Indy Transponder 30-MAY-2012 2300z

5th Anniversary of the OC Air Show flies over the beach June 9 & 10 - WGMD Radio | The 5th annual OC Air Show will light up the skies over Ocean City June 9th and 10th. This year's OC Air Show will be bigger and better than ever. Added to the 5th anniversary show – the A-10 Thunderbolt – also known as the Warthog, the flying gun and...

Warbirds Over the Roanoke event - South Hill Enterprise | Mike Hollowell, of the Raleigh-Durham RC Club, prepares his beautiful scale WWII B-25 Mitchell bomber for a flight during the 95th Squadron Warbird Fly-In at last year's event. Models like this from all eras will be in abundance at the Warbirds Over... 

NV Air National Guard to hold open house June 9 in Reno from RGJ.com | RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Air National Guard is inviting the public to an open house at its base in Reno on June 9. More than a dozen types of aircraft will be on display from 10 a.m.

Ric Peterson – Warbird Radio | Air show announcer, Canadian talk radio super star and stand-up comedian Ric Peterson joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Tune in this Wednesday morning at 10am (EASTERN) and hear what’s going on in Ric’s world as the 2012 air show season gets underway.  For more information on Ric Peterson just click [...]

Photo Gallery: US Navy Leap Frogs land in Spokane - KXLY Spokane | US Navy Leap Frogs come in for a smooth landing in Riverfront Park's Lilac Bowl. With the wind just right, a team of three parachute team members jumped out of a C-130 hurtling toward the Earth on Wednesday evening. The United States Navy Leap Frogs...

Airshow & Fly-In Poster Unveiled - Patch.com | By Jennifer Squires Watsonville Airshow & Fly-In poster contest winners include: Stephen Phillips, Shane Brosio, Lexi Estrada and Melissa Ramirez. Senior Melissa Ramirez won the first-place prize; her design will be the official poster for the 48th ...

Just fly the Tricolour Arrows with a black trail - The time | But if we were still honoring the armed forces and - simultaneously - the victims of the earthquake, there would be a way: four Tricolour Arrows flying in the sky of Rome. Four: three to draw the colors of the flag and a fourth plane in line,...

Chocks away as it is lift off for annual air show - Swindon Advertiser | ALL eyes will be on the sky this summer as the world's largest air show puts on a royal display. The arrival of jet planes and a parachute display marked the launch of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford...

Woodspring Wings model air show brings thousands of aircraft enthusiasts to Yatton - This is Somerset | Thousands of aircraft enthusiasts will be winging their way to North Somerset for one of the country's biggest model air shows. The annual Woodspring Wings show, now in its 20th year, takes place over the weekend of July 6 and 7 at the club's airfield ...

'Yankee Lady' and Hornet Set to Fly in for American Pride Day - Cape May County Herald | The museum has partnered with the Yankee Air Museum in Michigan to fly- in with the B-17 “Yankee Lady” for this occasion. The B-17 will be at the museum all day (9-5) on June 18 and 9:00 am until noon on June 19. Experience an important part of ...

B-24 Repairs from stickandrudderWTO | Heard moments ago, that the CAF damaged B-24 is going to Addison for repairs, and sounds like it's flying there, and just talk of 'external damage' being repaired to it can carry-on with the tour. Hamilton ? Fingers-crossed.

The Patriot Files: Dear airman - DVIDS | Mastin's dream began the day he saw the Air Force Thunderbirds perform at Fairchild. Their aerial acrobatics in the F-16 Fighting Falcon left a lasting impression on Mastin, who instantly fell in love with the idea of being a pilot...

US 'Memorial Day' floral tribute 30-5-2012 Wollaton Hall Nottingham UK 507th and 508th PIR 82nd Airborne - stickandrudderwto | Today, earlier than planned, I did the 'floral tribute' to the men of the 507th and 508th PIR 82nd Airborne, who were based at Wollaton Hall prior to D-Day and  afterwards. Things had to be done early afternoon, because of the 'bad' weather moving-in from the west midlands. However, I did, what I set-out to do today, and that was to remember on US 'Memorial Day' the men, who during one moment in time, once walked the grounds of Wollaton Hall, and streets of the City of Nottingham. My own Grandad, spoke to some of them in Nottingham, and said...

We are excited to be flying our UH-1 Huey helicopter in to the Special Olympics... from IASAR - Indiana Air Search and Rescue's Facebook Wall by IASAR - Indiana Air Search and Rescue | We are excited to be flying our UH-1 Huey helicopter in to the Special Olympics Summer Games at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. We will flyover the Summer Games activities at Marks Field at approx. 4:45pm this Saturday, June 2nd. We are helping to support Finish Line and their team efforts with the State of Indiana Special Olympics...

Vulcan XH558 by PlanesTV.com | Engine Damage Update - issued Wednesday 30th May - 5pm The technical team spent yesterday (Tuesday) investigating the engine damage on XH558, to determine its cause and to start assessing the timescale and cost of rectification. We have already established that both engines No.1 and No.2 on the port side are sadly beyond repair, both having suffered blade damage and the effect of excessive heat. The primary cause of the damage has been determined to be ingestion of silica gel desiccant bags. The most...

New Bronco from Apron 6 | Monday I had the chance to photograph the second bronco from the Bronco Demoteam....

WWII Bomber Makes South Valley Visit - KSEE | The B-17 was his airplane. He calls the left seat home. Back then every flight was dangerous. "I brought one back, it was so badly shot up, they pulled it into the bullpen." He's going back up for a Sentimental Journey. This time he's a passenger...

'Volunteer of the Quarter' recognized at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 88th Air Base Wing Vice Commander Col. Daniel Semsel presented Englewood resident Tom Gardner with the Team Wright-Patt "Volunteer of the Quarter" award for the first quarter of 2012 on May 24. Gardner began volunteering at the museum in 2002 and...

Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? The 1931 Vickers Type 161 Biplane Pusher from AirPigz by Martt | ...Today I'm trying something new: Awesome or Ugly? It's a simple poll to see what you think about really unusual aircraft while also showing you some thinking from the past that you may have never seen. This...

Oklahoma City Breaks 100-day Barrier for Overhauling a KC-135 - airforce-magazine | Oklahoma City Breaks 100-day Barrier for Overhauling a KC-135: Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center technicians completed programmed depot maintenance on a KC-135 tanker in 99 flow days, the first time they have broken the 100-day barrier, said officials at Tinker AFB, Okla., where the depot is located. They returned the tanker...

Japan continues to invest in its new fifth-generation fighter, the "Divine Spirit" Mitsubishi from CavokBlog | After the U.S., Russia and China, Japan could become the fourth country to have its own fifth-generation fighter. A new game is relatively small in size and weight, will be the first fighter aircraft developed independently in Japan over the past seven decades, the ATD-X "Divine Spirit". The alternative in Japanese...

Sierra Nevada completes four Dream Chaser milestones from RLV and Space Transport News | ...Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems announces that the Dream Chaser® Space System has successfully completed four additional NASA Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program Milestones. The four Milestones included:...

Mating and Demating, the model device — the MDD from Travel for Aircraft | Space Shuttles were transported atop a specially modified Boeing B-747 — looking much like lovebugs (Plecia nearctica) to me — whenever they could not land at Kennedy Space Center. A machine was used to attach the Shuttle at the embarking point while another would be employed to detach the Shuttle at the debarking point. Two MDDs, each specialized derrick-like assemblies with three hoists attached to a lifting beam, were made — one for Edwards Air Force Base and one for the Kennedy Space Center. Two large cranes were used at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Each assembly was officially known by NASA as a Mate-Demate Device (MDD)...

NASA Proposes a Set of Guidelines to Preserve Apollo Landing Sites on Moon - TopNews United States | Google Lunar X Prize Foundation last week revealed that it will be abiding by the guidelines put forth by NASA. It has been reported that Google Lunar X Prize Foundation, will be sanctioning a prize worth $20m (£13m) to one of the 26 privately funded...