Indy Transponder 21-OCT-2011 1030z

Several on Thunderbirds team call Texas home - Fort Worth Star Telegram | While the Thunderbirds are the featured act, there will also be demonstrations of the F-15E Strike Eagle, F/A-18 Super Hornet and MV-22 Osprey; Sean Tucker flying the Oracle aircraft; and the Shockwave jet truck. The air show is free. ...

Blue Angels arrive in El Paso for Amigo Airsho; watch video - Las Cruces Sun-News | US Navy Blue Angels ground crewman Petty Officer 2 Andrew Moore checked his F/A 18 Hornet after the team's six planes landed at Biggs Army Airfield Thursday. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) The famous US Navy Blue ...

Copperstate Fly-In in Casa Grande - AZ Central.com | Aviation buffs can get up close and personal with those who build and fly airplanes during this weekend's Copperstate Fly-In in Casa Grande. Where: Casa Grande Municipal Airport, 3225 N. Lear Ave. ...

Air and car show this weekend in West Milford - NorthJersey.com | They are billed as the world's largest air show team. Airport Owner Tim Wagner and his staff have been scurrying around all week taking care of any last minute details and finalizing particulars. Each day of the Oct. 22 and 23 shows the gate will open ...

Blind man in aerobatic world record - The Press Association | We usually do our records on the ground but this was such a different experience and a wonderful experience. "It was great to fly with this prestigious group of pilots who are raising money for a very worthy cause." The record will go to the Guinness ... 

Blind daredevil wins world air title... and now wants to be crowned land and ... - Daily Mail | The Blades Aerobatic Team are a civilian aerobatic team made up of former Red Arrows pilots. The team works closely with the RAF Association Wings Appeal, which supports RAF service personnel. After notching up the air title, Mr Newman is hoping to ...

Behind the scenes at Reno  from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | Heroes abound, while initial races featured international flavor | By ANITA C. INFANTE By now, news of the Sept. 16 crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races has made its way across the country and through the international media. The flurries of reports, video and photographs from the scene have resulted in off-the-cuff opinions and speculation as to the possible causes. Even now, as the number of front page headlines decrease, the stark reality is that, for the first time in the 48-year history of the Reno Air Races, spectators lost their lives, in addition to an accomplished race pilot. For those in the air race community, whether associated with a team, as a volunteer, a local area service or supporter in the stands, this was a devastating event. With the widespread coverage the crash has received, it would seem that there is little more to be said, but those who were on site working behind the scenes should be noted. Continue Reading »

Racing pilot Jimmy Leeward remembered  by Jannet Walsh, Minnesota Native Daughter | Note: In 2005 I photographed Jimmy and Bette Leeward, standing in front of their 1947 Piper J-3 Cub plane in their hangar at Leeward Air Ranch, Feb. 2, 2005, in Ocala, FL. I was living and working in Florida, an employee of The New York Times Company. Leeward died when he crashed his World War II fighter P-51 Mustang during the Reno Air Races in Reno Nevada Friday September 16, 2011. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005 … Update - Please see Friends of pilot remember a hero by By Marian Rizzo, Ocala.com…

Concert at airport to be a spooky affair - Camarillo Acorn | The Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing will present its second annual Ghost Squadron Halloween Party starting at 8 pm Sat., Oct. 29 at the WWII Museum Hangar, 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo. The event will feature dinner, beer, ...

Aluminum Overcast: So There I Was…  from The Unwanted Blog | A bit less than a year and a half ago, I stumbled across the B-17 Aluminum Overcast purely by chance: I was in Logan, Utah, and saw a B-17 fly over. As anyone would, I drove to the nearest airport, and there it was. I took some photos, and that was about it.  Last Saturday, a visitor pointed out a newspaper article mentioning that Aluminum Overcast was in West Jordan, Utah, and was available to take paying passengers up for a flight the next day. A decision was made (in about a tenth of a second) that we’d reserve a few seats…

Loss of Air museum unnecessary and unfortunate - Troy Media Corporation | WINNIPEG, MB, Oct. 20, 2011/Troy Media/ – On September 29 th 1962, the Alouette I satellite was launched. Built in Toronto, it was the first satellite made outside the United States and the USSR put into orbit – making Canada just the third in the ...

New Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Web Site Features News, Archives and Web Store  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL, launched its exciting new web site this week.  The new site was built to support the museum's mission statement:  "Serve the public through preservation and display of historic air and space artifacts and through educational programs to foster the spirit of flight in today's youth and in future generations." …

Friday Fabulous Flyer and BOOK Giveaway  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Imagine a little girl born in rural East Texas, growing up on a dirt farm with a God-fearing, ranting, father who lived with a bottle to his lips for the mistake he’d made by spawning this child. Dragging her to tent revivals to kill his demons, he punished her for his sins. Picture a little girl who had nothing but rags on her back, who would punch a little boy in the nose for making fun of her for not owning a pair of shoes. Imagine the early life of Sally Ketchum…

13,140 Horsepower  from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog by Axel | These photos are from the 2009 Selfridge Airshow in the Detroit area, Michigan. That year a US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon was on display. We had a photo of it before and today we share all of the other ones I have, high resolution, uncropped. Until you see some of the photos below, it's hard to judge what size the parts are in the photos. In the above one, a 6 ft person could easily fit into the frame standing upright. You can see the massive main rotor assembly of the Sea Dragon, with seven (7) main rotor blades which are driven by three (3) GE turboshaft engines with 4,380 shp each (total of 13,140 hp or as much as twenty six (26) 2012 Chevy Corvette Z06s)…

Nieuport 28C-1  from Travel for Aircraft | Ironically, although the USA first demonstrated controlled flight under power (thanks to the Wright Brothers) the nation went to war in WW I with an inexcusable technological disadvantage behind France, Great Britain and Germany (also thanks to the Wright Brothers). So, when the Army went to war it bought foreign designed aircraft, one of which is the aircraft in these images — a French made Nieuport 28C-1 fighter…

Today's Photos, Friday - October 21st, 2011  from Military Photos by trikora88 | U.S. sailors prepare a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft for flight operations aboard the USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea, Oct. 12, 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman …

Today in Aviation History – October 21  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal