Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Indy Transponder 10-AUG-2011 1030z

Air show preparations are really taking off: Officials predicting this ... - Foster's Daily Democrat | Civilian aerobatic stars will also be featured at the event, including National Aviation Hall of Famer Sean D. Tucker, New England native Michael Goulian, and Jason Newburg. Aerobatic teams performing include Team AeroShell with their four AT-6 "Texans ...

Big transformation at Pease ahead of weekend air show - Seacoastonline.com | Even as preparations ramp into high gear this week, organizers are already looking ahead to next year's show, which will feature the US Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. Hopper said next year's show will be even earlier in the ...

Organizers feeling up in the air over show's prospects - Military & Aerospace Electronics | The Great State of Maine Air Show is coming back later this month after a two-year absence, but it's a bit different than when it last took flight three years ago. The show still will feature the Navy's Blue Angels flying team, vintage aircraft…

Newport Bucket Regatta set to feature WWII Airshow - Sail World | The New Port Bucket Regatta is all set to feature a WWII Airshow for spectators. The vintage airshow will feature the Texas Flying Legends and will follow racing at the ninth annual Regatta on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. ...

Abbotsford airshow: history on approach – BCLocalNews | Watching a vintage Stearman bi-plane diving out of a hammerhead to roar inches from the tarmac before fascinated crowds at the Abbotsford International Airshow last August I thought of Woody's words. Style, guts, history, adventure – it's all on ...

Into the wild blue yonder: Blue Angels flight is a speedy lesson for teacher ... - Grand Forks Herald | Reyne Armbrust, a teacher at Red River High School in Grand Forks, ND, receives a photo of the Blue Angels after her flight Tuesday, August 9, 2011, from pilot Lt. Dave Tickle at the North Dakota Air National Guard base in Fargo, ND Dave Wallis / The ...

Nowatzki: Blue Angels flight nothing to sleep through - In-Forum | My oldest brother, a flight instructor at the University of North Dakota, took me up in an aerobatics airplane in June to help me prepare for Tuesday's flight, which was arranged by Fargo AirSho officials. The practice helped, a little. ...

Turbocam team pulling at airshow to help wounded soldiers - Foster's Daily Democrat | BARRINGTON — Turbocam International will be showing its strength on Saturday, August 13, as its team -- "Turbochargers" -- participates in the "VW Pull for Wounded Warriors" fundraising event at the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at ...

Air National Guard tour featured at AirSho - In-Forum | FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday at the Fargo AirSho. FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm ...

Area hosting naval celebration - West Fargo Pioneer | If you have never been to a Fargo AirSho there is something to be said about being right there in the mix watching all the action as it unfolds directly above the landscape in clear, unobstructed, breathtaking view. If you have never been to a Fargo ...

Aircraft arriving in Astana for military parade preparations – Caspionet | Two aerobatic teams, Alatau and Zhetysu, are to fly over the Kazakh capital city. - Aerobatic teams are special squads established for displays at exhibitions and military parades. They show the powerfulness of Kazakhstan's armed forces and how ...


First Ever Non-Governmental TFR Issued over Lee Bottom Flying Field  from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | While eating lunch with a friend at the Vintage Cafe, conversation eventually turned to right and wrong. When this happens, most people I know usually end up suggesting that I let the small things roll of my back. This was, for the longest time, humorous to me because behind closed doors, many of them are the biggest complainers…

SAC Museum director wants growth - Omaha World-Herald | Scott Tarry, the new executive director of the Strategic Air & Space Museum, plans to usher in a period of growth and community involvement for the institution. “The staff has done a really great job of maintaining the museum,” Tarry ...

'Kit' Murray, 92, made aviation history - AOPA Pilot | Arthur “Kit” Murray, the test pilot who in 1954 became the first pilot to fly above 90000 feet, and see earth's curvature in flight in a Bell X1-A, died July 25 in Texas. He was 92. Murray's altitude record led to his becoming known at ...

WWII pilot keeps war memories alive - Fort Worth Star Telegram | This is the World War II generation, or what's left of it. The most globally expansive conflict in the history of war concluded on Aug. 14, 1945, 66 years ago. That anniversary and the men and women who participated in the war are being remembered ...

The Crimson Test Tube — Douglas’s D-558 Skystreak  from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | This Douglas aircraft flew as a contemporary of the Bell X-1. While the X-1 made history as the first aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1 after being carried aloft by a mothership and powered by a rocket engine — the Skystreak took off under its own power, a turbojet engine, to investigate the high subsonic and transonic flight regime. It  is an aircraft that had simple lines but complicated wing and fuselage construction…

Experimental Aircraft to Go From Zero to 13000 in Hypersonic Test Launch - Fox News | Falcon HTV-2 is an arrow-shaped aircraft that launches in a rocket, separates and then glides at hypersonic speeds of 13000 mph through the Earth's atmosphere. An unmanned aircraft that can travel at the breakneck speed of 20 times the speed of sound ...

Episode 159 – Aviation Chatter  from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks)  Pat Flannigan from Aviation Chatter joins us to talk about some aviation news, his website and his new Hold Here iPhone app, and even some weight and balance. Pat is a professional airline pilot, an aviation blogger, and a licensed flight instructor. On Twitter, Pat is @PatFlannigan

Photo trip report - Mojave Spaceport and Davis Monthan AFB  from FlyerTalk Forums by arh1 | I found these photos on my photograph hard drive today and thought I might share these with you. This is just a collection of photos (with no commentary) of both the Mojave Spaceport in CA http://www.mojaveairport.com/ and Davis Monthan/AMARG in AZ http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp from trips that I took in 2007. As I said, photos only here so please ask for further information...

Today in Aviation History – August 10  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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