Indy Transponder 05-JAN-2012 1700z

Hospitality Brings Blue Angels Back to Twin Falls - Times-News | The Blue Angels soared into town Wednesday for preparations ahead of their appearance at the Air Magic Valley Air Show, held July 28-29.  Two pilots from the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron flew in on their F/A-18 Hornet for a day of getting acquainted with the area and air show coordinators....

RARA Announces Reno Air Races Return In 2012 (September 12-16) - AirPigz | On Wednesday January 4, 2012, President & CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) Mike Houghton brought forth a statement about the future of the National Championship Air Races... the message was delivered with great compassion for the families and individuals directly affected by the Friday September 16, 2011 Galloping Ghost race tragedy, it was full of thankfulness and appreciation for the tremendous response from those who stepped forward to help during and after the tragic event, and it expressed great hope for the future with the intentions of moving forward toward the 49th annual Reno Air Races on September 12-16, 2012 at the Reno-Stead Airfield....

Congressional team pushes military to permit aviation show in Homestead - Miami Today | South Florida members of Congress are appealing to the US military’s top official in their quest for a Homestead aircraft show aimed at drawing related industries to Greater Miami.  In a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, they argued that Homestead Air Reserve Base would get facility improvements, and suggested the military might benefit financially if Secretary Panetta were...

Model Aeronautics expo set to begin Friday - The Sun | ...Speakers include Skip Stewart, an airshow pilot with more than 8,000 hours of flying experience, Mark Skoog, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center expert on collision avoidance and former NASA project manager for the Altair.

Bob Hoover At Airventure — ‘How Did You Get Involved in Aerobatics?’ - Aero-TV | ANN is pleased to offer you yet another snippet from the public conversations that took place with Bob Hoover at Airventure 2011... where he was honored for a lifetime of aviation excellence. In this program, Bob talks about his beginnings in aerobatic flight....

Aviation foundation sets fundraiser - Havelock News | The Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation has scheduled its annual fundraiser for Jan. 27 at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center.  This year’s event will celebrate 100 years of Marine Corps aviation and begins at 5:30 p.m....


2012 plans for Air Force Museum - WDTN | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced some big events for 2012 that will allow visitors to view military history in new and engaging ways.  Three recently declassified satellites will be placed on exhibit in the museum’s Cold War Gallery later this month. The Gambit 1 KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9 satellites represented the most advanced photo-optical reconnaissance systems in the world from the 1960s to the 1980s. These massive...

The joys (and frustrations) of Alaskan bush flying - Bayou Renaissance Man | Some of you may be familiar with Blue Ice Aviation in Alaska - Miss D. links to them from her blog. The owner, Matt Keller, is an Alaskan bush pilot, flying year-round into the interior to take in and pick up parties of hunters, hikers, climbers, etc., and carrying supplies to those who live far from Alaska's few roads....

F-35B Suitability Test aboard the USS WASP - Take Off Tube

Hollywood’s Representation of Naval Aviation: Frank W. “Spig” Wead and John Ford’s “The Wings of Eagles” (1957) - The National Air and Space Museum | During the recently completed centennial of naval aviation (2011), there were many and varied tributes to the factual history of naval aviation. Nevertheless, we cannot forget that public perception of the armed forces is also a strong historical consideration. In Sailing on the Silver Screen: Hollywood and the U.S. Navy, Lawrence Suid has observed that “for most of the past ninety years the American film industry and the U.S. Navy have worked together to their mutual benefit. Hollywood used the...