Indy Transponder 05-MAR-2013 1700z

‘Icekosh’ Fly-In a success from General Aviation News | EAA Chapter 551′s Mark Priglmeier recently sent out an email blast with a review of the Twin Pines Resort Fly-in Review — with the headline “WOW!” More than 55 planes flew in — on ice — leading one attendee Dave Tannehill to dub it “Icekosh,” with a nod to the year’s biggest show in Oshkosh....

Planning continues for Fargo AirSho despite Blue Angels' murky future - In-Forum | FARGO – Fargo AirSho organizers are moving ahead with plans for the August show, despite uncertainty over whether federal budget cuts will ground its star act, the Navy's Blue Angels. AirSho committee co-chairman Mike Haugen said Monday he'd been in ...

Mojave Fly-In - April 20th from 10:00 - 2:00, on the Mojave Airport. An experimental aircraft fly-in with a focus on prototype, research and development aircraft. All aircraft welcome.

Flights of fancy - Stuff.co.nz | The Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers aerobatics team has been above Invercargill and Te Anau this afternoon. Crowds gathered in various vantage points including the airport, along the road to Otatara and on the banks of the Waihopai to catch ...

Raiders Demo Team - The team provides a unique and exciting 4 to 6 aircraft formation aerobatic demonstration. The Raider Pilots are Level II Qualified in both formation and solo aerobatics and display the capabilities of the Yahkovlev 52 and Nanchang CJ6 aircraft in precision formation and solo aerobatic flight always at show center.

WWII B-17 begins national tour in Atlanta - Online Athens | With four engines producing 4800 horsepower, the B-17 was the workhorse heavy bomber used against the Axis powers. There were 50 caliber machine guns on each side and a ball turret below. Crews favored the B-17 because it could take anti-aircraft fire ...

Cuts Ground Blue Angels, Thunderbirds; Ex-Air Force One Pilot Reacts - KWTX | ...Having the fate of both flying teams in the air is unsettling for many fans, including 88-year-old Brigadier General Jim Cross, USAF (Ret.) "I would love for my great grandchildren to be able to see the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels right now," Cross said. "Unfortunately, they may never get to see them again." Cross saw the Thunderbirds in 1947, six years before they were formally activated by the Air Force. "I was thrilled the first time I saw them in Birmingham," Cross said.  "I figured, 'golly I wish I could fly one of those airplanes.'"  Though he never became a fighter pilot, Cross knows the skies pretty well...

Honoring a pioneer - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | Only a month before, Ringenberg flew more than 2,000 miles from Bozeman, Mont., to Mansfield, Mass., in the women-only Air Race Classic. Not wanting to pressure the family so soon after her death, Paluso waited until early 2009, to ask Ringenberg's ...

Air Force's first female chief from Air Force Link Top Stories | In 1960, Chief Master Sgt. Grace Peterson became the first female chief master sergeant. She was not only the first female chief master sergeant; she was part of the original group of senior NCOs to be selected for the rank of E-9. At the time of promotion, Peterson was the first sergeant of a 400-person Women in the Air Force, or WAF, squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J....

Taiwan gives medal to 102-year-old former general who led pilots against Japan ... - The Province | Lee is known as the oldest surviving general from the Flying Tigers, an American aerial squadron founded by Gen. Claire Chennault. Lee fled to Taiwan in 1949 with Gen. Chiang Kai-shek following the Nationalist defeat by Communist forces in a civil war.

Pilot's Journey Podcast Guest Appearance from Toriaflies | I had the pleasure of being a special guest on the Pilot's Journey podcast recently, where the topics were all about the ladies! I talked about Women Of Aviation Week, while Girls In Flight Training founder, Mary Latimer spoke about her program....

The Jockstrap Raiders from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...The Jockstrap Raiders is a Student Academy Award winning animated short film about a group of misfits during world war I. It takes place in Leeds, Englandwhere our heroes are all excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by...

Amazing St. Maarten-like photo of a B-2 stealth bomber landing in Guam from David Cenciotti's weblog | Princess Juliana Airport in St. Maarten, the Caribbean island, is one of the world’s most famous airports: essentially, planes on short final for landing pass on top of beach goers on Maho Beach, that is always floodeed with tourists and photographers...

We Choose Space Exhibit Arrives At March Air Museum In Riverside - San Bernardino Sun | The We Choose Space exhibit has arrived to the March Air Museum in Riverside March 3, 2013. The exhibit is on loan from NASA and features many items from the Space Race era such as helmets, gloves, and memorabilia. The exhibit includes the ...

Tim Pickens: rocket-barnstorming to inspire from Spaceports | In this video, Tim Pickens shares his idea of rocket-barnstorming as a way to inspire the next generation of engineers. Much like original barnstorming brought aviation to the masses by fueling people's imaginations in exciting ways, Tim posits rocket-barnstorming could do the same thing for space travel...