Indy Transponder 30-NOV-2010 1130z

Rockford airport to host member of Blue Angels team - Rockford Register Star | A member of the US Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team will visit Chicago Rockford International Airport this week. ROCKFORD — Sky watchers may catch a glimpse of an F/A-18 this week when a member of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team visits Chicago Rockford International Airport. Airport spokesman Thomas Bona said the airport expects the plane to land early Wednesday afternoon and leave Thursday, part of a routine site visit the team makes in preparation for air shows. The Blue Angels will perform at Rockford AirFest on June 4-5. Bona said tickets are expected to be on sale for the event sometime in December…

Hugh Oldham – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | TUESDAY – Airshow announcer Hugh Oldham joins us with a look back at the 2010 airshow season.  Hugh will also give us a preview of the 2010 ICAS Convention taking place next week in Las Vegas.  FYI…we'll be broadcasting LIVE from the ICAS convention floor next week…

Momentum Is Building from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Renton Centennial of Woman Pilots December 5th Event-- Update: Today was a busy day passing out fliers to my community, in support of our Centennial Of Woman Pilot's event---  FREE FLIGHT $100 Give Away | GREAT NEWS! Two more pilots volunteered. Tom and Joyce…

Mr. Taylor Goes to Washington from Antique Airfield News | AAA Founder/President Named 2010 NAA "Wesley L. McDonald Elder Statesman Of Aviation", here are photos of the trip to the National Air and Space Museum and the awards ceremony. All photos by Caroline Sheen…

Thanksgiving Mission from Veterans Airlift Command | I'd like to share a note that went out from one of our aircraft owners about a Thanksgiving mission that was flown on a few hours notice to get some injured soldiers home for Thanksgiving. These guys just returned stateside from a nine month long tour in Afghanistan and had not yet had a chance to see their families. A big thank you goes out not only to Nick, but to everyone who helped us get soldiers home for Thanksgiving this year…

j-diaries: AIR SHOW by Jen | What better way to end off the summer than lunching on a patio with your family while watching ear-blasting jets fly by? The CNE's annual air show was something different and cute for an august afternoon. ...

World War II-era defense plants still rev up area's economy - Kansas City Star | It was followed by the Fairfax plant, which rolled out what was to be the first of 6600 B-25 Mitchell bombers less than three weeks after the Pearl Harbor ...


Owner Of Ohio Airplane Graveyard Dies [Video] from Jalopnik by Justin Hyde | Walter Soplata, owner of the secret backyard Ohio warplane collection, died earlier this month at the age of 87. His family has not said what would happen to his cache, but several of his "saves" will fly again. More »

MDQ's Clyde Shelton Enshrined at Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Gala from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Meridianville AL- Aviators from Madison County Executive-Tom Sharp Jr Field, AL traveled to Sevierville TN to witness honors for one of their own, Clyde H Shelton. Shelton was enshrined in the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame and recognized by the FAA with a Master Pilot Award during the annual induction gala at the TN Museum of Aviation…

Exercise Vega 2010 @ Decimomannu airbase – part 3 from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | More pictures about Vega 2010 exercise in Decimomannu. Part 1
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25. from Planeshots - Mon Nov 29 :

Virgin Galactic Quietly Eyes Orbital Spaceflight from Warplanes Online Community by Tynibelle | While Virgin Galactic's public sights are set on offering suborbital space tourist treks on its SpaceShipTwo passenger ships, the company is already quietly eyeing the next step which is orbital space travel. Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder and President, publicly admitted the company's orbital aims last month at the dedication of the Spaceport America facility under construction in New Mexico. But he and other Virgin executives are not pouring in on the details…

Virtual Black Knights by Virtual Black Knights | The Virtual Black Knights is Singapore's very own Aerobatics team. Started in August 2010, the team is still very new, and currently practicing in the default Extra300S. With Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration/SP2 as our current ...

Today In Aviation History – November 30 « Calgary Recreational and ... by bikeal | Today In Aviation History – November 30. 30 11 2010. Crossing of the English Channel by Blanchard and Jeffries on 7 January 1785. In 1784... Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes the 1st scientific observations from above the earth in a hydrogen ...

F-102 + Bombshell from The Unwanted Blog | Still haven't figured out who this is. The F-102′s look like early models (with a particularly odd and droopy "U.S. Air Force" painted on the sides), so my guess would be mid/late 1950′s…

Episode 125 – Bits and Pieces IV from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) This week, Max, Rob, Dan, and David take a break from the usual joint recording session and instead bring you some individually recorded segments:…

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