Indy Transponder 11-FEB-2011 #CONA Edition

Huge Free Air Show Celebrates 100 Years of Naval Aviation, Feb. 12 - About - Cities & Towns | The parade of flight begins at 1 pm with a flyover by the Blue Angels, followed by examples of the Navy's earliest airplanes. The aircraft will arrive from ...
   
Coronado At Center Of Naval Aviation Centennial Celebration - Coronado Eagle and Journal | The Leap Frogs are kicking off the event and they will be followed by the Blue Angels. Plans call for the Blue Angels to participate in their renowned ...

100 years of Progress and Achievement - Centennial of Naval Aviation Vol 3, Issue 1 | Clyde Lassen, USS ROBIN, Floyd Bennett Field, Norfolk Celebrates Ely, Tier 1 Events List, San Diego Kickoff, The First Flight Surgeons,  “Birdcage” Corsair Recovered, The Black Cats

San Diego readies for naval aviation centennial - NavyTimes.com | The Navy's “Blue Angels” flight demonstration and “Leap Frogs” parachute demonstration teams will kick off over San Diego Bay for the opening ceremony ...

Navy's flying roots can be traced to San Diego - San Diego Union Tribune
A submariner by training, 26-year-old Ellyson was to become naval aviator No. 1. But Curtiss was also trying to convince the Navy that his airplane designs ...

Remembering the Navy’s first black combat aviator - JAX Air News | ... Brown was designated a naval aviator (heavier-than-air) Oct. 21, 1948. Wearing his new “wings of gold,” Brown reported to Fighter Squadron (VF) 32 on Jan. 4, 1949, where he flew the F4U-4 Corsair and subsequently deployed with his squadron on USS Leyte (CV-32). He took the oath of his commissioning at sea, administered by Capt. W. I. Erdmann, commanding officer of the Leyte, in June 1949.  Ensign Brown flew 20 missions while assigned to VF-32, with the Leyte having joined the 7th Fleet by then, in the combat operating area off the northeast coast of Korea.  For this service, Brown earned the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Air Medal. ...

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