Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Indy Transponder 29-JUN-2011 1030z

Geneseo Airshow takes off July 8 - The Daily News Online | GENESEO -- There's a reason they call the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group's annual airshow ''The Greatest Show on Turf." Even without a theme this year, the lineup is impressive - from World War I byplanes and rare World War II bombers and fighters to ...

South Shore Air Show set to take off July 15-17  from The Indiana Insider Blog by ammagan | The 12th Annual Gary’s South Shore Air Show will be held July 15-17 at Marquette Park and Beach in Gary, Indiana.  The Friday evening through Sunday event will showcase dozens of military and civilian aircraft in feats of force and finesse flying over Lake Michigan.  Scheduled acts include the US Army Golden Knights, US Navy F-18 Super Hornet, Lima Lima Flight Team, Bill Stein, Team AeroShell, Aerostars, Dave Dacy & Wingwalker Tony Kazian, Viper Airshows, Matt Chapman and headliners, Heavy Metal Jet Team…

F-16C Fighting Falcon crashes during Nevada training  from Latest news updates from RGJ.com | LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A spokesman for Nellis Air Force Base says a military jet fighter has crashed during training near Caliente, Nev…

RAF Waddington hosts emotional decommissioning of one of its oldest planes - This is Lincolnshire | HUNDREDS of people gathered yesterday for the decommission- ing ceremony of a veteran RAF aeroplane, the Nimrod. More than 600 RAF personnel, ex-servicemen and families witnessed the emotional event at RAF Waddington, as the air force said farewell to ...

NASA Sets Launch Date For Final Space Shuttle Mission  from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News  | Space shuttle Atlantis' Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida…

Countdown: 10 Amazing Space Shuttle Photos  from SPACE.com | NASA's reusable spaceship has had countless photogenic moments over the years…

Arlington Fly-In offers teen scholarship for aspiring pilots – HeraldNet | The deadline for essays to earn an Arlington Fly-In scholarship toward learning to fly are due Friday. By Gale Fiege, Herald Writer ARLINGTON -- The deadline is Friday, but it's not too late to apply for a scholarship to learn how to fly an airplane. ...

Show your support for Norman and the GyroxGoesGlobal Circumnavigation flight.  from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | Norman is still holding out hope for continued support from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) and Ministry of Transport (MOT) as the Chinese have now refused him flying permission for one of the two viable routes out of the Philippines. After months of work, persuasion and meetings the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority have refused our intrepid global gyrocopter pilot permission to fly across their country. Norman has also been working hard with the Japanese authorities to try and work out a safe route across their country. This is a particular challenge as such a flight in such an unusual aircraft has never taken place before and therefore needs special permission from the Japanese Authorities…

Hundreds gather for Honor Flight reunion - Quad City Times | Honor Flight takes WWII veterans on free one-day journeys to Washington, DC, where they see the memorial dedicated to their service as well as other sights in the nation's capital. Flights are by charter aircraft, departing from and returning to the ...

The P-64 Screams!  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The company that brought us the P-51, North American, made the P-64 as an export fighter. Many think of this as the export fighter version AT-6 Texan. Since North American made them both, it’s easy to understand why with the similarity in the airframes. The history of this plane is somewhat cloudy with 7 reported sold to Peru and a flight headed for Siam but never making it there. Six were delivered to the USAAF but never saw service…

New Bern F-11 jet slated to be set on pedestal - ENC Today | New Bern's F-11 Blue Angels jet goes for its last ride early tomorrow morning, when it is scheduled to be hoisted atop a pedestal in Lawson Creek Park. The jet, which has been a New Bern landmark on Dr. ML King Jr. Boulevard since the 1970s, ...

Naval Air Station Ft. Lauderdale Museum  from Travel for Aircraft | This museum, the NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum, is under renovation but anticipates opening late in the year. I was lucky and invited to visit while the work to have the facility made ready for the public to visit was occurring — it is great to see how things get done, is it not?...

Episode 153 – Sun ‘N Fun Radio  from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks)  Dave Shallbetter from Sun ‘N Fun Radio talks to the Geeks about the annual “spring celebration of flight” in Florida. They stream great aviation content year-round at LiveATC.net. You can follow Dave on Twitter as @snfRadioDave….

Halibut SSGN587  from The Unwanted Blog | An illustration showing the innards of the Halibut guided missile launching sub of the 1950′s. It uses both line drawings and photos of  scale models to illustrate the scructure of the sub and the storage systems for the Regulas I and Regulas II cruise missiles. Subs like the Halibut would quickly be rendered obsolete with the successful development of the Polaris sea launched ballistic missile, which required far fewer monkeymotions to launch…
 

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