Indy Transponder 11-SEP-2012 1115z

Services, dinner set for aviator Odegaard - In-Forum | FARGO – The Fargo Air Museum and St. Maurice's Catholic Church in Kindred are hosting events to honor and remember famed pilot Bob Odegaard, one of the museum's founders, who died Friday while practicing for the Valley City Air Show....

Air Races Return to Reno - KTVN | That tragedy meant months of uncertainty for the decades-old event, but this week, it's back. "It's actually fantastic to be here," Steve Hinton said. "After the tragedy, last year, most of us thought that was going to be the last air race." Hinton is ...

3 Tulsa Jet Pilots Prepare To Compete In Reno Air Races - News On 6 | The qualifying rounds of the Reno Air Races started Monday, and Tulsa is well-represented. Ours is the only city with three pilots competing in the fastest aircraft, the jets. You might have seen the military jets flying in formation over Tulsa a few ...

Racing for the rest of us from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | With Reno just days away, here's a way for every pilot to get involved in sport air racing... Looking for away to practice your airmanship but tired of the $100 hamburger? Maybe it's time to enter the world of sport air racing. You don't need to have a lot of money, a highly modified airplane, or even a great deal of technical skill to compete in these cross-country races. “The fastest airplane wins,” explains Red Hamilton, a long-time air racer and member of the Sport Air Racing League (SARL). “It's not like the Reno Air Races where you go around and around pylons. It is cross country air racing. There are turn points along the course. It's racing for the rest of us.”...

Snowbirds by ImagesByLeticia from Tyson Rininger

Award Winners for 2012 Fly-In from Antique Airfield News

Badlands Fly-In brings nearly 60 planes to town - Rapid City Journal | Fly-In host Larry Vetterman of Hot Springs said this year's event activities were designed to showcase Hot Springs' local attractions with bus shuttles into town to such places as The Mammoth Site, along with organized meals at the Allen Ranch and ...

Midwest LSA Expo Features Wide Variety of Light Sport Aircraft Options from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The 4th Annual Plane & Pilot Midwest LSA Expo, held at Mount Vernon Outland Airport this past weekend, provided a great variety of Light Sport aircraft options for novice and veteran aviators and enthusiasts alike. Light Sport has opened up...

Aerobatics enthusiasts to compete at William Bennett Field - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Retired pilot Gil Terzo plans to compete in the International Miniature Aerobatic Club's Southwest Region Aerobatic Competition at the field this weekend at William Bennett Field...

Fly-in attracts nearly 40 planes to the Merritt Airport - Merritt Herald | Visitors to the Merritt Flying Club's Labour Day Fly-in check out some of the aircraft parked at the airport. Jade Swartzberg/Herald. Share this story. Tweet · Merritt Herald News Update · Pilots bring gliders to Merritt for flight safari · Merritt's ...

Saturday, September 15th the Frecce Tricolori, all the details of the event - PuntoImperia | On the occasion of the Frecce Tricolori, the Lions Club does not renounce to carry out its tasks, so to speak, "institutional". Two initiatives in the service of citizenship: a free screening to measure the risk of...

'Wings of Freedom Tour' with vintage WWII aircraft stops in Groton - TheDay.com | Groton - WWII veteran Walter Limberger, of Ellington, who flew as a B-17 tail gunner during WWII, toured the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour at Lanmar Aviation at Groton-New London Airport Monday. The three vintage WWII military aircraft; ...

Lubbock to host "Sentimental Journey" - MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM | The Commemorative Air Force is offering a unique experience for veterans and history buffs later this month. The World War II B-17 bomber "Sentimental Journey" is will spend a few days in Lubbock. The Flying Fortress is one of only a handful still ...

World War II warplanes open for tours at Groton-New London Airport - TheDay.com | World War II veteran Walter Limberger, right, of Ellington, who flew as a B-17 tail gunner, speaks with Barry Sutcliffe, of Smithfield, R.I., who is wearing the flight jacket of his father, George Sutcliffe, who flew P-47 and P-51 fighter aircraft ...

B-17 'Flying Fortress' takes wing this weekend in Concord - Salisbury Post | Media takes part of a special flight on a restored Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" on Monday at the Concord Airport. The B-17 is part of the Liberty Foundation's 2012 Salute to Veterans tour that will be available for public flights this weekend...

Young Female Pilot Sets the Bar High - Caribarena Antigua| Antigua St. John’s - When I met up with 24-year-old Fiona Austin McDonald to do this interview she was dressed in casual attire - and the stares we (well, she) got while we were walking to our location! It’s no wonder that, according to her, even though members of the public see her as plain as daylight dressed in her uniform looking to take up duty, they still come up to her and ask, “Are you a pilot?”  “It’s a question I get so often nearly everywhere I go that I’m so used to it by now, although sometimes I grow a little tired of answering the obvious....

Columbus Contributes $150K to Air Museum Expansion - NewsTalk 1010 WCSI | Columbus Contributes $150K to Air Museum Expansion. Plans for a $350,000 expansion at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum are underway facilitated by a pledge of $150,000 from Mayor Kristen Brown and the Columbus Municipal Airport Board of Aviation ...

Monoplane Monday. Lewis G. Young gull wing monoplane  from Planeshots | More early aviation in this gallery

Young Eagles Program takes off in Delta County - UpperMichigansSource.com | It's called the Young Eagles Flights, and it took place at the Delta County Airport. It's a way to introduce the kids to the passion of flying. Many kids have flown in planes, but how common is it to have your own personal pilot? Trevor LaChance had one...

9-11: In Memory Of... from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Delta Flight 15 | I'm sure many of you have read the following story. With help of my friend it's been verified as true, and was written by a Delta Air Line's flight attendant following 9-11. A story worth reading that...

9-11 anniversary by travelforaircraft | Wellington Patriot Memorial in Wellington FL

Did Ron Howard exaggerate the reentry scene in the movie Apollo 13? - airspacemag.com | A little bit, maybe, but not much.