Friday, March 23, 2012

Indy Transponder 23-MAR-2012 0300z

'Tora! Tora! Tora!' Re-Enactment to Make AirVenture Debut from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' aerial re-enactment of the events of December 7, 1941 - one of the most dazzling warbird air show performances flying today - will be part of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh afternoon warbird shows for the first time this summer...

EAA Prepares for Sun 'n Fun - Bring Your Membership Card! from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA is making final preparations for its participation in the 38th annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland, Florida, which takes place next Tuesday, March 27, through Sunday, April 1...

19 Wing Comox Air Show could be back - HQ Comox Valley | By Marc Mulvaney It has been more than a few years since the CFB Comox Airshow was held, but plans are in the works to bring it back as early as next year. "19 Wing is investigating the possibility of hosting an airshow for 2013, obviously we are still...

Giant jet to fly by Wanaka air show - Voxy | An Air New Zealand long-range 777-300ER will make a flypast of the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow on Easter Sunday, event manager Mandy Deans announced yesterday. "It is a massive aircraft at nearly 74m long with a 64.80m wingspan, and can carry over 300 ...

F-22 Raptor Demo Team at the 2012 Thunder Over Utah Airshow from Randy Rothhaar Photography

MCAS Yuma 2012 Air Show: Another successful show - Desert Warrior | The following photos depict this year's Marine Corps Air Station Yuma air show, March 17 on the station flightline, attracting more than 60000 spectators, surprassing the 2011 estimate of 45000. Demonstrations from aviation specialists like the ...

Flying Musicians to jam at Sun ’n Fun from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Flying Musicians Association will be adding fun to next week's Sun ’n Fun, performing throughout the week and inviting all pilots to bring their instruments and jam with association members....

Sporty's Sun n' Fun app from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | Sporty's Sun n' Fun app thumbnail Free apps for iOS, Android & Kindle to manage your Sun n' Fun experience.

B-17 Aluminum Overcast Heads West for Spring Tour from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Spring is finally here, and next month EAA's restored B-17 Aluminum Overcast will kick off an eight-city tour of the West Coast.

Podcast: Jack Rousch – The Warbird Rescue Hour from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | ...as they talk with legendary car guy and warbird pilot Jack Rousch. We will learn about restoring, flying, and the future of Mustangs and warbirds...

'Joy is in the doing' for AF women trailblazers - af.mil | ...Seeing the opportunity to become a fighter pilot as full participation in "a performance-based industry," Preszler was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, upon completion of her training. There she flew sorties over Iraq as part of Operation Northern Watch. Ultimately becoming 20th Fighter Wing staff director and Commander's Action Group director, Preszler credits her mother with instilling in her the idea that she could fly planes, not just ride in them....

Amelia Earhart: Hunt for missing aviator continues - Washington Post | It's been an unsolved mystery for 75 years, but researchers are taking steps toward learning the fate of the groundbreaking female aviator Amelia Earhart after her disappearance over the South Pacific. Even Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is ...

Pics of the day: The C-130 That Collided With a UAV - valoannetwork.org | Here are some great new pics of that C-130H that collided with an RQ-7 Shadow UAV over Afghanistan last year.According to the tipster who sent these our way,

Boeing is close to flying the liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye from Defence Aviation | To meet the demand from the US military for unmanned drones designed to provide advanced intelligence and reconnaissance, Boeing has recently announced that it has conducted its first medium-speed taxi test for its latest High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) surveillance drone the Phantom Eye at Edwards Air Force Base on March 10 in coordination with the NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Centre. Phantom Eye is a hydrogen-powered aircraft and designed for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and communications...

Visit to Bonne Terre MO Features Planes, Trains and Automobiles from The Aero Experience | During a recent visit to southeast Missouri, The Aero Experience stopped in Bonne Terre, not far from Farmington and Frederickstown.  We discovered unique representations of planes (at least a missile),...
   
Pima Air & Space Museum Launches Massive Paper Airplane Across Arizona Desert - EIN News | Exhibits at the Museum include some of the world's greatest aviation heritage, including military, commercial, and civil aviation. Among them are a B-29 Superfortress, the SR-71 Blackbird, and a rare World War II German V-1 "buzz bomb.

Baumgartner Initial Test Jump a Success from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Austria's Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos project are fixing to break the longstanding altitude record for skydiving held by Joe Kittinger, and last week the team took a big leap toward that goal when Baumgartner jumped out of a specially made pressurized capsule for the first time from 71,580 feet over New Mexico.

More vintage rocket photos from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick

World of Planes (Not World of Warplanes) from Military Photos | Has anyone heard of this? I came across it while looking for gameplay of the WOWP alpha, and this game looks much, much better. Supposed to be more realism/simulator based rather than WOWP/WOT's arcade style play. Supposed to have a...

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