Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Indy Transponder 24-JUL-2013 1100z

COLUMN: San Diegans vent about Miramar Air Show - U-T San Diego | At least one reader of my recent coverage about the Miramar Air Show hoped I got it wrong when reporting there would be no active service military flights at the event this year. "Not even a helicopter?!" my incredulous caller complained, or words to that effect. Surely U-T San Diego read more into the recent announcement from Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, than was warranted, my critic suggested...

Red Arrows return to the skies for Cowes Week 2013 - Cowes Online | Fantastic news for fans of the Red Arrows as Cowes Week Limited confirms that this iconic aerobatic display team will be performing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013 on Friday, 9 August at 1930, thanks to funding support from local letterbox....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Airshow Menagerie - The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 featured too many airshow performers to provide full coverage for each one, so some can be featured in small bunches in this menagerie. Included in this presentation are a few shots of some nationally-known stars of the aerobatics sky stage that perform across the nation and the world:...

Flyin' high at the Fly-In; ultralights prove to be popular at annual show - Colusa County Sun Herald | When John Deaton soars 500 feet above the ground among migrating birds in his Sunseeker ultralight aircraft, he feels free. "This is about as close to real flying as you can get," he said....

Antique Airfield:

US National Hot Air Balloon Championships Open In Texas - Aero-News Network | The skies of northeast Texas will be filled with every color of the rainbow this week as the U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships got underway Tuesday in Longview, Texas. 52 balloonists from across the country will be competing for the title and a place on the U.S. World Team for the next World Championship to be held next summer in Brazil...

CAF Dixie Wing to Provide Flight Training in their P 51D Mustang “Red Nose” - Warbirds News | The FAA has recently approved the Commemorative Air Force to provide flight instruction in its fleet of single engined aircraft. The Atlanta, Georgia based CAF Dixie Wing be implementing the training program, wich will include their iconic North American P-51 Mustang “Red Nose.”...

World War II veterans from the 8th Air Force commemorate Mighty Eighth's B-17 - Savannah Morning News | Seated quietly by himself, Gordon Fenwick studied the massive B-17 Flying Fortress that loomed before him. Memories nearly seven decades old raced through the mind of the Savannah resident who served during World War II as a radio operator on a bomber nearly identical to the B-17G he eyed Tuesday in The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force’s Combat Gallery....

WWII Summer Jump School Open Hangar Day this Saturday - Altus Times | The Open Hangar Day and Fly-In will be held at the historic Frederick Army Airfield section of the Frederick Regional Airport, southeast of Frederick, on July 27, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The World War II Airborne Demonstration Team extends a special invitation to all veterans of World War II to attend....

World’s first rotary wing-borne tank — the Hind by travelforaircraft | The Battle for An Loc in April 1972, during the Vietnam war, saw the first use of helicopters against tanks. Bell AH-1 Huey Cobras
decisively and dramatically stopped a large column of tanks at the literal last moment. Although Mil had been well into designing the Mi 24 (NATO reporting name "Hind") this event must have, at the very least, reinforced Soviet thinking as well as Mil's design. The Hind was meant to be a ...

World's biggest helicopter - Bayou Renaissance Man | Here's an interesting video clip of the world's largest production helicopter, the Mil Mi-26, being wheeled out of a hangar in Belarus and taking off. Note the size of the human figures for scale...

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