Indy Transponder 08-FEB-2013 0200z

Impact of Sequestration on the Airshow Industry - Airshowstuff.com | For weeks, we’ve been wondering how sequestration may impact the airshow industry. To sum it up, after April 1st, all military participation in airshows seems like it will end. This includes performances by the USAF Thunderbirds, Navy Blue Angels, static displays and single ship demo teams....

Aero India 2013 is Air Show Extravaganza - The Epoch Times | Touted to be Asia’s biggest event of its kind, Aero India 2013 has taken off to a flying start....

BRAZIL CONFIRMS TWO AIRCRAFT FOR 2013 - Royal International Air Tattoo | They'll be doing the samba in Swindon, the tango in Taunton and the lambada in Leeds!  Not to be outdone by Colombia's recent announcement that it would be participating in this summer's Air Tattoo, its neighbour Brazil has confirmed that it too will be taking part with two military aircraft!...

Nice archive video found on YouTube of the Avro Vulcan in 1958. from The Royal International Air Tattoo's Facebook Wall | Nice archive video found on YouTube of the Avro Vulcan in 1958.

Red Flag, Thunderbirds at Nellis targeted for grounding - Las Vegas Review Journal | With fiscal cliff budget cuts looming about two weeks away, Air Force leaders said Thursday they will cancel upcoming Red Flag air combat training exercises at Nellis Air Force Base and ground the Thunderbirds demonstration team if...

Bob Odegaard Remembered: A Video Tribute - Flying Magazine | A memorial service last week at the Commemorative Air Force museum in Mesa, Arizona, drew 800 people. A video (shown below) posted on YouTube by his friend Alan Ripa honors Odegaard, telling the story of his humble start as a cropduster and how he...

The Human Fly - We remembered the Human Fly in this post earlier this week.  The LiveAirShowTV Facebook page got some additional photos posted yesterday.  Be sure to check them out!

Timeless Voices - Clayton Kelly Gross from eaavideo.org | Clayton Kelly Gross was an original member of the 354th Fighter Group, which was the first in the 8th Air Force to be equipped with the P-51 Mustang during WWII. Clayton became an ace and is credited with shooting down a German ME-262 jet.

Learn about the 1929 Ford Trimotor affectionately called "The Tin Goose". Watch... from The Flightline's Facebook Wall | Learn about the 1929 Ford Trimotor affectionately called "The Tin Goose". Watch the full story this Saturday morning at 9am et., 8am ct. on Velocity

Shots and a Q and A from My Shoot Aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier by Scott Kelby | ...but then last week I got an email from Ed Buice of NCIS (not the TV show — the real NCIS [Naval Criminal Investigative Services), that he was flying out on assignment to the carrier George H.W. Bush which was already at sea and that I could come and assist with the shoot. Even though it was only three-days notice — I jumped all over it....

The 8 warplanes today's most powerful - Translated | Learn more about the war machines that should dominate the skies in the coming years.