Indy Transponder 12-DEC-2010 0300z

Fifi stays grounded - OA Online
Mechanical issues once again force ‘Fifi,’ the World War II B-29 super fortress, to remain grounded at the Commemorative Air Force Museum’s seminar “From Hellcats to Tomcats” 2 p.m. today.
‘Fifi’ has minor mechanical issues in its exhaust system, according to a news release from the CAF. Fifi was originally scheduled to have its last flight before winter maintenance and its move to Addison.  ...

Jacquie B Airshows - Ver. 2.0 - Official Website
Just returned from ICAS in Las Vegas and schedule so far is - Punta Gorda, FL - March 25-27; Sun n' Fun, Fl - March 29-30; Barksdale AFB, LA -May 7-8; Kona, HI - May 28-29; Kansas City, MO - August; Cleveland, OH - Sept 3-5; Windsor, ON - Sept. 9-11. Many shows still in the works and will post on my website (www.JacquieBairshows.com) as well. We are looking forward to a great year in 2011!! Hope to see all of you  ...

Ford Tri-motor aerobatics Video #1 - YouTube
Yes, the Ford Tri-motor is capable of aerobatics at the hands of the right pilot anyway! Harold Johnson looped, spun and snap rolled Ford NC-9610, a 4-AT-B #53, in the 1930's. Johnson reportedly performed 17 consecutive loops during one demonstration. I found this video in our archives at HistoricAv ... (Note: Harold Johnson was inducted into the ICAS Hall of Fame last week)

Great Tennessee air show 2011 - The Daily News Journal
The air show will feature other acts including Mike Wiskus, Gene Soucy and Mike Goulian. There will be activities for children and opportunities to get to ...

First Flight Society News & Events 

The First Flight Society is proud of its 83-year record of honoring and promoting flight, and one of the most important ways we do that is to invite others to participate in events and activities. For example, October 1902 marked the Wright brothers' successful experiments on the Outer Banks (at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head) where they perfected their glider's control system. To commemorate the 100th anniversary ...

Navy to conduct flight demonstration - Tidewater News
FRANKLIN—The Navy is planning a second round of demonstration “touch-and-go” flights with E-2C Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound aircraft at Franklin Municipal ...

Santa Will Make an Appearance at Palm Springs Air Museum - KPSP Local 2
Santa will fly in the skies and land at the Palm Springs Air Museum Sunday, December 12th. Kids will receive goody bags from inside a B-17 plane. ...

First Ever AirPigz / Air Force Museum Meet-Up Coming Soon from AirPigz
Let's meet up at the Air Force Museum in Dayton... details below: When I did a little research before I posted the CoolPix of the sweet Curtiss-Wright AT-9 twin engine trainer from WWII, I learned that the only complete airframe is on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Hmm, I haven't been to the museum there in over 5 years...

Cheerful Return To Fantasy Flight - FOX CT
So the event has been held at the air museum, where children peruse antique planes and visit with Santa, who gives each of them a gift. ...

Photos: Sunderland & Solent @ MOTAT, Auckland, NZ from PPRuNe Forums 

USAF releases C-17 crash report, video from The DEW Line 
The cause of the only fatal crash of a Boeing C-17 is pilot error. That is according to both the accident investigation report (see story) and a newly-released, US Air Force video showing the entirety of the roughly 60-second flight on 28 July at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Read the executive summary of the report  here.  ...

POTEZ 36 F-ALQT POTEZ 36 F-ALQT - Passionate about aviation
The picture of this Potez 36 is located on the grounds of the Rouen-Madrillet. The Potez 36 was the first airplane passenger cabin built in closed series. The F-ALQT is a Potez 36.13 (n / c 2620), side by side ...

Pen pushers versus Gliders, a parable for our times from Plane Talking 
Down Kosciuszko way on many a perfect day the Bunyan wave, the local name for the lenticular clouds that often form over the ranges south of Canberra, brings out the gliders.
They find the ripples and thermals that lift them so high that  sometimes they approach the flight paths of the ...

Thunder Over Michigan 2010 - Belleville - 08/07/10 from FenceCheck Forums

From PlanesTV

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Weekend [2010]
RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day 2010 & RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2010
RAF Cosford Air Show 2010
The Battle of Britain Airshow Duxford September 2010
Cotswold Airshow 2010

Caption Contest #44 Winner - The Old Greased Footplates Trick... from AirPigz
... And how about that crazy pic? It's real to be sure. The flying platform is the HZ-1 Aerocycle developed by de Lackner Helicopters for the U.S. Army in the mid 50's. The counter rotating rotors offset the torque and the pilot simply leaned in the direction he wanted to go. I guess you could say the idea worked better than you'd probably imagine... however, it also had some serious problems. Originally it had been intended to be flown  ...

Neil Armstrong Explains His Famous Apollo 11 Moonwalk from Planenews Aviation News Portal 
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong may be notoriously private, but the first man on the moon recently reached out to a reporter to share some new details about his famous moonwalk with fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 1969. ...

Boeing Preparing Phantom Ray for Flight Out of St. Louis on Top of NASA SCA Boeing 747 from The Aero Experience  
Boeing will soon ferry its Phantom Ray to Edwards AFB, CA on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 747 ...

Great Space Shuttle video from RLV and Space Transport News
A reader sends me a pointer to this extended video compilation of high definition imagery of Shuttle launches, much of it in super slow motion. The caption says,  ...

45 minutes of shuttle engineering footage from High Power Rocketry 

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