Indy Transponder 23-JUL-2011 1030z

Air Show and tell for group of kids – WDTN | "We really want to show them this can be fun," says Jessie Duckro with the National Aviation Heritage Alliance. "It can be interesting." That's why nearly 400 kids were at the Air Show Friday making rockets, learning about skulls and doing a number of ...

 

Unique ribbon cutting at Air Show – WDTN | After one of Tucker's patented aerobatic displays, it's ribbon time. First he limbos under it, and then he cuts right through it. Afterward, we get our hard-earned membership pins for the International Poleholders Union. But more importantly we walk ...

South Lyon native helps Blue Angels get off the ground - Hometownlife.com | The spectacular 2011 Yankee Air Museum's “Thunder Over Michigan” Air Show will feature the world renowned US Navy Blue Angels and their F/A-18 Hornets. South Lyon native John Phillips will return to Michigan this weekend to work behind the scenes ...

EAA flashes its star power as annual aviation extravaganza opens Monday in Oshkosh - Oshkosh Northwestern ... for 10 Oscars last year (it didn't win any but, hey, at least it was invited to the party), will be shown at the Fly-In Theater at 8:30 pm The film will be introduced by executive producer David Ellison, who happens to be a pilot and EAA member. ...

PR: Oliver Aerial Team at Oshkosh  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | OSHKOSH, Wis. - Steve and Suzanne Oliver have been performing at EAA AirVenture for 25 years… but 2011 marks the debut of their Oregon Aero® FireDancer Night Show at the Oshkosh venue. Add this to Steve’s scheduled daytime aerobatic performances and Suzanne’s awe-inspiring skywriting… and it’s clear to see why this acclaimed husband-and-wife aerobatic and skywriting duo have been in demand for return performances here since 1986!...

Parachute team drops by to give airshow a lift - Irish Independent | The airshow, now in its sixth year, will also host high-energy aerobatic displays from the Blades, the RV8Tors, Dave Bruton and five-times Irish aerobatic champion Eddie Goggins. Spectators can also expect displays from the Coast Guard and Air Corps. ...

Airshow at Kingsley Field this weekend - OregonLive.com | By Mike Francis, The Oregonian Bring your earplugs to Kingsley Field Saturday for the Air National Guard's open house and largest air-to-air exercise, Sentry Eagle. It runs from 9 am to 4 pm and is free. Food and drink vendors will be on base. ...

Red Arrows get spirits soaring at celebration of Scotland's heritage - Aberdeen Press and Journal | Thousands descended on the Buchan port last night to watch a cloud-busting display by the world-famous Red Arrows. The aerobatic team were booked by gala organisers after two years of negotiations…

Southport Air Show takes place this weekend - Southport Visiter | Perennial favourites The Red Arrows will also appear today and tomorrow. Cllr Mike Booth, Sefton Council's cabinet member for leisure, culture and tourism, said: “The line-up for the 20th anniversary air show and the ground displays look absolutely ...

Height of bravery to promote city airshow - The Northern Echo | A COURAGEOUS council worker flew on the wings of a biplane to promote next weekend's Sunderland International Airshow. The Breitling Wingwalkers called at Newcastle Airport yesterday to give people a taste of their act. ...

A Race Across the Pond - Wall Street Journal | In "The Big Jump," a brisk history, Mr. Bak puts Lindbergh's flight in the context of "the Great Atlantic Air Race," in the words of his subtitle. It wasn't a one-man race; nor was Lindbergh's the first plane to cross the Atlantic. ...

Bell honored by Tuskegee Airmen - FOX Toledo Online | TOLEDO, Ohio (WUPW) - Saturday morning at willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti at the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow, Toledo Mayor Michael Bell will be recognized by the famed World War II pilot organization, the Tuskegee Airmen. Though the honor is for the ...

Jet fighter soon on its way to Chico Air Museum - Enterprise-Record | That's how Chico Air Museum volunteers are thinking right now, with the process of transporting an F-15A Eagle from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to its new home in Chico. On July 15, two tractor-trailers left Chico to bring back the oversized, ...

Postcard: Blast from his past - Canton Repository | Now he is helping to restore one at MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport. By Gary Brown Before he is done restoring MAPS Air Museum's F-100D Super Sabre, Ken Ramsay of Solon figures he will have volunteered almost 5000 hours — about 625 eight-hour ...