Friday, April 27, 2012

Indy Transponder 27-APR-2012 0800z

CHINO: Planes of Fame Air Show relives WWII - Press-Enterprise | BY FIELDING BUCK The Planes of Fame Air Museum will turn back the clock 70 years for its annual air show, May 5-6. Activities include panel discussions with veterans along with fly-overs, wing-walking and aerobatics. Attendees can also look in on 1972...

Amazing Aerobatic Pilots Practice Risky Maneuvers - CBS Local | Spectators will also be able to marvel at a number of other aerobatic acts, including the grace and magic of Rob Holland, 2011 Freestyle Aerobatic World Champion and Aerobatic Champion Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts. Both Holland and Wiskus took to ...

Fort Lauderdale Air Show, Taste of Mexico Festival Attract Thousands to Fort ... - PR Web | More than 10000 travelers are heading to the Inaugural Lauderdale Air Show and the Taste of Mexico Festival this weekend in Fort Lauderdale. Rather than compete for overpriced hotel rooms, many visitors are booking private vacation rentals through Fort ...

Red Arrows will return to Clacton Air Show this summer - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | THE world famous Red Arrows will be returning to Clacton this summer for the town's 21st air show. The display team will perform on the second day of the popular event on August 24. It was forced to pull out of the show last year following the death of ...

Flyover crowns day of celebrations - Ynetnews | Bases in the north enjoyed an aerobatic performance and in Jerusalem the air force saluted the 120 soldiers who received an award for excellence from President Shimon Peres. Hercules transport aircrafts contacted the president as they flew over his ...

Glacier Girl to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Recovery at AirVenture from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The Lockheed P-38 Glacier Girl, the fearsome twin-boom fighter that has become one of the world's most well-known warbirds since its rescue from the Greenland ice cap in 1992, will return to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture on the 20th anniversary of its first public appearance. The aircraft, which began flying in 2002 after a 10-year restoration, will be part of the weeklong activities at "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration," July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport.

Group Aircraft Arrival Schedule Set from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | One of the most popular precursors to EAA AirVenture is the mass arrival of aircraft groups to Oshkosh's Wittman Regional Airport. Arriving en masse allows kindred aircraft to set up group camping areas in the North 40, which would be logistically impossible if they arrived separately.

Pilot ends global ultralight trip - BigPond News | In collaboration with Penn State University in the United States, the plane maker was awarded NASA's Green Aviation prize in 2011 after flying a different, electric aircraft 200 miles (320km) in less than two hours using the equivalent in electricity...

Planning continues for new Airman Heritage Museum from Air Force Link Top Stories | Efforts are underway to expand the Air Force's enlisted heritage museum here. The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation plans to modernize the USAF Airman Heritage Museum with a new facility to be located on what is becoming Lackland AFB's Heritage Campus. The site location, at the North end of the parade ground, has been approved and the project programming has begun; it establishes September 2017 as the opening date for the new museum-learning center....

Going Vertical - airspacemag.com | When pilots Jim Harley (front seat) and Air & Space contributor Larry Lowe took up Betty Jane, a TP-51C Mustang last weekend, they decided to...

National Air Olympics (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

Make it rain
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Meet C-17 pilot Capt. Lauren Ross, featured in "Rescue," during IMAX Theatre's Ladies in Leadership Day
from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Capt. Lauren Ross, the U.S. Air Force C-17 pilot featured in the film, will be hosting special screenings of "Rescue" at the IMAX Theatre at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. She and other area female leaders will be on hand to speak about their careers, discuss how they got to where they are today, and answer questions. Ross will also hand out autographed pictures...

Did aviator's famed plane make historic landing in Carmarthenshire? -
This is South Wales | Southern Cross was an early airliner flown by Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In it, he made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928, and was greeted on his arrival in Brisbane, Australia, by a crowd of 25000.

PCDU Episode 86: One Fine Day at Parafield
from Plane Crazy Down Under | Thanks to OzRunways, Steve was able to get to Adelaide to cover the Parafield Airshow 2012...

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