Indy Transponder 21-DEC-2010 1130z

Air Force Thunderbirds to perform at NH air show – NECN | PORTSMOUTH, NH (AP) — Next year's Boston-Portsmouth Air Show in New Hampshire will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds, which haven't performed in the ...

Night Airshow for 75th year of Douglas DC–3 from Warplanes Online Community by Tynibelle | A night airshow took place as a celebration of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft's 75th year. Pilots, owners, and enthusiasts were treated with a reunion fly-in where they can visit and catch up on the latest news about the aircraft from July 23 through 26 at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Illinois, with a DC–3/C–47 reunion dubbed "The Last Time."…

Rare plane finds home at Castle Air Museum - Fresno Bee | Castle Air Museum recently acquired a Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior on a long-term loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation. ...

Museum capital campaign focused on retiring World War II hangar note - The Warner Robins Patriot | Robert L. Scott and the Flying Tigers. Scott, who grew up in Macon, was a World War II ace. He contributed significantly to the museum with his time and ...

Christmas Plane Lane taxis to its final day - Modesto Bee ... persuaded several hundred people to come out to a holiday-themed Castle Air Museum during the weekend, despite the overcast weather. ...

Women in Aviation and Aerospace « Beyond 140 by bikeal | I was in college at Florida State University and I saw an advertisement for introductory flights with the FSU Aviation Club. I took my intro flight on a breezy Halloween day, 1993. My flight was in a Cessna 150, a two-seater owned by ...

Heroes by Joe Clark | My student and I finished our flight a little early and when we returned to the ramp, I saw an early model Cessna 210 sitting in front of the flight dispatch building. From afar, the airplane looked good. As I approached it, it looked even better. The interior was in good shape. I could see no corrosion on the airframe, and the avionics were up to date. As I was admiring the airplane, an older gentleman approached…

C-17 Fleet Surpasses 2 Million Flight Hours from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | The worldwide fleet of C-17 Globemaster III airlifters surpassed 2 million flying hours during an airdrop mission over Afghanistan on Dec. 10. Reaching 2 million flight hours equates to 1.13 billion nautical miles – the equivalent of a C-17 flying to the moon and back 2,360 times…

How To Fly The Harrier Jump Jet - Source: jalopnik.com | The Harrier made its final flight with the British RAF last week, marking an end to the jet famous for being able to take off and land vertically. The jet's recently declassified flight manual shows just how extraordinary it was…

Stupid Plane Tricks from Air & Space Magazine

How does the F-35 JSF fly and fight? by David Cenciotti | In May 2006, I wrote an article about my experience flying with the F-35 using the Lockheed Martin's JSF Cockpit demonstrator. Since the article was written only in Italian and many foreign readers have been following my recent comments and articles about the F-35B, the Harrier and the STOVL debate, I thought it could be interesting for them to read it in English, especially because I describe also the way the aircraft flies and the way it transits from horizontal to vertical flight…

Soviet Wild Weasels: Part Three (Missiles) from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | I briefly touched upon the subject of anti-radiation (or anti-radar) missiles in the previous blog post on the specialized aircraft designs that were developed in Russia as counterparts to the American Wild Weasels…

Air Force Sonic Booms Ignite Crocodiles' Sex Drives from Slashdot by samzenpus | It turns out the key to a male crocodile's heart is a sonic boom. Crocodiles at an Israeli farm have begun making mating calls in response to sonic booms created by air force planes breaking the sound barrier…

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