Monday, May 2, 2011

Indy Transponder 02-MAY-2011 0405z

Beaufort Air Show 2011 - CockyTalk | Okay so my friend and myself went to the Beaufort Air Show yesterday(at the Beaufort MCAS), something that I've done virtually every time it's been held in my life. This year was different, however, because we had VIP passes so I got some pics that I normal wouldn't have been able to get...

Blue Angels Bring Recruits Into The Cockpit - AV Stop | EffectiveUI announced the launch of a new interactive website created with Microsoft Corp. for the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. HTML5 and Microsoft Silverlight deliver an immersive user experience, bringing viewers a Blue Angels air show in a way that's never before been seen except by the pilots...

VIDEO: Thousands Flock to Air Show - WSAV | This weekend the Beaufort Air show landed at the Marine Corps Air Station. Organizers were anticipating more than 100,000 neighbors to attend. "Right now, it's looking like 70-80,000 yesterday, on the Saturday show, and we expect almost that today, maybe 50,000 today. So, we're right in that range of what we expected," said Master Sgt. Chad McMeen...

THE GREAT TENNESSEE AIR SHOW - Weekends With Dad | The internationally renowned United States Air Force Thunderbirds precision flight demonstration team will entertain regional crowds at the Great Tennessee Airshow at Smyrna Airport on May 7, 8, 2011...

Women in Aviation: Sustaining mission excellence - Coast Guard | Hundreds of aviators from around the world have descended upon Reno, Nevada, for the 2011 Women in Aviation, International Conference. Pilots, mechanics, engineers and aviation enthusiasts alike are all taking part in this year’s conference devoted to the themes “Inspire, Enthuse, Innovate.” We look forward to bringing you daily updates from the conference...

First international flight for solar powered plane - Energy Harvesting | In the framework of its European solar flight campaign, Solar Impulse, under the patronage of the European Commission, has selected Brussels as its first international destination. The airplane will be displayed in the European capital from 23 to 29 May 2011 and will then attempt to fly on to Paris-Le Bourget, where it is eagerly awaited as the Special Guest of the 49th International Paris Air Show from 20 to 26 June 2011...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: Why diversity matters in flight - Coast Guard | 2011 is the Centennial of Naval Aviation and will honor aviation pioneers in the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. As we look back on the last 100 years, Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Pittman, an H-60 Jayhawk aircraft commander, offers her perspective on a diverse aircrew and its ability to enhance mission success...

The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years - You Fly Girl | Pat Epps pointed downward at theglittering white icefields of southern Greenland. In August of 1980, after a week of buzzing around the Arctic in a single-engine plane, Epps and his friend Richard Taylor were flying home. The night before, in a bar at a remote airstrip, the talk turned to the legendary Lost Squadron...

VIDEO: WWII aircraft joins Idaho Military History Museum collection - KYVB | BOISE --  The Idaho Military History Museum added a new aircraft to its collection Sunday. The museum now has a  WWII-era trainer aircraft, a PT-23...

B-29 - History Made Everyday - Another Time | When I walked into the Vintage Flying Museum hangar yesterday it was hard not to grin.  A B-29 SuperFortress was sitting in the hangar.  A hangar that housed B-29's many years ago and now one sits under its high arches once again...

North American TB-25N Mitchell - Jet Photos | 30,000 pounds of shiny metal roaring up those 1700 hp Wright engines...what a feeling!

Filming wraps up on ‘Outback Pilot…Australia’ - GA News | The Real Deal Productions of Soldotna, Alaska, led by General Aviation News contributor Jim Oltersdorf, has completed filming of “Outback Pilot…Australia.” “I am most pleased to announce the final shooting of our newest documentary that takes place in the remote Australian Outback...

In the Museum - Air & Space | In 1920, while visiting the Smithsonian, a young Paul Garber noticed that the control wires of the 1909 Wright Military Flyer were incorrectly installed. After pointing this out to a curator, Garber was offered a three-month appointment. He ended up staying at the Smithsonian Institution for 72 years...

Take action on aviation - Kansas.com | Thanks are due Gov. Sam Brownback for devoting his first economic summit last week to asking the question for the city and Sedgwick County: What is it going to take to keep and build Wichita’s reputation as Air Capital of the World? The answer, which he mentioned again in his Friday news conference in Topeka, is that the community and state must assume an “offensive position” toward recruiting aviation companies, suppliers and jobs...

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