Monday, September 30, 2013

Indy Transponder 30-SEP-2013 0130z

Video: Voodoo 9-15-13 Sunday Gold Race from Michael Luvara | Race 5, Voodoo's Reno 2013 Sunday Gold Race Cockpit footage with telemetry overlay. True airspeed (TAS) is on right right vertical column. GPS speed/altitude/course top left. RPM middle left, G force botto left. Note: GPS speed will have some anomalies at greater than 3 g's. Top speed was on the entry to the course. Anything higher than 510mph ground speed on the course is likely high.

2013 National Championship Air Races, Reno, review by AirShowsReview | 2013 National Championship Air Races review by ASR Media. 2013 marked the 50th time the races have been held in Reno, Nevada, read our review

California Dreamin’ · General Aviation News Staff | California Dreamin’, the California Pilots Association (CalPilots) Annual Meeting, is coming to the San Luis Jet Center (KSBP), Oct. 18-19. Beginning Friday evening, $5 wine tasting will be offered by Tolosa Winery. In addition, there is a Beach Burger Fry, provided by The Central Coast Smokers. Speakers for the evening will be Judy Phelps, 2011 National CFI of the Year, and Jamie Beckett, who writes the Politics for Pilots column for General Aviation News. After dark, Shane Wallace will light up his hot air balloon for an evening balloon glow. Later, dance to The San Luis Jazz Band, led by CalPilots Vice President Mitch Latting. Rumor has it, Jamie Beckett will be up on stage sitting in with the band. Tickets for the Beach Burger Fry and Dance are $15...

Another Successful Event - NORDO News | The Buzz About Beez event(Sept. 14th), unique in the world of aviation, was a success. Created by Gingeras a way to promote aviation and another of her interests, bees, the gathering left us with intriguing results. It was a mix of two different types of flying machines and their keepers’ enthusiasm to keep them in the air....

The 18th Hole - NORDO News | No, this isn't about a sport that only takes one ball. This is about the hole that was left on the 18th. The 18th what, you ask. Today, the last Saturday of September, would have been the 18th Annual Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In if we had held it. And judging by some of the conversations I've had over the past few days, not having it has left a hole in quite a few lives. That's nice to be told and sad to hear....

B-25 “Yellow Rose” Getting a New Paint Job · Warbirds News | Last Thursday The -25  “Yellow Rose” of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing was flown to Waco for the new paint job. Once there a crew of  workers from the Centex Wing) took the control surfaces off so the paint can be stripped from the rest of the plane beginning Monday. Then the new paint will be applied. Accordingly to the Wing  by the end of September Yellow Rose will be sporting a new outfit.

Jim McKee: Evelyn 'Sharpie' Sharp, arguably Nebraska’s most famous aviator - Journal Star | Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp attended high school in Ord and though her entire career as a pilot lasted less than a decade, she became one of the most famous aviators in the state and was well-known over the entire country....

Your Next Airplane Could Be a MIG 21UM · Warbirds News | Former Eastern block airplanes have been available on the market for quite few years now. We have typically seen L-29s, L-39s, Mig-17s however Mig 21s are  more difficult to find one the market, especially the UM version. The Mig 21 is the most built jet ever. Fast, small, agile dependable and above all simple, it could be turned out in prodigious numbers, and was. It flooded the skies above Europe, Asia, Africa, and even Central America with literally thousands of modern, deadly fighters. It has flown in more wars than any other airplane in the world. An estimated 10,000 (some sources state as much as 13,000 copies) of them have been produced by the Soviet Union, it’s allies and (without license) China...

Continuing a family tradition · General Aviation News Staff | Fast forward to this year’s Oshkosh and Inhofe, a regular at Oshkosh no matter what is going on in Washington, D.C., keeps looking at his watch. He’s waiting for the arrival of the family’s Grumman, this time piloted by his grandson, Cole, who soloed just three weeks before the big show. In the family tradition, Cole was taught to fly by his father at Riverside Airport in Tulsa...

Is this the end for the Martin Mars? - Bayou Renaissance Man | Readers may be familiar with the Martin Mars, the largest flying-boats ever built in the USA.  The prototype first flew in 1942.  Only seven were produced, the last of which is still flying as a water-bomber in Canada....

In Pictures: Sukhoi SU-30SM - The Lexicans | The Sukhoi SU-30SM is the latest variant of the SU-30 itself a multi-role version if the iconic SU-27 Flanker fighter. These pics were taken around the MAKS 2014 air show and complied over at English Russia.

Photo gallery: Thousands turn out to pay tribute to Wing Commander Ken Wallis at Old Buckenham airfield - Dominic Bareham | Thousands turned out to pay tribute to legendary aviator Wing Commander Ken Wallis, as the record-breaking autogyro pilot was given a fitting send-off at a Norfolk airfield. A 2,000-strong crowd, 1,500 more than expected, thronged Old Buckenham airfield on Sunday to see displays of autogyros and fixed wing aircraft and hear moving tributes to the James Bond stuntman from fellow aviation enthusuiasts and his family...

Airshow Photography a Beginners Guide - Camera Settings - Shooting Technique - Tips and Tricks | Aircrafts are symbols of speed and beauty; they are products of cutting-edge technology in stylish designs and most advanced features. The purrrrrrring sound produced by these metal birds raises adrenalin levels to new highs and people clamor with awe. Citizens feel; it not as a mere aircraft that flies but the prestige of their nation that flies sky high! When the show is over the spectators are as tired as the pilots who flew the crafts!...

Instructors Or Students... - Flight To Success | ...Is it the instructor or the student that creates the successful outcome of learning how to fly? This is a great question. And not everyone connects in the same way,...

Cygnus Docked w/International Space Station - Spaceports | Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, today announced that its Cygnus™ cargo logistics spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and approach maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS) and was grappled and berthed with the station by the Expedition 37 astronaut crew earlier this morning. The docking also marks the second commercial spaceflight firm with the capability to place supplies and cargo in orbit with precision. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX was the first firm to...

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