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. ...
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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...