Indy Transponder 08-OCT-2014 1300z

U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Headline Wings Over North Georgia Airshow * Virtual-Strategy Magazine | In their final fall-season airshow in the Southeast, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will join 18 other aerial performances in the two-day, one-evening Wings Over North Georgia Airshow as well as serve as the...

The CAF AirSho WILL Stay In Midland * Permianbasin360 | "I think people are confused when they think the headquarters is moving they think the entire CAF is moving," said CAF Airsho Chairman Gena Linebarger. A misconception the Commemorative Air Force keeps trying to clear up. "Yes, the CAF Headquarters is...

What It Feels Like To Do A Barrel Roll * Jalopnik | Red Bull Air Race World Champion Kirby Chambliss is at his best when he's flipping his stunt plane around at high speeds, enduring the kind of gravitational forces that turn stomachs inside out. I've always wanted to "do a barrel roll," but I wasn't...

Soaring into the past with the Flying Circus Airshow * Yakima Herald-Republic | A Cole Porter recording crackles and pops over a loudspeaker as World War II-era aircraft wait in a neat row on a grassy field. A pilot dons a leather helmet and large goggles. All the elements are in place to transport onlookers back to a place in...

Airport Appreciation: High Flying Success * Oakdale Leader | “The B-25 'Old Glory' beat the Douglas DC-4 spot landing contest at Oakdale Airport touching down on the runway a mere six paces past the numbers compared to an additional 26 paces by the bigger plane,” stated Gutridge of some friendly competition...

Bulgaria's Air Force To Host Air Show In Sofia * Novinite.com | Bulgaria's Air Force will host the air show “This Is Us”, celebrating the 102-th anniversary of the country's air force, on October 11 at the Sofia airport in Vrazhdebna. The show will present the Mig-21 and 29 fighters, the Su-25 attack aircraft, the...

2014 Precious Metal Deadstick after engine failure * LiveAirShowTV | Have you guys seen this? Here's what happens when your engine goes during a lap at Reno...

B-17 lands at Texarkana Regional Airport for 4-day layover, tours available * KSLA-TV | The B-17 bomber arrived at Texarkana Regional Airport for a four day layover. "It's heart warming to see that thing" says former B-17 crew member Billy Walker. Billy, from Wake Village, Texas, was waiting for the B-17's arrival. "It brings back a lot...

World War II B-17 flies into Southport airfield Oct. 17-19 * Brunswick Beacon | One of the few remaining operational World War II B-17s, also known as the Flying Fortress, will fly into the Southport airport Oct. 17-19, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 939 of oak Island. Named “Aluminum Overcast,” the B-17...

Airmen Missing From WWII Accounted For * Aero-News Network | B-24 Crew Shot Down Over Madang Province, New Guinea In 1944 The remains of U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors, according to The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office...

Museum slates 10th annual Women Take Flight event · General Aviation News | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – The New England Air Museum will host its 10th annual Women Take Flight event on Sunday, Nov. 2. The program features women who have pioneered new careers for women in aviation and aerospace engineering. Guests will share their experiences at stations around the museum one-on-one with visitors, at presentations, and at panel discussions. Impersonators will portray the characters of early aviation pioneers...

Whirly-Girls celebrates 60th anniversary with scholarships, logo contest · General Aviation News | LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Whirly-Girls International celebrates 60 years of supporting women in the rotorcraft industry with its 2014 round of scholarships and a call for a diamond anniversary commemorative logo design...

Pensacola Celebrates a Century of Naval Aviation * airplanes.com | To mark a century of training the Navy’s top pilots, and more than 50 years since the opening of the National Museum of Naval Aviation, the Pensacola Naval Air Station held a gala on September 20, 2014, attended by a host of dignitaries, some of whom were once trainees at the legendary institution. The event featured a slide presentation paying tribute to the first naval aviators, as well as a speech by Jeb Bush Jr., grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, during which he read a letter from his grandfather. Also present was former US Navy Blue Angels pilot, now Aviation Museum director, retired Navy Captain Bob Rasmussen, who expressed his hope that the museum will continue to expand, as it has since it opened in 1962...

Lighter-than-Air flying with the Navy’s MZ-3 * Travel for Aircraft | The U.S. Navy formerly flew a great many lighter-than-aircraft yet operates a single manned one today through a contractor. The MZ-3 is a blimp produced by the American Blimp Corp. and is generally used for research purposes whether testing sensor payloads or investigating other research and development endeavors. Power...

'Young Eagles' tragedy that killed 2 leaves surviving pilot groping for answers * Buffalo News | Designed to introduce young people to flying, the Young Eagles event involved one plane after the other flying the same route, from the Buffalo-Lancaster airport to the skies above Darien Lake, in Genesee County, and then back. Nearing the end of the...

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