This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien…


Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - In the 1930s Germany, the Horten brothers, Reimar, Walter, and Wolfram, had made a name for themselves creating elegant flying wing gliders of an advanced design. They joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 as pilots, but Reimar and Walter were encouraged to continue their advanced design work while Wolfram went on become a Heinkel He 111 pilot. He was killed in battle having been shot down over Dunkirk in 1940 but had participated in the early development of the Horten glider designs. With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, they were offered jobs with Heinkel and Messerschmitt, but disagreements with Ernst Heinkel and Willy Messerschmitt scuttled any employment with the prestigious firms. With knowledge of Northrop's advanced flying wing work in the United States and a war going on, senior Luftwaffe officials established Sonderkommando 9 at Gottingen Airfield with the brothers in command to allow them continue development work on their flying wing designs…

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