Indy Transponder 25-OCT-2011 2230z

Blues make unscheduled landing - Pensacola News Journal | The roar of jet afterburners startled many northeast Pensacola residents Sunday night following an unscheduled Blue Angels takeoff at Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport. The Blue Angels made an unplanned landing at the regional airport Sunday night ...

416 MPH from Latest Vlog | On October 11th this year team SteadFast took their Hughes H-1 Racer to a speed of 416MPH.  Take a watch!

Fantasy of Flight expands attractions - WDBO Radio | Package deals are available which include access to the Fantasy of Flight attraction, plus admission to the Wing Walk Air course. All package prices are available on their website at www.fantasyofflight.com Fantasy of Flight photo...

IMAGES: Introducing the Smoke Squadron on Copacabana beach from CavokBlog | To celebrate the Day of the Aviator, held on Sunday, October 23, the Air Demonstration Squadron, known as Smoke Squadron, gave a presentation on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Cameras were engaged in T-27 Tucano aircraft and recorded the beautiful images that can be seen below...

UFO’s return to El Paso? — US Army Golden Knights | The 2011 air show season has finally reached an end for Black Team. This weekend, Black Team, along with 5 others, from Gold Team and Tandem Team, flew all the way to Western Texas for the Amigo Airshow.  After last year’s publicity about suspected UFO sightings, the Amigo Airshow was happy to invite the Team back again. By performing another night-pyro jump, we are eager to see if this year’s turn out is similar. On Friday night, the Team lit their pyrotechnics and flew a mass formation from 10,000 feet above the ground. Trailing sparks for hundreds of feet during our 120 miles per hour free fall, El Paso witnessed the similar display, yet again....

A Piece Of Aviation History To Stop In Tulsa Later This Week - News On 6 | TULSA, Oklahoma -- A restored World War II B-17 Flying Fortress will be flying over Tulsa October 27 – 30, 2011. The Experimental Aircraft Association's "Aluminum Overcast" will be arriving at Tulsa's Jones Riverside Airport on Thursday.... 

“A Swiss Air Force F18 fighter jet performs during a... from x planes | “A Swiss Air Force F18 fighter jet performs during a flight demonstration over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland October 13, 2010. Photograph by: Michael Buholzer, Reuters” (via)

Red Bull P-38 = White Lightnin' from www.aafo.com | It came up in a thread a few weeks ago about the location of White Lightnin' these days. I figured I'd post my pictures from Salzburg, Austria from this last summer taken at Red Bull's Hanger 7. Also posted a picture of a beautiful B-25 also in their collection. Enjoy!

Fall 2011 Stead Airport Users Association Newsletter from Stead Airport Users Association by Tom | Pilot to enter Navy officer school, Reno Airport no. 2 in Efficiency Ranking, Young Eagles Report...

Video: Red Bull Air Force Goes Hollywood from Aerial Sports Feed | Red Bull Air Force team members Luke Aikins, Jon DeVore, Miles Daisher, Mike Swanson and Andy Farrington strap on their wingsuits once again, this time buzzing past the iconic Hollywood sign for Red...

Marker dedicated to first Naval aviator to die in line of duty - The Republic | An historical marker has been unveiled on Old Highway 82 near Winona Church of Christ in honor of a Winona naval aviator who died in the line of duty on June 20, 1913. The marker, placed Monday, is dedicated to Navy Ensign William Devotie Billingsley. ...

St. David man, two brothers are WWII heroes - Canton Daily Ledger | Ferro notes supplies were also loaded for a while on the First Flying Tigers, a renegade outfit, as well as on B-59s, which he says was a really big plane. After he returned home at the end of the war, he married his wife, Mary Ann, on June 23, 1945....

Monument paying tribute to World War II pilots being added to park at airport - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com | Clay model of a bust that will be included in the Aviation Heritage Park Monument. A monument paying tribute to World War II pilots and the Jackson institution that trained them will be the newest...

Virginia and Alaska F-22s Back in the Skies from Defense Tech | Well, the F-22 Raptors out of Langley AFB in Virginia and Elmendorf AFB, Ak., are flying again following a short grounding due to concerns about the jet’s on-board oxygen systems.  The Viriginia-based Raptors were grounded by 1st Fighter Wing Commander, Col. Kevin Robins, on Oct. 20 after one of his Raptor pilots experienced hypoxia–like symptoms while flying.  Emendorf’s Raptors were grounded as a cautionary measure, too....

Revell's new 1/32 Heinkel He 111 P-1... - Military Modelling | The backbone of the Luftwaffe bombing arm throughout WW2, and of course one of those iconic images of the attacking Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, and on into the Blitz. It is of course a big kit for this twin engined bomber, and I have to say ...

Planes Of The Future Could Fly At Five Times Speed Of Light - IBTimes | The new technology would allow passenger jets to fly in a V-shaped formation just like a flock of birds in order to save energy. In the next 20 years, there are potential sales of 25000 new aircraft set to be worth more than £2 trillion....

What’s The Point of Darpa’s ‘Flying Humvee,’ Exactly? from Danger Room | This is Lockheed Martin’s design for a bizarre mashup of plane, helicopter and Humvee called the Transformer. Dreamed up and funded by the Pentagon’s futurist researchers at Darpa, the Transformer is the answer to the long-standing dream of a flying car.  Now Darpa says that such a roadable aircraft is inching closer to reality...

"Three Off Field Landings" UCAP #259  from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | It's an aviation podcast, really. But the boys tend to wander a little bit this week, talking not only about the weather, but motorcycles, economics, and drawbridge building. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded October 21, 2011

Look What I've Got in my Garage! from PPRuNe Forums by Warmtoast | Saw these online and thought ideal for the retired pilot who has a grotty garage door and want's something stylish as a replacement.