Indy Transponder 13-MAR-2011 1515z

Watching over the Blue Angels - Hattiesburg American | 4:32 pm Aviation Electronic Technician Second Class James Tangman, a Hattiesburg native, stands next to one of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, F/A-18 Hornet jets. Tangman, a 2000 graduate of Hattiesburg High School, ...

Blue Angels visit pediatrics ward at local hospital - Imperial Valley Press | Yet the longer the three Blue Angels team members stayed in the room Friday morning, the more Ulises' curiosity piqued, especially after flight surgeon Lt. Jason Smith stuck a sticker to his chest. Members of the Blue Angels medical team visited the ...

Air show brings out families, wows crowd - Imperial Valley Press | With their chairs set up near the orange plastic fence and a couple of Blue Angels umbrellas giving them shade, they eagerly watched with their great-grandchildren as planes flew by. However, the 76- and 80-year-old couple know the planes in the show a ...

Air Show a Hit - KYMA | The skies were thrilled with thrills and excitement at the NAF El Centro Air Show on Saturday. Audiences were able to view displays of old and new airplanes. Aerial demonstrations, parachuting and the famous Blue Angels took to the air. ...

Naval aviation history celebrated with flights, displays - Imperial Valley Press | With old-time big-band music playing, planes from the past took to the skies Saturday at Naval Air Facility El Centro to celebrate a century of naval aviation. The Navy officially began its aviation ...

Keesler anniversary coverage - SunHerald.com | The Sun Herald will have coverage this week of Keesler Air Force Base's 70th anniversary, ahead of next weekend's Angels Over the Bay air show when the base will celebrate the milestone. Wednesday: Details of the base's $1 billion recovery from Katrina ...

Show: behind the scenes of the military aerobatics  via Translator | The opportunity to go behind the scenes of what makes the prestige of the Air Force: the Patrouille de France display team. ...

Vintage Fly-In Day at Stow Maries Aerodrome – 8th May 2011 by Flightline UK | Stow Maries World War One Aerodrome is pleased to announce that it will hold its first vintage fly in day on Sunday 8th May 2011. Gates open at 9am and the event ends at 6pm the same day.  This is the historic aerodromes first event of this type and it is hoped it will draw attendance from wide and far as it has already seen great success at Maldon District Heritage events where it has been a sell out for the past two years. ...

Musings on Black History Month-Women’s History Month and the History of Aviation by The National Air and Space Museum | Eugene Bullard is the acknowledged first African American military pilot, although he flew for the French flying service not the US Air Service.  ...

Amelia Earhart, by Kathleen C. Winters from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during an attempted around-the-world flight, she was at the height of her fame: Adored by the public, she counted celebrities and politicians among her many friends and was idolized by women across the globe. ...

Landing gear failure forces WW2-era craft to make belly landing - Neosho Daily News | Hugh Robinson Memorial Airport workers prepare to move an airplane belonging to Greg Shelton, of Collinsville, Okla. By Luke Taylor Greg Shelton was coming in for his last landing on Saturday with his World War II FM-2 Wildcat plane when it ...

Have We Forgotten? from J Clark | ... The old airman was a member of the Eighth Air Force. He was once a part of the largest fighting force the world ever witnessed. The Army formed the unit in the sleepy little coastal town of Savannah, Georgia in January, 1942. From there, the airmen and mechanics of the Eighth went to England to fight Hitler. By the end of the war, more than 350,000 Americans wore the patch of the Eighth. Twenty-eight thousand of those men became prisoners of the Germans and 26,000 died in battle. ...

The "Wings of Russia" Sukhoi Super Jumbo from Aviation Trivia of the Day | At the 2001 Paris Air Show, the Russian delegation created quite a stir by unveiling a four-engine, double-deck, long-haul airliner christened "Kryl'ya Rossii", or "Wings of Russia". The ambitious project had the Sukhoi OKB designation "KR-860"- KR for  ...

Teams Try To Pull A Boeing 737 At GSP Internatioal Airport - News Channel 7 | Saturday's big event, was the plane pull. Four teams took to turns, trying to pull a Boeing 737. The first southwest plane to officially land at GSP touched down at 3:10 Saturday afternoon. It's the same plane that will make the inaugural flight at ...

Where is my flying car? - Washington Post | In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration created a new category of plane, light-sport aircraft. The small planes require only 20 hours of flight time for pilot certification, less time than it takes to get a beauticians' license in some states. ...

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