Indy Transponder 08-MAR-2011 1145z

Barksdale announces air show acts - Shreveport Times | Barksdale Air Force Base will welcome the Air Combat Command F-22 Demo Team to its annual air show and open house May 7-8. The Defenders of Liberty event is the major occasion civilians have to visit the restricted bomber base, home to most of the ... [Official Site]

Hawaii Airshow on Track for Memorial Day Weekend (w/video) by Chip Begay | Members of the Hawaii Airshow Invitational Board of Directors met recently with participants of the upcoming Hawaii Airshow at the Kona International Air...
   
Snowbirds, parachutists to awe crowds at air show - Waterloo Record | BRESLAU — Snowbirds, Skyhawks, hornets and other flying things will be buzzing the sky above the Region of Waterloo international airport this August, showing off their skill to an expected 40000 people planted on the ground. ... 

Sun n' Fun News - by General Aviation News
Long-time Sun 'n Fun volunteer dies in boating accident
Sun 'n Fun Radio streaming live
 
The Viper West F-16 Demo Team – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday from WarbirdRadio.com | TUESDAY – Captain Garrett “Mace” Dover and Master Sergeant Carl “Opi” Falcione from the Viper West Demo Team join us on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Hear the latest news from the 2011 Heritage Flight Conference and much more.  Tune in this Tuesday at 10am (EASTERN) and join the conversation.  For more info on the Viper West [...]

Avalon’s strong crowd turnout from Australian Aviation Magazine | Organisers of Avalon’s Australian International Airshow 2011 have been “delighted” with a strong crowd turnout at this year’s event, highlighting the possibility of a ...

Women of Aviation - Official Site

• FREE flights for girls of all ages near Baton Rouge, LA on March 12.
• Air India to fly all women flight crew and all women flight support
• The City of Oshawa, ON, proclaims March 7 to 13 as "Women Of Aviation Week"

Three women pilots commissioned in Indian Coast Guard from The Kathryn Report | Daman, Mar 7 (PTI) Three women among ten trainees from the third batch of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), have successfully graduated from the Daman Coast Guard Air Station (DCGAS) to become pilots. "I have finally achieved my childhood dream of becoming a pilot," said Puja Patel, who is the first woman from Kutch district of Gujarat to be commissioned as pilot in ICG. "Whenever, I saw an aeroplane ...

Victoria Really Does Fly! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Some people go through life never coloring outside the lines. Then there are others, like Victoria Neuville, who make the world their canvas and paint a master piece. I wonder when Victoria decided to plan a flying event, if she ever expected it to grow to this magnitude. Amazing what can happen when a woman with wings gets involved. I asked her if she could tell me about her flying event. Wow. This is definitely the place to be on March 12th. ...

Vintage World War II warbirds set local visit - Shreveport Times
Rare flying warbirds from World War II will pay a visit to Shreveport this week, offering aficionados a chance to take a close and personal look at the classics, as well as an opportunity to go up for a ride. The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom ...

WWII planes arrive in Monroe - Monroe News Star | Basil Hackleman, left, of Springfield, Mo talks with Mac McCauley about piloting the B-17 Flying Fortress in the background. Hackleman was the first to fly the plane that McCauley flies on the Wings of Freedom Tour. The tour also includes a Boeing B-17 ...

WWII pilot takes a memory-filled flight - Shelby County Reporter | When North Shelby resident Dr. John Hard saw the massive B-17 Flying Fortress touch down at the Shelby County Airport March 7, the memories immediately began filling his mind. Hard, who was a first lieutenant during World ...

Heralded P38s are March Air Museum talk topic this month - InlandSoCal.com | The National P-38 Association has a museum in their hangar at March Field Air Museum, which contains a full-size, realistic replica of the 52-foot wingspan, twin-engine P-38. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, nicknamed "fork-tailed devil" by the German ...
   
B-17 Flies Over Huntsville - al.com | HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named the Liberty Belle arrived at Madison County Executive Airport Monday, March 17, 2011. It will be available for rides to the public along with a rare ...

Pararescueman Decorated for Valor - Air Force Magazine | SSgt Andrew Rios, a pararescueman with the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., has received the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for combat action in Afghanistan in 2009. An HH-60G Pave Hawk door ...

“TurbyTalk” – Tom's Blog - WTAW | Yesterday I recorded a show with Bill Adams of Kurten, who was a B-29 mechanic service in Saudi Arabia during the Korean War. He later was an Air Traffic Controller who was one of the 12000 who was fired by President Reagan in 1981. ...

James M. Hassenger - Sioux City Journal | Mr. Hassenger was well known as an aviator and aviation historian and he did deliver some History of Aviation in Sioux City talks to local groups. He was active over the years in numerous civic, social, business and youth-oriented organizations. ...

March 8 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth
March 8, 1910 – Elise Deroche, the colorful self-styled Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, becomes the first woman in the world to receive a pilot’s license in Paris. March 8, 1910 – Claude Moore-Brabazon receives the Royal Aero Club’s first aviator’s certificate in London. Charles Rolls receives the second. March 8, 1917 – German airship pioneer [...]

Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Return to Earth Wednesday from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, March 9, completing a 13-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Discovery lands Wednesday, it will have spent a total of 365 days in space and traveled more than 148 million miles during 39 flights. It launched on its first mission on Aug. 30, 1984.  ...

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