Monday, March 18, 2013

Indy Transponder 18-MAR-2013 1100z

Thunder in the Valley Air Show still a success despite military absence - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | Despite the armed forces pulling out of the 16th annual Thunder in the Valley Air Show, it was still a successful weekend, said event coordinator Phaedra Childers....

Breitling gives wings with the Frecce Tricolori  - The Republic  | C 'was a time, 30 years ago ... It may start off as a fairy tale story that speaks of the Breitling and its link with the Frecce Tricolori. It is 1983 and Ernest Schneider, who recently bought the Swiss company, dream to combine his passion...

Russian Knights aerobatic team to perform in Malaysia - The Voice of Russia | On Monday, the Russian Air Force's Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team left Russia for Malaysia, where it will take part in the 2013 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA). The exhibition will see five ...

Mike Goulian Appointed to the IMC Club's Board of Directors - PR.com (press release) | Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Goulian is an American aviator, who has competed in aerobatic competition, flown air show displays, and has also raced in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. He was born into an aviation family, which founded Executive ...

March winds a challenge for pilots - Springfield News-Leader | Except it was wing clinging instead of wing walking. I climbed atop the wing of a Stearman. My back rested against a brace, my feet slipped into a wing slot and I held a stirrup. The pilot made a simple circuit of Downtown Aiport, with no stunts. But ...

The Flyer - Commemorative Air Force B-29/B-24 Squadron | Spring Tour 2013 Begins

Letter: Buy ticket to properly see and hear airshow - Florida Today | The airshow not only allows us to continue to provide great family entertainment, but also enables the warbird museum to preserve the legacy of these great vintage warbirds and the pilots who flew them. We are very grateful for all those who support ...

OU female pilot duo flying in historic Air Race Classic - Norman Transcript | Today, the tradition of an all-women's cross country air race lives on in the Air Race Classic, Inc., and the University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education and Department of Aviation's Flying Sooners are proud to send their third consecutive ...

Investigation begins after fatal Spitfire crash - Yahoo!7 News | "My wife and I spent four years and 4000 hours building it," he said. "It's a dream to fly. You pilot it around the sky pretty well anywhere, point and shoot sort of thing. "On the ground it's a beast because the engine's very powerful. "It's fully ...

A-26 restoration group wins award - Enid News & Eagle | The Lady Liberty group was awarded the 2012 Commemorative Air Force Distinguished Unit Citation at the Commemorative Air Force Winter Conference in Midland, Texas. “It was definitely a surprise to the group. It's quite an honor, because there are quite ... 

Handley Page H.P.42 — eight made history by travelforaircraft | Imperial Airways asked the firm Handley Page (known for designing very larger aircraft) in the late 1920s to develop an aircraft with long range and low wing loading for their eastern (e.g., Africa and India) as well as European routes. They were to carry the Royal Mail by air as passengers. Handley Page designed an aircraft in two slightly differing version:...

One of the weirder incidents of World War II from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm doing research for a forthcoming series of Weekend Wings articles on strategic bombing. In the process, I've been reading a lot of books that are long out of print, neglected by many modern scholars, but containing much valuable material. One of them is 'Flying Fortress' by Edward Jablonski, published in 1965. In its pages, I found this story, that I thought might interest my readers as well. I've included links to the unusual place names and other subjects.

ISS Expedition 34 Returns to Earth from Spaceports | International Space Station Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin landed safely in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft on the steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Arkalyk. They are shown being assisted into reclining chairs by Russian personnel and beginning their adaptation to gravity after they were extracted from their capsule..


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