Saturday, March 9, 2013

Indy Transponder 09-MAR-2013 0700z

"Blue Angels: A Pictorial History" is now on sale at the Naval Aviation Museum. - WEAR | The book follows the history of the Blues from their inception just after World War II, through today's airshows. You can find it in the Flight Deck store at the Naval Aviation Museum on NAS Pensacola.Blue Angels book available at Naval Museum. Friday ...

Cover Story: Highly Awarded Aerobatic Pilot, Wagstaff Lives Her Dream from Featured by Webmaster | This shot was taken during a photo shoot with Patty Wagstaff over St. Augustine Florida. To get the shot Mike Shore, the photographer, said, “We took the door off of the airplane we were shooting from and Patty pulled her plane up in close formation and maneuvered so we could get the shot we needed....

Mojave Experimental Fly-in | More Confirmations!

Gator Fly In canceled over military cuts - Gainesville Sun | ...For its first two years, the Gator Fly In allowed between 1,000 and 2,000 visitors to get up close and personal with F-18 fighter jets and Navy Seahawk helicopters among other military aircraft that were the highlight of the event hosted by Gainesville Regional Airport and University Air Center....

Wingwalker display team perform over Sydney harbour - Telegraph.co.uk | Wingwalkers experience speeds of up to 150mph and gravitational forces of up to 4G during performances, but wingwalker Sarah Tanner said she enjoys the adrenalin rush. "We absolutely love it. It's something all three of us we've see at air shows when ...

B-17 Flying Fortress to take the sky at Air Fiesta 2013 - Monitor | BROWNSVILLE — For the first time in a decade, the B-17 Flying Fortress will cast its fearsome shadow over spectators. “Texas Raiders,” a 67-year-old, four-engine heavy bomber flown and maintained by the Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing in ...

Female, fearless and flying - Pembroke Daily Observer | The Paris-born aviatrix and engineer would go onto set two women's altitude records and a distance record flying some 323 kilometres. She died co-piloting an experimental aircraft at Le Crotoy airfield on July 18, 1919. Gone at age 36, de Laroche never ...

Angel Flight West Event Features Volunteer Pilot, Astrophysicist Brian Keating  - PRWeb | Angel Flight West attracts aviation enthusiasts to San Diego Air and Space Museum event where AFW volunteer pilot and University of California San Diego professor of astrophysics, Brian G. Keating, PhD, describes and depicts first moments after Big Bang gleaned from South Pole microwave telescopes....

State college's 50th anniversary kick-off coming April 17 - Crestview News Bulletin | After kick-off, a Doolittle Raiders exhibit will be open in the arena lobby until 4:30 p.m. The exhibit will contain several items from the college's collection of items owned by Raiders airmen, authentic memorabilia and reproductions including two ...

Horham: Film tells tale of 95th Bomb Group East Anglian Daily Times | The airfield was home to the American bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress, and during the war more than 600 men from the base died and almost 860 became prisoners of war. The film, which was five years in the making, will be shown by the 95th Bomb Group ...

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Showcases Vintage Aviation Art and Advertising in Lauder Postcard Exhibit from Featured by S. Mark Rhodes | ...This collection features about 400 postcards from a plethora of artists and designers both in Europe in the Americas....

Satchel wasn’t a fighter pilot from The Lexicans by Busbob | “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”  | Satchel Paige, the famous pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame member, said that. Funny statement from a ground pounder. Not so humorous for a fighter pilot....

Excellent video of F-22 Raptor stealth fighter operations at Red Flag 13-3 from David Cenciotti's weblog | Here’s a really cool video showing the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ops during Red Flag 13-3 currently underway at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada....

New Release: Above the Treetops- A Magical Story of Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Above the Treetops is the true story of internationally acclaimed novelist William Faulkner's heartwarming relationship with a young boy named Bobby Little, who grew up in Oxford, Mississippi....

Wiregrass Youth Can Fly Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DOTHAN AL- A group of Wiregrass area pilots and community leaders successfully raised money for the purpose of helping youth train to fly. Together they purchased a Redbird Flight Simulator that is managed, scheduled and housed by Aero One Aviation at the Dothan Regional Airport. It will be used to expand the flight experience of interested Wiregrass Young Flyers....

Wallops Control Does the Harlem Shake from Spaceports | The team at NASA Wallops Range Control joined in on the latest Internet dance craze, the "Harlem Shake". Wallops Island is the location of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore where commercial boosters will launch cargo to the space station and NASA will launch a probe to the Moon later this year.

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