Thursday, June 30, 2011

Indy Transponder 30-JUN-2011 1030z

Field of Flight ready to kick off – WWMT | The Blue Angels team has arrived in Battle Creek for the upcoming Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival. Gates for the festival will open at 5:00 pm Friday, with a balloon launch scheduled for 6:30. More launches are scheduled for Saturday, ...

Organizers seek improvements for Aug. 13-14 air show - Seacoastonline.com | With less than two months until the air show comes to town Aug. 13-14, organizers are working diligently to make sure this year's event goes off without a hitch. In addition to new access points to and from the tradeport, Kaufman said organizers are ...

Fundraisers prove their pulling power - Fingal Independent | The ORBIS Plane Pull saw more than a dozen teams with no more than the power of their own bodies haul a FedEx Airbus A300 weighing a staggering 85 tonnes for a distance of 12 feet. That does not sound like a huge distance but when you consider we are ...

Thunder Mustangs of Reno Racing from photorecon.net - Yes Folks….Its time to start thinking again about making plans to attend the 2011 Reno Air Races. We had such a great time last year that the excitment is already starting to build. We have sent off our “Media Request” and plan on spending almost the entire week hanging out with the Race fans and [...]
 
Lockheed 12 First Flight Re-creation by Les Whittlesey  from Antique Airfield News | Yesterday we flew up to Burbank and shot a few photos of the Lockheed in front of old “Hangar 2”, one of the original Lockheed buildings at Burbank where they made the 12's. We then proceeded to take off at 75 years to the hour to recreate the first flight of the Lockheed 12 prototype out of Burbank. Call sign was "Lockheed 75". On the trip was myself, Kirk "Captain Kirk" Mc Quown and my dad Neil. We were well received by everyone. Planning for the 100th is starting now. Please forward to any interested Lockheed 12 folks… 

Vintage warplanes headed to Calgary for Stampede - Calgary Herald | On July 9, a charitable organization dedicated to aviation history, Vintage Wings of Canada, will land a P-51D at Springbank Airport and connect the past with the present. "A couple of pilots who used to fly these planes will be there to talk about the ...

Vintage Aircraft Flyover for Canada Day  from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum/Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society, working with The Canadian Space agency, Discovery Air Hawk One, Edmonton Celebrates, Edmonton Garrison and Vintage Wings of Canada is pleased to announce a special Canada Day Treat for the Greater Edmonton Area...
Royal visit to Canada: itinerary highlights - Telegraph.co.uk | There will be full military honours, a 21-gun salute and a fly past by the Canadian Forces CF-18s and Snowbirds. The stop on Prince Edward Island, which has a population of just 140000, was apparently influenced by the Duchess of Cambridge's childhood ...

Snowbirds dazzle at Sarnia show - Sarnia Observer | Seven pilots with the Snowbirds 431 squadron fly in formation above Lake Huron near Canatara Park. TYLER KULA/ THE OBSERVER/ QMI AGENCY By TYLER KULA, THE OBSERVER Gasping barely overtook the sound of roaring engines at Canatara Park on Wednesday as ...

Video Proof: B-52 Vertical Fin Is Optional Equipment (1964)  by Martt | You may have seen this incredible picture before, but do you know what caused this B-52 to lose almost all of its vertical fin and rudder? Below is the explanation from the Boeing website, and at bottom is video of the occurrence, including the landing approach!...

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