Indy Transponder 10-SEP-2014 1600z

2014 Reno Air Races - Tuesday Report * LiveAirShowTV | Qualification continued on Tuesday, and records were set! Check out all the action here!

Updated list of participants in the National Aviation Heritage Invitational * NAHI |The bulk of the planes will arrive Wed the 10th. As you can see we have quite a variety of planes and some rare ones, including the Lockheed Vega. The only one flying today! Also the Grumman F3F-2. And the unique Gee Bee.... And did I mention the Douglas A-26?

Reno Air Races feature plenty of thrills and some local faces By Dave Horn | This is they year to go to the Reno Air Races, which run through Sept. 14 at the Stead Airport in Reno, Nev. The races are a one-of-a-kind event. There are military and civilian static displays of historic aircraft to rival any airshow, great airshow acts like the "Patriot" jet team, and several classes of racing each day. There will be races with home built aircraft, World War II AT-6 trainers, World War II era fighter planes (the Unlimited class) and a Jet class, each with several aircraft racing around pylons just above the ground in full view of the stands....

Tribute planned for pilot killed at Reno Air Races * Reno Gazette Journal | "Lee was a very talented pilot but, more importantly, an enthusiastic and compassionate friend, and the entire Air Race family will miss him deeply," said Mike Major, chairman of the Reno Air Racing Association in a statement. "This is a difficult day...

Snow Birds Put On Stratford Air Show - BlackburnNews.com | Perth County OPP are reminding the public of a couple of road closures today for the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds Airshow in Stratford. Between 2:00 this afternoon and 8:00 this evening, Road 111 from Perth Line 37 (Vivian Line) to Line 40 will be closed, along with Line 40 from Perth Road 119 to Road 110....

ROMEO: Pilot continues fulfilling her dream - Shelby Township Source Newspapers | Jacquie Warda is living proof that it is never too late to chase your dreams. She lives out her passion for flying year-round as an aerobatic performer and was one of the featured pilots at the 2014 Selfridge Air Show last weekend. Warda took to the skies at age 32, but always had a desire to be a pilot. "I had wanted to fly since the age of 3," she said. "When you dream of something long enough, failure is just not an option."...

U.S. Navy parachute team to perform at Harford County Airport - Baltimore Sun | ...The Leap Frogs is the parachute demonstration team of the U.S. Navy. It consists of an all-volunteer team of active-duty personnel drawn from Naval Special Warfare (NSW), including Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) and support personnel. The team is sanctioned by the Department of Defense and recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration. After performances, the Leap Frogs sign autographs and make themselves available to answer questions about what it's like to be a Navy SEAL or SWCC...

Airshow returns to South Ayrshire - Carrick Herald | Ayr's Low Green and Prestwick Airport hosted a spectacular weekend, with thousands turning out for both events. Highlights included a Vulcan bomber, the Blades aerobatic team and a static exhibition at Prestwick on Sunday....

Beautifully restored 'Avenger' comes to Kent State Aviation Heritage Fair - Hudson Hub-Times | Stow -- The skies over Northeast Ohio will continue to rumble with the sound of radial engines, as the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War II will make its debut at the Kent State University Aviation Heritage Fair Sept. 13. Owner and pilot Charlie Cartledge, of Orrville, will bring his TBM Avenger based at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton to Andrew Paton Field on Route 59, having just offered 200,000 people a glimpse of a bygone era at the renowned Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend...

Pilot is reunited with the plane he flew in World War II * Herald.net | MUKILTEO — Even at 99 years old, he walked quickly across the tarmac to the parked DC-3. The sun glinted off the bare aluminum skin.He climbed aboard the vintage airplane, parked outside the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field. He walked through the passenger cabin and sat down in the cockpit, the left seat.“This was my seat,” Peter Goutiere said....

B-17 Flying Fortress Brings History To Benton County - Northwest Arkansas News | BENTONVILLE -- When William Toombs was taxiing to take off at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on Tuesday afternoon, his mind took him back to when he was a flight engineer in the 493rd Bombing Group in World War II. Dozens of planes would line up when being set on a mission, and one took off every 30 seconds, he recalled...

WWII Veteran “Flooded With Memories” After Ride On B-17 Bomber - 5newsonline.com | BENTONVILLE (KFSM) – A WWII veteran, who flew on the famed Flying Fortress B-17 Bomber, was in Northwest Arkansas to take a trip down memory lane Tuesday (Sept. 9.) The Texas Raiders B-17 is currently at XNA...

Exhibit brings Tuskegee Airmen's legacy to life - News-Press Now | Lafayette High School students watch a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen on Tuesday afternoon. The ‘Rise Above’ traveling exhibit will be in town until Friday in the Hillyard Technical Center parking lot. It is open to the public from 3 to 5 p.m....

EAA museum to host lecture on Battle of Midway * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Dick Campbell, an amateur historian and AirVenture Museum docent, will talk about one of the most important naval battles of World War II and widely considered the turning point in the war. Only six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S...

Lt. Alicia Makoutz deploys as the only female pilot in the Minn. Air Reserves to fly C-130 cargo planes * StarTribune | Four years ago, 24-year-old Alicia Perry boarded a C-130 cargo plane as a senior airman for the Air Force Reserve. She was heading to Afghanistan on her first deployment. For the long flight over she carried a tote stuffed with playing cards and the latest exercise magazines. There’ll be plenty to keep her busy Tuesday as she leaves on her second deployment. She’ll be flying the airplane....

The Man, The Myth and The Legend: Author John F. Ross’s new book on Eddie Rickenbacker Celebrates the Life and Times of America’s First Aviation Hero · S. Mark Rhodes | Eddie Rickenbacker’s natural charisma helped forge the public image of military aviation as a glamorous, albeit risky profession. (National Archives)Eddie Rickenbacker is a major figure in U.S. Military History, becoming America’s first flying Ace in World War I and subsequent Medal of Honor winner. After the war, his work as a businessman and aviation advocate with Eastern Airlines helped pave the way for sustainable, safe and reliable commercial aviation in post World War II America. Add to this...

Castle Air Museum seeks $200,000 to move rare aircraft By Doane Yawger | For nearly 20 years, acquiring an EC-121 airplane has been on the top of the wish list for the Castle Air Museum. If about $200,000 can be raised, that rare military aircraft now languishing in Montana might find a home in Atwater...

Convair PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer * Travel for Aircraft | The beginning of World War II saw long-range patrol aircraft possessing four chief characteristics: flying boat design, lengthy flight endurance, manual machine guns as defensive weapons and carrying as many eyes as possible for searching....

Why The USAF's Massive $10 Billion Global Hawk UAV Is Worth The Money * Jalopnik | The Global Hawk has been flying for close to 15 years, and its development has been a twisting road filled with dead ends and wandering requirements. After over $10B spent and almost 50 airframes produced I ventured to Edwards AFB to get a rare close up look at what we actually paid for...

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