Indy Transponder 23-SEP-2011 0200z

Blue Angels Meet with Students at Norfolk High School from U.S. Navy News Headline Stories | Members of the Navy's flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, visited Granby High School in Norfolk, Va. and met with Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) students Sept. 23.

Blue Angels return to Va. following safety issue - MiamiHerald.com | The Navy's Blue Angels will perform in Virginia for the first time following an air show in Lynchburg that resulted in the commanding officer's resignation. The flight squadron is scheduled to perform Saturday at the Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach. ...

NewsChannel 3's Bianca Martinez flies with the Blue Angels - WTKR Your NewsChannel 3 | She had the opportunity to get into an FA-18 with the legendary Blue Angels. “I am not even sure I am ready for this, but I guess I can't back away now, “ said Bianca before she  ...

Pilots tout safety record ahead of Oceana Air Show - The Virginian-Pilot | Several planes took off from The Military Aviation Museum on Thursday morning to be shown at the NAS Oceana Air Show. In order to get the best experience with our full-size images, you should enable JavaScript in your browser. ...

2011 Courtland Air Show & Music Festival Underway - WHNT | The 2011 Courtland Air Show and Music Festival is taking place on Friday and Saturday. Music will fill the air and planes will take over the sky in Courtland. It's been years since Courtland held a big airshow. Passionate pilots like Dan McClung are ...

Snohomish County Air Show to Feature Restored B-52s - Patch.com | Michael O'Leary/Air Classics Magazine Flying enthusiasts from around Puget Sound are expected at an air show in Snohomish County on Saturday, Spet. 24. Two legendary B-25 bombers will once again take to the skies over Paine Field for the Flying ...

WWII plane rolls through Portland - The Tennessean | The Collins family of Portland moved this 75-foot-long, 16000-pound 1943 airplane, used during World War II, on Thursday from the Portland Municipal Airport to their Days Gone By Museum. Here the plane rolls down Highway 52. ...

NTSB issues first report on Reno air race crash - CNN International | In their first official report on the Reno air race crash earlier this month, federal accident investigators on Friday noted evidence that a small piece of the plane's tail separated shortly before the crash. ...

Smoke Squadron will be featured in "Saturday Air" in Brasilia - Translated |The Brasilia Air Base held on 24 September, from 9 to 17 hours, the traditional "Saturday Air." The expectation is to receive 40,000 people at the event.  The program will be prepared for diverse audiences. There will be a presentation of the Smoke Squadron, an exhibition of military and civilian aircraft, model airplanes, parachute jumping and flying the "Demoiselle". They are also provided for specific attractions for ...

GK Takes Gold at the 2011 USPA Canopy Piloting Nationals! from US Army Golden Knights | The 2011 USPS Nationals of Canopy Piloting has officially come to an end.  The competition was held at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, TX.  This year two members of the Golden Knights competed against 48 other skydivers from across the US.  SFC Greg Windmiller, a seasoned canopy piloting competitor, faced off against 33 jumpers in the [...]

Air and Space Museum to become ice rink - Toronto News | It’s bad news for history buffs that could be good news for Toronto hockey players.  The Canadian Air and Space Museum is being kicked out of its Downsview Park home to make way for a four-pad ice rink.  Volunteers at the historic property were thrown into a state of panic on Tuesday when the museum was served an eviction notice and workers arrived to change the locks.  “I’m distraught. I’m ready to cry,” museum CEO Robert Cohen told the Star. “I can’t leave this place. I’m camping here. They’re gonna have ...

Canada Air and Space Museum Newsletter - Canadian Air & Space Museum was served an eviction notice from the landlord Parc Downsview Park on Tuesday September 20, 2011 and the locks on all the doors of the Museum were changed. [All the information, links, and "how you can help" listed on this letter - saved here]

Save Canada's Aviation and Space Heritage Pt 2 - YouTube | The Canadian Air & Space Museum in Downsview Ontario is where Canada's space program was born. The building is unprotected and is about to be knocked down and replaced with a hockey rink. The Mosquito, the Chipmunk, the Beaver and the Tiger Moth were built there. It is the only place in the world to see a full-size Avro Arrow fighter interceptor. Save the Museum. Save the Building. Please help.

Happy Birthday To The Blog by CAF Red Tail Squadron | ... A lot has happened to the CAF Red Tail this past year. The two biggies were that we changed our name from the CAF Red Tail Project to the CAF Red Tail Squadron in June and rolled out the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit in July.  These two events meant busy, busy months for the team, but have been so worth it. The Traveling Exhibit has opened minds to the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and  ...

WW2 flying boats return to base - BBC News | ... part in the Fermanagh Seaplane Festival in Killadeas on 24-25 September. One of them was originally part of the Canadian air force and sank German U-boat U-342 on its maiden voyage in 1944. The Catalinas were based in County Fermanagh during WW2.

Rolls-Royce Engine Marks 3 Million Flight Hours on C-130J Fleet - Your Defence News | Rolls-Royce made the announcement at the annual Air Force Association Air & Space Conference, near Washington, DC. Rolls-Royce has delivered 1155 engines to Lockheed Martin for the C-130J since the AE 2100D3 model made its debut in 1996. ...

Pipistrel Preparing for Green Flight Challenge from CAFE Foundation Blog | Michael Coates, American distributor for Pipistrel, shares some pictures and videos of the G4, four-seat, twin-fuselage electric motorglider a “technology demonstrator” for the company and its entry in the Google/NASA/CAFE Foundation Green Flight Challenge, which starts Sunday, September 25 in Santa Rosa, California.  The Pipistrel team, headed by Jack Langelann of Pennsylvania State University, is  ...