Saturday, April 2, 2011

Indy Transponder 02-APR-2011 0230z

Royal Wedding: WWII aircraft flypast highlight of military involvement - Telegraph.co.uk | Three Second World War aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are to take part in a Royal Wedding flypast, the Ministry of Defence disclosed. A Lancaster bomber flies over St Paul's Cathedral in London during the Blitz memorial service. ...

Anniversary airshow beginning to take flight - Hibbing Daily ... - HIBBING — The to-do list is long, but all the excitement and enthusiasm behind organizing the 2011 Range Regional Airshow has planning committee members flying through it. “It's overwhelming,” said Shaun Germolus, executive director of ...

ArmedForces.com | Blog | First female Thunderbird attends open house  by clevine | Meet Sarah Johnson-Robles, a retired technical sergeant, who in 1973 applied for a position with the Thunderbirds. To her surprise she was brought to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for an interview in November of that year. ...

"The F-22 is Really Loud" UCAP #230-charlie  from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | UCAP Daily! Jack & Dave are joined by Amy Laboda. They try to talk about the Sun 'n Fun Fly-in while an F-22 fighter makes it hard to hear.

See Restored B-17 'Aluminum Overcast' Bomber - MyFox Phoenix | A World War II era B17 bomber will be taking off at Deer Valley Airport, and the public can take a ride on that plane this weekend. Keep your comments civil - MyFOXPhoenix.com reserves the right to remove comments that are obscene, profane, abusive, ...

The sound of music: Flying Musicians entertain at Sun 'n Fun - AOPA Pilot | An hour before the jam fest began, a downpour soaked Sun 'n Fun visitors. But as quickly as the rain swept through the grounds, it disappeared, leaving behind cooler temperatures so that campers could more readily appreciate the music and the food…

EAA is Prepared in Oshkosh for Repeat of Florida Storm WBAY | We're still months away from July's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, but Thursday's wild weather at a fly-in in Florida is a reminder of how nature can disrupt large outdoor gatherings. The storm spawned high winds and a tornado in central ...

The Tragedy of Sun N Fun  by Joe Clark | Yesterday will long live in the memories of many of the homebuilders who flew their airplanes into Sun N Fun this week. For those who survived the devastation, they will always be grateful. For the builders who lost their planes…, well, they will enter a fairly long period of repair, or they will have to start all over again….

Dan Pimentel  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer!  http://www.airplanista.com  President and Art Director of his own ad agency, thirty-plus years of experience in and around publishing, and a six year veteran of blogging... What next? Embracing a passion for writing, combining it with experience and creativity... the only logical option is to pull all that talent together and creating a magazine.  Not just any magazine....

Diabetic pilot plans record-breaking North Pole flight - Alaska Dispatch | Famed British aviator Douglas Cairns is attempting to become the first pilot to land a light twin-engine aircraft at the North Pole. Teaming up with Cairns is Alaskan pilot Ron Sheardown, who has made the North Pole trip eight previous times. ...

ICON Aircraft Could Land in Covington Ga from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  -COVINGTON GA- According to an article by Gabriel Khouli  in the Covington News, the light sport aircraft maker considering Covington for a manufacturing plant has been identified as ICON Aircraft, a Los-Angeles based start-up company founded by a former pilot and engineer…

Houston Deserves a Space Shuttle for Display, Astronaut Spouses Say - Space.com | The space shuttle Discovery is almost certainly being sent to the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington, and many agree that Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where the shuttles launch and usually land, is also a likely ...

Spaceport Lossiemouth, Scotland?  from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Space tourism flights could blast off from Scotland under government plans to overhaul the space regulatory regime, the United Kingdom's Science Minister David Willetts said today. Minister Willetts, launching a consultation on the UK Space Agency's strategy for 2011-15, said the Government was working to "tackle the burden of regulation" surrounding space activity, which had "grown up almost by chance" and "without a coherent overview", adding, "We have started the process of starting to rationalise our regulation so as to enable Britain to be an effective competitor in the space scene."…

A rocket babe in space, a new rocket baby, and a plug for the rocket girls  from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | I jumped the gun on the formal announcement of Verna and Randy's April 1st update and found all sorts of cool stuff.  Their photo of the month page starts with a nice shot of Discovery's final approach.  It appears Verna was one of the many people whose photos were taken to space on STS-133.  That's so cool.  Hope they frame that nice, astronaut-signed certificate!   Meanwhile, Fire and Smoke features the rocket babes of the Science Cheerleaders (whom I previously posted about)…

Aviation Stories for April 1, 2011  from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy | Hmmm, April Fool’s Day. That leaves the door open for all sorts of stories – but I’ll be nice and only link to articles that are factual – to the best of my knowledge…

Tyndall teenager selected as Air Force Military Child of the Year  from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil (Airman 1st Class Christopher Reel)  Tyndall teenager Nicole Goetz, 17, recently selected as the Air Force Military Child of the Year, was awarded a flight in air show performer Greg Poe's aerobatic airplane March 23…

Free plane rides for kids offered April 16 in Crookston - Grand Forks Herald | The UND chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association will give free airplane rides to children ages 8 to 17 at the 12th annual Young Eagles Fly-In April 16 at the Crookston Municipal Airport. The UND chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association ...

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