Thursday, July 21, 2011

Indy Transponder 20-JUL-2011 2300z

Thunder Over Michigan Air Show ready to roar in Ypsilanti - The Detroit News | The Thunder Over Michigan Air Show is Saturday and Sunday at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti. This year's show features a re-enactment of a WWII Pacific-theater battle featuring a live flamethrower, an aerial dogfight between ...



Everything heats up in July from Life on the Road as a Pilot | Is it hot enough for you? The answer for most of us would be a resounding yes, as we wipe the sweat from our respective brows during these record-setting temps these past few days. My frustration with the never ending heat is somewhat tempered by knowing that the heat wave will have passed by the state of Wisconsin, at least leaving us with more moderate temperatures next week for EAA Airventure. ...
   
Over 10000 airplanes will land at Oshkosh airport for the "EAA AirVenture" event - AVIONEWS | (WAPA) - It will open on July 25th and last until 31st of the same month the 2011 edition of the annual "AirVenture" event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. The "EAA" ("Experimental Aircraft Association") convention is held since 1969 and welcomes every year ...

The Third Annual Following Airventure From Abroad Post from Leaving Terra Firma | As I’m sure you’re well aware, next week is Airventure. You’re probably tired of hearing about it, but it has quickly become the best part of my year. In case you’re wondering why I like it so much, see today’s video. It’s a really well put together collection of highlights from last years fly-in put together by Mr. Serious. Now that that’s cleared up, if you can’t make it, I offer the following collection of resources which will allow you to experience Oshkosh from anywhere. ...
   
Red Arrows in birthday salute over Runcorn and Widnes bridge - Runcorn and Widnes World
They will fly over the River Mersey on Saturday to salute the Silver Jubilee Bridge on its 50th birthday. The Royal Air Force aerobatic display team will perform a dazzling flypast, filling the sky with red, white and blue smoke. ...

The mighty Vulcan returns to Windermere Air Festival - ITCM | With only moments to spare Windermere Air Festival organisers can confirm that the mighty Avro Vulcan XH558 will be making a welcome return to Windermere this weekend for the 11th Air Festival. The magnificent aircraft last wowed visitors back in 2009 ...

Exodus summer and Tricolour Arrows: it was discussed in the Prefecture - fanoinforma | ... Were considered and agreed the necessary organizational measures to ensure the smooth running of the air show to be held July 31 in Fano and will see the climax of the exhibition Tricolour Arrows. ...

Norman has arrived in Japan by The GYROX Team | We are delighted to confirm that after a  9 hour flight Norman has safely landed at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan. This incredible feat of airmanship has taken him from the Philippines across the Philippine Sea to Japan, quite an extraordinary accomplishment seeing it was the first leg of the second part of this circumnavigation and the first flight of any distance that Norman has undertaken since last August! ...

More from Antique Airfield News
Grand Marshall Seeking Veterans To March In Air Show Parade - TippNews DAILY | On July 22, the 33rd annual Vandalia-Butler Chamber of Commerce Air Show Parade will be spotlighting veterans and the upcoming Operation Welcome Home celebration, slated to take place in the Miami Valley on Nov. 10-13 of this year. ...
   
Thank you to pilot includes B-17 flight - Bloomington Pantagraph | He flew as a copilot in a B-17 over Europe. Flying his 18th mission, the airplane was shot down on Aug. 4, 1944. He was in a German prison camp for nine months. After the war, he stayed active with the Reserves. Ernest was inducted into the Military ...

Famous "Boomerang" lands in GJ - KKCO-TV | Grand Junction native Tres Clements landed the Boomerang Burt Rutan Model 202 aircraft Tuesday afternoon. The remarkably unique plane is an asymmetrical, with two engines. The plane's well known engineer, Burt Rutan, gave the plane to Clements, ...

Fun for all during Jet World Masters championship competition at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Master your radio-controlled aircraft flying skills, learn about turbine engines or enjoy the model aircraft air show during the ninth Jet World Masters championship competition, July 27-Aug. 6 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. 

Sikorsky’s Mojave — Igor’s first helo twin from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Marine Corps desired a larger and heavier lift helicopter in the late 1950s and awarded that contract to Sikorsky with its H-37 (later known as CH-37) Mojave design, one that ...

James S. McDonnell Prologue Room at Boeing IDS in St. Louis Honors Boeing, Douglas, North American and McDonnell Legacies from The Aero Experience  

Edwin J. Burns, 92 - Journal and Courier | During World War II, he served in the Pacific theater as an Air Force B-25 crew chief for the 499th "Bats Outta Hell" Bombardment Squadron. His squadron flight-escorted the defeated Japanese emissaries to the island of Ie-Shima prior to their signing ...

Proud Of Son In Saturday's Fly-In, And Offers Of Thanks - Ashland Current | Karen and I are proud to have Jeff coming to Ashland to perform in the July 23 Air Show! We have proudly followed Jeff’s aerobatic career since his attendance at University of North Dakota at Grand Forks. We attended annual school flying team competitions around the country and saw first hand the professional performance of the UND team. After Jeff graduated from UND in 1992 he began building flight time by flying tours in the Grand Canyon then hired on with a commuter airline prior to his current position as pilot with Delta Airline. Karen and I traveled to see Jeff perform in aerobatic competitions in ...

First F-35 arrives at Eglin from Milcom Monitoring Post | A 33rd Fighter wing aircraft maintainer watches an F-35 Lightning II approaches July 14, 2011, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.  ...

Flying Cars Are Coming, But We're Not Ready - The L Magazine | Developed by Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan, the hybrid flying car dubbed the 367 BiPod (pictured below) will be piloted from the left cockpit (sorry Brits) and flown like a plane from the right. It features things this English major cannot begin ...

Upon Tranquility We Shall Stand from Spaceports | "Apollo's Children" is a poem written in the future to  ...

Space Shuttle Astronauts Prepare for One Last Trip Home from SPACE.com | The end is nigh for NASA's space shuttle program.
   
Shuttle sonic booms to wake Space Coast for final time - Florida Today | Typically, it's vacationers or snowbirds -- those not expecting a shuttle landing, as longtime Space Coast residents are -- who call in. But not always. "A lot of people will fall asleep and forget it's the last one," said Lt. Todd Maddox with the ...

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