Indy Transponder 25-MAY-2011 1906z

Video Proof: Blue Angels Really Are Humans (Lynchburg Airshow) - Martt | You may already know that the Blue Angels had a safety related issue at last Sunday's Lynchburg Airshow. The situation is pretty serious in that it has the team 'standing down' and all performances are on hold while the incident is investigated, but the good news is that the only thing that actually happened was...

US promise Air Tattoo show of force - Flightline UK | UNITED States military aircraft will be out in force at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Air Tattoo, which takes place on July 16-17, traditionally displays the largest range of US aircraft in the UK and this year will see around 18 fast jets, transport and specialist aircraft as well as helicopters touching down at the Cotswolds airfield...

Tornadoes will take to skies for Bournemouth Air Festival - Daily Echo | TORNADOES are set to thunder into Bournemouth this summer. The Daily Echo can reveal that this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, set to be held between August 18 and 21, will boast not one but two RAF Tornado jets...

Pier launches new Weston Air Day - The Weston Mercury | Weston’s long links with the RAF through its former Locking base has meant the town has had a rich past in terms of aerial events and displays. Such events have ebbed away in recent years – but the new Grand Pier event, scheduled for August 17, will signal a revival of the popular tradition...

Thousands attend Lyon County Fly In - RGJ | SILVER SPRINGS--Lyon County Fly In Chairman Rob Bel, summed up this past weekend's event as being one of the best Fly Ins in recent years, and he estimated about 2,500-3,000 people attended the annual event...

Elite U.S. Navy aviator visits Amherst High - New Era Progress | An expert U.S. Navy pilot stood before hundreds of silent students in a packed Amherst County High School auditorium on Friday morning. No tales, no grand bragging or even slapping himself on the back. “All right, good morning, Lancers,” said the pilot, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brent Stevens, striking a tall figure in a signature bright navy Blue Angels flight suit...

COCKPIT FEST AUSTRALIA - Heritage Flight Gear | A brand new aviation event for Australia is nearly ready for its opening weekend. In June i will be attending the first ever large gathering of cockpit /fuselage sections in Australia which is to be held at a private collectors place as a trial event. The owner Paul, of both the Jaguar and Su-22, has taken the idea from the successful Cockpitfest gathering which is held each year in the UK...

Boeing's statement on the decision of the Supreme Court in A-12 - Cavok | The Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Boeing, J. Michael Luttig issued a statement on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court disclose his opinion in favor of Boeing and General Dynamics in the long-pending lawsuit over the A-12 aircraft...

Selfridge Honor Roll: Lts. Boyle & Eby - DVIDS | Almost 100 years ago, two young Army officers were involved in a tragic crash as the push was on to prepare an Air Corps to serve in World War I. One pilot died, but his legacy lived on as his nephew spent 40 years serving the nation -- starting at the very place his uncle had last served. The reports of the death of the other officer, meanwhile, were greatly exaggerated...

WW2 aerial combat game coming from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment - VideoGamer | Birds of Steel, a WW2 aerial combat simulator from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment, is due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 early in 2012. The game is said to feature the most pivotal air battles from World War II...

Maryland Cluster Balloon Flight - VIDEO! - Toriaflies | Seven hot air balloons gathered at the Flying H Farm in Union Bridge, Md., May 21 to accompany John Ninomiya and his cluster balloon on a short flight in calm skies. Ninomiya, one of only a few people in the world flying cluster balloons regularly...

STS-134 Shuttle Mission Imagery - NASA | Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station...

Spacewalking Astronauts Upgrade Space Station Despite Discomfort - Space | Two spacewalking astronauts upgraded the International Space Station with new power cables and other gear Wednesday (May 24) despite some discomfort when one spaceflyer got something in his eye and the other got stuck in a tether...

Students rocket to space adventure - HTR News | MANITOWOC — After eight months of preparation, the Star-Splitters 4-H rocket team, with youngsters from Manitowoc and Two Rivers, traveled to the George Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently for the culmination of the 2010-11 NASA Student Launch Initiative program...