Monday, October 31, 2011

Indy Transponder 30-OCT-2011 2345z

Performers at Randolph air show delight crowd - San Antonio Express |  Navy Boatswain's Mate Craig Boone, with the Navy Recruiting District in San Antonio, watches the US Navy Blue Angels perform during the Randolph AFB Airshow in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. ...

Episode 170.5 – Dot Matrix Printing at 10,000 Feet from Airplane Geeks Podcast | GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team  This Special Edition of the Airplane Geeks podcast was produced by Airplane Geeks co-host David Vanderhoof. David interviewed the Geico Skytypers at Naval Air Station Oceania’s Airshow Sunday, September 24, 2011:  The teams hospitality was fantastic as I was invited to the warmth of their tour trailer to sit down with two of the team, #4 Bob Johansen and #8 Steve Kapur. With them was Allie Schotanus who is part of their marketing team.  Thanks to my Max, Rob, and Dan for giving me the outlet for this interview I am quite proud of...

Formation flight Sunday. Phantoms from Planeshots

Memphis Belle’ hits restoration milestones from General Aviation News | As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war recently reached two milestones in its restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Both wings were mated and the landing gear was extended on the "Memphis Belle," a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that in May 1943 became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States...
   
Base museum gets community support - Shreveport Times | Snook noted a recent revamping of the museum's website, planned introduction in coming days of a "smartphone tour" to allow visitors to get phone help on self-guided tours through the air park, an e-newsletter, participation in a "B-17 Co-Op" next week...

"The German" - A Short Film from VAF Forums by aeropunk | Found this little WWII dogfighting short on Vimeo this morning and thought the folks here would appreciate it. Awesome CGI, cool story. Enjoy!

New colors for the MZ-3A airship U.S. Navy from CavokBlog | The MZ-3A airship manned U.S. Navy (U.S. Navy), used as a forward air laboratory, received new appointments and new colors, as part of celebrations of the Centenary of Naval Aviation in the U.S., and was presented on October 26, 2011 .  The historic hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, was the scene where Navy officers brought back the single Navy airship currently in service and in-flight this week. Lakehurst was the place where the Navy operated the aircraft program's lighter than air between 1921-1962. ...

Able Flight students to benefit from ForeFlight donation from General Aviation News | When the next Able Flight scholarship winners prepare for a flight, they'll have the option of doing so with ForeFlight's Mobile HD software. ForeFlight, a provider of aviation software for pilots, is the newest sponsor of Able Flight's unique flight training program for people with physical disabilities. In addition to a financial donation for the scholarship fund, ForeFlight will provide software for Able Flight's student pilots to use during their training...

Mojave spaceport & Spaceport Sweden partnership from RLV and Space Transport News | Spaceport Sweden and Mojave Air and Space Port have recently announced an agreement to cooperate in various areas of common interest: Mojave Air & Space Port and Spaceport Sweden building bridge across boarders - Spaceport Sweden - Oct.27.11 -  An agreement with the aim to mobilize, stimulate and facilitate the growth of the commercial suborbital human spaceflight industry across boarders at Kiruna, Sweden and Mojave, California, US was signed on Friday 21 October 2011 in San Francisco by Mojave Air and Space Port CEO, Stuart Witt and Spaceport Sweden CEO, Karin Nilsdotter...

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