Indy Transponder 09-SEP-2011 0800z

California Capital Airshow Takes Off This Weekend - KCRA Sacramento | Mather Airport will be especially busy this weekend with 150 planes from all over the world gracing Sacramento skies for the sixth annual California Capital Airshow. With expected crowds upwards of 150000, this will no doubt be the biggest CCA to date. ...

Airshow Features P-51C Mustang, Wing Walkers - Patch.com | The "Wings Over Waukegan" Airshow features military planes, wing walkers, warbird planes, a classic car show and a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. By Marcia Sagendorph See planes flying in tight formation like these during the Wings Over Waukegan ...

Tuskegee Airmen still flying in 'Rise Above' - Chicago Sun-Times | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media The CAF Red Tail exhibit will make its next appearance at the Waukegan Air Show from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday at Waukegan Regional Airport. For more information, visit www.REDTAIL.org. NORTH CHICAGO — A new show in town is ...

Annual air show expected to attract 200000 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Chuck Sargent, director of the air show, said he expects at least 200000 people for this year's show, which will be headlined by Heavy Metal Jet Team, a civilian flight demonstration group that puts on a show similar to the Thunderbirds or the Navy ...

NewCa.com: A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Canadian International Airshow 2011- newcacom | The A-10 West Demonstration Team is a select group of professionals dedicated to showing the extreme capabilities of the A-10 aircraft through exceptional aerial maneuvers. Our mission is to demonstrate the capabilities of the A-10 Thunderbolt II and ...

The 'Flying Babe;' Stunt pilot appearing at Airport Day talks to kids at Fort ... - Fort Scott Tribune | Kelly Pietrowicz, an aerobatic pilot from Oklahoma, speaks to Fort Scott Middle School students during an assembly Thursday at the school. Pietrowicz will be one of the performers during Airport Day on Saturday at the Fort Scott ...

Red checkers kicks off its display season with RWC teasers - Scoop.co.nz | At the end of the festival on Saturday 10 September, the Red Checkers RNZAF flying team will thrill crowds with their brilliant aerobatic display at the Bulls Domain. The Red Checkers are well known in New Zealand and overseas for their professional ...

Update from the Silver Fern Air Race: 9 September 2011 - Scoop.co.nz | Entries are now open at www.silverfernairrace.com Evoking the spirit of New Zealand aviation and saluting famous Kiwi pioneers such as Jean Batten and Richard Pearce, the Silver Fern Air Race is an extraordinary race set to depart from Hong Kong, ...

38th Annual International Sea Plane Fly-in Underway in Greenville – WABI | Greenville - Greenville will be bustling with people this weekend, all here for the 38th annual International Sea Plane Fly-in. "I've already talked to folks who are in from the ...

"Where was I when the Rockets came to life…"* (Become a Pilot Day 2011)  by Joe Sterne | Around the time that Jules and I attended the Air Show at Andrews AFB, I saw a tweet to enter a contest sponsored by the Smithsonian to be a VIP attendee for a “Pilot Day” in late June. I entered all my information in the form and submitted my entry not thinking much of it. A couple weeks later, an email landed in my inbox and much to my surprise, I was chosen! I was one of 25 people selected to experience the event and add some social media flair to it…

Electric helicopter flight achieved - September 8, 2011 by Alton K. Marsh, Senior Editor, AOPA Pilot | There was little said about it, but a French company achieved the first manned electric helicopter flight back on August 12. The flight lasted a little more than two minutes and achieved a height of three feet. The battery technology just isn’t there yet to make electric helicopter flight practical. The specially designed one-seat, twin-rotor helicopter used dangerous Lithium ion polymer pouch cells that would have erupted in flames had the helicopter crashed. It was designed, built, and flown by French enginer Pascal Cretien, who was sponsored by a French company, Solution F. Sikorsky Innovations plans to fly its electric Firefly helicopter soon, and then put it on the shelf to wait for battery technology to improve…

Sukhoi Su-30MKI  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a multirole aircraft jointly developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range Multirole fighter…

Swamp-bound, tornado-battered B-29 gleams like new - AOPA Pilot | Attendees at AOPA Aviation Summit in Hartford, Conn., can enjoy dinner and entertainment as they experience the area's aviation history at the New England Air Museum during the show's closing party from 5 to 8 pm Saturday, Sept. 24. ...

Grumman F7F Tigercat from Travel for Aircraft | WW II ended to early for the Tigercat to prove its worth as a combat design this was a fighter designed for the upcoming large Midway class aircraft carriers. Two 2100 hp (1566kW), a fuselage only just wide enough to carry a flight crew of two in tandem cockpits made for speed — 450 mph (720kph) at 21,000 feet (~6300m) though it could fly twice as high. The F7F had teeth, as well, with 4 x 0.50 caliber machine guns with 4 x 20mm cannon. The machine guns are at the pilot’s feet and a pair of cannon on either shoulder — combined with 4200 hp the pilot’s seat much have felt powerful beyond belief…

Reliving history - Tbo.com | That same year, whether by accident or design, the government had got the ball rolling on acquiring a huge swath of Florida swampland to train B-26 and B-17 fighter pilots year-round, away from the snow and cold. In January 1942, the US Army Air Corps ...

EAA sets Young Eagles day - Morris Daily Herald | 24, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 95 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Morris Muncipal Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, ...

Today in Aviation History – September 9  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal