Friday, September 7, 2012

Indy Transponder 07-SEP-2012 1045z

Blue Angels arrive to LRAFB - FOX16.com | LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE -- You can't help but look at the Blue Angels' arrival in awe. They leave a trail in the sky and an amazing impression. They're in central Arkansas for this weekend's air show to inspire and intrigue. "The average taxpayer...

Thunderbirds Take Flight at California Capital Airshow - Capital Public Radio News | The United States Air Force Thunder Birds are in Sacramento this weekend for the California Capital Air Show. There's nothing quite like the noise of an F-16 flying by. And at 600 miles-per-hour, they're hard to track. If you're trying to find one ...

Canadian jet jockeys to fly high at Waukegan air show - Lake County News Sun | Thomas Edelson, public affairs officer for the Royal Canadian Air Forces Snowbirds, said there was a practical reason why the aircraft were designed this way back in the 1960s. “This was the main pilot trainer for decades in Canada,” he said, standing ...

Air show to feature traveling replica of Vietnam Memorial - Cherokee Tribune | The air show itself will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday with a naturalization ceremony for about 30 people who have obtained citizenship, Grier said. The Vietnam Memorial Wall will provide an emotional backdrop as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...

Put your toes in the sand and look up: The annual air show back at the beach ... - Florida Times-Union | The Sea & Sky Spectacular Air Show will take flight over Jacksonville Beach next month. The Jacksonville Beach City Council Tuesday unanimously approved the contract and permit for the Sea & Sky Spectacular that roars into the coastal community Oct.

Pilots entertain crowd in Monmouth aerobatics contest - Monmouth Daily Review Atlas | A remote camera attached to the wing captures Brian Rosenstein of Charlotte, N.C. as he pilots a Stearman bi-plane owned by David Brown of Warrenton, Va. over Monmouth Thursday during the Stearman Aerobatic Contest at the Monmouth Municipal ...

The Duxford Air Show - BBC News | The Duxford Air Show is the highlight of IWM Duxford's calendar of flying events and will feature the very best historic and modern aircraft such as Vulcan XH558 (Sat only), the Red Arrows (Sun only), the Aerostars, a flypast of US Air Force F-15E ...

The Frecce Tricolori kick off the Edinburgh International Film Festival - Estense.com | Friday 7 am to 16.30, with overflights aerobatic team (the famous Frecce Tricolori), will officially begin the eighth edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs until Sunday 16. "This is a great tool for joy and ...

A Main(e) Event in Vacationland from Photorecon by Ken Kula | The Great State of Maine Air Show went off without a hitch in 2012, a far cry from the 2011 event that was severely impacted by Hurricane Irene as she churned up the East Coast. Fair skies and comfortable temperatures prevailed during the final weekend of August at the Brunswick Executive Airport. A large variety of performers, both in the

2012 Cleveland National Air Show - USN Blue Angels Photos part one by Hank Plumley | Part one of two posts featuring photos from the Blue Angels Friday practice demo for the 2012 Cleveland National Air Show.

Spitfire Day - BBC News | See a Spitfire flypast, military vehicles from World War II and displays of models from local clubs. Join in with wartime songs and entertainment and watch demonstrations from military cadets. clock 11:00–19:00. Suitable for any age. Hands on History ...

WWII B-17 visiting Great Falls aims to educate and thrill - KRTV Great Falls News | The plane is maintained and operated as a flying museum and memorial by the non-profit Commemorative Air Force; the CAF Arizona Wing Aviation Museum is located in Mesa, Arizona. People are invited to come visit the plane and take a tour during its stay ...

WWII planes in - Times Herald-Record | William Salerno, 4, of Campbell Hall, and his father, Jon, tour a World War II B-17G bomber at Orange County airport on Thursday. 9/6/12. Photo By: STEVE BORLAND/Times Herald-Recor. Ralph Heimemeier, of Narrowsburg, tours a B-17G bomber at Orange ...

WWII prisoner of war to board 'Honor Flight' - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Vicoli relies on contributions and fund-raisers from the likes of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the Chamber of Commerce. Says the ex-Navy sailor and retired Charlotte County veterans service officer, "I get a lot of ...


the beautiful, cancelled (and un-photographed?) Grokhovsky G-38... from x planes

Pearson Field's standing in aviation history to be recognized - The Columbian | Pearson Air Museum Silas Christofferson amazed thousands of Rose Festival celebrants in 1912 with his flight from the top of the Multnomah Hotel in Portland to the Vancouver Barracks. By Tom Vogt Columbian Staff Reporter. Thursday, September 6, 2012 ...

Electric! Gorgeous! Freedom!…4th generation ULS from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | Randall Fishman virtually invented the electric aircraft. That's a rather big statement, yet I stand behind it. Randall first showed a functional electric trike at Oshkosh 2007. He's been on a tear ever since and his ULS is his present state-of-the-art, his fourth generation of electric aircraft design. I use three words to describe ULS deliberately...

Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon — the reverse engineered V-1 by travelforaircraft | Shortly after the
Fieseler Vergeltungswaffe 1 (V-1, or "Buzz Bomb") began falling upon London, Republic Aviation had copied the airframe of the weapon and the Ford Motor Company had reverse engineered the Argus Schmidt pulse jet engine. America had a crudely guided cruise missile and ordered 1000 copies for use during the upcoming invasion of Japan. The atomic bombing, which finally forced Japan to surrender, rendered them moot.

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