Indy Transponder 04-MAR-2013 1145z

Snowbirds return to Peach Festival - Castanet.net | The RCAF Snowbirds Demonstration Team is returning to the Penticton Peach Festival on opening night. The team last appeared at the festival in 2009, which was an abbreviated show due to smoke from a forest fire. The last time they performed a complete ...

Kalispell air show postponed - Daily Inter Lake | “An air show always brings a major economic benefit to the area. The shows attract thousands of out-of-market visitors. And last time, our air show concessions enabled nonprofit and community organizations to raise more than $50,000 for their work here ...

Dayton air show appearance unlikely for Thunderbirds - Canton Repository | The U.S. Air Force is saying it will ground its Thunderbirds jet demonstration team without a federal budget deal, putting the popular flight event's appearance at this summer's Dayton Air Show in jeopardy. The Dayton Daily News reports the Air Force ...

Sequester Grounds Thunderbirds For Lauderdale Air Show - CBS Local | MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be grounded for this year's Lauderdale Air Show in April as a result of the federal budget sequester. The fighter jet team planned on spending more than 200 days on the road to celebrate its 60th ...

Your local air show could suck if spending cuts ground Blue Angels - msnNOW | Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... oh, it's just sky. It won't be the biggest sonic boom when the cuts necessitated by the federal sequester come crashing down, but the likelihood that the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds will cancel ...

Free Flights for Women of All Ages! - Victoria Advocate | Air Race Classic Team XXtreme Aviatrixx and Calhoun Air Center flight instructors will be flying at the Victoria Regional Airport from March 4 to 10 and at the Calhoun County Airport from March 9 to 10. Together they will be defending world titles ...

March Magical Alabama Aviation Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Only 3 weeks until Spring and March aviation events are popping up all over Alabama. This months unique and entertaining events are sure to get you out and up in the air. Birmingham Museum of Flight will host the awe inspiring and highly acclaimed Red Tail Squadron's Rise Above -Traveling Exhibit, opening Tuesday March 5 through March 7 from 9:00am to 5:00pm. It is a perfect activity for families looking for a FREE, inspiring, and educational experience....

AIRSHOW NEWS: Shuttleworth Collection Flying Day – 28th April 2013
from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Shuttleworth Collection have revealed their line-up for their first flying day of the display season at Old Warden. (From Shuttleworth.org)

Tuskegee Airman carjacked at gunpoint - WXYZ | For the decorated war hero, who spent time as a gunner aboard a B-25, Rutledge says he's just happy no one was hurt.

Harold Rochette, Meriden B-17 veteran, dies at 93 - Meriden Record-Journal | He shipped out to Alabama, then Tennessee, for training before heading to Europe to fly a B-17 bomber over occupied Europe. In 1944, Rochette flew 31 missions in 66 days without being shot down. In a 1996 Record-Journal interview, Rochette said he was ...

Prescott aviatrix still young at 86 - Prescott Daily Courier | Besides being an internationally known aviatrix who began her flying career in 1944, she was also chosen to be one of the Mercury 13. The Mercury 13 in 1961 completed the complete astronauts training course given at that time to all of the Mercury ...

Spitbomber from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | Friends of 401 Squadron fighter pilot Bill McRae knew he had a deep and very passionate love affair with the beauty known as the Supermarine Spitfire. But like all lasting relationships, Bill understood that it was best to be realistic about their partner's flaws. By Flight Lieutenant William “Bill” McRae Most pilots who flew the Supermarine Spitfire will agree that it was a great aircraft, easy to fly and with no nasty surprises for even a ham fisted driver. But when we began adding external gadgets for which it had not been designed, such as fuel tanks and bombs, problems began to emerge. New terms crept into our vocabulary, such as `aileron up-float’ and `air locks’. When dive bombing began, maximum permissible airspeed was stressed, which I seem to recall was 457...

Will sequestration finally kill the F-35 boondoggle? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've been following the sequestration debate with cynical amusement. It's total nonsense, really. We need to cut between one-third and one-half of all Federal government spending, right now, if we're to avoid the looming financial and economic disaster that's headed our way. All the posturing and fuss over a few billion here or there is laughable by comparison...

March Field Air Museum exhibit traces space exploration history - San Bernardino Sun | Houlihan, the curator of the new space exhibit at March Field Air Museum, is passionate about providing an educational and entertaining experience about the history of space exploration for all ages. The interactive exhibit opened to the public ...