Friday, April 29, 2011

Indy Transponder 29-APR-2011 1030z

Air Force's legacy on display - Appeal-Democrat | The US Air Force Thunderbirds will perform in mid to late afternoon. The aerial goodies on display and in the air Saturday and Sunday at Beale Air Force Base were in sneak-preview mode Thursday in media flights in Lincoln and an up-close look at US Air ...

Thrills and chills await at Beale Air Show - Sacramento Bee | The maneuver, also impressive from the ground, is among those the Patriots Jet Team will demonstrate during performances at the Beale Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. The all-volunteer team is the only civilian-owned, six-ship aerobatic team in the ...

Clear skies ahead: Air Show is a go - Bluffton Today | Blue Angels and other aerobatic performers thunder overhead this weekend during the 2011 MCAS Beaufort Air Show. Master Sgt. Chad McMeen/Special to Bluffton Today The No. 7 Blue Angel, piloted by Lt. David Tickle, prepares for take off. ...

Upcoming air show to spawn exercise - Shreveport Times | It will be an exercise designed to make sure safety plans are in place for the base's signature "Defenders of Liberty" Open House and Air Show set for May 7-8. "The MARE is a robust field-training exercise involving hundreds of Barksdale personnel and ...

Solar Impulse To Fly To Paris Air Show – Avweb | The aircraft will then continue on to Paris-Le Bourget for a stay at the Paris Air Show, June 20-26. Challenges faced by the team won't be found solely in the air. Flight Director Raymond Clerc and his team says the flight presents the challenges of ...

Heather Penney Team Air Race 21 Tags McCrea For Public Relations - Team Air Race 21 co-owners Raju Mann and Deane Barker have signed McCrea & Associates Creative Media honcho Gus McCrea for public relations. Mr McCrea, known in increasingly wide circles for his photo-impressionist renderings of the ...

THREE NEW SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS TO TRAIN AT PURDUE from Welcome to Able Flight - Korel Cudmore, U.S. Army Specialist Jermaine Strachan and Eric Ingram will soon have something very special in common. Each has been selected to begin flight training in May at Purdue University. They'll join Kevin Crombie who was selected earlier this year, and the four young people will quickly transition from aviation novices to licensed pilots…

B-24 Bomber Crew Fantasy Camp  from classicwarbirds.net by davebudd | Have you ever dreamed of becoming part of a bomber crew and flying your very own mission? The Collings Foundation will be offering a very unique two-day training program in which you train for and fly a simulated WWII bombing mission aboard the B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft”. No doubt, this will be one of the most amazing living history programs you will ever experience! Space is limited. We are now accepting reservations. Dates have not been confirmed yet. But, we anticipate a time near beginining of June. Should have dates confirmed within the next month…

WWII planes over Long Beach - Long Beach Press-Telegram | LONG BEACH - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" WWII bomber, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" WWII Bomber and P-51 Mustang will fly into Long Beach Airport today as part of the Collings ...

Watsonville Airport hosts World War II-era bomber - Santa Cruz Sentinel | A view of Watsonville from the nose of the Aluminum Overcast, a restored WWII B-17 bomber. WATSONVILLE - Circling high above Watsonville, the long, gray barrels of 13 machine guns gaze menacingly down at a ...

Keith Ferris + Thunderbird = Big Art  from Travel for Aircraft | Above is a simple equation but it might be misleading since it doesn’t represented a painter hearing the word — ”What’s the word? The word is Thunderbird!” — and creating impressionistic art work. Instead, this equation  describes an artist who has used the historic B-17G known as Thunder Bird in three pieces of art. The pieces are named: “Fortresses Under Fire”, “Retirement Party for Old Thunder Bird” and “Schweinfurt Again”…

Brian Binnie Interview – AskMen | On Oct. 4, 2004, Brian Binnie finessed SpaceShipOne, the Burt Rutan-built, Paul Allen-financed private rocket, to an altitude of 367442 feet, and in the process, won the $10-million Ansari X Prize and ushered in the early stages of suborbital space ...

$150 Million Will Ensure Your Seat on a Trip Around the Moon [Space]  from Gizmodo by Adrian Covert | Wanna get away (in 3-5 years)? Why not book a reservation aboard the not-so-spacious Soyuz spacecraft, where you, a Russian cosmonaut and some eccentric, anonymous billionaire can spend an intimate week in the stars, floating past the moon.  More »
 

Last space shuttle mission pilot, a Tulane grad, gives tour of shuttle – WWL | Any chance to fly in space is a great chance," he said. "But when you do stop and think, it makes you consider all the folks that have gone before." The last mission aboard the shuttle Atlantis, now scheduled for late June, will be Hurley's second ...

Wetumpka Young Eagles This Weekend  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | One of the best Young Eagle events is this weekend at the Wetumpka Spring Fly In from 9:00 to 3:30. Each year EAA Chapter 822 of Wetumpka, Alabama host kids from the age of  8-17 for a free airplane ride… 

Today in Aviation History – April 29  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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