Monday, October 10, 2011

Indy Transponder 10-OCT-2011 0145z

Painting the Blue Angels in the Skies - Patch.com | As the Blue Angels flew through the skies of San Bruno in preparation for Fleet Week, I captured them in my latest painting. Living in San Bruno we all get used to the sound of airplanes coming and going from SFO. This week the thunderous roar of the ...

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Making Blue Angels fly is a dream come true for maintenance pro - San Francisco Examiner | Perfect condition: “The maintenance team has a very vital role,” said Sammy Holmes, who maintains the Blue Angels' planes. It was 1986 when a young Sammy Holmes first witnessed the Blue Angels soaring above Andrews Air Force Base in his native Maryland ...

Big planes part of Cottonwood Airfest 2011 - Verde Independent | COTTONWOOD -- Don't look for slow moving hot air balloons or para-gliders this year, but the Cottonwood Airport Airfest 2011 returns Saturday, Oct. 15, with fun and excitement for every-age aircraft enthusiast. ...
   
Planes take to Culpeper skies - Culpeper Star Exponent | Art Nalls' Sea Harrier stole the show Saturday at Culpeper Regional Airport's 12 th annual Air Fest that drew an estimated 4000 people. There was a collective scrambling to cover ears when Nalls zipped the plane past the audience at .93 mach speed,...

Aviation Nation returns Nov. 12-13 2011 from Photorecon | The largest free public event in Nevada returns to Nellis Air Force Base Nov. 12-13 when the U.S. Air Force hosts Aviation Nation 2011– the Nellis Air Force Base Open House and annual Las Vegas air show. The upcoming event celebrates 70 years of air power at Nellis, honoring our legacy going back to the [...]

Honor Flight Rochester receives $9k from airshow - Irondequoit Post | By Staff reports More than $9000 was donated to Honor Flight Rochester, with an additional $9000 going towards Wounded Warrior Aviation, coming from proceeds of the 2011 ESL International Airshow. “The spirit of a generous community coming together to ...

Patrouille de France and giant kites: 40,000 people expected on ... - The Mountain | A unique place where all the "cracked" the wind will see a flying cow, daisies, and maybe even a phone booth. See you Saturday and Sunday for these free shows. The Patrouille de France and its pilots realize ...

China Aviation Convention and Airshow Kicks Off this Week from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -Held every two years, the China International General Aviation Convention 2011 opens October 13 through 17 in Xi'an.  This international event brings together worldwide exhibitors and attendees to share products, knowledge and technical information in aerospace industry. The purpose "to cultivate the general aviation ...

Golden Knights jump and run in Army 10 Mile from US Army Golden Knights | Sunday October 9, 2011 marked the Army’s 27th annual 10 Mile Race.  This year’s events were sponsored by KBR and AUSA and it was an event to be remembered.  In just 35 hours the event was sold out to a total of 30’000 competitors, enthusiast’s, and families.  The Golden Knight’s were invited back to start [...]

Photorecon meets Joe Jones - Photorecon by Dave Budd | In his eighth year working with Rolls-Royce and The National Aviation Heritage Invitational Joe Jones/Airmail Greetings was elated to report, Mission Accomplished, AND this one is going right into the Smithsonian A&S ...

Formation aerobatics from inside the cockpit: fly on the F-5E Tiger II of the leader of the Patrouille Suisse by David Cenciotti | Uploaded on Youtube just few days ago, the following footage was recorded by an onboard camera installed on the lead plane of Patrouille Suisse, flown by Capt. Marc ” Zimi” Zimmerli. The interesting video shows the rehearsal flight for the Fiesta en el Cielo Barcelona Airshow 2011 (Oct. 2, 2011) and provides a privileged view of the display flown by the Swiss display team with an insight into  the pre and post airshow...

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Yumans soar 12,000 miles in home-built plane | home, miles, gardner - YumaSun | Albert and Sharon Gardner recently returned home to Yuma after flying 12,000 miles — about the same as traveling halfway around the world — in a plane that Albert built in his garage.  With this trip, Albert reached his goal of landing in every state in the contiguous United States.  Prior to this summer, he had already landed in every state west...

Youth Gateway to Aviation Day Provides Young Eagle First Flights and Hands-On Experiences for Hundreds of Scouts In St. Louis Area from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Hundreds of Scouts descended upon St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia this weekend for Youth Gateway to Aviation Day.  The Event was sponsored by Parks College of St. Louis, along with EAA Chapter 64, The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Wicks Aircraft Supply, Boeing, and many other aerospace organizations.  Only 2 weeks following EAA 64's successful EAA Ford Trimotor weekend event, local EAA ...

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