Indy Transponder 27-JUN-2011 2115z

Air Race Classic:  Results for the Air Race Classic 2011 have now been posted to the Race website, top of the home page.

Vintage craft thrill airshow visitors - St. Thomas Times-Journal | The Second World War Lancaster bomber, only one of two flying in the world today, made a spectacular return to St. Thomas over the weekend, starring in the Great Lakes International Air Show. The RAF heavy bomber, ...
    
Hundreds attend Dawn Patrol - Sturgis Journal | “In all, I think we had at least 45 aircraft fly in.” VanMeter said this year's event had a much better reception that in 2010. Last year, the weather was rainy and not very good for an outdoor event. Last year, only a handful of aircraft participated ...

Team Osprey to appear at Swansea Airshow - News Wales | Swansea pilots will be wowing their home crowd when the Wales National Air show takes to the skies next month. Team Osprey will be showing off their special skills above Swansea Bay during the event organised by Swansea Council which take place on July ...

Bear in Breitling Jet Team! - Apache Rolle | ... The Bear is a mascot that will live for two years of adventures by air, sea and land. At the end of his adventures, it will be auctioned with flight logs, civil and military, his album photos and memories to help the White Butterflies and injured. Its Catherine Maunoury Godmother and Godfather as Albert Uderzo and many friends you can find on his blog LOURSBOOK.com ...

A day in the life of an aeronautic enthusiast at air show at Le Bourget - The Observers | Aeronautic enthusiasts gathered in the Paris suburb of Le Bourget over the weekend to check out the industry's latest offer at the 49th International Paris Air Show. The week-long professional event opened to the public on Friday to the great ...

Dassault Aviation at Paris Air Show 2011 from Defence Aviation | The International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget hosted more than 2,100 international exhibitors for the first time in its history, from 20 to 26 June. With its 28 international pavilions, 140 aircraft the International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget offered its 138,000 professional  ...

Week on the web  from Flightglobal | Korean Air A380.jpg Our iFlight interactive magazines were a centrepiece of our Paris Air Show coverage. Anchored by Mary Kirby, AKA Runway Girl, each told the big stories in punchy video presentations.

The Challenge from Let's Go Flying | I’ve written before about the fact that aviation provides challenges worthy of any level of skill.  And I thought that now might be a good time to check back in from my wanderings on the frontiers and tell you that – yeah – it’s still true. ...

Doug Rodenbaugh survived 61 missions - Baxter Bulletin | The job of upper turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator with the Flying Tigers is not a job a fellow can ease his way into. On his first day of work, Dec. 12, 1943, Doug Rodenbaugh, now 91, of Mountain Home, had to bail out ...

Roy Hinklin's Rearwin Cloudster Donated to APM from Antique Airfield News | A few months ago AAA member Roy Hinklin of Somerset, KY informed us of his intentions to donate his Rearwin Cloudster, N44533, to the APM.  ...

Short Take: Trip Report of International Flight of Eastern Air Lines DC-7 from Airline Reporter  | ... So what does one do when they have a fully restored DC-7 and want to take it for a spin?  ...

G-WOCO - a 'glass' cockpit in a biplane? by shortfinals | Seen against the grass of Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire, with a line of Auster aircraft from the 1940s and 50s behind it, you could be forgiven if you thought that G-WOCO was one of the classic biplanes produced by the WACO Aircraft Company (originally started by George Weaver) in the 1930s. In fact, there were only 18 of the original WACO YMF biplanes built – with one going to the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co (HOWCO). in 1934 – so the chances of coming across an example at a UK flying event would be rather slim. No, this is one of the 100-plus new-built WACO YMF-5C and -5D produced since 1986 by the WACO Classic Aircraft Corporation of Battle Creek, Michigan. ...

10 Airships of the Present Day — and Near Future [Video] from io9 | Airships, the silent, futuristic vessels that float through the skies of alternate histories and ecotopias, aren't just the stuff of science fiction. Here are ten airship that exist today, or are under development for ...

'Arthritic aviator' wins a flying scholarship to the US - BBC News | She been selected by Purdue University in Indiana and plans to post her progress on her arthritic aviator website. The six-week course is being funded by the Red Arrows Charitable Trust, through Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. ...

Rockwall-Heath School from USA is 2011 International Schools Rocket Champion - PR Newswire | The 2011 Paris Airshow played host today (Friday) to the annual international schools rocketry challenge between the national champions of France, the United Kingdom and the United States. ...

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