Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Indy Transponder 31-MAY-2011 1030z

Canadian Snowbirds fly in to help celebrate Armed Forces Day - Bay Today | From a young age Canadian Snowbird Dan Rossi knew he wanted to be a pilot. "The first time I saw the Snowbirds perform it was in Lethbridge, Alberta at the Lethbridge Air Show when I was just a small boy," said Rossi, now an Advance and ...

Snowbirds make presence known - The North Bay Nugget | The Snowbirds arrived in North Bay to celebrate Armed Forces Day in the city with an air show over Lake Nipissing. The nine airplanes of 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Snowbirds, make a low pass over Jack Garland Airport, Monday, May 30, 2011. ...

Palm Springs Air Museum Hosts Memorial Day Flower Drop – KESQ | PALM SPRINGS -- To mark Memorial Day, the Palm Springs Air Museum once again held a flower drop with thousands of carnations falling from the sky. Before the drop got underway four T-34's made a pass over the air ...

Hundreds watch flower drop at Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | About 1800 people gathered at the Palm Springs Air Museum on Monday to celebrate Memorial Day and watch the 13th annual flower drop. Four planes flew over the crowd in formation before a B-25 Bomber dropped 3000 red and white carnations in honor of all ...

Eighty-four people in wheelchairs pull C-130 cargo plane 100 meters, set Guinness World Record - via PhotoBlog - PhotoBlog's Column - Articles and Seeds by Katie Cannon on 5/29/11

Memorial Day Ceremony in Hecker, IL Included Local Pilots  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Thousands Thrilled Over Cullman Airshow Video-Gallery  from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | Last weekend the first Wings Over Cullman drew over 13,000 fans and many smiles, according to Airport Manager, Bob Burns. A large contingency of vets turned out for Armed Forces Day and there was ample military displays and demo support. It was an airshow with a mission, to help a small town heal and the crowd was cranked up for show time…

Jets the job! The Red Arrows give city a lift - Cambridge News | The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team flew into Cambridge Airport yesterday lunchtime. The team was using the airport as its base airfield for the day as it was due to conduct air displays at an event in Northamptonshire. However, the displays were ...

Experiencing The Spectacular Air Craft Display At The Paris Air Show - The anticipation is sky rocketing as the world's largest air show for the Air travel Industry is about to take off. Paris with all its sophistication and hospitality is holding this show this year at the Le Bourget ...

On this day: birth of an aviation pioneer - Australian Geographic | The short flight John achieved on 16 July 1910, in front of six witnesses, is recorded as the first powered, controlled flight of an Australian-made aeroplane. The Wright brothers had made their first flight almost seven years earlier in Kitty Hawk, ...

Flying, Horse Farms, and Memorial Day  from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Ginger and I were fortunate enough to have Memorial Day off this year and when our friend Myles Buhlig asked us over to Silo Field for a BBQ, we said yes. Every year, our friend Art Francis, who owns one end of the runway, and Mr. Boone who owns the other, hold a small intimate event on the field. Historically it has always been in the fall but this year they decided to hold another one in the spring and from the looks of it everyone had a great time…

Pilots of a feather fly together - Salisbury Post | He noted with pride that even some members who have moved out of state still maintain their membership and fly in for some of the chapter's many activities. And the activities put on by the EAA are numerous. Neubacher explained that in addition to the ...

Former Blue Angel happy with F-11's overhaul - ENC Today | He remembered its deep, blue shine, its speed and power, air bases and air shows all over the country and Europe when it was an elite symbol of the Navy's Blue Angels. Gandia wrote the Cherry Point commander to tell him about the neglected jet but ...

Collections that really fly high - The Province | Named in honour of Heritage Flight Museum co-founder Valerie Anders, “Val-Halla” is a beautifully restored P-51 Mustang that takes part in fly days. BELLINGHAM, Wash. — One is owned by a software ...


Master Sgt Red Erwin, One of Many Heroes  from Tails Through Time by JP Santiago - In coming up with a suitable blog post for Memorial Day, I had scoured my aviation library for a historical event- given that I've long been interested in military aviation history, there's no shortage of material in that department, believe me. However, I'm currently reading Barrett Tillman's outstanding book Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=airlinebuzz-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0048ELF76 and came across the story of a red-headed Alabaman, Master Sgt. Henry "Red" Erwin…

Preparing the next generation - Northern Nevada Business Weekly | He is the education outreach chairman for the Reno Air Racing Foundation, and his passion is to help foster programs throughout northern Nevada that will open the world of aviation to scores of young people. Hill says this means reaching young kids ...

Today in Aviation History – May 31  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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