Monday, April 18, 2011

Indy Transponder 18-APR-2011 1030z

The Doolittle Raiders  by Joe Clark | Sixty-nine years ago this morning, 80 very brave men in 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Hornet. They and their leaders planned the mission well, but as they steamed toward their targets, they came across a Japanese picket ship…

Last Surviving WWII Raiders Reunite - KETV Omaha | The Doolittle Raiders battled in the heart of Japan just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Airmen volunteered to follow Lt. Colonel James Doolittle on what was dubbed a 'dangerous, secret mission'. “I remember we were just a bunch of young ...

ICONIC aircraft from the county will be part of a flypast honouring Prince ... - This is Lincolnshire | The Spitfire, Lancaster bomber and Hurricane will all be part of an aerial salute to the royal pair on Friday, April 29. The aircraft, based at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby, are to take to the skies at 1.30pm over Buckingham ...

Josephine Lapsansky - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | She was one of the first “42 Crew of Rosie the Riveters Brigade” that built the B-17 bombers. Her future husband, Jacob, flew B-17 missions during the Normandy invasion and brought his invasion parachute home after the war. This silk material was used ...

WWII-era Bamboo Bomber still flying in Alice - Corpus Christi Caller Times | But the airport is the home of the Third Coast Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force, a group that restores and preserves American warplanes in flying condition and builds museums as a tribute to the men and women who built, maintained and flew them. ...

War effort  from Roger-Wilco by steve | One of the biggest industrial efforts ever undertaken was that of the United States during World War II. Aircraft and other materiel was being produced at prodigious rates and with most of the men gone to the battle front, women took their places working day and night to keep the war fighters supplied. Here is a nice set of archive photos, re-mastered in glorious HD, to give to-day’s young generation a feeling of what was involved…

NAS Pensacola to host Blue Angels aerial demonstrations | Chipley ...  by mscenteno - In commemoration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation, the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform over Pensacola Bay and numerous aircraft will be on display at NAS Pensacola on May 3rd and 4th. ...

AERO Friedrichshafen 2011 report - Australian Flying | The official report on last week's AERO Friedrichshafen airshow in Germany, Europe's largest GA-specific airshow. At AERO, the dream of flight becomes reality. Trade visitors from around the world were enthralled by the selection of business jets, ...

Final Landings for NASA’s Space Shuttles — and some planning thoughts  from Travel for Aircraft | The news of the decision was made last week. Fierce competition for the three remaining Space Transport System (STS) vehicles — “Space Shuttles” in non NASA speak — which have been in orbit, as well as the  engineless Enterprise which flew in Earth’s atmosphere but not designed for orbital missions — was had though the cost to each museum would be high. Estimated costs are around $28 million USD to render each shuttle safe for public display and transport with the added hefty requirement to display the each shuttle indoors…

Aviation Roundtable's April 26 talk is on the radar - InlandSoCal.com | Considered a walking encyclopedia of aviation history, Wright will address the roundtable at 7 pm April 26 at the March Field Air Museum, 22550 Van Buren Blvd., east of the intersection of Van Buren Blvd. and Interstate 215, adjacent to March Air ...

AcroCamp: Sneak Peek 02 - Formation  by Stephen Force | Here's another sneak peek of the movie! This is from Day 3 of Acro Camp. It covers the formation portion of the sortie. Three cameras in the Super-D and two on the Pitts, along with cockpit audio and engine sound from each. ...

Airspeed: Acro Camp Debrief with Don Weaver and Barry Sutton  by Stephen Force | After the props stopped turning for the last flights of Acro Camp, I took Michelle Kole back to Detroit Metro for her flight back to California. While I was gone, DP Will Hawkins sat down instructor pilots Don Weaver and Barry Sutton to ...

Shutterbugs in the Cockpit  from Flight Monkeys | Anyone who’s ever attempted to take a really good picture of an F/A-18 fighter knows how tough it can be. First, the Navy isn’t really big on letting total strangers walk right up close and start poking around their aircraft. Second, the crowds of gawkers that arrive the second the Navy does let the public get close, makes it difficult to get a well staged shot…

Steve or Vern?  from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | It looks like Steve Eves' and Vern Hoag's Saturn 1B's flew today. Nick's Flickr album is the first evidence I've seen. I don't even know which one this is.  More later. Click through to see his entire album…

Today in Aviation History – April 18  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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