Indy Transponder 10-OCT-2012 1600z

New Miramar commanders talk air show, ops, aircraft - U-T San Diego | More than 500,000 people are expected to flock to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar this weekend for the annual three-day air show that begins Friday. The event billed as the nation's largest is a chance for the Defense Department to wow the tax-paying ...

Newest Thunderbird hopes for hometown show - Daily Inter Lake | Capt. Jason Curtis, a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, discusses the training required to become a pilot in the elite demonstration squadron on Tuesday afternoon. The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce is trying to bring the Thunderbirds to Kalispell in 2013.

Air Expo preparations in full swing at airport - Marietta Times | Although the air show is a one-day event, airport officials take weeks to prepare. Moore has daily briefings with his staff about the air show so everyone knows what to do and how to do it, the airport continues to function. "There's already normal ...

Piper's 75th Anniversary Vero Beach Fly-in Taking Shape from Aero-News Network | Invitation-Only Event To Feature Aircraft Displays, Facility Tours, And More Piper Aircraft and the Piper Cub's year-long 75th anniversary celebration will culminate with a gala customer fly-in in Vero Beach, FL, Nov. 9-11. The invitation-only weekend features a welcome reception, vendor exhibits, aircraft static display, customer awards, facility tours, a history lesson from Piper's official historian, a Piper meet-up and send-off pancake breakfast.

NASA Aerodynamics Legend Enters Aviation Hall Of Fame from Aero-News Network | Designed The Supercritical Wing That Led To Practical Supersonic Flight Aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions made supersonic flight practical, joined other aerospace pioneers in the National Aviation Hall of Fame on Saturday...

Working WWII planes visit York Airport - Yorkdispatch.com | Included in the tour are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named “Nine O Nine,” a Consolidated B-24 Liberator called “Witchcraft” and a P-51 Mustang fighter plane, said Hunter Chaney, the foundation's director of marketing, in a news release. The warplanes ...

Wings of Freedom again touching down in Westminster - Baltimore Sun | The cost is $12 to walk through the display of airplanes; $6 for children under age 12; and free for WWII veterans. Rides in the airplanes are by appointment, and are $425 to fly in a B-17 or B-24 for a 30- to 45-minute ride. There's also a raffle ($5 ...

AOPA Summit In Palm Springs from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AOPA Summit begins Thursday in Palm Springs, Calif., and AVweb is of course there to provide concise daily coverage of the big show. Starting with the pre-show Parade of Planes on Wednesday, and wrapping up with the awards and speeches that help set the course for general aviation's coming year, Summit is an interactive and informative experience for those who attend. Watch for video, audio and written coverage beginning Thursday morning and wrapping up Saturday. The AOPA schedule replaces some of the usual features that we run during that part of the week.

Unlimited Aerobatics from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | Some time ago I wrote about the aerobatic competition categories, as they are in Australia, and the key changes from lower to the next. I stopped at Advanced, as that was where I was then. It was early days Advanced also, now I'm in a similar position with Unlimited. Probably presumptious of me to write anything with any credence! But, then it is the person starting out and feeling there way that crave information and may glean...

Winds Cancel Red Bull Stratos (Felix Baumgartner) Spacedive Launch Attempt 10.9.12 from AirPigz by Martt | A lot of people all over the world were watching and hoping for the massive 29.47 million cubic foot helium balloon to be completely filled and launched out of Roswell New Mexico today, but the winds were too strong to safely launch. An early morning attempt to send Felix Baumgartner up to a record breaking 120,000 feet for a...

Video: Red Bull Stratos from Latest Vlog | Yesterday the world locked onto YouTube to witness if Felix Baumgartner was going to make the epic free fall from space. Unfortunately the mission was...

Flying high: Natick man recalls World War II service - MetroWest Daily News | Seven decades after he helped fight the Japanese as a member of the Flying Tigers in World War II, Joseph Poshefko still remembers clearly the scorpions and ants that invaded his living quarters in Burma and exactly where he was when he learned of the ...

Area man among Flying Tigers honored at National Infantry Museum and Soldier ... - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | A Columbus man will be among the Flying Tigers when members of the first American Volunteer Group visit the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. "At the time, we really didn't know what we were doing," said Frank Losonsky, a former crew chief ...

Supercritical means more speed — the Crusader with the $1.8 million wing from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Flying has more than one apparent paradox. Flaps provide lift but also drag so one flies more slowly while also descending more steeply. Bernoulli’s principal has the design of a wing with a curved upper surface and a flat lower surface. This airfoil design does not work well near Mach speeds though superbly at low [...]

Nose Art - Personalizing Aircraft Revised from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Nose art - an image or name emblazoned on an aircraft - is still alive and well after nearly a century of use. Current examples follow the same general pattern as their predecessors, with colorful artwork and clever slogans whose meanings...

Awesome bush flying video from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Here's a video from another blog I follow. It's just under 5 minutes of bush flying in a Pilatus PC-6 Porter, and comes from the Bush Flying Diaries blog - well worth a visit!

Photo oddity: Global Hawks go biplane from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Our colleague Zach Rosenberg filed on the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's completion of a flight test programme intended to prove the viability of autonomous high-altitude refuelling involving unmanned air vehicles.

FAA Partners With Aviation Education Groups from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The FAA has renewed educational partnerships with Jamail Larkins and Build-A-Plane to help encourage young people to pursue careers in aerospace. These partnerships "inspire students across the nation to explore the many opportunities that aviation and aerospace careers offer," said Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. Larkins will continue to serve as the FAA's official ambassador for aviation and space education under the Science, Engineering, and Mathematics - Aviation and Space Education program. Build-A-Plane is a non-profit organization that encourages interest in aerospace and aviation careers by helping student groups build and restore airplanes...