Sunday, April 15, 2012

Indy Transponder 15-APR-2012 0230z

Fat Albert Hiatus from World Airshow News Forum | I just heard that Fat Albert is at the depot undergoing maintenance, and will be off the airshow circuit for a few months...

Wright Flight kids open DM air show - TucsonSentinel.com | Students from the Wright Flight program opened the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Open House air show Saturday after taking off from Tucson International Airport and landing at DM. For Sabrina Gruenhagen, 11, her second time in an airplane was her first ...

A Wonderful Aviation Experience on your Doorstep - Christchurch People | If you are interested in aviation history or you want to entertain the kids then we can't reccommend it enough. We left feeling rather "enthused". Do speak to the staff and ask them about the aircraft. It will make such a difference to your visit....

WWII Heritage Days event today, Sunday - Newnan Times-Herald | Experience the sights and sounds of the Greatest Generation as the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts the WWII Heritage Days at the Historical Airpower Facility, Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field in Peachtree City from 9 am- 4 pm both ...

Red Arrows to showcase skills at Cleethorpes' Festival Of Flight - This is Grimsby | THE world-famous Red Arrows are coming to Cleethorpes to provide a spectacular conclusion to the resort's Festival Of Flight. The Grimsby Telegraph can reveal that the famed RAF aerobatic team is to perform its full display over Cleethorpes seafront on ...

Boeing 787 Dreamliner wins 2011 Collier Trophy from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has been announced as the winner of the 2011 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Boeing says that the award of the trophy places the Dreamliner in an exclusive group of pioneers that revolutionised air travel...

The Doolittle’s Raiders Goblets from Photorecon | This year marks the 70th anniversary of the raid which was the first strike against the Japanese homeland.  The National Museum of the United States Air Force has a B-25 that was restored by North American Aviation and presented to the Museum in 1958.  The aircraft was restored and painted to represent B-25B, Serial Number [...]

WWII heroes to gather at Wright-Patt - Springfield News Sun | CV Glines, the official historian for the Doolittle Raiders and himself a World War II aviator, said the raid “greatly humiliated” Japanese military leaders who assured their the nation's population they would not be attacked...

Latest from the Aero Experience:

Wayne Podeweltz's Aeronca Chief: 41 Years of Caretaking from Antique Airfield News | Wayne Podeweltz, Merrill WI, is about to complete the second rebuild of his 1939 Aeronca 65-C "Chief", which he has owned for 41 years. With...

Mike Lucas' and Andy Heins' Skyranger Has Paint from Antique Airfield News | Mike Lucas sent an update on the Skyranger project that he and Andy Heins are working on Dayton. Andy and I finished painting all the fabric, and we are pretty happy with the results. The gold trim on the red really makes it pop. All that is...

Lockheed chief test pilot hits 1,000 hours in Raptor from Aerospace-Defense News | Friends and family gathered April 6 to congratulate F-22 Lockheed Martin Chief Test Pilot James "JB" Brown III on his 1,000 hours of flying an F-22 at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif...

On a wing and a prayer for Gary - This is Nottingham | THE widow of the oldest British serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan has performed a wing walk to mark the anniversary of his death. Jacqui Thompson's husband, Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson, 51, of Sherwood, was killed on duty in Kandahar in 2008...

Raptor videos from Red Flag from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Happy Saturday minions... Here are some videos from Red Flag over at Nellis courtesy of the USAF. One is just of them refueling over the barren Nevada desert. The other is of airfield operations at Nellis...

Caption Contest #72 Has A Winner! from AirPigz

Biggin Hill Spitfire hangar set to open next month - News Shopper | It is hoped the hangar, opening on May 2, will put the former RAF fighter station back on the aviation map following the demise of the popular Biggin Hill Air Fair. With further Spitfires scheduled to arrive over the coming months, for now there will ...

Twenty Spitfires buried in Burma during WW2 to be repatriated to UK - Metro | Twenty Spitfires that were buried in Burma during the Second World War are to be restored and repatriated to the UK. David Cameron struck up the deal with Burmese president Thein Sein in a bid to thaw relations. The move will see the historic fighter ...

Cameron signs deal to bring wartime Spitfires home from Myanmar - gulfnews.com | The Spitfire is arguably the most important plane in the history of aviation, playing a crucial role in the Second World War. It is hoped this will be an opportunity to work with the reforming Burmese [Myanmarese] government to uncover, ...

RAF Typhoons Scrambled Over UK from Aero-News Network | Quick Reaction Alert Force Responded To Helicopter Transmitting Emergency Signal Two RAF Typhoons were launched yesterday evening to intercept an aircraft that was transmitting an emergency signal and could not be identified via radio. The RAF jets are part of the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) force which has Typhoon fighter aircraft and crews held at continuous ground-readiness at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, and at RAF Leuchars in Fife...

Theatrical Evenings at the Museum of Regional Air Angers from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton(translated) | The Regional Museum of Angers in the Air is pleased to present his new movie: the theatrical evenings | During these evenings, conducted in collaboration with the theater group "pinched scene," René Gasnier, Hélène Boucher and Henri Mignet, welcome you to the heart of the Angevin aviation history through drama skits (3 skits 20 minutes with seats)....

Airport aims to stop thrill-seekers at 'blowback beach' - overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com | Security measures will be increased at Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in response to a viral video showing a woman being injured by jet blast from a JetBlue airplane. The beach is just steps from Princess Juliana International Airport, where airplanes take off...

More on the Space Shuttle's final missions from The Original Rocket Dungeon | CollectSpace reports on the Space Shuttle's final crew patch, which will commemorate the delivery of the Shuttles to their final resting places.  The patch was designed by pilot Jeff Moultrie who is the chief pilot of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).  The patches will be worn by Moultrie and his crew during next week's delivery of...

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