Indy Transponder 06-MAR-2012 2345z

Abu Dhabi Air Expo kicks off tomorrow - emirates247.com | The Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will officially launch Abu Dhabi Air Expo tomorrow (Tuesday) at Al Bateen Executive Airport. The expo running from 6th until 8th March, will be open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, to visitors and exhibitors to witness exhilarating performances by the UAE's Al Fursan Aerobatic team, the Emirates Sky Diving team and daring aerobatic displays by the famous Captain Zoltan Veres, the recipient of five Guinness world records....

Waterloo Air Show welcomes back the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demo - Exchange | Breslau - Kick-start your summer by experiencing amazing aerial displays at the 2012 Waterloo Air Show, June 2 & 3, 2012. Aviation is showcased both in the air and on the ground. Highlighting the show will be spectacular displays by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Canada’s CF-18 fighter jet, daring aerobatics, warbirds and more....

Pilot thrilled to be a part of home airshow - Standard | A FORMER Farmor's School pupil will enjoy a flying visit to his old stomping ground later this year when he gets to take part in the Royal International Air Tattoo. Flight Lieutenant Phil Bird, 32, is a regular spectator at RIAT, but this year will be the first time he has had the chance to take part. ...

Girl, nine, talks down U-2 spy plane at Fairford - BBC News | A nine-year-old girl from Devon has "talked down" a US Air Force spy plane in Gloucestershire. Plane-mad Ellie Carter rode in a chase car from where she and another pilot spoke to the U-2 captain to say how close he was to the runway. She was given the task after writing to the Fairford Air Tattoo to ask if the U-2 could fly at this summer's event....

Ellie meets U-2 pilot at RAF Fairford - YouTube

Heritage Flight Conference - Crosswind Images | photo gallery

Airshow Announcer Rob Reider – Audio Episode Show Notes - Airspeed | Rob Reider is one of the busiest airshow announcers in the country.  Since going full time in 2006, he has announced 135 shows and 2012 is shaping up to be as busy as ever.  We talk about what it takes to be an announcer, what it’s like to be an announcer during peak season, and even what happens when the worst happens....

NVAHOF joining CCAA Open House - On Saturday, March 31, NVAHOF will participate with the Clark County Aviation Association in its 5th annual open house at the North Las Vegas Airport. NVAHOF will set up a table along with various poster displays of interest to promote NVAHOF and support the CCAA. NVAHOF staff, members, and friends will make this a family affair to mix with the attending students and general public. NVAHOF staff and volunteers will offer NVAHOF membership to new members wishing to support NVAHOF in its endeavor to further student education and recognize the legends of aerospace and aviation in Nevada....

Rock Schaller's Stick Chief from Antique Airfield News | Rock Schaller sent a couple of photos about his nearly finished project, which we saw before in 2009. Many will remember this as the stick Chief owned for years by...

Fark Photoshop Thread - The Unwanted Blog | This was Freakin’ High-larious....

WWII Vet Plans To Take Honor Flight - KULR8 | A Montana World War Two veteran is ready to embark on a new journey. Bill Woolston is a World War Two veteran, he was stationed in Germany, Austria and France from 1943 to 1946. Peggy, his wife of 68 years, is also a veteran, she served as an officer in the women's auxiliary corps in WWII....

Aviation enthusiast, wife land in Greenville - Greenville Online | Mike Helsel is a frequent flier in more ways than one. Helsel is a longtime traveler. And when the California native decided to leave Houston in late 2010, he and wife Sandy began making plans to retire in what would be their 10th city in 40-plus years of marriage. Careers in marketing, engineering and procurement have taken them to northern and southern California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and two locations in Texas....

F-111 on tour Down Under - Flightglobal | Although Australia has had a little bit of a difficult relationship with its retired General Dynamics F-111Cs of late - most notably burying a whole bunch of them in a landfill - it has retained one of its Aardvarks for posterity. Pictured here is aircraft A8-142 on a road trip from RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, to RAAF Base Wagga, New South Wales....

Close Encounter: Typhoon and Rafale - AviationWeek | The RAF's No. 3(F) Sqdn. dispatched two of its Eurofighter Typhoons from Coningsby to France to visit the Dassault Rafale 1/7 Sqdn. at the Saint-Dizier air base....

The Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Celebrates Its First Full Year in Orbit - POPSCI | NASA may no longer possess a reusable vehicle for traveling to and from low earth orbit, but the United States Air Force has all but established a permanent presence up there. Maybe you’ve forgotten about the X-37B, the USAF’s pilotless, reusable space plane that’s been in orbit since launching on March 5, 2011, but it’s still up there making laps. Today marks the first day of its second year in continuous orbit, a milestone for the mysterious program that the Air Force will tell us virtually nothing about....

National Space Club Announces 2012 Award Recipients - Space Ref | The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is the Club's preeminent award and it is given to recognize significant contribution to United States leadership in the field of rocketry and astronautics. This year's award will be presented to The GPS...

Space Shuttle Enterprise Heads to New York - WFUV | The Space Shuttle Enterprise takes off for its new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum next month. On April 23rd, the NASA orbiter, which is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia, will arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport atop the space agency’s shuttle carrier aircraft. “We are immensely excited about Enterprise’s landing at JFK and are readying the Intrepid for her arrival,” Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum President Susan Marenoff-Zausner said in a news release....