Friday, July 19, 2013

Indy Transponder 18-JUL-2013 2300z

RAF Fairford Air Tattoo: Ten of the best aircraft to see - This is Gloucestershire | If you are going to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford this weekend make sure not to is the top 10 aircraft:...

Legendary snowbirds will soar above city during special aerial show slated for ... - Nanaimo Daily News | The Snowbirds are coming to town July 31 for a high-flying show above Maffeo-Sutton Park. The event marks the first time the Canadian Forces air demonstration squadron has performed in the city since 2009, when they flew to raise awareness of painful liver and intestinal disorders affecting children. The Snowbirds are returning to raise awareness for the same cause. The spectacle is being held to benefit the Foundation for Children with Intestinal & Liver Disorders, an organization that has enjoyed an ambassador relationship with the demonstration squadron....

Unique Aircraft Flying at AirVenture | July 18, 2013 - Along with thousands of departing and arriving aircraft throughout AirVenture week, numerous aircraft fly as a part of the event itself, and we're not just talking air shows. They're various warbirds, examples from the Replica Fighter Association, vintage, homebuilts, LSA, and more. You certainly won't see many of these planes flying together anywhere else but Oshkosh....

EAA Taps LiveAirShowTV For LIVE Video at AirVenture 2013 | PFLUGERVILLE, TX – July 15, 2013 – The Experimental Aircraft Association has chosen LiveAirShowTV to provide LIVE coverage of the world’s largest fly-in, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 30-August 3. Multiple cameras will capture the action in the sky and on the ground and feed it to large LED screens at show center. Mark Magin of On Board Images is teaming with LiveAirShowTV to bring in-cockpit video from several planes, the performers parking area, and of course Jetman! It is daily coverage for AirVenture has never been seen before!...

Timeless Voices - Paul Poberezny Part 3 · eaavideo.org | In this third of a multi-part series, EAA Founder Paul Poberezny reflects on his career in the National Guard after World War Two, his military service during the Korean War flying C-47s in a weather squadron, and the early roots of the EAA.

Dunsfold Wings and Wheels: Mitchell Bomber returns to aerodrome - Crawley Observer | Some 70 years after the B-25 Dutch Mitchell Bomber first arrived at Dunsfold Aerodrome it will be back in our skies for Wings & Wheels on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August thanks to the generous support of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic ...

Fly-In Day planned July 21 at Prosser Airport - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | Prosser Airport is holding its annual Fly-In Day featuring a variety of aircraft July 21. All events will be at the airport, 111 Nunn Road. Participants will have the opportunity to talk with pilots. There will also be displays on military aircraft ...

Local teen flies with air show legend - Airdrie City View | The Airdrie Regional Air Show gave Calgary resident Spencer Mills a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly with National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Sean D. Tucker.Tucker took to the sky over the weekend for the air show, but on July 12 he...

Hunter: Air show nets $1.5M - U-T San Diego | The Miramar Air Show makes an average net profit each year of $1.5 million, according to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, citing an unnamed senior government source.Public affairs staff at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar said they hoped to release figures on the bottom line for the air show by late Friday....

Spectrum Photography | Photos from the Geneseo Airshow The Greatest Show on Turf. July 12 - 14, 2013.

Air Show Report: 2013 Geneseo Air Show · WarbirdsNews | ...This year, the museum was headlining their Douglas C-47, affectionately known as “Whiskey 7″. On D Day, June 6, 1944, this historic aircraft was the lead plane in the second wave of attacks on Normandy, France. The museum has put together a “Return to Normandy 2014″ campaign to fly W-7 back to France to participate in the 70th Anniversary of D Day...

All the Fair St. Louis Coverage - The Aero Experience | Including P-51C Mustang "Tuskegee Airmen", and more...

Bringing air shows back to local airport probably won't fly - Scranton Times-Tribune | PITTSTON TWP. - Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien wants Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to once again host air shows, but the idea appears to be a long shot for now. The air show drew large crowds between 1983 and 2000, when it was suspended for construction of the new terminal and never returned....

Commemorative Air Force' Joe Foss Squadron celebrates inaugural - KELO AM-FM | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The newest unit of the “Commemorative Air Force” is the Joe Foss Squadron in Sioux Falls. Squadron spokesman Rick Tupper says the “Air Force” is world’s largest owner and operator of historic, privately owned aircraft....

Air museum gets ready to expand - The Republic | COLUMBUS, Ind. — Groundbreaking ceremonies Saturday will usher the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum into a new era in promotion of the area's military history and development of the museum as a tourist attraction. The museum at Columbus Municipal Airport is in its 21st year of operation. Through that time it has highlighted the role Columbus played in military aviation during World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam....

Air Museum hopes to save part of historic plant where Rosie the Riveter worked - Michigan Radio | With the touch of a button, a massive two-story-tall bay door opens slowly, as an insistent alarm sounds, to reveal part of the former Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan. A heavy waft of must and damp rushes out from the dark interior. Once, scores of B-24 bombers exited these bay doors, on their way to aid the American war effort...

Another Old Plane Flies · Rich Davidson, Nordo News | Congratulations to Ron Johnson, the owner of this beautiful Buhl Pup, for putting another old plane in the air. Yesterday, July 16th, Ken Morris took it aloft for its first flight after some extensive work. From what I understand, the engine has an incredibly precise overhaul and purrs like a kitten; odd for a pup. Above and below are some photos taken before, during, and after. Any day something like this returns to the sky is a great day....

Fantasy of Flight’s Stinson L-1 Flew Today! · Warbird News | After a very long restoration project and recent FAA sign off, a Stinson L-1 Vigilant owned by Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum of Polk City, Florida took the sky today for the first in years. The plane performed perfectly and the short flight was a complete success....

Pilot logs record 5,000 hours in B-1B Lancer ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- After a 19-hour flight from Southwest Asia, July 15 will be forever marked as the day Lt. Col. Timothy Schepper, 28th Operations Group senior evaluator and B-1 bomber pilot, became the first ever B-1 pilot to achieve 5,000 flying hours in the airframe. The record puts him nearly 1,800 hours ahead of any competition at Ellsworth, and nearly 800 hours ahead of all other B-1 pilots...

Video: Wow! Full Size Aircraft Flies Inside Building! · AirPigz | Never mind that full-size for a Cri Cri is only a 16 ft 1 in wingspan and just under 13 ft long... but that does still make for a pretty big RC model! And when a model like this is built out of foam to keep the weight crazy low, you get such wonderful flying qualities....

'Airplane Repo': Orlando 'lone wolf' gets starring role  By Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel | Mike Kennedy of Orlando laughs at the notion that the series "Airplane Repo" could give away his repossession tricks. "Every situation is different. It probably won't hurt us," Kennedy says. The 10-episode series, which airs at 10 p.m. Thursdays on Discovery Channel, debuted last week. Discovery describes Kennedy, 58, as "the lone wolf of luxury repos," and he uses daring, sometimes dangerous strategies to pull off his assignments....

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