Thursday, September 6, 2012

Indy Transponder 06-SEP-2012 1700z

Air National Guard aerobatic team puts on a show - Today's THV | LTC Klatt is one of the top aerobatic pilots in the world, a veteran of three combat deployments flying F-16's in Iraq and he will be bringing his nationwide tour to Little Rock to perform at the Thunder Over the Rock Air Show this weekend at Little ...

NRV Airshow - Virginia Tech Collegiate Times | The featured aviation performers are from the International Council of Airshows, an organization known for its strict safety standards which seek to maximize fun and safety for the shows. Dave Mathieson, also known as “Super Dave,” will be one of the ...

Gold Team Ends a Thirteen Year Dry Spell from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | After 13 years without holding an air show, the 122nd Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base decided to bring it back and to go big in the process by inviting the Golden Knights Gold Demonstration Team. An estimated 50,000 people were said to be in attendance for the new and improved air show with acts like Otto the Helicopter, Indy Boys – Jet Powered School Bus, Mohr Barnstorming, Oliver’s SkyDancer and the F-22 Raptor Demo Team just to name a few. With 16 performers and 20 static displays this air show had something for everyone with no expense spared to accommodate an overwhelming crowd on a small base. The Gold Team was brought in to be one...

Air show draws more than 82000 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | Officials with the Guard announced Wednesday attendance figures for the 2012 Fort Wayne Air Show – held over Labor Day weekend – noting that it was the largest such show the region has seen in decades. “The Fort Wayne Air Show was a complete ... 

'Superb' Portrush Airshow set for take off - BBC News | The skies above Portrush will be filled with colour this weekend as the Northern Ireland International Airshow takes off. The 30 air displays planned for the event will include the Red Arrows. About 100,000 people are expected to visit the town over ...

The Patrouille de France flew over Lyon on Monday morning - mLyon | The prestigious training rose above the city on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of its liberation. At 11:30 am on 9 Alpha Jets lights made ​​a first pass east-west over the place Bellecour. They then returned ...

Air show highlights light aircraft achievements - Southeast European Times | A small airport near Sofia was the site of a unique air show at the weekend, which marked the 100th anniversary of the first flight by a Bulgarian pilot. The show brought together aces from all over Europe, including Serbia, Romania, Croatia and ...

Fly-in a big hit in South Kitsap - Port Orchard Independent | The Northwest Beech Boys aviation club descended upon a crowd of onlookers at Bremerton National Airport during the Blackberry Festival Fly-in Saturday. The group demonstrated flying skills, using a variety of sophisticated maneuvering techniques, such ... 

Airdrie Air Show committee receives $65K in gift-in-kind support - Airdrie City View | Airdrie City Council unanimously approved nearly $65,000 worth of gift-in-kind support for the 2013 Airdrie Regional Air Show, Sept. 4. The decision was made after a presentation by the committee about the event, which will take place July 13 and 14, 2013. 

Heritage Days: Visit a Super Constellation from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | HERITAGE DAYS | 15 and 16 September 2012 | Visit Super Constallation | Nantes-Atlantique | Saturday 15 and Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 09:00 to 18:00 the Amicale du Super Constellation organize "open days" Super Constellation F-BGNJ based on the Nantes-Atlantique Airport (Route Frémiou). You will have the opportunity to visit this plane represents the culmination of transatlantic airliners propeller before the arrival of the jet age....

Race cancelled due to airport 'politics' - Isle of Wight County Press | The Schneider Air Race, due to take place on the Isle of Wight, had to be cancelled. THE historic Schneider Air Race was cancelled last weekend amid airport politics on the Isle of Wight. Fourteen aircraft and a full team of support staff arrived at ...

The Black Eagles from Latest Vlog | Here's a 9 minute video on the Black Eagles or officially known as the Republic of Korea Air Force Aerobatic Team.

Witness remembers 1952 airshow disaster - gethampshire.co.uk | THIS week marks the 60th anniversary of the Farnborough Airshow tragedy, in which more than 30 people lost their lives. Twenty-nine spectators were killed when a jet aircraft came apart and crashed, with pieces of the plane 'ploughing' into the crowd ...

Jubiliation - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...A couple of weeks ago on August 18th, 2012, in a somewhat quiet ceremony at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Toronto's Senator Anne C. Cools bestowed upon five key volunteers at the Museum, the honour of which I speak. The ceremony was the closing event in a much larger media event surrounding the arrival of the Calgary Mosquito Society's “Mossie” at the BCMC where it will begin years of careful restoration. By the time the...

Stearman experience like no other flight - Galesburg Register-Mail | When photo editor Jake May and I found out the Stearman Aerobatic Contest in Monmouth had been postponed Wednesday due to strong wind conditions, we figured the day was a wash. Thankfully, we couldn't have been more wrong. We trudged back to ...

Col. Spraker returns to Green River - Green River Star | "When I was a young kid, my father took me to an airshow featuring the USAF Thunderbirds when they were flying the F-4 Phantom," Spraker explained. "I had never seen anything like that before and I knew right then that I wanted to fly jets like that ...

Coming soon: a 'Super Fortress' on display - Lincoln Journal Star | The Strategic Air & Space Museum will unveil one of the world's last surviving Boeing B-29 "Super Fortresses" on Sept. 22, in commemoration of its first flight 70 years ago on Sept. 21, 1942. The restoration of the aircraft began in ...

Warner Robins C-130 team earns DoD top maintenance honor from Air Force Link Top Stories | When the Department of Defense announced its top maintenance awards for depot and field-level units, recognizing outstanding achievement in weapon system and military equipment maintenance, it was a Robins Air Force Base, Ga., unit earning top honors....

“We’ve Been Hit” - Airspacemag.com | F/A-18 vs. surface-to-air missile: Guess who won.

Putin's Trike Flight With Siberian Cranes from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Russian president Vladimir Putin Wednesday took flight with a pilot who flew with him in a two-seat trike aircraft as part of a project that would lead rare Siberian white cranes on a migration route. Pilot Igor Nikitin flew with Putin and said the Russian president has logged 17 hours in the air. Russian regulations would allow Putin to earn a pilot certificate for the craft in a minimum of 25 hours flight time, according to Nikitin. Putin's flights were successful, but not particularly good at leading cranes....

Young Eagles take to the air again - The Banner-Graphic | Local dentist and EAA Chapter 1374 member Dr. Perry Wainman (left) hit a milestone in 2011, having flown more than 250 Young Eagles. Weather permitting Dr. Wainman should finish this year's Young Eagle Rally with more than 300 Young Eagles to his ...

Video: Space Shuttle Onboard Footage from High Power Rocketry

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