Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Indy Transponder 13-SEP-2011 1000z

'Top Gun' Coming to Theaters in 3D - The Hollywood Reporter  from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/  A four-minute 'world premiere' preview of the converted film--featuring the 'Danger Zone' aerial flight sequence--was screened Monday at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam.  The 2D to 3D conversion is being accomplished at Legend3D, whose CEO Rob Hummel introduced the clip as well as its unique business model during an IBC panel…

Blue Angels Take to the Sky - LINCOLN (KPTM) - This weekend's Guardian of Freedom air show drew quite the crowd. Fox 42 News had the chance to take a flight in one of the planes; it is a view that is very different then what you saw on the ground. We took a flight on Fat Albert, ...

Red Arrows provide the emotional highlight of RAF Leuchars Air Show - Scotland Courier | The Red Arrows' eight-plane display was a poignant reminder of the recent tragedy that claimed the life of Flt Lt Jon Egging. By Aileen Robertson Iconic aircraft through the ages, from the Vulcan to state-of-the-art Typhoons, soared over Fife on ...

Aerial acrobats take to the skies of Fort Scott - Fort Scott Tribune (Michael Pommier/Tribune) Chip Lamb, pilot of the lead plane for the Dallas, Texas-based Trojan Phlyers, waves to the crowd Saturday afternoon as he taxis down the runway following his aerobatic performance. Lamb treated the audience to a bonus, ...

First Aerobatic Contest :)  from VAF Forums by Darren S | I just came home from competing in my first Aerobatic Contest. What fun !! Challenging, exciting, educational and nerve wracking all wrapped up in one.  The contest was held at the Rocky Mountain House (CYRM) airport up here in Alberta. I think it’s division 7 and a few guy from Division 8 showed up to compete and help…

Paul Poberezny Celebrates 90 Years Among Friends  from Aero-News Network | Fly-In Birthday Party Held At EAA Museum Nearly 300 people joined Paul Poberezny in celebrating his 90th birthday Sunday at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.Thirty-one aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport on a glorious late-summer Wisconsin day. A steady stream of people stopped by the EAA AirVenture Museum to give Paul birthday wishes at a lunch in the Founders' Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum…

Gone West: Mort Brown  from Aero-News Network | 103 Years Of Aviation History... In One Man's Life As if the news of Cliff Robertson's passing wasn't enough to bear, we've learned that another true aviation legend has passed on. Mort brown was a 103 year old aviation icon who witnessed more aviation history than anyone I know. Mort was the first Chief Pilot of Production Flight Test, Cessna Aircraft Company, from 1937 - 1972. During Mort's nearly 35 years with Cessna, it has been calculated that Mort was responsible for releasing over 85,000 airplanes through Production Flight Test, of which Mort personally logged over 14,000 first flights…

Aviation Hall of Fame salutes the late Cliff Robertson - Springfield News Sun | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The National Aviation Hall of Fame is saluting the late Cliff Robertson, the actor and pilot who was enshrined in the hall of fame in 2006 and played a role in the 2008 startup of an aviation film festival in Dayton. ...

DAV gives a lift to Honor Flight - Escanaba Daily Press | Members of the Disabled American Veterans of Delta County Chapter 24 felt the Ruth Butler Building at the UP State Fair was the perfect place to raise money to assist the UP Honor Flight Program in its endeavor to send area World War II veterans for a ...

Refurbished World War II bomber to visit Huntsville - Huntsville Item | 25, as part of a Commemorative Air Force effort to reunite veterans and the public with historic aircraft. Helping to celebrating the Huntsville Wynne Home Arts Center's fifth anniversary through its Exhibit of Col. John Thomason's World War I and ...

WWII Bombers were flying over the Magic Valley Monday – KMVT | The big silver birds come from Mesa Arizona and are part of the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum. Load Master Mel Pepitone says "we like to keep the living history of World War II going." The planes serve as flying, ...

Saab J 35 Draken  from Planeshots: 

Popular High School Aviation Program Needs Funding - My Fox 8 | An popular aviation program at a high school in High Point is trying to apply for grants in order to stay afloat. The Aviation Academy at Andrews High School will graduate its first class at the end of this school year and is 150 students strong. ...

Today in Aviation History – September 13  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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