Monday, November 22, 2010

Indy Transponder 22-NOV-2010 0100z

  
F-22 Crash: Alaska Rescuers Delayed by Bad Weather - The Epoch Times
The Air Force pilot of the F-22 Raptor that crashed in the interior of Alaska was identified late Thursday, according to the Anchorage ...

Continuous Updates on the F-22 Down story here 

Wales National Airshow Swansea - PlanesTrainsAuto
Taking place on Saturday 9th and 10th July 2011 this popular airshow in Swansea, Wales only takes place every other year, the last one being 2009, during which rave reviews were given for both the airshow itself and the backdrop. The 2009 event took place on Swansea and organisers of the ...

Chinese-made plane steals the (air) show - Venture Capital
Chinese-made form steals the (air) show. Thousands of spectators flocked to China's maximal expose exhibit weekday to grownup a looking of People's Liberation Army Air Force J-10 plane jets and check as Airbus' large A380 conducted aery ...

The Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group - AcePilots Main Page
The Mustang pilot spotted the string of Bf-109's heading toward the crippled B-24. The pilot, a Lt. Weathers, dropped his wing tanks, and turned into the German formation. He gave the leader a burst with his .50 calibers and it nosed up, smoking, and soon went hurtling down to the ground. The pilot radioed the others in his flight and heard "I'm right behind you."
But when Weathers looked back for himself, all he could see was the nose cannon of another Bf-109, ...

WASP Feature in Washington Post from WAI Connect Blog 
The Washington Post today featured a profile of WASP Margaret Kerr Boylan who led the campaign to have WASP recognized with military benefits. You can read the full article here.

Gunner fought odds, then infection as POW - The Desert Sun
When US Army Air Corps radio operator-gunner Ed Spencer boarded a B-17 bomber on Oct. 4, 1943, he knew it was his last combat mission before returning to ...

Nancy Ginesi-Hill finds the Stearman she was meant to own - GA News
Some things are just meant to be — just ask Nancy Ginesi-Hill.
This was proven to the Sacramento pilot when she bought her 1940 PT-17 Stearman two years ago. While doing some research into the military history of her new plane, she discovered its last assignment was in ...

'How to fly the B-26' - a 1944 training film from PPRuNe Forums
Apparently the only B-26 Marauder we can see in Europe is in a French museum and the Fantasy of Flight aircraft doesn't seem to have flown for sometime so I thought I'd show this movie about this 'fast ship'.
You can watch it here: How to fly the B-26 on Vimeo
... The Martin B-26 Marauder was a fast medium bomber in WW2. It had a reputation for being difficult to fly and received various names such as 'Widow Maker' because of the numerous accidents it had initially. Although they helped with performance, the short wings on the plane gave it a high landing speed and at one time is  ...

An interesting aircraft for an unbelievable story by David Cenciotti
I had almost forgotten this picture of the Boeing 747-400 A6-HRM I photographed in Paris Le Bourget airport on Oct. 2, 2010, while visiting the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace. The aircraft is not only interesting for being a private “Jumbo” owned by the Dubai Royal Family and used for VIP transportation, but it is noteworthy for being the plane involved in the lucky journey of a stowaway passenger hidden inside the gear bay during a ...

November 21 from Cut and Paste Aviation

Photos: EAA 64 Members Pitch In to Beautify and Repair Historic Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience 
Historic Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport is getting a face lift by members of EAA Chapter 64.  Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2, completed in 1930, is home to EAA 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum.  Please join me in thanking EAA 64 for their hard work - painting hangar doors and entrance doors, and rebuilding a portion of the roof.  

Wichita Aero Club hosts on-air summit - General Aviation News
The Wichita Aero Club's final monthly luncheon of 2010 will be its second annual “ON-AIR SUMMIT,” featuring a panel of senior executives representing the major business and general aviation trade associations on Tuesday, Nov. ...

Nebraska astronaut to visit museum near Ashland - KCAU
(AP) - Nebraskans will have the chance to meet astronaut Clay Anderson next weekend at the Strategic Air & Space Museum near Ashland. ...

How To Build Your Own Aeroplane In Two Weeks - Gizmodo Australia
... from people buying a set of plans and fabricating everything themselves (original out-of-print plans of some designs, such as Burt Rutan's Long-EZ. ...

Supersonic dream taking flight - Calgary Herald
But, suddenly, Sir Richard and Burt Rutan's team were actually making this a practicable possibility. "It is a lot of money, but how do you put a price on ...

Make high altitude balloons from High Power Rocketry 

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