Indy Transponder 22-JAN-2011 1130z

People brave rain for Wings Over Wairarapa – TVNZ | The air force aerobatic team, the Red Checkers were only able to perform a limited programme. They were performing their first public event after being ...

Popularity boosts local aircraft event - Tbo.com | "They could go to Sun n' Fun (Air Expo) in April and see the same vendors," Hale said. Still, Hale has always enjoyed his experiences at the Sebring expo ...

SUN 'n FUN Hosts the World's Top Airshow Performers from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | SUN 'n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Fl. - The world's best-known air show performers return to Lakeland, Florida, again this year for the 37th annual SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held March 29 - April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.  SUN 'n FUN will again feature a daily air show that runs from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday (April 13 - 15) and from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 16 - 18). SUN 'n FUN's spectacular night air show that has become a signature SUN 'n FUN experience will take to the sky on Friday, April 1, at dusk…

Deke Slayton Airfest canceled for 2011 - La Crosse Tribune | Lt. Commander Craig Olson climbs down from the cockpit of his F-18 after arriving at the La Crosse Municipal Airport for this weekend's airfest. ...

New sponsors for St. Augustine Air Show - St. Augustine Record | Northeast Florida Regional Airport will be the site of the St. Augustine Air Show, Memorial Day weekend, May 28-29, with the support of two new sponsors: ...

Bye-Bye Blues: Navy Blue Angels Are No-Go for TC in 2012 - 9&10 News | They've been somewhat of a staple in the sky every other year in Traverse City, but for now the routine with the Navy Blue Angels is over. ...

Blue Angels could fly over BC - Battle Creek Enquirer | The team was scheduled to perform July 2 and 3 in Muskegon, but organizers there have canceled the air show at the Muskegon Summer Celebration, allowing the ...

Editorial: A proud Navy town - Pensacola News Journal | With events for the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation kicking off this week in Pensacola, it's fascinating to think about how small things can end up ...

First Super Bowl NOTAM Issued For Dallas/Fort Worth Area from Aero-News Network | TFR Will Follow Closer To The Event Due of the large number of aircraft operating to and from the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area during the week of Super Bowl XLV, there are procedures that will be used to enhance safety and minimize air traffic delays…

World War II bomber is leaving Fort Worth - Fort Worth Star Telegram | But Bill Morris, a researcher and aviation expert with the Fort Worth Air & Space Museum Foundation, which is working on a museum exhibit to be unveiled ...

Aviation Museum seeks stories, photos - Cincinnati.com | The Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society Museum is seeking previously unpublished photos of airport scenes including people and airplanes. ...

Profile 45 - "Flak Shak" as flown by Capt. V. Wiggins...and crew from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Don't let the appearance of slow progress fool you - "Flak Shak" is coming along nicely!  However, the progress is not so much the artwork as it is the research. Look at the tail.  See that cross of two yellow bands?  Aside from the fact that it looks like "Racer X" of the Japanese cartoon, "Speed Racer," it was also a major head-scratcher for me.  Judging from the handful of good photos of 485th BG B-24s, the position of the intersection seemed to jump forward and backward from plane to plane…

National Emergency Airborne Command Post from The Unwanted Blog by admin | A Bell idea from ca. 1960 for one of their D-190 VTOL tilt-duct vehicle designs. The D-190 was sort of a generic concept, with multiple variants designed, but all basically to the same general configuration… and generally meant to dock in flight with a larger aircraft. Typically the D-190 would be transported to the vicinity of Very Bad Things, where it would be used as a rescue craft. The mothership would continue to orbit while the D-190 landed, collected people, then flew back to the mothership for docking and the flight back home…

Commemorating the Space Shuttle from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | I'm certainly sad to see the Space Shuttle program coming to an end. Regardless of how you feel politically or emotionally about our country's current role in human space exploration, you can't help but marvel at the technological achievements of the Shuttle program over the past 30-40 years. I have never seen a launch in person and, with only two remaining, hope I can figure out a way to head down to Florida and view one this year…

Today in Aviation History – January 22 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Flying Stories for 21 Jan 2011 from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy

North Meets South – World Record Gyro Attempt from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin | The current world record for the most number of Gyrocopters at a single fly-in is 52, which is currently held by the Italians. Up to now, the largest gathering in Africa is 28 of these magnificent flying machines. Johan Stemmet, host and producer of a local TV show called Noot vir Noot, had the brainstorm to try and break the world record here in South Africa. Johan has been flying Gyros since 1989 and as a matter of fact owned the 4th Magni gyro in the country. He has over 1600 hours on Gyros and currently owns one very smart Xenon 2. Johan, born in Springbok, now resides in Johannesburg and is a local at Tedderfield where he hangars his aircraft. After months of organising, his plan came into action on the weekend of 20-21 November 2010. Johan says that he wanted it to be more than a record attempt, he wanted the pilots from the North side of the country to meet up with the pilots from the south and to share a weekend together to share in the joys of rotorcraft. All products to be put aside, whether one flies a Xenon, a Magni, a Sycamore, an RAF or an Ela, it mustn't matter, just get the guys together and have a gathering of like minded pilots from all over the country…