Monday, May 2, 2011

Indy Transponder 02-MAY-2011 1030z

Helicopters Central to Bin Laden Raid  from Aviation Today - A small U.S. Special Ops team, including CIA and Navy SEALs using Boeing Chinooks and Sikorsky Black Hawks, assaulted a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday, killing Osama Bin Laden. Reports indicate that one Chinook experienced a mechanical failure resulting in a hard landing, with no...

Flying formation - Charleston Post Courier | A pair of US Navy Blue Angels, one flying upside down, appear almost to be a single aircraft as they roar past in tight formation during the 2011 MCAS Beaufort Air Show on Sunday. A pair of US Navy Blue Angels, one flying upside down, appear almost to ...

Paris Air Show 2011 preview | Aerospace Insight | The Royal ...  by Tim Robinson | A preview of what to look forward to at this year's Paris Air Show on 20-26 June - the aerospace industry showcase…

SR-71 that is flying today!  from Travel for Aircraft by | People who builds scale models and dioramas from scratch amaze me with their ingenuity and attention to detail. Many aircraft can only be seen as models as, sadly, examples were not saved — and, palpably, dioramas give us a sense of what the time was like. Many models and dioramas have been subjects of posts in the blog…

Bomber brings back WWII memories for Nipomo man - Santa Maria Times | Nipomo resident Joel Johnson flew 30 missions over Germany during World War II as the pilot of a B-17. He sat for a picture Tuesday at the Santa Maria Airport with traveling display B-17, Aluminum Overcast.//Mark Brown/Staff High winds sweeping along ...

Celebrating 70 years since first jet engine took to the skies from RAF Cranwell - This is Lincolnshire | Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre will commemorate the historic moment with an exhibition of displays, archive footage and information on Sir Frank. Light refreshments will also be available on the day. The Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre is based at ...

Air museum re-opens after almost two years - UpperMichigansSource.com | The KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum is in a new location, the corner of Avenue A and Third Street. SAWYER -- It's been nearly two years since the KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum was open for visitors. And Sunday, the museum was able to open its doors again ...

A minature menace – the W.A.R. Replicas International Fw 190  from Shortfinals's Blog | It is the dream of all private pilots to walk into a hangar, perform a pre-flight check, and taxy out in their very own WW2 fighter aircraft. Unfortunately, the cost of acquisition of, say, a P-51 Mustang, can be up to $2 million and the running costs are quite staggering. Flying a Second World War fighter, then, has had to remain a pipe-dream for most pilots…

Today in Aviation History – May 2  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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