Indy Transponder 17-MAY-2012 2330z

Snowbirds perform season opener show in Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Snowbird 7 sits on the tarmac after the first flight demonstration of the 2012 season. The plane is flown by Captain Iain Cummings, from St. Catherines, Ont, who flies in the Outer Left Wing position. By Lisa Goudy Daring maneuvers in front of a crowd ...

Texas Gives a Big Country Welcome to Gold Team from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | The Gold Team was given a big Texas welcome at the Dyess Big Country Air Fest in Abilene Texas.  The team was also accompanied by SSG Jared Zell and SSG Jon Ewald from the Tandem Team, as well as SFC Laura Dickmeyer from the Competition Team.  All together the team was able to put on a great show for citizens of Abilene.  The team completed three jumps while at Dyess AFB, the first was on Friday as a practice which was a mass exit and then two jumps the following day for the show.  This was the first time SSG Brian Karst and SSG Kevin Presgraves had a chance to narrate a show for the team and did so with flying colors during the performances on Saturday...

Staying Local from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | The down side of traveling away from Ft. Bragg constantly throughout the demonstration season is that the team does not get to perform for the local community that often.  Fortunately for the Gold Demonstration Team two performances came up inside of a week.  The Baldwin Elementary School was conducting their Outside Activities Day and gave the Knights a chance to give the students a thrill of a life time.  The jump was conducted in the early morning to kick off the day of fun and games for the students and faculty then was followed by the Jumpers being greeted by the students and allowing them to help pack their parachutes.  The demonstration was over early but then it was back to work to prepare for the next Jump in a couple of days...

Capt. Arthur Q. Bruggeman flies Harrier demo at 2012 Joint Service Open House - DVIDS | ... Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, is scheduled to perform an AV-8B Harrier level III flight demonstration during the 2012 Joint Service Open House at Camp Springs, Md., ...

Fly-In a great success - South Hill Enterprise | The Gaston College Preparatory School (KIPP) band played the National Anthem proudly as the Fly-In officially started. A contingent of airplanes from Sanford, led by a Russian "Yak," made multiple passes down the runway trailing smoke for the crowd's ...

Black Cats ready for Jubilee - British Forces News | The Royal Navy Helicopter Display Team, the Black Cats are now putting the final touches to their preparations before the start of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Air Show season 2012. Rear Admiral Tom Cunningham, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Aviation & Carriers) gave his seal of approval for this year's routine after witnessing an exhilarating display on a sunny, but windy, day at RNAS Yeovilton.... 

B-29 Superfortress to land at Lexington's Blue Grass Airport - Lexington Herald Leader | Fifi and The Brat III are part of the Commemorative Air Force B-29/B-24 Squadron at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas. Tours of the planes and rides on them will be offered from 9 am to 5 pm Friday through Sunday. Museum admission costs $15 ...

Weekend Alabama Aviation Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA Chapter 825 is hosting the historic EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Stop at Shelby County Airport in Calera on Friday through the weekend. EAA's rare 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, now on tour, will make a stop at Shelby County Airport, Alabama for a up-close look at a classic aircraft from the early days of commercial air travel. The...

B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" at Boeing Field May 24-27 for "Salute to Veterans ... - Westseattleherald.com | The event is hosted by "The Cascade Warbirds ". In a related West Seattle Herald article, here, King County has issued a press release alerting area residents to increased noise. The Aluminum Overcast is on its year-long, "Salute to Veterans" national ...

Veterans' Day celebrated with fly-past at RAF Hendon - Times Series | Veterans' Day was celebrated at RAF Hendon today with a fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota. More than 400 veterans attended the annual event, in Colindale, which involved musical performances by The Jive Aces, a raffle and the...

Niles aviator lands in Hall of Fame - South Bend Tribune | If you answered Donavon Smith, you'd be right. You'd also probably be one of the few to come up with the cor-rect answer. Although there's a park that bears his name at South 11th and East Main streets, the site's "Welcome to Niles'' sign and flower ... 

'I felt like a celebrity:' Elmo Wojahn about the Doolittle Raiders reunion - The Caledonia Argus | Doolittle's Raiders left the flight deck of the USS Hornet that was situated about 600 miles off the coast of Japan on April 18, 1942. While the medium-sized bombers could take off the aircraft carrier, there was no way they could return and land on ...

'Jap Zeroes were diving on our fantail, I ordered: 'Blast the SOBs out of the sky!' from War Tales by Don Moore | After 20 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Eugene Maresca retired in 1983 as a full commander. He served three years in the regular Navy and the rest in the Naval Reserve. When he first signed up he was still a student at Butler University. "My mechanical aptitude score was so low they wouldn't [...]

OFFBEAT: Amelia Earhart's visit to Crete racetrack a proud moment for Balmoral - nwitimes.com | As for Earhart, Amy Otis Earhart, the mother of the aviatrix heroine, always remained hopeful her daughter might resurface despite Earhart's disappearance in July 1937 during her flight over the Pacific. US government officials declared Amelia dead ...

Flying Harry - Vintage Wings of Canada | Harry Hannah, is a friend of mine. He was a Spitfire pilot flying for 602 City of Glasgow Squadron, one of the most vaunted and storied fighter squadrons of the Second World War. Some of the greatest and most highly decorated aces of the aerial war were also in the same ranks as Harry at 602 including Squadron Leader James Harry "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar, Free Frenchman Pierre Clostermann, Grand-Croix, Croix de Guerre, DFC and bar, DSC, Silver Star, and Air Medal, Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus "Paddy" Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars, South African Johannes "Chris" le Roux, DFC and two bars, Air Vice Marshal Alexander Vallance Riddell "Sandy" Johnstone CB, DFC, AE, DL,and New Zealander Air Commodore Alan Christopher "Al" Deere, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar...

Family of missing West Virginia pilot seeks to reopen search for Air Force plane that vanished in 1950 from Kathryn's Report by Admin | WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Air Force Lt. Mike Tisik, a Brooke County native, was among 44 men lost when their C-54 Skymaster airplane vanished from the frigid air over Yukon in northwestern Canada on Jan. 26, 1950. For more than 60 years, his family has carried the burden of his disappearance and the mystery surrounding it. Now, Paul Vilga III is trying to convince the government to... 

Female private pilots fly high in India from Aviation eBrief | More women in India are following in the footsteps of a Bollywood actress who earned her private pilot's license...

Podcast: The "Miss America" P-51 from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | WARBIRD RADIO – WIX WARBIRD WEEKLY welcomes Dr. Brent Hisey, pilot of the famous Reno Racing P-51 "Miss America", to the show this week.   Brent has been flying "Miss America" out of the Oklahoma Museum of Flying since 1993. Tune in to find out more about the P-51 and the other aircraft in the museum's...

AcroCamp: Re-Packing the Acro Camp Parachutes with Todd Ames by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | I spent a little time out at the Aviation Station at KPTK (the home base for Acro Camp) last night with parachute rigger Todd Ames. Two of the chutes that we're going to use were coming due for their re-packing and I wanted to ...

Photo evidence: Maiden flight for the second China's J-20 stealth fighter prototype from David Cenciotti's weblog | After a series of high-speed taxi tests with the nosewheel off the ground and subsequent use of the drag chute, here are the first images published on... 

Video: Pull the Blanix from Apron 6 | Here's another view on the gliders used in the Glider-Wingsuit formationflight I posted two days ago...

Skydivers 'fly' in formation with gliders - Telegraph.co.uk | Five Redbull sky divers wearing specially-designed winged suits streak across the sky at 13000 feet – just inches away from a pair of gliders. This video captures the moment the five-man Redbull skydive team, moving at speeds of up to 120mph, ...

Saturday Is Learn To Fly Day from AVwebFlash Current Issue | If you or somebody you know would like to give flying a try, this Saturday might be a good time. During the third annual International Learn To Fly Day, airports around the world are hosting events and pilots are offering to take neighbors and friends up for a free introductory flight. EAA spearheads the community-wide effort, and provides information and a list of events online. Informal efforts to just take a friend or neighbor for an introductory flight or even for a visit to the airport also are encouraged. "As we inspire the next generation of aviators, International Learn to Fly Day is one day where we can make a special effort to invite and welcome those who have always dreamed of flying," said Rod Hightower, EAA president. 

Pinay teacher in US named aerospace teacher of the year - GMA News | In Presidio, she started a rocketry club five years ago where she taught rocket science to various students usually from the seventh to 10 th grade amidst the language barrier and the nature of the field itself. "I wanted to teach the kids: You want ...

Young Eagles Flight Rally scheduled for May 19 - Quad Cities Online | Young Eagles Flight Rally scheduled for May 19 - Quad-Cities Online is the Quad Cities leading Internet service provider offering dial in access, local news from The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, weather and sports...