Indy Transponder 06-APR-2011 0423z

Aaron Tippin: Fit for the job at the Aquarius - Laughlin Entertainer | Talk about a grand entry. Forget about getting to a concert in a tripped out bus or the fanciest of stretch limos. Aaron Tippin had plans to arrive in Laughlin for his concert at the Aquarius on Saturday, April 9, in the only flying B-29 bomber in existence...

Legends Over the Colorado Fly-In - Laughlin Entertainer | If you see a B-29 bomber flying overhead from Thursday through Sunday, April 7-10, don’t call 911. We aren’t being strafed and it’s not the “Enola Gay” loaded with deadly intent. It’s a sister “ship”, the “FIFI” the only flying B-29 in the world, loaded with tourists and history buffs flying over the area as part of the “Legends Over the Colorado Fly-In”...

Blue Angels "Centennial of Naval Aviation" This Weekend - Kiii | CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - On Saturday and Sunday, April 9th and 10th, eighty thousand people are expected to visit the base thru the weekend. Gates at NAS Corpus Christi open at 8am, shows start at 10am each day and runs thru 4pm....

Historical Flight Foundations DC-7B - Rand Peck | I'm still away from home, have about four more weeks to go, but I just received these photos from my friend John Brier and wanted to share them. Let me introduce you to a couple of good friends from my past. This is Frank Moss, he was hired with me in 1974 to fly at Hyannis based, later Boston based Air New England...

Aerobatic prowess wins NZ titles - Southland Times | Two Wanaka pilots have their feet back on terra firma after winning national titles at the New Zealand aerobatic championships...

American Heroes Air Show lands at historic Camp Mabry - HeliHub | Buckle up the entire family for high-flying excitement when the American Heroes Air Show, the nation’s premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters,  returns to the Texas Military Force’s historic Camp Mabry in Austin on Saturday, April 16th...

Martin Jetpack flies again, sees IPO on horizon but no commercial sales yet (video) - Engadget | We were all aflutter this time last year when it was announced that the Martin Jetpack was finally available commercially and would be heading out to eager buyers in exchange for $86,000. Regrettably, the time since then hasn't been filled with...

Doolittle granddaughter to speak at Fantasy of Flight - General Aviation News | On April 15 and 16, visitors to Fantasy of Flight will have the opportunity to hear from a direct descendant of one of history’s most famous aviators and war heroes, General Jimmy Doolittle of the renowned “Doolittle Raiders.” Doolittle’s granddaughter, Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, author of “Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle,”...

Mere Mortals Step Into the World of Fighter Pilots - Fighter Pilot University | Rick Reilly, is a longtime sports writer and most recently contributor to ESPN.  A number of years ago he wrote this article for Sports Illustrated.  It’s still funny today and shows one of the things that set fighter pilots apart from the lowly...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to be ‘world’s largest rocket’* - Seattle PI | * Still in existance, that is. Space Exploration Technologies will launch what it called “the world’s largest rocket” in 2013 or 2014, the company announced Tuesday...

SpaceX Reveals The Falcon Heavy, The Most Powerful Rocket Since The Mighty Saturn V - CrunchGear | SpaceX teased the world last week with some rocket pr0n that hinted that the company was finally ready to reveal its Falcon Heavy mega rocket. Well, that’s what the company did minutes ago in a Washington DC press conference...

Astronaut Brings Back Medal of Honor After Six Month Stay on ISS - News Release | After living aboard the International Space Station for six months, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock will return to Harpursville, N.Y., on April 6 to relive his spaceflight experience for students of Harpursville Central School District and to return the Medal of Honor he carried with him in space...

Podcast: The RC Scale Builder Show - WarBird Radio | Join Mike Chilson and friends tonight on the RC Scale Builder Show LIVE! Tonight’s show our guest will be Gary Sibert, owner of Pink-it. Also, we’ll have other great segments and info from the world of R/C Scale Building...

Best photo I’ve seen all week! - You Like Airplanes, Too? | Beautiful snap taken aboard a TWA Lockheed Constellation...