Thursday, October 7, 2010

Indy Transponder 07-OCT-2010 2300z



Blue Angels to practice over SF for Fleet Week - KGO-TV
You'll hear the roar of loud engines as the Blue Angels do practice runs Thursday and Friday between 1 and 4 in the afternoon. The Blue Angels will perform ...

Blue Angels make presence felt during test runs - San Francisco Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO — The Fleet Week air show is not happening until Friday, but the Blue Angels will be hitting the skies above San Francisco beginning Thursday ...

American Heroes Airshow Coming to Spirit of St. Louis Airport October 9 from The Aero Experience

Show Prep - Twitpic
Snowbirds and Skytypers are parked on the Alpha ramp ready for the airshow this Saturday and Sunday.

Excited for the Nellis AFB Airshow this year! Nov 13-14. Pic ... on Twitpic

Stuart Air Show still seeking volunteers - TCPalm
By news release STUART — An estimated crowd of 200 volunteers turned out for the Stuart Air Show's kick-off volunteer and sponsor party on Sept. ...

Military Performance Teams Thrill Audience at Miramar Air Show - Navy Compass
(NNS) -- The US Marines, along with the other military services, opened their doors to the San Diego area and hosted the annual air show Oct. 1-3, ...

Flight Test Nation 2010 Lakebed Fly-in called a success - Edwards Air Force Base
A North American B-25 Mitchell, with eight passengers embarked, was the lone bomber present and a P-51 Mustang was the lone fighter aircraft at the fly-in. ...

Bill Cornick Airshows's Photos - Facebook

Fair St. Louis Airshow Featured in September World Airshow News Magazine from The Aero Experience 
Fair St. Louis received national attention by appearing in the September edition of World Airshow News, the leading periodical of the airshow industry and fans.  The above photo was published in World Airshow News in "The Best of the Rest" photo section (p.60), and a description of the event was featured in the same edition (p.52).  The full Airshow Brief can be seen here.  My other Airshow Briefs can be found at World Airshow News.  Enjoy!

Indian Air Force to celebrate its 78th anniversary with massive air display from Bangalore Aviation 
The Indian Air Force will celebrate its 78th anniversary tomorrow at Air Force Station Hindon just east of the Yamuna river from the national capital New Delhi.
An air display by various aircraft will form part of the Air Force Day Parade cum Investiture Ceremony. The air display will commence with microlites followed by flag bearing sky divers of the Akash Ganga team dropping out of An-32 aircraft. ...

Open House Air Day to replace the Biggin Hill Air Fair commencing September 2011 from Flightline UK
A new format of an Open House Air Day at Biggin Hill Airport is to replace the traditional International Air Fair with a date set for the first event on Saturday 10th September 2011.
The change will modernise the purpose and performance of the annual air show to reflect the emerging role of Biggin Hill as a Business & General Aviation Aerospace Centre with an increasingly global reach. A special Youth Day activity is also planned, linking with the projected Aerospace Academy and focussing on the range of new jobs available with the growing number of specialist companies based at the airport. ...

Have we had the last Biggin Hill airshow? - Bromley Times
The fate of the world-renowned Biggin Hill air show — the borough's most iconic and historical event — hangs in the balance as a vote is cast on its ...

Red alert as pilots pit stop in Kilmarnock - Kilmarnock Standard
THE world-famous Red Arrows swapped their flying helmets for motorcycle helmets when they travelled the length of the country on red 125cc Vespa scooters. ...

Mighty 8th Air Museum an interactive tribute - TCPalm
After the liberation of Paris, the B-17 Eagle's Wrath was one of the actual planes on display beneath the Eiffel Tower, and was featured in several ...

Maj. Horace S. Carswell Jr. from AF.mil Photos
Maj. Horace Carswell, Medal of Honor recipient, stayed with his crashing B-24 Liberator instead of bailing out with most of his crew in order to attempt a landing to save the life of his bombardier, whose parachute had been destroyed. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

Celebrate Freedom Foundation wants to sell WWII bomber - WACH
Russell said the plane has been stored at Owens Field Aiport since 1992 and was repainted for use in Doolittle Raiders Reunions. ...

Axalp (-Ebenfluh) Airshow 2010 - Training on the shooting range - 7th October2010 from Swiss Air Force 
Another wonderful day in the Swiss Alps today - deep blue sky and a lot of Fighter Action on the Shooting Range. But writing is difficult - lets speak with pictures !

One Constancy of War: The Youth of Those Who Fight and Die - Huffington Post
A few minutes before the bombing run, something went awfully wrong aboard "Touch The Button Nell II," a B-17 belonging to the 535th Bomber Squadron. ...   

Local Author: Writer chronicles aviator's 'Extraordinary Life' - TCPalm
By GENE HULL Patrick Lennon has been a pilot, a hospital CEO, an hotelier, playwright, author and publisher. But it was a quick perusal of ...

Dad's Skydive & KV Air Show - The Pollard Family
We had talked about him skydiving into his 60th birthday party, but after realizing that the Kirksville Air Show was in September and that skydives would be offered, we jumped (no pun intended) at the opportunity. ...

Newarthill man skydives for charity - Wishaw Press
... other ways to try and raise money for such a worthy cause and, because I enjoyed the skydive so much, I'm considering enquiring about doing a wing walk. ...

Steampunk Aviation: A Window Into the Impossible from ASB.tv 
Imagine a world where the Industrial Revolution has already begun but electricity is not yet prevalent.  Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative history that makes this fantasy – reality.  Becoming prominent during the 1980′s and early  ...

Vote Now For The Best Caption - Ends Friday 10.8.10 At 9pm EDT from AirPigz
Here are what I consider to be the best 5 caption options based on the total feel of the picture above. Now it's everyone's turn to vote for the one they think fits the best. And now, voting will run all day today and all day Friday, til 9pm EDT. The winner will be posted Saturday morning - happy voting!

October 7 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Embry-Riddle Narrows Its List To Two Cities from Aviation Blogs 
Houston is vying with a northern Illinois city for the home of the next aeronautical university campus, with its 60,000-square-foot academic center and a hangar.
Last month, the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announced plans to build its third residential campus. The prestigious university that teaches aviation and aerospace is deciding between the Ellington Airport area and Rockford, Ill., which is nearly 90 miles northwest of Chicago. It had considered other cities, including Los Angeles, before shortening its list. ....

Russia Rolls Out a Big Soyuz Rocket from Telstar Logistics 
The image was captured earlier this week by Carla Cioffi, a NASA photographer. The caption explains (in broken English): ...


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