Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Indy Transponder 22-MAY-2012 1530z

PDF: Blue Ribbon Panel's final report on the Reno Air Races from RGJ.com

24th Annual Salute to Veterans Airshow coming this weekend - Columbia Missourian | Pilot Clyde Zellers of Springfield, Ill., will fly his World War II era SNJ-5 Texan Warbird, pictured here on May 28, 2011, during the annual Salute to Veterans Airshow at Columbia Regional Airport over the Memorial Day weekend...

Piggly Wiggly MayFly 2012 Air Show - SCNow | The Black Diamond Jet Team takes off during the 2012 May Fly Air Show at the Florence Regional Airport on May 19,2012. The air show continues today with gates opening at 10:30 and flying beginning at 1 pm A wing walker takes off at the 2012 May Fly Air ...

Airshowsreview - POF Airshow! from Planes Of Fame News | Read this great review of Planes of Fame 2012 Air Show!

Red Arrows to perform at Southport Airshow - Southport Visiter | ŠThe Red Arrows will be on display at around 12pm on both days, although times may be subject to change. Sefton council leader ŠCllr Peter Dowd said: "What better way to celebrate the show's 21st anniversary than to have the Red Arrows open the event...

Classic 46: 2012 Race Team by Classic 58 | She plans to earn her CFI and CFII certificates this summer and is excited to race her first Air Race Classic. On the right is Kristine Anthony, an instructor pilot and double alumni from ERAU. She graduated in 2010 with a...

The 70th Doolittle Raider Reunion, Inbound from Historic Flight by JohnS | We bid "good-bye" to friends at Grimes Field on the Friday morning of the Reunion, April 20th. Weather changes were forecast, but reporting stations indicated ceilings of at least 2,500 feet. Once again, a front bisected the midwest. We chose our path to maximize chances of continuous flight under visual rules, but it was not to be. During our flight we sought and obtained an instrument clearance to 10,000 feet, prompting use of all available clothing. Grumpy's undersized heater gave up sometime during Lend/Lease. Happily, the skies cleared as we began our descent to a fuel stop. After a short break, we continued to Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City, South Dakota...

B-17 Flight Evokes Images About What WWII Missions Were Like - The B-Town Blog | Standing next to Ted Gary of Des Moines outside the Museum of Flight, I said to this B-17 tail gunner – who flew 22 combat bombing missions over Germany in 1945 – that he had probably taken off in weather worse than this many times. "Yes," Ted nodded.

Veteran Jack Shine flew steady in service years - Glenview Announcements | He flew in a B-25 Mitchell, a twin-engined medium bomber made famous for its wide use in World War II. Shine was a member of a night fighter unit and their job was nothing short of dangerous. The elements were just as lethal as the enemy they sought.

World War II veteran takes flight into the past on B-17 - The Seattle Times | A 90-year-old gets a chance to fly in a B-17 bomber for the first time since he was shot down during World War II. By Alexa Vaughn Al Soo, thank you for your Service. You are part of the Greatest Generation. ... (May 22, 2012, by chapped) MORE Smooth ...

Timeless Voices - Lawrence Alley from eaavideo.org | Lawrence Alley was a USMC dive bomber pilot during World War II, but the war ended before he saw combat. Recalled to active duty during the Korean War, Lawrence flew 100 combat missions as an AD Skyraider pilot with Marine attack squadron VMA-121...

P-47 Snafu - First Flight from Another Time by Dan Linn | Running a few weeks late to post the pictures but as you can see the P-47 Thunderbolt named "Snafu" belonging to The Fighter Collection has flown!  It flew April 21 and is now flying its test time off so that it can...

The US Army's 1950s Hoverboard Prototype - The Atlantic | Courtesy of the Internet Archive, this episode, "Fifty Years of Aviation History," begins in 1907 and ends with speculation about the future of military aviation. The Hiller Aviation Museum has remarkable photographs and diagrams from the 1956 patent ...

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar — with yellow nose and bright red detailing by travelforaircraft | On occasion, militaries have their aircraft painted in eye catching liveries and this Flying Boxcar fits into the category. Yellow nose paint seguing into lightning bolts complimented by red accented vertical and wing surfaces — this might be the most eye pleasing Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar existing. When I visited Fort Bragg to see the Airlifters Airpark on Pope Army Airfield I was lucky to have a warm late afternoon light which had the paint on this Flying Boxcar glowing...

Colorado Aviation Week to celebrate general aviation from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) has released the schedule for "Colorado Aviation Week," with several events slated June 7-10 in the Denver area to celebrate the state's General Aviation Appreciation Month...

Skydiver Aims To Land Without Parachute - Sky News | A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without the use of a parachute. Gary Connery, 42, from Oxfordshire, will leap from a helicopter a mile above Henley then glide towards a field ...

USMC F-35B first flight at Eglin Air Force Base. On the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps Aviation. from David Cenciotti's weblog | Eglin Air Force Base, that has become famous for the improvised hangar foam party that almost submerged an F-15, an F-16 and an A-10, saw the first flight of an F-35B, belonging to the USMC, on May 22, 2012, on the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps Aviation...

Grizzly 2 heads for unpaved runway trials from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Airbus Military's A400M development aircraft "Grizzly 2" just took off from Toulouse, France on its way to performing the type's first unpaved runway trials. The aircraft is now en route for Cottbus, Germany, where it is expected to stay through the rest of this week. First on the agenda will be making landings on a grass strip, which should provide some spectacular photo opportunities...

Wright-Pat flight club moving from base from Air Force Times - News | DAYTON, Ohio — The manager and some members of an Air Force base flying club set for closure in Ohio are taking wing to a nearby regional airport.

Helicopter ride for birthday girl, age 99 - UPI | Georgene Barto, about to turn 99 and saying "I've been waiting a long time for this," got her birthday wish: a helicopter ride. The 30-minute ride Sunday, which began with the...

Long Island Kids Get Close Encounter With WWII - Patch.com | By Joe Dowd The pilots of the Geico Skytypers squadron, who will perform during the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach this weekend, in front of one of their modified T-6 Texans. The two-seat single-engine "Warbird" was used extensively as a trainer ...

Former Astronaut Will Lead 100-Year Starship Effort from SPACE.com | A former NASA astronaut who took inspiration from "Star Trek" will lead the 100 Year Starship project to enable interstellar space travel within a century.


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