Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Indy Transponder 13-DEC-2011 0100z

The Blue Angels Navy Flyers Visit the Mankato Airport - KEYC TV | Blue Angels that is... The Blue Angels navy flight team is set to headline the Minnesota Air Spectacular at the Mankato Regional Airport inJune. In order to plan ahead, two members of the Blue Angels landed this morning in their F18 jet. ...

Douglas Skyraider - You Like Planes Too? | A Douglas Skyraider captured beautifully in....

Atlantic City Airshow to be held on a Friday in 2012 - Press of Atlantic city | The Atlantic City Airshow will be held on a Friday this August, different than a mid-week event that traditionally has been held, the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce announced Monday.  Headlining the show will once again be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Army Golden Knights....

EDITOR’S BLOG: Shoreham Airshow 2012 starts here! - Flightline UK | It may not even be Christmas yet, but the Shoreham Airshow Committee have met for the first time despite the cold weather. I’m lucky enough to be on the committee being responsible for the management of the website which is donated by Flightline UK. Over the coming months I hope to run a series of blogs detailing some of the latest news from behind the scenes at one of the UK’s most popular airshows.  2011 was a good year for Shoreham in terms of....

A Pilot's Charm Bracelet from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | I've just acquired a charm bracelet that was owned by a woman (name unfortunately unknown) who participated in at least the 1965 and 1966 Powder Puff Derbies. I know this because on her charm bracelet are two of thse little United States route charms, with the route of the race etched into the front and the year of the race on the back....

Win the video contest to be the guest of honor in Europe (opened to U.S. women) - Women Of Aviation | 100 years after Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the world to pilot an airplane across the English Channel, we are looking for an American woman to take the plunge on the footsteps of Harriet.

Mike Argento: A WWII reunion - York Daily Record | It is a long story and begins with Shorty in the turret gun of a B-25, a tech sergeant, a turret gunner and engineer with the Fifth Army Air Force's 345th Bombardment Group, flying out of the Philippines and hitting targets throughout the South Pacific ...

Col Henry Lafont - Telegraph.co.uk | Col Henry Lafont, who has died aged 91, made a dramatic escape from Vichy-held Algeria and reached England to fly Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain; he was the last of the 13 French fighter pilots to fly in the Battle. When France capitulated in June...

Reserve F-22 pilot receives first Raptor 1,000 hour patch - F-22 Raptor News | Lt. Col. David Piffarerio, 302nd Fighter Squadron commander, was presented with Lockheed-Martin's first Raptor 1,000 hour patch by Jeff Babione, vice president and F-22 program manager during a ceremony here Nov. 7.  "This milestone demonstrates a level of proficiency in the pilot community that is....

Pointer and Shooter - Air & Space | To nail the air-to-air shot, pilot and photographer have to work together like, well, this pair.  It is an unlikely morning for a sunrise photo shoot. A ghostly veil of fog hangs over Steve Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, leaching the brightest colors from the airplanes parked all around us at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture fly-in. But pilot Bruce Moore and EAA chief photographer Jim Koepnick are undeterred, and soon after Moore...

Today's Photos - Monday, December 12th, 2011 - Military Photos

On This Day in Aviation History: December 13th - NYC Aviation |

NASA Transfers Enterprise Title to Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City - Red Orbit | NASA transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during a ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the museum in New York City. The transfer is the first step toward Intrepid receiving Enterprise in the spring of 2012.  “NASA is proud to transfer the title of space shuttle Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum,” said NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden. “The U.S.S. Intrepid had a rich history with NASA’s mission, and Enterprise – the pathfinder for the Space Shuttle Program – belongs in this historic setting. Enterprise, along with....

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