Saturday, March 12, 2011

Indy Transponder 12-MAR-2011 2100z

Good reasons to see the Tico Warbirds Airshow - Florida Today | W Who are The Flying Tigers? They are the elite World War II aviation outfit whose 70th anniversary is being honored at the air show. The air show features a formation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawks that were the type of plane used by The Flying Tigers. ...
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Seeley students get sneak peak at today's air show - Imperial Valley Press | The two fourth-grade classes from Seeley Elementary School were invited to watch the rehearsal for acts scheduled in today's air show. Jose Lemus, 11, of Seeley was excited last week when members of the crew came to his class, and he had plenty of ...

Video: 64 Turn Inverted Flat Spin - ssairshows | Pilot's POV of an inverted flat spin after a long climb to 21,000'. Filmed with the Drift HD170 camera

NLV police, Thunderbirds to play charity softball game today - Las Vegas Sun | North Las Vegas police officers will host the United States Air Force Thunderbirds today in a charity softball game to benefit a local elementary school. Residents are invited to the eighth annual event at noon at Mojave ...

Air Racer John Livingston's Waco Restored to Its 1928 ... - EAA News | EAA volunteers and staff have finished painting air racing Legend John Livingston's original custom-built 1928 Waco CTO Taperwing. The new look sports the livery of the Mid-West Airways Corporation, a short-lived ...

A photo ride in B-25 "Pacific Prowler" by Franklin Poole plus | This was a ride for a still photographer, Jim Wilson, so I was a distant second chair. However I got a few decent shots despite the fact that I didn't bring a steadicam rig. Since there's no audio worth hearing in flight I pulled it and put in some jazz from my music library.

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Video: Blakesburg antique airfield on The Flightline TV show - Aircrafterowner.com | The Blakesburg, IA antique airfield is a destination for those with a historical perspective and a love of aviation.

Hurricane pilot honoured by town - Lanark Today | A memorial service was taking place at RAF Debden followed by a Hurricane flypast. On Sunday there will be a wreath laying ceremony at Saffron Walden where the three men are buried. And a road in a new housing estate in the town will be officially ...

RAF Cosford's Wellington Bomber restoration revealed - shropshirestar.com | Mr Wallis urged everyone to come along to the centre experience Britain's aviation history being brought back to life. He said: “The Cosford museum conservation centre is not routinely open to the public. “Yet everyone who does gain access has ...

Up and away in Ghana - Women of Aviation | On March 8 2010, Medecine on the Move at the Kpong Field in Ghana threw a big party to celebrate the Centennial of Women Pilots. They introduced 97 girls and women to flying in one day! There are back. ...

HARVEY WEIR COOK, CLASS OF 1916 - Psi_Phi | A portrait of Weir Cook, World War I hero and member of Psi Phi Deke's Class of 1916, is "the newest addition to the Hoosier Heritage Portrait Collection that adorns the south wall of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' office." The Feb. 12, 2007, announcement from the Governor notes that the state's chief executive "was joined by members of the Cook family and representatives from aviation and veterans organizations" as the move was announced.  ...

Open house at Kansas Aviation Museum will be on May 12 - Wichita Eagle | The Kansas Aviation Museum will have an open house on May 12 to mark the opening of a new exhibit called "Plane Plans: The Story of Wichita Aviation through Historical Drawings."

Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor from Let Let Let - Warplanes | The Beechcraft Model 18, or “Twin Beech”, as it is better known, is a 6-11 seat, twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. This model saw military service during and after World War II in a number of versions including the ...

Umberto Nobile Letters and Photographs to be Auctioned from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site | Letters and photographs of Italian airship pioneer and polar explorer Umberto Nobile will be sold at auction on March 31, 2011 at Swann Galleries in New York. ...

On This Day in Aviation History: March 12th - NYCAviation.com | Southwest grounds 44 aircraft for inspection, an Air Vietnam DC-4 is shot down, Northwest Flight 4422 crashes, EWR gets some new landing aid equipment, and more...

Barnstorming (w/appearance by filmmakers & musician) - Little Art Theater | Barnstorming is the true story of an unexpected friendship that developed between a farm family and two pilots who literally dropped out of the sky. Their friendship has created a new tradition out of an old one long gone: barnstorming. ...

EAA Young Eagles Co-Chairman Jeff Skiles Flies Tour Promoting EAA Young Eagles. from Planenews Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis.: Jeff Skiles, one of the cockpit crew who safety landed a disabled US Airways airliner on the Hudson River in January 2009, will be using his flying skills to inspire young people toward aviation this month during a flight tour involving the EAA Young Eagles program and EAA's nationwide chapter network. ...

Caption Contest #53 - The Love Child Is The Winner! from AirPigz | So if you didn't know, this odd looking, kinda Guppy, sorta 747, almost a DC-6 machine is for real... it's called a Carvair. Congrats go out to 'TenDegreesFlap' for submitting the most popular caption as seen  ...

Japan aftermath - Posts that are Noteworthy
IMAGES: Fighter JASDF F-2 damage after passage of the tsunami in Japan - Cavok
8.9 Earthquake in Japan - Both Major Tokyo Airports Closed from FlightAware

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