Indy Transponder 29-OCT-2010 1300z

Fort Worth air show taking flight this weekend - Fort Worth Star Telegram ... might suggest that the headliner is a flight demonstration of the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force's most prized jet and one partly produced in Fort Worth. ...

2010 Stuart Air Show - Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Jet Charter ...
- Be sure not to miss the thrills of the 2010 Stuart Air Show. There will be a number of exciting performances and displays including the US Army Special Ops "Black Daggers" Parachute Team, USAF Heritage Flight, USN Legacy Flight, ...

AF Week Day 3: The Day Airmen Were Like Celebrities from U.S. Air Force Live by tanyamontgomery | The Kennedy Space Center is a pretty cool place, and we made it even cooler. Exactly how, you ask? By making some cameos! The Wings of Blue dropped by– er, I mean down– into Kennedy Space Center. An HH-60 Pave Hawk flew in and landed to support the pararescue static display for Air Force Day, which the crowd loved (thanks to the 920th Rescue Wing pilots who were the ones that flew it in). The AF Honor Guard performed throughout the day, and the crowd must have loved them because they wanted autographs. Tops in Blue and Max Impact also performed to some crowds. It was boiling hot today, but people still enjoyed the entertainment. Of course, Airmen and families had fun hanging out at the KSC too. That's it for today, but I'm sure tomorrow will be pretty fun as well…

Rob Reider's Getting wet - the final step in becoming an Honorary Blue Angel:

'Candy Bomber' says airmen now have it tougher from Air Force Times - News by Staff writer | Six decades ago, 1st Lt. Gail Halvorsen came up with the idea of dropping treats from his C-54 to the children living in West Berlin…

'MiG Killer' aircraft moving to aviation museum - Macon Telegraph | The Museum of Aviation has another fighter used to shoot down MiGs — an F-4D, which sports two red stars indicating it shot down a pair of MiGs in 1967 ...

Lockheed Martin sends 168th F-22 off to customer-the last 88 on or ahead of schedule #military
from ELP Defens(c)e Blog by Eric Palmer | MARIETTA, Ga., October 28th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor 4168 ascends over C-130H aircraft belonging to the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., shortly after taking off from the company's Marietta facility on its delivery flight to Langley AFB, Va., Tuesday. Raptor 4168 is the 15th F-22 delivered to the U.S. Air Force this year, the 168th overall. Lockheed Martin has delivered 88 consecutive F-22s on or ahead of schedule. Emphasis mine…

Powderfinger Perform Mid Air Gig - Take 40 | Fans paid up to $9770 to enjoy the mid air show, which saw the band playing at the front of the plane in front of 140 passengers, while the cabin crew ...

Swiss solar plane confirmed as multiple record-breaker – AFP ... and round-the-world flights in 2013-2014. The pioneering flight in Switzerland was monitored by observers from the Swiss Aero Club, an FAI member…

Not just another airplane movie - Alton Telegraph | Director Stephen Low's innovative IMAX documentary, "Legends of Flight," a new giant-screen film at the Saint Louis Science Center, OMNIMAX Theater and ...

Old School Journalism Meets New Media Buzz with New Aviation Magazine
from Aviation Blogs | The readership of the inaugural issue of Airplanista Magazine far exceeded projected goals in it's first month of existence, says the publication's Editor/Publisher Dan Pimentel. Without any previous track record, the new digital magazine projected only 1,000 online readers, but ended the first month with nearly 11,000 confirmed readers, and over 190,000 individual page views…

Aviation Pioneer Founder Of Midstate Airlines Roy Shwery Dies At 87 - AvStop Aviation News | He obtained his instrument flight check in a B-17. After the war in 1945 Shwery returned to Wisconsin where he continued his flight training and as well ...

Former Walnut Grove sisters stories in Washington news papers - SmallTownPapers News Service
She was honored by receiving a crystal B-17 medallion at a gala celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the first flight of the B-17 bomber. ...

10 Aviators Who May Have Flown Before the Wright Brothers from ASB.tv by bwallace | Early attempts at flight prior to the Wright Brothers' historic flight are the subject of much debate. Nationalistic pride, sketchy details and people who have passed away add to the intrigue. It is widely known that there were many groups trying to be the first in flight.  Here are 10 highly contested examples of who may have been the fight after all…

Space Shuttle Discovery's Legacy: 26 Years of the Right Stuff
from SPACE.com | Space shuttle Discovery is set to launch on its final flight next week, concluding a nearly 30-year legacy as arguably the most historic orbiter in NASA's space plane fleet…

History of Discovery: Nov. 1 Final Launch
from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) A NASA-produced video history of OV-104, NASA's oldest space shuttle orbiter. Discovery is scheduled to blast off on November 1, 2010 on its 39th and final mission before being retired. The spacecraft provided significant moments in space history. The flight of the humanoid R2 will be a fitting finale for Discovery and the 180 people to fly aboard her. The STS-133 crew arrived at the Kennedy Space Center today for the final flight of Discovery. Flight Status.

Virgin Galactic - Milestones to Space video from RLV and Space Transport News - Here's a new video from Virgin Galactic: