Saturday, September 15, 2012

Indy Transponder 14-SEP-2012 2345z

USAF Thunderbirds at Scott AFB - PHOTOS - KSDK | USAF Thunderbirds at Scott AFB - PHOTOS. 10:30 AM, Sep 14, 2012 | comments. Image courtesy of the Missouri Aviation Historical Society. Major Caroline Jensen flies the Right Wing position in the Diamond formation. Image courtesy of the Missouri ...

Reno Air Race disaster recounted from cockpits - Fox News | Reno Air Race disaster recounted from cockpits. Published September 14, 2012. Associated Press. STEAD, Nev. – Two-time champion Steve Hinton Jr. thought the National Championship Air Races would never run again. The 24-year-old pilot and son of a ...

CoolPix: Rare Bear And Strega - Thursday Evening At Reno 2012 from AirPigz by Martt | The evening sun was wonderful at Reno last evening (as it often is here) and while a really sweet photo op that had been planned for Rare Bear and Strega kinda fell apart, there were a few moments where the two were in a pretty nice frame together. So, here's a great view of the top two qualifiers in the Unlimited Gold, both qualifying less than 10 mph away from 500 mph! There's an Unlimited Heat coming up late this afternoon that I actually have the opportunity to be out at a key pylon for to get some really good pix... that's why this is a pretty simple post, I need to get myself ready to be shuttled out there...

Video: Breitling stunt plane performs at Reno Air Races from RGJ.com by Tim Dunn

Reno Air Races 2012 Unlimited Class - YouTube | Tour of Unlimited Class Pit September 8 2012

Gallery: Historic Reno photos - RGJ | A U.S. Army bombing unit is on review at the Reno Airport on Jan. 21, 1940.

Ocean City Air Festival and Airshow Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16 - Atlantic City Weekly - Ocean City Air Festival and Airshow Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16. OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The Ocean City Air Festival and Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16, respectively, in Ocean City. Both events are ...

Fly Iowa airshow lands in Atlantic - Radio Iowa | The annual “Fly Iowa” airshow is this weekend in southwest Iowa at the Atlantic Municipal Airport. Organizer Gary Pellett says there will be at least four warplanes from the World War Two-era, all P-51 Mustangs, including one owned and flown by...

2012 California Capital Airshow - TVR Photography

Ohio Air News 207 - Charles Johnson

Beautiful Image of Russian Fighters Piercing the Sky - Gizmodo UK | Flight Global has a beautiful image of the Russian Knights—the equivalent of the US Navy's Blue Angels, the USAF's Thunderbirds, or the RAF's Red Arrows—celebrating the Russian Air Force 100th anniversary with a perfect, flare-riveted dance in the ...

Carl Goldberg - Model Aviation | In his 72 years of life, Carl Goldberg held many titles. Boss, co-owner, flier, club founder, Hall of Famer, entrepreneur, “father of model aviation,” Nats champion, “Mr. Modeling,” perfectionist, husband, and dad are some of many. But to all who ever had the privilege of knowing him, the legendary Free Flighter was simply known as “friend.”  October 27 would have been Carl’s 100th birthday. He accomplished more in his lifetime than any modeler or designer...

MERFI 2012, a precautionary landing, and carb ice from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | Unable to attend for the past two years, I marked MERFI 2012 on my calendar many months ago. Somehow time has flown by and it was already three years ago that I last landed in Urbana during the regional EAA fly-in. Gina made...

Lincoln Fly-In Well Attended - Benton County Enterprise | Lincoln City Clerk Barb Johnson reported that the City's Annual Fly-In, held September 8 this year, went “unbelievably well,” with more airplanes, about 75 fly-ins requiring an expanded parking area for those birds; and more attendees than ever before...

Wings Over North Georgia recruiting volunteers - Rome News Tribune | Volunteers will receive free parking inside the venue, a meal voucher, volunteer t-shirt, and free admission to Red, White, & Loud Concert featuring Aaron Tippin that evening. On Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30, volunteers are needed...

Volunteers needed for Kaneohe Bay Airshow Sept. 29-30 - Hookelenews | Marine Corps Base Hawaii will celebrate the Marine aviation centennial with the 2012 Kaneohe Bay Airshow, featuring the Blue Angels. The airshow is open to the public and general admission and parking are free. In addition to a performance by the Blue ...

Army pilot became engineer - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | John "Jack" Dyer trained to fly bombers ranging from the B-17 to the B-25 and B-26. That expertise later served as a foundation for his career as an aeronautical engineer...

Former Flying Tiger, Republican pioneer Oliver Bateman dead at 89 - Macon Telegraph | Bateman, 89, had been in poor health for several years but remained one of the biggest supporters of the Museum of Aviation, museum President Patrick Bartness said Friday. Bateman was instrumental in building exhibits involving the Flying Tigers and Gen.

B-17 was the Flying Fortress of the skies - Park Record | One of the most majestic military aircrafts that saw action during World War II was the B-17 Flying Fortress. It was the largest, four-engine bomber that was able to soar above 35,000 feet in missions bombing missions, said former Parkite Jackson O. Wells...

It is Las Vegas's latest thrill: absolute beginners flying aerobatic planes in ... - Financial Times | It is probably around the mid-point of my second loop-the-loop, several thousand feet above the Nevada desert, when it first occurs to me that I do not have The Right Stuff. Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, had this ethereal...

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