Indy Transponder 22-OCT-10 1030z

Tony Stewart makes 2nd Pit Stop with the Golden Knights! from US Army Golden Knights by Joe Abeln | Tony Stewart his father Nelson and sister Natalie Several months ago the Golden Knights were honored to have NASCAR Driver/Owner Tony Stewart and his father Nelson visit us in Cincinnati. They did a little more than just visit.  They wanted to know what it was like to go 120 mph with out the use of…

Copperstate Fly-In features vintage, custom airplanes - Arizona Republic | A nearby sign priced tours inside the B-17 Flying Fortress at $5. "Military goes through free if you guys would like to wander," Kozimor said…

Final iFlight from #NBAA10 is the best - no butts about it from Runway Girl by Mary Kirby | Day 3 of Flightglobal's iFlight magazine from #NBAA10 is my favorite by far. Be sure to check my hall highlights video, including footage of the butt sketcher, who drew big crowds to the Jet Works Air Center booth…

NBAA's Successful 2010 Convention Concludes Today from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ATLANTA GA - As the National Business Aviation Association -NBAA- concluded its 63rd Annual Meeting & Convention, Association President and CEO Ed Bolen said the highly successful show reflects its continuing value, even as the industry continues to confront a turbulent marketplace…

Atlanta museum of aviation visit blog/report. 14-10-2010 from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | I had seen through various sat/images, that since last year, the collection of former naval aircraft held over at a National guard complex in and around Dobbins AFB, had moved to another part of the airfield, now showing on this year's images…

Air force doesn't rate GC600 - Gold Coast Bulletin News | THE Gold Coast 600 was not considered 'significant' enough to warrant a military air show, the Defence Department has revealed. The department claims the ...

Dragon Spacecraft Headed to the National Mall - Space Ref | The SpaceX booth will be on the Mall at booth number 333, on 4th Street just north of Jefferson, not far from the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. ...

Ex-Joint Chiefs head shares U-2 story in book from Air Force Times - News by Staff writer | One proposal to start a war in Iraq: Let Saddam Hussein shoot down an Air Force U-2…

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil | This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View slideshow. more...

F-22 Raptor Engineer Prevents Crash By Causing One - Jalopnik | Innes, an engineer and Boeing's manager of the F-22 fighter-jet program, quickly did the math, sped up, and let the pickup crash into him. ...

Remembering the Lancaster Bomber Aircrews
from Defense Forum at DefenceTalk.com by Doering | Something a little different! A video that compiles original photos and film segments to remember the aircrews who flew the "Lancs" during WWII. Enjoy "Courage and Passion"! Courage and Passion...

Vintage planes open their hatches for a look inside at the Chesterfield County ... - Progress Index | After World War II, the Mustang became a popular plane in air racing contests. The Wings of Freedom Tour will remain at Chesterfield County Airport until ...

Marvelous Early Flying Machines - Photo Gallery - LIFE from http://www.life.com/ | In the years just before and after the Wright brothers' legendary flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the science—and the art—of aviation caught the public imagination like few technological pursuits before or since…

Crocodile blamed for aircraft crash from Flight International by Will Horton | Quirky news is a good beat to cover when the news is innocuous, but once lives are lost the news serves as a reminder we are in a serious industry and matters need to be checked, double checked, and re-checked. Or in this situation: thought through. The solve survivor of a 25 August aircraft crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo now says a crocodile is to blame for the loss of 19 lives on a Czech-made Let L-410 Turbolet…

Heli Shot At, Hit, While Flying In Idaho from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Federal and state authorities are considering charges for a suspect who earned the attention of the FBI for his possible role in putting bullet holes in a Bell Jet Ranger as it flew near Clarkia, Idaho, on October 14…

Pedal to the Metal - Sikorsky Goes Full Speed on X2 Raider from Ares by Graham Warwick | So Sikorsky is going to spend "a couple of hundred million dollars" of its own and suppliers' money to build two prototypes of its S-97 X2 Raider light tactical helicopter - a bold move Sikorsky president Jeff Pino says the company had to make to ensure the high-speed coaxial-rotor helicopter is considered for the US Army's Armed Aerial Scout requirement to replace the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior…

Trailrotor from The Unwanted Blog | One variant of the tiltrotor concept is the "trailrotor." The basic tiltrotor concept has the problem that the proprotors must be a compromise between efficient at low speed and efficient at high speed, and no such prop design exists. The trailrotor is a concept that focusses the proprotor towards low speed efficiency, and then slows, stops and folds the proprotor out of the way at high speed…

The SpaceShipTwo plan - phasing in spaceflight step by step from RLV and Space Transport News | Sounds like it won't be too long before another SpaceShipTwo glide flight: SS2 Test Moves Virgin Closer to Goal - Aviation Week - Oct.21.10. The article lays out the seven test phases planned for the SS2 that will precede revenue flights with paying passenger. The first two phases included ground tests and the captive-carry flights with WhiteKnightTwo. The glide flights represent the third phase. The fourth phase will involve subsonic flights powered by short bursts of the engine. Supersonic flights with longer burns represent the fifth phase while the sixth phase starts with full burns that power the SS2 to space…