Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Indy Transponder 07-JUN-2011 1530z

Annual air show roars into resort - Delmarva Now | Shockley looks forward to the annual event and this year hopes to catch the US Navy Seals Leap Frogs. "I really like the Harriers; they are just cool," he said. "It would be really neat if I could see the seals jump." Lilley said it's also a big ...

Walker County Tornado Benefit Fly In Draws Crowd- Video Gallery from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | JASPER ALABAMA- Great food, entertainment, airplanes and outstanding live music drew a crowd at Sanders Aviation in Jasper, Alabama for the Walker County Tornado Benefit Fly In. Organizers say a crowd of over 800 flew in or drove in during the event  at the Jasper airport.  ...
   
Rare Air: Fly-In At Smoketown On Saturday; Aircraft And Auto Show At The Airport - Military & Aerospace Electronics | Come Saturday, the skies over Lancaster County will be abuzz as small planes of various ages and descriptions participate in the annual Fly-In at Smoketown Airport, off Old Philadelphia Pike. Organizers said the event promises a day of ...

B-17 drops flyover after spotting skydivers - Longmont Daily Times-Call | A B-17 Flying Fortress turns to the south Monday above Vance Brand Municipal Airport, scratching a planned flyover after the pilot did not want to interfere with skydiving operations. At least a couple dozen people flocked to the ...
   
Veteran pilots fly in for Project Propellor - Horncastle Today | A LARGE group of Second World War pilots will be flying into Wickenby Airfield on Saturday, June 11, for Project Propeller. This scheme is designed to match up veteran aircrew with current pilots for a day at a disused airfield. ...

World War II plane visits Ankeny airport - DesMoinesRegister.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will bring a B-17 Flying Fortress to the Ankeny Regional Airport June 14 and 15. The stop is part of the group's Salute to Veterans Tour. Learn about the plane's role in World War II through flights and ground ...
   
WWII bombers bring back memories for veterans - Visalia Times-Delta | Eric Woomer A B-25 bomber flies over Visalia on Monday. Eric Woomer ยช Where: Visalia Municpal Airport; 9501 W. Airport Drive, Visalia It was a sentimental walk into history as David and Phyllis turner approached two World War II-era combat planes at ...

FENLANDER: Spitfire flypast the highlight of bumper Chatteris Historic Festival - Cambs Times 24 | There will also be a flypast by a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (June 25). The festival is one of the “Four Seasons” events organised by Fenland District Council in partnership with town councils and community groups. ...

Stunning capture of this British Hawker Hind soaring through the... from You like airplanes, too?

Vulcan set to return to Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | It's the news that Bournemouth Air Festival fans have been waiting for – the Vulcan bomber is returning for this year's event. Organisers will be hoping that this time it will get to perform properly – last year the weather put paid ...

Women of the Air Force Week from What's On at RAF Museum London | 22 August 2011 - 28 August 2011/strong br Women have been integral to performance of the Royal Air Force since the formation of the Women's Royal Air Force in 1918. Throughout the Service's history women's roles have changed radically,from being support staff in the 1920s and 30s, assisting with day to day duties, to serving permanently in their own right in today's Service. Recent years have seen the appointment of the first female Red Arrow in Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore and the first female Distinguish Flying Cross awarded to ...

Tour the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum from Airplanes Channel: | The USS Intrepid was nicknamed The Fighting "I" and was commissioned into military action in 1942, during World War II. She was used as an aircraft carrier and was instrumental in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. After a short decommission, she underwent a modernization process and rejoined the United States Navy as an attack carrier in the 1950s. Intrepid also fulfilled a role as an antisubmarine carrier and participated in the Vietnam War. She also assisted   ...

Hudson River jetliner rolling through Maryland - Wall Street Journal | The plane's final destination is the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC The wings were shipped separately. The SHA says motorists should expect delays as the slow-moving truck creates a rolling roadblock along Interstate 95, the Baltimore ...
   
Goodrich Supports Historic US Airways Flight 1549 Arrival in Charlotte - PR Newswire | The historic "Miracle on the Hudson" aircraft began its four day journey from Harrison, New Jersey to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina this past Saturday. The museum will host a reception to commemorate the arrival for ...

My Last Hurrah! from Rand Peck, A Life Aloft by Rand Peck | ... Here she is, Ship #1 and with the help of John Wegg at AIRWAYS MAGAZINE, I'd secured permission to have a cockpit tour of this historically significant machine. You've probably read about this in an earlier post, but I'm here with Evan Elliott, aircraft collections technician who rolled up the stairs and welcomed me aboard. How better to understand the historical significance of Boeings largest and most unique airliner, than to visit the actual aircraft that defined her lineage?  ...

June Flying Fun... from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | I got a trip! Yeah. Departing today...  And when I get home... a really fun flying event is about to takeoff. This is one of the reasons we fly~ To be part of a community, support general aviation, and share adventures with other aviators. In honor of the event, I'm giving away another Fly About video. Aviation is all about the adventure, and sharing that with others.  ...

An Abandoned Regiment Of Primorye from English Russia | In Primorye a hunting object of looters was the “frozen” airdrome Vozdvizhenka. There previously was based the 444th bombing regiment, moreover there are still 18 bombers Tu-22M3 all equipment of which is removed.  ...

CV-22 Beats MV-22 in CSAR Race from Ares | The U.S. Marine Corps has gotten a lot of attention for its MV-22 mission, this year, to rescue one of two downed F-15 pilots when the fighter went down in Libya owing to mechanical problems. But the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), not as publicity hungry or savy, has quietly carried out a far more significant search and rescue mission using its tiltrotor.  Almost exactly a year ago, a CV-22 operating out of Kandahar rescued 32 personnel stranded in difficult conditions in northeastern Afghanistan, according to USMC Col. Greg Masiello, the V-22 Joint Program Manager. The CV-22 was based in Kandahar and flew 800 naut. mi. without refueling to recover the troops.  ...

Ride The Farmers 'Zeppelin NT' 3-Engine Airship At Oshkosh 2011 from AirPigz |  Airship Ventures, operators of the Zeppelin NT (NT=New Technology) the semi-rigid helium-filled airship in the San Francisco bay area will be heading east for July to Wittman Regional Airport and Oshkosh 2011!  This means the fabulous Farmers Insurance branded airship, which just happens to be the largest in the world, will be making the skies over Oshkosh look beautiful and nostalgic...

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