Indy Transponder 29-DEC-2010 1130z

What does 2011 hold for Air Sports competitions ? from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI - by fca | After a year full of great competitions and fantastic performances in 2010, what can we expect for 2011 ? The answer is "a lot" ! World and Continental Championships, World Cups, almost 40 category 1 events in total will take place next year. read more…

2010: A review of the year's first flights from Flight International by Will Horton | Here's our review of the year's first flight highlights. Think a first flight we did not mention is worthy of being included? Let us know by leaving a comment…

Blue Angels May Be Grounded For USNA Commissioning Week | Eye On ... by EOA Staff | When Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler left the USNA, he abolished grease on the Herndon Climb and pushed back Commissioning Week which may prevent the Navy's Blue Angels flight team from performing at the Academy in 2012 and beyond…

Better images of Chinese J-20 fighter part 2 #military from ELP Defens(c)e Blog by Eric Palmer | Here are some more images. I have taken 2 of them and cropped them to remove anything that doesn't contribute and enhanced them slightly…

China's new fighter (J-20) from Military Photos by Boreas | China's new fighter plane(J-20)

Comes Soon to a Taiwanese Sky Near You from The Unwanted Blog | Seems the Chinese have been busy lately, building their very own stealthy fighter (possible a strike-fighter, from the apparent size of the beast), the J-20. Currently undergoing taxi tests, with almost hourly updates with improved photos, indicating that the photos are so much leaking out, as being leaked out…

The V-22 Osprey 'Tiltrotor' Does Not Suck! by Martt |  Duh, it wouldn't make much sense for the V-22 to suck a load of fuel from the tanker... it gets pumped into it just like every other air-to-air refueling operation. Prove positive that the Osprey does not suck!  Seriously tho, I've been doing some research on the V-22 tiltrotor and on the 1960's era XC-142 4-engine tiltwing aircraft. I'll have that detailed comparo coming up before long, but I thought it might be cool to check out several pix of the V-22 doing some inflight refueling that I found while researching…

Record-Breaking Flight Of Zephyr Confirmed from Aero-News Network | Solar-Powered UAV Stayed Aloft For Two Weeks Zephyr, QinetiQ's solar-powered UAV, has officially been awarded three World Records - including one for the longest flight ever by an airplane - two weeks - and one for altitude higher than any current surveillance airplane in its class…

UK solar-powered UAV breaks world record from Military Photos by CaptMorgan68 | A solar-powered pilotless plane which was built in the UK has been recognised as having smashed the world record for the longest time spent in the air by an unmanned autonomous vehicle (UAV), after staying aloft for two weeks…

F-4F Makes Last Bow in Baltics from Ares by Nicholas Fiorenza | Six F-4F Phantoms of the Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Squadron) 71, based in Wittmund, northwestern Germany, will return to Siauliai, Lithuania, on Jan. 5 as part of NATO's Baltic air policing mission. It will be the fourth time the squadron which bears the name of the Red Baron will conduct the mission…

The Rocket-Boosted P-51 Mustang from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In September 1944 the first operational unit of Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighters was established under the command of the celebrated ace Major Walter Nowotny of the Luftwaffe, his unit being tasked with the operational development of tactics for the fighter and being named "Komando Nowotny" in honor of that significance. USAAF heavy bomber crews had ready been encountering the Me 163 Komet rocket interceptor for several months but the persistence of the jet over the point-defense nature of the Komet made the 262 a more significant threat in the eyes of the Allies…

Fighter Plane of the WWII : F4F Wildcat from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | This stubby but rugged little plane was the main fighter for the U.S. Navy during the hard-fought first year of the war. It saw action at the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Solomons Campaign. Despite claims that it was no match for the Zero, it more than held its own, due to its solid construction and the quality of the pilots that flew her…

The XB-70 Valkyrie, Almost the World's First Nuclear Aircraft [Video] from io9 by Ed Grabianowski | The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world's first nuclear powered bomber. More »

Today In Aviation History – December 29 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Travels With Waldo - This year was so cool I made it into a coffee table book!