Indy Transponder 04-MAY-2011- Heritage and Space Edition

Marjorie Morris served in Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in WWII from War Tales | Before she signed up for the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in World War II, Marjorie Morris , who lives North Port, Fla.’s Jockey Club, said she led a rather cloistered life. Growing up in the Bronx in the late 1930s and early 1940s, she graduated from Manhattan Industrial High School and went to work in [...]

For Sale, An Amazing Piece of Local History: The "Last Fool Flight" of the Dallas Spirit - Dallas Observer | ... That meant first flying from Dallas to San Francisco to Hawaii for the so-called Dole Air Race of 1927, the winner of which would receive $25,000. Then Erwin planned on flying from Hawaii to Hong Kong and then back to Dallas, where local businessman William Easterwood Jr. was offering another $25,000 in prize money. ...

In Pictures: Work begins on restoration of Imperial War Museum's Flying Fortress - Culture24 | The large-scale project sees a team from the museum conserve the B-17 Flying Fortress Mary Alice, which is currently on display in the American Air Museum. Visitors can see the conservation team, who have already removed the propellers and engine from ...

The day the Dam Busters returned... in Canada from History News Network | “The physics of bouncing something on water is relatively simple,” says Dr Hugh Hunt, breezily. “But actually doing it, at scale, under a plane, building a dam and blowing it up, is much more of an engineering exercise than a science exercise.” ...

Yorkshire Air Museum to feature on The One Show - The Press, York | The Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, will be providing the backdrop to The One Show. The theme of the programme will be major British inventions which have been attributed to others. The programme will focus on Sir George Cayley's glider, ...

Cold War Air Museum: Lancaster Airport, 1st Annual Air Race - 30 April 2011 from blog.cwam.org | Special event days start early for the Cold War Air Museum located at the Lancaster Airport. More activities and events attract more visitors and we are happy to see them. ...

The Boeing Archives PART 3a: Interview With Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi from Airline Reporter | Here is the long awaited part 3 of my inside look at the Boeing Archive. I apologize it has taken so long to get this published.  In part 1 I took a look at what is inside the Boeing Archive. Then part 2, I took a closer look at some of the models in the Boeing archive. Now, I will post my interview with Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi. What is amazing is Lombardi did our whole interview from memory. I broke our interview it into two parts, with the second one posting tomorrow. Enjoy is our exclusive interview: ...

Wow! Virgin Galactic Completes First 'Feathered' Flight! from blog by AirPigz | (3 pix and full flight details) Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial spaceship, demonstrated its unique reentry ‘feather’ configuration for the first time. ...

Astronaut Alan Shepard Immortalized on Forever Stamp from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | The Postal Service dedicated two stamps today commemorating two historic events — one that occurred a half century ago, and the second that's making history now. ...

FAQ: Alan Shepard's Historic Flight as First American in Space from SPACE.com | Here are a few basic questions and answers about astronaut Alan Shepard's historic spaceflight of May 5, 1961.

Spotted: A Very Rutan-Looking Experimental Aircraft Cruising California Skies - Popular Science | Very, Very Rutan gazurtoid via Militaryphotos.net | An undeniably Burt Rutan-esque aircraft has been spotted in the airspace just a few dozen miles south of Beale Air Force Base, prompting aerospace buffs to post the question: what is this Burt Rutan-esque aircraft doing in the air near Beale Air Force Base? Flight Global has since identified (possibly) the plane as Scaled Composites Model 355, but what’s less clear is what sort of aircraft it might be.  ...

Elon Musk comments on SpaceX costs and "why the US can beat China" from RLV and Space Transport News | Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs | Whenever someone proposes to do something that has never been done before, there will always be skeptics.  So when I started SpaceX, it was not surprising when people said we wouldn’t succeed. But now that we’ve successfully proven Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon, there’s been a steady stream of misinformation and doubt expressed about SpaceX’s actual launch costs and prices. ...