Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Indy Transponder 08-DEC-2010 2345z

Blue Angels coming to Millville Airport five months early - NJ.com
MILLVILLE — The US Navy Blue Angels will conduct a preliminary visit to Millville Airport next week in advance of next year's Millville Wheels & Wings ...

USN Blue Angels 2011 Schedule
Thunderbirds coming in April - Goldsboro News Argus
The Air Force Thunderbirds streak over the 70000 people who attended the 2006 Wings Over Wayne air show. Some will streak. Others will fall. ...
USAF Thunderbirds 2011 Schedule
Snowbirds aerial team returning to Sarnia - Sarnia Observer
Canada's aerial demonstration team, the Snowbirds, will be returning for a show in Sarnia next June 29, according a new schedule released for 2011. ...
Canadian Snowbirds 2011 Schedule
Looking up - major air shows in 2011 - LUXUO Luxury Blog
Next year’s most promising air shows include the return of biennial exhibitions such as Aero India, Avalon in Australia and the Seoul Air Show, as well as annual stalwarts such as Oshkosh, Tannkosh and the Royal International Air Tattoo.

DIAL plans air show at vacant terminal - Hindustan Times
Delhi might soon have its own air show, if the Indira Gandhi International Airport authorities have their way. Private airport operator Delhi International ...

Richard "Smokey" Young set an official U.S. airspeed record - AirSportsTV
Richard "Smokey" Young set an official U.S. airspeed record by flying his Western Air Racing Special aircraft an average of 242.07 mph over a 100-km closed course in a Class C-1.a aeroplane (internal combustion engine aircraft weighing between 300 and 500 kilograms).
Young flew from the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Coachella Valley, ...

The Last Time - www.blurb.com
Just in time for Christmas, a detailed look at 'The Last Time - Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the DC-3'. Book features a detailed look at each airframe present at the gathering as well as historical aspects of "Tico Belle", 42-32832 and the "Spooky" AC-47. Also features the largest formation flyover of DC-3's since WWII. Enter "FESTIVE" for free ground shipping in the US through the 10th.

More Aviation History! from Flight To Success 
... Who was on the panel?
Joe Sutter--- the "Father of the 747"--- Joe was also the legendary engineer on the Boeing 707! He shared stories of how instrumental Boeing was in establishing our current FARs. Boeing made the planes... they made the rules.
Brien Wygle --- Test pilot for Boeing, on the 707 and many more. He told us how the 707-80 prototype ...

Request a Race Kit for the 2011 Race from Air Race Classic, Inc. 
Request your race kit for the 2011 race! *This link will take you to a new website. Don't be worried, it's part of our efforts to move to a new site.

City to make decision on restoration of historic aircrafts - Global Lethbridge
Little is known of its subsequent history until it was found in Saskatchewan and brought to Calgary to be a part of the "Air Museum of Canada" in the early ...

Veteran makes trip to Washington - South Carolina Now
The older one, serving on a B-17 Bomber in the Army Air Corp in England was lost on a flight on Feb. 22, 1944. It was years later that his remains were ...

‘History Detectives’ to film at Seattle museum from General Aviation News 
On Dec. 13 a crew from the popular PBS summer TV series, “History Detectives,” will visit a Museum of Flight aircraft restoration facility in Seattle to shoot part of their investigation about propaganda leaflets dropped on Japan by U.S. bombers during World War II. The production will make use of the museum’s B-29 bomber, the same type used over Japan during the war. ...

Coanda’s Claim - Air & Space Magazine
The story of a jet flight in 1910, just seven years after Kitty Hawk, may be too good to be true. ...

'Flying Wild Alaska': Discovery Channel Soars through the Wilderness - Poptower
Premiering Wednesday, January 5, the new reality docu-series follows a family-run airline in one of the most remote and extreme regions of America. ...

Show Me the Way to Go Home - Air & Space Magazine
Long before the Global Positioning System, pilots got from town to town by reading rooftops. ...

The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber from Aviation Blogs 
The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. A dramatic leap forward in technology, the bomber represents a major milestone in the U.S. bomber modernization program. The B-2 brings massive firepower to bear, in a short time, anywhere on the globe through previously impenetrable defenses. ...


CoolPix: RAAF (Australian) AEW&C - The Prickly 737! - AirPigz
The familiar Boeing 707 based E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) with the huge rotating disc antenna mounted in front of the vertical fin has been the mainstay of eye-in-the-sky air traffic control and detection for military operations since the late 70's. But when the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) was looking to add large scale AWACS capabilities, they wanted a package that was ...

Civil Air Patrol nurtures early interest - White Bear Press
The Civil Air Patrol was created one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sixty-nine years later, it’s still a well-kept secret.
But word is getting out. The local squadron, based at Lake Elmo Airport, attracted 30 new cadets this year, said its commander, Dave Yost of Hugo.
Comprised of citizen volunteers, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. Its mission is three-fold: cadet development, aerospace education and emergency service. ...

Russia's Long Love Affair with Space - Air & Space Magazine

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully launches, returns from orbit (video) from Engadget 
It may have hit a few snags earlier this week, but SpaceX's slightly-delayed launch of its Dragon spacecraft looks to have gone off as well as anyone could have possibly hoped for. The craft blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop a Falcon 9 rocket earlier today, entered a "100 percent successful" low-earth orbit, and returned to Earth to make an on-target soft landing in the Pacific Ocean just a short while ago. Head on past the break for the launch video, and look for NASA to hold a complete post-flight press conference at 3:30pm EST at the link below (and on NASA TV).

Why the Dragon Spacecraft Success Opens a New Era In Space Exploration [Video] from Gizmodo  

More reaction Falcon 9/Dragon flight from RLV and Space Transport News

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