Indy Transponder 12-AUG-2011 1000z

Inside the Jelly Belly at the Abbotsford Airshow - Abbotsford Times | His lemon yellow Interstate Cadet painted with rainbow coloured jelly beans is parked on the tarmac amongst some pretty serious military birds of prey at the Abbotsford International Airshow, but the veteran aerobatic ace isn't intimidated. ...

Pilot takes Sun photographer on the aerobatic ride of her life - Vancouver Sun | Aerobatic pilot Rob Holland takes photographer Jenelle Schneider for the ride of her life his Veteran Homeloans MX2 on Thursday, August 11, 2011 in advance of the Abbotsford Air Show which gets underway Friday, August 12, 2011. ...

Air Show Preparations - WCSH-TV | Portsmouth, NH (NEWS CENTER) -- If you're in southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire this weekend, you may be in for an aerial treat -- it's the Boston-Portsmouth air show. Thursday people lined the tarmac to get a sneak peek of what's to come, ...

Nebraska AirFest puts on Military Gala in Norfolk Friday – KTIV | Organizers with Nebraska AirFest are putting on a fundraising Military Gala Friday in Norfolk, Nebraska. The semi-formal event will have a military theme and a keynote military speaker; Harlon Hainm who is one of the first people ever to pilot an SR-71 ...

Spectacular show - Norwich Evening News | Organisers of the air show are hoping some 200000 will throng to the seafront esplanade for today's activities. Paul Bayfield, managing director of Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival Ltd – the not-for-profit company behind the major event, said: “I think ... 

Airport hosts Fly-In - Mt. Vernon Register-News | VERNON — The Mt. Vernon Airport will host 200 to 250 gyroplane enthusiasts as the 29th annual St. Louis Rotorcraft Club Chapter 35 Fly-In comes to Jefferson County for the first time Aug. 26-28. Airport Manager Chris Collins announced the event ...

I Rode The Zeppelin! - The Farmers Airship In Indy! (Short Post)  by Martt |  I had the amazing opportunity to ride in the Farmers Airship today in Indianapolis. It was a preview ride for the upcoming public rides taking place August 12-14 out of Indianapolis Regional Airport - formerly Mount Comfort Airport. I've been in love with airships since I was a kid, and tho this was only my second time in an airship (first was the Goodyear Blimp back in the late 60's when I was a kid), it was everything I had hoped for and more!...

Help Us 'Crowdsource' Oshkosh Photos  www.airventure.org | Needless to say, we took an awful lot of photos at Oshkosh this year. Among the estimated 100,000-plus taken by EAA staff and volunteers are more than 1,300 images showing arriving and departing aircraft, shot from Saturday, July 23, through Sunday, July 31. We don't have the resources to organize a...

Pipitrel's Oshkosh Test Hops  from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Pipistrel Taurus G4 is one step closer to its first flight after making four test hops at Wittman Field in Oshkosh Thursday. The twin-fuselage aircraft was a clear Dead Grass Award winner during AirVenture 2011 and Pipistrel is aiming this one-off design for NASA's Green Flight Challenge (GFC) that will take place in September. The aircraft has already made some test hops in Europe but its first flight and aircraft certification will take place in Oshkosh and one other location in the United States before the competition…

Wichita Aviation Film Festival planned for Saturday - Wichita Business Journal | The museum is partners with the Orpheum Theatre, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, Go Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau, McConnell Air Force Base, Tallgrass Film Festival, KPTS , the city of Wichita and the Wichita Aero Club in conducting the film ...

Hamilton Air Show 2011  by Summer Sortie | The 40th anniversary show scheduled for June 16-17th 2012 is to include aircraft like the Me109, Me262, Fw190 and a formation flight with a B-29, B-24, B-17 and Lancaster. With a tentative lineup like that it will be the must see show of 2012 for Canadian vintage aviation fans… 

WWII fliers reunited with B-17 bomber - Colorado Springs Gazette | Fliers from the 381st Bomb Group took to the skies over Colorado Springs Thursday aboard a vintage B-17 bomber. “This was what we call a milk run,” said Alex Stromayer, a 90-year-old from New York who last flew the four-engine bomber during 35 missions ...

Future of space travel: Looking for liftoff - New Zealand Herald | Spaceport America - which has hit snags in its plans to accommodate Nasa-style orbital launches, to attract an aerospace plant and even to hold competitions of a nascent "Rocket Racing League" - shows some of the challenges ahead for space-age ...

Young Eagles Rally at Lake in the Hills Airport this weekend - Examiner.com | Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK) will be hosting a Young Eagles Rally held by EAA Chapter 790 this weekend on Saturday, August 13th. The Young Eagles program was established by the EAA as a method to introduce youth to aviation and to encourage more ...

Today in Aviation History – August 12  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal