Sunday, June 26, 2011

Indy Transponder 26-JUN-2011 0230z

Downpours Mar US Thunderbirds Air Show in Bulgaria - Novinite.com | The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the US Air Force. Photo by BNR Downpours marred Saturday the air show of the world-famous US squadron Thunderbirds at the Bulgarian "Graf Ignatievo" air force ground. The news was reported by the ...

Wings Over Tyler air show - KLTV |Tyler is hosting an air show, Wings Over Tyler, on July 4th weekend. The crazy tricks and high speed turns these pilots can pull off have not been seen in Tyler in quite a while.  "Oh they'll be flying upside down, loops, sideways, pretty close to the ground, doing double-eights in the sky with smoke trailing behind," said Carolyn Verver, who helped organize the show. ...
   
Aviation celebration held at Caldwell Airport - Northwest Cable News | She is on a panel with other pilots like Joe "Rifle" Shetterly, Greg Poe and members of the Idaho Division of aeronautics. Both Morgan and Poe hope by sharing their adventures in space, local kids will be inspired to explore the wonders of flight and ...

Patrol at Le Bourget - Apache Roll | No flight demonstrations for the patrol, but a nice static display which brought together our aircraft, one of the beautiful Constellation Wingwalkers and sponsored by the Breitling brand that had one of the most beautiful stand of the show. ...
   
Pilots show off planes' capabilities - Kansas.com | Here at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris, Rambo performs those same maneuvers for a much larger audience. He's been demonstrating them daily to the thousands who gather to watch the afternoon entertainment. ...

Paris Air Show - "rehearsal" for MAKS - The Voice of Russia | Russia's exposition at the Paris Air Show this week impressed ordinary visitors and aviation officials alike. The Sukhoi Superjet gained a lot of orders along with the MS-21 airliner currently being developed by the Irkut and Yakovlev Design Bureau, ...

Electravia, Cri-Cri Set Speed Record at Paris Air Show from CAFE Foundation Blog | Anne Lavrand of Electravia in Grenoble, France, shares this exciting news from the Paris Air Show today.  “A new speed world record for electric aircraft : 283 km/h ! (175.46 mph) ...

Snowbird loved flying since a fledgling - St. Thomas Times-Journal | Padruig MacIntosh climbs into his Snowbirds jet Friday at the St. Thomas Municipal Airport prior to the team's practice session. By NICK LYPACZEWSKI TIMES-JOURNAL Capt. Padruig MacIntosh is a six-year-old boy in a grownup's flight suit. ...

Hawk One Returns to 4 Wing Cold Lake by dandempsey | On the 17th of June a golden jet broke out of the clouds east of Cold Lake, Alberta and was soon arcing over the airfield at 4 Wing. It was a return visit by the Discovery Air Hawk One F-86 Sabre which made its inaugural visit to the area in 2009 in celebration of Canada’s ...

Planes of Fame Air Show 2011 from TAKEOFF TUBE

#74 Super Corsair F2G-1 from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | In North Dakota yesterday, the mighty #74 Super Corsair roared back to life at the hands of Bob Odegaard and very talented family. I got the call from Casey that it would be first cranked over and prelimanary  ...

Daredevil Shirley grandfather is a record breaker - Birmingham Mail | DAREDEVIL veteran Tom Lackey has completed his toughest challenge yet – wing walking both ways across the English Channel. And the 91-year-old grandfather from Shirley said completing the four-hour feat was “terrific”. ...

When museum pieces fly - AirForceTimes.com | A B-17 crash is reigniting the debate over whether restored military aircraft — warbirds, they're called — should be flown. The Flying Fortress, a World War II bomber, made an emergency landing June 13 in ...

Armed Forces Weekend: Sunday's activities from What's On at RAF Museum London | 25 June 2011 - 26 June 2011 | Incorporating The Hendon Pageant This year's Hendon Pageant is dedicated to Armed Forces Day 2011, Saturday 25th of June, and consists of a series of activities held on both the Saturday and Sunday dedicated to the members of all 3 Armed Services in the UK and their families. Activities on Sunday include  ...

The 178th victory from the Warbird's blog | In a dark hallway of the Sikorski Institute in London, this tail section of a German Junkers bomber sits more or less forgotten. (The engine in front of it doesn't belong to the Ju-88 but to a British Hawker Hurricane fighter.) It is billed as the 178th aircraft shot down by RAF 303 Squadron, known as

First flight A400M from I Love Planes | This is a picture from the first flight of the Airbus A400M military transport plane. The plane is several years late, over budget and several customers have cancelled their orders due to the delays. ...

Weekend Wings #40: South Africa's "Franken-Mirages", Part 2 of 3 from Bayou Renaissance Man | Last week, in Weekend Wings #39, we looked at the South African Air Force (SAAF) and its Cheetah program to improve its 1960's-vintage Mirage III fighter-bombers. This week I'd planned to examine three related areas pursued by the SAAF during the 1980's and early 1990's: but the sheer length of the resulting article is way too big for Blogger to handle comfortably! When I initially put it up, it produced errors. I've therefore split it in half. I'll devote this Weekend Wings to South Africa's Carver fighter project. Next weekend, in Weekend Wings #41, I'll cover the 'Super Mirage F1' program to upgrade the engines and weapons of the SAAF's front-line aircraft, and describe various weapons and systems that were developed to equip Mirages, Cheetahs and Carvers. ...

Powered parachutes fill the sky - Fox11online.com | NEW LONDON - The skies near New London will be filled with beautiful colors as the Wisconsin Powered Parachute Association celebrates their 10th Annual Fly-In. This event will feature powered parachutes, helicopter rides, powered paragliders, food, ...

FlightTime Radio Show 180 from The FlightTime Radio Show | Back in the Key Auto Studio at WBOB, we talk about Milford's first sailplane flight with a passenger onboard and the USA Today front page article about becoming an airling captain!

"CF-Squared" UCAP #239 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

Young Eagles Take Flight at Morgantown Airport - WBOY-TV | The Young Eagles program is held by the Morgantown Pilots Association and the Experimental Aircraft Association. "We have been doing this since 1995, flying in excess of 2000 kids," said Richard Judy, president of the Morgantown Pilot's Association. ...

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