Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Indy Transponder 09-NOV-2011 2215z

Last living original Blue Angel remembers the early years - Florida Times-Union | During his rotation with the Blue Angels from 1946 to 1947, retired Cmdr. Alfred "Al" Taddeo flew a Grumman F8F Bearcat like this one on display at the 2011 "Centennial of Naval Aviation" air show at NAS Jacksonville. It's time for the annual air show. ...

Military museum expects attendance boost from Stuart Air Show - TCPalm | Images from the Road to Victory Military Museum Stuart Air Show on Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Stuart. STUART — With the Stuart Air Show right around the corner, attendance is expected to skyrocket at a little-known military museum ...

Unique WWI fighter to buzz Masterton - Wairarapa Times Age | The roar of WWI fighter planes flying over Masterton on Armistice Day will include a sound heard nowhere else in the world.  The unique growl will belong to the latest addition to Hood Aerodrome's Vintage Aviator collection, a Bentley BR 2 Rotary engine that powers the only airworthy Sopwith Snipe still flying, said Vintage Aviator spokeswoman Sara Randle....

Just a flying visit for Red Checkers - Southland Times | The skies above Southland and Queenstown were dotted with beads of bright yellow this week as the Royal New Zealand Air Force used the region as a training ground. The five CT4 Air Trainer planes were spotted at Queenstown International Airport and ...

Tragic Red Arrow pilot flew in Cromer carnival and Lowestoft air show - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | A Red Arrows pilot who thrilled the crowds at this year's Cromer Carnival and Lowestoft air show has been killed in an accident - the second member of the world famous group to die after flying over both resorts in the summer....

Youths have an admiral for air show guide - Florida Times-Union | Retired Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, a docent for local US Navy Sea Cadets, talks to Navy Junior ROTC students from area schools about aircraft that performed at the “Centennial of Naval Aviation” air show Nov. 4. It's time for the annual air show....

Flights to be rescheduled during Dubai Airshow - gulfnews.com | Several flights have been rescheduled during the Dubai Airshow, which runs from Sunday until Thursday. Dubai: Flights will be rescheduled and airspace closed as part of safety measures during the Dubai Airshow, which starts on Sunday....

Sonny Weller Pitts Biplane from Randy Rothhaar Photography | 11mm wide angle fun with Sonny Weller's Pitts biplane at the 2011 Kingman Air and Auto Show.

Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night : Lecturer: Captain Dale “Snort” Snodgrass - USTREAM | In Celebration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation. The first Navy Flight School graduate to be selected for F-14 Tomcat training, Capt. Dale “Snort” Snodgrass was the Navy’s Fighter Pilot of the Year in 1985. The former Top Gun instructor also holds the distinction of having logged the most hours as an F-14 Pilot (4,800) and has completed over 1,200 carrier arrested landings. He served 12 operational tours, including command of Fighter Squadron 33 during Desert Storm and...

NASA Research Pilots to Enter Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame - PR Newswire | Two retired research pilots, who combined logged more than 17000 hours of flight time at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, are set to enter the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame at the Virginia Aviation Museum....

Powder Duff Derby Cachet, 1946-1966 from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | I'm putting together a virtual museum for Powder Puff Derby material.  Here's a cachet from 1966, sold to raise funds for the Powder Puff Derby.  Here's what the card says:..

Aviation Photo Wins National Geographic Grand Prize - AVweb | From 6,000 photos submitted to a National Geographic photo contest, the grand prize this week went to an aerial shot of two aerobatic aircraft, shot by Evan Peers of San Carlos, Calif. "Sean Tucker and his son, Eric, were flying a photo shoot with Sean's new Challenger III biplane in Salinas last May," Peers told AVweb on Wednesday. "He had space in his Seneca photo plane and invited me to come along." Peers, an avid airshow fan and amateur photographer, had met Tucker at a local event. For the grand prize, Peers got to...

Pic of the Day: C-130 Flies Off a Carrier - Defense Tech | This awesome photo shows a Marine Corps KC-130F Hercules piloted by Navy Lt. James H. Flateley III taking off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in 1963.  The Herk performed a bunch of landings and fully loaded takeoffs aboard the ship over the course of several weeks in November of that year, setting the recordfor the largest aircraft to ever operate from an aircraft carrier... 

Mustang Mania - Air & Space | The staying power of the P-51 proves that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, if you can keep getting parts.

WW2 planes could force closure of Scottish beach - The co-operative magazine | ...According to a report by The Herald newspaper, "significant" sources of radiation were recently found on Dalgety Bay in Fife, a site where about 200 radioactive particles have been discovered previously. It's believed the potentially dangerous material has come from decomposing aircraft from the Second World War, which were dismantled in the area....

DT Photo Tribute: 50 Years of USS Enterprise - Defense Tech |DT wishes a happy birthday to the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. She was commissioned 50 years ago this month and despite being the only ship of her class built, paved the way for the very successful Nimitz class nuclear carriers. In addition to her eight nuclear reactors, the Enterprise was equipped...

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