Indy Transponder 20-APR-2011 0450z

Wildfires continue in Texas - MSNBC | Emergency crews drop a fire retardant slurry on a running wildfire to save a house on April 19, in Strawn, Texas...

America's 'Victory Days' Come Back To Life Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2011 - AirPigz |  I'm coming at you from two angles about a very interesting WWII era event called Victory Days that'll take place in early fall at the Grissom Aeroplex in central Indiana (Sept 30 thru Oct 2 to be exact)... on one hand I'm pretty intrigued about an event that not only brings together a large collection of Warbirds  (for both static display and flight demonstrations) but also includes a wide range of 'living museum' style attractions that re-create both military and civilian life of the 1940's...

Yolo County Antique Fly-In - Antique Airfield | Chris Galloway and Jimmy Rollison of Davis, CA organized a fly-in cookout for antique airplane enthusiasts on April 16th. About 40 airplanes attended including a selection of warbirds (Mustangs, T-6, T-28) and beautiful classics and antiques...

AIR TATTOO ISSUES BIRTHDAY BASH INVITE - Scale Modeling Now | Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo, on July 16 and July 17, are inviting people to join them as they present a range of breath-taking set pieces both in the air and on the ground to mark the airshow’s landmark birthday. The first Air Tattoo was held at North Weald airfield in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the UK’s biggest outdoor public events...

Aerial treats at the Weymouth Carnival and Air Show 2011 - Dorset Echo | A BREATHTAKING aerobatic duo, death-defying wingwalkers and replica vintage planes recreating a First World War dogfight are among the amazing displays that will fill the skies above Weymouth...

The Real Wright Flyer - National Air and Space Museum | The Smithsonian literally has millions of objects in its vast collections.  Everything from specimens of flora and fauna from around the globe, to machines that have shaped the modern world, to cultural artifacts that reflect our rich diversity, to important works of art.  Even live animals at the National Zoo.  Every aspect of human endeavor and creativity and the natural world can be found at the Smithsonian...

In First U.S. Flight, 'JetMan' Will Fly Through the Grand Canyon - PopSci | “JetMan” Yves Rossy, the Swiss aviator, engineer, and PopSci favorite whose jet-powered wing has carried him across the English Channel and Lake Geneva, is planning yet another jet-winged feat, his first on U.S. soil. On May 6, Rossy plans to fly through the Grand Canyon in Arizona, notching what is sure to be a number of “firsts” for both Rossy and the Canyon...

Minden-Tahoe Airport hosts Kyle & Amanda Franklin Benefit Air Show - Indy Transponder | August 27-28, 2011: The Minden-Tahoe Airport will host the 1st annual Aviation Roundup. This year’s event will be a benefit for Amanda and Kyle Franklin. All profits will be donated to the Kyle and Amanda Fund through the ICAS Foundation. Please join us in this very important event. ICAS members Bobbi Thompson, Wayne Boggs and Bruce Turner will team together to lead this special benefit show...

Pilot Journey kicks off Airshow Alerts - General Aviation News | Pilot Journey, a long time promoter of first time flight lessons, has teamed  with AttendStar, an online airshow ticketing service, in an attempt to increase the U.S. pilot population...

Rare air show archives to go under hammer - The Star UK | Amazing collection of memorabilia from pioneering event - RARE archive material from a pioneering air show staged in Doncaster more than a century ago will go under the auctioneer’s hammer today. The auction lot features a collection of documents and photos relating to famous aviator Sam Cody...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: Countdown to the centennial celebration - PNJ | For the next 100 days, the News Journal is counting down to the 100th anniversary celebration of Naval aviation, and every day you can find a new fact here...

Gilliam-McConnell Airfield Home for Flying Tiger Pilot Memorial? - The Pilot | The recent dedication of a runway-side placement for the James Rogers McConnell monument gave state Sen. Harris Blake an idea. He suggested expanding the airfield’s homage to include another heroic fighter pilot from Moore County...

The Wings Club Selects Norman R. Augustine as its 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient - PR Newswire | The Wings Club, recognized as the premier aviation club in the world, will honor Mr. Norman R. Augustine, first President and now retired Chairman & CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, with the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award. Acknowledging outstanding accomplishments in the field of aviation...

China’s Stealth Jet Makes Second Flight - Defense Tech | Check it out, China’s J-20 stealth fighter apparently had its second flight on Tuesday at the Chengdu airfield, taking to the skies for the first time since its premiere flight that occurred during a visit by United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates to China in January...

You Gotta See This: Ice Pilots on National Geographic (with video) - Airline Reporter | Watching television is not one of my favorite things. Most shows just annoy me and I haven’t had cable TV in years. Sure, I watch stuff on Hulu and Netflix, but that is about it. Most of what is out there is poorly done reality TV, with bad plots and worst acting. Recently someone someone started talking to me about this show “Ice Pilots” that was in production and on the air in Canada and at first I wasn’t sure what to think...


Electric Flying, Cheap and Crazy - Wired | The breakout star of this month’s Aero show in Friedrichshafen — Europe’s top aviation event — has to be the electric FlyNano “fun flyer”. It’s the creation of aviation consultant and flight designer Aki Suokas, who reckons that the lightweight body and tiny design makes it the closest you’re going to get to experiencing personal flight...

PVD-DTW-IND and back plus Purdue and CRJ Flightdeck (PICS) - Jet Careers | Flight #1 - Delta Connection Flight 6484 Operated by Comair (KPVD-KDTW) Aircraft: N868CA - CRJ100. Seat: 10A - Flight Time: 1hr 40mins.

Wildcat Warrior cadets to receive rated aviation training - K-State Collegian | In March, 13 K-State students were chosen from a highly competitive national-level selection board to attend rated aviation training in the U.S. Air Force after graduation. The students are cadets in the university's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps who will earn commissions as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force before entering formal flight training in 2012...

April 19, 2011 Lauren Jones, Young Aviatrix, part 2 - Ely airlines | The Dry Creek fly-in community prints a calendar every year featuring twelve of the airplanes that live on the field west of Houston. “We were doing the calendar photo flight,” says eleven-year old Lauren Jones, who lives with her family at Dry Creek, “when the photographer said over the radio, ‘You have a few bugs on the belly of that plane.’ But that was okay because we had just finished a Young Eagles Day, so we knew it would have bugs,” she says of her family’s Bonanza...

Welcome - Weir Cook Memorial Project-Indiana | Our Mission: To educate the public, especially our youth, of the roles of aviation pioneers and military heroes, through public displays and exhibits, and events Final phase: To build & erect a life size bronze state and a reproduction of Col. Cooks plane "Lightning" Spad XII. To be on public display at the Weir Cook Terminal-Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana...