Friday, November 26, 2010

Indy Transponder 26-NOV-2010 0400z


Wicks, Remos Helping Flight of the Human Spirit Get to Hawaii from Aviation Blogs 
Michael Combs’s attempt to become the first sport pilot first to visit all 50 states in a light-sport aircraft has already covered 23,800 miles, logged 282 hours of flying time, and touched the lives of 22 million people in 49 states. His project, Flight for the Human Spirit, has inspired people all across the U.S, especially Combs.
“It takes an adventure like this to make you realize how diverse and magnificent the scenery, the people, and the freedoms are that we enjoy in the United States,” Combs said. “I set out to talk to people about realizing ...

“Raw” In Cockpit Torque Roll from Mike Goulian Airshows 
Take a quick look at an unedited, inside view of a Torque Roll. There’s no music, “it’s raw”! The only sound is the natural note coming from our massive Lycoming Thunderbolt IO-580, hangin on our Hartzell composite prop. This is what it’s really like inside our ASB.TV Extra. You’ll notice that I’m talking at the top of   ...

Five New Snowbirds Introduced - Discover Moose Jaw
The 2011 Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team will take to the skies with five fresh faces. Captain Padruig MacIntosh, Captain Brett Parker, Major Ryan Stich, ...

Windsor-born pilot tapped for Canadian Snowbird squadron - Windsor Star
Windsor native Padruig MacIntosh has been named one of the new members of Canada's famed Snowbird ...

Flight Of The Lightnings from Warbirds Online  

IMAGE: F-22 Raptor at Aviation Nation 2010 at Nellis from CavokBlog
On days 12, 13 and November 14, occurred at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., the traditional event to open gates of the base that is home to the Air Demonstration Squadron, U.S. Air Force, the Thunderbirds. During the event one of the most impressive performances, as it has usually been the stealth fighter F-22A Raptor. The air show is an opportunity for the community of Las Vegas to see the presentations and the air static display of various aircraft of the U.S. military.

Getting Knighted for merits in navigation -Theo van de Ven from Roger-Wilco by steve
... 18 November Theo was giving a presentation to the CROS (Schiphol Regional Coordination Commission) and when he finished, to his huge surprised, the Mayor of Haarlemmermeer, acting on behalf of the Queen, elevated him to the title of Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau. He was awarded this honor for his extraordinary contribution to the progress of aeronautical navigation.
Theo lay the basis ...

News from every neighborhood - Reno Gazette-Journal
The Reno Air Racing Foundation's next Aviation Speaker Series features NASA Mars team member Wendy Calvin at 6:30 pm Dec. 3 at Sparks High School. ...

From PlanesTV
Lanark air statue The Spirit of Flight unveiled - Carluke Gazette
Among those also taking part were members of the Kilninie Club with their Lanimer Procession entry, on a 1910 Airshow theme. ...

RAF Museum Cosford Wellington Restoration from AVIATION-NEWS 
Thousands of visitors from across the country visited the RAF Museum Cosford last week to view the restoration work taking place on the Vickers Wellington. The latest Conservation Centre Open Week has been the busiest ever, with over 3,000 visitors in just six days. One of only two surviving Wellingtons, visitors flocked to see this ....

The Nord 1500 Griffon, experimental ramjet-powered fighter... from x planes
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the Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton, circa 1946 from x planes

Mosquito Restoration On Track For Spring Flight from Aviation Blogs 
The restoration of a flyable de Havilland Mosquito is on track for completion in spring 2011. With remains rescued from a Canadian farm, the aircraft is undergoing an extensive rebuild in New Zealand and would be the only flying copy of this WW II fighter-bomber in the world. The Mosquito is mostly a wooden aircraft, which ...

Aerodrome businesses in limbo - Quest News
``The council will not extend leases to current leaseholders nor is there any guarantee that the Queensland Air Museum nor the Air Cadets will be able to ...

Photo Opportunities from PPRuNe Forums

Exercise Vega 2010 @ Decimomannu airbase – part 1 by David Cenciotti
Around 50 aircraft belonging to the Aeronautica Militare and the Israeli Air Force have been attending, since Nov. 15, 2010, the Exercise Vega 2010 in Decimomannu, Sardinia. The Vega, is a sort of small scale-Starex, a multinational exercise taking place in the airspaces surrounding Deci airbase, from the Sardinian Channel, to the ...

NASA's wingless lifting bodies from Flight Image of the Day 
To help develop the Space Shuttle programme, NASA built a fleet of wingless lifting bodies to study aerodynamics for controlling and landing a re-entry vehicle, depicted below. ...

V2 Camera Views of Earth,1946 - Air & Space
Universal newsreel story from November 1946 about V-2 rocket camera photos.

NASA Sets Shuttle Discoverys Launch For No Earlier Than Dec. 17 from AVIATION-NEWS
WASHINGTON — NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery’s launch for no earlier than Dec. 17. Shuttle managers determined more tests and analysis are needed before proceeding with the STS-133 mission. As a result, the launch status meeting planned for Monday, Nov. 29, has been postponed and will be rescheduled. The Program Requirements Control Board ...

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