Monday, September 24, 2012

Indy Transponder 24-SEP-2012 1045z

What It's Like to Fly With the Blue Angels - Huffington Post | The Blue Angels' high level of precision begins nearly 90 minutes before the six gleaming F/A-18 Hornets take to the skies; and as Captain Greg McWherter, Blue Angel No. 1, announces the start of the preflight brief, banter between the officers ceases ...

Pilots Display Passion & Skill At GJ Air Show - KREX News Channel 5 | The Grand Junction Air Show has given audiences high-speed and action packed shows for three days. Sunday was the last day for crowds to head to Grand Junction Regional Airport to enjoy the aerial acrobats. For these pilots, the sky is their highway.

2012 Duluth Air Show Leaves Spectators Impressed - Northland's NewsCenter | Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- The 2012 Duluth International Air show wrapped up Sunday evening, but not without a jaw dropping presentation. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds headlined today's show...

Duluth Airshow attendance slips this year - Duluth News Tribune | Duluth Airshow attendance slips this year. Better weather brought out larger crowds to the Duluth Airshow on Sunday, but promoter Ryan Kern said total attendance at the weekend event slipped compared with the shows in 2010 and 2008.

Cocoa Beach Air Show pumps up crowd, participants - Florida Today | The B-1B Lancer stealth bomber remained grounded at Patrick Air Force Base because of a hydraulic issue discovered Saturday during takeoff, said Bryan Lilley, air show organizer. The F/A-18 Hornet was recalled for a “real-world” military mission ...

Celebration of aviation: air show returns to El Monte Airport - Pasadena Star-News | EL MONTE - Thousands of eyes gazed skyward Sunday as El Monte Airport treated San Gabriel Valley residents to its first air show in 10 years. Near-10`0-degree temperatures didn't keep aircraft enthusiasts and visitors from all walks of life from ...

Creve Coeur Airport Is Midwest Flying Haven from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Creve Coeur Airport, a private field located in west St. Louis County, is a haven for local fliers. The airport has a great small-town feel, while at the same time serving as a home to aircraft ranging from home-builts, antiques, warbirds, and other light aircraft. There's a project in progress in almost every hangar, and a collection of...

[VIDEO] The Patrouille de France in Le Touquet on Saturday - lesechosdutouquet.fr | As promised by the deputy mayor, Daniel Fasquelle, the Patrouille de France returns to the station on 21 and 22 September as part of the Centenary of the city, following the cancellation of the demonstration of 2 and 3 September 2011 due to bad ...

Air show spectacular wraps up AAD 2012 - South African Broadcasting Corporation | The 2012 edition of Africa 's biggest defence exhibition, Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) wrapped up today with a 2-day air show which saw the South African Air Force (SAAF) showcase its best in terms of equipment and personnel and pay tribute to ...

Skyfair brings WilgaBeast to Elko - Elko Daily Free Press  | The WilgaBeast has been to innumerable flight shows, including the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., which is the world's largest aviation event with over a million visitors each year. Robin made a two-week tour of the ...

Ohio Air News 217 - Charles Johnson | The last Air Show in Eastern Canada, Gatineau-Ottawa and now Ken has gone into withdrawal....
Ohio Air news 218 - Charles Johnson | The second part of the Gatineau-Ottawa show photo's by Ken Mist...

Grayson County Hosts National Aerobatic Championship - KTEN | Every year the National Aerobatic Championship attracts hundreds of pilots to our area. "The National Aerobatic Championship have been held here at the North Texas Regional Airport since the mid 1970's," says McCartan. This year's competition, there's ...

Elkhart Airport gets special visitor - ABC 57 News | The plane known as "Yankee Warrior" flew in from the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan this morning. The "Yankee Warrior" served in the Mediterranean during April and May of 1944. This event was a "Memorial Fly-in" to recognize the crew chief ...

"HAMMERING HANK" - Major Henry T. Elrod, U.S.Marine Corps, WWII, Medal of Honor, Wake Island (1905-1941) - Hawaii Reporter | ...On December 4, 1941, Captain Elrod along with twelve aircraft, twelve pilots, and the ground crew of Major Paul Putnam's fighter squadron, VMF-211 flew to Wake Island. As they say, the rest is history. Hostilities in the air over Wake Island commenced on December 8, 1941. On December 12, Elrod single-handedly attacked a flight of 22 enemy planes and shot down two. He took part in several low-altitude bombing and strafing runs on enemy ships; during one of these attacks, he became the first man to sink a warship, the Japanese destroyer Kisaragi, with small caliber bombs delivered from a fighter aircraft....

The Ninety-Nine's conference in Marquette - UpperMichigansSource.com | Now she's a racer in the Air Race Classic. It's a cross country air race which has more women signing up each year. "I just love getting in a plane and taking off. Just being able fly. I love flying through clouds, around clouds, it's just freedom ...

Soaring high above the gender barrier  - Gulfnews.com | First Indian woman to obtain a Private Pilots Licence recalls the thrill of pursuing her passion and the support of family...

Videos from stickandrudderWTO | The People's Mosquito, 109G cockpit & engine start via UTUBE, Me-109 run 'Down-under' Aussie land via UTUBE

New Fagen Fighter Museum Managed by Gibson from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Six years ago the multi-talented Greg Gibson was the Director of Flight Management at the Bessemer Airport in Alabama. He brought a concept that would include Flight Training, Maintenance, New Cessna Aircraft Sales, Fractional Ownership Plans featuring Diamond Aircraft, Hangar space, Maintenance and Parts, Fuel, with Full catering service as well as car rental to the former Premier Aviation. Since then he has continued in aviation in a variety of positions and experience that has landed him at the Lenzen-Roe Memorial Airport (Granite Falls Municipal - GDB), Minnesota. Gibson is the facility manager of the new soon to open Fagen Fighters World War II Museum....

Museum building replica of Yeager's X-1 rocket-plane - U-T San Diego | An ear-rattling boom echoed across the Mojave Desert 65 years ago this fall, marking a stunning advance in manned flight that will soon be remembered in a new exhibit at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first ...

Virgin Galactic finishes unpowered flight test from Flightglobal Events | Virgin Galactic has largely finished subsonic and unpowered flight tests of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle that will bring tourists into suborbital space for...

Endeavour Completes Ferry Flight at LAX from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NASA-Space shuttle Endeavour, perched atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 12:51 p.m. PDT Friday, ending a cross-country ferry mission and returning to its place of birth, California.  Endeavour was NASA's fifth and final space shuttle to be built. Construction began on Sept. 28, 1987 and it rolled out of the assembly plant in Palmdale, Calif. in April 1991. It was named after a ship chartered to traverse...

Space Shuttle Endeavour LAX Compilation from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd | check out their other Endeavor posts as well!


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