Indy Transponder 29-MAY-2012 1045z

Videos: Some USAF Thunderbirds Action For Your Memorial Day from AirPigz by Martt | The official Thunderbirds youtube channel (usafThuderbirdVideo) has put some great videos up in the last few days, and I figure seeing these beautiful F-16's in the air is another great way to remember those who have given their life in service to the United States Armed Forces on this Memorial Day....

Thousands brave the elements Sunday at air show by mpiper | HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Swathi Swaminathan and Saathrik Chukkapalli huddled under the belly of the military plane, waiting for the weather to clear.Th...

Local Pilots Participate In Hecker, IL Memorial Day Ceremony from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Members of the St. Louis Downtown Airport aviation community participated in the Memorial Day ceremony in nearby Hecker, IL.  Four aircraft based at the airport launched to support the annual event, including two Nanchang CJ-6s, one Beech T-34 Mentor and a Cessna 172.  The flying portion of the...

Reno Air Race Blue Ribbon Report Focuses on Safety from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Robert P. Mark | Reno Air Race Association's blue-ribbon panel provided 15 recommendations to improve safety. In its final report of its review of the Reno Air Race Association (RARA) and the National Air Championship Races, the blue ribbon review panel formed by the RARA recognized that the element of safety is “contextually different” than typically encountered at some other aviation events and offered 15 recommendations to improve safety. The RARA released the panel’s report last week....

Local Female Pilots to Fly in Air Race Classic to Raise Money for New Aviation ... - WJHG-TV | That's the Air Race Classic challenge. The racers: a team of Bay County grandmothers. The women-only race was made famous by Amelia Eahart in 1929, and these locals are eager to make their mark in aviation history. But that's not all, one of the major...

Vulcan incident Doncaster 28th May from PPRuNe Forums by goldeneaglepilot | After an incredible amount of effort and fund raising to get the Vulcan XH558 back in the air this year, it suffered an engine explosion at Doncaster earlier today. The damage is serious but no one has been hurt. The airport was closed for several hours. A video of the incident was taken by a PPRuNe member who is an instructor at Doncaster, with luck we will be able to see that on the news later...

Royal Show attendance up by 1000 this year - The Witness | Visitors to the show were treated to displays by the Eqstra Flying Lions Aerobatics team, led by Scully Levin – one of the pilots in the cockpit of the Boeing 707 which swooped over Ellis Park Stadium during the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final.

Swartkops Airshow 2012 from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin | Swartkops Airshow took place on the 12th of May 2012.

2012 Fly-In Details Now Available and Registration Open from Antique Airfield News | Details are now published for the 2012 Fly-In, Cow Pastures to Commercial Airways, featuring the American Barnstormer's Tour. Registration by paper mail is now open, electronic registration will be coming soon in about a week...

Sightings: U.S. Navy T-34C Turbo Mentors at St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Two Beech T-34C Turbo Mentors stopped into St. Louis Downtown Airport for fuel on a cross-country training flight today.  It was a great day to practice crosswind landings, and the crews did a nice job on their landings.  The aircraft were from TAW-4 (Training Air Wing 4) at NAS Corpus Christi,...

Lindbergh Electric Transatlantic Q&A with Chip Yates – Flight of the ... by chip | For the Department of Energy ARPA-E proposal, we are building a small manned electric aircraft and two UAV battery pods as part of a contract to demonstrate a 24-hour, non-stop, all-electric flight. This is the scenario...

Museum Receives Two Historically Significant Sailplanes for Display from New  | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum received two historically significant sailplanes for future display in the museum’s hisoric 1929 Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL.  Generously donated by Carol Bell, the aircraft have found a home at the museum where they will be...

AeroCraftsman - Flabob from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Late last year I went on a trip with a friend to deliver his Travel Air Project to AeroCraftsman, a restoration shop at Flabob. While there we spent some time with some old friends and finally met, in person, some fellow vintage aviation nuts with which we had previously only exchanged emails or phone calls. All in all it was a good trip....

Under the Eurofighter’s Hood - airspacemag.com | Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.

The First Man: Neil Armstrong Interview from Spaceports | Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the Moon July 20, 1969, gives a rare four-part interview with CPA Australia - now online for you viewing enjoyment....