Indy Transponder 04-DEC-2011 1000z

Editorial: Keep the Blues aloft - Pensacola News Journal | Call us homers, but we agree with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus that the value of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration team is well worth the $37 million that would be saved by eliminating the team as part of future defense budget cuts. ...

Sole survivor of '45 Air Show crash thankful to be alive - Dayton Daily News | Woman, now 66, only survivor of 1945 Dayton Air Show crash. | ... John Culdahy, president of the Virginia-based International Council of Air Shows, said the air show industry came under close scrutiny after the Dayton tragedy. “As a result of that accident, there was a close cooperative effort that developed a comprehensive set of air show regulations and rules that have done quite well at protecting spectator safety,” Culdahy said. Among the improvements: greater distances between spectators and aircraft, stringent qualifications for pilots and a prohibition against aerobatics while plane pointed at audience....

Santa Fly-in and East Valley Firefighters Annual Toy Drive - AZ Central.com | Santa arrives at the museum at 11 am for a visit and to help the East Valley Firefighters collect toys for needy children. The first 100 kids get a diecast model of the B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey airplane from the 1940s. ...

Santa Flying in Style - WDAY | Santa is flying in style this year. In fact, he flew into Fargo, but not by sled. The jolly old man flew in to the Air Museum by Sanford's life flight helicopter. Anxious children and parents patiently waited to see Santa arrive. Once he landed, kids got to go...

As Pearl Harbor veterans dwindle, Abilienians and others speculate on future ... - ReporterNews.com | Roddy will be honored today by the Big Country Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force for his involvement in the historic event. But a sad truth overshadows the remembrances of troops such as Roddy. Though their efforts won the war, ...

Springfield engineers restore plane from Pearl Harbor, World War II's beginning - KMTR NewsSource 16 | So you're looking at a pretty important piece of history here,” says Kent Pietsch, owner of the historic plane. The plane dates back to 1941 and a well-known female pilot by the name of Cornelia Fort. Fort was the first female pilot in American history ...

Cornelia Fort's family, friends donate funds to save open land from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | This article is actually from last month, but somehow I missed it. Cornelia Fort was the first WASP to die during World War II. The article doesn't mention it, but the other pilot, a male, was believed to have been "buzzing" the female pilot - and it was his fault she died. He of course was not punished for his grandstanding....
Keeping the Faith – Freedom from Fear - SurfKY Owensboro | WESTERN KY (11/18/11) - In the town of Madison, Florida, you can find the Colin P. Kelly memorial, a striking sculpture of four angels, their wings unfurled in the wind. The memorial was dedicated in 1943 to the name and heroics of a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot down just days after Pearl Harbor.  Pilot Kelly did not survive the crash, but thanks to his courage and skill, all his crew did, jettisoning safely from the plane. After the memorial was...

Sorceress: Radical Sport Biplane Racer At Reno 1970 - AirPigz | ...Sorceress arrived at Reno to shake up the Sport Biplane Class, but according to the amazing race history book Racing Planes & Air Races 1968-1971 (by Kinert), Sorceress did fly, but the lack of time on the aircraft put it in the position of a fill-in and was only allowed to finish in last place. I was fortunate to be at these races in 1970 as a 9 year old, and my dad took these pictures as we were able to see Sorceress up close. I knew it was a big deal...

PERSPECTIVE: History Comes to Life ... Laurel Oaks Elementary School middle school students - Naples News | Jacqueline Cochran ...During her flying career, Cochran set many new records in aviation and became the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953. She first took to the air in 1932, earning her license that year. A true adventurer at heart, she participated in the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race for the first time in 1935. Cochran won the race and set the transcontinental record in 1938. During World War II, Cochran served abroad in the British Air Force Auxiliary as a captain....

Reel Life Becomes Real Life from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | Have you seen a movie known as The Rocketeer? It’s fanciful, exciting, and satisfies the dream of personal flight. But did you know that a man in Europe has been living the dream for real, using his own body as an integral part of the smallest aircraft we have ever seen...

 Need Someplace to Fly on December 10th? from Stead Airport Users Association by Webby