Monday, April 11, 2011

Indy Transponder 11-APR-2011 1845z


Charleston loves the smell of jet fuel in the morning…(slideshow) - Examiner.com
While waiting for the main attraction of the ever-popular Air Force Thunderbirds the crowd was wowed by Tora! Tora! Tora! the ultimate war re-enactors, as they “bombed” the airfield in a simulation of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ...
   
Coastal Carolina Air Show is set to include world's only P-51 Mustang Formation Aerobatic Team - WECT-TV6 | The North American Aeroshell Team with their T6 Texans will join Greg Poe's Ethanol-Powered Fagen Inc. MX2 for a show. For an extra fee, the Huey helicopter will be offering rides with veteran combat pilots on the Vietnam-era UH-1H. ... [photo via ASB]

Miss Picabo from www.aafo.com | April 10th 2011 at aprox 0845 the Thunder Mustang "Miss Picabo", owned and built by Fred Roscher, made its maiden flight with pilot John Parker at the controls. Way to go!

#NotAtSnF11 from Airspeed | I’ve been fortunate over the last three years to make appearances on Sun ‘N Fun Radio, the event radio station for the Sun ‘N Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida. And, the last two years, I’ve done it even though I was a good 900 miles from the show site.  With the assistance of David Allen at the station’s site, I looped in podcasters from all over the US and from ...

100 Years Of Aviation In Japan - Kurashi | The first flights in an aircraft in Japan were made in Yoyogi, Tokyo and Tokorozawa, Saitama. Lieutenant General Baron Yoshitoshi Tokugawa studied aeronautical engineering in France, and showed what could be done with state-of-the-art aircrafts of the day in Tokorozawa, April 1911. In Tokorozawa, they are very proud of their history, as you will notice at the Koukuu Kouen Station on the Seibu line: they even have a cafe noting the 1911 event. ...

AVIATION EXPO 2011 ITALY AIRPORT DAY OF THE EAGLE PARKS LOCAL COURT from Aviation-Report.com | ... The event is called by us "ITALY DAY AVIATION EXPO 2011" and is not limited to indoor exhibition space but also an outdoor exhibition area next to an airfield in what we believe is essential to the static view of aircraft dynamics and emotional . The event will take place Sept. 30, 1 and 2 October 2011 ...

Legacy of Aviation from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt |Ever wonder what mark you will leave on the world, or the lives you'll impact along the way? Could the love of aviation be a genetic trait... or could it be the power of passion? This story begins with a young man born in 1931. Jack Sallee. A name that everyone knew at Braniff, and in Sequim, Washington and... I'm sure every place he traveled. ...

Bringing history home - Bismarck Tribune | In May each year the airplanes are flown to Minot to be on display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum through July. From there, they go to Maine for a stint before flying back to Texas for the winter. One day soon, Reichert said the Dakota Kid II will ...

‘Star light, SkyKnight, first star I see tonight..’ – Douglas F3D SkyKnight - Shortfinals's Blog | Some warplanes look just right; they are beautifully proportioned, fly like a dream, have a great combat record, and are called classics – for an example, think De Havilland Mosquito, Supermarine Spitfire. Then there are others; awkward, even ugly, looking distinctly ‘odd’, yet they do an unexpectedly great job – think Westland Lysander and, yes, Douglas SkyKnight.  The Douglas F3D was designed around a very ...

Cockpits to be opened at RAF Cosford for Museums at Night event - Birmingham Mail | As part of the Museums at Night weekend, RAF Cosford will allow guests to sit in the cockpits of the Gnat T1, previously used by the Red Arrows as well as the Hunter F4, Phantom and Vulcan Bomber. Al Mclean, RAF Cosford's museum curator, ...

Photos: Bottisham 361stFG museum 'Open-day' 10-4-2011 Images of the Day from Gary Watson

Marine Corps makes aviation history with intercontinental Osprey flight - dvidshub | CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan - The Marine Corps completed an aviation first, April 8, by flying MV-22B Ospreys on the aircraft’s longest movement to date.  Six Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 returned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit after a trek from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, to Souda Bay, Greece, with the assistance of a pair of KC-130J Hercules from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) who provided transport and aerial refueling support. ...

SIAE: Solar Impulse at the Paris Air Show - National Post | The organisers of the International Paris Air Show are delighted and extremely proud to announce the presence of the solar aeroplane Solar Impulse as the show's "Special Guest". This will be the first air show appearance made by the revolutionary ...
   
Pilotless Martin Jetpack Flies Seven Minutes - AVweb | It's been more than two years since the device, which uses a high-revving two-stroke engine to power the fans, was demonstrated at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Although it has taken orders, the company is still not firmly predicting delivery dates for the ...

First man in space Yuri Gagarin 'wanted to fly again' - BBC News | "He desperately wanted to fly in space again. He'd enjoyed that first flight, but it was over so quickly! "He wanted to go on being a cosmonaut and a pilot, and he was unhappy that he wasn't allowed to fly again." Elena Gagarina was two years old when ...

Space Station Crew Hosts News Conference To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Human Spaceflight And 30th Of Space Shuttle from NASA Breaking News | The International Space Station partner agencies will commemorate the golden anniversary of human spaceflight and 30 years of space shuttle flights on Tuesday, April 12, with a news conference featuring the six crew members in orbit 220 miles above Earth. ...


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