Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Indy Transponder 15-JUN-10 2345z

Lady pilot racers coming to Fort Myers - Naples Daily News
Vernon Conly, mechanic for Classic Racer 11, puts the finishing touches on the plane in preparation for the Air Race Classic while co-pilot, Ellen Herr does ...

Purdue University Days Air Race Team 2010 - Official Web Site
Please follow the Purdue Air Race Team as Lauren Steele and Allie Springer  venture on their 2157.68 mile race starting in Fort Myers, FL and ending in Fredrick, MD. Allie and Lauren are lucky enough to have their Ground Crew at Purdue assisting them along the way. The girls will be blogging everyday along the race so feel free to follow along and cheer them on. BOILER UP!!!!

'Wings Over Gaylord' air show this weekend - Gaylord Herald Times
GAYLORD -- After taking a one-year hiatus the Gaylord Regional Airport's “Wings Over Gaylord” air show returns this weekend, bigger and better than ever. ...

The Great State of Maine Air Show - Official Web Site
Welcome to the first civilian Great State of Maine Air Show & Business Aviation Expo at Brunswick Landing! We are honored that The Great State of Maine Air Show & Business Aviation Expo has been selected as an official "Centennial of Naval Aviation Tier 1 Event". This distinction underscores our dedication to creating an air show event that is not only a favorite for Maine Residents and tourists, but honors the Navy's one hundred years of aviation achievement and success. ...

Indianapolis Air Show 2010 - Indianapolis - 06/12/10 from FenceCheck Forums

World War II warbirds coming to Narrows Airport - Tacoma Daily News
The warbirds include heavy bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" and Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft," and the escort fighter P-51 ...
   
SPITFIRE AND HURRICANE FLYPAST FOR WARTIME WEEKEND - Community Newswire | A flypast by a Spitfire and a Hurricane will be the star attraction at a Worcestershire museum's Wartime Weekend event on ...

National Guard hosting 'Aviation Days' - Bismarck Tribune
The open house event is an opportunity for the general public to visit the Army Aviation Support Facility, meet soldiers of the National Guard aviation ...

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE NYC RED BULL AIR RACE IN 3D
from Mike Goulian Airshows 
Take a tour of the New York City Red Bull Air Race event location and track in 3D. Team #99 will be pushing the limits to make it onto the podium here in our home country on June 19th & 20th, so make sure to cheer us on!
Please visit www.redbullairrace.com for more information on the Red Bull Air Race NYC.

Mike Featured in Official NYC Magazine
from Mike Goulian Airshows 
Aerobatic flyover planned in NYC - Newsday
Planes to perform aerobatic moves near Staten Island today through Thursday as ... - SILive.com

WHY DO WE DO THIS? from Mike Goulian Airshows 
With the exception of a day or two about three weeks ago, I have been on the road continuously since May 1st when I departed for the trip down to Rio. Since that day, life has been a blur of hotel rooms, pilot briefings, speed charts, loops & rolls, melted engines, and a LOT of airline travel.  ...

Chapter 2 of The AcroCamp Recap 
from Life on the Road as a Pilot
Day 1. | My first tweets from AcroCamp were, “Sitting in the FBO waiting for my turn to go fly upside down....” and "I knew this was going to happen. My stomach is starting to roll in anticipation of flying. I'm NOT nervous. I'm NOT nervous.” But then, I knew from my previous experience doing spins in a tomahawk that sometimes the “leading up to” made the actual “doing” that much worse. My twitter friend, Pilot2B, sent me this illustration as encouragement. ...

Skydivers Smash Freefall Record in Australia from Planenews Aviation News 
A team of Australian skydivers have broken their national record for the most freefallers in a formation. Casting a spectacular image several thousand feet up, the 112-strong team smashed their national record for the most number of freefallers in a formation in the skies above Perris Valley, California, on Sunday.

From Santa Ana farm girl to WWII pilot - Orange County Register
The Nazis and Japanese are beating hell out of our men as Bethel Gibbons peers through the glass canopy of her AT-6, on a mission to help with the shortage of training planes.
With no radio at Houston Municipal Airport and the wind picking up fast, Gibbons checks the airstrip below. It looks clear for landing. ...

Spend Father's Day at the National Museum of the United States Air Force 
from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories 
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force provides a great way for children to spend quality time with their fathers on Father's Day. Families have an opportunity to enjoy an IMAX movie, learn about aviation history dating back to the Wright Brothers or take a bus trip to the Presidential Gallery to walk through aircraft such as SAM 26000, Kennedy's Air Force One.
With 17 acres of indoor exhibit space and more than 400 aerospace vehicles on display, sons, daughters and their fathers can spend the whole day touring the museum. The Valkyrie Café also provides time out for lunch or a quick break. ...

Pre-WWII aircraft swoop into US aviation auction - Paul Fraser Collectibles
...The first of these, a Fairchild F-24 with a brilliant crimson and cream coloured exterior is a fantastic piece of history which was originally delivered to Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Rogers was a silent film star and stared in the first Academy Award winning movie Wings. ...

Wounded Warrior Becomes Sport Pilot from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points 
U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael “Bulldog” Blair successfully passed an FAA checkride Monday in the AOPA’s 2010 Sweepstakes Fun to Fly Remos GX and is now a Sport Pilot.
“I can’t believe I can finally say I’m a pilot,” Blair said after a checkride with Bill Nelson, a veteran FAA examiner based at Chester County Airport (MQS) about 35 miles west of Philadelphia, Pa. “This is something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.” ...

Growing the next generation - General Aviation News
Chesapeake Sport Pilot Flight School, and Annapolis EAA Chapters 532 and Laurel Chapter 4, recently partnered to present a one-day aviation workshop and Young Eagles Rally for 68 local Boy Scouts. The workshop was held at the Bay Bridge ...

Solar Flight at Night from CAFE Foundation Blog 
The Solar Impulse prototype, HB-SIA, will be making its first night flights within the next month, according to a June 15, 2010 press release from the project team. With eight successful flights to its credit, the airplane will attempt two critical missions according to the release: ...

Boeing to fly 787 in figure 8s over North Pole Seattle Post Intelligencer
Boeing will fly its third flight-test 787 in figure 8s over the North Pole on the way to the Farnborough International Airshow in England next month, ...

SpaceShipTwo ground test from RLV and Space Transport News
Scaled Composites has opened a third log section for the SpaceShipTwo development program. In addition to the Combined WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo Test Summaries and the RocketMotorTwo Hot-Fire Test Summaries, there is now the SpaceShipTwo Ground Tests log. The first entry contains the following: ...

Briefs: Soyuz launch today; Unusual view of Soyuz landing; Dnepr launch from RLV and Space Transport News
Two NASA astronauts (Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walker) and a Russian cosmonaut (Fyodor Yurchikhin) are set to ride a Soyuz to the ISS today. The liftoff is scheduled for 5:35 EDT (2135 GMT):   ...

National Geographic Apologizes for Publishing Photoshopped Image - mediabistro.com
"This year the Blue Angels were the highlight and were flying over the house during performances. I took my father's dog outside and made him pose! ...

Photos from The Aero Experience
Spirit of St. Louis Flying Replica Hangs in the Missouri History Museum Lobby
Lindbergh Exhibit at Missouri History Museum in St. Louis Features Aviation Treasures

Your Best Vapor Shot! from FenceCheck Forums
Ramstein Airmen participate in NATO jump from AF.mil Photos

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