Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Indy Transponder 14-SEP-10 1030z


Sacramento air show breaks attendance record - Modesto Bee | Attendance was sky-high for the fifth edition of the California Capitol Air Show held over the weekend. ...

Reno Air Show takes to the sky this week - MyNews4 | The 47th annual National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno takes to the sky starting Wednesday. The event includes six classes of racing aircraft, ...

Aviation Weekend takes wing Saturday - Shore News Today | Attendees will also get to meet some of the performers in Sunday's Aerobatic Airshow. Also on Saturday will be air demonstrations over the field including ...

Air show crash drama: Pilot's amazing escape as stunt glider smashes into ... - Daily Mail | By Daily Mail Reporter This is the moment when a stunt glider slammed into a runway in front of 15000 horrified fans at an airshow. ...

Navy parachute team inspires Fall Creek students - Leader-Telegram | Members of the US Navy's Leap Frogs demonstration parachute team jumped Monday at Fall Creek High School. To view more photos go to leadertelegramphotos.com ...

Bomber to be dedicated to pilot - Charlotte Observer | She loved her new stepfather, who was also a Navy aviator. She tried to leave the past alone. But as she got older she wanted to know more about her father ...

WWII pilot Jim Gall from Jackson back aboard historic B-17 - Canton Repository | World War II B-17 pilot Jim Gall, of Jackson Township, honorary veteran on a media flight in the B-17 "Aluminum Overcast," boards the vintage warplane ...

Wide range of planes for next airshow at Luqa - Times of Malta | They will be taking part at the Malta International Airshow on September 25, 26. Photo: Marco Tricarico A menagerie of aircraft will next week grace the ...

Aviator Extraordinaire Maurice Hovious – Part 1 from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | Back in the late 60s the company I flew for purchased an Turbo Commander 680V which was originally operated in Africa and brought back to the United States and purchased by my employer. The pressurization system was powered by hydraulic pumps rather than using bleed air, and these pumps gave me a great deal of [...]

The Coast Report: News from http://www.coastreportonline.com/ Richard "Smokey" Young, director of Orange Coast College's pilot aviation training program, used an unleaded, high-octane biofuel when he broke the 100-kilometer closed course speed record Saturday. Young powered his No. 3 Western Air Racing Special with SwiftFuel developed and produced by Swift Enterprises Ltd. The Western Air Racing Special is an International Formula 1 aircraft powered by a Continental O-200 engine…

NASA TV To Provide Coverage Of Next Soyuz Landing, Launch from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News

Top Gun Geek by thefoolschair | Last weekend we went to the Airshow in Sacramento California Capital Airshow: September 11-12 2010. It was at Mather Airport, one of the old Air Force bases in the area. History – Mather Airport. This is the third year we've gone, and I couldn't wait. Despite the crowds, the heat (almost 105 on the blacktop) and the fact that I HATE TO FLY, I seriously geek out whenever I get that close to an F-22 Raptor…

Blue Angels St Louis Air Show by bikesafe | Six men and their magnificent flying machines thrilled the St Louis crowd with their flying skills. Below is a composite video of 3 clips made with my entry-level pocket camera. The Blue Angel 6 man delta team is stunning in its choreographed aerobatics skill…

Taiwan's Secret Recon Voodoos from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis occurred in 1958 when artillery units of the People's Republic of China bombarded the Nationalist islands of Quemoy and Matsu in a bid to retake them from Taiwan. In a bombardment that began in August of that year, nearly 450,000 shells were fired at the two Taiwanese islands in a standoff that also saw the first use of the AIM-9 Sidewinder when Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) F-86 Sabres engaged PLAAF MiGs over the Taiwan Strait…

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