Monday, August 22, 2011

Indy Transponder 22-Aug-2011 0130z

Wing walker falls more than 200 feet off plane at Selfridge air show - The Detroit News | Harrison Township— A wing walker at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base fell more than 200 feet during an air show Sunday. The stuntman, Todd Green, was taken to Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, said Selfridge spokeswoman Penny Carroll. ...

Air Show News: Bryan Jensen Receives Tribute from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Air Show reopened on Sunday and included a tribute to pilot Bryan Jensen, who was killed when his biplane crashed on Saturday.  The tribute featured a moment of silence, Taps and a flyover in missing man formation.   ...

Kansas City Air Show Continues After Florida Pilot's Death - First Coast News | The Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show will continue on Sunday after a crash killed a Florida based stunt plane pilot. Bryan Jensen was flying his signature bi-plane, The Beast, when he crashed into a grassy field on Saturday and died on impact. ...

Red Arrows crash: thousands pay tribute to dead pilot - The Guardian | The festival's final day of events went ahead as planned but a display by the Red Arrows was cancelled after the squadron's first fatal crash in 33 years. Aviation enthusiasts and people living close to where the Royal Air Force plane came down paid ...

Oregon International Air Show 2011: Six-jet team announcer says event is about honoring patriots - The Oregonian | HILLSBORO -- To hear Chris Curtis announce for the 6-Jet Patriots Team, you'd never guess he'd suffered 17 broken bones during a plane crash in Afghanistan a year ago. The U.S. Air Force staff sergeant's got a radio voice. And his passion for flying -- including death-defying aerobatic tricks -- is evident.  The speed of his speech and the inflection of his voice changed with ... [photo: Patriots team site]

Wings Over Camarillo - Air Show Buzz

Final day of Chicago Air and Water Show - WREX-TV | Performers include the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and the US Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team. The show runs from 10 am to 3 pm each day at the city's North Avenue BBeach. Most of the planes take off and land at ...

Navy is gone but air show continues in Maine - NECN | The air show will feature the Navy Blue Angels, the Army's Golden Knights parachute team and warbirds of yesteryear, as well as civilian stunt pilots. The civilian-run event will also feature a business aviation expo aimed at showcasing the former base ...

Crowd endures wind for airshow - Bundaberg NewsMail | HIGH winds and a small grass fire did little to detract from the spectacle of the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow. The three-day event attracted thousands of people through the gates to watch series of acrobatics and old war planes go through ...

Big Ford Island Airshow Features Small Planes - KITV Honolulu | But this was not another attack of Ford Island, instead it was an air show featuring remote controlled models. Ford Island was all abuzz with the sounds of planes. Thousands came to the historic place to look at the skies and look into our past. ...

51 balloonists in BC all week for national championship - Battle Creek Enquirer | Three international pilots - from Brazil, Canada and the Czech Republic - will fly in an International Challenge as they prepare for next year's competition and 12 pilots are entered in a Fiesta Division to complete the field at 66 balloons. ...

Withdraw the Roman country Airstyle - Kurier | Visitors experience a noise level on the 27th of Spitzerberg to 28 August, when top stars show off their skills. Easy times consider the world from above - not just flight fans at the "Roman Airstyle Country" show at the airfield Spitzerberg their money. All interested parties have the opportunity to admire on the last weekend in August, all sorts of exciting demonstrations of domestic and international flights Stars. Visitors can also withdraw itself, for there are several training courses for sailing and flying.  ...

Midair tragedy in Jersey - New York Post | AP HAMMONTON, NJ -- Two small planes performing aerobatic maneuvers over a southern New Jersey airport collided in midair yesterday, killing one of the pilot. The aircraft were in space designated for aerobatic maneuvers. ...

Others from Boeing Field from MRC Aviation

New acquisition for developing aviation museum - WXVT | (AP) - Developers of the planned "Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum" in Gulfport have acquired a 1950s-era passenger plane. WLOX reports (http://bit.ly/r5grzs) that the 1952 Martin 404 was acquired for the museum at auction last week. ...

Russia’s Stealth Fighter Aborts Airshow Takeoff from Defense Tech by John Reed | Well, one of Russia’s two Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA stealth fighters had to abort a takeoff at the 2011 MAKS airshow outside Moscow today. Apparently,  a problem with the right engine forced the pilot to cancel the takeoff following  ...

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