Saturday, March 31, 2012

Indy Transponder 31-MAR-2012 1430z

City, air show pilots have plan in case of Saturday showers - Tuscaloosa News | With the threat of thunderstorms throughout the day today, the US Army Golden Knights parachute demonstration team and a few other pilots preparing for this weekend's Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show were unable to perform ...

Podcast: Stallion 51 Celebrates 25 Years – Lee Lauderback – Warbird Radio LIVE! – FRIDAY from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | Stallion 51′s Lee Lauderback joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio... Lee and his team are celebrating 25 years in business and Sun-N-Fun honored their achievement by naming Friday’s event “Stallion 51 Day“...

#SNF12 - Thursday: Spring Break For Pilots Is Under Way! (13 Pix) from AirPigz by Martt | If you're at Sun-n-Fun 2012 then you probably already know that 'spring break for pilots' actually began on Tuesday the 27th. I was able to make the trip from Indiana to Florida the last two years but just couldn't make it all come together for this year. However, my friend Ken Mist (@eyeno) from Canada was able to work his way south and has been sending me some photos for posting. Thanks Ken!...

Top 10 Things I Enjoyed At My First Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In from Aviation Queen | Kids: normally I would have posted The ORIGINAL Strange But True Aviation News today, but I have been run ragged working my first Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, fondly known as spring break for pilots. So instead, I decided to offer up my list — complete with photos — of my highlights from the show...

Air show marks 75 years of RNZAF - Radio New Zealand | The air show at the base near Palmerston North will include international and New Zealand military and civilian aircraft, some dating back to the First World War. Iroquios helicopters, which are set to be phased out by 2014, will be flown alongside the ...

Ohakea Air Show wraps up - Newstalk ZB | Some relief for people who waited hours to get to today's Air Show at Ohakea. The show to mark the New Zealand Air Force's 75th anniversary has now wrapped up. Newstalk ZB reporter Kate Robinson says earlier today heavy congestion in the area saw some ...

Aerobatics over harbour by Red Checkers on Monday - Scoop.co.nz | The Air Force Red Checkers team will perform an aerobatic display over Wellington Harbour on Monday 2 April as part its national tour to celebrate 75 years of the RNZAF. April 1 2012 marks 75 years of service to New Zealand for the Air Force as an ...

B-52 PROVES JUST THE TICKET FOR AIR TATTOO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | Visitors to this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo, which will be celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, will have good reason to celebrate 60 glorious years of a different kind!

Win an Aerobatic Flight At Goodwood - 3D Car Shows  | Ultimate High, the UK's top aerobatics training school, brings barrel rolls to join the bacon rolls at Goodwood Breakfast Club this Sunday (1st April) to fit with the theme 'Everything but the Car'. Visitors will be entertained by amazing gyroscopic ...

World War II memories: Spin around for a 40-minute plane ride - Chicago Tribune | The original rates for Gauntlet Warbirds are $390 for the first deal and $520 for the second deal so if you were thinking about it before, this would be the time to save a hundred or so. The package includes meeting an experienced pilot and enjoying as ...

Ala man recalls early days of Navy's Blue Angels - Daily Comet | Before they were world-renowned daredevils admired for their trademark diamond formation and low-flying acrobatics, the Blue Angels were an experiment in public relations. And when Lt. JG "Jack" Swann joined the Blue Angels at its Corpus Christi, ...

Sun Lakes resident flew with WWII Flying Tigers - AZ Central.com | Upon completion of flight training, he was sent to South Carolina for training on the B-25 Mitchell Bomber, ultimately becoming an instructor. After two years, he requested assignment to active duty and was sent to China, by way of India, ...

Pancho Barnes from Travel for Aircraft | It was 30 March 1975. I missed it — I cannot recall what I was doing that day — but I missed it. That day Pancho Barnes was declared dead, and with her passing so did an era of aviation history that was so rich, so full of trouble and adventure — much more than most of us will get to experience...

Fadok unveils plane display for Chaplain Corps College - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | David Fadok, president and commander of the Air University, recently visited the Air Force Chaplain Corps College to dedicate its new F-22 Raptor static display. "The static display is just a few yards from the Naval anchor and Army tank on the other ...

A Discussion with Jun Nishioka from flight.org by Marty | From Kobe Japan, Jun, a graduate student of Environmental Engineering, recently received his English certificate and has set off on an adventure in Vero Beach Florida. He will be attending Flight Safety International for the next 15 months to earn his private, instrument, commercial, multi-engine and instructors ratings. His goal—to become an airline pilot...

What’s your favorite airplane? from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | ...It was really hard to vote today because I had to choose between a P-51 and F-4U. I’m hard pressed to find any reason why one should beat the other, so I picked the P-51. After all was said and done, I realized that in all two rounds I’ve voted in, I’ve voted for airplanes that production ceased on long before I was born. I didn’t even think twice about voting for the DC-3 over the Bonanza, because if I had $400,000 to spend on an airplane, I’d buy a DC-3 not a Bonanza. I don’t know what that says about me. ...
[includes video of the Black Diamond Jet Team]

Podcast: Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 Astronaut from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Harrison Schmitt was the only one of the Apollo astronauts who was a civilian and scientist, with a doctorate in geology from Harvard University. He spent some time at Sun 'n Fun this week and talked with AVweb's Mary Grady about his NASA flight training, why he...

Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Opens New “Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic” Exhibit

“Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic,” an innovative new exhibit, opened today at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. The exhibit brings together two marvels of transportation. Titanic and Hindenburg served demands for rapid worldwide communication and transportation. Both operated as the world’s largest mobile post offices. Each in its day promised the fastest possible worldwide mail service. Each offered onboard gentility and opulence. Each met a tragic end.

Titanic was the world’s largest floating post office of its day, and Hindenburg still holds the record as the world’s largest flying post office. This year—2012—the National Postal Museum raises visitors’ awareness of the two giant ships’ postal operations with its new exhibit. And this year—2012—both mark anniversaries. Hindenburg burned 75 years ago, and Titanic sank 100 years ago. The exhibition will be open through Jan. 6, 2014.

Exhibit highlights include a very rare piece of mail sent from Titanic and burnt mail salvaged from Hindenburg. Other items include mail, postcards, menus, photographs, keys from Titanic’s post office and the salvaged postmark device from Hindenburg.

“Although many visitors to “Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic” will be very familiar with some of the iconic imagery shown, I believe that they will be amazed to see documents, artifacts and photographs that have never been publicly displayed before,” said Cheryl R. Ganz, museum curator for the Hindenburg-related aspects of the exhibit. “These salvaged objects and newly discovered photos bring the story to life in new ways.”

The exhibit is organized into themes that compare and contrast the large, fast, glamorous ships: 20th-century icons, technological advancements, life onboard, mail ships and disaster. Survivor stories portray the human tragedy associated with each shocking disaster: shocks that reverberate to this day.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to reflect on the hundredth anniversary of Titanic’s sinking in the presence of real objects from the ship and her passengers,” said Daniel Piazza, museum curator for theTitanic-related aspects of the exhibit. “A century later, her brief life and tragic end still haunt and captivate us.”

Visitors will be able to recreate the onboard letter-writing experience by applying a cachet to postcards and mail that identify the item as from the exhibition. Stamps and a postmark are available in the U.S. Postal Service philatelic shop in the museum to post the cards. A booklet available in the museum’s gift shop and online will accompany the exhibit. A virtual edition of the exhibit is available on the museum’s website: www.postalmuseum.si.edu/fireandice.

The National Postal Museum is devoted to presenting the colorful and engaging history of the nation’s mail service and showcasing one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of stamps and philatelic material in the world. It is located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C., across from Union Station. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). For more information about the Smithsonian, call (202) 633-1000 or visit the museum website at www.postalmuseum.si.edu.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Indy Transponder 30-MAR-2012 0300z

Blue Angels practice attracts big crowd at Pensacola's Naval Aviation Museum ... - al.com | The US Navy Blue Angels practice for a crowd of thousands at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (Dennis Pillion / al.com) The Blue Angels ...

Blue Angels arrive for Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show (photos) - al.com | The US Navy Blue Angels fly by the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport as they arrive for the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on March 29, 2012. (Chris Pow / al.com) US Navy Blue Angels arrive in ...

Businesses, fire crews prep for bomber visit - Springfield News Sun | ... and I hope we have enough room for everybody,” White joked. The event is meant to honor the surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders. In 1942, 16 B-25s launched from the USS Hornet and attacked the mainland of Japan in retaliation for Pearl Harbor...

WAI's Shining at Sun 'n Fun from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Are you listening to Sun 'n Fun Radio? Just one click in the morning around 10:05 am eastern time (UTC +5) and you can hear Women in Aviation members talking about their outreach. You might get a few good ideas of your own on how to grow aviation and make it better!...

Aaron Tippin let's Rosie Maria fly his plane at Sun-n-Fun! - The Ledger | What an honor to have the privilege to actually fly this WW2 plane with Aaron Tippin on the first day of Sun-n-fun. He allowed me to fly all over the area and take him back to the airport. What a great experience...

"Kate and Barry" UCAP #278-delta from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Wednesday Afternoon, March 28. UCAP Daily. The boys are joined by Kestral's Kate Dougherty, and Former FAA Acting-Admin Barry Valentine, at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in...

Aerobatics over harbour by Red Checkers on Monday - Scoop.co.nz | The Air Force Red Checkers team will perform an aerobatic display over Wellington Harbour on Monday 2 April as part its national tour to celebrate 75 years of the RNZAF. April 1 2012 marks 75 years of service to New Zealand for the Air Force as an ...

Air show back this year - Times of Swaziland | MBABANE – After a two year absence, the much loved Swaziland Air Show is back again and will take place on May 26. This is the same weekend of the MTN Bushfire Festival. Air show Director Lyndon Hermansson said they do ...

Air Show boasts fighter jets and vintage aircraft - Voxy | Gates open to the public at 8.00am on Saturday 31 March 2012, with displays beginning at 9.00am. In the event of bad weather, the show will take place on Sunday 1 April 2012. Visit www.eventfinder.co.nz and search 'Air Force Air Show' to buy tickets...

A380 Wows Air Show Spectators in Santiago - International Business Times | Aeroplane enthusiasts and many everyday Santiago citizens were delighted to see the world's largest commercial jetliner circling over their city Thursday (March 29) as the Airbus A380 soared at the 2012 Fidae International Air Show in Chile's capital ...

RIVERSIDE: Airshow could attract 100000 fans - Press-Enterprise | Riverside Airshow coordinator Tom Miller has high hopes for the 20th edition of the show, which will feature 200 aircraft Saturday at Riverside Municipal Airport. If the skies are clear, attendance could surpass the record of 95000 set ...

Promoter adds Lauderdale to triple crown of air shows - Sun-Sentinel | Performing pirouettes, corkscrews, dives and loops will be the Air Force's Thunderbirds, the Navy's F-18 Hornet, the Navy Seals Leap Frogs and aerobatic daredevil Rob Holland, among other aerial acts. "We bring together multiple armies of people to be ...

Stallion 51's Flying fleet - Warbird Radio | All of Stallion 51's flying fleet will join in on the 25th Anniversary celebration at Sun 'N Fun on Friday for STALLION 51 DAY!..(via FB)

Rare WWII aircraft on view at Ellington until Friday - Your Houston News | It's the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour, and it flies into Ellington Airport with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII heavy bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII heavy bomber and the P-51 Mustang...

Swiss solar plane to attempt 48-hour flight to Morocco from Pilot News Magazine | The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to fly from Switzerland to Morocco in coming weeks, in its longest flight to date, organisers said Wednesday. “After its inaugural flight to Paris and Brussels in 2011, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg’s solar airplane will attempt, for the first time ever, to fly over 2,500 km (1,550 miles) without using a drop of fuel, finally landing in Morocco,” said the project in a statement...

Lindbergh Foundation to present awards Thursday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation will present the Lindbergh Award and the Lindbergh Spirit Award at a celebration at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Thursday. Legendary inventor Forrest Bird will receive the 2012 Lindbergh Award and Florida businessman-philanthropist James C. Ray has been named recipient of the Spirit Award...

Aviation Museums from Business Aviation | Looking for an Aviation Museum to visit? The Iowa Aviation Museum celebrates Iowa's remarkable aviation heritage, from the state's first recorded flight in 1910 to its native...

“Sully” Sullenberger and Scott Skiles Checkout in the Douglas DC-7 from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | Several airlines were still operating the Douglas DC-7 aircraft when I was learning to fly while attending Michigan State University. We always had to be careful to not taxi too close behind those 4 engine behemoths to avoid being blown over by the “prop wash”. Believe it or not, this was in the mid-60s while [...]

F-15 crashes in southwest Asia; pilot killed from Air Force Times - News | The Air Force has identified the F-15 pilot killed Wednesday in southwest Asia as Capt. Francis D. Imlay...

F-22 Fighter Ready for War Despite Mystery Problem: Air Force - ABC News | In nearly two dozen cases in the past four years, pilots have reported experiencing "hypoxia-like" symptoms in the $143 million-a-pop stealth F-22 Raptor. Though the incidents are extremely rare, the Air Force is so concerned that they've taken a "911 ...

The Designing Life - airspacemag.com | This year’s National Air and Space Museum lifetime achievement award winner, Burt Rutan, talks about music, golf and his favorite chair.

AOPA backs 'Kids Across America' campaign - AOPA Pilot | On March 28 at Sun 'n Fun, AOPA joined forces with the nonprofit education organization to support Kids Across America, a new initiative to help children 18 and under get to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. With the program, aspiring aviators will raise ...

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Indy Transponder 29-MAR-2012 0200z

Blue Sky, Big Crowd for Sun 'n Fun Opening Day from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Sun'n Fun opened today under blue sky, with airplanes and fans filling the campus.  Performers and their contrails fill the sky, FiFi arrived, the USAF Thunderbirds are here, it's show time at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport....

New boss = new ideas for Sun ‘n Fun from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | Last summer the nonprofit Sun ‘n Fun organization got a new president. John “Lites” Leenhouts, a veteran Naval aviator, was named president of the organization. He brought a multitude of new ideas and a level of enthusiasm for the show that is positively contagious....

History on Display: The B-29 at Sun 'n Fun Is the Only One Still Flying - The Ledger | A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with a P-51C nearby flies at the start of the air show on opening day of the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In and Expo. By John Chambliss LAKELAND | History landed at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In on Tuesday. A B-29 bomber, like the one that ...

Sun n Fun videos from AOPA

Podcast: 2012 Raiders Reunion – Warbird Radio | Larry Kelley joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Tune in and hear all the details on the 2012 Doolittle Raiders Reunion that’s fast approaching....

Snowbirds pilot shares uplifting story with local women - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Maryse Carmichael, commanding officer for the Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, was the guest speaker at an International Women's Day luncheon at Timothy Eaton Gardens on Tuesday. By Joel van der Veen When she was five years old, Lt.-Col...

"Thunder on the Lakeshore" air show to feature the best of the first 20 years - Herald Times Reporter | MANITOWOC — The 20th anniversary of “Thunder on the Lakeshore” promises to be the “best air show ever held in Manitowoc,” according to Curt Drumm, chairman and producer of the annual event and balloon rally set for June 2-3 at the Manitowoc County ...

Annual air show to feature historical flair - New Bern Sun Journal | The 2012 Cherry Point Air Show in May provides a dramatic up-close view of military aircraft in the air and on the ground. This year's free show also honors the centennial of Marine aviation and Cherry Point air station's 70th anniversary...

New air show heads to Fort Lauderdale - Sun-Sentinel | It's still just a speck on the horizon, but a new air show is on its way. The promoter of Air Lauderdale -- the new name for what was once an annual air and sea tradition at Fort Lauderdale beach -- said...

RFD announces AirFest kick-off concert - WREX-TV |  The Chicago Rockford International Airport announced Monday that Cheap Trick will kick-off this year's AirFest with a concert at the BMO Harris Bank Center on June 1. This is the first time an opening concert has been held ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Air Show Looks To Grow from Aero-News Network | Organizers Seeking New Acts, More Vendors Event planners at Mid-Ohio Vally Regional Airport (KPKB) in Parkersburg, WV, are looking to expand their 2012 air show in an effort to raise the airports' profile in the community. Donna Rusche, a member of the West Virginia chapter of the Ninety-Nines and co-chair of the air show committee, said they are expecting an expanded presence by the armed forces, as well as new civilian acts...

Thunder Day set to take off at Elvington airfield - The Press, York | TELEVISION presenter and actor Robert Llewellyn was filming at the Yorkshire Air Museum ahead of a special event this weekend. The star of Red Dwarf and presenter of Scrapheap Challenge was at the Elvington airfield yesterday filming for a Channel 5 ...

RNLAF Grounds Apache Solo Display Team from Ares by Nicholas Fiorenza | I didn't realize that the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has an Apache Solo Display Team, but I won't be able to see it fly, at least not this year. The Netherlands Ministry of Defense announced last week that the team would not participate in air shows or other events because the RNLAF doesn't have the resources to do so. All RNLAF Apaches and their pilots are tied down by exercises and training...

Civilians bring warplanes to Ohakea - Manawatu Standard | FLIGHT IN TIME: Pilots Guy Stevenson and Brendon Deere after arriving Ohakea in the Avenger, which will be on display at Saturday's airshow. As the air force celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend with a major air show, civilian aviation...

Roxy is Airborne Again! from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | We at the Gyrox team are very happy to announce that yesterday, 28th March 2012, Norman was able to take to the air again in his autogyro, G-YROX (Roxy); the first true flight since last July!  Roxy has been in storage at Shonai airport, Japan, since the circumnavigation was put on hold last autumn because of weather conditions and bureaucratic delays. But as the weather is set to clear and the bureaucratic problems are solved it was time to dust off the rotors, put all the bits back together and following engine test runs earlier this week, take to the air again...

Win a flight in a P-51 | Warbird Wednesday from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | So, are you familiar with Stallion 51? If not, let me bring you up to speed. You give them money, they let you fly their P-51. Now, ordinarily this costs several thousand dollars–after all it isn’t exactly cheap to operate a P-51–but, thanks to a raffle being put on by SAFE, you could have this pleasure for as little as 20 dollars. Yes, 20 dollars...

Spitfire kit makes inaugural appearance at Sun 'n Fun - AOPA Pilot | The 90-percent scale Spitfire kit from Supermarine Aircraft of Texas made its first appearance at Sun 'n Fun this year. The warbirds, so proliferous that Sun 'n Fun organizers had to turn some away for the first time this year,...

Lindbergh Foundation and LEAP merge from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The LEAP Electric Flight Program, which includes the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize, is now a program of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation...

Choctaw, OK, man builds microjet for air shows - NewsOK.com | Justin Lewis also is looking for sponsors for his air show performances around the country. At age 36, Lewis continues to pursue his passion for aviation through air shows across the country. With his expertise in aviation, Lewis founded the Lewis ...

Boom time: night-time first for F-35 from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Lockheed Martin has released images showing the first night-time inflight refuelling sortie involving an F-35, with the milestone having been achieved on 22 March using conventional take-off and landing aircraft AF-4...

Donated Russian jet starts to take shape - The Desert Sun | TOP: A Cold War-era Russian MiG-21 supersonic jet fighter is being assembled at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Photos by Denise Goolsby/The Desert Sun ABOVE: Vladimir Hnatek, Tom Krueger and Ed Arredondo check out one of the wheel assemblies on the ...

Scaled Composites Career Day April 21st - Hot Company Looking For Cool Engineers! from AirPigz by Martt | If you're a hands-on engineer interested in aviation and aerospace and you're looking for a career, you should probably be RSVP'n to Scaled Composites to take part in their Career Day coming up soon on Saturday April 21, 2012. The event will run from 10am to 2pm at the Scaled facilities at the Mojave Air & Spaceport in Mojave, California....

Apollo 11 Saturn V engines located on sea floor from RLV and Space Transport News | This is pretty cool. A project initiated and funded by Jeff Bezos has located the engines for the Apollo 11 Saturn V first stage "lying 14,000 feet below the...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Indy Transponder 28-MAR-2012 0100z

2012 Florida International Air Show: Excitement and charity - Examiner.com | Children stood wide-eyed as the US Navy Blue Angels fired up their engines and a high-pitched whine filled the air. As the team began to taxi their F/A 18 Hornets toward the runway, hot exhaust blew through the crowd of spectators. “Wow!...

167th Airlift Wing gives update on 2012 open house, air show - Martinsburg Journal | Finagin will demonstrate the aerobatic capabilities of the Pitts S2C, a light, highly maneuverable aerobatic bi-plane designed for air show performances. Wells will perform twice each day. One performance will be in a Bucker Jungmeister,...

“The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2... from Planeshots | “The Curtiss XF11C-3 fighter in 1933-34. A single F11C-2 (BuNo 9269) was converted and fitted with a hand-operated retractable landing gear, designated XF11C-3. 27 production models were delivered starting in October 1934...

City's high flyers entertain the lunchtime crowds - New Zealand Herald | A thrilling display of flying entertained the lunchtime crowd above Tauranga's downtown waterfront when the RNZAF's Red Checkers once again showed why they are New Zealand's elite aerobatic team. Flying wing tip to wing tip and trailing ...

Rare P-51C Mustang and RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit Honoring Tuskegee Airmen to Appear at the Carolinas Aviation Museum from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will host the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit and P51-C Mustang honoring the Tuskegee Airmen April 11-14....

German 240-Way Record Attempt from Bonjour BlueSky | German 240-Way Record Attempt, ,they came close, however did not...

RNZAF 75th Anniversary from PPRuNe Forums

Veterans group helps heroes get their due - Fayetteville Observer | Another veteran who sought the foundation's help was Vincent Fonke of Fayetteville, a B-17 pilot and German prisoner of war, who received his awards more than 60 years after the war's end. Fonke received the Distinguished Flying Cross and POW medal....

Are You Ready to Mentor? Women Soar is Ready for You! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Now in its 8th year, Women Soar You Soar is an EAA program to encourage girls in 9th grade to 12th grade that an aviation career is for them. The program takes place during EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh) from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29, 2012.  WomenSoar You Soar Chairwoman Debby Rihn-Harvey says...

Woman Pilots: Doris Abbate from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Doris Abbate had an infant and three toddlers at home when she soloed in 1959. This was on Long Island at Zahns Airport, Amityville. She flew in a J3 Piper Cub. She earned her license in her own Tripacer, 8801C, followed by her commercial, instrument and instrument ground instructor ratings....

To Dream the Absolutely Possible Dream from Flight Monkeys | If manned flight is the culmination of mankind’s collective dreams, and there is certainly significant evidence that it is, the today’s official launch of Sun ‘n Fun 2012 is the realization of those dreams for hundreds of thousands of...

Seattle Fun from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Last week I arrived in the jumpseat of Alaska Airlines after an 0200 wake up, a sim session, and a canceled flight. Despite landing 2 hours later than my house guest, we hit the ground running. A meeting at Aviation High School for the Fly It Forward event, an early dinner at Anthony's Home Port. Then the fun began....

1929 Ford Tri-Motor a blast from aviation past - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | The Experimental Aviation Association's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor tour stopped at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Monday, Mar. 26th. The EAS is offering ride in the vintage aircraft through Mar. 28th. The aircraft, nicknamed the "Tin Goose" was ...

Three rescued after balloon gets trapped in power lines from Pilot News Magazine  | A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire, trapping a woman and two men 15m in the air. The balloon’s canopy wrapped round live cables just after 18:00 BST on Sunday, at Bozeat near Wellingborough. Firefighters had to wait about four hours before receiving confirmation the power was off and beginning the rescue....

Vintage Flying in Australia from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Some of you may remember our story from a few years back about running into Roy and Primrose Fox at Oshkosh. Hailing from Australia, and possessing wonderful personalities, we quickly took a liking to them. Roy and Primrose were there because Roy had brought his Comper Swift and Klemm to the show and I couldn’t believe our luck of running into them....

Wingtip To Canopy – The Blue Angels from AIRBOYD.TV

Largest-ever paper aeroplane launches in Arizona - Wired.co.uk | By Duncan Geere The world's largest paper aeroplane has been launched at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona, measuring 13 metres from tip to tail. The plane, which weighs 363kg and has a wingspan of 7.3 metres, flew for close to 10 seconds at...

Back when NASA use to do stuff from Military Photos by C.Puffs | Was looking through my space pics and saw this one. Kinda depressing. There's 3 X-15s, the HL-10, the M2-F2, the M2-F1, and an F-5 Skylancer in this pic. (Amongst others.)

Video: NASA Launches a Rapid Fire Five-Rocket Barrage to the Very Edge of Space from POPSCI | After a couple of delays, NASA finally launched its five-rocket barrage into the upper atmosphere this morning in an attempt to study the winds at the very edge of space. The ATREX (Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment) mission successfully lobbed all five rockets into space from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with 80 seconds of separation between each rocket, creating a dazzling display of fireworks for anyone who happened to be awake and watching on the East Coast at 4:58 a.m....

"Space Heroes" Named in South Carolina from Spaceports | Passion, honor, and perseverance launched three South Carolina natives into history books and into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. "Space Heroes" chronicles the...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Indy Transponder 27-MAR-2012 0145z

Sun ‘n Fun kicks off tomorrow from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The 38th annual Sun ’n Fun Fly-In kicks off Tuesday, March 27, at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida. A full day of activities is planned, from forums to the airshow to the evening program featuring the Parris Island Marine Band, who are playing as part of the fly-in's celebration of 100 years of Marine aviation...

Blue Angels thrill large crowds at Florida air show - Examiner.com | For two wondrous afternoons, the famed Blue Angels delivered a crowd-pleasing 45 minute performance amidst the skies of Punta Gorda. This famed flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy has been performing since 1946...

2012 Florida International Air Show: Excitement and charity - Examiner.com | The 32nd annual Florida International Air Show took place March 24 – 25th. The weekend's festivities included a variety of performances by both military and civilian aircraft. Team RV, the world's largest air show team featured 12 RV series kit-planes ...

High flyers entertain the crowds - The Daily Post | A thrilling display of flying entertained the lunchtime crowd above Tauranga's downtown waterfront when the RNZAF's Red Checkers once again showed why they are New Zealand's elite aerobatic team. Flying wing tip to wing tip and trailing plumes of smoke ...

Wings Over Wanaka – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday – 10am (EASTERN) | TUESDAY – Mandy Deans from the Wings Over Wanaka International Airshow joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Tune in this Tuesday morning at 10am (EASTERN) and learn all the details on the big event. As one of New Zealand’s premiere aviation events, Wings Over Wanaka, is more than just an air s...

Red Checkers' aerial display over Rotorua - The Daily Post | IN SYNC: The crowd loved the aerobatic display put on by the RNZAF Red Checkers to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the RNZAF. Former fighter pilot Jack Stafford was impressed with the RNZAF Red Checkers aerobatic display. The squadron flew over the ...

Inaugural Eagle Flights to take off at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Experimental Aircraft Association’s new Eagle Flights program, the aviation orientation program for adults, will have its official kickoff this summer with inaugural flights at the EAA AirVenture fly-in, which is scheduled for July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis...

Aviation pioneer from Airline Pilot Central Forums by USMCFLYR | Who knows this name? I didn't. From Wiki: Charles Edward Taylor (May 24, 1868 – January 30, 1956) built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers and was a vital contributor of mechanical skills in the building and maintaining of early Wright engines and airplanes....

Photo: F-35 completes first night air-to-air refueling from David Cenciotti | On Mar. 22, 2012, the F-35 completed the fist night air-to-air refueling during a test mission from Edwards AFB, California. Piloted by U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Peter Vitt, AF-4, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, met ...

VIDEO: Balloon pilot vows to fly again from Planenews Aviation News by gil | BBC News - Balloon pilot vows to fly again despite power line crash 26 March 2012 Last updated at 06:30 ET Help The teenage pilot of a hot air balloon which crashed into power lines has said he has not been put off flying.Adam Griffiths, 18, described the moment the balloon's canopy wrapped round live cables on Sunday, near...

The Aviation Cocktail, A 1950s-Era Thriller Movie, Aims To Highlight The ... - Huffington Post | ...According to the film's indiegogo page, the story centers around three WWII war vets dealing with rural life after the war. Director (and Colorado native) David R. Higgins promises to highlight "the fruited beauty of the often overlooked, but majestic Colorado Plains." And from the looks of the trailer, Higgins certainly seems to have an eye for capturing beautifully dramatic moments...

Aero Club honors POWs - Green Valley News | Egender was a B-17 bombardier shot down over Germany in August 1943, and the only one of three crew members aboard to disembark the plane and survive. The other two were shot on site by civilians and Egender was a prisoner of war for 22 months...

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AIRSHOW NEWS: Red Arrows Dsplay Dates 2012 from Flightline UK | The Red Arrows have released details of their display dates for the 2012 display season...

Sun 'n Fun 2012 Gears Up for Opening Day - Flying Magazine | ... country and western performer Aaron Tippin at the Florida Air Museum's Pavilion stage on Thursday at 8 pm The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Boeing B-29 Superfortress FiFi will be on the show grounds all week, offering rides and cockpit tours...

Florida air show packs punch for lovers of aviation - aviationpros.com | PUNTA GORDA The US Navy Blue Angels are a top headliner for any air show. But the rest of the performers lined up for the 32nd annual Florida International Air Show this weekend in Punta Gorda are no slouches, either. The US Navy Blue Angels are a top ...

Mankato air show to feature Blue Angels, Black Daggers and more - Pioneer Press | Other performers include biplane aerobatics, like Sean Tucker, who has flown in more than 425 shows since the mid-'70s. Each air show act will perform both days, Lyman said. To learn more about Minnesota Air Spectacular 2012, including ticket and act ...

Air show full of hot acts - Mankato Free Press | MANKATO — While the Blue Angels will be headlining Mankato's air show, they aren't the only multi-jet airborne acts slated for the June show, or even the only military team. The Black Daggers, the US Special ...

Red Checkers to pay tribute to Gisborne's air force role - Gisborne Herald | The Red Checkers will perform an aerobatic display over the Gisborne waterfront on Tuesday at midday. The display will recognise Gisborne's history with the RNZAF, which started as a result of the Japanese advances down the Pacific during World War 2...

Helpers provide lift for airshow - Otago Daily Times | The Warbirds Volunteer Army of at least 400 people is about to swing into action, undertaking the many tasks that go towards making the huge event run smoothly, writes Marjorie Cook. Behind every Warbirds Over...

Air Show in Miniature Takes to the Skies - Bay Net | While not the typical air show staged at the Naval Air Station attended by thousands, the excitement and entertainment value of the show in miniature can hold its own. Flying remote control airplanes or helicopters is the best way to satisfy the yen to...

Video: Air Racers 3D (IMAX) - Fly Into The Valley Of Speed! from AirPigz by Martt |  It would at first seem that the timing of this new IMAX theater film project called Air Racers 3D couldn't be worse... with production running thru Reno 2009 and 2010 with the goal of showcasing the amazing world of low-fast-left air racing, it seemed like the perfect concept...

Emma Egging meets pupils helping to create memorial to Red Arrow's pilot - Bournemouth Echo | Flt Lt Egging tragically lost his life when his plane crashed in fields in north Bourne-mouth following a display at last year's Bournemouth Air Festival. Together, his family and Bournemouth council asked school pupils to help design a memorial to Jon ...

Wings of Women: Honoring Female Aviators from blogsouthwest.com | Amelia Earhart once said, “Adventure is worthwhile in itself."   What an adventure I experienced when I attended the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) Enshrinement Weekend in Dayton, OH.  The first step of this journey landed me right in the middle of the Wings of Women (WOW) Conference, sponsored by the National Aviation Hall of Fame.  Celebrating its fifth anniversary, WOW gives young women...

Fly It Forward 2012 from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | 255 Women Fly at Renton Airport | Saturday March 24, the clouds parted and we finally found a beautiful weekend in the city of Renton. Hard to believe it snowed a week ago. Jenny Gao, our Aviation High School Senior, event coordinator extraordinaire, made miracles happen. Did Renton Airport make the world record?...

No Flying Yet! from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | The Weather in Tsuruoka and at Shonai Airport has taken a decided and sudden turn for the worse... Consider this first picture, taken just after I had put the Rotor back on Roxy a couple of days ago - you can see the arrival of the regular ANA flight from Tokyo in the background and the big piles of rapidly melting snow...

Salute to Tuskegee Airmen will include P-51 Mustang - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | The plane is one of the main attractions of a group called the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron and its "Rise Above" traveling exhibit designed to inspire young people by educating them about the legacy of the airmen...

Pete Groves' Blog: Super Solution Artwork from Antique Airfield News | I have found that while I do for the most part enjoy the build process, I have also really enjoyed meeting, speaking with and corresponding with air racing enthusiasts, full size and RC builders, and historians associated with the Laird Super Solution, as well as lots of people who just love antique aircraft....

Colorado Chapter April 2012 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News
Video: Tuning up the Monosport's Kinner - Video at Creve Coeur from Antique Airfield News

Don Parsons' Blog: Monosport is getting close...real close from Antique Airfield News | Glenn running up the Monosport after having the prop hub machined for...

'Volunteer of the Quarter' recognized at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 88th Air Base Wing Vice Commander Col. Daniel Semsel presented Beavercreek resident Frank Alfter with the Team Wright-Patt "Volunteer of the Quarter" award for the fourth quarter of 2011 on March 26. A retired aircraft maintenance officer and Air Force colonel...

Spectacular vortices and contrails! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The good people at Dark Roasted Blend have brought us a wonderful collection of photographs of vortices and contrails produced by aircraft. Here are a few examples to...

NASA Administrator to Speak at Aero Club Luncheon - Sacramento Bee | NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak at the Aero Club of Washington's luncheon on Tuesday, March 27, at 1 pm EDT. Bolden will update the audience on the latest NASA initiatives ...

NASA Astronaut To Visit With Students In The Palmetto State from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Foreman, a veteran of two spaceflights, will spend his day with students at Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Friday, March 30...

Monday, March 26, 2012

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21st Annual Air Fiesta Show Concludes - KVEO-TV | It's really a, it's a great show," said Ray Norton, Air Show Announcer. Many residents come out to enjoy the assortment of aircraft on the grounds. Just yesterday, there were between 10 and 15000 people that stopped by. "Today, I'd say right now we've ...

Formation flight Sunday Tomcats from Planeshots

Red Checkers to pay tribute to Gisborne's air force role - Gisborne Herald | THE Air Force Red Checkers team will fly Gisborne skies tomorrow as part of a national tour to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Red Checkers will perform an aerobatic display over the Gisborne waterfront on Tuesday ...

Calm skies see Red Checkers fly - SunLive | The country's best pilots took to the sky in the five CT4E aircraft to perform about at about midday before travelling to Rotorua for their next aerobatic display at about 6pm. The Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers flying over Tauranga city this...

League of WWI Aviation Historians UPDATE – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday | League of WWI Aviation Historians President J.R. Williams joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Hear the latest news on the league and what’s in store for League Week (coming in April) on Warbird Radio LIVE! The show starts Monday morning at 10am (EASTERN) ...

Airport facility opening to include WWII plane - Cheboygan Daily Tribune | The four engine heavy bomber is based at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport near Detroit. A very special World War II visitor will visit the Pellston Regional Airport on June 9 when the grand opening takes place for the new Airport Rescue and ...

Ohio Air News 178 - Charles Johnson | Champaign Aviation Museum, date change for MERFI, old pictures from MERFI...

Jumping for His Late Brother and Wounded Warriors, George Hanns Flies Air... - FlaglerLive.com | “For me, it was my personal tribute to my brother Donald,” George said after parachuting down from 6000 feet to open the third annual Wings Over Flagler air show late Saturday morning, after flying in from Palatka, “and all of my family of veterans who ...

France honors RI airplane mechanic who served in military in nation's 1944 liberation - The Republic | France is honoring a Rhode Island mechanic in World War II for his military service liberating that nation from German occupation in 1944...The 89-year-old, Pezza, a former sergeant and assistant crew chief in the 9th Air Force, maintained and repaired a bomber that never went down to German fire or mechanical malfunction...

Bull Dogs on the Coast - Vintage Wings of Canada | For most young testosterone-fueled, newly-winged pilots of the Second World War, being a fighter pilot was the plum assignment, the glory job, the best of the best - a fighting man with the fastest and the most exciting aircraft of the day. Being chosen to become a Hawker Hurricane pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force would surely induce the highest excitement levels and the studliest demeanour in a young flyboy. It was a golden opportunity for which there was no downside... unless, of course, you were selected to be a fighter pilot in a Canadian home defence squadron, stationed thousands of miles from the nearest real action. Even the ferry pilots got closer to the action than some of Canada's home defenders. But be as it may, those who found themselves defending the empty skies of Western Canada, did so with panache and professionalism....

History honours four 'great escapers' from Military Photos by Toddy1 | THE Great Escape, the true story, has a new ending. In perfect spring weather in the Czech town of Most, two Australian World War II fighter pilots, who met a lonely death at the hands of the Gestapo after tunnelling out of a German POW camp, were this weekend finally remembered with full military honours...

The Royal International Air Tattoo 1997 : The UK's 50th Anniversary Tribute To The United States Air Force movie download | She helped open the 50th Anniversary for. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an. Dayton Business Journal The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will appear. The Royal International Air Tattoo 1997 : The UK's 50th. Amazon.com: The Royal International Air Tattoo 1997 : The UK's 50th Anniversary Tribute To The United States Air Force...

Sea Hurricane Mk Ib, Old Warden - the Royal Navy's first 300mph fighter from shortfinals | Sidney Camm was an absolute genius – no ands, ifs, or buts, the man simply was. He specialised in designing fighter aircraft, and produced some of the most elegant and amazingly beautiful aircraft, ever. Think of the original Hawker Fury of the 1930s, and you will get a flavour of his greatness. The immediate successor to the Fury was less elegant, less dainty, but extremely strong, had (initially) four times the firepower, was 100 mph faster and, above all, was the right aircraft in the right place at the right time, to keep Britain in the Second World War. Initially called the ‘Fury Monoplane’ by Hawkers, it became the world-famous Hurricane...

C-47 3X-'P' 42-100882 'Drag-em-out' 17-3-2012 East Kirkby UK - 9TH AF TCG operations and Ghostfields UK | Servicing was on-going at East Kirkby in Lincolnshire to Douglas C-47 'Drag-em-out' 42-100882 3X-P prior to the 2012 european airshow season, and captured in the main hangar at EK on the 17-3-2012.

Illinois man rebuilding plane that crashed in Green Swamp in 1944 - StarNewsOnline.com | His father was a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II, and became a flight instructor in civilian life, so Ferris grew up around aviation. But life took Ferris in another direction. He ran a string of gas stations until he was 50, when he sold out so...

Female Pilots Challenge Aviation, Social Norms in Nepal - Global Press Institute | Nepal's aviation industry is a male-dominated sector, as fewer than 30 women hold pilot's licenses. But despite high training costs and rising unemployment among pilots, women here are slowly making their ways into the skies. by A. Kim by Shilu ...

Paper Airplane Soars At 98 MPH In First Ever "Great Paper Airplane Project" from AvStop | A 45-foot paper airplane with a 24 foot wingspan, quite possibly the largest ever constructed, was launched yesterday outside of Tucson by the Pima Air & Space Museum, one of the largest aviation museums in the world. Aeronautical engineers designed the plane, inspired by 12 year old Tucson resident Arturo Valdenegro, whose paper airplane...

National Air and Space Museum Image Detail | A view of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Boeing Aviation Hangar, looking south. Several historic airplanes receive final preparations before being suspended from the hangar's trusses, March 25, 2003.

LiveAirShowTV Profiles Jason Newburg

PFLUGERVILLE, TX – MARCH 27, 2012 – LiveAirShowTV continues to look deeper into the performers that air show fans see around the country each year.  This time we turn to Texas based Jason Newburg.  We talked to Jason on the ramp during the 2011 Wings Over Houston air show.  Jason talks about growing up around airplanes, learning aerobatics, aerobatic competitions and taking the experience to the air show season.

In preparing for the story, LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee got the opportunity to go up with Jason for some aerobatic moves.  “This was a first for me”, said Lee.  “I’ve never flown upside down before, and that was pretty fun.  I have a new found respect for these performers and what they put their bodies through!”

See the complete story, here, on our website.

As the air show season kicks into gear, we will be bringing you news and information from many different sources.  We will be covering some events ourselves, and getting reports from others in the air show family.

In the coming weeks, watch for more stories including a behind the scenes look at the making of Air Racers 3D which premieres in a few theaters in April.  Also profiles of performers like Matt Chapman, as well as the kick-off of the Sport Air Racing League.

As always follow our daily postings on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news.  LiveAirShowTV continues to bring you the Inside Story as we are the Eyes and Ears of Aviation, Today!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

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Black Diamond Jet Team – Florida International Airshow - Birds n Bugs | This civilian precision flight act was at last years Florida International Airshow as the Heavy Metal Jet Team and had five L39s in the group. This year, an added attraction was a pair of Mig-17 Frescos painted in the teams Arctic Camo livery.  These...

Breaking News: Balloon launches scrubbed at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport ... - NSBNEWS.net | Paul Roy, one of the organizers of the fourth annual New Smyrna Beach Balloon and SkyFest, made the announcement just after 8 am "The winds are reported strong at 500 feet," he said over a loud speaker. "No take off." Sally Mackay, one of the founders ...

Video: US Army's Golden Knights a heavenly treat for thousands at New Smyrna Beach Balloon & SkyFest - nsbnews.net | Under bright sunny skies Saturday, people craned their heads upwards for a once-in-a-lifetime view of an elite group of parachuters with their precision landings at the fourth annual New Smyrna Beach Balloon and SkyFest. The highlight of the day, no doubt was the death-defying aerial maneuvers of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights....

Sky's the limit for fearless aerobatic ace - The Canberra Times | 25 March 2012, Canberra Times photo by RICHARD BRIGGS, Aerobatic pilot Matt Hall put on two breath-taking aerobatic displays at the Canberra Airport open day . Story-Chris Knaus Photo: Richard Briggs RCB Fear is a dangerous emotion for extreme ...

Brownsville welcomes stunt fliers, vintage aircraft - Brownsville Herald | He said the show, put on by the Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing, is run completely by volunteers. The only paid participants are the performers. Ticket proceeds go toward the putting on the show and maintaining the Commemorative Air ...

Former Tuscaloosa resident recalls early days with Blue Angels - Tuscaloosa News | Swann was in the Blue Angels in 1952, maintaining all of the Navy communication aid equipment. By Wayne Grayson Before they were world-renowned daredevils admired for their trademark diamond formation and low-flying acrobatics, the Blue Angels were an ...

The Blue Angels show us the meaning of courage - valheisey.com | If you ever needed an example of what it means to step out of your comfort zone and learn the meaning of courage, then you need look no further than the Blue Angels....

Bits & Pieces air show - Adrian Daily Telegram | The Bits & Pieces RC Airplane Club's annual air show began Saturday at the Adrian Mall. The event continues from noon to 6 pm today. The club began in 1981. Members fly their planes every Saturday and Sunday at Heritage Park in Adrian.

The Breitling Jet Team from Apron 6  

Ohio’s Grimes Field target for largest gathering of B-25s since WWII from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Flying in from around the U.S., about two dozen B-25 Mitchell bombers will converge on Urbana, Ohio’s municipal airport, Grimes Field, beginning Saturday, April 14. The largest gathering of B-25s since World War II, the Grimes Gathering of B-25s will lead into the 70th Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF), near Dayton... 

Amelia Earhart mystery could be solved with new clue - NOLA.com | By AP Washington -- A new clue in one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries could soon uncover the fate of American aviator Amelia Earhart, who went missing without a trace over the South Pacific 75 years ago, investigators say...

Bids fly for Amelia Earhart’s gloves from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Signed flying gloves reportedly worn by Amelia Earhart during a historic flight have been found on eBay, according to a post at WhatSellsBest.com. According to the sellers listing, the historic signed leather gloves were worn by Earhart during her 1935 "Goodwill Solo Flight" to Mexico. The seller states the...

Women’s History Month: The Unchainable Pancho Barnes - Women's Voices of Change | “Why isn’t ‘Pancho Barnes’ a household name?” demanded a viewer at Athena Film Festival’s screening of a new documentary on the life of Florence Lowe. Gun-runner, stunt pilot, proprietress of a notorious bar, the woman who was to become Pancho Barnes was a lifelong rebel...

RedBull Lightning from Apron 6

Huey at Oakland Museum of California '68 exhibit - San Francisco Chronicle | According to Huey historian Wayne Terry of San Francisco, there were about 10000 of these birds mass-produced for the war, the most of any aircraft since the B-25 bomber in World War II. No other piece of heavy equipment is as deeply associated with ...

The U-Deuce - airspacemag.com | The secret to a spyplane's eternal youth is a new suite of gadgets installed on a classic chassis. | “THE AIRPLANE IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT POWERS FLEW,” says Bryan Swords, currently the chief engineer for the U-2S at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company’s Palmdale, California office. Swords is referring, of course, to Francis Gary Powers, who, four years after overflights began over the U.S.S.R., Poland, and East Germany, had the unfortunate distinction of being shot down in a U-2 near Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union on...

Designers imagine skylines of wood high-rises, made possible by new technology - National Post | In an Oregon air museum sits one of the last gasps of the wood age. Built by business magnate Howard Hughes, the 66-metre-long “Spruce Goose” airplane was designed as a revolutionary way to carry supplies overtop the submarine-infested waters of the ...

Last of its Kind - airspacemag.com | A look inside the Smithsonian's Stratoliner. | The Boeing 307 Stratoliner at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia is the final survivor of 10 Stratoliners built in the late 1930s as the world’s first pressurized airliners. Named the Clipper Flying Cloud, the Museum’s airplane has played a number of roles over the years—as an airliner for Pan American in South America in the early 1940s, personnel carrier for the Army during World War II, personal transport for Haitian dictator Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier in the...

Atomic Testing Museum explores Area 51 - LSRJ | ...For all those years, Barnes said, he, and the workers who came before and after, were attempting to toil in obscurity. They'd fly out to Area 51 on Mondays and return on Fridays. Most of the workers, he said, couldn't even live in the area, so as not to draw attention to the project....

"Longest UCAP Ever" UCAP #278-alpha from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Saturday Evening through Sunday Morning, March 24 & 25. UCAP Daily. Jack and Dave have joined Jeb in Florida and are preparing to head to Lakeland for the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in.

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At air show, Blue Angels' appeal undeniable - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Tens of thousands attended the 32nd annual Florida International Air Show Saturday in Punta Gorda. The US Navy's Blue Angels precision team was the main attraction. By CHRIS GERBASI, Correspondent PUNTA GORDA - Jet teams, parachutists and aerobatic...

RIVERSIDE: Riverside native soaring home for air show - Press-Enterprise | Riverside Airshow Coordinator Tom Miller said, “We always thought it would be wonderful to have one of our home town boys come home bringing a real fighter jet with him. It (McKee coming home) doesn't get any better than that.

Fate of air show still uncertain - Brant News | Brantford city council has allocated $450,000 to fix the crumbling tarmac at Brantford Municipal Airport, but is there enough time to resurrect the Rotary Brantford Charity Air Show this year?...

Rides provide added thrills at Volusia, Flagler air shows - news-journalonline | The UH-1H Iroquois flying tours over the air show Saturday looked and sounded like it was lifted straight out of Vietnam, where it and thousands more Hueys saw their first combat action 50 years ago....

Committee plans changes for Air Show - News and Sentinel | The 2012 Air Show at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport will be different from events as the committee is looking at new acts and more vendors. Donna Rusche, co-chairman, said a focus of the committee is to add three shuttles in Washington County to increase the number of Ohio residents attending the show. These new shuttles from downtown Marietta, Reno and Devola will be added to the existing shuttle areas in Wood County including West Virginia University at Parkersburg....

Red Checkers put on a show in the sky - 3News NZ | By Brook Sabin The Red Checkers are some of the most elite Air Force pilots in the country, and today the aerobatic team started a round-the-country tour, celebrating 75 years of the Air Force. 3 News went up for a spin with them.

RNZAF Red Checkers from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The RNZAF Red Checkers aerobatic team made their way north to Whenuapai from Ohakea via a fuel stop at Hamilton 24 March and the...

New York City Transit Honors Tuskegee Airmen by Renaming Bus Depot from NYCAviation by Matt Molnar | Metropolitan Transit Authority officials, along with local politicians, NYC Transit employees, surviving Tuskegee Airmen and their families gathered on Friday at the 100th Street Bus Depot in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan to rededicate the facility as the Tuskegee Airmen Bus Depot...

John E. Legg, 87, teacher and WWII prisoner of war - Philadelphia Inquirer | His wartime ordeal, he said, began when his B-17 with a 10-man crew on a bombing mission to Berlin was attacked by German fighter planes. "Their 20mm cannon fire was exploding everywhere and it shook and vibrated the plane," he wrote...

Lawrenceville gunner Francis 'Bud' Owens has air base facility named after him - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | By Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Francis "Bud" Owens, a strapping Lawrenceville boy, left Pittsburgh for the big war in 1942 and became a B-17 gunner. The Germans shot his plane down over France in 1943. After four months of hiding from the ...

Veterans prep for 3rd Honor Flight to DC - SunHerald.com  WOOLMARKET -- Jimmy Gautier's father survived the Bataan Death March in 1942, but died a few years before the first Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight jetted a group of World War II veterans to Washington to see ...

Memories of a mammoth aircraft from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Older readers may remember the first thermonuclear-weapon-capable strategic bomber in the United States arsenal, the Convair B-36, the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. This huge aircraft could carry a greater weight of bombs than the all-up weight of an entire B-17 Flying Fortress bomber of World War II! It was always a challenge to fly, slow, lumbering and not very maneuverable. Its six piston engines (later augmented by four early-model turbojets) simply didn't have enough power to propel its fully-loaded weight of over 200 tons at a more sprightly pace. This led to its early replacement by all-jet-powered bombers (first the shorter-ranged Boeing B-47 Stratojet, and later the B-52 Stratofortress)...

Women in Aerospace from Astronauts for Hire by Astronauts4Hire | In celebration of Women's History Month, NASA conducted a one day conference titled "Women, Innovation and Aerospace" (WIA) at George Washington University on March 8th. A4H Associate Member Kavya Manyapu represented Boeing at the event, which highlighted women's contributions to innovation and progress in the aerospace community. The conference also...

A piece of Norwegian aviation history - av Håvard Hvoslef Kvalnes | The first flight in Norway was held with this type of air craft. The flight was done by a Swede, and the plane coming to Bodø this summer is also owned by a Swede....

Boeing's history in Everett - HeraldNet | Workers there build bulkheads and sections for B-17 bombers. October 1956 -- Boeing moves 283 employees to facilities at the Everett-Pacific Shipyard, where they will build jigs and shipment fixtures for B-52 bombers and KC-135 tankers.

Benoist Aircraft and Centennial of Naval Aviation Presented at MO Aviation Historical Society Meeting from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | Members of the Missouri Aviation Historical Society, a  group of St. Louis area aviation history scholars and enthusiasts, meet monthly to discuss topics of interest and assist each other in producing papers and books.  Many members of the Society are also members of...

Civil Air Patrol trains at FYI airport - KFSN | Dozens of volunteers with the Civil Air Patrol spent today on a special training mission making sure they're ready to go on a moment's notice. Volunteers gathered at Fresno Yosemite International Airport to brush up on their search and rescue skills....

Another plane on a pole from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | This is the Have Blue, predecessor of the F-117, on a ground test stand.  Click through for some history and a lots more photos.

Giant paper plane flies 10 seconds over Arizona desert - GMA News | Dubbed "Arturo's Desert Eagle," the paper plane was named after Arturo Valdenegro of Tucson, Arizona, 12, who won a contest the Pima Air & Space Museum's Giant Paper Airplane Project. The project, which led to the building of the plane from dead tree ...

EAA 64 and The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Provide Young Eagle Flights for Scout Troops from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | EAA Chapter 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum hosted over 120 local area Boy Scouts at St. Louis Downtown Airport on Saturday.  The Scouts received Young Eagle flights from EAA pilots flying five airplanes - a Piper Tripacer, 2 Cessna 172s, a Mooney M22 and a Piper Cherokee - and an R-44 Raven II helicopter from...

Model aircraft take flight in Towamencin (VIDEO) - Montgomery Media | In the gymnasium at North Penn High School on Saturday, the entire space was covered with kids. The smiles and glows on their faces expressed how much fun they were having, giving off a powerful source of energy that could make anyone soar....

X-37B Space Plane "Game-Changing" Mission Extended Indefinitely; Third Launch Planned from Spaceports | The USAF X-37B space plane may be about as taikonauts enter space lab.
The military's mysterious, experimental unmanned space plane is doing such a good job that its mission has been extended indefinitely—if only anyone knew what its mission was. The mission is top secret. Details on the mission involving the X-37B are...

NASA Sets Launch Date for Five Rocket Mission from Virginia from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | LOGOWALLOPS ISLAND, Va., March 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA scheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream between midnight and 5 a.m., Tuesday, March...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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Jet participating in Punta Gorda air show appears to have landing gear - The News-Press | Tony Rybarczyk/Special to news-press.com A member of a seven-jet team appeared to have landing gear problems during a special VIP show this evening before Saturday's Florida International Air Show at the Punta Gorda Airport. According to witness Tony...

Florida airshow aviation scholarship in memory of local pilot - Herald Citizen | The skilled aerobatics team Red Thunder will be heading to Florida this weekend. But, they'll be making the trip without one of their own. In 2011, exactly one year ago Saturday, local pilot and Red Thunder team member William "Wild Bill" Walker was killed when...

Air show will have Flagler looking up - Daytona Beach News-Journal | The air show starts at 9am today and continues Sunday. (NJ | David Massey) WHEN: 9 am to 5 pm today, with special dedication ceremony at 11 am; and 9 am to 3 pm Sunday. ADMISSION: $7 for adults, $5 for ages 2 to 17; children younger than 2 are free.

Winds keep balloons grounded but crowds delight in air show - Daytona Beach News-Journal | A couple did give it a try, though, as members of Aeroshell Aerobatic team looped and dived overhead during the evening portion of the air show. Prior to the stunt flyers, the crowd oohed and aahed as the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team sporting ...

First responders practice at mock air show crash - FOX13Now.com | HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Emergency response teams held a mock drill Wednesday in Clearfield. The purpose of the drill is to be ready in case something like this really did happen...

Aaron Tippin — this country singer’s ties to Naval Aviation from Travel for Aircraft | Aaron Tippin — this country singer’s ties to Naval Aviation I received a press release from Tip Top Entertainment about Aaron Tippin which quite surprised me. It turns out that he has been an accomplished pilot — including instrument and rotary wing ratings — for some time, beginning in his teen years. His love for flying was [...]

MCAS Yuma Airshow 2012 from Photorecon | The MCAS Yuma played out a little different from the original way I was planning on doing the show. The weather people in San Diego had been predicting a large winter storm to hit Southern California with lots of rain, snow, and major winds, on the weekend for the schedule Yuma 2012 Airshow. I started [...]

Stellar line-up for Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | SOME of the world's most potent fast jets are among a stellar line-up of RAF aircraft joining this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo. The Fairford airshow draws one of the largest crowds in the UK each year with displays by the RAF's frontline ...

Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team "BLUE PHOENIX" from Military Photos | The Blue Phoenix, officially known as the Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Thai Air Force based at KamPhaeng Saen AFB. The Blue Phoenix uses the FTS's advanced training aircraft, PC-9, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd of Switzerland. The team's six demonstration pilots currently fly the PC-9 Mustang...

Annual Easter Bunny Fly-in at Readington's Solberg Airport set for Saturday ... - New Jersey Hills | Invited to fly in is the new Medivac Westland Augusta Helicopter. Airplane rides will be available at a reduced rate all afternoon, and the instructional staff will be available to answer questions on obtaining your Pilots License...

The Weekend Guide: Pancake Breakfast, Night at the Races, Pizza Fly-In - Patch.com | The Babylon Flyers club is having a Pizza Fly-In event at the WBCYC at 75 Sawyer Avenue, West Babylon from 12 noon to 4 pm There will be spot landing, pylon racing, an obstacle course, a limbo contest as well as prizes and a 50-50 raffle...

Balloon Pilot Ed Ristaino: Brother Gives Account Of Last Ride from Kathryn's Report | As lightning illuminated the cloudy sky around him, hot air balloonist Ed Ristaino told his ground crew: “This is one we’re going to be talking about for a long time.” Minutes later, the Cornelius man’s balloon was hovering more than three miles above south Georgia, when an accumulation of ice apparently caused it to collapse, one of his brothers says. In an interview with the Observer Friday,...

Many pilots plans to boycott Sun n' Fun over tornado damage costs - Bay News 9 | The Sun 'n Fun Fly-In came close to disaster after a tornado touched down near Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in 2011. I has been nearly 1 year since a tornado ripped through the Sun n' Fun Fly-in at Lakeland Linger Regional Airport...

Filmmaker brings to light the story of women's national air derby from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Amelia Earhart is a household name when it comes to the pioneers of female aviation. However, pilots like Phoebe Omlie, Ruth Elder and Louise Thaden — although not as famous — were just as revolutionary. Along with 16 others in 1929, the four female pilots took part in the first-ever women’s national air derby, racing across the United States in nine days, to prove that women could fly just like men....

The Flying Leatherneck Museum from photorecon.net | It all started on May 22, 1912, when Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham reported for flight training at the Naval Academy at Annaplois, it wasn’t until August 20, at Marblehead, Massachusetts, that Cunningham soloed in a Curtiss B-1 Seaplane and became Naval Aviator number 5. Since then, Marine pilots have done their job to defend America...

Old Wright Bros aero history in 1909 from PPRuNe Forums | This film clip is fascinating and in very good condition for its age being as it shows the Wright Bros demonstrating the Flyer to a group of European officers and officials in 1909. Only runs for 4 mins. The shots of the plane in flight are the best I have ever seen of this machine showing a degree of speed and smoothness I did not think would have been possible...

Way Back When: Today In History from Kathryn's Report | B-24s and A-24s for World War II are produced in Air Force Plant No. 3, which was built with bond funds. Air and Space Museum By GENE CURTIS 1941 - Bomber plant bonds approvedTulsa voters approved a $750,000 bond issue to buy land and pay for water and sewer lines for a $15 million bomber assembly plant that would build B-24s for use in World War II. The bond vote was held the day after an...

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.24.12) from Aero-News Network | Beechcraft Heritage Museum The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is a distinctly original one-of-a-kind, “living and working” aviation museum that traces the lineage of the Beechcraft family of airplanes.... 

Return of the QN Broussard 30 in Reims-Prunay from Passion for aviation | Tuesday, March 13 the Medley 30 Broussard had landed at Reims-Prunay a flatbed truck with a crane of the Air Force. After a little investigation on the internet there seems to be the MH-1521 number 305 which was on display on the BA 112 Reims-Champagne (now closed) as shown in this photo from 2008 of Pyperpote...

RAF Cranwell base visit 23-3-2012 Part-two The RAF College museum from stickandrudderWTO | After visiting both main aircraft 'ramps' on the base in the morning we were taken to a 'buffet' launch within the base, and after we were rounded-up to the supplied coach to take us to the RAF Cranwell college just over the road, where we were greeted by museum staff and split into two groups. Our group went to see the Miss Hazel Crozier who is the museums curator and works very hard to conserve the many old files, slides and books held by the museum. Hazel went...

Zoltan Dani: I shot down US stealth fighter via Military Photos | ...In an interview with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Friday, Dani, who retired in 2004 and now owns a small bakery outside Belgrade, elaborated on the March 27 events: “At about 18:00 local time, we were ordered to turn on the system. We checked out the functionality of the missile defense system, reporting that the 3rd battery was on combat alert. After 20:00, a NATO airstrike began which prompted us to turn on the radar that tracked down an approaching target. We asked the mission control center to act against this aircraft, and at 20:41 we got the go-ahead. At 20:42, the target was destroyed. It took us 18 seconds to do so.”...

Scaled Composites Career Day | On Saturday April 21, 2012, Scaled Composites, LLC will open its hangar doors to give job seekers of all backgrounds the chance to talk to our employees and see some of our unique aircraft.  The Career Day and Open House will occur from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; qualified applicants should come prepared to talk one-on-one with Scaled employees. This is a chance for us to get to know you, for...

Major Changes to Warbird Central! from Warbird Central | Major Changes to Warbird Central! | We have joined forces with a great established forum called US-aircraft.com! Our forums are now shutting down and converted over to this great forum! You can go directly to the new forum at http://usaircraft.proboards.com ...

FAA Official Predicts Space Tourism Within Two Years from Aero-News Network | Statement Comes In Testimony Concerning Office Of Commercial Space FY13 Budget In testimony before a U.S. House subcommittee considering the FY2013 budget for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or AST, the Associate Administrator in charge of the office said that he expects space tourism to get underway within the next two years...

School wins NASA rocket challenge - U.TV | The team from Longstone Special School in Dundonald beat others from Victoria College and St Dominic's in Belfast, Lisneal College in Derry and Our Lady's in Newry to become the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry champions. Mark Brockbank, Teacher from ...