Indy Transponder 04-MAY-2012 0230z

Navy's Blue Angels Arrive At Cherry Point For Air Show - WITN | The Navy's Blue Angels have arrived at Cherry Point for this weekend's big air show. The air show opens Friday night with the Blue Angels taking to the skies at 7:30 pm They are also scheduled to fly around 3:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, ...

Salute to Veterans Airshow - KRCG | by Jennifer Weiser The schedule is set for the 24th annual Salute to Veterans Air Show at Columbia Regional Airport over the Memorial Day weekend. Demonstration teams this year include the Navy's F-18 Superhornet Team, the Lima Lima Team, ...

Cherry Point Air Show to celebrate aviation heritage - Havelock News | By Ken Buday The culmination of 100 years of Marine Corps aviation and 70 years of Cherry Point will come down to this weekend. The Cherry Point Air Show is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and promises a full slate of activities in the air ...

Snowbirds focused on necessary practice over Comox Valley - Comox Vallety Record | By Contributed - Comox Valley Record As a result of lost training opportunities due to weather, as well as an intense training schedule, there will not be a formal public Snowbirds show in the Comox Valley, confirmed 19 Wing Comox this week. Lieut...

The sky's the limit in Wanaka this weekend - The Press | Spitfire and torpedo bomber flights, aerobatics displays by the Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers' team, display parachute jumps and the unveiling of a new A109 military helicopter should keep aeronautic buffs happy, but the beauty of the event ...

Red alert for airshow - This is Grimsby | AN AIRSHOW in June has been reborn as Red Sunday as organisers confirm more incredible aerial – and red – acts to complement the Red Arrows. Organisers of the Festival Of Flight have announced a number of attractions for the airshow on Sunday, ...

Air show founder seeks lease relief - Quad City Times | Concerned about a jump in the lease rate for the city-owned airport, the founder of the Quad-City Air Show took his concern to the Davenport City Council on Wednesday. Ken Hopper, who founded the air show 26 years ago, told the council he would seek ...

Team Flight – Texas Flying Legends from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Two gorgeous aircraft over Grimes Field, OH. Texas Flying Legends P-51D “Dakota Kid” and P-40K “Aleutian Tiger” fly in formation of the port side of the B-25G “Panchito.” At the stick is Casey Odegaard and Warren Pietsch who make it look real easy and keep the planes in tight when they are working real hard at their craft!

Aerobatic flights roll into city - Barrier Daily Truth | Designed by an award-winning German aerobatic pilot, the Extra 300L has since become the number one aircraft choice for stunt pilots around the world. It is sturdy and travels along the ground smoothly- the takeoff would have been pleasant if I wasn't ...

Flying promotion for Russian war birds - Wiltshire Business | Yakovlevs is one of the UK's leading formation and aerobatic display teams, wowing more than 35 million spectators - including the Queen and the Sultan of Brunei - at more than 850 events across the world in their 12-year history...

Up and away as aviation history flies again - ABC Local | By Justin Huntsdale This weekend Albion Park will again host the Wings Over Illawarra weekend as rare and restored vintage planes take to the sky. To view this media, please enabled Javascript in your browser setttings. It's worth taking a trip to the ...

More Desert Kittyhawk data from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | Since my last post here on the topic, further images by Jakub Perka have been released (the full set are here) and two videos plus a later one.  It is now reported that it is near the Farafra Oasis in the Al-Wadi Al Jadid in Egypt...

Great Northwest Air Race 16 June, 2012 Ephrata, WA (KEPH) from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | kThe RVs are well represented in the RV Gold (390) and Blue (360) classes but once again no Reds (320) . The number of FAC5s is impressive (see www.sportairrace.org for definition of the classes)....

Fly-in adds vintage touch - Pauls Valley Daily Democrat | “This is our annual antique fly-in,” Lucas said. “We normally hold it later in the summer, but this year we moved up to be on the same day as BrickFest.” As with past fly-in events at the local airport this one is expected to feature some very unique ...

'This is Cinerama' Coming on September 17 - High-Def Digest | ...and concluding with a flight across America in the nose of a B-25 bomber. Bonus features will include: Audio commentary ...

Air Force Museum Foundation pitches future at Dayton Dragons from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Air Force Museum Foundation, in coordination with several community leaders, will make a special announcement regarding the expansion of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in front of a home town crowd at the Dayton Dragons game on May 7, 2012. The announcement will surround a night of aviation activities in and around Fifth Third Field that are geared towards educating and entertaining Dragons fans, including some sneak peeks at what will be coming to the museum in the near future....

F-15E crashes in Southwest Asia from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle crashed May 3 at 11:40 a.m. local time while conducting a routine training mission. Both crew members ejected safely...

Air Force accepts final F-22 Raptor from Air Force Link Top Stories | Senior Air Force officials attended a ceremony here May 2 commemorating the delivery of the final F-22 Raptor to the service...

Celebrating in the sky with a birthday flight - News Chief | There are probably no more than 10 people in the United States who still fly an airplane at the age of 90, according to Jon Brown, owner of Brown's Seaplane Base in Winter Haven. One of those rare individuals was recently spotted in the air on his 90th birthday. Jim Torphy flew his 1946 Piper Cub airplane solo on April 17, and called it his "birthday flight."...

Jetman flies over Rio - News & Observer | The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the Jet powered carbon-kevlar Jetwing which he uses his body to steer as he flew over the Brazilian city before landing on Copacabana Beach.